"Is this the water boiler room?" As they entered the water boiler room, the little imp who had led the way quickly left. Waves of heat rushed towards them, and even with their strength, everyone could feel a bit of scorching heat.
“That should be right. There’s no other place this hot except for the boiler room!” Xuan Du nodded in reply, looking toward the central area.
The water-boiling room was like a giant volcano, with a furnace burning continuously below and a dense network of pipes running through it above. On the surrounding walls were various drawers containing a large number of unknown medicinal herbs. One by one, strange creatures would refer to a list in their hands to take out the medicine and hand it over to the medicine dispenser above.
In the very center, there is a suspended platform where a three-headed, six-armed monster is directing all the dark creatures around it, fetching medicine, rinsing water, and serving soup... He issues commands from all directions and is also responsible for regulating the water temperature in all the furnaces.
"Tsk, three heads and six arms? Has anyone learned this spell?" Ye Xi chuckled as he looked at the strange creature above.
The Sutra Repository does contain the spell "Three Heads and Six Arms," but very few people can master it, and most of them are warriors of the Witch Clan. Few people of other races can master it.
Everyone shook their heads regretfully. Ye Jun spoke up, "This spell is strong in some ways and weak in others. Without sufficient strength and the ability to multitask, learning this spell is of little use!"
"Hey! You guys over there! New here? Don't just stand there like idiots, get to work, the soup shop is about to open!" The strange creature above saw the group and immediately shouted at them.
As night falls, the hot spring bathhouse officially opens for business. This is the busiest time at the bathhouse, as everyone is busy greeting guests, boiling water, and delivering water. The entire bathhouse slowly starts to operate like a giant machine.
The water-boiling room, the most crucial part of the operation, has been receiving a steady stream of orders from the front lines. Various demands for soups and broths are coming one after another, keeping all the strange creatures busy. This makes Ye Jun and his companions, who have nothing to do, stand out even more.
"Okay, coming right away! Is there anything we can do for you?" Ye Jun replied loudly.
"Boil water, fetch medicine, serve soup, can't you all take care of yourselves? Fill in wherever you're short-handed!" the strange creature said irritably. He seemed to be the head steward of the water-boiling room, and all the strange creatures were following his orders. His strength was the same as the previous dark snake-man, at the late stage of the sixth rank.
"This? Okay!" The group looked at each other, and could only reluctantly agree. Everyone around was busy and short-handed. How could they possibly mend a snakeskin?
However, the group was not simple-minded. Ye Xi glanced at the list and quickly made arrangements.
"Ye Jun, go boil water. Ye Zhen, Bai Ze, and Xuan Du, go fetch the medicine. Tai Shan and Ye Chang, come with me to deliver the soup!"
After everyone's work was quickly arranged, Ye Jun flew directly into the air and stood above each of the water-boiling furnaces. He emitted a blazing light, and the temperature of all the furnaces rose significantly.
"This?" The strange creature, which was also in mid-air, was stunned for a moment. It quickly took out the coal it was about to add, because if it was put back in, it would overheat. At the same time, it cursed and sprayed coal at Ye Jun.
"What are you doing? Boiling water that hot, who are you trying to scald to death? Furnace No. 1, 78 degrees; Furnace No. 2, 34 degrees; Furnace No. 3, 99 degrees..." As commands were passed down, Ye Jun realized that different furnaces required different temperatures. He quickly adjusted the energy he released, and the temperatures of each furnace soon stabilized.
Seeing this, the strange creature in the sky was also very surprised. It did not expect that the other party could control the temperature of the furnace so quickly. Not only did it not need the help of coal, but it also controlled the temperature better than it did.
This one person alone is enough to replace all the monsters in the entire water boiler room, and he doesn't even need coal; he generates his own light and heat!
Thinking of this, the strange creature's gaze toward Ye Jun softened considerably. There was plenty of life force in the outside world, but this ability to generate its own light and heat was like a workhorse born of destiny—no cost required, perfect control… This was probably the kind of worker every capitalist dreamed of, right?
Compared to Ye Jun, Xuan Du and the others had a much calmer time. They didn't collect the medicine quickly, partly because they were unfamiliar with the surroundings and partly because they wanted to take this opportunity to learn more about medicine.
It should be noted that many of the medicines here are not found in the entire universe. They are dark plants that only grow in the dark world. Although they are of no use to the lords, they can help them better understand the information in the dark world and prepare them for future attacks on the darkness.
Moreover, not all medicines are useless to them. What is poison to one is honey to another. Some medicines are undoubtedly poison in the dark world, but to the lords, they are miraculous medicines.
Just like the principle of reversal at the extreme, these herbs grow in the darkest places, yet possess the most luminous power. Any one of them, given to all living beings, is enough to bring the dead back to life and heal the wounded. Seeing this, Ye Zhen and the others even wanted to secretly darken their ways a little.
However, just as they had this thought, they saw a strange creature stealing medicine being discovered and whipped to death on the spot. The group then realized that there was surveillance here, in a way that was not easy for them to detect.
"There are windows over there. You don't need to prepare the medicine. Just deliver these prepared soups to the various windows!" said the strange creature responsible for delivering the medicine to Ye Xi's side.
They didn't need to get involved in preparing the medicine, but the prepared soup had to be delivered, and that was Ye Xi and Tai Shan's job.
"Okay!" Ye Xi nodded without further ado and led Taishan and Ye Chang to serve the soup.
They were all seventh-tier experts, and had long resided in the Heavenly Court and Taiyin Star, so they had no trouble moving the soup with their teleportation spells.
As buckets of soup flew up out of thin air and landed on the windows, all the strange creatures nearby stared at them in shock.
Seriously, are you kidding me? You three have already given away all your jobs, what are we supposed to do with you? You can't be this aggressive in stealing our jobs, can you?
However, no one could say anything about this. Putting aside the strength of the three, the three-headed, six-armed monster in mid-air had also seen the situation and was constantly shouting "Well done!" while sending the group of low- to mid-level ghosts, who were already considered superfluous, to other areas to continue to fulfill their value.
Then they turned their attention to Ye Jun and the others. They were surprised that such a small group of people had almost finished most of the work in the water boiler room. If things continued like this, the water boiler room would be much easier in the coming days...
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