Chapter 332: The Sword God betrays the Sword Sect?
The Nabahai tribe is the largest and most populous tribe among the surviving tribes in Tiangui Mountain.
According to Dai Min, the chief of the Nabahai tribe, who is said to be the only living monk over a thousand years old in Tiangui Mountain, in the entire Tiangui Mountain imprisoned by the rift, including the small tribes dependent on the large tribes, there are only forty-three tribes surviving - but this was the statistics three years ago, and it is hard to say how many tribes are left now.
Don’t be fooled by the fact that these forty-three tribes sound like a lot. They seem to be a lot more than the three tribes of Hubuyu, Quanrong and Sushen that are often talked about outside, but in fact the two are completely different concepts.
Liuzhou is a cold and bitter place, and its original form of civilization is quite similar to the North Asian civilization on the Blue Planet, for example, it was mainly based on nomadic pastoralism and forest hunting.
The harsh living environment makes the "bloody sacrifice" custom in this place more intense. As early as when the Sword Sect was still prosperous, it was popular among the mortal tribes in this area to rob each other and then slaughter all the people from the other tribe for sacrifice.
Of course, this does not mean that the people in this place are born particularly cruel, but because many customs and cultures, and even forms of civilization, are closely related to the geographical features and climate.
Compared to rich places like Zhongzhou where one can just lie down, find a few trees and a piece of land and eat for life, Liuzhou's grain output is almost comparable to that of ancient Blue Star. In addition, there are abundant minerals here, but the soil is not suitable for farming, so the tribes of mortal people can only survive by plundering each other.
This survival mode can not only consume excess population but also obtain more food, and has become the main form of civilization in Liuzhou for thousands of years.
As for the reason for the "massacre", it is essentially a deterrent, a way to prove the power of force to the outside world. However, in the customs of Liuzhou, it is interpreted as culture. In the legends of Liuzhou, if a Liuzhou person is massacred, his soul will be trapped in the Nine Netherworlds and suffer torture. Only through sky burial can the soul return to the Guixu Sea and gain eternal peace.
This form of civilization that values force has made Liuzhou almost a large breeding ground for poison. The Liuzhou tribes that were not trapped in the rift valley can still exchange materials and trade with the forces and sects of the other ten continents and three islands. The larger tribes gradually developed by selling some specialties and minerals and annexed the smaller tribes. Gradually, the entire Liuzhou has formed the current three-legged situation.
Of course, this "three-legged tripod" is a very loose "three-legged tripod". For example, the most famous Quanrong clan, their tribe occupied the grassland with abundant water and grass, and their civilization also evolved the concept of "king's tent". There were dozens of "small king's tents" or "small tribes" attached to the "king's tent". Although these tribes attached to the Quanrong clan's king's tent also called themselves the Quanrong clan, they actually called each other by the names of the people who actually controlled each faction. For example, the Bula Ka tent was a tribe led by a small patriarch named "Bula Ka".
Although the Hu Buyu and Sushen clans had slight differences in civilization from the Quanrong clan, after all, the territories they occupied were mainly forests and mountains, and their eating habits were different from those of the Quanrong clan, which mainly lived in grasslands. But they were generally similar, both being relatively loose large tribes composed of many small tribes of varying sizes.
In comparison, the tribes in Tiangui Mountain were much more miserable. The Hubuyu clan could still obtain food by trading with other forces, but the Nabahai tribe had no way to do so. According to Dai Min's recollection, when the incident occurred, all the flowers, plants and trees in Tiangui Mountain withered rapidly within half a month, and the soil turned red, which was unsuitable for planting. The red fog made everyone feel weak and irritable, and those monks who became monsters would attack everyone indiscriminately.
Those days were truly difficult, with people dying every day. Countless people refused to give up and wanted to escape from this land of divine punishment, but all those who tried to cross the rift paid the price of their lives, serving as a warning to others.
That’s right, Dai Min called this land trapped by the rift, which is called “Arctic Continent” outside, the “Land of Divine Punishment”.
"If all the Sword Sect monks have turned into monsters...how did you survive?"
The Jade Emperor sat in the "meeting house" of the Nabahai tribe, listened quietly to Dai Min's storytelling for a long time, and asked the questions in his heart.
He hesitated and said tactfully: "It is difficult for mortals to compete with cultivators, right? What's more, the Sword Sect has a Sword God..."
"Yes, at the beginning, they couldn't survive at all. All the people were passively waiting to be killed or turned into food."
Dai Min looked a little dazed and his tone was very calm.
Wu Ke, who was standing by, was horrified: "Turned into food!?"
Dai Min sighed: "The flowers, plants and trees have all withered, the birds and beasts have no food and have all starved to death. The livestock are gone too, so they can only eat humans."
The Jade Emperor frowned, unable to imagine what Dai Min was talking about: "But, but didn't the monk practice fasting a long time ago!?"
However, the next second, Dai Min's words made the Jade Emperor almost unable to control his anger.
“Yes, they don’t need food to survive, but they need food to practice.”
“Beep——”
The Jade Emperor cursed, but unfortunately, it was muted by the system.
However, this episode did not affect Dai Min's storytelling. He continued slowly, "Later, some monks rebelled against the Sword Sect. They believed that eating humans to cultivate was no different from being a demon, so they could not accept this."
Wu Ke couldn't wait to ask: "What happened next? How did the Sword God become?"
Dai Min smiled bitterly and said, "It was the Sword God who led us to rebel against the Sword Sect."
Wu Ke shouted in disbelief: "How is this possible!? If the Sword God is against cannibalism, with his absolute strength, no Sword Sect cultivator can resist!"
The Jade Emperor retorted in a deep voice, "No, that's not necessarily true. The Sword Sect doesn't just have the Sword God, there are also the twelve Sword Maidens who have all become immortals. I remember that Hong Gu seemed to be a golden immortal. If they all attack the Sword God, he may not be able to escape unscathed."
"That's right," Dai Min nodded slightly, confirming the Jade Emperor's conjecture: "Many Sword Sect immortals and cultivators, led by the Twelve Sword Princesses, all believe that only by practicing hard and achieving enlightenment can we hope to leave here, but the Sword God disagrees."
Dai Min paused as he spoke, looking at the two people with rosy and plump cheeks. A hint of envy flashed across his eyes, but soon returned to being dead.
He whispered, "The Sword God said that this is divine punishment and no one can escape it."
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