Chapter 458: The Mystery of the Rise and Fall of the Ancient Kingdom

Hearing the conversation between the villagers, Chen Ziyang hurriedly stopped, pricked up his ears, and listened in that direction.

He had seen from the stone tablet murals carved by the king of the ancient kingdom of Mimi, a turning point in the kingdom from prosperity to decline, that is, all the inhabitants here dreamed of that huge blood-red eye, which should be the one he had seen several times.

After the appearance of that blood-colored eye, the style of painting on the stone tablet mural suddenly changed, and the ancient kingdom of Sumi was no longer a thriving scene, but gradually declined, until finally the war of people and trees broke out, and the inhabitants of the ancient country of Sumi all traveled away from here.

It can be said that once we have figured out what is going on with this eye, we should be able to understand the reasons why the Tsumigu Empire has declined so much.

"I've heard them say that this eye is a bad omen, and many people who dream of this eye don't end well."

"But isn't it, I've also heard that the first person who dreamed of this eye was crazy, and in the end it seemed to have jumped into a well to die, and some people said that he seemed to have hit his head against the wall and died, and when he died, he kept muttering red eyes, red eyes, it was too scary."

"Then you said that we also dreamed of this eye, will we also go crazy?"

"Probably not, now almost everyone in the city dreams of that red eye, is it possible that all the people will go crazy? I don't think so. ”

"No, I didn't think there was anything, but when I said this, I also felt hairy in my heart, and when the next holy place opens, we must send more sacrifices, so that Our Lady will bless us to forget that red eye."

"What? Don't you know? ”

"What?"

"I told you, you must not spread the word, I heard that the reason why we all dreamed of those blood-red eyes? It's about Our Lady. ”

"What? How is this possible? Didn't Our Lady bless us? ”

"I've only heard, I don't know if it's true, they say that every year when the king leads people to sacrifice blood in exchange for water, all that blood flows into the ground, and a pool of blood is formed under the ground, and the shape of this pool of blood is the shape of an eye, so we can dream of this red eye."

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Listening to the conversation between the two people, Chen Ziyang was stunned, although what these two people said was a little bizarre, but he felt that it was very likely that the facts were similar to what these two people described.

Although there are many things that they may have hearsay, and there will be some errors if they are passed on verbally, Chen Ziyang feels that the truth should be very similar, and all this is still related to the woman in white.

After glancing up at the imperial palace of the Ancient Kingdom of Sumi not far away, Chen Ziyang changed his previous thoughts. He decided not to look through the strange passage.

That passage is too long, even if you throw off your legs and run wildly, it will take a day to reach the end, I don't know if there is anything I want to see in it, and the time that the soul suppressant can win you is not so abundant at all, it is very likely that it will not be long before this dream you are in will collapse.

Instead of spending time on useless walking, it is better to stay here and look for some clues from the mouths of the villagers, which is more practical, after all, the time point that the Soul Suppression Paper has opened for itself is very appropriate, and it is after all the villagers have dreamed of that blood-red eye.

And during this time, it was the time when the people of the ancient kingdom of Sumi were dissatisfied with the king and had a conflict with the king, and it should be most appropriate to look for clues during this time.

Thinking of this, Chen Ziyang changed his strategy, and he focused all his attention on the people who seemed to be able to provide clues to him, and there were not a few such people.

Because of the matter of the blood-colored eyes, the people of the entire ancient kingdom are now panicking, as long as there are three or two people alone together, they will talk about it.

Chen Ziyang walked through the ancient kingdom of Mimi, listened carefully to the conversations of these people, extracted the credible parts from them, discarded the exaggerated parts, and slowly sorted out the causes and consequences of the matter.

When a sense of powerlessness came from the Soul Suppression Paperweight Alien Beast Pattern on Chen Ziyang's right arm, he knew that the mana of the Soul Suppression Paperweight had been exhausted, and the time for him to collect clues was over.

The surrounding scenery turned into nothingness again, and this time, the collapse of the dream was unstoppable, but at this time, Chen Ziyang had already collected a lot of crucial clues.

Looking at the collapsed scenery around him, Chen Ziyang's brain was flying, and he organized all the clues he got together, plus the content of the pictures on the dozen or so stone tablets, and slowly straightened out the cause and effect of the incident.

After the appearance of the woman in white, the drought in the ancient kingdom of Sumi was completely alleviated, but in exchange, the people of the ancient country of Sumi had to inject a large amount of blood into the diamond every year. And this task was naturally handed over to the king of the ancient kingdom of Sumi.

The king did not know what kind of deal he had made with the woman in white, but he actually obtained eternal life, and all the people of the ancient kingdom knew about it. In their hearts, the woman in white was the Virgin, the Mother of Green in the desert, who had given them an incomparably lofty status.

Once a year, the Holy Land is opened, and the old king leads the people who voluntarily sacrifice their blood into the door. Other people can also enter the holy place, but they can only walk halfway to the holy place, where the blank stone monuments are located, which is why there are countless altars and jars in front of the stone monuments.

Because the common people could only go there when they entered the holy place to worship, their altars and jars containing tributes were all placed there, and over time, the front of each blank stone tablet was full of jars. The shrine behind the stele was only accessible to those who sacrificed blood and to the king.

Every year, the king would take those who volunteered to give their blood to the Holy Land to sacrifice their blood. Although the people of the ancient kingdom of Sumi were more resistant to this at first, because from their point of view, people who like blood are all demons.

But because blood can be exchanged for water, can be exchanged for endless vitality, so slowly, the attitude of the people of the ancient kingdom of Sumi also changed, they no longer feel that it is a shameful thing to sacrifice blood, on the contrary, there are many people who voluntarily go to the holy place to sacrifice.

But as time went on, the amount of blood needed by Our Lady increased year by year, and when the people who volunteered to donate blood returned, they became more and more tired one by one, and even once, because the number of people who donated blood was less, two people died because the blood was directly sucked up by the Virgin.

Although the people who had entered the holy place to make sacrifices were all silent about the situation inside after returning, but because of these events, gradually, the people in the ancient kingdom of Sumi became resistant to the Virgin, and all kinds of rumors flew all over the sky, some people said that Our Lady was a vampire, and some people said that Our Lady was a tree demon.

But after all, these are all legends, because everyone who has entered the Holy Land has forgotten what they have seen and experienced. Other people only know that after they came out of the Holy Land, one by one they became skinny, no longer had the spirit, and their lifespan was much shorter than that of others.

For various reasons, there were very few people who volunteered to sacrifice in the Holy Land, which saddened the old king, because Our Lady had said that if the sacrifice of blood was interrupted, a curse would fall on the land.

Although the king of the ancient kingdom of Sumi did not know what the content of this curse was, judging by the magic power of the Holy Mother, this curse was definitely not much better, and he did not dare to gamble with the lives of all the people in the entire ancient kingdom.

So from that time on, the old king changed his strategy. At that time, the ancient kingdom had become an important link on the Silk Road, and there were countless caravans and pedestrians coming and going, so the king of the ancient country extended his grip to outsiders.

He continued to issue decree after decree and law after law, and all those who violated it would be imprisoned and tried on the day when the Holy Land was opened. And the judge is none other than the Virgin.

To put it bluntly, after all these people became prisoners, they were brought into the holy place by the king on the day the holy place was opened, and no one knew what happened in it after that, and the villagers of the ancient kingdom only knew that after these prisoners entered the holy place, none of them came out alive, and in their words, all these people were convicted by the Holy Mother.

In the beginning, this method of the old king worked very well, and the laws he promulgated were basically aimed at foreign caravans, and rarely involved the inhabitants of his own country, so his decrees were also approved by the inhabitants of the ancient kingdom of Sumi.

However, as time went by, the Virgin's appetite grew, and the prisoners captured every year could no longer satisfy its appetite, so the old king also issued many decrees against the inhabitants of his country, and because the laws here were too strict, many caravans were reluctant to transit here, and the lives of the inhabitants of the ancient kingdom were also greatly affected.

Grievances against the King and the Virgin were slowly accumulating, and almost all the inhabitants of the ancient kingdom were patient, waiting, waiting for the day when these grievances would explode. And that day came soon.

Almost overnight, all the villagers of the Ancient Kingdom dreamed of a huge blood-red eye. Since that day, strange things have happened one after another.

The inhabitants of the ancient kingdom disappeared inexplicably, and a large number of inhabitants were emaciated for unknown reasons, as if they had been sucked dry of their blood, and all of them were unable to lift their spirits and exert their strength, and even some people were inexplicably slowly emaciated to death.

The old king blamed all this on the curse caused by the failure to sacrifice the blood of the Virgin in time, but it is clear that the people of the ancient kingdom are no longer deceived by the Virgin and the king, and they no longer believe in these lies.

Although Chen Ziyang didn't know the rest of the things from the mouths of the residents, he had already guessed the rest of the things through the stone tablet patterns carved by the old king.

It is likely that because the appetite of this so-called Holy Mother is getting bigger and bigger, the old king can't satisfy its need for blood, coupled with the accumulation of so many years, the mana of this Holy Mother is already very strong, so it directly uses its mana to affect the minds of all people in the ancient kingdom of Sumi, or directly absorbs the essence blood from their bodies.

It is safe to say that when the people of the ancient kingdom chose to let this Virgin stay here, they were already destined to have the fate they have today, and all the people are just domestic animals that can provide blood in captivity of this Virgin.

This is also the reason why the people of the ancient kingdom of Sumi would rather have a broken family and a bloody battle with the Holy Mother to the end, so that there was the later war of the human tree, and the great migration of the people of the ancient country of Sumi later.

Now Chen Ziyang finally understands why the people who left the sheepskin don't want future generations to open the treasure of this ancient country.

Because the magic power of this Holy Mother is too strong, although the Holy Mother was severely injured in the original battle, it did not die, but was waiting for someone to wake up later. By chance, Chen Ziyang became the person who could awaken the Virgin.

After all the distorted scenery around him disappeared, Chen Ziyang returned to the pitch-black space by himself, and the woman in white was still standing in front of him.

Seeing that Chen Ziyang came to her senses, the woman in white just wanted to open her mouth to say something to Chen Ziyang, but suddenly, the woman in white was stunned. Because she didn't see that longing expression on Chen Ziyang's face.

The woman in white believed that after experiencing the dream world she had constructed, all people would dream of becoming like the old king, who could live forever, enjoy all the glory and wealth, and be willing to be their own slaves and be under their own control.

But where did she think of it, because of the relationship between the soul suppression paperweight, Chen Ziyang not only did not be tempted by her, but saw her true face.

Although the woman in white felt strange, she still believed that the dream she had constructed was absolutely attractive, so after smiling at Chen Ziyang, the woman in white said: "Come with me, be my slave, I will give you endless life, give you endless wealth, all this from now on." ”

After the woman in white finished speaking, Chen Ziyang suddenly felt that there was a huge pulling force pulling him, and strong lights rushed into the surrounding darkness, illuminating his body brightly.

At this time, Instructor Liu, who was waiting a little anxiously, suddenly appeared, and the diamond under Chen Ziyang's body actually emitted a ray of light.

(End of chapter)

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