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The sun rises slowly from the east, illuminating the land of the Night Realm with its bright golden color.

The largest square in Buluo City was crowded with people. Countless people looked up at all this, their eyes full of sadness and hope.

Ten days have passed since the incident in Xishan, and it has been raining for nearly ten consecutive days in the northwest.

This is the first time they have seen the sun in these days.

The dark clouds and haze were dispersed, and the crowd stood solemnly, all focusing on the middle of the square. There was a wide road there, enough to accommodate twenty people standing at the same time, and it was built with bluestone slabs.

On this road, there were dozens of superpowers from different forces. They walked hundreds of meters with expressionless faces, and finally reached the top of the square, where there was a huge platform made of cement, which could accommodate hundreds of people.

people, and all are equipped with special seats.

All the superpowers who came to participate in this conference were seated here.

There was not much sense of ceremony, the conference started after all the people who should be present arrived.

"Everyone!" A tall man wearing a purple shirt with a Chinese character face cleared his throat, and then spoke to the ring magic weapon in his hand, "I am Wuye, the lord of Buluo City."

"Today is the day for us to announce the battle of Xishan without leaving the city behind, and hold an experience exchange conference. I will not waste time and go straight to the topic!"

The man looked downwards with a serious expression. His voice was amplified by the blue light ring, but it was not deafening and everyone could hear it clearly.

While he was speaking, the superpowers sitting on both sides of the high platform all stood up, even Yin Zhongxiu, who had a bandage on his right shoulder, did the same, which represented respect for the city lord.

"Today is the tenth day since the chaos in Xishan ended. In the past ten days, due to unknown battle losses, I, like everyone else, have been in dire straits."

The man looked at the people below. There were women holding babies and soldiers covered in gauze bandages. They were all ordinary people. They came here for only one purpose.

——In the battle of Xishan, many people died, but many were also lost.

Over the past few days, they have been looking for the missing soldiers and civilians, but only a few people have been found. The rest may have been turned into bones long ago, swallowed clean by wild beasts and ghosts.

But it is precisely because of this that the relatives of those missing soldiers have a glimmer of hope, hoping that their families are just lost and can return safely.

But this is a fairy tale after all. Just yesterday afternoon, the Fifth Division had given out complete statistical data.

Takeno took a deep breath, and then said in a deep voice:

"Now, let me announce the specific details of the Xishan pollution source case."

"The first one is the battle damage that everyone is most concerned about."

"A total of 47,481 people participated in the cleanup of pollution sources."

"The troops approaching the banner who did not fall into the city accounted for 30,000 people."

"There are a total of 372 superpower users from all major forces, including the ninety-four superpower users from the Demon Slayer Division."

"Each village and tribe spontaneously formed a guard team, totaling 17,469 people."

When the man said this, he glanced at the scroll in his hand that was filled with numbers and names, and then looked at the expectant eyes of the people below, feeling that he couldn't bear to read any more.

"Let me do it."

Yin Zhongxiu sighed and patted Takeye on the shoulder. The latter's eyes were slightly red and he handed over the scroll and the amplifying instrument.

"I will continue to announce the specific battle situation of this Xishan battle."

"The 30,000-strong army near the banner, led by General Ji Chang, set up three lines of defense on the outside of Xishan Mountain, stretching for hundreds of miles. They held on for seventeen hours and killed countless ghosts. After the night ended, two people survived.

1,210 people, of which 319 were seriously injured. After returning to the city, 74 people died from serious injuries that did not recover, 1,290 people were slightly injured, and 601 people were missing. After efforts to find them,

, only the bodies of three people were found..."

Yin Zhongxiu read out these numbers without any rush or slowness, without any fluctuation.

Everyone present, regardless of whether they were related to the Banner Army or not, were in awe.

Some men with a strong temperament actually became jealous in public and knelt down towards the west mountain, as if to worship the souls of those dead heroes.

These few lines of words have torn apart many families, causing countless people to hide their faces and cry.

Previously, some people hoped that their relatives were not killed in the war, but disappeared, but now the results have been announced, only three of the missing people have been found, and they are still corpses.

Xishan is too dangerous. Not everyone can be like Yin Zhongxiu, who can run for several hours in the dark night, experience countless obstacles from monsters and ghosts, and then return to the city safely.

"I cannot blame the troops near the banner for such casualties."

On the high platform, a young man with regular features, wearing a battle armor, and with rough but very fine skin stood up and spoke loudly.

The eyes of countless people were instantly attracted to him.

There was anger, hatred, and confusion in the eyes of everyone looking at him, but most of all, they were in awe.

Yes, people respect him from the bottom of their hearts.

Because he is the youngest and most famous general in the Realm of Strange Night, and even in the entire Daxia, named Ji Chang.

Although his elegance is no longer the same, everyone who lives in the Night Realm still recognizes this face.

Among the crowd, there was only one young man in civilian clothes who scratched his head and looked around, his eyes full of confusion.

"His voice is obviously not much older than me, but why does he look so old?"

Xu Mu looked at the armored young man who was talking on the high platform and muttered in confusion.

"General Ji has been leading troops to fight all year round. When the situation is stable, he will personally lead his troops to drill under the bright sun every day. Of course he does not look young."

Xu Mu turned his head and looked around, only to see a broad and fat man, sighing with melancholy on his face.

"My brother's children were selected into the Banner Army just after they came of age. During this battle in Xishan, it is said that they encountered a soul-stirring fox demon head-on."

"According to what he said, if General Ji Chang hadn't taken action in time, the scout team including him would have turned into a wisp of dead souls."

Hearing the man's sigh, the eyes of everyone around him suddenly became complicated.

"Alas, my sister's child was not so lucky. It is said that the team he was in encountered a group of mutated monster wolves, which bit him all over his lower body. Before he could return to the city, he was bleeding profusely.

died."

"My family is also..."

Xu Mu's unintentional words immediately aroused heated discussions among the people around him. It was not until the general on the high platform hugged his helmet, bent down, and bowed deeply to everyone that the square became quiet again.

.

Then, almost everyone in the Buluocheng Square, except those who were disabled or seriously injured and unable to move, bent down and respectfully returned the gift.

Xu Mu wore a black scarf and stood there without bowing. He was just a little confused as to why he was so popular with the crowd.

You must know that in Daxia, people and soldiers have always been at odds.

"It turns out he is Ji Chang."

When Xu Mu couldn't figure it out, a familiar female voice came to his ears.

He turned around and saw a woman with beautiful and gentle features.

This is clearly the young lady from the Nangong clan who lives in his home temporarily and is part of the Hundred Clans Alliance.

"You actually know him too?"

Xu Mu looked surprised.

Of these two people, one is a young general from the northwest of their Daxia Dynasty, and the other is a young lady from a wealthy family in the Alliance of Hundreds of Clans.

The two of them were thousands of miles apart, so they were obviously from two different worlds.

"Of course I know you."

The woman nodded and looked at the young man on the stage with mixed emotions in her eyes.

When she first awakened her powers, she had heard of Ji Chang's name.

At that time, he was still the number one genius at Tiannan Academy, and he was extremely famous. I don't know how many people wanted to admire his grace. Although she didn't like it, she was also curious about what Ji Chang looked like.

And not long after she became curious, her most admired brother became one of Ji Chang's defeated generals.

And her brother, after losing to Ji Chang, was even more depressed. He cut off his own arm with a sword alive, cut off his tongue, stopped talking, and jumped into the forbidden area in the back mountain.

He clamored to join Buddhism and lived like a lunatic all day long. His family tried to save him but failed.

Thinking of this, the woman in white gauze sighed softly, thinking that her brother was also a proud man of the generation, who was unrivaled by his contemporaries, but in the end he was defeated by that person, and was completely crazy...

"He looks much more haggard and weaker than the rumors say."

The woman observed carefully, as if she wanted to remember Ji Chang's appearance in her heart so that she could take revenge in the future.

"I lead troops to fight every day and don't have much time to practice. Of course I am haggard."

Nangong Maoguan also appeared beside Xu Mu, feeling the same emotion.

He is the elder of the Nangong family, so he naturally knows that seven years ago, the genius whom his Nangong family regarded as the next generation leader went crazy because of this man.

But he didn't feel any resentment at all.

The battle was fair and just. If you lose, you can only blame yourself for being inferior in skill.

"What this little guy did back then shocked the entire spiritual world."

"But I was surprised to see him lower his head today."
To be continued...