Refined the legendary secret medicine and stopped the blizzard.

After successfully learning the two skill books, Cao Xing's strength improved another notch. He nodded in satisfaction and said, "Very good. Next, let's list another batch of Legendary Giant Rhinoceros Meat to exchange for some basic resources."

"By the way, let's also look for the Guardian Stone, and then we can officially end this trade."

Thinking of this, Cao Xing opened the market channel again and set up the trade information.

[Consigned Item: Icefield Giant Rhinoceros Meat (Legendary)]

[Inventory Reserve: 50,000 units]

[Required Items: 1 unit = 20,000 Wood = 10,000 Stone = 2,000 Iron = 1,000 Copper]

[Trade Limit: Max 2 units per person]

[Consignor: Cao Xing]

[Seller Note: Buying Guardian Stone, price negotiable.]

When this consignment information appeared, it caused a sensation in the four major market districts again!

After all, this was the first time Cao Xing had used the beast meat in his hands to trade for basic resources like wood, stone, and iron.

Although a limit of 2 units per person was added, it still couldn't stop the enthusiasm of the massive number of Survivors.

As the system notifications flooded the screen.

In just two minutes, Cao Xing's 50,000 units of Legendary beast meat were swept clean.

And Cao Xing had accumulated: [Wood] * 314 million, [Stone] * 154 million, [Iron] * 27.54 million, [Copper] * 5.13 million. Seeing the terrifying numbers exceeding one hundred million in his inventory, Cao Xing felt incomparably satisfied.

"With so many resources, it should be enough for the needs of building the Giant City!"

"Even if it's not enough, by then I can just list another batch of beast meat, and it will be more than enough."

Thinking of this, Cao Xing couldn't help but feel a wave of relief.

For some time before this, he had been troubled by the various resources needed to build the Giant City.

Coupled with the blizzard weather, the territory's food supply had also faced a crisis.

Now, after taking down this Legendary Giant Rhinoceros, these problems were mostly solved!

It could be said to be a true instant fortune!

Of course, although the resources for building the Giant City were solved, now the problem of manpower needed to be addressed.

As mentioned before, the construction of a Giant City requires at least tens of thousands of workers.

And it cannot be completed overnight; it requires a huge amount of time.

But these were things to consider later.

Then, Cao Xing began to continue checking those private messages to see if anyone had obtained something like a [Guardian Stone].

After patiently checking nearly ten thousand messages, Cao Xing actually found one!

Then, after some negotiation, Cao Xing bought this stone for the price of 10 kilograms of beast meat, which was 100 units.

At this point, not only were all the materials for forging the two Legendary pieces of equipment and refining the Legendary potion gathered, but even the materials for building those high-level structures and the Guardian Goddess Statue were all collected!

Cao Xing was now somewhat impatient to digest all these things.

However, because this trade had lasted too long—from 11:30 PM to 2:00 AM now—the members of the entire territory had mostly gone to rest. Cao Xing could only wait until daybreak.

Then, he also returned to the Lords Castle to rest and fell asleep.

The next day, with the familiar system notification appearing, the blizzard was still continuing.

However, Cao Xing's wave of trading last night could be considered as having supplied some food to the four major districts. After all, one unit of Legendary Giant Rhinoceros Meat could increase satiety by dozens of points!

When Cao Xing opened his eyes, he immediately saw the person sleeping beside him. Liu Muxue was already awake by this time.

Cao Xing first took out the two skill books, "Aurora Impact · Pillar of Purification" and "Master Sword Mastery," from his inventory. Then he said, "Come, Muxue, learn these two skill books."

Hearing this, a smile appeared on Liu Muxue's face. She obediently took the skill books and learned them directly.

As a Legendary Aurora Saint Envoy, her speed at comprehending these Master-level skills was faster. In just a few dozen seconds, she had already finished comprehending them.

When she opened her eyes, the power of the Aurora in her pupils flashed and disappeared. Then, looking at the man in front of her, she said softly, "Axing, I've learned them."

"These two skills have increased my attack power quite a bit again!"

Cao Xing nodded with a smile, then patted her head and said, "This blizzard looks like it will last for a few more days. You stay in the castle and rest first; I'm going to go find Harold."

"Alright, go ahead, Axing."

After coming out of the Lords Castle, Cao Xing braved the sky full of wind and snow and hurried non-stop into the blacksmith shop. He found the dwarf blacksmith, took out all the materials needed for crafting the Legendary equipment, and reserved about three sets for him.

Then he instructed, "Harold, all the materials have been gathered. From now on, you can craft with peace of mind; don't worry about failure."

"If the materials are not enough, just tell me directly."

Hearing this, a look of emotion appeared in Harold's eyes. He replied solemnly, "Understood, Lord. I will definitely use my life's learning to craft these two Legendary pieces of equipment!"

"Let the entire Western Continent know that in your territory, there is a blacksmith capable of crafting Legendary equipment!"

A smile also appeared on the corner of Cao Xing's mouth. He patted the blacksmith on the shoulder and encouraged him, "Very good, I believe you will succeed."

After a pause, he continued to ask, "By the way, Harold, according to your estimation, how long will it take to finish crafting these two Legendary pieces of equipment?"

Hearing this question, the blacksmith pondered for a moment and then said, "Reporting to Lord, normally it takes about 7 to 10 days to craft one piece of Legendary equipment."

"If there is a failure, it is equivalent to starting over from scratch."

"According to the estimate, it will take about a month to finish crafting these two Legendary pieces of equipment."

A look of realization appeared in Cao Xing's eyes. A month, this time is actually not long. He nodded, "Very good, continue crafting."

"I won't disturb you."

"Yes, Lord!"

After coming out of the blacksmith shop, he headed to the Alchemy Workshop and found Francesca. He put all the Cold Jade Marrow, Lion-Head Flower, and Bull Vine into the storage box.

Cao Xing instructed as usual, "Francesca, all the materials have been prepared."

"How many bottles of 'Power Demon Drink Potion' can you produce here per day?"

The witch crossed her arms with one hand, supporting her chin with the other, and said softly, "This kind of Legendary potion is not as simple as refining those ordinary potions."

"The procedures it requires are much more complex, and—there will also be a certain failure rate."

She paused for a moment and said softly, "At my current speed, I can refine about three hundred bottles a day, and in the end, about two hundred bottles will succeed."

Hearing this number, Cao Xing quickly calculated in his heart. Refining three hundred bottles of potion and succeeding with two hundred is equivalent to a success rate of over 65%. For a Legendary potion, this success rate is already quite insane.

Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction, "Good, then I'll leave it to your hard work."

The corner of the witch's mouth curled into a smile, and then she turned around and started refining the potion.

After leaving the Alchemy Workshop, Cao Xing quickly found Tong Chuchu and handed the other two skill books to this young girl.

At this point, the earnings obtained from last night's trade were basically partially digested. Next, it was just waiting for the blizzard to stop. Then he could officially start the next step!

Thinking of this, Cao Xing returned to the Lords Castle full of anticipation, waiting silently.

Time flew by, and a day passed. The next day—a system notification appeared.

[All Survivors please note! You have passed the 23rd day of the Turbulent Period.]

[Distance to event: Dream Fragment Layer opens in 48 days, Golden Skratt's Golden Treasure opens in 49 days.]

[Weather Forecast: Heavy snow today, minimum temperature -67°C to -72°C]

At this moment, Cao Xing noticed a different system notification. That was that the blizzard in the weather forecast had turned into heavy snow.

He said in a low voice, "Could it be that this blizzard is about to stop?"

Cao Xing quickly got up and drew the curtains. Then he looked up at the sky, carefully observing the changes in the snowfall. After a moment, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"? The snowfall really looks much smaller."

Cao Xing muttered to himself, his voice filled with a hint of anticipation!

After observing for another moment, Cao Xing finally confirmed his guess. The snowfall had indeed decreased significantly!

It had turned from the original blizzard into continuous heavy snow. Although it was still cold, for everyone, this was undoubtedly a good omen.

The blizzard that had lasted for eleven days finally showed signs of weakening.

Cao Xing said with relief, "Good, good, good. This snow disaster has finally reached its final stage!"

"Based on the experience from last time, it will be completely over in at most three or four days."

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a sense of relief in his heart.

Then, he walked back to the Lords Castle with light steps.

Meanwhile, many Survivors around the world also discovered the situation outside.

They discussed this matter in the chat channel one after another.

"Brothers, you all saw it, right? The power of the blizzard has weakened!"

"I saw it. The snowfall has clearly decreased, and the wind isn't as strong anymore."

"It feels just like the last fog disaster; the blizzard has reached its final stage, first weakening, then gradually stopping."

Hearing everyone's discussion, these lords also became excited, and the atmosphere in the chat channel became increasingly lively.

Although the snowstorm hadn't stopped completely, the weakening of the snowfall gave these surviving lords a shot in the arm!

Although the number of deaths in this blizzard wasn't as outrageous as before.

But every region still suffered varying degrees of damage.

If it had continued, more and more territories would have completely collapsed due to exhausted resources.

A lord encouraged everyone in the chat channel.

"Everyone, hang in there. There are only a few days left, and we will be able to make it through soon!"

"That's right, let's go everyone."

Over the next few days, everyone waited silently in their territories.

Just as everyone had speculated, the snowfall was decreasing day by day.

And it wasn't like before, where it would snow for a whole day straight.

Now it had become intermittent, snowing for an hour or two, stopping for an hour or two, and then snowing again for a while.

People could even go out briefly for some activity.

In a flash, three days passed.

The blizzard, which had raged for fourteen full days, finally stopped completely at night.

Early the next morning.

All Survivors heard a system prompt.

[All Survivors please note, you have successfully survived the 27th day of the turbulent period.]

[Time until the event: Dream Fragment Layer opens in 45 days, Golden Skratt's treasure opens in 46 days.]

[Weather forecast: Sunny today, light breeze, minimum temperature -56°C, maximum -63°C.]

[The snowstorm has ended; everyone can go out for activities, gather resources, and develop your territories.]

[To congratulate everyone on overcoming the crisis once again, all Survivors and their subordinates will receive the blessing effect: 'Nature Goddess: Lisa's Blessing'.]

[Nature Goddess: Lisa's Blessing: Movement speed increased by 20%, gathering resource speed increased by 20%. This effect lasts for 10 days.]

At this moment, the chat channel instantly boiled over, and countless cheers rose one after another!

"Haha, that's awesome! This blizzard has finally, damn it, ended!"

"Yeah, we finally made it through. It really wasn't easy."

"Holy crap, there's actually 'Nature Goddess: Lisa's Blessing', increasing movement speed and gathering speed by 20%. This system really takes care of us."

Everyone sighed with emotion.

A lord quickly reminded everyone: "Brothers, it's only a 10-day buff, everyone hurry up and get moving!"

"Hurry, hurry, hurry! I can't wait to go hunting outside!"

Survivor lords all over the world began to take action.

They enthusiastically brought their subordinates out, ready to have a big go at it.

However… the snow outside the territory was like a low wall, blocking everyone's path.

The first problem all lords faced after the blizzard was — shoveling snow.

In Cao Xing's territory, those subordinates looked at the stopped snow outside the window, and couldn't help but reveal happy smiles on their faces.

They walked out of the houses one after another, feeling the long-lost tranquility.

Cao Xing and Liu Muxue also heard the system prompt, and the two smiled at each other.

"Let's go, Muxue. We should go out too. Today, we need to start restarting the construction of the territory."

"Okay, Axing, let's go together."

After saying this, the two pushed open the door of the Lords Castle together.

A breeze blew towards them, carrying a slight chill.

Before their eyes was a vast expanse, as if the entire world had been covered by heavy snow.

Because during this time, in order to save energy, Cao Xing had only controlled the heating range of the [Energy Tower] to a diameter of two kilometers.

So the area outside the territory had long been covered by snow.

The thickness of the snow from the dozen or so days of the blizzard was beyond imagination, having buried almost everything.

Even some scattered boulders outside the territory were more than half buried.

The thick snow was like a heavy quilt covering the entire land.

"Good heavens, with the thickness of this snow, just shoveling it will take quite a lot of effort and time," Cao Xing exclaimed.

Liu Muxue, who was by his side, said softly, "Axing, I actually have an idea."

"Hmm? Tell me about it." Cao Xing turned his head, his eyes filled with a trace of curiosity.

Liu Muxue said, "Don't we have dozens of transport vehicles in our territory?"

"These transport vehicles have plenty of power and can push very heavy things."

"We can install buckets on the front of each transport vehicle to clear the snow outside the territory."

"This will speed up efficiency a lot."

She paused for a moment and continued, "Besides that, we can also use the Goblin Airships to assist, speeding up the snow-shoveling efficiency."

Cao Xing was a bit surprised: "Goblin Airships can do it too?"

Liu Muxue nodded and explained, "Yes, the Goblin Airships have strong load-bearing capacity. We can install special snow-shoveling devices directly under the airships and use the airships' height and speed to push the snow from high places to low places."

"We can even transport the snow away directly."

Cao Xing listened carefully and felt that both of Liu Muxue's plans were quite good. He praised, "Not bad, let's do that."

"I'll gather everyone first."

Liu Muxue smiled gently and then silently stepped back to his side.

Then, Cao Xing pressed the communication device on his ear and shouted.

"All members, assemble!"

Hearing the order, the entire territory's eight thousand-plus people quickly gathered, walking from all directions in a vast crowd.

Then they lined up in neat rows.

They gazed at their lord with hopeful and fervent eyes.

Cao Xing scanned the crowd.

After a moment, he nodded with satisfaction.

The more than half a month of snow disaster didn't take away a single person in his territory.

Everyone was safe and sound, having safely survived this disaster once again.

He took a deep breath and spoke loudly.

"Everyone, as you can see, the raging snowstorm has stopped, and we have survived this crisis together."

"In this blizzard, I saw everyone's resilience, unity, and loyalty to the territory."

"Your efforts and dedication make me feel deeply proud!"

Hearing this, the crowd below immediately boiled over!

They shouted in unison: "Willing to serve the Lord! Willing to sacrifice everything for the territory!"

"Willing to serve the Lord! Willing to sacrifice everything for the territory!"

Cao Xing nodded slightly and raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet; the fanatical crowd gradually calmed down.

Subsequently, Cao Xing continued: "Although we have survived this crisis, in this world, no one knows what tomorrow will bring."

"I believe everyone knows that these dozen days of snow disaster have consumed many of our territory's resources, and many resources are even running low."

"In order to let everyone live a better life, and to cope with the disasters we might encounter next."

"We need to continue to work hard!"

After a pause, Cao Xing said: "Next, everyone will still follow the previous groups, head outside the territory to clear snow, repair buildings, and gather resources."

"The Goblin Airships and transport vehicles are ready, and we will complete this task at the fastest speed."

"Yes!"

The workers were once again full of enthusiasm and began to take action according to their original groups.

Then, Cao Xing looked at the Arctic People in the crowd and said: "Du An, I have a task to entrust to you." The sturdy Arctic Person immediately stepped forward and said respectfully: "Lord, please give your orders."

Cao Xing nodded and said: "I have recently obtained a few more blueprints."

"Take enough Arctic People with you, and while attending to the upgrades of the Energy Station and the Lords Castle, go and build these buildings."