Chapter 193: Four Chapters of

Xiao Ning was pulled by her mother through the crowd. As soon as she entered the house, she saw Xia Chuan sitting in the seat below her father, looking at her with a warm face. Her already red face added a few more shades of blood.

"The eldest daughter is shy, shy, hahaha."

"Didn't the second daughter just run into the room? Hurry up and pull the second daughter out too."

"You are about to be the Commandant's wife, don't be shy, come out and let everyone see."

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Unable to withstand the teasing of the people around her, Xiao Ning hurriedly broke free from her mother Lin Lan's hand and ran directly into her room.

Xiao Kangcheng looked at his eldest daughter, who was usually calm, actually revealing such a shy posture, and couldn't help but smile, arching his hands toward Xia Chuan and saying, "My daughter is out of order, making the Commandant laugh."

Xia Chuan shook his head and smiled, saying, "Father-in-law, don't call me that anymore. After the proposal, we are a family. You should change your address. Just call me Xia Chuan from now on."

Although he had already heard the address "Father-in-law" just now, hearing it again, Xiao Kangcheng still revealed a satisfied expression, the smile in the corners of his eyes could not be hidden at all, and he said softly, "That's good. We are all family from now on. This old man will be bold and call you Xia Chuan."

In the crowd of onlookers, there were many people of the same age as Xiao Kangcheng. They also had daughters at home. Regardless of whether they were married or not, seeing this scene, a palpitation arose in their hearts for no reason.

The affairs between men and women in the Frozen Abyss world have always been very casual.

This casualness does not mean that men and women are messing around, but that everyone simply doesn't take this matter to heart. Young men and women get together when they see each other, without the consent of both parents, and without going through any procedures. As long as they say it, it counts.

Because men have innate advantages in hunting, and are generally stronger in cultivation, after both sides form a family, the man is the main one. The woman's connection with her mother's family is more emotional, and there is basically no life connection.

In this way, forming a tradition of valuing men over women is not much, mainly because it makes the man and the woman's parents basically have no feelings. After a little longer, it completely becomes two families, almost not coming and going.

Getting married, in the Great Xia camp, used to not count as a matter at all.

After all, women themselves are not valued.

Such a tradition, once used to it, is nothing, after all, everyone is like this.

But Xia Chuan coming here today, they suddenly realized that all this can be changed.

And, there are rites to follow!

"Xia Rites"

Everyone's eyes involuntarily focused on Qiu Peng beside Xia Chuan, or more accurately, on the book in his hand, revealing some inexplicable meaning on their faces.

And Xia Chuan, sitting on the chair, noticed everyone's eyes, his mind moved slightly, and he nodded to Qiu Peng beside him.

Qiu Peng understood and clapped his hands with a smile.

Six people outside the door immediately walked in carrying six wooden boxes with smiles.

"Today, Xiao Kangcheng has two daughters, Xiao Ning and Xiao Yu. Commandant Xia Chuan intends to propose, specifically giving six gifts, sincerely requesting the father-in-law's permission."

Qiu Peng opened the book page, obviously reading from the content on it.

The people on the side, including Xiao Kangcheng, didn't care, and listened with great interest, waiting for his follow-up.

"Gift one, one hundred jin of beast meat."

The first box was opened in response, displaying ten pieces of azure cold beast meat inside. The eyes of the people on the side immediately lit up.

"Tsk tsk, one hundred jin of cold beast meat, that's 50 contribution points!"

"Big deal, I have to cut trees for several days to earn that."

"Going out hunting, you have to hunt three prey to get so much."

"This is just the first item, don't be noisy, there are five more boxes!"

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"Gift two, ten meters of cotton cloth."

The second box was opened, and a roll of clean and soft cloth was placed inside.

"Gift three, two long swords."

"Gift four, six beast-tooth carved chairs."

"Gift five, ten jin of aged wine."

"Gift six, two thousand jin of coal stone."

As the remaining wooden boxes were all opened and the six betrothal gifts were displayed before their eyes, everyone in the room had dull eyes and stunned expressions.

"Cotton cloth, it's cotton cloth made of bamboo silk. If I remember correctly, the Camp Needs Department just set the price, one meter seems to be 20 contribution points."

"Two long swords cost 600 contribution points?"

"Aged wine, it takes 80 points to exchange for one jin, ten jin is 800 points?"

"Beast-tooth carved chairs, I have seen them, a bit worse than the one in the leader's room, but it also takes 40 points to exchange for one, six is 240 points."

"2,000 jin of coal stone is 100 contribution points, which means the first item, beast meat, is the cheapest of the six?"

"These six betrothal gifts add up to almost 2,000 points?"

"Hiss………… These betrothal gifts are too heavy!"

"2,000 points, it takes two or three months for people in the hunting squad to earn!"

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After a long silence, the heated discussion immediately filled the whole room.

The emotions of the onlookers gradually transformed from shock at the betrothal gifts to envy of Xiao Kangcheng's family, and most of the women among them were filled with thick envy in their eyes, and a small number of those who were not married were full of longing.

"This... this... the betrothal gifts are too heavy, absolutely not, Commandant... Xia Chuan, I cannot accept these things!"

Xiao Kangcheng stood up directly from the chair with a thud, not caring that his wife Lin Lan was pulling his arm, and opened his mouth to refuse Xia Chuan's betrothal gifts.

In all fairness, he certainly wanted these things, especially the aged wine. Last time Xiao Yuan exchanged for one jin and shared a sip with him, he had been thinking about that taste for many days, just waiting to save up more contribution points to exchange for it. Now that ten jin had come, how could he not want it.

But for no reason, how could he accept it!

That's right, like everyone else in the camp, and even everyone in the Frozen Abyss world, marrying off a daughter in Xiao Kangcheng's heart didn't count as a matter at all.

"Father-in-law, don't be impatient, listen to me first..."

Xia Chuan also stood up, smiled and appeased him, and continued: "These six betrothal gifts are just my etiquette for proposing, how to deal with them is all up to you.

The contribution points spent on these betrothal gifts are not much to me, but they are definitely not low, which can be considered my emphasis on Xiao Ning and Xiao Yu.

If you don't accept it, you are refusing my proposal."

How to deal with them is all up to himself!

Emphasis on his two daughters!

These two sentences made Xiao Kangcheng's eyes light up slightly.

Many people around heard it and immediately reacted, nodding slightly.

2,000 contribution points, for Xia Chuan, is really not a high or low number. The Cloud Dragon squad is now the top squad of the Hunting Department, and Xia Chuan, the captain, earns a lot of contribution points every month, which is self-evident.

The value of these six betrothal gifts can indeed reflect his emphasis on the proposal.

The key is that how to deal with them is all up to Xiao Kangcheng himself.

That's even easier to say, at worst, let the daughter take them away when she marries over.

After Xia Chuan finished speaking, he took the book from Qiu Peng's hand, faced the others in the room, and continued: "Everyone, the leader said that the specifications of these six betrothal gifts have no distinction between high and low value, as long as they cover the six materials of clothing, food, housing, transportation, weapons, and drinking. The quantity depends on individual ability. I don't want to be the bad person who delays everyone's marriage..."

Hearing Xia Chuan's teasing, everyone reacted and immediately laughed.

"Hahaha, right, right, right, it's just a rite, it should be according to ability."

"Hahahaha, I was just saying, if everyone is like this, the materials in our camp will not be enough!"

"The Commandant marries two at once, so the rites must be heavy!"

"Hahaha."

"Did you hear that? The Commandant has the ability to get so much."

"Get out, get out, I didn't say I wanted it."

"Hahahahaha……"

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The subtle quarrels of a few couples made everyone burst into laughter, and the atmosphere in the whole hall became heated instantly.

"Commandant, was that "Xia Rites" compiled by the leader himself?"

However, a few clever ones thought of Xia Chuan's words just now and immediately asked about the book in his hand.

The others heard this and quieted down, looking at Xia Chuan curiously.

Finally someone asked about this.

Xia Chuan felt relieved, smiled at the crowd, raised the book in his hand, nodded, and said loudly: "That's right, this "Xia Rites" was compiled by the leader himself.

The leader said, without rules, there is no square, without rites, there is no chapter. We humans are different from monsters and cold beasts. Since we huddle together in a camp to keep warm, we should have our own civilization and system. Since we can no longer find the developed civilization of the Ancient Abyss Era, we will create a set ourselves.

This Xia Rites currently has only four chapters: Camp, Rites, Hunting, and Cultivation.

The Camp System chapter regulates the titles of all positions in the six departments of the Great Xia camp and clarifies the various affairs that these positions are specifically responsible for.

The Rites System chapter covers daily affairs such as marriage, funeral, sacrifice, and customs, used to regulate the behavior and daily activities of our Great Xia people. Today's proposal, future welcoming, and marriage are the content of the Wedding chapter. Today can be considered as me making a template for you.

The Hunting System chapter, as the name suggests, is a system about regulating hunting behavior, including who can go hunting, which areas to go hunting, preparations before and after hunting, and various things to pay attention to, all of which are explained in detail.

The Cultivation System chapter regulates our cultivation matters, including Woodcutting, Earth-Digging, Cold-Resisting, and even the unknown Sun-Manifesting Realm later, all of which are covered. The cultivation methods, strength levels, and corresponding titles for each realm have basically been preliminarily regulated."

Xia Chuan introduced the four chapters of Xia Rites in one breath, looked at the puzzled eyes of the crowd, remembered what his elder brother had said, and sighed slightly in his heart.

"The civilization of the Frozen Abyss world has fallen for too long, so long that people have forgotten everything except some rules passed down from generation to generation.

It is impossible to regulate everyone with a Xia Rites. Only through subtle infection and years of infiltration, letting the content on it completely integrate into their lives, can it truly play a role."

Are civilization and education so important?

A trace of confusion flashed in Xia Chuan's eyes. In his view, these long and complicated rules made by his elder brother not only had no practical significance at present, but would also bring a lot of trouble to the camp.

At the very least, once these etiquettes are popularized, the consumption of materials will increase. What are the benefits? Although he was puzzled, his natural trust in Xia Hong made Xia Chuan not think otherwise. He looked up at the crowd and was about to continue speaking, but he didn't want someone to ask him first.

"Commandant, will everyone in our camp strictly follow the Xia Rites to do things from now on?"

Xia Chuan was stunned when he heard this, and then shook his head immediately: "No, Xia Rites is not mandatory. For example, the marriage system, my proposal process today does not require everyone to do so. Everyone wants to continue as before, all can."

"Then what is the use of this Xia Rites?"

Another person asked.

Hearing this question, a strange look appeared on Xia Chuan's face.

Someone actually asked, the elder brother is really god-like!

"What is the use of Xia Rites? Good question. If you ask me, it's not very useful!"

After Xia Chuan said it was useless, everyone looked at each other, a bit puzzled.

But then, his tone changed, and he continued loudly:

"But it will be the essential difference between our Great Xia and other camps.

The Frozen Abyss world is vast. Not to mention other places, just near the Twin Dragon Mountains, there are countless camps, large and small, not to mention the land north of Five Apes Mountain, the Pingxi Plain, the Longshan Realm, and the Mo'ao Mountain east of the Twin Dragon Mountains and south of the Xing River. Human camps are as numerous as the sea.

Please... collect 6... 9... books...!

With so many camps, what is different about us, what is different about Great Xia, the difference lies in this Xia Rites in my hand!

We follow the Xia Rites, act with chapters, have systems in our hearts, everything has chapters to follow, and rites to follow, so we are Great Xia people.

This is the difference between us and the barbarians. We are no longer a human camp that only knows how to forage and survive in the Frozen Abyss world, but a camp with its own rites, regulations, and systems, or in other words, its own civilization.

As Great Xia develops and grows in the future, the power of this civilization will continue to expand and strengthen, spreading in all directions through the hands of all of us, letting the light of human civilization re-light the entire Frozen Abyss world..."

After Xia Chuan finished speaking, the hundreds of people inside and outside the room were already silent. Everyone's emotions were clearly infected. There were faint flashes of fire in their eyes, and their expressions gradually became excited and inspired.

Seeing everyone's reaction, Xia Chuan was not surprised.

When he heard these words from Xia Hong three days ago, he was the same.

To be precise, after repeating these words completely, Xia Chuan truly felt the powerful infectious power contained in the lines.

We follow the Xia Rites, so we are Great Xia people.

Just such a simple sentence has a kind of inexplicable power, urging a sense of sacredness as a Great Xia person to rise in Xia Chuan's heart.

If he, the Commandant, is still like this, need I say more about the others in the camp?

Everyone stood frozen on the spot, and didn't come back to their senses for a long time.

Xia Chuan saw that everyone's reaction was so great, looked at Qiu Peng beside him, and a trace of joy rose in both of their eyes.

This small-scale lecture today can be considered a warm-up.

As this wedding proceeds normally, others in the camp will definitely know about the existence of Xia Rites, and it will be logical to spread Xia Rites then.

"Father-in-law, then it's settled. The wedding will be held on the second floor of the wooden building. Three days later, on the eighth day of the fifth month, I will come to welcome the bride half an hour before dawn. How about it?"

"Good... very good, it's settled."

Xiao Kangcheng was still immersed in the words just now, and was pulled by his mother-in-law Lin Lan on the side before he woke up, nodding and responding hurriedly.

"Half an hour before dawn, can't we catch up?"

Xia Chuan heard the voices of the people around him and smiled: "The wedding will be held after dawn. At that time, the wooden building will be closed. Anyone in the camp can come to visit. No one will be turned away. It's just that I'm afraid the hall won't be able to hold so many people. Everyone has to grab a seat in advance."

Everyone heard this and laughed, one by one excitedly expressing that they must grab a seat and have a good time.

Looking at the cheering crowd, Xia Chuan's face was also full of smiles.

His wedding has a very clear goal, which is to set a template for everyone in the camp. Of course, he wants as many people as possible to come.

It's just that there are too many people in the camp now, more than 20,000 people. A main hall simply cannot hold them, so he has to prepare well to avoid accidents.

Thinking of this, Xia Chuan didn't stay any longer, took Qiu Peng and the others away, and went to prepare in advance.

"Congratulations, Brother Xiao, for getting a good son-in-law!"

"The Commandant is your son-in-law, Brother Xiao, congratulations, congratulations!"

"These six betrothal gifts, I estimate that not many people in the whole camp can afford them. Brother Xiao has gained face today, congratulations, congratulations."

"Where, where, same joy, same joy, hahaha."

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Hearing the congratulations of acquaintances in his ears, although Xiao Kangcheng responded modestly, the smile on his face never stopped, and his mood was extremely good.

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Border Valley, at dawn.

Because no one has lived there for more than a month, the thirty or so houses in the Border Valley are basically in a state of abandonment.

However, with Xia Chuan appointing Watching Yue Feng as the person in charge of the Border Valley station at the end of last month and leaving five hunting squads including Director Yu Wen Tao here, the situation has changed.

In the center of the Border Valley, seven houses are kept very clean, and some beast bones are piled up at the door, which are obviously inhabited for a long time.

The wooden house on the right in the middle has its door open.

Director Yu Wen Tao walked out of the door, baring his teeth and enduring the cold light outside. He only stood for more than an hour before he couldn't hold on and hid back in.

"Okay, Deputy Commandant is a bit stronger than me. I can only stand for half an hour at most."

"Old Meng is also okay, about an hour."

"My skin membrane has just started, I can't even stand for five minutes."

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Beside the door inside the house, Hong Guang, Hong Tian, Zhu Ling, Zhu Yuan, Meng Yi, and Watching Yue Feng, a total of six people, were surrounding a coal stove. Seeing Director Yu Wen Tao walk in with a large bruise on his body, they couldn't help but tease him.

Among the six, only Watching Yue Feng couldn't get a word in. He hadn't entered the stage of reshaping the skin membrane, unlike Director Yu Wen Tao and the other six who could briefly appear under the sun, so he could only look at the six with envy in his eyes.

"This skin membrane stage is also magical enough. Does it have to be perfectly reshaped before you can completely see the light? Are there no special cases?"

Zhu Yuan asked, making everyone look at Director Yu Wen Tao curiously.

Among them, only Director Yu Wen Tao had the deepest understanding of the Cold-Resisting Realm.

After all, having a father in the Cold-Resisting Realm, Director Yu Wen Tao obviously had a certain understanding of this question. After pondering for a moment, he said: "There are no special cases. Even if you wrap your whole body with things, you cannot be exposed to the sun outside.

The Frozen Abyss world after dawn, not only has coldness in the light, but the air is the same. The so-called flawless realm of the skin membrane actually refers to your ability to control the pores on the skin membrane, lock the breath in the body, on the one hand, make the cold air outside unable to penetrate into the body, and on the other hand, let the temperature in the body not be lost. The so-called Cold-Resisting Realm refers to this meaning.

Look outside, the sunlight is not all-pervasive, sometimes it will be blocked by trees or mountains. If it is according to what you think, as long as you avoid the sunlight, you can move during the day, then we have too many ways."

Everyone heard this and suddenly realized.

Watching Yue Feng's expression moved, and he asked: "That is to say, the Cold-Resisting Realm only has the qualification to move during the day, not that it can appear in the sunlight all day long, is that the meaning?"

"That's right!"

Director Yu Wen Tao pondered for a moment and gave a positive answer.

But this answer made the expressions of Watching Yue Feng and the others freeze instantly.

The eyes of the six people looked at the roof of the wooden house on the left involuntarily, and their expressions were full of confusion and incomprehension.

Following the eyes of the six, Director Yu Wen Tao's expression froze.

On the roof of the house in the middle, Xia Hong, dressed in black, was sitting cross-legged on it. The light shot down from the cold sun in the sky almost covered his whole body without a drop leaking.

This scene obviously overturned his words just now.

"During this time, as long as it is daytime, the leader will sit cross-legged on it to practice. According to your statement, the leader is not in the Cold-Resisting Realm?"

"The next level of the Cold-Resisting Realm is not the Sun-Manifesting Realm?"

"The leader broke through?"

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Hearing the inquiries of the six, Director Yu Wen Tao's face was also full of confusion.

Xia Hong probably didn't break through to the Sun-Manifesting Realm. Others might not be clear, but he could basically be sure.

Because the current Xia Hong gave him a feeling that was not much different from what He Yuanhun gave him at the beginning. He could feel that Xia Hong's strength was only a line stronger than He Yuanhun, but to say he was a realm stronger, it was not yet.

But he couldn't explain such a situation either. After thinking for a moment, he shook his head and said: "I don't know the leader's situation. It is said that only Sun-Manifesting Realm powerhouses can be so unscrupulous and exposed to the sun, but he..."

Even Director Yu Wen Tao with such extensive knowledge couldn't explain it, let alone the others.

Everyone could only attribute this anomaly to Xia Hong's own specialty. In this way, the eyes looking at him naturally became more reverent.

Xia Hong, sitting cross-legged on the roof with his eyes closed, revealed a faint smile.

The discussion of the crowd below naturally couldn't hide from his ears.

Why he could appear in the sunlight unscrupulously, Xia Hong actually had an answer in his heart. At first, he didn't dare to be sure, but now, he could basically conclude that he was a special case.

This special case should be based on the perfect reshaping of the skin membrane.

"My skin membrane not only has a defense ability far exceeding ordinary Cold-Resisting Realm, but even the coldness in the sunlight cannot penetrate it. If there is no accident, my skin membrane's defense ability should be comparable to the Sun-Manifesting Realm. It's just my strength, I don't know how much it is still away from the real Sun-Manifesting Realm..."

Xia Hong opened his eyes slightly, looked up directly at the cold sun in the sky, felt the flesh and blood under his skin membrane slowly reshaping, and his expression was both excited and distressed.

Excited because he probably found the method of strength improvement after the Cold-Resisting Realm.

The next stage of reshaping the skin membrane should be regenerating flesh and blood.

By releasing cold light into the skin membrane, it can achieve the effect of first destroying the body and then using the self-healing power to regenerate flesh and blood.

And distressed because the method of basking in the sun is really too slow.

If he really practiced in this way, Xia Hong estimated that it would not necessarily take him decades to complete the whole process.

"If there is no accident, I still have to work hard from high-grade cold beasts..."

Just as he was pondering to himself, Xia Hong suddenly looked up, looked at the valley entrance to the north, his brows condensed slightly, and after revealing a trace of displeasure, he said in a deep voice:

"Since you are here, don't hide your head and show your tail!"

Someone is here?

Director Yu Wen Tao, Watching Yue Feng, and the others below were awakened by Xia Hong's voice, hurriedly got up and stood by the door, looking toward the north.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 194 =====