Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1425 - 456: Young Men and Face-Slapping, the Secret of the Five Luminaries Tribulation Body, Dark Merchant Invitation, Made the Rankings_3

Although Cai Shiqi is arrogant, his talent is indeed impressive. He looks at most twenty years old, yet his basic strength has already reached 56 zong.

From the marks on the severed finger, it can be roughly discerned that it was wounded by a sword edge, clean and decisive, not the outcome of a bitter struggle. Not to mention Great Xia, throughout the Nine Towns Territory, there is only one woman who could do this.

The males have been lackeys in my Bai Shui County Mansion for generations, while all the females have been sent to the army as camp prostitutes...

Recalling the unfinished words by Cai Shiqi just now, Xia Hong suddenly found himself without even the desire to be angry, and a smile slowly surfaced on his face.

"Cheap..."

When that smile appeared on his face, Cai Shiqi realized that the other party was not struck dumb at all, and he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart. This time, he not only spoke but even drew the longsword at his waist and walked towards Xia Hong.

Pa......

Unfortunately, he had just taken two steps forward when an elderly person dressed in a blue brocade robe suddenly appeared and slapped him flying over ten meters away with one stroke.

Papa papa...

But it wasn’t over, the elder quickly stepped forward a few steps and continued to reward each of the eight young men and women who previously voiced support with a slap.

His strength was not light, after the slapping, the nine people including Cai Shiqi, who flew over ten meters, immediately went silent.

Anger filled their faces, but when they got up and raised their heads, they were scared stiff as they saw the elder in the blue brocade robe, and hurriedly knelt.

"Greetings, Uncle Qing!"

"Greetings, Ancestor Yun Qing!"

The Cai Family has spanned nearly three hundred years, with at least close to ten generations now. Interestingly, apart from the second and third generation disciples, whose names incorporate the characters Runqiu and Yun strictly, the names of the other disciples are taken randomly, which broadly indicates that Cai Qiu’s Landgrave Cai Qianshan only has some feelings for the second and third generation disciples.

However, among the Four Great Commanderies, there is another rule that regardless of the generation of disciples, as long as they are granted the title of Princely Heir, they have the privilege to change the middle character of their name to Shi, while females change it to Shi. This is both a mark of honor and a distinction.

Xia Hong had inquired in Qinghua City before; Cai Shiqi’s original name was Cai Ziqi. His father Cai Yunsheng, like Zhu Yan, was one of the three Advisers of Bai Shui County. Cai Yunsheng had a son in his over one hundred years of age; thus, although Cai Shiqi is young, his generation is actually not of low rank, he belongs to the fourth generation, naturally addressing Cai Yunqing as Uncle.

The other eight young people, only one of whom is female also calls Uncle, while the remaining seven young men address Cai Yunqing as Granduncle. They should all be descendants of the Cai Family Bai Shui County of the fifth generation and beyond.

"All of you have eaten the heart of a bear and the gall of a leopard, dare to disrespect the elder’s esteemed guest of the Eldest Prince. First slap yourselves ten times, then apologize to Elder Hong, quickly!"

Elder Hong?

The nine people, including Cai Shiqi, realized at this point that they’d hit a wall. Looking at Xia Hong’s excessively youthful face and his attire which seemed exceedingly simple to them, they were at first stunned for a few seconds.

Papapapa......

Nonetheless, they quickly figured it out, raised their hands to slap their own faces fervently, pa pa pa, completing ten slaps before stopping, then stood up and walked to Xia Hong, bowing deeply:

"Junior people are ignorant, offending elder, please forgive us!"

Of course, Xia Hong would not waste words with dead people. With a face full of smiles, he waved his hand, adopting the posture of an elder, and said: "No need for that, Hong is not a petty person. Ignorance is no sin, you may leave!"

Seeing he was appeased, only then did a smile appear on Cai Yunqing’s face. He waved to disperse Cai Shiqi and the others, then cupped his hands toward Xia Hong and said: "The juniors in the mansion don’t understand how high the heavens are and spoke nonsense to the Hong Prince. We sincerely apologize for this. How about this...Cai will take responsibility and grant two additional days for Hong Prince to continue browsing through all the books in the tower, how does that sound?"

Xia Hong waved his hand and said: "Adviser Cai need not do so. As the Princely Heir has just arrived, merely visiting the Book Collection Tower to learn more about the customs of the Moao River Four Vassals, five days is enough. The six martial arts doors promised earlier have been left in the tower, Hong is going back to the side courtyard first."

After saying this, he cupped his hands and walked directly toward the direction of the side courtyard.

"Have a safe journey, Hong Prince!"

Cai Yunqing smiled as he watched Xia Hong, and when Xia Hong had walked far, he immediately restrained the smile on his face and glanced at the elderly person in blue at the entrance of the Book Collection Tower.

Although the elderly person’s eyes were tightly closed, they clearly noted Cai Yunqing’s glance. He said nothing, simply half lying down and gently shaking his head.

Seeing the elder nod, Cai Yunqing’s brow sank slightly.

"Even Old Nie cannot discern the issues, then the identity of this Hong Prince has at least sixty to seventy percent credibility. Only at the year’s end in the Blood Miasma Plain can County Father discern further...

Great Qin... Great Qin... Within this Great Qin Feudal Town, even a mere Princely Heir possesses such strength, is every corner filled with masters?

The key is this critical moment, sending over a Princely Heir with such power, what is the intention, merely a show of force or is there a scheme against the Four Vassals?"

Cai Yunqing stood still with furrowed brow, sighed slightly at last.

.........

"Just as I surmised at first, during Early-stage Xianyang, Bone Appearance is only in its initial form. In the mid-stage, the meridians emerge, in the late stage, flesh and blood grow, and at the peak, when the skin membrane appears, then Bone Appearance is in its complete form, capable of wholly manifesting in confrontation, known as the Golden Body Battle Form. However, the size of Bone Appearance varies depending on the level of the bone structure..."

At the side courtyard of the Governor Mansion, Xia Hong, who had just returned, sat alone on the soft couch in the room, recalling the contents of the books he had perused at the Book Collection Tower earlier, with excitement filling his pupils.