The dense scent of blood rose straight into the sky. Even the burning spices couldn't cover up this scent.
For this sky-offering ceremony, two-hundred-thousand large livestock would be sacrificed in Pu Ban City. These large livestock would not be wasted, and in the banquet that would be held later, these large livestock would be turned into delicious delicacies for all people who would participate in the sky-offering ceremony.
A hundred thousand non-humankind captives were also sacrificed. Their twitching bodies were thrown into the burning trenches, burning into ashes along with the large piles of spices. A fierce gale blew across the trenches, raising large amounts of white ash, fluttering in the air. Next year, the soil of Pu Ban City would definitely be more fertile than before.
When the last large livestock fell on the ground with all of its blood drained, and the wails of the last captive faded away along with the wind, a dark-yellow stream of light rose from the altar. Next, a magic sandbox of Midland appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
The vast Midland had transformed into a hundred-mile in radius map, floating in the air. Everyone on the scene could clearly see the mountains and rivers on the map. The atmosphere on the scene suddenly became tense, but many people showed proud smiles again. The sky-offering ceremony was finally over, and now, it was time to award people based on their contributions.
In this Chi Ban Mountain war, the humankind had won a great victory. They wiped out a great number of enemies, captured a great number of captives, and extorted a great number of trophies from the Di Family. Even Dishi Yanluo was forced to lower his head and flee back to Liang Zhu City. Even Fan Hai, who had stepped in at the last moment, was injured severely. His spirit flying corpse was killed, and his zombie army suffered a great loss.
For such a great achievement, a great reward was inevitable.
Even those elders and clan leaders from those large clans couldn't help but hold their breaths, silently waiting for their own rewards.
Emperor Shun stood on the altar, looking down at those clan leaders who had raised their heads and were waiting for the reward. He couldn't help but show a slightly stiff smile on the corners of his mouth. After a long while, he said in a deep voice, "This war, our humankind has won!"
"Victory!" Countless people raised their arms and shouted with all of their powers.
Among these people, many were Magus Kings and even Divine Magi. They shouted loudly and immediately, a fierce gale rose from the ground. The sky changed color, and even the ground quaked for a few times. The thousand plus Winged Dragons that soared proudly high up in the sky were also blown away by the gale, and they almost fell from the sky. They were so terrified that they hurriedly flapped their wings and flew even higher into the sky.
Emperor Shun raised his hands. Instantly, the cheering stopped.
He lowered his head and looked at the people around him, then said in a deep and powerful voice, "This time, the human race has made the greatest contribution. After many days of discussion, we have …"
The surrounding crowd fell into a deathly silence. Si Xi, Si Wen Ming, Huaxu Lie, Lie Mountain Kang, Hao Tao and the others all looked at Ji Hao together, with warm and kind smiles on their faces and eyes filled with encouragement and support.
From a great distance away, Ji Hao sensed a few extremely malicious gazes darting over like sharp swords. He raised his head and looked over, only to see Gong Gong Wuyou staring at him with a darkened face. Behind Gong Gong Wuyou was Wuzhi Qi, who was wearing a luxurious cloak but looked like a giant monkey, gnashing his teeth in anger and staring at Ji Hao.
Ji Hao was instantly enlightened. He carefully calculated the whole process of this Chi Ban Mountain war, and found that it was reasonable for him to make the greatest contribution.
Especially in the last battle, Ying Yunpeng and a large group of human warriors suddenly turned around and launched a counterattack. When Dishi Yanluo's army was about to break the Evil Dragon Bay defensive line and the frontline of the humankind was facing a crisis, the nine-palace sword formation suddenly rose into the sky and turned the tide.
Even though Ji Hao had tried his best to cover it up, Emperor Shun and Si Wen Ming weren't stupid. Although they didn't say it explicitly, they definitely knew that the nine-palace sword formation had something to do with Ji Hao. Emperor Shun was able to invite the Netherworld Priest to help out in the war, and the Netherworld Priest seemed to be old friends with Donggong and Ximu. They had even joined hands to trap Fan Hai. If Emperor Shun and the others said that they knew nothing about some things, they would be underestimating the Emperor of the humankind too much.
"Ji Hao, you've made the greatest contribution in this Chi Ban Mountain war!" Emperor Shun finally showed a bright smile that came straight from the bottom of his heart. He pointed at Ji Hao and growled in a deep voice, "Come up, let everyone see you!"
Ji Hao solemnly bowed to Emperor Shun, then turned around and grinned to Man Man, Shaosi and the others, who were standing behind him. After that, he steadily walked towards the altar.
Not even the slightest sound could be heard from the surrounding area. All kinds of complicated gazes were fixed on Ji Hao.
Most of them were curious, a small part of them were jealous, a small part of them were happy and gratified, and a small part of them were extremely resentful, even deep-rooted hatred. Hundreds of millions of gazes were fixed on Ji Hao. Among these gazes, many of them were Magus Kings and Divine Magi. Their gazes swept across Ji Hao's body from time to time, as if a giant mountain was pressing down on Ji Hao's body.
Ji Hao steadily walked up the stairs that led to the top of the altar, stood in front of Emperor Shun, and solemnly bowed to Emperor Shun.
"This is Yao Mountain, surrounded by millions of miles of wilderness, and is extremely rich in natural resources." Emperor Shun pointed his finger at a towering mountain in the northeast of Pu Ban City and said, "Ji Hao, based on your contributions, I will confer you the title of Earl Yao, and the surrounding area with a radius of millions of miles will be your territory. In addition, you will be rewarded with three-hundred-thousand sets of high-quality armors, and corresponding armaments. You can build your own army. "
Instantly, most of the gazes from down below were filled with incomparable jealousy and anger.
Ji Hao was conferred the title of Earl, and was given a territory with a radius of millions of miles. This was nothing to be jealous of. Wastelands in the Midland were innumerable. Not to mention a territory with a radius of millions of miles, even if it was a hundred times, or even a thousand times more, those leaders of large clans wouldn't care. The title of Earl Yao could only prove that Ji Hao had become a minister of the human emperor, and was qualified to visit the Town Hall, which was nothing special.
However, three-hundred-thousand sets of high-quality armors!
The so-called high-quality armors must be top-grade ones obtained from the non-humankind, and were over ten times more powerful than the armors made by the Magi Palace. Emperor Shun gave three-hundred-thousand sets of high-quality armors to Ji Hao, which was more than enough for Ji Hao to build an elite private army.
But soon, the looks in the eyes of these people changed from jealousy and anger to gloating.
These people suddenly realized that Ji Hao came to Pu Ban City all by himself. His family was based in Southern Wasteland, and was a low-grade Southern Wasteland clan that hadn't had a Magus King for many years. Not to mention three-hundred-thousand sets of high-quality armors, even if Ji Hao was given three million, so what?
Even if Ji Hao was given a hundred years, he wouldn't be able to achieve anything. His foundation was way too shallow, so shallow that it could even be ignored!
But right after that, Emperor Shun's words made many people unable to laugh anymore.
"You can choose three-hundred-thousand of those captives and slaves sold in the market of Pu Ban City as your entourage." Emperor Shun looked at Ji Hao, gave a bland smile and said, "All their families and relatives will be your personal slaves as well. After the award, you can go pick your own slaves. "
Quite a few people almost vomited a mouthful of blood!
Emperor Shun, how could you do this?
Just now, you were laughing at Ji Hao, this little kid, for having a shallow foundation, but you just casually gave him three-hundred-thousand elite slaves? Ji Hao must have chosen those elite warriors and taken them away. Added with the families and clansmen of those warriors, a great clan with over a million people would be formed just like that!
Ji Hao bowed to Emperor Shun, took over the conferring scroll from Emperor Shun's hand, then walked down the altar with his chest puffed out and his head held high.
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