Chapter 190: Lu Sheng, Theft, Humiliation

Contempt, of course, has a reason.

These twenty-three people, although they are also wearing animal-skin clothes and stepping on animal-skin boots, have a very obvious gap with Great Xia's from workmanship to style, and even fabric.

The types of cold beasts Great Xia can hunt now are as high as twenty-one, and if you count the intermediate ones, there are even more. The animal skins obtained by the camp are not only large in quantity but also very prosperous in variety.

On this basis, the Craftsman Department's processing of animal skins has also begun to become exquisite, and the clothes made from this not only have many colors but also have better texture than before.

For example, Yue Feng himself is wearing a brown cloak, while Li Yuankun and others have four colors: brown, yellow, black, and green, which is much richer than the other side;

Not only color, but texture and workmanship are even more distinguishable by the naked eye.

Of course, not only clothing, but the difference in weapons is even greater.

Yue Feng's seventeen people, not only each equipped with a main weapon of different styles, but also short swords and daggers at their waists, and a set of ten-stone iron-fetal bows on their backs.

And the other side's twenty-three people, although they are also equipped with weapons, are just a main weapon, not as complete as Yue Feng and others, and only ten people carry bows, which is less than half of the total number.

"In Hive camp hunting squad Lu Sheng, may I ask, which camp's hunting squad are you, and why do you appear here at the Mirror Valley station?"

From clothing to weapons, such a large gap is placed in front of them. Of course, not only Great Xia's side can see it, but the other side is not stupid.

Hearing that it was the Hive camp, Yue Feng was not too surprised.

Mirror Valley is generally located in the southeast of Pingxi Plain, and to the north and west are the sphere of influence of the Hive camp. The Mirror Valley camp was destroyed more than a month ago. It is not strange that someone from the other side came to inquire about the situation.

"Fortunately, the Deputy Administrator had foresight and let us prepare well, and come to Mirror Valley more often recently. If it were later, and the Hive camp sent people to occupy this, we would have to eat a dumb loss."

Yue Feng secretly said to himself, his bowstring still not loose. Looking at Lu Sheng, he said in a deep voice: "Mirror Valley has already merged into our Great Xia camp. From now on, this Mirror Valley belongs to our Great Xia. When you came in from the north channel, didn't you see the word monument set up by our Great Xia?"

Word monument?

Lu Sheng frowned. He did see a word monument engraved with the two characters "Great Xia" when he came in, but he had no intention of paying attention to this at the moment.

When did another Great Xia camp appear in Arrow Bamboo Forest?

And it even swallowed the Mirror Valley camp!

The leader once said that He Yuanhun and Director Yu Wen Hu were not simple characters. Mirror Valley had these two cold-resistance-level powerhouses and three or four hundred Earth-Digging Realm cultivators, and their strength was not bad. How could they be swallowed by Great Xia for no reason?

This Great Xia's strength...

Lu Sheng looked up and saw the dress of Yue Feng's seventeen people, as well as the three weapons equipped by each person, his face instantly relaxed, and he smiled: "So it is. You misunderstood. Today is the trading day agreed between our Hive and Mirror Valley. After nightfall, I didn't see people from the Mirror Valley camp coming for a long time, thinking that something happened to the Mirror Valley camp, so I brought people to see."

Trading day?

Yue Feng didn't ask in detail, just kept an eye on it and continued to look at Lu Sheng.

Lu Sheng saw that the bows and arrows in the hands of the seventeen people had not been put down, realized something, turned his head and said to the people around him: "Put the things down..."

After speaking, he turned back and smiled at Yue Feng: "I thought these were ownerless things before, so I offended you. I hope you can forgive me."

Although the vigilance was not completely put down, the other party was so polite and even put down the cold beasts, so Yue Feng's face naturally relaxed, loosened the bow and arrow in his hand, and cupped his hands:

"Great Xia Shan River Squad, Yue Feng!"

Yue Feng finished speaking and waved to Li Yuankun and others on the side.

Everyone understood and immediately put down the bows and arrows in their hands.

"Brother Yue, since Mirror Valley has merged into the Great Xia camp, can the future trading be continued by your camp with our Hive?"

Thinking of the exchange fair at Five Ape Mountain, Yue Feng probably guessed what the trading day was just now. Hearing Lu Sheng's request, after thinking for a moment, he said:

"I am afraid I can't make the decision on this matter. I have to go back and report it first. If Brother Lu doesn't mind, come over in five days, and I will give you an answer!"

Lu Sheng looked at Yue Feng, his expression flashed, and then he nodded.

"Since this is the case, I won't stay much longer. Today is completely a misunderstanding. I hope Brother Yue won't mind."

Yue Feng shook his head to indicate it didn't matter, watching Lu Sheng lead people toward the north channel, noticing that two people had very bulging bags, and even made a crisp collision sound while walking, his brows tightened, and he said in a deep voice:

"Please also bring a word back to Brother Lu. Mirror Valley has merged into our Great Xia, and its territory should naturally belong to Great Xia. I hope people from the Hive camp will not trespass into Mirror Valley in the future. This first time, Yue will treat it as not knowing. If it happens again, it won't be so good."

Lu Sheng's body stagnated slightly, looked back with a smile on his face, and cupped his hands: "Brother Yue, rest assured, I will definitely bring the words."

Watching these twenty-plus people all walk out of the north channel, Li Yuankun on the side finally couldn't help it and said: "Captain, what is packed in the bag is clearly iron ore. This group of people must have stolen the iron mine in the east."

"One hundred percent is. Two bags should be about ten thousand jin. This is from the nightfall, and twenty-plus people moved together. They should also have brought tools, just hidden and didn't dare to let us see."

"Each person mined about four or five hundred jin. They must have brought tools. It is estimated that they are no worse than our Great Xia's gnawing chisels."

"It is estimated that after we left last night, he brought people here. Seeing that the station was empty, he probed around, found the iron mine, and immediately started stealing. This group of people is really cunning enough!"

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"Stop talking, send two people to see which one they stole!"

Yue Feng interrupted the discussion and ordered two people to see the iron mine, then looked up at the direction Lu Sheng left, his face slightly sinking.

Although the other party was polite, he was not so simple.

Politeness comes from strength. To put it bluntly, it is because these seventeen people have no grasp of winning. Otherwise, judging from the other party's reaction when discovering cold beast meat and the behavior of stealing iron ore, it would not be so easy tonight.

"Already stole iron ore, and even made a request to continue trading with our Great Xia. Are they treating us as blind?"

Li Yuankun's unintentional words made Yue Feng's expression stunned.

"Delaying time."

The other party is trying to delay time!

Yue Feng suddenly woke up, noticed the other party's intention, his face immediately became solemn, and he looked up: "Yuankun, take two people, send the two wounded back, report the situation here to the Deputy Administrator immediately after returning to the station, and explain to him to bring people over quickly!"

Hearing the three words "delaying time," everyone reacted.

"Okay, I will go back now."

Li Yuankun immediately nodded, picked out two people, and walked toward the position of the two wounded.

Soon, the two who went to see the iron mine came back.

"Captain, they stole the No. 2 mine. It is closest to the valley entrance, and the entrance was even marked by them. It looks like they really intend to occupy it for a long time."

Hearing the news brought back by the two, Yue Feng's brows sank even more.

Lu Sheng's character is clearly not as bright as he appears.

"All follow me to the No. 2 mine to guard. If nothing goes wrong, this Lu Sheng should bring people over in a moment."

Yue Feng took the remaining fourteen people and walked toward the No. 2 iron mine.

There are two iron mines on the east side of Mirror Valley. One is located in the south, and the other is near the north channel. Since Mirror Valley merged, these two iron mines have naturally become Great Xia's property and were numbered separately.

"The iron mine on the south side of the valley is almost bottoming out. These two iron mines are very important to the camp and cannot have any mistakes. I hope the Deputy Administrator can bring people over quickly."

Yue Feng doesn't know the specific location of the Hive station or how far it is from Mirror Valley. If the other party brings people over a step earlier than Xia Chuan, it is wishful thinking to want to block it with these fifteen people.

It's not that they are afraid. From Director Yu Wen Tao's previous words, one can judge the overall strength of the Hive camp. It is at most similar to the previous Mirror Valley camp. The current Great Xia will naturally not be afraid.

The problem is, if the other party really forcibly occupies the iron mine, Great Xia will definitely have to hurt its muscles and bones if it wants to take it back.

Troubles that can be avoided should naturally be avoided as much as possible.

Yue Feng stayed here to occupy the reason first and show Great Xia's sovereignty over these two iron mines.

It's just unclear whether the other party will see that they have few people and just mess around.

Yue Feng's heart sank slightly. Looking at the other fourteen people, he found that most of them had anxiety on their faces. After pondering for a moment, he said in a low voice: "You can hide on the

Just to declare sovereignty, there is no need for so many people.

If it were really as I guessed and a large group of people came, fifteen people would indeed not be of much use; it would be better for me to stay here alone.

"Captain, I'm not afraid. Who knows how many people they will bring? It's much better for us to guard here together than for you to guard it alone." "That's right, Mirror Valley has always been Great Xia's territory, and these two iron mines are also ours. Letting them steal a little is one thing, but wanting to occupy it all—how could there be such a cheap deal?"

"We are all in the same squad, so we should advance and retreat together. If we shrink to the side and let the captain stand in front alone, wouldn't the other squads laugh at us if they found out?"

"Defending the land is not just the captain's duty; we have a share in it too."

"When the Minister and the leader find out, they certainly won't treat us poorly."

"Right, we aren't leaving; we'll stay here and guard with the captain."

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Everyone spoke one after another, and soon they had dispelled the fear in their hearts, replacing it with the determination to hold onto Great Xia's territory.

Looking at everyone's firm expressions, a trace of being moved flashed across Yue Feng's face.

Everyone must surely know how dangerous it is to stay behind.

But even knowing it, they still stayed behind without hesitation.

One must know that most of the Mountain-River squad only merged into the camp this month. In such a short time, it would certainly be unrealistic to say they had developed a strong sense of belonging to Great Xia.

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It can be said that what prompted them to make such a choice was the experience of fighting side-by-side during the entire squad's hunts over the past half-month or so, which made everyone accustomed to advancing and retreating together, and sharing life and death.

"No wonder when I created the squad, the Minister said that all the squads in the Hunting Department would be the absolute backbone of the camp in the future, and we captains would inevitably become the pillars of Great Xia!"

Recalling what Xia Chuan had said before, Yue Feng felt his heart tighten slightly. He realized that his choice would affect these people below him, and a stronger sense of responsibility welled up from the bottom of his heart.

He looked at everyone, a sense of heroism rising in his heart, and spoke in a deep voice:

"Good! Since everyone is not afraid, then we will stay here together. No matter how many people the Hive camp sends, if they want to snatch the iron mine, they must step over our corpses."

Hearing this, everyone nodded heavily, their expressions becoming increasingly firm.

Returning from Mirror Valley to the camp valley requires passing through the Arrow Bamboo Forest. Going quickly and returning quickly takes about an hour or so. Considering that Li Yuankun and the others are still dragging two wounded people, this time might be extended a bit further.

Yue Feng stood outside the mine cave and glanced at the sky. After roughly calculating in his heart, he said to everyone: "It's only about half an hour until dawn. The Minister bringing people over should wait until nightfall again. Prepare yourselves; we will spend this day in the mine cave."

Hearing this, everyone's expressions immediately relaxed quite a bit.

Indeed, it is not far from dawn now. It will take more than half an hour for Li Yuankun to go back and report the news. By the time Xia Chuan knows, it will already be dawn, and bringing people over will certainly be a matter for after nightfall.

Although the specific location of the Hive camp is unclear, it must certainly be some distance from Mirror Valley. Therefore, by the same logic, Lu Sheng bringing people over will certainly be a matter for after nightfall as well.

They can still sleep peacefully through this day.

Soon, everyone lit a coal fire in the mine cave. As soon as dawn broke, they sealed the mine cave directly and lay down inside to start resting.

"You all go in groups of two, each group guarding for half an hour. I will guard the last half hour. Hurry up and rest and sleep; there shouldn't be any trouble during the day."

Although there is a high probability that nothing will happen during the day, Yue Feng still arranged for guards.

There are only four hours in total during the day. Seven groups guard for three and a half hours, plus he guards for the last half hour himself; the time allocation is just right.

Great Xia's strength is indeed not what it used to be, and everyone's life is much better than before, but some fundamental things have actually not changed.

In the entire camp, except for the leader Xia Hong, everyone else still cannot be active during the day and can only live a life of hiding during the day and coming out at night.

"The day I also break through to the Cold-Resistant level, I will be able to be like the leader and witness the Frozen Abyss world during the day."

Yue Feng closed his eyes, thinking of how Xia Hong can now appear in the sunlight without any scruples, his heart full of envy and longing.

"Captain, it's almost nightfall."

Not knowing how Longhe had slept, Yue Feng was woken up by someone.

Through the small opening left in the mine cave, he saw that the sky outside was already dim. Realizing that it would be dark soon, he hurriedly got up, signaled for the last group to go to sleep, and walked to the cave entrance to start guarding.

Through the thumb-sized opening, a steady stream of cold air surged in. Although there was a coal fire in the cave for warmth, when Yue Feng reached out and touched the cold air that had condensed into substance, he still couldn't help but shiver.

"If just the cold air is this terrifying, if one were to be shone upon by that cold light..."

Yue Feng shook his head slightly, withdrew his finger, and while observing the situation outside through the small opening, he quietly waited for nightfall to descend.

"Crack... crack... crack..."

Yue Feng had thought he could successfully wait until dark.

However, just as the sky was about to turn dark.

A burst of heavy footsteps suddenly entered his ears.

The Mirror Immortal station had been empty for a long time, and there were usually no cold beasts coming to the bottom of the valley. The snow accumulated on the ground made the footsteps become exceptionally clear.

After hearing the sound, he did not wake the others, but instead observed the situation outside through the small hole in the cave entrance first.

Upon seeing this, Yue Feng's pupils suddenly contracted.

A white figure was braving the dim sunlight and constantly approaching the mine cave. Although his pace was slow, his target was very clear.

Clearly, the other party had noticed there were people in the mine cave.

"Get up, someone is coming, everyone get up!"

Seeing that the other party was less than ten meters away and knowing that the other party was coming specifically for them, Yue Feng simply shouted loudly to wake the others.

The fourteen people sprang awake instantly. Without a hint of hesitation, they quickly grabbed their respective weapons and soon drew their bows and nocked arrows, aiming at the cave entrance.

After all, they were all people who had hunted outside for a long time, so even when sleeping, they had to remain vigilant at all times.

Although everyone's reaction was timely, when they noticed that the sky outside had not completely turned dark, and then connected it to what Yue Feng had just said about someone coming, their expressions suddenly turned ugly.

Someone coming during the day, braving the cold light!

The answer was obvious.

The person who came was actually a Cold-Resistant level powerhouse!

Bang...

Accompanied by a loud noise, the branches sealing the cave scattered. As the white figure at the cave entrance gradually became clear, everyone's heart, including Yue Feng's, hung in the air.

"Are you all people from that Great Xia camp?"

As the cave entrance was kicked open by the newcomer and large amounts of cold light shone in, Yue Feng could only lead his people and retreat to the depths of the mine cave.

The newcomer was middle-aged, with rather large facial features and a hint of dominance in his brows; his appearance matched the unrefusable tone he used when asking questions quite well.

His build was very burly, and the clothes he wore were not made of animal hide but seemed to be cotton cloth. Because they were very form-fitting, the knotted muscles all over his body were fully exposed, giving people a very strong sense of oppression.

Although he knew the other party was someone he couldn't afford to provoke, Yue Feng gritted his teeth, took a step forward, cupped his fists, and said: "Yue Feng of the Great Xia Shan-River squad, greetings, senior. May I ask, senior, are you from the Hive camp?"

"Hmph!"

The middle-aged man's brows sank. After letting out a cold snort, he swung his hand violently at Yue Feng.

Swish...

A fingernail-sized stone suddenly flew out from his hand and pierced straight through Yue Feng's right ear.

Yue Feng's pupils condensed. He reached out to touch the blood flowing from his earlobe. Although his heart was full of anger, he could only stand where he was, not daring to say anything.

The other party had still shown mercy; otherwise, piercing straight through the ear or even the skull would have been no problem at all.

"I'm in a good mood today. Seeing that you aren't very old, I'll teach you how to speak. You don't have the qualifications to ask me questions. Whatever I ask you, you answer honestly. Do you understand?"

Although anger continued to surge in his heart, Yue Feng looked at the sky outside, clenched his fists tightly under his sleeves, and said in a deep voice: "Then I wonder, senior, what would you like to ask?"

(End of chapter)