But after undergoing the intense training from the “Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist”, the desolate bone energy within Yi Yun’s body had been depleted, so his hunger was much more unbearable.
From the color of the sky, the sun was about to set. Yi Yun returned to the village.
At the grain-sunning ground, the cauldron was burning bright, and it was time to change shifts.
Seeing Yi Yun return, “Da Tou”‘s father pointed to a stack of firewood and said straight, “These firewood. Chop them up for me. You didn’t do anything last night. This place doesn’t employ useless people. If you can’t finish it, there will be no porridge for you today.”
Yi Yun was speechless upon hearing that. It was not as if he had eaten any porridge yesterday. The men had all rushed headlong into the fray. The number of rice grains Yi Yun had managed to receive could be counted with his fingers. The bucket of rice porridge was drank and licked cleanly that it didn’t even need scrubbing.
Yi Yun sat in the corner and began to chop the wood unhurriedly.
This firewood was as thick as a fully grown leg. It had to be chopped apart before dicing it into uniform sizes, in order for the fire to burn uniformly.
Without anyone realizing, a sheet of red and blue light that came from the cauldron, as Yi Yun chopped wood, now covered him.
Previously, Yi Yun did not absorb all the energies from the herbs, leaving some soup for Lian Chengyu, because he was fearful that Lian Chengyu would realize something was amiss.
But this time, for the desolate bones, it was different. Yi Yun was determined to absorb all the energy from the desolate bones, and increase his strength by leap and bounds. By then, he would no longer fear Lian Chengyu.
Yi Yun felt a little sorry for Lian Chengyu. He confessed in his mind: “Young master Lian, I’m sorry. If I don’t reach the Purple Blood realm, then it’s too bad. For me to finish up this set of desolate bones cleanly, with nothing left, I can only apologize.”
“If through luck, I can reach the Purple Blood realm before I finish absorbing the desolate bones, then I’ll…er…carry on sucking it dry. After all, the Purple Blood realm is just the beginning step on the martial arts road. There’s still a long path ahead.”
“So please be a good man till the end. I will always remember you in the future.” After Yi Yun finished confessing, he began to absorb the desolate bones energy.
It was a tremendously comfortable feeling to be able to absorb the Power of Desolates without any restrictions while the body was seriously lacking in energy.
The lack of energy and hunger; although they were two different feelings, they had much in common.
In the case of extreme hunger, what greater joy was there besides having a sumptuous meal of delicacies?
Yi Yun did not stand on ceremony with Lian Chengyu. He knew that the desolate bones’ energy was so vast that he would need a while to absorb fully.
After all, Lian Chengyu’s primitive methods of brewing the desolate bones could at best refine a small amount of the desolate bone’s essence. Just this small amount of essence was enough for Lian Chengyu to breakthrough to the Purple Blood realm.
However for Yi Yun, using the Purple Crystal to absorb the desolate bone’s energy, he could absorb it completely and with high efficiency. Also Yi Yun’s cultivation level was still low at the Thunderous realm, if the cultivation speed increased any faster, Yi Yun might even scare himself…