Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

“Great Xia has never exchanged prisoners, nor will it ever in the future. Zhao Long being captured can only accept his fate; Senior Hou if proposes other material needs, I might consider, but exchanging prisoners is out of discussion. However, I have stated upfront, Great Xia values life like gold, especially those at Cold Resistance level. If Zhao Long suffers any mishap in Senior’s hands, not only Hou Bing, but Hou Ming, Hou Ying, Lin Ye, including the hundreds of other Earth-digging Realm, will all accompany him in death. I, Xia Chuan, always keep my word!”

According to Xia Chuan himself, Hou Jing was intimidated by these words, not only released Zhao Long but agreed to let Hou Bing stay to complete the bet.

Xia Hong shook his head slightly, for he is not as simple-minded as Xia Chuan.

An eighty-year-old man, who has weathered countless storms, how could he be intimidated by mere harsh words? Hou Jing clearly clashed with Hou Hu and had long contemplated betraying Zhaoyang.

Xia Chuan used a prudent bet to gamble on Great Xia’s future performance to entice him, Hou Jing agreed as expected.

Simply put, if Great Xia performs well in Longyou afterward, he would smoothly betray Zhaoyang and side with Great Xia, allowing his son Hou Bing and others from Zhaoyang to survive; if Great Xia performs poorly afterward, then Xia Chuan would fulfill the bet and eventually release everyone.

The bet was win-win with no loss, how could he possibly refuse?

In the following May, Xia Hong learned from the Zhaoyang Earth-digging Realm captives about the conflict between Hou Jing and Hou Hu.

Thirteen years ago, when the former leader of Zhaoyang, Hou Hu’s father Hou Luan, passed away, he handed the position of leader to his brother Hou Jing.

At that time, Hou Hu was still a hostage at Long Mountain.

Although called hostage, he was actually the disciple of Li Tianhua.