Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1594: 1566. Faking Death and Taking Secretly

Ignoring Lan En who had no feelings about such a big thing as 'surrendering the state', Saito Yoshitatsu turned around and looked in the direction of Iwamura Castle.

On the twisted and torn terrain, the giant structure that was erected by the power of the spirit stone ten days ago now only had some debris near the ground, still standing. The rest had broken and fallen under the drag of gravity.

But just these debris, set on the sunken and undulating ground, are shocking.

"Have those wronged souls and filth been purified?" Saito Yoshitatsu said, gazing at the wreckage.

The weather is very good today, with bright sunshine, blue sky and white clouds, and the large golden patches of Miscanthus on the ground swaying slowly in the wind.

The wreckage in the distance is like the legacy and proof of an epic.

Lan En also stopped for this.

"I have seen it with several Yin Yang masters." He first said softly, and then with a joking tone, "You may not believe it, but I also presided over the funeral of the Son of God, so I am quite familiar with this business."

Saito Yoshitatsu nodded, said no more, and walked down the hill.

"Come to think of it, I haven't asked you yet." Lan En followed closely behind, raised an eyebrow and asked, "Who is older, you or Ah Xiu?"

The issue of the size of twins is always a matter of controversy in any family, especially among twins themselves.

“Hidechiyo” Saito Yoshitatsu paused for a moment, then continued, “It should be the elder sister.”

If it were in the past, Saito Yoshitatsu, who was competitive and tough in everything, would probably never put himself in the role of a weak "sister" no matter what.

But at this moment, beside Lan En, for some reason, she did it after hesitating for a moment.

It was as if she had changed into a kimono that she had never worn before these days.
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Seeing Saito Yoshitatsu coming back and finally no longer hiding from them, Saito Dosan's heart was filled with joy.

However, due to his inertia as a parent, he still had a stern face and it was difficult to tell whether he was happy or angry.

"sit down."

He casually ordered the seat next to him and greeted him as if Yilong had just gone out for a walk and was now back home.

No one at the scene dared to speak for a moment, until Saito Yoshitatsu followed Dosan's instructions and sat down, then a faint sound of relief could be heard.

Today, Iwamura Castle and even the entire Mino Province are healing the wounds of war and re-establishing order.

Saito Dosan did not dare to leave his two daughters, so he used Iwamura Castle as a place to handle government affairs.

Today, this hall where Lan En was entertained twice has been transformed into a clerical office, and those gathered here are all the top figures in Meinong.

"Although you were controlled by Master Guoxin, you were the one who started the rebellion." Saito Dosan's second sentence solidified the atmosphere again, "Tell the outside world that you have been taken away. Fake your death."

"I've given you a posthumous Buddhist name at Changzai Temple: Yunfeng Xuanlong Jushi."

Among the people present, Takenaka Hanbei was holding a memorial in his hand and smiling calmly, as if this scene was completely within his expectations.

Akechi Mitsuhide and Saito Toshizo had already put down the matters at hand and were looking at the internal coordination of the Saito clan, the head family, with some concern.

It was the first time that Fujiyoshiro and Wuming knew about the game of 'declaring oneself dead', and their mouths were opened wide for a moment.

Ah Xiu probably didn't know this before, but maybe Dao San had told her in advance, so she wasn't surprised.

Saito Yoshitatsu, who was wearing a pure black kimono that looked like mourning, seemed even gentler than A Xiu at this moment.

She pursed her lips and bowed to Saito Dosan and A Xiuyingying on the other side.

"Although I feel shameless, I am still very sorry! It is my fault, father, sister."

Saito Dosan still said nothing, but his eyes turned red and his hand under the table pressed on Saito Yoshitatsu's shoulder.

Ah Xiu was a little hesitant. After all, she was not as familiar with this sister as she was with Lan Enlai.

But under Lan En's encouraging gaze, she reached out and put her arm around Yilong's shoulders in a tentative, somewhat clumsy and hesitant manner.

Yilong and Axiu trembled at the same time when they had real physical contact with their sister for the first time. The strange feeling of blood connection between twin sisters sprouted from their hearts.

"It's good to be alive!" Saito Dosan said with some sobs, "It's good to be alive, Yoshitatsu! Yoshihide! You all have to be alive!"

Seeing that Saito Yoshitatsu had no objection, the solemn atmosphere in the room immediately disappeared.

"Goshin-ji!" Saito Dosan's tone was filled with a sinister vileness. "He not only controlled you, Yoshitatsu, but he also killed your mother and your sister once!"

"He raided your mother's house when Xiu was young. Xiu's aphasia was caused by the fact that he stabbed Xiu's neck!"

"No matter where he hides, we must crush him to ashes!"

Yilong stood up, turned his head to look at A Xiu, with a look of realization in his eyes.

"Is it true that she came back to life?" She confirmed to Ah Xiu, "I vaguely remember that day I once...

A Xiu couldn't speak, she just waved her hands quickly to indicate that she didn't care.

Resurrection from the dead is not a rare skill in this world. Strictly speaking, everyone who is blessed by the guardian spirit can stay in the gap between the human world and hell as long as they want. It is up to you to decide when you want to reincarnate.

The power of the guardian spirit is a force that penetrates time, space, and cause and effect.

However, most of the people who can be blessed by the guardian spirit are outstanding people with broad minds.

Death in this world is death, there is no need to dwell on it too much.

But it is really rare for someone like Ah Xiu to be resurrected without showing any signs of damage or weakness after his death.

Saito Dosan also studied Ah Xiu's condition.

On the surface, it seemed that it was the dagger on Ah Xiu's lower back that played a role in the process of resurrection.

However, this short sword is the inherited blade of the former leader of the Chuyeshi clan, and it was re-bound with the fragments of the blade after it was broken by Dao San.

Dao San didn't have this ability even when he was holding the complete Chuye Sword.

To sum up, it can only be the combined effect of Ah Xiu's own specialness and the fragments of Chu Yeshi's sword that gave her this almost unkillable power.

The first time she died in her life was when she was stabbed in the neck by the staff of Mr. Guoxin.

Later, even after being resurrected, he could no longer speak.

Seeing that the Saito family finally showed signs of easing up, Lan En withdrew from the hall.

He walked freely in the castle tower. By now, people in Iwamura Castle and perhaps the entire Mino Province probably regarded him as a high-ranking figure on their side.

Therefore, the journey was smooth and they arrived at the heavily guarded warehouse.

Lan En just nodded to the warriors in charge of guarding on both sides, and the two men immediately stood up straight as if they were being inspected!
He even opened the warehouse door for him personally.

The warehouse was not empty due to a recent war, but was full.

Because most of the space is occupied by the materials left behind after various monsters were killed, such as the fur of the monkey ghost, the twisted jaw of the hungry ghost, the wet hair of the wet woman, etc.

The blacksmiths who survived the Ta'er Mountain brought by Lan En also repaired a lot of weapons and equipment that could be salvaged and stored them here.

And they are still working overtime.

After all, this was the turbulent Warring States period. Mino Province had its own huge problems, so if it said it was not panicking when facing the surrounding countries, it would be a joke.

This is also the reason why Saito Dosan and his colleagues are busy day and night.

The [Mino Viper] that stole the country was almost overthrown by a monster in its own country. This was already big news.

And beside the huge wreckage caused by the spirit stone outside of Iwamura Castle, many ninjas and spies have been captured in the past few days.

But Lan En didn't come here for these materials and weapons, he went straight to the innermost part.

He found a large box with Yin-Yang magic talismans painted on it and tinkered with it. The moment he finally opened it, the entire warehouse, which was originally dim and dark, was filled with a dreamy golden light.

Lan En pulled a small leather bag with a cat's paw pattern from his belt, and was about to put the huge box into the small opening of the bag.

"Ah! Lord Lan! I'll do it, I'll do it~!"

Lan En turned around and found that Fujiyoshiro had stood at the door of the warehouse at some point, with his signature attentive smile on his old face.

He first shouted Lan En's name outside, and the two warriors at the door immediately knew that they were together, so they didn't stop him.

After coming in, the dreamy golden light reflecting everywhere made his eyes slightly dazed, but only for a moment.

Then he quickly ran inside and helped Lan En pour things into the cat's paw leather bag.

With his physique, he had to grimace in pain while carrying the boxes.

"Don't you want to ask me what I'm taking and what I'm doing with it?"

Lan En controlled the tilt angle of the box and asked Fujikichiro.

"Spirit Stone~ We all saw how weird it was that day." Fujikichiro replied nonchalantly, "I don't know what you are going to do with this weird thing, but I think since Master Dao San asked you to take it, it should be for a serious matter, right?"

"But he didn't let me take it." Lan En said calmly, "I was going to take it secretly."

Fujiyoshiro's originally attentive expression suddenly turned into a calm one, but cold sweat began to appear on his forehead.

"Ah~" He first dragged out the sound out of habit, and then his speech became smooth again. "That means you have foresight! There must be another great use that is unknown to others! Come on, let me raise it a little higher!"

Even Lann didn't lower his voice when he spoke, and he spoke with his back to the two warriors guarding the gate.

But the two warriors just poked their heads inside and confirmed that it was indeed Lan En and Fujikichiro. Then they looked at each other and retracted their heads outside the door together, looking as if they knew nothing.

After a series of events, Lan En's prestige here and now is on the same level as the Saito family.

(End of this chapter)