Chapter 8

The source of the light points was that large wooden box, which contained the Withered Bone!

This sudden turn of events made Yi Yun break out in a cold sweat.

The Withered Bone emitted some light points, which flew towards him and were all absorbed by him. Such an unusual phenomenon was something Lian Chengyu could not ignore.

As the light points became more numerous and obvious, they were bound to be discovered!

Once investigated, his life would definitely be in danger!

"Yun'er, what's wrong with you? Why is your forehead sweating?"

"Xiao Rou, you..." Yi Yun saw many light points flying in front of him, but Jiang Xiaorou seemed completely unaware. "Xiao Rou, can't you see anything?"

Yi Yun asked somewhat guiltily, noticing that not only Jiang Xiaorou, but also the surrounding people, were oblivious to the light points.

"See what? Yun'er, are you sick?"

Jiang Xiaorou touched Yi Yun's forehead with concern. Yi Yun was weak, and he had just come back to life yesterday. If he fell ill again, it would be fatal.

"Uh..."

Yi Yun was taken aback, then he let out a sigh of relief. It seemed that only he could see these light points?

Could it be that because he was the owner of the purple crystal, he could see its unusual movements, while others could not?

He glanced at Lian Chengyu on the stage, but Lian Chengyu still had a calm smile on his face. Only when he occasionally looked at the Withered Bone in the large wooden box did a faint trace of madness flash in his eyes!

"This kid hasn't noticed those light points either..."

Yi Yun was now at ease. If Lian Chengyu hadn't seen them, it seemed that no one else could see them, only he could.

Yi Yun increasingly felt that the purple crystal was an extraordinary treasure!

Just then, Yi Yun saw Lian Chengyu looking at him with a meaningful smile.

He took a few steps forward and stood in front of Jiang Xiaorou.

"The food is a reward for you. Take it well and don't starve yourself. If you run out, you can come to me."

Lian Chengyu's voice was very soft, speaking to Jiang Xiaorou. Although his tone was gentle, his demeanor and tone subtly revealed a fact—he was a superior, who could give and take away everything.

Jiang Xiaorou didn't speak, and Lian Chengyu didn't mind. He admired her stubbornness when distributing food, but that didn't mean he liked her maintaining that stubbornness in front of him. He wanted to gradually wear down Jiang Xiaorou's edges until she was as docile as a kitten in his arms.

He wanted a obedient servant, not a young lady who needed to be coddled.

Especially now, with Jiang Xiaorou having a younger brother, who was her emotional support, she would naturally be stronger. This was not what Lian Chengyu wanted to see. Moreover, Jiang Xiaorou was adopted by Yi Yun's mother, not his biological sister. They were not blood-related, yet they lived together. Lian Chengyu did not want to see this.

Furthermore, Yi Yun had deliberately incited the crowd, almost causing a major disturbance, which left a deep impression on Lian Chengyu. A child of eleven or twelve with such cunning, what would he be like when he grew up?

What Lian Chengyu wanted were obedient people, his stepping stones, not someone like Yi Yun, who was cunning and hard to control.

The refining of the Withered Bone was a major event for Lian Chengyu. To achieve this, he was willing to pay any price.

He absolutely did not want any destabilizing factors. Lian Chengyu was about to enter seclusion, and the Withered Bone itself was problematic. Refining it would result in deaths!

With both food shortages and deaths, it would be easy to incite public anger. If the people rebelled during his seclusion, overturned the cauldron used for refining the Withered Bone, and disrupted his plans, it would be too late to punish the instigators.

In Lian Chengyu's view, Yi Yun harbored resentment towards him. He saw no fear or respect in Yi Yun that a lower-class poor person should have.

Yi Yun had a history of inciting riots. If he harbored resentment and sought revenge while Lian Chengyu was in seclusion, he could easily incite a riot during the continuous famine and deaths, potentially becoming a spark that ignited disaster.

Thinking of this, Lian Chengyu smiled slightly and gently patted Yi Yun's shoulder again.

Yi Yun's heart skipped a beat. Before he could react, Lian Chengyu's hand was already on his shoulder.

Damn!

Yi Yun wished he could cut off Lian Chengyu's hand. This guy was too sinister, and he felt like a venomous snake!

Lian Chengyu said calmly, "What are you nervous about? Afraid of me? Life with your sister is hard; take good care of her."

As Lian Chengyu spoke, he withdrew his hand, leaving a faint tingling sensation in Yi Yun's body.

Both shoulders had been patted by Lian Chengyu, and Yi Yun could only watch, unable to avoid it.

"If you have any difficulties, you can come to me." Lian Chengyu always smiled when speaking to Jiang Xiaorou, and Yi Yun frowned, thinking that Lian Chengyu seemed to have an interest in his sister.

Indeed, that was why he had given them extra food. If he didn't have designs on Jiang Xiaorou, why would he give them precious food?

The phrase "if you have any difficulties, you can come to me" clearly revealed his intentions. If Jiang Xiaorou went to his house, who knew what might happen.

Lian Chengyu waved his hand, and several men from the Warrior Reserve Corps sealed the large wooden box containing the Withered Bone.

The moment the wooden box was sealed, Yi Yun felt the connection between the purple crystal in his chest and the Withered Bone cut off, and the light points flying in the air disappeared.

"This is..." Yi Yun's heart stirred as he watched the Withered Bone being carried away by the Warrior Reserve Corps members, lost in thought.

...

"Yun'er, why are you so troubled?"

On the way back, Jiang Xiaorou saw Yi Yun's distracted and troubled expression and spoke.

How could he not be troubled? Lian Chengyu was like a venomous snake, and he had patted his shoulder twice. Who knew what he had done? Yi Yun didn't want to worry Jiang Xiaorou, but he was also afraid that she, being young, might not see through Lian Chengyu's true nature.

But Yi Yun didn't expect that after a moment of contemplation, Jiang Xiaorou suddenly said, "Yun'er, be careful around that man named Lian Chengyu. Try to avoid him."

Jiang Xiaorou's words made Yi Yun pause. He hadn't expected her to have such a keen intuition.

In fact, Lian Chengyu's actions today seemed perfectly normal on the surface, like a caring and approachable tribal leader.

Yi Yun could sense Lian Chengyu's abnormality because he had seen many politicians on Earth, both in history and in news from various countries. People like Lian Chengyu were not uncommon. Therefore, when he heard Lian Chengyu's words, he felt a sense of hypocrisy and disgust. This insight was far beyond what a lifetime of suffering and struggling for food could give a poor person.

Moreover, Yi Yun knew Lian Chengyu's hostility when he patted his shoulders twice.

But Jiang Xiaorou could also sense it, which made Yi Yun somewhat puzzled.

"Just stay away from him."

Jiang Xiaorou said firmly. Yi Yun suddenly realized that he really didn't understand this sister of his.

Whether it was her knowledge of Withered Bones and Withered Beasts, her intuition, or her beauty, which far surpassed that of ordinary tribal girls, Jiang Xiaorou stood out in this poor Lian Clan.

Dinner was a coarse grain and wild vegetable porridge, which Yi Yun had expected.

In this world, people only ate two meals a day. Most people started working at five in the morning and had breakfast around nine. Of course, what Yi Yun called breakfast was called "morning meal" here. Dinner was at four in the afternoon.

Yi Yun knew that in ancient China, people also ate two meals a day, similar to this world. In an environment of extreme resource scarcity, two meals a day was the most scientific and easiest way to survive.

During the meal, Jiang Xiaorou felt guilty because she still couldn't get her brother to eat meat.

Yi Yun, however, was preoccupied with the two pats on his shoulder by Lian Chengyu. Everything was just a guess and a suspicion, and he couldn't predict the extent of the problem.

Yi Yun had just finished a bowl of coarse grain porridge and was about to eat some wild vegetables when he suddenly felt a tingling in his arm, and his chopsticks fell to the ground.

"Yun'er, you..."

Yi Yun grunted. His left hand was suddenly immobile, and both arms were in excruciating pain, as if they were being torn off!

"Yun'er!"

Jiang Xiaorou's face changed dramatically. She didn't know what was wrong with Yi Yun and hurriedly helped him onto the bed.

Damn!

Yi Yun's arms were in agony, and he gritted his teeth. There was no doubt that this was Lian Chengyu's doing. His guess was correct!

He didn't know what method Lian Chengyu used, but the absolute power gap made it impossible for Yi Yun to avoid it even if he had guessed Lian Chengyu's hostility.

This was the law of the jungle, where the strong decided the fate of the weak.

"Yun'er, how are you? Is it a lingering effect from the fall when you were gathering herbs last time?"

"I..." When Yi Yun tried to speak, he found his tongue was stiff, and his nerves were gradually numbing, making him less and less aware of his body.

Yi Yun gradually realized that when he lost all sensation in his body, it would be the end of his life!

Was Lian Chengyu trying to kill him!?

Yi Yun was both shocked and angry. If his guess was correct, the two pats from Lian Chengyu must have injected some kind of energy, like "true essence" or "true qi," into his body, secretly damaging his meridians!

An ordinary eleven or twelve-year-old child would never think of this. Even Yi Yun himself might have assumed it was a recurrence of an old injury.

After his death, apart from Jiang Xiaorou, no one would be sad. Most people would think he deserved it—how could someone who was supposed to die come back to life?

Killing him secretly not only avenged his incitement of the crowd but also won him a reputation for being close to the people.

In her grief, Jiang Xiaorou would face subsequent difficulties in life. She might really go to Lian Chengyu, and dealing with a little girl with gentle means would be too easy for him!

Killing him and getting Jiang Xiaorou—what a sinister plan!

Yi Yun gained a deeper understanding of this world.

This was not a rule-of-law society like on Earth. Here, it was barbaric and primitive, where strength decided everything. It was like a post-apocalyptic world where killing was not considered a big deal!

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