Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1321: Chapter 431: Deceitful Object Pricing, Transcendent Skillcraft, Martial Arts Competition Finale (Part 3)

Since that’s the case, let’s not worry about these two for now.

Focus all your efforts on securing Yangqu and Dragon Valley.

As for Shangguan Yang, I’ll talk to him when I have time.

Have Mu Longhe continue to speed up infiltration. We must get ahead of Beishuo and control Chui Mountain. Once Chui Mountain is secured, even if the Nine Towns Alliance can’t be achieved, we can at least form an alliance of six or seven towns. At that point, Yang Zhun and the others won’t have a choice.

Xia Chuan and the others immediately nodded heavily, clearly understanding Xia Hong’s intent.

“By the way, Lord, we’ve found out the true identity of the real culprit behind last year’s Three Towns Chamber of Commerce murder case. The person, known in the Nine Towns as Chen Yiqing, is outwardly a resident of Guyang Village in the Beishuo Dongchuan district, but is actually from Chen Cang Feudal Town. He’s connected to last year’s Chen Cang Little Princess Chu Yan’er. He’s committed over a dozen crimes near Hongmen, killing nearly two hundred people. His method is always the same: leave a survivor and alter their memory to stir discord between the Nine Towns.”

“How did you find out, and why wasn’t he killed?”

Xia Hong’s brows furrowed upon hearing, killing nearly two hundred just to sow discord among the Nine Towns; this Chen Yiqing was obviously no good.

Xia Chuan immediately explained how Lin Kai designed to lure out Chen Yiqing, killed Chu Dongning, and followed with the matter of the Ji Hong siblings in detail.

Xia Hong listened with a furrowed brow, not speaking until Xia Chuan finished, his voice somber: “So Ji Hong likely deciphered his methods but was forced to go with him due to being held captive?”

Xia Chuan nodded immediately and signaled over to Lu Yang.

Lu Yang stepped forward at once, clasped his hands, and said: “Reporting to the Lord, we can confirm that Ji Hong was indeed held captive, he himself is without blame. Mid-March, I received a message from Xia City and immediately sent people to investigate the situation in Guyang Village, Dongchuan district.

My spies contacted Ji Hong in April. Chen Yiqing, unaware that his identity was exposed, continued to live openly in Guyang Village. During this time, Ji Hong sent us a lot of useful information until about a month ago, in late June, when Ji Hong sent a message saying Chen Yiqing was taking him back to Chen Cang Feudal Town.

I wanted to go rescue Ji Hong, but he refused. Due to Ji Jiang’s death, he bore deep hatred towards Chen Cang, and voluntarily proposed to infiltrate. I thought it good to have someone investigate Chen Cang’s situation, so I did not refuse him.”

Ji Hong, Ji Jiang…

Thinking of the deep bond between the siblings, Xia Hong couldn’t help but sigh softly.

“To provoke conflict between the Eight Towns and us, Chen Yiqing has killed so many, which can be considered a heinous deed. However, thanks to him, we could secretly fan the flames. All his dirty deeds have now been pinned on Cai Qiu, and the Eight Towns now loathe Cai Qiu to the bone. Chen Yiqing indeed played no small part.”

Upon hearing Xia Chuan’s words, Xia Hong’s mood slightly eased.

“Alright, the Martial Arts Competition should be nearing its end; you all should go take a look! I’ll head back to the Star-picking Hall to handle some affairs first, then check the competition later.”

Suddenly remembering something, Xia Hong issued an instruction, then disappeared from the others’ sight.

“The Lord has probably only broken through to the mid-stage of Xianyang, right?”

“It seems his strength has more than doubled since before!”

“I bet Yang Zhun wouldn’t last a single move against the Lord now.”

“For sure, when the Lord just came out of seclusion, the aura was so intense it nearly suffocated me.”

“Falling further behind, we must quickly push to the Xianyang Level, or we won’t even catch the Lord’s shadow.”

“Let’s all encourage each other!”

“Come on, let’s go see how the youngsters are competing.”

“Yes, let’s go see.”

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Star-picking Platform, Enlightenment Lotus Platform

After leaving the Camp Supply Department grand hall, Xia Hong returned here again.

[Resources: Wood 1,372.61 million, Coal 1,108.72 million, Iron 1,262.51 million, Silver 68.92 million]

Looking at the abundant resources in the system, Xia Hong took a slight breath, a glimmer of gambler’s spirit slowly appearing in his eyes.