Chapter 330: Refining the Jade Dew Stone, Eve of the Cold Origin Festival

Xia City, Political Hall.

After Xia Hong rushed back, he released the Cold Ruin Cauldron at the first opportunity.

Before he could call her, Li Ying Xuan Ling quickly walked to the side of the Cold Ruin Cauldron and sat down cross-legged, honestly touching the wall of the cauldron and continuing to sense the situation in her abdomen.

"I haven't ignited it yet, don't be in a hurry!"

Xia Hong's mind stirred, and he injected system coal resources into the Cold Ruin Cauldron. A great fire immediately rose inside the cauldron, and the temperature in the surroundings rose rapidly.

Sizzle...

The moment the fire rose inside the cauldron, a faint burning sound immediately came from Li Ying Xuan Ling's body. As the burning sound gradually intensified, a look of pain slowly appeared on her face.

"How is it? Can you hold on?"

Seeing the look of pain on Li Ying Xuan Ling's face, Xia Hong's expression immediately became nervous, ready to extinguish the Cold Ruin Cauldron at any time.

Li Ying Xuan Ling closed her eyes, her expression still very painful, but she still forced herself to speak: "It's useful, it seems... it is being refined..."

Being refined?

Xia Hong's brow furrowed slightly, and he looked up at the Cold Ruin Cauldron, his expression somewhat uneasy.

The Cold Ruin Cauldron's restraining effect on ghosts was unquestionable, but the problem was whether this refining process would have an impact on the fetus in her abdomen. This was what he cared about most.

But the belly was Li Ying Xuan Ling's after all. Whether there was an impact, only she herself knew. Xia Hong could only wait quietly on the side.

Li Ying Xuan Ling always maintained a painful expression, and bean-sized sweat beads seeped from her forehead. Xia Hong tirelessly wiped them dry again and again.

Half an hour later, Li Ying Xuan Ling's tightly furrowed brows finally relaxed. She slowly opened her eyes, her face filled with both relief and a trace of obvious unease, and she said worriedly:

"When it had consciousness just now, it kept trying to impact the fetus in my abdomen, but I blocked it by mobilizing my Qi and blood. The fire of this Cold Ruin Cauldron seems to have burned its remaining consciousness to ashes. I cannot urge it out of my body, so I can only let it be refined."

Xia Hong directly reached out and covered Li Ying Xuan Ling's belly. After sensing for a moment and noticing that there were no foreign objects in her abdomen, he immediately asked:

"After refining, did any abnormalities appear in your body?"

Li Ying Xuan Ling shook her head gently, her expression somewhat confused.

Xia Hong's brow sank. Li Ying Xuan Ling had not come into contact with ghosts, but he had already come into contact with them three times—or to be precise, he had defeated them three times.

A ghost being refined was not a special thing. Xia Chuan's black blade and transparent silk threads, as well as the puppet inheritance; the Yang-side mirror in his own left eye; the Yin-side mirror in He Yuanhun's right eye—these should all be the results of refining ghosts.

Li Ying Xuan Ling refining the Jade Dew Stone in her body should also have yielded benefits.

The fact that no abnormalities appeared was itself unusual.

"Is that Jade Dew Stone very important to you? I'm sorry, I..."

"Don't let your imagination run wild. I'm just worried about the two fetuses in your abdomen. No matter how important that Jade Dew Stone is, can it be more important than them?"

Hearing these words from Xia Hong, a soft look immediately appeared in Li Ying Xuan Ling's eyes. She then raised her hand to cover her lower abdomen and said softly: "The consciousness of that Jade Dew Stone has been completely eliminated. Don't worry, although the fetal movement is still very weak now, I can feel that they have not been affected!"

Although Cold-Resistant Realm experts did not have the function of internal vision, their ability to sense all internal organs and meridians in their bodies was very strong. Li Ying Xuan Ling could say this so firmly, so it seemed that there was indeed no problem with the fetus.

Furthermore, even if Li Ying Xuan Ling had an oversight, there was still the Cold Ruin Cauldron!

Xia Hong turned to look at the Cold Ruin Cauldron, and his expression finally calmed down.

Looking back at the two previous encounters with ghosts, the Cold Ruin Cauldron's performance had never disappointed him. The suppression power this divine artifact displayed against ghosts was absolutely far superior to any other item.

【Cold Ruin Cauldron (Level 4): Can significantly increase the temperature within a five-kilometer radius by burning coal. Can kill low-level and mid-level ghosts, deter high-level ghosts, has a very strong attraction to cold beasts, and can consume coal resources for melting ironware.】

"The Bai Lu Ghost is, after all, only a mid-level ghost. The Cold Ruin Cauldron has a killing effect on it, so there shouldn't be any issues."

Xia Hong still deliberately checked the description of the Level 4 Cold Ruin Cauldron and clearly saw the nine characters "Can kill low-level and mid-level ghosts," only then did he completely set his heart at ease.

"I will put the Cold Ruin Cauldron in the Star-Plucking Hall... No, I'll put it in your bedroom. For the coming period, don't go out at will. Just stay in Xia City to nurture the fetus and cultivate, until the children are safely born!"

After the fright just now, Li Ying Xuan Ling naturally wouldn't say anything else. Hearing Xia Hong's commanding tone, two red clouds rose slightly on her cheeks. She nodded and responded in a voice as thin as a mosquito: "I understand."

"Han Yue, take the Lady back to the Star-Plucking Hall to rest."

Han Yue, who had been waiting outside the hall door, heard the sound and walked in immediately. She had clearly heard the conversation in the hall just now. After entering, she immediately stepped forward to support Li Ying Xuan Ling solemnly, leading her around the hall and toward the Star-Plucking Hall in the rear.

Xia Hong sat alone in the hall, staring at the Cold Ruin Cauldron, his brows locked tightly.

The Bai Lu Ghost was solved, but it didn't seem to be solved thoroughly.

At the very least, before the two children were born normally, he dared not be the least bit careless and had to pay attention to the situation in Li Ying Xuan Ling's abdomen at all times.

"Cultivation—the higher the cultivation, the stronger the strength, and the greater the guarantee for the fetus in the abdomen. Before the children are born, I must find a way to improve her cultivation as much as possible! Let her break through first. Twenty-seven manes, Cold-Resistant mid-stage cultivation, only five manes away from the late stage, and thirty-seven manes away from the peak."

Li Ying Xuan Ling's aptitude was even stronger than her father Li Tianhua's. As soon as she broke through to the Cold-Resistant Realm, she had a base strength of eight and a half manes. According to the Cold-Resistant Realm cultivation progress, if she wanted to undergo the second flesh-and-blood reorganization, her base strength had to be increased to at least thirty-four manes, and the third time would be sixty-eight manes.

"The idea of using the Bai Lu Ghost to solve the Cold Apple Jade Dew has failed. For now, I can only rely on those two Cold Apple trees in Longshan. The Jade Dew produced by the two trees in a year adds up to only about 280 drops. Even if all of it is used to refine Yang Origin Pills, at most, only about 2,600 can be refined. Such a small amount is not enough!"

2,600 Yang Origin Pills sounded like a lot, but considering that the number of Cold-Resistant Realm experts in Does Does Da Xia had already exceeded 200, it was completely insufficient.

Moreover, this number was not constant.

Does Does Da Xia's Earth-Digging Realm limit—other things aside, the Cloud Dragon Army and the Dragon Martial Army alone had two thousand people. Judging from the situation in the past two months, if the quotas for the Martial Arts Academy were completely opened, people would break through every day. By then, the growth rate of the number of Cold-Resistant Realm experts would inevitably be shockingly fast.

"I can only let the hunting teams put in more effort. The three resource areas of Red Wood Ridge, Arrow Bamboo Forest, and Longshan—if we explore deeper, we might be able to find a few more Cold Apple trees. By then, we can solve the shortage of Yang Origin Pills."

Xia Hong's mind stirred, and he brought up the system interface:

【Camp: Does Does Da Xia (Level 0)】

【Lord: Xia Hong】

【Cultivation: Cold-Resistant Late Stage (Forty-eight manes)】

【Territory Population: 419,782】

【Resources: Wood 127.24 million, Coal 77.62 million, Iron 9.21 million, Silver 210, Gold 0】

【7 Buildings Opened: Cold Ruin Cauldron (Level 4), Martial Arts Hall (Level 3), Medicine Refining Workshop (Level 3), Weapon Refining Workshop (Level 3), Black Earth Wall (Level 2), Heroic Spirit Monument (Level 3), Yellow Earth Land (Level 1)】

【2 Buildings Not Opened: Small Wooden Table, Thick Iron Chain】

Seeing the cultivation column, Xia Hong sighed lightly.

The higher the cultivation, the slower the growth rate.

When dealing with the Bai Lu Ghost's assassination at the end of June, his base strength was already forty-five manes. In the previous five months, it had only increased by three manes.

"The third round of flesh-and-blood reorganization, to break through to the Cold-Resistant peak, is still twenty-four manes away. Counting by three manes every five months, it will take at least three years or more. And whether the subsequent cultivation progress will be slower is also uncertain. If I want to break through to the Manifesting Yang Realm quickly, I must find other ways!" ===== CHAPTER 331 =====