Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 218: News about the Art of Teaching Luo Chengyu
"Did I find the wrong place? That's not right. I just asked and it's here."

At the door, Luo Cheng was holding a pot of stewed meat in his hand. When the door didn't open for a long time, a trace of confusion suddenly appeared in his eyes, but soon, as the door opened from the inside and he saw Hong Yu coming out, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"Uncle Yu, you just came back from the mining area. You haven't had dinner yet. This meat is freshly stewed. Please try it and see how it tastes."

After Luo Cheng finished speaking, he saw Hong Yu staring at him with a smile on his face, and he suddenly felt uneasy. Especially when he remembered what Li Baihe said to him with a look of regret on his face after he learned that Hong Yu had joined Chen Yingba's hunting team, his expression became even more nervous.

"What a pity! I was hoping he could join our team, which would make things much easier later on. Xiaocheng, this Hong Yu won't be able to stay in the hive for long, so you have to seize this opportunity. If you have nothing to do during this period, spend more time with him. You will definitely gain a lot!"

Although Luo Cheng is only ten years old, he is not stupid.

Li Baihe saw everything that happened in Cave 93; he also saw it.

Hong Yu's extraordinary strength, and what he did later to Cheng Ping, Wang Hun and others, all showed that his status in Da Xia was definitely not low, and he came to the Hive with an obvious purpose.

Since I have a purpose, I will not stay for long. Uncle He asked me to spend more time with Hong Yu. It is probably because he hopes that the other party will have a better impression of me and make preparations in advance for my future return to Daxia.

…………

"Did Li Baihe ask you to do this?"

After all, he was only ten years old. Although Luo Cheng tried his best to conceal his deliberate gesture of goodwill, how could his performance be hidden from Xia Hong's eyes.

Luo Cheng's face instantly turned red after being exposed by Xia Hong, but he still said stubbornly: "No, I stewed this beast meat myself. I thought Uncle Yu hadn't eaten yet, so I deliberately brought it to Uncle Yu."

Xia Hong chuckled, looking at the four pounds of meat in the basin, which was still steaming. He was slightly moved and asked, "I guess your father gives you only this much meat every day. If you don't eat it, your cultivation progress won't keep up. Aren't you afraid that he will blame you?"

Hearing this, Luo Cheng's face showed a hint of difficulty, but he soon smiled and said: "Uncle Yu, don't worry, my cultivation progress is not bad, and father will not be able to find out for a while."

Xia Hong couldn't help but smile when he heard the childish words. After thinking for a moment, he shook his head and said, "Then just take it in, put it down and leave. Don't send it to me again in the future."

Luo Cheng showed a hint of disappointment when he heard this, but he quickly brought the basin in and put it away. Then he bowed respectfully to Xia Hong and did not forget to close the door when he left.

Xia Hong returned to the main hall and sat down. He looked at the stewed meat on the table with a strange look in his eyes. He took out a wooden jar from his package, scooped a spoonful of salt into it, then picked up the chopsticks and slowly began to eat.

Although he has the ability to resist the cold, he still needs to eat.

Although the package contained a lot of air-dried intermediate animal meat, the taste was still far inferior to this freshly stewed one. Xia Hong was naturally in a better mood to be able to have a bite of fresh meat.

"This kid probably won't come tomorrow. Is he really going out hunting by himself? Without elite status, he has to hand over half of the prey he brings back. No matter how you think about it, it's a bit unpleasant!"

Xia Hong was eating the beast meat while frowning and thinking.

If he were to go hunting now, even if it was a mid-level cold beast, he would be a little bored. Besides, he would have to hand over half of the beasts to the camp when he brought them back.
Besides, it was a bit outrageous that he, a cold-resistant-level person, had to do it himself just for the sake of stuttering.

As it turned out, Xia Hong was wrong.

The next day, when it was almost dawn, Luo Cheng came again.

He also brought a pot of freshly stewed animal meat.

"Didn't I tell you yesterday not to send it to me anymore?"

Seeing Luo Cheng placing the animal meat on the table with ease, Xia Hong looked strange and asked.

Luo Cheng smiled and said, "Excuse me, Uncle Yu, I remembered that I didn't take the basin yesterday, so I came to get it today, and I brought it to you on the way."

He actually found the bowl from yesterday, and then he turned around and left without caring whether Xia Hong wanted to eat it or not.

Xia Hong looked at the fragrant stew, added some salt, and started eating. But after he finished eating, he saw an empty bowl in front of him and suddenly laughed.

"This kid is quite cunning!"

Luo Chengcheng was in a fight with Xia Hong. Even though Xia Hong told him not to come on the third day, in the following days, he would show up on time with a pot of beast meat when it was almost dawn.

The twenty-fifth day of the first lunar month was the eighth day when Luo Cheng delivered the meat.

Xia Hong glanced at the beast meat in the basin, then looked at Luo Cheng's qi and muscles which had not made any progress for eight consecutive days, and finally couldn't help it.

"You haven't eaten animal meat for so long, are you not planning to break through to the Woodcutting Realm?"

Luo Ming does not have elite status, so half of the meat he hunts must be handed over. His hunting team is assumed to have 20 people. A low-level cold beast will only produce about 1200 kilograms of meat. After dividing it in half, there will be 600 kilograms left. With 20 people, each person can only get about 30 kilograms of meat.

After staying in the beehive for so many days, Xia Hong learned a lot.

For people like Luo Ming, animal meat is hard currency. Coal, iron and other daily necessities must be exchanged for animal meat, so five kilograms of animal meat is not a small amount of money for either Luo Cheng or Luo Ming.

He and Luo Ming lived not far from each other. Luo Ming would lead the team out hunting almost every night. From this alone, it could be seen that the life of the father and son could not be said to be comfortable, and might even be a bit tight.

Luo Cheng sends me five kilograms every day, which is not a small amount.

He could tell at a glance that Luo Cheng's basic strength was more than 4800 pounds, just one step away from the lumberjack realm, so he asked this deliberately.

Luo Cheng heard this and indeed showed a trace of difficulty on his face, but he quickly gritted his teeth and said, "I'm just a little bit short, no rush!"

Seeing Luo Cheng's conflicted expression, Xia Hong laughed in his heart. This time he did not wait for Luo Cheng to leave. Instead, he took out a jar of salt in front of him, put salt in the meat, and threw a pair of chopsticks to Luo Cheng.

"Come and try it, so you don't have to accuse me of taking advantage of you."

When Luo Cheng saw the white crystals in the jar, his eyes lit up instantly. When he heard Xia Hong asking him to eat with them, a smile immediately appeared on his face. He rushed to the table, picked up the meat and put it into his mouth.

After taking a mouthful of the beast meat, Luo Cheng's face was full of enjoyment, and his eyes showed an expression of "as expected".

He used the basin he had taken back a few days ago to cook something and found that it tasted much better. He guessed at the time that Xia Hong must have added something to it. After seeing it with his own eyes today, he was finally sure.

"Uncle Yu, this is so delicious. What did you add? I have never eaten such delicious animal meat. After eating it, I feel much stronger."

"Salt, from Daxia!"

Xia Hongyan's concise answer made Luo Cheng's eyes gradually brighten, and his yearning for Da Xia instantly rose to a higher level.

"Your face looks like a monkey's butt, go and practice!"

Luo Cheng was startled when he heard this, and reached out to touch his face, only to find that his cheeks were terribly hot. Realizing that it was the effect of the salt, he quickly got up and walked outside, pulled out the knife in his hand, and began to practice.

The main components of salt are intermediate animal bones and frozen beads. The energy contained in them is not low in itself. Coupled with the characteristics of the human body's needs, Xia Hong had already expected that the reaction to the first dose would be so great.

But Luo Cheng didn't know. He waved the knife in his hand and felt the energy he gained in his body, which was several times more than the energy he usually got from taking animal meat. He thought salt was some kind of rare treasure, and his expression instantly became extremely excited.

Huh… Huh… Huh…

After watching Luo Cheng practicing with the sword for a while, Xia Hong immediately shook his head.

"This kid probably doesn't have much talent for swordsmanship!"

Although Luo Cheng was only in his early teens, he was already over 1.6 meters tall, obviously taller than his peers. The knife he was wielding was obviously tailor-made for him, at only over 90 centimeters.

Although he swung the knife skillfully and seemed to be very powerful, Xia Hong could tell at a glance that he was not good at knife-wielding variations. His strength lay in his arms and wrists, and the coordination of his arms was also amazing. Relying on these three points, he could barely wield the knife properly.

It looks good when you practice, but it won’t work if you use it in a real battle.

Arm strength, wrist strength, and coordination of both arms...

Xia Hong thought of these three points, turned his head to look at the ceremonial sword beside him, thought for a moment, and immediately knew what weapon was really suitable for Luo Cheng.

"call…………"

Luo Cheng outside the house suddenly stopped, exhaled sharply, looked down at his hands, his face full of excitement and emotion.

Breakthrough!
He actually broke through to the logging realm.

Originally, according to his own expectations, even if he ate beast meat and practiced step by step, it would take at least two months to successfully improve the final 200 kilograms of basic strength. However, with just one mouthful of beast meat with salt, he broke through directly.

Luo Cheng looked back at Xia Hong at this moment, his face full of excitement.

"If you have nothing to do, just hang out with him more often. You will definitely gain a lot!"

Only at this moment did he suddenly realize what Li Baihe had said before.

Luo Cheng thought for a moment, then walked in front of Xia Hong, knelt down in front of him, and bowed: "Thank you, Uncle Yu, Luo Cheng is grateful!"

However, before he could kneel down, a chair came across him.

If he knelt down, even if it would be the ceremony of master and disciple, Xia Hong naturally would not let Luo Cheng kneel. Not to mention that he had no intention of teaching a disciple, even if he really wanted to accept Luo Cheng as a disciple, he really didn't think highly of him given Luo Cheng's current qualifications.

"No need to kneel. You gave me so much beast meat. This is my compensation to you. When you come tomorrow, you don't need to bring any beast meat."

Luo Cheng could naturally understand the meaning of Xia Hong's words. He originally had a look of disappointment on his face, but when he heard Xia Hong ask him to come again tomorrow, the disappointment was immediately swept away and he nodded excitedly in agreement.

"Yes, Uncle Yu!"

Soon, Luo Cheng took the two basins and left. Xia Hong sat on the chair, watching Luo Cheng leave, a slight smile rose in his eyes, and then turned to look at the main building of the Beehive.

"I have nothing to do anyway. This kid is quite clever. It wouldn't hurt to give him some pointers. As long as I don't rank higher, Chen Yingba shouldn't notice me. I just need to wait for news from Cheng Ping."

Xia Hong thought for a while, estimated that it was already daybreak, took his package and two knives, and went out directly.

At dawn the next day, Luo Cheng appeared on time again.

This time he listened to Xia Hong and did not bring any more animal meat.

However, as soon as he entered the yard, he was stunned.

In the yard, there were three cold beasts displayed, namely Snow Mane and Frost Wolf.

However, the three cold beasts were all chopped in half, and it was obvious that they had been handed over when entering the base.

"Uncle Yu, are you out hunting?"

Luo Cheng's pupils dilated and his face was full of surprise when he asked.

His father Luo Ming led the team to go hunting, and on one night, they only brought back two preys at most. Moreover, even though Luo Ming made the greatest contribution, he only got more than 100 kilograms of the two cold beasts he brought back that time.

Under normal circumstances, when his father went out every night, he would only get about 40 to 50 kilograms of meat at most.

At this moment, there were three and a half cold beasts in Xia Hong's yard.

The key point is that he didn't see Xia Hong preparing anything yesterday, and no one came to see him. At this moment, he didn't look like he had ever gone out hunting.

What does this mean?
Gulp...

Luo Cheng looked up at Xia Hong and swallowed.

"Use your knife to deal with that snowy mane. Cook as much as you can eat!"

Seeing that Xia Hong obviously had no intention of talking, Luo Cheng didn't say anything more. He just drew his sword and started dealing with the cold beast.

Although he had just broken through to the logging realm, Luo Cheng obviously had no experience. It took him more than half an hour, his whole body soaked in sweat, before he cut a few pieces of beast meat, put them in the pot and started cooking.

After a while, seeing that the meat was almost cooked, Xia Hong put in a handful of salt. As the aroma filled the air, the two began to feast on it again.

"Each time you finish eating beast meat, eat one pill, and then start practicing again after that."

Just after eating the beast meat, Luo Cheng saw a wooden bottle in front of him. After opening the bottle and seeing the pill inside, he swallowed one pill without asking Xia Hong.

Xia Hong took out a ten-foot-long spear from the house, walked outside the yard, held his breath, and started practicing.

He held the gun in both hands, and his whole temperament changed instantly. The spear drew a semi-arc on the ground as his body suddenly turned over.

laugh…………

A cloud of dust half a meter high suddenly rose up, and the stone ground in front of Xia Hong was scratched with an arc-shaped gully three or four meters wide. The gully was several dozen centimeters wide at the naked eye.

This made Luo Cheng stunned for a moment.

"A stick for a month, a knife for a year, a gun for a lifetime..."

Seeing Luo Cheng staring at him intently, Xia Hong curled the corners of his mouth slightly and continued talking to himself.

"The spear is the most powerful weapon among all weapons. It is mainly used for blocking, grabbing and stabbing. If we break it down into smaller parts, there are seventeen types of spear techniques: chopping, collapsing, piercing, tapping, clouding, flicking, picking, entanglement, sweeping, blocking, throwing, tossing, swinging, shrinking, bumping and twisting. If a normal person wants to learn spear techniques, it will definitely take ten or eight years of practice. Even those with a slightly better talent will need at least three years..."

While Xia Hong was explaining, he demonstrated the seventeen types of spear techniques one by one, and then continued: "Logging, digging, and keeping warm are all distinguished by strength, so there are not many skills in the use of weapons. It's nothing more than proficiency. There is no trick to master all the seventeen types of spear techniques. You have to practice ten thousand times a day. If you can master one in a month, your talent is already high. It's probably difficult for a normal person to persist..."

After saying the last few words, Xia Hong threw the gun aside and went straight back into the house.

"Thank you, Uncle Yu!"

Luo Cheng, who was standing aside, bowed respectfully to Xia Hong, then walked directly into the yard and picked up the spear on the ground.

But as soon as he got it in his hand, he was almost overwhelmed by the spear.

"This gun is so heavy!"

Luo Cheng's hands were shaking as he estimated that the spear weighed at least 1,500 kilograms. Looking at the ten silver patterns on the edge of the spear shaft, a look of confusion suddenly appeared on his face.

His father also used a ten-forged weapon. According to the size of the spear, its weight should be no more than 600 to 700 kilograms. How could it be so much heavier out of thin air?

"Ten thousand times, this......"

Thinking of what Xia Hong had just said, Luo Cheng's face suddenly became embarrassed, but when he turned around and saw that Xia Hong had already entered the room, he gritted his teeth, stood there, and waved his sword with difficulty.

"Ten thousand times, ten thousand times. Let's start with the splitting..."

Xia Hong sat alone on a chair in the room, watching Luo Cheng splitting the spear through the window. His posture quickly changed from unfamiliar to skilled, and a smile appeared on his face.

"The spear is indeed the best weapon for this kid!"

For a period of time afterwards, Luo Cheng would run to Xia Hong whenever he had nothing to do. Every day when he arrived, he would not waste any time. He would just cook the beast meat, have dinner with Xia Hong, swallow a beast essence pill immediately, and then start practicing with his gun.

Luo Cheng's basic strength was just 5,000 jin. It was not easy for him to swing a 1,500-jin spear 10,000 times in a row at the beginning.

The first thing he practiced was spear splitting. On the first day, he only did more than 700 times and was almost exhausted. On the second day, he improved a little and did more than 900 times. On the third day, he did even more, and on the fourth day, and the fifth day...

It is worth mentioning that Chengping came over a few times during this process.

Luo Cheng knew that Cheng Ping was controlled by Xia Hong. Seeing this man who used to act arrogantly at the city gate and had made things difficult for his father many times, now being servile in front of Xia Hong, Luo Cheng's respect for Xia Hong grew day by day, and at the same time, he became more eager for strength.

"I did it, I finally did it, hahahaha!"

On February 20th, which was the 24th day after Xia Hong taught him the spear technique, Luo Cheng once again swung his spear across the air. Regardless of his twitching arms, he simply lay on the ground and laughed heartily.

Ten thousand times!

I really did it.

"Uncle Yu, I did it, hahahaha, I did it!"

Xia Hong walked out of the house and looked at Luo Cheng who was laughing excitedly. Although he was a little surprised, he pretended to be indifferent and said, "Why are you so happy? You have only done it 10,000 times. If you continue for another month, you will completely master the use of the spear."

Luo Cheng was poured with a basin of cold water, and his expression immediately became much more restrained, but he soon gathered his courage and nodded, "I understand, Uncle Yu, I will continue to work hard and master it soon."

This kid probably doesn't even know how much his basic strength has increased!

The surprise in Xia Hong's eyes just now was not because Luo Cheng's spear chopping reached 10,000 times, but because he learned through observing his qi muscles that Luo Cheng's basic strength was already over 6,000 pounds.

It has only been more than a month, and although the Beast Yuan Pill and salt have helped, Luo Ben's own talent cannot be ignored.

The basic strength increased by a thousand kilograms in a month. If I remember correctly, Xia Hong remembered that besides himself, there were only a few people like Xia Chuan and Yuan Cheng who could do this.

This kid's talent is indeed not low!

"Hong Yu, is Hong Yu at home?"

Just then, a familiar voice suddenly came from the door.

Xia Hong raised his eyebrows slightly and gestured to Luo Cheng on the ground.

Luo Cheng hurriedly got up, opened the door, and welcomed the man outside in.

"Sir, something's happening!"

The person who came in was Cheng Ping, and when he saw Xia Hong he immediately bowed.

"Luo Cheng, go back first and come back tomorrow."

"Yes, Uncle Yu!"

Upon hearing about the situation, Xia Hong's eyes suddenly lit up. He motioned Luo Cheng to go back first, and then took Cheng Ping into the inner room.

"Sir, our leader had hundreds of thousands of pounds of coal and stone brought in yesterday. He should be cooking the jade bones. Today I also saw a man in black following him. I have never seen that man before. He should be the outsider you mentioned."

"Where is the place where the jade bones are cooked? Can I go there?"

Cheng Ping was embarrassed when he heard this, and said, "The place where the jade bones are cooked is on the top floor of the main building. Except for the chief, the second chief, and Captain Chen, no one else can go up there unless they are summoned."

Xia Hong thought for a moment and said, "Take me to the main building first. I'll go over and take a look."

Cheng Ping was stunned when he heard this, and then his face was full of embarrassment, but seeing that Xia Hong had already taken the lead and walked forward, he gritted his teeth and followed.

(End of this chapter)