"Ning’er, you wouldn’t still be thinking..."
Xiao Ning snapped out of her trance and, seeing her father’s gaze, immediately stomped her foot in annoyance, "Dad, what are you imagining now!"
After speaking, she hesitated for a moment, then raised the token, her expression gradually becoming serious as she spoke, "I just feel that the craftsmanship of this token is something that the Three Tigers Camp might not be able to produce. Even if what that Xia Chuan said had some exaggeration, the strength of this Great Xia Camp is probably not to be underestimated, and might not be weaker than the Three Tigers Camp."
Xiao Kangcheng took the token and examined it carefully for a moment, his expression also growing grave.
The token was rectangular, about the size of a fist. On the front, besides the embossed "Cloud Jiao," there was also a small character "Xia" at the top. Apart from the characters, the rest of the token and its edges were deliberately engraved with a layer of cloud patterns, enhancing its aesthetic appeal.
The iron from the Ice Abyss World had a very high density; a piece the size of a fist weighed forty to fifty pounds, and this token, after a slight heft, Xiao Kangcheng knew it was over fifty pounds.
It’s not that making a token is particularly difficult, but mainly it’s about being willing to use so much iron to forge a token and spending the effort to create beautiful cloud patterns, which in itself says a lot.
"This Great Xia Camp lacks neither those in the Earth-digging Realm, nor iron, nor coal, and they might not even lack Cold Beast Meat. Just these points alone are enough to prove that their strength is comparable to the Three Tigers Camp."
Hearing his daughter’s words, Xiao Kangcheng furrowed his brows, recalling the two prey on the ground that Xia Chuan hadn’t even glanced at, as well as the iron scabbard of the slender long sword hanging from his waist, nodding slightly.
Xiao Ning hesitated for a moment, a blush appeared on her cheeks, then she looked up and continued:
"I feel that Brother Xia Chuan is different from the people of the Three Tigers Camp."
Seeing his daughter’s reaction, two words instantly popped into Xiao Kangcheng’s mind.
Hero rescuing the beauty, not to mention that Xia Chuan has an outstanding appearance and has impressive strength at such a young age, combined with his elegant and extraordinary temperament, it’s normal for their daughter to be moved and unable to resist.
Not to mention within the Xiao He Camp itself, even in the Five Ape Mountain area, no matter the youth or talent, their daughter Xiao Ning has always been unimpressed. Seeing that their daughter is eighteen and still unmarried, Xiao Kangcheng is also anxious. Now that a suitable match has finally appeared, he should be happy.
The problem is, thinking about knowing nothing about Xia Chuan and the other party showing a clear intention of annexation, what fills his heart more is apprehension and hesitation.
The previous lesson of the Three Tigers Camp is too profound.
If this Great Xia is the same as them, then it wouldn’t be a good match, but rather a huge peril.
"Let’s wait and see for now. According to Xia Chuan, recently quite a number of people from Great Xia Camp will be active on the North Shore. We can observe further then."
While Xiao Kangcheng and his people were filled with apprehension, on the other side, Xia Chuan just learned from Zhao Hu the reason for their reactions.
"So you’re saying, the Three Tigers Camp previously used deceitful methods to annex many camps. But their rule is to concentrate all resources to supply the top leadership. Besides the Earth-digging Realm and their families, the Logging Realm and ordinary people are either slave laborers or bait for Cold Beasts, and their ends are miserable?"
Hearing Xia Chuan’s question, Zhao Hu, who had been speaking for a long time, first nodded, then shook his head and said, "Not only the Logging Realm and ordinary people, even some in the Earth-digging Realm couldn’t escape. What I found out is that even some in the Earth-digging Realm had to obey the three leaders because their families were controlled."
Even those in the Earth-digging Realm are threatened!
Xia Chuan furrowed his brow and, before he could speak, Zhao Hu continued:
"In this Five Ape Mountain area, there were initially twenty to thirty thousand people, with thirty to forty camps of various sizes, over ten medium-sized, and more than twenty small-sized. The Three Tigers Camp was just one of the medium-sized camps. Using such methods, they devastated almost sixty to seventy percent of the small camps, and even deceived two medium-sized camps. It was only after deceived people escaped from those two medium-sized camps and made the matter public, that they found it harder to deceive others afterward."
After hearing this, Xia Chuan completely understood why Xiao Kangcheng and the others reacted as they did just now.
It’s quite possible that the Xiao He Camp had also been deceived but didn’t fall for it.
"With so many people tricked, how is the strength of this Three Tigers Camp?"
Upon hearing this question, Zhao Hu slightly furrowed his brows, shook his head, and said, "The Little River Camp I found only has a population of over two hundred, and they know very little, and are very wary of me. If I hadn’t used some means, I probably wouldn’t have been able to find out this much."
Xia Chuan slightly raised a brow, looking up at Zhao Hu and the nine members of the Steel Mane Team behind him, noticing their somewhat evasive expressions, he immediately understood.
Either they beat people, or they threatened people.
It’s understandable when you think about it. Ten from the Earth-digging Realm facing a small camp of only over two hundred people could almost form a crushing stance.
Under such circumstances, Zhao Hu certainly wouldn’t treat them as courteously as with the Xiao He Camp, as the disparity in identity and strength between both parties is truly too great.
"Lord, the camps here are too defensive and can’t communicate well with us. It might be better to be more forceful, directly take them into the camp first, and after a long time, once they experience the many benefits of joining Great Xia, they naturally won’t have any objections to us."