Chapter 211: Does Does Da Xia Sacred Patterns, Building Upgrade

Xia Hong first cast his gaze upon the Blazing Sun Cauldron in the center of the main hall.

【Blazing Sun Cauldron (Level 3): Can significantly increase the temperature within a radius of one kilometer by burning coal; can kill low-level strange beasts, deter mid-level strange beasts, has an extremely strong attraction to cold beasts, and can consume coal resources for smelting ironware.】

【Special Function: Every 50 units of wood resources burned can generate one small torch, which can injure up to mid-level strange beasts and burn for half an hour;

Every 200 units of wood burned can generate one portion of Fire-Condensing Oil. This oil is harmless to humans but ignites upon contact with strange beasts and has extremely strong lethality against them.】

【Upgrade Requirements: 200,000 wood, 100,000 coal, 500,000 iron】

Seeing the staggering upgrade resources at the end, Xia Hong couldn't help but shake his head and click his tongue.

The reason he hadn't upgraded the Blazing Sun Cauldron over the past half-year was simply because the required resources were far too vast.

The last upgrade was when the Mirror Immortal Camp merged in; when Xia Hong saw these upgrade conditions at the time, he was so anxious he almost cursed.

Upgrading from a Level 2 Iron Smelting Furnace to a Level 3 Blazing Sun Cauldron only required 2,000 wood and 5,000 iron; the wood and iron resources required for the Level 3 Blazing Sun Cauldron upgrade not only increased a hundredfold, but an additional 100,000 coal was also required.

200,000 wood was fine, but 500,000 iron, according to the system's conversion units, meant 5 million jin of iron ore, and 100,000 coal meant 2 million jin of coal stone.

It was only thanks to it being the Does Does Da Xia Camp; even if it were any other slightly more normal giant camp, it would be impossible to produce so many resources.

Among the system's nine major buildings, the one with the greatest utility was undoubtedly the Blazing Sun Cauldron.

This could also be seen from its functions.

Based on Xia Hong's current understanding, although the number of strange beasts was not high, their danger was far greater than that of cold beasts, and the Blazing Sun Cauldron's current radiation range was not large, so it would not overly attract cold beasts from Red Wood Ridge.

Of course, over the past half-year, although situations like that bird beast just now accidentally intruding into the camp were much more frequent than before, with the current strength of the Does Does Da Xia Camp, they could basically handle them with ease.

"As long as it's not a super-large-scale cold beast tide, with Does Does Da Xia's current strength, it's not too troublesome to deal with, so the first priority for upgrading must still be the Blazing Sun Cauldron!"

Xia Hong made up his mind and hesitated no longer; with a slight movement of his mind, the system resource count immediately began to decrease.

At the same time, the Blazing Sun Cauldron inside the main hall also emitted a fierce light.

"Eh?"

"The Blazing Sun Cauldron has changed; it's the leader's doing."

"It must be; it's happened several times already."

"It's about to change; the temperature range must have increased again."

"Look, the light is disappearing."

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The vast majority of people in the main hall discovered the change in the Blazing Sun Cauldron and were immediately filled with astonishment, but after explanations from Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, Luo Yuan, and others, knowing it was the commotion caused by Xia Hong, their expressions immediately softened, turning into curiosity and anticipation.

Except for the Mirror Immortal group and others, the rest had only joined the Does Does Da Xia Camp for half a year and had not seen Xia Hong upgrade buildings with their own eyes, but they had already personally experienced the wonders of the six buildings: the Blazing Sun Cauldron, the Forging Workshop, the Medicine Refining Workshop, the Martial Arts Hall, the Green Bamboo Fence, and the Record Tablet.

Having heard countless times from the old population of Does Does Da Xia about the miraculous means Xia Hong had displayed, they were naturally expectant to finally see it with their own eyes.

Hum…………

An ethereal sound rang out, the light emitted by the Blazing Sun Cauldron finally disappeared, and in the center of the main hall, a four-legged square cauldron, more majestic, solemn, and imposing than before, came into everyone's view.

Unlike the previous three-legged round cauldron, this square cauldron was not black, but a faint gold; its side length had also increased to over seven meters, occupying almost one-fifth of the main hall's space;

Looking closer, the patterns engraved on the four sides of the square cauldron were actually the patterns of more than twenty types of cold beasts that Does Does Da Xia had hunted so far.

Just as everyone was still carefully examining it, a sudden change occurred.

Boom…………

A fierce flame suddenly rushed out from the square cauldron.

The front of that flame had edges and corners, as if it had transformed into a cold beast creature that no one in the main hall had ever seen before, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws as it lunged toward Xia Hong on the high platform of the main hall.

"Big Brother, be careful!"

"Leader!"

"Leader……"

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The hundred-plus people in the main hall, seeing this sudden change and thinking Xia Hong was in danger, all stood up instantly. Xia Chuan, in his urgency, even drew his blade directly and rushed onto the high platform.

"Don't panic, I'm fine, everyone sit down!"

The cold beast transformed by the flame had horns like a deer, a head like a camel, eyes like a rabbit, a neck like a snake, a belly like a mirage, scales like a fish, claws like an eagle, palms like a tiger, and ears like a cow. Others might not recognize it, but how could Xia Hong not know?

That was clearly a five-clawed divine dragon from the myths and legends of his past life.

The five-clawed divine dragon transformed by the flame, upon rushing to Xia Hong's face, suddenly shrank and condensed into a wisp, directly pouring into the center of his brow.

Sizzle…………

The flame burned through skin and flesh, emitting a faint scorching sound. Xia Hong frowned slightly, but soon, a rich smile appeared on his face.

The panic on the faces of everyone in the main hall had not yet disappeared, but when that flame completely vanished and they looked at Xia Hong again, a trace of astonishment and emotion appeared on their faces.

In the very center of Xia Hong's brow, there were now three vertical blood-red cloud patterns.

Those cloud patterns were blood-red like fire, carrying an inexplicable mystery and divinity, causing the eyes of everyone in the main hall as they looked at Xia Hong to involuntarily rise with an inexplicable reverence and fanaticism.

It wasn't over yet.

Hiss…………

Suddenly, Xia Chuan and Yu Wentao in front of the crowd seemed to be enduring some kind of pain, both covering their brows and gasping for air.

The crowd hurriedly turned their heads to look, only to discover that cloud patterns identical to Xia Hong's had also appeared on their brows.

No, the colors of these two people's cloud patterns were significantly lighter.

What was going on?

Everyone's eyes were filled with astonishment, turning their heads curiously to look at Xia Hong above.

And Xia Hong at this moment, staring at the upgraded Blazing Sun Cauldron, was filled with excitement.

【Cold Ruins Cauldron (Level 4): Can significantly increase the temperature within a radius of five kilometers by burning coal; can kill low-level strange beasts, deter mid-to-high-level strange beasts, has an extremely strong attraction to cold beasts, and can consume coal resources for smelting ironware.】

【Special Function: Every 100 units of wood resources burned can generate one small torch, which can injure up to high-level strange beasts and burn for one hour;

Every 400 units of wood burned can generate one portion of Fire-Condensing Oil. This oil is harmless to humans but ignites upon contact with strange beasts and has extremely strong lethality against them;

All personnel in the camp can be transformed by the Cold Ruins Cauldron to acquire the recessive Does Does Da Xia Sacred Pattern bloodline, with the host as the ancestor of the bloodline.】

【Upgrade Requirements: 10 million coal, 50 million iron, 10,000 silver】

Xia Hong directly ignored the last harsh upgrade condition, reaching out to touch the vertical cloud pattern on his brow, his eyes filled with curiosity and anticipation.

Does Does Da Xia Sacred Pattern?

Bloodline?

The system provided no description of this bloodline, and with his current strength, he could not directly perceive the specific effects of this sacred pattern.

He turned his head to look at Xia Chuan and Yu Wentao in the main hall, and seeing that they were also in a daze, he immediately dismissed the thought of asking.

If even he didn't know, these two certainly wouldn't either.

Since it was a bloodline, it must be useful.

The key was that this bloodline could cover the entire camp, meaning that from now on, as long as the people of Does Does Da Xia lived within the radiation range of the Cold Ruins Cauldron for a long time, they could automatically acquire this bloodline. This was too terrifying!

200,000 wood, 100,000 coal, 500,000 iron—this resource expenditure was absolutely not in vain.

Xia Hong turned his head, looking at the astonishment on the faces of the crowd below, pointed to the sacred pattern on his brow, and explained with a smile: "Don't worry, this sacred pattern will grow on everyone in our Does Does Da Xia Camp from now on. As for what effects it has, you'll have to wait to discover them slowly with me!"

Everyone in Does Does Da Xia will grow it?

The crowd in the main hall was stunned, and after looking at each other for a while, looking at the three of Xia Hong, Xia Chuan, and Yu Wentao, although their expressions were somewhat suspicious, they also felt a faint sense of anticipation in their hearts.

The Cold Ruins Cauldron upgrade was complete, and next was…………

Martial Arts Hall (Level 3)

Upgrade Requirements: 500,000 wood, 400,000 coal, 600,000 iron, 2,000 silver

Forging Workshop (Level 2)

Upgrade Requirements: 100,000 wood, 200,000 coal, 600,000 iron

Medicine Refining Workshop (Level 2)

Upgrade Requirements: 200,000 wood, 200,000 coal, 400,000 iron, 20 synthesis formulas

Record Tablet (Level 2)

Upgrade Requirements: 80,000 coal, 60,000 iron

Green Bamboo Fence (Level 1)

Upgrade Requirements: 100,000 coal, 100,000 iron (needs to be redeemed again after upgrade)

Does Does Da Xia had not yet come into contact with silver mine resources, so the Martial Arts Hall was definitely out of the question. The resources for the Medicine Refining Workshop upgrade were sufficient, but there were currently only 18 synthesis formulas, so that was also a no-go.

This meant that the buildings currently available for upgrade were the Forging Workshop, the Record Tablet, and the Green Bamboo Fence. The total resources for these three building upgrades were 100,000 wood, 380,000 coal, and 760,000 iron.

【Resources: 2.1 million wood, 3.14 million coal, 1.96 million iron, 0 silver, 0 gold】

The system resources were more than enough, so Xia Hong hesitated no longer and directly upgraded.

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Weapon Refining Workshop (Level 3): A place for crafting implements; ten-forged to ten-thousand-forged blades as well as ten-forged silver weapons can all be crafted; after the upgrade, fifty furnaces can be refined simultaneously.

Special Function: There is a one percent probability of crafting weapons with the Beast-Suppressing attribute; can identify and distinguish various types of weapon-refining materials; and has a probability of synthesizing new materials.

Upgrade Requirements: 2 million coal, 3 million iron, 5,000 silver

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Spirit Tablet (Level 3): Mother tablet, land-enclosing building, the maximum radiation distance is ten kilometers.

Special Function 1: Can redeem four child tablets; after establishing a connection with the mother tablet, a garrison area is formed. Child tablet redemption price: 60,000 coal, 45,000 iron.

Special Function 2: Within the garrison area, the activity trajectories of any external life forms will be detected and fed back to the mother tablet.

Special Function 3: For those who die in battle in the camp, their spirits will be entrusted to this tablet; after forming a certain scale, it can protect the living in the camp.

Upgrade Requirements: 800,000 coal, 600,000 iron, 3,000 silver

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Black Earth Wall (Level 2): Garrison defensive material

Special Function 1: Extremely strong toughness, can withstand the impact of mid-level cold beasts at most.

Special Function 2: Can slowly regenerate by consuming wood and iron resources.

Upgrade Prerequisite: Redeem 50,000 meters

Redemption Consumption: 100 wood per meter, 20 iron

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Looking at the three upgraded buildings, Xia Hong felt both pleasantly surprised and worried.

The surprise was because, like the Cold Ruins Cauldron, the upgraded buildings had functions that were one more powerful than the other, which could be described as adding wings to a tiger for the current Does Does Da Xia.

When the Polishing Hammer was first unlocked, the building description said it could forge weapons with the Beast-Suppressing attribute. He didn't know if it was Xia Hong's bad luck or Does Does Da Xia's bad luck, but since upgrading to the Forging Workshop, they hadn't managed to forge a single one.

Now that it had been upgraded to the Weapon Refining Workshop, it directly gave a one percent probability; from now on, for every one hundred weapons forged, one would definitely contain the Beast-Suppressing attribute.

There was no need to mention the Spirit Tablet; the spirits of those who died in battle being entrusted to it, and being able to protect the living in the camp once it reached a certain scale—just thinking about this function made it feel very powerful!

As for the final Black Earth Wall, although it lost the active attack function of the Green Bamboo Fence, it could withstand the impact of mid-level cold beasts at most; just this point alone was enough to kill the previous Green Bamboo Fence in seconds.

As for the worry, that was even simpler!

The resources required for the next upgrade of these buildings were not only ridiculously high, but they also required silver mines.

The problem was, Does Does Da Xia still didn't know what a silver mine looked like!

Xia Hong shook his head slightly and cast his gaze on the final Black Earth Wall.

100 wood and 20 iron could redeem one meter.

Redeeming all 50,000 meters would mean 5 million wood and 1 million iron.

【Resources: 2 million wood, 2.76 million coal, 1.2 million iron, 0 silver, 0 gold】

It actually couldn't be redeemed all at once.

Looking at the remaining resources in the system, Xia Hong shook his head slightly.

The defensive function of this Black Earth Wall was powerful, and before Xia Hong left the camp, he definitely had to redeem it. The advantage was that it only lacked wood, so the problem shouldn't be too big.

The resources in the system could be extracted and materialized at will. There should still be plenty of excess wood in the valley that could be extracted. With Does Does Da Xia's current ability to acquire wood resources, 3 million wasn't too difficult.

"The valley terrain is uniquely gifted. For defense alone, 50,000 meters shouldn't be needed. We can move a portion out to redeem the yellow land and start trying to transplant those useful plants. This will save the Logging Department from having to go all the way to Red Wood Ridge and Wuyuan to collect fruits. In addition, the bamboo silk from the Arrow Bamboo Forest can also be transplanted to the front of the valley, which will make collecting bamboo silk more convenient..."

The building upgrade was complete, and Xia Hong also began to exchange cups with the crowd in the main hall, while simultaneously thinking in his mind about how to utilize the remaining batch of resources.

Whether for his own subsequent cultivation or to inquire about news of gold and silver mines, this trip out was definitely imperative.

Therefore, the preparations before departure naturally had to be thorough.

Although the Cold Origin Festival lasted for fifteen days, the grand banquet couldn't.

This grand banquet consumed various resources, causing Qiu Peng, the Director of the Camp Supplies Department, to run to Xia Chuan every three days to complain. If they held two more, he would probably start cursing.

However, although the grand banquet ended, the festive atmosphere in the Does Does Da Xia Valley continued for several days.

After the whole camp celebrated, it was the turn of small reunions for each household.

After the two garrisons of Wuyuan and Jinggu were opened, many hunting teams and people from the Logging Department went to the two garrisons and only returned once every few months. Catching up with this good festival, they naturally had to have a good reunion.

This atmosphere of celebration continued until the tenth day of the first month.

On the night of the tenth day of the first month, the people of Does Does Da Xia discovered that the valley iron gate, which was originally expected to be sealed until the fifteenth day of the first month, had actually been opened early.

Starting from that night, for the next three days, every night, Xia Hong would take the hunting and craftsman departments, totaling more than two thousand people, out of the valley iron gate, and no one knew what they were busy with.

It wasn't until five days later, which was the first day after the Cold Origin Festival, the sixteenth day of the first month of the second year of Does Does Da Xia, that those who walked out of the valley iron gate after half a month were surprised to find that a giant black earth wall had stood up on the west side of the camp.

"Is this what the leader has been busy with these past few days?"

"Hiss………… this city wall must be ten meters high, right?"

"It's built along the mountain wall, it's almost at Red Wood Ridge."

"What do you mean almost, the front section has clearly extended into Red Wood Ridge."

"It's true, it's entered Red Wood Ridge. I heard that once the land in the valley is sold out, if we want to build houses in the future, we'll have to go outside the valley."

"This city wall is so thick, you guys come and look."

"Follow me, the city gate is on the west side, come on."

"Let's go, let's go to the west side, the city wall is over there."

"The leader seems to be there today too."

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Those who saw the city wall for the first time were basically the Woodcutting Realm members of the camp. Such a magnificent city wall naturally made them marvel repeatedly. If Xia Chuan hadn't specially sent people to lead the way, they probably wouldn't have found the location of the city gate.

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