Resurrection of all mankind

Chapter 186: Choose the five internal organs or the six internal organs?
In the main hall.

Hearing what the emperor said, the grand master dressed as a Taoist priest hurried forward.

Under the gaze of civil and military officials, he slowly spoke.

The song goes: "There is a coming and a quiet, there is a stopping and a solemn, there is the Duke of Pi, there is the solemn and solemn, there is the offering of a broad bull ...

Although the words of sacrifice chanted by the national teacher were obscure and difficult to understand, Xie Shen could still barely understand the general meaning of them based on his experience accumulated over thousands of years:

The first four sentences of this paragraph of sacrificial speech describe the solemnity of the court and the dignified appearance of the emperor and all the civil and military officials.

The next two sentences mean that he is about to offer a fat sacrifice to the heaven.

Um.
So far, everything is working fine.

Xie Shen stood there without saying a word, watching the national master's performance quietly.

Not long after.

When the imperial teacher read out the last line of the sacrificial words, 'bless both the heroic father and the literary mother', a strange phenomenon suddenly appeared in the court.

A skull of an unknown creature that looked like a human but not a human, and an animal but not an animal, appeared out of thin air above the head of the national teacher.

What is this thing?
Considering the skull, it is very likely related to the native indescribable creatures on this planet.

Fearing that it might attract the attention of some unknown creature, Xie Shen did not dare to release his spiritual sense to investigate, but simply looked up and glanced at the skull.

——From the appearance alone, it was difficult for him to tell what the mystery of the skull was, so he just stood there and remained silent.

After successfully summoning the skull, the national teacher shouted to everyone present: "Bow!"

This statement came out.

Including the emperor sitting on the throne in the hall, everyone knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the skull.

Xie Shen was unwilling to step forward at this moment.

Seeing that nothing unusual happened after everyone knelt down, he also knelt on the ground and pretended to bow.

After this series of procedures were completed, strong men, under the command of the national teacher, carried an altar table in front of Xie Shen.

The Imperial Master took two steps forward and said to Xie Shen, "Grand Prince, please choose. Do you want to sacrifice your five internal organs or your six internal organs?"

Sacrifice?

Xie Shen froze in place upon hearing this.

He tried to find information related to sacrifice from the memory fragments left by the original owner.

However, he discovered that the people around the original owner, Yan Biao, had always been very secretive about the matter of sacrifice and almost never took the initiative to talk about the related topic.

In the main hall.

Seeing Xie Shen standing there in silence, the Imperial Master spoke again.

"Although Your Highness was born in an imperial family, his status and position are respected."

"But the more this is the case, the more we should set an example."

"otherwise."

"If even the prince is unwilling to make sacrifices, then the people of the Dawn of our Great Zhou Kingdom, can't everyone follow suit?"

"Doesn't that mean everyone can just live a miserable life?"

From the words of the national teacher, Xie Shen extracted two important pieces of information.

the first:

It is not difficult to see that sacrifice is obviously not a good thing.

Whether it was the eldest prince Yan Biao or the common people of the Great Zhou Kingdom, no one was willing to offer sacrifices voluntarily.

second:

Sacrifice is harmful though.

But for some unknown reasons, everyone, including the eldest prince, had to offer sacrifices voluntarily.

After figuring out the key.

Xie Shenchong asked the Imperial Master, "Is there any difference between choosing to sacrifice the five internal organs or the six internal organs?"

This statement came out.

Before the Imperial Master could speak, the Emperor on the throne shouted angrily, "This is simply nonsense!"

"As the eldest prince, you don't do your homework beforehand."

"The ceremony of coming of age has already begun, but you haven't even decided which part to sacrifice."

"Do you really treat the coming-of-age ceremony as a joke?"

"Your Majesty, calm down!" Seeing the emperor scolding Xie Shen, the imperial teacher hurriedly comforted him, saying, "The coming-of-age ceremony is the most important thing in a person's life."

"I think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must have done his homework in advance."

"But after all, there are eleven internal organs in total."

"The eldest prince is young and does not fully understand the consequences of sacrificing eleven organs. This is understandable."

After hearing the explanation from the Imperial Master, the Emperor's expression eased somewhat.

It seems that he does not intend to pursue the matter further.

Then the Imperial Master turned to Xie Shen and said, "Your Highness, please listen carefully: the five internal organs of the human body are the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys."

"The consequences of sacrificing these five organs are: frustration, weakness, illness, shortness of breath, and loss of beauty."

he continued.

"As for the six internal organs, they are the large and small intestines, the gallbladder, the stomach, the bladder, and the triple burner."

"The consequences of sacrificing these six are: loss of taste, anxiety, gluttony, hunger and thirst, and loss of touch."

At the end, he did not forget to ask: "Your Highness, did you hear it clearly?"

Although the Imperial Master did not elaborate, he only used a few words to explain the consequences of sacrificing internal organs.

But even with just a few words, it is not difficult to see from them: no matter which part of the internal organs is chosen, the sacrificer will inevitably suffer great torture in the future.

If the consequences of this sacrifice would only affect Yan Biao's body.

Xie Shen didn't care.

But in case
What if this kind of sacrifice would indirectly affect his true body?

For example, Xie Shen chose to sacrifice his liver.

Then it would most likely not just be Yan Biao's body that loses his liver, perhaps Xie Shen's real body would also permanently lose this organ.

This is something he absolutely cannot accept.

Considering this, Xie Shen tried to ask the Imperial Master: "What will be the consequences if I choose nothing and don't make a sacrifice?"

"Why did your highness suddenly ask this question?" The Imperial Master asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Even though your highness has rarely left the palace, I think you must have heard about it from other people."

"After a girl has reached the age of coming of age, or a man has reached the age of capping, if there is still no sacrifice."

"Then God will send down disasters."

"At that time, everything around the unsacrificed people will be gone."

"This includes humans, animals, birds, trees, insects, and stones. All of these will quickly decay and wither. Nothing will be spared."

“And it has been like this since ancient times.”

"There has never been an exception."

At this point, the Imperial Master said to Xie Shen with a hint of threat in his tone, "Your Highness will inherit the country and become the ruler in the future. You wouldn't be so afraid to even offer sacrifices, right?"

Xie Shen really didn't dare.

He would rather the invasion fail, would rather do nothing, would rather be forced to return, than to carry out the so-called sacrifice casually.

after all.

It was obvious that the sacrifice was related to some unspeakable creature.

Anything related to indescribable creatures must be done with extreme caution.

Therefore.

Xie Shen plans to try and see if he can delay some time.

As long as he is given enough time, he will be able to turn the situation around with his cultivation level at the Spirit Transformation Stage and thousands of years of experience.

Xie Shen spoke.

"Can you give me a few more days to think about it?"

"Anyway, I can't offer the sacrifice today, no matter what."

"I have difficulties that I cannot express."

As soon as these words came out, the emperor became restless.

He was intimidating without being angry, and said calmly: "Grand Prince, let me ask you, are you really not going to offer sacrifice?"

"You must think carefully about this issue." The emperor was obviously giving Xie Shen a chance.

But Xie Shen obviously couldn't take this opportunity.

He replied the same way as before: "Father, it's not that I don't want to make the sacrifice, I just want to think about it for a few more days."

"Look."

"Alright, alright." Seeing Xie Shen making various excuses again and again, the emperor became completely impatient.

He waved at Xie Shen, signaling him to shut up and stop talking.

Then he pointed out an official among the ranks of civil and military officials and said, "Chengye, you have always been upright and incorruptible."

"Then tell me, how should the eldest prince be dealt with according to the law if he repeatedly refuses to offer sacrifices?"

The civil servant named Cheng Ye hurried forward when his name was called.

He first saluted to the emperor in a serious manner, and then spoke: "Your Highness has violated the law. According to the rules, he should be punished with food and salary and ordered to reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors."

"But considering that His Highness refused the sacrifice this time."

“And the work of sacrifice is greater than heaven.”

"Therefore, Your Highness should be thrown into death row and executed on a chosen day!"

The emperor was very satisfied with Cheng Ye's answer.

He nodded and asked Xie Shen again: "Prince, did you hear clearly?"

"Let me ask you again: Would you rather die than be sacrificed?"

Xie Shen was helpless.

He repeated what he had said before: "Father, didn't I just say that?"

"It's not that I don't want to make the sacrifice, I just want to think about it for a few more days."

"Okay." The emperor nodded, and his tone became cold and ruthless: "Zhang Zibiao, don't say I didn't give you a chance."

"Come here, take the eldest prince Yan Biao to the death row and wait for his fate!"

When the emperor said this, Xie Shen noticed a detail.

I don’t know if it’s because of excitement or excitement.

——After confirming that Xie Shen would rather die than sacrifice his internal organs, the emperor's heartbeat inexplicably quickened a little.

This is what Xie Shen sensed through his spiritual sense, it must be correct.

It is not difficult to see from this detail that the current emperor also has his own ideas, but he does not express them easily.

...

Above the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

After the emperor spoke, two armored soldiers hurried in from outside the hall.

Seeing this, Xie Shen didn't say much, but just followed the two soldiers obediently.

On the road.

Xie Shen used his spiritual sense to observe that the two soldiers' internal organs were missing their heart and large intestine respectively.

wrong.

It cannot be said to be less.

To be precise, it was the hearts and large intestines of the two soldiers that had shown varying degrees of decay.

I think it was caused by the "sacrifice".

In order to obtain more information about this world, Xie Shen took the opportunity to talk to the two soldiers.

But these two are obviously elite soldiers with extremely high quality.

No matter how Xie Shen tried to test them with words, they remained silent from beginning to end.

Just like that, under the escort of two soldiers, Xie Shen soon arrived at the 'Shanhanju' prison, which was specially used to detain royal relatives.

Most of the prisoners imprisoned there were of prominent status.

Therefore, the prison’s food and accommodation conditions are excellent.

After Xie Shen arrived, he was even assigned a separate room.

...

in the room.

Seeing the two soldiers in charge of escorting them walking away, Xie Shen quickly released his spiritual sense and carefully searched the entire prison.

After making sure that there was no one around, he sat cross-legged on the bed and silently practiced the "Honghuang Swallowing the Sky" technique.

From the skull that the Grand Master had just summoned, it was not difficult to see that there were definitely indescribable creatures and extraordinary powers in this world.

But when Xie Shen was practicing his skills, he discovered that there was neither any spiritual power nor even a trace of supernatural power on this planet.

Being in such a situation, he simply couldn't improve his strength through practice.

This made Xie Shen a little confused.

As the saying goes, when in doubt, ask Li Xiu for help.

Xie Shen placed his hand on his heart on his chest and took out the storage bag he carried with him from the body hidden in the heart.

He took out the Divine Cauldron from his storage bag.

Then, risking being discovered by the local unspeakable creatures, he borrowed a small amount of black mist from his main body and injected it into the Shinto Cauldron.

Lean less.

I saw a black shadow appear on the Shinto tripod.

The black shadow spoke in human language, and Li Xiu's voice said, "You suddenly came to me. Did you encounter any problems?"

"That's true." Xie Shen quickly responded, "I just used the Butterfly Dream Technique to invade a very strange planet."

"You say." Li Xiu said cooperatively.

Xie Shen first briefly talked about the general situation on this planet.

Then he continued, "There are clearly strange phenomena and indescribable creatures on the planet I am on."

"But when I was practicing, I couldn't feel even a little bit of extraordinary power."

"This is very puzzling to me."

"So I thought, let you help analyze it and see what went wrong."

"Is that so?" Li Xiu remained silent after hearing this, as if he was thinking.

After a few seconds.

He gave a reply: "Well, you keep the Divine Dao Cauldron outside, and don't rush to take it back into the storage bag."

"In the meantime, I will try to locate the exact location of your Divine Dao Ding in the Milky Way."

"If I'm lucky"

"If there is no obstruction between your planet and the Aldebaran star system, then I can directly observe the specific situation on your planet through the starry sky telescope."

"By then, when I have more data, I will be able to help you better analyze the cause."

"Sure." Seeing that Li Xiu had given a specific solution, Xie Shen asked, "So how long will it take you to locate my Divine Dao Cauldron?"

"For some reason, I have offended the emperor of this planet and will be executed soon."

“So I don’t have a lot of time.”

"You need to speed up."

"Don't worry about that." Li Xiu replied: "I bought a lot of scientific and technological drawings from Chou Yuan, the manager of the planet Aldebaran c."

"This allowed me to upgrade many of the instruments and equipment on the Ark spacecraft."

"With the upgraded star telescope, it will only take me an hour at most to find your exact location in the Milky Way."

After saying this, there was no more sound from Li Xiu's side.

Maybe he was busy adjusting the starry sky telescope.

Half an hour later.

On the Divine Cauldron, the black shadow transformed by Li Xiu spoke again: "Are you sure you are on a planet with a very backward technology?"

"What's wrong?" Xie Shen asked puzzledly after hearing this.

Li Xiu said: "Using the star telescope, I have observed a large number of satellites, space stations, and space battleships in the low-Earth orbit of your planet."

"That is clearly a planet with a technological civilization."

“And the level of technology is not behind at all.”

"Humans on the planet have even begun to explore space."

(End of this chapter)