Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely Chapter 1214 - 407: Filial Piety Belongs to the Mu Family, Benevolence Belongs to Xia Hong, Moao South Slope Dominator (Part 3)

Previously on Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely...

Mu Longhe ordered his family to kneel and apologize to the Xia Army, vowing never to trouble Great Xia again. Led by Mu Qinghe, the Mu family disciples offered to sacrifice their lives in place of their crippled patriarch. Impressed by their filial piety, Xia Hong praised the Mu family's devotion as a model for the Nine Towns and spared Mu Longhe's life, sentencing him to ten years of service in Great Xia. The crowd hailed Xia Hong's benevolence, frustrating Yang Zhun and Duan Hong's schemes. Xia Hong concluded the Hongmen incident and directed the tallying of military expenses to be borne by the Six Towns.

"Your subordinate follows the command!"

Naturally, Xia Hong remembered to deal with the consequences. He began by directing Xia Chuan and Qiu Peng, and once they replied, he abruptly spun toward the lords of the Six Towns who were on the verge of departing, questioning them in a mischievous manner, "Gentlemen, you don’t have any objections, do you?"

"Lord Xia Hong, rest assured."

"Once Great Xia’s decree arrives, Wuchuan will wholeheartedly offer its silver."

"Yangqu has no objections."

"Dragon Valley awaits Great Xia’s decree."

"Yang has no objections."

"Chui Mountain will wait for Great Xia’s decree."

Right then, every lord from the Six Towns simply yearned to escape swiftly. Who among them would risk voicing dissent? They each uttered a quick phrase before hastily soaring off into the distance.

"By the way, don’t forget, gentlemen, I just said that within ten days, all the bodies of the victims must be sent to Hongmen. This investigation will be led by Great Xia, and the Six Towns must send people to jointly participate!"

The lords of the Six Towns hadn’t gotten too far yet. Xia Hong ensured his declaration rang clear in their ears, then, without sparing them another glance, he promptly recalled the twelve Cold Beast Stakes hovering overhead. A flicker of discomfort crossed his expression before he grinned and gazed down at the exceeding thirty thousand troops encircling the Ministry Building.

"Why are you all looking at me like that?"

As soon as Yang Zhun and the other eleven departed, the over thirty thousand warriors surrounding Great Xia fully eased their tensions.

With the collective release of strain, without fail, they lifted their eyes to behold Xia Hong above them.

The over ten thousand Cold Resistance Level fighters from South City, originating from diverse towns, harbored a tangle of sentiments at that instant. Thus, their stares at Xia Hong brimmed with an array of feelings—astonishment, awe, admiration, esteem, trepidation... virtually every variety appeared.

Yet the response from the more than thirty thousand fighters of Xia City stood apart.

In this very moment, they brimmed with intense thrill, viewing Xia Hong with expressions brimming with veneration. The passion in their gazes nearly spilled over.

It was worth noting that these over thirty thousand individuals had been assembled from numerous outposts in Xia City and the lands of Great Xia. Prior to arriving at Hongmen, they were already aware that their foes hailed from the Six Towns, so they had braced themselves for a brutal clash.

Little did they expect that, aside from slight actions involving the Divine Machine Crossbows by the Cloud Jiao and Long Wu troops, the rest merely made an appearance during the whole affair?

Overcoming the mightiest among the Nine Towns, Yang Zhun, severing Mu Longhe’s limbs using the Bloodletting Jade Fox, calling forth the twelve Beast Kings to cow the Six Towns, and compelling all the lords to submit humbly...

Throughout the prior two hours, while Xia Hong’s deeds were thrilling in themselves, the vital aspect was how each one forged the path for Great Xia to claim supremacy as the top town in Moao.

To the residents of Great Xia, Xia Hong’s prowess remained an enigma.

All recognized his might, yet nobody could precisely gauge its extent, not even Li Xuanling, who shared his daily life.

At this juncture, these over thirty thousand souls at last grasped the true extent of their lord’s power!

Tripping up Yang Zhun paled in significance beside this revelation!

Possessing twelve Beast Kings as allies carried profound implications that everyone understood.

Henceforth, Great Xia ought to reign supreme across the whole Moao South Slope.

No, forget the South Slope—what force in the entire Moao Mountain domain could surpass Xia Hong? What camp could outmatch Great Xia’s strength?

These inquiries surfaced in the thoughts of all present.

On instinct, they discovered the responses deep within, causing their looks toward Xia Hong to burn with even greater intensity, their cheeks gradually flushing.

"Long live the lord, long live Great Xia!"

Passion represents a feeling that swiftly erodes sound judgment, particularly after the mesmerizing spectacle Xia Hong staged that day.

Thus, one individual at last held back no longer, hoisted their armament, and bellowed the cry toward Xia Hong in the heavens.

That outburst wholly kindled the blaze in every heart.

"Long live the lord, long live Great Xia!"

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Wave upon wave of resounding, passionate acclamations reverberated endlessly through Hongmen City. Even as the encroaching dusk slowly fell, it failed to dampen the surging enthusiasm surging through the masses right then. From Xia Chuan and Yuwen Dao down to fresh enlistees at Earth-digging Realm Limit Cultivation who had enlisted in the camp just one or two years prior, they all craned their necks skyward toward Xia Hong, beholding him like a divine figure.

Amid their roars, reverence and zeal for Xia Hong mingled with a profound pride in belonging to Great Xia.

This sentiment rapidly infected the over ten thousand Cold Resistance Level forces in South City and the Earth-digging Realm dwellers who began stepping out from their homes as evening approached.

Listening to the relentless surges of chants, traces of jealousy flickered across their features, which swiftly morphed into steadfast determination, as though a realization dawned.

"To join Great Xia, I must find a way to join Great Xia!"

Such an idea sprang up at once in the minds of nearly everyone.

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"Initially, he dispatched his followers to assert control over the Six Towns, seizing the moment to compel Yang Zhun into action. Upon witnessing Yang Ning and the others pledge their vows, aware that the casualties in the Three Towns formed a tangled ledger too obscure to untangle, he boldly assumed the fault to stop the Six Towns from dodging accountability, which might have harmed Great Xia’s position;

Xia Hong had foreseen that after Yang Zhun’s downfall, the Six Towns—having suffered humiliation twice in a row—wouldn’t yield without a fight, so he had beforehand readied the twelve Beast King puppets;