Chapter 491: Chapter 516: Pang Fei’s News
Baiyu didn’t think much about it.
Chasing such matters deliberately would seem unattractive.
Everything will naturally come to pass when the time is right.
Soon enough.
Erin brought along two Personal Guards from the Earl’s Mansion, escorting a death row prisoner.
Baiyu led him to the lab for Magic Elixir concoction.
"If I drink this, I can gain freedom?"
The prisoner looked at the green liquid in the glass vial, his eyes lighting up.
He wasn’t afraid it might be poison.
After all, in the dungeon, he had no way out and might die from torture.
If it were poison.
It would actually be a relief for him.
His experiences in the dungeon made survival unachievable, and death elusive.
"Yes.
But I must tell you in advance, drinking this might kill you or cause abnormal changes.
However.
It might also result in nothing happening, or even turning you into an Extraordinary.
Nevertheless.
No matter what, your end will be death.
You’ve committed many atrocities, I cannot let you live.
I can provide your family with some assistance.
As long as they weren’t involved in those Black Water Gang affairs."
Baiyu said earnestly.
The man hesitated briefly, then nodded, grabbed the bottle with the green liquid, and drank it all in one gulp.
This was indeed the Magic Elixir of Sequence Eight from the Black Moon Sequence concocted by Yi Xian, called the Night Watcher.
In the room.
Apart from Baiyu, Yi Xian and the Moon Lady were also present, intently watching the man’s reaction.
Moreover.
Jiang Xi was on the side, constantly munching on something.
The two eccentric women in the mansion, Jiang Xi and Qiong Xue.
One eating at all times, the other sleeping at all times.
Baiyu was used to it.
After escaping from Celestial South Martial Arts University, she followed Ning Qian to the Ning Family. Now Ning Qian had been sent over by the Ning Family to assist Baiyu in managing Ning’s family affairs, and she naturally followed.
She and Baiyu were old acquaintances.
So staying in the mansion, she felt increasingly comfortable.
The days were spent eating and only eating, yet with no sign of gaining weight.
Given such conditions, it’s impressive she has an appetite.
Baiyu couldn’t help but admire.
The four focused their attention on the prisoner, Jiang Xi only knew it was an experiment to test a Magic Elixir for the Moon Lady.
As for its nature, she was unclear.
Magic Elixirs, more or less, have side effects.
Soon.
After drinking the Elixir, the prisoner’s normal face quickly turned gray-black, his eyes bulged like brass bells, nearly falling out.
Their veins beneath his skin erupted violently.
The sound of labored breathing like a blower came from his mouth.
The mutation began to spread over his body.
His skin withered inch by inch, turning into black ash, like cheap stone, crumbling down.
Beneath the skin.
Was a bloody membrane and muscle.
Before long.
He transformed into a muscle-bound figure.
Blood flowed over his entire body, as if flayed, extremely grotesque.
Seeing him continue to mutate.
Baiyu pulled out Shark Kiss and blasted his head off with a shot.
In the room.
The faces of the three women were quite unpleasant.
The impact of this scene was truly overwhelming; even with mental preparation beforehand, witnessing it directly was still hard to bear.
Jiang Xi suddenly felt the fried chicken in hand was less appealing.
"See, if the Moon Lady were to take it directly, who knows what chaos might ensue.
That’s why I haven’t used the Elixir yet."
Yi Xian let out a slow breath.
Baiyu nodded, saying, "But since the Elixir has extraordinary effects, it proves the concoction was correct.
It’s just.
He’s not a Black Moon Apostle.
If the potion truly needs testing, it should be with a Black Moon Apostle."
Yi Xian agreed deeply.
The Night Watcher is the advanced sequence for Black Moon Apostles.
Letting ordinary people drink the Night Watcher Elixir rashly hardly validates its efficacy; this trial was just to verify whether the concocted Elixir had extraordinary power.
However.
In this situation, how are they supposed to find Black Moon Apostles?
Previously.
There was only one way to become a Black Moon Apostle, which was through Black Moon’s radiance, receiving its blessings, and having the "Black Moon Curse" mark imprinted, thus becoming a Black Moon Apostle.
Since they didn’t become Black Moon Apostles through the Elixir.
Therefore.
Ordinary Black Moon Apostles couldn’t advance throughout their lives to become higher entities.
The only way to elevate oneself.
Was by killing other Black Moon Apostles and absorbing their Black Moon Power to strengthen oneself.
This is more like a raising Gu method.
The negative effects of the Black Moon Mark also affect their lives.
So there’s talk of the "Black Moon Curse."
But now.
Baiyu can concoct the Elixir to become Black Moon Apostles, enabling small-scale production of Apostles.
But right now, is there time for creating Black Moon Apostles?
Simply letting them drink and become extraordinaries would require a long cultivation period.
Waiting for them to fully absorb the Black Moon Apostle’s Elixir and reach the Night Watcher’s promotion standard might take too long.
Baiyu doesn’t have time to wait.
"I recall that in Linjiang City Anomaly Bureau, there has always been a batch of Black Moon Apostles detained.
Besides, the last Black Moon incident.
That event produced quite a few Black Moon Apostles."
At this moment.
Jiang Xi, who was eating nearby, suddenly spoke.
Baiyu’s expression shifted.
Indeed, Linjiang City’s Peace and Anomaly Bureau held Black Moon Apostles.
Yi Xian and the Moon Lady were somewhat tempted.
"But, what reason do we have to bring people over?"
Baiyu pondered.
Jiang Xi gave him a sidelong glance and said irritably: "Pang General is now Linjiang City’s direct Commander.
With your relation.
Asking him for dozens of people, he surely wouldn’t refuse.
I just returned to Linjiang, and the reconstruction is mostly complete, and an Imperial strong army is stationed there.
Pang General had great merits in the battle against aliens during the Zenith City war.
So he was promoted to Linjiang Marquis."
Baiyu’s eyes lit up.
He chatted with Pang Fei but didn’t know these details.
Marquis.
This is a rather special title within East Prosperity Imperial.
It comes with land and personal guards, but after inheritance degradation, successors can only inherit as a Viscount.
Many Marquises have forces that aren’t weaker than Counts.
However.
A Count just needs to achieve certain merits to secure inheritance forever, preserving their ancestral legacy.
A Marquis does not.
Upon being demoted to Viscount, the family quickly declines.
Most Marquises now are Pioneer Nobility, lacking actual power, receiving fixed noble wages from the Imperial Government each month.
However.
Pang Fei as Linjiang Marquis, clearly holds actual power.
He reigns supreme in Linjiang City; calling him a local emperor wouldn’t be an overstatement.
"How do you know this?"
Baiyu was quite curious why Jiang Xi knew more.
Jiang Xi rolled her eyes, her expression somewhat resembling Baiyu’s helplessness:
"My master is the director of Golden Rainbow Academy, surely aware of such matters. You have no idea, Golden Rainbow Academy has already expanded, extremely luxurious.
Besides.
Celestial South Martial Arts University is also being rebuilt.
Director Lin also told me that we could resume our studies at any time."
Upon hearing this, Baiyu was quite helpless.
Resume studies...
Better forget it.
He’s already a Tier Six Martial Artist, while those senior students at Celestial South Martial Arts University, even final year ones, were only Tier Six.
Evidently.
He doesn’t need the university for advancement at this point.
Nonetheless.
He was curious about Jiang Xi’s words. Could Zenith City have been rebuilt in such a short time?