The world of Taoism

Chapter 179 Human Sacrifice (for Subscription)

"Of course I call back!" Zhou Xuan laughed.

The other party actually took the initiative to come to make trouble, so they will definitely make a comeback in the future.

Zhou Xuan knew something about the minor folk gods.

This kind is generally practiced by ghosts with the help of incense.

Male general and female empress.

With the help of believers' offerings day and night to obtain cultivation.

For small folk gods, the number of believers is the most important.

Only when there are many believers and enough incense, their strength will be stronger.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, they will use various means to expand their territory.

He even did not hesitate to use some crooked means to hurt innocent people.

Therefore, these folk gods are often attacked by the government.

Generally, however, such folk deities are combined with local customs.

In addition, the people are ignorant and easily incited, so it is very difficult to crack down.

Therefore, the government generally focuses on containment and maintaining the status quo.

As long as you don't rebel openly, you basically won't interfere too much.

But when the government relaxes its vigilance, these guys will basically make a comeback and expand their beliefs at all costs.

So Zhou Xuan became their stumbling block, which is why they attacked Zhou Yi and the others.

This is a struggle of fundamental interests, and Zhou Xuan will definitely not take it lightly, nor will he let this three-hole empress go easily.

Thinking of this, Zhou Xuan said something to Zhou Yi.

...

On the other side, in the unknown void.

There is darkness here, there is no concept of time and space, only eternal darkness, as if the darkness that engulfs everything.

In the center of the darkness stands a middle-aged woman.

This middle-aged woman has tattoos on her head and looks ferocious, not like a Han Chinese.

This person is the Empress Sandong who was injured by Zhou Xuan.

The Empress of Three Caves roared to the sky in this dark space.

The wind is howling, and the sky is thundering.

The black gas turned into a ghost face that was more than ten kilometers long. The ghost face was ferocious and terrifying, with green face and fangs, devouring the world.

Obviously, Empress Sandong was incompetent and furious here.

This time, the Three Cave Empress can be said to have suffered a heavy loss.

Most of his soul was lost, and his own strength dropped by five or six levels, leaving permanent irreversible damage.

In other words, Sandong Niangniang needs to start again, and decades of hard work have disappeared.

Zhou Xuan was to be blamed for all of this. If it wasn't for Zhou Xuan, how could the Empress of Three Caves have fallen to this point?
"Shenxiao Nine Heavens Thunder Universal Heavenly Venerate? Where is the sacred?"

The Empress of Three Caves muttered to herself, carefully recalling the name.

After searching through all the memories in her mind, Empress Sandong still couldn't find any specific information about this god.

Could it be a sleeping ancient power?

Or is Zhou Xuan the reincarnation of an ancient mighty power?
Thinking of this, Empress Sandong couldn't help shivering.

The performance of Zhou Xuan just now is still vivid in his memory.

The menacing general.

The gorgeous and majestic crown, and the extremely powerful thunder and lightning.

All of this shows how powerful this person called Shenxiao Tianzun is.

Even though Empress Sandong had doubts in her heart, after experiencing it herself, Empress Sandong knew that there might be something about this Divine Firmament.

"Which god is it?" Sandong Niangniang was puzzled.

Where there are gods, there must be legends.

Every deity needs the faith of believers.

Then it is definitely necessary to fabricate a few legends to prove the power of the gods in order to gain the belief of believers.

Gods also need packaging.

But Shenxiao Tianzun seemed to appear out of nowhere, giving Empress Sandong a feeling of being caught in a conspiracy.

"No, you have to quickly recover your strength."

Empress Sandong felt a sense of extreme danger in her heart, as if a catastrophe was imminent.

"It seems that we have to start the blood sacrifice." A murderous look flashed in the eyes of Empress Sandong.

The so-called blood sacrifices are not animal sacrifices, but human sacrifices.

Why do ghosts and ghosts like to eat people?
It is precisely because human beings are a great supplement to demons and ghosts.

In addition to demons and ghosts, gods also like to eat people, and humans also have effects on them.

But gods generally don't eat them.

Once people are used as sacrifices, they will be labeled as prostitutes of evil gods.

There is only one way to go to the black, and there is no possibility of washing the white.

The so-called "whitewashing" is actually officially recognized and turned into an official sacrifice.

Faith can only be sustained if it is officially recognized.

So under normal circumstances the gods would not do such a thing.

But now that the situation is urgent, Heavenly Venerable Shenxiao may call at anytime and anywhere.

With the current situation of Sandong Niangniang, if someone really hits her door, it is estimated that she will be out of her wits.

Thinking of this, Empress Sandong quickly contacted Yuanwai Wu and asked him to be in charge of the sacrifice.

In addition, there is also a second-hand preparation.

A stone slab slowly formed in the void, and Empress Sandong wrote on the slate with her fingers.

"The Lord of Shanliao, please, please, my little sister. Recently, a monster in Jiangnan County who claimed to be the God of Heaven, Nine Heavens, Thunder and Universalization, wanted to occupy the top of our mountain. This official is currently in Yuchan Mountain near the area under the jurisdiction of the main cave. My little sister hereby inform……"

Whoa!

The slate disappeared and flew into the depths of the void.

"Sacrifice?" In the temple, Wu Yuanwai paced back and forth, frowning.

It wasn't until now that Yuanwai Wu found out that maybe Sandong Niangniang was in trouble
It is estimated that the trouble is not small, otherwise such a bloody thing would not be done.

According to the requirements of the Empress of Three Caves, a pair of boys and girls is needed.

"What should I do..." Wu Yuanwai sighed.

Once this kind of matter is not handled properly, it will face the danger of ransacking the family and exterminating the family.

"That's right...you can do this..." Wu Yuanwai's eyes lit up, and he thought of a wonderful plan.

If you come to find boys and girls by yourself.

No matter how high his status is, he will probably be kicked out.

But what about everyone?
Yuan Wai went to the altar and took out a bowl of water.

Willow branches dipped in clear water and splashed around, while chanting words.

After chanting the incantation, a black cloud appeared above Wu Yuanwai's head.

This group of black clouds turned out to be composed of tiny bugs.

The dark clouds flew outside and landed on the crops, and the crops withered instantly.

In less than a quarter of an hour, most of the crops withered.

Lao Niu is a middle-aged man who went to Wu Yuanwai's house to intercede yesterday, and now he goes out early with a hoe.

The offerings have already been paid in full. Fortunately, there is still a little savings in the family, otherwise I would go to borrow money.

Money can be earned again.

As long as the family has one-third of an acre of land, work a little harder, and occasionally go hunting in the mountains, they can basically make a living.

Once you get a loan, I am afraid that the final outcome will be the destruction of the family, and the lightest thing is to lose the family's land.

Land is life. Once there is no land, people can only wait to die.

Behind the old cow is an eight or nine-year-old boy, thin and sallow, looking malnourished, carrying a big bamboo basket.

"Father, I'm going to find my mother first!"

"Slow down!" the old cow shouted loudly.

Every day, my son goes to the field to hunt some pigweed, and takes it to Yuan Wu's house to exchange for some rice to subsidize the family.

When he came to the field and saw the withered crops, the old cow was instantly dumbfounded.

"what happened?"

The old cow's hands trembled, and he couldn't believe it in his heart. After confirming again and again that it was his own field, he knelt down and cried loudly.

"My field, who the hell did it!"

This is the food for the family for half a year, and now all of them are sick and dead.

After a few months of going out early and returning late, the bamboo basket fetching water was all in vain.

"God, you really don't have eyes!!" The old cow lay paralyzed in the field and cried loudly.

The food for half a year is gone, and the family may starve to death.

Lao Niu is not alone in this situation, other people's crops are more or less lost.

It's just not as serious as losing all the old cows.

Everyone was crying, looking like they couldn't survive.

This is not a so-called locust plague, but an unknown disaster that suddenly withers crops overnight.

With such a strange phenomenon, everyone couldn't help but suspect that there were ghosts and gods in the dark.

For a moment, invisible panic lingered in everyone's hearts.

"Everyone, don't panic, Mistress Sandong has already told me what's going on!"

Member Wu's voice spread everywhere.

Everyone raised their heads, looking at Member Wu with a glint of hope in their eyes: "Master Wu, can the crops come back?"

"What are you thinking about!" Wu Yuanwai scolded.

"I've seen all the crops. Disasters have occurred in several villages here. Mistress Sandong told me that some people were ungodly in their hearts, which led to the punishment from heaven."

"Which guy is impious? I'm going to kill him!" Everyone booed.

"It's them..." Wu Yuanwai pointed to Lao Niu and the others, "Yesterday they didn't hand in the offerings in time, which caused the heavens to be angry, and that's why the disaster happened."

As soon as the words fell, a group of people looked at Lao Niu and others angrily.

It turned out that these people were the ones who saw that their crops withered and half a year's harvest was gone.

"kill him!"

"Go to hell, dog!"

"Why did you hurt us!"

The crowd was in an uproar. If no one took the lead, they would have rushed forward.

The old cow lowered his head, shivering, and his back was wet with cold sweat.

Lao Niu didn't expect that yesterday's intercession would lead to such serious consequences. Could it be that he really offended the heavens?

"Don't panic, your empress is kind, tell me the solution."

As soon as the words fell, the old cow raised his head instantly, as if grabbing a life-saving straw.

Everyone's eyes immediately focused on Wu Yuanwai, waiting for Wu Yuanwai to come up with a solution.

"Santong Niangniang said that the offering is actually for God. Because she is not pious, it caused God to punish her. You just need to offer it to God again."

"Okay! I'm going to prepare now, little man." Lao Niu and others said hastily.

Member Wu showed an inexplicable smile: "Don't worry, this time is not a simple offering, this time we need two boys to serve the heavens."

"What... what does this mean?" Lao Niu faintly felt something was wrong.

"It's your family who sacrificed boys and girls to God to appease the anger of God." Member Wu said with a smile.

"Of course, don't be afraid. These are all blessings, the blessings of the descendants of Fuyin. As non-members, if you come to borrow food and money in the past six months, I promise not to charge interest."

"This..." The old cow's face was pale, his lips were purple, and he knew what it meant no matter how dull he was.

Several other people also had the same ashamed expressions.

(End of this chapter)