Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

From the arrogance displayed by He Meng and his group the first time,

To tonight, with this group of people trespassing into Redwood Ridge to hunt;

These two events have already destined that Mirror Immortal Camp will not only be unable to become a friendly neighbor, but is also very likely to compress the living space of Great Xia.

Although during the process of hunting the magic sheep just now, this group of people showed a fierce fighting spirit that defied death, Xia Hong couldn't help but feel a bit of appreciation in his heart.

But an enemy is an enemy.

Any enemy who may threaten the survival of Great Xia, whether it is a cold beast, a strange monster, or a human, if necessary and capable, Xia Hong will mercilessly strangle them.

I, Xia Hong, dare not accept that!

Xia Hong's tone had already been extremely low in the previous words, and anyone could hear the surging anger contained within.

The last seven words were spoken with chilling coldness.

Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan even thought that he was about to order an attack, and immediately drew the sabers from their waists, stepping forward in unison.

"Great Xia's territory? Isn't this the territory of Lu Shang Camp?"

"Lu He has already said that he would give this area to my Mirror Immortal Camp. When did it become your Great Xia's territory?"

"We haven't even investigated the matter of Great Xia driving the rat swarm into the Arrow Bamboo Forest. Now you're biting us back, saying we trespassed on your territory?"

"Hahaha, ridiculous. This so-called Great Xia is just eyeing our prey and having ulterior motives."

"Just three people, I'm not afraid even if I'm injured."

"Boss, no need to talk nonsense with him, let's see who's stronger!"

… … … … … …

The Mirror Immortal Camp's hunting of the magic sheep was not easy just now. More than ten of the twenty-odd people have already fallen. At this moment, there are only nine people who can still stand.

Moreover, these nine people are basically injured.

Some of them are barely standing with support.

But even so, after hearing Xia Hong's slightly cold words, no one was afraid. Instead, they all retorted one after another with full of fiery temper.

A few who could still move their legs and feet seemed to feel that the rebuttal was not enough, and even drew their sabers and took two steps forward, just like Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan.

Their reaction was even more intense than the three of Xia Hong, with the vigor of fighting desperately at the slightest disagreement.

Xia Hong lowered his eyes, and combined with the ferocity that these people showed during the hunting, the current reaction was not beyond his expectations.

At a distance of more than ten meters, Xia Hong was already able to see the faces of most of the people. He Meng, whom he had dealt with in the Arrow Bamboo Forest last time, was not in the crowd, but he could tell from the few voices shouting just now that someone should have been present at the time.

He Meng brought fourteen people last time.

Xia Hong focused his gaze on the man in black who was surrounded by the nine people.

Consistent with the voice he just heard, the man in black was indeed very young.

Thick eyebrows and a broad face, his expression was as deep as water. A close-fitting black outfit revealed his burly physique. Perhaps to conceal the injury on his shoulder, his hands were resting on the hilt of the broadsword inserted into the ground, standing upright like a straight pine tree, motionless.

Obviously, he looked at most the same age as Xia Chuan, but his calm and experienced posture did not look like a young man at all.

On the contrary, the nine people around him were obviously older than him, some even with middle-aged faces, but judging from their expressions and behavior, and even their strength, they seemed more like young people than him.

While Xia Hong looked at the man in black, the man in black was naturally looking at him too.

The eyes of the two met in mid-air and froze for a moment. The man in black gradually relaxed his expression, revealing a smile, clasped his fists and said cheerfully:

"I heard He Meng say last time that there is a Great Xia camp near Redwood Ridge, and the leader Xia Hong is extremely brave. He led a hundred people to kill the rat swarm in a panic, and almost窜 into the Arrow Bamboo Forest. I had respect in my heart at the time, and I wanted to visit him in a few days, but I didn't expect to meet him here tonight."

"Mirror Immortal Camp, Yuwen Tao, has met Leader Xia!"

… … … …

Xia Hong's gloomy face suddenly froze for a few seconds.

He thought that Yuwen Tao might react more violently than the other nine people.

It was not impossible to even start directly.

He never expected that Yuwen Tao would be so polite.

Of course, after the stiffness, Xia Hong became more vigilant in his heart.

Compared to He Meng and the straightforwardness of the other people in the Mirror Immortal Camp, this Yuwen Tao, although polite on the surface, was obviously a more difficult character to deal with.

Although his words were polite, he mentioned the last time when the rat swarm almost闖 into the Arrow Bamboo Forest, which was obviously soft with hard.

"Regarding the rat swarm, I have already negotiated with He Meng last time. The Mirror Immortal Camp only occupied the Arrow Bamboo Forest for three months, and Great Xia was not notified in advance. Moreover, the whole matter did not cause any losses to the Mirror Immortal Camp. More importantly, the rat swarm did not enter the Arrow Bamboo Forest in the end."

"It's not that easy to fool me with this!"

It's not polite to hit someone with a smiling face. Since Yuwen Tao was so polite and expressed his intention to negotiate well, Xia Hong simply followed his intentions and softened his tone slightly.

Of course, only the tone was softened.

After saying the last sentence, he raised his right hand and waved it gently towards the rear.

Whoosh… … … …

Three iron arrows simultaneously broke through the air from the big tree behind and were inserted directly into the ground two or three meters in front of Yuwen Tao and others.

The iron arrows were inserted into the ground for twenty or thirty centimeters. The force was too great, and the sound of the arrow tail being straightened and released was unusually clear.

Yuwen Tao, including the nine people behind him, looked at the iron arrows on the ground, and then suddenly looked up at the back of Xia Hong, their expressions all changed.

From so far away, they could still be inserted so deep into the ground. The strength of the archer was definitely at the Earth-Digging Realm. Three arrows were of course nothing, but the problem was, who knew how many people and how many arrows were behind the three of Xia Hong?

Yuwen Tao's face, which was originally smiling, suddenly became much gloomy, and his mood was no longer as relaxed as before. He took two steps forward and said in a deep voice:

"Leader Xia, when Lu He brought people to join my Mirror Immortal Camp, he had already transferred all the territory of the original Lu Shang Camp in Redwood Ridge to us…"

"Did they tell you how the territory of Lu Shang Camp came about?"

Without waiting for Yuwen Tao to finish his words, Xia Hong directly interrupted him.

"No need to talk so much nonsense. I have no intention of explaining the matter of Lu Shang Camp to you. Let's be direct. Tonight, I will not pursue the matter too much because you are first-time offenders. Leave this magic sheep behind and don't step into Redwood Ridge again in the future. I can let you go!"

As soon as Xia Hong proposed this condition, the nine people beside Yuwen Tao, like being stepped on their tails, all shouted angrily one after another.

"You're dreaming!"

"Boss, ignore him, we're not afraid of death, let's fight him."

"We fought for so long, you want to pick up a bargain for nothing, you're daydreaming."

"Boss, don't listen to him, if he dares to kill us, when the leader brings people over, his Great Xia camp, up and down, will all have to accompany us…"

… … … … … …

At this moment, not only Xia Hong, but also Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan beside him, their expressions immediately became gloomy after hearing the words of the last person, and their eyes looking at the ten people also began to become chilling.

Pa… …

"Shut up!"

Before the last person could say the word "burial", Yuwen Tao directly scolded and interrupted him, and even turned around and slapped him hard.

That person was already injured, and with this slap, he flew two or three meters away, unable to stand still, and sat directly on the ground.

"Leader Xia, my subordinates are unruly and talking nonsense, please forgive me!"

After hitting that person, Yuwen Tao turned around and quickly bowed directly to the three of Xia Hong, while scolding the nine people in his heart, all of them were pigs.

After a long time without hearing a response from the three of Xia Hong, Yuwen Tao became more and more nervous in his heart. He glanced sideways at the huge magic sheep corpse behind him, a look of pain appeared on his face first, and then he bit his teeth and raised his head:

"Leader Xia, in order to hunt this magic sheep, our losses are not small. Letting you have the whole prey will not only make my brothers feel bad, but I will not be willing. How about this, I will take half of the blood from this magic sheep and offer it to you. I wonder what Leader Xia thinks?"

Xia Hong, who had been silent, moved slightly when he heard these words.

Obviously, Yuwen Tao saw the strangeness of his skin and knew that he was also at the critical moment of breaking through the Cold Resistance level and urgently needed intermediate cold beast blood.

Should he accept half of the blood and leave a group of potential enemies behind?

Or should he refuse and bring Xia Chuan, Luo Yuan, and others together to strangle Yuwen Tao and these ten people here.

"Big brother!"

"Leader… …"

Seeing that Xia Hong was hesitating, Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan spoke one after another. Xia Chuan's eyes were gloomy, while Luo Yuan was more direct, gently gesturing on his neck with his hand.

Knowing that the two were persuading him to order an attack, Xia Hong was also a little tempted.

Although he and others had just fought and were not in full condition.

But these ten people in front of him were in even worse condition!

The seriously injured Yuwen Tao, nine Earth-Digging Realm cultivators who could barely stand.

And on his side, there were nine archers hiding behind the trees!

"Leader Xia Hong, if I'm not mistaken, He Meng should have had a lot of conflicts with your camp regarding the rat swarm incident last time. When he came back last time, he suggested to my leader He Yuanhun to bring people to the Great Xia駐地 to demand an explanation. Thanks to my father's persuasion, Leader He did not agree…"

Yuwen Tao's expression was slightly nervous, obviously seeing the hesitation on Xia Hong's face, and a drop of cold sweat oozed from his forehead. After saying the previous paragraph, he did not forget to continue to add at the end:

"By the way, I haven't told Headman Xia yet, my Mirror Immortal camp has a population of over ten thousand, hundreds of Earth Burrowing Realm experts, and the camp is even guarded by two Frost Resistance Realm experts, Headman He Yuanhun and my father, Yuwen Hu!"

"Headman Xia, my father has always upheld the idea that humans in the Ice Abyss world should help each other, believing that it is better to resolve conflicts than to create them. Now that Mirror Immortal occupies Arrow Bamboo Forest, it will be next to Great Xia. Even if the two families aren't friendly neighbors, it's best not to forge too deep a feud."

"Headman Xia, don't you agree?"

… … … …

He Yuanhun, Yuwen Hu, He Meng, two Frost Resistance Realm experts guarding the camp… …

Originally hesitant, Xia Hong's expression subtly changed after hearing Yuwen Tao's words.

Especially when he looked up and met Yuwen Tao's eyes, noticing a subtle glint, his mind immediately stirred.

Yuwen Tao was ostensibly saying that his father, Yuwen Hu, had persuaded He Yuanhun, and He Meng's suggestion to seek revenge on Great Xia had not been successfully implemented, implying that his father had done Great Xia a favor.

But this was clearly not enough to make Xia Hong let them go, after all, words are empty, who knows if what he said is true or false.

The subtext contained in the middle part of the conversation was what truly moved Xia Hong.

The Mirror Immortal camp, with a population of over ten thousand and hundreds of Earth Burrowing Realm experts, was information that Xia Hong had roughly been able to deduce earlier, but Yuwen Tao's final sentence, that there were two Frost Resistance Realm experts guarding the camp, was what Xia Hong was truly focused on.

Adding to Yuwen Tao's subtle expression, he was clearly hinting to himself that He Yuanhun was not the only one who had the final say in the Mirror Immortal camp.

Of course, the deeper subtext was that if he took action to kill them, then his father, Yuwen Hu, would definitely change his position, and He Meng's suggestion would be successfully adopted by He Yuanhun, and finally, the Great Xia and Mirror Immortal camps would completely turn into an irreconcilable situation.

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Such a brief conversation, both soft and hard.

Not only did it clarify the great benefits of Xia Hong and his companions not taking action;

At the same time, it also told them the consequences that Great Xia would face after killing them, subtly threatening them.

Is this Yuwen Tao really a young man?

Although Xia Hong didn't show any expression on his face, he was quite shocked by Yuwen Tao's experience and composure.

Regardless of whether Yuwen Tao's previous words were true or false, at least the last part was true. It is better to resolve conflicts than to create them. Great Xia and the Mirror Immortal camp will definitely be neighbors in the future. If they forge too deep a feud, it will not be good for either family.

And killing the son of a Frost Resistance Realm expert is obviously heading towards an irreconcilable situation, so there is even less need to do so.

Secretly kill them, so no one will find out?

Xia Hong shook his head. This is the Ice Abyss, not a normal world. As long as someone dies on your territory, you can't escape responsibility. People don't need evidence.

As things stand, Xia Hong no longer had the idea of killing Yuwen Tao and the other ten people. Even Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan, who were beside him, had lessened the killing intent on their faces.

At this point, they could only hope that Yuwen Tao's words about the two Frost Resistance Realm experts, Yuwen Hu and He Yuanhun, were true.

Regardless of whether the strength of the Mirror Immortal camp was as Yuwen Tao said, before Xia Hong broke through to the Frost Resistance Realm, it was definitely stronger than Great Xia. At least, this point was beyond doubt.

Currently, Xia Hong's greatest reliance in daring to clash with the Mirror Immortal camp was that the other party was not aware of the location of Great Xia's base and could only run into them in Redwood Ridge.

But this is not safe.

If the people from the Mirror Immortal camp really had the intention, it was only a matter of time before they found the valley.

The conflicts that have erupted between the two families are not too big yet, so the Mirror Immortal camp should not spend a lot of effort to find the location of Great Xia's base.

But what about the future?

The two families, being neighbors, will eventually meet, and judging from the attitude shown by He Meng and his group, future conflicts are inevitable.

The reason why Xia Hong was in a hurry to break through to the Frost Resistance Realm during this period was because of this.

Before a more intense conflict erupts with the Mirror Immortal camp, if Xia Hong has not broken through to the Frost Resistance Realm, then the fate of the Great Xia camp will not be good.

Of course, he could kill Yuwen Tao and the other ten people tonight, but what about afterwards?

What if he fails to break through to the Frost Resistance Realm in a short period of time?

Xia Hong needs time, a lot of time!

If, as Yuwen Tao hinted, there is a factional struggle within the Mirror Immortal camp, then he can buy even more time.

Moreover, Yuwen Tao deliberately mentioned his father Yuwen Hu's philosophy just now, which was obviously meaningful. It is very likely that the headman named He Yuanhun's philosophy of leading the camp is incompatible with his father's.

This can also explain why his father wanted to stop Headman He Yuanhun from adopting He Meng's suggestion to come and trouble Great Xia.

Yuwen Tao's eyes had been fixed on Xia Hong, his expression tense, his hands never leaving the broadsword from beginning to end, obviously waiting for his decision.

"Let the blood flow!"

After a long time, hearing Xia Hong utter three words, Yuwen Tao immediately relaxed, his tense emotions instantly dissipated, and he turned back to the others and gave an instruction, with a smile on his face.

"Thank you, Headman Xia!"

Xia Hong just cupped his fist slightly and didn't give him a good look.

Although he greatly admired Yuwen Tao, the relationship between the two families was not good after all. Letting them go tonight was also an expedient measure. If he later found out that Yuwen Tao had lied to him, wouldn't the good look he gave at this time become a big joke.

Knowing Xia Hong's concerns, Yuwen Tao didn't take it to heart, gave a wry smile, then looked up at Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan behind him, first showing a hint of curiosity, and then smiling and nodding at the two.

Only at this time did he look like a young man… …

Yuwen Tao's somewhat naive behavior fell into Xia Hong's eyes, but it made him feel a lot more relaxed, and the hostility in his eyes dissipated a lot.

Of course, in addition to paying attention to Yuwen Tao, he also did not forget to observe how the other people in the Mirror Immortal camp were bleeding the magic sheep.

Several people walked to the chest of the magic sheep, cut open the outer skin with a knife, and found a red blood vessel with a diameter of three or four centimeters near its heart.

One person stepped forward and cut open the blood vessel with a knife, and the bright red blood gurgled out. The other people carried large leather bags and caught it underneath, and soon filled a large bag.

The amazing thing is that during the process of bleeding, the magic sheep's huge body, which was originally nearly nine meters long, slowly began to wither and shrink, until half of the blood was released, its body had shrunk by one or two tenths, leaving only seven meters long.

Although this scene made Xia Hong curious, he didn't ask, and didn't show any strange expression on his face. Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan were the same.

The three even deliberately turned their heads to hide their curiosity.

There was no way, if they asked, wouldn't it confirm that they were seeing someone bleed an intermediate cold beast for the first time, exposing Great Xia's strength, and even lowering their standards a lot.

"Headman Xia Hong!"

Soon, Yuwen Tao threw the sealed bag of cold beast blood over.

Xia Hong stretched out his hand to catch it steadily, estimating that it weighed about thirty catties.

Combining the previous handling of low-level cold beasts, from the size of intermediate cold beasts, it is probably this amount of blood.

After getting the blood, Xia Hong didn't leave immediately. He looked at Yuwen Tao, his expression gradually becoming solemn, and he said in a deep voice:

"Now that the misunderstanding tonight has been resolved, Xia shouldn't say anything more, but Brother Yuwen, if you really think, as you said just now, that our two families should be friendly neighbors, then please help me take a few words back."

"The matter of the Rat Swarm before was completely a misunderstanding. I believe that anyone with eyes can see clearly that Great Xia has no intention of forming a feud with the Mirror Immortal camp."

"The two families are adjacent to each other, which has become a fact. In the future, let's not talk about getting along in harmony, but at least we must ensure that we don't interfere with each other and avoid unnecessary disputes and conflicts."

"In the future, Xia will definitely restrain the people in the camp from entering any area of the Arrow Bamboo Forest, and I also ask the people in the Mirror Immortal camp not to cross the border without permission and enter my Redwood Ridge."

"What happened tonight is only once."

"If it happens again in the future, the Great Xia camp will never show mercy, don't say you weren't warned!"

"Okay, I will definitely convey Headman Xia Hong's words."

Yuwen Tao quickly nodded in response, but when he looked up again, he found that Xia Hong and the others had already retreated towards the dense forest in the south.

At the same time, there were rustling sounds from several large trees around, obviously the archers that Xia Hong had brought over just now.

"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9… … … …"

Yuwen Tao closed his eyes and listened quietly, silently counting in his mouth. When the movement on the big tree completely disappeared, he opened his eyes and looked at the direction where the Great Xia people disappeared in the south, and breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

"Nine Earth Burrowing Realm archers, fortunately there was no conflict!"

Looking at the wound on his shoulder, Yuwen Tao's face flashed a hint of good fortune.

He had been paying attention to the changes in Xia Hong's expression just now. If the other party had changed his mind, the result tonight would have been completely different.

The other nine people also relaxed a lot at this moment, but most of them had a trace of resentment on their faces, obviously still brooding over that half of the cold beast blood.

"Alright, you've saved your lives, why are you still looking so bitter?"

As soon as Yuwen Tao finished speaking, the nine people immediately laughed.

One of them ran to the back of a big tree on the north side and slowly dragged out a behemoth.

It turned out to be the corpse of a snow mane that had already died.

"Hahahaha, that Xia Hong must not have thought that we actually had another prey hidden here."

The man dragged the snow mane to the side of the magic sheep and couldn't help laughing loudly.

Hearing this, Yuwen Tao turned his head and looked in the direction where Xia Hong and others left, and a smug smile gradually appeared on his face.

“Hahahaha, if I wasn't afraid that this Snow Mane would also be discovered, I wouldn't have so readily handed over half of the Frost Beast blood. But this leader of Great Xia is quite clever and shouldn't be underestimated…”

Yuwen Tao looked back at the nine people, a profound look flashing in the depths of his pupils.

“Alright, pack up and leave quickly. We'll go back and report to the First Leader and Second Leader. From now on, we will inevitably have dealings with the Great Xia camp.”

The group quickly gathered their two prey, carrying the unconscious and dead on the ground on their backs, and then followed behind Yuwen Tao, heading towards the eastern edge of Redwood Ridge.

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On the other side, Xia Hong, who had obtained half a bag of Frost Beast blood, led Xia Chuan, Luo Yuan, and nine others to find Zhu Shun and Qiu Peng. They happily returned to the valley camp.