The Eternal Saint of Alchemy

The cultivator surnamed Song led several other cultivators around the old camp and found some withered grass bent under the weight of the snow, as well as some withered grass with broken stubble pointing in different directions.

After reviewing the site records, Pei the Hunter determined that the old camp was put into use in late autumn, and its location was roughly at the intersection of the middle section of the Aurora Plain and the Silver Plain.

After marking the coordinates of the old camp on the map table, he drew circles in the east and south directions to determine the next possible camp location for future patrols.

After returning to Shuangjietai, Xue Han looked at the map in Pei Laoshou's hand, walked for a while, and then pointed to a place about five days away from the camp.

Cheng Xiushi included the road that Xue Han pointed out as a candidate route for the next training session of the Hunter's Vanguard Camp.

In Anvil City, blacksmiths have used the latest Rockskin parts to create a more compact arrow holder, with a more secure connection between the base and the shaft, and the margin of error has been reduced by about 20 percent.

On the eve of the Great Cold, a cold wave far exceeding expectations swept from north to south north of Aurora Plain. At the same time, the temperature between North Tower and Iron Anvil Village dropped to its lowest point of the winter, and the snow outside the battle flags had piled up to chest level.

The patrols continued to operate normally despite the blizzard, and communication between the towers remained intact. Mining activities at Anvil Village had ceased for two days, but even so, the facilities on the ground were not significantly affected.

The red crystal inside the magic circle room still emitted a warm glow in the cold weather, and the transmission of spiritual energy in the pipes was not affected at all, even in the cold weather.

Xue Han was not sent out on a mission, but stayed in the main hall to tidy up the path he had walked.

The next day, when the blizzard arrived, he walked to the front door of the main house, looked at the snow outside the wall that had completely changed its appearance, and said, "A cold wave like the one in Aurora Plains only occurs about once every three to five years. The last time I encountered a cold wave of this magnitude was several years ago."

After the cold wave, Ning Yao took stock of the supplies for the first time. The supplies in the storage area were not in short supply due to the cold wave. The stock of spiritual material powder at the Iron Rust Rift Gathering Point and black gold sand at the Iron Anvil Gathering Point had reached the warning line.

During the cold wave, Elder Meng conducted winter temperature tests on all the spiritual materials in the storage area and added a temperature range to the label of each batch of spiritual materials.

Master Cheng was reviewing the records of material circulation during the cold wave in the main hall, checking each item one by one to ensure that all material reserves could continue to operate in the coming month.

Three days after the cold wave passed, the northern sky finally cleared up, the dark clouds dispersed, and the unique pale blue sky of the aurora plain was revealed.

The Earth Core Golden Mane Beast stood up, shook off the frost on its scales, and its pale golden mane shone even brighter in the sunlight.

When the snow began to melt in early spring, a new anomaly appeared between Iron Anvil Village and Twin Realms Platform. The life-sensing array detected a weak signal from a steep cliff that had been uninhabited for many years.

The signal is weak during the day but becomes stronger at night, and the signal remains the same for several days and nights.

The patrol team arrived at the signal location the next day.

The snow at the bottom of the slope was about a hand's width thinner than the surrounding area, exposing the frozen soil underneath.

There are several shallow, parallel grooves on the surface of the frozen soil, all of uniform width, which are similar in shape to the shovels seen at the bottom of pipelines in autumn.

After comparing the traces, Master Cheng found that the marks on the shallow trench were exactly the same as the marks on the pry bar stored in the array room. However, this time, the pry bar was used in the underground protective layer, right south of the pipe.

After inspecting the site, Pei Liehu determined that the bottom of the shallow trench was not deep enough to reach the bottom of the pipe, but it was located above the protective layer. This indicated that the person using the pry bar had at least approached the core of the pipe.

Xiao Fan compared the newly discovered shallow groove marks with the marks from the autumn water shortage, marked them with serial numbers on the same record, and grouped them into the same file layer as the records from the spring burial period.

In early spring, during his patrol and dispatch, Master Cheng added life-sensing array auxiliary detection nodes to the road sections near where new traces were discovered, reducing the coverage area of ​​the signal receiving point to half of the original range, thereby increasing the detection density.

In the second week of early spring, a new passage was opened between the Anvil Collection and the Rust Rift Collection Point.

This route uses the Earth Vein Resonance Stone of the Rock Skin Clan as the roadbed reinforcement layer, and resonance stones are buried along the way to stabilize the flow of spiritual energy on the road, which greatly improves the speed and stability of the entire route.

At the same time, the first batch of Swiftwind Vine seedlings of the Linju tribe were also planted along this new route, with a space of one zhang (approximately 3.3 meters) on each side of the road, forming a living plant marker strip.

When spring arrives, the wind vine takes root in the ground and is used as a road reinforcement layer and marking strip.

The young master of Qinglu Manor arrived at Shuangjietai in the spring. Looking at the buildings under construction along the new route, he said, "With the stones of the Stone Skin Clan and the vines of the Forest Dwelling Clan, in another season or two, Shuangjietai will form a passage that is both reinforced by engineering and marked."

Xiao Fan confirmed in the construction log that the daily flow data had stabilized, and the next step was to plant the plants within the established growth cycle.

The first batch of resonant stones for the new route has been installed, and the resettlement work is progressing steadily.

Master Cheng adjusted the bounty missions for mid-spring, adding two new options: "Route Construction Cooperation" and "Resonance Stone Implantation".

The first group of people were sent to the new line to assist in digging and laying resonant stones. The work proceeded smoothly throughout the spring without increasing the workload of other parts of the process due to the new task.

The Earth Core Golden Mane Beast adjusted its posture in the sunlight, moving its position from its fixed spot on the wall to the entrance of the array room.

Inside the array chamber, the red crystal on the short staff continued to emit a stable and warm light, while the Silver Frost Sword leaned against the corner of the table, constantly resonating with the red crystal.

Two different colored halos formed a band of light of varying shades on both sides of the main hall, which served as a signpost leading to the entrance of the wall.

In the third week of early spring, the life-sensing array on the pipeline detected a large-scale group activity. About fifty people were heading south along the central section of the Aurora Plain and the Silver Plain, following the direction Xue Han pointed out. Their formation was very neat, their speed was very uniform, and they made no attempt to conceal themselves.