Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 259 Yuwen Tao's Speculation, Jade Bone Medicine

"Meet the leader!"

Soon, Luo Yuan brought Yuwen Tao and Yuan Cheng in.

After four months, they saw Xia Hong again. They were both excited. Regardless of their injuries that had not yet healed, they bowed respectfully to Xia Hong.

"No need to be polite. How are your injuries?"

"It's nothing serious now. Thank you for your concern, Chief!"

"Me too, there's nothing wrong with taking action."

Hearing the two people's answers, Xia Hong nodded first, then he thought of something, his left eye flashed, he looked at the two people's bodies carefully, and his expression suddenly froze.

"Leader, do we still have problems?"

Seeing Xia Hong's expression change, their hearts began to hang in the air and they hurriedly opened their mouths to ask.

Xia Hong did not answer, but stepped forward and pulled open Yuan Cheng's shirt, then turned around and motioned Yuwen Tao to take off his shirt as well.

When the wounds on the two men's upper bodies were all exposed, Xia Hong took another look with his Eye of Truth, and his expression suddenly became much more serious.

Both of them had taken a lot of healing pills, and now their bodies were covered with a layer of fire-condensing oil, and their wounds had basically begun to close and form scabs.

The problem was that, in Xia Hong's sight, there was actually some thin fiery red substance floating deep beneath the wounds.

The fiery red substance was exactly the same as the one on Takeo's body.

Although there is only a little bit under each wound, it is indeed still there.

Xia Hong quickly turned around and looked at Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan on the other side.

When he saw this, Luo Yuan and Xia Chuan immediately understood what he meant. They exposed the wounds on their upper bodies, and then waited for Xia Hong to speak with nervous expressions.

"Put it on, there's nothing inside you!"

Hearing Xia Hong's words, Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan immediately looked relieved.

However, Yuwen Tao and Yuan Cheng on the side were still looking at Xia Hong nervously.

"Go to the middle and put your hands on the Hanxu Cauldron!"

Hearing Xia Hong's words, the two of them hurried to the middle of the hall and placed their hands on the Hanxu Ding.

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A subtle sound was immediately heard from the two men's bodies, and a moment later, wisps of white smoke emerged from all the wounds on their bodies at the same time.

"Really? Can't the fire-condensing oil remove the dew from the body?"

Xia Chuan's words made Yuwen Tao and Yuan Cheng, who had just relaxed, and Luo Yuan beside them, all look nervous in an instant. They all turned to look at Xia Hong, waiting for his answer.

If what Xia Chuan said is true, then it is not just a matter for Yuan Cheng and Yuwen Tao. I'm afraid all the people infected with Dew will have to be screened.

"Not really. I've seen it on other people. It's probably because you two were too badly injured. The dew has seeped into your bodies through the wounds. The fire-condensing oil can't be taken internally, so it didn't work, and that's why it happened!"

Xia Hong first spoke to reassure the three people, then lowered his head and fell into thought.

It has been tested long ago that fire-condensing oil cannot be taken internally. This is no secret in Daxia. According to his guess, there should be nothing wrong.

In the second half of the night of April 27, before the White Dew Ghost appeared on Yangyuan Peak, Yuwen Tao was stabbed in the chest by Li Xuantian. He was subsequently infected with the Dew Plague and his body was briefly ignited. Although Yuan Cheng used fire-condensing oil to put out the flames on his body in time, Yuwen Tao's injuries were still very serious.

The same was true for Yuan Cheng. According to him, before dawn, in order to allow the one hundred Great Xia soldiers to hide safely in the tree hole, he held out for more than ten minutes under the siege of thousands of people. He had countless wounds on his body, and his injuries were no less serious than those of Yuwen Tao.

Dewdrops are most likely to infect and injure people. In comparison, Yuan Cheng and Yuwen Tao's injuries are indeed more serious than others. It is entirely possible that some of the dewdrops have invaded their bodies.

The question now is, what is happening inside other people’s bodies?
They are not the only ones injured. There are more than 40,000 people gathered at Wu Shuang’s base, and many of them are seriously injured. Who knows if there is any virus in their bodies?
"Captain, I just heard from Lord Si Cheng that you killed the Bai Lugui in Hanqiong's garrison. I would like to ask, what is the basis for your conclusion?"

Yuwen Tao suddenly spoke with a serious expression and asked Xia Hong a question.

Upon hearing this question, the faces of the others all froze.

Obviously, they all heard the subtext of the question.

Yuwen Tao was doubting that Bai Lugui was not dead yet!
Bai Lu's strange death had nothing to do with the plague's disappearance, because in everyone's eyes, the bloodthirsty and contagious dew was a plague, a virus. It was normal that the death of the owner who created it had nothing to do with it while it was still spreading the disease.

As long as the dew on everyone's body is cured with fire-condensing oil, the plague will naturally disappear.

But Yuwen Tao's words were obviously trying to overturn everyone's previous ideas.

Even Xia Hong's expression changed slightly, and he lowered his head and fell into deep thought.

But soon, he denied Yuwen Tao's idea:

"The one I killed was not Wu Xiong, but the Bai Lu Gui. It could freely switch bodies among the corpses infected with dewdrops. Wu Xiong's body was just a shell to it. After the fire-condensing oil burned it to ashes, 30 drops of Han Ping Yu Lu were released. A normal cold-resistant human would not release these things when he died!"

This was not the first time that Xia Hong had dealt with monsters. Without sufficient evidence, he certainly would not have rashly concluded that he had really killed Bai Lugui.

The wooden puppet at the beginning also had the means to control other people, but it only controlled people it had killed, and after those puppets died, they would not drop precious items like Takeo did.

"And Yuan Cheng told me that on the night Bai Lugui showed up, there were at least nine other cold-resistant masters on Yangyuan Peak, not counting you and him. They were Li Xuantian, Wu Xiong, Han Jiuli, Wu Lin, Yue Qian, Song Kang, Cheng Guang, plus the deceased He Tu and Wu Ying. If Bai Lugui could possess multiple people at the same time, there was no need for him to control only Wu Xiong."

Yuan Cheng on the side nodded immediately when he heard this. When Xia Hong went to the Beehive, he did tell him everything that happened on Yangyuan Peak.

Seeing that everyone had fallen silent, Xia Hong also lowered his head and continued to think.

There was one thing he didn't mention, and that was Takeo's strength.

The strength of the monsters is mainly reflected in their mysterious and unpredictable methods. Both the monsters themselves and the humans they possess have a limit to their strength.

The strongest strength of "Takeo" that night was over thirty manes.

This isn’t Bai Lugui’s true form, what can this possibly be?
I don't mention this because the previous two reasons are almost enough to convince everyone.

Including Yuwen Tao, who raised the question, frowned at this moment. It was obvious that the reasons Xia Hong gave were tenable.

“What the leader said makes sense, and I really can’t find any reason to refute it. But I have come into contact with that monster, and I always feel that the Bailu monster is not that simple. It clearly had the opportunity to kill everyone on Yangyuan Peak that night, but it deliberately let thousands of people go in the end. If it says it has no other plans, I don’t believe it.

Besides Wu Xiong, no one knows what happened to the other six cold-resistant masters, including Li Xuantian. Let’s not talk about Han Jiuli and Wu Lin for now. There are silver artifacts in Longshan. Li Xuantian and the other four may not have died on Yangyuan Peak that night. Who knows if Bai Lugui left any tricks on them?"

After saying this, Yuwen Tao paused for a moment and continued in a deep voice:
"Leader, the lesson of the Mirror Fairy is still fresh in our minds. We must not take creatures like monsters lightly. According to my observation, the Bailu monster that night at Yangyuan Peak was most likely just revived. As soon as it revived, it basically slaughtered the entire Yangying camp. If Wu Xiong is not his true self, and he is still hiding in the dark, who knows how much trouble it will cause in the end!"

After hearing Yuwen Tao's last reminder, not only Xia Chuan, Luo Yuan, Yuan Cheng, but even Xia Hong, instantly became much more solemn.

Takeo is not his real self!

This sentence popped up in Xia Hong's mind, and then he recalled the scene in March last year when tens of thousands of people in Jinggu committed suicide at the same time, and his heart trembled for no reason.

If Yuwen Tao's guess is true, the consequences will be too serious. "I have to go to Yangyuan Peak to see the situation!"

Bai Lugui's revival happened at Yangyuan Peak. The best way to verify Yuwen Tao's guess was, of course, to go to Yangyuan Peak and see it for himself.

But as soon as Xia Hong opened his mouth, Xia Chuan stopped him.

"Leader, you must not do that. Regardless of whether Wu Xiong is Bai Lugui's true body, the plague has not completely passed. Yang Yuan Peak is where the plague started, and no one knows what is going on. No one dares to approach now."

"Yes, it's too dangerous over there, the leader can't go there."

"Even if we want to go, we should go explore first."

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Upon hearing this, the three men all spoke out to dissuade them, among whom Yuwen Tao and Yuan Cheng reacted most strongly.

Obviously, both of them still have a lot of trauma in their hearts regarding Yang Yuanfeng.

After hearing the advice from the three people, Xia Hong began to hesitate.

He was really frightened by Yuwen Tao's guess.

If Wu Xiong is not his real self, then it proves that the Bai Lugui in Yang Yuan Peak is far beyond his imagination in terms of both means and strength.

What's the difference between rashly breaking into the other party's lair and seeking death?
"Leader, let me go. I have dealt with Bai Lugui once before and have some experience. As long as I bring enough fire-condensing oil, it shouldn't be a problem."

"Me too, I can go!"

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Seeing everyone asking to go, Xia Hong's face flashed with relief, but he still shook his head and said, "Unless it is safe, no one should go. Speculation is still speculation. Whether it is true or not, there is no need for us to verify it with our own lives. No one needs to go..."

He paused for a moment and continued, "Even if Yuwen Tao's guess is true, it can at least prove one thing, that Bailu Gui does not have the ability to overthrow the three families in Longyou, otherwise it would not have to hide in the dark.

The most urgent task is to check all the people in Daxia to ensure that the Dew Plague will not spread back to Xiacheng. We can talk about other things later."

Xia Chuan immediately turned around to look at Hanxu Ding and said, "Some people from the Hive should have arrived at Jinggu already. Wu Shuang has also started to move people to the Hive. They will all arrive later. Currently, the people from Longyou should not have arrived in Xiacheng yet."

"I will take the Hanxu Ding to Jinggu right away and do a comprehensive screening there. Everyone can only return to Xiacheng after they have come into contact with the Hanxu Ding."

Everyone nodded. Xiacheng was the base camp, and they must not let the dew invade it. With the Hanxu Ding as a transit station in Jinggu, there would not be any big problem.

"Xia Chuan, our deal with Longshan and Zhaoyang hasn't been concluded yet, so you should temporarily take your men to stay in Wushuang until all the people in Longyou are moved back to Xiacheng. Then, discuss with Yuancheng to decide on the garrison commanders for the three garrisons in Wushuang, Hanqiong, and Fengchao. There won't be any more wars in Longyou in the short term, so it shouldn't be a big problem whether I'm there or not."

"Yes, leader!"

Xia Hong thought for a moment and continued, "Send someone to tell Longshan and Zhaoyang about Yuwen Tao's guess. It would be best to confirm the whereabouts of Li Xuantian and the other six cold-resistant level ones. If Bai Lugui is not dead, there is a high probability that he will be attached to these six people and move around."

"I understand, brother!"

In fact, at this moment, Xia Hong still believed that Bai Lugui was dead, but he could not ignore Yuwen Tao's guess as long as there was a slight possibility.

After all, if this speculation comes true, it will lead to terrible consequences.

Notifying both parties in advance is the best we can do.

Da Xia has him, fire-condensing oil and Hanxu Cauldron. If Bai Lugui is really not dead, he will most likely attack Longshan and Zhaoyang first. If the two families are not prepared at all, it is hard to say what will happen to them.

"Captain, the Jade Bone Medicine has been prepared!"

Xia Hong was about to continue speaking when Liu Xian's voice suddenly came from outside the hall.

The medicine worked so quickly!

Xia Hong looked up at the light outside the window and was surprised to realize that they had been discussing for so long without realizing it, and it was already dawn outside.

"Bring it in!"

As Liu Xian and four others brought in five small covered iron pots, the originally solemn atmosphere in the hall instantly eased a lot.

"Captain, this medicine weighs five kilograms, and we have divided it up."

After Liu Xian finished speaking, he was the first to open the iron pot in front of him, and the other four people also opened the iron pots in their hands.

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A rich fragrance wafted out instantly, filling the entire hall with the aroma.

Xia Chuan and the other four people came to the iron pot, sniffed the bloody aroma, their faces quickly turned red, and then they all showed extremely intoxicated expressions.

The five pots were filled with a thick jade-colored liquid, which was the result of high-quality animal bones and other medicines being melted at high temperatures.

"You two are lucky to have come here. Come, each of you take a pound and try it!"

Xia Hong smiled and joked, motioning Liu Xian and the other four to leave first, and then let Xia Chuan and the other four taste one pound each.

Unlike the first time the four people saw the Jade Bone Medicine, he had tasted it in Zhaoyang Pinggu and was very familiar with the smell, so he was not as intoxicated as the four people.

"Leader, you should use them all. Our combat aptitude is not good enough. Wouldn't it be a waste if we use them?"

"One pound per person, what nonsense! This time it's free, but in the future you have to exchange the Jade Bone Medicine with Contribution Points. If you don't want it, I'll give it to someone else!"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Cheng immediately chuckled, said nothing, picked up the iron pot and poured the medicine into his mouth.

Seeing this, the other three also started drinking.

Xia Hong did the same, picked up an iron pot and started drinking.

The Jade Bone Medicine is this jade-colored viscous liquid. The way to take it is simple and rough, just pour it into the body.

The five people drank the medicine in one gulp. Except for Xia Hong who stood where he was, remaining the same, the faces of the other four people instantly became red with bloodshot.

Without Xia Hong's reminder, the four of them learned it on their own and sat cross-legged, controlling the pores on the membrane.

As wisps of blood and air floated out, the flesh and blood in their bodies began to make rumbling noises. Along with the huge energy impact in the medicine, the flesh and blood constantly repeated the process of contraction and expansion.

During this process, the redness on their faces gradually faded, and the strength of their body muscles, including basic strength, also increased step by step.

"The process of absorbing the medicinal liquid is very slow. This is only the first round. You should try your best to hold on and absorb as much as you can. When the reaction in your body is no longer violent, you can get up and go out. You can use the cold light after dawn to absorb the second round. You can sense how much energy is left in your body. You must wait until the energy of the previous round of medicinal liquid is completely absorbed before you can start using it again. Otherwise, a conflict will damage your flesh and blood..."

Xia Hong himself was also absorbing the energy of the medicinal liquid. Unlike others, this one-pound amount was very easy for him, so he didn't even need to sit cross-legged. He just stood and absorbed it while still having the energy to teach everyone the taboos of taking the Jade Bone Medicine.

"Okay, I guess you guys will need a while, I'm going back to Jinggu first!"

Xia Hong quickly absorbed the first round of medicine. Seeing that the four people were still immersed in their cultivation, he left a word and took the Hanxu Ding with him.

(End of this chapter)