Bab 69: Basic Stances

Ryu sat in meditation, adjusting his state to its peak level. Before him sat six pill bottles, each with twenty or so Blood Congealing pills. There were far more of these, several thousand, in fact. However, Ryu had no interest in them. The truth was that he was reluctant to take such impure pills to begin with.

Unless a pill reached an almost unheard of 100% purity, it would leave behind ill-effects within its taker's body. There were some exceptions, but they were incredibly rare for obvious reasons. Unfortunately, Ryu had no alchemy skills, so he was unable to make any of his own, nor did he want to waste any time learning. The only reason Ryu was willing to accept these pill impurities into his body was because he planned to rely on the Final Four Rites to force them out.