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Chapter 880: The Mysterious Old Man
Chapter 880: The Mysterious Old Man
Date: 2017-09-25
Location: Outside the city walls of Tiexue City, near Yingling Palace and Yan Huang Mountain Fortress.
Similar to the Yingling Palace and the Yan Huang Mountain Fortress, Yingling Palace in Tiexue City also has an outer ring of non-system buildings.
Lu HaiKong intends to turn this place into a martyr's cemetery, but the non-system part of the construction is not yet complete. Lu HaiKong can only wait for the next team to arrive and finish building the Yingling Palace.
Before the Yingling Palace is fully constructed, Lu HaiKong first ensures the fallen warriors are buried.
Over the past few months, Lu HaiKong has faced many opponents in the form of terracotta warriors, so it is easy to distinguish his own people on the battlefield.
However, after several months, many of the fallen warriors' bodies have already decayed.
To show respect and provide a proper burial, Lu HaiKong orders all the bodies to be cremated.
Even though the bodies are cremated, Lu HaiKong separates them into two groups: one group consists of ordinary NPC soldiers, and the other group includes the Bathing Knights and the Mountain Bandit Guards, whose ashes Lu HaiKong keeps separately.
On one hand, this is due to their identities, and on the other hand, both the Bathing Knights and the Mountain Bandit Guards typically have names, and their respective names will eventually be engraved on the Yingling Palace, so Lu HaiKong needs to keep their ashes separate.
Collecting and cremating the ashes of over three thousand fallen warriors takes Lu HaiKong's army nearly five days to complete this task.
After thoroughly cremating and sorting the ashes, Lu HaiKong doesn't immediately place them in the Yingling Palace. Instead, he temporarily stores them, and after all the soldiers bathe in the small river outside the city gates, the next morning, the entire army of Tiexue City, in their most spirited state, begins the remaining ceremony.
The soldiers perform the ceremony with solemn rituals, something many dislike, including Lu HaiKong initially. But after experiencing it many times, he instinctively remembers the ancient and solemn ceremony this world has for fallen martyrs.
He even learns the ancient and solemn song this world has for sending off martyrs, a song filled with a mix of sadness and bloodlust.
The Tiexue Cavalry, Tiexue Guards, Black Wind, and Zhanzhen, four armies form four square formations, and over twenty thousand NPC soldiers create a massive formation.
Due to the simple conditions, the ashes of the three thousand fallen warriors are divided into several carts, and they are pulled within the formation.
This procession slowly moves from the main gate of Tiexue City, stepping to the rhythm of clashing weapons and the ancient, solemn, and bloodlust-filled military song, circling the entire Tiexue City, and eventually returning to the main gate to enter the Yingling Palace.
Behind Lu HaiKong, there is a cart after another, and behind each cart stands a general.
The first in line behind Lu HaiKong is Dian Wei, followed by Wang Ti, Gao Shun, Pan Feng, Zhao Er, Wen Chou, Gao Lan, Chen Yi, Zhang Liao, Ma Han, and many others.
Dozens of carts, led by dozens of generals, enter the Yingling Palace, and the ashes are buried within.
Lu HaiKong began the ceremony early in the morning, and it wasn't until evening that the whole process finally came to a close.
Throughout the ceremony, Lu HaiKong's face remained patient, not out of forced composure, but from genuine devotion.
War is cruel, and Lu HaiKong has always been aware of this, facing death regularly.
Fortunately, after witnessing countless times of life and death, and having seen an untold number of his subordinates lying before him, Lu HaiKong's heart remained soft even after battles, not turning numb.
This is probably the most valuable asset Lu HaiKong has as a lord, the most precious wealth of a feudal lord.
However, during their ceremony, it just so happened that Lu HaiKong's small team arrived.
Witnessing Lu HaiKong's burial ceremony, every member of the small team was filled with passion, even the usually laid-back Xun Yan couldn't help but straighten up.
Upon the arrival of the small team, Lu HaiKong was aware, but during the ceremony, he didn't pay them any attention. It wasn't until evening, when all the rituals were completed and the martyrs were laid to rest in the Heroic Spirit Hall, that Lu HaiKong was thinking of going to see those guys. Just then, two system prompts sounded.
[Due to your grand and solemn ceremony, powerful incense and faith have been gathered, and the Heroic Spirit Hall's abilities have been fully activated, partially activating the Heroic Spirit Hall's legendary feature.]
[Heroic Spirit Legion feature [Heroic Spirit Legion] activated, do you choose to gather the Heroic Spirit Legion?]
Hearing the consecutive system prompts, Lu HaiKong paused, then opened the [Heroic Spirit Legion] interface.
Heroic Spirit Legion
Description: Using faith and incense as nourishment, and fallen martyrs as seeds, a powerful and mysterious legion is cultivated within the flames of war and the bloodshed.
A must-see version in the 6-9-1 book!
Legion Level: 1
Heroic Spirits to Gather: 00/500
Legion Feature: Unlocked
Lu HaiKong was familiar with the Heroic Spirit Legion, having seen one in the Yan Huang Mountain Fortress, and there was even a Heroic Spirit in Yan Huang.
As the master of this legion, Lu HaiKong was more aware than anyone of the legion's strength. So, when he saw this Heroic Spirit Legion, his eyes lit up, and without much thought, Lu HaiKong directly entered the names of 500 Bathing Blood Legion members into the Heroic Spirit Legion.
Fortunately, this task only required Lu HaiKong's conscious operation, if he had to manually enter the names, those 500 names might as well be written across the heavens and earth.
After Lu HaiKong entered the names, the system message sounded again.
[Heroic Spirit Legion formation successful, estimated gathering time thirty days.]
Lu HaiKong glanced at the system prompt and turned it off, then left the Heroic Spirit Hall.
While Lu HaiKong was busy in the Heroic Spirit Hall, on the official road of Bingzhou, an elderly man with a full head of white hair, carrying a wooden box, was walking step by step towards Beifeng City.
Given the old man's speed, if Lu HaiKong returned in time, he might very well meet this old man outside Beifeng City.
(End of Chapter)
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