Global Lords: Me and My Calabash Kiddos

But Yi Tian didn’t want to waste that time.

He spent 1.8 billion Celestial Dao Coins to buy 300,000 Gold.

Celestial Dao Coin balance: 41.992 billion.

"Cultivate, Demon Slaying Blade!"

Yi Tian placed the jade slip on top of the Gold, then sat cross-legged on the ground.

The Gold disappeared!

Information about the Demon Slaying Blade appeared in Yi Tian’s mind.

One slash, the Fall of the Gods and Demons!

One slash, the world changes!

Yi Tian merely glanced into the mood, and was instantly pulled back to reality.

"Congratulations, Lord, on comprehending the divine-level blade skill, Demon Slaying Blade."

Completely different from previous comprehensions.

Yi Tian knew what this implied.

From entry level to minor achievement.

Even harder than going from entry to perfection with SSS-level martial skills.

"There’s still plenty of Silver Wood Gold Tea, even more Enlightenment Tea. The Enlightenment Fruit must be ripened once, otherwise it’s too hard."

Yi Tian had already decided in his heart.

"I’m not carrying my Heavenless Bead, I can feel the chill but not the cold—have the Snow Beasts arrived?" Yi Tian patted the snow off his hair.

As usual, the creatures with strong constitutions only feel the chill, not the cold when facing severe cold!

"Brother Ta Fang!"

Yi Tian opened the chat system and left a random message.

"Winter Beasts detected; special talent: Intercepted Secret. In the Celestial Dao World, only within the Lord’s territory are the mercenary, chat system, and auction house available."

The Celestial Dao Stone gave Yi Tian a prompt.

"Dashao was right. The Snow Beasts have descended, but they’re still not ready. The Flame Beasts, the Withered Beasts—same story back then!"

During this period, prices for goods haven’t increased, simply because the indigenous supplies from the Celestial Dao World have been continuously transported to the Lords.

When this happens, pelts always fetch heavenly prices. Even the indigenous pelts became scarce. How much more for Lords with few resources?

Other resources might go up too.

After two days without sleep, waiting on the Combat Power Golden List, Yi Tian didn’t feel tired. Once the dust settled, a wave of drowsiness crashed in.

Going to the Little Kiddo’s room to fetch the Purple Ghost Lamp, Yi Tian saw them all sleeping sweetly, either sprawled or lying spread-eagle.

Worried the Little Kiddos would be affected by Snow Beasts, Yi Tian adjusted their positions and tucked them in with the down quilt before returning to his own room.

At 4:30 in the morning, the Snow Beasts completely merged with a region’s rules, a force sweeping over every living creature in the Celestial Dao World.

No matter how high one’s constitution is—anything above ten—all only have the cold resistance effect of a ten-point constitution.

Even Qi Refiners with Ice Attribute Spiritual Power can’t assimilate.

The only creatures with an advantage are Fire Attribute Qi Refiners, Elemental Masters, or Mages.

But they have to constantly and endlessly release flames, continuously burning energy to resist the cold.

Spiritual Power circulating inside the body does nothing.

Just like with the Flame Beast Sun Fusion, one’s actual constitution doesn’t change.

Under the faint glow of the Purple Ghost Lamp, Fourth Child wobbled into Yi Tian’s room, shivering and hugging him.

She was so cold, and so sleepy, her consciousness tangled.

As Fourth Child ran over, Yi Tian woke up and immediately felt a chill pierce every part of his body, as if the cold reached his bones.

Minus 70°C is no joke.

Yi Tian quickly pulled up the covers, tucking himself in.

He felt much better then.

Seeing Fourth Child trembling in his arms, Yi Tian realized the Little Kiddo had kicked the quilt off.

Enduring the cold, Yi Tian got up and tucked Fourth Child in tightly.

He felt like his hands were starting to get numb from the cold.

Yi Tian took out his Heavenless Bead from his Storage Ring.

The Heavenless Bead immediately released energy, enveloping Yi Tian.

In an instant, he felt wrapped in warm wind from head to toe.

Just as Yi Tian expected, the Heavenless Bead protected against the cold.

He donned a big cotton coat and walked to the Little Kiddos’ room. The other Little Kiddos clung to each other, shivering; the quilt had fallen to the floor, but they didn’t bother picking it up, nor did they sleepwalk to Yi Tian’s room like Fourth Child did.

Yi Tian hurried to tuck them in and added another quilt.

At the same time, Yi Tian placed the Heavenless Bead on Big Child.

From now on, with seven Little Kiddos, each one gets it for a day.

After two quilts, the Little Kiddos slept peacefully again.

But Yi Tian himself was freezing!

The big cotton coat helped, but Yi Tian still hadn’t adapted to the sudden change.

He had no desire to cultivate at all, just wanted to bury himself under the covers.

The warmth from hiding in the bed earlier felt infinitely amplified.

Just like on Earth, when you don’t want to get up from bed in the winter.

"Whoosh!"

Yi Tian extended his palm, and fire rose up.

He controlled the temperature, making it behave like an ordinary flame, so he felt a bit of warmth.

But he couldn’t just hold fire all the time, could he?

Switching to the division channel.

"I’m freezing to death! Yesterday was cold, sure, but nothing like this—I feel like I can’t even move now."

"No doubt it’s the Winter Beast’s doing, just like the Flame Beast. When all the cotton was sold out last month, some Lords guessed the Winter Beast was coming. Good thing I planted cotton—got myself a hundred-pound quilt, quick."

"Brothers, light up the fires! With fire, it’s still warm!" —Black Stone Star Human Race Shan Dashan.

"There’s no stove in the auction house, otherwise I’d buy one instantly."

"Why buy a stove? Just use the workbench to make iron sheets and craft one yourself, takes but a few minutes. Get on it, brothers, or you won’t sleep at night soon. It’s just getting started, might be even colder tomorrow!" —Qiong Clan Fei Yiming.

"But how do we work now? We’ll freeze to death outside! Have the bigwigs gone out? I just opened the door and instantly shrank back—can’t go outside!"

"I can’t get out either, and besides, how do we get firewood? Can’t just buy wood on the auction house to burn, right?"

"If only winter hadn’t invaded—it’d be cold, but I’d know I wouldn’t freeze to death."

"Crematorium isn’t bad either; warming up while working!" —Pigman Race Pig Boar.

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"Stove! Sigh, it’s cultivation time, might as well cultivate!"

Yi Tian extinguished the flame in his palm, sat on the emerald jade bed, and ran the Five Elements Technique to sense the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

But his mind wandered, and he couldn’t find his state.

Gritting his teeth, in fits and starts, it took an hour just to complete a few cycles, Spiritual Power +2.

Not normal performance.

During sleep at night, Spiritual Power +7.

Yi Tian really wanted to sleep for a few days to buff his Spiritual Power.

Forgive his slacker mindset!

Hold on!

Haven’t even fought the Snow Beast yet—can’t lose the first round!

"Huff, huff..."

When he opened the villa door, Yi Tian felt like he’d stepped into a different world.

The wind seemed to have picked up!

When the cold hit, Yi Tian felt his blood freeze.

Gritting his teeth, Yi Tian pressed on, heading for the Martial Arts Arena.

Snowflakes howled madly, pelting his face like needles.

The freezing wind was like a blade, teaming up with the snowflakes for added effect!