Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

【Jade Bone: Arm bone of a high-level Frost Beast, filled with blood marrow, extremely cold in nature, with potent medicinal properties. It must be supplemented with warming medicinal materials to be made into pills for medicinal use.】

【The Alchemy Workshop has automatically generated two formulas based on the recorded items: Golden Essence Pill and Bone-Setting Pill.】

The two prompts from the system made Xia Hong furrow his brows slightly.

Golden Essence Pill: A healing pill that can repair damage to the Frost Resistance level skin membrane.

Bone-Setting Pill: A cultivation treasure, for cultivators at the Manifest Yang level.

After reviewing the descriptions of the effects of the two pills, Xia Hong sighed slightly.

The former is fine and can help him now. The refining conditions are not too harsh. The main ingredient is Jade Bone, and about half a kilogram can produce one batch, with five pills per batch.

The latter really made him feel a bit dumbfounded.

He still doesn't know how to cultivate at the Frost Resistance level, yet he has already produced a cultivation pill for the Manifest Yang level. Looking at the refining conditions, the main ingredient is still Jade Bone, but it requires ten kilograms to produce one batch, and there are only three pills per batch. Xia Hong immediately shook his head.

"Let's keep it for now. It will be very useful later!"

Xia Hong picked up the Jade Bone, his brows slightly furrowed.

After the medicine pot was upgraded to the Alchemy Workshop, its functions are stronger than before, but it is only limited to identifying the properties of medicinal materials. The mode of synthesizing pill formulas is actually the same.

Currently, the Alchemy Workshop has recorded more than one hundred kinds of medicinal materials, and automatically synthesized more than a dozen formulas.

Logically speaking, he should be satisfied with being able to synthesize these two new pill formulas.

But the problem is that he came this time to see if he could figure out how to use the Jade Bone.

He still doesn't know what to add to Yuwen Tao's 'boiling' method.

"The decoction method of He Yuan Hun mentioned by Yuwen Tao must also be a formula, but the Alchemy Workshop currently does not have all or some of the ingredients added by He Yuan Hun in its recorded medicinal materials, so it cannot be synthesized."

After thinking it through, Xia Hong's tightly locked brows relaxed slightly.

Since this is the case, he still needs to go out and find them himself.

"Anyway, it's almost time. No rush. First, use Frost Light to slowly cultivate and consolidate my foundation. When Xia Chuan and Yuwen Tao break through, I will honestly go to other camps to inquire about the situation. It's also a good opportunity to see what the outside of Red Maple Ridge is like..."

After making up his mind, Xia Hong stopped worrying, took the Jade Bone, nodded to everyone, and left the Alchemy Workshop.

......

Great Xia Year 1, early June.

Near the wooden building in the valley, Wooden House No. 8.

In the kitchen, a large pot of beast meat soup simmered, emitting a fragrant aroma. The hostess, Cheng Fang, took out a small jar from the cabinet, picked up a spoon, and carefully dug out a small piece of salt from it, putting it into the meat soup and stirring.

She stirred it a few times, then picked up the spoon and licked it. She only stopped stirring when she confirmed that there was no taste on the spoon.

After lifting the iron pot to the wooden table in the main hall, she looked up and shouted to the second floor:

"Xiaoye, come down for dinner..."

Ten-year-old Hong Ye, hearing his mother's call, quickly ran down from the second floor, happily saying: "Mom, are Dad and Big Brother coming back?"

He had smelled the aroma of the meat soup long ago, especially the rich fragrance after the salt was added. After eating it a few times, he could never forget it.

He heard that the salt was ridiculously expensive, costing 500 contribution points per half a kilogram.

His mother usually couldn't bear to use it. Only when his father and big brother came back, and the whole family ate together, would she add a little.

Cheng Fang smiled and nodded, saying: "They'll be home in a while!"

Hearing his mother's words, Hong Ye immediately ran excitedly out of the door, craning his neck to look towards the wooden building, waiting for his father and big brother to come back.

Cheng Fang also came out after a while, looking at her youngest son's excited face, remembering that he was not an easy child to handle, she quickly said:

"Your dad has been going to the Martial Arts Hall as soon as he comes back from hunting these past few days, and hasn't even been able to come home once. He must be very tired. It's not easy for him to come back today, so you, you little rascal, have to be good and don't make him angry."

Hong Ye waved his hand, putting on a serious face, saying: "Don't worry, Mom, I won't make Dad angry. I have something important I want to ask him."

Looking at her son's precocious appearance, Cheng Fang couldn't help but tap his head and laugh: "What serious thing could you possibly have..."

"They're back, Big Brother and Dad, they're back, Mom, look!"

The overall structure of the Great Xia Valley is centered around the wooden building, with three main roads running east and west throughout the area. Hong Gang's house is number eight, located on the side of the central main road, very close to the wooden building.

On the main road, Hong Gang and his son Hong Mu were both carrying a strong bow, a broadsword at their waists, and wearing a black cloak, walking towards their home.

Seeing Cheng Fang and her son at the door, smiles appeared on their faces as well.

"Mom, Little Brother."

"No need to be so polite, you must be tired, come and eat first, eat first."

Since some time ago, Xia Li added a rule that if children haven't seen their parents for more than three days, they must perform a salute upon seeing them again.

Cheng Fang also found this rule to be cumbersome at first, but after experiencing it a few times, she had a different feeling. She felt both gratified and comforted, and her affection for her sons deepened.

"Let's go in and eat!"

Hong Gang, the head of the family, spoke, and the four of them walked in with smiles.

At the dinner table, watching her husband and two sons drink bowl after bowl of the meat soup she made, and occasionally enjoying a bite of steamed crystal fruit, Cheng Fang's face was full of smiles, feeling extremely satisfied with her current life.

Her husband, Hong Gang, is the captain of the Hunting Department's Azure Wolf Squad, earning more than a thousand contribution points each month. He bought the number eight plot of land early on and built the house. When he moved out of the wooden building with his family, Cheng Fang still felt incredibly gratified when she recalled the envious gazes of the surrounding neighbors.

Her eldest son, Hong Mu, also broke through to the Earth Digging Realm last month and successfully joined his father's hunting squad. He will definitely have no shortage of contribution points in the future.

Her youngest son is only ten years old this year, but his basic strength has already reached more than three thousand pounds. With some effort, he might even break the record for the Tree Felling Realm. His talent is obviously higher than his dad's and big brother's, but he's a bit naughty, fearless, and likes to cause trouble.

Although she only has the cultivation of the Tree Felling Realm, her husband and eldest son casually chop down a few trees and bring them back when they go out, which is enough for her to submit the quota to the camp's needs department, so she doesn't need to go out at all.

Meat, crystal fruit, clothing, household items, housing, and even Hong Gang and his eldest son, fearing that she would work hard chopping trees outside, just added a wooden wheeled cart to the family...

Living a life where they lack nothing in terms of food, clothing, housing, and transportation, Cheng Fang never dared to imagine it before. Their family of four can be said to be the envy of everyone in the camp.

Cheng Fang is naturally very satisfied with such a life.

"Dad, I want to go to the Martial Arts Hall to cultivate."

As soon as Hong Ye spoke, the three people who were eating quietly immediately stopped and focused their attention on him.

Cheng Fang reacted quickly, noticing that her husband Hong Gang's face had darkened, she immediately tapped her youngest son's head with her chopsticks, scolding softly: "You little rascal, you just promised me you wouldn't make your dad angry, how long has it been..."

Hong Gang waved his hand to stop his wife, looking at his youngest son and saying: "I asked you to go some time ago, but you refused, saying that even if you didn't go, your cultivation would be faster than others. Why do you want to go now?"

Cheng Fang also remembered now that at the beginning of last month, when Hong Gang created his squad, because he often had to go out hunting, he didn't have time to cultivate, so he did mention to Hong Ye to give him the spot in the Martial Arts Hall. As a result, Hong Ye showed off, saying that his talent was higher than others, and even if he didn't go to the Martial Arts Hall, he would be faster than others.

As a mother, how could she not know that her youngest son didn't go because he was just playful, pulling a group of children to fool around behind the valley every night. Cheng Fang also knew that the opportunity to cultivate in the Martial Arts Hall was rare, but she tried to persuade him several times, but Hong Ye just wouldn't listen.

Hong Gang lost his temper over this matter last month and kicked Hong Ye a few times, but this kid had thick skin, and it was useless to beat him. He just stubbornly refused to go. In the end, Cheng Fang had to go instead.

But after going for only one day, Cheng Fang didn't want to go anymore.

In the Martial Arts Hall, there were only big men and young men and women, even children around ten years old. There were no middle-aged women like her at all.

In the end, Hong Gang's spot could only be given up for nothing.

Hong Gang was angry about this for several days.

So now, when his youngest son proposed to go to the Martial Arts Hall again, Hong Gang naturally didn't have a good expression.

On Hong Ye's side, he obviously also knew his problem. Hearing his father's deep voice asking, he shrunk his neck and said: "Lu Dong's record has been broken again. Now the youngest person in the Tree Felling Realm is named Zhao Yuanwu, ten years and nine months old, only three months older than me."

Ten years and nine months?

Hong Gang and Hong Mu had not paid attention to the situation of the Tree Felling Realm in the camp for a long time. Hearing this news from Hong Ye, their faces were immediately shocked.

Cheng Fang was different. She had a lot of time on her hands and often gossiped with a few women, comparing their husbands or children, so she liked to inquire about these things.

"I've heard of that Zhao Yuanwu. He's Zhao Long's eldest son."

Zhao Long's eldest son...

Hearing this, Hong Gang and Hong Mu showed a knowing look on their faces, nodded slightly, and were immediately less shocked.

"I heard that the Falcon Squad has started looking for Intermediate Snow Mane beasts. The Falcon and Zhao Long squads can be considered the leaders of the third tier!"

Hearing his eldest son Hong Mu's words, Hong Gang nodded. He was naturally aware of these situations.

Currently, there are more than fifty squads under the Hunting Department, which can basically be roughly divided into four tiers.

The first tier, without a doubt, is the Cloud Dragon and Dragon Martial squads led by the Division Commander and Division Chief respectively. These two squads are a cut above the rest;

The second echelon comprised six teams: the Leopard Squad led by Deputy Director Luo Yuan, along with the Divine Might, Flourishing Might, Heroic Might, Majestic Might, and Yuan Cheng's Dragon Slaying Squad.

These six teams had already successfully hunted intermediate Frost Beasts, and they only needed to collect five different species to be promoted to the intermediate level.

The third echelon consisted of ten teams. Besides Zhao Long's Falcon Squad, his two younger brothers, Zhao Hu's Bristlemane Squad and Zhao Bao's Golden Eagle Squad, were also included, along with Huang Yong's Dragon Taming Squad, Yue Feng's Mountain River Squad, and others.

Hong Gang had heard that Zhao Long and Huang Yong had recently been trying to hunt intermediate Snow Bristlemanes. The Falcon and Dragon Taming Squads were indeed the leaders of the third echelon.

The remaining thirty-plus teams were basically assigned to the fourth echelon.

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Hong Gang's own Azure Wolf Squad belonged to this echelon.

Zhao Long was strong, and he had more contribution points, so his son Zhao Yuanwu naturally had better cultivation conditions than others. It was not difficult to understand that he broke through the Lumbering Realm earlier than the other children.

In theory, everyone had the same allocation of beast meat, and the price for exchanging it with contribution points was very low, so all the children should not have any differences.

But the actual situation was not like that at all.

Nowadays, there were too many things to assist cultivation in Great Xia.

Martial arts halls, Beast Essence Pills, and even things like salt and aged wine were beneficial to the body if taken for a long time. If children could ingest them moderately for a long time, their cultivation would naturally be more effective.

And these things all had to be exchanged with contribution points.

Of course, Hong Gang knew that there was a gap between him and Zhao Long, and an even bigger gap between the Azure Wolf Squad and the Falcon Squad.

But when it came to nurturing his son, he was definitely not inferior to Zhao Long.

The fact that his eldest son could break through the Earth Digging Realm so quickly was enough to prove it.

Beast Essence Pills, salt, and even aged wine, including any good things that came out of the Camp Supply Department, he basically exchanged them immediately for his younger son to use.

Hong Gang's thoughts returned, and seeing his younger son still looking at him expectantly, thinking that he was also unwilling to admit defeat and had made such a request in order to break through the Lumbering Realm earlier, he felt both anger and a bit of relief in his heart.

"I let you go last month, but you didn't go. Now you want to go, it's too late..."

Opportunities missed were missed. There was no way to easily make up for them. Hong Gang shook his head slightly and continued: "Sir Si Cheng has ordered that the places in the martial arts hall must be given priority to those in the Earth Digging Realm during this period. Now even the Lumbering Realm only has fifty places per day. Those below the Lumbering Realm shouldn't even think about it. If you want to enter the martial arts hall to cultivate, I estimate you'll have to wait at least three to four months, maybe even longer. Wait patiently..."

Hearing that it was Sir Si Cheng Xia Chuan's personal order, Hong Ye, who was originally full of expectations, immediately drooped down.

Si Cheng Xia Chuan's orders were equivalent to the leader's orders. Nowadays, even small children like him in Great Xia knew that.

"You brat, you immediately droop down when you know you can't go. Many children in the camp who are as old as you have never even entered. At least your father brings you back pills and more beast meat than others. If you weren't so playful, you might have been able to break through before Zhao Yuanwu. Now that you know you regret it, hurry up and cultivate. If you dare to run out to play as soon as it gets dark again, I'll beat you to death."

Hong Gang still had a violent temper after all. Seeing Hong Ye droop down, his temper immediately flared up. He put down his bowl and chopsticks and started lecturing.

"Alright, alright, I know. You talk too much. Big brother, you're really amazing, you can stand being with Dad all day long."

Hearing Hong Ye's words, Hong Gang immediately blew his beard and glared, standing up and grabbing a stick from the side, rushing towards him.

Bang...

Hong Ye was obviously a veteran. He stood up and ran before he could finish speaking. Seeing his father rushing towards him, he ran straight out of the house.

"Mom, I'm full, I'm going out to play for a while, I'll be right back."

"It's just getting dark, and you're running again. Stop for me!"

"Dad, don't hit me, I have to tell those good brothers. From tomorrow onwards, I'll stay at home to cultivate and won't go anywhere."

Hong Gang rushed to the door with the stick in his hand. Seeing his son disappear in a puff of smoke, he was both angry and amused. In the end, he shook his head and revealed a helpless expression.

"Old Hong, are you teaching your son again?"

"This kid is tough, he should be beaten properly, hahaha."

"I see Sister Fang getting angry every day too, he should be taught a lesson."

"Hahaha, you're laughing at me. This kid, I'll catch him and beat him next time." Seeing the neighbors coming out to watch the fun, Hong Gang smiled a few times embarrassedly. His house was number eight, with Huang Yong on the left and Ying Xuan on the right. They were all very familiar with each other. He cupped his hands and exchanged a few pleasantries before returning to the house.

Hong Gang's family's life was a microcosm of the overall situation in Great Xia recently.

After the pain brought by the beast tide completely subsided, Great Xia Valley ushered in a long-lost period of peace.

The Mirror Valley in the north, the Five Ape Mountain in the south, the Redwood Ridge in the west, and even the Twin Dragon Mountain on the eastern stone wall, nothing could threaten Great Xia anymore.

Because the origin of the beast tide was unclear, Xia Hong had ordered the exploration of the Arrow Bamboo Forest to be stopped for safety reasons.

Since the Arrow Bamboo Forest could not be explored, Xia Chuan ordered that the exploration of the Five Ape Mountain area be focused on. The Five Ape Mountain ran from east to west, with a total length of fifteen kilometers and a north-south width of five kilometers. Previously, the activity range of those camps was basically limited to the southern foothills, and there were still many areas available for exploration.

As the hunting teams' activity areas grew larger and larger, their hunting results also became richer and richer, and the camp's material reserves were also steadily increasing.

Of course, more importantly, their strength was also rapidly improving.

Peace did not mean leisure.

The various hunting teams were still busy, and besides the busy hunting, many people also discovered that, like Hong Gang, many hunting team leaders had begun to rarely return home.

Besides hunting outside, they spent almost all their remaining time cultivating in the martial arts hall. And as time went on, more and more people joined this ranks.

The martial arts hall had a total of 200 places, and a portion was directly taken out to give them the green light. This number started at 20, then 25, 30... slowly increasing, becoming more and more.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that these people had all broken through to the limit of the Earth Digging Realm and had begun to use beast blood. They were basically all the leaders of the hunting teams.

The higher-ups of Great Xia were obviously caught up in a cultivation frenzy.

Besides the necessary hunting and mining, it was cultivation.

Apart from these two things, they basically did nothing else.

Such a cultivation frenzy, without any external factors interfering, would undoubtedly bring a huge improvement to the overall strength of Great Xia.

In the first year of Great Xia, on the fifth day of July, after Hong Tian led a team to bring back an intermediate Blue Moon Essence, Great Xia finally had its third intermediate hunting team.

On the twenty-ninth of July, no one expected that Luo Yuan's Leopard Squad would take the lead and be promoted to intermediate before Meng Yi, Zhu Ling, and Zhu Yuan.

On the sixth day of August, the number of people in the Earth Digging Realm in the camp broke through the 1300 mark.

On the seventeenth day of August, the number of teams under the Hunting Department also broke through 60.

On the twentieth day of August, Meng Yi's Majestic Might Squad finally pulled back a victory and also became the fifth hunting team to be promoted to intermediate.

On the eighth day of September, Yuan Cheng's Dragon Slaying Squad and Zhu Yuan's Flourishing Might Squad were promoted to intermediate on the same day.

On the seventh day of October...

One good news after another was frequently passed to Xia Hong through Xia Chuan, and his mood naturally became more and more cheerful.

However, he was still quietly waiting.

Waiting for a new Frost Resistance level to appear in the camp...