A few men walked towards the big cauldron. It was time to replace the day shift.
Yi Yun straggled at the back. He walked slowly as he stared at the cauldron.
In the eyes of others, Yi Yun looked stunned by the huge bronze cauldron that was burnt by purple fire. Indeed, the cauldron was huge. Yi Yun’s height did not even reach the second handle of the cauldron.
In fact, Yi Yun’s sight was filled with faint points of light. It looked like flying fireflies dancing in the night.
Such a mystical power! This was the energy of the desolate bones, and was the legendary–Power of Desolates!
This endless stream of light dots excited Yi Yun. Previously, the Purple Crystal had absorbed some of the desolate bones’ energy, but he stood far away and could not absorb much. It was unlike today, where he was in close contact with the desolate bones.
In comparison, the Purple Jade ginseng and the Black Fungus was incomparable to this. Like a person who was accustomed to eating plain food seeing a lavish meal, Yi Yun was extremely excited.
This was like a thief entering an emperor’s tomb, a weasel sneaking into a chicken coop!
All the energy of the desolate bones belonged to him.
“Kid, what are you idling for? Chop the firewood!” shouted a man before landing an axe in front of Yi Yun.
Yi Yun was awaked from his sluggish state, and happily preceded to chopping wood.
“This lad has a brain problem!” swore the man. He also began busying himself. He and the others were in charge of chopping the firewood.
The firewood was the key to the fire source. It was extremely strong and heavy. A few strong men had to work hard before they could cut up the purple firewood.
These men worked hard, because if they did well, they could be promoted to foreman, getting more bacon and food.
Yi Yun though happy did not get carried away. He knew the desolate bones refinement had something to do with the “typhoid” break out!
He wanted to investigate thoroughly what was the cause of the typhoid breakout. If the Purple Crystal could not resolve it, then no matter how great the rewards, Yi Yun would only run.
So as Yi Yun chopped the firewood without much purpose, he was carefully observing the red-hot bronze cauldron.
Slowly, Yi Yun realized the problem.
From the big cauldron flew out two differently colored light dots.
The first was purple in color. It was part of the mainstream. It flew around aimlessly, and Yi Yun realized that if he focused, these light dots would fly towards him.
With the Purple Crystal merged with Yi Yun’s heart, Yi Yun felt that he could now control the amount the Purple Crystal absorbed ever since he broke through into the second level of Mortal Blood.
He could choose if he wanted to absorb or not.
The other light dot was another color, icy blue…