Achieving the Dao from the Hundred Schools of Thought

"Brother, we'll arrive once we cross this mountain!"

Sheya transformed into a small snake, speaking human language, but its forked tongue was charred black.

It was burned by Zhuang Weiyang.

"Are you sure? If you don't behave, I'm going to make a whole pot of dragon and tiger stew!"

Zhuang Weiyang casually killed a tiger, her tone nonchalant, but a sense of doubt arose in her heart.

Sheya knew that no one would come to his rescue, so why did he hesitate and make excuses when he was given directions?

Could it be that it's afraid I'll kill it? That shouldn't be the case! Killing it would surely invite the Green Serpent Clan Chief's revenge. Zhuang Weiyang, with her current cultivation at the First Realm, wouldn't do something that would leave any future trouble.

They must kill him at least once they reach the second realm.

Zhuang Weiyang looked Sheya up and down, and Sheya's scales bristled as he begged for mercy repeatedly.

"Brother! I was just finding my way and didn't mean to give the wrong directions. Please don't take offense!"

Once you cross this mountain, you'll find where this jade is!

Zhuang Weiyang nodded slightly and sped off ahead.

"I'll trust you one more time!"

With the aid of wind magic, Zhuang Weiyang moved with incredible speed, and after a short while, she crossed the mountain, where a village of interconnected bamboo houses came into view.

The village is located at the foot of the mountain and built along the river. The houses are scattered in a pleasing manner, and wisps of smoke rise from the village and then dissipate on the river.

"This place looks peaceful, not like a place where blood has been lurked!"

Where blood has flowed and human fortune has vanished, how can mortals still find a place to live?

Zhuang Weiyang stared at the village, unable to discern anything, so she used her mountain magic to enhance herself, concealing her aura, and went ahead to investigate.

As soon as they approached the village, Zhuang Weiyang sensed something was amiss.

It's so quiet around here!

Zhuang Weiyang immediately stopped, held her breath, and focused her inner fire into her eyes.

The world immediately changed color!

The surrounding air was filled with a dark red aura of blood and a blackish-gray aura of demons, with white human energy mixed in, almost dissipating like cooking smoke.

"It really is a sea of ​​blood! The demonic energy is so dense... Could it be..."

Zhuang Weiyang's heart sank. She darted through the village like a fish, heading straight for the very center of the village!

"As expected! Sheya!! You dare to commit such lewd acts as a mountain god! Aren't you afraid that the armies of Wu will sweep away your Tianmu Mountain?!"

Looking at the scene before her, Zhuang Weiyang felt a surge of anger rising within her, and the candle flame in her heart pounded violently!

In the open space in the center of the village, there stood an altar! The object of worship was not a sage, nor the towering ancient tree beloved by the Yue people, but his Green Snake clan!

There are two ways for demons and evil spirits to quickly increase their cultivation level.

First, consume rare treasures of heaven and earth to purify your bloodline.

Second, he used his demonic form to replace that of a deity, and absorbed human fortune to purify his demonic body.

The different ways of worshipping gods have completely different consequences for people!

If it is a sacrifice to sages, the required offering is rice transported by people, so that the rice, which embodies the hard work of the people, can be used to comfort the ancestors.

All that's needed is a sincere heart.

Ancestors, we have worked hard this year and have had a good harvest. We have come to report the good news to you!

Ancestors, please bless us! Please make the spring rains more abundant and the summer locusts fewer next year, so I can come back to offer my respects to you again!

When faced with such sacrifices, sages would often use their magic to protect humanity.

"Children, I understand! I will bless you, and you must work even harder!"

But the practice of worshipping demons is completely different.

Demons devour the very life force of humans.

When one's fate is taken away, it's like a candle flame losing its wick.

The only outcome is death and the extinguishing of lights.

Therefore, there was an unwritten rule among the states during the Spring and Autumn period: if a demon is found to have usurped a high position and devoured people's fortune...

They will plow the courtyard and sweep away the den, exterminating the entire clan and species!

Sheya clearly knew this rule.

Faced with Zhuang Weiyang's questioning, Sheya's tongue twitched, his voice trembled, and he hurriedly explained.

"Brother, the Crown Prince of Wu is also aware of this matter... The people being raised here are not from Wu, but from Yue!"

Please verify this, sir!

Zhuang Weiyang stopped answering and instead pressed, "Where was the jade found?"

"Offering...offering at the altar!"

"Wind Technique! Activate!"

With a thought, Zhuang Weiyang used the breeze as a blade to slash at the altar.

"boom!--"

The altar collapsed with a thud, revealing several blood-red rice plants growing beneath it.

The blood rice, like an animal, swayed its stalks, and its ears of rice turned towards Zhuang Weiyang like the skulls of beasts.

"One, two... four plants. Even if they attract the Blood Sea Rakshasa, they're only at the first realm of cultivation. They can be pulled up!"

Zhuang Weiyang made a decisive move, gathering the mountain magic in her palm and reaching out towards the blood rice!

Blood Rice is an extraordinary substance that ordinary people cannot get close to, but it can be easily eliminated by cultivators of the first realm.

When her palm touched the blood rice, the blood rice resisted like a frightened beast, but it couldn't make a ripple in Zhuang Weiyang's hands and was uprooted in an instant!

【Ding】

[Activate Achievement: Forcing Growth]

[Gained the supernatural power: Blood Furnace!]

[Qi and Blood Furnace: Power and supernatural abilities, the human body is like a furnace, refining demons and enhancing physical strength]

[Current Progress: Strength as Great as an Ox (1/10000), can increase the strength of "one ox" within the same realm.]

Zhuang Weiyang glanced at the panel briefly, suppressed the change in her inner fire, and stared intently at the blood rice, ready for battle.

"Rakshasa... creatures of the blood sea, created by the Styx River, their women are alluring while their men are ugly."

"I wonder how powerful the Rakshasa are in combat! Are they as disgusting as I remember them!"

Creations from the Blood Sea possess magical abilities that can corrupt, making them even more difficult to deal with than some demonic or alien species.

However, things did not go as Zhuang Weiyang had expected.

After the blood rice was pulled out, the surrounding blood energy quickly gathered and formed an array, but no Blood Sea Rakshasa emerged from within it.

A moment later, the formation dissipated, and the aura of the sea of ​​blood vanished completely.

It was as if this place had never existed.

Zhuang Weiyang dared not make any rash moves and remained on guard in place.

"Brother, what's going on?"

"Shut up!"

As time passed, Zhuang Weiyang couldn't help but feel doubtful.

This is different from what I remember!

Just as Zhuang Weiyang was debating whether to wait any longer, she heard a mortal's voice from beside her.

"Who are you……?"

The speaker was in his thirties, dressed in coarse linen, with tattoos on his face, and cautiously approached Zhuang Weiyang.

Zhuang Weiyang looked around and saw that she had been surrounded by Yue people.

The Yue people all looked terrified, except for the leader, who remained relatively calm.

"Sir, who are you? Why have you destroyed our village's altar?"

Zhuang Weiyang had intended to ask them why they built a village here, but upon hearing this question, she felt a surge of anger.

"An altar? Do you know that sacrificing to wild demons means certain death? Judging from your attire, you must be a leader in this village. Why would you disregard the lives of the villagers and do such a thing?!"

Zhuang Weiyang questioned him repeatedly, filled with grief and indignation.

There are many records of ancestral worship in the wild in historical books.

The consequences were too painful for Zhuang Weiyang to recall.

While observing the surroundings, I noticed several young men who were thin but had ruddy complexions, like candles flickering in a breeze, about to burn out.

Within three days, he will surely bleed from all seven orifices and die suddenly!

"Sir, I know all this, but so what? Can we live if we don't do this?"

In the land of Yue, evil spirits roam, and the common people live in constant fear. Our lords have been defeated and have no strength left to protect us!

My king... my king is a slave in Gusu, and he does not want to return, he does not want to return!

The king does not love his people! The king does not love his people! What are we mere mortals supposed to do? Sir, tell me, how are we supposed to live?!