Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1116: Chapter 384: His Highness’s New Friend, Settling in the Inner City, Cultivation Speed Increases, Fifth Birthday Banquet (Part 3)

Xia Hong wore a faint smile on his face. He remembered clearly that when he broke through to Xianyang Level and emerged last September, Li Xuanling was at a strength of 51 strands. By the end of April, when he went to Qinghepu to handle affairs, her strength had surpassed 53 strands.

In eight months, she had only increased her strength by a little over two strands. It was true that as Li Xuanling progressed, her rate of improvement became slower and slower. If she continued at this cultivation pace, it would probably take her at least three years to raise her strength to 68 strands and break through the Peak of Cold Resistance, just as estimated last September.

But just over the past three months, during her seclusion, Li Xuanling had surprisingly increased her strength by more than two strands. Her cultivation speed had evidently picked up once more.

"Thanks to the Twelve Blood Scripture Skills you brought back from Muyin City, my current cultivation speed is about the same as when I was at the Mid-stage Cold Resistance. For the final twelve strands of strength, as long as the supply of Blood Ginseng Pills is uninterrupted, I estimate that at the earliest by the end of next year, I can break through to the Peak of Cold Resistance and then strive for the Xianyang Level!"

Mentioning her goal to reach the Xianyang Level, Li Xuanling’s eyes sparkled with eager anticipation.

Upon hearing this, Xia Hong also displayed a smile and nodded, saying, "Rest assured about the Blood Ginseng Pills. Muyin Town can sell 50 pills to Great Xia each month, probably enough to support the cultivation of five people."

The Twelve Blood Scripture Skills from Muyin Town can enhance the efficiency of the body’s absorption of medicinal power by accelerating the blood and qi circulation through the twelve meridians, which is why Li Xuanling’s cultivation speed increased over the past three months.

Unfortunately, the cultivation conditions for the Twelve Blood Scripture Skills are exceptionally stringent.

Firstly, it requires very high meridian attributes for the cultivator. Ordinary top-grade battle body qualifications are insufficient for practice. Xia Hong roughly estimated that when breaking through the Cold Resistance Level, the basic strength needs to be at least five strands to meet its cultivation conditions.

With just this selection criterion, currently, in Great Xia, only he and his wife, along with Xia Chuan and Yuwen Dao, can cultivate it. Xu Ning is still uncertain, so he can try it later;

Secondly, the principle of this technique is to constantly wash away impurities in the meridians with a special medicinal power, thereby enhancing the speed of blood and qi circulation. This special medicinal power originates from Muyin Town’s unique secret medicine, the Blood Ginseng Pill.

According to the technique’s description, one person’s cultivation requires approximately one Blood Ginseng Pill every three days, amounting to 10 pills a month. Muyin Town sells 50 pills each month, just enough to supply five people’s cultivation.

"No wonder Murong Chui was so generous, showing me the technique right away. Seeing the technique is just the first step; whether it can be practiced is a question. Even if it can be practiced, we still have to buy Blood Ginseng Pills from Muyin Town later. They’re treating us like a cash cow."

"Is it expensive?"

Hearing the term ’cash cow,’ Li Xuanling asked curiously.

"180,000 taels per pill—do you say that’s expensive?"

180,000 taels per pill, 50 pills is 9 million taels, equivalent to 900,000 catties of silver.

The key point is that this is just a monthly expense. In this way, simply from selling the Blood Ginseng Pills, Muyin Town can earn 10.8 million catties of silver from Great Xia each year.

Not just expensive, it’s outrageously expensive!

Li Xuanling immediately shook her head repeatedly, saying, "In that case, hurry up and let Cheng Feng lead the Harvesting Department to research the formula for the Blood Ginseng Pills!"

Xia Hong chuckled and shook his head, "It’s not that simple. Many ingredients in this potion come from Moao Mountain, and there are likely some specialized drugs unique to the Muyin region. Other than the Eight Towns, they haven’t been developed yet. We’ve only been here for a short time, so it’s impossible to have results so quickly."

The primary function of the Alchemy Workshop is identification. Once a type of drug has been identified, it will be recorded, and then based on the properties of these various drugs, it will automatically synthesize and generate various Dan medicine formulas.

It currently functions like a database with automatic integration capabilities. To maximize its function, the only way is to keep introducing various new spirit plants and allow its database to expand continuously. Eventually, the synthesized formulas will naturally increase.

Analyzing the composition of new Dan medicines currently relies solely on pharmacists trained by the Alchemy Workshop, so the efficiency is bound not to be very high.

New Dan medicines obtained recently from Dajue Temple include Green Food Pills, Fire Melting Pills, Zen Gold Powder, Shock Sky Pill, and Primordial Soul Pill, among others. They are all still in the research stage.

Li Xuanling obviously understood this principle as well, and nodded, "The function of the Alchemy Workshop will grow stronger with the expansion of our territories. Why didn’t you occupy Baisong Camp during the Hongmen Banquet in late April?"

The advantage of marrying a smart wife is now evident.

Li Xuanling not only pointed out the key functionality of the Alchemy Workshop, but also questioned Xia Hong’s decision not to seize Baisong Camp, showcasing her keen insight.

Baisong Camp is located on the east side of the Bashang Territory, right next to Moao Mountain. Taking control of it would give Great Xia access to Moao Mountain, obviously benefiting future camp expansion greatly.

Xia Hong laughed and said, "Isn’t Jiuchu Camp important?"

Li Xuanling immediately realized what he meant.

At the Hongmen Banquet, Xia Hong occupied two places: Bashang City and Jiuchu Camp.

Let’s not mention Bashang City, with its population aside, as a town-level city, it is definitely the most valuable asset of the Nine Towns; without exception;

Jiuchu Camp is certainly important, not only serving as the gateway to Bashang City but also as the key to controlling the Bashang Water Area.

Bashang is situated on the east bank of the Xing River, and only fifteen kilometers of the water area have been developed, conveniently all within the Jiuchu Camp territory.

Compared to Great Xia’s overall territory at the moment, the value produced by the water area is indeed much higher than that of the land, so Xia Hong’s decision not to take Baisong but to seize Jiuchu is justifiable.