Azure Lotus Island, at the island's northeastern corner, stood a mountain peak over ten thousand zhang tall. Strange rocks and grotesque cypresses dotted its slopes, while clouds and mist coiled around it, and spiritual energy flourished.
At the foot of the mountain stood a golden stone stele over ten zhang tall. Three large silver characters—"Nine Lotus Peak"—were inscribed upon it.
A flight of azure stone steps extended from the foot of the mountain to its summit. At the summit stood a Bluestone Plaza occupying ten thousand mu.
A thirty-zhang-tall azure pagoda stood in the center of the Bluestone Plaza. An azure plaque hung above its entrance, bearing three large golden characters: "Azure Lotus Pagoda."
Over ten thousand clansmen stood in neat formation, their expressions solemn.
As the family grew and flourished, the place honoring its fallen heroes was continually expanded. It had originally been the Azure Lotus Pavilion, but was now the Azure Lotus Pagoda.
The Azure Lotus Pagoda currently had fifty layers. It enshrined a great number of spirit memorial tablets belonging to clansmen who had sacrificed themselves for the family. The higher the layer on which a tablet was placed, the greater the contribution that person had made.
On the forty-eighth layer, Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, Wang Qingcheng, Wang Qingfeng, Dong Xueli, Sun Yuejiao, and over a hundred other Wang Family higher-ups stood before a towering nine-layer offering table.
More than thirty spirit memorial tablets were placed on the offering table. Among them were the tablets of Wang Lihe, Wang Gonghu, Wang Guangyu, Su Yuyun, Wang Youxin, Chen Ruyi, Wang Qingqi, Wang Qingling, Wang Mingyuan, Wang Xiansheng, Wang Zonglang, Wang Jingfeng, Zhang Yuyun, Wang Qingqing, and Wang Mofei.
A person-tall azure incense burner stood before the offering table, with an azure lotus pattern carved into its surface.
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