Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1320: Chapter 431: Deceitful Object Pricing, Skill Transcendence, Martial Arts Competition Finale_2

This breakthrough to the mid-stage of Xianyang allowed Xia Hong to once again witness the immense gap caused by innate talent. At present, Great Xia has no Dan medicine to improve talent; it seems the only way to enhance talent is through deceitful objects.

Qiu Peng, Lin Kai, and Yue Feng are all veterans from the Great Xia slope period. Naturally, he hopes these three can go further in the future, so a wait is certainly no problem.

Qiu Peng suddenly thought of something, and with a smile said, ”Lord, the prices for these three deceitful objects have not been set yet. The three of them have been waiting for a long time.”

Upon hearing this, Xia Hong turned his head to see Yuwen Dao, Yuan Cheng, and Lin Kai looking at him with eager expressions, and he couldn’t help but smile.

Until the price of the deceitful objects is set, the three of them wouldn’t get their share of the corresponding contribution value.

He placed the three deceitful objects into a silver box and immediately fell into contemplation.

So far, the Camp Supply Department has recorded deceitful objects from only the organs of the three grandmasters, and he previously set their price at ten million. Looking at the value of these Shadow Demon Insects, they are obviously not on par with the master’s organs, so ten million is certainly not suitable.

”Here’s the deal! From now on, all deceitful objects harvested by the camp will be priced between fifty and two hundred thousand for low-level; three hundred to six hundred thousand for intermediate; seven hundred to one million two hundred thousand for advanced. The exact price will be set by the Camp Supply Department according to the difficulty of hunting them.”

The greatest challenge in dealing with deceitful monsters is not actually their power, but rather their myriad strange methods. Some even possess a strong ability to manipulate minds, which ensures that hunting them is much more difficult than hunting Cold Beasts. Consequently, the price must be set higher.

Everyone nodded immediately upon hearing this, especially Yuwen Dao, Yuan Cheng, and Lin Kai, whose expressions showed slight excitement. With intermediate deceitful monsters priced between three hundred and six hundred thousand, after slaying these three deceitful monsters and contributing the most, they could get at least fifteen million or more contribution value.

Tap, tap, tap...

Suddenly, someone rushed in from outside.

”Greetings, Lord, greetings to all masters!”

Upon seeing Xia Hong and the others, the person immediately bowed in salute before hurriedly moving next to Lin Kai and saluting, ”Lord Lin, the top two hundred from the two martial arts competition groups have all entered the Inner City. You should go host the finals.”

Hearing this, Lin Kai immediately looked up at Xia Hong.

”You go ahead; I’ll head over shortly to take a look.”

”Then I shall take my leave and await the Lord’s arrival to watch the competition!”

Hearing that Xia Hong would also come to watch later, Lin Kai’s expression brightened slightly, and he quickly saluted and left with the person.

After Lin Kai left, Xia Hong turned his head to Xia Chuan and asked softly, ”Lin Kai’s integration of the Three Towns is progressing well. What about you? I’ve tasked you with facilitating the alliance of the Nine Towns. How is the progress? How much longer do you anticipate it will take?”

Upon hearing this question, Xia Chuan’s expression became serious, and he bowed in response, ”Since last year’s resolution of the Three Towns Chamber of Commerce murder case, the name Cai Qiu has already spread throughout the Eight Towns. The reaction among middle and lower-level people in each town is quite intense.

However, the response from the upper levels is not as intense, especially in the Northern Three Towns. According to the spies’ reports, Yang Zhun, Qin Feng, and Shangguan Yang initially tried to suppress and mitigate Cai Qiu’s negative impact, strictly ordering that no one in the town should casually discuss Cai Qiu Feudal Town.

Including Duan Hong, but since Chui Mountain is relatively close to us, combined with the cooperation of the Mu Family disciples and the old forces of Mu Longhe, Chui Mountain in the Northern Six Towns has been the most deeply infiltrated by us. I have sent a large number of people to secretly incite sentiments, and currently, Chui Mountain Town holds a generally adverse attitude towards Outer Domain Feudal Towns;

As for Cao Qianyang and Long Mingyuan, they have yet to make a specific statement. In my observation, these two act based on the overall attitude of the town. As long as we can find a way to sway their middle and upper-level personnel, we can essentially influence these two lords. Coincidentally, under our incitements, the middle and upper-levels of these two towns have become extremely wary of Outer Domain forces...”

At this point, Xia Chuan paused and then continued, ”In February and July of this year, I have twice dispatched envoys to persuade the Northern Six Towns, without explicitly proposing an alliance, merely testing the waters.

According to the envoys’ feedback, Cao Qianyang and Long Mingyuan have a certain alliance intention, and there is a chance to strive for Jin Mountain in the Northern Three Towns, while Beishuo and Wuchuan have outright refused.

As for Chui Mountain, there’s no need to say more; Duan Hong seems steadfast in following Beishuo. Mu Longhe’s old forces reported back that Beishuo has already begun sending large numbers of personnel to settle in Chui Mountain, clearly intending to guard against Great Xia!”

Upon hearing this lengthy report, Xia Hong immediately lowered his head and fell into deep thought.

There’s no need to dwell on Muyin and Jiangxia; since the integration of the Three Towns started progressing, these two towns have no alternative but to slowly merge into Great Xia;

According to Xia Chuan’s account, most upper levels and all middle and lower levels in the Northern Six Towns hold adverse attitudes toward Outer Domain Feudal Towns. This essentially forms the basis for an alliance, with the only remaining obstacle being the lords of the Six Towns.

Not surprisingly, in an environment like Ice Abyss, a camp ruled solely and decisively by one lord is not unusual. This means that even if all middle and lower-level personnel are willing to form an alliance, as long as the lord and certain core upper levels do not relent, ultimately, it would still be impossible.

”Mu Longhe already mentioned last year that Yang Zhun, Qin Feng, and Shangguan Yang have long been in contact with Chen Cang and likely have a good relationship; otherwise, they wouldn’t have invited those three Xianyang Level figures from Chen Cang last year.

Outright refusal, without any intention to ally, indicates that Yang Zhun and Qin Feng probably have grievances with the Feudal Town long ago.