Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1530: Chapter 479: Brief Encounter, Dan Medicine Hard to Find, Eldest Son of Jiang Mansion in Eastern City_2

“Golden Body Eight Zhang, bone appearance merely displaying the meridians, yet already at mid-stage Xianyang cultivation, basic strength surprisingly surpasses mine. Judging from the skeletal age, he’s at most in his early thirties. How could Chen Cang have such an individual?”

At this moment, Xue Zijing’s heart was anything but calm.

He comes from the state, and his horizons are not something the people in the Four Vassal States Territory can compare with.

Upon breaking through to Xianyang in cold resistance, there are five levels of bone appearances; gold, silver, and iron are all mortal levels, jade bone is earth level, and the pinnacle bone appearance beyond jade bone is collectively referred to as heavenly level, or king level.

Upper mortal level golden bone talent has a limit of 60 Jun at peak Xianyang cultivation; earth level jade bone is 80 Jun; only with a heavenly level bone appearance is there a possibility to break through 80 Jun, potentially even rivaling the second turn Tribulation Body Realm.

He himself is currently at late-stage Xianyang cultivation, 61 Jun strength, and throughout the Moao River, aside from the Four Vassal Landgrave, those known to him who could match him are only the top five on the Heavenly List.

Today, he unexpectedly encountered another one!

“Ah Tian.”

Xue Zijing walked to the entrance, watched as Jiang Xinfan and his group’s carriage disappeared from sight, then called out to the three men in black in front.

“Fifth Master, any commands?”

The leader of the men in black immediately turned around, cupping his hands in inquiry.

“Go investigate the identities of those people just now, especially the young man in black with the sallow complexion at the back.”

“Ah Tian obeys!”

Xue Wuhen and Bai Qingqing were taken aback upon hearing this; when Xue Tian left and boarded the carriage, Bai Qingqing couldn’t help but ask.

“Uncle, was there any issue with that group just now?”

Xue Wuhen added from the side: “Wasn’t it just a Xianyang level? The strongest of those nine at the back was that middle-aged man, merely 52 manes…”

As he spoke, Xue Wuhen suddenly remembered his uncle’s Mystic Water Divine Eye, renowned for seeing through everything, and couldn’t help but give a sheepish smile, embarrassed to continue.

“You two have been with me for twelve years, how old are you now?”

“22.”

“21.”

Xue Wuhen is the cousin, just a year older than Bai Qingqing.

After they successively reported their ages, they looked at Xue Zijing, faces full of confusion, not knowing why he suddenly asked about their ages.

“That young man in black among the nine just now, his talent is significantly higher than yours. Unless something unexpected happens, it’s unlikely you’ll ever catch up in this lifetime.”

“What?”

“How is that possible!”

Upon hearing this, Xue Wuhen and Bai Qingqing sat up straight, looking at Xue Zijing, faces filled with disbelief. If they weren’t in the carriage at the moment, they would have stood up immediately.

“Uncle, you must be joking, right? I’m only 22 this year, with 56 manes strength. In less than two years, I can break through 60 manes and pursue 65 manes, with a chance to enter the heavenly level bone appearance. That young man in black just now…”

“Uncle, how old is that young man in black, and what is his current strength?”

Xue Wuhen was so shocked internally that he momentarily forgot his uncle’s capabilities. Interrupted by his cousin Bai Qingqing, he quickly reacted and looked up at his uncle Xue Zijing, waiting for his answer.

“Too far to see clearly, at most in his early thirties. As for his cultivation and strength…”

Xue Zijing paused, then continued, “Mid-stage Xianyang cultivation, basic strength above mine.”

Bang……

Upon receiving the answer, the two of them were thunderstruck, their bodies shuddered violently, and their expressions froze, utterly dumbfounded within the carriage.

“I’ve long told you, there’s always someone stronger, a sky beyond the sky. Not to mention the Four Vassal Landgraves; even in the Chen and Chu families in Chen Cang, there are no lack of good saplings. Keep in mind, these people don’t have your background and resources. If they were born in Great Xu, you might not even measure up…”

His nephew and niece have always been arrogant, their attitudes unsteady ever since they arrived at the Moao River ten years ago, looking down on others continually, so Xue Zijing naturally wouldn’t miss such a good opportunity to admonish them.

………

Of course, Xia Hong, who inadvertently became a tool for Xue Zijing to lecture his juniors, was certainly unaware.

However, upon returning to the Jiang Mansion, he instructed Jiang Xinfan at once to investigate the identities of the group led by the blue-robed literati.

The Governor Mansion of Yanling City is located in the east of the city, naturally bringing together all the officials and nobles, as well as aristocratic families in the city.

Jiang Xinfan acquired his residence relatively late, so the location of the Jiang Mansion is already on the outskirts of the eastern part of the city. Nonetheless, those living around are mostly noble families.

At the center of the Jiang Mansion, atop a twenty-five-meter high five-story building, Xia Hong stood at the gate, overlooking below, feeling a sense akin to returning to the Star-picking Hall, feeling incredibly at ease.

Luo Ming and others went to tend to their own affairs, leaving only Jiang Xinfan following him at the moment.

“It’s rumored that Landgrave Chu favors tall buildings, leading everyone in Chen Cang to also take to building high structures. Regardless of the size of the residence, every aristocratic family and rich clan would build a tower high enough at the center to overlook the entire area. Initially emulating Landgrave Chu, over time it became a characteristic of Chen Cang.”

Upon hearing Jiang Xinfan’s words, Xia Hong nodded, roughly estimating the Jiang Mansion’s area to be more than 800 square meters, and curiously asked with a smile, “The price for this estate must not have been cheap? Where did you get the money?”

Having lived in both Qinghua and Lin Chu for quite some time, Xia Hong had a certain understanding of the property prices in the four vassal cities.

Regardless of building costs, in Qinghua City, the land price for residential homes averaged 1,500 silver per square meter, with the smallest being generally a hundred square meters. This means that ordinary citizens would start at 150,000 silver to buy land in a big city like Qinghua.