Distant Mountain Battle Song

Chapter 221 Who is the ultimate master of deception?

"Therefore, the Fire Clan's treasury belongs to you personally, and has nothing to do with the Lord or with us."

The things you produce now are truly the Lord's because they use the secret formulas, materials, and manpower provided by the Lord.

The only thing your Fire Clan can make the Lord covet is people. That's why I asked you if you wanted to kill Lord Huoming and become the clan leader yourself.

Huo Liao asked in confusion, "Don't you want the Fire Clan's treasury?"

Feng An said, "If the master wanted you, he would have whipped and beaten you the first time he saw you. How could he have let you stay here peacefully until now?"

Huo Liao scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly and said, "We can't get anything out of you with whips and sticks. Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. You want the Fire Clan's manpower, don't you?"

Feng An nodded and said, "There are countless construction sites around here now, so of course we need manpower."

"You want the Fire Clan members who were driven out by my father and Lord Huoming before?"

Feng An sniffed and asked, "How's the cooking?"

Huo Liao laughed and said, "His skills are unquestionable, otherwise he wouldn't have been ostracized from Danwang Mountain by my father and Huo Minggong."

Feng An said, "It seems your father isn't a good person either."

Huo Liao gave a bitter smile and said, "Parents plan far ahead for their children. You can say whether it's good or bad, but I can't."

Feng An stood up, patted Huo Liao's broad shoulder, and said, "Then hurry up and bring them back. We're desperate for manpower. I'll ask you one last time, do you want the lord to kill Huo Minggong to avenge your parents?"

Huo Liao sighed deeply, as if exhaling all the pent-up frustration in his chest. After a long while, he said, "When I was little, my father was very busy, and my mother was often sick. I lived in Huo Ming Gong's house and slept in the same bed and ate from the same pot with my four cousins. My aunt treated me no differently than the other four cousins."

When Huo Minggong killed my parents and sister, I was filled with hatred and wished I could tear him to pieces... During this time, I have been very busy here, physically exhausted, but my heart is at peace.

I asked myself, if the Lord returns with the heads of Huo Ming Gong and his family of six, can I really be at ease?

My younger sister was beheaded, her head bouncing on the ground. Am I supposed to just kick around the heads of my younger cousins ​​like a ball?

Did I feel happy after doing that?
This scene has appeared in my dreams several times. The first time I was so happy, the second time I wasn't so happy, and the third time I couldn't bear to look at their bloody heads.

So, Feng An, let's just forget about it.

Huo Liao spoke calmly, without the slightest hint of resentment.

Feng An said incredulously, "Forget it? That's it?"

Frustrated, Huo Liao scratched his head and said, "How about we catch them and beat them up, like you said, with whips and sticks?"

Feng An stammered, "This kind of thing usually involves killing someone..."

Huo Liao jumped up in a fit of rage, pointing at Feng An and cursing, "What can I do? It was Huo Minggong who killed my parents and caused my little sister's death. Why should I suffer unbearable pain? Killing Huo Minggong's whole family is everyone's hope. Has anyone thought about me?"

Huo Minggong's entire family is dead, and I will be devastated once again.

I finally found hope, peace, and the things I love to do here. Why do you have to make me feel so uneasy?

"I'll take care of my parents and younger sister after I die..."

Seeing Huo Liao begin to go berserk, Feng An took out a book from his pocket and handed it to the agitated Huo Liao.

Upon seeing the book, Huo Liao immediately quieted down, glanced at the cover, and exclaimed, "Advanced mathematics? What is this?"

Feng An, chewing on a bean, said, "My lord said that if you are in too much pain, then treat this book like Huo Ming Gong and study it to death. My lord said that after you finish this book, you will be a unique master craftsman in this world."

Why is such a precious book in your possession?

"The Lord said that if I can master this book, I will stand on the clouds and look down at the world below."

"Did you finish it?"

"No, even though this book teaches us advanced mathematics in a simple and easy-to-understand way, I still can't understand it. To be honest, I hope you can understand it. I really, really hope you can understand it and become the most brilliant master craftsman in the world in the future."

Huo Liao carefully wrapped the book in his clothes and, without saying goodbye to Feng An, delivered it to his bedroom.

Feng An decided that from now on, he would never mention avenging Huo Liao's parents again, because hatred was nothing compared to a great goal. Yun Ce casually flipped through the "Tree Tub Memorandum" that Feng An had given him and asked, "Huo Liao really doesn't want revenge anymore?"

Feng An cupped his hands and said, "Reporting to the patriarch, I think it is good for Your Majesty to have a subordinate who is kind-hearted enough to forgive a mortal enemy. This is also a good thing for him, so that he can be free from the torment of hatred and concentrate on his skills in the future. It is a great thing."

Yun Ce continued flipping through the "Tree Tuo Memorandum" and said, "What if this happened to you?"

Feng An shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I do not know. But considering that I was abandoned by my family and left to die, I think Huo Liao's choice was quite good."

Yun Ce closed the "Tree Tuo Memorandum" and said to Feng An, "I am different because I never take the initiative to forgive a person, let alone an enemy. Only when an enemy takes his last breath in front of me will I forget him, because once he is dead, there is no need to remember him."

Furthermore, you've been studying "Advanced Mathematics" extensively, but haven't you considered how someone who has never even seen "Basic Mathematics" can possibly learn "Advanced Mathematics"?

Feng An laughed and said, "What if you manage to learn it?"

Yun Ce recalled the experiences of the mathematical genius in his mind and felt that this was possible. What if Huo Liao was a mathematical genius that was one in a million?

Seeing that Yun Ce had nothing to say to him, Feng An bowed and withdrew.

As for the authenticity of the "Tree Tuo Memorandum," Yun Ce didn't ask, and Feng An didn't intend to say either. After ten people spent six days repeatedly questioning, recording, searching for loopholes, and digging to the bottom of things, Feng An didn't believe that the guy who was being questioned, who was covered in grease, would lie under such circumstances.

For Yun Ce, this book was like Huo Liao getting "Advanced Mathematics"—he couldn't understand it either.

The main point is that the entire book is actually a song, a very long song, the content of which is all praising the Black Wind King, like a thunderclap in a clear sky, the Black Wind King descending from the sky, powerful and cool...

It's very similar to the Epic of King Gesar in Tibet. You could say that without the Black Wind King descending from the sky, everyone would have died.

"Advanced Mathematics" is too profound for people to understand, and "Tree Tuo Memorandum" is too vulgar for Yun Ce to understand. The former requires "Basic Mathematics" as a stepping stone, and the latter requires Yun Ce to live on Tian Ding Mountain for ten or eight years to figure out the meaning of those slang terms.

You can't ask Shu Tuo directly. If you do, that bastard will just spout nonsense. It's not that he wants to spout nonsense, the problem is, all he does is spout nonsense. What he says is far less truthful than the content of the song he sang.

In the early morning, the Shehuo festival brought another moderate rain to the Yun family manor. This kind of rain was perfect for irrigating crops. After the rain stopped, the sky was still overcast and the air was very humid. Yun Ce clenched his fist, and he forced out the moisture from the air inside. There wasn't much, just enough to moisten his palm.

Zhang Min returned last night with a letter from Chang'an.

The letter was written by Liu Changsheng. In the letter, the old man told Yun Ce that he was conducting some interesting experiments and would tell him the results once the experiments were effective.

The old man also subtly told Yun Ce in the letter that the Shehuo he possessed was different from all the Shehuo within the Great Han territory, and seemed to have a strong sense of autonomy. Given time, it might become the second Ancestral Fire.

In the letter, the old man also told Yun Ce that the dragon had always been there, but he didn't know where it was. He had sent people to search several places he thought might be hiding the dragon, but they found nothing.

He hoped that Yun Ce would take the opportunity to go and look for them. It was wrong for the dragon to send people here and then ignore them. Moreover, now that the human race was about to suffer a great calamity, the dragon could not stand idly by and do nothing.

Yun Ce felt that Liu Changsheng might be overthinking things. He had observed those things up close. The young ones, like Ao Bing, were still quite energetic and liked to interact with people. However, this kind of interaction was similar to a child teasing ants or bees with a twig, which could not be considered contact.

As for those adult dragons, they are powerful and glorious, but also indifferent and ruthless. Even if the human race is destroyed by the Ghost Fang, it is nothing more than an anthill being doused with boiling water. It is not a big deal.

Having understood these principles, Yun Ce felt that although Liu Changsheng was already over a hundred years old, he still maintained a childlike mentality. Yun Ce now hoped that he would not do anything like supporting Hei Feng in order to deal with Gui Fang. The ancestral land had enough history to prove that doing so would only make things worse.

After all, Yun Ce still doesn't know how many holes are in the soles of Hei Feng's feet.

Even after reading to the end, no information about Shen Lexi and her group was found in the letter. It seems that Liu Changsheng also knew that it was not appropriate to make his contact with the Guifang people public at this time.

This letter was clearly a one-way letter, meaning that Liu Changsheng did not expect Yun Ce to reply to him. In fact, it was already very rare for a high priest to take the initiative to write to him to explain some things.

As for the dragons, Yun Ce certainly knew. In the ancestral land, they hid in the great desert. In the Han Dynasty, heaven knows where they were hiding. Yun Ce had no mood or reason to search for the dragons. Those things were too powerful and too ruthless. What if he accidentally stepped on one and killed it?
Therefore, when Cao Kun visited the Yun family manor again, Yun Ce informed Cao Kun of the news that the dragon was in the Han Dynasty while they were in the hot spring.

Cao Kun was stunned by Yun Ce's words, and after a long while, he tentatively said, "That's impossible."

Yun Ce sat in the hot spring and said indifferently, "That's what High Priest Liu Changsheng said."

Cao Kun said in a bewildered voice, as if he were in a trance, "This is impossible..."

Yun Ce insisted, "That's what High Priest Liu Changsheng said. He even sent people to look for it, but they couldn't find it."

　carry on.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)