Chapter 1221, It Is Good to Have You All (THE END)

Translator: Silavin

 

The sunlight that day seemed especially fine, though whether it was a trick of everyone’s feelings was hard to say.

 

The people of the Flame Dragon Tribe all felt the air itself was fresher than usual. Everyone woke up particularly early.

 

Even though every last person had stayed up celebrating until well past midnight the night before, and the celebrations had truly been something to remember…

 

Su Bai also rose early that day. He stood at the floor-to-ceiling window, looking out across the entire Tribe, and felt his spirits lift further.

 

He stretched with both arms extended wide and said. “Today will be a day of great meaning.”

 

Su Bai planned to make the announcement to the Flame Dragon Tribe’s people that day. The announcement of the founding of the Great Han Dynasty.

 

“Shaman, the speaking platform has been set up. We can head down after breakfast.” Yu Ying said gently.

 

Yu Ying had arranged for others to construct the platform through the night, using a portion of the square where the celebrations had taken place.

 

“Good. Let’s go.” Su Bai extended his hand.

 

“Shaman!” Yu Ying stared at the hand held out to her. A flush of scarlet crept across her delicate face. She hesitated several times before finally reaching out.

 

Su Bai led Yu Ying down from the Yong’an Building. Yan Hua and the others had already been waiting in the square for some time.

 

The night before during the celebrations, Yan Jiao had told everyone that there would be a speech today, delivered personally by the Shaman.

 

That was also why everyone had risen so early. All the people were now gathered in front of the Yong’an Building, waiting. The scene was extremely lively.

 

“Shaman! Shaman! Shaman!” The people of the Flame Dragon Tribe called out together.

 

Su Bai stepped up onto the speaking platform and raised his hand to press it downward a little, signalling for silence.

 

The speaking platform was not particularly large. It was only about two metres in length, though it stood quite tall, roughly three metres high in total.

 

Standing on it, Su Bai looked out over the crowd from above. At the centre stood something resembling a microphone, which was in fact an amplifying shell, one of the Check-In rewards issued by the System.

 

“The Shaman looks especially impressive today.” Yan Hua stood in the front row, looking up at Su Bai.

 

Yan Hua’s heart was racing. Looking back over the past two years left her barely able to believe where they now stood.

 

“Couldn’t agree more.” Sha Lan stood in the front row as well, her delicate blue eyes holding only Su Bai’s face.

 

Yan Jiao, Cang Shi, Sha Hong, and the others also stood at the front, all of them watching Su Bai with serious expressions.

 

They all knew what was going to be announced today. That was why the excitement was so particular. The speech today was also primarily aimed at the ordinary people of the Flame Dragon Tribe.

 

“Good morning, everyone of the Flame Dragon Tribe. It is very good to see you all gathered here today to listen to me. Every word I say today is of great importance.”

 

Su Bai stood straight, expression entirely grave, voice resonant and carrying a natural weight.

 

“Shaman! Shaman! Shaman!” The people of the Flame Dragon Tribe broke into another wave of excited calls.

 

The reason for their excitement was simple: the Flame Dragon Tribe no longer needed to live in fear from this day forward. They had even become the most powerful Tribe on the continent.

 

“The people of our Tribe never need to fear being harmed by others again. We ourselves are the strongest!”

 

Su Bai called it out clearly, then raised his hand to settle the crowd before continuing. “From today, our Flame Dragon Tribe enters a new chapter. We will be called the Great Han Dynasty. The Flame Dragon Tribe will be called Yong’an City. From now on, all of you are people of the Great Han Dynasty…”

 

He launched into a passionate and spirited speech. Every word of it he had thought through the night before.

 

For the sake of today’s address, Su Bai had barely been able to sleep, turning over and over in bed, working through every line.

 

He had thought about how to put it so that people would truly hear it, so that every person could feel it as something that spoke to their own lives.

 

“So long as you work hard in the future, you will have food to eat, a place to sleep, and clothes to wear. Hard work can change everything. The buildings we have now will one day belong to you as well.”

 

Su Bai swept out his sleeve and opened his arms wide, continuing with energy. “And so long as you have talent, you need not worry that there is no place for it. The Great Han Dynasty advances through merit.”

 

He had specifically worn a hanfu for today’s speech: a black and gold hanfu, and it sat on him with real quality.

 

Since Transmigrating to this world, his Physique has grown stronger and stronger. His build was not robust and strong. The black and gold hanfu on that frame looked genuinely commanding.

 

“Shaman, if we are willing to work, will we all be able to afford a cement house one day?”

 

“Shaman, I can hum beautiful melodies. Will there be work suited to me in the Great Han Dynasty?”

 

“Shaman, I have a question too. Our whole Family, young and old, doesn’t know what kind of work to do. Will the Great Han Dynasty assign work to us?”

 

Questions of that kind kept rising from the crowd, first a few, then dozens.

 

Everyone was curious. Everyone was waiting for Su Bai’s answers.

 

In truth, these questions had been arranged in advance by Yan Jiao, asked by people who had been spoken to beforehand. All of them were long-standing members of the Flame Dragon Tribe.

 

Their loyalty to the Tribe was deep. The moment they were told it was to help the Shaman manage the whole Tribe, they agreed at once.

 

“Every question you have raised can be resolved. For those who do not know what work to do, arrangements will be made. Those who work diligently will receive generous rewards. Those with talent will certainly find work that suits them…”

 

Su Bai answered every question without impatience. Each answer came out with clarity and conviction.

 

Because of those answers, the unease that had settled in some people’s hearts began quietly to dissolve.

 

Teary eyes appeared here and there in the crowd. People who had been moved beyond words.

 

The scale of the Flame Dragon Tribe’s transformation was the heart of it. From a life that could barely be sustained to the strength they now possessed, it was all something they had never dared imagine.

 

“Shaman! Shaman! Shaman!” The people of the Flame Dragon Tribe called out again with excitement.

 

“When our cement roads are fully laid, Yong’an City will welcome people from every Tribe.” Su Bai opened his arms wide again.

 

Those words were addressed to the others present as well. People from other Tribes had also come to listen to the speech that day.

 

They had witnessed with their own eyes the Flame Dragon Tribe defeating the Dark Scorpion Tribe and becoming the most powerful Tribe on the continent.

 

Those Tribes felt great excitement hearing about the Great Han Dynasty too, because their own Tribes were also part of it now.

 

“From today, there will be three days of celebration. For our Great Han Dynasty. For our Yong’an City.” Su Bai closed with those words, his tone bright and warm.

 

“Yes!” The Flame Dragon Tribe’s answer was remarkably unified.

 

step step step…

 

Su Bai stepped down from the speaking platform and let out a quiet breath. The speech today could be called a perfect success.

 

“Shaman!” Sha Lan, Yan Hua, and the others immediately gathered around him.

 

They had listened from below with no less excitement. The girls had witnessed everything, step by step, to arrive at this day.

 

“It is a blessing to have you all with me.” Su Bai said it with a quiet smile.

 

“We feel the same.” Yan Hua and the others answered, eyes shining with tears.

 

THE END

 

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Silavin: Woah. Finally, end of the novel. I wanted to drop this so many times… but I literally just thought, ‘hey man, might as well finish this. Don’t create another Omni-Magician’.

 

This story is so bland. There was nothing at stake, and I felt like it failed as a Slice of Life.

 

I’m glad this novel has been completed though. Glad that it’s over.

 

Now, time for me to move onto the next story. I will do something truly Slice of Life.