Chapter 202: Hong Gang

【Jade Bone, arm bone of a high-level Cold Beast, full of blood marrow, extremely cold in nature, medicinal property is extremely fierce, needs to be supplemented with hot medicinal materials to be made into pills for use】

【The Medicine Refining Workshop has automatically generated two formulas, Golden Yuan Pill and Bone-Condensing Pill, based on the recorded items】

The system's two prompts made Xia Hong's brows slightly condense.

Golden Yuan Pill, healing pill, can repair Cold-Resisting Realm Skin-Membrane damage.

Bone-Condensing Pill, cultivation holy product, used for Manifesting Yang Realm cultivation.

After checking the effect description of the two pills, Xia Hong sighed slightly.

The former is still okay, can be helpful to himself now, and the refining conditions are not harsh. The main material is jade bone. About one jin can refine a furnace, and a furnace has five pills.

The latter really made him somewhat unable to laugh or cry.

He still doesn't know how to cultivate in the Cold-Resisting Realm, but he actually got the cultivation pills for the Manifesting Yang Realm first. Looking at the refining conditions again, the main material is still jade bone, but it actually requires twenty jin to produce a furnace, and a furnace only has three pills. Xia Hong shook his head repeatedly.

"Keep it first, it can still play a big role later!"

Xia Hong picked up the jade bone, his brows slightly heavy.

The upgrade of the decoction pot to the Medicine Refining Workshop has stronger functions than before, but it is limited to identifying the attributes of medicinal materials. The mode of synthesizing pill formulas is actually the same.

Now the medicinal materials recorded by the Medicine Refining Workshop have reached over a hundred types, and there are over a dozen automatically synthesized formulas.

According to reason, being able to synthesize these two new pill formulas, he should be satisfied.

But the problem is, he came this time to see if he could figure out how to use the jade bone.

What Yu Wentao mentioned about boiling, and what other things need to be added, he still doesn't know.

"The boiling method of He Yuanhun mentioned by Yu Wentao must also be considered a formula, but the medicinal materials currently recorded by the Medicine Refining Workshop do not have the few things He Yuanhun added, or rather they are incomplete, so they cannot be synthesized."

After Xia Hong figured it out, his tightly locked brows relaxed slightly.

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

"Anyway, it's almost there. No rush. Use Cold Light to cultivate slowly first, and it's good to stabilize it. Wait for Xia Chuan and Yu Wentao to break through, then honestly go to other camps to inquire about the situation. Just right, also take the opportunity to see what the outside of Red Wood Ridge looks like..."

After making up his mind, Xia Hong was no longer troubled. He took the jade bone, signaled to everyone, and left the Medicine Refining Workshop.

Great Xia Year 1, June 1st

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

In the kitchen, a large pot of beast meat soup was stewing with 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, put it into the meat soup, and started stirring.

She stirred a few times, then picked up the spoon and licked it. Only after confirming that there was no taste on the spoon did she stop stirring.

She lifted the iron pot to the wooden table in the main hall, then raised her head and shouted to the second floor:

"Xiao Ye, come down to eat..."

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

He had long smelled the scent of the meat soup, especially the rich fragrance after the salt was added. Since eating it a few times, he had completely forgotten it.

That salt is said to be outrageously expensive, requiring 500 contribution points to exchange for one jin.

Mother usually can't bear to use it, only adding a little bit every time Father and Big Brother come back and the whole family eats together.

Cheng Fang nodded with a light smile and said: "They will be home in a while!"

Hearing his mother's words, Hong Ye ran out of the door excitedly, stretched his neck to look toward the wooden building, waiting for his father and big brother to return.

Cheng Fang also walked out after a while. Seeing her youngest son so excited, and remembering that this was not a fuel-saving lamp, she hurriedly opened her mouth:

"Your father has been entering the Martial Arts Hall as soon as he returns from hunting these few days, and can't even return home once. He must be very tired. Today, it's not easy for him to come back. You stinky boy, be obedient, and don't anger him."

Hong Ye waved his hand, put on a serious look, and said: "Don't worry, Mom, I won't anger Dad. I have important things to ask him."

Looking at her son's look of being small but having big thoughts, Cheng Fang couldn't help but knock on his head and smiled: "What serious things can you have..."

"Back, Big Brother and Dad, back, Mom, look quickly!"

The overall structure in the Great Xia Valley is centered on the wooden building, with three main roads running through the whole area. Hong Gang's home is No. 8, on the edge of the middle main road, very close to the wooden building.

On the main road, father and son Hong Gang and Hong Mu, both carrying strong bows, with big blades at their waists, and wearing black cloaks, were walking toward home.

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

"Mom, Little Brother."

"No need to salute, tired, right? Eat first, eat first."

I don't know since when, Great Xia added a rule that children who haven't seen their parents for more than three days must salute when they meet again.

Cheng Fang also felt this rule was cumbersome at first, but after coming a few times slowly, she had a different feeling. She felt both accepted and comforted in her heart, and her feelings for her sons also became deeper and deeper.

"Go in and eat first!"

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

At the dinner table, looking at her husband and two sons drinking the meat soup she made bowl after bowl, and occasionally accompanying it with steamed crystal fruit, Cheng Fang's face was full of smiles, and she felt incomparably satisfied with the life in front of her.

Her husband Hong Gang is the captain of the Green Wolf Squad of the Hunting Department, earning over a thousand contribution points every month. He bought the No. 8 land early and built the house. When she moved the whole family out of the wooden building, the envious gazes of the neighbors around, Cheng Fang still feels useful when she thinks about it now.

Her eldest son Hong Mu also broke through to the Earth-Digging Realm last month and successfully entered her husband's hunting squad. Contribution points will definitely not be lacking in the future.

Her youngest son, although only ten years old this year, has a base strength of over three thousand jin. If he works hard, he might even break the record of the Woodcutting Realm. His talent looks higher than his father and big brother, but he is a bit naughty, fearless, and loves to cause a little trouble.

Although she only has the cultivation of the Woodcutting Realm, her husband and eldest son just need to cut down a few trees and bring them back when they go out, which is enough for her to submit the quota to the Camp Needs Department, so she doesn't need to go out at all.

Meat, crystal fruit, clothes, household goods, living, and even Hong Gang and her eldest son, fearing that she would be tired from cutting trees outside, just added a wooden wheel cart to the family...

Such a life where nothing is lacking in food, clothing, housing, and transportation, if placed in the past, Cheng Fang wouldn't even dare to think about it. Their family of four can be said to be the object of envy by everyone in the camp.

Such a life, Cheng Fang is naturally incomparably satisfied.

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

As soon as Hong Ye opened his mouth, the three people who were eating quietly all stopped, and their gazes all gathered on him.

Cheng Fang was quick-eyed. Noticing that her husband Hong Gang's face sank, she immediately knocked on her youngest son's head with chopsticks and scolded slightly: "Stinky boy, just promised me not to anger your father, how long has it been..."

Hong Gang waved his hand to stop his wife and looked at his youngest son: "I let you go a while 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 this. At the beginning of last month, when Hong Gang created the squad, because he often had to go out hunting, he didn't have time to cultivate, so he really mentioned to Hong Ye to give up the quota of the Martial Arts Hall to him. As a result, Hong Ye was showing 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.

She, as a mother, didn't know clearly that her youngest son didn't go, it was simply because he was playful. Every night, he would pull a group of children to make trouble behind the valley. Cheng Fang also knew that the opportunity to enter the Martial Arts Hall to cultivate was rare, but she persuaded him several times with bitter words, but Hong Ye just wouldn't listen.

Because of this, Hong Gang was very angry last month and kicked Hong Ye several times, but this boy had thick skin, and it was useless to hit him. He was just stubborn and refused to go. In the end, there was no way, so Cheng Fang went.

Just went for one day, and Cheng Fang didn't want to go anymore.

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

In the end, Hong Gang's quota could only be given up in vain.

Because of this, Hong Gang was angry for several days.

So at this moment, the youngest son proposed to go to the Martial Arts Hall again, and Hong Gang naturally had no good face.

And Hong Ye here clearly also knew his problem. Hearing his father's deep inquiry, he shrank his neck and said: "Lu Dong's record was broken again. Now the youngest Woodcutting Realm is named Zhao Yuanwu, ten years and nine months old, only three months older than me."

Ten years and nine months?

Father and son Hong Gang and Hong Mu hadn't paid attention to the Woodcutting Realm situation in the camp for a long time. Hearing this news from Hong Ye's mouth, their faces were shocked.

Cheng Fang was different. She usually had a lot of time. When several women gathered together, they didn't compare husbands or children, and they loved to inquire about these things.

"That Zhao Yuanwu, I have heard of him. He is Zhao Long's eldest son." Zhao Long's eldest son...

Hong Gang and Hong Mu heard this, and their faces revealed a trace of realization. They nodded slightly, and their hearts were immediately not so shocked.

"I heard that the Hunting Falcon Squad has started looking for intermediate Snow Manes. Hunting Falcon and Zhao Long are the leaders of the third echelon!"

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

Now the hunting squads under the Hunting Department are as high as fifty or sixty, which can basically be roughly divided into four echelons.

The first echelon, without a doubt, is the two intermediate squads of Cloud Jiao and Dragon Martial led by the Si Cheng and Si Zheng respectively;

The second echelon has six, which are Deputy Si Zheng Luo Yuan's Tiger Leopard Squad, and Divine Martial, Shaking Martial, Heroic Martial, Valiant Martial, and Yuan Cheng's Dragon Slaughter Squad.

These six squads have already had the record of successfully hunting intermediate Cold Beasts, just waiting to gather five types, and they can be promoted to intermediate.

The third echelon has ten. Except for Zhao Long's Hunting Falcon Squad, his two younger brothers Zhao Hu's Steel Mane and Zhao Bao's Golden Eagle Squad are also among them. Huang Yong's Zhao Long Squad, Yue Feng's Mountain River Squad, etc., are all there.

Zhao Long and Huang Yong have recently been trying to hunt intermediate Snow Manes. Hong Gang also heard about this. Hunting Falcon and Zhao Long are indeed the leaders of the third echelon.

The remaining thirty or so are basically classified into the fourth echelon.

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Hong Gang's own Green Wolf Squad belongs to this echelon.

Zhao Long is strong, so he has a lot of contribution value in his hands, and his son Zhao Yuanwu's cultivation conditions are naturally better than others. It is not difficult to understand that breaking through to the Woodcutting Realm is earlier than other children.

According to reason, the beast meat quota is the same for everyone, and the price exchanged with contribution value is also very low. All children should have no gap.

But the actual situation is not like this.

Great Xia now has too many auxiliary cultivation things.

Martial Arts Hall, Beast Origin Pill, and even salt and Chen Niang—these two things, long-term consumption is also good for people's bodies. If children can ingest them in moderation for a long time, cultivation will naturally be twice the result with half the effort.

And these things all need to be exchanged with contribution value.

Of course, he has a gap with Zhao Long, and the Green Wolf Squad has a bigger gap with the Hunting Falcon Squad. Hong Gang knows all this.

But to say that in terms of cultivating his son, he definitely doesn't lose to Zhao Long.

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

Beast Origin Pill, salt, and even Chen Niang, including whatever good things came out of the Camp Needs Department, he basically exchanged them back the first time and used them for his youngest son.

Hong Gang's thoughts turned back. Seeing his youngest son still looking at him expectantly, and thinking that he was also unwilling to lose, and proposed such a request in order to break through to the Woodcutting Realm earlier, he felt angry in his heart, but also had a few more traces of comfort.

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

The opportunity missed is missed. How can it be so easy to make up for it? Hong Gang shook his head slightly and continued: "The Si Cheng gave the order. During this period, the quota of the Martial Arts Hall must be given priority to the Earth-Digging Realm. Now even the Woodcutting Realm only has fifty a day. Below the Woodcutting Realm, basically don't even think about it. If you want to enter the Martial Arts Hall to cultivate, I estimate that it will take at least three or four months, maybe even more. Honestly wait..."

Hearing that it was the order given by the Si Cheng himself, Hong Ye, who was full of expectation, immediately wilted.

The order of Si Cheng Xia Chuan is equal to the Leader's order. Now in Great Xia, even a child like him knows it.

"Stinky boy, knowing you can't go, you wilted immediately. Many children in the camp your age haven't even entered. At least you have the pills I brought back, and the beast meat is only more than others. If you weren't so playful, you might not have been able to break through before Zhao Yuanwu. Now that you know you regret it, seize the time to cultivate. If you dare to run out to play at night again, I will beat you to death."

Hong Gang is a violent temper after all. Seeing Hong Ye wilt, his temper immediately came up. He put down his bowl and chopsticks and started a lecture.

"Alright, alright, I know. You talk too much. Big Brother, you are really amazing. You can stand it even if you stay with Dad every day."

Hearing Hong Ye's words, Hong Gang immediately blew his beard and stared, stood up, picked up a stick from the side, and rushed toward him.

Bang...

Hong Ye was clearly a veteran of a hundred battles. He ran away before he finished speaking. Seeing his father rush toward him, he ran directly outside the house.

"Mom, I'm full. I'm going out to play for a while and will be back soon."

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

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

Hong Gang rushed to the door with a stick. Seeing his son run away in a flash, he was both angry and amused. In the end, he shook his head and revealed a trace of helplessness.

"Old Hong, teaching your son a lesson again."

"This boy is thick-skinned, it's time to beat him well, hahahaha."

"I think Sister Fang is also angry every day. It's time to teach him a lesson."

"Hahahaha, laughed at. This boy, I will beat him next time I catch him."

Seeing the neighbors around all coming out to watch the excitement, Hong Gang also smiled embarrassedly. His house is No. 8, on the left is Huang Yong, on the right is Ying Xuan, and they are all very familiar with each other. He bowed and exchanged greetings, and went back into the house.

The life of Hong Gang's family can be considered a general epitome of Great Xia recently.

Since the pain brought by the beast tide completely subsided, the Great Xia Valley ushered in a long-lost peaceful time.

Border Valley to the north, Five Liu Liu Yuan Shan to the south, Red Wood Ridge to the west, and even the Twin Dragon Mountain on the stone wall to the east—nothing can threaten Great Xia anymore.

Because the origin of the beast tide is unclear, for the sake of safety, Xia Hong has ordered to stop the exploration of the Arrow Bamboo Forest.

The Arrow Bamboo Forest cannot be explored, so Xia Chuan ordered to focus on exploring the Five Liu Liu Yuan Shan boundary. Five Liu Liu Yuan Shan runs east-west, with a total length of fifteen kilometers and a north-south width of five kilometers. The camps that were there before basically limited their activities to the south side. There are still many areas available for exploration.

As the hunting squads' activity area became larger and larger, their hunting results became increasingly abundant, and the camp's material reserves were also steadily rising.

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

Peace does not mean leisure.

Every hunting squad was still busy. And besides being busy with hunting, many people also found that many hunting squad captains like Hong Gang started to rarely go home.

Besides hunting outside, they basically spent the rest of their time cultivating in the Martial Arts Hall. And as time went on, more and more people joined this rank.

The Martial Arts Hall has a total of 200 quotas, and a part was directly taken out to open a green light for them. This quota, at first it was 20, then 25, 30... slowly rising, becoming more and more.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that these people had all broken through to the Earth-Digging Realm limit and started using beast blood. They were basically all the captains of the hunting squads.

Great Xia's high-level officials had clearly fallen into a cultivation frenzy.

Except for necessary hunting and mining, it was cultivation.

Except for these two things, they basically did nothing.

Such a cultivation frenzy without any external interference, if continued, the improvement brought to Great Xia's overall strength is undoubtedly huge.

Great Xia Year 1, July 5th, as Hong Tian led the team to bring back an intermediate Blue Moon Essence, Great Xia finally appeared the third intermediate hunting squad.

July 29th, no one expected that Luo Yuan's Tiger Leopard Squad actually snatched ahead of Meng Yi, Zhu Ling, and Zhu Yuan, and was the first to be promoted to intermediate.

August 6

By August 17th, the number of squads under the Hunting Department also broke through the 60-mark.

On August 20th, Meng Yi's Xiongwu Squad finally managed to win back a round, becoming the fifth hunting squad to be promoted to intermediate level.

On the eighth day of the ninth month, Yuan Cheng's Dragon-Slaying Squad and Zhu Yuan's Zhenwu Squad were promoted to intermediate level on the same day.

October 7th...

One piece of good news after another was frequently conveyed to Xia Hong's ears through Xia Chuan, and his mood naturally grew increasingly cheerful.

However, he was still waiting quietly.

Waiting for a new Cold-Resistant level to appear in the camp...

(End of chapter)