pjbooks Chapter 118 Hardy and Sheila
Chapter 118 Hardy and Sheila
The time has come to June of the Wuji calendar year 1670.
According to common sense, the crown prince would send troops after October.
Avoid hot and rainy weather.
Moon Wheel Kingdom.
With Liu Lian's assistance, Hardy completed the Thousand Machine Box and his right hand.
Upon learning of the internal strife in Yuelun Kingdom, he immediately traveled to Tang'an City with the assistance of Liu Lian's friend, Tang Yi.
He then won a contest against the mechanical master Karim through a wager, thus persuading the Kingdom of Huoluo and the City of Tang'an to withdraw from the war.
Hardy continued onward, heading towards Red Dove City, west of the Moon Wheel Kingdom.
This is his hometown, where the Ismail family ruled.
That's right, Hardy is a noble lunar noble.
But he had a bit of a saintly heart, just like Sheila.
The Ismail family discovered the divine ointment, immediately began mining it, and became mine owners.
This stuff is similar in nature to oil.
It can also be used as an energy source and to enhance the power of gunpowder.
The name of the divine anointing comes from the Church of Light and Shadow.
Legend has it that this is the blood left behind by the fallen Golden Crow, which seeped into the ground and fused with certain substances there to form a paste.
Therefore, it was named Divine Ointment.
The Ismail family's frenzied research and mining made the already scarce water resources of Red Dove City even drier.
Many water sources are even contaminated by the divine ointment. After drinking the unclean water, ordinary people will become weaker and weaker, and may even mutate and die.
Upon seeing this, Hadi immediately started arguing with his father, telling him to stop mining, otherwise it would kill even more people.
His father and brother told him to mind his own business, saying that this was a divine gift to the Ismail family, and that refusing it would only bring trouble.
They want to elevate the status of the Ismail family through the divine anointing.
Helpless, Hardy could only work with his slave, who was also his teacher, Eumid, to build a water-drawing machine in an attempt to find a clean underground water source for the people of Chijiu City.
Omid was Wuchen's disciple. Wuchen taught him the art of finding water sources and later hinted that he should go to the Wuji Empire, but he didn't go and returned to become a slave.
Hardy and Omid found the water source and set up a water-drawing machine. In the end, they dug and dug, and they found water, but they also dug out the divine ointment.
The gushing ointment knocked over the water pump, and Hardy's right arm was crushed while trying to save people.
After waking up, Hardy had his leg amputated by Omid and was given a prosthetic leg.
When Hardy's father learned of this, he immediately sent Eumid to the arena on charges of a slave harming his master.
Hardy was injured and had no choice but to recuperate. A few days later, Hardy went to the arena to try to redeem his teacher, Eumid, only to find that Eumid had died there.
He could only handle his teacher's funeral arrangements, and he was extremely disappointed with his family.
So he chose to run away from home, and following Eumid's advice, went to the Wuji Empire to learn mechanical arts and then return to make water-fetching machines.
He arrived in Yinou City and boarded Shen Miao's merchant ship.
After the two tested their mechanical skills, their ship was intercepted by Canaan, who was disguised as a noblewoman in distress.
After the merchant ship slowed down, Cui Sanniang's pirate gang came and surrounded it.
The magical firearms purchased by the Shen family were confiscated by Cui Sanniang.
Shen Miao proposed to redeem herself, and she would receive half of the ransom.
Cui San Niang agreed.
Then Hadi and Shen Miao went to the Shen family.
After studying for a while, Hadi took the letter of recommendation to the Liu family in Runzhou.
He and Liu Lian hit it off immediately and became good friends.
Men's feelings are really hard to understand; if you can get along with someone, then you really can.
With Liu Lian's assistance, Hardy's arm and the machine were completed.
Upon hearing of the great chaos in the moon, he immediately returned to his country.
Black Impermanence only returned to China and took a liking to Ji Yingying after seeing the chaos in the moon and the completion of her mission.
The chaos in the moon was also caused by Hardy's father and brother.
They thought they were so powerful that their Ismail family might be able to compete for the Moon Wheel Kingdom.
After all, they made a fortune from the divine ointment, their technology for refining the ointment was greatly improved, and their weapons and equipment were more advanced.
When Hardy returned to the Ismail family, his father told him, "You're about to become a prince. Are you happy?"
Hardy looked miserable, but I was overjoyed.
You haven't even won the war yet, and people are dying every day. He's very unhappy about it and wants them to end the rebellion.
But his father was unwilling to accept this, and after locking him up, he continued the war.
After this battle, Black Raven City was captured by force, and Silver City was also taken.
The Moon Wheel Royal Family panicked and immediately joined forces with the Church of Light and Shadow to resist.
Sheila, a prospective cultist from Black Raven City, begins to help treat the wounded soldiers.
After an offensive, she felt compassion for the dead and suffering soldiers and civilians. Her faith shone brightly, and wherever the light touched, the minor wounds of the civilians and soldiers began to heal.
Thus, Sheila, who caused the miracle, was called the Dawn Saintess.
But this only treats minor injuries; Sheila's healing abilities are not strong.
Soon, the war resumed.
Sheila helped wounded soldiers and civilians every day, but she also watched them die one by one.
The Church of Light and Shadow worships a god of light and shadow; simply put, it believes in both light and shadow.
The Golden Crow and the Candle Dragon are indispensable, emphasizing the balance of Yin and Yang.
Sheila uses the power of light every day, and some people question her trust in the shadows because of this excessive use.
Sheila was also innocent; believing in the shadows was useless.
The shadows did not reciprocate.
So, in order to save people, she used her power of light every day, and the more she used it, the more devout she became to the Golden Crow.
This is what it means to be responsive to every request.
The war ended quickly.
It has nothing to do with Sheila, nor is it that the Ismail family is incompetent.
Instead, a major earthquake occurred.
Both armies retreated to lick their wounds.
This massive earthquake was orchestrated by Wuchen and Yulinglong.
They came to awaken the remnant soul of the Golden Crow.
After the earthquake, a large amount of the divine ointment was sprayed out.
No one was in the mood to continue playing.
Sheila, on the other hand, saw countless people killed and injured in the earthquake.
She fainted after forcibly activating the power of light.
Soon after, Sheila went mad, because the remnant soul of the Golden Crow was slowly reviving, and her connection to the Golden Crow became increasingly clear.
Then, she went mad, becoming incredibly devout to the Golden Crow and even more disgusted with the Shadow.
Having abandoned the shadows, she was immediately arrested by the bishop of the Church of Light and Shadow, who intended to sacrifice her.
Phoenix City is located on the edge of Twilight Valley, with a desert separating the two.
The reason for sacrificing her is quite simple.
A prince of the Moon Wheel sensed the resurgence of the Golden Crow's remnant soul and wanted to sacrifice himself to regain his youth and immortality.
The result is quite clear: Sheila was chosen by Jinwu, and sacrificing her was just a joke.
Everyone in the hall was drained by the Golden Crow, and Shira, who was left, even became stronger.
Left with no other choice, they decided to execute Sheila. Sheila was so stupid that she preferred to die rather than resist. You should know that she was directly promoted to the Grandmaster level by the Golden Crow in one go. If she wanted to leave, she could have just flown away.
Sheila, who did not resist, was ordered to be executed. However, a kind-hearted nun who was also a high-ranking official demanded that she be expelled and spared. She subtly threatened the others, saying that Sheila had been chosen by the phoenix and that if she was executed, they would also suffer.
Thus, the higher-ups of the Church of Light and Shadow became afraid and directly expelled Sheila. Sheila, led by a lightning-attracting镖师 (bodyguard/escort) from the Wuji Empire, went to Twilight Valley and encountered Yu Linglong.
Therefore, not long ago, Yu Linglong went to Twilight Valley and Moon Wheel.
Meanwhile, Hardy was released from confinement and continued his efforts to secure clean water resources.
The Ismail family and the Moon Wheel Kingdom ceased hostilities and each cleaned up the remnants of the divine ointment.