Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1354: Chapter 439: Hu Brothers Enter the City with Cai Yunzhou

Hoo…

Extreme North Area of Evergreen Valley, during the day

Snowflakes fill the sky, and the gale is howling

A paved road by Qing Valley, eight meters wide, runs from south to north.

The air current here is strong, yet its direction is unusually chaotic.

It seems to be venting aimlessly searching for an exit, sweeping the snowflakes in the sky into whirling cyclones; it blows the trees along the road so they sway to and fro; occasionally, it breaks the icicles hanging from the cliffs on both sides of the valley, some of which are over ten meters long, while the shorter ones are three or four meters, hitting the ground with considerable noise.

The flying snowflakes, swaying trees, falling icicles, and the desolate, pristine Qing Valley road create a striking contrast between the movement and stillness, unintentionally forming a picturesque scene of a snowy ancient path.

“Silver dragons leap, cold light hangs low, ten thousand valleys carved with ice, a thousand cliffs frosted…”

Suddenly, a low, melodious singing voice came from the end of the road.

From the sound, you can tell it’s a middle-aged man.

The first four lines of the song clearly depict the brutal, cold landscape of the Ice Abyss, thus the tone was slightly heavy, continuing with:

“Ice blades steep, frozen clouds askew, the wind carves mountain bones with scabs…”

The song continues to depict the harsh environment, yet adds a sense of defiance, as the man’s voice gradually lifts in fighting spirit, then, passionately sings the last line:

“Stride through the wind, shake off the sleeve and stand, Moao Mountain reveals clouds and hues!”

“Bravo, Uncle Hu, you sang wonderfully…”

As the song concluded, a crisp voice of a young girl praised.

Only then did a caravan slowly emerge from the road’s end.

The caravan consists of more than thirty people, with two wooden two-wheeled vehicles first catching the eye, guided by five men each with iron spikes and ropes, evidently their source of power; then comes a ten-meter-long, five-meter-wide iron wheel car laden with cargo, requiring ten men to pull and five more to push from behind, clearly far heavier than the two preceding vehicles.

Surrounding the leading vehicle, six people followed on foot.

All six wore cotton clothing; slightly ahead were two middle-aged men in their forties adorned in beast fur felt hats, faces steadfast and firm; trailing behind by a few paces were three men and a woman, four youngsters around twenty years old, evidently stabilizing the vehicle by keeping hands on the sides to reduce the jostle during the journey.

Who else could these four young ones be but the Su Family siblings?

Cough cough…

The middle-aged man at the forefront, wielding an iron spear, felt a bit embarrassed by Su Xing’er’s praise of his singing voice, coughed softly twice before smiling and saying: “Miss Xing’er, there’s a hidden message in this Moao song, with four names you probably don’t know yet, have you?”

Su Xing’er hesitated at the words, nodding to indicate her puzzlement.

Her elder brother Su Jing chimed in: “I know a bit about it. Uncle Hu refers to four names, indicating the four vassals’ Lord Landgraves, which are Fang Bo Chu Longteng from Chen Cang, Fu Wanhe from Hezang, Cai Qianshan from Cai Qiu, and Li Gangfeng from Wei Bo Feudal Town.”

Upon hearing Su Jing mention four names, Hu Tiejiang immediately chuckled and nodded: “Exactly, those are the esteemed names of the four Lord Landgraves. With so many people in our Four Great Feudal Towns, we’ve managed to live safely in Moao Mountain’s domain for over two hundred years, thanks to the protection of these four Lord Landgraves…”

Hu Tiejiang paused, quickly adding, “Of course, we being Caiqiu people, should especially thank Cai Yunzhou.”

Su Jing and the others didn’t respond, but those pulling and keeping the caravan, wore expressions of profound approval on their faces.

Hoo…

As the caravan entered the turbulent air section of the road, the pressure increased for those pulling and pushing the vehicles, naturally slowing the pace.

“Tiechuan, come help push the car!”

Hu Tiejiang, experienced, called to his brother Hu Tiechuan beside him, hurriedly moving to the back of the second vehicle to assist.

Following suit, Su Jing and the siblings also moved behind the vehicle to help push;

Su Xing’er, noting the still increasing wind power, couldn’t help but turn to inquire: “Uncle Hu, why is the wind so strong and chaotic here?”

Hu Tiejiang clearly abundant in experience, immediately responded with a smile: “The Evergreen Valley has perennial external airflow. Due to the terrain and temperature, external airflow floods the valley, converging right here, making the wind thus big and chaotic.”

Su Xing’er, not naive, upon hearing this, pondered briefly before looking up in delight, “Are we nearing Qinghua City?”

“Miss Xing’er is quite clever!”

Hu Tiejiang praised Su Xing’er first, then gazed north, breathing a sigh of relief with a trace of joy in his eyes, saying: “Exactly, we are just five kilometers away from Qinghua.”

“Finally arriving!”

Upon hearing this, Su Jing and the siblings visibly relaxed.

Since departing the night of January 12th, covered a stop-and-go journey on their fifth day, aside from a normal rest, they halted only once, last night at Yakou Village.

This vehicle, along with the porters, was rented in Yakou Village.

As for Hu Tiejiang and Hu Tiechuan, they were coincidentally met in Yakou Village inn last night, both were from another village, the goods filling the vehicle evidently meant for sale in Qinghua City.

“Darling, the coal is running out!”

Suddenly, a woman’s voice emanated from inside the second vehicle.