Chapter 474: Bloody Rain
Ye Jiuqing beckoned me in the house to eat something, I didn't have the slightest appetite, my eyes still fell on the skulls engraved with witches on the ground, trying not to fall into those thoughts, I changed the topic and asked the high priest about the witch king. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The high priest bluntly told us that because the Witch King had never been able to complete the Witches, and the number of Witches he brought out without permission was getting smaller and smaller, so the Witch King was completely mad, and there were many poisonous insects in Miaojiang, so he thought of using the Witch and the Poisonous Worms to combine with each other.
This is the origin and predecessor of the Gu Witch, because the Witch has immeasurable abilities, and it really made the Witch King succeed, although he did not create a new Witch, but he created an extremely aggressive Gu poison.
But these Gu poisons are not today's Gu, the first batch of Gu poisons are called the first generation of Gu, that is, those forbidden Gu recorded in the ancient books burned by the high priest, these Gu are strange and extremely fierce, it is for this reason that there were a large number of Yin Witches at that time who bowed down to the Witch Gu King, hoping to learn how to make these forbidden Gu.
However, the reason why the forbidden Gu is so powerful is completely dependent on the ability of the alien witch, which is why the original Gu has irreplaceable reasons, the witch Gu king is not an innovation, but only uses the divine power of the ancestral god.
Therefore, the Witch Gu King couldn't wait for these forbidden Gu to continue, but in the end, it fell short, but those Yin Witches who relied on the gourd to draw scoops, half-understood that according to the way of the Witch Gu King, they used poison to refine Gu and achieved success, although these Gu were not as good as the first generation of Gu of the Witch Gu King, but because they were easy to refine, they soon became popular in Miaojiang.
"But the Witch King was not satisfied with all this, and later became mad, he was no longer satisfied with using poison to develop alien witches, so he conveyed the divine decree to his people." The High Priest's voice grew darker.
"What does he ask his people to do?" My voice was low.
"Tell the people that God needs sacrifices, and they are the sacrifices of the living."
The tradition of sacrificing to the ancestral gods has a long history, and I have seen it in the temple of the ancestral gods, and the descendants of Jiuli believe that the sacrifice of living people is the highest offering to the ancestral gods, and the person who sacrifices can also get the highest glory.
But the problem is that the ancestral god has disappeared, and there is no need for sacrifice at all, thinking of this, I asked, "Why did the Witch Gu King suddenly propose to sacrifice?" ”
The high priest now looked full of anger, telling us that there is no distinction between men and women in ordinary sacrifices, as long as the most devout believers can, for the sacrifice of the gods, the descendants of Jiuli rushed to be the first, and did not question the intention of the witch king at all.
But when the Witch Gu King delivered the divine decree, he actually demanded that the sacrifice must be a pregnant woman, although the descendants of Jiuli hesitated at first, after all, in the thousands of years of sacrificial tradition, pregnant women were not allowed to sacrifice their lives, because pregnant women carry new life and are regarded as the continuation of the race.
But since it is a request of the gods, the tribe still humbly performs and worships the pregnant girl, for the clan, the sacrificial ceremony is the worship of the god, but the witch Gu King does not allow any clansmen to participate except for the believers who are loyal to him.
The sacrificial ceremony became a secret that only a few people could participate in, but there was no impermeable wall in the world, and gradually rumors began to spread that the Witch Gu King actually took out the full-term fetus from the pregnant woman at the altar of the Youdu to sacrifice it alive, that is not a ritual to sacrifice to the gods, because in any inheritance, the sacrifice is sacred and solemn, but the Witch Gu King completely subverted all this, and did whatever he wanted.
Slowly the clansmen began to resist this form of sacrifice, and the altar of the secluded capital became a taboo place, and in the hearts of the clansmen, it could no longer represent the supremacy and light of God, and became dark and evil.
"In the murals of the ancient tomb, the colors depicted on the altar of the Hidden Capital are also the same tone, which shows that even in the eyes of the Witch King's own believers, the place itself represents darkness." Gong Jue said thoughtfully.
"The ancestral god will not need to be sacrificed, everything is the so-called divine decree made up by the witch Gu king himself in the name of the ancestral god, and later it was discovered that what the witch Gu king needs is a full-term fetus." The high priest said.
"What does he want the fetus for?" Tian Ji asked.
"The Witch King couldn't make a perfect witch with poisonous insects, so he was mad and tried to have a living person to refine it, and the full-term fetus became his tool." The high priest replied indignantly. "Until now, this kind of unconscionable thing still exists in Miao Jiang, and there are still a very small number of yin witches who are controlling human Gu."
I thought of the Miao Wu I saw in Dunan, and the basement that still makes me remember it extremely disgusting, and those miserable human Gus, it's hard to imagine that anyone can be so cruel and evil.
But listening to the high priest's story, the Witch King has completely lost his humanity and will do everything to kill his people in order to reach a height that is simply unattainable.
But from the other side, it also confirms my speculation, pregnant women symbolize the continuation of life, in any religious belief, pregnant women are sacred, if there is a murder of pregnant women, it will undoubtedly exacerbate the collapse and even destruction of this belief, and the witch king was the high priest before the betrayal, he should be very aware of the consequences of doing so.
But the Witch Gu King once again took a risk, indicating that there was a reason to support him to do this, if the ancestral god created the most perfect witch in the demon kingdom is the twelve gods, then the Witch Gu King may have been inspired, and he also wanted to emulate the ancestral god and try to complete the god's masterpiece.
"Dog's day, this kind of hurtful thing, this bastard can do it." Ye Jiuqing glared indignantly. "Your people are stupid, you can believe this, and obediently give him a living sacrifice?"
"The main reason that supports the complete indomitability of the descendants of Jiuli is that we have always believed that God will lead us to cleanse our shame again, which is an unwavering belief for thousands of years, and no one will disobey the divine will of the ancestral gods." The high priest replied very sincerely.
"What about the back, what happened next?" Xue Xinrou asked as she recorded.
The High Priest's voice was even darker, and he told us that the Witch King had asked for an annual sacrifice, and that it would cost ten pregnant women at one time, and at first, the people did not resist even if they had doubts.
But the Witch Gu King later intensified, requiring a sacrifice every six months, and gradually the interval between sacrifices became shorter and shorter, while the number of sacrifices continued to increase, and at the same time, among the Miao people, there began to be rumors about sacrifices, and those pregnant women who were used for live sacrifices were taken out by the Witch Gu King alive at the altar of the hidden capital, and placed with the Gu animals.
I don't know how many fetuses died tragically at the altar of the hidden capital, and those who survived ended up becoming deformed monsters beyond recognition.
It was at that time that some people gradually questioned the authenticity of the sacrifice, and at the same time ...... "When the high priest said this, he subconsciously glanced at me, and immediately buried his head, and he didn't dare to say any more.
"You go on, and at the same time, what?" Gong Jue anxiously urged.
"At the same time, begin to question God!" I clenched my hands into fists, the Witch Gu King not only betrayed the gods, but also defiled the gods, such a person can actually rule the descendants of Jiuli, I really don't understand, why didn't the twelve generals get rid of this person at that time.
"After all, the Witch Gu King is passing on the will of the gods, and the belief of thousands of years has been shaken because of this, and more and more people no longer believe in the gods." The high priest nodded timidly. "At the same time, there is also a reluctance of the clansmen to obey the Witch King and to hand over the sacrifice of pregnant women."
"The Witch Gu King was in the hands of the first generation Gu at that time, and with the ability he possessed, even if he couldn't control the descendants of Jiuli with his divinity, I believe he wouldn't give up." Gong Jue said.
The high priest nodded, and then said to us, the witch king did not get the pregnant women who could not be sacrificed, and actually sent believers to use Gu poison to start intimidating and threatening, and even killing the clansmen.
After a long time, Jiuli was facing destruction, and the high priest at that time realized the danger of the existence of the Witch Gu King, so he secretly gathered his people to attack the altar of the Hidden Capital, which overthrew the rule of the Witch Gu King.
"Overthrew the Witch Gu King?!" Tian Ji was stunned, scratched his head and said. "He has so many strange witches in his hands, and there are forbidden Gu made by him, a group of ordinary people can overthrow the Witch Gu King?"
"I said more that period was the darkest and bloodiest, the Witch King was too powerful, but also too self-righteous, he betrayed his beliefs, which is equivalent to turning his back on the clan, although there were die-hard believers and those Gu poisons around him, but the entire clan did everything to pave the way to the altar of the hidden capital with corpses, and in the end the Witch King and his henchmen were completely annihilated, and the altar of the hidden capital was also set on fire."
"There is more help for the righteous and less help for the unjust, the eternal truth, the fate of the Witch Gu King is also his own fault, such a person is not a pity to die." Ye Jiuqing said.
"No one knows if the Witch King is dead."
"Ah, didn't you say that he and his henchmen were completely annihilated at the altar of the Hidden Capital?" Tian Ji asked.
The high priest shook his head and said, although the tragic battle that happened at the altar of the secret capital eliminated the witch Gu king, all the clansmen who participated in the attack were also killed and wounded, and they died together with the diehard loyalists of the witch beasts in the sea of fire of the altar of the hidden capital.
Only the high priest who led the clan returned, but he was already dying, and before he died, he told the successor that he did not see the Witch Gu King in the altar of the hidden capital, and he was not sure whether he died in the chaotic battle, and he was worried that the Witch Gu King would resurrect, so he asked the successor to erase this dark and bloody record when he passed it on, so that the future generations of Miao people did not know the existence of the Witch Gu King at all.
"Cut the grass and eradicate the roots, if the Witch Gu King doesn't die, then he won't make a comeback?" Huang Ping said.
"He doesn't have this opportunity anymore, he is nothing without God, this is the price of the Witch King's betrayal of God, all the traitors are just street rats, even if he is not dead, no one will believe in him anymore." Xue Xinrou said unhurriedly.
"What about the Witch Gu King's Witch and the First Forbidden Gu?" Gong Jue asked.
The High Priest pointed to the skeletal heads in front of us and said that the only one who had returned alive had told him that after storming the altar of the Netherland, he had found a large number of tragically dead infant corpses and various decomposing monsters, and it was speculated that these corpses were the failed creations of the Witch King.
But in the altar's opinion room, a wooden box containing these skulls was found, as well as a lot of dead witches, from the text on the cover of the heavenly spirit, this is known to the ancestor god to create the witch, so the later high priest speculated that these patterns engraved on the skull should also be destroyed by the ancestral god let the witch king destroy together with the witch.
However, as time passed, the witches who left the demon kingdom began to die gradually, which is why the Witch King couldn't wait to create new ones.
"But in the dark room, the only remaining witch was found."
"And the living witches?" Ye Jiuqing was taken aback.
"Yes, the masterpiece created by the gods, and the purest witch, the priest took precautions, fearing that in case the witch king resurged, there must be something that could compete with him, so he brought that witch back and kept it secret by the priests of the past generations." The High Priest nodded and said.
"Secret keeping? So, that strange witch still exists? Xue Xinrou asked in shock.
The High Priest nodded noncommittally.
"Where is that witch now?" The palace lord's voice asked eagerly.
The high priest didn't answer, his eyes fell on the brazier, I followed his gaze, the golden silkworms wriggling in the charcoal fire were transparent all over, without the slightest damage, and suddenly realized that these golden silkworms turned out to be strange witches, no wonder they could easily remove the Tencel Gu in the transparent body of the tool.
The high priest went on to say that after that catastrophe, in order not to repeat the mistakes of the past, the priests of the past dynasties strictly guarded against the possibility of the resurrection of all the followers of the Witch King, and at the same time strictly guarded the secrets of the witches and erased the traces of the existence of the Witch King.