Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 202 Hong Gang's family, good news

[Jade bone, the arm bone of a high-level cold beast, full of blood and marrow, extremely cold in nature, and extremely potent in medicinal properties. It needs to be supplemented with hot medicinal materials to be used as a pill.]

[The Alchemy Workshop has automatically generated two recipes for Jinyuan Pill and Ninggu Pill based on the recorded items]

The two prompts from the system made Xia Hong frown slightly.

Jinyuan Pill, a healing pill, can repair cold-resistant membrane damage.

Bone-Consolidating Pill, a holy item for cultivation, used for Yang-level cultivation.

After checking the descriptions of the effects of the two pills, Xia Hong sighed slightly.

The former is okay, it can help me now, and the refining conditions are not too harsh. The most important material is jade bone, which can produce one furnace with about one pound, and there are five pieces in one furnace.

The latter really made him laugh and cry.

He didn't even know how to practice the Cold-Resistant Level, but he actually made a Yang-Revealing Level cultivation pill first. Then he looked at the refining conditions and found that the most important material was still jade bone, but it took twenty kilograms to produce one furnace, and there were only three pills in one furnace. Xia Hong shook his head immediately.

"Keep it for now, it may be of great use later!"

Xia Hong picked up the jade bone and frowned slightly.

After the decoction pot is upgraded to an alchemy workshop, its functions are stronger than before, but they are limited to identifying the properties of medicinal materials. The mode of synthesizing elixir formulas is still the same.

There are now more than a hundred kinds of medicinal materials recorded in the pharmacy, and there are more than a dozen automatic synthesis formulas.

Logically speaking, he should be satisfied with being able to synthesize these two new pill formulas.

But the thing is, he came here this time to see if he could figure out how to use the jade bones.

Yuwen Tao still didn't know what to add when cooking.

"The cooking method that Yuwen Tao mentioned, that He Yuanhun used, must be considered a recipe, but the medicinal materials currently recorded in the pharmacy do not include the things that He Yuanhun added, or they are incomplete, so they cannot be synthesized."

After Xia Hong thought about it, his frown relaxed a little.

In that case, he still needs to go out and look for it himself.

"It's almost time anyway, no rush. I'll use the cold light to slowly practice and stabilize it. After Xia Chuan and Yuwen Tao break through, I'll go to other camps to inquire about the situation. It's a good opportunity to take a look at the outside of Hongmu Ridge to see what it looks like..."

After making up his mind, Xia Hong no longer worried. He took the jade bone, signaled to everyone, and left the alchemy workshop.

………………

The first day of June, the first year of Daxia
Cabin No. 8, near the Valley Wooden Building.

In the kitchen, a large pot of animal meat soup was filled with aroma. The hostess Cheng Fang took out a small jar from the cupboard, picked up a spoon, carefully scooped out a small piece of salt from it, put it into the broth and began to stir it.

After stirring it a few times, she would pick up the spoon and lick it, and only stop stirring when she was sure that there was no taste on the spoon.

He carried the iron pot to the wooden table in the main hall, then raised his head and shouted to the second floor:

"Xiao Ye, come down to eat..."

When ten-year-old Hong Ye heard his mother's call, he quickly ran down from the second floor and said happily, "Mom, Dad and big brother are coming back?"

He had already smelled the aroma of the broth, especially the rich flavor after salt was added. After eating it several times, he could never forget it.

I heard that salt is ridiculously expensive, requiring 500 contribution points to buy one kilogram.

My mother usually doesn’t want to use it. She only adds a little bit when my father and eldest brother come back and the whole family eats together.

Cheng Fang smiled and nodded, saying, "We'll be home soon!"

Hearing his mother's words, Hong Ye ran out of the door excitedly, stretched his neck to look towards the wooden building, waiting for his father and elder brother to come back.

Cheng Fang came out after a while, and seeing her youngest son's excited face, she realized that this was not an easy person to deal with, so she quickly said:

"Your father has been going to the martial arts hall as soon as he came back from hunting these past few days. He couldn't even come home once. He must be very tired. He finally came back today. You better behave yourself, little brat, and don't make him angry."

Hong Ye waved his hand and said seriously, "Don't worry, mother, I won't be angry with father. I have something important to ask him."

Seeing her son's impish appearance, Cheng Fang couldn't help but knock on his head and said with a smile: "What serious things can you do..."

"We're back, big brother and dad, we're back, mom, look!"

The overall structure of the Daxia Valley is centered on the wooden building, with three main east-west roads running through the entire area. Hong Gang's home is No. 8, right next to the middle main road, very close to the wooden building.

On the main road, Hong Gang and his son Hong Mu, each carrying a strong bow, with a broadsword on their waist and wearing a black cloak, were walking towards their home.

Seeing Cheng Fang and her son at the door, smiles appeared on their faces.

"Mom, little brother."

"No need to salute, you must be tired, eat first, eat first."

I don't know when it started, but there was an additional rule in the Xia rituals: if children haven't seen their parents for more than three days, they must perform formal greetings when they see them again.

Cheng Fang found this rule cumbersome at first, but after practicing it a few times, she began to feel different. She felt both happy and relieved, and her feelings for her son grew deeper.

"Let's go in and eat first!"

Hong Gang, the head of the family, spoke, and the four of them walked in with a smile.

At the dinner table, Cheng Fang's face was full of smiles as she watched her husband and two sons drinking bowl after bowl of the broth she made, and occasionally taking a bite of steamed crystal fruit. She felt extremely satisfied with her current life.

Her husband Hong Gang is the captain of the Blue Wolf Team of the Hunting Department. He earns more than a thousand contribution points every month. He bought the No. 8 plot of land early on and built a house. When Cheng Fang first moved her family out of the wooden building, she was filled with envy from the neighbors. When she thinks about it now, she still feels very touched.

The eldest son, Hong Mu, also broke through the Digging Realm last month and successfully joined his husband's hunting team. He will definitely make great contributions in the future.

Although the youngest son is only ten years old this year, his basic strength is already over 3,000 pounds. If he works hard, he might be able to break the record of the lumberjack realm. His talent is obviously higher than his father and older brother, but he is a little cowardly, fearless, and prone to causing minor troubles.

Although she only had the cultivation level of a woodcutter, her husband and eldest son would just chop down a few trees and bring them back when they went out, which was enough for her to submit the quota to the camp, so she didn't have to go out at all.

Meat, crystal fruit, clothes, household expenses, housing, and even Hong Gang and his eldest son were worried that she would have to work hard to cut trees outside, so they just bought a wooden wheelbarrow for the family...

In the past, Cheng Fang would not have dared to even imagine a life like this where they had everything they needed for food, clothing, shelter and transportation. Their family of four was the envy of everyone in the camp.

On days like this, Cheng Fang was naturally extremely satisfied.

"Dad, I want to go to the martial arts hall to practice."

As soon as Hong Ye opened his mouth, the three people who were eating quietly stopped immediately and all their eyes were focused on him.

Cheng Fang noticed that her husband Hong Gang's face had darkened. She immediately knocked on her youngest son's head with chopsticks and scolded him, "You little bastard, you just promised me that you wouldn't make your father angry. How long has it been..."

Hong Gang waved his hand to stop his wife, and looked at his youngest son and said, "Some time ago I asked you to go, but you refused to go, saying that even if you didn't go, you would be able to cultivate faster than others. Why do you want to go now?"

Cheng Fang now remembered that at the beginning of last month, when Hong Gang first created the team, he had no time to practice because he often had to go out hunting. He did mention to Hong Ye that he wanted to give him the spot in the martial arts hall. As a result, Hong Ye boasted that he was more talented than others and that even if he didn't go to the martial arts hall, he would be faster than others.

As a mother, she knew very well that her youngest son didn't go because he was just playing around. Every night, he would drag a group of children to the back of the valley to make trouble. Cheng Fang also knew that the opportunity to practice in the martial arts hall was rare, but she tried to persuade Hong Ye several times with all her heart, but Hong Ye just wouldn't listen.

Last month, Hong Gang got very angry because of this matter and kicked Hong Ye hard a few times, but this kid was thick-skinned and beating him was useless. He just refused to go. In the end, there was no choice but Cheng Fang went over.

After only one day, Cheng Fang didn't want to go anymore.

In the martial arts hall, apart from the big men, there were young men and women, and even children around ten years old. There were no middle-aged women like her at all.

In the end, Hong Gang's place had to be given up in vain.

Because of this, Hong Gang was angry for several days.

So at this moment, when the youngest son proposed to go to the martial arts hall again, Hong Gang naturally did not look happy.

Hong Ye, who was here, obviously knew his problem. He shrank his neck when he heard his father's deep question and said, "Lu Dong's record has been broken again. The youngest person in the Woodcutter Realm is named Zhao Yuanwu, who is ten years and nine months old, only three months older than me."

Ten years and nine months?

Hong Gang and his son Hong Mu had not paid attention to the logging situation in the camp for a long time. When they heard the news from Hong Ye, they were shocked.

Cheng Fang was different. She had a lot of free time. When a few other women got together, they would either compare their husbands or their children, and they also liked to inquire about these things.

"I've heard of Zhao Yuanwu. He's Zhao Long's eldest son." Zhao Long's eldest son...

When Hong Gang and Hong Mu heard this, a look of understanding appeared on their faces. They nodded slightly and were immediately not so shocked anymore.

"I heard that the Falcon Squad has started looking for the intermediate Snow Mane. The Falcon and Zhaolong teams are considered the leaders of the third echelon!"

Hearing what his eldest son Hong Mu said, Hong Gang nodded. He was naturally aware of the situation.

There are now more than fifty teams under the Hunting Department, which can be basically divided into four echelons.

The first echelon, without a doubt, is Yunjiao and Longwu, led by Si Cheng and Si Zheng respectively, these two intermediate teams with broken edges;
The second echelon consists of six teams, namely Deputy Director Luo Yuan's Tiger and Leopard Team, Shenwu, Zhenwu, Yingwu, Xiongwu, and Yuan Cheng's Dragon Slayer Team.

These six teams have already had a record of successfully hunting intermediate-level cold beasts. They only need to gather five species to be promoted to the intermediate level.

The third echelon has ten teams, including Zhao Long's Falcon Team, his two younger brothers Zhao Hu's Steel Mane Team and Zhao Bao's Golden Eagle Team, Huang Yong's Zhaolong Team, Yue Feng's Shanhe Team and so on.

Zhao Long and Huang Yong have been trying to hunt intermediate Snow Manes recently. Hong Gang has also heard about this. Falcon and Zhao Long are indeed the leaders of the third echelon.

The remaining thirty or so teams were basically classified into the fourth echelon.

Hong Gang’s own Blue Wolf Squad belongs to this echelon.

Zhao Long is strong and has more contribution points. Naturally, his son Zhao Yuanwu's training conditions are better than others. It is not difficult to understand why he broke through the lumbering realm earlier than other children.

In theory, everyone has the same quota for animal meat, and the price paid in exchange for contribution points is also very low, so there should be no difference among all children.

But the reality is not so.

In today's Daxia, there are too many things to assist in cultivation.

Martial arts halls, beast essence pills, and even salt and aged wine, are good for the human body if taken for a long time. If children can take them in appropriate amounts over a long period of time, their practice will naturally be twice as effective with half the effort.

And all these things must be exchanged for contribution points.

Of course, there is a gap between him and Zhao Long, and the gap between the Blue Wolf Squad and the Falcon Squad is even greater. Hong Gang knows it.

But when it comes to cultivating his son, he is definitely not inferior to Zhao Long.

The fact that my eldest son was able to break through the Digging Realm so quickly is proof enough.

Beast Yuan Dan, salt, and even aged wine, as long as there was any good stuff coming out of the Quartermaster Department, he would basically exchange it for his youngest son first.

Hong Gang came back to his senses and saw that his youngest son was still looking at him expectantly. He thought that he was also unwilling to admit defeat and made such a request in order to break through the logging realm as soon as possible. Although he was angry, he also felt a little relieved.

"Last month you asked me to go, but you didn't go. Now you want to go, but it's too late..."

An opportunity is missed, it is not easy to make it up. Hong Gang shook his head slightly and continued, "Lord Si Cheng has ordered that during this period of time, the quota for the martial arts hall will be given priority to the Digging Realm. Now there are only 50 places per day for the Woodcutting Realm. For those below the Woodcutting Realm, don't even think about it. If you want to practice in the martial arts hall, I estimate that you will have to wait at least three to four months, or even longer. Just wait patiently..."

When Hong Ye heard that it was Si Cheng who gave the order personally, his expression, which was originally full of expectation, immediately fell.

The order of Si Cheng Xia Chuan is equivalent to the order of the leader. Now in Da Xia, even a child like him knows it.

"You little brat, you lost your temper the moment you knew you couldn't go. There are many kids your age in the camp who haven't even been there. At least you still have the elixirs I brought back for you, and you have more beast meat than others. If you weren't so playful, you might have broken through before Zhao Yuanwu. Now that you regret it, hurry up and practice. If you dare to run out to play after dark again, I'll beat you to death."

Hong Gang still had a bad temper. When he saw Hong Yeyan coming down, his temper immediately flared up. He put down his bowl and chopsticks and started lecturing.

"Alright, alright, got it. You talk too much. You're amazing, big brother. You can stand being with dad every day."

Hearing Hong Ye's words, Hong Gang immediately stood up with his beard puffed and eyes glared, picked up a stick beside him, and rushed towards him.

boom…………

Hong Ye was obviously a veteran. He stood up and ran before he finished speaking. When he saw his father rushing towards him, he ran straight out of the house.

"Mom, I'm full. I'm going to go out and play for a while. I'll be back soon."

"It's just getting dark and you're running again! Stop right there!"

"Dad, please don't hit me. I have to tell my good brothers that I will stay at home and practice from tomorrow on. I won't go anywhere else."

Hong Gang rushed out of the door holding a stick, and saw his son running away. He was angry and amused, but finally shook his head with a look of helplessness.

"Old Hong, you are teaching your son a lesson again."

"This kid is tough, it's time to give him a good beating, hahahaha."

"I think Sister Fang is always angry. She should be taught a lesson."

…………

"Hahaha, sorry for making me laugh. I'll beat this brat up next time I catch him."

Seeing that the neighbors all came out to watch the fun, Hong Gang smiled embarrassedly. His house was number 8. On his left was Huang Yong, and on his right was Ying Xuan. They were very familiar with each other. They bowed and exchanged a few words before going back to the house.

………………

The life of Hong Gang's family can be regarded as a microcosm of Daxia's recent situation.

Ever since the pain caused by the beast tide had completely subsided, the Daxia Valley had ushered in a long-lost period of peace.

The Mirror Valley in the north, the Five Ape Mountain in the south, the Redwood Ridge in the west, and even the Shuanglong Mountain on the stone wall in the east, nothing can threaten Daxia anymore.

Because the origin of the beast tide is unclear, for safety reasons, Xia Hong has ordered to stop exploring the bamboo forest.

Since the arrow bamboo forest could not be explored, Xia Chuan gave the order to start focusing on the exploration of the Wuyuan Mountain. Wuyuan Mountain runs from east to west, is 15 kilometers long and 5 kilometers wide from north to south. The activities of the previous camps were basically limited to the southern slope, so there are still many areas available for exploration.

As the hunting team's activity area became larger and larger, their hunting results became more and more abundant, and the camp's material reserves also increased steadily.

Of course, more importantly, their strength is also improving rapidly.

Peace does not mean leisure.

The various hunting teams were still busy, and in addition to the busy hunting, many people also found that many hunting team captains, like Hong Gang, began to rarely go home.

Apart from hunting outside, they spent almost all their time training in the martial arts hall, and as time went on, more and more people joined this group.

There were a total of 200 places in the martial arts hall, and they directly took out a portion of them and gave them the green light. The number of places started out at 20, then 25, 30... and gradually increased to more and more.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that these people had all broken through to the limit of the Digging Realm and started using beast blood. They were basically the captains of all the hunting teams.

The top leaders of Da Xia were obviously caught up in a cultivation craze.

Apart from necessary hunting and mining, the next step is cultivation.

Apart from these two things, they basically do nothing.

If such a cultivation craze, without any interference from external factors, continues, it will undoubtedly bring enormous improvement to the overall strength of Daxia.

On the fifth day of July in the first year of Daxia, after Hong Tian led his team to bring back a mid-level Blue Moon Spirit, Daxia finally had the third mid-level hunting team.

On July 29th, no one expected that Luo Yuan's Tiger and Leopard Squad would be the first to be promoted to the intermediate level, ahead of Meng Yi, Zhu Ling, and Zhu Yuan.

On the sixth day of August, the number of Digging Realm people in the camp exceeded 1300.

On August 60, the number of teams under the Hunting Department also exceeded .

On August 20th, Meng Yi's Xiongwu team finally turned the tables and became the fifth hunting team to be promoted to the intermediate level.

On the eighth day of September, Yuan Cheng's Dragon Slaying Team and Zhu Yuan's Zhenwu Team were promoted to intermediate level on the same day.

October 7th…………

Good news one after another was frequently conveyed to Xia Hong through Xia Chuan's mouth, and his mood naturally became happier.

However, he still waited quietly.

Waiting for a new cold-resistant level to appear in the camp…………

(End of this chapter)