Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1058: Chapter 373: Muyin’s Last Stand – Only We Can Help You, Qinghuang Elixir Pills, Battle of Bashang

Moao Calendar Year 132, April 5, daytime

Muyin City, an eastern side hall.

An elder with half-white hair was sitting at the head of the hall, continuously rubbing his forehead. From his furrowed eyebrows, restless expression, and the constant motion of rubbing his forehead, it was clear that his mind was extremely anxious.

He was not alone in the hall; at least ten other people were seated below, three of whom looked even older than him, while the rest were mostly middle-aged.

”In the Earth-digging Realm, thirty-two village-level camps, all Cold Resistance Level and Earth-digging Realm Limit have been summoned into the city. In less than four months, the Town City Cold Resistance Level increased from just over three thousand to over five thousand. Do village-level camps have so many Cold Resistance Levels? Jin Mountain is clearly taking us for fools.”

”That Personal Guard already has more than eight hundred people, with at least seventy percent from Jinshan Town. Shangguan Hong has now sealed off the area around the main hall, and our people can’t get in there. We can’t even see the Lord when approaching for matters.”

”Not only that Personal Guard, but the newly added two Defensive Armies also have over four hundred Cold Resistance Levels, and the rest are all Earth-digging Realm Limits. Surely, a lot of Jinshan Town people mixed in there.”

”It’s not just Jinshan; there must be people from Beishuo and Wuchuan mixed in too.”

”This is just on the surface—who knows how many more in secret. The Town City is already full of holes; it will be too late if we don’t rectify it soon.”

”It’s all the work of that demoness from Jinshan Town. Town Chief, don’t hesitate anymore. If we let her continue wreaking havoc, Muyin will be completely doomed soon.”

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Upon hearing the words from below, Murong Chui furrowed his eyebrows even tighter, turning his head to look towards the west side’s main building, his vision filled with conflict and struggle.

”Father, we can’t let the Lord act recklessly like this anymore!”

Suddenly, the closest elder with white hair spoke up from below.

Once the elder spoke, everyone else immediately stopped talking, turning their attention to him.

”Yaner wanting to pledge allegiance to Jin Mountain isn’t a big problem, as long as it’s not Wuchuan. But the Town City still has its foundation, and Jinshan Town hasn’t made any public statements. Just throwing oneself at them and begging is too humiliating for Muyin, even if we’re weak.”

The crowd, upon hearing these words, all nodded heavily, their faces filled with indignation.

As Murong Ping said, as long as they don’t pledge allegiance to Wuchuan, no matter which side Lord Murong Yan wants to join, they wouldn’t have any issue. What made them angry was never Murong Yan’s intent to pledge allegiance.

Despite their unwillingness, they all understood that since Lord Murong Ding passed away four years ago, Muyin Town had declined, unable to sustain its former status.

Three years ago, Wuchuan invaded twenty-three village-level camps, and eventually, under pressure from the joint forces of seven towns, Wuchuan returned twelve. However, without new Xianyang Levels appearing, it couldn’t stop Muyin’s decline.

Wuchuan’s persistent aggression made it no shame to seek support from Jin Mountain or Beishuo in reality, as it was necessary.

But Murong Yan’s series of actions were indeed somewhat rushed.

Clearly, they also understood why Murong Yan did this.

Murong Yan’s suspicion of Murong Chui worsened as soon as he succeeded as the Lord, aware that most people on Murong Chui’s side were unwilling to pledge allegiance to Three Towns, with a few inclined towards Beishuo. So with the marriage agreement three years ago, he directly leaned towards Jin Mountain, borrowing the support of Jinshan Town to fight Murong Chui for Town City’s voice.

”Three years ago, our Muyin’s foundation was intact, with Central and South Five Towns’ support, we feared no Three Towns. But this foolish Murong Yan hastily invited wolves into the house, turning against our own, causing Town City’s morale to collapse, everyone was on edge.

Now Dajue Temple is approaching aggressively, in the battle of Binjiang, Jiang Yinglong perished, and Jiangxia struggles to survive, likely to fall. Yangqu and Dragon Valley are also severely weakened; Bashang now is barely sustaining itself, the Five Towns can’t help us anymore.

Now pledging allegiance may not be as simple as three years ago, when we could just bow and scrape before others. With the Northern Three Towns’ nature, they wouldn’t rest until they’ve consumed all of Muyin.”

As the town faces impending crisis, I reckon Murong Yan is still in the main hall, dreaming his lordly dreams. Bah, fool, fool...”

Murong Chui’s second son, Murong Yan, fiery as his name suggests, had an extreme disdain for Murong Yan. His words never treated him as the Lord. Finishing his remarks, he continued to curse him several times.

Bam...

Murong Chui furiously shattered the table, directly interrupting Murong Yan, standing up and pointing at his five sons, angering, ”He’s a fool, but you’re not much better. In four years, if any one of you five could break through, I wouldn’t be struggling alone, and Muyin wouldn’t be in this predicament!”

The Murong Ping brothers heard this and immediately hung their heads in shame.

Unlike them, the other people in the hall showed a slightly darker expression.

As outsiders looking in, they could hear from Murong Chui’s words that he was still striving to uphold Murong Yan’s lordly authority.

Which was exactly the Town City’s biggest issue at present, or rather the biggest problem facing Murong Chui’s faction.

Due to the three years of internal division into two camps, fierce internal battles, Town City’s morale had long been fragmented, possibly irreparable. If Murong Chui could make up his mind to reform, there might still be some hope. But he clung stubbornly to his loyalty, unwilling to tear his relationship with his grandson Murong Yan.