"Divine Envoy! You must be the Taotie Divine Envoy, right?" The Barbarian King exclaimed in a flash of inspiration, "Otherwise, how could you have taken away the power bestowed upon me by Taotie? I sensed the aura of Taotie on you, Divine Envoy! My Barbarian Clan has worshipped Taotie for generations; we are Taotie's most devout subjects. My lord, we are one of our own!"
"Oh? Then my devout people, take me to see the history books in your barbaric treasure trove," Fang Xiu said calmly.
The barbarian king's face lit up with joy, and he quickly got up from the ground, bowing and scraping as he said, "This way, Divine Envoy."
Soon, Fang Xiu arrived at the Desolate Treasure Vault. There was one thing the Desolate King hadn't lied about: the Desolate Treasure Vault was indeed located beneath the Taotie statue.
The Wild Treasure Vault was built underground, surrounded by wide, gray-white stone walls, with rows of luminous pearls inlaid on both sides of the corridor.
The treasury was filled with gold, silver and jewels, divine weapons and artifacts, but most of them were mortal objects. There were no items with any spiritual energy fluctuations, which was normal. In the Taotie Divine Kingdom, apart from the life force preserved by Nuwa's divine essence, all other power was devoured.
However, Fang Xiu did see many colorful stones among them, and even some rare and precious materials containing powerful life force. Although eating them would not increase cultivation, it could strengthen life, prolong life, and enhance physical strength.
Considering that he would lose all his spiritual power in two days, Fang Xiu kept all the treasures that could strengthen his physical body.
"My lord, this is the history of my Barbarian Kingdom." The Barbarian King said with a fawning expression.
"Does it record the earliest history of the wilderness?"
"Yes, yes, yes, it's all recorded."
"Does it contain secrets about the Taotie?"
"Yes, yes, yes, not only the secrets of Taotie, but even the secrets of this world are recorded. Your Excellency, you will surely find all the answers from them."
Fang Xiu glanced at him calmly and said indifferently, "So you're saying you're useless?"
"Yes, yes, yes... Ah?!" The Barbarian King suddenly raised his head, his face filled with terror: "No, no, no, it's not that, I... Ah!"
Before he could finish speaking, his head had already fallen to the ground.
Xu Ruohai curled his lip in disdain: "Barbarians are truly stupid to the extreme, all they have is muscle."
Fang Xiu picked up the history book lying in the pool of blood and began to read it. Just as the Barbarian King had said, there was indeed a lot of information recorded in it.
After a stick of incense had burned, he finally finished reading the thick history book.
"I see."
He gradually came to understand everything and knew what this world was all about.
Taotie did indeed devour Nuwa, but the reason for the devouring is not recorded in the books. It only records that Nuwa perished, leaving behind her divine essence and divine kingdom within Taotie's body.
These people are all citizens of Nuwa's divine kingdom. In short, Taotie does not have only one divine kingdom, but two.
The Taotie Kingdom encompasses the Nuwa Kingdom.
The Taotie Kingdom devours all things, while the Nuwa Kingdom protects them; the two are locked in a stalemate, maintaining a balance.
However, over time, the people of Nuwa's divine kingdom inevitably acquired the devouring nature of the Taotie.
This is why every savage possesses formidable vitality and can even increase it by eating other people.
Because they possess both the characteristics of devouring and life, they are exceptionally gifted. If they were in the Nine Provinces, everyone here would be considered a genius. It's just a pity that there are no spiritual beings in the Taotie Divine Kingdom. After all, Nuwa's authority is life, so she only preserved life.
Here, the Wilderness is not the only place where humans gather. Beyond the Wilderness lies the Central Plains. The two were once a single entity, ruled by the descendants of Nuwa.
However, due to the influence of the Taotie Kingdom, people gradually developed the ability to devour, and some ambitious individuals emerged like mushrooms after rain.
When you've painstakingly cultivated yourself for over a decade, and it's still not as effective as someone else eating another person, cannibalism incidents become increasingly common.
These people united to overthrow the rule of Nuwa's descendants, but they were no match for Nuwa's descendants because Nuwa's descendants could borrow the power of the gods. However, after quelling the rebellion, Nuwa's descendants could not bear to kill these people, so they banished them to barren lands.
Gradually, the wilderness came into being.
The people of the wilderness were those abandoned by Nuwa, so they naturally turned to Taotie and began to worship Taotie.
They continued to reproduce in the wilderness, believing in the law of the jungle. In order to gain power, almost all tribes had the custom of devouring the elderly and children.
Because the Wilderness is located on the edge of Nuwa's divine kingdom, it is often disturbed by strange phenomena. The elderly and children are a burden here. Once they get old and can no longer fight, their final fate is basically to be eaten by others. As for children, they are relatively better off, since the Wilderness still needs to be maintained. If all the children are eaten, the future of the Wilderness will be gone.
Having finished reading the history books, Xu Ruohai's face was already ashen, and an uncontrollable rage was burning within him: "Beasts! These people are even worse than beasts! Even tigers don't eat their cubs, they don't deserve to be called human!"
As children of Nuwa, enjoying the protection of Nuwa's divine kingdom, they instead turned to the Taotie, even resorting to cannibalism. These people deserve to die!
At this moment, he couldn't wait to regain his strength and go out and wreak havoc.
"You want to kill them?" Fang Xiu said calmly.
Xu Ruohai nodded heavily, his expression filled with indignation: "These beasts deserve to be killed by everyone!"
"Very well, I will give you this opportunity."
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After a long while, the Barbarian King emerged from the treasury. His face was grim as he surveyed the surrounding soldiers. He said in a deep voice, "The thief has been ambushed and seriously wounded by me. He has escaped. Issue my order: immediately summon the 100,000 warriors stationed outside the royal court to come and help me hunt down the enemy!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Several barbarian generals immediately obeyed the order and went to mobilize the army.
Seeing that no one suspected anything, the Barbarian King secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Sure enough, these barbarians only had brute force and had never seen the various supernatural powers and immortal techniques of the Nine Provinces. The True God had simply transformed me and successfully deceived everyone.
This barbarian king was actually Xu Ruohai in disguise, which was naturally Fang Xiu's doing.
He plans to use his identity as the Barbarian King to wipe out the entire royal court in one fell swoop!
He had already tasted the sweetness of sacrificing to the Taotie statue in exchange for Taotie's power. With just the sacrifice of 10,000 soldiers, the Taotie decree showed a tendency to become genuine. It is conceivable that once 100,000 soldiers are sacrificed, he might be able to condense the Taotie decree in one fell swoop!
The Law of Time is a special law without any rank, but the Law of Gluttony is a genuine divine law! A divine law that only demigods can condense!
If a Celestial Emperor wants to advance to a demigod, he needs to condense his 108 laws into a single divine law, and then advance.
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