Chapter 106: The Second Earth-Digging Realm

Ding...

In the valley mine cave, a piece of iron ore the size of a palm was chiseled off the rock wall and smashed onto the ground, making a crisp sound.

Xia Hong, sweating profusely, first put down the sheep-horn chisel in his hand, then picked up the iron ore on the ground, his face full of fatigue.

"Fifty jin, five units. Coal is almost used up, and iron is the same. Hunting must stop for a while. I must take time specifically for mining."

【Resources: Wood 23210, Coal 35, Iron 59, Silver 0, Gold 0】

Xia Hong sighed. This month, he had already set aside one-third of his time specifically for mining coal and iron, but it still couldn't keep up with the consumption speed.

You know, all the iron and coal in the camp at present were basically only used for two things: preparing materials for the upcoming new wooden house and forging essential tools.

But even so, it couldn't be supplied at all.

No, it wasn't that it couldn't be supplied. If it weren't for the large batch of coal and iron left by Luo Ming before, the plan for the new wooden house simply couldn't be carried out.

According to the concept, the main body of the new wooden house, although using Golden-Lin wood, for the sake of stability and trying to extend the service life as much as possible, still needed to use quite a bit of iron material in key parts, connection points, and internal structures.

In order to accommodate more people, Xia Hong set the specifications of the new wooden house to be extremely large—two hundred meters long and fifteen meters high, and it had to be divided into three floors. In this way, the construction difficulty and the materials used were naturally astonishingly many.

"It has been four months since the planning, and a total of eight hundred meters of foundation piles have been driven, and less than one hundred meters have been driven. This is still the result of me reducing the frequency of hunting and trying my best to set aside more time to drive piles; timber is prepared almost enough. According to Mu Dong, the iron materials needed will only take two-plus months to prepare.

That is to say, the biggest difficulty is still the foundation piles."

Xia Hong frowned tightly. The iron materials needed for the new wooden house were one-time, and the main body used timber, so the demand for iron ore wasn't great. So he tried his best to set aside time to mine iron ore, plus the quite a bit of iron ore Luo Ming left before, it could barely be considered supplied.

The problem of foundation piles was unsolvable.

There was only one Earth-Digging Realm in the whole camp, so the foundation piles could only be dug by him alone. If other Woodcutting Realms wanted to dig, they had to use coal stone to soften the ground, which involved the problem of not enough coal.

It seems that two months later, even if the materials were all prepared, they could only wait until all the foundation piles were driven before they could break ground and start construction.

Xia Hong took a deep breath and stopped thinking about it.

He picked up the sheep-horn chisel beside him and prepared to continue mining iron ore.

But just as he was about to dig down, Xia Chuan walked into the mine cave in high spirits and shouted at him from a distance.

"Big Brother, someone broke through again!"

Clang...

Xia Hong continued to chisel, didn't even turn his head, just asked casually: "How many this time?"

During this period, people broke through to the Woodcutting Realm every night, sometimes even five or six at a time. The total number of Woodcutting Realms in the camp had already exceeded one hundred, so he was a bit numb now and not as excited as at the beginning.

"There are seven, and... Luo Yuan."

Seven. Counting the previous one hundred and three, the total number of Woodcutting Realms in the camp now was one hundred and eleven.

Wait...

"Luo Yuan also broke through?"

Xia Hong subconsciously calculated the total number of Woodcutting Realms first. Realizing that Xia Chuan said Luo Yuan also broke through, he threw away the sheep-horn chisel in his hand, then turned to look at Xia Chuan and confirmed it again.

Seeing Xia Chuan nod, Xia Hong's face showed joy, and without saying a word, he rushed out of the mine cave. Xia Chuan also hurriedly followed closely behind.

Although the iron-smelting furnace could raise the temperature within a hundred-meter radius, the range illuminated by the fire was still limited. Considering that more and more people were practicing martial arts outside at night, and the camp's timber had overflowed a lot, plus the valley terrain was hidden enough, Xia Hong had people light a bonfire outside every night for lighting.

Of course, this bonfire still had to be extinguished during the day.

When Xia Hong walked out of the mine cave, he saw everyone gathered around the bonfire, so he hurriedly walked over quickly.

"The Leader is here, make way!"

Xia Chuan rushed in front of him, shouted a few times, and cleared a path.

Xia Hong walked into the crowd along the path he cleared and saw Luo Yuan working hard to wield the sheep-horn chisel in the foundation pile under the bonfire. With his chiseling, the soil blocks underground were constantly dug open.

The foundation piles for the new wooden house had been driven for more than a hundred meters. The end where the iron-smelting furnace was used to burn coal to soften the ground was behind the wooden house; the end Luo Yuan was digging was not softened by coal stone. Originally, only he could dig it.

And now, Luo Yuan could also dig it, what it represented went without saying.

Personally confirming that Luo Yuan really broke through to the Earth-Digging Realm, Xia Hong was excited in his heart.

"Mu Dong, bring the clothes!"

Xia Hong turned his head with a joyful expression and ordered Mu Dong. Seeing Luo Yuan was still digging, he hurriedly ordered him to stop and then called him up.

"Leader, from today on, you don't have to be so hard-working anymore. I can also dig foundation piles with you, hehe!"

Luo Yuan, who had just broken through, was clearly in a great mood. He wiped his sweat first, waved the chisel in his hand at Xia Hong, and his tone was full of joy.

Xia Hong was startled for a moment when he heard this, and then he reacted to why Luo Yuan was digging here as soon as he broke through;

Looking around the crowd again, he found that although the people in the camp looked at him with reverence, more or less, they all still carried a trace of guilt.

Xia Hong pondered for a moment, understood the reason, and his expression suddenly cleared, and he felt much more relieved in his heart.

During this period, the one leading the team to hunt was him, mining coal was him, mining iron was him, and digging foundation piles was still him.

Clearly, his hard work for these people in the camp for so long hadn't been in vain.

"Don't be too happy too early. Breaking through means your ability is greater, and with greater ability comes greater responsibility. Now it's just mining and driving foundation piles. When your strength is stronger, maybe even hunting, I'll have to hand it over to you."

Luo Yuan nodded heavily when he heard this, his face full of eagerness.

After Xia Hong finished speaking, he turned to look at the others and smiled: "Are you all feeling sorry for me? If you feel sorry for me, hurry up and go cultivate. Woodcutting Realm, Earth-Digging Realm, count them one by one. If you break through and come to help me do things, that's called feeling sorry. Now staring at me, what's the use? Get out, get out, get out!"

"Leader, I'm going to cultivate, don't kick me, don't kick me."

"Hahahahaha..."

After a bit of laughing and scolding, Xia Hong even kicked Yuan Cheng, who was closest to him. Yuan Cheng bared his teeth and let out a strange cry, which immediately drew a burst of laughter from the crowd.

But laughter was laughter, everyone still dispersed quickly and quickly threw themselves into tense cultivation, clearly taking Xia Hong's words to heart.

The reaction of the crowd made a few warm colors flash on Xia Hong's face.

When Mu Dong brought the clothes, Xia Hong handed them to Luo Yuan himself. Looking at this second Earth-Digging Realm of the Does Does Da Xia camp after himself, the tight heartstrings that Xia Hong had been holding for a long time finally relaxed a bit.

Luo Yuan's breakthrough not only meant that his personal mining pressure was reduced, the speed of driving piles for the new camp was greatly improved, but also improved the efficiency of hunting.

More crucially, Xia Chuan and the three Zhao brothers were not far from Luo Yuan. Luo Yuan's breakthrough meant that these four were also fast.

This meant that the number of Earth-Digging Realms in the Does Does Da Xia camp would soon be on par with the previous Luo Ge camp.

If comparing overall strength, the current Does Does Da Xia had already far exceeded the Luo Ge camp in its heyday. After all, Does Does Da Xia now had a full 110 Woodcutting Realms.

"Luo Yuan, from today on, when not hunting, you will mine with me. When Zhao Long, Xia Chuan, and the others break through again, the new wooden house should be able to break ground and start construction very soon!"

"Yes, Leader!"

Probably hearing the excitement in Xia Hong's tone, Luo Yuan nodded heavily, his face full of excitement and expectation.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 107 =====