From the power of space to the heavens 2

Chapter 1089: 1088. The Power Gods Surrender

The Power Gods are well aware of this.

Moreover, at the moment, there is no possibility of reversing the gap between the strong and the weak.

Being an absolute weakling.

It is very important to have a good posture.

If there is even the slightest possibility of a reversal.

None of them mind taking a gamble.

Unfortunately, there is not even the slightest possibility.

So, after many disputes within the clan.

The Power Gods finally gave the answer.

Whatever you ate in the past, you will vomit out now.

Strictly speaking, the compensation in terms of resources is not the most painful. No matter how many resources the Lishen Clan snatched from the Luoshen Clan, it is at most equivalent to the family overdrawing future resources in advance. Thousand-year-old ginseng, ten-thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, various skills and spiritual techniques, including weapons, are all included. Although it hurts, after all, no one is willing to hand over what they have in their hands. This is human nature. But if these compensations can avoid the crisis of genocide, the relief will still be greater than the pain.

But what the Lishen clan took away from the Luoshen clan was more than just resources.

There are also large tracts of territory that can produce fixed resources.

To put it more simply and bluntly.

The Lishen tribe took away the Luoshen tribe's territory.

If it was just a piece of territory, it would obviously not have valuable resources, but considering the population resources on the territory, this expenditure would be enough to cause great harm to the Lishen clan, even if they snatched it from the Luoshen clan. It would obviously be more painful for the Luoshen clan at that time.

After all, at the end of the day, people are everything.

Although the world has not yet figured out this truth, reality will obviously not cease to exist just because the truth has not been figured out.

The purpose of resources is to be used by people.

If there was only one person in this world.

Or maybe no one.

No matter how many resources you have, it is meaningless.

At least for this existing person, or for humans who do not exist at all, if they do not exist, resources really have no meaning or value, and there is no need to fight for them.

But as the number of people increases.

Resources are limited.

Contradictions naturally arise.

in other words.

It’s all because of people.

This is what is called people-oriented.

Man is the source of all contradictions.

It is also the life that determines all values.

They are extremely hypocritical creatures.

The specific manifestation is that human beings will subconsciously assign value to other things, for example, the most basic gold, silver, copper and iron, to various works of art with a little added value, to various antiques with the breath of time, but they regard their own lives as priceless treasures. The double standard cannot be more obvious.

of course.

Because people-oriented.

Therefore, no one can judge this double standard behavior.

Humans themselves do not judge.

As for other creatures…

Or it can be eaten by people...

Or it can’t be eaten by humans…

A group of food, and a group of creatures that are not even food, what qualifications do they have to evaluate humans? Even if humans are really double-standard to the extreme, it is not the turn of these creatures to evaluate anything.

Therefore, double standards are inevitable.

The high-ranking officials of the Lishen tribe would not consider how much pain their ancestors had brought to the Luoshen tribe. All they could see was that they had to hand over these resources, including the precious population on the territory.

When they seized the Luoshen tribe’s territory.

The Power Gods did carry out a cleansing of this area.

But one thing to distinguish is that cleaning and washing are also different.

The cleansing of the Blood God Clan was based on their position as plunderers.

in other words.

Because they are predators.

Because they don't need to occupy this territory.

Because they were restricted by certain reasons, they could only choose to plunder, whether for sustainable development, just like raising leeks, harvesting one crop after another, or because they considered that doing so would disrupt the balance between the four major clans, making it easy for the Strength Clan and the Bone Clan to feel that they were powerful, and thus join forces with the Luo Clan to begin suppressing them. In short, the Blood Clan did define themselves as plunderers, so plunderers do not need to consider local foundations.

To put it bluntly.

  What is the difference between horse bandits and bandits?

The horse bandits just fired a shot and ran away.

Grab as much as you can.

No subsequent development is considered at all.

As for the bandits, strictly speaking, they are like the Liangshan heroes in the Water Margin. Although they are certainly acting in the name of justice and have indeed robbed houses, they generally will not force people to death. This is called sustainable development, also known as avoiding exhausting the pond to catch all the fish. Although it sounds cruel, for leeks, even if they are cut again and again, it is better than uprooting them. This is a tacit concept in most of the established bandit strongholds. If the bandit leader has a little foresight, he will not cut the leeks on his territory and let them run away. After all, people have legs on their bodies, and even bandits cannot stop most people from escaping. At most, they can stop some of them. In this case, if there are real knives and guns and people die, no one will be willing to live here. This is the power of human hearts, and it is not limited to one place.

To put it more simply.

Suppose your neighbor’s family was murdered by bandits.

If it were you, wouldn't you consider running away?

Although it is hard to leave one’s hometown.

But in the face of life, everything else is empty.

Where there is life, there is hope.

If I stay here anyway, I might end up like this neighbor one day, with my life-saving food robbed by bandits and I starved to death. It is better to take precautions and run away quickly to avoid tragedy.

As for being discovered by bandits.

Or maybe he was caught by bandits.

If the bandits really kill you, it will intimidate the rest of the villagers in the surrounding area. Although on the surface, all the villagers will promise not to run away, but secretly, this will deepen the idea of ​​all the villagers to run away. After all, not running means death, and running only increases the probability of death. As long as some people are encouraged to run together or separately, these smart people will naturally believe that they can run away. Therefore, there is no need for those ignorant villagers to form gangs. These smart people will naturally assume their responsibilities. This is human nature, fear of death, or in other words, seeking benefits and avoiding harm.

So, once this happens.

It is also a bad thing for bandits.

Because all his subordinates ran away.

If they are killed, some of them will indeed be left behind, but those left behind will still think about escaping. On the one hand, it is because there are successful people serving as examples in front of them, and most people will think that if he can do it, then so can I. On the other hand, staying is a dead end, and these people have no other choice.

So, normally.

The bandits must have sent people to guard these villagers.

But here comes the problem.

  How could normal bandits possibly protect these villagers?

If all the bandits were brought over, it would indeed be possible to protect the villagers of a village, but the consequence of doing so would be giving up control over the surrounding areas. There is no doubt that this is a method of drinking poison to quench thirst. However, if the forces are not concentrated, it is obviously impossible for a dozen people to govern a village of hundreds of people.

But if it is not controlled.

But let it go.

The people on the territory will definitely flee. Therefore, once this happens, the bandits will have to change their consciousness to become horse bandits. This is one of the fundamental reasons why horse bandits will roam, but bandits generally will not.

of course.

This is not to say that bandits are good.

Strictly speaking.

Bandits are not good people either.

Their bottom line is simply not to force people to death.

They could maim people or steal their food supplies, including the children of villagers. For example, if a family had a pretty daughter, they might be abducted and taken to the mountains. The bottom line here was simply not to force people to death.

But compared with the horse bandits who burned, killed and looted.

The bandits' bottom line is still relatively high.

After all, horse bandits don't need to worry about logistics.

There is no need to consider sustainable development issues.

This is the difference between the Blood God Clan and the Strength God Clan.

The Blood God Clan is just like the horse bandits. They don't need to consider the issue of sustainable development at all. As long as they don't have enough resources, they will go to the Luoshen Clan's territory to rob. In sharp contrast to the Blood God Clan, the Power God Clan is a bandit. They occupied the territory that originally belonged to the Luoshen Clan, including population resources. Then, they governed this land as their base, gradually assimilated it over thousands of years, and completely turned this land into their own power.

However, if we look at it from another angle.

This piece of land did not originally belong to the Luoshen tribe.

Or rather, it never belonged to anyone.

Tracing back to the origin.

This piece of land has passed through thousands of hands over the endless years.

Chaos is the main theme of the world.

As for unity, it is a state that only exists when facing the evil gods from outside the domain.

The Luoshen Clan also snatched this land from others. As for the victim, it was also snatched from others back then. Therefore, the Luoshen Clan is actually very open-minded about hatred. What really makes the Luoshen Clan hate is the burning, killing and looting by the Blood God Clan. After all, after the burning, killing and looting by the Blood God Clan, the Luoshen Clan either chooses to rebuild or give up that land, which is equivalent to being treated like leeks by the Blood God Clan. The behavior of the Power Clan, or the Bone God Clan which is similar to the Power Clan, is at most equivalent to compensation after losing a normal fight. Instead of having time to hate, it is better to focus on improving one's own strength. In the world, this kind of thing is already extremely common. Either accept it or be eliminated. There is no third way to go, so they can only accept it.

This is also one of the reasons why time travelers like Lu Yuan and Xiao Yan are incompatible with this world. Because, in the minds of Lu Yuan and Xiao Yan, taking over my territory is a typical way to die. Although this word has negative connotations and has even become a meme, it is indeed correct in a sense.

A gentleman's revenge is never too late.

Confucianism also has the Gongyang School's theory of great revenge.

Time travelers like Lu Yuan and Xiao Yan are very vengeful.

It's so normal.

of course.

It’s okay to hold a grudge.

Lu Yuan was not unwilling to listen to any opinions.

Faced with this kind of hatred, even the Luoshen clan could let go.

Lu Yuan had no intention of asking for too much.

What's more, from another perspective, from the perspective of the new master of the Western Continent, stability is indeed more important than anything else.

Of course you can destroy the Power God Clan.

  and then?

Should the families under the Lishen clan be destroyed?

What about the Bone God Clan?

Should the families under the Bone God Clan be destroyed?

  Once those families are destroyed, what impact will it have on the entire circle of independent cultivators in the Western Heaven Continent, and what impact will it have on the affiliated families that rely on these affiliated families, because the trend in this world is that the big fish eat the small fish. In front of behemoths like the Power God Clan and the Bone God Clan that possess the Earth Supreme, the families with the Supreme are considered small families, but in the eyes of those small families that don’t even have the Supreme, these families with the Supreme are already big families. In addition, in those small families that don’t even have Three Days Realm powerhouses, these families with Three Days Realm powerhouses are also big families. And what is the concept of the families without Three Days Realm powerhouses down to the corners of the Western Heaven Continent?

Muchen knows all this, right?

Muchen's father, Mu Feng, is the lord of Mu Territory.

He governs dozens of small cities like Wutan City. Of course, Wutan City is on the Douqi Continent, which is a vast world, so the term is obviously not universal. But it is sufficient to describe the size and scale of a city, and Mu Feng is only at the Shenpo Realm.

Therefore, one move affects the whole body.

The aftereffects of destroying the Blood God Clan are already severe.

of course.

The aftereffects in this regard are not bad.

The affiliated families of the Luoshen Clan are all trying hard to digest it.

It won't have much impact.

The West Heaven Temple is also enough to feed the Luoshen Clan.

But what if the Strength God Clan and the Bone God Clan were destroyed just like the Blood God Clan.

The subsequent finishing work is very difficult.

Therefore, since the Lishen Clan was very sensible and not only obediently handed over the occupied territories and the resources they had plundered, but also withdrew the diehards from these territories to ensure that the Luoshen Clan could take over without any worries, and also paid an additional one-third of their own territory as interest on the territories that were robbed as compensation, and sent all the unmarried daughters of the families for Lu Yuan to choose from, Lu Yuan did not continue to blackmail the Lishen Clan.

As for those unmarried legitimate daughters.

Lu Yuan really didn't think much of it.

After all, the characteristics of the Power God Clan can be heard from their name.

The legitimate daughter sent here is not a tomboy.

But they are all women like cheetahs.

Being heroic and valiant is the main style.

But in this vast world, not to mention that this kind of heroic spirit is simply too common, just say that Lu Yuan is not a scumbag who falls in love with every woman he meets, and no one knows what missions these legitimate daughters of the Power God clan are carrying, so Lu Yuan finally rejected these legitimate daughters of the Power God clan.

However, rejection is rejection.

Lu Yuan also took into consideration the other intentions of the Power God Clan.

So, if conditions permit.

The Luoshen tribe sent out several young men of appropriate age.

An equal number of people were selected from the legitimate daughters of the Power God Clan.

As a wife.

This is equivalent to giving the Protoss a reassurance.

Silently telling the Power God Clan that from now on, we can barely be considered relatives, we will not touch you, this is the guarantee of the marriage.

As for that, select a few more.

As a concubine.

If it were Lu Yuan, of course he could do that.

After all, the news of the death of the Western Heaven War Emperor has spread.

Faced with a new ruler of the Western Heaven Continent who stepped on the old-established holy item, the Supreme Lord of Heaven, the patriarch of the Power God Clan had to agree, even if he asked him to give up his wife, for the sake of his family, although Lu Yuan was not yet so cruel as to that extent.

But for these young people of the Luoshen tribe.

Treat the legitimate daughter of the Power God clan as a concubine.

That is showing contempt for the Protoss.

The high-level leaders of the Luoshen clan will also avoid this situation from happening.

This is also the importance of marriage.

Therefore, the resources that the Lishen clan returned intact as compensation were nominally used to redeem the many legitimate daughters and clansmen, that is, the soldiers, who were captured by the Luoshen clan in the West Heaven Temple. The interest paid later was equivalent to the dowries of these legitimate daughters. After all, the Lishen clan was a people who cared about their reputation.

(End of this chapter)