Chapter 274 What is the Demonic Path (Part 2)
The Blood River Demon Lord opened his mouth.
Imagination?
I imagine the market, imagine?
Brother, you think too highly of me.
"It seems you can't imagine it."
Lu Wenwu shook his head with a hint of regret.
Given the current state of development in the world of immortal cultivation, it would probably be difficult for the Blood River Demon Lord to understand what "capital devours people" means, and even more difficult for him to understand what "capitalism" and the "cyberpunk era" are.
That method of killing people invisibly and manipulating the lives of a large number of low-level mortals with ease is more horrifying than the magic monks killing people with flying swords.
Are you kidding? How can killing people make money as quickly as this?
"It seems that it's too early to tell you about this kind of thing now. Your social civilization structure hasn't developed to that point yet. You can't imagine too many things that you haven't seen before."
"Let me tell you something very simple and superficial. What is your understanding of the war between mortal nations?"
"War?" The Blood River Demon Lord was taken aback. "That's bad. War among mortals will affect production and lead to a sharp decline in the young and middle-aged population. A large-scale war will affect the 'harvest' for the next few years."
"So this is why you have been using powerful force to forcibly mediate mortal wars?" Lu Wenwu asked with a smile.
The Blood River Demon Lord nodded. "Yes, although war will bring benefits in the short term, in the long run it is not good for population growth. The number of mortals is too important to us."
I don't know if this is some kind of hellish joke.
Because population is too important to the Demonic Path, ever since the Blood River Demon Lord took control of the entire Demonic Path, the Demonic Path has used a smaller territory to support more mortals, and the number far exceeds that of the righteous path.
In order to prevent "production reduction" and to improve their cultivation, the vast majority of demon monks are providing as much help as possible to mortals under the rules set by the Blood River Demon Lord to forcibly eliminate war.
Except for some demonic cultivators who are particularly picky about bones and body, the rest of the demonic cultivators will mostly choose old and frail mortals when harvesting.
Just like raising chickens.
Fat and strong young hens and roosters should be kept to continue breeding offspring, while old hens that cannot lay eggs can be slaughtered directly for meat.
For the righteous, this doesn’t matter, just let it go.
For the demonic path, the number of mortals is closely related to whether they can break through to the next major realm and live a few hundred more years, so they are particularly concerned.
This unique social state is difficult to evaluate.
Not necessarily a joke, but definitely funny as hell, and very ironic.
Lu Wenwu said calmly, "You, the Demon Lord, still have a very superficial understanding of 'war.' Or rather, you simply don't understand the enormous benefits inherent in war."
"Those who achieve great things don't dwell on trivial matters. You must have heard this saying. If you want to achieve great things, you must first have a broad vision. Yes, you do see further than ordinary demon cultivators, but you haven't seen far enough."
"I said this to a demon cultivator a while ago - play the long game to catch the big fish. Nothing ventured, nothing gained."
"I wonder if you've ever heard of a word—religion?"
"Religion?" The Blood River Demon Lord looked bewildered. "Are you referring to those so-called religious ceremonies in mortal countries?"
"It's somewhat similar, but not exactly the same," Lu Wenwu said. "Mortals are mostly short-sighted, blindly following the crowd. Religion is a torch used to guide their thinking."
"For example, let's say you created a religion—well, let's call it prenatal education. First, you'd invent a 'god' and claim it's omnipotent. At the same time, you'd create a few miracles to prove the god's existence and convince mortals."
"You should know that mortals don't believe in immortals or gods for no reason. They worship them for a purpose. At this time, you should spread the message that sincere worship of immortals and gods will grant your wishes, and that observing religious precepts will accumulate merit. If you accumulate enough merit, you will enjoy eternal bliss after death."
"Is this even possible?" Blood River Demon Lord was stunned. "Is there really anyone who would believe this?"
Lu Wenwu shrugged: "I'm telling you now that if you work hard, I can help you ascend. My status and position are here. Do you believe it?"
The Blood River Demon Lord suddenly fell silent.
The credibility of the contemporary Dragon Emperor, combined with the golden signboard of the dragon clan, is simply invincible.
If the Dragon Emperor said he could take him to heaven, he would really believe it.
Similarly, in the world of immortal cultivation, if a cultivator who has reached the state of spiritual transformation wants to deceive a mortal, the mortal will definitely believe it.
To put it bluntly, religion is nothing more than empty promises to believers.
No one can prove that this pie does not exist, but it is possible to fabricate it to deceive others into believing that this pie may exist.
As long as you make some people believe that the pie exists, and then others believe it, a large number of people will be led to believe it because of the herd mentality.
What if it's true, right?
Lu Wenwu continued, "After establishing the religious framework and the gods of faith through a series of biographies, it's time to formulate the laws that believers must abide by on a daily basis."
"For example, believers need to have more children. Having children is a great merit, and the more children you have, the more merit you gain. As long as you can give birth to fifty children, your soul will be able to ascend to the immortal realm after death, enter the kingdom of the immortal god, and enjoy eternal bliss."
"At the same time, according to the rule of ascending to heaven after death through merit, corresponding punishments will be derived. For example, not having children is a sin, and not raising them properly after having children is also a sin, and one will go to hell after death."
"To boost believers' subjective initiative, they also use extremely flattering words to describe how wonderful and blissful the afterlife is. They also extol how hell will be infinitely more painful than current life, and how cruel the punishments will be. "
"On a daily basis, you rely on the believers to guide their spirits through the biographies you compile, control their behavior through laws, and increase their work efficiency by making promises."
"When all this is done, a religion is probably complete."
The Blood River Demon Lord pondered for a moment, then nodded earnestly. "Your thoughts are like a revelation. If we use this 'religion' to control those mortals, the effect will surely be excellent. They will be more obedient. But there's one thing I don't understand. What does this have to do with war?"
Lu Wenwu smiled faintly. "Then let me ask you, if you follow the same pattern and create a brother religion with completely opposite laws, but very similar immortals and gods, even brothers or fathers and sons, and both countries also encourage having children, what do you think will happen?"
"For example, here the rule is that you have to eat pork every meal. Eating charcoal-grilled pork belly every meal is a way of honoring God. Eating beef is blasphemy because beef is the incarnation of God and pigs are God's enemies."
"The other side says eating beef is a sign of respect for God, that pigs are the incarnation of God, and that cows are God's enemies."
Lu Wenwu did not continue speaking, as the expression on the Blood River Demon Lord's face had become extremely interesting.
He answered subconsciously, "They will definitely regard each other as enemies, declare each other heretics, and wage a mad war to determine who is the orthodox one!"
"And to win the war, for the sake of law and merit, they will be frantic in having children and even more frantic in eliminating heretics! The hatred between the two sides will continue through years of war until one side is completely wiped out!"
“Pah pah pah pah.”
"Congratulations, you have mastered the essence of religious war."
Lu Wenwu clapped his hands at him.
"Once you successfully cause a war between two countries through religion, it becomes an almost unstoppable conflict. At this point, you only need to provide a little support when one side is about to lose, to keep the conflict going."
The Blood River Demon Lord swallowed his saliva and said in a trembling voice, "Then this will become a war that will never stop. All mortals will be minced forever under the laws of nature."
"To avoid being destroyed by the other side, and to destroy the other side, they must tirelessly multiply and expand their own tribes and nations day and night, until 'I' leave, or some external force causes one side to completely disappear."
"Very good, the boy is teachable."
Lu Wenwu finally showed a satisfied smile.
The religious wars that actually took place on Blue Planet have continued for two thousand years, but they did not last forever.
This is because there are no real gods on the blue planet, nor are there two absolutely equal countries, nor are there unreasonable guys like cultivators.
Even so, after fighting for so many years, a group of religious fanatics who even destroyed a country are still continuing to fight openly and secretly.
Not to mention how intense the fight would be if it happened in a place like the world of immortal cultivation, with the constant guidance and intervention of demonic cultivators.
There are more mortal kingdoms in the world of immortal cultivation than on the blue planet!
There are countless of them, big and small, at least thousands!
If every country created a religion and started religious wars among themselves, the entire world of immortal cultivation would always be in the sphere of war.
Once this continent-wide world religious war begins, it will definitely not be stopped.
With the level of science and technology in ancient times, it was impossible for a great emperor or a great country to emerge that could unify the world and eliminate all conflicts caused by different cultural beliefs.
Every moment a country is dying, and every moment a country is being established.
Once the situation becomes serious, even if all the righteous cultivators join hands, it will be impossible to drag this quagmire back on track.
This is no longer just a war.
It is a struggle between mortals!
Unless all countries can achieve the divine right of kings as in ancient China, rather than divine right of kings.
Otherwise, this world religious war will be an unsolvable conspiracy!
Everyone fights for the beliefs in his heart and dies with a noble spirit.
The torrent is rolling forward and cannot be stopped by one person alone.
Oh, if the term "world religious war" seems unfamiliar, then if we change it to the word "calamity", would it sound more familiar?
Isn't this method of using religion or other means to influence the world situation and trigger a large-scale world war a common method used by the "saints" in classic ancient online novels?
Relying on starting wars and comprehending "luck" and "calamity" to practice, can this be called a saint?
hehe
What a shitty saint, he's almost like a demon.
For a moment, the house fell into an eerie silence.
Ten minutes later, the Blood River Demon Lord's body shook violently.
He stumbled and almost fell to the ground.
He held onto the table beside him and gasped for breath. Beads of sweat continued to drip down his forehead. His whole body was soaked with sweat, as if he had been fished out of the water.
After Lu Wenwu's detailed explanation, the Blood River Demon Lord finally understood what the true path of evil was!
His path was wrong!
The entire path of the devil is wrong!
This can't be called magic at all.
At best, this person can only be called a bad person among the immortal practitioners.
Just because someone kills many people or uses cruel methods doesn’t mean he can be called a demon.
During the ten minutes of intense brainstorming, the Dao heart that the Blood River Demon Lord had spent thousands of years to build was almost shattered.
If he was not a man of strong will, Lu Wenwu's words just now would probably have made him waste thousands of years of hard training in the East China Sea and lose everything in one day.
To be precise, the heart of Tao has basically been shattered into dregs.
But Lu Wenwu's words were like glue, constantly filling these gaps.
With the help of the will of the Blood River Demon Lord himself as glue, this almost broken heart of Tao was glued together again.
Seeing his current appearance, Lu Wenwu smiled even brighter and more cheerfully: "It seems that you have figured out a lot of things."
The Blood River Demon Lord nodded heavily with extreme regret and unwillingness.
"Although I'm reluctant to admit it, your guidance has made me re-examine my inner self. I'm afraid I'll never be able to embark on the true path of magic. For my entire life, I've only been wandering around the immortal path."
"You're right. My title as Demon Lord is not real, and I don't deserve to be called a Demon Lord. I can't be the kind of demon you describe, nor can I become that kind of demon. I only know how to cultivate and kill people."
“I may never be able to ascend.”
When he finished speaking, the Blood River Demon Lord lowered his head dejectedly, and his voice became lower and lower.
But Lu Wenwu burst into laughter instead: "Haha. You cultivate the immortal path and pursue the immortal realm. What does not becoming a demon have to do with ascension? You think too highly of yourself. Not only can you not become a demon, but no one in this world can truly become a demon! Including me."
The Blood River Demon Lord raised his head in surprise, feeling a little at a loss.
You just said so much that it almost broke my faith in Taoism. Now you tell me that no one in the world can become a demon?
Are you kidding me?
Lu Wenwu chuckled and said, "Whether it's you or me, before embarking on the path of cultivation, we are all human beings first. As long as we are human, we still have the shackles in our hearts. The worst case scenario is just Lawful Evil, which is still the alignment of Order."
"Since you've examined your own heart and believe you can't become a true demon, why not correct yourself, clean up your act, and return to the immortal path? You demons have studied many interesting techniques, but using them only for evil is a waste."
Go the right way?
It doesn't matter!
Compared to this, the Blood River Demon Lord cares more about something else.
"You say you are a human?"
Lu Wenwu smiled and released the Dragon Emperor's light crown: "Why, humans can't be Dragon Emperors? Is the human body so inconvenient?"
(End of this chapter)
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