Chapter 440: Chapter 206: Pleas, Cold Element Festival, the Leader Emerges

Tap… Tap… Tap…

Xiang Liang stepped into the silent hall, hearing only the echo of his own footsteps. This solemn and majestic atmosphere undeniably made him more and more nervous.

Circumventing the three-legged round tripod, he finally saw the five people at the rear of the hall.

“Indeed, it’s just as expected!”

Xu Ning, Lin Kai, and Lu Yang stood at the bottom; Yuwen Dao, who had just displayed great power outside and killed the bird, stood before them;

And ahead of these four stood a young man in black, with a gentle face, facing the entrance and staring at him with a smile in his eyes.

Although this young man’s clothes were also black, they differed from Yuwen Dao’s close-fitting attire. His were slightly loose, with long and wide sleeves, tied at the waist with a cinnabar ribbon, complemented by a beast bone-carved crown resembling white jade, making him seem more elegant and composed.

“Xiang Liang from Hefeng Camp pays respect to Minister!”

Seeing the luxurious and exquisite golden chair on the high platform behind the five people, Xiang Liang immediately guessed the identity of the man in black without thinking and directly knelt before him, bowing respectfully.

“You have some discernment. Stand up and show me the Cold Marrow Iron.”

Seeing the surprise on Xu Ning and the others’ faces, Xia Chuan immediately understood that Xiang Liang had purely guessed his identity by observation and praised him with a smile.

Xiang Liang promptly opened the wooden box and handed it over.

Xu Ning immediately took the wooden box and passed it to Xia Chuan.

Xia Chuan took the wooden box and carefully examined the Cold Marrow Iron inside.

Lin Kai, realizing something, quickly ran out and soon returned from outside the hall with two wooden basins, one large and one small.

The large wooden basin had a diameter of over half a meter, filled with crimson-green liquid, evidently low-level Beast Blood; the small wooden basin was only about twenty centimeters in diameter, filled with scarlet liquid.

Recalling seeing the bird’s blood outside earlier when Yuwen Dao killed it, Xiang Liang immediately understood that this scarlet liquid should be that of an intermediate Cold Beast.

Xia Chuan snapped out of his inspection, picked up the five pieces of Cold Marrow Iron, and threw them all into the large wooden basin first.

Sizzle…

The Beast Blood in the basin boiled immediately and quickly diminished at a visible speed, taking just under ten minutes for the blood in the basin to reduce by more than half.

Xia Chuan’s eyes instantly lit up, as did Yuwen Dao’s.

Even Xu Ning and the others, who had seen this once before, were no exception.

The Beast Blood they used in previous tests was nowhere near this much.

After waiting a while, the blood in the basin disappeared completely. As Xia Chuan and the others approached to look, all five were slightly taken aback.

The Cold Marrow Iron, originally the size of a fist, had grown significantly.

Xia Chuan picked up one piece and weighed it slightly, then squeezed it forcefully, seeing no deformation on the Cold Marrow Iron, his brow furrowed slightly.

“The volume changed, but the weight and hardness haven’t altered…”

“Minister, I recall this Cold Marrow Iron was this large when first unearthed; it’s just that it we’ve ground it down quite a bit, and we’ve constantly nurtured it with Beast Blood but never managed to restore it to its original state.”

After watching for a long time, Xiang Liang gathered up the courage to speak.

Upon hearing his words, Xia Chuan immediately understood.

Xu Ning had already mentioned that Hefeng Camp would mix the ground powder of Cold Marrow Iron in weapon forging, presumably due to limited hunting ability and insufficient Beast Blood, preventing restoration.

After contemplating for a moment, Xia Chuan picked up a piece and placed it into another small wooden basin.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle…

Including Xiang Liang, all six present immediately changed their expressions.

The Cold Marrow Iron’s reaction to the scarlet Beast Blood was even more intense than before, taking merely three breaths to absorb a small basin of Intermediate Beast Blood completely.

Furthermore, the Cold Marrow Iron evidently generated intense heat, burning through the bottom of the wooden basin and even producing a flicker of flame.

“The higher the Beast Blood’s level, the stronger the Cold Marrow Iron’s reaction; if so, these five pieces are indeed quite extraordinary…”

Yuwen Dao’s words made Xu Ning and the others’ eyes immediately light up.

The higher the Beast Blood’s level, the stronger its effect.

Thus, weapons forged by Cold Marrow Iron must be effective against Cold Beasts.

Picture this: if it penetrates a Cold Beast’s body, it could instantly drain all the blood within…

Xia Chuan watched the originally crimson-green Cold Marrow Iron in the wooden basin, gradually turning red after absorbing the Intermediate Beast Blood, with excitement rising on his face.

“An excellent item, you’re called… Xiang Liang, correct?”

Upon hearing Xia Chuan’s slightly joyful tone, Xiang Liang’s mood also heightened with excitement, nodding quickly to answer, “I am called Xiang Liang.”

“Whatever you want, feel free to say it. In exchange for these five pieces of Cold Marrow Iron, I will try to fulfill your wishes as much as possible.”

Xiang Liang’s face brimmed with joy, quickly bowing to plea on behalf of Hefeng Camp.

And after listening to Xiang Liang’s account, Xia Chuan turned to Xu Ning for confirmation, conversed for a while, and learned of the prior events between Wuyuan and the four camps, his eyebrow slightly furrowing.

“Grant amnesty to everyone in Hefeng Camp, you dare to think!”

Xia Chuan murmured softly, glancing at Xu Ning, his brow slightly knitted.

According to the existing camp regulations, the twenty-nine Earth-digging Realm individuals from Hefeng Camp belonged to Xu Ning’s Black Arrow Team, and this pertains to the interests of Xu Ning’s team, thus cannot be forgiven lightly.