Chapter 32: Chapter 32: Crossing Again
’Not bad.’ Fang Can nodded in satisfaction as he looked at the full bag of arsenic in his hand.
This should be enough to last until his body was completely immune.
And arsenic wasn’t the only poison in the briefcase. There was also ricin, a lethal toxin where a mere 0.007 grams could kill. Taking that stuff would be much more potent than arsenic.
Once his body became immune to arsenic, he could switch to ricin to continue his progress.
Jiang Ning’an came down the stairs. Since there were no women’s clothes in the house, she had no choice but to wear Fang Can’s.
Seeing Fang Can holding a bag of pills, she asked curiously, "What exactly are those? I see you eating them every day, but you don’t look sick."
"I have to eat them because my body is too strong," Fang Can explained with a smile. "This is all lethal poison."
"Fine, don’t tell me if you don’t want to." Jiang Ning’an crossed her arms, clearly not believing his evasive answer.
She guessed it was something like sugar pills, but even so, eating more than ten a day was quite an addiction.
"If you don’t believe me, Senior, then so be it." Fang Can shrugged nonchalantly and closed the lid on the briefcase.
"Although this stuff probably has no effect on someone like you, it’s still best you don’t eat it."
"Who wants to eat your sugar pills," Jiang Ning’an retorted before asking, "You said we might go back. It’s already been three days, and there’s still no sign of anything."
"Don’t be impatient, Senior. The last time, I was there for seven days. It’s best to wait patiently."
Fang Can smiled, looking at her delicate features. "Besides, even if we can’t go back, I can let you live here as long as you like. No rent. You can rest easy, Senior."
Feeling his gaze, Jiang Ning’an averted her face, a little uncomfortable. She found it hard to get used to being watched so closely by a man.
She subconsciously crossed her arms over her chest and said reproachfully, "Is this about a place to live? If I’m trapped here for the rest of my life, what about my master and my family?"
"Weren’t you concerned about your family the first time you disappeared?" Jiang Ning’an asked.
"Not at all," Fang Can answered instantly.
Seeing Jiang Ning’an’s stunned expression, Fang Can explained calmly:
"After those two got rich, they started traveling all over the country. Besides wiring me money every month as usual, I don’t see them more than once every two or three years. I wouldn’t see them whether I traveled or not, so what’s there to be concerned about?"
The topic made him unwilling to talk about his two unreliable, hands-off parents. Fang Can pursed his lips, no longer in the mood to chat. He took out another arsenic pill, swallowed it, and resumed his training.
For the next few days, to ensure he could bring his things with him when he crossed over, Fang Can kept the briefcase on him at all times.
As he continued his physical training, Fang Can’s body grew stronger at a visible, day-by-day rate.
Although his physique didn’t change, it was as if a tyrannosaurus rex had been stuffed into a tight human skin, ready to tear through the flesh at any moment and reveal the behemoth within.
In addition to his physical changes, Fang Can’s Heart Image also grew stronger, little by little, along with his flesh and blood.
The guards posted outside the house would occasionally feel a terrifying aura emanating from within, making them tremble.
After it happened a few times, they could only marvel internally. ’As expected of a super-powered individual. His aura is on a completely different level.’
...
THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!
「Four days later.」
Inside the villa, Fang Can stared at his right fist, slowly clenching it. As his muscles tensed, the major tendons in his body felt like steel cables being pulled taut.
Flesh Alienation: 8.9%
’This guy...’ From a distance, Jiang Ning’an, who had recovered about seventy percent of her injuries, watched the scene with turbulent emotions.
Having watched Fang Can’s progress step-by-step over the past few days, she knew better than anyone just how terrifying his talent was. It was so monstrous that even a genius like herself couldn’t begin to think of competing.
’In just two more days, this guy will be able to attempt breaking through the First Layer of the Profound Gate.’
At this thought, Jiang Ning’an offered some advice. "Fang Can, you’re about to cross the First Layer of the Profound Gate. Just before you break through, you will feel a distinct resistance. When you notice it, it’s best to rest for a few days before breaking through the barrier in one go."
"I understand." Fang Can nodded lightly. After all, the experience of a predecessor was worth listening to.
"Senior, next..." Fang Can was about to say more when he suddenly saw everything before him begin to distort. It felt as if the entire world was about to collapse.
The instant this thought arose, Fang Can snatched the briefcase he always kept ready by his side, and in the next moment, he vanished.
He wasn’t the only one. Across the entire territory of the New Country, hundreds of spatiotemporal energy tides erupted violently.
At least several hundred people were swept into the spatial turbulence, including, of course, Jiang Ning’an, who had been longing to return home.
CLICK!
When Fang Can came to his senses, his surroundings had changed. He was in a dim library, where a single candle flame slowly burned, illuminating a small corner of the world.
In front of him, Elder Li’s voice, reading from the *Chronicles of the Great Derivation Emperor*, hadn’t stopped. He was still reciting word by word, slowly and deliberately. Everything was exactly the same as when Fang Can had crossed over seven days ago.
WHOOSH!
In an instant, Fang Can, who had already planned for this, flicked his right hand. A powerful gust of wind from his fingers extinguished the candle on the counter from a distance.
In the eyes of an ordinary person like Elder Li, the world was suddenly plunged into complete darkness.
"What happened? Why did the lamp go out?" he muttered in confusion, his eyes not yet adjusted to the dark.
"Elder Li, perhaps a gust of wind blew in from outside," Fang Can’s leisurely voice came from the darkness.
After a few seconds, while Elder Li’s eyes still couldn’t see in the dark, Fang Can, who had already changed back into his Tiger Slaughter Sect uniform, used a fire starter to relight the candle.
Ignoring the small interruption, Elder Li resumed his reading, completely unaware of the surprise Fang Can was feeling.
’So time in both worlds really does pause for the other.’
Right then, in Elder Li’s blind spot behind Fang Can, a modern briefcase lay safely behind his chair.
Understanding the flow of time between the two worlds, Fang Can completely relaxed.
This was practically the best-case scenario. He wouldn’t have to worry about being expelled from the Tiger Slaughter Sect upon his return.
"In that case, it’s time to stir up some trouble." Fang Can’s eyes narrowed slightly. As he listened to Elder Li’s recitation, he was already planning his agenda for tomorrow.
Now that he had some initial success in his martial arts? Forbearance? Restraint? That was all bullshit.
Tomorrow, he would go straight to the training hall and break the legs of those senior brothers who had dared to rob him.
A gentleman takes his revenge before the night is over. In Fang Can’s subjective experience, almost ten full days had passed since they robbed him. If he didn’t get his revenge now, what was he waiting for, the New Year?
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