Chapter 198: Guilt and Regret
With the preparations for move-in complete, Benton moved on to a much less pleasant task—getting ready for Ye Zan’s memorial service. The first order of business was to determine where the guard captain would be laid to rest.
He’d died a hero, and he deserved a resting place befitting his deeds. To create an appropriate place, Benton would need a new technique. Luckly, the fact that the recruits in Vermilion Incomparable Rain Town had taken their first step along their cultivation journey had given him more than enough Sect Points to propel his total to well over eight hundred even given the recent outlays.
The random thought about point totals focused his attention on his determination. Frankly, that decision process was wrong. While the present circumstances couldn’t be called an emergency, providing a proper entombment for the sect’s first hero justified any expenditure needed regardless of point total. It was that important.
“System,” Benton said, “I want a technique to use my Earth qi to shape stone. The technique needs to give me the knowledge and skill necessary to create stone buildings and other structures and to sculpt statues. Please purchase to Mastery.”
The technique would have been a bit more efficient if he bought a Concept for Stone qi, but with his pool size, using Earth instead would be fine.
Technique creation confirmed.
Host has learned the technique, Stone Shaping and Construction: Mastery.
Host has 866 Sect Points available.
A flood of knowledge entered Benton’s mind, and he momentarily reflected on the fact that he’d normally take great joy in being able to perform magical feats that he’d never envisioned having the capability to do. His task for the night was too grim to draw any happiness from his new abilities.
He threw himself into his work. First, the tomb. In the culture of his current world, the size of the tomb depended on the importance of the person to be entombed. As far as he was concerned, no one was more worthy of a grand palace than Ye Zan, the sect’s first hero.
Benton sighed. Realistically, though, he was building a sect that would hopefully last for centuries. Maybe millennia. The sect would unfortunately have many, many heroes eventually. It wasn’t reasonable, or maybe even possible, to build a huge tomb for each of them. Something like a Hall of Heroes would be much more practical.
Yeah. That would work. And Benton really thought that Ye Zan would have approved. Rather than a single structure devoted only to him, it would be something that served the entire sect, a distinction that honored his memory and sacrifice.