Chapter 50: Off-Duty House Repairs

At noon, the overcast rain began to let up, and the wind grew faint.

In the afternoon, the sun pierced through the curtain of clouds, signaling that the typhoon had passed.

At dusk, the corpse-buriers, having finished burying the bodies, did not delay for a moment and hurried toward home.

It was not just them; those who were able to finish work at this time were basically doing the same thing.

Because they needed to go back to repair their houses.

Of course, there were some exceptions.

The people from the Bully Gang were among them.

Otherwise, there would be no need for any evil cultivator to take action; they would be used by the gang leader to kill the chicken to warn the monkeys!

"The hall masters are also crafty; they actually plan to take this opportunity to build a big house, all live together, watch over and help each other, and have a sense of security. Sigh~ we aren't so lucky, we can only fend for ourselves, but..."

The other four responded and left, starting to clean up the inside and outside of the small courtyard that they hadn't had time to deal with in the morning.

In short, if you dare to offend Supervisor Ren, he will kill you to vent his anger!

This could also be considered a benefit brought by Ren Li, although he followed Du En and the others at this time mainly to chat and relieve his boredom.

While complaining to himself, looking at the scattered people around who seemed displaced and had miserable expressions on their faces, Liu Qixiang had to admit that his own situation was still much better than theirs.

Of course, if Du En asked him for help, he might, in a good mood, go and help collect the money.

"How bitter!"

Du En handed his earnings from today's corpse-clearing to Ning Caize.

"No problem!"

But, a clever housewife cannot cook without rice!

"Excluding the ingredients themselves, which go without saying, the problems hindering your spirit-meal cooking are mainly two points."

Logically speaking, with his current proficiency in cooking, even at the first stage of perfection, he could actually attempt it, and there would be a high probability of success on the first try.

As for Du En, he was checking the condition of the main beams and the foundation.

The predicament Ren Li spoke of was not that of the corpse-buriers, nor was it brought by last night's typhoon, but something that had already surfaced earlier.

Because the typhoon not only blew the house away but also took away all traces of daily life, so the corpse-buriers' small courtyard's signature stench barrier had now disappeared without a trace, which was why he hadn't recognized it at first.

"Old Ning, go to the trading point and buy timber. Don't skimp on spirit stones; add two more and have their people escort it over to avoid any accidents on the way."

What's more, the main person involved wasn't even in a hurry, remaining calm and composed, so he had nothing to be anxious about.

This was also the reason he joined the Bully Gang; if you can't beat them, join them, and you can get benefits!

Unknowingly, he had walked to a section of the road that appeared empty.

His cooking proficiency had reached its current limit, stuck just like his appraisal skill!

The outward sign of this was that although Du En could cook first-stage mid-grade stewed owl and stewed jackal with flowing, extremely skillful movements, he could not go any further and was completely stagnant at the first-stage mid-grade.

He wailed in his heart, hurriedly nodded and bowed, cupped his hands flatteringly, and retreated into the debris on the side of the road.

Ren Li folded his arms, looking very idle, pacing behind him, and spat out cool, sarcastic words: "This ordinary wooden house has a lot of problems; why not take this opportunity to change it? Oh, right, you are all working for free now, you haven't even asked for your wages, and on the surface, you have no spare money."

A typical case of adding frost to snow!

Gangs like the Green Clothes Gang were actually quite inhumane, because after the typhoon, the higher-ups suffered losses and had to find ways to make up for it from below, even if doing so would drive many people to their deaths.

However, due to the influence of previous events, Liu Qixiang, like many ordinary gang members, now had significant concerns in his heart.

"Because I can't just walk away, and look, haven't you encountered a predicament? How about it, if you can help me find it, I will provide a reward."

"Wei Ming, you and the others, clean up the small courtyard and prepare the necessary tools."

It wasn't that Du En couldn't bring himself to do it, but because if he did, the manager He Bo would very likely vent his anger directly on him, creating trouble for no reason and breaking the current stable situation.

Always feeling that a whole day of comprehension yielded no gains and that progress was very slow, he inevitably felt depressed; to have a good mindset for the next day, he needed to relax appropriately.

Rumble~

The familiar sound of cart wheels made Liu Qixiang jump, and he stared wide-eyed as he looked over, indeed seeing Du En and the others, and Ren Li sitting on their flatbed cart.

With spirit stones, things are easy to handle!

Rebuilding this house cannot be done by just cutting down some wet wood and dragging it over to process and build.

When Ning Caize left, he was still a bit concerned about Liu Qixiang, but this lackey was now hanging his head and running fast, not daring to linger at all.

"Something up?"

Regarding Du En's show of being willing to ask questions, Ren Li could not help but tilt his head, feeling good about himself, feeling superior, and then offering his guidance: "Simply put, it's the utensils and the firepower."

Liu Qixiang, as a member of the Green Clothes Gang, had already finished work at this time and was walking on a road full of obstacles, wanting to go and demand protection money.

"Alright!"

"Which two points?"

Seeing him so straightforward, Ren Li smacked his lips and nodded: "I currently need a spirit plant called Corpse-Shadow Grass. It is not too precious, just a first-stage mid-grade item, but it grows quite cunningly. I only know the general range."

Just as he was about to muster his energy to start from this point, he was suddenly stunned.

"Hmm? Wait, this side, it seems to be..."

Their group noticed Liu Qixiang, but none of them cared to linger, hurrying past him straight to the small courtyard.

"Damn it, hiding behind the scenes and only ordering us to come out to collect debts; if I really get targeted because of this, I'll be truly unlucky!"

And looking around, although Du En seemed like a maverick, he was therefore able to chat, and sometimes he could even show off in front of him to find a sense of superiority.

Although he was a supervisor and could chat with Du En, he would not stand up for the corpse-buriers for no reason.

However, the gang leader above had already spoken, and he, a small lackey, could only obey obediently and bite the bullet.

"Since you already know the general range, you don't need to tell me this, right?"

It wasn't just him; the hall masters and gang leaders above had also given special instructions that even if they were to collect protection money here, they should be gentle and polite and not be seen or anything.

Du En and his bunch were already not easy to bully, and now with a Qi Refining perfection supervisor constantly following them, he had long since dared not come here.

Hearing the words of the idler behind him, Du En continued his work and asked without looking back.

Just as I was about to turn my head to observe, a sound came from the far end of the path.

"The utensils are easy to understand; you should have already realized it, after all, you ruined a pot a while ago. That's right, ordinary containers can no longer keep up with your techniques and cannot withstand the high-frequency seepage of your magic power; you need to change to a new one."

"Then, there is the firepower. Normal mortal fire can only be effective on those ordinary medicinal herbs and ingredients; once you need to cook spiritual objects or spiritual materials, it can no longer burn them."

(End of chapter)