Last Totem Novel - Chapter 348
Chapter 348 Scholar
Looking at the surging ice insects, Tie Zha stood up without hesitation with You Ge in his arms. The muscles on his back tightened, and four bone spurs instantly tore out of his clothes and spread out into translucent membrane wings.
“Buzz …”
Just as the swarm of ice insects rushed more than ten meters away, Tie Zha flapped his membrane wings with all his might and soared into the air amidst the high-frequency vibrations, flying into the sky.
The ice insects below lost their target and stopped. They raised their mouths and hissed towards the sky. After flying to a certain altitude, Tie Zha pulled out his large revolver and fired at him.
“Bang!” “Bang!” “Bang!” “Bang!” “Bang!”
Five explosive shells echoed out, shattering the translucent shell of the insect, exploding in the white flesh and blood, causing the ice insects on the ground to wail endlessly.
“Jiji … Jiji … Jiji … Jiji … Jiji … Jiji … Jiji … Jiji … Jiji …”
After firing five rounds of bullets, Tie Zha held You Ge in one hand and bit open the cartridge cabin with the other. Then, he knocked the cartridge cabin with his chin and the cartridge cabin instantly swished and spun rapidly, throwing out the high-temperature cartridge casings one after another. Immediately after, he quickly pulled out the bullet from the belt and pushed it into the cabin with one hand.
In the blink of an eye, Tie Zha turned the bullet around and casually flicked it. The cabin returned to its original position with a “crack”.
The next second, McLynn’s left wheel rumbled again.
“Bang!” “Bang!” “Bang!” “Bang!” “Bang!”
“Jiji … Jiji … Jiji … Jiji … Jiji … Jiji … Jiji … Jiji … Jiji …”
Amidst the bombardment, the ice insects were in a mess. They wrapped themselves around each other, wanting to avoid the threat from the sky. Seeing this, Tie Zha immediately activated his membrane wings and swooped down with a buzz.
As he approached the swarm of ice insects, he suddenly waved his hand and threw out two fragmented grenades. At the same time, he drew an arc and soared into the sky like a bomber dropping a bomb.
“Boom!” “Boom!”
“Jiji … Jiji … Jiji … Jiji … Jiji … Jiji … Jiji … Jiji … Jiji …”
In an instant, flames, explosions, and cries of grief filled the air. The swarm of ice insects was blasted to the ground, and their long, pointed limbs fell to the ground.
“Rumble …”
At this moment, the sound waves of the explosion caused a large area of avalanche. The snow on the top of the mountain rolled up into a monstrous wave and surged down, causing the chaotic swarm of ice insects to scatter in all directions, instantly burying them.
A few seconds later, the avalanche ended and the entire world returned to silence.
Just as Tie Zha was about to land, in the blink of an eye, he discovered that the mountain peak after the avalanche reflected a large amount of metallic luster. He immediately flew over, hovering in the air and carefully observing. After a short while, he came to the conclusion that this was the side of an aircraft.
After discovering the target, Tie Zha did not rush to check. Instead, he flew to a nearby protruding boulder. After confirming that there was no danger in the surroundings, he put You Ge down and flew to another place. He took off his membrane wings and buried them in the snow. Then he climbed onto the stone, picked up You Ge and leaned against the stone wall, half-narrowed his eyes and rested.
At the same time, Qin Ke’er was packing her clothes in the Qin Clan Village a hundred kilometers away from them, while her good friend Mu Qian He was whispering consolations to her.
“Ke’er, don’t be impulsive ~” “He hit me!” “No matter what, he still cares about you. The old man is anxious. Please be more considerate.” “He hit me!” “How can father and daughter have a vendetta over the night ~” “He hit me!” “You don’t need to think about your father, you need to think about Tie Zha. He hasn’t returned yet.” “Let’s leave a message for him and tell him that we’ll wait for him at the Fire Horn Temple.” “Aiyaya ~”
“Qianhe” Qin Ke’er stopped moving and looked at her good friend. She said seriously, “He dislikes me for losing his face. What’s more important to a Far East person than face? If I stay here, I will only embarrass him …”
Mu Qianhe was silent for a while, then sighed and said, “Alright …”
Since ancient times, the people of the Far East valued “face” very much. Losing face could be said to be the biggest taboo of the people of the Far East.
What was face?
When mentioning the face of the people of the Far East, one had no choice but to mention the glory of the glorious bloodline.
Although “face” and “glory” look alike on the surface, there is a fundamental difference between the two.
Glory pointed straight at the heart, only responsible for his own soul, and face was just a mask, worn on his face, for others to see.
There is a story in the Far East called “Wu Song Da Hu”. He was talking about a man named Wu Song, who was drunk and rashly climbed up the mountain in order to show off his hardness, only to encounter a tiger in the end. Although he killed the tiger in an unfavorable situation, it was for the sake of face, because his motive was to “show off his mask as a martial artist.”
But in reality, when he encountered a tiger, he had the thought of regretting it.
What was glory?
Honor meant glory. Wu Song heard that there were tigers on Jingyang Hill, organized militias, and killed people in order to win the respect of the people on one side. Rather than rashly climbing the mountain after getting drunk and ignoring the good intentions of the shopkeeper and not being confident of winning against the tiger. If Wu Song could consider the possibility of danger and choose to go to bed after drinking, then he would go to Jingyang Hill after waking up from his drunkenness. This was honor, because he could face his shortcomings rationally and not value hypocrisy.
In the Far East, there was a sarcastic saying, “Made a mount and set up a memorial arch”, which was also a reflection of face. Bitch is real, memorial arch is face, if other people don’t know her past, she can be a virgin. And glory means “I’m a bitch. I sell meat for money. I didn’t steal it or rob it. I feel at ease. You don’t want to not come and spend it, but don’t pretend to be a moral sage. It’s disgusting.”
If a northern survivor was defeated, he would usually be honest, “I was beaten half to death by him. He is too powerful. If I see him in the future, I will take a detour.” They would write their true thoughts on their faces, put on a conquered posture, and not feel that admitting defeat was a disgraceful act.
When a Far East man is defeated, he usually says, “He was ambushed!” Even if the people of the Far East failed, they would still forcefully endure and put on the posture of a victor. Even if he did something to the conquered, he would not admit it. This was face.
However, the fact is the fact that the winner is the winner and the loser is the loser, whether admitted or not. Winning is winning, losing is losing. No matter what you say, it can’t change the iron truth.
The traditional sense of honor in the Temple of Glory was to face one’s true heart and move forward without hesitation. Back then, those people from the Far East who had joined the Glorious Bloodline had brought this sense of honor back to the Far East. They were open-minded, sincere and open-minded.
However …
In the Far East, the cost of one person slandering another is low, but the effect is good. Even if the matter was exposed, the slandering party would rarely pay the price for it. Therefore, it was almost normal for the Far East to slander and accuse each other. It was precisely because of this that true words might not necessarily be accepted, and even if they were accepted, they might not last long.
However, among the survivors of the north, if one person wanted to accuse another person, he had to gamble all his glory.
Therefore, if the accused party fails to prove itself, it will bear the loss of honor brought about by this accusation; On the contrary, if the accused party proves his innocence, the accused party will pay an unimaginably heavy price. Slanderers would be branded as “betrayers” from now on, and they would not be able to get rid of them until the moment of their death. They would even affect the entire clan’s reputation.
The “betrayer” was almost the highest humiliation among the survivors of the north, even more serious than murder. Because in the traditional values of the Northern survivors, honor is more important than life, slandering a person will make him lose his honor. Most of the time, destroying the opponent’s glory was heavier than ending the opponent’s life.
One must know that the word “slander” was precisely the enemy of unity.
Therefore, if there was hatred between the Northern survivors, they would rather carry their sabers and fight to the death than slander others without any basis.
In the glorious faith, slander is the dirtiest thing in the world, the existence they hate the most, the evil that must be shattered. Interestingly, the Glory Laws of the Glorious Bloodline originated from the “Spirit of Scholars” of the Far East. It was precisely the wandering monk that brought this spirit to the ice plains that allowed him to continue.
In the ancient times of the Far East, there were many stories of taxi drivers, but the wandering monks of the past were not very skilled and only brought three small stories with them.
The first story was called “Five Hundred Scholars of Tian Heng”.
A long time ago, there was a man named Tian Heng. He was an old royal family of the Qi Kingdom at the end of the Qin Dynasty. After Chen Sheng and Wu Guang’s uprising against Qin, the heroes of the four sides all responded. The Tian Heng family was also one of the forces fighting against Qin.
After Han Gaozu wiped out all the heroes and unified the world, Tian Heng and his 500 subordinates were still trapped on a lonely island, unwilling to surrender. Hearing that Tian Heng was very popular and worried about the future, Han Gaozu issued an edict saying, “If Tian Heng comes to surrender, you can make him king. If he doesn’t come, you can send troops to kill all the people on the island.”
In order to save the lives of 500 people on the island, Tian Heng brought two subordinates and left the island, heading towards the capital of Han Gaozu. However, thirty miles away from the capital, Tian Heng actually committed suicide with his saber. Before he died, two of his subordinates took his head and went to see Han Gaozu, expressing their unwillingness to accept the humiliation of surrender. However, they also saved the lives of 500 people on the island.
Han Gaozu felt great admiration and buried him with the royal ceremony, and made the two subordinates captain, but the two subordinates also committed suicide in Tian Heng’s tomb when they buried him. Han Gaozu sent people to recruit five hundred people on the island, but when they heard Tian Heng commit suicide, they went through the sea and died. Later, historian Sima Qian wrote with emotion, “In the high festival of Tian Hengzhi, isn’t it wise for guests to die unscathed from righteousness?”
Loyalty to the liver and courage, until death, regard loyalty and righteousness as life, is a scholar!
The second story is called “Taste Monarch Meng is in Xue”.
Once upon a time, there was a man called Meng Chanjun. When he was in Xue County, he had once invited guests from the various dukedom countries and criminals who had fled to give them generous treatment, thus attracting the hearts of all the wise men under the heavens to yearn for him.
His diners numbered several thousand, and they were treated equally regardless of their status. One time, Taste Monarch Meng treated his guests to dinner. Because the food was simple, one of the guests was very angry. He thought that the food he ate was different from other people’s. He was discriminated against, so he put down the bowl and chopsticks and wanted to bid farewell. Tasting Monarch Meng immediately stood up and personally brought his own food to him. He slowly put it down, comparing it to his own.
Looking at the same food, the guest immediately felt extremely ashamed. He immediately pulled out his knife and committed suicide.
Those who face up to mistakes, take responsibility, and regard glory as their life are considered to be warriors!
The third story is called the Three Kings’ Tomb.
The general of the State of Chu, Mo Xie and his wife, forged the sword for King Chu after three years. King Chu was furious and wanted to kill him.
“I forged the sword for Wang. It took me three years to forge it. If the king is angry, I will send the sword. The king will kill me. You give birth to a child. If it is a boy, when he grows up, tell him, ‘Go out and look at the Southern Mountain. The pine tree grows on the back of the pine tree. The sword is on the back of the pine tree.'”
Afterwards, Gan Jiang brought the female sword to King Chu. King Chu lost his temper and sent people to inspect the sword that Gan Jiang had brought with him. There were two swords, one male and one female, but Mo Xie only brought the female sword, while the male sword did not. King Chu was furious and killed the general.
The son of the general and Mo Xie was called Chi. When Chi grew up, he asked his mother, “Where is my father?”
His mother told him what had happened to his father and what he had said before leaving. As a result, Chi went out and looked south. He could not see any mountains, only the pillars of the pine house in front of the hall standing on top of the stone pebbles. Chi used the axe to cut open the back of the pine pillar, took the sword, and thought of avenging King Chu day and night.
Not long after, King Chu dreamed of a young man with a very wide forehead, saying that he wanted to seek revenge on him. When King Chu woke up, he felt very scared and hung a thousand gold rewards to capture this young man.
When Chi heard this news, he fled into the mountains and cried while walking.
“Why are you crying so sadly at such a young age?” A tourist happened to pass by and asked curiously.
“I am the son of General Gan and Mo Xie. King Chu killed my father. I want to avenge him.” Chi replied.
“I heard that King Chu Xuan wants your head. Bring your head and sword, and I will avenge you on King Chu’s behalf.” Said the tourist.
“Alright!”
Chi nodded his head and immediately killed himself with his sword. He cut off his head and held his head and sword in both hands before the tourists, his body standing upright.
“I will not let you down.” After the tourist finished speaking, Chi’s corpse fell.
The tourist took Chi’s head and went to see King Chu. King Chu was very happy.
“This is the head of a warrior. It should be boiled in a boiling wok.” The tourist suggested. Thus, King Chu cooked his head according to his words, but in the end, he cooked it for three days and three nights before boiling it. His head jumped out of the boiling water, his eyes wide open, as if he was furious.
“This young man’s head can’t be boiled rotten. I hope that the king will personally come to the wok and watch. This one will definitely be boiled rotten.” The tourist suggested again.
King Chu believed him and walked over to the wok to take a look. At this moment, the tourist suddenly pulled out his sword and chopped down on King Chu’s head. In an instant, King Chu’s head fell into the boiling water with the sword momentum. Immediately after, the tourist commits suicide with his horizontal sword, and his head falls into the boiling water.
In the end, the three heads were boiled together. Unable to identify them, they had to separate the rotten meat from the boiling water and bury the three heads together. In order to commemorate Chi’s persistence, tourists’ nobility, and kings’ dignity, people called this tomb the Three Kings’ Tomb from now on.
Treat people sincerely, keep promises, regard faith as life, is a scholar!
Scholar spirit was Kui Bao forgotten by the people of the Far East in the long river of history, far surpassing the primitive civilization of the Western Continent and the Central Continent.
For thousands of years, if the people of the Far East could remember the glory of their ancestors, they would have already stood at the pinnacle of the world.