Chapter 51: Ren Li's Commission

The two points Ren Li mentioned just now were indeed what Du En was lacking.

Consequently, Du En asked directly: "Then, what is your solution?"

"I cannot help you solve everything, but regarding the apparatus, if you use the materials you possess as the primary components and combine them with some other auxiliary materials, I can refine a magical tool for cooking."

The materials Ren Li spoke of here were naturally the ones Du En obtained from the hall masters of the Green Clothes Gang; after Ren Li's appraisal, they were a type of spiritual metal material known as mud-gold.

It has high plasticity; although soft, it is tough and can be used for refining various magical tools of the metal and earth dual elements.

"I can provide the auxiliary materials. Although the finished product will only be a first-grade mid-tier tool, based on the characteristics of spiritual cuisine itself, it is actually not impossible to use it for cooking second-grade low-tier ingredients, as long as you pay attention to the method of use."

Leading the others, who were still bleary-eyed with sleep, out of the small courtyard, what they saw were roads that had been basically cleared and shacks that generally showed signs of repair.

Du En nodded gently, not dwelling on it.

They could only make do for now.

The conversation between the two ended there; Du En went over to handle the tallying, and Ren Li, having finished his business and satisfied his boredom, walked away slowly with his hands behind his back, amidst the awe-filled gazes of the crowd.

Du En weighed the pros and cons, then spoke up.

The overworked corpse-buriers fell asleep the moment they touched their beds.

Silence fell once more, and they soon arrived at the wasteland.

After all, even without a typhoon passing through, there would still be sporadic demonic beasts bold enough to run over here to harass and eat people.

With tired dark circles under their eyes, they felt very helpless inside.

Ren Li added further, with a tone of enticement.

The one hundred corpses lying there, plus the ones the corpse-transporters were still bringing in, clearly did not present a situation where one could leisurely wait for others to finish their work before taking over the next step.

Du En continued his own grinding practice.

The words of this supervisor always seemed to reveal some information.

Those corpse-transport carts left behind large pools of dripping corpse-water and sludge, converging from different places and making the entire corpse-transport path muddy and foul-smelling.

Because with Du En's movements, the bitten-open chest and abdomen were fully exposed; the heart and liver inside, which should have been soaked and rotten like the other organs, had already vanished.

It's one thing not to despise these lowly people and laborers who bury corpses, but to actually spend spirit stones to help buy lumber—tsk! It seems their relationship is far better than imagined!

Envy, jealousy, and hatred; such gazes were universally present.

From disgust and contempt to becoming like this, Du En and the others didn't really care; they were all unpleasant gazes anyway.

"But this way, there's no need to worry about any of them causing trouble or stealing things."

Thinking of the benefits brought by this misunderstanding, Du En waved his hand, letting the others put the extra items from the cart back into the small courtyard.

Looking at the corpse-buriers again, they felt they had truly had a stroke of good luck to encounter such a kind-hearted supervisor.

Coupled with the large quantity, neither those collecting the corpses nor those transporting them were very careful, so some traces would be hidden.

"It's not too dangerous, but well, although that place is still within the border, I imagine there will be some danger; you might encounter demonic beasts. However, you do have the Breath-Concealing Technique, and your mastery of Sand-Raising and Earth Armor is quite proficient, so as long as you are careful, it shouldn't be much of a problem."

Xu Ran, who had a blood-stained bandage wrapped around his head and looked quite unlucky, happened to pass by while carrying a corpse and was suddenly quite surprised.

It seemed some demonic beast was taking advantage of the situation to eat hearts and livers?

"If it's a demonic beast, it's not surprising. After all, with the typhoon passing through, they are also affected, and it is very normal for them to appear and haunt our area."

Without any fatigue, he was full of energy and directly called the others up; it was time to go to work.

Du En's words were as straightforward as always, leaving Ning Caize speechless.

With all kinds of lumber, the group worked in full swing and finally managed to repair the small courtyard houses by late night, making them look brand new.

The sun rose in the east once again, and a new day arrived.

Then, as Du En found a few more corpses and performed the same action, only to find the same situation, the corpse-buriers and corpse-transporters present all realized that the situation seemed a bit ominous.

"Traces of demonic beast gnawing?"

Just like that, the cart full of people was pulled up, and it rattled away toward the destination.

The corpse-transporters' convoy was still busy.

As he spoke, he felt it was quite embarrassing to say so, so he paused and said with feigned composure: "Hmm, a few days is a few days, I can afford to wait. Anyway, that place is quite remote, so I'm not afraid of it being snatched away in this short time."

The gray jackal pulling the cart was quite excited, while Ning Caize, who had been shaken awake, wore a bitter face: "Sure enough, as the corpses are collected, there will be plenty of exhaustion these few days!"

Ren Li didn't want to trick Du En into throwing his life away; after all, if he died, he would have to go out himself, and wouldn't that defeat the original purpose?

"In that case, that's fine, I will help you look for it. But the next few days won't work; there is too much work, I have to stay behind. Or, could Supervisor Ren help by postponing the burial work?"

It was a bit ominous, but not too ominous.

"Eh? The heart and liver are gone?"

Ning Caize, Wei Ming, and the others were naturally happy; after all, sitting squeezed on the cart on the road meant they could take the opportunity to catch a nap.

Because looking at the current situation, at most, this demonic beast was just a bit picky about its food.

During this process, Du En quickly noticed the anomalies present on some of the corpses.

So, at Du En's command, the corpse-buriers began burying the corpses in a flurry of activity.

However, Du En did not nod immediately, but instead asked: "Listening to you say that, it seems things are quite dangerous?"

Wei Ming, who was working in a team with Du En, made his own speculation.

"Caused by falling and impact?"

Because most of these corpses were poor bottom-dwellers blown away by the typhoon, they were torn by the wild winds along the way, smashed hard upon landing, and finally mostly soaked in accumulated water; thus, they now appeared bloated, damaged, and twisted, and their state of death was truly miserable.

Du En used a shovel to scrape along the clues of the traces, and immediately frowned.

Because they were wooden shacks, they were quick to repair, but they didn't have the financial resources of the corpse-buriers and had to go fell trees themselves, using the wet wood whose cores were soaked through after the typhoon, which would lead to many problems later on.

Seeing the spirit stones, the people at the trading point were naturally full of efficiency, having the laborers working there carry and pull a large pile of processed, dry, hard, and waterproof lumber to the front of the small courtyard.

Especially this time, the quantity was quite large.

Ren Li immediately shook his head: "Don't, I don't have that much power."

"Look on the bright side, people blown away by the typhoon died scattered in various places and won't all be bunched up together. It's tiring, yes, but it won't be necessary to spend the night over there."

However, Du En did not ask further, because Ning Caize had already hurried back.

Everyone went about their own tasks, busy yet orderly.

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