Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

"Could I have the wrong place? No, that's not right. I clearly asked and they said it was here."

At the doorway, Luo Cheng held a pot of stewed meat. He waited for a long time, but the door didn't open. A hint of confusion appeared in his eyes. But soon, as the door opened from the inside and he saw Hong Yu come out, a smile immediately appeared on his face.

"Uncle Yu, you just came back from the mining area. You haven't had dinner yet, right? This meat was just stewed. How about you try it?"

After Luo Cheng finished speaking, he saw Hong Yu staring at him with a half-smile. He immediately felt uneasy, especially when he remembered what Li Baihe had said to him with a face full of regret after learning that Hong Yu had joined Chen Yingba's hunting team. His expression became even more nervous.

"What a pity. I originally thought he could join our team. That would make things a lot easier later on. Xiao Cheng, this Hong Yu won't be staying in the honeycomb for long. You have to seize the opportunity. Spend more time with him during this period. There will definitely be great gains!"

Although Luo Cheng was only ten years old, he wasn't stupid.

He saw everything that happened in Cave 93, just like Li Baihe.

Hong Yu's extraordinary strength, and what he did to Cheng Ping and Wang Hun later, all indicated that his identity in Daxia was definitely not low. Coming to the honeycomb was clearly for some purpose.

Since he had a purpose, he definitely wouldn't stay long. Uncle He wanted him to interact more with this Hong Yu, most likely hoping that the other party would have a good impression of him, to prepare in advance for his return to Daxia in the future.

… … … …

"Li Baihe asked you to do this, didn't he?"

After all, he was only ten years old. Although Luo Cheng had tried his best to hide his deliberately ingratiating posture, how could his performance hide from Xia Hong's eyes?

Exposed by Xia Hong in one word, Luo Cheng's face instantly turned red, but he still stubbornly said: "No, this beast meat was stewed by myself. I thought Uncle Yu hadn't eaten dinner yet, so I deliberately brought it to Uncle Yu."

Xia Hong chuckled softly, looking at the pot of beast meat, which was about four pounds, and still steaming. His mind moved slightly, and he asked: "Your father probably gives you this much beast meat every day. If you don't eat it yourself, and your cultivation progress can't keep up, aren't you afraid he'll blame you?"

Hearing this, a look of difficulty appeared on Luo Cheng's face, but he quickly smiled and said: "Uncle Yu, don't worry, my cultivation progress is not bad. My father won't find out for a while."

Hearing these childish words, Xia Hong couldn't help but smile. After thinking for a moment, he shook his head and said: "Then you should take it in. Put it down and leave. Don't send it to me again in the future."

Luo Cheng's face showed a hint of disappointment when he heard this, but he quickly took the pot in and put it down, then respectfully bowed to Xia Hong before leaving, not forgetting to close the door behind him.

Xia Hong returned to the main hall and sat down, looking at the stewed meat on the table. After a strange look appeared in his eyes, he took out a wooden jar from his package, scooped a spoonful of salt into it, and then picked up his chopsticks and slowly ate it.

Although he had a Yu Han level cultivation, he still had to eat.

Although his package also contained a lot of dried intermediate beast meat, the taste was still much worse than this freshly stewed meat. Xia Hong's mood was naturally better when he could eat a bite of fresh meat.

"This kid, he probably won't come tomorrow. Could it be that he's really going out to hunt himself? Without elite status, half of the prey he brings back has to be handed over. No matter how you think about it, it's a bit uncomfortable!"

Xia Hong frowned as he ate the beast meat and thought.

Even intermediate cold beasts were a bit boring for him to hunt himself now, not to mention that he had to hand over half to the camp when he brought them back.

Besides, he was a dignified Yu Han level cultivator. It was a bit outrageous to have to do it himself for a bite to eat.

Facts proved that Xia Hong was wrong.

The next day, Luo Cheng came again when it was almost dawn.

He still brought a pot of freshly stewed beast meat.

"Didn't I say yesterday, don't send it to me again in the future?"

Watching Luo Cheng easily put the beast meat on the table, Xia Hong looked strange and asked.

Luo Cheng smiled and said: "Sorry, Uncle Yu, I remembered that I didn't take the pot back yesterday. I'm here to take the pot today, and I brought it to you on the way."

He really found the pot from yesterday, and then, regardless of whether Xia Hong ate it or not, he turned around and left.

Xia Hong looked at the fragrant stewed meat, added a little salt, and began to eat. Only after he finished eating, looking at the empty pot in front of him, he suddenly laughed.

"This kid is quite cunning!"

Luo Cheng seemed to be at odds with Xia Hong. Although Xia Hong said again on the third day that he didn't need to come, in the days that followed, he would appear on time with a pot of beast meat every time it was almost dawn.

On January 25th, which was the eighth day Luo Cheng brought meat.

Xia Hong glanced at the beast meat in the pot, and then looked at Luo Cheng's aura movement, which had not improved at all for eight consecutive days. He finally couldn't help it.

"If you don't eat beast meat for so long, are you not planning to break through to the Lumbering Realm?"

Luo Ming didn't have elite status, and half of the beast meat he hunted had to be handed over. His hunting team was calculated based on 20 people. A low-level cold beast would only produce about 1200 catties of meat. Half of it was divided, leaving 600 catties. 20 people, each person could only get about 30 catties of beast meat.

Having stayed in the honeycomb for so many days, Xia Hong also understood a lot.

For people like Luo Ming, beast meat was hard currency. Coal, iron, and other living materials all had to be exchanged for beast meat. Therefore, five catties of beast meat was not a small amount for either Luo Cheng or Luo Ming.

His residence was not far from Luo Ming's. Luo Ming basically took the team out hunting every night. From this alone, it could be seen that their father and son's life was not prosperous, and might even be a bit tight.

Luo Cheng was sending five catties to himself every day, which was really not a small amount.

He could tell at a glance that Luo Cheng's basic strength was more than 4800 catties, only one step away from the Lumbering Realm, so he deliberately asked this question.

Hearing this, a look of difficulty appeared on Luo Cheng's face, but he quickly gritted his teeth and said: "I'm only a little bit away, no hurry!"

Seeing Luo Cheng's tangled expression, Xia Hong secretly smiled. This time, he didn't wait for Luo Cheng to leave, but directly took out the jar containing salt in front of him. After putting salt in the beast meat, he threw a pair of chopsticks to Luo Cheng.

"Come and try it, so as not to say that I'm taking advantage of you."

Seeing the white crystals in the jar, Luo Cheng's eyes instantly lit up. Hearing Xia Hong ask him to eat together, a smile immediately appeared on his face. He rushed directly to the table, picked up the beast meat and put it in his mouth.

After a mouthful of beast meat, Luo Cheng's face was full of enjoyment, and his eyes also showed a look of "as expected".

The pots he took back a few days ago, he used to cook things later, and found that the taste would be much more fragrant. He guessed at the time that Xia Hong must have added something. Seeing it with his own eyes today, he could finally be sure.

"Uncle Yu, this is too delicious. What did you add? I have never eaten such delicious beast meat, and after eating it, I feel that I have a lot more strength."

"Salt, something from Daxia!"

Xia Hong's concise answer made Luo Cheng's eyes gradually shine, and his yearning for Daxia instantly rose to another level.

"Your face is like a monkey's butt, go and practice dispersing your strength quickly!"

Luo Cheng was stunned when he heard this, and reached out to touch his face, only to find that his cheeks were frighteningly hot. Realizing that it was the effect of the salt, he quickly got up and walked outside, pulled out the small knife in his hand, and began to practice.

The main components of salt were intermediate beast bones and frozen beads, and the energy contained in them was not low in itself. In addition, the reaction to the first dose would be so great due to the characteristics of human needs, which was already expected by Xia Hong.

But Luo Cheng didn't know. Wielding the small knife in his hand, he sensed that the energy he had obtained in his body was several times higher than usual when he took beast meat. He thought that salt was some kind of natural treasure, and his expression was instantly excited.

Hoo… … Hoo… … Hoo… … … …

Watching Luo Cheng practice his knife skills for a while, Xia Hong shook his head.

"This kid probably doesn't have any talent for knife skills!"

Although Luo Cheng was only in his early teens, his height had already exceeded 1.6 meters, which was obviously taller than his peers. The small knife he wielded was obviously custom-made, only more than ninety centimeters long.

Although his knife-wielding posture was skilled, and it seemed powerful, Xia Hong could tell at a glance that he was not good at knife skills transformations. His advantages were in his arm strength and wrist strength, and the coordination of his arm strength was also amazing. Relying on these three points, he barely managed to wield this small knife in a decent manner.

It looked good when practicing, but it wouldn't work if it was really used in battle.

Arm strength, wrist strength, coordination of arm strength… …

Xia Hong thought of these three points, turned his head and glanced at the Yi knife on the side. After thinking for a moment, he immediately knew what weapon Luo Cheng was really suitable for.

"Hoo… … … …"

Luo Cheng suddenly stopped his strength outside the house, exhaled a breath, looked down at his hands, and his face was full of excitement and emotion.

He broke through!

Lumbering Realm, he actually broke through directly.

Originally, according to his own expectations, even if he cultivated by eating beast meat step by step, the last two hundred catties of basic strength would take at least two months to successfully improve. Just a mouthful of salted beast meat actually broke through directly.

At this moment, Luo Cheng looked back at Xia Hong, his face full of excitement.

"Spend more time with him if you have nothing to do, there will definitely be great gains!"

At this moment, he suddenly realized what Li Baihe meant by what he said before.

After thinking for a moment, Luo Cheng walked to Xia Hong, faced him and knelt down directly, bowing and saying: "Thank you, Uncle Yu, Luo Cheng is grateful!"

However, before he could kneel down, a chair was placed horizontally in front of him.

If he were to kneel, it would be considered the completion of the master-disciple ceremony. Xia Hong would naturally not allow Luo Cheng to kneel. Not to mention that he had no intention of teaching disciples, even if he really wanted to accept one, he didn't think much of Luo Cheng's current aptitude.

“No need to kneel. You've given me so much beast meat these past few days, consider it my compensation to you. When you come tomorrow, you don't need to bring any beast meat.”

Luo Cheng could naturally understand the meaning in Xia Hong's words. His face was originally a little disappointed, but when he heard Xia Hong tell him to continue coming tomorrow, the disappointment vanished instantly, and he immediately nodded excitedly in agreement.

“Yes, Uncle Yu!”

Soon, Luo Cheng left with the two basins.

Xia Hong sat in the chair, watching Luo Cheng leave. A hint of a smile rose in his eyes, then he turned his head to look towards the main building of the honeycomb.

“Being idle is also being idle. This kid is quite clever. It wouldn't hurt to give him some pointers. As long as my ranking doesn't go up, Chen Yingba shouldn't notice me. I just need to wait for news from Cheng Ping.”

Xia Hong pondered for a while, estimating that it was already dawn. He took his package and two knives and went straight out the door.

The next day, just before dawn, Luo Cheng appeared again on time.

This time, he listened to Xia Hong's words and didn't bring any beast meat.

However, as soon as he entered the courtyard, he was immediately stunned.

In the courtyard, there were three cold beasts displayed, namely a snow mane and frost wolves.

However, half of each of the three cold beasts had been chopped away from the middle. It was clear at a glance that they had been handed in when entering the base.

“Uncle Yu, did you go out hunting?”

Luo Cheng's pupils dilated, his face full of surprise as he asked.

His father, Luo Ming, led hunting expeditions, and the most they ever brought back in one night was two beasts. Moreover, even though Luo Ming contributed the most during that time, he only received a little over a hundred catties of meat.

Under normal circumstances, his father would only get forty or fifty catties of beast meat each night.

But at this moment, Xia Hong had three and a half cold beasts in his courtyard.

The key point was that he didn't see Xia Hong prepare anything yesterday, and no one came to find him. Now, he didn't look like he had been out hunting at all.

What did this represent?

Gulp… … … …

Luo Cheng looked up at Xia Hong and swallowed.

“Use your knife to butcher that snow mane. Cook as much as you can eat!”

Seeing that Xia Hong clearly didn't want to say anything, Luo Cheng didn't waste any words. He immediately drew his knife and began to butcher the cold beast.

Although he had just broken through the Lumbering Realm, Luo Cheng clearly didn't have much experience. It took him more than half an hour, his whole body soaked in sweat, to cut off a few pieces of beast meat and put them in the pot to cook.

After a while, seeing that the beast meat was almost cooked, Xia Hong added a handful of refined salt. As the aroma filled the air, the two began to feast.

“Eat one pill each time after eating the beast meat, and then start cultivating.”

As soon as he finished eating the beast meat, Luo Cheng saw a wooden bottle in front of him. After opening the bottle and seeing the pills inside, he didn't ask Xia Hong and swallowed one directly.

Xia Hong took out a ten-foot-long spear from the house, walked to the outside of the courtyard, held his breath, and began to practice.

He held the spear in both hands, and his entire temperament changed instantly. The spear accompanied his suddenly turning body, fiercely drawing a semicircle on the ground.

Chi… … … …

A cloud of dust half a meter high suddenly rose. A three- or four-meter-wide arc-shaped gully was cut into the stone ground in front of Xia Hong. The gully was estimated to be dozens of centimeters deep.

This immediately stunned Luo Cheng.

“Month for staff, year for saber, lifetime for spear…”

Seeing Luo Cheng staring at him intently, Xia Hong lightly hooked the corner of his mouth and continued to speak to himself.

“The spear is the commander of all weapons, mainly divided into blocking, grabbing, and stabbing. When broken down, there are a total of seventeen spear techniques: chop, collapse, pierce, point, cloud, deflect, pick, wrap, sweep, support, throw, swing, whirl, shrink, strike, and twist. It is impossible for a normal person to master spear techniques without ten or eight years of practice. Even someone with slightly higher talent would need at least three years…”

While explaining, Xia Hong demonstrated each of the seventeen spear techniques, and then continued: “The Lumbering, Digging, and Cold Resistance realms are all distinguished by the level of strength, so there are not many skills in the use of weapons. It's just a matter of proficiency. If you want to master all seventeen spear techniques, there is no trick. If you insist on ten thousand times a day, you can master one in a month. That's already considered high talent. I'm afraid it's difficult for normal people to persevere…” … … …

After saying the last part, Xia Hong threw the spear aside and went straight back into the house.

“Thank you, Uncle Yu!”

Standing aside, Luo Cheng respectfully bowed to Xia Hong, then walked directly to the courtyard and picked up the spear on the ground.

However, as soon as he got it in his hands, he was almost crushed by the spear.

“This spear is so heavy!”

Luo Cheng's hands trembled, estimating that the spear weighed at least fifteen hundred catties. Looking at the ten-forged silver patterns on the side of the spear shaft, a look of confusion appeared on his face.

His father also used a ten-forged weapon. According to the size of the spear, the weight should be at most six or seven hundred catties. How could it be so much heavier out of thin air?

“Ten thousand times, this… … … …”

Remembering what Xia Hong had just said, Luo Cheng instantly looked embarrassed, but when he turned around and saw that Xia Hong had already entered the room, he gritted his teeth and stood still, struggling to wield the spear.

“Ten thousand times is ten thousand times, starting with chopping… … … …”

Inside the room, Xia Hong sat alone in the chair, watching Luo Cheng chopping with the spear through the window, his posture quickly changing from unfamiliar to skilled, a smile appearing on his face.

“This kid is indeed most suitable for the spear!”

In the following period, Luo Cheng would run to Xia Hong's place whenever he had nothing to do. Every day when he arrived, he wouldn't waste any words. He would directly cook the beast meat, eat dinner with Xia Hong, immediately swallow a Beast Essence Pill, and then start practicing the spear.

Luo Cheng's basic strength was only five thousand catties. A fifteen-hundred-catty spear was naturally not easy to wield ten thousand times at first.

The first thing he practiced was the chopping technique. On the first day, he only chopped more than seven hundred times, and he was basically exhausted. The second day, he improved a little, with more than nine hundred times; the third day was more, the fourth day, the fifth day… … … …

It is worth mentioning that Cheng Ping occasionally came over a few times during this process.

Luo Cheng knew that Cheng Ping was controlled by Xia Hong. Looking at this person, who used to be arrogant at the city gate and had repeatedly made things difficult for his father, showing such a servile attitude in front of Xia Hong, Luo Cheng's respect for Xia Hong increased day by day, and at the same time, he became more eager for strength.

“I did it, I finally did it, hahahaha!”

On February 20th, which was the twenty-fourth day after Xia Hong taught him the spear technique, Luo Cheng once again chopped down the spear horizontally. Ignoring his twitching and cramping arms, he directly lay down on the ground and laughed heartily.

Ten thousand times!

He really did it.

“Uncle Yu, I did it, hahaha, I did it!”

Xia Hong walked out of the house, looked at Luo Cheng who was laughing excitedly, and although he was surprised in his heart, he still pretended to be indifferent and said: “What are you so happy about? You've only just done it ten thousand times. If you continue for another month, you will be considered to have completely mastered the chopping technique.”

Luo Cheng was splashed with cold water, and his expression immediately became much more restrained, but he quickly mustered his courage and nodded: “I understand, Uncle Yu, I will continue to work hard and master it as soon as possible.”

This kid probably doesn't know how much his basic strength has increased!

The surprise in Xia Hong's eyes just now was not because Luo Cheng's chopping technique had reached ten thousand times, but because by observing his muscles, he learned that Luo Cheng's basic strength had already exceeded six thousand catties.

It had only been more than a month. Although the Beast Essence Pill and salt played a role, Luo Cheng's own talent could not be ignored.

An increase of a thousand catties of basic strength in a month, if he remembered correctly, the only people Xia Hong could recall who could do this, besides himself, were Xia Chuan and Yuan Cheng and a few others.

This kid's talent is indeed not low!

“Hong Yu, is Hong Yu home?”

Just then, a familiar voice suddenly came from the door.

Xia Hong raised his eyebrows slightly and signaled to Luo Cheng on the ground.

Luo Cheng quickly got up and opened the door, welcoming the person outside in.

“Sir, there's a situation!”

The person who came in was Cheng Ping. When he saw Xia Hong, he immediately bowed.

“Luo Cheng, you go back first, come again tomorrow.”

“Yes, Uncle Yu!”

Hearing that there was a situation, a gleam of light rose in Xia Hong's eyes. After signaling Luo Cheng to go back first, he took Cheng Ping into the inner room.

“Sir, our leader had tens of thousands of catties of coal stones transported in yesterday. He should be boiling jade bones. Today, I also saw a man in black following him. I've never seen that person before. He should be the outsider you mentioned.”

“Where is the place where they boil jade bones? Can I go there?”

Cheng Ping's face immediately showed embarrassment when he heard this, and he said: “The place where they boil jade bones is on the top floor of the main building. Besides the big leader, the second leader, and Captain Chen, no one else can go up there unless summoned.”

Xia Hong pondered for a moment and said: “You take me to the main building first, I'll go take a look.”

Cheng Ping was stunned when he heard this, and then his face was full of embarrassment, but seeing that Xia Hong had already taken the lead and walked forward, he gritted his teeth and followed.