Demon Emperor

Chapter 47 Human Sacrifice Customs and Ancient Gods

Before the Shinto.

Zhou Kaigu stepped forward and knelt before Ruan Hu, while a group of soldiers in the distance netted and seized the struggling head of Feitian.

"Your Majesty, this is the evil spirit that is disturbing the imperial tomb."

"He has now been captured by my imperial decree!"

Ruan Hu initially arranged for these people to be here not primarily to deal with evil spirits, but rather to deal with the civil and military officials.

As a result, by sheer luck, they managed to take down the flying head that had been swaggering in front of him earlier.

Ruan Hu turned his head to look at the officials behind him and then asked.

"Didn't you all bow down before this object just now? Why don't you bow now?"

The ministers who had just knelt and shouted were filled with shame. Some of them lowered their heads and dared not look, while others nodded and dared not respond.

But Ruan Hu just stared at them, as if he needed an answer from them.

Previously, they not only bowed to this thing, but after the "late emperor appeared" and said those words, they all looked at Ruan Hu with a puzzled expression.

Soon, someone realized what was going on.

"Your subject is utterly foolish and has been bewitched by these evil spirits, thus offending the late Emperor. I deserve to die a thousand deaths."

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, please forgive me..."

Everyone said that the newly appeared former emperor was an imposter, a demonic and evil being.

The ghost of the late emperor is false, and what he says is naturally false as well; it is nothing but foul language slandering the emperor.

Ruan Hu didn't know.

Was the person inside that flying head the real late emperor, or a fake one?

Or perhaps, the soul of the former emperor truly rests in the underworld beneath the imperial tomb.

result.

These people controlled him to "slander" Ruan Hu in order to achieve their goal, and turned him into a flying head.

But whether it's true or false, he's now a fake.

And Ruan Hu, who was a fake, became completely real from that moment on.

Thinking of this, Ruan Hu couldn't help but smile.

In order to hide his great joy from others.

He drew his sword and swung it, piercing through a head caught in a net in the distance, revealing a cold, murderous gaze.

"what!"

The head was completely pierced, and it let out a scream before falling silent.

The sword pierced through the skull and stuck in the ground, still making a buzzing sound from the immense force.

Upon closer inspection, the head seemed somewhat familiar.

He is blind in one eye.

It was the same head that had laughed and shouted wildly in front of Ruan Hu before being shot down by Ruan Hu with an arrow.

So it seems.

Although these things can fly, they are also full of weaknesses and are not invincible.

Ruan Hu beheaded a flying creature and addressed the assembled officials and everyone present.

"I am determined to wipe out these evil spirits completely, and find out the others who are behind this conspiracy."

In front of everyone, Ruan Hu made a vow to be irreconcilably opposed to these evil thieves who disturbed the late emperor's mausoleum.

At the same time, a tiger roar that no one else could hear erupted from Ruan Hu's body.

"Roar!"

Tiger God, who had only issued warnings without taking any action when Nguyen Ho faced a crisis before, has now stepped in.

It lunged into the darkness, devouring the spirits of evil.

When Hu returned, he brought back a courier soul that Ruan Hu desperately needed and that was extremely difficult to obtain.

Compared to the spirit of the changpo, the spirit of the changhun is much rarer.

However, after learning more about it, Ruan Hu discovered that it was a kind of spirit that he had no way of using.

【The Soul of the Chang - The Fall of the Head】

Ruan Hu couldn't very well pluck his own head off like an onion and turn it into those ghostly things.

However, this ball of light also allowed Ruan Hu to see some strange scenes.

Ruan Hu saw some barbarians with long, frightening necks and gold rings around their necks, and a shaman chanting incantations while dancing high above.
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Lotus Temple.

Although today's events have come to an end, for Ruan Hu it's like pulling out the first thread in a complex web of problems.

Ruan Hu returned to the temple pavilion, his eyes filled with murderous rage.

He had just reprimanded many officials and stripped some of them of their official positions on the spot, demoting them by three ranks or even all the way down.

The reason is perfectly justified. I have offended the late emperor, behaved improperly before him, and disrupted the sacrificial rites.

In reality, it was another attempt to suppress and divide the officials, so as to promote the people he wanted to use.

However, most people were unaware of Ruan Hu's intentions; they only knew that the emperor was angry, and they were all extremely cautious, afraid of incurring his wrath.

"Bang!"

Ruan Hu pushed open the door and went inside.

Everyone who was following stopped in their tracks, and everyone inside knelt on the ground.

Ruan Hu: "Everyone, get out."

No one responded, but everyone quickly withdrew, leaving only the guards standing at the door.

A flash of light appeared in the mirror.

A halo of light spread out from the original bronze mirror, revealing a scene of a celestial abode or a wondrous realm beyond.

A celestial being, with elegant makeup but somewhat thin clothing, descended from the celestial realm into the mortal world, escorted by two palace maids, and stood before Ruan Hu.

The Celestial Maiden of Myriad Fragrance: "Is His Majesty well?"

Ruan Hu: "I am very grateful for your help today."

Ruan Hu recalled the scene just now, realizing that he owed today's events to the Heavenly Maiden Miaoxiang.

otherwise.

If the scene of the "former emperor appearing in spirit" to reprimand the emperor were to actually be staged in front of all the civil and military officials and the emperor were to escape unscathed, Ruan Hu would be in real trouble.

Now, the Celestial Maiden Miaoxiang has used her magic to expose that the "ghost of the late emperor" was an illusion created by evil, and the other party's plan has completely failed.

Ruan Hu asked the Celestial Maiden Miaoxiang, "What exactly is this thing?"

The Celestial Maiden Miaoxiang asked, "Does Your Majesty know about the divine way, especially how the ancient gods were born?"

Ruan Hu: "Please enlighten me, Heavenly Maiden."

Myo-hyang Celestial Maiden: "Witchcraft lies in influencing people through a medium, while the divine way lies in imitation and belief."

Ruan Hu was somewhat confused: "Imitate, believe, imitate what, believe what?"

The Celestial Maiden Miaoxiang said, "Imitate the beings in mythology, and believe in the beings in mythology."

She gave a very simple example: "For example, the ghosts in the underworld are the most primitive and ancient form of the gods. In ancient times, the words 'ghost' and 'god' were not distinguished. Ghosts were gods, and gods were ghosts."

"For example, the mountain spirits mentioned in ancient times actually meant mountain gods."

Ruan Hu still didn't quite understand: "What is that ghost imitating, or believing in?"

The Celestial Maiden Miaoxiang said, "If a person believes that he will not die, and this belief is strong enough, he will become a ghost after he dies."

Although the Celestial Maiden Miaoxiang did not tell Ruan Hu what the power of the gods was, she told him something closer to the essence of things.

Miaoxiang Tiannu: "But the power of one person's belief and imitation is limited. When the collective will of the masses is gathered and combined with the rituals of shamans, a deity is born."

"However, in ancient times, the divine way and the witch way were inextricably linked and even one. Sometimes the two forces were mixed together or used together."

"The divine was conceived in the belief of millions of people."

Ruan Hu stepped forward, even touching the sash of the goddess Miaoxiang.

He asked, "But these flying heads are not just ghosts and gods; they are living things, things that can really run rampant in the human world."

Miaoxiang Tiannu: "After the oldest primordial gods were born from ignorance in ancient times, the ancient people and shamans did one more thing."

Ruan Hu asked, "What is it?"

Myo-hyang Celestial Maiden: "Human sacrifice."

Miaoxiang Tiannu told Ruan Hu that in ancient times, human sacrifices were often performed in the form of hundreds or thousands of animals, and these sacrifices continued for hundreds or thousands of years.

When such bloody sacrifices reach a certain level, they can cause inexplicable changes in people or things.

Therefore, those shamans who presided over the sacrifices, who were also leaders of the tribal state, would also obtain some of the powers found in myths and legends.

This power is hidden in their bloodline, and they claim to be descendants of the ancient gods.

These people, relying on this power, left behind all sorts of unbelievable legends.

Miaoxiang Tiannu: "However, with the end of the ancient, barbaric tribal era of eating raw meat and drinking blood, these ancient beings have gradually disappeared one by one."

In an instant, Ruan Hu thought of the power of the Ruan family's treacherous people.

Isn't this the power inherited from that wild and ancient time?
They've simply hidden themselves.

It didn't disappear.

Miaoxiang Tiannu: "Your Majesty need not worry. Even the gods of ancient times, with their supernatural powers, could not defeat a thousand troops. Their flesh and blood bodies could not withstand swords and spears."

"Moreover, there are various limitations and drawbacks, and the price to pay is too high."

"Otherwise, why would they have left?"

Ruan Hu nodded: "So these flying heads are actually relics left behind by a tribe that worshipped an ancient god in ancient times?"

Myo-hyang Celestial Maiden: "That should be so."

(End of this chapter)