"Thank you, Lord Xia Chuan!"
Upon hearing that Xiao Yuan and his two daughters were nearby, Xiao Kangcheng nodded with a smile and followed with Lu Shun and Xiao Ping, who were pushing a cart.
As the people from the Great Xia Camp departed, the remaining from the ten camps naturally had no interest in lingering any longer.
"Everyone, I’ll take my leave first; I need to go back and deliberate. The Five Ape Mountain, I fear, is about to become quite restless!"
Meng Yuan, who was usually silent, surprisingly spoke first and left with three others.
The crowd was a bit surprised but said nothing.
After Meng Yuan’s departure, Zhu He and the others from the eight remaining camps also left one after another.
On the east side of the Ape Peak, Meng Yuan and his three men were speeding across the snow.
Although they were all carrying heavy bags, their speed was swift, and their expressions were tense, as if they were fleeing from something, not daring to slow down even for a moment.
"Leader, we’ve gone almost a kilometer; we should be safe now."
Meng Yuan, who was running at the front, immediately stopped upon hearing this, glanced back over his shoulder, sensing that they were indeed far from the cave, and his tense expression gradually relaxed.
Once his expression completely relaxed, he turned to the person on the far left among the three behind him, and with a face of reproach, he spoke:
"I told you not to come, but you insisted on coming, and even wanted to save your two brothers and all those family members. Is the Great Xia Camp easy to provoke?"
"That Yuwen Dao, with over thirty people, could easily capture you all. The strength of Xia Chuan isn’t known, but his position is obviously above Yuwen Dao. You, alone, want to save people from him? How is that possible!"
"Over a hundred in the Earth-digging Realm, each wielding such great weapons. Luckily they didn’t recognize you; if they had, our Tongling Camp would have suffered tonight as well."
"With all the cooperation over the years, if we capsize in this ditch..."
Before Meng Yuan could finish his string of reproaches, he was abruptly interrupted by that person.
That person looked up, revealing an unremarkable face, but the ferocity in his eyes and his fierce tone still subdued Meng Yuan, causing his face to turn white and blue, leaving him speechless for a long time.
"Cooperate with me? Haven’t I been cooperating with you?"
Without the three of us brothers, could your Tongling Camp have comfortably extracted iron ore from these camps for all these years?
Without the three of us brothers, where did all the people in your camp come from?
I’ve done so many dirty deeds for you, and I’m just asking you to help me this once.
What are you whining about!"
Liu Dahu’s gaze was cold as he looked at Meng Yuan, the thought of his second and third brothers and so many family members being killed in front of him just now caused his anger to climb to its peak.
At this moment, his desire to kill had risen to its height; if it weren’t for Meng Yuan being of use, he would truly wish to kill him right now.
Revenge, revenge, I must have revenge!
Second brother, third brother, wife, son...rest assured, one day, I will make Yuwen Dao, Xia Chuan, and everyone in the Great Xia Camp, all accompany you in death!
The fists under Liu Dahu’s sleeves were almost clenched to the point of bleeding, roaring furiously in his heart.
After over ten breaths, he finally turned to Meng Yuan, slowly concealing the emotions on his face, and spoke softly, "Leader Meng, having just seen all my family die in front of me, my emotions were inevitably off, I was rude, please forgive me!"
Hearing his inconsistent attitude, Meng Yuan was stunned but his expression slightly mellowed, "It’s alright; we’ve had a good relationship for so many years, and indeed those things, ah..."
Liu Dahu’s expression completely relaxed, biting his teeth as if he had made up his mind, and directly bowed to Meng Yuan respectfully, "Leader Meng, all my family is dead, and Three Tigers Camp is gone. I have nowhere to go in the future but to join your Tongling Camp.
From today onwards, I shall rename myself as Liu Biao, and henceforth, I am a common member of the Tongling Camp. I hope Leader Meng can keep my secret, and in the future, Liu will be willing to be at your disposal, how about it?"
Meng Yuan was first taken aback, but then his expression instantly became excited.
Given Great Xia’s attitude toward Liu Erhu and others, if Liu Dahu’s identity were revealed and the Great Xia learned of it, he would surely be doomed.
This is equivalent to having a hold over him, and yet this handle was offered by Liu Dahu himself.
Liu Dahu was surrendering to him!
Considering Liu Dahu’s strength, although there were some concerns, a hint of excitement flashed in Meng Yuan’s eyes, and he hurriedly stepped forward to help him up:
"Liu...Biao brother, there’s no need to be so polite. Having your assistance is a blessing for our Tongling Camp. Rest assured, from now on, there’s only one named Liu Biao in Tongling Camp, as for Liu Dahu, I don’t know who that is, and no one does."
Keeping his head down, Liu Dahu’s face showed a triumphant smile, quickly altering his expression to one of gratitude: "Liu Biao thanks Leader Meng!"
Given today’s circumstances, this idiot Meng Yuan will surely later lead the entire camp to merge into the Great Xia, so I can blend in with a new identity.
Getting rid of this fool is not difficult; once that’s done, no one will know my true identity.
Isn’t the Great Xia Camp very strong!
I’ll infiltrate it, use your resources to enhance my strength, and once I’m powerful, I’ll kill Yuwen Dao, Xia Chuan, and everyone else.
On that day, I want to see what expressions you all will have!
Liu Dahu’s face appeared normal, but inside he was roaring twistedly, almost visualizing Xia Chuan, Yuwen Dao, and others kneeling before him in the future, a scarlet hue rose in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth slightly lifted.
"I knew it, this idiot, clearly weaker than you, why is he the leader and you’re the subordinate. So you are the escaped Dahu!"
A cool and slightly teasing voice suddenly came from the side, causing Liu Dahu’s face to instantly freeze, and his heart to tremble sharply.
Meng Yuan and his two other subordinates were also startled, quickly turning toward the direction of the voice, shouting to find out who it was.