Chapter 257: Refining Medicine, Special Envoy, Longyou Divided into Three

The cultivation method of the Cold-Resisting level is absolutely extremely harsh.

Not to mention the Jade Bone, Xia Hong had already experienced the strength of a high-level cold beast once in the Realm Valley. It could be said that if he hadn't perfectly reshaped his skin-membrane and possessed the strength of nine manes the moment he broke through to the Frigid-Resistant level, he likely wouldn't have survived if any other slightly more ordinary Frigid-Resistant level person had been in his place that time.

Jade bones are the main material, and the difficulty of obtaining them is so high, which is understandable. The key is that the other ten or so medicinal materials in the formula are also surprisingly difficult to obtain.

Zhu Zhu Yin Hua usually grows in two places: either near silver mines or where a group of rodent-like cold beasts live. Those rodent-like cold beasts have silver fur, long flesh-colored tails, are best at drilling holes, and are extremely fast.

White Frost Grass is not hard to find, but it usually grows near water sources.

Not to mention Cold Apple Jade Dew. The nearly fifty years of infighting in Longyou can generally be attributed to the Cold Apple tree discovered by Hou Hu's father, which shows the preciousness of this item.

"Excluding these three most precious types of medicinal materials, the remaining eight types of medicinal materials—Red Sun Fruit, Cold Beard Grass, Double-Colored Liquid Spirit Fruit, Pan Fragrant Leaf, Jade Spirit Grass, Ice Soul Liquid, Yin-Yang Flower, and Exquisite Fruit—are none of them easy to get. Either the growth environment is extremely harsh, or the difficulty of picking is very high. No wonder the Cold-Resisting level is the ceiling combat power in Longyou. It's not easy to gather these medicinal materials..."

Xia Hong stood in the hall, looking down at the dazzling array of medicinal materials on the table, and couldn't help but let out a sigh.

It was thanks to Great Xia taking down the three camps of Wu Shuang, Han Qiong, and Beehive in succession, and coincidentally killing Wu Xiong and exploding thirty drops of Cold Apple Jade Dew, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to gather these eleven types of medicinal materials so quickly.

"These medicinal materials together are only enough to match twenty-five jin of jade bones. Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli were actually so stingy!"

Boiling jade bones requires a ratio of various medicinal materials. The four most precious main medicines—jade bones, Cold Apple Jade Dew, Zhu Zhu Yin Hua, and White Frost Grass—have ratios of three jin, one drop, three plants, and three plants respectively.

Xia Hong shook his head slightly. Stingy was naturally just a tease. Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli had both broken through to the late stage of the Cold-Resisting level, so they must have used a lot of jade bone medicine. It was estimated that these medicinal materials were left over because the Cold Apple Jade Dew and jade bones couldn't keep up.

"The 20 jin of jade bones given by Hou Hu, the extra 5 jin, can just be used now. Let's match these 5 jin first for Xia Chuan and the others to use. Collect all the remaining medicinal materials and take them back to Xia City to be identified by the Medicine Refining Workshop before talking."

Since it is a formula, it can definitely be identified by the Medicine Refining Workshop. Moreover, these eleven precious medicinal materials might be able to synthesize new pill formulas with other things, so they cannot be used up here in a muddle.

Xia Hong sorted the medicinal materials on the ground into categories, finally left the amount for five jin of jade bones, and then spoke to the outside of the door:

"Come in!"

A middle-aged man had been waiting for a long time outside the hall. Hearing Xia Hong's voice, he immediately walked in slowly and bowed respectfully to the head of the table.

"Liu Xian pays respects to the leader!"

Xia Hong looked down at the middle-aged man and smiled: "I asked you to come over from Beehive to help me refine medicine. Take a look at these medicinal materials in front of me. Are they enough?"

Liu Xian nodded respectfully, and then walked to the table to carefully examine the eleven types of medicinal materials on it.

Liu Xian didn't know that this was the second time Xia Hong had seen him.

Previously, when infiltrating the Beehive medicine refining room, Xia Hong had seen him once and had a good impression of this Beehive camp pharmacist. This time, when boiling jade bones, Wu Shuang didn't have a suitable candidate, so he transferred him from Beehive.

"Leader, these are completely enough. However, I need 20 Earth-Digging Realm hands, plus 350,000 jin of coal stones. It will take about one night, and the medicine should be out by dawn."

1 jin of jade bones actually requires 70,000 jin of coal stones to boil!

When he was peeking in Beehive earlier, Xia Hong already knew that boiling jade bones consumed a large amount of coal stones. But hearing it face-to-face like this, he still couldn't help but click his tongue.

350,000 jin of coal stones is about the annual consumption of a medium-sized camp.

It is also thanks to the fact that the camp is not short of coal now, especially after taking down these three camps in Longyou. Great Xia should be in a state of surplus in coal and iron for a long time to come.

"The manpower is all prepared for you, and the coal stones will be sent over soon. Take all the medicine to boil, and come notify me when it's done."

"Thank you for your trust, leader. Your subordinate will go now!"

Liu Xian bowed in agreement, then stepped forward to carefully collect the medicinal materials, and then turned and left with a trace of excitement on his face.

This should be a medicine fanatic!

Seeing Liu Xian's reaction, Xia Hong was not surprised. When peeking in Beehive before, he had discovered that Liu Xian's eyes when looking at medicinal materials were clearly different from others.

Previously, in order to keep it secret, Chen Yingyuan never handed the three main medicines to his subordinates, and every time he added them himself. Today, he handed all the medicinal materials out at once and handed them to Liu Xian. It was normal for the other party to be excited.

"It's likely also a talent. In the closed environment of Beehive, he couldn't display his skills. In the future, he can be arranged to work with Mu Dong to see if he can bring some unexpected surprises to the Medicine Refining Workshop."

Xia Hong collected the remaining medicinal materials, just stood up, and suddenly looked up to the north, a bright light rising in his eyes.

"They're here, arriving together, and quite fast!"

After thinking for a moment, Xia Hong sat back in his seat, looked at the door calmly, and waited quietly.

Soon, Xia Chuan's voice came from outside the hall.

"Leader, the two special envoys from Zhaoyang and Longshan are asking to see you."

"Bring them in!"

Xia Hong spoke slightly, looking at the two familiar faces behind Xia Chuan, a smile instantly appeared on his face.

However, he didn't take the initiative to speak, just looked at the two quietly.

"Longshan special envoy Li Xuandu pays respects to leader Xia Hong!"

"Zhaoyang special envoy Hou Quan pays respects to leader Xia Hong!"

It could be seen that although the two people below had respectful postures, their faces were all filled with obvious unnaturalness, and Xia Hong couldn't help but smile.

It was understandable. After all, the two families conspired to besiege and kill him in Gourd Valley just a few hours ago, and now they had to lick their faces to ask for his help. If their expressions were natural now, that would be strange.

But the degree of unnaturalness of the two also varied.

Compared with Li Xuandu, who had personally taken action against him, Hou Quan's unnaturalness was much lighter. Although it was a conspiracy between the two families, the one who took action was Longshan after all, and the people in the Zhaoyang camp at most just watched from the sidelines, and Hou Quan was not a party involved.

Xia Hong poured himself a cup of cold blood wine, took a small sip, signaled the two to get up, and then asked unhurriedly: "Neither of you are strangers. Get up. What is the reason for the two of you rushing here?"

Hearing this, both of them showed anxious expressions. Hou Quan couldn't help but bow first and said: "Great Xia saved more than eight hundred people in our camp. Zhaoyang is incomparably grateful from top to bottom. My leader specially ordered me to express gratitude to leader Xia Hong and specially offered five jin of jade bones. I hope leader Xia Hong will not dislike it!"

While speaking, he took out two pieces of cyan jade bones from his arms, which were clearly the main bones of high-level cold beasts, and handed them to Xia Chuan in front.

On the other side, Li Xuandu couldn't help it either. He was even more direct than Hou Quan. He took out three complete jade bones from his arms first, and then said in a deep voice: "Leader Xia Hong does not hold grudges and saved more than eight hundred people in my Longshan. My leader was also incomparably grateful after learning about it and ordered me to come and express gratitude to the leader. I also offer ten jin of jade bones. Please accept them!"

Xia Chuan smiled and took the fifteen jin of jade bones, placed them in front of Xia Hong, and walked back to his seat without stopping his smile.

Letting those 1600 plus people go was just a matter of the first half of the night, and the harvest came in the second half of the night. The key was that these fifteen jin of jade bones were just the beginning...

"Does Longshan have a leader?"

Xia Hong didn't know Xia Chuan's thoughts, but after hearing Li Xuandu's words, he immediately asked curiously.

Li Tianhua was not there, so Longshan should have no leader at present!

"Is it Li Tiancheng?"

"My fourth sister, Li Ying Xuan Ling, has just taken over the position of leader!"

Xia Hong nodded slightly. Li Xuantian had already died in Yanglu. Compared with that eldest son Li Ying Xuan Yan, and Li Xuandu before his eyes, Li Ying Xuan Ling was the best candidate in terms of both strength and intelligence. That Li Tiancheng was not too confused.

"It is said that both of your families want to kill me. I shouldn't have saved those 1600 plus people last night. But considering that Great Xia, like the two families, is struggling to survive in Longyou, I don't want to see my fellow clansmen slaughtered by strange monsters like this, so I finally took action to save them. Since these jade bones are a token of your gratitude, then I will accept them!"

Naturally, there was no reason to refuse jade bones delivered to the door.

Zhaoyang gave 5 jin, but Longshan gave 10 jin. The meaning was very clear. In addition to thanking Xia Hong for saving those eight hundred people, it also expressed an apology for the siege and killing last night.

Of course, accepting the jade bones was just the first action.

Seeing Xia Hong accept the jade bones, Li Xuandu's expression immediately relaxed. It was clear that he also realized that Xia Hong was willing to talk about the next things.

Hou Quan didn't have that much patience. He immediately continued: "According to the people who just returned to Zhaoyang, Great Xia has a divine object called Fire-Condensing Oil, which can dissolve the dew poison on those people. Leader Xia Hong cares about his fellow clansmen and will definitely not sit idly by and watch so many people in Zhaoyang die miserably. I hope leader Xia Hong will grant us some in Zhaoyang. Zhaoyang will be incomparably grateful!"

Hearing the high hat Hou Quan put on him, a strange look appeared on Xia Hong's face.

"To tell you the truth, leader Xia Hong, I was also ordered to come for Fire-Condensing Oil. My Longshan doesn't have such extravagant hopes as Zhaoyang. Since the leader let those people go, you must have some plans. As long as leader Xia is willing to sell some Fire-Condensing Oil to us, no matter what you want, as long as Longshan has it, we are willing to pay!"

Compared with Hou Quan, Li Xuandu was much more direct. He not only stated Xia Hong's intention of letting those 1600 plus people go, but also took the opportunity to propose the idea of trading.

This made things much easier.

Even Hou Quan felt embarrassed after hearing this and added: "Zhaoyang has the same idea. We only ask Great Xia to sell some to us."

Hearing the requests of the two, they only asked Great Xia to sell some Fire-Condensing Oil to them. Xia Hong couldn't help but sigh slightly in his heart.

Those 1600 plus people must have brought the news of Fire-Condensing Oil back.

That is to say, after hearing about Fire-Condensing Oil, Li Ying Xuan Ling and Hou Hu both unanimously concluded that this thing was very important and Great Xia definitely didn't have much.

But the problem was, Great Xia had a lot of Fire-Condensing Oil, not just a little.

And the raw material for Fire-Condensing Oil was just wood, which meant that as long as there was wood, Fire-Condensing Oil could be produced continuously.

The production cost was so low, yet it could be used to deal with the most strange creatures that posed the greatest threat to humans in the Frozen Abyss world.

Fire-Condensing Oil is truly a divine object!

Not just an ordinary divine object.

Xia Hong had realized the preciousness of Fire-Condensing Oil early on, but only at this moment did he truly realize how precious this thing was.

He seemed to be able to see that in the future, Fire-Condensing Oil could play a huge role in Great Xia's foreign trade!

Xia Hong temporarily suppressed the heat in his heart, then looked at the two below and smiled: "To tell you the truth, if it's just selling some to the two families, it's not a big problem for Great Xia.

But the problem is, your hostility toward Great Xia is too strong. If I save you now, and you attack Great Xia again in the future, wouldn't I be helping the enemy?

To be honest, I'm a bit regretful for saving those 1600 plus people last night. If these people go to the battlefield in the future and kill our camp's people, I will become a sinner of Great Xia..."

Li Xuandu and Hou Quan should have been instructed before they came. Hearing Xia Hong's words, there was no surprise on their faces. They lowered their heads and thought for a moment, then quickly took out a document from their bodies.

"Leader Xia Hong, rest assured. From today on, the spheres of influence of the original three camps of Wu Shuang, Beehive, and Han Qiong all belong to Great Xia. Longshan is willing to sign a good-neighbor treaty with Great Xia. From now on, the two families are friendly nations and will not infringe on each other. This document was written by my leader himself. As long as leader Xia Hong agrees to sign, Great Xia will be a member of Longyou from now on, and my Longshan will have no objections."

"Zhaoyang is the same. We also recognize Great Xia as a member of Longyou and are willing to sign a good-neighbor treaty. This is written by my leader. Please take a look, leader Xia Hong!"

Xia Chuan took the documents from the two, scanned them, and immediately presented the two documents to Xia Hong's table.

Looking at the two documents on the table, Xia Hong's eyes finally revealed a sharp light. After reading the content of the documents, he looked up at Li Xuandu and Hou Quan again, and his face was instantly much more satisfied.

He was waiting for these two documents!

Of course, the documents were just a form.

What he really cared about was Li Ying Xuan Ling and Hou Hu, or rather, the recognition of Great Xia's formal entry into Longyou by the Longshan and Zhaoyang families!

From the moment Li Ying Xuan Ling and Hou Hu's documents were presented to his table, the situation of the three-legged balance of Longyou was completely established.

The struggles in the future would naturally continue, but for now, it could be considered a phased victory for Great Xia.

Xia Hong waved his hand excitedly: "Good, both leaders are so generous, then I won't say much more. Xia Chuan, take the two special envoys down and discuss the specific details of the Fire-Condensing Oil trade. I won't interfere in this matter anymore. You go handle it!"

"Yes, leader!"

Xia Chuan bowed, his face incomparably excited.

He just wanted to turn around and call the two people below, but he didn't expect the two to be more anxious than him and spoke first.

"Lord Xia Chuan, please be sure to be fast. The people in our settlement are waiting for Fire-Condensing Oil to save their lives. If it's late, more people will die."

"I beg Lord Xia Chuan to be fast."

"Easy to say, easy to say. To tell you the truth, this Fire-Condensing Oil is also an extremely precious item in our Great Xia. If it weren't for the strange monsters causing chaos, we wouldn't take it out for people to use randomly. Since both families are so anxious, let's go to the side hall to discuss the price, so we can bring it back to save people quickly."

Xia Chuan pulled the two and walked quickly to the side hall, his mouth full of uncontrollable smiles. It was clear that he was thinking about how to exploit the two families.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 258 =====