Chapter 914
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After seeing off all the guests, then, tens of thousands of Longmen disciples walked into the mourning hall in turn to pay their respects to Lord Nine Thousand Years.
Subsequently, Su Xiaoxiao walked out of the mourning hall holding the token.
Ye Qiu, Qilin, Cao Qingcheng, True Man Changmei, Tang Fei, Long Ye, Han Long, and Zhao Hu, eight people, escorted the spirit and carried the coffin outside. They walked along the cliff and placed the coffin in front of the bronze statue of Cao Yuan.
The bronze statue of Cao Yuan is as high as fifteen meters. He is wearing a green robe and looking ahead. Although it is a bronze sculpture, it shows all its might, lifelike and inviolable.
In front of the bronze statue, there are four thick stone pillars. The stone pillars are engraved with dragon patterns, with a magnificent momentum.
At the foot of the bronze statue, there are three stone tablets standing.
The stone tablet on the left is engraved with the life story of Cao Yuan.
The stone tablet in the middle is engraved with the big characters “Lord Nine Thousand Years of the Longmen Sect, Cao Yuan”.
As for the stone tablet on the right, two sentences are engraved on it.
“The dragon hides in the sea and sky for nine thousand years, and the crane returns to the underworld for one hundred thousand years. Ye Qiu weeps and stands！”
Ye Qiu ordered Qilin： “Set up two more stone tablets later and engrave the elegiac couplets sent by Old Tang and the Military God on them.”
“Yes.” Qilin replied in a low voice.
After the coffin was placed well, the Long-browed True Man shouted solemnly and loudly： “Fire the salute cannon.”
Boom boom boom！
Forty-nine salute cannons resounded through the sky, and the mountains and rivers trembled.
The Long-browed True Man said again： “Bow once！”
“Bow twice！”
“Bow three times！”
The bowing was completed.
Ye Qiu knelt down on both knees and said： “See off the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old.”
Dong！
Cao Qingcheng, Qilin and others followed and knelt down.
Below the cliff, more than forty thousand disciples of the Dragon Gate knelt down at the same time and shouted in unison： “See off the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old.”
The guests present also stood up one after another and shouted loudly： “May Master Cao go well all the way.”
The Long-browed True Man waved his Taoist robe and played a fire talisman. In an instant, the coffin and Cao Yuan’s body were in a sea of flames.
“Father…”
Su Xiaoxiao burst into tears.
At this moment, she was extremely sad and tears streamed down her face.
There were two lines of clear tears on Cao Qingcheng’s extremely beautiful face, and she said in a low voice： “Elder brother, see you in the next life.”
Ye Qiu, Qilin and others also had tears in their eyes.
Boom！
Just then, suddenly a thunderclap sounded.
Everyone looked up and saw that the originally clear sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds.
A few minutes later, the fine rain was flying, as if the sky was also crying for Cao Yuan.
Everyone stood still where they were after Cao Yuan’s remains turned to ashes.
Su Xiaoxiao stepped forward and, under the guidance of the Long-browed True Man, picked up Cao Yuan’s ashes one handful at a time and put them into a sandalwood box with her hands.
The ceremony ended.
The scene was completely silent.
Tens of thousands of people stood in the rain and were reluctant to leave for a long time.
Ye Qiu stood above the cliff, cupped his fists with both hands, and bowed ninety degrees to the guests present, saying, “Thank you all for coming to see off Lord Nine Thousand today. Ye and the whole Longmen are very grateful.”
”If any of you have something in the future and need the help of Longmen, just ask.”
“Here, on behalf of the whole Longmen, I thank you all.”
There was a modest voice in the square below.
“Master Ye, you’re welcome.”
“It’s our honor to see off Lord Cao for the last time.”
“Yes, Master Ye really doesn’t have to be polite with us. Since the establishment of Longmen, the underground order has been much better than when we do business. It’s what we should do to come and see off Lord Cao.”
“……”
Ye Qiu then said, “Taking this opportunity, I have one thing to announce. I hope the friends present can convey it to your friends in the Jianghu.”
“Lord Nine Thousand chose me to succeed as the Master of Longmen. I will definitely inherit Lord Nine Thousand’s will and complete the things that Lord Nine Thousand didn’t finish during his lifetime.”
“From today on, Longmen will start to incorporate all the underground forces in Huaguo.”
“The Dragon Gate will unify all the underground forces in China within half a year！”
“Those who follow me will thrive, and those who oppose me will perish.”
Ye Qiu’s voice was like thunder, reaching the ears of everyone present.
Everyone present was shocked.
Although the Dragon Gate has obtained the Miao Border, subdued the fourteen northern provinces, and several places such as Jiangzhou, Suzhou, and Hangzhou, there are still many underground forces in other provinces that have not been cleared.
Ye Qiu’s words were undoubtedly a declaration of war on the underground forces in those provinces.
The guests looked at the slightly delicate face on the cliff, and there was a question in their hearts.
Can he unify all the underground forces in China within half a year？
Ye Qiu ordered Han Long： “See off the guests on my behalf.”
“Yes.”
Han Long received the order and left quickly.
Ye Qiu glanced at the urn in Su Xiaoxiao’s hand and said, “Let’s go to the Nu River.”
Soon, they took the helicopter of the Hades Palace and arrived at the Nu River.
Ye Qiu and the others got off the plane, found a beautiful scenic spot, Su Xiaoxiao opened the urn, and then she and Ye Qiu took out Cao Yuan’s ashes one handful at a time from the urn and scattered them into the Nu River.
“A person’s life is like that of grass and trees, and in the end, it will all turn into dust.” The Military God expressed his feelings.
The Long-browed True Man originally wanted to recite a poem. His throat moved, but he finally held back.
He was afraid that Ye Qiu would hit him after reciting it.
Looking at Cao Yuan’s ashes flowing eastward along the surging river, Ye Qiu felt a thousand emotions in his heart. He thought of a poem and chanted it softly： “The mighty Yangtze River flows eastward, and the waves wash away the heroes.”
”Right and wrong, success and failure, turn around and become empty.”
”The green mountains are still there, and the setting sun is red several times.”
”The white-haired fisherman and woodcutter on the riverbank are used to seeing the autumn moon and the spring breeze.”
”A cup of turbid wine is happy to meet.”
”How many things in ancient and modern times are all paid in jokes！”
Seeing Ye Qiu’s low mood, the Military God comforted him and said, “Life is still long, Ye Qiu. Don’t let the death of Cao Yuan affect your state of mind.”
”I know.” Ye Qiu understood that he still had a lot of things to do.
The Military God reminded Ye Qiu again： “This time you killed Long Si and the other three, and the Forbidden City will definitely be furious. While those old guys haven’t left the customs, you should make preparations early in case of emergencies.”
”Hmm.” Ye Qiu nodded.
The ashes were all scattered.
Everyone took the helicopter again and returned to the Miao border. The Military God didn’t get off the plane and flew directly to Beijing.
Ye Qiu, the matters here have been dealt with, so I won’t stay any longer. There are still things waiting for me in the Hades Palace. I’ll take the soldiers and go back first.” Tang Fei said.
Ye Qiu said gratefully： “Thank you this time. Next time we meet, I’ll treat you to a drink.”
”It’s a deal.”
Tang Fei and Long Ye left with the soldiers of the Hades Palace.
The Long-browed True Man also bid farewell： “Little brat, make preparations after you go back. I will come to find you within at most a week and take you to look for the thousand-year-old spiritual medicine.”
”Okay.” Ye Qiu readily agreed.
The guests also all left.
Ye Qiu instructed Zhao Hu to let the Dragon Gate disciples present also return to their respective stations. In a short while, only Ye Qiu, Cao Qingcheng, Qinglong, Qilin, Han Long, Su Xiaoxiao, and Su Luoying were left at the scene.
They were going to keep vigil for Cao Yuan here for three days.
Three days later.
The vigil was over.
On the night before leaving the Miao border, in the middle of the night, Cao Qingcheng suddenly barged into Ye Qiu’s room and asked Ye Qiu to accompany her to drink.
After drinking a few cups of wine.
Ye Qiu suddenly perceived something was wrong and glared at Cao Qingcheng: “Did you poison the wine?” What do you want to do?
