Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely Chapter 1252 - 415: Jiao Long Nest Bears Fruit; The Siblings’ Changes in Personality (Part 2)

Indeed, if such a rare commodity could be manufactured in bulk, the potential would be staggering!

The initial production run yielded 232 pills. Moving forward, 50 furnaces are expected to churn out 400 pills every seven years, sufficient for approximately 11 children, which is quite adequate. It would be truly marvelous if we could secure more Holy Young Trees to bolster our output.

"Proceed!"

Given the modest yield, Xia Hong turned his focus toward the fourth porcelain vessel, his expression sharpening with intrigue.

"Of all four varieties of Dan Medicines, this final one is undoubtedly the most invaluable!"

Mu Dong retrieved the fourth bottle, uncorked it, and tipped a shimmering Spirit Pill into his palm. The radiance it emitted was blinding, and the immediate surge in the hall's ambient temperature left both Xia Hong and Xia Chuan visibly astonished.

"This is the Sun-Rising Pill! Its base is derived from 16 Heavenly Yang Fruits retrieved by the Lord from White Tiger Pond, bolstered by 31 additional components. The potent Medicinal Power it harbors doesn't merely accelerate the Cold Resistance Level body-shaping process; it permeates directly into the bone structure. It is likely the solution the Lord mentioned for tempering bones to facilitate a breakthrough to the Xianyang Level."

The Sun-Rising Pill—a name consistent with Cheng Feng’s blunt creative style. Not that it mattered!

Mu Dong offered the vial to Xia Hong before continuing, "The auxiliary materials required for the Sun-Rising Pill are not only diverse but exceedingly rare. The Alchemy Pavilion has only completed 12 furnaces, yielding 3 pills each. The remaining 4 Heavenly Yang Fruits are waiting for a sufficient supply of materials to begin another batch."

"What is the standard growth cycle for the Heavenly Yang Fruit?"

"Fifteen years!"

With a fifteen-year natural cycle, even with cultivation in the Alchemy Pavilion’s herb garden supported by excess resources, it would take a minimum of ten years to mature.

Xia Hong was not overly dejected. After all, this is a Dan Medicine capable of aiding a breakthrough to the Xianyang Level; one could hardly expect mass production. Thirty-six pills should suffice for the immediate future.

"Furthermore, these next items were also provided by Cheng Feng: the Soldier Food Pill, the Golden Body Pill, and a more enigmatic third option, the Soul Loss Pill."

While Xia Hong contemplated, Mu Dong signaled for someone to reveal the second tray, introducing the trio of Dan Medicines contained within. The Soldier Food Pill was designed to emulate the Green Food Pills of Dajue Temple from last year, utilizing the flesh of a Water Cold Beast from the Qinghepu region. True to its name, it serves as a meal replacement—a single small pill provides enough sustenance for an entire day, making it an ideal military provision. The Golden Body Pill, meanwhile, was developed after our pharmacists successfully inverse-engineered Dajue Temple’s Zen Gold Powder. Its purpose is to fortify a soldier’s defenses, and its greatest advantage is the feasibility of large-scale production for frontline infantry.

Xia Hong’s eyes glinted upon hearing this, particularly regarding the second item. As Mu Dong ceased speaking, he interrogated, "Has Cheng Feng confirmed the precise defensive increase provided by the Golden Body Pill?"

Mu Dong nodded immediately. "Testing is complete. Similar to the Sunlight Pill, the potency is about thirty percent lower than when Dajue Temple combined their versions with protective chanting."

During the Dajue Temple conflicts last year, their raw martial strength was actually far inferior to the forces of Jiangxia or Bashang, particularly given that Jiangxia received reinforcements from Yangqu and Dragon Valley. In a conventional engagement, Dajue Temple could never have overwhelmed Jiangxia, let alone breached Bashang Town.

The primary factor in their string of victories was the extraordinary capabilities soldiers unlocked through their specialized Dan Medicines and incantations—the Fire Melting Pills and Lengyan Divine Spell, the Zen Gold Powder and Six Paths Vajra Mantra, the Cold Clearing Bead and Pure Water Divine Spell, the Primordial Soul Pill and Rebirth Mantra, and even the as-yet-unutilized Shock Sky Pill.

These vital Spirit Pills were turned over to Cheng Feng and his pharmacists as soon as Xiang Liang brought the spoils to Xia City. After six months of intensive study, the results were as expected.

As Xia Hong had suspected from the beginning, Dajue Temple’s true, sinister motive for abducting those six-year-old children was revealed: the core components of these five Spirit Pills required the freshly harvested organs—heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys—of those youths. Great Xia, naturally, could not mimic such atrocities. Cheng Feng had to improvise using the organs of various Cold Beasts. Through tireless trials, he finally identified a suitable substitute, leading to the creation of the Sunlight Pill before the Battle of Hongmen.

To activate these five Dan Medicines, Dajue Temple soldiers relied on the guided chanting of a Bhikkhu. Although Great Xia possessed the ritual text, their own recitation proved ineffective. Without the chants, the potency of the Sunlight Pill dropped by 30%. Whereas the Dajue Temple’s Fire Melting Pills allowed practitioners below the Cold Resistance Level to withstand cold light for two full hours, our Sunlight Pill lasted only ninety minutes.

It was predictable that the Golden Body Pill would suffer a similar 30% reduction. Even so, based on the records from the Hongguan clash, if the Golden Body Pill could still amplify a soldier's defensive capabilities serveral-fold, it would undoubtedly become a decisive asset on the battlefield.

Maintaining his composure, Xia Hong shifted his focus toward the third variety, the Soul Separation Pill, his curiosity clearly piqued.