Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1133: Chapter 389: Treasure Tower, Broken Without Attack, Meeting Two Clowns

The Treasure Tower is divided into five levels, with the whole building having a pyramid structure.

The first level is the largest, with a width of 100 meters. Then, for each level upward, the width decreases by 10 meters, so that by the top level, it’s only 60 meters wide.

Because the entire building is made from the giant Golden Frost Wood unique to Redwood Ridge, the exterior of the structure glows faintly with gold under the firelight at night, exuding a sense of majestic solemnity that inexplicably inspires reverence.

All five levels of the building feature eaves with a unique architecture style from the Great Xia, with the corners gracefully upward as if lifting into flight, resembling spreading wings of a bird, adding a touch of softness to the grand solemnity.

"Look, at the cold beast statues on the eave corners..."

Yue Long suddenly pointed at the eaves with an exclamation. Han Peng and the others followed his gaze, and their pupils immediately filled with awe.

On the eaves above them, there was a miniature Cold Beast statue approximately 30 centimeters tall every ten meters. Among them were familiar creatures like the Snow Shadow Wolf, Rock Armor Bear, Frost-haired Ape, Six Horn Demon Sheep... as well as unfamiliar ones, such as rabbit-shaped cold beasts with powerful hind legs, porcine cold beasts covered in reverse spikes, and snake-shaped cold beasts with coiled, winding bodies...

These cold beast statues appeared in various poses: some in an angry roar, some lying quietly, and others with bared fangs and outstretched claws, as if preparing to pounce on someone...

Not only are their forms diverse, but the craftsmanship is extraordinarily meticulous. From the hairs and scale armor on their bodies to the eyes and limbs, different colored materials were used to replicate the original cold beasts vividly and elegantly.

While this may not be enough to evoke such shock from Han Peng and the others, as the statues in Great Xia are indeed more delicate than those in Nine Towns, such ornate yet impractical items are not of particular concern to them, people from village-level camps, even if they admire them.

It is primarily because, under the firelight at night, these statues emit a mesmerizing silver glow, and without even needing to touch them, someone could easily discern their material with the naked eye.

"Gulp..."

"These statues are approximately the size of three fists each, meaning each one weighs close to 500 jin, or 5,000 taels of silver?"

After Yue Long spoke the latter sentence, revealing that each statue requires about 5,000 taels of silver to forge, not only were Han Peng and the others shocked, but even Yang Ning and Li Hu at the back of the group showed surprise on their faces.

Five thousand taels of silver constitute a lot of money for both the 15 Cold Resistance Levels from village-level camps like Han Peng, and for Yang Ning and Li Hu, hailing from Beishuo.

The crucial point is that this is merely the weight of the statue itself. These statues are not only made of silver; the materials used for eyes, manes, scales, and claws are obviously also exceptional.

If one adds the carving and casting craftsmanship of Great Xia, the value would increase by at least twenty to thirty percent, meaning each statue is priced at no less than 8,000 taels.

There are 20 eaves in total on the five levels of the Treasure Tower, with a statue placed every 10 meters, totaling 140 statues worth at least 1.12 million taels of silver.

And these are just decorations placed outside the Treasure Tower for everyone to see!

"I’ve lived frugally for decades, served Jinshan Town over ten times, yet only saved up to 200,000 taels of silver. If not for meeting a benefactor six years ago and earning mercilessly as a spy for Cai Qiu, I would have had at most 250,000 taels, still not enough for decorating one eave layer of this Treasure Tower..."

Han Peng gazed up at the statues, his heart filled with sighs, and clenched his fists tightly inside his sleeves, a deep unwillingness flashing in the depths of his pupils.

Han Peng was not the only one; the chief of the other eight families from Yinhe Valley behind him, as well as other Cold Resistance Levels, also showed extremely complicated expressions.

They are all at the Cold Resistance Level, and most have visited Jinshan City, so they are certainly experienced, but they have never seen anything like the Great Xia Wanbao Building, openly displaying over a million taels of silver in this manner.

"Is Great Xia flaunting its wealth to outsiders like us?"

"Definitely. The Treasure Tower is mainly aimed at the eight major towns, not at people from camps like us."

"If the outside is like this, how luxurious must the inside be?"

A sentence from Yue Long immediately aroused everyone’s curiosity.

Although it was already morning, many people came and went at the entrance. It wasn’t just them, so after composing themselves, they followed the people in front toward the main entrance.

"Even the door is made of Ten Thousand Forged Iron, with silver engravings and edges, tsk tsk..."

The Treasure Tower is about six meters high per level, with two main doors on the first level about five point five meters high, half a meter thick, and about three point five meters wide.

Impressively, the main body of the door is made from Ten Thousand Forged Level Iron Material, with silver engravings densely covering the surface and bordered with silver. The value of just this door alone rivals the entire wealth of many village-level camps.

Besides those from good backgrounds and skilled experts, the vast majority of people at the Cold Resistance Level use weapons forged from Ten Thousand Forged Level Iron. According to the current market in the Eight Towns, excluding special items, a regular weapon made from Ten Thousand Forged Level Iron costs around 200 taels of silver.

The two doors alone, not counting the silver, have consumed enough Ten Thousand Forged Iron to forge a thousand weapons of the same level, meaning just the iron part is worth more than 200,000 taels of silver.