ShiYan opened his eyes, looking at the herb slaves not far from him. He was absent-minded.
Most of them came from poor families, so they had no choice but to sign the agreement with Mo Yanyu to become medicine slaves. As long as they could survive for half a year, not only would they be set free, but they would also receive 200 purple crystal coins. Of course, if they died during the test, their families would also receive the money.
In the Grace Mainland, one black crystal coin was equal to one hundred purple crystal coins, which was equal to ten thousand blue crystal coins. An ordinary person's annual income was only five or six purple crystal coins. It would take a medicine slave forty years to earn two hundred purple crystal coins.
On the day the agreement was signed, their loved ones would receive fifty Purple Crystal Coins, and the rest would be given to them half a year later. If they were unlucky enough to die, the Purple Crystal Coins would fall into the hands of their loved ones. To these people, two hundred Purple Crystal Coins might not be enough even if they worked hard for a lifetime. That was why they were willing to take the risk out of desperation.
However, when they'd made the agreement, they'd never imagined that the medicine testing would be so cruel. Practically every few days, one of them would die because of the medicine testing. Moreover, the way they died was extremely miserable. This caused them to live in constant fear, and it gave birth to many ideas.
Unfortunately, the agreement was clearly written in black and white. Once the agreement was signed, they couldn't back out. In other words, they had given their lives to the Mo family. If they dared to sneak away from the agreement, the Mo family had the right to kill them.
There was no such thing as a free lunch. When they realized the cruelty of the test, it was already too late. They had no choice but to endure.
ShiYan understood that none of them would be able to survive until that day. He knew that these herb slaves would die sooner or later. Perhaps tomorrow, some of them would lose their lives while testing medicines. He knew that his ability was limited, and he was unable to change all of this. Thus, he avoided contact with them. If he didn't have any friendship with them, he wouldn't feel sad when they died.
Shi Yan frowned. He glanced at Master Karu, who was sitting high in the sedan chair, and quickly withdrew his gaze.
From the five white medicine bottles embroidered on Master Karu's chest, he knew that he was an Ordinary Level Five alchemist. In this world, alchemists were even rarer than warriors.
Almost every alchemist was a martial artist. The pills they refined could increase a martial artist's cultivation. Very few powerful alchemists could refine special pills that could even increase the power of a "Martial Spirit".
Different from the ten realms of warriors, alchemists were divided into five levels in the Grace Mainland according to their level of attainment in pellets: Common, Profound, Spirit, Sacred, and God. Each level was further divided into seven levels.
Every level of an Alchemist had a special symbol. A Common Level Alchemist had a white medicine bottle embroidered on his chest, a Profound Level Alchemist had a flame embroidered on his chest, a Spirit Level Alchemist had a herb embroidered on his chest, a Saint Level Alchemist had a pill embroidered on his chest, and a God Level Alchemist had a medicine cauldron on his chest. Master Karu had five white medicine bottles embroidered on his chest, which meant that he was a Common Level Fifth Grade Alchemist.
Since the pills refined by an alchemist could improve a martial artist's Profound Qi, the alchemists enjoyed a very high status among warriors. Because of the scarcity of alchemists, almost every alchemist became the target of all forces, which made the status of alchemists even higher.
Master Karu, a Common Level Fifth Grade alchemist, was invited by Mo Yanyu from the Medicine Valley of the God-blessed Empire for the Mo family. Like the Shi family, the Mo family was also one of the five big families in the Merchant Union. The Mo family also had a "Martial Spirit", which was the power of lightning. Many people in the Mo family were born with the "Lightning Martial Spirit", which gradually grew as their cultivation increased.
And Mo Yanyu was one of the young masters of the Mo family who had the "Lightning Martial Spirit".
The Mo family ran a medicine business in the Merchant Union. They had been gathering alchemists from all over the world to refine medicine for them. However, alchemists were all eccentric and arrogant. Very few of them were willing to be bound by the rules of the big families, so the Mo family never got what they wanted.
Although Master Karu was only a Mortal Level Five alchemist, it was not easy for the Mo family to persuade him. This time, Mo Yanyu had somehow convinced Master Karu to leave the Medicine King Valley and agree to work for the Mo family to refine medicine.
However, Master Karu did not seem to follow the right path. He was very interested in the study of poison, which was regarded as a crooked way by alchemists. If one wanted to refine poison accurately and meticulously, he would not even be able to use demon beasts to test the poison. He had to use living people, which was why there were so many medicine slaves.
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"Let's go!" Mo Yanyu's shout came from afar. Many warriors who were resting got up and packed up, ready to go. The medicine slaves who were squatting together also quickly stood up, afraid that they would be beaten if they were a few steps slower.
Shi Yan stood up silently and stared coldly at the beautiful figure at the front of the team. She had a beautiful body but a cruel heart. He snorted coldly and followed the team in front of him obediently.
In the Merchant Union, the relationship between the Mo family and the Shi family had never been good. Mo Yanyu's fifth uncle had been killed by Shi Yang three years ago when they were fighting over a mine with the Shi family. After that incident, the Mo family had taken revenge and killed many guards of the Shi family. Because of this, the two families had been fighting against each other.
Shi Yan knew that if he exposed his identity as the previous owner of this body, he would not only not be released, but would also die even faster.
Luckily, the previous owner of this body didn't have a "Martial Spirit" and didn't like Kung Fu. He never participated in many Kung Fu activities in the Merchant Union, so Mo Yanyu didn't know him at all. Otherwise, he would be in a much worse situation now.
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At night, the moon was like a silver plate, and the sky was full of stars.
The team of the Mo family set up camp by the river. The Earth Dragon let out a "huff" sound and rested quietly by the river. Those warriors of the Mo family were eating dried meat, laughing and talking about the famous prostitutes in the brothel of the Merchant Union.
When Mo Yanyu's back was facing them, a few brave warriors secretly glanced at her exquisite body from time to time. They secretly swallowed their saliva, but in their hearts, they knew that a woman of Mo Yanyu's status and status was not someone they could touch. They could only look at her for a while, that's all.
Shi Yan sat down quietly and was about to run his Profound Qi again. Suddenly, he saw Mo Yanyu and Master Karu walking towards him from the front of the team.
Shi Yan felt a chill in his heart. He knew that something bad was about to happen. His face gradually darkened.
"The effect of the Intestine Breaking Powder is too strong. Ordinary civilians can't stand it. Two of them have died in six days. It seems that only warriors can bear it. That kid has been recovering for a long time, and I think he has recovered a lot. It's time to put him to good use..." Master Karu smiled grimly, holding a bowl of black paste in his left hand.
"Master Karu, you are welcome. You can do whatever you want with him, but don't let him die too easily." Mo Yanyu smiled.
"Hehe, don't worry about that, Miss Mo. Since he has fallen into my hands, there is no reason for him to die easily. You have seen the effect of the Intestine Breaking Powder. Those civilians died after their bodies slowly decayed. The stronger this kid is, the slower the decay will be, and the more painful it will be. Just wait and see." Master Karu laughed out loud, not caring about Shi Yan's feelings at all.
"That's for the best." Mo Yanyu nodded. Her beautiful eyes were filled with coldness. Obviously, she hated Shi Yan to the core.
The two of them were talking and laughing. Not long after that, they arrived next to ShiYan. Master Karu didn't say any nonsense. He handed the bowl of black Intestine Breaking Powder to ShiYan and coldly said, "Kid, drink this."
Mo Yanyu stretched out her snow-white left hand. Dazzling electric lights were moving around her fingers, from her little finger to her thumb, like a nimble electric snake. The Lightning Martial Spirit had combined with the Profound Qi, and strands of energy waves were exploding in the air, making the air crackle.
"Hehe!" Johnson's cold laughter came from behind Shi Yan, "Kid, if you don't drink it, you know what will happen to you."
Master Karu's eyes were full of excitement. He couldn't help but rub his hands and yell, "Kid, this Intestine Breaking Powder is very interesting. It will make your intestines rot bit by bit …"
Mo Yanyu stared at Shi Yan coldly. She was waiting for Shi Yan to fight back. If Shi Yan didn't cooperate, she would strike immediately. She was ready to vent her anger on Shi Yan.
These days, whenever she thought of Shi Yan's wanton violation of her, she would be filled with anger. Even her fiancé didn't have the chance to touch that forbidden place, but Shi Yan had tasted it first. She was so ashamed that she wanted to vomit blood.
"I'll drink it." Shi Yan replied calmly. He caught the bowl of Intestine Breaking Powder and drank it up.
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