Rhapsody of the Skeleton – Chapter 20

Ch 20: Bone Nurturing Division

“Boss, your experiences are really too exciting. If this were written into a novel, it would definitely sell well on the Fengyuan Continent.” Jin Shan gave a small flattery.

Yun Ming didn’t think so. Yun Ming didn’t want to experience those thrilling memories again. Since Yun Ming took in this vassal jade bone three days ago, Yun Ming would come to the Bone Forest Bookstore every day to read that Book of All Bones, reading for most of the day.

While reading, Yun Ming ordered Jin Shan to keep quiet, but Jin Shan could never control his mouth. At first, Yun Ming felt like his skull was about to explode. After these three days of baptism, Yun Ming got used to it and was too lazy to tell him.

The next day when he went back, Sake was curious about what Yun Ming was doing, since he couldn’t see him. When he followed Yun Ming to Ninth Street and only glanced at the plaque, Sake said he had something else to do and left immediately.

“Go to the Bone Nurturing Division to select white bones. There will be new missions next.” Receiving Weisenter’s soul speech, Yun Ming was not surprised. Yesterday, Jin Shan had revealed to him that there would be a transfer recently and suggested that he be prepared.

It seems that Jin Shan’s news is quite accurate, Yun Ming thought. This vassal jade bone doesn’t seem to be lying to me. The only drawback is that he talks too much. Yun Ming closed the Book of All Bones and came to a workbench in the backyard, respectfully saying, “Elder Wo, Lord Teluniyisi ordered me to go to the Bone Nurturing Division to select lower white bones. Please give me some guidance.”

During these days that Yun Ming was reading the Book of All Bones, there were often things he didn’t understand, so he had to ask Old Snail Head. Although it was only a few words, he could always point it out in one sentence.

Although Old Snail Head was only a white bone with basically no combat power, his extensive knowledge really surprised Yun Ming. So Yun Ming called him Elder Wo. When Jin Shan saw his boss respect Old Snail Head so much, he didn’t dare to be like before.

Elder Wo was still fiddling with an unknown liquid, and said faintly: “What can I guide? I don’t understand military affairs. Didn’t Weisenter already teach you?” Hearing Elder Wo’s words, Yun Ming thought for a moment, and understood what Elder Wo was referring to. Yun Ming gave a salute: “Thank you, Elder Wo.”

“Boss, I told you I was right. There must be a war. Otherwise, why would Lord Teluniyisi let you go to the Bone Nurturing Division? How is it? My news is still well-informed, right?” Jin Shan said triumphantly. When he learned that Yun Ming was going to the Bone Nurturing Division to select lower white bones, Jin Shan also wanted to go with him, and said that he could help Yun Ming at that time.

The Bone Nurturing Division that Yun Ming was going to belongs to one of the Six Divisions, and it was built on the main Soul Rift, responsible for cultivating gray bones, and after they are promoted to white bones, they are available for jade bones to select.

In addition to the Bone Nurturing Division, there are also the Construction Division, the Armament Division, the Judgment Division, the Slave Management Division, and the Patrol Division. Among them, the Construction Division is mainly responsible for city construction and expansion, as well as land management. If you want to open a shop in Ka Ye City, you must go to the Construction Division to purchase land.

The Slave Management Division is responsible for managing humans, and the Patrol Division is the city’s defense force, responsible for maintaining public order. The criminals caught by the Patrol Division, whether human or skeleton, will be sent to the Judgment Division for imprisonment. The Armament Division is the place where various military supplies are manufactured and stored.

These six departments constitute the management system of Ka Ye City, and it is also the common system of Skeleton Cities.

Arriving at the Bone Nurturing Division, in front of him was a huge one-story building. The reason why it was said to be huge was because this one-story building covered the entire Soul Rift, and there were hundreds of entrances alone.

At the entrance closest to Yun Ming, skeletons entered and exited from time to time. The jade bones that went in basically went in alone, and the jade bones that came out were often followed by a mighty group of white bones.

Jin Shan said to Yun Ming: “Boss, after you go in, just follow me. I know a jade bone who works here, and I guarantee that you can recruit the best white bones.” So that’s how he’s going to help me, Yun Ming thought, it’s hard for him to hold it in all the way.

After entering the Bone Nurturing Division, following Jin Shan, they turned seven times and eight times, and walked into a room. In the center of the room was a huge Soul Rift, and gray bones were constantly crawling out. Every certain distance, there was a jade bone.

When the gray bones crawling out of the Soul Rift reached a certain number, the jade bones would force the gray bones to kill each other until only one gray bone was left. The final winner would receive soul water to repair their injuries and would also receive 1 soul orb, and would be promoted to white bone on the spot. This is the method used by the Bone Nurturing Division to cultivate white bones, simple, direct, yet effective.

Jin Shan came to the side of a wolf-shaped jade bone: “Brother Laurenqi, long time no see!”

The wolf-shaped jade bone saw Jin Shan and asked suspiciously: “Jin Shan, why are you here? Do you have an upper war bone?”

“Which war bone lord would take a fancy to me? I’m here with my boss to select white bones.” Jin Shan pointed to Yun Ming and said, “Your boss? You’ve become his vassal?” Hearing this, a trace of disdain appeared on the bone face of the wolf-shaped jade bone. After all, this Jin Shan is just a useless jade bone, how strong could the boss he recognizes be?

Jin Shan naturally saw through the inner thoughts of the wolf-shaped jade bone, and said smugly: “My boss came back from Three Territories Bone City.”

With just one sentence, the attitude of the wolf-shaped jade bone changed: “So brother came back from Three Territories Bone City, I was blind and didn’t recognize good bone.” There was obviously more respect in the tone of the wolf-shaped jade bone.

“Brother Laurenqi, this time you have to find some good white bones for my boss.” Jin Shan was trying to get close.

“Brother Jin Shan, you guys came at a bad time. A large batch of white bones was just recruited these past two days, and there aren’t many left now.” The wolf-shaped jade bone said embarrassedly. Jin Shan gritted his teeth: “Brother Laurenqi, for the sake of our relationship, help me out!” As he said that, the bone of his hand shook in front of the wolf-shaped jade bone.

Seeing the thing in Jin Shan’s hand, the wolf-shaped jade bone immediately changed his tone: “What are you saying? Not to mention our relationship, just because this brother was able to come back alive from Three Territories Bone City, I have to help with this.” As he said that, his bone claw snatched the thing from Jin Shan’s hand at an extremely fast speed, for fear that Jin Shan would regret it.

Then he beckoned Jin Shan and Yun Ming to walk outside. It seems that in addition to strength, financial resources are also a hard truth, Yun Ming thought helplessly. What Jin Shan gave to the wolf-shaped jade bone just now was a water coin with a face value of 1.

Speaking of water coins, we have to talk about the Water Bank. This is an institution jointly established by many Royal Bones. Whether you are a Leader Bone or a jade bone, you can deposit soul water into the Water Bank. According to the weight you deposit, the Water Bank will issue water coins of different denominations to you.

At least one Water Bank is located in each medium-sized or larger city. The head of each Water Bank is at least a Strong Bone. （City level: Giant cities are generally guarded by Leader Bones, large cities are headed by General Bones, medium-sized cities are generally headed by Rider Bones, and small cities are generally headed by Strong Bones）

It has to be said that the issuance of water coins greatly facilitated the lives of skeletons, allowing civilian skeletons without soul storage bones to carry a large amount of soul water, although it is very unsafe. The refining method of water coins is also very special. In addition to Strong Bone bone glue, there are other things that give the water coins a special smell that is easy to identify.

Because it was directly established by the Royal Bones, there is absolutely no need to worry about the safety of the Water Bank. After all, no skeleton is so blind that it dares to attack the Royal Bones. Unfortunately, the Royal Bones belonging to the three Leader Bones of Ka Ye, the deceased Dadalong, and Kester died unexpectedly fifty years ago, which led to constant friction between the three Leader Bones, and now a war has broken out.

Yun Ming learned these news from his conversations with Elder Wo in recent days, which Yun Ming found very useful.

The 1 water coin that Jin Shan gave out just now can be exchanged for 1 jin of soul water at the Water Bank. In the army, jade bones can receive 10 jin of soul water per month, and war bones have 100 jin of soul water per month.

By analogy, they can usually go to the Water Bank to receive their monthly soul water, and soul water is directly distributed during wartime. 1 jin of soul water is one-tenth of the monthly amount, so the wolf-shaped jade bone is naturally very willing to “help” with this favor.