Chapter 201: Dredging Acupoints, Breakthrough Imminent

"Hoo... Big... Bro..."

"Don't speak, cultivate first, it will be over soon!"

Seeing Xia Chuan still trying to speak, Xia Hong immediately interrupted.

Then he walked slowly to Xia Chuan's side, his left eye flashing with a faint light.

Wisps of beast blood gas were constantly drilling into Xia Chuan's skin pores. Those pores would tear and expand when the blood gas surged in, and then be repaired again, forming a tougher and thicker Skin-Membrane.

"This Eye of Breaking Delusion actually has such a wonderful use!"

A trace of joy rose in Xia Hong's eyes, and he continued to observe Xia Chuan's Skin-Membrane.

Soon he discovered that the blood gas would have blockages and delays at some key acupoints on the Skin-Membrane, and with the appearance of these phenomena, the painful look on Xia Chuan's face would also increase accordingly.

"Don't move, let me try. Tell me what you feel!"

Xia Hong's expression was slightly condensed. He put his right two fingers together, his arm muscles bulged, and he used a clever force to point lightly at an acupoint on Xia Chuan's right shoulder.

"Pop..."

His base strength was so terrifying that even if he controlled the force to point lightly, Xia Chuan's shoulder still made a pop sound.

However, with the sound, the pain on Xia Chuan's face suddenly lessened a lot. He endured the pain and said: "Very comfortable, Big Brother!"

Xia Hong looked at the position he had just pointed at, and his eyes instantly lit up.

Not because of Xia Chuan's answer, but because at this moment in Xia Hong's eyes, the blood gas had entered very smoothly at the position he had just pointed at.

"External force can be used to destroy the Skin-Membrane pores, making the blood gas flow smoothly."

Reaching this conclusion, Xia Hong's expression became increasingly excited. He used both hands, pointing at all the blocked acupoints on Xia Chuan's body.

"Hoo..."

Moving both hands, and also controlling the arm to use clever force, he could only use two fingers to point. This was more tiring than going all out. After half an hour passed, Xia Hong was already covered in sweat, and even his clothes were soaked through.

Looking at Xia Chuan, the painful look on his face was less and less, and later he even revealed a trace of enjoyment. The blood gas on the Skin-Membrane was also completely absorbed, and his skin color became even cleaner.

"Big Brother, are you okay?"

Xia Chuan got up and saw Xia Hong in a state of collapse, not even having time to put on his clothes, and asked with full concern.

Xia Hong waved his hand slightly and said: "It's fine. The blocked parts of the acupoints are not many, and it can be dredged in one go. The dosage of beast blood you use next time should be able to increase a lot. Tell me when the time comes.

By the way, what is your base strength now?"

A warm current flowed through Xia Chuan's heart. Hearing Xia Hong's question, he immediately clenched his fists, and his expression instantly became excited.

"It's already forty-seven thousand. I can feel it. The progress of my Skin-Membrane remodeling should only be twenty percent. Big Brother, I should be a superior combat body, right?"

Xia Hong's expression instantly lifted upon hearing this.

Xia Chuan didn't have a system, and his perception of the Skin-Membrane remodeling progress was, of course, not as precise as his own. But being able to perceive twenty percent, it must be roughly correct.

The limit of the Earth-Digging Realm is thirty thousand jin. The Skin-Membrane remodeling progress is only twenty percent, and the base strength has increased by seventeen thousand. For the remaining eighty percent progress, even if calculated at the bottom line, Xia Chuan's final base strength could be as high as one hundred and fifteen thousand jin.

The increase of the three types of combat bodies—superior, intermediate, and inferior—is seventy thousand, fifty thousand, and thirty thousand jin respectively. Calculated according to the current increase, Xia Chuan has already exceeded the superior combat body.

The problem is, the increase cannot be calculated rigidly like this.

The further back, the larger the beast blood dosage, and the larger the increase will be.

His own final thirty percent progress, the strength suddenly soared to three hundred thousand jin at once.

Recalling the process of his own Skin-Membrane remodeling, Xia Hong turned to look at Xia Chuan, his face revealing a trace of expectation:

"More than that, maybe you are the same as me, a super combat body!"

Hearing Xia Hong's words, Xia Chuan's expression suddenly became even more excited.

The five differences between the four types of combat bodies—super, superior, intermediate, inferior—and the most ordinary ones, breaking through to the Cold-Resisting Realm, are no longer a secret in Great Xia now.

During this period, Xia Chuan had always been very uneasy.

After all, Big Brother Xia Hong is a super combat body, and judging by the fact that Xia Hong could defeat He Yuanhun as soon as he broke through, he is estimated to be the top among super combat bodies.

With such a pearl in front, he, this younger brother, even if he were only an intermediate or inferior combat body, I am afraid it would be a bit unjustifiable.

He frantically increased the beast blood usage dosage, which was the reason.

Hearing from Xia Hong just now that he might be the same as him, a super combat body, the big stone in Xia Chuan's heart finally fell to the ground.

At the same time, he was even more looking forward to breaking through to the Cold-Resisting Realm.

"Although Yu Wentao's progress is higher than yours, it's only forty percent. It seems that it will take quite a while for you two to break through to the Cold-Resisting Realm!"

Xia Hong shook his head while speaking, his face revealing a trace of worry.

Xia Chuan noticed Xia Hong's expression and hurriedly asked: "Big Brother, is it the beast tide? Do I and Yu Wentao need to break through to the Cold-Resisting Realm quickly?"

Currently, the new trouble encountered by the camp might be the beast tide in the Arrow Bamboo Forest to the north. Associating Xia Hong's return from that side, Xia Chuan naturally guessed about the beast tide.

"Yes, but not just the beast tide..."

The beast tide is, of course, one aspect. Xia Hong also wants to explore the depths of the Arrow Bamboo Forest and thoroughly figure out the cause of the beast tide. But relying on himself alone, he still felt a bit unsure in his heart. If there could be a few more helpers, it would naturally be safer.

On the other hand, it is his own cultivation problem.

Until now, Xia Hong still hadn't figured out the specific realm division of the Cold-Resisting Realm. Including what was going on with the subsequent Manifesting Yang Realm, he knew nothing about it.

It relates to his cultivation, so he couldn't be half-sloppy.

"So, I have to find an opportunity to go out and find others to understand the cultivation situation after the Cold-Resisting Realm!"

Hearing this last sentence, Xia Chuan naturally understood.

The valley camp here definitely needs the Cold-Resisting Realm to sit in town. If he and Yu Wentao don't break through, Xia Hong definitely can't go out with peace of mind.

Although worried about Xia Hong going out, but relating to cultivation, how important it is, Xia Chuan also knew in his heart. After thinking for a moment, he said in a deep voice: "Big Brother, don't worry, I will definitely break through as soon as possible."

Xia Hong shook his head slightly and waved his hand: "No rush. Since you have the qualifications of a super combat body, then take it step by step. Once the foundation is solid, your strength will be stronger in the future, and you can better help me."

It's not that everyone has a system like himself.

The dosage of ten jin at once is already very amazing.

Looking at the persistent expression on Xia Chuan's face, knowing that he didn't listen to his words, Xia Hong smiled and said: "Your dosage is already catching up with Yu Wentao. He reached the Earth-Digging Realm limit long ago, and now he uses at most twelve jin at once."

Hearing that the gap between himself and Yu Wentao was only two jin, Xia Chuan's expression suddenly became excited. Yu Wentao had already reached the Earth-Digging Realm limit and started using beast blood before coming to Great Xia.

Calculated this way, his improvement is undoubtedly larger than Yu Wentao's.

"By the way, Big Brother, is Yu Wentao also a super combat body?"

Xia Hong turned his head upon hearing this, looking at the curiosity on Xia Chuan's face, and gave a light laugh.

He knew about the secret competition between these two.

Yu Wentao is younger, and his cultivation is above Xia Chuan's. From this point of view, his talent should be stronger. But Xia Hong didn't think so. With the three inheritances of the Wood Puppet Ghost, Xia Chuan's future potential is also not low.

"His progress is forty percent, and his base strength is already fifty-nine thousand. If there are no accidents, he is also a super combat body."

Hearing this, Xia Chuan's expression was both happy and heavy, very complicated.

Happy, probably because he felt that Yu Wentao's strength was strong, which was more beneficial to the Great Xia camp; heavy, because he felt that in terms of qualifications, there was still a gap between himself and Yu Wentao.

So the reaction would be so complicated!

Xia Hong could naturally see it, smiled slightly, and didn't say anything.

Competition is a good thing.

"By the way, how much is the camp's beast blood reserve, and how long can it be used?"

Xia Chuan's face immediately became solemn upon hearing this: "There are 1300 jin. Currently, there are already more than a dozen people who have started using beast blood. As long as they are in the camp, they basically exchange for it every night. The daily dosage is about 100 jin. The beast blood reserve is not abundant, it's a bit tight."

Xia Chuan, Yu Wentao, Hong Guang, Hong Tian, Zhu Ling, Zhu Yuan, Meng Yi, Luo Yuan, Yuan Cheng, Zhao Long, Zhao Hu, Zhao Bao, Huang Yong...

Currently, the number of people who have reached the Earth-Digging Realm limit, Xia Hong has an impression of, is already as high as thirteen. There must be some he doesn't know.

Moreover, the number of people breaking through later will also become more and more.

The current daily dosage of a hundred jin will definitely continue to climb.

1300 jin, it won't even last half a month!

Xia Hong shook his head slightly, just about to speak, when he suddenly noticed the token hanging on Xia Chuan's waist, which was already different from before. He immediately lit up and asked: "Has your hunting squad already been promoted to intermediate?"

Xia Chuan chuckled, nodded, and said, "Three days ago, I led a team to hunt a Golden-Armored Lei Kui. The five types of intermediate cold beasts have all been gathered. I only just found Luo Yuan for the promotion today, and you've returned, Big Brother."

This can be considered an unexpected surprise!

Xia Hong couldn't help but have a few more traces of joy in his eyes.

He knew that Xia Chuan was leading the team to hunt intermediate Cold Beasts before, but being able to hunt five types in such a fast time made him a bit surprised.

Xia Hong suddenly thought of something and realized:

"So that's how it is. I said why Yu Wentao was so anxious to go north to find intermediate Cold Beasts these few days in the Border Valley. It is because your two squads have been competing to be promoted to intermediate recently, right?"

The beast tide in the Arrow Bamboo Forest came from the north of Red Wood Ridge. The valley side could still hunt on the western periphery, but the Border Valley is north of Red Wood Ridge. Naturally, it is impossible to enter during the beast tide.

During the five days trapped in the Border Valley, Yu Wentao often led the Dragon Martial Squad to the Pingxi Plain boundary ten miles north to find intermediate Cold Beasts. Xia Hong didn't understand it a few days ago, but now he understands the reason.

"Hehe, it's also luck. If it weren't for Yu Wentao being trapped in the Border Valley for so many days, the Dragon Martial Squad would definitely have been promoted one step ahead of me. Now, they can only occupy the second place!"

Hearing the pride in Xia Chuan's tone, Xia Hong couldn't help but smile.

It seems that the competition between these two is not only in terms of strength, but has also risen to the speed of promotion of the hunting squads they lead. "Don't be too proud. The day before yesterday, I saw that they had already hunted an intermediate Cyan Thunder Roar. When Yu Wentao comes back this time, the Dragon Martial Squad should also be able to be promoted to intermediate."

Although he was beating Xia Chuan, realizing that Great Xia would soon have two intermediate hunting squads, Xia Hong's tone still had uncontrollable joy.

Successfully hunting five different types of intermediate Cold Beasts—the standard for Great Xia's intermediate hunting squad is actually set very high. This point, Yu Wentao had already clearly stated when he formulated the promotion rules at the beginning.

This is equivalent to laying a solid foundation.

Like the Cloud Jiao Squad, successfully hunting five types of intermediate Cold Beasts, their hunting targets in Red Wood Ridge in the future will be very broad. Even because they have sufficient experience in hunting five types, even if they encounter unfamiliar intermediate Cold Beasts, the success rate of hunting will definitely be very high.

In the future, Yu Wentao's Dragon Martial Squad, and even any other squad promoted to intermediate, will be the same.

Xia Hong thought for a while and said: "The beast tide in the Arrow Bamboo Forest has subsided a lot. I came back early. Yu Wentao and the others should be able to come back in two days.

During this period, I will take time to hunt more intermediate Cold Beasts to increase the beast blood reserve and help you and Yu Wentao break through.

In addition, you also urge others, Hong Guang, Hong Tian, Zhu Ling, Zhu Yuan, Meng Yi, Luo Yuan, and Yuan Cheng... With my full supply, beast blood will definitely not be lacking. To what extent you can improve, it all depends on your own ability."

"Yes, Big Brother!"

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Xia Chuan nodded and responded in a deep voice, a trace of self-blame flashing in his eyes.

In the final analysis, it is still that these people below are not striving.

If one or two Cold-Resisting Realms appeared, Xia Hong wouldn't have to stay in the camp and could go out freely to inquire about the cultivation situation after the Cold-Resisting Realm. Big Brother can be considered to be sacrificing his own cultivation time to help them break through.

In addition to self-blame, Xia Chuan's pressure naturally increased.

"Not only must I speed up, but I must also think of ways to urge others. Nothing can be delayed. Because of us, Big Brother's cultivation time cannot be delayed!"

With Great Xia developing and growing day by day, Xia Chuan also increasingly recognized that Xia Hong, this Leader, is the key, especially his strength, which is the top priority.

It can be said that without Xia Hong, this Dinghai Divine Needle, everything in Great Xia today is just a castle in the air. If a slightly more serious natural disaster or man-made disaster comes, it will collapse instantly.

Wood Puppet Ghost, Rat Tide, Beast Tide, Mirror Immortal, He Yuanhun, Chen Yingyuan, Chen Yingba, Wu Tianxing of the Beehive Camp... Which of these people and things was not finally turned into safety by Xia Hong's superb strength?

"By the way, Big Brother, I successfully created a Blade Puppet..."

Blade Puppet!

Thinking of the Vermilion Wood brought back from Five Ape Mountain, Xia Hong's eyes instantly lit up. While listening to Xia Chuan's introduction, he followed him to the Artisan Department, preparing to see that Blade Puppet.

With Xia Hong appearing in public, everyone in the camp knew that the Leader had returned.

Then they realized that the beast tide in the Arrow Bamboo Forest had also passed.

The tense atmosphere in the camp caused by the five-day beast tide finally disappeared.

But there were still over four hundred people trapped on the Border Valley side. The relatives of these people were naturally looking forward to it, waiting for their relatives to return.

Great Xia Year 1, May 25th

The over four hundred people including Yu Wentao who were trapped in the Border Valley for seven days also returned.

The beast tide took the lives of 128 people, including 12 in the Earth-Digging Realm. The relatives of these people were naturally deeply pained, but fortunately, the camp's aftermath settlement work was good now. The property of these deceased people was successfully handed over to their descendants and relatives, and a generous contribution value pension was also added to each family.

There were painful ones, and there were even more happy ones.

After all, there were over three hundred people who all returned safely.

Great Xia Year 1, May 26th, just at dawn

In the main hall on the third floor of the wooden building, Xia Chuan stood in the first place.

Yu Wentao, Hong Guang, Hong Tian, Zhu Ling, Zhu Yuan, Meng Yi, Luo Yuan, Yuan Cheng, Zhao Long, Zhao Hu, Zhao Bao, Huang Yong, Hong Gang... A total of nineteen people walked in one after another, and all stood in order behind Xia Chuan.

Everyone's expression was calm, but their eyes looked up to the top from time to time.

Xia Hong was sitting cross-legged on that golden chair with his eyes closed. He didn't speak, and the twenty people below were all waiting quietly without saying a word.

Seeing that no one had walked in for a long time, Xia Hong opened his eyes and asked:

"Are you all here?"

Xia Chuan immediately bowed and replied: "Reporting to the Leader, all twenty people who have broken through the Earth-Digging Realm limit in the camp have all arrived."

Xia Hong nodded slightly, looking at the twenty people below, his expression slightly lifted.

If there are no accidents, these twenty people below should be the first batch of Cold-Resisting Realms in Great Xia besides himself.

If these twenty people all break through, let alone a mere Beehive, even the entire Pingxi Plain, Great Xia could walk sideways.

Although the Longshan Alliance is composed of twelve giant camps, judging from the situation of the Beehive Camp, their top combat power is estimated to be the Cold-Resisting Realm.

I don't know if these twelve camps added together can gather twenty Cold-Resisting Realms. By then, the entire Longshan Alliance, in Great Xia's eyes, should be nothing more than this.

"Thinking too far..."

Xia Hong lowered his head and laughed twice, brushed aside the groundless thoughts in his mind, and said slowly to everyone with a smile:

"You should all have started using beast blood. I summoned you here today, one is to continue to tell you about the breakthrough essentials of the Cold-Resisting Realm, and the second is..."

These twenty people in the main hall are not only the batch with the highest cultivation in Great Xia, but also each leads a hunting squad. Besides cultivation, hunting and mining are very busy. Xia Hong naturally wouldn't summon them here for no reason.

It was mainly because yesterday, the experiment on Xia Chuan was successful.

Since he can use external force to help these Earth-Digging Realm limits improve the efficiency of absorbing beast blood, Xia Hong naturally wouldn't be stingy to help these people once.

It's nothing more than being a bit tired, and it doesn't consume anything. But helping these people improve the efficiency of absorbing beast blood, when they break through to the Cold-Resisting Realm in the future, the feedback they get will be greater. What is improved is the overall strength of the camp.

Xia Hong naturally knows which is lighter and which is heavier.

After Xia Hong's explanation, everyone didn't understand at first.

But as he let Yu Wentao start using beast blood directly in the main hall, and repeated what he did to Xia Chuan yesterday on Yu Wentao in front of everyone, everyone's pupils shook violently, and their expressions immediately became excited.

As for Yu Wentao, who was the person involved, it goes without saying.

His original beast blood dosage was at most twelve jin, but after Xia Hong pointed at him dozens of times, not only did the pain become lighter, but Xia Hong even added two jin to him on the spot.

Yu Wentao woke up from the pain, feeling the surge in his base strength and the leap in Skin-Membrane progress. His eyes were full of excitement. Turning back to look at Xia Hong, who was sweating profusely and somewhat collapsed, his expression was somewhat moved. After thinking for a moment, he knelt down directly toward him.

"The Leader's grace of rebirth, the subordinate will never forget!"

"Get up, it's just a matter of moving hands!"

Xia Hong said it lightly, but the fatigue on his face had fully explained that such a dredging was definitely not easy for him.

"You have few people now. During this period, come one every other day."

Hearing Xia Hong's words, the rest of the people present became excited.

The enhancement of the Skin-Membrane's ability to absorb beast blood means that the increase in base strength when breaking through to the Cold-Resisting Realm in the future will be greater. Everyone knows this very well.

Xia Hong is willing to spare time to help them all once. As Yu Wentao said, it is a real grace of rebirth.

The eighteen people present looked at Yu Wentao in front, looked at each other for a while, and then knelt down toward Xia Hong at the same time, their tone respectful, and shouted in unison:

"Pay respects to the Leader!"

"Don't thank me. In the next few months, beast blood will not be lacking. All seize the time to go back and cultivate, and break through to the Cold-Resisting Realm as soon as possible. Disperse!"

"Obey!"

Everyone bowed and answered, but when they looked up, they found that Xia Hong's figure was no longer on that golden chair.

"Si Cheng, the Leader said beast blood will not be lacking. What does it mean?"

After everyone looked at each other for a while, Yuan Cheng couldn't help but ask Xia Chuan what Xia Hong's sentence just now meant.

Xia Chuan looked back at everyone, thinking of Xia Hong's words, a trace of self-blame appeared on his face, and he said slowly with a heavy expression:

"The Leader is going out recently, but we..."

Learning that Xia Hong sacrificed his own cultivation time and even had to go out hunting himself just to help them break through, including Yu Wentao, everyone in the main hall suddenly revealed a trace of shame and self-blame.

"So, we people must cherish all the cultivation time in the future, speed up breaking through to the Cold-Resisting Realm, and cannot delay the Leader's cultivation!"

Although everyone didn't speak, the firm expressions on their faces had already given a response on their behalf.

Xia Hong naturally didn't know about the things in the main hall.

He had already taken that jade bone and come to the Medicine Refining Workshop.

"Pay respects to the Leader!"

Cheng Feng was not there, but there were still people on duty in the Medicine Refining Workshop on weekdays. Seeing Xia Hong walk in, everyone stopped what they were doing and saluted him.

Xia Hong waved his hand slightly, signaling everyone to get up, and then walked alone to the giant medicine furnace in the middle of the Medicine Refining Workshop and threw the jade bone in his hand into it.

【High-level beast bone, identification fee: 2000 units of coal stone】

Seeing this astonishing identification fee, Xia Hong was slightly surprised.

2000 units of coal stone, converted, is 40000 jin.

This is definitely the most expensive material identified in the Medicine Refining Workshop.

While shocked, Xia Hong couldn't help but have more expectations in his heart.

2000 points of coal stone, for Xia Hong now, naturally doesn't count as anything. After consuming the resources in the system, Xia Hong quietly looked at the medicine furnace, waiting for it to give the identification result.

As the medicine furnace emitted a bright light, a line of text gradually emerged on the furnace wall...

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 202 =====