Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 418 The Dragon's Nest Blossoms and Bears Fruit; The Changes in the Personalities of the Two Siblings
"Reporting to the lord, Mu Sizheng has arrived!"

"Let him in."

Xia Hong, who was deep in thought, was interrupted by the voice of the guard outside the hall. When he heard that Mu Dong had arrived, he immediately smiled and said to Xia Chuan, "You only came back the day before yesterday, so you probably don't know yet. Recently, the craftsmen's department has produced a lot of good things. Stay and take a look!"

Upon hearing this, Xia Chuan immediately realized that the treasures Xia Hong had harvested from the dragon's nest in mid-September must have already blossomed and borne fruit.

As he expected, Mu Dong did not come alone; he was accompanied by five other people, all of whom were carrying items.

"Mu Dong greets the Lord and the Chief Minister!"

"No need for formalities. You look so excited; it seems you've really made some progress lately. Don't show off, just tell me about it!"

Xia Hong's expression was also slightly excited. He had been cultivating in the Star-Picking Palace recently. When he heard Han Yue report during the day that Mu Dong was requesting an audience, he already had some guesses in his mind.

Before nightfall, he sent someone to inform Mu Dong that he was going to meet him. However, just then, Xia Chuan came to report on Chu Yan'er and the other seven. He discovered that Chu Yan'er had secretly infiltrated the inner city and even entered Yuan Cheng's house. So, he took Xia Chuan with him to check on them first.

He was also curious about how many surprises the things in the dragon's nest could bring.

"After being examined by the medicine cauldron, the 24 kinds of spiritual plants in the dragon's nest were directly used to synthesize 13 new pill formulas. Cheng Feng and Bai Dongying, the two directors, have been busy transplanting those spiritual plants at the Heyin post recently and have no time to spare, so they can only entrust their subordinates to present the pills to the lord on their behalf..."

Mu Dong was clearly excited that the logging department had come to offer pills. After speaking, he paused for a moment, then turned around and opened the plate in the hand of the first person behind him.

There were four small porcelain bottles of different colors on the plate. Mu Dong opened them one by one and began to introduce them to Xia Hong in detail:
Of the 13 prescriptions, these four are the most useful.

The first type is the Transformation Pill, whose main ingredient is dragon blood, along with 26 kinds of precious spiritual plants, which can help people break through the upper limit of their battle physique.

The second type is the Blood Jade Pill, whose main ingredient is the blood of the Beast King, along with 17 kinds of precious spiritual plants. Its function is the same as the Blood Essence Pill, accelerating the process of reshaping the skin membrane, but its efficacy is more than five times that of the former.
The third type is quite special; it's called the Spirit Milk Pill. Its main ingredient is a spiritual plant called the Sacred Child Fruit, along with eight other auxiliary ingredients. Its purpose is to replace the supplementary food currently used in the camp. Children aged three to six should take one pill per month. It will gradually increase their strength without interfering with the development of their internal organs!

Upon hearing about the effects of the third type of Spirit Milk Pill, Xia Hong's eyes lit up immediately, and he asked, "Can the growth limit be calculated?"

Mu Dong cupped his hands and said, "The pharmacists in the logging department have only made a preliminary deduction. As long as the medication is taken consistently before the age of six, the patient can at least reach the logging realm."

Upon hearing this, not only Xia Hong, but also Xia Chuan beside him was slightly startled.

The growth potential of children after taking elixirs depends on their individual talents, which cannot be accurately calculated in a short time.

However, the logging department has already made a judgment that at the very least, the level can be raised to the logging realm.

That's not simple!

This means that in the future, as long as the children of Great Xia start taking Spirit Milk Pills from the age of three, their strength will at least reach the Woodcutting Realm before they obtain cultivation qualifications at the age of six!
"Have you ever thought that one day in the future, everyone in our Great Xia will be able to cultivate, and even five- or six-year-old children will have the strength of the Woodcutter Realm?"

A question suddenly popped into Xia Chuan's mind, and he turned to look at Xia Hong at the head of the table, a slight emotion appearing on his face.

This question was raised by Xia Hong to him and Yuan Cheng ten years ago, when they returned from the Rogue Camp to the earthen slope after Xia Hong led them to kill the wooden golems and were preparing to change the rules for distributing the meat.

At that moment, his and Yuan Cheng's first reaction was to laugh. They thought Xia Hong was joking. A five or six-year-old child with the cultivation of the Woodcutter Realm was simply a fantasy to them at the time.

Five- or six-year-old lumberjacks certainly existed in the Great Xia Dynasty today, and his son Xia Yuzong was one of them, but they were extremely rare.

But from today onwards, with the Spirit Milk Pill, everything will be completely different.

wrong!

Xia Chuan quickly realized that there was another crucial issue to address in order to ensure that all five- or six-year-old children in the Great Xia Dynasty possessed the strength of a lumberjack.

"Can this Spirit Milk Pill be mass-produced?"

Xia Hong had already asked the question, so Xia Chuan naturally wouldn't ask any more questions. He quickly looked at Mu Dong with anticipation.

Mu Dong shook his head slightly and said, "This Sacred Young Tree is one of the 24 spiritual plants that the lord found in the Flood Dragon's Nest. When the logging department found it, there were only 29 ripe fruits on it. With the other auxiliary materials, a total of 29 batches were refined, with 8 Spirit Milk Pills produced per batch. Currently, there are a total of 232 pills."

Cheng Feng deduced that the young sacred tree would take at least 10 years to flower and bear fruit. Even if it were successfully transplanted back to the medicinal field and matured using coal and silver, it would still take at least 7 years, and each fruit would likely produce around 50 fruits…

The logging department now handles tens of thousands of spiritual plants, and Cheng Feng and the pharmacists have long since developed a method to estimate the maturity cycle of these plants. The estimated timeframe is no more than one year off from the actual timeframe.

Therefore, based on this assumption, the Spirit Milk Pill definitely cannot be mass-produced!

Xia Hong looked slightly disappointed. Even if all the children aged 3 to 6 were raised to the level of lumberjack, they wouldn't be of much use to the camp at present. But if you look at the long term, their role would be enormous.

That's right, something this precious would be incredible if it could be mass-produced!
The first batch had 232 pieces, and 50 batches were produced every seven years thereafter, for a total of 400 pieces, which could supply about 11 children, which was quite good. If we could find a few more Sacred Young Trees to increase the production, that would be wonderful.

"continue!"

With production being too low, Xia Hong lost interest for the time being. So he turned his attention to the fourth porcelain bottle, and after a hint of speculation in his eyes, his expression immediately became expectant.

"Of these four kinds of pills, the fourth one is the most precious!"

Mu Dong picked up the fourth porcelain bottle, opened it, and poured a brightly glowing elixir into his hand.

Let alone the bright light, the sudden rise in temperature inside the hall the moment the elixir appeared was enough to startle Xia Hong and Xia Chuan.

"This is the Yang-Boosting Pill! Its main ingredient is the 16 Heavenly Yang Fruits that the lord brought back from White Tiger Pool, combined with 31 other auxiliary ingredients. It is made by refining these ingredients together. The powerful medicinal properties it contains can not only accelerate the process of reshaping flesh and blood at the Cold-resistant level, but also penetrate into the bone body without ignoring the barrier of flesh and blood. Its function should be the bone tempering that the lord mentioned before, helping people break through to the Manifest Yang level."

The naming style of Sheng Yang Dan (升阳丹) is simple and straightforward.

However, it's nothing serious!
Mu Dong first handed the porcelain bottle in his hand to Xia Hong, and then continued: "The auxiliary medicinal materials required to refine the Yang-raising pill are not only numerous, but also extremely difficult to obtain. The Alchemy Pavilion has only refined 12 batches so far, with each batch yielding 3 pills. The remaining 4 Heavenly Yang Fruits can only be refined after we have gathered enough medicinal materials."

"How long is the natural ripening cycle of the Heavenly Sun Fruit?"

"Fifteen years!"

The natural cycle is fifteen years, so even if the medicine is transplanted into the alchemy pavilion's fields and matured using resources, it will still take at least ten years.

Xia Hong wasn't too disappointed this time. After all, it was a pill that could help people break through to the Manifestation Yang level; mass production would be too far-fetched.

36 pieces are enough for a short time...

"The second item, which Chengfeng also asked me to bring, consists of the Soldier Food Pill, the Golden Body Pill, and a third, rather strange, Soul Loss Pill."

While Xia Hong was pondering, Mu Dong had already instructed the people behind him to open the second plate and begin introducing the three types of pills inside:

The soldier's food pills were made in imitation of the Qing Shi pills made by Dajue Temple last year. Their main ingredient is the flesh and blood of a kind of aquatic cold beast in the Qinghepu waters. As the name suggests, its main function is to replace food to maintain the body's needs. A small pill can be equivalent to a day's meal, making it perfect for military rations.
The Golden Body Pill is a similar pill that pharmacists replicated after deciphering the recipe for the Zen Gold Powder of Dajue Temple. Its effect is to enhance the soldiers' defense, and importantly, it can be mass-produced and distributed to soldiers on a large scale.

After hearing the introduction of the two pills, Xia Hong's eyes lit up immediately, especially the second one. As soon as Mu Dong finished speaking, he immediately asked, "How much does this Golden Body Pill increase defensive capabilities? Has Cheng Feng tested it?"

Mu Dong immediately nodded and replied, "It has been tested. Like the Sun Illumination Pill, its effect is about 30% weaker than that of the Great Awakening Temple when combined with incantations."

In the Dajue Temple Rebellion last year, in terms of military strength alone, Dajue Temple was far inferior to either Jiangxia or Bashang. Not to mention that Jiangxia later brought in reinforcements from Yangqu and Longgu towns. In a normal battle, even if Dajue Temple had five great masters, it would have been impossible for it to defeat Jiangxia, let alone capture Bashang town.

The core reason why Dajue Temple was invincible in both battles was that they could enable their soldiers to acquire extraordinary abilities by taking pills and chanting incantations. These abilities included the Fire Melting Pill and the Shurangama Mantra, the Zen Gold Powder and the Six Paths Vajra Mantra, the Cold Clear Pearl and the Pure Water Mantra, the Soul Essence Pill and the Rebirth Mantra, and the last one, the Sky-Shaking Pill, which they had not yet used.

Such an important elixir, once it was sent back to Xia City by Xiang Liang, Xia Hong immediately had Cheng Feng lead the pharmacists to study it. After studying it for more than half a year, it was naturally time to produce results.

Just as Xia Hong had guessed, Dajue Temple's recruitment of those six-year-old children was indeed sinister. The main ingredients of these five elixirs were actually the newly formed internal organs of six-year-old children, namely the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys.

The Great Xia Dynasty could not possibly follow the example of the Great Awakening Temple and use human organs to refine pills. Cheng Feng could only try to find a way from the cold beasts. He used the organs of dozens of cold beasts and, after continuous experimentation, finally found a substitute material for the Molten Fire Pill and managed to produce the Sun Illumination Pill before the Battle of Hongmen began.

After the soldiers of Dajue Temple took these five kinds of pills, they had to chant incantations under the guidance of monks for them to take effect. Daxia had figured out the incantations, but when they chanted them on their own, they had no effect at all.

Without chanting the incantation, the efficacy of the Sun Illumination Pill is reduced by 30%. The Molten Fire Pill of Dajue Temple, when used with chanting, can allow people with cultivation levels below the Cold Resistance level to be exposed to cold light for two hours, while the Sun Illumination Pill can only last for less than an hour and a half.

It's not surprising that the Golden Body Pill has also weakened by 30%.

Judging from the situation at the Battle of Hongguan, even if the efficacy of the Golden Body Pill is reduced by 30%, the soldiers' defensive capabilities can still be increased several times after taking it. If used properly, it is definitely a powerful weapon that can turn the tide of battle at any time.

Xia Hong suppressed his excitement and finally focused his attention on the third type, the Soul Separation Pill that Mu Dong had just mentioned, his face full of curiosity.

Of the five methods used by Dajue Temple, the only one that wasn't used was the Zhenkong Pill, which corresponded to Master Juyuan. Xia Hong had personally witnessed the other four methods, and one of them was not used to enhance the soldiers' abilities, but to kill them.

To be precise, it's soul extraction.

That was Master Wusheng's Yuanhun Pill.

More than a million people had their souls extracted after taking the Yuanhun Pill and reciting the Rebirth Mantra, and the souls were used to resurrect the five-headed, masked Maitreya.

Cheng Feng actually managed to replicate the Yuanhun Pill and even named it the Lihun Pill. Xia Hong looked thoughtful at first, and then looked at Mu Dong.

When Mu Dong introduced the Soul Separation Pill, he added the description that it was somewhat strange, so Cheng Feng must have told him about the pill's effects.

"This Soul-Separating Pill is indeed somewhat strange. According to Cheng Feng, he tested it on ten death row inmates in the Heavenly Prison. Eight of them died on the spot, and only two woke up after an hour. Unfortunately, the two of them seemed to have seen something terrifying while they were unconscious, and they went insane before we could even ask them anything."

No wonder it's called the Soul-Separating Pill!

It looks like I saw something terrifying.

Xia Hong lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then poured out a greenish-blue Soul Separation Pill and raised his hand to put it in his mouth.

"Brother, you..."

"My lord, you mustn't!"

"Hahaha, I'm not that stupid, I was just teasing you guys!"

Seeing Xia Chuan and Mu Dong's anxious attempts to dissuade him, Xia Hong couldn't help but burst into laughter, then put the pill back.

Seeing him put the pills back, Xia Chuan and Mu Dong breathed a sigh of relief, clearly quite frightened by Xia Hong's move.

"Inform Chengfeng that next time he tests drugs on death row inmates, he should have Xu Ning watching. He fused Master Wusheng's organs; he should be able to discern something." "Yes, sir!"

After introducing the second item, Mu Dong continued to introduce the third item:
The third person brought a wooden box containing a neatly folded black curtain.

"This is the military tent of Dajue Temple, isn't it?"

Xia Hong immediately guessed what was going on when he saw the black curtain.

Mu Dong immediately smiled and nodded: "Lord has a discerning eye, I admire you. However, this is not from Dajue Temple, but a military tent developed by our Great Xia!"

The black military tents of Dajue Temple are no ordinary tents. First, they are large enough to accommodate thousands of soldiers. Second, they are not heavy, making them easy to carry with the army. Finally, they are sturdy enough, and have excellent sealing and light-blocking properties. Even firelight cannot get through, and it is impossible to see what is happening inside from the outside. They are truly an indispensable tool for military operations.

Last year, Dajue Temple provided a total of two hundred black military tents. During the final battle at Ba Shang, Xiang Liang and Bai Shanqiu were clever enough to steal fifteen tents amidst the chaos of the battle. The remaining one hundred tents were divided up by the Six Garrisons.

Unexpectedly, Mu Dong also developed this.

"The fourth one is next..."

The fourth person was also carrying a wooden box, and upon receiving Mu Dong's signal, immediately opened the box.

Inside the box was a set of gleaming, dark iron armor.

Helmet, shoulder guards, front guard, back guard, knee pads, upper arms, forearms... Xia Hong examined all parts of the armor in turn. Finally, his gaze fell on the main body of the entire suit of armor, which was the main armor protecting the two most critical positions of the chest and back. His expression immediately brightened slightly.

"This main armor was made from the dragon scales I brought back?"

Mu Dong nodded emphatically and said in an excited tone: "The lord should know that the reason why the main battle armor of the Nine Towns is all of the thousand-forged grade is that armor is not like weapons. There are too many parts, which makes the casting process complicated. Even if many people work together, it will take half a day to make a set of ordinary thousand-forged armor. Our Great Xia's thousand-forged armor is more complicated because it is mixed with Lei Kui's skull, so the process is more complicated and it takes a long time, about a day."

The defensive capabilities of these dragon scales are well-known to the lord; they can even withstand attacks from the Manifestation Yang level, let alone those from the Cold Resistance level. Not only are their defensive capabilities so formidable, but the key is that these dragon scales are also extremely malleable. I used the furnace fire in the weapon refining pavilion to forge them while simultaneously burning them, and it only took me five days to shape them into the form of the main armor.

Of all the armor's components, the most important and also the one that consumes the most materials is the main armor. With this dragon scale as the main armor, the forging difficulty is greatly reduced. The rest of the armor is made of ten-thousand-level forged iron, and combined with the main armor made of dragon scales, I dare say that even the strongest cold-resistant level expert cannot break through this dragon scale armor. Even a moderately powerful Xianyang level expert, if they attack the main armor, will not be able to break through it either!"

They've even chosen a name: Flood Dragon Scale Armor!
After hearing Mu Dong's introduction, Xia Hong's expression brightened slightly.

The Great Xia Dynasty already possessed the capability to forge ten-thousand-fold grade iron armor!

But as Mu Dong just said, even with many people working together, only one set of the Thousand-Refined Thunder Kui Golden Armor can be made in a day, and at most 360 sets can be made in a year. This is why, even now, only the Cloud Flood Dragon Army and the Dragon Martial Army of the Great Xia Dynasty are fully equipped with the Thousand-Refined Thunder Kui Golden Armor.

If it's like this after being forged a thousand times, then it's even more so after being forged ten thousand times.

Last year, Mu Dong personally led the craftsmen to forge the 10,000-level iron armor. He calculated that it would take at least five days to forge one set. The problem is that the Great Xia now has a population of more than two million, and the Refining Pavilion has a lot of forging tasks every day. How can they let all the craftsmen go to forge battle armor?

To date, the entire Great Xia Dynasty has only produced a little over thirty sets of 10,000-level iron armor.

With such a small quantity, it was naturally impossible for it to be widely used in the army. At the beginning of the year, when Xia Chuan and Yuwen Tao were promoted to the sixth-rank Purple Lightning Nobleman title, Xia Hong simply set the Ten Thousand Forged Iron Armor as a matching reward for the sixth-rank title.

Currently, apart from Xia Chuan and Yuwen Tao, both sixth-rank viscounts, the only other people qualified to wear ten-thousand-forge-grade iron armor are the fifteen military commanders of the Great Xia Dynasty.

"Perfect timing. I don't know what the reward will be for the future fifth-rank Golden Palace Viscount. I brought back more than four thousand dragon scales this time, so this Jiao Scale Armor should be enough."

Upon hearing Xia Hong's words, Mu Dong's expression shifted slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but he held back his words and then gestured to the last person.

After receiving the signal, the person immediately opened the plate they were holding.

On the plate was a transparent, body-hugging soft armor, as thin as a cicada's wing.

"Is this made from the soft molt beneath dragon scales?"

Mu Dong nodded emphatically, then picked up the soft armor and handed it to Xia Hong, his expression incredibly excited. "That dragon's soft molt is over 600 meters long. A dragon molt soft armor made from a single layer of the molt is enough to withstand any attack of the cold resistance level. We've tested it; the molt is very thin. When multiple layers are stacked together, the weight increase is negligible, but the defensive capability can be continuously improved. The soft armor in the lord's hand has a total of 20 layers, which is the maximum stacking limit. I can't test the specific defensive capabilities at all; only the lord can test it himself!"

Xia Hong had already been pulling on the soft armor with all his might. Pulling it doesn't necessarily indicate its defensive capabilities, but it can at least test the armor's toughness.

He pulled hard more than a dozen times in a row, and seeing that the soft armor did not react at all, and even the deformation was negligible, Xia Hong immediately realized how precious this dragon molt soft armor was.

Xia Hong immediately became concerned about the cost, asking Mu Dong, "How many meters of dragon molt would it take to make such a set of soft armor?"

"It takes 5 meters to make one of these 20-layer ones. Lord, rest assured, the dragon's molt can be used in medicine, so we will not use it indiscriminately. We have only made this one so far, specifically for your use. The others are kept in the main hall's treasure vault for future use in alchemy."

5 meters, that's not bad!
Last month, when Xia Hong fought the black dragon at White Tiger Pool, its body length was over a thousand meters. This dragon molt is only over six hundred meters long, and it should be the outer skin shed in the previous stage.

"Then there are the hundreds of metal ores that the lord sent back. The craftsmen's department has already identified more than seventy kinds and discovered many that can be used for forging weapons. Among them is even a piece of cold marrow iron weighing more than 30,000 catties. They are being used to forge weapons and armor. By the way, this time, we also specially selected several of the most precious ones and plan to tailor-make a complete set of weapons for the lord!"

Upon hearing Mu Dong's last words, Xia Hong immediately smiled.

Upon returning from Hongmen, his Dragon Sparrow and Cold Blood were taken away by Mu Dong, so he was aware that the craftsmen department was forging weapons for him.

"Alright, let's see what kind of good weapons your craftsmen department can forge for me this time!"

Xia Hong looked at the elixirs on the table, took the Spirit Milk Pill and the Yang-Boosting Pill, and then smiled at Mu Dong, saying, "Alright, the new things you showed me today are all pretty good. I'll have to reward you properly this year for the Cold Yuan Festival. Go back and get busy."

"Subordinates resign!"

Upon hearing this, Mu Dong's expression immediately brightened, and he only bowed and took his leave after calming down.

"You should also hurry up and deal with Chu Yan'er's matter! I think this person is quite capable and probably has a complicated background. Let's try to bluff her and see if she's from Chencang or Caiqiu."

"I'll go right away!"

Xia Chuan immediately nodded and bowed before leaving the council hall.

Xia Hong watched the two leave, then stood up and left the main hall. However, he bypassed the high platform and flew towards the Star-Picking Hall behind the Council Hall.

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The Star-Picking Hall, the rear living quarters.

"Ughhhhh... I'm so angry, so angry! Yuan Shao is six years old today, and Yue Yuan, Yue Bo, Xu Cheng, Qiu Hong, Lin Shou... they're all six years old now, and I still have to wait until next year, I still have to wait until next year!"

Xia Yusheng, who had just returned from the Yuan residence, was clearly furious. He kept waving his little fists forward, as if he were fighting against the air.

"It's less than ten months, what's the rush?"

A little girl's voice came from the inside of the room.

Although the girl's voice was childlike, it carried an inexplicable calmness and elegance, which contrasted sharply with Xia Yusheng's anxiety and anger.

Xia Yusheng walked around the room and saw his older sister, Xia Yuyao, wearing a light blue dress, sitting at the table with Benxia Li in her arms. He asked curiously, "Sister, aren't you in a hurry?"

"There's no use in rushing. It's better to focus on your cultivation preparations first. Don't wait until you're six years old and still don't understand anything, or you'll make a fool of yourself!"

Xia Yuyao looked at her younger brother's indifferent face and shook her head, saying, "This Xia Li Xiu system was written by Father. It explains everything clearly, from the time he started cultivating at the age of six to the later stages of the Woodcutting Realm, the Earth Digging Realm, and the Cold Resistance Realm. You should take a look when you have time!"

"What are you looking at? We've already reached the Earth-Digging Realm, there's no need for us to look. We can't cultivate with it anyway, and looking at the later cultivation levels will only make me feel worse."

Seeing her younger brother's resistance, Xia Yuyao stopped trying to persuade him. But then she suddenly realized something and quickly looked towards the door.

Upon seeing this, her eyes immediately curved into crescent shapes, and her previously calm face instantly blossomed into an incredibly happy smile.

She jumped down from her seat and threw herself into Xia Hong's arms.

"Father, aren't you cultivating with Mother at the Star-Picking Platform? How come you have time to come see A-Yao!"

Xia Yusheng then noticed that his father had arrived, and excitedly rushed into his arms.

"12800, 12200."

Xia Hong caught the two children with both hands, sensing their current basic strength, and a look of joy flashed in his eyes.

They haven't even started cultivating yet. According to his estimate, if the two siblings continue to grow naturally, their basic strength will reach between 15,000 and 16,000 when they turn six next August.

Now, it's probably more than that!
Xia Hong took out the Spirit Milk Pill he had prepared from his bosom and looked at the two of them with a smile, "Ayao, Sheng'er, come and try this Spirit Pill!"

The two of them each took one and swallowed it without thinking.

After the pill entered their stomachs, their two little faces only blushed slightly, and returned to normal in just three breaths.

"Wow, my strength has increased!"

"Father, are these elixirs specifically designed to increase our strength?"

Xia Yusheng sensed the increase in power and his expression immediately became excited;
Xia Yuyao was clearly thinking more deeply. She knew that people under six years old couldn't cultivate, and they definitely couldn't take the pills used for normal cultivation. But since her father dared to give them these pills, there must be no problem. So these pills must be specially made for them.

"Yeah, Yao is so smart, hahaha!"

Xia Hong couldn't help but gently pinch Xia Yuyao's delicate nose and praised her with a smile.

"Father, I want more, I want more! I need to continue improving my strength!"

Xia Yusheng was much more straightforward, directly stating that he wanted to continue improving his strength and reaching out to Xia Hong.

"One per month, no more."

Looking at his increasingly unruly youngest son, and comparing him to his eldest daughter Xia Yuyao in his other hand, Xia Hong felt a strange mix of emotions.

Ever since I brought these two siblings to the meeting at Hongmen, their personalities seem to have changed quite a bit.

(End of this chapter)