"Wine and women keep me from ever smiling!"
"From this day on, I'm not listening!"
Outside the window, Ruo Jinghong covered her ears and gazed into the distance.
In the distance, Clouds of Auspiciousness hung in the air. Small Earth Veins descended from the sky like swimming fish, trailing down and burrowing into the earth to strengthen its Earth Veins.
Ying Jiaren's Fire Mulberry Tree carried the Five Elements Fruit Tree as it untangled the Earth Veins and adjusted earth, fire, wind, and water, strengthening the land little by little.
Everything here was almost exactly like Stone City.
In just a few months, Bitter Cold City's foundations had grown several times stronger than before the magical duel.
Some areas had begun growing spirit grain, Vermilion Fruit, and other crops that could feed mortals.
These things would give Bitter Cold City the ability to sustain itself.
In this way, it would also slowly develop into a place like Stone City, with the ability to control its own future.
When the First Legion commander and the others saw this, they said nothing, but in their hearts, they had already acknowledged Ying Jiaren's methods.
"As expected, with Stone City already there as a benchmark, all we're doing now is following its example step by step."
"Though it will still take decades, or even a century, for Bitter Cold City to become completely self-sufficient."
"But at least this gives us hope."
"In the future, even if those above give us no supplies at all, we can still hold on."
"If we keep advancing like this, perhaps Bitter Cold City really will become the most dazzling pearl in the Far Northern Land."
At this thought, the First Legion commander smiled.
The other legion commanders had also realized this.
They, too, saw hope.
Moreover, everyone had