Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1554: Chapter 487: The Summer Family’s Daughter Comes of Age, Young Tiger Forest 2

Looks are just one aspect, but talent is even more frightening!

Thinking of this, Han Shuang suddenly took a closer look at Xia Yuyao, but after observing her for a moment, her face instantly showed a trace of shock. She quickly walked up to Xia Yuyao and asked in surprise, “Your Highness, has your basic strength already exceeded 270,000 pounds?”

Han Shuang had broken through to the Cold Resistance Level several years ago, and moreover, with Top-level Combat Body Qualification. She naturally could see Xia Yuyao’s basic strength at a glance.

The two princes usually train at the Star-picking Platform with Lady Li Xuanling. However, the Second Prince is restless and can’t sit still, managing to stay for only three hours at most each day, while the First Princess is different. She enjoys quietness and is more obedient to the lady’s instructions, so she often stays at the Star-picking Platform for several consecutive days in retreat cultivation with the lady.

This time, Xia Yuyao has stayed at the Star-picking Platform for a total of five days. Han Shuang remembers very clearly, five days ago the First Princess’s basic strength was just over 267,000 pounds.

But now, it’s already over 270,000!

Xia Yuyao could basically guess Han Shuang’s internal shock, but her face showed little pride, only nodding slightly as an answer. She then lightly smiled and asked, “Aunt suddenly came looking for me, is there something wrong?”

Upon hearing Xia Yuyao’s words, Han Shuang suddenly remembered she had something to tell Xia Yuyao, quickly nodding and saying, “Your Highness, the trial at the Milk Tiger Forest has been moved up to tonight. The Second Prince has already gone with the Dragon Forbidden Captain. Don’t you want to go and see?”

Upon hearing Han Shuang’s words, a hint of inspiration clearly appeared in Xia Yuyao’s eyes, but she soon calmed it down, gently shaking her head and saying, “Forget it. He went alone, the Dragon Forbidden Captain would already have to expend a lot of effort. If I also go to join the excitement, I can’t predict how many people would be inconvenienced, not to mention mother would definitely be unhappy.”

Han Shuang, hearing this, saw Xia Yuyao sit back down by the bedside, gently opening the book in her hands, her eyes showing a trace of hurt.

Everything about the First Princess is good, she is just too sensible!

Compared to Xia Yusheng’s mischievousness, Xia Yuyao is truly too sensible. These past few years, she has completely acted in accordance with Li Xuanling’s orders, not to mention the Inner City, she hasn’t even gone out in the Xia Palace much.

The Second Prince occasionally gathers peers from the Inner City to play with him in the Xia Palace; while the First Princess either trains or reads, never heard her make any demands.

After all, she is a child over nine years old. No matter how obedient, there must be curiosity about the outside world. What if she is over-repressed and gets hurt?

And this time it’s the Young Tiger Forest, Han Shuang knows that the First Princess, like other children, dreams of going.

Thinking that Xia Yuyao has not left the Xia Palace for four consecutive years, the Cold Beast slightly plucked up some courage, saying softly, “But it’s the Milk Tiger Forest trial? Why don’t I try to plead with Lady, as long as Lady agrees, I’ll take the First Princess over.”

The Milk Tiger Forest is adjacent to Xia City, located in the northwest corner, where the Arrow Bamboo Forest and Redwood Ridge used to intersect.

Speaking of this place, it has to be mentioned that Great Xia has rapidly developed in the past two years. Following the ninth year of Great Xia, youths like Lu Dong, Luo An, and Zou Ping, seventeen to eighteen years old, have successively broken through to the Cold Resistance Level, indicating a trend of rapid youthfulness at the Cold Resistance Level in Great Xia.

Then by the end of the tenth year of Great Xia, the Cold Resistance Level had a major spike, after which almost every few days, someone at the Martial Arts Pavilion would break records, from initially eighteen years old, then turning to seventeen… sixteen…

By the end of the tenth year of Great Xia, Peng Bo’s adopted grandson Qin Feng, at almost fifteen years old, broke through to the Cold Resistance Level, completely pulling the age of Cold Resistance Level in Great Xia to below fifteen years.

This marked a watershed moment. The following year, which is the start of Great Xia’s eleventh year, fourteen-year-olds reaching the Cold Resistance Level emerged frequently, and even thirteen-year-olds started appearing.

Xia Li stipulated that Xia people become adult at fifteen, and before adulthood are still children, prohibiting personal outside activities. This rule clearly no longer matched Great Xia’s situation at the time.

Summer ceremony was set by Lord Xia Hong, hence changing it was certainly not an option. Yet, given the number of those in the Cold Resistance Level under fifteen years old in Xia City, which was already quite considerable, continuing to repress them was not pragmatic. Therefore, Minister Xia Chuan, last August, had the Dragon Forbidden Captain cooperate, creating a Young Tiger Forest next to the city wall in the northwestern side outside the city.

What is called young tiger refers to these geniuses in Great Xia who have not yet reached adulthood but have already broken through to the Cold Resistance Level. The roar of young tigers intimidates hundred beasts, Xia Chuan created this Young Tiger Forest to advance in cultivating these geniuses’ hunting abilities, giving them experience in wilderness survival beforehand.

The total area of Young Tiger Forest is 25 square kilometers, and the Cold Beasts inside are periodically placed in fixed numbers by the most elite Dragon Forbidden Captains currently in Great Xia, including only intermediate and low-level Cold Beasts, specifically for trials for those adolescent geniuses in the Cold Resistance Level.

The new rule is clear: adolescents in the Cold Resistance Level form a group of three; if they can collectively kill five intermediate-level Cold Beasts, they can obtain permission to go outside in advance.

Not only can they experience close combat with various living low intermediate level Cold Beasts, if successful in killing five types, they can even obtain the qualification to leave Xia City ahead of time.

Thus, once released, this Young Tiger Forest immediately became the place most yearned for by all children in Xia City.

Although there were only intermediate and low-level Cold Beasts inside the Young Tiger Forest, and they were manually driven and captured, yet they’re adjacent to Xia City; furthermore, Cold Beasts are not so easily controlled, so this forest has always been managed by the Dragon Forbidden Captain.

No one doubts the strength of the Dragon Forbidden Captain, and the fact confirms it is so. Since Young Tiger Forest officially operated last August, there has never been a single fatal incident, with the most severe condition of participating children being just seriously injured, which is no big deal given the current medical level in Great Xia.

As a result, more and more children want to enter, causing increased management pressure on the Dragon Forbidden Captain, hence from June this year it was regulated to open once every ten days, with only 50 children allowed to enter each time.

Although the two princes are confined within the palace city, they are still clear about external information. Last year, at the year’s end, Xia Yusheng learned from peers coming to the Xia Palace about the Young Tiger Forest, immediately clamoring to go, but unsurprisingly was refused by Lady Li Xuanling.

Despite being denied, Xia Yusheng did not give up, persistently making a fuss to Li Xuanling almost every fortnight, sometimes trying to sneak out when Li Xuanling was in retreat, naturally failing every time.

Uncertain if she was totally annoyed by her son’s pestering or had figured it out, Li Xuanling finally softened this early month, agreeing to let Xia Yusheng go to Young Tiger Forest.

Originally set to go on the night of the 28th, but for some reason, it was moved up.

Han Shuang understands the attraction of Young Tiger Forest to the children of the city, while also knowing the First Princess, although not verbally expressing, must be dreaming to go. Out of pity, she summoned the courage to proactively propose to plead with Li Xuanling.

No need to deal with Cold Beasts, even merely going out for a look would be great…

Seemingly sensing Han Shuang’s pity towards her, Xia Yuyao’s face first showed a slight smile, then shook her head, saying, “Aunt, don’t bother waste your effort, mother won’t agree.”

“Not necessarily?”

Seeing Han Shuang’s disbelief, Xia Yuyao’s eyes slightly flashed, smiling and saying, “Right now is my Great Xia’s critical moment of establishing dominance in the Southern Slope. Uncle and Uncle Yuwen both lead armies suppressing the North, while mother is solely guarding the place, hence Xia City mustn’t face a hitch.

The Northern Three Towns have exhausted all possibilities and are cornered, and when people reach such extremities, they tend to act foolishly. For two years, mother has kept a tight watch on the two of us probably due to this reason…”

If these words came from another child, Han Shuang would definitely be appalled. However, staring at the soft mattress now, Xia Yuyao, just over nine years old, her expression didn’t change at all, clearly accustomed to this.

“Yao’er is precocious, knowing and conceiving more than Sheng’er. Hence focus to ascertain, you are bound to be more laborious compared to Han Yue.”

This statement, was made in person by Lady Li Xuanling, when she had her and her sister Han Yue separately attend to the two princes four years ago.

Initially, hearing this, Han Shuang didn’t comprehend it, but after being an attendant for Xia Yuyao for more than four years, she understood everything.

Sensible, obedient, and well-behaved, indeed these are traits of the First Princess.

But these traits are not as significant as her greatest trait — intelligence!

Even as a personal maid, Lady Li Xuanling herself sometimes is firmly dominated by the First Princess.

As for the Second Prince Xia Yusheng, need not say more!