Chapter 131: The Explosive Growth Period of the Earth-Digging Realm

Late at night, the wind howled.

At the entrance of the Great Xia valley, Xia Chuan returned from the outside with thirteen members of the hunting team, dusty and tired.

"Xia Chuan, three pieces of prey, how come there are more and more?"

Luo Yuan, who was practicing punches with the child reserve team outside the wooden house, saw the hunting team carrying three pieces of prey from afar, his face somewhat incredulous.

The hunting team, now as long as they don't cross the five-hundred-meter boundary of Red Wood Ridge, doesn't need Xia Hong to lead the team personally. His injuries haven't healed yet, so only Xia Chuan and the five Earth-Digging Realm experts, plus the original eight Woodcutting Realm experts, go out.

In the past half month, Xia Chuan had already gone out four times, but each time he only brought back one or two pieces of prey. Bringing back three at once tonight, it was clear that his hunting skills were becoming more and more proficient.

While Luo Yuan was speaking, the young people in the reserve team who hadn't yet broken through to the Woodcutting Realm also stopped practicing punches and turned to look at the hunting team members, their eyes full of envy and admiration.

And the members of the hunting team, hearing Luo Yuan's praise, all lowered their heads and chuckled a few times, subconsciously turning their heads slightly to look at Huang Yong and Li Yun.

"Who told you to stop? Hurry up and continue practicing for me! One by one, you haven't broken through to the Woodcutting Realm for so long, and you still want to be lazy? It's a waste of cold beast meat!"

Luo Yuan didn't notice the subtle movements of the crowd. Seeing the reserve team stop, he immediately turned his head and roared at them a few times.

*Heh*…… *Hah*…………

The adults in the camp have basically broken through, and most of the reserve team are teenagers.

Luo Yuan's strict attitude was clearly very useful to them. Hearing the sound, they immediately started practicing punches again, one by one.

"Luo Yuan, practice lightly. Don't practice these kids to the point of breaking."

"Hahahaha, don't be afraid. Just practice like this until they die. These stinky kids have eaten cold beast meat and are full of energy. If they don't practice, how can they become useful?"

"Kids, your Brother Luo can't go out hunting recently and has no contribution points, so he's holding his breath. Don't provoke him."

"Hahahaha……"

The hunting team members saw this and teased one after another.

Hearing Yuan Cheng teasing him, Luo Yuan couldn't help but laugh and respond.

"Go away, Yuan Cheng. I have three or four thousand contribution points in my account. Even if you go out ten more times, you won't be able to compare to me."

"That's not necessarily true. I already have over a thousand in my account. Tonight, two snow manes and one golden sheep, I can at least get nearly a hundred points. I'll break the two-thousand mark soon. Just wait, surpassing you is a matter of minutes."

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"Alright, stop chatting. Everyone go to the Camp Supply Office and hand in the prey!"

Seeing that the more everyone talked, the more interesting it became, and there was a trend of not being able to stop, Xia Chuan couldn't help but interrupt.

The conversation between Luo Yuan and Yuan Cheng can be considered a microcosm of the atmosphere in the camp where everyone is keen on contribution points.

Mu Dong's Artisan Workshop is constantly bringing forth new ideas, and the wooden utensils and animal hide utensils developed are becoming more and more varied.

Especially the hundred or so bows and arrows added recently, which are quite tempting to the Woodcutting Realm and Earth-Digging Realm experts. And everyone can foresee that with the abundance of coal and iron resources in the camp, more and more weapons and iron utensils will definitely appear in the Camp Supply Office later.

All these things need to be exchanged with contribution points.

Contribution points themselves are wealth, and they can also quantify an individual's contribution to the camp, so everyone naturally began to compare secretly.

The influence of this comparison is that the enthusiasm of the Woodcutting Realm and Earth-Digging Realm experts to go out has become higher, and the motivation to grab resources for the camp has also become more sufficient.

Xia Chuan is naturally happy to see such an atmosphere. Wasn't the purpose of formulating the contribution point rules at the beginning just for this scene?

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On the second floor of the wooden house, after taking the hunting team to hand in the prey and registering the contribution points obtained by everyone, the others left one after another. Only Xia Chuan remained in place, looking up at the third floor.

"The Leader still hasn't come down today?"

Shi Ping, who is responsible for registration in the Camp Supply Office, shook his head and replied upon hearing Xia Chuan's inquiry: "No, but when I went to deliver cold beast meat today, the Leader was practicing punches. Listening to the movement, the leg injury should be completely healed. Not coming down, I guess it's just wanting to cultivate for a while longer."

Xia Chuan nodded and said softly: "That's good too. Usually, he leads us out hunting and has to manage quite a few things in the camp, so Big Brother doesn't have any specialized time to cultivate. It's good to take advantage of the injury to focus on cultivation for a while."

Shi Ping nodded in agreement, looking at the third floor, a look of respect rising in his eyes.

Shi Ping is also one of the ninety-six Woodcutting Realm archers. It can be said that Xia Hong was the decisive factor in successfully driving away the gnawing rat pack that night.

Not to mention Xia Hong's own harvest, just the fact that he was calm in the face of danger, relied on strong strength and wisdom, and calmly forced the Rat King to show itself—just this alone, Xia Hong deserves the top merit.

Having such a leader in Great Xia is the greatest luck for him and everyone else.

"Judging from the fifteen people who appeared that night, the strength of the Mirror Immortal camp is definitely not weak. The Leader must be under pressure. In the final analysis, it's because our strength is not good enough to share the worries for the Leader. If a few more Earth-Digging Realm experts could come out, the Leader wouldn't be so tired!"

Luo Yuan downstairs didn't know when he had walked up.

Xia Chuan frowned slightly and said: "The strength of the Mirror Immortal camp is indeed strong, but it's not a reason for them to be arrogant and domineering. If they occupy the arrow bamboo forest, they occupy it. As long as they don't cross the boundary, everything is easy to talk about. If they dare to cross the boundary to Red Wood Ridge, at worst, we'll…………"

"What, fight them to the death?"

A voice came from upstairs, directly interrupting Xia Chuan.

Recognizing it was Xia Hong's voice, the three immediately looked up with joy on their faces.

Xia Hong was wearing a beast-fur cloak, wearing a pair of black animal-hide boots newly made by Mu Dong, walking with the vigor of a dragon and a tiger as he walked toward the three, with a smile on his face.

At the first sight of Xia Hong, the three were slightly stunned.

It wasn't his attire, nor was it the fact that his leg injury had healed.

Mainly, Xia Hong's body was faintly emitting a burst of blood energy, as if the blood energy in his body was too full and was overflowing. Walking, he also carried a very strong sense of power. When he approached, he brought a very strong sense of oppression to the three. "Big Brother, have you reached the limit of thirty thousand catties?"

Xia Chuan asked uncertainly.

Luo Yuan heard this, and a look of anticipation appeared on his face.

"Not yet, but it's only less than three thousand away."

Only less than three thousand away, that is more than twenty-seven thousand catties.

Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan both showed shock on their faces;

Shi Ping, who had not yet broken through to the Earth-Digging Realm, showed deep admiration.

"Leader, your speed is too fast. I broke through to the Earth-Digging Realm more than two months ago, and now my strength is only fourteen thousand. On average, it only increases by more than a thousand catties per month."

After Luo Yuan finished speaking, Xia Chuan immediately nodded and said: "I'm about the same as you. According to the current speed, it will take at least another year to reach the limit of thirty thousand catties."

"No!"

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Xia Hong shook his head directly to deny Xia Chuan's estimate and laughed: "It won't take that long. I broke through to the Earth-Digging Realm about eight months ago. The improvement speed in the early stage is actually about the same as yours.

Your bodies should have already developed resistance to the three types of cold beast meat: snow mane, frost wolf, and golden sheep. That's why the speed of increase has slowed down. Just change to soaring dragon and gnawing rat meat. You can exchange them directly!"

Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan shook their heads upon hearing this.

"Leader, soaring dragon and gnawing rat meat, it's better to leave it for you to use first. Our current increase range is still there. When the reserve amount is more, we will use it."

As soon as Luo Yuan said this, Xia Hong immediately understood the concerns of the two.

Some time ago, in order to make bows, Xia Hong hunted quite a few soaring dragons in one breath. Coupled with the eighty-three gnawing rats harvested this time, so far, the camp has hoarded about thirty thousand catties of these two types of cold beast meat.

Thirty thousand catties, it seems like a lot.

But the problem is, he uses quite a lot too.

He now needs fifty catties a day. Counting the days, from the first time he got gnawing rat meat until now, it has been about forty days, which means he alone has consumed more than two thousand catties.

The gnawing rat pack has been driven away, and it is certain that no gnawing rats can be hunted in a short time. Soaring dragons won't work without him leading the team. So Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan's meaning should be to try to leave these two types of cold beast meat for him to use.

"No need, I don't need that much for the time being. According to my current usage, leave me 1,500 catties per month. As for the rest, open it to everyone for exchange, but the price can be more expensive than the three types like snow mane."

Cold beast meat is not a scarce material for Great Xia now, even soaring dragons and gnawing rats are no exception.

At worst, he will lead the team to hunt personally. Gnawing rats are hard to find, but soaring dragons are easy, and the meat output is large. As long as he occasionally hunts a few, it will be enough for a long time.

As for the price setting, it is also simple. The hunting difficulty of soaring dragons and gnawing rats is greater than the three types like snow mane. They are considered advanced cold beast meat, and it is reasonable for the contribution points required for exchange to be more expensive.

"Understood, Leader!"

Xia Chuan now, besides going out, the most important thing is to manage the materials of the Camp Supply Office, including the contribution point prices corresponding to various materials. Hearing Xia Hong's proposal, he naturally reacted quickly.

"By the way, Leader, there is good news that I haven't told you yet!"

"What good news?"

Looking at Xia Chuan's mysterious posture, Xia Hong immediately became interested.

Luo Yuan on the side clearly didn't know, and also turned to look at him.

"Huang Yong and Li Yun have broken through to the Earth-Digging Realm one after another. And as far as I know, Hong Gang, Li Pingkai, Ying Xuan, and Yue Feng, the four of them are not far from breaking through. It is estimated that it won't take more than ten days."

Xia Hong's eyes lit up upon hearing this.

Luo Yuan's mouth was also wide open. Recalling the three pieces of prey Xia Chuan brought back tonight and the performance of the crowd when they returned to the valley just now, he finally reacted and couldn't help shaking his head and laughing:

"So that's it! I said, how come your harvest tonight is so much!"

Two more Earth-Digging Realm experts, and in the next ten days, four more will break through continuously.

No, it should be more than four!

Huang Yong, Li Pingkai, and the four Xia Chuan said might break through, all are members of the hunting team.

The hunting team, except for the six people: Xia Chuan, Luo Yuan, Yuan Cheng, and the three Zhao brothers, the starting line of the others is actually about the same.

Since someone has started to break through, it means they are all fast.

"The explosive growth period of the Earth-Digging Realm should have arrived."

A flash of excitement crossed Xia Hong's heart. All fifteen members of the hunting team breaking through to the Earth-Digging Realm, then the camp will not only usher in a qualitative leap in strength.

The key is that the mining capacity will also increase exponentially.

He still has the teeth of eighty-three gnawing rats in his hand!

The teeth of two gnawing rats can be made into a gnawing-tooth chisel, and eighty-three gnawing rats will be forty-one.

Fifteen Earth-Digging Realm experts, each with a gnawing-tooth chisel.

Then the output of iron ore and coal in the camp will be staggeringly high!

"Hunting in the future, just take the eight of you with me. Let the seven who haven't broken through to the Earth-Digging Realm stay in the camp to focus on cultivation and seize the time to break through."

"Yes, Leader!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 132 =====