Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1469: Chapter 465: Bad News, Confidence and Invitation, Shocking Speculation and Chu Tianxu

Caiqiu Calendar Year 297, December 27, daytime

West side of the Cai Qiu Trial Area, the cold wave had completely dissipated, and although the air was still permeated with a thin blood-colored miasma, the ice on the ground had gradually begun to melt; trees, mountains, and everything around that was originally frozen were clearly in the process of reviving. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

The most convincing proof probably was the appearance of snow accumulated on the ground.

The cold wave had truly passed!

Boom...

Just having walked out of the cave, Su Xing’er and her four siblings along with Cai Shiqin heard the loud rumbling sound coming from inside the cave behind them, their expressions showed a hint of strange discomfort.

Currently, only Ji Hong was still inside; the rumbling was obviously him intentionally destroying and collapsing the cave, the five of them weren’t foolish and quickly thought of how Ji Hong killed so many of Chen Cang’s disciples over the past forty days.

He was covering up his tracks!

"Brother Ji must have some deep-seated enmity with Chen Cang..."

Thinking about their interactions over the past month, Ji Hong often revealed immense hatred towards Chen Cang, causing Su Xing’er’s heart to stir.

She had subtly asked about it, but Ji Hong always chose to avoid answering and eventually, fearing to cause Ji Hong’s displeasure, she stopped asking.

Ji Hong’s previous acts of luring and killing Chen Cang’s disciples made her uneasy due to her kind nature, but firstly, Ji Hong had saved the five of them; secondly, Ji Hong had also gifted them many Blood Jade Pearls; thirdly, Ji Hong clearly had a deep connection with Hong Yu, their mentor; and Ji Hong’s repeatedly expressed immense hatred towards Chen Cang showed there was a hidden motive.

With all these factors combined, although Su Xing’er was somewhat fearful of Ji Hong’s actions, she couldn’t truly feel repulsed, but rather felt more curiosity.

With this thought, she turned slightly, glanced at Cai Shiqin, and spoke softly: "Sister Shiqin, about Cai Shiyan and the others..."

"Xing’er, Cai Shiyan, Cai Zizheng, Qifeng, Yuwan, they all brought it upon themselves, don’t worry, I won’t speak carelessly!"

Cai Shiqin, with her astute intelligence, quickly saw through what Su Xing’er was thinking. She promptly spoke to ease Xing’er’s worries, but thinking about her distant cousins Cai Qifeng and Cai Yuwan, she couldn’t help but sigh softly.

"Alright, let’s move on!"

At this moment, Ji Hong also emerged from the cave, carrying three bags of Blood Jade Pearls. He first glanced deeply at Cai Shiqin and then threw the bags to Su Xing’er, laughingly saying, "All five of your Skin Membranes are now complete. Although you don’t need these pearls, they can fetch a good price."

Upon hearing Ji Hong’s words, Cai Shiqin’s expression froze, her heart grew cold.

Ji Hong was clearly reminding her that over the past month and a half, not only Su Xing’er and her siblings but she too had used quite a number of Blood Jade Pearls, implying that she played a part in the Chen Cang disciples’ deaths.

No wonder when Su Xing’er was distributing Blood Jade Pearls inside the cave, Ji Hong didn’t intervene—it was all intended. Such a cunning mind!

Su Xing’er wasn’t foolish either; seeing Cai Shiqin’s expression, she promptly detected the underlying meaning in Ji Hong’s words, her heart turned cold.

"Brother Ji, we’ve used so many Blood Jade Pearls before and don’t know how to repay you. These three bags can fetch a lot of money; we can’t accept them..."

"Take them as I say, I don’t lack money, let’s move now! I’ll accompany you to Zhenyuan Camp to visit our leader... your mentor, Hong Yu!"

With his resolute tone, Su Xing’er had nothing more to say. After securing the bags, the six of them quickly headed toward Zhenyuan Camp in the southeast.

Two days prior to their departure, Ji Hong had already informed them he would accompany them to visit their mentor Hong Yu. The five of them had long seen that Ji Hong had connections with Hong Yu and naturally had no reason to refuse.

The trials of the two Feudal Towns had already been disrupted by this cold wave, and probably six or seven-tenths of the disciples had died. Thus, the five of them clearly had no inclination to focus on the trials anymore.

Cai Shiqin worried about the circumstances at the Zhenyuan Camp in Cai Qiu; the Su Xing’er siblings were concerned for their mentor Hong Yu’s safety. Thus, instead of heading for the Trial Camp, they followed Cai Shiqin’s lead straight towards Zhenyuan Camp.

The Blood Miasma Plain area developed by Cai Qiu covered a total of only 400 square kilometers, with Zhenyuan Camp located right at the center. The cave they were in was on the western edge of the Trial Zone, just twelve or thirteen kilometers from there.

The six of them, urgent in their haste, soon traversed five to six kilometers over the snowfield.

However, midway through, they were stopped by an elderly man.

The old man descended from the sky, dressed in the Cai Qiu styled cyan embroidered robe. Upon landing and seeing Cai Shiqin, his wrinkled face immediately beamed with intense joy.

"Shiqin, you’re alive!"

"Grandfather!"

Only seventeen years old, having been in the cave with nerves tightly wound, upon seeing the elderly man, Cai Shiqin’s eyes brimmed with tears, calling out grandpa and rushed into his arms, sobbing uncontrollably.

"Being alive is good, being alive is good... Your two uncles and I searched the snowfield for over half a month, with no bodies found there was hope. I knew it, I knew it, you’re indeed alive, hahaha..."

The old man’s eyes showed deep exhaustion, clearly having searched the snowfield intensively for a considerable time. Seeing Cai Shiqin alive, he was overwhelmed with emotion, laughing loudly despite a few lingering traces of pain in his laughter...