Refining Bone Marrow

As blood filled the tunnels, fewer and fewer beasts made their way towards the stone chamber which Hui Yue had claimed as their own. Even the original owner seemed to have decided to flee rather than to try its luck by attacking the youngsters.

As soon as the influx of magical beasts stopped, Hui Yue gave the order to his friends that all the blood from earlier be removed, to not allow for any evidence to be left behind. He had no idea how long it would take before the Dragon Corps arrived, but when they did, everything had to look as normal as possible.

The first few days went by in peace. The meat was getting smoked while Hui Yue spent some time on analyzing the phenomena of the caves from within his dantian qi cave.

The red mist had grown by a noticeable amount. It was roiling as if it was filled with anger, locked up within the cave in which it usually resided.