Chapter 108: with translation of chapter title

After hearing the prescription, Dan Shu's facial expression showed no change at all, as if she did not think this was a particularly cruel, ethics‑violating prescription.

"Well… this is a rather dangerous prescription. I roughly understand the medicinal theory of this formula: it is to draw upon the power of the dragon‑blooded, so that I may obtain… ascension."

"However, the specific medicinal theory still needs to be verified by me, which may take some time." Dan Shu gave a faint smile, "After all, I can't really go and take the Chimeras' marrow to test, right?"

Listening to her joke in a flat tone, Xing always felt a creepy sensation.

Faithful

"This chief alchemist… really is not simple." Looking at the gentle and virtuous woman in the light curtain, Bai Zhu furrowed his brows.

Uncle Yang

"Talent is certainly one of them, but what shocked Bai Zhu the most… should be her gall?" The white little snake coiled around Bai Zhu's neck spat out a bright red forked tongue.

"Indeed, nothing can be hidden from Changsheng." Bai Zhu nodded and said, "This Dan Shu, as a blind person of the Heavenly Deficiency, I can understand her hearing being stronger than ordinary people's, but to distinguish people by that alone is utterly unimaginable… Moreover, she has never even seen Xing."

Secluded Orchid Dai Er

"That is indeed possible." Changsheng picked up Bai Zhu's thread and explained, "But Xing's footsteps are no different from an ordinary person's; to tell them apart just by hearing is simply too absurd."

"So… this reminds me of the scene when Xing and Zhi Xin first met. Xingqiu, do you still remember how Zhi Xin discovered Xing?"

"Hmm, let me think… he said at the time, 'The Kindly Embracing Medicine King bestowed upon me keen senses; nothing can escape…'"

"Oh, I see now, I understand!" Halfway through speaking, Xingqiu finally had an epiphany, "Those who take the secret medicine of the Celestial Vessel will have their senses heightened, and this Lady Dan Shu is also a recipient of the Medicine King's secret transmission!"

"Another important point… is Dan Shu's reaction upon hearing the prescription; ordinary alchemists' faces would drastically change when hearing of the live extraction of Chimeras' marrow, but this chief alchemist alone showed an unfazed demeanor."

Bai Zhu said gradually, "Could this indicate that this strange and cruel prescription… Dan Shu herself is one of its developers?"

"What a lunatic…" Xingqiu felt a bead of cold sweat slide down his forehead: "As one of the Six Sovereigns, are you staging a 'darkness under the lamp'? Indeed, what boldness…"

Plain Attire

After finishing, Xing was about to go look for Uncle Yang and March 7, but suddenly his phone actually received a message from Dan Heng.

Dan Heng: "Just now there was some situation; I have arrived at the Celestial Vessel, how are you all?"

Xing: "How did you come to the Celestial Vessel? Is the train alright? What's the situation?"

Dan Heng: "I'll just assume you replied 'fine.' It's a long story; I am at Flowing Cloud Ford, together with a cloud rider, and I'll meet up with you as soon as I come out. The train is fine; I came on my own, I'll explain in detail when I have time."

Jade Terrace

Northern Desert

Dan Heng put down his phone, lifted his head, and not far away, Luo Cha and Su Shang were each resting.

Along the way we have encountered many demonic shadows; although there were frights, no danger, but we are also exhausted, so several people discussed taking a brief rest on the spot.

"Are you, Brother Dan Heng, a person from Luo Fu?" Luo Cha noticed Dan Heng's gaze and then asked proactively.

Rakshasa

Luo Cha keenly sensed that Dan Heng did not really want to answer, and thus proactively apologized, "Sorry, that was an unnecessary question on my part. I sometimes fail to gauge the proper bounds in interacting with people; I hope I haven't offended you."

"Let's talk about you." Dan Heng perhaps felt that staying silent all the time was impolite, so he found a topic to ask, "You don't seem like a person from the Celestial Vessel; where are you from?"

"As a traveling merchant, I have no fixed affiliation, drifting everywhere, with the Star Sea as my home. But if you're curious… my registration in the Alliance is at the Celestial Vessel (Jade Gate), and Luo Cha is just the name I commonly use in the Celestial Vessel." Luo Cha smiled slightly, "Outside the Celestial Vessel, I have a more awkward-sounding name."

Kindly Medicine King

Could it be that, due to isotopic differences, his personality is completely different from Otto's? The person on the other end of the phone, Jizi, first proposed this hypothesis; after all, given the information Luo Cha has shown so far, it's hard to label him as a "bad person."

"Bad people don't necessarily look like this, but anyone who looks like this is definitely a bad person." Walter said firmly, glancing at the coffin beside Rakshasa, "Can you guess what's inside his coffin?"

"... It couldn't possibly be Karen, could it?" Himeko shook her head, saying he's a merchant yet carries a coffin, which makes no sense no matter how you look at it.

Walter shook his head and said: "I can't guess either; it might be Karen's isotope, but that's just a possibility... What's important is that he must be hiding some unknown conspiracy."

Since becoming opponents with Otto, he has more than once experienced this man's tactics.

"A merchant..." Walter repeated with deep meaning: "If this man is content to be just a merchant, it would be a waste of that face."

""What is that coffin?" Dan Heng asked again."

""Oh, that's a karmic entanglement. I got dragged into a battle by accident, incurred a favor for no reason, so I had to help return a corpse to the Celestial Ark.""

After chatting a while longer, Dan Heng turned and found Su Shang again, asking besides some questions about the Luofu blockade, also about that man called Rakshasa.

""Did you know this Rakshasa before?""

""I don't know him; meeting him and meeting you happened at the same time?" After Dan Heng mentioned it, Su Shang recalled, "But I do seem to have seen him somewhere? He looks a bit familiar... where was that?""

Could this Rakshasa inside the curtain have also gone to places like the Northern Desert with Su Shang?

Youlan Dai'er said while giving Li Su Shang a strange look.

"Come on, that's the intergalactic universe; where would a desert come from?" Li Su Shang gave Youlan Dai'er a speechless glance: "Besides, Rakshasa's personality is totally different from his."

In memory, the Rakshasa people have a rather aloof demeanor; during those days of sword-testing in the Northern Desert, she rarely saw him smile.

This Mr. Rakshasa is unexpectedly gentle and considerate, compared to the Rakshasa people's silent, aloofness that keeps people at a distance; Rakshasa is more proactive.

However, wearing that face, it's hard to say whether Rakshasa ultimately has some ulterior motive...