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This year's winter was especially cold.
Heavy snowfalls came one after another, as if they would never cease, and the north winds howled through the mountain valleys day and night, like ghosts wailing and wolves howling, chilling to the bone just to hear.
Although cultivators above the third level of Qi Cultivation and Innate Martial Artists are not afraid of heat or cold, when the temperature drops to a certain degree, they also cannot ignore the threat of the harsh winter.
As for the ordinary people, life became even more difficult.
The residents of Dongwu Stockade had huddled together in the warm cellars or sealed rooms.
Only those with the means could hibernate for the winter; the ones without enough food and supplies suffered greatly.
With the continuous rise in grain prices within the stockade, some Loose Cultivators were forced to hunt in the snowstorms.
Especially those who lived from hand to mouth, they tasted great hardship.
