The Medallion novel Chapter 34

Rocky suddenly ripped out a loud sneeze on his way back to the Imperial City. He then rubbed his nose and murmured to himself, "Is it because someone is missing me?"

After rushing for a while, he finally reached the gates of the Palace City where he saw Jerry sitting on the carriage and smoking his pipe. It seemed that he had been waiting for Rocky for quite a long time.

"I'm so sorry, Jerry! I got lost on the way." Rocky made up an excuse as he gasped for air.

"Don't worry about it! Get on now!" Jerry smiled kindly and took back his pipe. He then grabbed the bridle and was ready to set off.

Rocky nodded at Jerry and climbed the carriage. Once they arrived at the dragon field, Jerry and Rocky began taking all the food they bought in the bazaar into the storehouse of the kitchen. By the time they were done with that task, it was already noon.

"Basil, it's your turn to serve those guys today. Put this on and keep your clothes clean," Jerry said as he handed Rocky an apron.

Although Rocky didn't want to wear it at all, he didn't want to refuse Jerry's kindness. So Rocky put the apron on despite his initial hesitations. Rocky then took a big pot of prepared food into the yard.

At the same time, the young men who just finished their training walked into the yard. When they saw Rocky dressed in an apron and was holding a ladle, they murmured among themselves to make fun of him.

"Hey! What the hell are you all murmuring about!? Do you want to have your lunch or not? Huh? You better watch yourselves! Otherwise, I will put laxatives in your food! Don't forget that I have to work in the kitchen for three whole days. Do you want to have diarrhea for three days? I think not," Rocky yelled at them threateningly as he brandished the ladle in his hand.

When they heard Rocky, they were reminded of what happened the day before. Rocky defeated the round-faced young man who was at the second grade of the Mortal Stage. The man was out cold and was still unable to leave his bed. With that in mind, they all turned quiet at once. After all, none of them wanted to experience what happened to the round-faced man.

"Now you know I'm not a paper tiger, right?" Rocky sneered when he saw them keep their mouths shut. It seemed that what happened the day before actually showed two sides of the same coin. Although he was punished, he was also able to prove himself. Now they didn't dare provoke or bully him like they did before.

All of a sudden, Rocky was greeted by a cold glare from Bear.

"What the hell are you looking at? Did you forget that you were the fastest to run away? Ha-ha! Were you so frightened that you pissed your pants when you saw me beat the shit out of your boys? Oh, that's probably why you ran away so fast! You ran to go and change your pants, didn't you?" Rocky sneered at Bear as he scornfully looked at him.

"You piece of shit! You will soon regret what you just said!" Bear yelled at Rocky with rage boiling in his chest.

Rocky rolled his eyes at Bear and went on with his work. Bear's face was twisted in anger when he saw Rocky ignoring him. Although he wanted to tear Rocky apart right then and there, he didn't want to get himself into more troubles. So he just clenched his fists and turned away.

The moment Rocky was done with his job, he prepared lunch for himself and Uriah. Now that he was working in the kitchen, it was more convenient for him to prepare enough food and he no longer needed to finish his meals in a hurry. When the young men were done with their lunch, they all immediately went back to their rooms. They needed a good rest to regain their strength for their afternoon training.

Meanwhile, Rocky went to chop firewood after he had his lunch. After that, he had no other tasks left. Since he had some free time, he stared at his left arm and continued to study his dragon spiritual power. He discovered that there was something special about his dragon spiritual power yesterday so he wondered what exactly it could be.

But after an entire night of studying, he still wasn't able to figure it out. Now he was thinking about the similarities between the two experiences he had in exerting his dragon spiritual power. He noticed that the dragon spiritual power had the capacity to absorb others' spiritual power. But he could not prove that by himself. He needed someone's help.