At 11:40 p.m., Huai Shi, as if an alarm had gone off, opened his eyes from a dream. After washing his face while still in his pajamas, he pushed open the door to the basement and slid straight down the rope into the cellar.
In the familiar swelter, only the hum of the inferior air purifier could be heard.
"Is it time yet?"
Huai Shi simply sat down on the ground and gazed at the silent, large cauldron operating within layers of steel—more precisely, it should be called a Rune-Sealed Refining Furnace.
This thing, looking no different from the huge hot water tank set up at country banquets, had cost Huai Shi over three million. Even so, he had bought second-hand goods phased out from a regular Alchemy Workshop.
As Raven put it, a brand new one couldn't be bought even with thirty million, so it made sense to go for a second-hand one that was still functional, considering it would be discarded after one use anyway.
A disposable Refining Furnace.
