Volume 32, Chapter 416.1: Recruit Tang Dong (2/2)

A tall gravestone appeared in the distance. This gravestone was at least two meters tall, and both wide and spacious. Its surroundings were renovated and ornamented with granite and seemed fine and exquisite. There were even carvings of the Emperor Beast on the gravestone’s surface, watching over the one interred there.

There was a grave behind this stone, also constructed from granite.

Huo Yuhao’s eyes grew wet when he saw this gravestone. He took a few quick steps forward, and the writing on the gravestone’s surface was clearly presented to him.

“The Grave of my Wife, Huo Yun.” Dai Hao’s name was etched below this inscription.

This was the grave of Huo Yuhao’s mother, but it was very different from when he had departed this place.

Back then, he was still young and didn’t have the means to give his mother a grand burial. He could only use a wooden grave marker that he had carved and sculpted with his own hands, and some loess.

At this moment, his mother’s gravestone had been renovated, but it was still located where it used to be. However, it looked entirely different from before.

He had not been back here before, and now someone had renovated his mother’s grave. Huo Yuhao was a little dazed as he slowly knelt down in front of his mother’s gravestone. The roiling hatred and vengeance in his heart subconsciously dampened, but tears surged out uncontrollably as he placed his head down in front of his mother’s gravestone and sobbed loudly.

“Mom! Mom, I’m back! I’m here to see you!” Huo Yuhao had been gone for so many years, and this was the first time that he had returned to pay respects to his mother. His heart was full of guilt.

Huo Yuhao had become increasingly powerful over the years and had worked so hard that he almost didn’t rest at all. He didn’t even dare to think about his mother, because he was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to resist the impulse to avenge her.

More than eight years had gone by since he had left this place. Huo Yuhao had transformed from a weak child to a powerful Soul Sage with twin martial souls after eight years, and everything had changed. He finally had the courage to come back and pay his respects to his mother.

His greatest wish was to avenge his mother, and for the White Tiger Duke, Dai Hao, to kneel in front of his mother’s grave and repent.

His mother’s grave had been renovated, and Dai Hao had rebuilt her gravestone and called her his wife. That was always what mom wanted the most!

But why didn’t Dai Hao do that for her all those years ago? He never visited us, and you had to die so violently in the end...

Huo Yuhao’s longing and yearning for his mother, and the grief carried deep within his heart surged forth continuously, and manifested as tears that splattered all over his mother’s gravestone.

The pressure that he had to bear in his heart over these days, his longing for Dong’er, and his guilt towards Qiu’er seemed to be released through his bitter sobs as his tears flowed uncontrollably.

Huo Yuhao laid down on his mother’s gravestone and fell asleep at some point, and this nap was exceptionally sound and steady.

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He had a dream... he dreamed that his mother was back, and the White Tiger Duke had his hand wrapped around his mother’s waist. The White Tiger Duke had a warm and faint smile on his face he softly called out her name, while his mother’s expression was full of bliss and happiness as she leaned into the White Tiger Duke’s embrace.

Unfortunately, it was all just a dream. Dawn broke on the second day when Huo Yuhao woke up from his dream, his clothes were wet from morning dew, but he felt as if all his grief and despondency had drained out through his tears.

Huo Yuhao knelt down in front of his mother’s gravestone again and kowtowed nine times solemnly.

Huo Yuhao lowered his voice and said, “Don’t worry, mother. I will always remember this hatred, and I will prove to that person that your son is stronger than he is. I can do what he can, and one day, I will return to this place, the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion, rightfully and fairly, and I will tread on every single one of them. I will make everyone repay you with ten times, a hundred times the hurt that they caused you. I will force the White Tiger Duke to welcome you back into the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion and admit that you are his official wife. I will force him to kneel down before your grave to repent!”

Huo Yuhao took out the offerings that he had prepared after his speech and laid them out before his mother’s grave, one by one. He kowtowed heavily a few more times before he stood up. He turned away, yet glanced at his mother’s gravestone because he couldn’t bear to leave. He wiped the tears from his face, and his eyes became resolute and determined once more as he strode off into the distance.

He didn’t proceed towards Star Luo City. Instead, he picked up his pace as he traveled west. He ran some distance before unleashing his flying-type soul tool and flying rapidly into the distance.

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After two hours, he stopped at a mid-sized city within the Star Luo empire. He created a new identity for himself and purchased documents for thirty golden soul coins, having a light meal before he resumed his journey.

Imperial Radiant City was located in the Star Luo Empire’s northwestern corner and was less than a hundred kilometers away from the Ming Dou Mountain Range. It was less than five hundred kilometers from the Heavenly Soul Empire’s borders and was one of the Star Luo Empire’s important strongholds to defend against the Sun Moon Empire. This city was one of the most important cities in charge of resupply for the front line camps.

There were two reserve legions stationed in this city.

Reserve legions typically had one and half times the troops that regular legions had, and they went through tough and strict training, just like the regular legions. As soon as the regular legions suffered losses on the frontlines, these reserve legions would muster the soldiers to replenish the regular legions.