Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1176: Chapter 400: Building Upgrades, Preparations and Plans, Spousal Tacit Understanding (2)

Where do new spirit plants and spiritual materials come from?

The primary way, of course, is through the expansion of the Great Xia territory. Only with territorial expansion and the continuous development of new resource areas can the range of activities for the camp’s personnel expand, leading to the discovery of more new types of spiritual materials and spirit plants.

Last October, Great Xia only explored the Wuyuan Waters. In April, they officially advanced into Qinghepu, capturing the entire Xing River North Bank, then proceeded east to occupy the whole of Hongmen. They further snatched Bashang City and Jiuqu Camp from the hands of the two towns, Beishuo and Chui Mountain, and finally took He Yin Village from Jiangxia Town. This series of phased expansions has brought terrifyingly significant benefits.

Not to mention anything else, the territory alone has increased by at least one-third.

Since capturing all of Longyou six years ago, aside from its exploration progress in the three major resource areas, Great Xia’s territory hasn’t undergone significant changes, maintaining a scale of over 15,000 square kilometers.

This time, after seizing the entire Xing River North Bank and counting the surroundings of Bashang Town, as well as Jiuqu Camp and He Yin Village, the current territory, although not precisely measured, is estimated by Xia Hong to be at least over 21,000 square kilometers.

The benefits brought by this round of territorial expansion have not yet fully manifested.

Take one example, the much-dreamed-of iron mines and coal mines of the past. Now, Xia Hong hasn’t paid attention to how many specific ones Great Xia owns. He only knows that every month, a continuous stream of iron ore and coal stone is transported back from various places. The original warehouse of the Camp Supply Department was set on the second floor of the main building, which had been filled up three years ago. Last year, the Craftsmen Department built a headquarters hall next to the main building for the Camp Supply Department. The previous second-floor warehouse is now dedicated to storing silver.

As future explorations of the Wuyuan Waters and Moao Mountain progress, the alchemy pavilion will have more materials for identification, and the number of synthetic elixir recipes will inevitably increase.

Cheng Feng suddenly thought of something and, with a mix of joy and worry on his face, said: "By the way, Lord, I’ve been troubled about the medicine fields recently..."

As Cheng Feng spoke, Xia Hong’s expression became increasingly peculiar.

The medicine fields are running out!

The medicine fields can consume coal stone for cultivating spirit plants. When the alchemy workshop was at Level 3, it had a ten-meter medicine field. At that time, the number of precious spirit plants in Great Xia wasn’t many, so that ten-meter field was mainly used for cultivating Cold Apple Jade Dew.

Cold Apple Jade Dew is the primary material for refining Yangyuan Pills, which are used to enhance the strength of beings at the Cold Resistance Level. Its importance is self-evident, so the limited resources of the medicine fields were naturally all allocated to it.

After the Level 3 alchemy workshop upgraded to the Level 4 alchemy pavilion, the medicine fields expanded to a square with five hundred meters on each side. The number of spirit plants available for cultivation suddenly increased.

Cold Apple Jade Dew, Zhu Yinhua, White Frost Grass... In short, whatever is most useful and scarce gets transplanted, and the 500-meter square medicine field was soon packed to the brim.

Cheng Feng continued.

"These spirit plants each grow several meters wide, and planting spirit plants with different medicinal properties together causes interference. I planned and replanned the 500-meter square medicine field, and just barely managed to fill it, but even so, I could only plant 120 spirit plants. This quantity is too little..."

As Cheng Feng just said, the alchemy pavilion has identified a total of 5291 types of medicinal materials. Since these are medicinal materials, the majority are spirit plants and herbs. Excluding other types of spiritual materials, spirit plants and herbs account for at least seventy percent, adding up to over three thousand kinds.

With the scale of spirit plants in the Ice Abyss World, being able to transplant 120 plants into a 500-meter square medicine field is already quite good, and Cheng Feng must have put in a lot of effort.

"I came back this time to solve this issue for you!"

Hearing Xia Hong’s words, Cheng Feng was stunned and immediately looked full of anticipation.

[Alchemy Pavilion (Level 4)]

[Upgrade Requirements: Wood 100 million, Coal 100 million, Iron 200 million, Silver 6 million, Synthetic Elixir Recipes 300 types]

Quietly accessing the system, Xia Hong checked the information of the alchemy pavilion. Upon seeing the upgrade requirements section, his mind stirred slightly.

The resources needed for the alchemy pavilion to upgrade from Level 4 to Level 5 have long been sufficient. What he has been waiting for is the number of synthetic formulas to reach the required threshold. A few days ago, when he was preparing to go to the White Tiger Pond, he found out that the number of elixir recipes had reached the requirement.

Upgrade!

Xia Hong’s mind moved slightly, and the numbers in the resource section plummeted. Immediately, the entire alchemy pavilion burst into a brilliant light, causing many pill masters who were quietly refining pills in secluded chambers to become alarmed.

"Do not be alarmed, it will not affect your alchemy!"

Upon hearing Xia Hong’s voice, all the pill masters’ expressions slightly shifted.

The pill masters who can stay in the alchemy pavilion for the long term are considered the core members of the Harvesting Department. They have previously experienced building upgrades, so when they saw this familiar scene, their expressions immediately turned expectant.

Of course, the one most expectant is Cheng Feng, the director of the Harvesting Department.

In no more than ten breaths, the upgrade of the alchemy pavilion was complete.

The overall appearance of the pavilion remained unchanged, but the size of the green medicine cauldron in the middle doubled, with a diameter of over five meters. Its overall color became more transparent, and the outer layer’s ancient cloud pattern turned into a silver luster. In terms of both appearance and aura, it became more advanced than before.

Xia Hong eagerly checked the description of the upgraded alchemy pavilion:

[Alchemy Pavilion (Level 5): Alchemy equipment, any item put into the main cauldron can have its properties identified, and items with medicinal properties will be automatically recorded.]

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