Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 378 Yuanhun Pill and Rebirth Curse, Crimson Blood Demon Dragon, Shocking Change

May 1st, 132nd year of the Moo calendar
The last moments before dawn

It is more than ten kilometers north of Ba Shang City.

After bidding farewell to Xia Hong, Li Xuanling and his group of eight sped northward.

To get back to Hexia Village from Bashang, you first need to go north through the borders of Jiuqu and Binjiang, reach Hongguan, turn onto the north bank of Xinghe River, and then go west along the north bank for about 50 kilometers.

This distance spans over two hundred kilometers.

It will definitely be after dawn when the eight people return to Hexia Village.

"Is that Baiping Village?"

Li Xuanling, who was leading the group, suddenly stopped, pointed to a village not far to the northeast with many bonfires burning, and asked the others.

The other seven people stopped. While Xia Chuan was still pondering the map, Xiang Liang nodded and said, "Madam, that is Baiping Village. It is a village-level camp on the westernmost side of the Jiuqu Camp, with a population of over 30,000, but now there should only be over 20,000 left."

The Nine-Bend Camp had long been occupied by the Great Awakening Temple, and all the villagers at the Cold Resistance and Earth Digging levels had been conscripted, so the population was naturally much smaller.

Xia Chuan then remembered and nodded.

The Great Xia had long since taken control of the maps of Jiangxia and Bashang towns, but Xiang Liang, having spent half a year there, clearly remembered them more clearly.

"Go over and see what's going on!"

After Li Xuanling finished speaking, he headed towards Baiping Village.

After glancing at Baiping Village, Xia Chuan immediately realized something, his expression changed slightly, and he quickly followed behind her.

"There's something wrong with this village!"

After saying a few words, Yue Feng followed the two. Seeing that Yuan Cheng and the other four had followed but looked puzzled, he immediately asked, "What time is it now?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Cheng and the other four's expressions changed slightly, and they instantly realized what was going on.

It's almost dawn!

Dawn is both a time for humans to rest and sleep and a time for cold beasts to rise and move around. Therefore, the people of the Ice Abyss would try to minimize light sources before dawn, extinguish any conspicuous campfires in their settlements, close doors and windows tightly, and burn coal for warmth at home so that they could sleep soundly.

However, the fact that so many bonfires were lit in Baiping Village at this moment was clearly abnormal.

Baiping Village, the square in front of the main building

A bonfire, several meters high, was burning brightly.

The firelight illuminated the entire square, where more than 20,000 men, women, and children were gathered, all staring fervently at the main building's high platform.

On the high platform of the main building, a gray-robed monk with long hair held a blue pill in his hand and spoke loudly to the crowd: "Everyone, the Guru has decided to open the gate to the Pure Land for us. As long as you take the Yuanhun Pill and recite the Rebirth Mantra with me, you can eradicate all the root of karmic obstacles, be freed from suffering and attain happiness, and be reborn in the immeasurable Pure Land with the Guru!"

The monk's expression was incredibly fanatical. After speaking, he swallowed the azure Yuan Dan Soul and then looked down at the more than 20,000 people below.

The crowd below, regardless of age or gender, raised their hands, each holding a cyan Yuanhun Pill. Without hesitation, they imitated the gray-robed monk and put the Yuanhun Pill into their mouths.

“Happosa…Likataji…Nagaga…”

The gray-robed monk on the high platform sat down cross-legged and began to recite an extremely convoluted passage of scripture.

“Happosa…Likataji…Nagaga…”

The more than 20,000 people below followed suit, all sitting cross-legged at the same time, chanting along with the gray-robed monk.

Buzz…………

As the sound of the scriptures gradually spread, a mysterious blue aura suddenly appeared above the village. Everyone's face showed pain, and some of the younger children even couldn't help but cover their lower abdomens, clearly in pain.

“Dorakapi…Tarimia…Telankapi…Tarimia…Vipadmas…Tarimia…”

As the crowd followed the gray-robed monk and recited the second verse, the blue aura above the village grew thicker, and everyone's pupils glowed faintly. Their faces became increasingly pained, but the fervor in their pupils did not diminish, and their mouths continued to chant sutras along with the gray-robed monk.

“Vibhadhuri Mia… Tadyatha… Yatagathata…”

As the third section of the scripture began to be recited, the gray-robed monk suddenly opened his tightly closed eyes, and a spiritual light surged from them, frantically gathering towards the blue aura in the sky.

“Yebaduomi…”

The gray-robed monk continued reciting the scriptures, his voice growing increasingly excited. Judging from the fervor on his face, this should be the last passage of scripture.

puff...

However, just as the gray-robed monk was about to utter the last few words...

A silver sword light suddenly flew out from behind the platform and pierced straight into the back of his head, the tip of the sword protruding more than ten centimeters from between his eyebrows.

The sword was so fast that blood didn't even flow out immediately.

"Pretend to be a ghost!"

“Awunan…”

Li Xuanling, dressed in a white palace gown and holding the Heavenly Transformation Sword, stood behind the gray-robed monk. Hearing the monk still relentlessly reciting scriptures, a ruthless glint appeared in his eyes, and he raised his sword directly.

With her immense strength of over fifty, she raised her longsword and directly split the monk's skull in two. If it weren't for the flesh connecting them, she probably could have blown his entire skull away.

Buzz…………

That monk was, of course, dead beyond dead.

But after he fell to the ground, there was no sign of pain on his face. After reciting the last three scriptures, the spiritual light in his eyes accelerated and rushed wildly towards the blue aura in the sky.

The more than 20,000 people below were completely dumbfounded.

They had originally planned to continue reciting the last section of the scripture, but the monk was killed by Li Xuanling, so they naturally didn't know the final contents of the scripture.

They were all ordinary people, with the highest cultivation level being only the Woodcutter Realm. Naturally, they could tell that Li Xuanling on the high platform was far stronger than they had imagined. So they could only stand there dumbfounded, staring at each other, at a loss for what to do.

"This cyan pill is not the same kind of thing as the Fire Melting Pill, Zen Gold Powder, and Cold-Clearing Pearl that were taken out in front of Dajue Temple. This one can kill people!"

Xia Chuan led Yuan Cheng and the other six to jump onto the high platform of the main building. Looking at the pupils of the Bhikkhu's corpse on the ground, they could still see spiritual light emanating from them, and the pupils trembled incessantly.

Xiang Liang and Bai Shanqiu took out the blue pill that Dajue Temple had given them before the battle, their expressions filled with panic.

"Is this the case in Baiping Village alone, or are all sixty-plus village-level camps controlled by Dajue Temple in this state?"

Upon hearing Xia Chuan's words, Xiang Liang immediately reacted and said in a deep voice, "In the past six months, with so many major battles, the power of the three items—the Fire Melting Pill, the Zen Gold Powder, and the Cold-Clearing Pearl—combined with the scriptures has long been known throughout the Nine Towns. Everyone in the village-level camps controlled by the Great Awakening Temple knows about them. If they had distributed these blue pills to everyone in the village-level camps before the battle at Ba Shang, and then sent out monks to lead them in reciting scriptures..."

The expressions on everyone's faces froze instantly.

"The lord's guess was correct! Dajue Temple not only intends to take down the more than 1.5 million people in Ba Shang, but also the people in these more than 60 village-level camps."

call…………

As soon as Yue Feng finished speaking, a fierce gust of wind came from above.

Everyone immediately looked up at the sky, their pupils suddenly contracting.

Countless streaks of azure light were flying in from the north, rapidly converging towards the south, towards Ba Shang Town, which they had just left.

The spiritual light emanating from the eyes of the gray-haired monk who had just died on the ground hovered in the air for a moment, as if it had sensed something. Then, along with the other spiritual lights, it sped toward Ba Shang Town.

Li Xuanling's expression changed repeatedly in alarm. In the end, he couldn't help but worry about Xia Hong and ordered everyone in a deep voice: "I will go back to Ba Shang to inform the lord. Xia Chuan, you go back to Hexia Village at full speed. Bai Shanqiu, stay here and keep watch. The rest of you, split up and go to other villages to check the situation. Save as many as you can."

"Yes, ma'am!"

Knowing the urgency of the situation, Xia Chuan and the others quickly nodded in agreement.

Li Xuanling returned to Ba Shang City in the south alone, while Xia Chuan continued north. Except for Bai Shanqiu, who stayed behind to guard Bai Ping Village, the other five discussed for a while and then left separately.

………………

In Jiangxia and Bashang towns, more than sixty villages occupied by Dajue Temple were bathed in a blue light, while eighteen families in Qinghepu village were also busy.

"What is that bluish light?"

In Hexia Village, Liu Yuan, clad in the Thunder Kui Golden Armor, stood on the roof of the main building, gazing at the ever-rising blue light to the north. Seeing that the blue light was all converging towards the southeast, his expression was full of surprise and doubt.

boom!
The roof of the main building suddenly shook, and two men clad in thousand-forged thunder-kui golden armor leaped onto the roof, quickly approaching Liu Yuan and bowing deeply.
"Wang Yuan, Captain of the Scout Battalion, pays his respects to the Deputy Commander!"

"Zhu Xing, a captain of the First Battalion, pays his respects to the Deputy Commander!"

Upon hearing their voices, Liu Yuan immediately turned around and asked urgently, "What's the situation at Qinghe Village? How many people are fighting at Dajue Temple?"

Only after he finished asking the question did he realize that Wang Yuan and Zhu Xing both had intense horror in their eyes, and their expressions of surprise and doubt were even more profound than his.

Wang Yuan spoke first: "My lord, the people of Qinghe Village have just taken the cyan pills and then followed a group of monks from the Zen temple to recite scriptures. After the scriptures were recited, it seemed that cyan spiritual light was drawn out from everyone's body. That spiritual light flew out from their eyes, hovered in the sky for only a moment, and then all flew away in the southeast direction."

After the blue light was extracted from their bodies, they died instantly, including the monks of the Zen monastery; not a single one survived!

They're all dead...

Upon hearing Wang Yuan's words, Liu Yuan's pupils constricted sharply. He then took out a cloth bag from his waist, opened it, and looked at the tens of thousands of cyan pills inside. His face instantly filled with astonishment.

"So, those twenty-odd monks from the Zen monastery who came earlier were planning to distribute these blue pills to the people of Hexia Village and then lead them in chanting scriptures. If we weren't here, these more than 50,000 people in Hexia Village..."

"They will all die; no one will escape!"

Wang Yuan took over Liu Yuan's words, his voice extremely low.

Recalling the scene he had just witnessed in Qinghe Village, he was still somewhat dazed, his pupils still filled with intense horror.

He suddenly remembered something and turned to Zhu Xing, gesturing towards him.

Zhu Xing, who was standing to the side, couldn't hold back any longer. Seeing Wang Yuan's signal, he quickly cupped his hands and said to Liu Yuan, "My lord, an hour ago, the Eight Towns Manifestation Yang level directly destroyed the Great Awakening Hall. I was worried about being discovered by those people, so I didn't dare to get close. Therefore, I couldn't see the specific situation clearly. I only vaguely saw that a total of fifteen people attacked at the same time."

After the Great Enlightenment Hall was destroyed, it sank into the Crimson Dragon Lake, and then the Crimson Dragon Lake…

At this point, Zhu Xing paused, exchanged a glance with Wang Yuan beside him, and then his pupils revealed a deep look of horror as he continued, "Suddenly, billowing black smoke rose from Crimson Dragon Lake, and a four-clawed blue-eyed demonic dragon, about a thousand feet long and covered with blood-red scales, flew out of the lake."

That demonic dragon could not only spew molten lava, but also summon wind, water, and control lightning. Its power was extremely terrifying. The moment it appeared, it stirred up lightning, surrounding the entire Crimson Dragon Lake. The fifteen Manifestation-level cultivators of the Nine Towns were trapped inside, currently battling the demonic dragon. The commotion was immense; it could be heard for almost a ten-kilometer radius.

The situation in Qinghe Village that Wang Yuan had just described had already filled Liu Yuan with astonishment. Now, after hearing Zhu Xing's words, his pupils dilated even more, and his eyes were filled with horror.

The thousand-foot-long crimson dragon spewed molten lava, summoned wind, drove water, and controlled lightning. As soon as it appeared, it trapped fifteen Xianyang-level beings!

Suddenly realizing something, Liu Yuan exclaimed in surprise, "Lord, could it be that the Lord is also here...?"

Before he could finish asking, he realized that Zhu Xing had just said he was afraid of being detected by those Xianyang-level beings, so he dared not get close. Therefore, he definitely could not confirm the identities of the fifteen Xianyang-level beings.

"The Crimson Blood Demon Dragon means that there isn't a single master in the Great Awakening Hall. The Great Awakening Temple attacked Ba Shang in order to lure the Eight Towns' Manifestation Yang level to Crimson Dragon Lake. This demon dragon is the means they use to deal with the Eight Towns!"

Liu Yuan's expression was somewhat grim. His biggest worry right now was that Lord Xia Hong was also one of those fifteen Manifestation Yang level cultivators.

The thousand-foot-long demonic dragon, setting aside its strength for the moment, was far larger than any other cold beast they had ever encountered before.

Moreover, it must be difficult for something to be kept under the lake by the Great Awakening Hall for seven or eight years.

"Wang Yuan, Zhu Xing, you two continue to keep watch around Qinghe Village. Report any developments immediately. We cannot determine the lord's location at the moment, and Si Cheng is not here either. Just occupy Hexia Village for now. If there are any changes later, I will send someone to inform you."

"Your subordinate obeys!" The two left the main building and headed north towards Qinghe Village.

Liu Yuan turned his head and looked around the entire Hexia Village. When he saw the golden-armored soldiers scattered around the main building, his expression tightened slightly.

He led the Yunjiao Army from Wuyuan in the first half of the night. After taking control of the entire population of Hexia Village as ordered by Si Cheng, he immediately sent Wang Yuan and Zhu Xing to Qinghe Village to keep an eye on things.

The digging realm and cold-resistant level of Hexia Village are basically gone. The remaining 50,000 or so are all ordinary people and lumbering realm people. The Yunjiao Army can easily control them. The only unexpected thing that happened was that more than 20 monks from the Zen temple came over when there was less than an hour left before dawn.

Without hesitation, Liu Yuan led the Yunjiao Army to subdue all twenty-odd people on the spot. The cloth bag full of blue pills hanging from his waist was the one he had searched from the monks of the Zen temple.

"Lord, please don't go to Crimson Dragon Lake!"

Even though Liu Yuan didn't have as much information as Xia Hong and Xia Chuan, he could still guess most of the situation based on the current circumstances. So he could only hope that Xia Hong wasn't involved in Dajue Temple's scheme.

As for the fifteen Xianyang-level beings in the Eight Towns, he didn't care.

Regardless of the outcome, the battle between the Eight Towns Manifesting Yang level beings and that demonic dragon did not seem to be a good thing for the Great Xia Dynasty.

"It would be best if both sides were to suffer heavy losses, so that neither side could benefit!"

Liu Yuan could only stand there anxiously praying for Xia Hong to return.

………………

Liu Yuan's prayers had little effect.

Boom!

Chilong Lake is located to the east of Qinghe Village.

A dark cloud was suspended about a kilometer above the ground.

Thousands of thunderbolts continuously fell from the dark clouds, striking the edge of Chilong Lake, which had a radius of about five kilometers, completely enclosing the entire body of water. From the outside, it looked exactly like a spherical thunder prison.

If someone had sharp enough eyesight, they could see that in the Thunder Prison, fifteen figures were wielding various weapons and working together to fight a thousand-foot-long blood dragon.

"Roar…………"

Above Thunder Prison, a thousand-foot-long dragon coiled and spun, its four sharp claws slashing through the air. Suddenly, it turned and roared at a middle-aged man in white holding a silver spear on its flank.

As soon as the roar was uttered, the dark clouds above surged and condensed into fifteen thick bolts of lightning, which accurately struck the fifteen Manifestation Yang level beings around them. The largest bolt of lightning struck the white-robed middle-aged man on the flank.

Not only lightning, but also streams of molten lava, each over three meters in diameter and radiating intense heat, flew out of the dragon's mouth, engulfing the man in white almost instantly.

Just then, an old man in blue robes, wielding two blue swords, dodged the lightning and leaped into the air, landing on the dragon's forehead.

Along with his body, the two blue swords in his hands also fell to the ground.

As the cyan twin blades slashed at the demonic dragon's forehead, a thousand-foot-tall silver skeletal phantom appeared behind the old man. The phantom also held twin blades and, in unison with him, slashed fiercely at the demonic dragon's forehead.

The moment the cyan twin blades slashed down, two fierce ghosts with cyan faces and fangs flew out from the blades and simultaneously opened their mouths to bite down on the dragon's forehead.

Boom! Bang!

However, after those two blows, the dragon's forehead did not show any marks. It simply slumped down more than ten meters due to the force, without its body moving at all.

"Roar…………"

With a roar, the demonic dragon suddenly raised its head, instantly flinging the old man on its forehead away. It then spewed out an even more intense pillar of molten lava, forcing the old man in the sky to constantly dodge.

laugh…………

That pillar of molten lava was over three meters in diameter. And as the demonic dragon kept adjusting its position by shaking its head, no matter how fast the old man was, he couldn't guarantee that he could keep dodging. After dodging more than a dozen times, he was finally completely engulfed by the pillar of fire, just like the white-robed man before.

The pillar of fire was unusually intense. The moment it engulfed the old man, it hissed out black smoke as if the temperature was changing, and in an instant it turned into a black boulder that was suspended in mid-air.

call out…………

The middle-aged man in white and the old man were engulfed by the lava one after another. Then, a middle-aged man in black, holding a silver longsword, suddenly rushed from mid-air toward the face of the demon dragon. His longsword was as swift as a meteor, leaving a silver blade a hundred feet long in the air. With a slash, it went straight for the demon dragon's left eye.

As the sword flew out, a golden skeletal phantom, a thousand feet tall, also materialized behind the middle-aged man in black. It also held a long sword and thrust out in sync with him, its target also being the demonic dragon's left eye.

"Yang Zun, Shangguan Yang, stop pretending! If we don't join forces to trap the demonic dragon, we'll all die!"

Before the black-clad middle-aged man's sword even reached the target, he realized this was an excellent opportunity. Seeing the demonic dragon already swinging its tail in an attempt to dodge, he immediately roared at the two floating black stones in mid-air.

bang... bang...

The two boulders suddenly exploded, and the middle-aged man in white and the old man in blue, who had just been trapped, flew out at the same time. Their clothes were burned by the molten lava, and although they looked somewhat disheveled, there was little panic on their faces.

Behind the two, skeletal phantoms appeared simultaneously, each a thousand feet tall.

However, the middle-aged man in white, namely Yang Zun, has a golden bone structure.

The old man in blue, Shangguan Yang, has a silver bone structure.

"Everyone, join forces to trap the demonic dragon!"

Yang Zun shouted to the crowd, and his spear suddenly flew out, leaving a trail of silver light in mid-air. The illusory image of his skeletal form attacked in sync with him, and the thousands of feet long spear was directly nailed into the left abdomen of the demonic dragon.

Although Shangguan Yang did not speak, his movements were swift. The illusory figure of the skeleton held two cyan swords and slashed down from the right side, striking the right back of the demonic dragon.

At the same time, twelve other figures attacked simultaneously, but the skeletal phantoms behind them were much smaller than those three, the smallest being only three hundred feet long and the largest being over eight hundred feet long.

The twelve people attacked simultaneously from different directions, taking care of almost every part of the demon dragon's body.

Bang... Bang... Bang...

"Roar……"

The dragon seemed to be in pain as it was attacked by fourteen people at the same time, and its huge body began to struggle and tumble in the air.

However, it stopped after only a few tumbling motions.

Because after the weapons struck the demonic dragon's body, none of the fourteen people withdrew their weapons. They all unleashed their strongest power, suppressing the demonic dragon and rendering it unable to move.

call out…………

At the same time, the sword finally arrived.

"Dragon, prepare to die!"

At the very tip of the sword, hundreds of meters long, Qin Feng held the longsword, staring intently at the demonic dragon's ever-calm, emerald-green pupils, his face filled with a fierce glint.

This demonic dragon is indeed terrifyingly powerful, but at this moment its body is being suppressed by the combined forces of fourteen Manifestation Yang level beings, and it cannot move an inch, leaving it with only one path: death.

roar…………

However, just as the sword tip was less than half an inch away from the dragon's left eye, the dragon suddenly raised its head and let out a roar.

Qin Feng's expression froze instantly.

He gripped his longsword, maintaining his forward stance. Even the skeletal phantom behind him did not dissipate, remaining consistent with his physical attributes. However, neither his body nor the skeletal phantom could take another step forward.

"Qin Feng, what are you staring at!"

"An opportunity that was hard-won!"

"Come on!"

…………

Yang Zun, Shangguan Yang, and the other members of the Xianyang level were furious when they saw Qin Feng's body stop right in front of the demonic dragon's pupils. They shouted loudly, signaling him to make a move immediately.

gulp...

Qin Feng did not answer the crowd, but simply swallowed.

It's not that he didn't want to go, it's that he simply couldn't.

The dragon's roar just now was clearly different from its previous roars, which made his body freeze instantly.

Moreover, the dragon's usually calm and luminous green eyes changed after its roar.

Its left pupil suddenly became cloudy, with a hint of gold inside, which then spread outwards until it turned completely gold.

His left golden eye was wide open, but there was a clear hint of confusion and bewilderment in its pupil. He first glanced at Qin Feng in front of him, then turned to look at the fourteen Manifestation Yang level beings behind him, as if he was pondering something.

Soon, the demonic dragon seemed to have figured something out. Its left eye widened in anger, and it suddenly stretched out its body, instantly shaking all fifteen Manifestation Yang level beings, including Qin Feng, away.

The next second, the demonic dragon's actions stunned all fifteen Manifestation Yang level beings, including Qin Feng.

"How dare you control my body!"

The demonic dragon actually opened its mouth and spoke in human language.

The demonic dragon's voice was incredibly loud, carrying an air of arrogance and dominance. After speaking, it immediately turned to look southeast, its left eye filled with fury.

"What do you mean? This demonic dragon is being controlled?"

"I sensed it just now. Its bright green pupils never showed any emotional fluctuations from beginning to end. It must be controlled by Dajue Temple."

"Then how did it come back to life?"

"It must have been Qin Feng's sword strike that made the demonic dragon feel threatened, so it forcibly broke free from the master's control and woke up."

………………

"I'm merely borrowing your imperial body for a short time; why be angry?"

Leaving aside the discussion of Yang Zun and the others, the demonic dragon continued speaking immediately after it finished speaking. However, this time its voice was old, peaceful, and calm, completely different from its previous domineering and forceful tone.

Within the Crimson Blood Demon Dragon's body, there were clearly two consciousnesses present. As soon as the old man finished speaking, the demon dragon's autonomous consciousness immediately regained control of its body and angrily said, "You little bastard from Lingyin Mountain, even your master, the Five Treasures Tathagata, has to kowtow and pay respects to me. How dare you even think of taking my dragon body? Get out of my body right now!"

"The shortest period for a dragon to molt is a hundred years. You will be dormant for at least several decades. Don't try to fool this humble monk. You'd better hand over your dragon body!"

"How dare you threaten me, you dog! Roar..."

The Crimson Blood Dragon seemed to be enraged by the old man. Intense flames erupted from its left eye as it roared at the sky. The already flickering lightning was now tinged with black flames, making it appear even more terrifying than before.

However, no matter how angry the dragon was, it could not change the fact that the golden light in its left eye was gradually fading, and a bright green light was reappearing inside. Moreover, as it continued to roar, the bright green light occupied more and more of its area.

This is about to be brought back under control!

The expressions of Yang Zun and the other fifteen people instantly became much more serious.

"what…………"

However, just as the dragon's left eye was about to turn back to its luminous green color.

For some unknown reason, it let out a violent scream.

It was the old man's voice!

Yang Zun and the other fifteen men's expressions suddenly froze. They heard the pain and disbelief in the old man's voice, and their expressions instantly became uncertain and doubtful.

(End of this chapter)