Cave Refuge-Chapter 193 - 192 Preparations before the Hehehe_1
The Martial Arts in the Great Xia Dynasty have a long history. The earliest periods of martial arts are unfathomable, but be it in official history, extrapolation, or mythical legends, related records can still be traced back to the earliest periods.
Martial Arts seem to have appeared alongside the civilization of the Great Xia Dynasty, or even before written records were made.
After all, in ancient times, with undeveloped technology, individuals’ combat capabilities played a decisive role.
Moreover, medicine and martial arts were inseparable. Before the appearance of writing, the ancestors of the Great Xia Dynasty explored how to cure diseases and heal injuries, so it’s possible that martial arts existed even before writing did.
The tradition of martial arts in the Great Xia Dynasty stretches back so far that it is not known how many years it has been passed down. Even the same secret script could have given rise to numerous sects over the years.
Despite its rich cultural heritage, Pengcheng has always been a battleground throughout history, not leaving behind any family traditions.
Regardless, before the Heavenly Catastrophe, many people in Pengcheng trained in martial arts in silence, and once the spirit energy began to recover, these people naturally broke through to the Inner Breath Realm, which used to be one in ten thousand.
In comparison to Pengcheng, where the martial arts background was not intense, other regions with a profound martial arts heritage had already started preparations for reverting to the Innate Realm.
The current martial arts in the Great Xia Dynasty lacked clear rankings and accurate detection equipment, thus, climate conditions were used to differentiate - those who could survive in extreme weather for over 20 minutes without fainting from heatstroke were classified as Inner Breath Realm Martial Artists, while the rest were ordinary people.
However, as per the most widely circulated Gold Series of ranking, martial artists who had just reached the Inner Breath Realm were only considered inferior.
Those who could survive in the open for more than half an hour were considered third-class martial artists.
Those who could survive in the open for more than an hour were called second-class martial artists.
And those who could last over three hours were considered first-class martial artists.
As for martial artists who could freely move outside without any impact, none had appeared so far.
The longest record in the Imperial Court of the Great Xia Dynasty was just over five hours of staying outdoors.
Perhaps only by reaching the legendary Innate Realm, can one keep the Inner Breath continuously circulating within the body.
However, this is for martial artists. Dong Tianyu, who is practicing the Chaos Judgment, although his cultivation speed is slower compared to practicing other techniques, his spirit and body synergize perfectly. The current outdoor temperature temporarily has no effect on him. Because he has not undergone an extreme test, Dong Tianyu does not know his body’s limit of resistance.
While Dong Tianyu was quietly cultivating and Li Minghao was secretly plotting, another person was eyeing Dong Tianyu’s saltpeter.
Ye Liuyun had become somewhat irritated since having dinner with Dong Tianyu.
The shelter he was in was not connected to the subway network. Although he had strong connections with the West City District Command Post, since the Pengcheng Government had made up their minds and not only arranged for professional patrol teams to inspect the subway network for new channels every day.
They also issued rewards, anyone who discovered a new channel could directly report it. Once verified, the officials would not only ensure the reporter’s safety but also help them relocate and even arrange easy work for them.
Therefore, so far, Ye Liuyun’s refuge center was still isolated, and the survivors living in Ye Liuyun’s refuge center were all ordinary people.
As the temperature rose, ordinary people were unable to move freely outside. This meant that Ye Liuyun’s trade activities could no longer be conducted normally. Ye Liuyun’s refuge center seemed to have turned into an isolated island in the endless ocean.
However, Ye Liuyun was well prepared. He had already arranged survivors in the refuge center to start digging in the vicinity of the subway network. They stopped just short of breaking through, leaving a backup plan for himself.
The more the situation developed, the more Ye Liuyun thought of Dong Tianyu.
As always, Ye Liuyun wanted to get saltpeter from Dong Tianyu. However, unlike wanting it as a commodity to increase profits in the past, he now wanted it to survive.
Ye Liuyun clearly remembered that during the Cold Catastrophe, when it was the coldest, the outdoor temperature reached minus 120 degrees Celsius, this suggested that the peak temperature during the heatwave would likely exceed 100 degrees Celsius.
If survivors could endure this period, there would be a period of calm and sunny weather afterwards.
Dong Tianyu had just finished his routine cultivation and was oblivious to how many people outside were thinking about him.
After finishing his cultivation, Dong Tianyu left the Hall of Longevity and picked all the fruits from the Hundred Fruit Tree.
Indeed, the fruits from the Hundred Fruit Tree tasted much better than any similar fruits that Dong Tianyu had previously bought. Whether it was the strawberries the size of a fist, crisp and sweet apples, or enticingly colored grapes.
Not to mention the watermelon that ripened and outshone all the other fruits. Despite having eaten it multiple times, it was still something that Dong Tianyu could not tire of.
Some may not realize why the watermelon is known as the King of Summer Fruits.
Firstly, according to professional research, whenever watermelons hit the market in the summer, the sale of all other fruits during the same period declines significantly.
The primary reason is that the price of watermelons in the Great Xia Dynasty is not high (excluding special varieties), the second reason is that watermelons are juicy and full of sugar. After eating a watermelon, very few people would want to eat other fruits.
Take grapes for example, many people would eat some watermelon after having grapes but few would do the opposite.
Even for many people, during their childhood, they would skip dinner in the summer and just eat a half-cut watermelon as their meal.
Therefore, many fruit vendors regard the watermelon as the King of summer fruits.
After picking all the fruits from the Hundred Fruit Tree, Dong Tianyu started watering the seedlings around the Hundred Fruit Tree. These seedlings were not watered in the afternoon because he’d hurriedly left due to Violet Walker and Jasmine Anderson.
However, the high concentration of spirit energy in the cave mansion ensured all seedlings, even without watering, survived at a 100% rate.
Dong Tianyu watered these seedlings with Spiritual Spring Water, which was rich in spirit energy. He watered them thoroughly in the first watering post-transplantation to ensure a closer bond between the plant roots and the surrounding soil.
As Whitney had said, after burying someone, you need to water the burial site to ensure the buried person cannot break free.
Watering was a simple task. In the cave mansion, he did not need to expend survival points, and at Dong Tianyu’s command, the Spiritual Spring Water automatically watered and irrigated the seedlings, including the Hundred Fruit Tree.
After finishing the work in the plantation area, he visited the livestock area for a while to ensure that no livestock had died.
Dong Tianyu was finally going to busy himself with the most important task of the day.
