Chapter 63 Anping Battle Site Inspection (1/2)

Chapter 63 – Anping Battle Site Inspection

December 20th.

Tong and his army withdrew back home. They were in the middle of preparing to move into Julu as they were waiting for Zhang Bao to come back.

Tong was expecting a decree from the emperor in January. Once his father had the title as the governor of Julu, he could march to Julu without getting the resistance from the local.

For now, he would patiently remain at home and would train his new recruits. The path to hegemony was still a long way to go, so he could not be rash.

Meanwhile, Tong activated his aura skill for one whole day to grind the skill EXP. The result of the grind amazed him.

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[Aura Mastery] LV.4 (16,400/80,000)

- Host emits an aura that will give status effects to allies and enemies.

- The skill can be turned on and off.

- The active skill [Calming Aura] will be applied to the host once the skill is equipped.

- The active skill [Healing Aura] will be applied to the host once the skill is equipped.

- The active skill [Intimidating Aura] will be applied to the host once the skill is equipped.

- The active skill [Weakening Aura] will be applied to the host once the skill is equipped.

Skill Cost: 1 Lifespan per one second of aura activation.

Skill Restriction:

- Effects cannot be applied to host.

- Aura radius is 250 meters around host. Effect applied to all allies and enemies.

[Calming Aura] Cannot be leveled up.

- All living beings in the radius become calm.

- Remove all negative and positive emotion from the effected targets.

Skill Restriction:

- Can only be used when [Aura Mastery] level 1 or higher was activated.

[Healing Aura] Cannot be leveled up.

- Increase the health and stamina regeneration rate of all living beings in the radius area.

Skill Restriction:

- Can only be used when [Aura Mastery] level 2 or higher was activated.

[Intimidating Aura] Cannot be leveled up.

- Instill fear to all living beings in the radius area.

Skill Restriction:

- Can only be used when [Aura Mastery] level 3 or higher was activated.

- Does not work against any opponent with stronger mental strength.

[Weakening Aura] Cannot be leveled up.

- Reduce all attribute to of all living beings in the radius area by 10%.

Skill Restriction:

- Can only be used when [Aura Mastery] level 4 or higher was activated.

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Each time Tong leveled up this skill, a new aura would appear. This skill was OP as Tong expected. However, he had to invest large amount of lifespans into it to make it effective. Tong had already spent 86,400 lifespans for activating this skill for a whole day, leaving him 188,172 lifespans remaining.

Tong stopped grinding to save up the rest of his lifespans for now. The last battle taught him that he might need it for his regeneration skill and other emergency usage.

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Anping County had been turned into a county full of tourists which was the result of Tong's promotion about the fortress and the battle story.

The story about a smaller size army defeating a bigger army always attracted the scholars, who aspired to become a strategist for nobles or a wise official in the imperial court.

However, the trenches were now filled with water because Tong did not want everyone to know how they were used in the battle. He wanted to fool the shallow scholars into making wrong assumptions, and Tong wanted to protect his core tactic. He might have to use the trench tactic again in the future.

All walls of the fort was repaired and was in the perfect state for another battle again. The garrison troops shut the doors of the fort, and not allowed anyone to get inside. Therefore, all tourist could only admire the fort from the outside.

There were many scholars and merchants that came to visit the Anping battle site as tourists. One peculiar young scholar also visited here. He was only a small child in the age of 10.

”This formation is an eye opener. It can be done this way.”

”The wings of the wall has a purpose in itself. But what is it?”

”The top of the wall only supports limited soldiers. Something is not right.”

”Something is lacking. I miss a puzzle.”

”The moat should not be filled with water like this. This is wrong.”