Chapter 86

On the scroll, there were actually six lifelike cold beasts drawn.

The first three were none other than the long-tongued snow-maned beast, the bone-spined frostwolf, and the golden-eyed magic sheep that the Does Does Da Xia camp had dealt with before;

The latter three: one shaped like a long snake, labeled "Cloud-Ascending Jiao"; one with a huge body, labeled "Golden-Armored Lei Kui"; and one with fur whiter than snow, labeled "Blue Moon Spirit."

Most importantly, below the labeled names, it actually recorded in detail the living habits, attack methods, and fatal weaknesses of these three types of cold beasts.

"Leader Luo, thank you!"

Xia Hong took a deep breath and bowed respectfully to Luo Ming.

The gold content of this scroll could be said to be even more precious than the half of the coal and iron that Luo Ming left in the camp and didn't take away.

Cold beasts, as a type of creature, are as cunning as foxes, have strange and varied methods, and their strength is terrifying one after another. Dealing with them is actually no easier than dealing with ghosts.

Not to mention the distant past, so many people from the Da Shi camp hunted the snow-maned beast, and in the end, three sacrificed their lives, and it still ended in failure;

Later, the golden-eyed magic sheep that was driven to the Does Does Da Xia camp by ghosts—although Xia Hong broke through in the middle of the battle at that time, it was finally resolved at the cost of Xu Ning losing his right eye.

This is the case for slightly familiar cold beasts, let alone unfamiliar ones.

It can be said that in the wild, hunting any cold beast that has never been seen before is, without exception, accompanied by sacrifice.

What Luo Ming gave was not a scroll; it was the lives of the members of the Does Does Da Xia hunting team in the future!

This scroll, presumably, was also recorded by the Luo Ge camp over so many years at a huge cost. Luo Ming's willingness to take the initiative to give it to him indeed made Xia Hong deeply moved.

"Don't be in a hurry to thank me, take a look at the second one!"

Xia Hong nodded, opened the second scroll, and after seeing the content inside, a trace of joy appeared on his face again.

This was a map, a map of the area on the east side of Red Wood Ridge.

The map was very simple, with only some special markings on it. Clearly fearing that Xia Hong wouldn't understand, Luo Ming leaned forward and pointed to the map to explain:

"The center of the map is the valley where the camp is located.

On the east side of the valley, that is, behind these two high mountains, we don't know what kind of place it is. We have never been up these two mountains, but occasionally there is a lot of movement during the day. If there are no accidents, there should be very strong cold beasts on the mountains, and the species are unknown;

The west side is Red Wood Ridge. The deepest exploration range of the Luo Ge camp in Red Wood Ridge over these years is only one kilometer. The latter three types of cold beasts on the first scroll are basically within a range of five hundred to one thousand meters.

To the south, two kilometers past the Does Does Da Xia slope, there is a frozen river. Around that river, no traces of any cold beast activity can be seen. If there are no accidents, it should be very dangerous, and it is best for people not to go there.

To the north, there is an arrow bamboo forest. On the west side of the arrow bamboo forest, there is a mountain road. That mountain road usually has many cold beasts gathering, but every year during the fruiting period of the Ice-Shuo tree, there is a period of three to five days. I don't know if it's to find food or for some other purpose, but the cold beasts will all drill into the arrow bamboo forest. During this period, people can take the risk to pass through quickly.

After passing through this mountain road, you can reach a place called Pingxi Plain, where there is a giant camp named Beehive, which is the destination of my trip."

At this point, Luo Ming finally answered Xia Hong's question from just now.

Xia Hong stared at the map, unable to speak for a long time.

The two things Luo Ming left for him before leaving were truly more precious than the last.

"Leader Luo, I really don't know how to thank you!"

Luo Ming waved his hand, smiled bitterly twice, and a trace of loneliness appeared on his face:

"In the early years, when my father Luo Feng served as leader, his ambitions were not small. Besides leading the team to hunt, he also often led people to explore and map the surrounding areas, producing this map.

Originally, according to his idea, this map would be continuously perfected by his successors until the entire area around Red Wood Ridge was explored.

It's just a pity that after I succeeded as leader, my ability was limited, and this map has never been updated. Now that I am leaving, I will leave this map to you."

Detailed information on six types of cold beasts, a map of the area within three li on the east side of Red Wood Ridge—Xia Hong didn't need to ask to know roughly how much cost the Luo Ge camp paid for these two things. From the loneliness on Luo Ming's face, one could glimpse a thing or two.

Perhaps Luo Ming also had the thought of inheriting Luo Feng's great talents and bold vision in his early years.

But the increasingly difficult situation of the camp and the setbacks that followed one after another.

Plus the wood puppet ghost incident, it was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Luo Ming finally gave up this thought. Now that he handed these two things to him, it could be considered that he had entrusted the camp and his father's last wish to him.

Seeing the loneliness in Luo Ming's eyes, a trace of hesitation flashed on Xia Hong's face.

He was thinking about whether to try to persuade Luo Ming to stay.

Luo Ming saw Xia Hong's thoughts at a glance and shook his head with a light smile:

"Brother Xia Hong, no need to say more. I know you have the ability, so I am willing to entrust these things to you. If it weren't for Cheng'er, I would never have abandoned these people and left!"

Hearing this, Xia Hong nodded gently, and a look of relief appeared on his face.

Luo Ming had indeed made up his mind to leave, and really asking him to stay might not necessarily be a good thing for the current camp.

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"Alright, the camp has just migrated, and you still have many things to be busy with. I, Luo, will take my leave now. The days when the Ice-Shuo tree bears fruit are in these few days. I must hurry over and keep an eye on it. If I miss it, I'll have to wait another four months."

After Luo Ming finished speaking, he turned around decisively and took Shang Ping, the three Earth-Digging Realm members, the five Woodcutting Realm members, and their respective families, walking into Red Wood Ridge under the cover of night. It seemed he intended to pass through Red Wood Ridge and head north to the arrow bamboo forest.

Among the three Earth-Digging Realm members, Li Baihe, who was carrying a bow and arrows, looked back frequently, not knowing if he wanted to take a few more looks at the camp valley.

Xia Hong watched them leave until he could no longer see the group, then let out a deep breath, tucked the two scrolls into his bosom, turned around, and walked back to the camp.

In the camp wooden house, the heated discussion was still continuing.

What everyone was discussing most was nothing more than the rules Xia Chuan had just mentioned and whether they could truly be achieved and implemented.

Xia Hong did not pay attention to the crowd's discussion. Walking back to the wooden house, he first sought out Huang Yong and Hong Gang.

"Leader!"

Seeing Xia Hong approach, the two hurriedly stood up to pay their respects. Both camps had already agreed to merge into Does Does Da Xia, so the surname was naturally dropped from their address for Xia Hong.

"Two leaders, there is no time to lose. The Huang Zhao camp is close. I will take people over tomorrow night. The people from the Huang Zhao camp will migrate over first, and the Da Chuan camp will migrate the night after. Let's try to resolve it in two days, a quick battle to settle things, so as not to have long nights and many dreams."

"Yes, Leader, we will go back and prepare now!"

Xia Hong nodded. Without waiting for the two to leave, he walked to the middle of the wooden house, looked around, and without avoiding the crowd, directly placed all the buildings out from the system.

Iron-smelting furnace, medicine pot, wooden dummy, grinding stone—the four buildings appeared out of thin air in the middle of the wooden house. The people from the original Does Does Da Xia camp were naturally not surprised.

But those people from the Luo Ge camp were seeing it for the first time and were instantly all surrounding it, their expressions filled with astonishment.

"Leader, the remaining things in the Luo Ge camp have all been inventoried. There are a total of 3,000 jin of iron ore, 4,500 jin of coal stone, and seventeen Jin Lin trees for timber."

Not paying attention to the crowd who were astonished on the side, hearing Yuan Cheng's report, Xia Hong followed directly behind him and walked to the inner side of the wooden house where tools were stored.

(End of chapter)