Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 594: Chapter 254: Alchemy, Special Envoy, and the Partition of Longyou

The cultivation method at the Cold Resistance Level is absolutely extremely harsh.

As for the Jade Bone, there’s no need to mention it. Xia Hong had already experienced the power of Advanced Cold Beasts in Jing Valley once. It can be said that if it weren’t for his perfect Reshaping Skin, having the power of nine manes right when he broke through to the Cold Resistance Level, he probably wouldn’t have survived if he were just a slightly more ordinary Cold Resistance Level cultivator.

Jade Bone is the main material, and its high acquisition difficulty can be said to be understandable. The key is that the other dozen herbs in the formula are astonishingly difficult to obtain as well.

Zhu Yinhua, usually found in two places: near a silver mine or in areas where a group of Rodent-like Cold Beasts reside. These Rodent-like Cold Beasts have silver fur and long meat-colored tails, excellent at digging, and extremely fast.

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

As for the Cold Apple Jade Dew, the ongoing open and secret struggles in Longyou for nearly fifty years can largely be attributed to the Cold Apple Tree discovered by Hou Hu’s father, which shows the preciousness of this item.

”Aside from these three most precious herbs, Red Sun Fruit, Cold Beard Grass, Double-colored Liquid Spirit Fruit, Panxiang Leaf, Jade Spirit Grass, Ice Soul Liquid, Yin Yang Flower, Linglong Fruit—none of the remaining eight herbs come easy. Either they grow in extremely harsh environments, or harvesting them is particularly difficult. It’s no wonder that in Longyou, the Cold Resistance Level is the peak battle strength; gathering enough of these herbs is not an easy task...”

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

It’s thanks to the Great Xia capturing the camps of Wushuang, Hanqiong, and Beehive in succession, and coincidentally slaying Wu Xiong to get thirty drops of Cold Apple Jade Dew; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to gather these eleven herbs so quickly.

”These herbs are only enough to make 25 pounds of Jade Bone, and yet Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli were so impoverished!”

In boiling Jade Bone, all kinds of herbs have their proportions. Among the four most precious main herbs, Jade Bone, Cold Apple Jade Dew, Zhu Yinhua, and White Frost Grass, the proportions are three pounds, one drop, three stalks, and three stalks, respectively.

Xia Hong slightly shook his head. The comment on poverty was just a tease. Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli had both reached the late stage of the Cold Resistance Level, so they surely used lots of Jade Bone Medicine. The surplus herbs likely resulted from insufficient Cold Apple Jade Dew and Jade Bone.

”Hou Hu’s 20 pounds of Jade Bone, with the extra 5 pounds, can come in handy now. First, match up these 5 pounds for Xia Chuan and the others. Collect all remaining herbs and take them back to Xia City. We’ll have them identified at the Alchemy Workshop before deciding what to do next.”

Since it’s a formula, it can definitely be identified by the Alchemy Workshop, and these eleven precious herbs might even be combined with other things to create new Dan Medicine formulas. We can’t just use them foolishly here.

Xia Hong sorted the herbs on the ground by category, leaving out five pounds’ worth of Jade Bone, and then spoke to the door:

”Come in!”

A middle-aged man had been waiting outside the hall for a long time. Upon hearing Xia Hong’s voice, he immediately walked in slowly, respectfully bowing to the leader.

”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 with alchemy. Look at these herbs in front of you; are they enough?”

Liu Xian nodded respectfully and then walked to the table, carefully inspecting the eleven herbs laid before him.

Liu Xian was unaware that this was Xia Hong’s second time seeing him.

When Xia Hong had previously infiltrated the Beehive Alchemy Room, he saw Liu Xian once and had a good impression of this pharmacist from Beehive Camp. This time, with no suitable candidate in Wushuang for boiling Jade Bone, he had Liu Xian brought over.

”Leader, these are completely enough, but I need 20 Earth-digging Realm personnel, plus 350,000 pounds of coal stone. It should be done in about one night, and the medicine should be ready by dawn.”

pound of Jade Bone requires 70,000 pounds of coal stone to boil!

When eavesdropping at Beehive, Xia Hong already knew that boiling Jade Bone consumed a lot of coal stone, but hearing it directly still made him click his tongue.

350,000 pounds of coal stone is approximately an annual consumption for a medium-sized camp.

Fortunately, the camp is not lacking coal now, especially after taking down the three camps in Longyou. The Great Xia would likely be in a surplus of both coal and iron for a long time.

”I’ve prepared all the personnel for you; coal stone will be sent over soon. Take all the herbs and start boiling. Notify me once it’s done.”

”Thank you for your trust, Leader. I’ll start right away!”

Liu Xian agreed with cupped hands, then stepped forward to carefully collect the herbs, turning to leave with a hint of excitement.

This is likely a medicine fanatic!

Seeing Liu Xian’s reaction, Xia Hong wasn’t surprised. He had noticed earlier, when peeking at Beehive, that Liu Xian’s way of looking at herbs was distinctly different from others.

Previously, to maintain secrecy, Chen Yingyuan never entrusted the Three Great Medicines to anyone else; he always added them personally. Today, handing over all herbs to Liu Xian, it’s reasonable for him to feel excited.

”He is likely a talent hindered by the confined environment of Beehive. In the future, I can arrange for him to be under Mu Dong, letting him work at the Alchemy Workshop to see if he can bring any unexpected surprises.”

Xia Hong packed up all remaining herbs, just stood up, and suddenly lifted his head to look towards the north, a glimmer in his eyes.

”They’ve arrived, and quite quickly at that!”

After a moment of thought, Xia Hong sat back down in his seat, calmly watching the door, and quietly waited.