Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1130: Chapter 388: Eight Towns’ Scouts and Spies, Xia Chuan’s Bearing, Outer Realm News (Part 2)

If we want to truly investigate the specifics of Great Xia, the only way is to go to Xia City; the Eight Towns must understand this principle.

In fact, the Eight Towns have indeed done so. Ever since the Hongmen Banquet in April ended, their probing of Xia City has almost never stopped.

"In the past four months, Director Li of the Prison Department and his team have arrested over a hundred Cold Resistance level spies from the Eight Towns on the outskirts of Xia City. Jiangxia and Muyin sent only one batch, which we released; after the Minister personally sent a warning letter, the two towns didn’t dare to send anyone else.

As for the remaining six towns, they are truly relentless! They send one wave of spies after another, like it’s never-ending. Recently, the Prison Department hasn’t caught any spies; I guess it’s because those people have now figured out the safe distance from Xia City."

Qiu Peng’s words were amusing, and Xia Chuan and the other two immediately showed smiles on their faces.

"The Lord’s Ancestral Spirit Mother and Child Stele is indeed amazing. Within fifty kilometers of Xia City, any intruder will be monitored immediately. Those spies from the Eight Towns can’t even get close to Xia City, let alone sneak in to investigate; it’s simply impossible."

Qiu Peng, having frequently traveled between Xia City and Hongmen lately, knew a lot about the family situation. Mentioning the Ancestral Spirit Mother and Child Stele filled his face with admiration, but he thought of something and continued with a slightly somber expression: "The only pity is that this Mother and Child Stele cannot be used to identify inside agents in the city. With a large population sometimes moving into Xia City, it’s hard to guarantee that there aren’t inside agents arranged by the Eight Towns mixed in with the other people."

Yuan Cheng and Xu Ning nodded at these words, their expressions slightly sinking.

The Ancestral Spirit Mother and Child Stele’s monitoring of a fifty-kilometer radius around Xia City only targets non-Great Xia Camp foreign life forms. This means that people from other camps, as long as they successfully join Great Xia, are not monitored by it.

As long as the Eight Towns are smart enough, they can mix people into some normal camps beforehand, then take advantage of Great Xia’s expansion to purportedly become a part of Great Xia and infiltrate Xia City. It’s not a very difficult thing to do.

This problem is essentially unsolvable.

They can’t hope that Lord Xia Hong will bring out another divine object that can distinguish whether someone truly intends to join Great Xia, can they?

Thinking of this, the three suddenly looked up, only to find that Xia Chuan, sitting at the main seat, was smiling, and their faces immediately lit up with hope.

"I know what you’re thinking. About the issue of insiders from the Six Towns, I sought advice from the Lord at the beginning of June. He said that as the population of Xia City continues to grow, it’s inevitable for insiders from other camps to mix in; only by strengthening defenses can we manage. Completely eliminating them isn’t possible. However, compared to other camps, we at Great Xia truly have a way to distinguish insiders..."

At this point, Xia Chuan paused, closed his eyes, his body shuddered slightly, and three vertical blood-red cloud patterns emerged between his brows.

"It’s the Sacred Pattern!"

Seeing Xia Chuan reveal the Great Xia Sacred Pattern, Qiu Peng and the others’ eyes immediately lit up, and they all had a suspicion in their hearts.

Xia Chuan then pointed at the Sacred Pattern and continued: "You all should have the Sacred Pattern Bloodline now. The Lord once said that only those who sincerely join Great Xia, undergo transformation in the Holy Tripod for more than half a year, can obtain the latent Great Xia Sacred Pattern Bloodline..."

At this, Xia Chuan didn’t continue.

Because Qiu Peng and the others were visibly excited, clearly understanding the implication.

Xu Ning, in his excitement, couldn’t help but speak out: "In the Xia Li·System Chapter, the Lord stated that all Xia people have an inherent Sacred Pattern Bloodline. To awaken the bloodline and grow the Sacred Pattern, there are only two ways: one is through innate bloodline talent, the earlier it appears, the higher the talent, like the Minister’s two young sons;

The other is through cultivation, breaking through to the Cold Resistance level, and the bloodline will automatically become manifest, and the Sacred Pattern will surely appear between the brows."

Hearing Xu Ning mention the two young sons of the Minister, Qiu Peng and Yuan Cheng couldn’t help but turn their heads to look at Xia Chuan, nodding with admiration.

Qiu Peng has three children, with the most gifted eldest son, Qiu Hong, only developing the Sacred Pattern at five; Yuan Cheng currently has a son and a daughter, with their son, Yuan Shao, only having developed his Sacred Pattern after his fifth birthday last year.

To develop the Sacred Pattern by age five, Qiu Hong and Yuan Shao’s potential is certainly ahead of other children their age in Xia City, but in comparison to Xia Yuzong and Xia Yuning, it falls short.

These two, after all, were born with their Sacred Patterns.

So far in Great Xia, there hasn’t been a third case.

Of course, this excludes the two Highnesses.

Xia Yuyao and Xia Yusheng’s talents are not widely known in Xia City, but Yuan Cheng, Qiu Peng, and Xu Ning happen to be among the few who do know.

Comparing their children to the two Highnesses is out of the question; even if they did, it wouldn’t make sense to damage their own or their children’s self-esteem—why bother?

Of course, these are side notes.

The most important point in Xu Ning’s speech was the last sentence: as long as someone from Great Xia breaks through to the Cold Resistance level, their bloodline will automatically become manifest, and the Sacred Pattern will inevitably appear between their brows.

Combining this with what Xia Chuan just said, the meaning becomes quite clear.

Yuan Cheng’s expression slightly lifted with surprise: "So, anyone who’s been in the Camp for more than half a year, has Cold Resistance level cultivation, yet hasn’t grown a Sacred Pattern, can basically be determined to be insiders sent by other camps."