Type-Moon, a human love simulator.

Chapter 155: There is no such beauty in the world, either a demon or a fox

The capital of Zheng State was Xinzheng.

Even among the countries in the Central Plains, Xinzheng is one of the largest cities. Since Duke Huan of Zheng moved the capital and Duke Zhuang of Zheng became the hegemon, successive monarchs have improved it, and it is still the political and military center of Zheng today.

The war between Zheng and Han, the prime minister of Jin, did not start this year. In other words, the war between Zheng and Jin had been going on for hundreds of years since Duke Zhuang of Zheng. The endless war severely hit the national strength of Zheng.

The main battlefield of the struggle for hegemony between Jin and Chu was often within the territory of Zheng. If Zheng sided with Jin, it would be attacked by Chu, and if it sided with Chu, it would be attacked by Jin. In this way, it was attacked by the two hegemonic states of the Spring and Autumn Period for three hundred years.

The State of Jin reached its peak through a series of wars in which it won more battles than it lost. Even today, the power of a senior minister in Jin is enough to crush a small hegemon like the State of Zheng during the Spring and Autumn Period.

Su Kai arrived at the territory of Zheng State. At this time, Zheng State had been eroded to the point that only Xinzheng was left. However, this huge city had a population of 200,000 people, accounting for almost 80% of Zheng State's population and economy.

“…This smell?”

Su Kai frowned, something was wrong. He had felt that there was something wrong with the decline of Zheng State before. But when he came to the capital of Zheng State today, he discovered that something was wrong with the atmosphere in Xinzheng City.

There is the smell of something inhuman.

After all, this is the Age of Gods. There are many gods and demons in this era, but demons that can influence the monarch of a country are still very rare.

But Su Kai did not interfere because he was now broke again.

Eating requires money, but he has nothing, and the currency in each country is different. Every time he arrives at a place, Su Kai has to work and earn money before he can eat.

Although he could easily make a lot of money by using magic, Su Kai was not willing to abuse his abilities to do such despicable things.

"Family, it's time for dinner again!"

Su Kai snapped his fingers, and the dust in the fellow villager's house was cleared away, and the broken utensils and objects were restored to their original state as if time had gone back. The fellow villager gratefully held the wheat rice and dried meat and tremblingly handed them to Su Kai.

"My dear... sir, I am poor and have nothing better to serve you. I only have this coarse wheat rice and dried meat."

Su Kai took the wheat rice and ate a few mouthfuls, then said with a smile: "Wheat rice is fine, as long as it's edible. By the way, I have an 'Automatic Plowing Technique' here, would you like to buy it?"

"Just give me some food and money. If you don't have that much, the whole village can contribute."

Su Kai gave him some advice: "I can tell you that my skills are well-known, and I have received zero negative reviews. All the fellow villagers who exchanged skills with me have not lost anything. They have made a fortune, don't you understand?"

"Plowing the land... Our village relies on hunting for a living, and ploughing land is something only needed for the fiefs of the nobles in the city."

The old man hesitated for a moment, but still chose to reject Su Kai.

It might be because of Su Kai's kind attitude and the fact that he worked for the villagers while eating that made the villagers bolder. If it were the nobles, they would have directly brought their servants and retainers to kill and rob.

Although these barbarians are also people of Zheng, their status is far inferior to that of the people in the city.

"Oh... then."

Su Kai took out a ceramic bag and a few bamboo slips: "This is the Breath Containment Technique, which can make the aura on your body fluctuate like stone, and be ignored by wild beasts. This is the Wild Beast Estrus Technique, which can make your body emit the scent of wild beasts in estrus, and seduce wild beasts..."

"... My dear, you have all these magical skills." The old man was about to speak, but he stopped talking. In the end, he could only say, "You really have everything."

"Hey~ That's what magic is!" Su Kai finished his rice and dried meat, and said with a smile: "Law and magic are things that help powerless people fulfill their wishes."

"There are even those monsters in the sky, what does my magic mean?"

Su Kai looked up at the sky. Unlike ordinary people who could only see the azure blue sky, the sky was almost full as far as he could see.

Spirits, countless spirits fill the heaven and earth. These things cannot be considered gods now. They are just spirits transformed from the tentacles of Gaia’s consciousness. They are Gaia’s beloved sons.

But even in Greece, the heyday of the Age of Gods, Su Kai had never seen so many spirits. And in China, which was approaching the end of the Age of Gods, Su Kai saw all kinds of spirits that he had never seen before in his life.

Some are in the shape of animals, such as jackals, wolves, tigers, leopards, dogs, eagles, snakes, turtles, foxes, cows, chickens, deer, dragons, phoenixes, and unicorns...

Regardless of the form of the beast, it reveals a majestic divinity and has obviously surpassed the initial elf stage of the spirit body to become a totem god with an unstable status.

Some totems are weak, with only a few hundred or a few thousand believers. Their divinity is shaky and they may collapse at any time.

Some totems are huge, and the animal shapes carry an awe-inspiring divine charm, and any human who sees them can't help but kneel down.

There are animal-shaped totems everywhere, but only a few human-shaped life forms.

These few humanoid creatures wore crowns and robes that surpassed those of the emperor, symbolizing their status - the emperor of heaven.

But now there are obviously too many Heavenly Emperors. There is one or several huge Heavenly Emperors in the four directions of southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest, overlooking the mortal world, waiting to compete to become the strongest and final Heavenly Emperor.

At this time in the territory of Zheng State, close to the Zhou royal family and Jin State, the Heavenly Emperor worshipped was naturally the Lord of Heaven who was worshipped when King Wu launched the attack on King Zhou.

His body is huge, his divinity is substantial, and he radiates a majestic golden light. The sun, moon, stars, wind, rain, and lightning surround him like companion stars. Only his face is blurry, but no matter how you look at it, it is a face full of majesty.

As if sensing the offending gazes from the ants, Haotian's golden eyes dropped, looking down at the world...

Su Kai withdrew his gaze. Suddenly, a thunderclap exploded in the sky. The old man was startled and knelt on the ground in fear and kowtowed to the sky: "Sir, the Lord of Heaven is angry. Kneel down quickly."

"My knees are too stiff to kneel down." Su Kai leaned against a big tree nearby and comforted her, "It's okay. With me here, Haotian will avoid looking at me. You don't have to kneel."

Haotian's eyes that swept across the world flashed by. As Su Kai said, he did not stay here, but the old man seemed to be frightened by something, and said with lingering fear: "My noble man, you must not be rude to the sky."

"In the past, King Wu Yi of the Shang Dynasty was unjust. He played chess with the gods and won by shooting arrows into the sky. As a result, he incurred the wrath of the gods. The dragon turned over and the Yellow River burst its banks. Thunder fell from the sky and killed Wu Yi..."

"That's because the King of Shang is the son of the Emperor of Heaven. If a father kills his son, he will be doomed. But I am not the son of the Emperor of Heaven."

Su Kai didn't need to explain. He had always been like this. Even if the gods questioned him, he would never explain. But now, facing the view of an ordinary person, he said seriously: "The kings of Shang Dynasty have all claimed that they are the sons of the Emperor of Heaven. Since they think they are the sons, but are disrespectful to the Heaven, they will naturally die."

The monarchs of the Shang Dynasty were very interesting. Although the country relied on the gods to maintain its prosperity, every Shang king refused to sacrifice people to the gods and wanted to rule by man.

But the problem is that you have regarded the Son of the Emperor of Heaven as the orthodoxy of your own rule from the very beginning. If you oppose the gods, you are opposing yourself.

In the past, when King Tang of Shang destroyed the Xia Dynasty, there was a severe drought for seven years. King Tang then offered human sacrifices to the sky in an attempt to move the heaven.

Slaves were sacrificed on the first day, but the drought continued.

The next day, civilians were sacrificed, as well as a large number of soldiers, but there was still a severe drought.

On the third day, the old nobles of the Xia Dynasty were sacrificed, but the drought was still severe.

On the fourth day, sacrifices were offered to the Shang nobles who had followed King Tang and made great contributions, but the drought continued.

On the fifth day, a priest who claimed to be able to communicate with God was sacrificed, but the drought continued.

On the sixth day, sacrifices were offered to the princes of the fiefdoms, that is, the kings, but the drought was still not resolved.

On the seventh day, Shang Tang tied himself to the altar and lit a fire under his feet. Then it began to rain heavily, and the seven-year drought was suddenly ended.

Precisely because of Shang Tang, the status of ghosts, gods, witches and divinations was extremely high in the Shang Dynasty. Successive Shang kings wanted to deal with them, and many of them died because of them.

"Gaia is really not a good person. Almost none of the native gods on Earth that extend from her tentacles are good gods!"

Su Kai shook his head. Maybe God is just like that. All gods in the world want to eat people.

Perhaps the only gods that do not eat humans are those mindless machines.

The old man trembled as he took out all the food, dried meat and water in his house. He said, "Sir, we really need your magic. This is all the food in my house. If you don't mind..."

Su Kai understood that this meant to expel the guest. In this era when even totem gods could gather tens of thousands of believers, Su Kai's remarks were truly horrifying. Su Kai also did not tell him that gods also needed humans and that both sides were equal.

This has been tested in Greece. It is useless nonsense. Unless the gods are willing to make concessions, the so-called equality is just a game to coax children.

The native gods of Earth are not as easy to talk to as the Greek mecha gods.

"Alright, let's change it!"

Su Kai can write hundreds of such spells in a minute. He probably hasn't even counted how many spells he has mastered now.

Before leaving, Su Kai looked at the old man and asked, "My fellow, let me ask you one last question. I have heard that there are three evils in Zheng State: demons, weapons and nobles. Can you tell me in detail?" "..." The old man hesitated for a moment, but still nodded and said, "You have a doubt, and I happen to know it, so I should help you solve it."

"The so-called demon is the great demon in Xuanyuan Tomb. Legend has it that anyone who has seen this demon will feel as if they have lost their mind. After returning, they will lose their appetite and do nothing every day except daydreaming. In the end, they will starve themselves to death."

"Xuanyuan Tomb?" Su Kai raised his eyebrows and said, "Is the big monster a fox or a pheasant?"

"I don't know. Those who have seen that demon are all useless. They have lost their ability to speak, so naturally they can't ask anything. Moreover, if there is no one to serve it, it will starve to death rather than work. It is a very terrifying demon."

The old man continued, "The so-called war is naturally the endless disasters that the people of Zheng have to endure. When the Central Plains countries fight, they all fight within the borders of Zheng. Every year, refugees, bandits, and rebels attack the people's livelihood."

"Bandits are like combs, soldiers are like rakes, that makes sense." Su Kai nodded. They, the savages, were not qualified to be soldiers. If they were soldiers, they would know that the exploitation of superiors and the command of nobles would be even more deadly.

"If the first two disasters can be avoided, and you can be careful, you won't get into trouble. But the last one, the noble, is a completely unpredictable disaster that can only be avoided by luck."

The old man sighed and said, "The barbarians do not live in cities, do not receive favors from the monarch, and earn their living on their own. Naturally, they do not need to hand over supplies. That is why the descendants of the nobles will come in groups with servants and retainers to plunder and kill the barbarians for fun."

"In the eyes of the nobles, only the countrymen are human beings, and we savages are no different from barbarians."

"The Son of Heaven, the princes, the ministers, the scholars, the countrymen, the barbarians, the barbarians, the slaves..."

Su Kai listed the levels he knew about. "With such a small population, there are still so many levels. What kind of hell is this?"

"It is probably more difficult to achieve relief for the happiness of all people here than in Greece."

Greece is also much smaller than here, so there are naturally fewer problems.

However, Su Kai does not care much about these difficulties. He is still in the study stage. Every time he goes to a place, he will collect information about the local customs and practices, as well as the difficulties faced by people in each place.

In order to solve these difficulties, Su Kai developed probably thousands of spells for civilian use. He even created quite a few spells to speed up winemaking, purify water, make food look better, and make coarse oatmeal softer and easier to swallow, and he sold them all to fellow villagers in need.

"It's still not enough. Even if I solve tens of thousands of people's livelihood problems, it still won't make any difference to the world."

"But my proposal is immature. Treating the barbarians well will only lead to more casualties... Also, the peaceful world that I have realized in my dreams is naturally a castle in the air in reality, and it will collapse at the slightest touch."

Su Kai carried the food and walked into Xinzheng City: "So, I have to listen to other people's opinions and gain enough knowledge about this world before I can prescribe the right medicine."

"Yes, I haven't lost hope in this world..."
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The last monarch of Zheng State was Duke Kang of Zheng. A large area of ​​the territory had been lost. The offensive of South Korea against Zheng State became more and more intense. Even the State of Chu in the south wanted to get a piece of the pie and came to divide Zheng State.

However, the Three Jins were now at their peak. The Chu army entered Zheng, but was repeatedly defeated by Han. In the end, it only nibbled away a few small cities and withdrew from the feast of dividing Zheng.

In fact, Zheng State was not weak. Even now, it still had tens of thousands of soldiers, and its strength was still above that of Lu State. It was just a pity that its geographical location was too bad.

In the land of war, any country that became powerful would use the excuse of Zheng not respecting the Zhou emperor to attack it in order to compete for hegemony.

Su Kai stood on a high place and used the art of looking at the weather to check the fate of Zheng State, and went to Xuanyuan Tomb before Zheng State was destroyed.

With his attainments, he could even see the Emperor of Heaven hidden in the nine heavens, so it was natural for him to check the fate of a country.

"...Hmm? There's no need to trouble you this time!" Su Kai raised his eyebrows, because he found a very interesting guy in his qi-reading technique.

In the palace, Duke Kang of Zheng had long stopped caring about state affairs and lived his life from day to day, waiting for the invasion of Han and the destruction of Zheng.

The ministers of Zheng wanted to share the country's worries, but Duke Kang of Zheng ignored them and only cared about enjoying himself.

Amid the sound of stringed instruments that brought disaster to the country, Su Kai walked in and sat next to a girl who was playing an instrument.

"Grandfather, why are you staying here?"

"?" The girl stared at Su Kai blankly, her face filled with confusion and fear.

"Is it Su Daji's possession technique again?" Su Kai stretched out his finger and gently tapped her forehead. In an instant, the soft music stopped abruptly and everything around them shattered.

The lavishly decorated palace had long since fallen into disrepair, and the seemingly mighty and majestic monarch was now exhausted and dying.

"It's indeed the ancestor of my family who brought disaster to the country and the people!" Su Kai gave a thumbs up.

There are few sources for the origin of the surname Su, and this nine-tailed fox is indeed the ancestor of the Su family.

“Don’t call me by that name!” The fox girl bared her teeth, with obvious displeasure on her pretty face: “Also, I’m not your ancestor. Su Daji is Su Daji, and I am me!”

There is no such beauty in the world, it must be either a demon or a fox.

The girl holds a traditional Chinese musical instrument in her arms. The instruments occasionally collide with each other, making melodious and ancient sounds, with a certain desolation and heroism.

Su Kai listened to the music carefully. If there was anyone who could play the ancient Chinese music from the period of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors completely, it would only be the fox girl in front of him.

However, her voice was tender, charming and seductive. Even if one closed one's eyes and looked at nothing, one could tell from the voice that the owner of the voice must be a stunningly beautiful woman.

The fox girl was a little angry at this moment, and her tone was not very polite, but combined with her inhuman charm, she not only did not make people feel disgusted, but her straightforwardness made people feel more favorable.

"Then I have to have a name, right, Miss Fox?" Su Kai shrugged, but didn't force it. He just asked, "By the way, I'm also curious why you're causing trouble here again?"

"Migu~ Just call me Xiaoyu!" The fox girl shook her head and objected dissatisfiedly: "Also, I didn't mean to cause trouble to anyone, it was that bad tail that caused the trouble. I, Xiaoyu, came here to catch her back!"

At this time, nine furry fox tails were swaying slowly behind the fox girl. She was now a complete nine-tailed celestial fox, and also the goddess symbolizing the sun, an ancient goddess believed by humans since ancient times.

Compared to the new gods, most of these ancient gods do not need human faith, or they have long passed the stage of needing faith, and no amount of faith will increase their power.

But this is not always a good thing for human beings. Gods that require faith use all kinds of divine powers to intimidate and oppress mortals, and use terror and despair to seize pure faith. But gods that do not require faith have no needs for humans, so they can naturally do whatever they want.

This also means that they are more unscrupulous and do things based solely on their own preferences.

The nine-tailed fox in front of us is like this. Her main fox character is naturally good, and she once followed Emperor Huangdi, which is why she guarded his mausoleum after he ascended to heaven.

But she has a split fox nature, and each tail has its own will. It's okay when the number of tails is small, and she can suppress it with the main fox nature. But when there are too many tails, she will often be controlled by evil thoughts, and even the evil fox nature will escape directly and start to act like a fox concubine.

"Go back? Where are you going back to?" Su Kai didn't even look at Duke Kang of Zheng. He was already a dead body in a tomb, and now he was being harmed by the nine-tailed fox. There was no possibility for him to succeed except to accelerate the demise of his country.

"Of course it's Xuanyuan Tomb!" The fox girl said, "Migu~ Huangdi is an interesting guy. I met him about three thousand years ago!"

"Before, Xuanyuan said he would take me with him to ascend, but that guy is so annoying. He has 3,000 concubines in his harem, but he didn't take any of them with him when he ascended. He said he would take me with him. I'm afraid he will kick me!"

"Migu~ Besides, these little people are so interesting. If they fly to the outer world, only those annoying guys will be there. They will be disgusted by each other every day. It's better for them to stay in the human world."

"Although Xuanyuan is annoying, he asked me to guard his tomb for three thousand years. I didn't have anything else to do, so I agreed."

Xiaoyu chattered, as if she hadn't spoken for a long time, and told everything she knew. She said in a lively and cheerful tone: "It's only three thousand years. It's okay. It will be over soon."

"... Three thousand years!" Su Kai smiled. People would smile when they were speechless. "Why did you agree? He saved your life?"

"No, Migu, didn't we tell you that I'm fine?" Xiaoyu tilted her head and looked at Su Kai, her cute orange fox ears trembling. "If you're fine, it's no big deal to help a friend, right?"

"No big deal!" Su Kai shook his head: "It seems that you are not only good at making heroes useless, but also good at wasting your life and making yourself useless."

"Migu~ That's too much!" The fox girl showed her little tiger teeth in dissatisfaction: "What do you mean by raising a waste? That's the self-cultivation of a good wife... Hey, by the way, you are so charming, do you want to marry me?"

It was only at this moment that the fox girl suddenly realized why she could chat with this man and even be so interested in him.

She is not a good person. As a great demon from Xuanyuan Tomb feared by the people of Zheng, she has never had patience for mediocre humans. She only likes heroes with great ideals and spirit.

She doesn't even bother to look at mediocre people. Even the charm that she unconsciously radiates from her body is enough to make mediocre people completely lose all their enterprising spirit and become useless people who can't take care of themselves.

But the man in front of him not only ignored the charm that emanated from her body, but also her seductive music, her alluring beauty, and even the appreciation and entertainment that represented endless happiness and joy.

The man in front of her only has her in his eyes, only her, the Nine-tailed Fox Xiaoyu, and not other boring things.

"It's really rare. You are even stranger than the natural saint Huangdi. Even Huangdi would not be as indifferent as you when facing me. After all, he is a guy who is extremely loyal to his own desires."

The nine-tailed fox admired Su Kai's determination and will. Of course, it was also because his soul was indeed dazzling. In short, the fox girl invited him, "If you have nothing to do, why don't you come over to my place and sit down?"

"I have a lot of fun and delicious things there, I can share them with you."

(End of this chapter)