Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 159: Mirror Immortal Ten Days, Gathering Enough Beast Blood
Jingxian Camp, a snow-white three-story bamboo house
The main hall on the top floor was packed with about twenty or thirty people.

The two chairs at the top were empty. Most of the people below were discussing with joy on their faces, and occasionally looked up at the compartment behind the chairs.

"For four days, no one from Daxia dared to come to Hongmu Ridge. This area in the north should belong to us from now on, right?"

"Haha, the northern part? You are too timid. How can Da Xia fight against us Jingxian with its limited strength? Why do you think the two leaders summoned us today?"

"You mean, we should continue to go south?"

"Humph, Xia Hong, after killing so many of us, you only gave up a small piece of land in the north and you want to keep things peaceful? You're dreaming!"

"In Redwood Ridge, there are many cold beasts, many precious trees, and countless timber and coal mines. It is really a waste of resources for Daxia to occupy such a precious land."

"In the Arrow Bamboo Forest, the vegetation is too monotonous, the coal and iron reserves are low, and there are not many cold beasts. We have to worry about the cold beast tide every four months. If we can take down Redwood Ridge, we will be comfortable in the future!"

When the people around heard this, they nodded with lingering fear.

The Arrow Bamboo Forest is definitely a bit weird.

Normally there are not many cold beasts in it, but a wave of cold beasts comes every four months. Before they explored the entire bamboo forest, they didn’t know where those cold beasts came from.

Now we know that they all gathered from Redwood Ridge.

The tide of cold beasts is not the migration of a single species of cold beasts, but all species and levels of cold beasts, thousands and thousands of them, gathering to one place like crazy.

You know, even the weakest low-level cold beast is three or four meters long, and the impact force it bursts out instantly is at least around ten thousand.

Such cold beasts, even in groups of three or five, are enough to threaten a low-level hunting team, let alone thousands of them. Their destructive power is so astonishing that it far exceeds the imagination of ordinary people.

Not to mention, there are quite a few intermediate and even advanced cold beasts among them.

Although the Jingxian Camp is strong, it is still powerless against the tide of cold beasts.

The twenty or thirty people sitting here at the moment are all considered the backbone of Jingxian Camp.

Most of them had personally witnessed the outbreak of the cold beast tide in the arrow bamboo forest, so they were still terrified whenever they thought about it.

"It shouldn't be a problem to take over Hongmu Ridge. I think we might even have to move our base there in the future."

"I have seen the Daxia garrison in the valley from afar. It is located in the middle of the Shuanglong Mountain. The three sides are surrounded by the broken cliffs of Shuanglong Mountain. Basically, no cold beasts will come down. There is only one opening on the west side, which is facing the Redwood Ridge. It is easy to enter and exit, and it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The leader will definitely not let go of such a good place!"

"It's just that Xia Hong is a bit troublesome. Even the second leader couldn't take him down, and last time he killed so many people. Humph..."

"What are you afraid of? The big boss hasn't made a move yet. As long as he makes a move, Xia Hong won't be able to turn the tables."

"There are only more than a thousand people in the Great Xia camp, and there are less than twenty people in the Digging Realm. Their strength is not strong, and there is no need for the leader to take action. As long as all of us go out together and surround the valley directly, are we still afraid that Xia Hong will not surrender?"

"I just don't know, Big Chief, why didn't you give the order before!"

"I heard that it was the second leader and his son who spoke well of Xia Hong. The leader is a man who loves talents, so he gave him chances again and again. This time, I guess I won't tolerate it anymore."

"How many people have been killed by Xia Hong? If we continue to tolerate this, how can we save the reputation of our camp? The Second Leader and his men can tolerate this, but I cannot."

"He Meng and He Gang are the chief's nephews, and they were both killed. The chief hasn't cured them for such a long time, and we don't know if they can be resurrected!"

"The second leader has only been with the Yuanzhou camp for over a year and has been speaking for Xia Hong. In my opinion, he, his son, and the people in the Yuanzhou camp are not on the same page with us."

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The content of most discussions in the hall gradually evolved from hatred towards Daxia to accusations against Yuwen Hu and his sons, and even the old people of Yuan Zhou.

The embarrassing thing is that Yuwen Tao was among these twenty people.

Hearing the whispered accusations from the crowd, Yuwen Tao's expression remained unchanged, but his fists under his sleeves were slightly clenched, his breathing gradually became heavier, and his emotions were obviously fluctuating.

There was not only him, there were five other people sitting next to him. Although they were about the same age as Yuwen Hu and a generation older than him, their qi-cultivation skills were not as good as his. At this moment, their faces flushed and their emotions were obviously on the verge of exploding.

"Shut up, everyone!"

Suddenly, an angry voice came from the compartment at the top of the main hall.

Everyone's expression changed slightly, and they shut their mouths in anger.

Yuwen Tao and the other six people raised their heads with a hint of joy on their faces.

Yuwen Hu slowly walked out of the compartment, glanced at the people who had just spoken, and his expression looked a little ugly.

Obviously, he heard what everyone in the hall was talking about just now.

"The leader has ordered that we attack the Daxia base at nightfall ten days later..."

Ten days later?
When the people below heard this, confusion appeared on their faces at the same time.

Before Yuwen Hu could finish his words, someone interrupted him.

"Why ten days later, Second Chief, can you please explain it to me?"

"That's right. Since you plan to besiege the garrison, why wait ten days? It's just Da Xia. Except for Xia Hong who has some strength, the others are just a bunch of broken pieces. It's better to take action as soon as possible and annex them in one fell swoop!"

"In the past few days, brothers have seen clearly that their people only dare to move within a one-kilometer radius around the valley, let alone hunt. They don't even dare to go deep into the Redwood Ridge. It can be seen that they are afraid of us to the core. In this case, why wait for ten days? We should set off immediately."

………………

Yuwen Hu's face became even uglier. After all, he was the second leader of the Jingxian camp, but he was refuted before he could even finish his words. It was obvious that these people didn't have any respect for him at all.

"Could it be that the second leader is giving advice to the first leader again?"

"Master Tao was like this before, and now even the second leader has started to speak for Xia Hong. Could it be that the Yuanzhou camp had some relationship with this Daxia?"

"Come to think of it, Xia Hong has not yet broken through the Cold Resistance Level. The Second Chief is so strong, but he has been unable to defeat him time and time again. Could it be that..."

The people below seemed not to notice his expression and continued to mock him one after another.

It was obvious that everyone blamed him for having to wait for ten days.

Pah……

"Are you all deaf? This is the leader's order!"

Seeing his father being ridiculed, Yuwen Tao finally couldn't bear it anymore. He slammed the table angrily and stood up.

The five uncles around him immediately stood up with him and glared at the people who had just spoken.

If it were a different environment or with different people, Yuwen Tao would definitely be able to keep the situation under control. However, the people present today did not even give face to Yuwen Hu, the second-in-command, let alone him.

"Hey, Master Tao..."

The leader was about to mock Yuwen Tao, but before he could say three words, a sharp sound came from behind the upper compartment.

call out……

A wisp of sharp white air passed straight past the man's left ear, like a sleeve arrow, but its speed was countless times faster than a sleeve arrow.

Not to mention seeing it clearly, by the time people heard the sound, the airflow had already nailed the wall of the bamboo house.

The person who had just spoken stood there expressionless, not knowing what had happened.

No one knew what was going on and they just stared at his ears.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths...

Bada...

The man's left ear actually fell off and landed on the ground.

The ear fell off, revealing a straight and neat wound. The blood in the wound even took a second or two to flow out.

Everyone turned to look at the wall at this time, only to find that the white airflow that just came out was actually just a small snow-white bamboo leaf.

A small piece of bamboo leaf, no bigger than a thumb, cut off the ear of a Digging Realm that was beginning to reshape its membrane. This was outrageous enough. After being cut, it took three breaths for the ear to fall off, and five breaths for the wound to bleed.

The speed and power of the bamboo leaves just shot out...

Yuwen Hu was the only one in the audience who was looking at the bamboo leaves with his pupils trembling.

boom…………

The man who had just spoken, as well as several others who had mocked Yuwen Hu and his son with him, all looked shocked and knelt down immediately.

"Who gave you the guts to be so disrespectful to the Second Chief?"

The voice in the compartment was as gentle as jade, but it only carried a slight hint of anger, which made everyone in the hall dare not breathe.

The people kneeling on the ground were shaking uncontrollably.

Yuwen Hu was the only one in the whole audience who looked slightly normal, but even he bowed slightly when the voice in the compartment was heard.

"Second brother, keep talking!"

Hearing the voice inside, Yuwen Hu straightened up, turned his head to look at the people below, and spoke in a deep voice, continuing what he had just unfinished:
"For the next ten days, no one is allowed to approach the Daxia Valley. After ten days, the leader will personally lead the entire camp of 271 Digging Realm to besiege Daxia. The rest of you, stay with me and guard the camp!"

As soon as Yuwen Hu finished speaking, everyone kneeling on the ground immediately showed joy on their faces, even the man whose ear had just been cut off.

Yuwen Tao and the other six people looked a little puzzled at first, but after thinking for a moment, their expressions immediately became much more gloomy.

After Yuwen Hu gave this order, his expression became even uglier.

"Alright, everyone, get back and get ready!"

"Yes, leader."

The voice in the compartment was heard, and everyone bowed and took their leave, and soon they all left.

A sharp roar was faintly heard from the empty compartment.

“Hehehe, just look at it, just look at it, it’s all mine, it’s all mine, you can’t achieve it, you can’t achieve it.”

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The wooden house next to the bamboo building.

As soon as Yuwen Hu came back, his son Yuwen Tao came up to him with an unhappy look on his face.

"Bringing 271 Diggers over there obviously excludes you and the 43 Diggers who have not worshipped the Mirror Immortal, including me. Father, what does the leader mean by this?"

Yuwen Hu did not answer his son's question. He just sat down on the chair, looked at the silver-rimmed ring-shaped jade pendant in his hand, frowned and fell into deep thought.

Seeing the ring-shaped jade pendant, Yuwen Tao's expression immediately changed. He moved closer to Yuwen Hu and asked in a low voice, "Father, is the jade pendant responding?"

Yuwen Hu shook his head slightly and said, "No."

"That means Chunchun is ostracizing us. In the past year since we joined Mirror Fairy, you, me, and Uncle Hong have all fought for the camp. Just because we didn't worship Mirror Fairy for such a ridiculous reason, the leader is now bringing them together to ostracize us?"

"Do you think that the leader is ostracizing us by making such a decision?"

"What else could it be because of?"

Yuwen Tao asked back subconsciously, and seeing his father shaking his head without saying anything, he also lowered his head to think, and soon his expression changed slightly.

That's not right. Such exclusion is really unnecessary.

For what?

In order to let them follow and worship the Mirror Fairy?

He Yuanhun never forced them to worship Jingxian from the beginning. It would be more direct to force them to worship Jingxian than to exclude them.

If they really wanted to force them, to be honest, they wouldn't be able to resist.

Even if Yuwen Hu can resist, can he and the other 42 Digging Realm masters in the Yuan Zhou camp resist?
It was not exclusion, but deliberately preventing them from participating in the siege of Daxia.

But, what is the reason?
Seeing his father's expression, Yuwen Tao immediately knew that his father saw much further than he did, and it was obvious that he had already started thinking about this problem.

"Based on the strength of the Daxia camp, there will definitely be no problem as long as the leader takes action personally. In fact, it won't make much difference whether our group goes or not. But according to common sense, there is strength in numbers. If we go, we can always reduce some casualties and even put more psychological pressure on Daxia."

After hearing Yuwen Hu's words, Yuwen Tao immediately continued his thoughts:

"They deliberately don't let us go. On the other hand, if we go, it might have a bad effect on this encirclement and suppression?"

"Could it be that those who have worshipped the Mirror Immortal will not die, and the leader is worried that those of us who have not worshipped the Mirror Immortal will be afraid of death and will not fight effectively?"

Yuwen Hu immediately shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Who said that those who worship the Mirror Fairy will not die? He Meng and He Gang are still alive. The leader said that they are trying to save them, but who knows if they can be saved?

Besides, I have been sworn brothers with him for so many years, he won't look at me like this!"

"Could it be that he is worried about what we might see?"

Yuwen Tao's slightly bold guess made Yuwen Hu's expression stiffen.

The father and son looked at each other, and a glimmer flashed in their pupils.

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March 15, the first year of Daxia

Deep in the south side of Hongmu Ridge, in a poisonous fog area, Xia Hong, with a piece of animal skin covering his face and holding a huge axe, split the head of an intermediate Teng Jiao in half.

Teng Jiao was dead. Xia Hong didn't hesitate at all. He carried the body and rushed out of the poisonous fog area.

After running for three or four hundred meters, Xia Hong stopped, collected the blood from Teng Jiao's wound in his hands, and wiped it on his body, looking somewhat excited:

"The thirty-second one, that should be enough!"

It was originally estimated that it would take half a month to gather thirty intermediate-level cold beasts, but unexpectedly it was completed in just eight days.

Not only was it completed, but it was exceeded.

From March 7th to today, in eight days, he has hunted a total of thirty-two intermediate-level cold beasts.

It is hard to imagine that Xia Hong has only been a lone ranger for more than half a month, but his hunting efficiency is even faster than when he led a hunting team.

In fact, the reason is very simple. Just as Xia Hong had guessed before, the speed of increasing combat experience by hunting cold beasts one-on-one is beyond imagination.

Moreover, the hunting experience of the same type of cold beasts is common.

Especially in one-on-one situations, the cold beasts often underestimate their enemies, as if they are born with a contempt for humans and feel that they cannot lose in a one-on-one.

Previously, when I led the hunting team to deal with intermediate-level cold beasts, I often had to guard against the cold beasts escaping from the back.

Nowadays, this situation rarely happens when I am alone.

Of course, the most important reason is the improvement of Xia Hong’s own strength.

[Cultivation: Digging the Ground Perfected (Membrane Remodeling Progress 70%)]

During these eight days, he certainly didn't dare to use too much beast blood at once, but by using it slowly within the limit, his progress increased by fourteen points.

I have calculated before that one point of progress can increase my basic strength by about 1250 kilograms, which, when converted to fourteen points, is 17500.

"My strength has reached 120,000 jin, and I have enough beast blood. Next, I will improve the last 30 points. It's time to officially break through to the cold-resistant level!"

Xia Hong clenched his fists, thinking that after breaking through the cold-resistant level, his basic strength would have another leap. A hint of excitement appeared on his face. He picked up Teng Jiao and quickly returned to the valley.

(End of this chapter)