There aren't even windows?
Following Yiyi's words, I looked over and saw that the light emanating from the entire wall was quite eerie.
Yi Yi's voice was already a little strained; clearly, he was also somewhat frightened by the sight.
Frankly, even if you gave me a house like that for free, I wouldn't want it.
The blue-armored man in front of us actually used this place as his hiding place?
Doesn't it feel creepy when I sleep at night?
This stone house looks quite bright from the outside, but once you go inside, you'll find that it has no windows.
Those light-transmitting holes only reached the middle of the wall, where a large, glowing piece of mineral was inserted, making it impossible to see anything outside.
When Lan Jia heard our questions, he didn't panic at all; he just smiled easily.
"It's for preventing sea bugs, what's wrong with it?"
Blue Armor simply responded casually, not paying much attention.
He then walked alone to a low platform inside the room, where some tools were placed, presumably his workbench.
The entire workbench was carved from black stone, and there were rusty tweezers, copper needles with spikes, a mask, and several earthenware jars containing liquids of different colors.
However, from a distance, the liquid's color saturation was very low; it was a dark green, shiny black viscous liquid.
There seemed to be a layer of foam floating on the surface, like some rotten seaweed.
Above the workbench, on the wall, hung several strings of dried branches.
Seeing this, I was startled. This thing was basically rotten; could the blue-armored creature in front of me be a specialist in dissection?
I pulled Yiyi forward two steps, and upon closer inspection, I realized that this thing looked very similar to the one in Yiyi's pocket!
However, it was entirely black, devoid of any vitality.
It even looked like it had been scorched by flames!
"This is……"
I was a little puzzled, and I mentally transmitted the message to Lei Jijian.
After examining the situation, Lei Jijian made his judgment and immediately screamed.
"This... Master, this is probably the dried corpse of those spiritual objects! It includes the Dew-Gathering Branch! This person has definitely refined these things many times before..."
After saying that, Lei Jijian pointed the blade at the pottery jar in the distance.
"There's a big problem with the liquid inside, although it's not obvious. I can smell sea scabies mites!"
Marine scabies?
Holy crap.
Although this blue-armored creature is specifically designed to kill scabies mites and has its own unique methods, the current situation does make me somewhat suspicious of its identity.
My heart sank, and I pulled Yiyi away.
Blue Armor seemed to appear out of nowhere, taking out a small cup from under the workbench at some unknown time.
He put on a smile again, as if the mechanical demeanor from just moments before had never existed.
The cup had the same pattern as the stone bench in front of me, which was strange and eerie.
What are these things?
Yi Yi spoke with a wary tone, and I also stared intently at the blue-armored figure in front of me.
We are ready for battle at any time.
Seeing that we hadn't sat down, Lan Jia first spread out his big hands and said that we would need to rest for a long time in this place, and that we should try to find a place to sit.
Otherwise, you'll suffer when you run out of energy.
Instead of being grateful, we continued to press them about the black branches.
Lan Jia silently picked up the remaining pottery jars, simply opened the lids, took a slight sniff, and spoke in a very calm but polite tone.
"These are branches that failed to be refined before, but don't worry, they're not Dew-Condensing Branches. We consider Dew-Condensing Branches extremely precious."
He straightened himself, picked up a somewhat blackened, crumbling branch with tweezers, and continued his explanation.
"Some of them had their light veins broken too completely to be reattached, and some were covered in the mucus of those sea worms, so they couldn't be saved and naturally turned black."
As soon as he finished speaking, the moment the unfilial son touched the branch, the end of the branch cracked into dust.
A tiny speck fell onto the stone slab, and it quickly shrank and then dissolved, just like salt dissolved in water.
I was quite shocked when I saw this.
Holy crap, there's such a big risk?
This means that any imperfection, no matter how small, could potentially ruin the entire restoration plan for the Dewdrop Branch.
In that case, wouldn't entrusting such a precious Sea Heart Dew Branch to him be a huge gamble?
"How could it melt?" I couldn't help but ask.
Blue Armor slowly placed the pottery jar on the workbench, turned back to look at us, and continued to smile.
“The sea is very humid, and my branches are easily broken when they encounter moisture.”
This explanation sounds a little more reasonable, but I clearly saw it just now; the slag dissolved in an instant.
But how come it became "broken" in his mouth?
This is not a property at all.
When Lanjia noticed our strange looks, she opened her arms to take the dew-covered branch from Yiyi's hand.
Upon seeing Yiyi, he instinctively stepped back. Lan Jia smiled and explained, "It's alright. I'll use the best catalyst for you. Less than 30% of the light vein is broken, so I can't guarantee that I can fix it completely. Let me use sea marrow to guide it."
Blue Armor's voice was calm and slow, which gave us a strong boost of confidence.
Judging from what he said, he must be very experienced in this area.
That's true. The healed branches are probably returned to their original owners, or perhaps stored somewhere.
Only failed products can be placed here.
I began to mentally control the lightning sword, trying to get a feel for the surrounding environment.
The dew-covered branch remained in Yiyi's hands and was not handed over to Lanjia.
Lan Jia said that we had plenty of time to consider, and then he sat down at the workbench to organize other small items.
He looked exactly like a middle-aged science student doing scientific research.
Seeing how serious Lan Jia was, I wondered if I had really misunderstood him.
"How come I've never heard of this sea marrow?"
Yiyi suddenly spoke up.
Unexpectedly, when Lan Jia heard Yi Yi's words, her eyes suddenly flashed to the side.
That composure I had just been has completely vanished.
As the man in blue hesitated, the light in the room seemed to flicker twice as well.
Could he have made this up?
"Please wait a moment, I'll secure this ore."
As Lan Jia spoke, he walked toward the largest piece of ore inside the stone house, which was only about the size of a fist.
"Yiyi, haven't you heard of this?"
I asked in a low voice.
"I suspect that this blue-armored guy gets his pleasure from destroying these things!"
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