Chapter 417: Chapter 199: The Hong Gang Family—Good News Abounds

[Jade Bone, arm bone of Advanced Cold Beasts, full of Blood Marrow, extremely cold nature, very potent medicinal properties, requires hot natured ingredients for proper Dan Medicine formation]

[Alchemy Workshop has automatically generated two formulas for Golden Yuan Pill and Bone Condensing Pill based on recorded items]

The two prompts from the system made Xia Hong’s eyebrows slightly knit together.

Golden Yuan Pill, Healing Pill, can repair Cold Resistance Level skin membrane damage.

Bone Condensing Pill, Holy Item for cultivation, used for Xianyang Level cultivation.

After reviewing the effects of the two pills, Xia Hong gave a slight sigh.

The former is fine, it can be helpful for him now, and the conditions for refining it are not too harsh. The main ingredient is Jade Bone; about a pound can yield one batch, with five pills per batch.

The latter, however, really left him somewhat at a loss whether to cry or laugh.

As for the specifics of how to cultivate at the Cold Resistance Level, he still didn’t know, and here he already managed to come up with a Xianyang Level cultivation elixir. Upon seeing the conditions for refining, the main ingredient was still Jade Bone, but it needed twenty pounds for one batch, and only three pills per batch—Xia Hong shook his head repeatedly.

“Just keep it for later; it will still be of great use!”

Xia Hong picked up the Jade Bone, his brows slightly furrowed.

After upgrading the Medicine Decoction Pot to an Alchemy Workshop, its function was stronger than before but still limited to identifying the properties of medicinal materials. The formula synthesis mode was actually the same.

Now, there were already over a hundred types of medicinal materials recorded in the Alchemy Workshop, and there were a dozen or so automatically synthesized formulas.

It stands to reason that he should be satisfied with these two new pill formulas.

But the problem is, he came this time to see if he could figure out how exactly to use Jade Bone.

He still didn’t know what ingredients need to be added when boiling, as Yuwen Dao mentioned.

“The decoction method that Yuwen Dao mentioned from He Yuanhun must count as a kind of formula as well, but among the medicinal materials currently recorded in the Alchemy Workshop, some of the things that He Yuanhun added are missing, or rather incomplete, so they cannot be synthesized.”

After considering, Xia Hong’s tightly knitted eyebrows slightly relaxed some.

Since that’s the case, he’ll have to venture out to find them himself.

“Anyway, it’s almost time, no rush; I’ll cultivate slowly using the cold light and stabilize first. When Xia Chuan and Yuwen Dao break through, I’ll obediently go to other camps to gather some information. Incidentally, I’ll also take a look at what the outside of Redwood Ridge is really like…”

Having made up his mind, Xia Hong also ceased to worry, took the Jade Bone, signaled to everyone, and left the Alchemy Workshop.

…

First Year of Great Xia, on the first day of June

Near the wooden building in the valley, wooden house number 8.

In the kitchen, a large pot of Beast Meat stew filled the air with delicious aroma. The hostess, Cheng Fang, took a small jar from the cupboard, picked up a spoon, and carefully scooped out a small piece of salt, adding it to the stew and began stirring.

After stirring a few times, she would lift the spoon to taste. After finally confirming there was no flavor left on the spoon, she stopped stirring.

She carried the iron pot to the wooden table in the main hall, then looked up and shouted upstairs:

“Xiao Ye, come down for dinner…”

The ten-year-old Hong Ye, upon hearing his mother’s call, hurriedly ran down from the second floor, happily asking, “Mom, is Dad and Big Brother coming back?”

He had smelled the aroma of the stew for a long time, especially the rich fragrance after adding the salt. Since he tasted it a few times, he could never forget it.

The salt was said to be unbelievably expensive, needing 500 Contribution Value points to exchange for a pound.

Mother usually couldn’t bear to use it, only adding a bit every time Father and Big Brother returned for a family meal.

Cheng Fang smiled lightly and nodded, saying, “They’ll be home in a while!”

Upon hearing his mother’s words, Hong Ye excitedly ran outside, stretching his neck to look towards the wooden building, waiting for his father and big brother to return.

Cheng Fang also walked out after a while, seeing her youngest son so excited. She remembered this was not an easy child to handle and quickly spoke:

“Your dad hasn’t been home once since he returned from hunting and went straight to the Martial Arts Hall. He’s definitely tired; he finally came back today, so you better behave and don’t annoy him.”

Hong Ye waved his hand, with a serious look said, “Don’t worry, Mom, I won’t annoy Dad. I have something important to ask him.”

Seeing her son acting mature for his age, Cheng Fang couldn’t help but tap his head and laugh, “What important matters could you have…”

“They’re back, Big Brother and Dad are back, Mom, look!”

The overall structure of the Great Xia Valley is centered around a wooden building with three main roads running east to west, covering the entire area. Hong Gang’s house is number eight, right by the edge of the central main road, very close to the wooden building.

On the main road, Hong Gang and Hong Mu, each carrying a strong bow and a large knife at their waist, dressed in a black cloak, were walking towards home.

Seeing Cheng Fang and her son at the house entrance, the two of them also smiled.

“Mom and little brother.”

“No need for formality, must be tired, let’s eat first, eat first.”

At some point, a new rule appeared in the Xia Li: children must salute their parents if they haven’t seen them for more than three days.

At first, Cheng Fang thought this rule was complicated, but after a few times, she felt differently, both appreciative and gratified in her heart, her love for her son deepened.

“Let’s go in and have dinner first!”

With the head of the family, Hong Gang, speaking, the four of them all smiled and went inside.

At the dining table, watching her husband and two sons drink bowl after bowl of the meat stew she made, occasionally taking a bite of the steamed Crystal Fruit, Cheng Fang had a face full of smiles, feeling immensely satisfied with life as it was.