The Eternal Saint of Alchemy

The entire Shuangjietai site shows a tendency to expand northward, with a more complete structure, and the records in Tiezhenji may be further expanded.

Iron Anvil Collection officially submitted a one-month extended stay application to Shuangjietai.

The women surnamed Shi, representing the "Iron Anvil Gathering," suggested establishing a permanent "market town" near the mining area as a living and production base for the members of the Iron Anvil Gathering.

The market town is not large, consisting of seven or eight wooden houses for people to stay overnight and a communal storeroom. There are no walls around it, only the patrol area of ​​Shuangjietai.

After seeing the location of Jixu, Xiao Fan agreed and added that the outer perimeter of Jixu would be guarded by the Shuangjietai city guard team. Everyone would not need to carry weapons and could enter the mine tunnel by cooperating one-on-one.

That same day, the workers at the anvil yard brought the first batch of timber, and then began laying the foundation on the open ground beside the pit.

After the Twin Realms Platform was built, Master Cheng moved the patrol route north of the platform half a mile south, including the mining area and the area where Jixu was located within the fixed patrol range, and included the Iron Anvil group in the list of permanent outsiders stationed at the Twin Realms Platform.

Bai Ye arrived here a few days after the woman surnamed Shi finished building the ruins. He saw that the Iron Anvil tribe was building wooden houses, so he introduced them to Xiao Fan.

"The people of the Iron Anvil tribe are very experienced. The houses they build may look simple, but they are actually designed to withstand the extreme cold of the far north. They have lived in the far north for so long that they are much more familiar with it than we are."

After returning to the base that night, Xiao Fan followed the geothermal area data provided by Bai Ye and compared it step by step with the red crystal on the short staff to confirm that there were indeed traces of spiritual energy extending upwards between the geothermal area and the northern extension line of the backup network of the Twin Realms Platform.

The hot zone is known as the "permafrost edge" on the map of White Camel Ridge, the northernmost point of Ice Wolf Outpost.

Before winter, the overall plan of the Aurora Observatory was basically completed.

Based on the topographical data of Baituo Ridge and the fieldwork experience of Tiezhenji, a situation line was drawn from south to north, covering most of the Arctic and North Pole.

Brother Cheng has already drawn the map of the north onto the official map, and marked the patrol area and the location of the encampment north of the tower.

Eight people are stationed at the North Tower, six at the ore field, and twenty at the anvil settlement. The Red Mane Legion reports to the tower every two weeks, while White Camel Ridge reports every two weeks.

In late autumn, Xiao Fan toured the entire Northern Frontier. Starting from Shuangjietai, he passed through the tower, the mine, the anvil town, and the ice wolf town, taking a full ten days to travel.

Led by the woman surnamed Shi, he toured the market town after its completion. Seven wooden houses and a warehouse had been built, and the withered grass around the market town had been cleared away, leaving the ground flat and smooth.

Back at the base, he noted down the intervals he observed during the patrol, which were then adjusted several times by Master Cheng based on the actual situation and weather conditions.

The flags at the four corners of the city wall fluttered in the wind, and the notice board in the center of the hall was constantly being updated with various documents.

Black Stone Pass, Green Deer Manor, Iron Peak Fortress, Ice Wolf Tribe, White Camel Ridge, Iron Anvil City, Red Iron Gang... these names were all derived from the division of the Twin Boundary Platform.

The Earth Core Golden Mane Beast still lay on the city wall, its golden mane shimmering steadily in the sunlight. This region, known as the "Far North," had been incorporated into the territory of the Twin Realms Platform, and to its north, a small point of light was quietly glowing.

On the thirteenth day after the start of winter, in the Twin Realms Magic Chamber, the staff suddenly emitted a buzzing sound.

When Xiao Fan arrived at the array room from the main room, the crimson crystal at the tip of the short staff was flashing at a high speed, different from the normal frequency. The frequency was rapid and intense, as if it had received a high-intensity spiritual energy feedback from a distant place.

He held the short staff in his hand and, through the feedback from the Sun-Rank Spirit Core, immediately sensed the source of the staff—the hot zone of the far north.

A massive surge of spiritual energy was surging beneath the ice. It didn't seem like natural geothermal activity; rather, it looked like cultivators were forcibly activating a spiritual energy channel deep underground.

On this very day, Bai Ye also arrived at the Twin Realms Platform.

The moment she stepped into the array room, the patterns on the Silver Frost Sword resonated with the red crystal on the short staff, and the patterns on the sword flowed at the same frequency.

"The geothermal system in the far north has been activated from the outside, but this is not a normal pipe connection method; it is a forced intervention method."

Xiao Fan quickly compared the map provided by the Iron Anvil Tribe with the map of White Camel Ridge and determined the location of the Ice Wolf Tribe's outpost.

It was located more than a hundred miles north of the Ice Wolf Tribe's outpost, outside of the Ice Wolf Tribe's patrol area, but very close to the Ice Wolf Tribe's border.

If that passage is destroyed, it could very well affect the very foundation of the Ice Wolf Outpost.

He immediately sent an urgent message to the Ice Wolf Tribe's outpost and instructed Cheng Xiushi to select ten guards to accompany him to the north.

Bai Ye followed behind him, with the Earth Core Golden Mane close behind. The pale golden mane on his body constantly shimmered with light, reflecting off the red crystal on the staff.

That evening, the group set off.

As they passed the tower, the guards reported that there was a dark red halo on the northern horizon, which stood out against the darkness, as if something was burning deep underground.

By daybreak, the group had arrived more than a hundred miles north of the Ice Wolf tribe's outpost.

The ice here is several times thicker than in the south, with a thick layer of ice covering the surface.

A faint red light could be seen shining through the cracks in the ice, as if something deep underground was continuously releasing heat.

Xiao Fan inserted his short staff into the ice crevice. Through the feedback of his spiritual energy, he could confirm that a gap had been forcibly opened in this spiritual path.

On the inner wall of the passage, there were numerous spiritual energy scratches, indicating that someone had forcibly broken open the passage to obtain the spiritual energy within.

Bai Ye used the Silver Frost Sword to circle the edge of the crack, confirming that this was a rare spiritual tool in the northern part of the Aurora Plains, and it had no resemblance to the Ice Wolf Tribe, White Camel Ridge, Iron Anvil Village, or Twin Realms Platform.

This team was clearly prepared specifically for this situation; they were well-prepared and had a clear objective. It was obvious that they had identified the passageway beneath the geothermal well.

Xiao Fan raised his head and looked towards the far north. At the edge of that dark red light, two or three faint figures were moving several miles away. This movement did not last long. Under the sunlight, the road leading to the south could be seen right there.