Rhapsody of the Skeleton – Chapter 13

Ch 13: Difficult Survival

Yun Ming said indifferently, “Don’t worry about me, just do what you need to do.” Hearing this, the people present seemed a little incredulous. The village chief was the first to react, “Thank you, Lord, thank you, Lord. Quickly thank the Lord.” The woman thanked him quickly, and quickly took the child away from Yun Ming, fearing that Yun Ming would go back on his word.

The village chief asked the family to continue cleaning the gray bones. Several people stood beside the Soul Rift with some suspicion, tentatively knocking down a few gray bones. Seeing that Yun Ming really didn’t care, they felt relieved and boldly cleaned the gray bones.

Staring straight at the depths of the Soul Rift, Yun Ming asked in confusion, “You humans can’t use soul water and soul orbs either, why don’t you leave here and live somewhere else?”

The village chief gave a wry smile, “It’s not like we can just leave whenever we want. Not to mention that we are always at risk of being attacked by rogue military bones, even if the road is safe, there isn’t much land suitable for cultivation on the Skeleton Continent, and…”

The village chief changed the subject and said the last reason. Humans can’t use soul orbs, but skeletons don’t mind having more. Every once in a while, they transport soul orbs, soul water, and surplus grain to the city in exchange for some daily necessities, and life will be better.

“Won’t you get robbed in the city?” Yun Ming continued to ask. The village chief was confused, not knowing if the person in front of him was a skeleton, but he still patiently replied, “Our soul orbs and soul water are directly handed over to Lord Bone Ka Ye, no skeleton dares to rob us.”

Seeing that Yun Ming didn’t speak, the village chief said cautiously, “Lord, you came from the west, this is your first time on the Skeleton Continent, right?” It seemed that he was asking too many questions. Yun Ming knew the reason for his exposure.

Yun Ming’s hollow eye sockets turned to the village chief, and the village chief quickly said, “Lord, don’t misunderstand. This old man just sees that you are very interested in the affairs of the Skeleton Continent, and guesses that you should be a military bone who came down from the battlefield. Lord, don’t worry, I will definitely not talk nonsense.”

In the village chief’s words, unlike war bones, jade bones, and white bones, military bone refers not to the level of the skeleton, but to a professional identity. Skeletons in the army are naturally called military bones.

Some skeletons are born in the small soul rifts in the wild. These skeletons are weak and can only survive by relying on the small soul wells. Gradually, they formed skeleton villages like humans, and can only slowly advance by relying on the trace amounts of essence soul in the soul water. Some are stronger and start wandering around after birth, they are all called rogue military bones.

In addition, there are also merchant bones who are not good at fighting but are good at trading.

“You also know about the west?” Since he had been seen through, Yun Ming no longer concealed it. Anyway, he was confident that he could make everyone here shut up. The village chief naturally didn’t know what Yun Ming was thinking. If he knew, he would probably be beaten to death and wouldn’t ask this question, continuing to pretend to be confused.

Seeing that Yun Ming showed no sign of taking action, the village chief was also slightly relieved and answered Yun Ming’s question. Although the people in the village had not been to places too far away, in recent years, there have been more and more skeleton armies, and skeleton armies often pass by the village to replenish soul water. Over time, they also learned some things about the Fengyuan Continent.

In the days that followed, in order to learn more about the Skeleton Continent, Yun Ming often asked all kinds of questions, and the village chief could only patiently answer them one by one, not daring to show any impatience.

Since staying in this village, Yun Ming found that he seemed to have brought no small amount of panic to the village. Usually, when he was not out of the Soul Well House, there was no one nearby. As soon as Yun Ming came out, even with the village chief accompanying him, the village immediately became quiet. To this, the village chief could only accompany with a smile, fortunately Yun Ming didn’t care about this.

The humans on the Skeleton Continent do have hatred in their hearts for the skeletons, but more than that is fear. Although there are many humans living on the Skeleton Continent, skeletons are the only masters of the Skeleton Continent. Therefore, the status of humans on the Skeleton Continent is very low, and being scolded and beaten is a common occurrence. Skeletons killing people is not a rare thing either. People have long been accustomed to this, even numb.

Moreover, perhaps it’s because the Skeleton Continent is not suitable for human life, even the young and middle-aged men here, Yun Ming felt, were not much stronger than the recruit he killed. Moreover, the humans on the Skeleton Continent had never even heard of martial techniques, let alone learn martial techniques like the people of the Fengyuan Continent.

Currently, many of the humans on the continent were born here since they were young. Because the village chief said that this was the first time he had heard of the Fengyuan Continent. Before that, the older generation in the village had never mentioned any other continents. They had lived under the various shadows of skeletons since they were young. Even if they had the ability to resist, they would be three points weaker in terms of momentum.

Not only is there oppression from the skeletons, making it difficult to resist, but even without oppression, it is very difficult for humans to live on this continent. The environment is harsh and the land is not suitable for cultivation. Fortunately, through the continuous exploration of humans in the past, they discovered several crops and vegetables that can be grown on the Skeleton Continent. Although the taste is terrible, the advantage is that the survival rate is high and the yield is large, so people won’t starve to death.

The most terrible thing is not hunger, but illness. Without medicinal herbs, if you get sick, you can only rely on yourself to endure it. If you can’t endure it, you die.

As for meat, for the humans on the Skeleton Continent, meat is a genuine luxury. It’s better now that the west is adjacent to the Fengyuan Continent. Occasionally, merchant caravans transport some grain and poultry and livestock, which require a lot of grain to exchange for. Without plants, there are naturally no animals. The former poultry and livestock were all passed down from generation to generation, and are true heirlooms.

As for why not leave here and live on the Fengyuan Continent, after hearing this question, the village chief’s face showed a complex expression that Yun Ming couldn’t understand, like heartache, helplessness, and despair.

The village chief told Yun Ming that the war between the skeletons and the humans on the Fengyuan Continent has been going on. Even if they can reach the Fengyuan Continent, apart from being similar in appearance, their ways of thinking and living habits are completely different. The people there will not accept them, but will only think that they are slaves of the skeletons, despise them, and even do worse than the skeletons.

After saying this, the village chief seemed to have aged ten years in an instant. Yun Ming didn’t know why the old man in front of him knew these things, and didn’t continue to ask, even though he “could” make the old man say it.

Gradually, life in the village returned to normal. The villagers discovered that the skeleton who came this time was different from the previous ones. This jade bone would not waste their treasured poultry and livestock, did not yell at them, treat them as slaves, and did not treat them as living souls needed to become stronger. After all, almost every family in the village had someone who died at the hands of skeletons.

Although the villagers couldn’t accept this jade bone from the bottom of their hearts, they were thankful to heaven and earth that they could live in peace. As for Yun Ming, he didn’t care about these things at all. When Lord Weisenter brought the news back, he would leave this village.