Chapter 5: Prelude to the Awakening Ceremony
"Miss, will the awakening ceremony continue after seven days? I'm afraid..."
"Go on, even if the city lord is gone, we can't mess up because of the city lord's disappearance, and we can't let the people of other main cities see jokes. Before the middle-aged man could finish speaking, the beautiful figure interrupted him with a strong speech. A gentle but tough voice came into his ears, making the middle-aged man in front of him feel a little ashamed of himself.
"Okay, you go down first! I want to be quiet for myself first, and you can arrange the spiritual awakening. The beautiful figure said softly, wanting to hide the sadness in his heart, the middle-aged man then nodded and slowly retreated.
Ye Qianqian looked at the direction of Donghu Lin and whispered in her heart: "Big brother, don't worry, from today onwards, I will fulfill your wish for you, and your ideals will be inherited by me." You must bless me in the kingdom of heaven, and bless us with a spirit king in Titan City, so that your wish will come true" Liu's beautiful figure stared closely in the direction of Donghu Lin, his fists clenched involuntarily, and tears involuntarily slid down his face.........
On the same day, the news of the death of the city lord spread throughout Titan City, and after the news was spread, the young lady also came forward to confirm the news in person, and also explained the real cause of the city lord's death.
In their hearts, Ye Zhentian is undoubtedly the hero who saved their lives, and the hero deserves to be mourned by the people, and they can't help but be full of reluctance to this deceased hero in their hearts. People are like this, they don't cherish when they are alive, and they don't know how to give up when they die.
The next day, when the gentle sun shone on the earth, everyone began to be nervous again, as if they wanted to use that busyness to forget the thrilling scene that happened yesterday. Donghulin is classified as a temporary forbidden area, and no one is allowed to enter, even the eldest lady. If there is a violator, there will be no forgiveness.
The eldest lady just wants to use this method to make people forget everything about yesterday. No one is allowed to go to the memorial service. But more often than not, she can't get over this hurdle by herself, and she is unwilling to accept this fact in front of her.
The East Lake Forest was still shrouded in a faint layer of black smoke, and countless dark black scorched earth covered the land, as if it had put a thin black robe on the earth, and there were even a few scorched earth exuding a scorching aura. A gentle breeze blew across the scorched earth, making the otherwise gentle breeze feel a little burning on the face.
The slightly pungent smell of charcoal lingers between the trees of the East Lake Forest, lasting for a long time. The crows and nightdoves hovered over the burned trees, searching for the corpses that had been burned in the fire and filling their long-emptied bellies.
Suddenly, a dark shadow in the sky swooped down, stretched out its sharp claws, and slammed into an ash under the tree. And the shadow was a black crow, whose claws caught into the scorched earth under the tree, and out of the scorched earth came a burnt rabbit.
The rabbit's fur curled up, curled up on its body. Hoping that it would survive, it was a pity that its hope was disappointed and lost its breath of life and became a corpse. The Crow seems to have a special sense of corpses, and it is rare to see a Crow fail to search for a corpse.
The rabbit was so large that the crow tried to flap its wings several times but could not fly, and in desperation, the crow had to eat on the spot, and the sharp crow beak pierced into the rabbit's flesh, and tore off a piece of flesh and meat to eat, feasting on it, and the blood splashed out of the rabbit's body, splashing on the black crow's beak.
The crows feasted on the scorched earth, ignoring everything around them, and even though there were many of their kind circling in the sky, they had no fear.
"Hiss" not far from the crow, a slightly raised mound of dirt launched a soft sound, after the sound of the mound, there was a little black sand on the mound of sliding, this extremely subtle movement did not cause the crow to move, and then, the pile of sand and gravel slipped more and more, a palm covered with dirt and oil poked out of the mound, and suddenly let the pile of sand and gravel slowly disperse to both sides.
"Goo~" The crow finally discovered the anomaly beside him, and after letting out a vigilant cry, he picked up his food and sank into the forest, disappearing with the crow. Another pitch-black palm poked out of the scorched earth. Those hands seemed to stretch out under the nine shadows, and people couldn't help but feel cold sweat on their backs. The sparse sand and gravel continued to spread out to both sides under the action of these hands.
A body with black mud on its head struggled to sit up from the mound. His face was covered by black sand, and only the dragon-shaped burns on his face could prove his identity, and this person was Li Ziyang, who escaped death in the fire wave.
His eyes slowly opened, and the dazzling sunlight made Li Ziyang can't help but squint his eyes slightly. After a long time, Li Ziyang got used to it, his eyes kept sweeping from the scorched earth around him, and his face suddenly became ugly, in his eyes, this place had become a purgatory on earth, not the paradise where he ate and lived, and his palms kept touching his arms and back, and he didn't find that he was missing that piece of meat, or what kind of limb.
There was no pain on his body as he imagined, and finally Li Ziyang had to sobble and say "Am I dead?", tears poured down, too many tears made his face covered with layers of dirt, and tears left two tear stains on his face.
"Am I just dead?" Li Ziyang muttered in a low voice, his weak heart couldn't bear such a blow, and the whole person became a little crazy, and his palms were deeply inserted into the soil, "I'm not reconciled, why? I don't know where my father and mother are! I'm not reconcile......d."
Li Ziyang cried loudly, but the voice was lost in the air, and the words shouted out in the cry were undoubtedly a kind of catharsis in the eyes of others, and some people might even talk crazy for crazy people.
"Goo" A black crow flew down from the sky, and it was a claw on Li Ziyang's head, it is estimated that it regarded Li Ziyang as a corpse, and the top of the head was caught, and a stinging pain came, Li Ziyang scolded: "Damn, get out of me!"
subconsciously stretched out his palm and slapped away at the black crow that grabbed one of his claws, but the black crow was too fast, making Li Ziyang pounce into the air, but the black crow was startled by Li Ziyang's such a quick counterattack, and flew into the air in a blink of an eye, letting out an unwilling wail.
"It hurts, this damn it!" Li Ziyang rubbed the top of his head in pain, "I didn't expect that a beast would bully me like this" punched the ground, and the violent shock force made Li Ziyang secretly feel pain, and he grinned in pain. "Wait!" Feeling the pain coming from his body, Li Ziyang suddenly realized something.
As he spoke, the two fingers of his right hand pinched a trace of flesh on his left arm. Then he rotated slightly, and the pain coming from the arm suddenly made Li Ziyang snort in pain.
"Dead people don't hurt, I'm not dead, haha, I'm not dead" Li Ziyang jumped up excitedly as he said it, completely ignoring the constant pain in his arm.
"It's good to be alive" Li Ziyang's words were full of hope, not at least the frustration in his words. People want to be alive, but who wants to die?
"But why am I fine?" Li Ziyang's gaze swept over the scorched earth. He didn't believe that he could easily resist the qi wave that could easily destroy the mountain, but he couldn't figure out why he could survive the qi wave and be strangely unharmed.
"Grunt!" the stomach sounded a protest voice towards Li Ziyang, causing Li Ziyang's stomach to shrink slightly. "Whatever! It's a good thing to be alive anyway, go eat when you're hungry!" After glancing at the scorched earth that was still emitting faint black smoke, Li Ziyang whistled and walked towards the place in his memory with his head in his hands......
With the preparation of the spiritual power awakening ceremony, the entire Titan City was once again busy, and Ye Zhentian's death was gradually forgotten.
People are like this, they are always able to quickly forget their sorrows and fill their lives with busy and more hopeful things. At this time, the Titan City is full of lanterns to welcome the annual spiritual awakening ceremony.
On the third day after the explosion, officials from the royal family climbed the threshold of the castle lord's palace, and no one knew what happened that day, only that the officials sent by the royal family left when the sun set, but the day after he left.
The royal family solemnly announced, "The sister of the original Phantom City City Lord will take over the position of the City Lord, and must lead the prosperity and development of Titan City, and because of the departure of Ye Zhentian City Lord, the royal family sent a special memorial message, wishing the deceased rest in peace, and ordered the reduction of 20% of the taxes in Phantom City within three years, which should be a gift to the new city lord." For a while, everyone praised the wise decision of the royal family, but it was only a tax reduction. For this female city lord, everyone is full of confusion and questions.
But no one is too entangled in all this, after all, the decision of the royal family is not something that ordinary people can comment on in vain. In the City Lord's Mansion, a figure dressed in white linen sat high above the lobby, and her beautiful face did not dare to be looked at directly.
I'm afraid that I will show something ugly in front of this beauty in the next moment. And she is Ye Qianqian, the new city owner of Phantom City. With her teeth lightly, Ye Qianqian asked the middle-aged man standing respectfully in the hall, "How is the preparation for the awakening ceremony?"
The refreshing sound spread through the hall, making people feel slightly numb.
"Report to the city lord, everything is in intense preparations, affected by the spiritual awakening ceremony, the floating population in the city is more than half of the original, many civilians in the four major towns have sent out a lot of children, and various big families have also sent a lot of children for the retest...!" the middle-aged man replied respectfully, knowing everything and reporting truthfully.
"Well, you've done a great job. Remember that as long as the teenagers who have reached the qualifications are eligible to participate in the awakening ceremony, they should not look down on people, and as for the re-examination of several major families, they are also allowed to compete. We have been preparing for this awakening ceremony for so long, there must be no mistakes, if someone dares to make trouble, you know what to do!" Ye Qianqian said in a cold voice. This cold appearance was seriously inconsistent with her delicate face.
"Hehe, don't worry!Lord City Lord, no one dares to make trouble at the awakening ceremony yet" The middle-aged man laughed softly, I'm afraid that the kind of person who dares to make trouble hasn't been born yet!
"That's the best, you go down and keep an eye on them and prepare!Don't make any mistakes!" Ye Qianqian rubbed her smooth forehead and said.
"Yes," said the middle-aged man and exited the lobby, and for a moment the hall became empty, and the needle drop could be heard. Ye Qianqian rubbed her smooth forehead and said to herself: "I hope that some good seedlings can appear this time!