Steel Chang'an

Chapter 101

In the Royal Pavilion, Thirteen glanced at Mu Yun who was standing there blankly, and asked, "Do you know what the Hall of Valor is?"

Mu Yun nodded sullenly.He only knew that the legendary Jiutai God Armor was named after the nine gods in Jiuge, but as for the names of these nine gods and what characteristics they have, this kind of human being from the age of the ancient mother planet Myths and legends are things that ordinary people have no access to or use, and Mu Chuan has never taught Mu Yun these things.After all, Baima City is just a small city in the western desert, and even the palace of the city lord is decorated with simple cloud patterns. Like the palace and palace of the castle tower, there are painted pillars and beams everywhere, depicting the gods and goddesses who guard the castle. The image and such extravagant decoration were almost unprecedented for Mu Yun.Therefore, when the noble lords on the royal palace looked left and right around the ninety-nine and 81 pillars, Mu Yun really couldn't guess what tricks they saw.

But Mu Yun still knew the three words of the Hall of Valor.

The so-called Hall of Valor is somewhat similar to a war monument on this continent.After a war, the number of casualties is huge, and most of the corpses have been severely destroyed by explosions and artillery fire, and the burial cannot be distinguished, so the only way is to unify the burial or cremation, and build the Hall of Valor on the original battlefield. Tombstones were erected in the hall to engrave the names of the fallen soldiers to mark the location of their bones.

Mu Yun still remembered that he had stumbled across a Hall of Valor half buried in the yellow sand in the northwest desert.It was just a small pavilion with a stele standing in the middle. Due to the wind and the sun, the names of the soldiers who died on it were already unrecognizable, and it was unknown in which era and in which battle they died. There were only four pavilions. The four words "sincerity is both brave and martial, finally strong and invincible, dead and spirited, and soul is resolute and ghostly hero" are still vaguely discernible.He took pictures of these four sentences and asked Mu Chuan what they meant. According to what Mu Chuan told him, these four sentences praised the bravery of the soldiers who died in battle, and represented that these dead soldiers fought tenaciously until the last moment. They have not surrendered to the enemy, even though they are dead, but their gods and souls will not disappear, and they will turn into ghosts and heroes. As long as people continue to offer incense to them, offering orchids in spring and chrysanthemums in autumn, then the heroic spirits of warriors will live forever. He has been staying in this Hall of Valor until one day under the call of people again, he reappeared in the world to guard the earth, which is also the origin of Hall of Valor.

After Baima City was destroyed, Mu Yun also thought that if he could return to the northwest desert one day, he would also build a Hall of Valor to commemorate the warrior spirits of Baima City.

It's just that the Hall of Valor he saw in the desert back then was just a small pavilion and a stone tablet, but in the holographic image in front of him, the Hall of Valor buried underground was bigger than what he had ever seen before. It is more than a hundred times higher, and its exquisiteness and magnificence is more than a hundred times better than the Hall of Valor in the desert!
Even the heads of the various families above the Royal Palace had never seen such a large-scale Hall of Valor, so that until they found that there was no enemy figure in the picture showing the war on the pillar, and those engraved on the side of the soldiers It was only after reading the small characters of rice grains that I realized that this magnificent and exquisite palace is actually a Hall of Valor!

A Hall of Valor dedicated to the soldiers who died in the Millennium War!

You must know that since the Hall of Valor is a place to pay homage to one's own fighters, there will naturally be no enemies, so they can also enjoy the incense offerings!

The lifelike faces of the soldiers on the pillars and the names beside them made everyone realize that this seemingly exaggerated picture is actually realistic!

That is to say, although for some unknown reason—perhaps to show that the spirits of the fallen soldiers have become part of myths and legends, the person who built the Hall of Heroes at that time carved the Nine Divine Armors into the Nine Songs of the Nine Songs. The appearance of a god turned all the soldiers into the appearance of the ancients on the ancient mother planet of human beings, but the ratio of the nine battle armors to the life size should be exactly the same as the one shown in this picture!
Such a huge armor, its divine power can also be imagined!

The Hall of Valor is the coordinate that marks the location of the remains, which also means that Jiu Ge is under the Hall of Valor!

Thinking of the prospect of Jiu Ge being able to dominate the entire continent after Jiu Ge came to this world, everyone was short of breath and excited!Some people have even forgotten that what they see is only a holographic image, and they can't help but reach out to try to peel off the yin-yang wood qi root wrapped around the pillar, trying to reveal the blocked picture on the pillar, so as to dig out more. Much information!
But King Teng laughed and said, "Everyone seems to have forgotten that my eldest brother hasn't answered my previous question?"

Then everyone remembered that according to what Teng Wengong said earlier, he had people dig a hole leading to the bottom of the Hall of Valor. Originally, he planned to let the scavengers open the way first, but after hanging nearly a hundred people with ropes, it was impossible. There is no return!
Everyone originally took it for granted that those scavengers had found the location of Jiuge before they were ordered to silence by Teng Wengong, but if Teng Wengong really confirmed the location of Jiuge just by finding the Hall of Valor, then These people have never returned, obviously because there is a great danger under the Hall of Valor!
If you don't figure out what the threat is below the Hall of Valor, and go down rashly, even if you are a knight with a higher resistance to magnetic field interference than ordinary people, you will definitely be in the same danger, and you may even lose it. life!

It was only at this moment that everyone realized that the question that King Teng asked Teng Wengong before was not meaningless, but quite crucial!

It was still Qi Wannian who asked: "My lord, I don't know where is under the Hall of Valor? Did the scavengers who went down to explore the road send back any images?" But the one who never mentioned the previous premise of King Teng question.

Teng Wengong shook his head, "The road opened by the Teng family ended at the Hall of Valor. The Patriarch of my generation only found this Hall of Valor and found out that there is a dark river under the Hall of Valor. There are geothermal springs in the river, and the temperature is extremely high. The only thing that can be confirmed at present is that once encountering springs, mortals will undoubtedly die. Therefore, I ordered to open more holes on the ground of the Hall of Valor, in an attempt to open a path that can avoid the springs. The route. It’s just that the density of the springs in this dark river is too high to avoid, and the only way is to take advantage of the gap between the last eruption of the spring and immediately enter the water.”

"Even so, the dark river is still extremely dangerous," Teng Wengong continued, "There is no light source underground, the temperature of the river water is too high, and the thermal sensor detection cannot work normally. If you want to avoid the eruption of all the springs and pass through the dark river smoothly, It was quite difficult in the first place, but there seems to be another mystery in this dark river. The last batch I sent down were not ordinary scavengers, but murloc masters hired with a lot of money. There were ropes to pull them, but even so, these people still never came back. Judging from the fractures on the ropes pulled up, these ropes did not seem to be melted by high temperature, nor did they seem to be bitten off by water beasts. It was interrupted artificially. This matter is too weird, and I don't want to hurt my life, so I ordered the suspension of the exploration of the ruins of the Yin Ruins."

Everyone in the hall looked at each other, their faces turned pale.To know that the thermal sensor detector will be disturbed and strike, it means that the temperature in this dark river itself has exceeded [-] degrees. It is very strange that there are still water animals in such a temperature, but Teng Wengong actually said these things The rope was broken artificially. Could it be that there are still people in this underground river in the Yin Ruins?

Even if a person is buried underground for thousands of years, and soaked in this high-temperature dark river all year round, can this... still be considered a person?
But I heard King Teng say: "Well, there are probably no living people in the Yin Ruins, but there are many dead people."

When everyone heard Xiao Teng's words, they thought of the ancient battlefield of the Thousand Years' War like Yinxu, how many people died in the battle and were buried there, plus the tens of thousands of Qing people who died in it to open the way. Daofu, even if he doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, he immediately feels that even the palace covered by the holographic image of the Hall of Valor is bleak and chilly, and he immediately glared at King Teng.

Today Teng Wengong is determined to ignore this younger brother who is specially trying to tear him down. He only heard him continue:

"Because it is impossible to bypass this dark river, even though I had confirmed that Jiu Ge was in the Yin Ruins years ago, I never announced the news.

"It's just that the current situation in the world is turbulent, the Chang'an shogunate is weak, the wolves in the northwest are ready to move, the iron alliance in the north is torn apart, the black mountains in the west and Fengchuan in the south are standing still, but they are always ready to compete in the Central Plains. Troubled times are about to begin. If Donglin is not prepared, he will become Great powers, if you join this game, you will have to wait to be annexed by the great powers!
"For this reason, Jiuge must appear in the world, and Donglin must dominate!
"No matter how dangerous the Yin Ruins are, I have made up my mind to go and find Jiu Ge myself."

Glancing at everyone, Teng Wengong finally said lightly.

"All the gentlemen here are selected by me personally. I hope that all the gentlemen have this awareness, so don't let me down."

Hearing Teng Wengong's words, the faces of the heads of the various families above the royal palace were cloudy and uncertain, and the enthusiasm that had just confirmed that Jiu Ge was in the Yin Ruins had long since disappeared.

After seeing the holographic structure diagram of Yinshan Mountain, they already figured out that this secret passage could never be dug out by Teng Wengong's generation, so even if Teng Wengong admitted it frankly at this moment, everyone was not very surprised.

Although there are many folk legends that Teng Wengong found a way to control the rest of the king's army after entering the Yin Ruins, so that he could unify Donglin, but the heads of the various families in these palaces have personally fought with Teng Wengong back then, knowing that Teng Wengong can Ascending to the throne of the lord of Donglin in such a short period of time was purely based on his own strong strength and superb military skills. He used the tradition of intrigue among the Donglin families to suddenly launch a blitzkrieg attack and defeat them all. , When the Zhu family realized that the situation was wrong and wanted to join forces, Teng Wengong had already taken control of the overall situation with an absolutely strong posture, and the Donglin Zhujia had no choice but to admit his position as the master of the Donglin.

It's just that although everyone has long guessed that Teng Wengong himself may not have really entered the Yin Ruins, but now he has learned from Teng Wengong's mouth that the secret passage opened by generations of the Teng family has only reached the entrance of the Yin Ruins. I still don't know anything about the situation in this gloomy ruins. Just a dark river is so dangerous, and beyond the dark river, I don't know how many crises there are. In this case, I have to send my best knights Entering the Yin Ruins, even if there is such a huge temptation as Jiu Ge, the Patriarchs of the various families have to hesitate.

You must know that with Jiuge's divine power, even if the knights sent by the family suffer heavy casualties, as long as one person can survive and get a god armor, that is enough to make the family invincible in the entire Donglin and even the mainland.

But if all the knights he sent were annihilated in the end, and he didn't get a single piece of armor, all the losses would be his own elites. Losing six master knights at a time, the fate of this family would definitely be worse than not being able to enter the Yin Ruins The other three are even worse...

What's more, the Yinxu was discovered by the Teng family after all. Even if Teng Wengong said that the Teng family only stopped at the Hall of Valor and did not explore further, who can guarantee that what he said is true?If Teng Wengong intends to use the knights of other families to open the way for him, and finally set a trap in advance, swallow the nine god armors alone, and then kill people to kill them, then the rest of the families will really have no place to cry!

If we want to get rid of this possibility, we can only form an alliance secretly and deal with Teng Wengong first after entering the Yin Ruins... But when the Patriarchs of the various families thought about how they were defeated by Teng Wengong one by one, they immediately knew the truth. It is absolutely impossible: with the rich combat experience among the various families, not to mention that once they see Jiu Ge, the knights of the various families will definitely fight to the death. Stabbed each other in the back!
The Patriarchs of the various families also knew well that the most dangerous thing in the Yin Ruins was not the dark river, nor the undiscovered traps, or the mechanical creatures left by the King's Legion, but their old opponents above the Royal Palace!
All the Patriarchs were planning in their hearts, and for a while, there was silence above the Royal Palace.

This time, it was the Patriarch of the Xiao Family who broke the silence first, and asked: "Forgive me, my lord, Yuan Shan dared to ask, if someone among the four families voluntarily gave up the qualification to enter the Yin Ruins..."

"Naturally, according to Chunshou's points, it will be made up by the three rankings at the bottom." Teng Wengong said lightly, "Jiuge's god armor is for those who are brave and resourceful, let alone those who can get it." Entering the Yin Ruins and seeing the remains of the Millennium War is a great opportunity. As a knight, even if you don't get the armor, you will gain a lot from it. That's why I selected Donglin through spring hunting. The best knight. If someone dares not even enter the Yin Ruins, it only means that this person has no destiny for the Divine Armor, and Donglin does not need such a cowardly waste if he wants to dominate the mainland."

Xiao Yuanshan secretly sighed.He now finally understands why Teng Wengong decided to enter the Yin Ruins ranking in the spring hunt: even if they have already obtained the qualifications to enter the Yin Ruins, these four families can really advance and retreat together. Teng Wengong is not afraid at all to give up the qualification to enter the Yinxu together, so as to force Teng Wengong to tell him more about the situation of Yinxu that he has mastered—why not? Are the three that can qualify?
All the Patriarchs have made up their minds, even if they don't get the Divine Armor, they must not let the Divine Armor fall into the hands of others, and naturally they will never mention the matter of giving up the qualification to enter the Yin Ruins.

Teng Wengong raised his wine glass and announced: "Three days later, the Yin Ruins will be opened, and Jiuge will appear in the world, and those who can get it! Knights of all families, no matter how high or low, as long as they can ride Jiuge out of the Yin Ruins, they will be the armor of the gods." Master, if anyone has any objection, just drink it like this!"

After all, he drank the wine in the glass, threw the glass to the ground, and smashed it to pieces.

Seeing this, everyone quickly stood up and raised their glasses to drink together.The sound of drums and zithers above the Royal Palace spread to the castle tower. The knights who had been waiting for a long time heard that although there were many dangers in entering the Yin Ruins this time, there were no rules except that the armor was not allowed to enter. Wanting to get Jiuge, based on his own ability, he was immediately excited.All of a sudden, inside and outside the Tianshou Pavilion, in the streets and alleys, everyone was toasting and drinking. Teng Wengong ordered a lot of fireworks to add to the fun of the feast, and every family came to the street to watch. The atmosphere in the Tianshou City was extremely lively. It's like a holiday.

But only King Teng sat in front of the table all the time, and even when everyone got up to toast, he only cared about his own discretion.

He is the head of Teng Jiaxing, and he is also the younger brother of the master of Donglin. Even if everyone despises him in private for his absurd behavior, they always flatter him in person, especially at this kind of banquet. Originally, they came to toast him There should be an endless stream of people, but now Teng Jiaxing is pulling up the team himself, and the little King Teng is confronting Teng Wengong in public. Everyone knows that the two brothers have torn their faces. After a fight, the people who are going to toast with King Teng at this moment are obviously standing in public, so in order to avoid suspicion, everyone even walks and talks away from King Teng's seat. There was no one around King Teng, and even Steward Ji didn't know where he went, so it was rare for a while to be deserted.

Little King Teng didn't seem to pay attention to whether anyone came to toast at all, and there was no one around. He was even more unrestrained, half-lying and half-sitting on the couch, stretching his long legs on the table, picking up the jug, It poured directly into the mouth.After pouring for a long time, not a drop of wine came out. Instead, the lid of the jug tilted too far and fell off with a bang, hitting Xiao Teng Wangying's incomparable nose.

"It seems that Ji Yan is not here, you don't even know how to drink wine."

Little King Teng rubbed his nose, looked up and squinted, but found that the person standing in front of him was Teng Wengong.

(End of this chapter)