Chapter 1058, Too Shameless!

178 The memorial clock of the fortress also carried the role of chiming the time, in this era when watches were not yet popular, the sound of the clock represented people’s concept of time.

While Ren Xiaosu and Zhang Jinglin were talking, a combat team from the garrison came to the square, they first saluted Ren Xiaosu and Zhang Jinglin, and then went to the bronze bell and struck it seventeen times.

It was now 17:00 in the afternoon, and people used this to check their time.

The magnificent and melodious sound of the bell vibrated outwards, and Ren Xiaosu stood in the sound of the bell, feeling the setting sun of the evening shining on her.

At this time, Ren Xiaosu discovered that the eleven gray stone monuments were oriented in a particular way, with the front facing east and the back facing west, and no matter whether it was sunrise or sunset, the sunlight would always pour over them.

Under the light of the setting sun, the gray smooth stone monuments looked like they were coated with a layer of golden light, unusually gorgeous.

Only when the bell fell, Ren Xiaosu suddenly heard someone speak: ”That kid is the next commander of our fortress, right? Looking a bit young, is he reliable?”

“I think it’s okay,” a human voice replied, “A while ago, there were couples chatting in the square, and I heard them talking about this kid, and it’s said that he’s especially good at fighting.”

“Able to fight? I’m also very capable of fighting!”

“You don’t count, he’s a Transcendent, we didn’t have Transcendents back then!”

“We had them back then too, the knights were pretty fierce back then, have you forgotten? There were more than thirty knights at that time, but now there are only twelve knights left?”

“Can you compare yourself to a knight? We are all ordinary people, even if we were alive, we wouldn’t be able to beat this kid.”

“What’s the point of being a commander who can fight, a commander relies on wisdom!”

“Hey, I say, you junior, why do you always like to argue with me? I’m more than forty years older than you, speak politely, don’t keep raising hell with your elders!”

“Pull back, we are both buried in the ground, what’s the point of talking about elders, let’s compare our military achievements, I’m the one who blasted a sorcerer to death with a single shot, have you blasted a sorcerer to death?”

Ren Xiaosu listened silently for a while, then looked around in surprise to see who was talking.

As a result, he looked around for half a day but realized that the residents of Fortress 178 behind him were all silent one by one, it was the time to pay tribute to the martyrs and everyone was in a state of silence.

Zhang Jinglin curiously said, ”What are you looking at? Let’s go and take a look at the bronze bell. You should have heard of it, the Northwest Army’s pioneers who sacrificed their lives on the battlefield, their remains will be buried outside Fortress 178, but we will bring back one of their teeth and bury them together under the bronze bell as a way to honor them. Of course, it also signifies that they continue to guard this land with their hot blood and heroic souls.”

Ren Xiaosu’s expression became strange when he heard the word heroic soul.

At this time, only to hear that if not the voice said, “Alright don’t chat, Zhang Jinglin that kid brought another kid over, wait for them to bow and leave before we chat.”

“What are you afraid of, it’s not like they can hear us.”

The sound was very noisy, and when there were many people talking, Ren Xiaosu even had to work very hard to distinguish what they were saying.

The closer Ren Xiaosu got to this bronze bell, the more odd his expression became.

However, he did not say anything more, and only bowed deeply before turning to leave with Zhang Jinglin.

As they left, someone said underneath the bronze bell, “Hehe, why do I feel as if that kid can hear what we’re saying?”

“Bullshit, the yin and yang are separated, how could he hear?”

“But just now when Old Li was telling a cold joke, I saw the corner of this kid’s mouth twitch!”

“Don’t think about it, I guess this kid has peripheral nerve necrosis or something, that’s why the corner of his mouth twitched!”

Ren Xiaosu suddenly asked after leaving with Zhang Jinglin, “Mr. Zhang, when do we depart for the sentry post?”

“Tomorrow morning at 6 o’clock, you and I will hike 41 kilometers to reach the first sentry post,” Zhang Jinglin smiled, “This journey will be long, but it will be meaningful.”

“Uh, okay,” Ren Xiaosu glanced back at the bronze bell behind her and followed Zhang Jinglin to his temporary accommodation.

The bell stopped ringing after ten o’clock at night, and would not ring again until six o’clock the next morning so as not to disturb everyone’s rest.

At 2 o’clock in the morning, Ren Xiaosu silently tumbled out from the window of the guest house, sneaking all the way and quickly approaching over in the direction of the bronze bell.

When his figure came to the square, the voice that was if anything even sounded again, “Huh, you guys look, why is that kid sneaking back alone again, what does he want to do?”

“Is it to honor us once more? Did our heroic deeds move him?”

“Don’t be so self-absorbed here, I think he has another purpose!”

“Wait, do you guys remember that I said in the afternoon that he might be able to hear us?!”

In an instant, all of the noisy voices of the Ying Souls used there disappeared, and everyone quietly watched Ren Xiaosu walk step by step, wanting to observe Ren Xiaosu’s movements.

Ren Xiaosu walked over to the bronze bell and smiled, “I can indeed hear you all.”

Almost at this instant, the voice under the bronze bell suddenly boiled over, “See, I told you so!”

“Crap!”

“Can this kid really hear us? It’s too evil!”

“Is this kid a human or a ghost?”

“Ahem, everyone be serious, he can hear!”

For another split second, the voices all disappeared.

Eventually, a thick voice asked, “Why can you hear us?”

Ren Xiaosu thought for a moment and explained, “It’s probably because I have an ability to communicate with the spirits, but I’m also surprised that you guys are still here and haven’t dissipated.”

“Actually, we should have dissipated, it’s just that somehow, as more and more people came to pay tribute to us, and that more and more beliefs converged here, our consciousness gradually awakened. At first everyone found it boring, but then they found it quite interesting, and everyone was content to watch the days of Fortress 178 get better day by day.”

Ren Xiaosu froze for a long time, so it was the spontaneous sacrifices of the residents of the 178 Fortress Barrier that retained these spirits?

Surprisingly, it could still be like this!

Ren Xiaosu suddenly said, “Then are you guys interested in ‘coming alive’? This ability of mine is called the Ying Ling Shrine, and after you accept my call, you will be able to exist in the form of energy, and you can make physical contact with people, as well as continue to protect Fortress 178.”

However, he heard that thick voice actually reject Ren Xiaosu directly, “You’re asking so many of us to listen to the command of a fart-sized kid like you? Are you kidding me? How old are you, do you know how old we are?”

Ren Xiaosu curiously said, “How old is the oldest among you?”

“191 years old!” The thick voice said, “I’ve joined the army since the beginning of the wall’s construction, how can you ask me to listen to the command of a little doll like you? How old are you?”

Ren Xiaosu raised his eyebrows, “I’m over two hundred years old, why?”

The Ying Spirits:”????”

You don’t care if I’m right or not, I’m older than you now anyway!

“Bah, the brat is so damn shameless!”

“Blah blah blah blah!”

“Blah blah blah blah blah!”

“Get lost!”

“You’re too shameless, aren’t you!”

The thick voice interrupted the others again, then said to Ren Xiaosu, “You kid hurry up and get out of here, don’t come and take advantage of us!”