Last Totem Novel - Chapter 414
Chapter 414 Secret
The next day, at noon, after driving on the rugged mountain road for a day and night, the minivan finally spat out black smoke and staggered to Jade Lake Ancient Town. After getting off the bus, everyone went straight to the Jade Lake Passenger Station, the only station in the town, and got on the bus to Tianmen Ancient Town.
“Boiled peanuts, five-spiced soybeans …” “Fish-skin peanuts, strange-smelling broad beans …”
After getting in the car, there were always peddlers who got into the car to sell snacks. Lilith wanted to buy them, but Tie Ling stopped her. A few minutes later, the car gradually filled with people. Under the driver’s shouts, the car started.
“Move aside, please move aside.” “Don’t step on my chicken cage.” “If you’re afraid of being stepped on, don’t put it on the road.” “Hey hey hey, why are you being so unreasonable? Where am I going if you don’t put it on the road?”
“Waiter is selling plums today. Guess what?” “How’s it going?” “He hasn’t sold a single one, hahaha …” “Hahaha, he’s stupid, and his skin is thin. He doesn’t dare to shout.” “How can this be? The fare has been lost. My wife will definitely grab his ear when we go home.”
“The boundless horizon is my love. The flowers are blooming at the foot of the green mountain. What kind of rhythm is the most swaying, what kind of singing is the most enjoyable …”
Like the train in the Far East, the bus was noisy. Some people were chatting loudly, some were laughing loudly, some were playing music on their speakers, and some were snoring. The taste was also strange. There were all kinds of food flavors, such as onion, garlic, chives, and body odors, such as the stench of sweat, feet, and body odors, as well as the smell of domestic animals and poultry, such as pig shit, chicken shit, and duck shit. It was truly unbearable.
“This is the Far East …” Seeing Tie Zha’s displeased expression, Hagrid smiled and comforted.
“Don’t you have a better car?” Tie Zha asked with a frown.
“There are no trains here, and car rental is too flashy. It’s better to endure for now.” Hagrid said.
Compared to Tie Zha’s discomfort, Lilith quickly got into a good fight with the aunts and uncles in the front and back seats.
“The little girl is so handsome. How old is she this year?” An aunt asked with a smile.
“Sixteen.” Lilith replied obediently.
“It’s really watery. Thinking back then, auntie was so watery …” With that, auntie took out a cooked egg from her bosom and stuffed it into it. “Eat, eat, eat, don’t be polite.”
‘”Thank you, Auntie ~” Lilith took the egg with a bright smile and said in a tired voice.
Then, Tie Zha frowned and watched as Lilith shelled the egg and stuffed it into her mouth. A strong smell of eggs immediately spread out.
“Come, come, little girl, have an apple.” An uncle smiled and took out a big apple from his sack. He wiped it off his clothes and handed it to Lilith.
‘”Thank you Grandpa ~” Lilith said sweetly.
Seeing this, Tie Zha couldn’t help but roll his eyes and turn his face away. He didn’t have any eyes left …
“Don’t randomly take other people’s things.” Sensing the change in Tie Zha’s expression, Tie Ling secretly pinched Lilith and whispered into her ear.
‘”Ah” The tender meat on her waist was pinched, and Lilith immediately cried out in alarm. She hurriedly stuffed the apple back. “Grandpa, I just ate something. I can’t eat any fruit.”
Half an hour later, the bus drove out of Jade Lake Ancient Town and onto the mountain road, heading in the direction of Tianmen Ancient Town.
One day and one night later …
The bus had become empty, and there were people getting off along the way. Up until now, only Tie Zha and the others were left. Since most of the Far East people lived in the mountains and only came to town when they sold agricultural products, very few people went from town to town, and most of them got off halfway.
After realizing that there were only a few people left in the car, the driver wanted to ask them to “change trains”. The so-called interchange, also known as “selling piglets” in the Far East, is the practice of being “sold” by drivers halfway to their destination by another vehicle.
However, the driver could not help but swallow his saliva and swallow the words that had just reached his mouth when he saw that these people were fully armed and emitted an ice-cold killing intent all over their bodies. Judging from his years of driving experience, the two girls were fine. The other three men were all murderous fellows. The lives of their subordinates definitely weren’t as simple as one or two.
Seeing this, the driver could not help but slow down. However, he recalled that the Ancient Heavenly Gate Town was the location of the Ancient Divine Temple. No matter how powerful a person was, they didn’t dare to build it there again, so he immediately calmed down.
After a night …
The next morning, the bus finally arrived at the Ancient Heavenly Gate Ancient Town, known as the Ancient Gate.
After getting off the car, everyone followed Hagrid’s lead and headed north along the main street.
Along the way, the buildings on both sides of the street were ancient and ancient. They were mainly carved out of linen and granite. The mottled stone surface was carved with traces of time, adding a condensed and thick layer to it. On the other hand, the roof was mainly made of tiled wood, with eaves reversing the universe, carved beams and painted buildings, and an imposing aura. All kinds of ancestral halls and temples stood there. Incense flames lingered around them, and lamp oil pervaded them, causing people to have the illusion that they were in the ancient times.
About half an hour later, everyone arrived at the foot of a stone mountain. Looking up, an ancient temple stood atop the mountain. Half of his body was hidden in the mountains, and half of his body was built against the mountains. There were many buildings, and his palace was towering and majestic, and his aura was incomparably grand.
This is the legendary Ancient Temple, the main building from the foot of the mountain up to the top of the mountain, the bottom and middle of the outer wall cut from light-colored granite, the top of the outer wall made of dark red granite.
‘”Wow ~” Looking at the magnificent temple, Lilith couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise.
“Ah” Quinn and Tie Ling were also moved.
“Brilliant fire seeds, only the brilliant sacred flame.” Hagrid, however, remained unmoved and reminded him in a deep voice.
Hearing Hagrid’s words, the three of them put away their surprised expressions and put on serious expressions. Afterwards, everyone stepped onto the stone steps below the mountain and walked up step by step. At this moment, there was an endless stream of pedestrians on the mountain. Some were men, some were women, some were old, and some were young. All of them were holding Buddha incense and red candles. They were chanting words, and their faces were filled with devotion.
Half way up the mountain, there was a grand temple. Inside, there was a bustling crowd. Incense flames were flourishing, and clouds and mist shrouded the sky, making it look like an immortal realm.
Hagrid did not enter, but led the people around the temple and up the stone steps on the other side.
“Above is the Li Temple. Visitors, please return.”
Not long after, they were blocked by a dozen or so martial monks in front of the main hall behind the temple.
“Brilliant Fire Seed, I wish to see the Ancient Era’s Great Prophet.” As he spoke, Hagrid handed over the badge.
The Martial Monk only took a glance and immediately put on a respectful expression. He said sincerely, “Friends, please wait a moment. I will report it to the Internal Affairs Elder immediately.” With that, he put away the badge of the wolf biting three times with a dignified expression. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, a clear voice came from above.
“No need” Following the sound, he saw a handsome young man dressed in white, with a gentle gaze, and long hair like water, slowly walking towards him.
“The Great Prophet said that an honored guest would visit today. I’m sure it’s all of you.” The young man smiled warmly and said.
“I am Hagrid Northess. I have important matters to attend to. I need to meet the Great Prophet of the Ancient Era.” Hagrid nodded.
“I am Zhao Wenke, the bodyguard before the fire. My friends, welcome.” After saying that, the young man turned around and took a deep breath. Then, he looked at the top of the mountain and shouted, “Respectful guests …”
“Distinguished guests …”
“Senior guests!” His voice was loud and clear, like the sound of an ancient bell, echoing through the buildings from afar.
As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding martial monks all half knelt down and neatly repeated, “Respectful guests, respectful guests, respectful guests, respectful guests, respectful guests!”
Following that, Tie Zha and the others, led by Zhao Wenke, passed through the nine palaces of the Ancient Temple-the Temple of Lindian, Bingdian, Dou Dian, Zhe Dian, Ji Dian, Array Dian, Lie Dian, Front Dian, and Xing Dian, and arrived in front of the sacred fire altar at the highest point of the temple.
Along the way, Quinn, Tie Ling, and Lilith were extremely shocked. Wherever they went, all the monks knelt down to welcome the guests. In their entire lives, they had never received such a high courtesy. They only felt their entire bodies tremble, unable to control themselves.
He looked up and saw that the sacred fire altar was made of large stones. It was more than one meter tall, three meters wide, and ten meters long. Its surface was exceptionally rough, and the brazier on it was even more rough and simple, like a big rock sunken into it.
At this moment, in front of the ancient altar stood a white-haired, bearded old man with a peaceful expression. He was dressed in a white robe with seven-colored hemp ropes tied around his waist. One hand was leaning on a long staff, and the other was naturally hanging down. His eyes were as bright as torches, and his gaze was as deep as the sea. His entire body emitted an aura of transcendence. He couldn’t help but feel respectful and couldn’t help but bow down.
After seeing them, the Ancient Prophet nodded gently. Hagrid strode forward and was about to kneel and kowtow when the Great Prophet threw away the staff in his hand and helped Hagrid up with both of his hands.
“Brilliant fire seeds, only the brilliant sacred flame, I am no exception.” The Great Prophet said solemnly.
“Yes” Hagrid nodded and replied.
The Great Prophet grabbed Hagrid’s shoulders and stared at him for a long time before finally letting out a long sigh and saying, “Child, after twenty years of parting, you’ve finally grown up.”
“Great Prophet, are you in good health?” A scene from many years ago appeared in front of him again. Tears flashed in Hagrid’s eyes as he said in a choked voice.
Until now, he still clearly remembered that night, he and the raven crossed the ocean and brought their younger brothers down the mountain to seek their last refuge. The captain of the cargo ship killed that day ordered them to get off the ship after sailing to the shore. They had no choice but to brave the snow and wind, clench their teeth, and walk for more than a hundred kilometers before hitching a ride with a kind-hearted person and climbing here half-dead, like a stray dog.
At that time, the Great Ancient Prophet, who was resting, had just heard their news when he ran down the mountain barefoot, wearing pajamas, and his hair disheveled, personally welcoming them.
The words of the Great Prophet that day seemed to still be in his ears, “Children, you are safe. If anyone else dares to hurt you, then step over my corpse!”
However, as the pride of the fire seed, as the pride of Northas, they would never be allowed to hide under the protection of anyone. Thus, after entrusting the two youngest brothers to the Great Prophet, he and the raven left with Old Three and Old Four.
“I’m fine, but …” The Great Prophet’s gaze swept across everyone’s faces. “Why haven’t I seen a raven …”
Hagrid held back his tears and whispered, “The Raven … the Raven … has returned to the Holy Flame …”
“Ah …” The moment he heard the news, the light in the Great Prophet’s eyes quickly dimmed, and his body trembled as if he had suddenly aged over ten years.
“Great Prophet, you cannot be revived after death. Please take care of yourself.” Seeing this, Zhao Wenke hurriedly stepped forward to support the old man and comforted him in a low voice.
“This is our fifth brother, the raven’s younger brother.” Hagrid then pulled Tie Zha over and introduced him to the Great Prophet.
The Great Prophet stretched out his trembling hand and grabbed Tie Zha’s shoulders. After carefully examining it for a while, his eyes gradually regained their vigor. He nodded and muttered to himself, “It really looks like that child … It really does look like …”
After a long time, when the Great Prophet regained his calm, Hagrid told him the news of finding the Thunderhammer. Zhao Wenke’s eyes widened when he heard the news of Thunderhammer, but the Great Prophet seemed very calm, as if he had already anticipated this matter.
Then, at Hagrid’s signal, Tie Zha took out the lightning hammer and handed it over with both hands.
The Great Prophet took the lightning hammer and examined it for a long time. He then glanced left and right, picked up the long staff that had just been thrown on the ground, walked to the altar, and placed the lightning hammer and the long staff on the altar.
“These are the two sacred objects that our temple believes in, the long staff of life left behind by the wandering monks and the lightning war hammer.” After a moment of silence, the Ancient Prophet spoke of his past.
Two thousand eight hundred years ago, around BDr900 years ago, monks came to the Far East. At that time, all the tribes of the Far East Continent were enslaved by the demons, living a miserable life.
Seeing that everyone was suffering, the wandering monk couldn’t bear it and stayed. Afterwards, he held a staff in his left hand, a hammer in his right hand, seven-colored straw ropes tied around his waist, and seven-colored wooden beads hanging on his chest. He led the warriors of all races to defeat the demons and establish the faith in the temple.
Since ancient times, the staff of life has represented the kindness and tolerance of the temple; The Lightning Warhammer represented the temple’s anger and precepts.
It was not until 1700 years ago, when the Northern Temple merged with the Far Eastern Temple, that the Lightning Warhammer was brought to the Northern Continent as a sacred object of a glorious bloodline.
From then on, the Ancient Sacred Flame and the Glorious Sacred Flame condensed together, creating a new era.
It belongs to the era of glorious war songs.
In Dr3531, the Battle of the End began. The glorious Great Prophet died, the lightning hammer fell, and the glorious bloodline fell silent. After the Great Ancient Prophet returned to the Far East, his illness and pain intertwined, and he eventually perished. The Ancient Era’s bloodline suffered internal and external troubles, eventually splitting into three forces, and from then on, he was unable to recover.
“I’m very grateful that you’ve put aside your prejudices and come here to seek the help of the Ancient Era’s bloodline.”
“Because the great prophet of the previous generation only told one person the secret hidden in the lightning hammer …”
“That person is the Ancient Era’s great prophet.” The white-robed old man smiled and said, “In other words, I am the only person in the world who has inherited the secret of the Thunderhammer.”
Hearing the Great Ancient Prophet’s narrative, Tie Zha suddenly understood that the first hint of Thunderhammer was, “If you can’t even believe your own blood brothers, then you don’t have to think about rising.”
Note: “Dr” is the abbreviation of “dateofrecovery” (Recovery Calendar); “BDr” is the abbreviation for “before the date of recovery” (before the resurgence calendar); “DD” is the abbreviation of “date of dawn” (period of dawn); “DA” is short for darkages.
The first year of the BDr was the first year of the arrival of the gods; The first year of Dr. is the year of BDr3000, the revival epoch established by the three great faiths; The period from BDr to DD 1000 is known as the “dawn period”, while the period before DD 1000 is known as the “dark age”.
[Silver City World Calendar]
Around 1,000 years ago, the gods first appeared and the faith in gods sprouted.
In the first year of BDr, the gods descended and the faith of Notre Dame was born.
Around 600 years ago, Sun God Saul left the Gods Mountain in a golden carriage, becoming the only True God to descend upon the world, the birth of the Temple Faith.
BDr900 years ago or so, wandering monks came to the Far East to establish temple beliefs.
BDr1100 years ago, the ninth generation outer court disciples of Yunyou monks came to the snowy ice plains to spread ancestral worship.
BDr1150 years ago, the ninth generation outer court disciples of Yunyou monk led the White Wolf Clan, Hawkeye Clan and Snowmountain Clan to the northern continent, migrated to the central plains, merged with local small tribes, established the religion of the northern temple, and gradually formed the culture of the northern descendants.
BDr1200 years ago, the Lombardi family of the Western Continent abandoned the faith of Notre Dame and joined the great nobles such as Mordleton to join the faith of the Temple.
Around 1300 years ago, Notre Dame, which had lost most of its parishes in the Western Continent, was eager to develop believers. She sent missionaries to the Northern Continent to spread the glory of the gods in the southern plains, building the Divine Hall of Starlight and the Divine Hall of Prayer for Rain.
BDr1350 years ago, the Lombardi family crossed the ocean, led the army landed on the northern continent, chased away nomads, occupied the northern plains, and established the Golden Kingdom; At the same time, the northern survivors took in nomads who had been driven to the central plains.
BDr1700 years ago, the Northern Temple and the Far East Temple merged and communicated. The Northern Temple was renamed the Glorious Temple, and the Far East Temple was renamed the Ancient Temple.
BDr2100 years ago, the Ancient Era’s nuclear war broke out, nuclear winter approached, and humans hid in underground shelters.
BDr2200 years ago, planar cracks appeared and sandworms entered the Silver City world.
BDr2600 years ago, after the nuclear winter ended, the survivors of the north took the lead to walk out of the underground shelter and transform the desolate world.
BDr2700 years ago, insecticides appeared.
About 2800 years ago, the Lombardi family walked out of the underground shelter and had a fierce conflict with the survivors of the north led by Northess for land ownership in the northern plains. They called for help from the western and central continents and started the war of sobbing blood.
BDr2810 years ago, after the Battle of Tears of Blood ended, the Northern Remnants led by Northess returned two thirds of the Lombar Family’s northern plains under the coordination of the Temple of Glory and the Temple of Glory.
BDr3000, the three great beliefs jointly established the resurrection calendar year.
Dr3498, Mass Production of Psionic Power Armor (Vol. I, Section 22, Historical Story by Yoga Lombar).
Dr3531, Battle of the Final, Great Prophet’s fall, Temple of Glory’s destruction (179 years ago, Dr3710, vol. IV, vol. 1, Memories of Cozan Blood Wolf).
Dr3539, Silver City Rising.
Dr3692-08-12, Old Man Tie picked up Tie Zha.
Dr3700-10, Tie Zha about 8 years old, Muyu Ling Lan about 7 years old, Old Man Tie died (Vol. II, sect. 13, Memories of Muyu Ling Lan).
Dr3706-03, Tie Zha, about 15, and Lena, about 17, arrived in Tieshan Town (Vol. II, sect. VI, Vol. III, sect. 38, Memories of Tie Zha).
Dr3709-05, Tie Zha about 17 years old, met You Ge about 18 years old, Lena about 20 years old.
Dr3709-07, reencounter Muyu Ling Lan, borrow troops to hunt the Golden Sandworm.
Dr3709-09, Winter in Tieshan Town.
Dr3709-12-26, Tie Zha, Old Bull Assassinates Karl Leylin (Rain Prayer Festival).
Dr3710-01, Tie Zha arrives at Luoyan Town.
Dr3710-02, Tie Zha arrives in Iceland. Tie Ling is about 12 years old.
Dr3710-05, Tie Zha arrives at the Temple of Glory.
Dr3712-08, total solar eclipse, Cozan sacrifice, Tie Zha heading west.
Dr3712-09-02, Opening Ceremony of Central Silver City Military Academy, 983 years old.
DR 3712-10-27, Tie Zha heads to the dark jungle.
Dr3712-11-26, Dark Jungle War.
Dr3713-01-03, the Wolf Legion arrives at Sand Wind Castle.
Dr3713-01-25, Tyre Stronghold Guard Battle begins.
Dr3713-02-1, Tie Zha and You Ge meet.
Dr3713-02-14 (Valentine’s Day), Wilderness Knights appear on the world stage.
Dr3713-05-05, 10:00 a.m., Mu Yu Ling Lan entered the Divine Rain Prayer Palace and became the 313th Rain Prayer Sacrifice
Dr3713-09-01, 984th year of the Central Silver City Military Academy, on the night of the annual dance.
Dr3713-12-9, Tie Zha and You Ge break off.
It was updated early today. On the one hand, it was a large chapter, with nearly five thousand words. On the other hand, I have attached the Silver City Almanac to make it easier for everyone to understand the history of Silver City.
The calendar is available on Zongheng Chinese Web site “Related Information” and is posted here so that more friends can see it.
Actually, at the main station, apart from the almanac, there were also various materials, such as the “Classification of Evolution”, the “Three Faith Frameworks”, the “Major Group Companies”, the “Mecha and Power Armor Materials”, the “Tieshan Town External Chapter”, and so on. Everyone is welcome to visit the main station for free.