Chapter 1709 - 541: The Surprising Xia Yuyao, Weng City and Airspace Restriction

Chapter 1709: Chapter 541: The Surprising Xia Yuyao, Weng City and Airspace Restriction

"Consumables?"

Hearing Cai Qianshan’s words, Xia Hong’s expression didn’t change much. He simply looked at him quietly for a moment before suddenly letting out a couple of light laughs.

"Yao’er, Sheng’er, during these three years that father was away, you must have come across quite a few things in Xia City. Are you aware of the matter of Moao River?"

Not to mention Cai Qianshan and the others, even Li Xuanling hadn’t expected that at this critical juncture, Xia Hong would ask the two children such a question.

As for Xia Yuyao and Xia Yusheng, it was even more unexpected. Though they had accompanied Xia Hong since leaving Beishuo City, they had only played the role of passive observers, following their mother Li Xuanling and focusing solely on watching.

Of course, even just watching was enough to excite the two children, who were not yet ten years old, to the utmost.

Ever since the Xia Army breached Beishuo City, secured Wuchuan, surrounded Yangqu, cleverly captured East Valley City, and last night used tunnels to cleverly thwart the coalition’s surprise attack at Aikou City, the entire process highlighted the strength of the Xia Army.

If the Xia Army’s invincible record on the battlefield only refreshed the siblings’ former understanding of the Xia Army, their father Xia Hong’s demonstration of incredible power truly left them deeply shocked.

Though the siblings had lived in Xia City from a young age and heard many stories about their father Xia Hong from others, they had never seen him in person. Moreover, compared to other Xia people, their relationship with Xia Hong was too close, so they were somewhat skeptical about these tales.

In their view, their father Xia Hong was the Great Xia Lord. Given his elevated status among the Xia people, many were bound to exaggerate. Although the two were young, they understood the cultivation realms of the Ice Abyss people, knowing that even though their father was powerful, he was only at the Xianyang Level. Compared to the Tribulation Body Realm of the Four Vassals of Moao River, he was still slightly weaker.

That’s right, Xia Yuyao and Xia Yusheng had long known about Moao River.

Moao River is in the Southern Slope Territory, not much of a secret, as people from Cai Qiu and Chen Cang were openly active. However, the territory of the Four Vassals, including the Landgraves and the Tribulation Body Realm, was relatively less public.

Great Xia had connected with Ji Hong last year, then sent Jiang Xinfan to infiltrate Chen Cang to obtain a large amount of detailed intelligence about the Four Vassals.

Such intelligence was naturally difficult for others to obtain, but not so difficult for the siblings Xia Yuyao and Xia Yusheng.

The two had already learned the details of the Four Vassals from their second uncle Xia Chuan and many of Great Xia’s core high-level officials. They also knew that their father Xia Hong had been away for three years, partly to search for the path of cultivation beyond the Xianyang Level and partly to gather intelligence on the Four Vassals so that Great Xia could be better prepared in advance.

"Father, Sheng’er knows that Moao River is our northern neighbor, where there are four great feudal towns: Chen Cang, Cai Qiu, Hezang, and Wei Bo."

The gazes of everyone present turned toward him. Xia Yusheng was somewhat nervous, but still gathered the courage to answer his father first.

Xia Yuyao was different. Although she didn’t speak, her gaze boldly fell on Cai Qianshan, then glanced at Cai Qiuhu and the six other Tribulation Body Realm experts behind him, nodding slightly to Xia Hong, indicating that she knew about Moao River.

"Since the breach of Beishuo, I’ve taken you along the way. You’ve basically seen everyone from Cai Qiu. Tell father, what do you think of these foreign powerhouses?"

No one expected Xia Hong to ask such a question.

Cai Qianshan’s expression darkened slightly. He could roughly sense Xia Hong’s intention, merely to use the two children to put down Cai Qiu’s reputation.

Yet he did not interrupt, rather, with a slightly cold gaze, he watched Xia Yuyao and Xia Yusheng, the threat in his eyes exceptionally evident.

Cai Qianshan could sense it, and naturally, so could Cai Qiuhu and the others. They smiled coldly to themselves and focused their gazes on the two children.

Indeed, the children were extraordinarily gifted, but they were, after all, mere kids with the smell of milk still on them. In front of so many strong experts, what could they dare to say?

"They’re all not good people!"

Xia Yusheng’s answer was exceptionally succinct. Under the gaze of many eyes, though he was intensely nervous, he refused to lose face for his father. It was clear that he had steeled his nerves to give this answer.

Not perfect!

Upon hearing his son’s answer, Xia Hong assessed it with four words, then turned his gaze to his eldest daughter Xia Yuyao, with his eyes showing some expectation.

The eldest daughter was famously precocious; one could tell from a young age. She hadn’t answered initially, likely already guessing his intention in her mind, and she should now provide a better answer.

Indeed, Xia Yuyao wasn’t tense at all. She even bore a naive smile on her face and said crisply to Xia Hong, "Father, I think these people from Moao River, though capable, neglect human life for personal gain, which makes them strong but without virtue; they’re aware of deceitful monsters lurking in the dark, yet they still wage war against our Great Xia, which shows short-sighted ignorance; they have the strength but hide behind, using the coalition of two towns to stall against our Great Xia, seemingly depleting our Xia Army’s strength but in reality making their feudal prestige crumble, boosting our Xia Army’s morale, which is pitiably foolish..."

After Xia Yuyao’s words, Xia Hong’s eyes were full of radiance, and even the face of Li Xuanling, standing beside her, held a few traces of unusual color.