Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 910: Chapter 343: Five Rounds of Bone Tempering, One Thousand Bristles Bone Burning in the Visible Yang Realm

Hong Ye and the Zhao family members happened to be walking below the Star-picking Hall when they were drawn by the loud noise above their heads. Cheng Fang and the three ladies of the Zhao family, who were not far from them, naturally heard it too.

Zhao Long and Hong Gang, who were walking at the front and just about to have a small drink, were now standing still, looking up at the Star-picking Hall, their faces full of surprise and suspicion.

Under the Star-picking Hall, they weren’t the only ones.

Today is the day of the sect’s sacrificial ceremony. Many people, like the Zhao and Hong families, had just returned from the Sect Temple, or were preparing to go there to offer sacrifices, so there were at least several thousand people below the Star-picking Tower at this moment.

Such a loud noise had long since attracted people from the Three Pavilions of martial arts, artifact refining, and alchemy. All eyes were focused on the top of the Star-picking Platform, where a large, intense fireball with a diameter of three or four meters was.

More accurately, it was Xia Hong sitting cross-legged inside the fireball.

Compared to Hong Ye, Zhao Yuankong, Zhao Yuandao, and other juniors, Zhao Long, Hong Gang, and many others at the Cold Resistance Level had a much sharper vision.

As they could clearly see Xia Hong’s state inside the fireball, their expressions gradually shifted from initial surprise to deep joy and anticipation.

"It’s the Lord inside!"

"Even his clothes aren’t damaged, this isn’t a state of combustion, is it?"

"I think I saw the Lord’s bones."

"I saw them too, the Lord’s bones seem to be different from normal people’s..."

"Different, normal bones are white, but the Lord’s entire skeleton is dark red, with many bright gold fluid-like substances in the middle, looking like flowing magma!"

"The flames appear to be caused by the skeleton."

"The Lord is sitting cross-legged with eyes closed! It looks like a cultivation state, how is he able to float directly in mid-air?"

"He broke through, it must be a breakthrough."

"It should be a breakthrough, I can feel it, the temperature around has dramatically increased beyond the Holy Cauldron Fire within a radius of five hundred meters!"

"Xianyang Level?"

"Nonsense, the Lord has been in seclusion for five full years. Would he come out without breaking through to the Xianyang Level, and make such a big commotion?"

"Fantastic!"

"The Lord’s strength must have been utterly transformed!"

......

Unlike the people below who were filled with joy and anticipation at this moment, Xia Hong, floating in mid-air with eyes tightly shut, was actually feeling anxious, even a bit fearful.

He was using his inner vision to look at his dark red bones, clearly able to perceive that the strength of his bones after five rounds of tempering was nearly five times that of the bones after the fourth tempering.

"Indeed, just like the process of reshaping the skin when breaking through the Cold Resistance Level, Bone Tempering and Marrow Nourishing also come in levels. Last May, I completed a thorough tempering of all my bones. After the first tempering, the bones were pure black, and the marrow fluid produced inside was also black. Looking back, calling them Iron Bones isn’t wrong."

Xia Hong’s eyes gleamed slightly. He himself was a person who pursued the extreme. Given such strong talent, coupled with the aid of the Enlightenment Divine Lotus, he had no reason not to strive for the perfect breakthrough.

Thus, he didn’t rush the breakthrough but boldly attempted a second round of Bone Tempering.

Upon attempting, he indeed made new discoveries.

Four months later, the black Iron Bones from the second tempering turned silver, and the newly formed marrow fluid inside the bones also became silver. More astonishingly, both the bones’ strength and self-healing ability improved by about three times.

If there were Silver Bones, then there must certainly be Golden Bones!

Most people would think so, and Xia Hong was no exception. However, despite such a strong notion in his mind, he still did not have much confidence in his heart. Not to mention the pain of the Bone Tempering process, just the horrifying consumption of the Yangyuan Pill was enough to make him feel distressed.

In the face of no other choice, he could only find a way through system architecture.

In the over four years prior, his silver resources had also become abundant.

He didn’t have many options back then; Yangxu Tripod and Enlightenment Divine Lotus both required gold for an upgrade. Although the resources for upgrading the Three Pavilions were sufficient, considering the subsequent consumption, he decided to give it up. The Iron Wall and Black Land were even less helpful in solving cultivation issues for him.

After crunching the numbers, only the Spirit God Stele was left!

After spending 2 million silver, 20 million iron, and 50 million wood resources, the Level 4 Spirit God Stele was chosen and upgraded to Level 5.

[Ancestral Spirit Stele (Level 5): Mother Stele, territory and sacrificial building, with a maximum radiation distance of one hundred miles]

[Special Function 1: Can exchange for four sub-steles, forming a stationed area when linked with the Mother Stele. Sub-stele exchange price: 200,000 silver, 10 million iron]

[Special Function 2: Within the stationed area framed by the sub-stele, any movement trajectory of lifeforms from outside will be tracked and reported back to the Mother Stele]

[Special Function 3: Can exchange for small Sect Spirit Tablets in unlimited quantities. Those recorded on the Spirit Tablets may enjoy incense fire offerings, doubling cultivation speed for the living. Life and death as well as location can be confirmed through the Spirit Tablets; continuance of incense fire after death keeps heroic spirits alive, providing protection for descendants, 1 Sect Spirit Tablet/500 silver]

[Special Function 4: Can exchange for Yellow Candles; when the candlelight is lit, any deceitful monster techniques within its range will be nullified. Yellow Candles can be used for sacrifices, enhancing the divinity of Spirit Tablets]

[Special Function 5: The host is the sole Great Sect, able to enjoy a small sect incense fire cultivation boost once per year. The boost effect is related to the number of devotees and their devoutness]

The surprises brought by the Level 5 Ancestral Spirit Stele were indeed immense.

First, the safety zone of Great Xia directly expanded to a range of one hundred miles, not only covering the entire Xia City but also extending thirty kilometers outward, encompassing the eastern outskirts of Redwood Ridge and the southern outskirts of the Arrow Bamboo Forest.