Chapter 694: Section 481: The Heir of Experience
A stream trickled past the brownish-yellow wooden house, its water crystal clear to the bottom.
A rainbow of seven colors hung high in the midair.
Snow Peak had now become a distant sight.
The members of the Saber Gang had already arrived inside the wooden house.
Here, the Spring Boxer slowly opened his eyes and began to regain consciousness, “Where am I?”
The Ice Eagle stood by his bedside and answered him.
Then, the Ice Eagle asked the Spring Boxer, “How do you feel?”
The Spring Boxer still looked somewhat bewildered, “It seems I had a dream. In the dream, I was in an army fighting a group of giant ice wolves.”
“What’s strange is that the fighting energy I used was the Gang Leader’s snow combat skill.”
The Ice Eagle nodded, “That is Teng Donglang’s combat experience. Since you became his Coffin Carrier, his ice coffin has now been placed in the Divine Country of Anqiu. In the coming period, you will gradually receive many of his combat experiences, including how to use combat skills, how to cultivate, how to lead troops in battle, and so on.”
“This is the significance of him appointing you as his Coffin Carrier.”
The Spring Boxer’s eyes widened in surprise at this secret.
Suddenly, his face showed a sorrowful expression. He missed Teng Donglang terribly, who had provided him with much care, and even in death, the Spring Boxer was still being looked after by Teng Donglang.
“Live well with Teng Donglang’s experience and strive to become stronger. Only by doing so can you live up to the earnest hopes Teng Donglang had for you,” encouraged the Ice Eagle to the Spring Boxer.
The Spring Boxer urgently asked, “When will the Gang Leader be able to resurrect?”
The Ice Eagle hesitated for a moment but ultimately decided to tell the truth, “I regret to say that he may never be resurrected. The moment you began to absorb Teng Donglang’s lifelong experiences signifies that his soul has started to dissipate in the Divine Country of Anqiu. These precious combat experiences come from his memories, which reside within the soul. A soul without memories will forget who it was in life.”
The Spring Boxer’s mouth fell open, he hastily said, “Then I would rather not have such combat experience, I want the Gang Leader’s resurrection!”
The Ice Eagle shook his head, “This is not something we can do just because we want to. In fact, I have never heard of anyone I’m familiar with being resurrected in the Divine Country of Anqiu. In my view, the true meaning of the Divine Country of Anqiu is to preserve the combat experiences of ancestors and transmit them to the next generation of successors. You are Teng Donglang’s chosen Coffin Carrier, his successor. Therefore, the better and stronger you live in the future, the more it proves the correctness of Teng Donglang’s choice. Do you understand what I mean?”
The Spring Boxer silently shed tears. After a moment, he heavily nodded, accepting the harsh reality.
With a sigh, the Ice Eagle patted his shoulder and led him out of the wooden house to the green grass in front of it.
There, Cang Xu gathered everyone together and introduced them to the fact that “the Spring Boxer has just received Teng Donglang’s combat experience during his lifetime.”
This caused astonishment among the crowd.
“Is there really such a miraculous thing?”
“To be able to share one person’s combat experience with another, saves so much time.”
“A successor could spend all their time in cultivation. These excellent combat experiences could instantly transform a battle greenhorn into a seasoned veteran, or even stronger.”
The crowd discussed animatedly.
Lan Zao felt a wave of suspicion in his heart, as he thought of the Memory Creation Device on the Deep Sea Monster Fish.
As one of the survivors, Lan Zao also knew the role of the Memory Crystal.
He mused, “Compared to the Memory Crystal, the role of the Divine Country of Anqiu seems more like the Big Arena Badge held by our squad leader.”
Naturally, Lan Zao made some connections.
In truth, the nature of all three was concerning the soul.
The survivors obtained the Memory Creation Device from the War Merchant, and they speculated that this alchemy device was very likely purchased from the Undead Faction by the War Merchant.
The Memory Creation Device originated with the Undead Mages, the Divine Country of Anqiu – the kingdom of the God of Duels, and the Big Arena Badge from the Demon God Nu Tan.
Whether it was the Undead Mages or the deities, they could delve into the secrets of the soul. It was not rare to extract combat experiences from the soul.
After the Ice Eagle finished introducing what had happened to the Spring Boxer, he meaningfully swept his gaze over everyone and said, “You too can achieve this.”
This statement greatly surprised everyone.
The Human Race leader quickly asked, “Ice Eagle, what do you mean?”
The Ice Eagle explained in detail, “Although there are only 38 tombstones on the Divine Country of Anqiu, in reality, many people have been buried here in the past. It’s just that when their bodies and souls have completely dissipated, their tombstones also disappear.”
“It’s hard to imagine how many strong fighter’s combat experiences are contained within the Divine Country of Anqiu.”
“And these experiences are not like Elemental Crystals, which are completely used up after being utilized. Instead, they’re like knowledge in books, capable of existing here for a long time.”
“Being in the Divine Country, we too can draw from this knowledge and experience.”
“And the only prerequisite to doing this is one.”
“That is — to convert and to believe in the God of Duels!”
The members of the Saber Gang fell silent.
“I am expected to convert…”
“How could that possibly be done?”
Conversion was exceedingly difficult.
Some of those present had believed in only one deity from childhood, with a very strong faith.
However, there were also others whose faith was superficial and who were indifferent to adopting another belief; it didn’t seem to be a big deal for them.
On the surface, the Human Race chief showed signs of being moved, but in his heart, he had fully understood the purpose of Ice Eagle’s gathering.
“He wants to use faith to screen for talent and guard against potential moles.”
“Although I’ve successfully infiltrated the Divine Country of Anqiu, my current situation seems a bit perilous!”
The Human Race chief and Shuang Tu were from the same organization. However, due to the urgent circumstances at the time, the chief had always been stationed within the Saber Gang’s stronghold, preventing effective communication between them.
Shuang Tu, as the mastermind, had united the vast majority of Silver Level forces to besiege the Saber Gang. At a critical moment, he had spared no expense, employing a costly object, causing the summoned Divine Country of Anqiu to surge in might and sweeping everyone within and around the Saber Gang’s base.
Therefore, for the Human Race chief, entering Anqiu was also an accident.
“This is an important secret place of the enemy. It was hard for me to enter, but leaving will probably be even more difficult!” the Human Race chief had already begun to realize.
Ice Eagle, with a smile on his face, looked around at the members of the Saber Gang and said in a gentle tone, “I am not forcing you to convert, but just reminding you: we will be living here for a while.”
“During this time, even if you do not believe in the God of Duels, being in the Divine Country of Anqiu will still infuse you with some combat experience. When these situations arise, do not be overly surprised.”
“The key point is, if you believe in the God of Duels, the efficiency of this experience infusion will be higher. The deeper your faith, the more combat experience you will draw from Anqiu, and the greater the benefits you will receive.”
“There’s even a chance that you could become a Holy Fighter of the God of Duels, and earn the right to be buried in Anqiu after death.”
“You all know the legends, although only a certain probability, but warriors buried here do indeed have a chance to be resurrected!”
The surroundings fell silent.
Everyone was actively digesting the meaning of these words.
After finishing, Ice Eagle dismissed the crowd.
The Saber Gang members began to practice eagerly around the cabins.
After inspecting for a week, Ice Eagle returned to the cabin.
Inside the cabin, facing the Ice Peak through the window, he kneeled in prayer, reporting the situation where the tombstones of the Axe Gang Gang Leader and two others had developed cracks.
“Perhaps others had already noticed this situation.”
“No matter what happens, the bodies of the Axe Gang Gang Leader and the others should be sought after as much as possible. However, this is no longer something I can intervene in.”
In a high-end inn in Snow Rabbit City of the Ice Sculpture Kingdom,
Zi Di looked at the three bodies in front of her with a complicated expression: the Axe Gang Gang Leader, Lin, and Jia Bing.
These three bodies were materials of the Golden Level.
When Zong Ge brought them back, Zi Di had already treated them urgently. During the treatment, she had noticed some strange peculiarities.
After arriving in Snow Rabbit City, Zi Di thoroughly processed the three bodies and confirmed that there was something unusual about them.
“Normally, when people die, their souls are taken away by the deity they believe in, or if not, they fall into the Abyss. In any case, the spirit quickly separates from the body.”
“But it was not so with these three. They all bore traces of Divine Arts, which bound their spirits within their bodies. Although their souls are dissipating, the process is very slow.”
“Perhaps Teng Donglang’s situation is the same as theirs.”
Zi Di naturally thought of Teng Donglang.
Because she had also been part of the dock battle at Snowbird Port.
At that time, a Rocket Assault Boat had run aground midway, and to rescue Teng Donglang’s ice coffin on the Rocket Assault Boat, Ice Eagle and others had already reached Feng Lian’s pirate ship but still turned back, not stopping until retrieving the ice coffin.
The ice coffin sealed the body of Teng Donglang. Although he was already dead, he still had great significance for the Saber Gang.
Now, linking past and present, Zi Di surmised: Teng Donglang’s situation was probably similar to these three!
“Does that mean, the reason we were attacked was because the squad leader killed Teng Donglang?”
“Teng Donglang seemed to be just the Gang Leader of the Saber Gang, but behind the scenes, he must have been a member of another large organization.”
“And members of this organization must share a common faith!”
As for what that faith was, Zi Di could not be certain.
She felt that the most likely candidate was the Snow Battle God.
This deity was one of the Main Gods of the Ice Sculpture Kingdom, and although a deity of war, was more focused on Snowfield combat.