Chapter 1273: Spirits Of The Ancestors (2/2)
Li Qiye shouted: “Where are my generals of the Indomitable Battalion?!” At this time, the crow on the back of the seat suddenly came back to life. It spread its wings and covered Li Qiye completely while flying above him.
This was initially a carved image of a crow, but it suddenly came back to life. It poured down one holy, untouchable law after another.
“Splas.h.!.+” The part of the lake that faced the chamber had bubbles and waves everywhere. Four st.u.r.dy figures emerged from the lake.
These four came into the chamber. They were made from the lake water, so they were sparkling and translucent.
The crowd became astonished the moment they saw the faces of these figures made from water. One person glanced at the portraits along the wall and screamed: “Ancestors!”
Though there were many portraits on the walls, the paintings of these four were bigger than the others. Without a doubt, their status was much higher as well.
At this time, the members here found four particular portraits that matched these figures. They were the first forefathers of the Lin, Zhang, Xu, and Hong Clans!
“Our ancestors’ spirits!” Hong Tianzhu shouted while recalling what Li Qiye had said before. He quickly prostrated on the ground, bowing his head.
This scene was too shocking. Their oldest forefathers suddenly appeared in spiritual form. All the ancestors and lower-ranking members were scared out of their minds. They never thought that such a day would come.
“Ancestors…” After seeing Tianzhu kneeling on the ground, the other elders and protectors quickly followed suit.
“Unfilial b.a.s.t.a.r.ds!” The four men made of water released a shout that shook the mountains and rivers. They were existences that had once swept through the world. All the ancestors here s.h.i.+vered in the face of the pressure they let off.
The four Virtuous Ancestors turned pale and turned to flee. They had abandoned the iron creeds and the union — this was a clear violation of the ancestral teachings. They had a guilty conscience, so the appearance of these spirits made their souls fly away and scatter from fear. All they wanted to do was to get the h.e.l.l out of this place.
However, these water figures wouldn’t let them escape so easily. They casually reached out and the four weapons fell into their hands. This heralded the coming of four G.o.dly generals.
“Boom!” The weapons mercilessly suppressed this entire area and set off a monstrous battle aura.
“No…” The four Virtuous Ancestors had already lost their will to fight and couldn’t react in time. All four were swiftly suppressed by these weapons.
The water figures threw these suppressed ancestors down before Li Qiye.
Li Qiye stared and coldly uttered at the four Virtuous Ancestors on the ground: “The Dongting Lake of today and the Indomitable Battalion of past, what is the judgment in accordance to the iron creeds?”
The four water figures mercilessly replied: “Death!” At the same time, all the portals on the walls lit up. Every single one of them exuded an invincible battle aura. Ruthless laws emerged from these paintings, the symbols of their honest and incorruptible creeds within a martial order.
“Kneel!” Li Qiye’s eyes turned cold. The crow above his head exuded a supreme divine aura. It seemed like an eternal existence was coming back to life. This crow proceeded to glare at everyone present. At this time, Li Qiye’s words represented an untouchable will.
“Bang!” The four water figures kicked the ancestors, forcing them to kneel on the ground.
“Kneel!” Li Qiye s.h.i.+fted his attention towards the other ancestors from the great clans. At this time, all the elders and protectors were already prostrating while these ancestors were trembling with fear.
After seeing his cold glare and the iron creeds within the portraits, they didn’t dare to resist and immediately kneeled on the ground.
Li Qiye declared: “Abandoning the iron creeds, shattering the union, violating the ancestral teachings, what should the punishment be?”
“Clank! Clank! Clank!” Metallic reverberations came about. The iron creeds within the portraits intertwined to form a tiger tally with the word “death” on top of it. [1. The two-piece tiger tallies (hu-fu, 虎符 in Chinese) were used by kings or emperors to command and dispatch their army. The right piece was retained in the central government while the left piece was issued to the local officials or commanders. If someone wanted to dispatch the troops from a certain area, he had to show the right piece of the tiger tally in order to gain authorization; both pieces of the tally had to match each other. I thought a fox tally would be more fitting in terms of the context, but a tiger is the historical symbol.]
The word was full of blood and instilled fear into all the spectators.