"The most dangerous thing is people!"
As Feng Bingwen walked out of the city lord's mansion, a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes. Princess Zhao Xizhi followed closely behind him, never leaving his side. At first glance, she looked like a maid, but no one would mistake her for a maid because of her demeanor, bearing, and appearance.
"Beyond the Nine Provinces of Humanity, there are other human races!"
This situation did not surprise Feng Bingwen. The half-demon who had previously invaded the human territory was from the Golden Crow Clan and was a hybrid born from the union of a human and a Golden Crow.
The existence of this half-demon indicates that a portion of the human race outside the Nine Continents has achieved a very high status and is living quite well. Their influence and strength are not to be underestimated.
To be able to combine with the Golden Crow, the recognized royal family of demons, requires considerable strength. The Golden Crow is born from the essence of the sun, and even one born through the union of yin and yang is not to be underestimated. An ordinary immortal who combines with it would likely be scorched into charcoal without some skill, perhaps leaving not even ashes.
"Brother Dao, you must not regard the humans outside the Nine Provinces as your own kind, or you will surely face great calamity!"
Zhao Xizhi spoke up at the right moment. The general guarding Shuofang City didn't have time to talk to Feng Bingwen in detail. He was too busy. Out of respect for Taishangdao, he only gave a few instructions and that was about it.
Could you elaborate?
Feng Bingwen was extremely interested in this topic. If these human prodigies wanted to run wild in the demon realm, their human slaves would surely not miss such a good opportunity to show off.
"I have been a loner since childhood and rarely leave Xianyang City. I know far less about these things than the generals do, but I do know a little. Among the humans outside the Nine Provinces, those who can become human slaves are already considered to have a very high status. The vast majority of humans are like cattle and sheep raised by my ordinary human people."
"A country of humans and animals?"
Feng Bingwen frowned. In ancient times, before the rise of the human race, their situation was extremely miserable. They were raised by many tribes and regarded as food. Their life and death were entirely at the mercy of other tribes.
Unexpectedly, even after the rise of the human race, which dominated the Nine Provinces and became one of the most powerful races in the world, there were still humans who were domesticated and lived like livestock.
"right!"
Zhao Xizhi sighed. She felt a chill run down her spine just from reading the words. She couldn't imagine what it would be like for humans to actually experience all of this.
How could that be?
Feng Bingwen frowned even more deeply. The human race is so powerful now that even the ancient gods and demons have no choice but to bow down before the strongest human race. Yet, there are still humans who are treated like animals.
"The reasons are very complicated and cannot be explained in a short time!"
"Then tell me slowly."
"The reason why the Human-Beast Kingdom still exists is largely because the noble bloodlines among the demons take pride in raising humans, unlike in ancient times when demons simply viewed humans as food!"
"Those who can tame humans are powerful demon races!"
Feng Bingwen understood. The human race was indeed one of the most powerful races in the world, but precisely because of this, those demons and monsters would gain a great sense of satisfaction and accomplishment when they bullied and abused the human race.
"Your understanding is not wrong!"
Zhao Xizhi nodded.
"Indeed, some groups regard the ability to raise humans as a benchmark of strength; weak groups cannot raise humans!"
"Oh, are there other reasons?"
Feng Bingwen sneered, making a mental note of it. This was a great source of merit, and he would definitely settle accounts with him one by one if he had the chance in the future.
"Is this what they mean by 'human traitor'?"
"This brings us to the ideological debates among the powerful human race after their rise to power!"
Zhao Xizhi spoke calmly, gathering her thoughts. Although she didn't understand why this Supreme Daoist Master before her didn't even know these things, since he wanted to hear, she would explain.
"The major cultivation forces of the human race today can be roughly divided into four paths: Immortal, Buddha, God, and Martial. Among them, the Immortal path can be further divided into the orthodox Xuanmen, the unorthodox paths, and the more extreme evil and heretical paths. These divisions are not only different in the cultivation methods, but also in the differences in ideology."
"Um!"
Feng Bingwen listened patiently without interrupting the princess's explanation.
"When the human race finally gained a foothold in the world and rose to prominence, a group of 'people,' namely those who were classified as heretics, took the place of the original demons and regarded ordinary mortals and weak cultivators as resources for cultivation!"
"Man-eating cultivation!"
"That happened during the Middle Ages. These evil forces were initially quite low-key, but they became increasingly rampant, often slaughtering entire cities and refining magical artifacts."
Such actions finally angered the strongest among the human race. The Martial Ancestor, who had been asleep at the time, awoke and led his followers, along with many Dao Lords of the Immortal Path, to almost wipe out those sects and families among the human race whose actions were no different from those of demons.
However, there were too many heretical cultivators at that time. Even with the intervention of a supreme expert, some of these heretics still managed to defect from humanity and seek refuge with the demonic races beyond the Nine Provinces, where they have eked out a living and continue to persecute the humans.
Feng Bingwen understood, and at the same time, he vaguely realized that there was an ancient sword tower inside his body, which was forged from the bones of a great demon beast. When he acquired this immortal artifact, he had a question.
Since the human race has developed the method of forging magical treasures and immortal artifacts with blood and bones, are there any unscrupulous cultivators who use it on their own kind? It seems that there are, but such cannibalistic cultivators no longer exist in the Nine Continents.
Think about it, the human race in the Nine Provinces is truly fortunate. The powerful figures among the evil and heretical sects are no match for the great masters of the orthodox sects. There is also the Martial Ancestor who opened up a new path for the human race, and he was also a saint who cared deeply for the human race.
If these human powerhouses had even slightly skewed their thoughts or become even more indifferent, the current state of humanity would likely be a hundred times more miserable than what Feng Bingwen is witnessing.
"Although the human race has gained a foothold in this world, it is not invincible, nor is it without any scruples. If we do not want there to be any more human or animal kingdoms in this world, the only way is to conquer this world, enslave all races, and make the human race the master of this world."
"Um!"
Looking at the suddenly agitated princess before him, Feng Bingwen gave a noncommittal reply.
He almost forgot that the princess in front of him came from the most powerful and extreme war-loving empire of the human race. Even if she seemed gentle and virtuous, she was still a princess of the Great Qin. Under the influence of her environment, her thoughts could not possibly deviate too much from the Great Qin's doctrines.
To be fair, Feng Bingwen did like the Qin Dynasty's ideas, but overly extreme thoughts and ideas often don't lead to good results.
Enslaving all races at the drop of a hat can easily turn potential allies into enemies. After all, any intelligent being, given a choice, would not accept being enslaved by other races.
One of the most important factors that enabled the human race to rise to power was that they allied with the dragon race, which unified the endless ocean and comprised billions of sea creatures.
Looking at the creatures of the human race that are revered as auspicious omens, one can understand that the rise of the human race was not only due to its own efforts, but also to the efforts of many other races.
Of course, it is ultimately a world dominated by cultivators. If one has enough strength, one can ignore everything and make the world revolve around one's own will.
However, there are limitations in the world. No cultivator can become infinitely stronger. As long as one is in the world, there is an upper limit to one's cultivation. Therefore, in theory, there is no truly invincible being.
However, there are indeed beings in this world who are almost invincible, such as the Supreme Daoist Venerable who, in a crucial battle during the rise of the human race, only appeared once and determined the course of the war.
Let's go!
After strolling around this great human city, Feng Bingwen returned to the flying boat. This team, composed of many geniuses, did not stop for a moment, traveling through the territory conquered by the Great Qin.
The Qin Dynasty conquered a vast territory spanning tens of thousands of miles in Zhongheng Continent, where hundreds of millions of soldiers and civilians cultivated the land to sustain their war effort. However, compared to the entire continent, this was merely a small, insignificant corner.
Therefore, many prodigies quickly left the newly conquered lands of the Great Qin and officially entered the territory controlled by the alien races. However, the prodigies who were leaving the Nine Provinces for the first time did not initially realize this.
Because outside of the human race, there were still only humans, and the kingdoms, cities, and villages dominated by humans did not attract the attention of the prodigies until the turbid divine light, accompanied by the grand chanting, and the blood-red light that filled the sky, finally caught the attention of the prodigies.
"Blood sacrifice!"
A young man who happened to be looking down glanced at it was filled with shock and anger, and roared out.
A hundred miles below, there was a small county town with tens of thousands of inhabitants. Many of the people in the town, men and women, knelt down in front of a magnificent temple dedicated to the city god.
The voices of tens of thousands of people chanting scriptures and praising the gods, even though they were all mortals, could be heard for miles. This would not normally have attracted the attention of this group of knowledgeable human prodigies.
Some of them had even witnessed the human race's sacrificial ceremony to the divine emperor, a scene of even greater grandeur, with divine light sweeping across the heavens and earth, and the magnificent divine light could be seen even from thousands of miles away.
However, among the offerings enjoyed by the emperor in that small county town below, there were not the three sacrificial animals and five livestock, but people, living, crying boys and girls.
Sacrificing people is considered licentious, and the god being sacrificed is considered an evil god.
In the Nine Continents of Humanity, this is a universally acknowledged rule and principle. Any deity who dares to defy this will ultimately be punished, their divine position will collapse, they will fall from their pedestal, and then die and be forever condemned to eternal damnation.
The gods worshipped by the human race are all benevolent gods of high virtue and noble character.
As for why there are no evil gods, that's a very simple matter of survivorship bias. If all the cruel and tyrannical gods who demand human sacrifices are killed, then those who survive will naturally be benevolent gods.
Damn it!
Encountering such an evil god, there's naturally nothing to say. Even a hundred miles away, a prodigy raised his hand and threw out a jade seal he was playing with. As it left his hand, wind and thunder struck, creating a tremendous impact.
When it flew over the county town, its extravagance and magnificence were no less than that of the City God Temple of the human race's royal palace, and it was already the size of a small mountain.
"Who dares to disrespect this god?"
With a roar, an ugly, evil god appeared, swirling with turbid yet exceptionally powerful divine light, and soared upwards. A claw covered in pustules reached out, attempting to block the mountain-sized jade seal.
Tsk~
However, the turbid divine light emitted by this evil god, upon first touching the hazy clear light emanating from the jade seal, immediately collapsed and disintegrated as if scorched by a raging fire, a process that was extremely intense.
boom--
Then a deafening roar was heard, and the magnificent palaces and temples were reduced to rubble. The towering buildings were crushed into the ground, leaving only a jade mountain standing amidst the chaos, ethereal and radiant with spiritual light.
The temple priests who were holding the ceremony, as well as the devout men and women who were worshipping, were all stunned by what they saw. They were all ordinary people and did not see what happened. They only saw a flash of blue light before their eyes, and the city god they were worshipping and offering sacrifices to disappeared.
"This...this..."
Dressed in a magnificent robe, the temple keeper's bare skin was covered in festering sores, and a foul stench emanated from him. His lips trembled, and he didn't know what to say.
On the altar, beneath the chosen offerings, ten pairs of wailing boys and girls looked at the towering jade seal before them, but instead of feeling fear, they laughed heartily.
"pretty!"
"here you go!"
Meanwhile, a hundred miles away, the young man who had thrown out the jade seal was being praised by several friends. He was also the first to notice the blood sacrifice. After a loud roar, he attacked in anger.
This was the kind of education they received in their respective sects: when traveling down the mountain, if they encountered a deity that worshipped humans, they could kill it without worrying about the consequences; this was something that their teachers didn't need to instruct them on.
"Trouble is brewing!"
Hearing the commotion, Feng Bingwen stepped out of the flying boat and glanced at the scene. He immediately understood what had happened. In a moment of inspiration, he had a premonition that gods were not so easy to kill, regardless of whether they were good or evil.
"Ouch! It hurts so much! It hurts like hell!"
Thick, inky black mist emanated from beneath the jade seal, followed by murky, muddy divine light that finally transformed into an ugly and ferocious figure above the bathtub. It roared to the sky, its eyes shooting out two dark beams of divine light, and then it spotted the many geniuses who were already approaching.
"Immortal, save me!"
Without a moment's hesitation, the evil god cried out for help. He didn't need to think twice; if he dared to take the blame himself, he would probably be wiped out the next moment.
As this evil god called out, an intense, almost nauseating stench of blood filled the air, and the sky was shrouded in a thin crimson hue. Then, the void cracked open, and a river of blood flowed out, its momentum unstoppable, seemingly endless.
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