"Thank you for your reward, Master!" White Lion was beside himself with joy. He accepted it with both hands, and his Adam's apple bobbed with several unconscious gulps...
"How is the Qi Stone mine coming along?" Xiao Hua asked after White Lion put away the spirit wine.
White Lion gave a detailed account of the Qi Stone mine's situation. Xiao Hua actually had no idea how a real Qi Stone mine was mined, but hearing White Lion explain everything in such orderly fashion, he nodded repeatedly. Seeing Xiao Hua's approval, White Lion grew even happier.
After White Lion finished speaking, several more demons emerged from the cave entrance, carrying cloth sacks and other things. Once they had gone a short distance from the entrance, they gave their hands a shake, opening the sacks, and a great heap of white bones tumbled out.
Xiao Hua frowned. When he swept them with his divine sense, his expression changed, and his voice turned cold. "White Lion, what is going on with all these bones filling the pit?"
"Oh, reporting to Master," White Lion said without fear, smiling, "these were all cleared out from the Qi Stone mine. They were probably miners from the Three Kingdoms who died or were injured in the mine long ago and were casually tossed inside. When we saw these bones during the mining, we reported it to Eldest Brother. Eldest Brother knew Master was kindhearted and liked things clean, so he had us clear out the bones and place them all in this pit, to be buried together later."
"Good. You have worked hard!" Xiao Hua patted White Lion's shoulder encouragingly. "Once I find some cultivation methods suitable for demons, I will teach them to all of you."
"Th-thank you, Master!" White Lion was thrilled and immediately dropped