Chapter 274 – Silver Frost and Black Feathers (1/2)
Chapter 274 – Silver Frost and Black Feathers
Translated by: Berrrybunz
Edited by: XRCO, Natsuriayuko and De Andre
Ling Xu noticed Crane’s expression, stared intently at him, his palm involuntarily grasping the silver spear tightly.
Crane knew what was that!
Crane’s expression changed, he took a deep breath and nodded his head slowly, “I know this song.”
Ling Xu’s heart jumped immediately, hearing Crane’s confirmation.
“This song is from Aries constellation of The 12 Ecliptic Palaces, Silver Frost Mount’s troop song.” Crane’s expression become dull, exposing a pondering expression, “The 12 Ecliptic Palaces, had its ups and downs, prosperity and honor, decline and disgrace, some disappeared and some were destroyed, but there were those who rose up again. Very few people knew what exactly the 12 Ecliptic palaces were. The 12 ecliptic Palaces, does not only point to 12 constellations, it represents the 12 strongest types of Legacy, 12 long established Legacies.”
“Legacy? Is it a martial technique?” Tang Tian could not resist to ask.
“It can be considered to be.” Crane knew it was complicated, and Tang Tian would definitely not understand, so he continued, “Constellations would be destroyed and disappear, but these legacies, would be passed down.”
“Even the recently established Leo Constellation, although Lion King Lei Ang is famous in the Heaven Road, but in truth very few people know that Lion King Lei Ang succeeded the Leo Constellations legacy. The old Leo Constellation was already destroyed for who knows how long, but when the Leo Constellation Legacy was passed down, it landed in Lei Ang’s hands. Lei Ang has great ambitions and high goals, with his own power, he created a brand new constellation in Heaven Road, which is how the strong Leo Constellation is one of the current 12 Ecliptic Palaces today. In this way, any undertaking that is placed in any generation would become the top amongst the rest. But for Aries Constellation, it is slightly different.”
No one would have thought that Crane would start on the topic of history, but they were still deeply absorbed into Crane’s stories.
“I have to say, when I saw the records, I always felt that Aries Constellation was a weird constellation. Aries Constellation had always been very strong, but, they had never been a Heaven Road Overlord. This was related to their philosophy, they firmly believed in the axiom of justice, so every generation of the Masters in Aries were all righteous and benevolent people. Although the Masters of Aries were always the weakest in the 12 Ecliptic Palaces, the weird thing was weird, no one looked down on Aries Constellation, and that was because the Guardians of the Aries Constellation were the Silver Frost Mounts.”
Ling Xu’s breath suddenly quickened.
Crane glanced at Ling Xu, and continued, “Silver Frost Mounts, donned silver armor and silver spears, rode on Sword horned Snow sheep. They were the strongest army in every generation. The history of the Silver Frost Mounts was as long as the Aries Constellation itself, and they should be the true successors of the Aries Constellation legacy. Until now, the Silver Frost Mounts had produced 296 spear saints. Spears from Aries, this phrase had been used in every generation, and was never wrong.”
Tang Tian and Ling Xu’s mouth and eyes were wide open.
Spear saints, were an honored position, whichever generation it was in, the number of them could be counted with one hand. Who knew that the term “Spear Saint” would actually be given to over a hundred people.
An oppressive feeling choked everyone of them.
Crane exposed a bitter smile, and waved his head, “Very scary right! The Silver Frost Mounts ruled that only spear saints had the qualifications to lead the troops. The generation in which the silver frost mounts were the strongest, they actually had nine spear saints! In the history of Aries Constellation, before 300 years ago, they were hailed as the [Silver Frost Generation].”
Everyone were flabbergasted, and could not say anything.
“But 300 years ago, there was finally a change.”
“What change?” Ling Xu asked anxiously.
“Roughly around 300 years ago, two spear geniuses appeared in the Silver Frost Mount. Gu Nan and Lian Yu, both of them were outstanding geniuses, and since birth, they were as close as brothers. The future master to wield the power of the Silver Frost Mounts, everyone always thought it would be contested between the two of them. But Life is always unfair, in one of the missions, Gu Nan died, and his body was not found. Lian Yu became the master of the Silver Frost Mounts in the end, and three years later, the Master of Aries Constellation Sang Ming Kong died of an illness, and his barely 19 years old son became the Master of Aries Constellation. Since that went against the tradition of the Aries Constellation, it caused many people of the Silver Frost Mounts to be unhappy. Two years later, Aries Constellation had a war with another constellation, and the Silver Frost Mounts were caught in an ambush, resulting in the destruction of their army. Lian Yu was sorrowful, but decided to set up a new army, called the Black Feathers Mount. 46 years later, Lian Yu became sick. Three months before he passed away, the Sang family place broke out in fire, and no one escaped. Six months later, Lian Yu’s son Lian Yong Cheng, was pushed to be the master of Aries Constellation.”
“Lian Yu was very ambitious, and his spear techniques far exceeded ordinary saints. For the sake of weakening Aries Constellations legacy power, he created the [Black Feathers Spirit Subduing Spear], which became Black Feathers Mount’s legacy, and Silver Frost Mount’s legacy slowly disappeared. After him, Aries Constellation entered the [Black Feathers Generation], and the current Aries Constellation is under the hands of Lian Yu’s descendants. In the [Black Feathers Generation], Aries Constellation became more vicious, with rapid growth, and is currently one of the strongest Constellations. Leo, Sagittarius, Aries, it is now ranked third.”
Seeing Ling Xu’s pale face, Crane sighed, “Ling Xu, if I did not guess wrong, you are possibly from Gu Nan’s lineage. At that time when I was reading the records, I suspected that Gu Nan did not die. Since this is so, your Pointed Sea Spears could possibly be Aries Constellation [Aries Spears of Stars].”
“Aries Spear of Stars?” Ling Xu was stunned, and he suddenly turned to Bing.
Bing had said that name before.
Bing’s voice came out from Sky Tiger, “That’s right. In my time, the Aries Spear of Stars was the Aries Constellations strongest martial technique.”
“I think your teacher changed its name in hopes that you do not attract the attention of Aries Constellation.” Crane spoke gently, “Lian Yu purged all of Silver Frost Generation’s scars and traces. And because the damage was too severe, Aries Constellation spent a long time recovering. Although the it has already been 300 years after Lian Yu, I feel that the Lian family descendants are all guarded against the Aries Spear of Stars, and would never overlook anything. So your teacher changed it to Pointed Sea Spears. But there is also the possibility that your teacher does not know anything, Gu Nan had been gone for so long, Aries Spear of Stars, this name, would only provoke more murders and disasters.
“Why didn’t Gu Nan take revenge?” Tang Tian did not understand: “That Lian Yu Definitely did something.”
“Who knows.” Crane sighed: “Maybe he suffered an injury, Lian Yu’s was meticulous in his plans, and once he set them in motion, it was difficult to escape from them.”
Ling Xu was shocked.