Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Unlike the previous time when he entered the main building, this time, with Cheng Ping leading the way, Xia Hong quickly ascended to the fourth floor via the internal staircase.

The main hall on the fourth floor had a large training ground, where hundreds of people were currently focused on their cultivation.

After Cheng Ping came up, his movements were noticeably more restrained. Unsurprisingly, the people who could cultivate here were, if not elites, at least members of elite families.

Soon, Cheng Ping led him to a small room on the side of the fourth floor.

“Above this room is the boiler room where the jade bones are cooked. I can only bring you here, sir. Our Big Boss, Second Boss, and Commander Chen are all on the top floor today. Perhaps you should…”

“Shhh… Don't speak.”

Xia Hong directly interrupted Cheng Ping, then closed his eyes, concentrating on listening to the sounds above.

Unfortunately, after listening for a while, his brow furrowed.

“They even added protection to the top floor, worried about others eavesdropping!”

This undoubtedly heightened Xia Hong's curiosity. Especially knowing that jade bones were being cooked on the top floor, Xia Hong pondered for a moment, glanced at the window in the room, and directly climbed out.

“You wait for me here.”

Seeing Xia Hong climb from the window to the top floor, Cheng Ping's face turned extremely unsightly.

He was just looking troubled because he was afraid Xia Hong would do this. The Big Boss and the others were all on the top floor. If Xia Hong was discovered, he would surely die. What would happen to his antidote then?

Of course, there was another possibility.

Since Xia Hong dared to go up, it proved that he was confident he wouldn't be discovered by the Big Boss and the others, but that possibility was too small.

“It's over, it's over. Should I just go upstairs and report to the boss…”

But what if it's really like Hong Yu said, and the boss can't help me detoxify either? Then I'm still doomed!

No, no, I should wait here for a while and see how things go!”

After weighing the pros and cons, Cheng Ping could only hope that Xia Hong would return safely, and decided that if there was any situation upstairs, he would act immediately.

Despite making up his mind, he was still on pins and needles in the room.

… … … … … …

Inside the boiler room on the fifth floor, Chen stood in front of a large pot.

More than a dozen people were constantly adding coal stones under the pot, burning the bottom of the pot red. Steam was constantly rising above the pot. The entire room only had one pipe leading directly upwards, causing the steam to be unable to dissipate quickly, so there was basically no visibility in the room.

The dozen or so coal stokers all covered their faces and mouths with damp cloths, looking dizzy, with obvious symptoms of poisoning.

“How much longer until the shift change? I feel like I can't take it anymore!”

“Soon, just two more minutes. People are already coming outside the door.”

“The poisonous gas from cooking jade bones is really scary. I'll reach my limit in three hours. If I stay any longer, I'll definitely die from the poison.”

“I don't know how the Big Boss and the others use this for cultivation. I heard that they directly drink the bone soup that is cooked each time?”

“They add things. Once last year when we were cooking jade bones, I was one of the last people to leave. I personally saw the boss bring in three kinds of medicinal herbs. They must have added those things to be able to drink it.”

… … … … … …

The room was filled with mist, and everyone was covering their mouths and noses, so they spoke very softly. Soon, as the door opened, a new batch of people came in, and everyone in the room was relieved, walking towards the door.

No one noticed that a small opening had quietly been made in the window on one side of the room. A masked man in black was squatting in the smoky area beside it, and took advantage of the shift change to quietly blend into the new group of people.

“Poisonous gas? Yu Wentao didn't mention this when he said He Yuan cooked jade bones!”

Xia Hong mixed into the crowd and shoveled coal together. Looking at the poisonous gas permeating the boiler room, a look of confusion appeared in his eyes.

He could clearly sense that the poisonous gas was indeed derived from the beast bones.

But Yu Wentao had indeed not mentioned this before.

Yu Wentao had been in the camp for so long, so Xia Hong naturally trusted him. In that case, Chen Yingyuan must have done it on purpose.

Combining it with the medicinal herbs that person just mentioned, it should be that Chen Yingyuan deliberately added the medicinal herbs at the end to dissolve the poisonous gas, in order to prevent the formula from leaking.

This also just conformed to the overall conservative style of the Hive.

“Someone, go stir it up there!”

Xia Hong shook his head slightly, and when he heard the words of a person next to him, he immediately volunteered to throw down the shovel and climbed up the wooden ladder on the side of the large pot.

A long-handled iron spoon was placed on the side of the pot. Xia Hong picked it up and started stirring.

Looking at the rich and fragrant bone soup boiling in the pot, Xia Hong's eyes showed desire, but he soon discovered that the jade beast bones floating on the pot were giving off an abnormal black color. Upon closer inspection, the poisonous gas in the room was emanating from them.

This was a wasted trip.

A touch of helplessness flashed in Xia Hong's eyes. Chen Yingyuan was actually so secretive about the beast bone formula, not even trusting his own people. This was somewhat unexpected.

“What are you doing? Want to try a sip? It'll poison you to death!”

Just as he was feeling a little discouraged, a person actually climbed up on the opposite side of the pot. While that person was stirring the bone soup in the pot, he saw Xia Hong was in a daze and immediately joked.

“Silver Honeysuckle, White Frost Grass, and a bit of Cold Apple Jade Dew. Without these three major medicines, this pot of bone soup is poison to us. No, even if we add the three medicines, we probably can't withstand the energy of the beast bones…”

Looking at the person on the opposite side of the pot, who was still talking to himself, although Xia Hong did not respond, his eyes suddenly burst into a burst of brilliance after lowering his head.

This could be considered a light at the end of the tunnel.

Silver Honeysuckle, White Frost Grass, Cold Apple Jade Dew!

He never expected that the person opposite him would tell him the names of the three medicinal herbs all at once.

Seeing that the person's clothes were obviously better than the others, Xia Hong's mind moved slightly. Worried about being seen through, he did not speak. After stirring a few spoons, he directly tiptoed down.

“Pharmacist Liu, the heat seems a bit insufficient!”

“Go out and call for people to bring more coal. 150,000 catties is not enough. The amount of jade bones to be cooked this time is too large, estimated to be more than 200,000 catties.”

“Okay, I'll notify people to go.”

… … … …

Just then, a person below the pot spoke, letting Xia Hong know the identity of the person who had just spoken to him.

Pharmacist?

The Hive camp specializes in refining medicine, so that's how it is.

150,000 catties, more than 200,000 catties. When he was stirring just now, Xia Hong personally saw the jade bones in the pot, at most a little more than three catties. From the advanced Snow Mane broken arm harvested last time, it should be the bones of an entire advanced cold beast.

More than three catties, requiring more than 200,000 catties of coal stones to cook.

This consumption rate… … … …

While Xia Hong was clicking his tongue in his heart, he also leaned to the side of the window sill, seized an opportunity, and directly drilled out of the window sill, quietly descending to the fourth floor along the outer wall of the wooden building.

Just as he returned to the window sill of Cheng Ping's room, Xia Hong suddenly raised his head and looked towards the top floor, a sharp glint in his eyes.

“One, two… three… four, all four of them are out. What are they going out to do, hunting, or is there something else?”

Xia Hong pondered for a moment, turned his head and moved his lips slightly towards the room on the fourth floor, then leaped, and swept towards the direction of the door.

… … … …

While Cheng Ping was anxiously waiting on the fourth floor, Xia Hong's voice suddenly came to his ears. His body suddenly stiffened, he looked around a couple of times, and found that there was no sign of Xia Hong in the room, and immediately respectfully nodded: “Yes, sir!”

That Hong Yu, was actually not discovered!

Cheng Ping could confirm that the Big Boss and the others were all on the top floor today.

But just now Xia Hong secretly went up, but was not discovered.

What does this mean?

Glug… … … …

Cheng Ping swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his pupils instantly filled with horror.

“Hong Yu's strength… No, I have to be more honest in the future!”

… … … … … …

At this moment, it was already dawn.

Above the Hive camp, the sky was bright.

Because it was located in a plain area with sparse vegetation, the traces of Chen Yingyuan and the other four were unusually obvious. After Xia Hong left the underground and came to the ground, he found them without much effort.

“Going north, it shouldn't be hunting. Follow them and see.”

Redwood Ridge was on the south side of the Hive. Chen Yingyuan and the other four were going north, so it was naturally not hunting, but besides hunting, what else could make the four of them at the Frost Resistance level move out at the same time?

Not only the reason for the four people moving out at the same time, but also the identity of the fourth Frost Resistance level in the Hive made Xia Hong very curious. After making some simple disguises, Xia Hong directly followed the traces of the four people, quietly following them.

Xia Hong walked north for five or six kilometers, and finally saw the four figures in the distance on a dirt slope.

Although there was a distance of five or six hundred meters, Xia Hong could still see at a glance that three of them were Chen Yingyuan, Wu Tianxing, and Chen Yingba.

At the same time, he also saw the true face of the fourth Frost Resistance level.

That was a middle-aged man with a purple face and a broad face. He was wearing a black coat of unusual material, and he was more than two meters tall. His physique was unbelievably burly. Standing there, he looked like an iron tower. He was carrying a silver octagonal giant hammer on his back, and his arms were crossed in front of his chest, showing a rather domineering posture.

Xia Hong surveyed the surrounding environment, and quickly selected a large tree only two hundred meters away from the dirt slope. After quietly climbing the tree, he quietly listened to the conversation of the four people.

“Leader Chen, why bother?”

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The purple-faced middle-aged man's voice was like a bell, which was quite in line with his domineering temperament, but at this moment, looking at Chen Yingyuan, his face was obviously a little impatient.

"This concerns the Alliance Assembly, I hope Marquis brother can understand!"

Chen Yingyuan was quite patient, and immediately fell silent after speaking. Chen Yingba and Wu Tianxing, standing beside him, also remained silent, standing quietly.

The middle-aged man with the surname Hou shook his head slightly upon seeing this, and also fell silent.

Alliance Assembly…

Xia Hong, hiding in the tree, suddenly revealed a gleam in his eyes.

Today is already the end of February, and there is only a little over a month left until the Alliance Assembly in mid-April. These four came here to discuss matters related to the Alliance Assembly!

It's just that Xia Hong wasn't clear about what the middle-aged man with the surname Hou meant by saying 'redundant'.

But soon, as two more people came from the north.

Xia Hong immediately understood what was going on.

The two people who came from the north were both middle-aged.

The one on the left was dressed in yellow, with a slender figure and a sharp face. His fists were unusually thick, and he carried a black staff of about ten feet long slung across his back.

The one on the right was the opposite, with a tall figure, handsome appearance, and a goatee on his chin, carrying a long sword at his waist.

"Wu Xiong pays respect to Lord Hou!"

"Han Jiuli pays respect to Lord Hou!"

The two immediately saluted the middle-aged man with the surname Hou upon reaching the earth slope, and then turned to look at Chen Yingyuan and the other two, opening their mouths with a hint of a smile.

"Old Chen, it's been a while."

"Brother Chen, long time no see!"

As soon as the two spoke, their demeanor was fully revealed. The short Wu Xiong appeared much more simple and honest, while Han Jiuli was slightly more refined.

"Brother Wu, Brother Han, long time no see. You two, indeed…"

In fact, Chen Yingyuan's pupils shrank suddenly the moment he saw the two salute Hou Tong. At this moment, realizing that his inquiry seemed somewhat redundant, he did not finish his sentence.

"The old Alliance Leader is old and frail, and the eldest son is acting perversely. The Longyou Alliance is already in name only. Now that the Zhaoyang Camp is taking the lead, and Lord Hou Tong is personally visiting with such sincerity, what is Brother Chen still worried about?"

As soon as Han Jiuli spoke, Wu Xiong next to him continued, "Not only our two families, but the Xiling, Baiyuan, and Dongkang camps have also decided to join Zhaoyang. Brother Chen, don't hesitate any longer, join us in overthrowing Longshan and rebuilding a new alliance!"

With Zhaoyang taking the lead, plus Xiling, Baiyuan, Dongkang, Wu Shuang, and Han Qiong, there are a total of six camps, which already account for half of the camps in Longyou.

If Beehive joins, that would be seven.

Even if the remaining four camps firmly stand on Longshan's side, they will not form an advantage in terms of numbers. He really should…

Chen Yingyuan's mind began to wrestle, and he wanted to speak several times, but in the end, he forcibly held back the words that came to his lips.

"Everyone, that is, after all, Longshan! Li Tianhua's strength…"

"Chief Chen, next month is the forty-eighth Alliance Assembly. Li Tianhua founded the Longyou Alliance at the age of fifty. How old is he this year? Have you calculated it?"

Hou Tong, who had been silent for a long time, finally couldn't help but speak at this time.

His questioning with a hint of a sneer made Chen Yingyuan directly silent.

The Longshan Alliance Assembly is held once a year. Li Tianhua founded the alliance at the age of fifty. After forty-eight Alliance Assemblies, his age can be easily calculated.

Hou Tong didn't wait for him to speak before continuing, "The maximum lifespan of the Yu Han level is only one hundred years, and the qi and blood will become more and more depleted towards the end. Since the Alliance Assembly three years ago, Li Tianhua has not appeared in public. What does this represent? Brother Chen should be clear in his heart. Even if Li Tianhua is not dead, with his lifespan, how much strength can he exert…"

Speaking of this, Hou Tong changed his tone, his expression proud, and said, "My leader, Hou Hu, already has the peak strength of the Yu Han level, and he is currently in his prime. Not to mention Li Tianhua, who is about to die, even in his prime, he may not be able to defeat our leader."

Seeing Chen Yingyuan's expression begin to waver, Hou Tong immediately pressed on while the iron was hot:

"Brother Chen, my leader said that once the new Zhaoyang Alliance is established, the annual tribute paid by you camps that joined early will be directly halved, the share of Han Ping Jade Dew will be doubled, and all the mutual protection treaties originally formulated by Longshan will remain unchanged. What are you still worried about?"

"Lord Hou, how about giving me some more time to consider? There is only a little over a month left until the Alliance Assembly. If I guessed correctly, you will unite several families to force the palace at this Alliance Assembly. I guarantee that I will consider it carefully before the Alliance Assembly!"

Hearing Chen Yingyuan's answer, Hou Tong's face was full of impatience, and he obviously couldn't bear it anymore, but at this moment, Wu Tianxing, who was on the side, spoke.

"Lord Hou, my Beehive has a past with Longshan, and it is normal for the leader to be unable to make a decision for a while. I hope that the Lord can give my leader more time."

Hou Tong's expression froze upon hearing this, and then he waved his sleeves sharply and said in a deep voice, "Then Chief Chen should consider it carefully. Before the April Alliance Assembly, I hope my leader can hear a satisfactory answer. Since this is the case, then Hou will not stay in Beehive any longer. Farewell!"

After speaking, Hou Tong directly turned around and left towards the north. Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli, who had just come over, also followed him.

Chen Yingyuan and the other two stood for a while, and soon turned around and left.

Xia Hong stayed on the big tree for a full half an hour, confirming that everyone had left far away, before jumping down the tree, his expression thoughtful.

"Sure enough, there is a problem within Longshan. It seems that this problem is about to erupt. Zhaoyang Hou Hu is the key to the problem!"

Xia Hong had some guesses in his heart when he heard Cheng Ping mention the Longyou Alliance that day. This scene that he inadvertently glimpsed today undoubtedly confirmed his guess.

The Zhaoyang Camp, whose strength is growing stronger, really couldn't help but want to win over other camps and overthrow the Longshan Camp together to establish their own portal.

Xiling, Baiyuan, Dongkang, Wu Shuang, and Han Qiong, half of the camps have defected to Zhaoyang. Looking at Chen Yingyuan's appearance, it is estimated that it is not far away.

In this case, Longshan's chances of winning don't seem to be great!

Of course, today's gains are not limited to these.

Zhaoyang Hou Hu, peak Yu Han level strength!

Sure enough, there are high and low levels in the Yu Han level.

I just don't know which stage these people just now belong to.

"The Yu Han level has a lifespan of one hundred years, which is similar to my previous guess!"

When he broke through to the Yu Han level earlier, Xia Hong already had a preliminary perception of his physical condition.

The most thorough change from the Jue Di realm to the Yu Han level is the skin membrane. Although the flesh and internal organs have also been improved, the magnitude is not large. Xia Hong had previously estimated his lifespan based on the physical condition of people in the camp in their forties, and what Hou Tong said just now was a confirmation of his guess.

"If they want to force the palace at the Longshan Alliance Assembly, then it seems that this Alliance Assembly should be very lively. Hou Tong's attitude is so arrogant, it seems that Hou Hu is not simple. Chen Yingyuan's wavering attitude is not a good thing. The most taboo thing when choosing a side to stand on is this, and…"

Xia Hong paused at this point, recalling the process of the conversation between the people just now, and a hint of speculation faintly emerged in his eyes.

"That Wu Tianxing seems to have a problem!"

The bystander sees clearly. Wu Tianxing's behavior of speaking for his leader just now seemed very normal, but Xia Hong could keenly feel that his greater purpose should be to prevent Hou Tong from saying anything too extreme that would affect Chen Yingyuan's decision.

This is a bit fishy!

Xia Hong shook his head, paced slowly on the snow, thinking about what impact this Longyou change would have on Da Xia.

No, it should be what Da Xia can get from this Longyou change!

Xia Hong's eyes flickered slightly, turning his head to look at the southeast side of Pingxi Plain, which is the direction of Da Xia. Soon, he had a plan in his mind and revealed a smile.

"The disintegration of Longyou is not a bad thing for Da Xia. I would have a hard time getting a foothold in the originally monolithic Pingxi Plain, but if you have internal strife, then don't blame me!"