Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 872: Chapter 334: Hanqiong’s Seven Divisions, Moao Mountain, Beishuo Revisited 5

”According to Fan Kui, let’s first explore northward together to see if this is indeed the northern edge of Twin Dragon Mountain.”

Lu Yang was very calm. He first sensed the surrounding area and noticed that the strength of the nearby Cold Beasts wasn’t strong, and there weren’t many Advanced Cold Beasts. He immediately led everyone to explore the north.

”Zhu Shun and Wang Tao will lead the team. Zhao Hu and I will scout ahead. Everyone else can explore freely, but no more than 200 meters away from the team. Move!”

About two kilometers ahead, Lu Yang sensed the strength of the surrounding Cold Beasts weakening and immediately changed his strategy, leading Zhao Hu further ahead.

Zhu Shun, Wang Tao, and the remaining hundred people were instantly excited upon hearing his command.

Being able to explore freely meant they could hunt new Cold Beasts and pick new species. Bringing new discoveries back for significant Contribution Value would be very rewarding.

Setting aside the excitement of the crowd, Lu Yang and Zhao Hu sped towards the north, soon covering seven or eight kilometers.

Zhao Hu seemed somewhat impatient, wanting to see how far north they could go. He climbed a hundred-meter-tall tree directly.

Lu Yang didn’t stop him and continued to observe the surrounding environment.

Soon, he discovered something on a patch of snow.

”This is... a beast skin sleeve...”

Looking at the tattered black beast skin sleeve in his hand, Lu Yang’s eyes were filled with excitement.

This piece of sleeve indicated many things.

There must be a human camp nearby, and their strength shouldn’t be too strong.

”Lu, come up here quickly and take a look!”

Lu Yang was excited. Upon hearing Zhao Hu’s voice from the tree, he immediately climbed up to join him.

The view from the hundred-meter-tall tree was wide. Lu Yang expected Zhao Hu to have discovered something to the north and looked that way from the tree top.

But he found nothing but a Snow Forest to the north.

”Look a little to the right!”

To the right meant slightly east of north.

Following Zhao Hu’s indication, Lu Yang turned to the east.

With one look, his expression froze, and his eyes were filled with intense shock.

”What... what... what is that...?”

To the northeast, there was a mountain!

Lu Yang had seen many mountains like Long Mountain, Twin Dragon Mountain, and Beimang Mountain.

An ordinary mountain wouldn’t surprise him.

The problem was, this mountain was unbelievably tall.

The top of the mountain seemed to merge with the sky, like a deity overlooking the Ice Abyss from beyond the sky, impossible to gauge its height at first sight.

Moreover, its peak wasn’t just a point but extended into a whole straight line following the northwest-southeast mountain range.

”Gulp... Does Beimang Mountain have even half its height?”

Hearing Zhao Hu’s voice, Lu Yang took a deep breath and immediately shook his head.

”Not even half. I doubt even a tenth. We can see it so clearly from this distance. This mountain...”

Zhao Hu suddenly remembered something and exclaimed, ”Could this be Moao Mountain mentioned by those two kids from Beishuo Town four years ago?”

Lu Yang’s expression paused, immediately understanding what Zhao Hu meant.

Four years ago, two people, Yang Ning and Li Hu, from Beishuo Town did say that all their human camps lived on the South Slope of Moao Mountain.

”Looking at its height, it should indeed be Moao Mountain!”

They actually saw Moao Mountain...

Lu Yang took a deep breath, memorized the appearance of Moao Mountain, and planned to report it to Xia Hong upon returning.

Boom...

”Hahaha, it’s done, it’s done!”

”Someone!”

Zhao Hu sharply turned to the west, his face full of joy.

At the Cold Resistance Level, he could sense movements within a few hundred meters. Zhao Hu could hear the commotion to the west, and so could Lu Yang, though his previous discovery of the beast skin sleeve on the ground made him less reactive than Zhao Hu.

”Let’s go take a look; don’t alert them!”

...

Not far in the Snow Forest, a boy of about twelve or thirteen, wearing a purple cotton coat, was surrounded by over twenty adults.

The boy stood on a Cold Beast with a sheep-like body over three meters long, wearing a proud expression, basking in the compliments around him.

”Young Master shot it right in the left eye with just one arrow, amazing!”

”This is an adult Black Demon Antelope, with an estimated power of fifteen thousand.”

”Young Master is only twelve this year, and his Basic Strength is already over nine thousand, about to break into the Earth-digging Realm. So strong!”

”Among the seven camps within a hundred miles, probably only the Second Young Miss of Hongyuan Camp has slightly better talent than the Young Master.”

”Indeed, besides Hong Yuru, probably no one else.”

”I heard that Hong Yuru has been taken a fancy by a big shot in Beishuo Town, and a child marriage was arranged early. Otherwise, she would be a good match for our Young Master!”

...

Upon hearing Hong Yuru’s name mentioned by the others, Zhu Baixu’s eyes clearly showed a hint of displeasure. He sneered and said, ”Hong Yuru turned sixteen this year. I heard her Basic Strength just surpassed twenty-five thousand. I still have over three years to catch up. Surpassing her is just a matter of time.”

”Indeed, indeed, the Young Master is young, surpassing her is no problem.”

”Hong Yuru is destined to marry out; she won’t stay in our Beining Mountain forever, no matter how strong she is.”

”A mere woman, and they say she was noticed by a big shot in Beishuo Town. I say it’s just rumors. If a big shot really took a liking to her, why didn’t they bring the entire Hongyuan Camp to Beishuo Town?”

”Exactly, probably just some minor figure in Beishuo Town.”

...

The group immediately changed their tune, sensing his dissatisfaction.

Zhu Baixu’s face eased slightly upon hearing this, then his expression turned fierce again, ”My brother has already gone to investigate. Hong Fan wants to marry his daughter off to gain a foothold in Beishuo Town and attempt to resist Zhu Ling’s rule in Beining Mountain. Delusional. Even if he really wins over someone influential, my father has a way to thwart his plan, hmph!”

Upon hearing these words, the adults felt a slight chill down their spine.

In the Beining Mountain area, the authority of Zhu Ling Camp was indeed hard to shake.

”Alright, let’s call it a night and head back!”

With Zhu Baixu’s order, the twenty-some adults immediately acted. Some helped him with his bow, some with his weapons, and others carried prey...

Clearly, he was someone used to a life of luxury.

As the group left, two voices suddenly came from the tree.

”Did I hear that right? Did they just mention Beishuo Town?”

”Definitely didn’t mishear, it’s Beishuo Town. We must be close to Beishuo Town. Beining Mountain, seven camps, judging by this kid’s cultivation and those twenty Earth-digging Realm men, they should be large camps, at most village-level.”

”That’s great, let’s quickly report back to the Lord!”

”No rush, let’s first ascertain the location of this camp, then follow them!”