199: Chapter 137 Attempt to Breakthrough, Dispute [Trinity]_3 199: Chapter 137 Attempt to Breakthrough, Dispute [Trinity]_3 The Bamboo Tower is about ten meters wide, divided into three levels, with a massive iron pillar over three meters in diameter positioned at the center that runs straight from the base to the top of the tower.
The bottom of the pillar has holes and slots where coal stones burn brightly, providing a continuous source of heat throughout the entirety of the Bamboo Tower’s interior.
The Bamboo Tower is also highly insulated, not allowing any warmth to escape.
Though covered with thick snow outside, inside it feels warm like spring, not cold at all.
The third-floor hall of the Bamboo Tower is currently packed with over a hundred people.
Yuwen Dao and his group, returning from Redwood Ridge, recounted everything that had just happened, and several individuals beside them immediately stood up, indignant.
“Second Leader, is that Xia Hong so arrogant, and we’re still going to tolerate it?”
“A mere Earth-digging Realm dares to be so disrespectful to our Mirror Immortal Camp — what’s tolerable and what isn’t?
Their camp should be just on the east side of Redwood Ridge, so what are we waiting for?”
“Young Master Dao also said that Xia Hong already has murder in mind, so are we still going to put up with it?
That’s just cowardly!”
“That Great Xia, at most, is just a large camp.
If you ask me, say no more; just go there, kill Xia Hong, and take in the rest of their people.”
“The Great Leader already mentioned it, keep expanding the camp, increase the population.
We’ve just crossed through the Arrow Bamboo Forest and encountered this Great Xia Camp — it shows heaven’s favor on us.
Second Leader, a chance not to be missed, opportunities won’t come again!”
Your tempers are getting bigger by the day!”
At the top of the hall, there are two large white bamboo chairs.
The one in the center is empty, while the one slightly lower on the left is occupied by a middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man has thick eyebrows and a broad face, his expression calm, dressed in black, with a gigantic broadsword at his side as well, bearing a seven-part resemblance to Yuwen Dao.
From his appearance and his action of scolding everyone to be quiet, it is clear that he is indeed Yuwen Dao’s father, the Second Leader of the Mirror Immortal Camp, Yuwen Hu.
Yuwen Hu scanned the emotionally charged crowd below, focused on He Meng, raised his eyebrow slightly, then looked at his son Yuwen Dao, pondered for a moment, and asked in a low voice:
“Are you certain that Xia Hong’s strength isn’t even a match for yours?”
Yuwen Dao pondered for a moment, then nodded and said: “Although I was injured at the time, and my perception may not have been accurate, his Qi Muscle movements were indeed no match for mine in my prime, barely crossing thirty thousand pounds at most.
Afterwards, I offered half of the Cold Beast Blood, which he immediately accepted.
This action is enough to prove that he is probably still in the stage of Reshaping Skin and is making less progress than I am!”
Yuwen Hu shook his head, puzzled, and said: “The Earth-digging Realm’s limit, just reshaping skin, with so little strength, and he dares to have you bring a message back, saying he wants to stay out of our Mirror Immortal Camp’s way?”
Upon hearing this, Yuwen Dao also appeared puzzled, speculating aloud:
“Perhaps, he doesn’t know the strength of our Mirror Immortal Camp?”
After he spoke, he turned to glance at the furious He Meng and continued: “Didn’t He Meng say last time that the Great Xia Camp has over a hundred Logging Realm individuals, and everyone is equipped with bows and arrows?
Maybe their iron supplies are sufficient, and they have quite a few individuals in the Earth-digging and Logging Realms too.”
On hearing this, Yuwen Hu immediately shook his head.
With plenty of Logging and Earth-digging Realm individuals, can they compare with Mirror Immortal Camp?
On the other side, He Meng couldn’t help but scoff and speak up:
“Young Master Dao, you give them too much credit.
With that little strength, why would Great Xia compare to our Mirror Immortal?
Not to mention over a hundred Logging Realm, even if they had a hundred Earth-digging Realm, before our Mirror Immortal Camp, they are nothing but crumbling dirt and mud dogs.”
“In my view, he’s just got some spirit, no insight, and doesn’t recognize his own weakness.
Didn’t Lu Shang say before, on the east side of Redwood Ridge, there was originally only one mid-sized camp, Rogel; Great Xia started as no more than a small camp.
It’s likely due to the prior matter with the Wood Puppet Monster; Xia Hong took the advantage when Rogel Camp suffered a huge loss to annex it, letting Great Xia gain power in one stroke on the east side of Redwood Ridge.
Once Xia Hong gained power, it was inevitable for him to become conceited and fail to recognize his limitations; it’s quite normal!”
The one speaking after He Meng was He Gang, one of the fifteen who followed him through the Arrow Bamboo Forest last time.
As soon as he spoke, several people nodded immediately.
This speculation seemed to be the most reasonable.
Even Yuwen Hu couldn’t help but somewhat agree.
Only Yuwen Dao shook his head directly after hearing this, and he spoke to his father:
“Father, that Xia Hong is thorough in his dealings, extremely cautious in character, and not arrogant at all, definitely not as He Gang says!”
He Gang’s face showed a flash of anger upon hearing this, just about to retort, but Yuwen Dao unexpectedly added another sentence:
“Moreover, from what I gather, Leader Xia Hong is certainly not an overbearingly arrogant person.
He even deliberately explained to me about the rodent swarm, saying it was a misunderstanding, so what Captain He said last time must be biased as well!”
At this point, even He Meng couldn’t stay seated.
“Young Master Dao, Xia Hong almost killed you tonight, I am speaking for your sake, and you are defending that Xia Hong — could it be that you’ve taken some benefits from their Great Xia Camp?”
On hearing this, He Gang’s eyes lit up slightly, and he quickly followed up with a cold smile:
“I said, why did Young Master Dao sneak out mid-night with his men to hunt without notifying the leader, feels like there’s something you’re hiding?”