Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1107: Chapter 382: Fate and Timing, Stationing Troops at Bashang, Famous Across Nine Towns, Shock and Dismay (Part 6)

"Have you lost your mind? Did you forget something?"

Yang Ning noticed Li Hu’s indifferent expression and immediately snapped.

Li Hu saw Yang Ning’s expression, quickly rubbed his face, furrowed his eyebrows, and soon realized why he was behaving this way. He said with a strange face, "You don’t think this Great Xia Town is related to the Great Xia Camp we encountered nine years ago when we were mapping the North Bank of Heng River, do you?"

Upon hearing his counter-question, Yang Ning was momentarily stunned, lost in thought.

He had just heard the news about Great Xia from the military camp and became a bit flustered and rushed to find Li Hu. Now, with the counter-question, he realized the possibility was indeed extremely slim.

"No, no, the camp and the lord’s names all match, plus they emerged from the North Bank of Heng River, all three factors coincide. How could there be such an amazing coincidence in the world? Though a bit far-fetched, I think the two are definitely connected..."

Li Hu hadn’t finished listening when he shook his head repeatedly, interrupting Yang Ning, "Nine years ago, that Great Xia Camp didn’t even have a decent piece of clothing. I remember that Lord Xia Hong had just broken through the Earth-digging Realm, and nine years later, he’s become a Xianyang-level powerhouse, with tens of thousands of troops under his command, including two forces made entirely of Cold Resistance Level elite soldiers. Brother, do you believe this?"

People would surely think he was crazy if Yang Ning mentioned it in the military camp just now.

Nine years is insufficient for many people to complete the Earth-digging Realm cultivation process. Considering Xia Hong’s age back then, reaching the Reshaping Skin stage now would be impressive. Having Cold Resistance Level cultivation would make him a genius; surpassing Xianyang Level and even capable of crushing Chui Mountain Town Lord Duan Hong is unimaginable...

Absolutely impossible!

These words popped into Yang Ning’s mind, his eyebrows flickered repeatedly, but he clenched his teeth and raised his head to look at Li Hu, whispering, "Hu Zi, I admit, under normal circumstances, the two are unrelated. But I remember the lord once said, in the Ice Abyss, everything is possible. Can you be 100% sure that this Great Xia has no relation to the one from before?"

Obviously, I can be 100% sure!

Li Hu instinctively wanted to speak, but when he saw Yang Ning’s expression, he held back his words.

"There are plenty of powerful deceitful monsters in the Ice Abyss, with various bizarre means. Hu Zi, have you ever thought that maybe that Great Xia Camp encountered an extremely terrifying deceitful monster, which used special means to cultivate them to this point in a short time?"

Li Hu’s expression suddenly froze at these words, then he looked up at Yang Ning, and the two men’s pupils lit up with a gleam.

"If this matter can be investigated and reported to Lord Tragreatster Xia, then the Great Xia Camp would become a strategic opportunity for Beishuo Town, and you and I would have rendered an incredible merit!"

Incredible merit!

Li Hu’s face became extremely excited. His talent was not strong, possessing only Intermediate Battle Body talent, barely breaking through the Peak of Cold Resistance level, and his basic strength was just around 15 units. To further enhance, he could only rely on Dan Medicine.

The problem is, the Dan Medicine needed to enhance abilities at the peak of Cold Resistance is too expensive.

Dragon Carp Pill, Green Cod, Hu Li Power, three types of Dan Medicines, arbitrarily cost over 100,000 silver for just one pill, which even made Yang Ning of the Yang Family envious, not to mention Li Hu who lost his father young.

If such a great achievement could indeed be made, let alone Dragon Carp Pills, perhaps the lord himself would reward him! Would there still be concerns about the lack of cultivation resources in the future?

Thinking of this, Li Hu suddenly became energetic, looking up at Yang Ning to ask:

"Brother, do you mean we should first confirm it?"

"Of course, we must confirm it."

Yang Ning nodded solemnly, saying, "To be honest, even though I’ve told you all of this, I still don’t dare believe it. Reporting directly to the Town Chief would certainly get us labeled as fools; we must confirm it ourselves. I will request Commander Huang for leave in a few days, and you should do the same with Commander Pei, saying we need to go to other towns to buy some things. We will explore the situation at Hongmen together."

Both were Commanders of the Defensive Army and under normal circumstances couldn’t leave the army for long without requesting leave.

"Okay!"

Li Hu agreed immediately, his eyes shining brightly.

He didn’t believe it at first, but hearing Yang Ning say this, he now hoped the Great Xia Town was indeed the same Great Xia Camp he encountered nine years ago.

A camp that developed from small to a town-level in just nine years, and even confirming this news and reporting it to the Town Chief would definitely be monumental achievement!

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Yang and Li weren’t the only ones focusing on Great Xia.

Not to mention the various towns of Moao with ulterior motives, normal people would also be curious upon hearing about such a powerful town-level camp emerging around.

The key is that Great Xia released the news early July: henceforth, Hongmen as a trading port would target not just the Eight Town cities, but everyone within the Eight Towns Territory.

Furthermore, it will be open indefinitely!

This means that everyone within the Eight Towns—be it camps or individuals, can come to Hongmen anytime, anywhere, to conduct trade with Great Xia, no refusal.

Upon hearing this, the entire southern slope of Moao Mountain instantly erupted in excitement.

For a time, everyone’s gaze within the Eight Towns focused on Hongmen.

Under such circumstances, naturally, the number of people coming to Hongmen increased.

From Great Xia Lord Xia Hong, to the Eight Divisions of Great Xia, to the Cloud Jiao Long Wu armies, and even the seven armies of Hongmen — some of Great Xia’s internal situations were gradually being unearthed by people from the Eight Towns, whether openly or secretly.