Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 332: Refining Jade Dew Stone, on the eve of the Cold Yuan Festival

Xiacheng, Council Hall
After Xia Hong rushed back, he released the Hanxu Ding immediately.

Without waiting for him to call, Li Xuanling quickly walked to the side of the Hanxu Cauldron and sat cross-legged, touching the wall of the cauldron honestly, continuing to sense the situation in his stomach.

"I haven't lit it yet, don't worry!"

Xia Hong's mind moved slightly, and he injected the system coal resources into the Hanxu Cauldron. A fire immediately started inside the cauldron, and the temperature around it also rose rapidly.

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The moment the fire rose in the cauldron, a slight burning sound immediately came from Li Xuanling's body. As the burning sound gradually intensified, a look of pain slowly appeared on her face.

"How is it, can you hold on?"

Seeing the pain on Li Xuanling's face, Xia Hong's expression suddenly became nervous, ready to extinguish the Hanxu Ding at any time.

Li Xuanling closed his eyes, his expression still painful, but he still forced himself to speak: "It's useful, it seems... it is being refined..."

Being refined?
Xia Hong frowned slightly, looked up at the Hanxu Ding, looking a little uneasy.

There is no doubt that the Hanxu Ding has an inhibitory effect on monsters. The question is whether this refining process will have an impact on the fetus in the womb. This is what he is most concerned about.

But the belly is Li Xuanling's after all. Whether it has any impact or not, probably only she knows. Xia Hong can only wait quietly by the side.

Li Xuanling's face always maintained a painful expression, with beads of sweat the size of beans oozing out of her forehead. Xia Hong patiently wiped them off for her again and again.

Half an hour later, Li Xuanling's frown finally relaxed. She slowly opened her eyes, with a look of relief and a hint of uneasiness on her face. She said in a worried voice:

"When it first regained consciousness, it kept trying to attack the fetus in my belly, but I stopped it by mobilizing my Qi and blood. The fire in the Cold Ruins Cauldron seemed to have burned away its remaining consciousness. I couldn't force it out of my body and could only let it be refined."

Xia Hong directly covered Li Xuanling's stomach with his hands. After feeling for a moment, he realized that there was no foreign object in his abdomen. He immediately asked:
"After refining, did your body show any abnormalities?"

Li Xuanling shook his head slightly, looking a little confused.

Xia Hong frowned. Li Xuanling had never come into contact with a monster, but he had come into contact with it three times. To be precise, he had defeated it three times.

It was not a special thing that the strange monster was refined. Xia Chuan's black knife, transparent silk thread, and puppet inheritance; the positive mirror in his left eye; and the negative mirror in He Yuanhun's right eye should all be the results of refining the strange monster.

Li Xuanling refined the Jade Dew Stone in his body, so he should have benefited from it.

Nothing unusual happened, which was unusual in itself.

"Is the Jade Dew Stone very important to you? I'm sorry, I..."

"Don't let your imagination run wild. I'm just worried about the two babies in your belly. No matter how important the Jade Dew Stone is, can it be more important than them?"

Hearing Xia Hong's words, Li Xuanling's eyes suddenly showed a touch of tenderness, and then raised her hand to cover her lower abdomen, and said softly: "The consciousness of the Jade Dew Stone has been completely destroyed. Don't worry, although the fetal movement is still very weak now, I can feel that they are not affected!"

Although the Cold-Resistant Level does not have the ability to see inside, its ability to perceive all the organs and meridians in the body is very strong. Li Xuanling can say this with such confidence, so it seems that there is indeed no problem with the fetus.

Besides, even if Li Xuanling missed something, there is still the Hanxu Ding!
Xia Hong turned his head and looked at the Hanxu Ding, and his expression gradually calmed down.

Looking back on the two previous encounters with monsters, the performance of the Hanxu Ding has never disappointed him. The suppressing power of this artifact on monsters is definitely far beyond any other item.

[Hanxu Ding (Level 4): Can burn coal to greatly increase the temperature within a five-kilometer radius, can kill primary and intermediate level monsters, and scare high-level monsters. It is extremely attractive to cold beasts, and can consume coal resources to smelt ironware.]

"Bailu Gui is just a mid-level Gui monster after all. Hanxu Ding has a killing effect on it, so it shouldn't be a problem."

Xia Hong still deliberately checked the description of the Level 4 Hanxu Ding and clearly saw the nine words "can kill primary and intermediate monsters". Only then did he feel completely relieved.

"I will put the Cold Ruins Cauldron in the Star Picking Palace... No, I will put it in your bedroom. During this period of time, you should not go out casually. Just stay in Xiacheng and cultivate your pregnancy until the baby is born safely!"

After the shock just now, Li Xuanling naturally didn't say anything at this moment. Hearing Xia Hong's commanding tone, two blushes rose slightly on her cheeks. She nodded and responded in a voice as thin as a mosquito's silk: "Got it."

"Hanyue, take your wife back to the Star Picking Palace to rest."

Han Yue, who had been waiting outside the palace gate, walked in immediately after hearing the sound. She had obviously just heard the conversation in the hall. After coming in, she immediately stepped forward and solemnly supported Li Xuanling, taking her around the hall and walking towards the Zhaixing Palace at the back.

Xia Hong sat alone in the main hall, staring at the Hanxu Cauldron with a frown on his face.

The Bai Lugui problem was solved, but it seemed not to be solved completely.

At the very least, before the two children were born normally, he did not dare to be careless at all and had to pay attention to the situation in Li Xuanling's belly at all times.

"Cultivation. The higher the cultivation, the stronger the strength, and the better the protection for the fetus in the belly. Before the child is born, we still have to find a way to improve her cultivation as much as possible! Let her break through first. Twenty-seven manes, the middle stage of cold-resistance cultivation, only five manes away from the late stage, and thirty-seven manes away from the peak."

Li Xuanling's aptitude is stronger than that of her father Li Tianhua. Once she breaks through the Cold-Resistant Level, she will have a basic strength of eight and a half manes. According to the progress of her Cold-Resistant Level training, if she wants to undergo a second flesh and blood reorganization, her basic strength must be increased to at least thirty-four manes, and for the third time it will be sixty-eight manes.

"The idea of ​​using Bai Lu Gui to solve the problem of Han Ping Yu Lu has failed. For the time being, we can only rely on the two Han Ping trees in Longshan. The two trees only produce about 280 drops of Yu Lu in a year. Even if all of them are used to refine Yang Yuan Dan, at most we can refine about 2600 pills. This little is not enough!"

2600 Yang Yuan Pills may sound like a lot, but considering that the number of cold-resistant pills in Da Xia has now exceeded 200, it is totally insufficient.

Moreover, this number is not permanent.

The limit of Da Xia's Digging Realm is not discussed for the time being. There are more than 2,000 people in the Yunjiao Army and the Longwu Army alone. Judging from the situation in the previous two months, if the quota of the Martial Arts Academy is completely opened up, there will be people breaking through every day. By then, the growth rate of the number of people at the Cold-Resistant Level will inevitably be astonishingly fast.

"We can only ask the hunting team to spend more time and effort. If we explore deeper into the three resource areas of Redwood Ridge, Arrow Bamboo Forest, and Longshan, we may be able to find a few more Hanping trees. Then we can solve the shortage of Yangyuan Pills."

Xia Hong's mind moved slightly, and he called up the system interface:

[Camp: Daxia (Level 0)]

[Lord: Xia Hong]

[Cultivation: Late Cold Resistance (Forty-eight Manes)]

[Territory population: 419782]

【资源：木12724万煤7762万铁921万银210金0】

【已开启建筑7：寒墟鼎（4级）、武道馆（3级）、炼药坊（3级）、炼器坊（3级）、黑土墙（2级）、英灵碑（3级）、黄土地（1级）】

[Unopened Building 2: Small wooden table, thick iron chain]

Seeing the cultivation column, Xia Hong sighed softly.

The higher the level of cultivation, the slower the growth rate.

When he dealt with Bai Lugui's assassination at the end of June, his basic strength had already reached 45 manes, and he had only increased it by 3 manes in the previous five months.

"The third round of flesh and blood reorganization requires a breakthrough to the peak of cold resistance, and there are still twenty-four manes to go. If we calculate it as three manes in five months, it will take at least three years. Moreover, it is hard to say whether the progress of cultivation will be slower in the future. If I want to quickly break through to the Xianyang level, I must think of other ways!" Although the progress of cultivation is slow, the development of the camp is gratifying.

[Territory population: 419782]

Seeing the changes in population figures, Xia Hong's eyes suddenly lit up.

When all the population of Longshan was incorporated in October, he remembered that the number was still over 410,000. In less than two months, it was about to break through 420,000. The total population base of Daxia had increased, and the natural population growth rate was also increasing rapidly.

"Except for silver and gold, the other three resources are in overflow. The camp still has a lot of reserves, but I didn't convert them. Unfortunately, I can only spend them on yellow soil and black soil walls. I can't do anything about the two silver mines in Longshan for the time being. I can only continue to search for other silver mines!"

There are two silver mines in Longshan. One is occupied by a single Frost Wolf tribe with over ten thousand members, hundreds of advanced members, and a genuine Frost Wolf King. Although the other one has no Beast King, it is occupied by six cold beast tribes with a total of over 40,000 cold beasts.

They are not people to be trifled with.

With Da Xia's current strength, even with the divine crossbow, Xia Hong was not sure that he could capture one of them without causing too many casualties.

Mining silver is ultimately for the development of the camp. If too many people are sacrificed for the silver, it would be a waste of time.

Therefore, before breaking through the Xianyang level, I can only look for other silver mines.

Daxia now has three major resource areas. As long as we take our time, finding silver mines should not be too difficult.

"The total number of Digging Realm warriors has exceeded 1500, and the number of hunting teams is conservatively estimated to be more than . Although they are basically low- and medium-level teams, as the number of Cold-Resistant Realm warriors increases, the number of high-level teams will inevitably increase dramatically!"

With more high-level hunting teams, the camp's exploration progress of the three resource areas will definitely increase rapidly. It shouldn't be a big problem to find a silver vein that is less difficult to mine.

"Silver, we still need to quickly solve the problem of silver resources. Only with silver can other buildings continue to be upgraded, and there is also..."

[Small wooden table, opening conditions: Iron 10000, Silver 3000]

The conditions for opening the small wooden table are really too harsh.

This is why Xia Hong ignored this building for a long time.

Silver converted into system resources is 5 jin and point.

3000 points of silver resources equals 15000 kilograms of silver.

It's embarrassing to say that the entire Longyou cannot raise such a huge amount of silver.

If we can't find the silver vein, we'll probably have to go to other camps to exchange it.

But the camp holding the silver is most likely stronger than Da Xia at this stage. If you rashly go up to trade with them, why would they give it to you?
Moreover, in an environment like Bingyuan, if you randomly approach a camp that is stronger than your own, the results will usually not be very good.

"We should try to find a solution from these three areas..."

Xia Hong turned his head and looked at the map of the entire territory of Daxia behind him. His gaze focused on the three resource plots. He pondered for a moment before lifting the Hanxu Ding and walking towards the Zhaixing Palace behind him.

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The 30th day of the twelfth month, the second year of Daxia.

As the end of the year approaches, the only people who know what happened on Yangyuan Peak are actually the two hundred or so Yu Han-level soldiers and nearly two thousand soldiers from the Yunjiao and Longwu armies.

Most people in Xiacheng don’t know what happened at Yangyuan Peak.

They are immersed in the joy of the approaching new year.

"What is the Cold Yuan Festival?"

"You'll find out if you look up Xia Li. The Cold Yuan Festival is an annual traditional festival of our Great Xia. It signifies the passing of the old year and the beginning of the new year. It officially starts at midnight at the end of the year, which is today, and lasts until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month."

"Fifteen days, any good news?"

"During these fifteen days, the lights in the valley will not be turned off day and night, and everyone will not have to go out to cut wood or hunt. They can stay in Xiacheng and reunite with their families. In addition, the lord will hold a grand banquet the night before, and the quartermaster will prepare a large number of delicacies that are not usually seen, so everyone can eat and drink to their heart's content."

"Is there such a good thing?"

"Nonsense, why don't you go ask the people in the quartermaster department and you will know the answer."

"Then I have to go ask. I have to save some space for tonight!"

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In fact, for the vast majority of people who have just moved into Xiacheng, the New Year’s Eve is not a new concept.

Since Longyou has its own calendar, it naturally has its own New Year. However, they obviously do not take it as seriously as Daxia. Whether it is the people in Longshan or the other ten camps, they obviously do not regard the end of the year as an important day.

It was not until the people in the inner city were discovered, with smiles on their faces, that someone could not help but ask, and with this question, the news of the Hanyuan Festival spread.

Most people are ordinary and snobbish. It is useless to tell them the meaning of the Cold Yuan Festival. But if you tell them that there will be a big banquet tonight and they can eat and drink for free, they will immediately become interested and start looking forward to it.

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"Si Cheng, will the Hanyuan Festival be held as usual this year?"

While everyone was looking forward to it with joy, in the meeting hall of the main building, Xia Chuan heard Qiu Peng's question, but frowned tightly and did not answer for a long time.

He and Yuwen Tao brought more than 200 cold-resistant soldiers and returned early on the 30th. The soldiers of the Yunjiao Army and the Longwu Army had to wait until night, and they should have just set out from the Beehive by now.

As soon as he returned to Xiacheng, he wanted to find Xia Hong to inquire about the situation. However, unless there was an extremely urgent matter, no one was allowed to enter the Zhaixing Palace without Xia Hong's order, and he, the Sicheng, was no exception.

So from the time he returned to Xiacheng until now, he has not seen Xia Hong once.

He had no idea about the situation of his two nephews, so he could only wait anxiously in the Council Hall for Xia Hong to come out.

The meaning of Qiu Peng's question at this moment was very clear. He meant that Xia Hong might be worried about the fetus in Li Xuanling's belly at the moment, so it would be inappropriate to celebrate the Cold Yuan Festival with the same joy as last year.

"Forget it, let's keep it simple this year! The population has increased, so let's..."

"No need to simplify. Xuan Ling is fine now. From now on, during the Cold Yuan Festival, you only need to consider the expenses of the Supply Department. You don't have to worry about me. We can hold it as usual every year!"

Xia Chuan was interrupted by Xia Hong's voice before he could finish his words. He stood up from his chair suddenly, turned his head and looked at the Zhaixing Palace, his face full of joy;

"Madam is fine, and the two young masters are safe too, that's great!"

Knowing that Xia Hong would have no problem with his offspring, Qiu Peng was extremely excited.

(End of this chapter)