Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1042 Lion Head Secret Sutra
At the beginning, Aiwass was indeed not clear about the specific situation.

But later, when he heard that "the Swan King was not dead yet, and his soul was still somewhere watching the irises", Aiwass suddenly understood which copy this was -

——To be honest, this statement is not wrong.

After all, according to the original plot of the game, almost all forces or individuals in this world who have the power and intention to change the world are basically beaten to death by the players in the end.

At that time, Aiwass didn't realize there was any problem here - as a player, is there any problem in turning an NPC who has a different stance and opinion from you into a boss? There is no problem!

As a BOSS, it is normal to have a broken dream, be persecuted or misunderstood by others. It is even more reasonable to have firm determination and perseverance. Only when these conditions are met can you be called a villain leader with style - and breaking the villain's lofty dreams is what the "protagonist" of the player should do!

——I'm too lazy to listen, you don't deserve to speak!

From the player's perspective, this can even be considered a cool plot - all organizations that treat "players" badly will eventually be found to be villains, and there will never be any "whitewashing" plot in the middle; and as long as they are villains, they will basically be beaten to death thoroughly, and at most they will run away once or twice along the way.

Now, there are more and more bosses following Aiwass, and he gradually realized that something was wrong.

——It is known that there will be an unknown doomsday in the future, and now is the time to transcend... Is it really necessary to kill those who try to change at this time? What is the position of the players? In other words, as the controllers of the "players", what is their personal position? Is it just "world peace"?
At least in this world... in this idealistic world where one needs a firm faith in the Tao to become strong.

It can be said that... every great villain is once a failed hero.

——This is exactly what the boss called “Box of Nothingness” is like.

There are four high-difficulty levels in version 4.0, of which only two are Celestial Masters. The last one is the Disaster Dragon, which is the half of the Crown Master. In the original world line, Professor Moriarty took away the heart of the Disaster Dragon at the end - and that was the precursor to "the death of Aiwass".

Among the four high-difficulty levels, the simplest one and the first BOSS is called "Box of Nothingness".

Aiwass rarely played this dungeon because it was a purely mechanical boss. The dungeon was full of various mini-games, and it felt like playing Fall Guys. Aiwass's short-term memory was not very good, and he hated the snapshot memory mechanism - the kind that looked at the color of the colored floor, then the floor returned to black, and then guided the different colored skills to the same color grid according to the prescribed mechanism.

Aiwass could only follow his teammates throughout the whole process and could not remember anything. Aiwass estimated that at least 70% of the players were like him. As office workers, they were basically ruthless and had no intelligence. They were not like young students, whose brains were so rigid that they could not even get past this mechanism...

Because he was constantly having group fights during this dungeon, he remembered the first five seconds of the opening CG very clearly:

The "Box of Nothingness" that looked like a treasure chest was opened, but what jumped out was not a treasure chest monster - but a handsome human head with closed eyes.

Looking back now, that should be the head of the Swan King.

"——According to my speculation," Aiwass said, "the head of the Swan King should be kept in the home of a Moon Child Count."

"…Where did you get this from?!"

Sherlock blurted out. He clearly remembered that when he asked Aiwass "What do you think", Aiwass said "I'm not sure"!

At that time, Aiwass was still not sure whether the Swan King was still alive... He had to check the answer with himself. But when he turned around, he even knew where the Swan King's head was.

Just outrageous!
This is not “speculation” at all!
Sherlock became more and more suspicious, whether Aiwass really had some kind of unspeakable predictive ability...

Aiwass carefully recalled the pre-task of the "Empty and Desolate Courtyard" dungeon, and said from the back to the front: "The Children of the Moon actually have a secret technology... They can preserve the heads of others, so that they can remain 'still alive'."

"Well, I know that."

Unexpectedly, the old duke nodded and said, "This is a technique from the Lion Head Tantra.

"In the past, when the Path of Love was still the Path of Beasts, there was a Lion Celestial Being in the Path of Beasts. He called himself the King of Beasts, but the Supreme Heaven chopped off his head and made his head into an ornament... Even so, he still did not die.

"He endured it until the High Heaven left his throne, and then he finally fled to the underworld. This skill of preserving oneself with 'one head' is called 'Lion Head Technique'."

The old duke had obviously heard of this technology and even knew the background behind it.

Considering his age...I'm afraid he was promoted by the Moon Children.

After all, if Bing Xin Gong had not entered the path of twilight, his death would have come in the next few years. He was an old man who had experienced the third rebellion, and his age was probably over a hundred years old.

If Bing Xin Gong does not want to be transformed into the Son of the Moon, they can also provide another way to prolong his life - that is the "Lion Head Technique".

"The 'Lion Head Technique' originated in the Taichu Empire. It is called the 'Losing Head Method', and the people who master this method are called the 'Losing Head Clan'."

Aiwass was also impressed by it: "The sorcerer who uses this method is also called 'Flying Head Barbarian' - its characteristic is that the head can survive away from the body and fly freely. If the 'Lost Head Method' is not practiced well, it must return to its own body within a limited time, otherwise it will die. And they can gain the vitality of others by sucking human blood. If the 'Lost Head Method' is practiced to a deep level, it can even directly eat the head and take away the body of others to 'act on their behalf'.

"Although it's easy to die if you can't return to your body, on the other hand...if you can keep 'sucking blood' to keep your blood vigorous, you won't die immediately.

"The Swan King is stuck between death and life. The Sons of the Moon placed his head in a blood box to provide a constant supply of fresh blood... and for a Son of the Moon Count, it is a very reasonable need for him to store fresh blood.

"——Therefore, no one would suspect that he used the blood for other purposes.

"For example, using this blood to nourish the head of a former king."

(End of this chapter)