Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 219: The Great Medicine Goes Out, Something Happens in Longyou
Unlike the first time he entered the main building, this time with Cheng Ping leading the way, Xia Hong quickly climbed to the fourth floor along the internal stairs.

In the main hall on the fourth floor, there is a large martial arts training ground, where hundreds of people are practicing attentively.

After Cheng Ping came up, his movements became obviously much more awkward. Not surprisingly, those who could come here to practice, even if they were not elites, were at least members of elite families.

Soon Chengping brought him to a small room on the fourth floor wing.

"Above this room is the boiler room where the jade bones are boiled. I can only bring you here. Our chief, second chief, and Captain Chen are all on the top floor today. Would you like to..."

"Shh...don't talk."

Xia Hong interrupted Cheng Ping directly, then closed his eyes and listened attentively to the movement above.

Unfortunately, after listening for a while, his brows furrowed.

"They even added protection on the top floor, are they worried that others might eavesdrop?"

This undoubtedly increased Xia Hong's curiosity, especially knowing that jade bones were being boiled on the top floor at this moment. Xia Hong thought for a moment, turned his head to look at the window of the room, and went straight out of the window.

"wait for me here."

Seeing Xia Hong climbing up to the top floor through the window, Cheng Ping looked extremely ugly.

He was in a dilemma just now because he was afraid that Xia Hong would be like this. The three big leaders were all on the top floor. Once Xia Hong was discovered, he would surely die. What would happen to his antidote then?
Of course, there is another possibility.

Since Xia Hong dared to go up, it proved that he was confident that he would not be discovered by the three big leaders, but this possibility was really too small.

"It's over, it's over. How about I go upstairs and report to the leader...

But if it's really like what Hong Yu said, and the leader can't help me detoxify, then I'll be dead in the end!

No, no, let’s wait here for a while and see what happens!”

After weighing the pros and cons, Cheng Ping could only hope that Xia Hong could return safely. At the same time, he decided to take action immediately if anything happened upstairs.

Although he had made up his mind, he still felt very uncomfortable staying in the room.

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In the boiler room on the fifth floor, there stood a large pot.

More than a dozen people were constantly adding coal stones to the bottom of the cauldron, burning the bottom of the cauldron red. Steam was constantly rising above the cauldron. There was only one pipe in the entire room that led directly to the top, which prevented the steam from being discharged quickly, so there was basically no visibility in the room.

The dozen or so people who added coal all covered their faces and mouths and noses with wet cloths. They looked dazed and had obvious symptoms of poisoning.

"How long will it take to change players? I feel like I can't take it any longer!"

"It's almost there. There are two minutes left. Someone is outside the door."

"The poison gas produced by this jade bone is really scary. I have reached my limit in three hours. If I stay any longer, I will definitely die from the poison."

"I don't know how the big leader and his men use this to practice. I heard that they drink the bone soup directly every time it is cooked?"

"You need to add something. Last year, when we were cooking jade bones, I was the last group of people to go out. I saw with my own eyes the leader brought in three kinds of medicinal herbs. I think those things must be added before it can be drunk."

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The room was filled with mist and everyone was covering their mouths and noses, so they spoke in low voices. Soon, the door opened and a group of new people came in. Everyone in the room felt relieved and walked towards the door.

No one noticed that a small hole had been quietly opened in the window on one side of the room. A masked man in black was squatting in the smoke area nearby. He took advantage of the interval between people changing positions to quietly blend into the new group of people.

"Poison gas. Yuwen Tao didn't mention this when he said He Yuanhun cooked the jade bones!"

Xia Hong mixed in with the crowd and shoveled coal together. Looking at the poisonous gas in the boiler room, a hint of confusion appeared in his eyes.

He could clearly sense that this poisonous gas was indeed derived from animal bones.

But Yuwen Tao had never mentioned this before.

Yuwen Tao has joined the camp for such a long time, Xia Hong naturally trusts him. In this case, it means that Chen Yingyuan did it on purpose.

Combined with what the man just said about the medicinal materials, if nothing unexpected happens, it should be that Chen Yingyuan deliberately added the medicinal materials at the end to eliminate the poison in order to prevent the formula from being leaked.

This just happens to be in line with the overall self-contained style of the Hive.

"Someone, go stir it up!"

Xia Hong shook his head slightly. After hearing what someone next to him said, he immediately volunteered to throw down the shovel and climb up the wooden ladder on the side of the cauldron.

There was a long-handled iron spoon on one side of the pot. Xia Hong picked it up and started stirring.

Looking at the rich and fragrant bone soup in the pot that was constantly boiling, Xia Hong had desire in his eyes, but he soon discovered that the jade animal bones floating on the pot were an abnormally black color. Upon closer inspection, he realized that the poisonous gas in the room was coming from them.

This would be a wasted trip.

A hint of helplessness flashed across Xia Hong's eyes. He was a little surprised that Chen Yingyuan kept the animal bone formula so secret that even his own people didn't trust him.

"What? You want to have a taste? It'll poison you to death!"

Just when he was feeling a little discouraged, a person actually climbed up from the opposite side of the big pot. While stirring the bone soup in the pot, he saw Xia Hong was in a daze and immediately made a teasing remark.

"Red Silver Flower, White Frost Grass, and Cold Apple Jade Dew. Without these three herbs, this pot of bone soup would be extremely poisonous to us. No, even if we add these three herbs, we probably won't be able to withstand the energy of the animal bones..."

Looking at the man opposite the big pot, who was still talking to himself, Xia Hong did not respond, but after lowering his head, a gleam of light suddenly appeared in his eyes.

This can be considered a ray of hope.

Red silver flowers, white frost grass, cold apples and jade dew!
He never expected that the person opposite him would tell him the names of three medicinal herbs at once.

Seeing that the man's clothes were obviously better than the others, Xia Hong's heart was slightly moved. Fearing that he would be discovered, he did not say anything. After stirring a few spoons, he tiptoed down.

"Pharmacist Liu, the heat seems to be a little insufficient!"

"Go out and ask someone to bring some more coal. Fifteen thousand catties is not enough. The amount of jade bones we need to cook this time is too large. It will probably take more than two hundred thousand catties."

"Okay, I'll notify someone right away."

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At this moment, a person under the cauldron spoke, letting Xia Hong know the identity of the person who had just spoken to him.

Pharmacist?

He is the one who specializes in making medicine in the Hive Camp. I see.

Fifteen thousand jin, more than two hundred thousand jin. When Xia Hong was stirring the pot just now, he saw the jade bones in the pot with his own eyes. It was only a little more than three jin at most. Judging from the broken arm of the high-level snow mane that he harvested last time, it should be the bones of an entire high-level cold beast.

It's more than three pounds, so it takes more than 200,000 pounds of coal to cook it.

This consumption...

While Xia Hong was smacking his lips in his heart, he leaned against the edge of the windowsill, seized a gap, and went straight out of the windowsill. He then went down to the fourth floor quietly along the outer wall of the wooden building.

As soon as he returned to the windowsill of Cheng Ping's room, Xia Hong suddenly raised his head and looked towards the top floor with a gleam of light in his eyes.

"One, two... three... four, all four of them are out. What are they going out to do, hunting, or something else?"

Xia Hong thought for a moment, turned his head towards the room on the fourth floor, moved his lips slightly, then jumped up and rushed towards the door.

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"You can go back first. I have something to do. Just come to me every ten days to get the antidote."

Cheng Ping, who was waiting anxiously on the fourth floor, suddenly heard Xia Hong's voice. He was startled and looked around. He found that Xia Hong was not in the room. He immediately nodded respectfully: "Yes, sir!"

That Hong Yu was not discovered at all!

Cheng Ping was sure that the three big leaders were on the top floor today.

But Xia Hong sneaked up just now and was not discovered.

what does this mean?
Gulp...

Cheng Ping swallowed his saliva, and his pupils were instantly filled with horror.

"This Hong Yu's strength... is not good enough, he needs to be more honest in the future!"

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It is already daybreak.

The sky was bright above the Beehive Camp. Because it was located in a plain area with sparse vegetation, the traces of Chen Yingyuan and his four companions were very obvious. Xia Hong found them without much effort after he came out of the underground and onto the surface.

"Those heading north probably aren't hunting. Let's follow them and see."

Redwood Ridge is on the south side of the beehive. Chen Yingyuan and his three companions were heading north, so they were not going hunting. But apart from hunting, what else could be going on that could make the four cold-resistant-level soldiers go out at the same time?

Not only because of the simultaneous movement of the four people, but also because of the identity of the fourth person in Hive who was at the cold-resistant level, Xia Hong was very curious. After making a simple disguise, Xia Hong followed the four people's tracks and followed them quietly.

Xia Hong walked north for five or six kilometers, and finally saw four figures in the distance on a slope.

Although they were five or six hundred meters apart, Xia Hong could still tell at a glance that three of them were Chen Yingyuan, Wu Tianxing, and Chen Yingba.

At the same time, he also saw the true appearance of the fourth cold-resistant level.

He was a middle-aged man with a purple face and a broad face. He was wearing a black suit of good material. He was more than two meters tall and had an unusually sturdy physique. He stood there like an iron tower, carrying a silver eight-sided giant hammer on his back, with his hands clasped in front of his chest, and his posture was quite domineering.

Xia Hong assessed the surrounding environment and quickly selected a big tree only two hundred meters away from the slope. After climbing up the tree quietly, he listened quietly to the conversation of the four people.

"Captain Chen, why bother with this?"

The purple-faced middle-aged man had a voice as loud as a bell, which was quite consistent with his domineering temperament. However, when he looked at Chen Yingyuan, his expression was obviously a little impatient.

"This is related to the alliance, I hope Brother Hou can forgive me!"

Chen Yingyuan was very patient. He fell silent immediately after he finished speaking. Chen Yingba and Wu Tianxing, who were standing next to him, also stood there quietly without saying a word.

Seeing this, the middle-aged man surnamed Hou shook his head slightly and fell silent.

It's about the alliance...

Xia Hong, who was hiding in the tree, suddenly had a bright look in his eyes.

Today is already the end of February, and there is only a little over a month left until the alliance meeting in mid-April. These four people came here to discuss the alliance!
However, Xia Hong still had no idea what the middle-aged man surnamed Hou meant by "this is a waste of effort".

But soon, two more people came from the north.

Xia Hong immediately understood what was going on.

The two people coming from the north both looked middle-aged.

The man on the left was wearing yellow clothes, with a thin body, a tough face, and a pair of unusually large fists. He carried a black stick about ten feet long on his back.
The man on the right was just the opposite of him. He was tall and handsome, with a goatee on his chin and a long sword on his waist.

"Wu Xiong, meet Lord Hou!"

"Han Jiuli, hello to Lord Hou!"

When the two men arrived at the slope, they immediately saluted the middle-aged man surnamed Hou, then turned to look at Chen Yingyuan and the other two, and spoke with a smile on their faces.

"Old Chen, it's been a while since we last met."

"Brother Chen, long time no see!"

As soon as the two started talking, their temperaments were all revealed. The short Wu Xiong seemed much more down-to-earth, while Han Jiuli seemed slightly more elegant.

"Brother Wu, Brother Han, it's been a long time. Your two families are really..."

In fact, the moment he saw the two men saluting Hou Tong, Chen Yingyuan's pupils suddenly shrank. At this moment, he realized that his question seemed a bit redundant, and he did not finish his words.

"The old leader is old, the eldest son has committed atrocities, and the Longyou Alliance has long been in name only. Now we finally have the Zhaoyang Camp to take the lead, and Lord Hou Tong has come in person. He is so sincere, what are you still worried about, Brother Chen?"

As soon as Han Jiuli spoke, Wu Xiong beside him continued: "Not only our two camps, but also the three camps of Xiling, Baiyuan and Dongkang have decided to switch to Zhaoyang. Brother Chen, don't think about it anymore. Join us to overthrow Longshan and build a new alliance!"

With Zhaoyang taking the lead, and together with Xiling, Baiyuan, Dongkang, Wushuang and Hanqiong, there are a total of six camps, which already account for half of the camps in Longyou.

If one more Hive joins, there will be seven in total.

Even if the remaining four families stood firmly on the side of Longshan, they would not have an advantage in terms of numbers. It seemed that I really should...

Chen Yingyuan began to struggle with his conscience and his desires in his mind. He wanted to speak several times, but in the end, when the words were on the tip of his tongue, he forced himself to hold them back.

"Everyone, that is Longshan after all! Li Tianhua's strength..."

"Captain Chen, next month will be the 48th meeting. Li Tianhua founded the Longyou Alliance when he was 50 years old. How old is he this year? Have you calculated it?"

Hou Tong, who had been silent for a long time, finally couldn't help but speak.

His question, with a hint of sneer on his face, made Chen Yingyuan fall silent.

The Longshan League is held once a year. Li Tianhua founded the alliance at the age of fifty and has experienced forty-eight leagues. His age can be easily calculated.

Hou Tong didn't wait for him to speak before continuing.

"The maximum lifespan of a Cold-Resistant Level warrior is only 100 years, and as time goes by, their vitality and blood will weaken. Since the meeting three years ago, Li Tianhua has not appeared in public. What does this mean? Brother Chen should know clearly. Even if Li Tianhua is not dead, how much strength can he exert given his lifespan..."

At this point, Hou Tong suddenly changed his tone and said proudly, "Our leader, Hou Hu, has reached the peak of the Cold-Proofing Class and is currently in his prime. Not to mention that Li Tianhua is about to die, even if he was in his prime, he might not be able to defeat our leader."

Seeing that Chen Yingyuan's expression was beginning to relax, Hou Tong immediately struck while the iron was hot:

"Brother Chen, my leader said that once the new Zhaoyang Alliance is established, the annual tribute paid by the camps that joined earlier will be halved, and the share of Hanping Yulu will be doubled. In addition, the mutual protection treaties that Longshan originally formulated will remain unchanged. What are you still worried about?"

"Lord Hou, how about giving me some more time to think about it? There is only one month left before the alliance. If I am right, you will unite and force the emperor to abdicate. I promise to think about it carefully before the alliance!"

After hearing Chen Yingyuan's answer, Hou Tong's face was full of impatience and he obviously couldn't help it. But at this moment, Wu Tianxing on the side spoke.

"Master Hou, my Fengchao and Longshan have a long history. It is normal that the leader cannot make up his mind for the time being. I hope you can give my leader more time."

Hou Tong's face froze when he heard this, then he waved his sleeves vigorously and said in a deep voice: "Then Chief Chen, please think about it carefully. Before the April meeting, I hope my chief can hear a satisfactory answer. In this case, it will be inconvenient for me to stay in the Beehive any longer. Goodbye!"

After saying that, Hou Tong turned around and headed north. Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli, who had just arrived, also followed him.

Chen Yingyuan and the other two stopped for a while, then quickly turned around and left.

Xia Hong stayed on the tree for half an hour, and only jumped down after making sure that everyone was far away, looking thoughtful.

"Sure enough, there is a problem inside Longshan. It looks like this problem is about to explode. Zhaoyang Houhu is the key to the problem!"

When Xia Hong heard about the Longyou Alliance from Cheng Ping that day, he had some guesses in his mind. The scene he accidentally saw today undoubtedly confirmed his guesses.

The increasingly powerful Zhaoyang camp could not help but win over several other camps to overthrow the Longshan camp and establish its own camp.

Half of the camps including Xiling, Baiyuan, Dongkang, Wushuang and Hanqiong have switched sides to Zhaoyang's side. Judging from Chen Yingyuan's expression, it won't be long before he does.

From this point of view, Longshan’s chances of winning seem slim!
Of course, today’s harvest is more than that.

Zhaoyang Houhu, the peak strength of the cold-resistant level!

Sure enough, there are different levels of cold resistance.

I just don’t know what stage these people are in.

"Among the six people just now, Hou Tong is the strongest, with about eight manes; Wu Xiong, Han Jiuli, and Chen Yingyuan are equally strong, all with seven manes; Wu Tianxing and Chen Yingba are slightly weaker, both with about six manes..."

With Xia Hong's keen eyesight, he could certainly understand the strength of the six people just now.

But the conversation among the six people did not involve the differences in the cold-resistant level, so he was not sure what stage these people were at.

"A lifespan of 100 years at the Cold-Resistant Level is about the same as I guessed before!"

When he broke through the cold-resistant level earlier, Xia Hong already had a preliminary understanding of his physical condition.

From the Digging Realm to the Cold Resistance Level, the most thorough change is in the skin membrane. Although the internal organs of the body have also been improved, the extent is not great. Xia Hong had previously estimated his own lifespan based on the physical conditions of the people in their forties in the camp. What Hou Tong said just now confirmed his guess.

"If they want to force the emperor to abdicate at the Longshan meeting, then it looks like this meeting will be very lively. Hou Tong is so arrogant, it seems that Hou Hu is not simple. Chen Yingyuan's wavering attitude is not a good thing. When choosing sides, this is the most taboo, and..."

Xia Hong paused when he said this, and thought of the conversation between the few people just now, with a hint of speculation in his eyes.

"There seems to be something wrong with Wu Tianxing!"

A bystander can see things more clearly. Wu Tianxing just spoke for his leader and his behavior seemed normal, but Xia Hong could keenly sense that his greater purpose was probably not to let Hou Tong say anything extreme and affect Chen Yingyuan's decision.

This is a bit tricky!
Xia Hong shook his head and paced slowly on the snow, wondering what impact this incident in Longyou would have on Daxia.

No, it should be about what Daxia can gain from this incident in Longyou!
Xia Hong's eyes flickered slightly, and he turned to look at the southeast side of Pingxiyuan, which is the direction of Daxia. He soon had a plan in his mind and smiled.

"The disintegration of Longyou is not a bad thing for Daxia. It is difficult for me to interfere in the once solid Pingxi Plain. But if you have internal strife, you can't blame me!"

(End of this chapter)