Chapter 28: Alchemy Master

  The whole morning, not a single customer came to the Black Raven Tavern. Occasionally, a few people would appear at the door, but when they saw Lega kneeling on the floor, diligently wiping down the tables and chairs, they immediately retreated.

  Lei Ga didn't think much of it, he just buried his head and worked hard. The table and chair in front of him had been wiped by him to the point where they looked like new, and the number of times he had wiped them far exceeded a hundred, but he showed no signs of stopping.

  At this wiping speed, even if he wiped until midnight, he might not be able to finish the second table and chair. In that case, the opportunity to learn from Xie Pu would be completely lost.

  It stands to reason that a tavern used only for entertaining bandits and mercenaries doesn't need to be very clean, but Rega connected Shep's actions together, thought about it carefully, and found out that whether it was wiping the tables and chairs one hundred times or wiping the wine cups one hundred times, neither of them were Shep's true purpose.

  The real purpose is to temper his character and cultivate his will.

  If he can't even do simple tasks like wiping the table and chairs, wine glasses to perfection, then no matter how powerful a technique Shepu teaches him, he won't be able to truly become strong.

  Any powerful, is built on the basis of a little bit of training, even the red lily that genius girl, the agility of her movements almost magical, still has to bear the heavy black sword.

  What he is doing now seems meaningless, but in fact it is very meaningful.

  Having understood this point, Leiga thoroughly put his mind at ease and no longer calculated how many times he had wiped the table legs and chairs, but instead worked towards the most perfect result.

  His physical injuries still hurt, and the feeling of fullness in his stomach was even more tempting to rest - every time this happened, he would secretly glance at the Azure Heron emblem on the palm of his right hand, and then loudly question himself in his heart: Rega! If you can't even do this, what else can you do?!

  Then his body surged with even more strength.

  Shep stood behind the bar, quietly watching every move of Leka, his face full of wrinkles showed no expression. But at this moment, his heart was filled with joy and unease. This complex and intertwined emotion had not appeared since he was young and was actively kissed by a girl who secretly loved him.

  At that time, his joy was due to love and **, anxiety was due to identity and precepts, but now, he is joyful because Leiga is so excellent, anxious about worrying about not being able to remove the holy light seal in his body for Leiga.

  That formidable skill was only heard in rumors, said to be a racial talent unique to the Divine Tribe, just like the Corrosion of the Demon Tribe, able to thoroughly affect the enemy.

  But why did you have to lay hands on a child?

  And yet it was done to a child who is intelligent and strong-willed - what did he do wrong? Or what did his parents do wrong?

  At this thought, Shep couldn't help but furrow his brow.

  The only fortunate thing is that the seal was cast when Laga was just born, seemingly to avoid harming the young infant at the time, so the caster only used a primary-level seal. This brought a glimmer of hope for removing the seal.

  On the Four Kings Continent, there is a very rare epic-level herb called Moon Demon Grass. This grass only grows when the moonlight is brightest in a year, so it takes hundreds of years to grow into a mature plant. No one knows where this grass grows, and its existence is as elusive as its legend.

  It is said that this grass is the essence of the demon tribe's soul, and can dispel all negative effects of holy light magic. It is precisely because of this that this grass has been listed as a "forbidden grass", which must be surrendered to the Holy Light Sisterhood for unified destruction after discovery. Anyone who dares to secretly hoard it will be punished by being burned at the stake.

  However, Xie Pu knew that there was one person who might have this forbidden grass in his hands - the alchemist Xu Lingtian of Dusk Village.

  However, anyone who possesses this forbidden grass will never admit it, unless they can be tempted with a huge enticement...

  Xie Pu has already made a condition in his letter, will Xu Lingtian be moved?

  Just then, a noisy footsteps came from outside the tavern. Xie Pu Ben instinctively raised his eyes and saw three strong bandit mercenaries swaggering in through the door.

  The three bandit mercenaries were all smiling, with bags on their shoulders that clearly didn't belong to them, obviously having just gotten away with robbery and coming to the tavern to celebrate.

  "Hey, attend to the guests!"

  Xie Pu stood behind the bar and shouted.

  "Yes, boss."

  Lei Ga stood up from the floor, turned his face and asked expressionlessly: "What's needed?"

  Three strong bandits took one look at Lega and immediately retreated several steps back.

  Ever since Leiga slew Deiku in one slash at the Crow's Nest Tavern and annihilated the elite army led by Red Roland, even Red Roland himself has not appeared again. All mercenaries on Raven Hill have developed a deep sense of fear towards Leiga's name.

  "Your Excellency... we've taken a wrong turn."

  The leader of the bandits reacted quickly, politely removing his hat and bowing deeply to Lei Ga, backing away while doing so. The other two followed suit.

  "Well, then find a seat and sit down."

  Recalling Chev's words, Laga forced a faint smile out of them.

  This smile was stiff and awkward on his delicate face, looking very eerie, just like the smile of a hungry wolf when it finally sees three weak little lambs.

  Three strong bandits were suddenly frightened, they clearly said they had taken a wrong turn, but Leiga pretended not to hear and asked them to sit down - the three of them looked at each other in dismay, and finally sat down cautiously by the table near the door.

  "Don't sit there!"

  Lei Ga Meng shouted loudly, and it was the table and chair he had just wiped clean.

  Three strong bandits mercenaries had just sat down, but before their buttocks even touched the chair, they were shouted at by Lei Ga and immediately jumped up like they had been electrocuted, saying in unison: "Not yet, not yet!"

  Lei pointed to the seat next to him and said, "Sit there."

  "Yes yes yes."

  Three strong bandits mercenaries hastily moved their bodies and sat down in the seats specified by Lega with a quiver.

  "What's for eating?"

  "Uh, just the usual..."

  Lei Ga glared at them.

  The three bandit mercenaries finally reacted, and hastily explained in unison: "As usual, it's five kilograms of beef, three mutton legs, plus a bowl of bear gall soup."

  "The lamb legs need to be salt-baked, one with chili peppers, one without, and the last one with half of chili peppers."

  "Of the five catties of beef, one-third should be cooked to 70% doneness, one-third to 80% doneness, and the remaining third to a level between 70% and 80% doneness."

  "Also, don't put cilantro in bear gall soup, remember to put bear gall."

  "Hmm..."

  Lei nodded and stretched out his palm towards them. "Pay up."

  The bandits' eyes widened as they stared at Laga's palm, one of them whispered: "Before it was always eat and drink first, then settle the bill..."

  Before he could finish speaking, the leader of the mercenaries immediately elbowed his companion and smiled all over his face as he pulled out a pouch of money. He counted out thirty silver coins and said with a bow: "Sir, thank you for your trouble."

  Thirty silver coins were just enough for the three of them to pay for their meal.

  Lei Ga picked up the silver coins but didn't hurry to leave. He turned around and stretched out his hand towards the other two bandit mercenaries. "Yours too."

  The faces of the two mercenary robbers twisted slightly, but they didn't dare to resist and could only obediently take out their money bags, each counting out thirty silver coins and handing them over to Rega's open cloth.

  "Wait and see."

  Lei Ga walked to the counter with a heavy mop, and poured out all 90 silver coins in front of Xie Pu. The clinking sound of the coins immediately made Xie Pu burst into laughter.

  "Not bad."

  "What did they all order?"

  Lei Ga thought for a moment, "I don't remember, anyway it's something about meat."

  "That's no good, the meat in the tavern is all left for you."

  Xie Pu slid the silver coins under the counter while saying to Le Ga, "You go and negotiate with them, see if you can change the dish, such as stir-fried vegetarian pancakes or raw wild vegetables - I heard that nobles are now fashionable eating wild vegetables. If they're not willing, then..."

  Xie Pu made a very subtle gesture.

  "Yes, boss."

  Lei Ga turned around and walked towards those three strong bandit mercenaries.

  Three strong bandits had vaguely heard the conversation between Shep and Lega, saw Lega's face was not good and walked over, all of them involuntarily shivered.

  "Sir, something urgent has come up, can we skip dinner?"

  "Hmm? Is that so......"

  Lei furrowed his brow, "Then how will you pay for your meals?"

  "No more! No more!"

  Money can be stolen again, but life only has one. The three strong bandits mercenaries waved their hands and walked out of the store.

  "We look forward to your next visit."

  "Definitely come, definitely come!"

  Three men rushed out of the tavern in a flurry, running wildly for over a dozen steps before colliding head-on with a frail traveler. The traveler was immediately knocked to the ground, and even the coarse cloth bundle in his arms flew into the air.

  The traveler stretched out a withered hand, quickly grabbed the package, and then let out a faint sigh.

  "Young man, be careful when walking."

  His voice was hoarse and weak, as if he had just crawled out of a grave.

  "Old man, you're asking for it yourself!"

  Three strong bandits were not only unable to eat anything in the Violent Crow Tavern, but also lost ninety silver coins. They were holding back their anger and had nowhere to vent it. Since someone was delivering themselves to their doorstep, they didn't stand on ceremony. Two of them stepped forward to hold down the traveler's arms, while the leader reached out to grab the traveler's package.

  "Let me see what treasures are hidden here!"

  The robber snatched the package and opened it, only to be stunned at once.

  "Medicine?"

  Various colored medicines were neatly arranged in the package, one bottle next to another. The leader of the robbers was startled and couldn't help but take a closer look at the traveler.

  The traveler wore a completely unremarkable brown hooded cloak, and the noon sun was just climbing over the roof behind him, making it difficult to see his face under the hood.

  "Don't break it..."

  The traveler's weak voice came from under his hood, "This is what I spent the whole morning brewing."

  The entire Crow Ridge only had one alchemist, and this master-level alchemist who hadn't left his house in three years actually came to the Violent Crow Tavern in person!

  The robbers all shouted and dropped their bundles, rolling and crawling as they fled.

  Today is really not a suitable day for robbery.