Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1172: Chapter 398: Rewards and Generosity, Joint Pressure from Three Towns

Xia Hong, besides feeling curious, was also filled with intense apprehension.

A powerful force from the Outer Realm had long set its sights on the Nine Towns of Moao South Slope, and they had even sent spies to lurk there for several years.

Qiu Peng accidentally uncovered Han Peng of Jinyang Village in Jinshan Town, which doesn’t necessarily mean that the Cai Qiu Feudal Town in the Eight Towns had only recruited this one spy. If Great Xia is already openly appearing in the Moao South Slope Region, then it’s very likely that Cai Qiu Feudal Town has taken notice.

"According to Han Peng, the Cai Qiu Feudal Town is extremely powerful, enough to crush the Nine Towns, yet they haven’t attacked for so many years. Either they look down on the Nine Towns, or there are other difficulties, the latter possibility should be greater."

No matter how much the Ice Abyss Camp develops, population is always a priority, followed by resources. The combined population of the Nine Towns is at least over fifteen million, not to mention they also occupy an entrance to Moao Mountain over eight hundred kilometers long, and a section of the Xing River to the south. Even if Cai Qiu Feudal Town is strong, they couldn’t possibly ignore all this.

So, there must be some difficulties that have been restricting Cai Qiu, preventing them from sending a large force south to annex the territories and population of the Nine Towns.

"It’s a pity that Han Peng was merely bought off by Cai Qiu Feudal Town, only knowing that Cai Qiu Feudal Town is to the north, without knowing the specific location, otherwise I’d go there myself to investigate."

Thinking of this, Xia Hong slightly shook his head: "No, I almost forgot, I can’t leave Great Xia too far, at least not before Xuanling breaks through!"

Currently, Great Xia has only him at the Xianyang Level, which is a hard truth.

And as Great Xia engages in trade with the Eight Towns, bringing a large trade population into Hongmen City and Great Xia Territory, the fact that Great Xia only has him at the Xianyang Level is something that should soon become known to the other Eight Towns.

This matter is neither too big nor too small.

It’s big because a Xianyang Level is after all the mainstay of a camp. The Eight Towns will know this, and especially the Northern Three Towns will quickly find ways to target Great Xia, possibly even attacking collaboratively;

It’s small because Great Xia’s overall strength currently stands as undoubtedly the first among the Nine Towns, as long as it’s not multiple towns united, Great Xia can face any one town alone with no problem, and even if two or three unite, Xia Hong isn’t too worried.

His only concern is the merger of the Northern Three Towns.

Chui Mountain basically follows Beishuo, and once Yangqu and Dragon Valley, those two turncoats see the four towns united in power, they’ll surely side with them. By then, if six towns merge to target Great Xia, it would be quite troublesome.

Also, once the Six Towns merge, it’s hard to say what attitude Jiangxia and Muyin, the other two towns, will hold at that time.

"Fortunately, there is still Xiang Fuhai, so even if the Eight Towns know I’m the only one at the Xianyang Level in Great Xia, they still have to consider Xiang Fuhai’s presence, which should make them restrain themselves somewhat!"

From the moment Xia Hong rescued Xiang Fuhai from Bashang City, he had foreseen today. Li Xuanling’s breakthrough to Xianyang Level still needed time, and men like Xia Chuan and Yuwen Dao, even more so.

Great Xia only has him at the Xianyang Level, which is indeed not deterrent enough!

To temporarily bring an outsider at the Xianyang Level into Xia City, whether one could be found is one thing, even if found, Xia Hong wouldn’t feel comfortable leaving them in Xia City.

And the heavily injured Xiang Fuhai happened to be the best choice.

Xiang Fuhai’s injuries hadn’t recovered, and staying in Xia City was fine, while the Eight Towns were unaware of this, clearly making them apprehensive, making it a perfect fit.

"When this round of Bashang’s population migration ends, and the remaining descendants of the Xiang Family are all moved into Xia City, Xiang Fuhai’s loyalty issue will basically be resolved. Once Cheng Feng develops the Dan Medicine, we’ll immediately help him restore his cultivation, then Great Xia’s security will be basically guaranteed!"

Thousands of thoughts surged in Xia Hong’s mind, soon flying over Hongmen City, looking down at the bustling crowd at the city gate, a broad smile appeared on his face. With a slight move of his mind, he flashed towards the Ministry Building in the city center.

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Hongmen City, top floor of the Ministry Building, Conference Hall

Xia Chuan sat at the main seat, his brows furrowed tightly.

Qiu Peng and Lin Kai sat below, looking somewhat serious.

Yuan Cheng stood in the middle, holding a golden document. After reading its content, he angrily shouted: "Isn’t this Yang Zhun spreading lies? Even if I were to kill, at most I would kill Yang Ning and Li Hu, Yang Fan and his group did nothing to provoke me, why would I kill them?"

After saying this, he paused and continued: "Besides, their entire team had fifteen people, Yang Fan had a power level of 31 tufts, and the remaining 14 people were basically all above 20 tufts. I killed thirteen in one go, and two injured ones escaped. Does Yang Zhun really believe Yang Ning’s nonsense?"

"You sit down and calm down first!"

Xia Chuan gestured for Yuan Cheng to calm down, then said in a deep voice: "When you had a conflict with Yang Fan and others in the city at the beginning of September, many people from the Eight Towns witnessed it, and they also heard you threaten to kill these fifteen people. Now that something has indeed happened to these people, along with Yang Ning’s firsthand account, how could Yang Zhun not come looking for you?"

At this moment, Qiu Peng also nodded on the side, his brows slightly furrowed as he said, "Whether Yang Zhun believes it or not is irrelevant. The key is that Yang Fan and his people did indeed die near Hongmen City. Whether Yang Ning is speaking nonsense doesn’t matter anymore. The letter from Yang Zhun directly identifies you as the murderer, asking us to hand you over, also carrying the signatures of Shangguan Yang and Qin Feng. This clearly shows that the Northern Three Towns are using this matter to unite and pressure us!"

Yuan Cheng’s brow furrowed deeply.

He certainly wasn’t worried that Xia Chuan would hand him over.

The key was that he realized at this moment that the words he had spoken in front of so many people in Hongmen City nine days ago seemed to be the root cause of the current issue.

His impulsiveness had evidently brought significant trouble to Great Xia!