The Poison Valley ancestor noticed the smile on Anthony's face and scoffed."Hm! I'm sure it feels quite good to act as you please. However, wipe that annoying smirk on your face, I might be tempted to wash it away and damn the consequences," he said in irritation.Anthony furrowed his brows for a while before he quickly realized what his happy smile looked like to them."Ancestor, I'm afraid you've misunderstood me. I wouldn't dare. I was just happy because he swore not to assist me, telling me I'm on my own. So seeing him here in the nick of time made me relieved, he came after all. He probably said it so that I won't relax on the way and assume he's following me. I'm just relieved he changed his mind about guiding me," He quickly explained, looking at them.Anthony knew that if he continued to act arrogant without giving them face, they would do everything to sabotage him out of spite.When you push a man to the wall, gauging his actions is quite difficult. So he would rather not m

Anthony furrowed his brows in confusion."What do you mean? You asked me not to take any weapons to avoid incurring their wrath. Besides, time is of the essence, I want to leave," Anthony replied in irritation, obviously fed up with the system's mischievous behavior."Short-sighted, are we? Do you know the kind of treasure trove they just delivered to you? It will be quite a waste not to take advantage of it all. If you take the weapons, they will immediately realize that something got missing. But if you learn the technique, how will they know you stole their techniques? You must quickly help yourself to them, all these are priceless techniques and formulas. No one needs to know you took them, unless you tell them of course. Even if you don't have suitable weapons to go with them now, it's still very useful. You can even chance upon compatible weapons to combine them with. If you come across a technique you don't like, just learn it and cram it, scan the information and store them in

Anthony looked carefully at the sumptuous meal before him, there was exactly one half of a full chicken, properly grilled,in the middle of the bowl of white rice decorated with peas. There was sauce, vegetable soups cooked with beef and offals, there were also light pastries and rice wine.'Is this what they call properly feeding and fattening the chicken before it's slaughtered?' Anthony mused, watching the heavy tray of delicious looking meals, with tantalizing aromas wafting out of them. The pastries looked like meatloaf, its filling was made with diced meat, carrots, leek, onions and pepper, and seemed to contain some fat that made it look chewy, it was a delicacy that Anthony can never resist under normal circumstances. He would have dived on it the moment he sat down if not for the discussion he heard.He took a deep breath and looked up at Bing Yu. She had a determined look on her face as if she finally came to peace with a tough decision.'Yeah right, I'm sure it must be hard

Anthony listened to the chants of war and threats of death spilling from Xi Wu and his soldiers, his brain working faster than a mill."Young master, you have to wait till nightfall, I will try to stall them while you leave through our secret tunnel that will lead you to the farms. Bing Yu, sew dark green coats for them to act as camouflage. Or you can look for brown fabrics, the color of sand. Or black, hurry up," Chan Feng said, pushing them back inside.Bing Yu nodded and rushed into her room with shaky hands, hurriedly finding brown fabrics.She began to quickly cut them, injuring herself in the process.But she didn't notice the blood gushing out from the deep cuts on her fingers while panicking as she cut the clothes.Her husband noticed the blood flowing down her fingers and quickly rushed to her, tying a piece of cloth around it."Please be careful, stop hurting yourself. If you continue panicking, you will die of high blood pressure before we are even executed. Do not be afra

"Congratulations master, you have been awarded the alchemy god's pot," the system concluded impatiently, making Anthony rise from the 'dead'."You should have mentioned the pot first instead of frightening me," Anthony said resentfully."Hurry and set down an energy gathering formation, using the technique you just won," the system instructed.Anthony quickly began to learn how to set down the energy gathering formation, in five minutes he was done.Bing Yu and Chan Feng ran into the room when they felt the strong energy pouring down on their house. "Are they leaving already? I've not said goodbye to my son," Bing Yu whispered in alarm, rushing to the room.However, she saw her son still sitting peacefully at the edge of the room while Anthony was holding a red stone, while a circular space before him was swirling with energy."Are you about to leave?" She asked in confusion."No, I was told to break through to a higher rank If I want to take more people. So, I'm trying to force a br