Capítulo 27: Sick
Yi Yun absorbed the desolate bone's energy at night, filling up his energy reserves. In the day, he would spy on the warrior preparation camp's practicing, secretly listening in on Yao Yuan's teaching of "Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist".
The warrior preparation camp was not a restricted area. It was common for people to come and go. As long as Yi Yun was careful, he would not be discovered.
After learning the skills, Yi Yun would go to the back mountain to cultivate. He would digest the energy from the desolate bone, fusing it into his body. Such a cultivation rhythm was perfect.
Within days, Yi Yun's Thunderous realm became more and more stable. He could stay underwater for twenty-five minutes, almost as long as a dolphin.
About a month before the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom warrior selection, a man who was refining the bones with Yi Yun fell sick.
Although Yi Yun had absorbed as much of the toxic blue light energies as he could, there were still some light dots that entered the bodies of others. Unfortunately, the leftover blue dots still caused them to contract the so-called "typhoid".
After the first person fell sick, Yi Yun also "fell sick", and his "sickness" was extremely serious.
Yi Yun could no longer refine the desolate bone. According to Jiang Xiaorou, he had diarrhea, was pale in the face, and was extremely weak. Jiang Xiaorou had to take leave on his behalf as he was bedridden.
Zhao Tiezhu strained his ears to finish hearing Jiang Xiaorou's description. A delightful sense of schadenfreude engulfed him as he broke into a smile, "Oh my, diarrhea? Pale in the face? Extremely weak? Tsk tsk tsk, wasn't he pretty hardy? How could he be bedridden this time?"
Zhao Tiezhu said it with an eccentric voice. Jiang Xiaorou's face turned cold, as if in a rage. But in fact, she was just acting. She obviously knew that Yi Yun was fine, and that he was just feigning sickness.
"Your brother was originally a weakling. Even if he died, it wouldn't be a big deal. But Young Master Lian sure has a good heart, and he has handed me the pills!" Zhao Tiezhu said as he reluctantly pulled out a red pill from his hip.
Zhao Tiezhu had no intention of giving Yi Yun the pill. He could only wish for Yi Yun's death, but he did not know why Lian Chengyu had high appraisals for Yi Yun, and specifically gave him the pill to pass to Yi Yun. He was to make sure that Yi Yun ate the pill.
Did Young Master Lian really think that highly of the little bastard?
Zhao Tiezhu felt upset thinking of this.
"Young Master Lian is such a good person!"
"Young Master Lian is too kind!"
During that period of time, as the men refining the desolate bone fell ill one after another, many people had gathered to obtain a pill. Having seen Zhao Tiezhu take out the legendary pill that could bring people back from the dead to give to Yi Yun, the people began to sing praises of Lian Chengyu.
These people had previously thought Lian Chengyu would ignore them. But seeing that a useless lad like Yi Yun could receive a pill, they believed that their strongman at home would also receive one.
Furthermore, the bulging bag Zhao Tiezhu held in his other hand looked like it contained bacon. These people became even more agitated. The situation had put the crowd in a nearly uncontrollable frenzy.
"Lord Zhao, my man in the house has fallen sick too!"
"Lord Zhao, my child's father is seriously ill. He has been vomiting for three days!"
A crowd gathered around Zhao Tiezhu hoping for a pill, and some bacon. Their eyes were full of hope. They were almost about to kowtow to Zhao Tiezhu.
Zhao Tiezhu was pleased because he enjoyed being praised by a crowd of people. He found Young Master Lian too soft hearted. Giving such precious pills and bacon to these poor commoners was such a waste!
Zhao Tiezhu had originally wanted to secretly eat a pill, but Lian Chengyu had warned him previously, so he had to give up on that thought. The fact that he had to personally deliver the pill to that monkey Yi Yun upset Zhao Tiezhu tremendously.
"Stop making a fuss! As long as you are really ill, there will be something for you!" Zhao Tiezhu opened up the cloth bag, and after accounting for the number of people, handed out the pills and bacon.
Everyone who received a pill and bacon gave endless thanks, "Thank you Lord Zhao! Thank you Lord Zhao!"
"What are you thanking me for. You should thank Young Master Lian. Young Master Lian will remember your sacrifice to the tribe. As long as you work hard refining the bones, Young Master Lian and the tribe will not let you down."
Zhao Tiezhu said it with a sense of achievement. He had the illusion that he was representing the Lian tribal clan's upper echelon. In fact, at that moment, Zhao Tiezhu felt like he was one of the upper echelon of the Lian tribal clan.
"Yes, yes. Thank you Young Master Lian," as some of the people knelt down and kowtowed towards the Patriarch's compound.
Zhao Tiezhu was pleased with the outcome. He had distributed most of the pills and bacon. There were two pieces of bacon left: the biggest and smallest pieces.
Of course the biggest piece was left for himself. The moment Lian Chengyu had allowed him to distribute the bacon, he had reserved the largest piece for himself.
There was a count of the number of pieces of bacon, so it was a problem if there was one less. The solution was to cut out a small piece from the second largest piece of bacon.
Of course, this piece was the smallest piece of bacon. He gave this smallest piece of bacon to Jiang Xiaorou.
"This is yours." Zhao Tiezhu said it straight.
"You…" Seeing the tiny piece of bacon, Jiang Xiaorou knew Zhao Tiezhu had done it on purpose. However, she knew that it was pointless to argue, so she accepted the piece of bacon.
Yun-er had not had meat in a long while.
"How's your brother?" said Zhao Tiezhu lazily as he kept the largest piece of bacon.
"Didn't I tell you earlier!?" replied Jiang Xiaorou sharply.
"Hehe, let me follow you back. What can I do? I have a good heart and I care for the citizens," said Zhao Tiezhu as he made a division between himself and the commoners. The word "citizens" was extremely irksome to the ears.
As for why he wanted to see Yi Yun was partly due to Lian Chengyu's instructions, or he couldn't care less. Zhao Tiezhu did not understand why Lian Chengyu was taking such good care of the little monkey.
Actually, Lian Chengyu had only said it to Zhao Tiezhu casually, and did not take it to heart. He had aspirations higher than the sky, to become one who lords above all, and enjoy endless riches. Why would he bother about some small character like Yi Yun?
He was just curious why Yi Yun had not died all this while.
He had fallen off a cliff when picking herbs the first time. He was even able to dig himself out after being buried.
The second time was when he had secretly transmitted a fatal Yuan Qi into Yi Yun's body, but Yi Yun still did not die.
Lian Chengyu wanted to know that with the refining of the desolate bones—the desolate bone's frost poison together with the toxicity of the Blood Thinning Pills, could Yi Yun still survive it?
To Lian Chengyu, Yi Yun was like a cockroach. Although a cockroach was small and weak, it had an extremely tenacious vitality. Even after being squashed with its organs bursting and losing the capacity to move, a cockroach could still survive a day or two without food and water.
Yi Yun was similar. Although he was so weak, he had survived numerous death experiences.
"Peng!"
The yard door was kicked open. Jiang Xiaorou asked with a crisp angry voice, "What are you doing!"
"Haha, to see your brother." Zhao Tiezhu strutted in and saw Yi Yun lying on the bed.
Yi Yun's face was covered in sweat. His hair was wet and sticking to his forehead. There was a pot that seemed to contain vomit, emitting a foul stench.
"Damn it, it's noxious!" Zhao Tiezhu pinched his nose and passed the Blood Thinning Pill to Yi Yun, "I don't really know how you lucked out for you to get special treatment from Young Master Lian. You look worse than a beggar of beggars. Looking at you makes me feel sick. Quickly eat this pill!"
Yi Yun picked up the Blood Thinning Pill on his blanket with a deadpan expression. Jiang Xiaorou rushed forward with a bowl of water.
When Yi Yun held the Blood Thinning Pill, he could feel the energetic properties of the pill.
There were pathetic amounts of energy in it. It did not contain any valuable herbs, but contained a very poisonous substance.
A good pill contained energy within it. The pill's medicinal essence would spread through the body when a person consumes it. It will then naturally heal injuries, giving the person a new lease of life.
But a bad pill like the Blood Thinning Pill contained nearly no energy. It used the toxic substance to stimulate a person's potential, without any concern for the consequences.
So although a person could recover quickly after eating this pill, it would greatly shorten the person's life.
Yi Yun obviously did not eat a pill that did more harm than good.
Although Zhao Tiezhu was looking from the side, it wasn't hard for Yi Yun to deceive him. He ate the Blood Thinning Pill and drank a mouthful of water. It seemed like he drank a lot of water, but when the bowl was removed, Yi Yun had spit out all the water back into the bowl.
Following that, Yi Yun looked as if it took a lot of work to swallow, but his mouth contained no water, so naturally nothing was actually swallowed.
Immediately after that, Yi Yun pretended that his body was weak to point that he had difficulties even in drinking water and coughed violently.
Jiang Xiaorou came forward with a cloth to wipe Yi Yun's mouth. In the process of wiping his mouth, Yi Yun spit out the Blood Thinning Pill without any trace, leaving the pill in the cloth.
With the cloth scrunched up, nothing could be seen.
Zhao Tiezhu was full of disregard and impatience, so he did not see through Yi Yun's act. Even if it was Lian Chengyu who came, he would probably not have seen Yi Yun spit out the pill.
After all, Yi Yun had the appearance of a twelve-year-old. Who would think that he could be capable of such acts?
"Count your blessings! After eating this pill, it will not only save your life, but it will make you more energetic. It's better than looking like an ill-ridden weakling!" With that said, Zhao Tiezhu walked off.
After Zhao Tiezhu left, Yi Yun scrutinized the Blood Thinning Pill in the cloth with a flash in his eyes. Lian Chengyu is truly cruel. To refine that piece of desolate bone, he was prepared to kill numerous people!
This strange world was unlike Earth.
On Earth, there would be instances where a child brought a knife to school to stab another child to death after a quarrel between the two. These kinds of situations were rare, and only seen on news networks like Tencent.
But in this power-oriented strange world, such matters where someone could be killed over some words, eh… Could it still be labeled a matter?
Because of the peaceful rule of law on Earth, murder was a huge deal, but over here, murder was as commonplace as slaughtering cattle.
In fact, plenty of times, killing someone did not need a reason. Not looking right was a sufficient reason…
Capítulo 28: Faking
With the Blood Thinning Pill handed out, all the men who had contracted "typhoid" recovered by the next day.
Having received the elixir and bacon, they were naturally extremely grateful, and worked even harder to refine the desolate bone.
Of course, Yi Yun was one of them. His "recovery" was the fastest for he simply needed to wipe off the fake sweat—water he had sprayed on his face.
As such, Yi Yun headed to the grain-sunning ground the next morning as if full of energy,
After this bout of illness, Yi Yun and the group changed from the night shift to the day shift. This suited Yi Yun's wishes since he could no longer learn much more from Yao Yuan's "Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist". Yao Yuan was not planning to teach the remaining stances, but the first few stances were enough to occupy Yi Yun for a period of time.
Refining the desolate bone in the day, and practicing in the back mountains at night made it more covert.
"Kiddo Yun, is your body feeling better?" asked the woman from next door. She had seen Yi Yun skipping down the road, as if he had excessive energy.
"Auntie Wang, I'm totally fine! Thanks to Young Master Lian's elixir! Young Master Lian is such a great person!" smiled Yi Yun, with a look of gratitude. As he went down the road, he boasted to others about the effectiveness of the Blood Thinning Pill.
"That's great, that's great!" Auntie Wang said as she saw Yi Yun's energy, knowing that he had fully recovered.
For an adult like Yi Yun, it was pretty awkward for him to skip down the road, but he was after all a twelve-year-old child in the eyes of others.
The age of twelve was when kids were the most playful. Yi Yun was "noticed" by Lian Chengyu because Lian Chengyu had felt he was too mature, unlike a child.
A twelve year old had to behave like a twelve year old. If he acted as one occasionally, it would reassure people that nothing was out of the norm.
"My family's man wanted to brew that bone soup thingy, but too bad he was not able to. Kiddo Yun, you sure are lucky." Auntie Wang said with envy.
"Ha ha, Auntie Wang, There's still some bacon left from the one I received. I'll give you a piece tonight." Yi Yun said casually; he did not cherish this piece of bacon that was coveted by all these poor commoners.
Actually, Yi Yun had cut a small piece from the bacon to feed a dog. Of course, that dog did not belong to Yi Yun's family because a poor family did not have the means to rear a dog. Even if they did, the dog would have long been slaughtered and eaten.
In the entire Lian tribal clan, only the warrior preparation camp reared a few dogs. All of these dogs were hunting dogs. As there were few wild beasts near the wonderland, searching for rabbits without hunting dogs would be no different from searching for a needle in a haystack.
Yi Yun had fed the meat to the dogs because he was worried that Lian Chengyu had poisoned the bacon. Although it was unlikely, Yi Yun had to be cautious.
After seeing that the dog was all right, Yi Yun then allowed Jiang Xiaorou to use the meat for cooking.
Yi Yun had not enjoyed the taste of meat for ages. However, the taste of the bacon wasn't great, as it had been cured far too long. The meat was hard and tasted like wood. It only tasted salty and lacked the fragrance of meat.
But for such a piece of bacon, Jiang Xiaorou had insisted on leaving it for Yi Yun, and refused to eat it. Yi Yun took a lot of effort to convince Jiang Xiaorou to have a small bite.
Yi Yun did not eat much himself. He even hung the remaining meat on the wall.
Yi Yun was aiming for the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom warrior selection in two months, so he was not concerned about this tasteless piece of bacon. He had heard from Jiang Xiaorou that Auntie Wang from next door had taken care of them in the past, especially in the years after Yi Yun's mother had passed away. Jiang Xiaorou was always out of food before the ration distribution, and if not for Auntie Wang giving them some food, they would have long since starved to death.
It was a great, kind debt. After all, few people would give their food to others in this world. It was much more difficult than lending money on Earth.
Hence, giving this piece of bacon to Auntie Wang was fitting.
"How… How can you. Kiddo Yun, you and your sister are undergoing puberty, it was hard for you to obtain this meat. Auntie can't accept it!" Auntie Wang said firmly, giving mixed feelings to Yi Yun.
In this poor and backward tribe, although there were many obstinate citizens and wicked people, there were people like Auntie Wang who thought of others even when they were starving.
Such a land could actually produce all kinds of people.
"Auntie Wang, Xiaoke is also in the growing stage. Even if you don't eat it, Xiaoke would need it too." Auntie Wang's child, Zhou Xiaoke was about the same age as Yi Yun. When they were young, she used to follow Yi Yun all around.
With Xiaoke growing up and full of life, together with Yi Yun's resurrection, the two had interacted a lot less.
"Auntie, say no more. I'm going to brew the bone soup." Yi Yun did not wait for Auntie Wang's reply before running away.
"This kid!" Auntie Wang shook her head, but a happy smile plastered her face.
In the Lian tribal clan's Patriarch compound, Lian Chengyu was standing in the middle of the granite courtyard, practicing his boxing.
He wore a loose practice suit. This practice suit was made of a rare silk fabric uncommonly found in the Lian tribal clan. It was very expensive. This practice suit was smooth and soft to the touch, and was extremely comfortable when worn.
Lian Chengyu walked in circles with varying speeds. When he was slow, he was like an old man exercising in the morning, but when he was fast, he was like a cheetah hunting a prey.
Through it all, Lian Chengyu's eyes were focused on his fingertips. His arms were like a snake sliding through the woods, making it difficult to determine where he would launch his attack .
Zhao Tiezhu stood silently by the side, waiting for Lian Chengyu to finish his practice.
After about five minutes, Lian Chengyu was finally done.
He held his hands by his waist and spit out a breath arrow. This arrow flew far without dissipating.
Spitting out a breath arrow was the symbol of the Vigor realm, but Lian Chengyu's breath was no longer a simple Vigor realm's breath. It was powered from the Mortal Blood's fifth level, Qi Gatherer. Lian Chengyu was able to gather the Yuan Qi from the environment into his body, so the air he spit out was not only air, but also consisted of Yuan Qi!
"Fabulous! It's absolutely fabulous!" shouted Zhao Tiezhu as he saw Lian Chengyu finish. His eyes lit up as he began to kiss ass.
"This strength, this skill, in the warrior selection in two months, Young Master will definitely become a Kingdom Knight of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom!" Zhao Tiezhu began his flattery once again. Lian Chengyu's strength was indeed not bad. For him to have that ambition, he had to have the means to do so. He had reached the fifth level of Mortal Blood the previous year, so the few punches he displayed were reminiscent of a master's.
"Cut the crap, how is the refining of the desolate bone?"
"Everything is going as per normal! It has to be normal!" said Zhao Tiezhu as he patted his chest. "Those cheap people were extremely grateful after receiving Young Master's bacon and drugs. They wish they could refine the bones all day!"
"Hmm… Give them some of the herbal dregs then," said Lian Chengyu casually. The herbal dregs were of no more value to him. Suddenly, Lian Chengyu asked, "Right, what happened to that Yi Yun?"
"Yi Yun…" Zhao Tiezhu gave a look of disdain. "That kid fell sick a few days ago and had diarrhea, and was covered with sweat. The entire house stank. He was no different from a beggar."
"If not for Young Master's mercy, he would have long died without the elixir! Lowly me followed Young Master's instructions and saw with my own eyes that the kid swallowed the pill. But thankfully, that kid still has some conscience. These few days he had been going around singing praises of Young Master, saying that he could recover all thanks to Young Master's medicine!"
"This…" Lian Chengyu's mouth formed into a gentle arc after listening to Zhao Tiezhu's narration.
This tribe of cheap lives, each more foolish than the preceding one. He thought that there were a few clever ones in the tribe like Yi Yun, but it seemed as though he had worried too much.
It was good, them being dumb allowed him to cover up any incidents in the future.
"Make sure to keep watch. The nearer we are to the end, the more we need to ensure that nothing goes wrong with the refining of the desolate bone. If it's refined successfully, I'll reward you greatly. If anything wrong happens, you will pay with your head!" Lian Chengyu said the last word with great killing intent, scaring Zhao Tiezhu into nodding incessantly.
"Young Master, don't worry. This servant will keep watch day and night, I will ensure that nothing goes wrong!"
…
Zhao Tiezhu hurried to the grain-sunning ground in a flurry. Yi Yun was still chopping wood in his usual unhurried manner. Yi Yun secretly smiled when he saw Zhao Tiezhu. It was true that an idiot could do no harm.
"What are you looking at, get to work! Are you looking to die!?" Zhao Tiezhu roared and threw a big bag. When the bag was opened, out came a huge pile of herbal dregs.
These were the remnants after Lian Chengyu finished soaking his body in.
"These herbal dregs are a reward for you. The necessary supplementary drugs are in there too. Take them back and boil it in water. Soak your body in it while it's still hot, and it will benefit you much. Damn it, you guys really have it good!" Zhao Tiezhu swore as he said those words. The men's eyes lit up after hearing it. They rushed to grab the herbal dregs.
Of course, Yi Yun did not get any. Even if it was given to Yi Yun, he would not have wanted it. That was the bathwater of Lian Chengyu after all, would he want to soak in the leftover bathwater? What a joke!
Yi Yun still did the motions of lunging forward. When he did not get any, he just sighed.
Seeing Yi Yun having such a slow response, and appearing dim-witted, Zhao Tiezhu could not help but laugh. This idiot could not do anything even when in a hurry, what else could he do? He deserved starving to death!
Zhao Tiezhu left, as the men carried on refining the desolate bones. The refinement process was to brew the desolate bones' essence in the Li Fire Water, and then evaporate all the Li Fire Water, allowing the dissolved essence to crystalize.
The Li Fire Water's boiling point was extremely high, so it was not easy to evaporate it away. Countless amounts of firewood had been burnt. The men in charge of the refinement had their skin grilled red.
But Yi Yun was an exception. His skin was still like a baby's bottom and his cheeks were rosy. This rosiness was not a result of the fire, but from the absorbing of the desolate bone's essence. Because he was well-nourished, his healthy body displayed a healthy pink.
As Yi Yun looked at Zhao Tiezhu's back, he glanced at the huge cauldron. Again he had satiated his appetite, and could not wait to go "rampant" on the back mountain.
His body was full, but his fist was unable to endure the thirst!
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