The General Loves to Collect Little Red Flowers-Chapter 42
Edited by Noks and Wiji
Although they had been informed by their Captain that, 'the General has knowledge of our situation and will try his best to help us', no one had thought that the first round of 'help' would be this sort of 'help'!
Too fragrant! Too cool! It’s amazing!
Five thousand soldiers tried their best to inhale and suck the incense smoke into their stomachs, and the soldiers who couldn’t take the smoke became increasingly anxious, but were not angry. The Captain had mentioned that since there were so many brothers who had died, they would not be able to take care of all of them in one go. They must register their birthday information first, and there was no need to rush, as the remaining people could still register one after another, and within five days, they would all be registered.
Hence, a strange scene took place within the undead army. A group of Flying Wolf soldiers, with bright shining eyes, suddenly began to inhale and suck in the air desperately, as if they had been injected with chicken blood. They swooped forward and caught the orc ghosts, which was followed with an easy beating!
It was impossible to completely beat them, but it was possible to hurt them. Previously, it required two Flying Wolf soldiers to deal with one orc, but now one Flying Wolf soldier dared to challenge multiple orcs!
The undead orcs were not stupid. At first, they didn’t know what was happening. But after some time, they realised that there was something wrong with the silver shells.
However, it was too late for them to think about it, because the Flying Wolf army, who had been sniffing the incense smoke desperately, had gone mad. Behaving as if they were completely immune to pain, they rushed forward, one after another.
“Brothers of the 4th Unit! Follow me!” shouted Shen Weilin, but instead of taking away a group of ten people as was done in the registration round, he called away one unit at a time!
“Captain, what’s in those shells?” The soldiers of the 4th Unit asked, “How come those registered brothers are acting like crazy after doping on this thing?”
“It’s called 'incense'. It was sent to us by the General and his wife. You can call it 'food for the dead,'” answered Shen Weilin.
“Will we also get to have it after we finish the registration?”
“Wait a moment,” Shen Weilin asked Ji Fengyu, “Brother Fengyu, will we get more incense tonight for the next batch of registrations?”
“No more offerings tonight. The brothers who registered last night received their incense offerings today, and those who registered tonight will have their turn tomorrow night.” Ji Fengyu watched Le Yao get on the hovercraft and continued, “Don’t worry, it’s only a matter of three or four days. As long as you cooperate, it will be done very fast. The General’s wife also said that it would be troublesome at the beginning, but will become easier later.”
“That’s great.” Shen Weilin said, “I’ll be troubling you during this time.”
Ji Fengyu sat there and said in good humour, “It's no trouble at all. Your General's wife and I are family, so all of you are like a part of the mother-in-law's family. Oh, no, it's the ghost-in-law's family, so everyone is our own family.”
He then shouted loudly, “Next! Come on, brothers! When you leave after registration, tell the brothers who have lined up behind you to declare their birth date, time and place when it is their turn. This will save a lot of time.”
“I don’t know the specific time,” someone asked, “Is it alright if I just know the date?”
“If you know the date but don’t know the exact time, go to that line,” Ji Fengyu pointed to the other end. That was where Wang Feixia was located, recording for the soldiers who didn’t know their specific birth time.
They felt that this day’s work was much easier than the previous day’s. The 5000 undead soldiers who had gotten the incense offerings had a strong momentum, and they kept attacking and would not turn back until they hit Sarna's orcs. They kept pressing forward all the time, thus giving other soldiers a larger space to be registered.
Shen Weilin said, “Brother Fengyu, is it alright for us to help you write down the names and the specific times of birth? If so, I can recruit some help.”
Ji Fengyu said, “Yes, of course! Just record it in my format. But be sure to not make any mistakes or they won’t receive the incense later. It’s a very serious matter. Not only they won't be able to eat, but they also won't be able to live in the house.”
Shen Weilin was surprised, “There is a house?!”
The Soldiers in the 4th Unit who were nearby were also confused, “A house? But we ghosts go through everything directly, so we absolutely won't be able to live in a house.”
Ji Fengyu replied, “No problem. Haven’t you seen that your Captain's rocking chair can be used? That’s what your Madam made. Your Madam is a mysterious master. He knows how to deliver things to us. I just heard, from your General and his wife, that they want to arrange accommodation for you all.”
Shen Weilin: “!!!”
The soldiers of the Fourth Unit: “…”
What kind of powerful Madam did the General marry?
Ji Fengyu wanted to let Le Yao have more prestige in the Flying Wolf army, so when he got the chance, he publicized all the good stuff. Since what he said was true, if he didn't say it now, who would ever know? Such things had to be said!
Song He and Wang Feixia, as well as Bei Hongli, had already thought of this as well. They would praise Le Yao in front of the soldiers every chance they got. Hence, most of the undead soldiers of the Flying Wolf army, even if they had not met Le Yao in person, already knew him as a powerful Madam!
Just think about it, for four long years, no one had sensed them, or found them, so they couldn’t be helped. But this Madam had done it!
Le Yao saw the incense burn completely from inside the hovercraft. The brothers who had been supplied incense were also greatly strengthened, which made him feel somewhat relaxed.
Finally, he could think about how to deal with the undead Orcs. At present, he had two ideas:
- To use talismans to imprison these undead in Mount Fuhe, so that they would never escape, even trapping their resentment.
- By using transcendence.
A time would come when the power of the talismans would disappear, and there were too many undead Orcs. Le Yao dared not vouch for the first method and say that he could definitely imprison them here for eternity. To say the least, even if they were imprisoned here successfully, their furious resentment would not be good for the Flying Wolf soldiers.
But using the transcendence method at this time would be inappropriate.
“What do you mean by 'transcendence'?” Xu Yao asked, “And why is this time inappropriate?”
“Transcendence is the separation between Taoism and Buddhism. In our Taoist transcendence, the caster connects with the Ancestor or Taoist deity through his internal training, to save the souls who have fallen into the Underworld by leading them to the Qingtai World. As for why this time is a bit inappropriate, it’s because the transcendence method requires rigorous fasting, refraining from meat and not doing that,” said Le Yao.
“Not doing what?” Xu Yao felt that he had guessed it but was not completely sure.
“You can’t mark me. If you do, it’s impossible to use this method. And it will take at least 49 days for this method to work for the large amount of soldiers on Mount Fuhe. Can you make sure that I won’t get an estrus period for 49 days?”
Xu Yao: “…”
Le Yao thought that his estrus period might turn up during this 49 days, so it was risky to choose this method. The only way left was to imprison the undead orcs with talismans and check to see if it was a success. The Flying Wolf undead would lock the orcs inside the prison and then he would wait until he had enough time to carry out the transcendence ritual properly.
Xu Yao said, “Just don’t overdo it later.”
To which Le Yao answered, “How can I do that? It’s not good to keep them imprisoned.”
Xu Yao asked, “Do you want me to abstain from that for 49 days?”
Le Yao said in a low voice, “It’s not bad to hold it in for a while.”
Xu Yao answered back abruptly, “No transcendence, there won't be any transcendence. I’ll see who dares to do it. Just put those orcs in a cage and let them bask in the sun.”
Le Yao: “…” Isn't that too cruel?!
Xu Yao added to his tirade, “Yes, why don’t we let them bask in the sun directly? Won't they disappear completely that way?”
“Of course not,” said Le Yao. “The two armies are fighting from different perspectives. Can you make sure that the other party is all bad? Transcendence is good, but if we expose them to the light and cause the souls to perish directly, it will be evil. If we do that, I guess I would not be far from death.”
Xu Yao’s face sank with a grimace, “What nonsense! Who wants you to die?”
Le Yao was also shocked by his own words, “I… I didn't mean it.”
Xu Yao pressed Le Yao to his chest and bit his earlobe in punishment, “I haven’t even eaten my portion, yet you tell me to practice abstinence for 49 days first. Bad comment!”
Le Yao covered his ears and leaned against Xu Yao’s arms, “If you give me a bad comment, I’ll go to Uncle Guan and complain about you!”
Xu Yao began to laugh and said, “Eat your gland nutrition, you naughty boy.”
Le Yao had already brought his gland nutrition with him. So, after being reminded by Xu Yao, he ate it. Xu Yao wanted Le Yao to sleep and rest as soon as possible, because for these two days they had been so busy.
On their way back home, Le Yao soon fell asleep. The birthday registration of the undead soldiers was still in full swing.
On this night, Ji Fengyu collected the birth information of all the remaining soldiers, and this was classified as the second group of undead soldiers of the Flying Wolf Division. These soldiers were no different from the first group of soldiers, except that there was a small special group among them who did not know their specific time of birth.
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The author has something to say:
Xu Yao: How many days have we waited?
Le Yao: We're on the 48th day, husband, hold on! We'll make it right away!
Xu Yao: Very well.
Le Yao: Ah, my body feels strange!
Xu Yao: Your uncle’s Le Yao! Don’t tell me my forty-eight days of abstinence were for nothing!
Le Yao: *pretends to be dead*
