Besides his strength, his height was so short that even he could not reach the mouth of the cauldron while standing on a stool. How would he be able to add the “Li Fire Water” into the cauldron?
“Lad, are you kidding me? Someone like you can refine the bones?”
“What can you do with your little body? Your legs aren’t even thicker than the firewood!”
All the men had strong views upon seeing Yi Yun. Yi Yun would be given a piece of bacon for not doing any work. They were not cool with that.
Yi Yun did not bother speaking, and sat by the pile of firewood, letting them say all they want.
“Time for porridge!” A man from the warrior preparation camp brought out a bucket of porridge. There was food provided for those who refined the desolate bones. This was a welfare the upper echelon gave to ensure the smooth refinement of the desolate bones. Only after eating would they have the strength to work.
Upon hearing that the porridge arrived, the men’s eyes lit up and ran towards it.
“Hula”, the bucket of porridge was snatched empty. With Yi Yun at the back, together with how these people struggled and fought for the food, there was already none left for Yi Yun.
Yi Yun felt helpless. Bad surroundings make bad civilians. This phrase had its logic. It wasn’t because the people in bad surroundings were immoral, but being moral did not ensure their survival.
“Time to work! Work time! The guys from the warrior preparation camp shouted.
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…