Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

The torch and solidified fire oil can only work directly on deceitful monsters; however, the Yellow Candle is a new redeemable item that appeared after the Ancestral Spirit Stele reached the fifth level. Though its description only mentions that within its illumination range, all deceitful means become ineffective. In reality, it can also detect some extraordinary means, which is very suitable for this situation.

The painter industry in Xia City is gradually rising, and women becoming fashionable with portraits, these two matters Xia Hong already knew. Whether it is women starting to appreciate beauty or pursuing art like paintings, it marks the vigorous development of material culture in Great Xia. Of course, Xia Hong would not stop it.

“As for Chu Yan’er, I will personally keep an eye on it. You should focus all your efforts on the Eight Towns, hastening the integration of Jiangxia and Muyin people into the Great Xia system, and work on dividing and enticing the remaining Six Towns, facilitating the alliance of the Nine Towns early on.

I estimate this Chu Yan’er is merely acting on her own cleverness, likely not specially sent by any significant figure in Chen Cang to negotiate with us, which shows that Chen Cang probably cannot move south to the Nine Towns Territory on a large scale any time soon, granting us some leeway.”

Hearing this, Xia Chuan was slightly taken aback, but after thinking for a moment, he quickly understood, turning to look at Xia Hong with admiration in his eyes.

Indeed!

This is the correct conclusion. If Chen Cang were about to move south quickly, generally, there would be two choices: either send important figures to formally negotiate, or not allow anyone to appear to avoid alerting the masses.

The situation with Chu Yan’er is clearly unusual.

“In that case, though Chu Yan’er seemed to only visit Xia City once and did nothing, she actually did us a great favor!”

Confirming that Chen Cang cannot move south any time soon has certainly rendered a great service to Great Xia!

Xia Hong chuckled twice, saying: “That’s why it’s crucial to properly educate the young people in the camp, otherwise, if they all develop inflated egos in the future, overlooking everyone, they’ll end up making big blunders outside without even realizing it. I certainly don’t wish for Great Xia to produce a bevy of young people like Yang Ning and Chu Yan’er.”