Everyone worked tirelessly at that desert base. Under the protection of the three houses built with the laws of the earth, sandstorms didn't affect them.
Almin didn't have a single day of rest, as neither Alm nor Bruno stopped practicing the Dao of forging. However, amid the hellish training, he eventually managed to create extremely concentrated fire runes in a few attempts. With only one day left before their return, Almin practically succeeded more than he failed. The training method, which seemed more like torture, proved to be effective.
By the sixteenth day, Langrun had already finished mining everything inside the crater. She was extremely frustrated to have to interrupt that training. The results in her QI manipulation for attacks had greatly improved; she wanted to have dozens of those craters to mine and train even more.