Chapter 163

Reanimation (2)

“Ah . . . A thousand miles away, your lone grave lies; My deep sorrows, to whom I can confide?” sighed Ye Lang . [Translator’s Note: 千里孤墳，無處話凄涼 is a line from a poem by Chinese poet Su Shi] Although its use here didn’t seem right, we all know what he meant .

“Then what should we do now?” Coldblood Five stared at the ‘giant’ Coldblood Thirteen, frowning .

“It’s alright, just wait for me to finish his journal . I think the effects would’ve worn off by then,” he said casually . To him, shrinking was a small problem . He’d met way bigger problems than just being small in the past .

“You still want to wait? What if we can’t recover?” Coldblood Five asked . She seemed to be talking more now .

“Then so be it . It’s no biggie,” Ye Lang thought it was quite fun too . They could get help for anything too inconvenient .

“You really don’t care about much, do you?!” Coldblood Five frowned, exasperated . Looks like it’d be too difficult to get Ye Lang to solve the problem . She’d solve the problem herself . Then again, why was he the one doing the thinking? Was he even capable?

Coldblood Five suddenly realised it was a problem . She shook her head, feeling so stupid for putting all her hopes on an idiot like that . She left Ye Lang on his own to rest . She was preparing to look for help later, surely someone in the Coldblood Group would be able to help .

Ye Lang himself was still reading Coldblood Thirteen’s journal . He quickly skimmed through the book, memorizing its contents . Then, he sat cross-legged on the journal to focus on the details .

After reading the journal, Ye Lang confirmed that his speculations were indeed true . Coldblood Thirteen indeed knew a very specific section of alchemy, the kind that caused his soul to fly towards the western sky . [Translator’s Note: 魂歸西天; spirits flying west refers to death]

This sect was the most peculiar kind— Reanimation!

Reanimation meant raising spirits there were not only useful but also very powerful .

Legend has it that there were once four great Reanimators so powerful they could destroy the earth and shatter the skies . They could easily destroy cities, and annihilate armies of millions .

Although it was only a legend, it rings truth: Reanimation has powerful potential .

However, it’s not enough to only know how to create a spirit . You have to gather the materials, and piece the parts, then finally assemble a complete spirit .

This process can’t be completed within a day or two, maybe not even two years .

Also, some processes had been lost through the generations . Without these core mechanisms, it was very difficult to create a complete spirit .

And that is why reanimation researchers all hope to discover these lost practices in an ancient text one day .

Of course, it’d be good if a corpse walked out of the ground now…

According to Coldblood Thirteen’s journal, Ye Lang knew he was very fortunate to be able to collect a complete set of materials . The part he kept and produced in Ye city was one of them .

Initially, he did part of the assembly in Ye City because he feared people finding out about it . Then, after the arrival of the Ye family, he had to shift his base . Fortunately, he’d completed his work there .

Despite that, since the formations and materials used for assembly could not be stored in space devices, he could only hire mercenaries to deal with them .

Why didn’t he do it here? The journal mentioned that the assembly required conditions unique to Ye City . One of the ingredients had to be processed locally or it would lose its functions .

Ye City wasn’t the only city of origin for that material, but it was the most suitable place . No one took any notice of Coldblood Thirteen’s presence there .

Now, Ye Lang wanted to disassemble all the parts for research . He wasn’t afraid of ruining them, because if he could only get one spirit, he’d rather have none .

The only way to get the best results was to master the technique .

Before that, Ye Lang needed to read all the books in Coldblood Thirteen’s space ring . He’d have a higher chance at mastery with the knowledge . Yet, there was something else he had to deal with .

“Ahhh…”

Suddenly, Coldblood Five came running towards Ye Lang, screaming all the way . She hid behind him like a frightened child- and this was something you don’t see often from Coldblood Five .

“?!” Ye Lang didn’t notice that . He only wanted to know, what did Coldblood Five fear so much?

“There’s a bug!!!” Coldblood Five pointed .

“What’s so scary about a bug?” Ye Lang didn’t treat her like an assassin, nor like a regular girl either . He’d seen Coldblood Five kill many flies in a row .

“But it’s huge…” she said, embarrassed, “it’s disgusting…”

“How big can it be? Oh fuck, that’s huge…” Ye Lang wasn’t prepared when he saw the fly, he thought it was a monster . Soon, he realised everything was normal…

“That’s because we are small . Pretend they’re monsters, slay them! Apparently, they’re edible . High in protein…”

These bugs were flies from the decaying corpse . Ye Lang and Coldblood Five were very small, so they thought the bugs were gigantic .

“Go to hell, how about YOU eat them!!” Coldblood Five finally recovered . She was used to insects, but the sudden changes in size made her uncomfortable . She didn’t expect the revulsion to increase proportionally to the insect’s size .

“I said they’re edible, that doesn’t mean we should . I’m definitely not interested! Go clean them up, don’t disturb me,” Ye Lang said offhandedly . To him, Coldblood Five would never be afraid of things like that .

“No, YOU think of a way to get rid of them!!” Surprisingly, Coldblood Five refused . If someone else heard this, their jaw would’ve dropped .

“Get rid of what? As long as Coldblood Thirteen’s corpse is still here, there’ll be flies, probably even more . I don’t understand how these flies got in…” Ye Lang remarked, still not getting up .

Coldblood Five thought for a moment, then dragged Ye Lang along, “Then let’s leave now!”

“Stop, stop . To where? I have unfinished matters!” he struggled .

“What matters? Let’s leave, call for help, and you can play as long as you like in here in the future . Yes?” Coldblood Five began coaxing Ye Lang, wanting to leave this disgusting place . She’d suddenly noticed the awful smell .