Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Hive base, top floor of the main building

Above the spacious hall, a hole suddenly opened, and Chen Yingyuan took the lead in falling from it, followed closely by Wu Tianxing and Chen Yingba.

Chen Yingyuan landed in the hall and went directly to the main seat on the high platform.

The other two sat on the left and right sides below.

The three of them remained silent for more than ten minutes. Finally, Chen Yingba couldn't hold back and spoke first.

"Brother, there's nothing to consider. Hou Tong is right. Li Tianhua hasn't shown up at the previous three alliances. It's questionable whether he's even alive. Even if he is, he doesn't have much strength left. Marquis Zhaoyang Hu is at the height of his power. Comparing the two, the choice shouldn't be difficult."

Chen Yingyuan looked up at his brother, pondered for a moment, and said, "You think it's simple. Let me ask you, what do you think was the reason for the Alliance Leader's decree issued by the Grand Prince last year? Do you really think he was crazy?"

Alliance Leader's decree?

Chen Yingba was stunned when he heard this, but he quickly remembered it.

Last year, which was the last alliance, the Grand Prince of Longshan issued an Alliance Leader's decree. The content was: each of the eleven camps of the Longyou Alliance should offer five million catties of iron ore, ten catties of jade bone, and send a hostage to Longshan.

Last May, the three of them went to Jing Valley and were beaten up by the leader of the Great Xia. On the way back, their eldest brother, Chen Yingyuan, mentioned the Alliance Leader's decree. At that time, his own thought was indeed that the Grand Prince of Longshan was crazy.

From a normal logical point of view, his own idea was absolutely no problem.

Li Tianhua, the old Alliance Leader, hadn't shown up for three years. Marquis Zhaoyang Hu was eyeing the position of Alliance Leader. At this juncture, the Grand Prince of Longshan wasn't trying to appease the camps below, but was thinking of collecting money on a large scale, even using the Alliance Leader's decree to plunder them. If this wasn't crazy, what was it?

Not to mention the five million catties of iron ore, even if all seven hundred plus earth-burrowing realm cultivators in the Hive camp worked together, it would take at least two months of continuous mining;

Ten catties of jade bone was even more outrageous. The normal bone output of high-level cold beasts was only three catties or so. Ten catties would require three high-level cold beasts;

Then there was the matter of sending a hostage. Not just anyone could be a hostage. It had to be the leader's biological son. If there were no sons, then a direct relative would be sent. When the Longyou Alliance was first established, each of the eleven camps sent a hostage to Longshan. After that, one would be sent every fifteen years for rotation.

It is worth mentioning that his eldest brother, Chen Yingyuan, was the hostage sent by the Hive to Longshan fifteen years ago.

This year was the forty-eighth alliance. His eldest brother had only sent his eldest son, Chen Yuan, there three years ago. How long had it been, and they were actually sending another hostage.

Moreover, the Grand Prince's Alliance Leader's decree made it very clear that all camps should send an additional hostage to Longshan, which meant that in the future, the eleven camps of the Longyou Alliance must have two hostages in Longshan at the same time.

This Alliance Leader's decree, with three requirements, could be said to be more outrageous than the last. It was unbelievable to issue it at this juncture.

"Do you really think he was crazy?"

But this sentence, Chen Yingyuan had just used, was in a rhetorical tone.

Chen Yingba wasn't stupid. He lowered his head and thought for a moment, and quickly understood the meaning contained in his elder brother's words.

"Big brother means that the Grand Prince already knew that Marquis Hu was secretly wooing other camps to resist the alliance's rule, so he deliberately used such harsh demands to test the loyalty of our ten camps?"

Although Chen Yingyuan didn't answer, his solemn expression said it all.

But at this moment, Wu Tianxing spoke.

"It's also possible that it's a bluff, deliberately using this method to deter the camps below, making us feel apprehensive and not dare to lean towards Zhaoyang!"

Hearing Wu Tianxing's words, Chen Yingba's eyes lit up and he nodded slightly.

But Chen Yingyuan clearly didn't agree with this statement.

He shook his head and said in a deep voice: "You don't understand Li Xuanyan. I was a hostage in Longshan back then and was in the same hunting team as him, so I know him very well. With his calm and restrained nature, it is impossible for him to do something that is a bluff. Even this Alliance Leader's decree doesn't seem like it was issued by him. This domineering style of doing things, I think it's more like..."

Speaking of this, Chen Yingyuan paused, a hint of fear flashing in his pupils.

"Li Tianhua's handwriting!"

"Even if it's Li Tianhua, so what? He's about to die of old age, Grand..."

"Shut up!"

Chen Yingyuan interrupted Chen Yingba and sternly rebuked: "Foolish!

Marquis Hu is at the peak of the Imperial Cold level. With such strong strength, he only dares to send people to secretly win over a few of us. Why do you think that is?

Hou Tong's words sound nice, but if Marquis Hu was really so confident, why didn't he just attack Longshan directly? Why bother to win us over? In the end, he's afraid in his heart, so he's pulling people in to embolden himself.

As long as there is no 100% confirmation of Li Tianhua's death, the eleven camps of Longyou, including Marquis Hu, will not dare to act rashly. Isn't this enough to prove Li Tianhua's terror?

Don't think that Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli, and the other three families, are jumping for joy now. If Li Tianhua is not dead, they will all suffer.

In addition, don't think that Longshan only has one Li Tianhua. His younger brother Li Tiancheng, three sons and one daughter, as well as the Eight Great Vajras of Longshan under his command, and the Longyou Army, are not simple characters. If you rashly defect and something goes wrong, you will know how miserable it will be when the reckoning comes."

"But leader, Hou Tong's attitude today is already very bad. If we continue to waver like this, we will offend both Longshan and Zhaoyang!"

Wu Tianxing's words made Chen Yingyuan fall into entanglement again.

He and Hou Hu entered Longshan as hostages in the same period, and he also knew Hou Hu very well.

Compared to the gentle Li Xuanyan, Hou Hu's temperament was much more domineering. From the way Hou Tong acted, one could also see a thing or two. If he had to choose between the two, he would not hesitate to choose Hou Hu.

But Li Tianhua was like a mountain pressing on his heart, making it impossible for him to make a decision smoothly.

"Let me think about it again, think about it again. There is still more than a month before the alliance. Wait a little longer, wait a little longer..."

Seeing Chen Yingyuan waving his hand with a troubled expression, Chen Yingba and Wu Tianxing didn't dare to say anything more. They could only bow their hands and leave the hall one after another.

......

Chen Yingyuan's entanglement, Xia Hong naturally did not know.

After spying on too much information at once, he returned to the Hive驻地, he went directly into the yard, while thinking about the subsequent response of the Great Xia, while quietly waiting for the arrival of the alliance days.

Of course, in this process, he would still take the time to guide Luo Cheng.

Not only does Daxia have an era, but the Hive also has one, but they are in Longyou Calendar.

From the name, you know that the Longyou era should be the creation of Longshan, and all twelve camps of the entire Longyou Alliance use this era.

Coincidentally, the eras of Daxia and Longyou differ by only ten days.

In order to make it easier for himself to remember the days, Xia Hong did not care about the Longyou Calendar, but only counted the days according to the Daxia era.

Soon, a month passed.

The second year of Daxia, March 25.

In the yard, Luo Cheng, holding a gun in both hands, his eyes gleaming, his hands leaning back, his body suddenly jumped up, his arms drumming and exerting force, the spear drew a half-arc of Zhang Xu from back to front, and suddenly slashed down.

At the same time as the slashing, his body also moved forward a lot. On the ground five meters away in front of him, there was a small knife, which was his previous saber.

Bang...

The tip of the gun that slashed down violently collided with the blade. Luo Cheng, who had been practicing continuously for more than a month, only felt that the spear in his hand was like entering no man's land. With a click, he broke the small knife and even the ground. , cut out a deep mark more than half a meter long.

Luo Cheng looked at the deep mark on the ground, his expression stunned, and then stepped forward, touched the trace with his hand, and a burst of unbelievable burst out on his face.

"Digging the ground, can I break the ground?"

Although the deep mark was only half an inch, it was a real trace.

He actually broke the ground with brute force.

How is this possible!

The unbelievable expression on Luo Cheng's face quickly turned into a strong ecstasy, and his expression became extremely excited.

"Only broke this point, what are you excited about, give me the gun!"

Seeing Xia Hong walking out of the house, Luo Cheng hurriedly handed the spear to him.

Xia Hong took the spear in one hand, gently drew a half arc from behind, and casually slashed down on the trace on the ground.

The seemingly casual action accurately slashed on the trace.

Bang...

With a loud noise, the ground within a few meters around shook instantly.

Luo Cheng, who was standing not far away, almost fell down, and then looked down at the gun mark, which directly turned into a big ditch, his eyes instantly sluggish, and the pride that had risen in his heart disappeared in an instant.

Gudong...

"Your basic strength has reached 6,700 catties. If you practice this style of splitting gun to the point of perfection, the power of the instant burst will increase by 30%. You are now at most only 20%. Don't be too proud, continue to practice."

"Uncle Yu, I know!"

Luo Cheng took a deep breath, grabbed the spear and continued to practice, practicing the splitting gun style that had lasted for more than a month.

"This kid, it's a bit of a waste to stay here, I have to think of a way..."

I have to say that in the past month, Luo Cheng's talent in spearmanship has once again refreshed Xia Hong's understanding.

Continuing for a month, practicing splitting the gun 10,000 times a day, not to mention that the spear was specially made by Xia Hong, weighing 1,500 catties, it is difficult to wield it, even an ordinary wooden stick, it is not easy to swing it 10,000 times.

But Luo Cheng can not only perfectly persist, but even looking at his appearance, it is obvious that he is getting more and more comfortable. From constantly adjusting his posture at the beginning, to basically picking it up now, and there is no trace of impatience throughout the process, which is even more commendable.

His spearmanship talent is not bad, and his cultivation aptitude is also very strong. Although he only gained four or five hundred catties in the past month or so, the increase has indeed slowed down. However, considering that Luo Cheng is only over ten years old now, this is not simple.

“The increase will slow down as you go further. Even if he stays in the Hive, he is estimated to break through the Burrowing Earth Realm before he is fifteen years old. If he goes to Great Xia, this time should be able to be brought forward a bit… … … …”

If Xia Hong remembers correctly, the youngest Burrowing Earth Realm cultivator in Great Xia is only a little over thirteen years old. Considering that Great Xia has abundant resources and many things to assist in cultivation, Luo Cheng's aptitude is even more terrifying in comparison.

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Xia Hong naturally cannot let such a good seedling stay in the Hive and gather dust.

“Boy, do you want to go to Great Xia?”

Clang… … … …

Luo Cheng, who was practicing spear splitting, paused, looked back at Xia Hong, and a look of joy suddenly appeared on his face: “Of course I want to go. My father, Uncle He, Uncle Kang, Uncle Ping, everyone wants to go. Uncle Yu, can you take us there?”

Xia Hong pondered for a moment when he heard the words, then shook his head and said: “Your father and the others, it’s not possible for the time being, but you can go first.”

Luo Cheng immediately looked dejected and said: “I can’t go alone. The Hive is not a good place. I’m worried about leaving my father and the others here.”

He's quite filial!

Xia Hong could see through Luo Cheng's thoughts at a glance, and said with a smile: “You also know that the Hive is not a good place. Your aptitude is not bad. With my recommendation, Great Xia should take you in, but your father and the others can't. Their aptitude is not good, and they haven't done anything for Great Xia. They won't take them in for no reason.”

Luo Cheng's expression suddenly froze, and he lowered his head and fell into thought.

“Your father and the others don’t need you to worry about them for the time being. If you really want to bring them over, go there first to improve your strength. When your strength is strong enough, Great Xia will take your father and the others over for your sake, wouldn’t that be better?”

These words made Luo Cheng's heart stir.

After all, he is a child. The scene described by Xia Hong, just thinking about it, made his vanity explode. It is inevitable that he showed a look of eagerness.

At this moment, Xia Hong raised his eyebrows slightly, glanced outside the house, and then said: “Go back and think about it first, and tell me next month!”

Luo Cheng nodded, put down his spear and left the yard.

As soon as Luo Cheng left, Cheng Ping walked in after a while.

“My lord, the leader announced today that we will set off for Long Mountain at the end of the month!”

Xia Hong's expression lit up when he heard this, and he immediately asked: “Who will be taken along?”

“Only Chen Yuan and the hunting team under Chen Yingba.”

That's settled!

Xia Hong nodded, a smile suddenly appearing on his face.

As expected, the annual alliance meeting requires the payment of tribute. Chen Yingyuan cannot possibly take so many supplies there himself. He definitely needs someone to escort them. Chen Yingyuan doesn't have a hunting team under his name, so he will definitely choose Chen Yingba's hunting team nearby.

He is now the twenty-fifth member of Chen Yingba's hunting team, so he will naturally be able to go to Long Mountain with Chen Yingyuan at that time.

“Who is this Chen Yuan?”

“He is the second son of the leader, eighteen years old this year… …”

Cheng Ping paused when he said this, then hesitated for a moment, and continued with a hesitant expression: “I recently heard something, I don’t know if it will be helpful to you, my lord. Last year, the eldest son of Long Mountain issued an alliance leader’s decree… … … …”

Listening to Cheng Ping's narration, after learning about the two things of the hostage and the alliance leader's decree, Xia Hong's eyes became brighter and brighter, and his mind also began to think quickly.

Five million catties of iron ore; ten catties of jade bones; and a hostage to be sent.

In this situation, daring to issue such an excessive alliance leader's decree is clearly forcing the ten camps in Longyou to choose between Long Mountain and Zhaoyang!

Is it bluffing, or is there enough confidence to reveal the true colors?

Or is there a bigger plot!

Xia Hong's eyes flickered slightly. He would not doubt Long Mountain's strength, which had steadily sat in the position of Longyou Alliance Leader for nearly fifty years, but the timing of the issuance of this alliance leader's decree really made him a little confused.

Li Tianhua has not appeared for three years, and Marquis Zhaoyang is at his zenith. The entire Longyou is in a state of panic. The eldest son in charge not only does not think about appeasement, but instead comes up with such a harsh alliance leader's decree to make things difficult for other camps.

No matter how you think about it, it feels weird!

Xia Hong thought for a while, turned his head and saw Cheng Ping's worried face, and immediately knew what he was worried about. After thinking for a moment, he smiled and said: “Okay, you go back first. Come to me on the first day of April, and I will give you the antidote for the next month. Don't worry!”

Hearing this, Cheng Ping's hanging heart finally fell. He bowed to Xia Hong, and then slowly retreated.

Looking at Cheng Ping's respectful posture, Xia Hong chuckled lightly.

Cheng Ping has been much more obedient during this period, and his fear of himself has also obviously become stronger. As expected, the trip to the top floor of the main building last month should have had some deterrent effect on him.

“No matter what Long Mountain's plan is, I have to get involved. In addition, I have to leave a backup plan here in the Hive. I have to find a way to send a message to Xia Chuan and the others first. There is a big change in Pingxi Plain. Great Xia can prepare first!”

Xia Hong thought for a moment, took out a piece of white paper from his package and began to write a letter.

Second year of Great Xia, March 30th.

On the last day of March, Luo Cheng, as usual, finished practicing his spear in the yard and was about to leave, but was stopped by Xia Hong.

“Notify your father and Li Baihe, and ask them to come here.”

“Yes, Uncle Yu!”

Luo Cheng thought that Xia Hong was finally willing to accept his father and others, and a look of joy suddenly appeared on his face. He quickly nodded in agreement and ran back home to call people.

Knock knock knock… … … …

After a moment, Xia Hong heard a knock on the door.

“Is Lord Hong Yu here? Luo Ming requests an audience.”

“Come in!”

Luo Ming and Li Baihe slowly walked in, but unlike Li Baihe's expectant and slightly excited expression, Luo Ming's expression was a little uneasy. Obviously, he was still worried that Xia Hong would blame him for what happened before.

“Lord Hong Yu, it was my fault before. During this period, thank you for teaching Luo Cheng. Luo Ming is very grateful!”

Hearing Luo Ming's words, Xia Hong immediately realized that Li Baihe only told Luo Ming what happened in the mining area that day. As for his identity, Luo Ming should still be unclear.

“I have a letter here. Find an opportunity to help me deliver it to Yue Feng. In addition, I hope you will tell Yue Feng the exact location of the Hive garrison and all the deployment situation in the garrison. What do you think, are you willing or not?”

As soon as Xia Hong finished speaking, Luo Ming and Li Baihe's expressions froze.

The two vaguely realized something. After looking at each other, they raised their heads at the same time, looked at Xia Hong, and bowed: “My lord, we are willing!”

A smile appeared on Xia Hong's face, and he nodded: “That's good. Next time you go to see Yue Feng, bring your son with you. He can go back to Great Xia first. From now on, you can act according to Yue Feng's orders!”

A look of relief suddenly appeared in Luo Ming's eyes. He stepped forward with Li Baihe, took the letter from Xia Hong's hand, and nodded heavily.

“Don't worry, my lord, we will definitely do things well!”