CHAPTER 187: CHAPTER 185 CIVILIZATION INVASION_1

Thus, a curious spectacle emerged in the depths of Thunderous Swamp, within the Blood Crown Mountain area.

The Lizardman Great Army stood guard atop Blood Crown Mountain, while the Werewolf Great Army gathered on its western side. The two great armies faced off, yelling insults at each other daily.

In the dense jungles of Thunderous Swamp’s core area, Werewolf hunting parties frequently clashed with Lizardman hunting parties.

And near the military camp Eternal Domain had established at Blood Crown Mountain...

Two selected Werewolf and Lizardman teams, hundreds of meters apart, seemingly ignored each other.

Both forces numbered five hundred and followed the daily routine of the Eternal Domain’s army.

When the Eternal Domain’s army ran, they ran too.

When the Eternal Domain’s army formed ranks, they formed ranks too.

When the Eternal Domain’s army drilled, they drilled too.

When the Eternal Domain’s army ate, they ate too.

Yan Xing intended for both the Werewolves and Lizardmen to learn something. Therefore, he instructed the military instructors to slow down the pace, shout some commands louder, and explain actions in greater detail.

He even deliberately left some training props on the drill ground, which were ’secretly’ picked up by both the Werewolves and Lizardmen.

Yan Xing understood very well...

It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to return from extravagance to thrift. This principle applied equally on both material and spiritual levels.

Once a backward civilization voluntarily approached a superior one, it simply could not resist the cultural invasion of the higher civilization.

This kind of soft power assault was more lethal and heart-wrenching than the drawing of blades and shedding of blood.

Both the Werewolves and Lizardmen were eager to break the deadlock and escape the impasse where neither could advance nor retreat.

They both sought ultimate victory.

In these evenly matched circumstances, Yan Xing’s Blood Crown Mountain Great Camp became a pathway for both sides to strengthen themselves.

Regardless of their motives, both the Werewolves and Lizardmen actively approached Yan Xing’s Blood Crown Mountain Great Camp. They could fight to the death elsewhere, yet come and go without incident on Yan Xing’s territory.

While training with the Eternal Domain army, many things were unconsciously absorbed by the Werewolves and Lizardmen who trained alongside them.

Chief Qiao She and the Lianzu Chieftain took to treating Yan Xing’s Blood Crown Mountain Great Camp as their own home.

They did not just freeload on meals; when Yan Xing ignored them, they brazenly brought along some heroes and Beast Tamers of their own tribes to freeload as well.

Seeing that Yan Xing still shared his meals with everyone with a smile, they grew bolder and began to bring their warriors to feast in Yan Xing’s military camp.

At first, they came in turns, in groups of dozens. Gradually, this grew to over a hundred people. In the end, entire units would come at mealtimes, only leaving for their own camps after dinner.

Finally, Yan Xing could not stand it anymore!

I came here to collect debts... It’s one thing not to pay me, but you can’t just eat my food like this. I can, at most, issue three hundred meal tickets a day to each clan; you decide who gets to eat. Chief Qiao She, when will you pay me what you owe... I’m waiting to take it home.

Every time Yan Xing asked, Chief Qiao She would say, "Soon, soon... It’s more than just a few accounts; we need to prepare some more..."

When Yan Xing limited the number of people coming to eat each day, Chief Qiao She and the Lianzu Chieftain turned these meal tickets into a reward, giving priority to warriors with good training performances to come and eat.

The Werewolf and Lizardman trainees became even more assiduous, drawn by everything they encountered while coming and going from Yan Xing’s Blood Crown Mountain Great Camp.

Here, there were not only things they had never seen before but also knowledge they had never heard of.

They also discovered a sense of honor for warriors that they had previously been unable to imagine, one that could reach such heights.

Here, a warrior could stand before their Clan Leader, even before Lord Yan Xing, to receive food.

They could share a table with their Clan Leader and Lord Yan Xing for a meal.

Their plates held food identical to that served to their Clan Leader and Lord Yan Xing.

Lord Yan Xing would sometimes even speak with them and give them gifts.

Here, the food was naturally delicious.

The atmosphere while eating was also exceptionally pleasant.

Gradually, the mindset of the Werewolf and Lizardman Warriors in training began to change. Upon leaving the Eternal Domain’s Blood Crown Mountain Great Camp and returning to their own encampments, the experience of their tribes’ old customs created a stark psychological contrast.

They all resolved to train harder, striving for their next meal to be back in the Eternal Domain’s Blood Crown Mountain Great Camp.

To eat with Lord Yan Xing.

The combat proficiency of the Werewolf and Lizardman trainees was visibly growing. All the Clan Leaders were very satisfied with their warriors participating in the training and proposed increasing its scale.

After all, while the Lizardmen had a comparable number of participants in training, they possessed a tier advantage.

Therefore, the Werewolves sent an additional 200 warriors for training.

The Lizardmen were also very satisfied with the training results. When they saw the Werewolves add 200 trainees, they decided to add 300.

The Werewolves then added 400, and the Lizardmen immediately followed by adding 500 more.

In any case, with such large populations of Werewolves and Lizardmen, both sides repeatedly increased their number of trainees, each attempting to outdo the other.

But... logistics could not keep up.

The appetites of the Werewolf and Lizardman trainees were growing exponentially, yet the food delivered by their hunting parties diminished daily.

Moreover, a more dangerous current of thought was unknowingly spreading rapidly among the training groups within both armies.

Meanwhile, the leaders of both sides were struggling with how to end the war.

The existence of the Eternal Domain’s Blood Crown Mountain Great Camp made it difficult for either side to risk an all-out confrontation. If this standoff continued, they would eventually be dragged down by so many mouths to feed.

The ambitions held at the war’s outset were gradually eroding. Within their respective factions, voices calling for a ceasefire and peace talks began to emerge.

How could they stop? How could they negotiate?

Whichever side proposed a ceasefire at this juncture would inevitably suffer a great loss of prestige.

At this juncture, Chief Qiao She and the Lianzu Chieftain, who had cultivated a unique ’friendship’ in Yan Xing’s camp, both suggested that Yan Xing should propose a ceasefire and preside over the peace negotiations.

With such a convenient pretext, it was naturally easier to find a graceful way to back down.

Werewolf Chieftain Ironhead and the two Lizardman Kings, truly unwilling to prolong the stalemate, tacitly allowed Chief Qiao She and the Lianzu Chieftain to arrange the peace talks.

The two clan leaders immediately went to the Eternal Domain’s Blood Crown Mountain Great Camp. During a meal together, they quietly invited Yan Xing to preside over the peace talks between the Werewolves and Lizardmen.

Yan Xing had not expected the Werewolves and Lizardmen to buckle so quickly.

I’ve only been here for a month! Fighting on your own turf, logistics support can’t be this bad.

Yan Xing felt that the Werewolves and Lizardmen should still have some strength left, to endure a little longer.

How can I highlight the importance of the peace I bring if I don’t push you to the limit?

"You want me to preside over the peace talks?" Yan Xing hesitated briefly, then said, "I’m just here to collect a debt. I have no interest in getting involved in the affairs of your two sides. Eat, eat... Chief Qiao She, when are you going to pay me what you owe?"

"Soon, soon, it will be ready shortly," Chief Qiao She said immediately. "But about the peace talks...?"

Yan Xing simply focused on eating his meal, ignoring him.