Chapter 284 Human Life as Tribute
Yu Feng noticed that one carriage after another was heading towards the Bloody Hall, which was the residence of the Blood River Patriarch. The ruts were very deep in the ground and the horses had difficulty moving, indicating that the carriages were carrying very heavy cargo.
The Blood River Patriarch is the main force in the establishment of the Immortal Dynasty. He is responsible for searching for monks and handling external affairs.
"We are here to pay homage to the Blood River Ancestor, whose magical powers are as great as the heavens and who will live forever."
The emperors of the mortal world gathered here, and they did not have the kind of majestic aura that appeared before them. They knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the Blood River Ancestor.
Now the immortal cultivation forces of Tonggu Continent have been unified into the Immortal Dynasty, and the dynasty’s backers have abandoned them and come here.
If they want to continue to gain a foothold in the mainland, they need to show their loyalty and cling to the strongest support.
They came to pay tribute.
It was not that they sent envoys, but that the ruler of a country came personally to pay tribute and establish diplomatic relations, begging on his knees to become a vassal state of the Immortal Dynasty.
It can be predicted that the Tonggu Continent will form a situation where all the stars surround the moon, and thousands of mortal kingdoms will pay homage to the immortal dynasty.
The emperors of the mortal world carefully handed the list of tribute items to the boy, who then passed it to the Blood River Ancestor.
What list did the Blood River Patriarch need to see? With a sweep of his spiritual sense, he could see the tribute on the carriage.
Gold, pearls, agate, antiques, collectibles, calligraphy and paintings... not even a single spirit stone.
They are all commonplace things that are very valuable to mortals but not of much value to monks.
It is impossible for them to have it. Anything related to cultivation will be snatched away by the immortal cultivation forces within the country, and they will get nothing.
The emperors of the mortal world thought that as long as the intention was conveyed, they didn't have anything that the monks would be interested in anyway.
The Blood River Ancestor put the list away. When the mortal emperors saw this, they were delighted, thinking that the matter was settled.
Unexpectedly, the Blood River Patriarch said, "I can accept these rags, but you still need to provide a certain number of mortals as tribute."
"Take Xuanji Country as an example. Xuanji Country is a big country and should pay tribute of 100,000 mortals every year. As for other countries, someone will tell you."
The king of Xuanji Kingdom was dumbfounded. One hundred thousand people every year was too many. In such a hurry, where to find people and who to choose were all problems.
"But this matter is not urgent. We don't need the lives of mortals right now. Even if we bring people here, we still have to be responsible for their food, which is really troublesome. Now I just want to let you know about this matter so that you can make preparations early. You can send the people here on the eve of the founding ceremony."
The emperors of the world breathed a sigh of relief as they still had time to prepare.
Then the Blood River Patriarch glanced at the king of Xuanji Country and said, "Xuanji Country should set an example and send 100,000 people here first. Prepare immediately and make no mistakes."
The king of Xuanji Kingdom didn't know why he was an exception, but he didn't dare to question it. He could only kowtow and thank the ancestor for his kindness.
The Blood River Patriarch had no good feelings towards the Xuanji Country. His useless descendants died in the Xuanji Country, and he fought with Old Man Du in the universe because of this.
With his status, he would not be angry with Xuanji Country, but he also did not want to make things easy for Xuanji Country, so he created some obstacles.
Just as he wanted to kill someone, he decided to kill 100,000 people first to eat some meat.
After leaving the hall, the kings took the opportunity when the boy told them that they needed to provide the number of mortals to ask the boy if he could reduce the number of mortals.
The boy sneered, mocking the ignorance of these kings: "Do you know how much preparation is needed to establish an immortal dynasty? The national defense formation, the forbidden sky formation... all require the blood sacrifice of mortals to maintain the operation of the formation. Reduce the number of mortals who pay tribute, and use your heads to fill the formation?"
The king of Xuanji State dared to ask: "Can't we use spiritual stones and spiritual power?"
"How can the life of a mortal be compared with a spirit stone? Besides, the Heavenly Venerable is benevolent and cares about the world. He takes into account both the righteous and the evil ways. He also provides cultivation materials for the evil cultivators."
The material is naturally human life.
After hearing that this was the will of the Heavenly Lord, the emperors of the mortal world no longer dared to even think of bargaining to resolve the issue.
They worship monks as gods, and monks worship the Heavenly Lord as a god. The gap between the two is too big, and they are not even qualified to meet the Heavenly Lord.
"It is impossible for the Heavenly Venerable to use low-level cultivators as materials, so we can only settle for the next best thing and use mortals as materials."
The emperors of the mortal world were horrified as this was a blatant murder.
"Besides, is it difficult for each country to provide tens of thousands of people? Don't you have famines every year in the mortal world, and countless people starve to death? Wouldn't it be better to transport them to the Immortal Dynasty before they starve to death?" The boy said casually, thinking that this was a good idea.
Jiang Li frowned when his spiritual sense scanned this scene. There is no famine in Jiuzhou. Famine comes from severe droughts and floods. The cultivators can take action and use their magic power to control rain and rivers, so as to artificially adjust the weather and there will be no problem of insufficient food output.
The monks in the Tonggu world are high and mighty, so how could they help mortals with farming?
This also leads to the population density of Tonggu World being far smaller than that of Kyushu.
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"Junior brother, are you saying that the ancestor asked Xuanji Country to provide 100,000 people, and asked him to prepare immediately?" Ma Pingfan asked the boy for the news and realized that this was an opportunity to please the ancestor.
The ancestor wanted to make trouble for the Xuanji Kingdom and kill people, so he could cause trouble for the Xuanji Kingdom and let the monarch select those who were young, lively and wanted to resist as sacrifices, so that the ancestor could get a feel for the killing.
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He does what he thinks.
"Yu Feng, Senior Sister Wu Lian, there is good news." Ma Pingfan found Yu Feng and Wu Lian, as if he was giving them a great gift.
"Since we share the same master, I will give you a chance to enter the eyes of Blood River Patriarch."
"What?" Senior Sister Wu Lian felt that Ma Pingfan was a dog with ivory in his mouth, and that it was not a good thing.
"I will take you to Xuanji Country to select 100,000 slaves and present them to the Blood River Ancestor."
Yu Feng felt that Ma Pingfan might want to give his senior sister a chance, but definitely not for himself.
His rich experience with death told him that Ma Pingfan wanted to kill himself.
His intuition in this regard has always been accurate!
Yu Feng’s intuition was not wrong, Ma Pingfan really wanted to kill Yu Feng.
He had beaten this kid before, so he might hold a grudge against him. Besides, he was a genius. These two reasons were enough for Ma Pingfan to kill him.
He always takes action in advance against those who might pose a threat to him, and cuts off the threat before it becomes a threat.
But Tianzun pays attention to the number and quality of cultivators. Killing this kid openly might attract Tianzun's attention, which would be bad.
To be on the safe side, Ma Pingfan wanted to take Yu Feng out of the Immortal Dynasty and kill him in the outside world without anyone knowing.
Better to create an accident.
Yu Feng felt that he was really unlucky. He hadn't done anything yet he was targeted by a person in the Spirit Transformation Stage.
Besides, what kind of genius am I? I reached the first level of Danjie at the age of 18, all thanks to the wise guidance of Senior Jiang and the careful teaching of various seniors in the fusion stage.
I'm just a good student.
Senior Sister Wu Lian doesn't like doing this.
Human slave and Blood River Ancestor, putting these two words together definitely doesn't mean anything good.
But Ma Pingfan didn't care about their opinions. He picked them up without saying anything and flew towards Xuanji Country.
(End of this chapter)