Chapter 236: The army sets out, Yanglu changes, and the middle stage of keeping warm [ask for monthly tickets! ]

Daxia Valley, main building top floor hall

As usual, the first seat was empty.

But an hour ago, Xia Chuan, who was still at Yangyuan Peak, was now standing in the center of the hall, staring at the pattern on the Hanxu Ding in a trance.

On both sides of the hall, Zhu Yuan, Zhao Hu, Zhao Bao, Lin Kai and Lu Yang stood on both sides, all looking somewhat excited.

“Greetings, Lord Si Cheng!”

Huang Yong and Hong Gang, who arrived late, found that there were already six people standing in the hall. They immediately quickened their pace, saluted Xia Chuan, and stood at the back.

“Sir, the only one missing is Qiu Sizheng!”

Zhu Yuan walked to the side of the Hanxu Cauldron and gently reminded Xia Chuan.

Xia Chuan collected his thoughts, turned around and looked at the seven people in the hall, his expression slightly excited:

“I just came back from Pingxiyuan. I barely had a break along the way. Time is tight, so I won’t waste time with you. I’ll cut to the chase!”

From Yanglu to Fengchao, then across the Jinggu, through the arrow bamboo forest, and finally arrived at Xiacheng, this distance is roughly about a hundred kilometers. Familiar with the road conditions and with his cold-resistant level of cultivation, Xia Chuan ran all the way, but even so it took more than half an hour.

“Qiu Peng is still notifying all members of the hunting team door to door. He can’t come for the time being. I will tell you the truth first…”

The seven people in the hall were all awakened from their sleep by Qiu Peng just now, and they also learned some of the situation in Pingxiyuan from Qiu Peng. Knowing that what Xia Chuan was going to say next was very important, they immediately perked up and listened carefully.

“On the night of April 25th, we successfully captured the Hive. Now a large number of prisoners have been sent to Jinggu. There are more than 200 Digging Realm and four Cold-Proofing Realm. They are all detained in Jinggu and are being watched by Yue Feng himself.

The entire Beehive territory of more than 700 square kilometers and more than people have now returned to our Great Xia. Since there are too many people, large-scale migration is not very convenient, so only a part of the important ones were selected and sent to Jinggu first. If nothing unexpected happens later, they should be sent back to the base one after another. “

Wow…………

As soon as Xia Chuan finished speaking, the seven people’s eyes suddenly focused, and their already excited expressions instantly added a few touches of strong joy.

When Qiu Peng first informed them, he only said that Si Cheng had won a victory, but he didn’t tell them so much in detail.

More than 700 square kilometers, more than 29000 people, four cold-resistant-level and more than digging-level captives…

The key point is that this is just a rough harvest. As a giant camp, there must be a lot of iron ore, coal mines, and other kinds of materials under the beehive.

“Big harvest, big harvest!”

“Congratulations, Mr. Si Cheng, for your victory.”

“Twenty intermediate hunting teams, it’s worth it, haha!”

………………

“Okay, no need to flatter me. We were able to win this time because, firstly, the leader sent a message in advance, giving us the upper hand. Secondly, there were many coincidences that night, and it had little to do with the strength of our Great Xia!”

Xia Chuan raised his hand to suppress the cheers of the crowd, then raised his expression and continued:
“You probably all know about the Longyou Alliance. Pingxi Plain is currently in civil strife. Twelve camps are surrounding the Longshan and Zhaoyang camps, attacking and annexing each other. We were able to take over the Hive in the chaos based on this.

Because we took down the hive very quickly, and the subsequent blockade of the news was also very tight, so at the moment, the entire Longyou Eleven Families are still unaware of the existence of Daxia. Therefore, seizing this excellent opportunity to take over more territory is Daxia’s most important task at present! “

The seven people present not only have the cultivation level of cold-resistance, but they also each lead a mid-level hunting team. Leading the hunting team and coordinating the relationships between team members on a daily basis are extremely brain-intensive tasks. Compared with other people in the camp, their communication skills are naturally much stronger.

So after listening to Xia Chuan’s words, they were able to quickly extract key information from it.

Civil strife in Pingxi Plains!
Moreover, there were only eleven families left in Longyou, and they were unaware of the existence of Daxia.

This is not only a perfect time, it is clearly golden time!
All of a sudden, they realized why Xia Chuan was in such a hurry to rush back from Pingxiyuan, and why he asked Qiu Peng to go door to door to notify people before it was completely dark.

“There is no threat near Xiacheng, and the supplies currently in stock at the camp are enough for us to use for a long time, so I only left Zhu Ling here to watch; Xu Ning is stationed in Wuyuan, and Yue Feng is in Jinggu.

Currently, Yuwen Tao, Yuan Cheng, Luo Yuan, Hong Guang, Hong Tian, ​​Meng Yi, and Zhao Long are all in Pingxiyuan. The seven of you, plus Qiu Peng, make up eight people in total. Including me, there are a total of sixteen cold-resistant classes. Almost all of the cold-resistant classes in the camp have been dispatched.
Twelve more mid-level teams have been transferred to the area, and there are also fifty elite low-level teams, totaling 2600 people. This is the strongest force that Daxia can currently bring out.
The leader is also in Pingxiyuan, but he will not show up for the time being. He will probably only help secretly, so everything depends on ourselves.

This time, whether Daxia can gain a firm foothold in Pingxiyuan and participate in the subsequent competition for the position of overlord in Longyou depends on you!”

The expressions of the seven people present were all shocked.

Especially after hearing the expectation contained in Xia Chuan’s last words, Lu Yang’s expression was even more moved. He bowed to Xia Chuan and said excitedly:
“Don’t worry, Si Cheng. It is my duty to expand the territory for Da Xia!”

The other six people immediately followed Lu Yang and bowed to Xia Chuan:
“It is our duty to expand the territory for Daxia!”

“it is good!”

Seeing the high morale of the crowd, Xia Chuan’s eyes were full of praise. He turned around and found that it was completely dark outside the hall. He quickly said, “Qiu Peng’s notification should be almost complete. This time, all 1600 people will be mobilized. Qiu Peng has ordered people to transfer a large number of weapons, armor, and elixirs from the camp supply department.

In addition, I have also informed Mu Dong that starting from tonight, the craftsmen will work day and night to process weapons, elixirs, and various war supplies. Now I will start assigning tasks…”

Upon hearing the voice, the seven people immediately stood up straight and their expressions became more solemn.

Xia Chuan hesitated for a moment and immediately spoke: “Zhu Yuan, Zhao Hu, Zhao Bao.”

“My subordinate is here!”

“The three of you will lead twelve mid-level hunting teams and forty-five low-level hunting teams, a total of 1500 people. Bring only weapons, bows and arrows, and necessary elixirs. Set out from the outer city immediately and take the Xiazhi Road to Jinggu first. I will go there in advance, and as soon as you arrive, we will continue to Pingxiyuan.”

“I obey my orders!”

After Zhu Yuan and the other two bowed and replied, they immediately turned around and left the hall.

“Lin Kai, Lu Yang.”

“My subordinate is here!”

“You two should go to Jinggu first and inform Yue Feng to arrange the personnel in Jinggu now and clear a marching route in advance. Make sure the army reaches the hive as quickly as possible.”

“I obey my orders!”

The two men bowed in reply, then immediately turned and left the hall, heading towards Jinggu.

“Hong Gang.”

“My subordinate is here!”

“I have the exact location of the beehive here. Go there and inform Meng Yi and Hong Tian. Ask them to take the army to rest first. When I arrive, they will immediately change their guard and follow me to attack other camps.”

“I obey my orders!”

Hong Gang bowed and turned to rush out of the hall.

“Huang Yong.”

“My subordinate is here!”

“Assist Qiu Peng in organizing the supplies for the quartermaster department, and lead the remaining five low-level hunting teams to deliver the baggage to Jinggu first. It should be very fast to take the Xia Straight Road. Once you reach Jinggu, wait for my follow-up orders. At that time, you two may be needed to deliver the baggage to the Hive, so you’d better take the time to familiarize yourself with the route from Jinggu to the Hive to avoid mistakes later.”

“I obey my orders!”

Huang Yong bowed, turned around and walked out of the hall to find Qiu Peng.

In the empty hall, Xia Chuan looked at the Hanxu Cauldron again. He didn’t know if it was the reflection of the fire inside the cauldron, but there seemed to be flames rising in his eyes.

“Chen Yingyuan, Chen Yingba, and Wu Tianxing, these three can’t make any waves, and most likely, they will have to obey Daxia in the future.

The high-end combat power was controlled, and only more than a hundred people in the Digging Realm were left. The Hive was already dead in name only, and Daxia was only short of raising a flag to declare;
As for Yanglu, as long as Yuwen Tao carries out my orders, Li Xuantian will definitely not let it go. Since those two idiots Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli like Yanglu so much, let them hold on there and absorb Longshan’s firepower.

Zhaoyang currently has the upper hand, so we should find a way to weaken it. After the army here changes defense, the first target should be……”

Xia Chuan turned his head and looked behind the golden chair on the high platform in the main hall. The huge “Map of the Territory of Great Xia” had not been updated for a long time.

The northernmost part of the territory map is currently Jinggu.

Xia Chuan’s gaze gradually turned to the northwest of Jing Valley. After seeing the location of the Beehive Camp, he raised his gaze slightly to the north.

………………

Longyou 48th year, April 16th, late at night
“Captain, 79 of our brothers died. Peng Bo killed 32, and Li Xuantian and He slaughtered 40. We just found seven more bodies in a house next door. They must have been killed when they sneaked into the camp.”

“Captain, we have 28 dead, all killed by Li Xuantian and his two companions.”

Outside Yangyuan Peak, Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli were standing at the door. When they heard the number of casualties reported by their subordinates, their expressions suddenly became extremely gloomy.

There was a dead body lying at their feet.

The head of the corpse had been smashed to pieces, and its appearance was unrecognizable. There were two fatal sword wounds on the chest, one wide and one narrow.

Lin Ye, who was standing next to the two men, heard the people from Wu Shuang’s camp say that seven more bodies were found in a house. His eyes flickered slightly, and he saw that Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli were both lost in thought. After hesitating for a moment, he walked up to the two men and bowed:
“Lin’s strength is limited, and I actually let Li Xuantian escape. I am really sorry for both of you!”

Seeing Lin Ye’s apologetic face, Wu Xiong immediately waved his hand to signal him. Seeing the wounds on his body caused by the spear, he comforted him softly, “Brother Lin, what are you talking about? Li Xuantian is in the late stage of Yu Han, with the full strength of Ten Manes. It’s a pity that he can’t be killed, but it’s not a shame.”

Han Jiuli also nodded, kicked the corpse at his feet, and said with a smile: “It’s not bad to be able to kill He Tu. Losing a three-mane cold-resistant level, even a strong man like Longshan would be heartbroken for a while. We can say we made a profit!”

After hearing the two people’s comfort, Lin Ye’s complexion improved a little.

Wu Xiong’s words actually made sense. Although they were both at the cold-resistant level, their strengths were very different due to their different combat aptitudes and cultivation levels.

Li Xuantian is a superior combat body, with a late stage of cold resistance and the strength of ten manes;

Although there are five people on their side, Wu Xiong, Han Jiuli and Lin Ye each have the strength of only seven manes, and the remaining Wu Ying and Wu Lin have only more than three manes. It is their first time joining forces, and their cooperation is not very tacit. It is not difficult to defeat Li Xuantian, but killing him is not that easy.

“Brother Lin, there should be no problem with Chen Yingyuan, right?”

Soon, Takeo thought of something and immediately asked Lin Ye.

Hearing the voice, Han Jiuli, who was standing by, immediately turned to look at Lin Ye with a worried look on his face.

They have become mortal enemies with Peng Bo. They feel a little uncomfortable that they failed to kill Li Xuantian. If they fail to kill Peng Bo as well, it will be a complete loss of both the wife and the army. From now on, the two families will not be able to sleep well.

“Don’t worry, Peng Bo is only eight manes strong. Not only is he injured, but he also has three burdens with him. If Chen Yingyuan and his men lose him, I will report to the leader and punish these three severely!”

After hearing this, Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli’s expressions relaxed a little.

“Two leaders, forgive me for being blunt, we first forced Chen Yingyuan to rebel, scared Peng Bo away, and killed He Tu. Li Xuantian escaped death, and Longshan will be furious when he hears the news. Li Xuantian has basically found out the situation on Yanglu’s side. If you ask me, it’s better to make preparations early, otherwise when Longshan’s army arrives, we will be in a hurry to fight, which will be disadvantageous!”

Hearing this, Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli looked at each other and nodded.

“Brother Lin is right. Six days ago, we lost more than 400 people when we fought against Yanglu. Now, there are only more than 1,400 people left from the two families. If we add the more than 600 Digging Realm that are controlled by Yanglu, there are only more than 2,000 people in total. If the Longyou Army comes, we may not be able to hold on if we fight hastily.”

Hearing about the Longyou Army, Han Jiuli’s expression became a little serious, and he nodded and said, “It’s been night for a while. I will go to deploy now. Send people to watch the gullies around Yangyuan Peak. In addition, I have sent Wu Lin to watch over the suspension bridge. If there is any unusual movement, send a message immediately.”

Han Jiuli left after he finished speaking. Wu Xiong stayed where he was and gave a few instructions to Wu Shuang’s men around him. Then he turned to look at Lin Ye and said with a hint of hesitation, “Brother Lin, the Longyou Army is too strong. We may not be able to hold on by ourselves. How about you…”

“Don’t worry, Chief Wu. After we took down the beehive, we have already sent a group of people to support you. They should set out after nightfall and will arrive here soon.”

After hearing this, Wu Xiong finally showed a trace of relief on his face and said, “Thank you very much. I have arranged a place for you to stay. Brother Lin, go and have a rest!”

A man immediately came up and made an inviting gesture to Lin Ye.

Lin Ye nodded and followed the man all the way to a well-decorated house on the outskirts.

After entering the room, Lin Ye immediately waved his hand to send the man who led the way away, then sat down in his seat with a gleam of light in his eyes.

“The Longyou Army should be the elite of Longshan. We are afraid of more than 2,000 people. This Longyou Army is either too strong or too numerous…”

To be honest, Yuwen Tao was a little surprised that he had been able to disguise himself until now.

He didn’t know much about the situation in Pingxiyuan, let alone Zhaoyang. Xia Chuan asked him to disguise himself as Lin Ye, which was completely forced, because there was really no other suitable candidate except him.

If these two people asked him anything about the Zhaoyang camp, he would be exposed soon, but surprisingly, until now, Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli had never doubted him.

“My lord, I will keep my disguise as long as I can. Han Jiuli and Wu Xiong are average in strength. I just need to be alert to the people from Zhaoyang coming to expose me. I will stay in the outer building. If there is any situation, I will run away immediately. If there is no situation, I may have to help these two and guard Yangyuan Peak!”

Right now in Longyou, Zhaoyang and Longshan are fighting each other. Although Zhaoyang has the upper hand at present, Longshan is also strong. If they are allowed to successfully capture Yangyuan Peak, the pressure on the beehive on the east side will naturally increase. Therefore, before his identity is revealed, Yuwen Tao really has to help Wu Han and the others to defend Yangyuan Peak.

“Also, be careful of Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli sending people back to the base to deliver messages. I will also try my best to intercept messages from the two bases to them, and try to buy time for the adults’ actions…”

Yuwen Tao’s eyes flickered, and he kept calculating in his mind how he could play the greatest role.

………………

The land of Longyou is more than 300 kilometers from north to south and more than 400 kilometers from east to west, with a total area of ​​more than 13,000 square kilometers. If divided by north and south, excluding the Longshan family on the westernmost side, the rest can be roughly divided into three regions.

Fengchao, Yanglu, and Yucheng further west are all considered the southern part of Longyou;
Directly north of the beehive is the Hanqiong camp, which is considered the central region. Also in the central region are the Wushuang, Changning, Songyuan, Xiling, and Baiyuan families.
To the west of Han Qiong is Wu Shuang Camp, and to the north of Wu Shuang and Han Qiong is Zhaoyang Camp, which has the largest territory. This is considered the northern region, and there is only one Dongkang Camp in the same area, which is located to the east of Zhaoyang, which is the northeast corner of Pingxiyuan.

While the Fengchao and Yanglu families in the south were fighting fiercely, the central and northern areas were unusually quiet, especially the Zhaoyang camp. Ever since Hou Hu came back from Longshan on the night of the 14th, there were two consecutive days of banquets, and the whole camp was in an unusually celebratory atmosphere.

In Pinggu, Zhaoyang, next to the main building of the garrison, at the door of an obviously luxurious house, two maids dressed in fancy clothes walked out quickly with obvious panic on their faces.

“That gentleman is too difficult to please. I just touched him and he scolded me several times. How can I seduce him?”

“It’s the same for me. Just now, I took off my clothes and went in while he was bathing. Before I could get close to him, he stopped me and said that he was practicing and strictly prohibited anyone from getting close to him.”

“This is too difficult. There is no other way. I can only think of other ways. I heard that he is very strong, almost as strong as the leader. Such a person must have great determination.”

“There’s nothing we can do. He’s been with more than a dozen people in the past two days. Do you think he likes men?”

“Go, stop talking nonsense, he’s very powerful, be careful he might hear you!”

………………

On the second floor of the house, Xia Hong sat cross-legged on a wooden bed. In front of him was an iron tripod with a diameter of 20 centimeters. There were some remaining medicinal residues in the tripod.

Xia Hong’s eyes were tightly closed, the membranes all over his body were bulging, and his fine pores were constantly emitting wisps of blood.

The blood energy became thicker and thicker, enveloping his body like a cocoon, and gradually condensed into an oval blood-colored cover.

Boo…………

As the blood cocoon was completely formed, blood no longer emanated from Xia Hong’s pores. Instead, the flesh and blood beneath the membrane began to slowly bulge and then slowly shrink.

Start from the top of your head, down to your face, neck, chest, back…

After the expansion and contraction process repeated all the way to the soles of his feet, Xia Hong suddenly opened his eyes.

boom…………

The blood cocoon suddenly collapsed. Xia Hongming had clearly done nothing, but his body seemed to have become several times heavier out of thin air, and he actually crushed the wooden bed.

Xia Hong stood up from the ground and took a slight breath. The blood and energy that had just dissipated gathered towards his nostrils and were sucked back by him.

“My flesh and blood have all regenerated, and their strength has doubled. Even if my skin membrane is broken, my flesh and blood can still provide me with a certain degree of defense. As long as I am not hit in any vital parts, I can recover from ordinary injuries during the battle just by relying on the self-healing ability of my flesh and blood. This is the middle stage of cold resistance, and this is just the effect of one round of flesh and blood regeneration!”

Xia Hong felt the strength of the flesh and blood in his body, and his expression was extremely excited. At the same time, he clenched his fists to sense his own strength, and a gleam of brilliance suddenly appeared in his eyes.

“Fifteen pounds of jade bones not only allowed me to break through the middle stage of cold resistance, but also increased my strength to twenty-one. Looking at the entire Longyou, except for that Li Tianhua, there is no one who is stronger than me!”

Hou Hu kept his word. As soon as he returned to Zhaoyang, he immediately ordered people to deliver the 20 kilograms of jade bones and five drops of Hanping Jade Dew that he had promised, and also sent the recipe for cooking the jade bones.

He was even considerate enough to ask Xia Hong directly if he needed help cooking.

This is completely treating him as one of our own.

To boil the jade bones, what is needed is not only Hanping Yulu and jade bones, but also Zhuyinhua, Baishuangcao, and eight other medicinal herbs, plus a large amount of coal stone. Zhaoyang is willing to provide it, so Xia Hong naturally cannot refuse it.

In two days, under Xia Hong’s full supervision, fifteen kilograms of jade bones were boiled according to the recipe.

Finally, he could use the jade bones to practice proper cold-resistance training. Xia Hong took the cooked jade bone soup and couldn’t wait to start his retreat.

The first time I used it, the effect was surprisingly good.

Just as he had guessed before, after eating the jade bones, the flesh and blood in the body reacted the most. However, compared with the method of sunbathing, which introduced cold light into the body to destroy the flesh and blood tissues and achieve the effect of regeneration, the flesh and blood regeneration effect after eating the jade bones was simply a hundred times, no, it was probably more than a thousand times.

After drinking the jade bone soup, the flesh and blood in the body immediately began to disintegrate, turning into wisps of blood and gas that seeped out from the membrane. Then the powerful energy in the jade bone recombined with the collapsed flesh and blood in the body, forming new pieces of flesh and blood that were stronger than before.

“Middle stage, late stage, peak stage, flesh and blood can regenerate three times in total. I have achieved this effect in the first round. When my strength increases to thirty-six manes, I will usher in the second round. By then, the strength of my flesh and blood, as well as my self-healing ability, will experience another surge. By the third time, when my strength reaches seventy-two manes, my flesh and blood strength will probably be comparable to that of a high-level cold beast…”

Xia Hong had fought with that high-level snow-mane beast before, and happened to break the opponent’s flesh on the shoulder, so he was very clear about the strength of the flesh and blood of the high-level cold beast.

“If this wasn’t a critical moment, I would go kill a few more high-level frosty beasts, get more jade bones, and break through directly.”

As Longyou was undergoing a major change, Xia Hong had to put his cultivation on hold. Moreover, with his current strength, he could basically move around Longyou on his own, so cultivation became less urgent.

Besides, there are too many uncertainties when hunting high-level cold beasts, and he can’t act hastily alone.

“Besides, Jade Bones alone are not enough. Hanping Jade Dew seems to be a little more important than Jade Bones. Currently, we can be sure that Longshan has a fixed output, and Hou Hu probably has it as well, but he is obviously wary of me. It’s not easy to get them both. It’s too slow to find them by myself. I still have to find a way to get them from these two companies!”

Xia Hong already knew the recipe for boiling jade bones.

Not to mention other materials for now, the four most important materials are jade bones, cold apple jade dew, red silver flowers, and white frost grass, with a ratio of three pounds, one drop, three plants, and three plants respectively.

Three pounds of jade bones can be exchanged for one drop of jade dew. Although the red silver flower and white frost grass mentioned later are not as precious as the cold apple jade dew, they are not easy to find.

“I have found a method to cultivate the cold-resistant level, but where to get it from is another problem. It seems that I have to find a way from Longyou. I was given twenty kilograms of jade bones, but only five drops of Hanping Yulu. Is he deliberately trying to use Hanping Yulu to lure me? This Hou Hu is quite thoughtful…”

Xia Hong noticed Hou Hu’s little thoughts and smiled faintly. Thinking of the dozen or so maids Zhaoyang had arranged for him in the past two days, his expression became even weirder.

“There are more than 5,000 Diggers, but only about 1,000 are left in the camp. Counting the 1,000 Blood Guards stationed outside, that means at least 3,000 of them are missing. It is very likely that they have attacked other camps, but I don’t know which one. Xia Chuan received my letter and should have been eyeing the Hive. Da Xia wants to make a move, and now is the best time. Unfortunately, I don’t have time to notify Xia Chuan. I still have to find a chance to send some news back.”

Xia Hong pondered in the room for a moment, and suddenly heard footsteps outside the door.

“Master Hong, the leader wants to see you!”

“Okay, come right away.”

Even though a grand banquet was held for me for two days, Hou Hu never showed up or looked for me. Today, he finally looked for me.

Xia Hong gathered up the blood and energy that had just broken through and was not yet stable, and slightly restrained his flesh and blood. After making sure that there was no problem, he opened the door and walked out.

(End of this chapter)