Tonight, this intelligence is clearly of utmost importance, and the two of them naturally can’t wait until the end of the month; they must quickly transmit the information back.
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The seventh year of Great Xia, September 30th, on the eve of nightfall
Main hall of the main building at Baiyang Station, Defense Envoy Chen Ying is seated at the main position.
Below, besides the eleven Cold Resistance Level members of the Iron Eagle Squad, there are more than fifty people wearing Hundred-forged Iron Armor. They all have a token hanging from their waists, inscribed with names like Qingyang, Meng Hu, Jin Zong, Ming Yue... The words on the tokens are almost all distinct with no repetition.
Upon closer inspection, one would find that the tokens at their waists emit a faint silver glow, evidently made of Thousand Forged Iron, and are deliberately edged with iron cloud patterns, making them more aesthetically pleasing than ordinary tokens.
Among the eleven Cold Resistance Level members in the front row, Chen Shang suddenly stood up slowly, glanced around at everyone seated below, then turned to Chen Ying at the main position, cupped his hands, and bowed: "Lord Guardian, the captains of the fifty-seven Intermediate Hunting Teams at Baiyang Station are all present."
Although they are father and son, they still refer to each other by their positions in formal occasions.
Chen Ying slightly nodded at his eldest son’s words, made a gesture for him to sit down, then looked around at the people below and spoke in a deep voice: "The Minister has just sent a message. I have decided that starting today, Baiyang Station will only keep five fully staffed Intermediate Hunting Teams. The other fifty-two teams can leave weaker members behind; others with Cold Resistance Level and Earth-digging Realm Limit Cultivation must withdraw to Wuyuan and cannot stay here."
Hearing this, the people below did not show any sign of surprise; they clearly had anticipated it. Some even guessed the reason and asked directly:
"Lord Guardian, is it because of Xu Shouzheng and Dajue Temple?"
Six days ago, many people witnessed Xu Ning being carried back by Xia Chuan and Xu An. Additionally, Baiyang is closest to Qinghepu; they’ve heard about the Dajue Temple incident, so they connected the dots immediately.
"Don’t ask too many questions. Just ply with the Minister’s orders!"
Chen Ying furrowed his brow slightly, not answering the people’s confusion—not intentionally hiding the truth, but because he himself was not entirely clear.
His orders from Xia Chuan were to disguise Baiyang as a regular village-level camp, and from now on, he is to operate under the identity of the Baiyang village leader. Everything within the camp that can be linked to Great Xia needs to be concealed as much as possible.
From this order, one might infer some intentions.
It is clear to presume that it is related to Xu Ning and the Dajue Temple, disguising Baiyang Station as a normal village-level camp, obviously to prevent Dajue Temple from discovering here and then tracing back to find Great Xia.
Besides this, Chen Ying couldn’t think of any other reason for Xia Chuan to issue such a mand.
Of course, these are just his conjectures, and he naturally wouldn’t share them with those below. What troubles him now is how to disguise it as a regular gigantic camp.
Disguising Baiyang as a village-level camp is not an easy task!
His Iron Eagle Squad already has eleven at the Cold Resistance Level, and the captains of these fifty-seven Intermediate Hunting Teams are all at Cold Resistance Level cultivation, making Baiyang evidently not resemble a normal village-level camp;
Moreover, in terms of overall population, Baiyang is just a small station, without the establishment of the eight departments. Currently, although there are only over five thousand people, almost sixty percent are hunting team members, while the remaining forty percent are mostly members of the eight departments of Wuyuan, primarily from the Artisan and Logging Departments.
The Logging Department is here to find new vegetation types; the Artisan Department is looking for rare materials for manufacturing or forging; the Military Department is here to survey the terrain; the Prison Department has permanent residents here; the remaining Civil Affairs, Hunting, and Camp Needs Departments all have members with their own purposes staying here.
Anyone eligible to work in Wuyuan’s eight departments, even if they don’t hold official positions, has at least reached Earth-digging Realm Limit cultivation, with a minority even reaching Cold Resistance Level.
In other words, the population of over five thousand in Baiyang is posed of a hundred-plus Cold Resistance Level personnel, and the rest are mostly at Earth-digging Realm or Earth-digging Realm Limit, failing to amount to even fifty at the Logging Realm.
How could this be disguised?
Anyone with some sense who es to Baiyang Station would immediately notice something amiss; a normal village-level camp couldn’t possess such strength.
A typical camp would certainly mainly consist of those at the Logging Realm and ordinary people.
But for Baiyang to achieve this, it would have to bring in a batch of ordinary people and those at the Logging Realm from Xia City and Wuyuan.
The problem is, who living fortably in Xia City would be willing to e to Baiyang?
Chen Ying pondered deeply for a long time and finally came up with a plan, which is why he summoned these hunting team captains.
Looking down at everyone below, he spoke in a deep voice: "Since the Minister has issued the order, we must ply and do so impeccably. I’ve thought about it; if we are to disguise, then it must be thorough. We need to gather a large number of ordinary people and those at the Logging Realm here. It’s unrealistic to randomly transfer people from Xia City, so we’ll have to devise a solution ourselves!"
"Is the Lord’s intention for us to bring our own family over?"
Upon hearing this, someone immediately caught on.
"Exactly!"
Chen Ying promptly nodded and continued: "Starting today, anyone staying at Baiyang Station must bring their family over, but ordinary family members only, none beyond Earth-digging Realm, the lower the cultivation, the better, ideally just ordinary people."
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