Last Totem Novel - Chapter 100

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Tie Zhan yawned, scratched his hair, and came to the kitchen on the first floor in a daze. He pushed open the door and entered. Old Kozan was tied up in an apron and preparing dinner in front of the stove. Seeing him come in, Cozan stopped what he was doing and turned around to greet him, “Friend, did you sleep well?”

“Yes.” Tie Zha replied and casually picked up the marching cup on the table and took a sip. As he had expected, the water was warm.

“Dinner is stewed beef with radish and wheat porridge.” Cozan picked up the spoon and stirred the food in the pot.

“I want to eat deer legs.” Iron slag suggested.

“Alright, alright, alright. Eat this tonight and I’ll make it for you tomorrow afternoon.” Cozan said.

“Where did all the food come from?” Tie Zha asked. After landing on the glacier, he walked for more than a month without seeing any plants or animals along the way, so he felt a little strange.

Cozan explained as he processed the food. This land is located in the center of the Great Ice Ocean, surrounded by glaciers and in the middle by land.

Scientists speculate that hundreds of millions of years ago, both the end of the world and the snowy night ice plains were pieces of land split from the Northern Desolate Continent. There was originally only a small piece of land here, similar to a large island. But over the course of billions of years, sea water gradually froze around the land, forming large glaciers. After Tie Zha landed, he had been walking on the glaciers in the periphery, so he could not see plants or animals.

Twenty kilometers north of the Temple of Glory was the land part of the end of the world. There was a boundless cedar growing there, and it had been called the “Endless Forest Sea” since ancient times. Cozan’s deer legs, as well as the ice crystal berries used to brew wine, came from the Endless Forest Sea.

In addition, Cozan also mentioned that the Temple of Glory was already a continental area, but it was buried deep beneath a thousand-year-old glacier, so it did not reveal itself. The Hall of Heroic Spirit was built deep underground in the soil.

“Where are the radishes and beef?” Tie Zha picked up the marching cup and continued to ask, “Where are the living supplies?” Perhaps beef is hard to say, but radishes definitely can’t grow in this world of ice and snow. Even if he no longer knew how to grow plants, he still knew this basic common sense.

“Every 30 years or so, the Ancient Temple will send flying machines to deliver large quantities of supplies.” Cozan replied.

“Ancient temple? Didn’t you split up?” Tie Zha was even stranger.

“Although it’s split, our bloodlines are still connected …”

“Accept the traitor’s support?” Tie Zhan interrupted Cozan and asked in a disdainful tone.

Cozan put down the spoon and waved his hand, explaining. If it hadn’t been for the help of the Ancient Temple, they wouldn’t have been able to bring back the remains of so many guardians.

Also, half a year ago, Lena Euclid mailed the token to the Ancient Temple’s office in the Northern Wilderness. They identified the remains of the Holy Wolf Guardian and immediately sent people over from thousands of miles away.

“The relationship between the Ancient Era’s bloodline and the Glory Bloodline is very complicated. It can’t be explained in a few words.” Cozan concluded. Then, he placed a bowl of steaming radishes in front of Tie Zha and cooked beef.

Tie Zha had just taken a bite when he suddenly remembered that since they had an aircraft, why didn’t they send him over directly? He couldn’t help but frown when he thought of the hardships on the road. “Why didn’t they send me over? I almost died on the road!” He asked in a deep voice.

Seeing this, Cozan could only explain. The magnetic field in this area is very unstable, and the positioner of the aircraft can go wrong, causing it to lose its way. Only a few months before and after the total solar eclipse will the magnetic field here stabilize, and only then will it be possible to use an aircraft to arrive here. However, there was only a total solar eclipse in this world every 30 years or so, so they could only come here on foot.

“Then how can I leave in the future? How can I go to the Central Military Academy in two years?” Tie Zha asked. He didn’t want to walk this path again, it was too difficult. To be able to reach this point, he had to rely solely on that “fire of life”, otherwise he would have been buried in the ocean of ice.

Cozan chuckled and said, “Friend, let’s talk about the future.”

Hearing this, Tie Zha almost rolled his eyes and asked unhappily, “What can I learn from coming here?”

“After dinner, patience is a virtue every Northas deserves.” Cozan said.

“I’m not Noel” Halfway through his words, Tie Zha was too lazy to continue, because this old man looked even more stubborn than the big sister in Tie Shan Town. More than ten minutes later, he finished cooking beef with radishes, drank a bowl of wheat porridge, and threw away the tableware, saying, “Now you can say it.”

‘”Alright, wait …” Cozan said as he tidied up the tableware.

Thus, Tie Zha could only watch the old man finish packing his things and make another cup of stir-fried wheat tea. Then, he sat down opposite him and said to him, “Friend, you asked a lot of questions yesterday, and I’ll answer them all now.”

“Your first question, what are you here to learn?” The old man asked himself, “Learn the traditions of the Temple of Glory and the ancient fighting skills.”

“Your second question, why did you go to the Central Silver City Military Academy to study?”

“Because you need to understand how the entire world works, and the Central Silver City Military Academy is like a miniature of this world.”

“All the major powers and clans in the world will send their descendants or talented successors there to learn. These people are learning on the one hand and acquainting themselves with the descendants or successors of other forces on the other. At the same time, these people would compete with each other in the academy to select the best batch. One percent of the students in the academy will become the leaders of the major powers and clans in the future. You need to know more of these friends in order to be able to stand in this world. ”

“Wait …” Tie Zhan interrupted Cozan. “What am I doing? I just want to improve my strength. Besides, I don’t want to have anything to do with the people of Silver City.”

“Why? Can you tell me?” Cozan asked.

“Old Man Tie said that we don’t understand what’s right and wrong in Silver City. We shouldn’t participate.” Said Tie Zha.

“Your foster father must be a wise old man. He’s right. If you had participated in the Silver City during your stay in Tieshan Town, you probably wouldn’t have survived until today” Cozan looked at Tie Zha and said firmly, “But now it’s different. You’ve come here, to the Temple of Glory.” Although there aren’t many of us left, please remember that we are never afraid of any faction! The glory of our ancestors will illuminate our path forward! ”

“Ancestor” Tie Zha spread out his hands, shrugged his shoulders, and asked, “Can I eat as a meal?”

“This” Kezan clasped his hands together and bowed towards the temple. “The ancestor is above, the junior is not sensible. Please don’t mind.”

“How verbose.” Tie Zha crossed his hands in front of his chest and tilted his head to comment.

‘”Alright, alright, alright, let’s not talk about this” In order to prevent Tie Zha from saying anything disrespectful to his ancestors, Cozan quickly changed the topic and said, “Let’s discuss your direction of study. Do you want to choose the direction of the Holy Wolf Guardian or the direction of the Battle Song Shaman?”

“What’s the difference?” Tie Zha asked. This Battle Ge Shaman was probably someone like a divine rod, so he wasn’t interested. But now that Cozan had said it, he might as well get to know it.

“The Divine Wolf Guardian is focused on learning combat techniques, while the War Song Shaman is focused on learning the faith of the temple.”

“Holy Wolf Guardian.” The iron slag quickly made its choice.

“This” Cozan lowered his head and thought for a moment. “In this world, martial power can’t solve all problems. It can even intensify contradictions. Faith can lead people to the right principles and bring hope in the darkness.”

“I only know how to fight. I came here to learn how to fight.” Tie Zha replied straightforwardly, his tone unquestionable.

Ke Zan sighed and stood up. “Alright, I’ll take you to the first lesson tonight.” After saying that, Cozan walked out of the kitchen and took out two large towels from the side warehouse. One was draped over his shoulder, and the other was handed over to Tie Zha.

Tie Zha took the towel and asked, “What did you learn?”

“Temple tradition.” Cozan replied as he picked up the oil lamp hanging at the door and walked down the corridor towards the castle gate.

The iron slag followed closely behind. The castle’s gate was tall and wide. It used iron bars and willow nails to fix the thick logs together, forming this incomparably solid gate. Iron slag was wondering if it would be troublesome to open the door. At this time, Cozan opened a small door on the door and walked out.

Walking out of the small door, there was another world of ice. Cozan walked in front with the oil lamp in hand, followed by Tie Zha silently. After walking for about twenty minutes, they arrived at the foot of a glacier. With a faint flame, one could see that the bottom of the glacier was covered with stone walls.

After walking along the stone wall for a while, a pitch-black hole appeared in front of him. Cozan walked straight in. Tie Zha followed closely behind and looked around curiously. The wall of the cave was uneven black rock with traces of artificial excavation. The cave is sloping downwards, probably leading to the bottom of the glacier.

After walking for another ten minutes, the cave gradually lit up. The walls of the cave were dotted with fluorescence and emitted a faint green light. Cozan blew out the oil lamp and introduced, “These are low-light ores that absorb geothermal heat and emit faint light.”

“Geothermal?” Tie Zha asked incredulously. He could not imagine that there would be geothermal heat in such a cold place.

“Miracles always occur in unexpected places.” Kozan said as he walked forward. After turning a corner, the road ahead suddenly became clear.

This was an enormous underground space. It was semi-circular and covered an area the size of several football fields. The top is several dozen meters tall, with dots of fluorescence on it. The countless dim light ores were like stars that filled the sky, illuminating the entire underground with gentle light.

However, this is not the most shocking.

The scene in front of him was something that Tie Zha had never heard of in the story. The ground was filled with pools of water of all sizes, steaming with steam.

“Friend, welcome to the Ancient Era’s Grand Bath!” Cozan said loudly.