Chapter 483: Foolishness
readx;? The Flaming Mountain is located west of the glacier and northeast of Konishiten. The area of the pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info is about one-fifth of the Blue Dragon Empire.
To the southwest of the Flaming Mountain, there are four large cities that govern nearly a hundred towns and thousands of villages. Although it is extremely hot, it is rich in some specialties and treasures that can only be produced in a hot environment.
For example, the meat is fresh and tender, is the world's first, when Dongfang Yu was in Hua Hui City, Hua Hua Lou one of the three famous dishes of Bihe steamed Tan sheep, the selection of materials is the specialty here.
For another example, Huoxiang rice, which only grows once a year, grows in dry land, and the grains are as full as soybeans, and ordinary men are full after eating half a bowl. There is also the Flame Elixir that Dongfang Yu purchased in large quantities in the Nangong family back then, which is also produced here.
In addition, fire-attribute spiritual materials and spiritual plants are the most complete places in the world, attracting a large number of fire-attribute cultivators to come and adventure. In addition, businessmen from the two countries come from thousands of miles to purchase, and the livelihood of the local people is naturally not a problem.
This is a two-way zone, due to the proximity to the White Tiger Empire, the local specialties often pass through the White Tiger Empire, and then enter the Blue Dragon Empire through smuggling. Although there is no state administration, Zoroastrianism is prevalent in the region, and the forces of this religion rule the four cities, and the tenets are the tenjo.
Since it is one of the contents of Daozi's selection, the disciples of the four sects will of course choose different big cities. Shenkun's team has a total of thirty-nine people, all of whom are martial artists above the fourth grade, and they draw lots to win Huoyun City. On the northwest wall of Huoyun City, you can see a fire cloud shrouded in the distance, which will not disperse for many years, hence the name of the city.
Daomen prepared a white robe with a hood that the locals loved to wear, and the flying boat landed thirty miles away from Huoyun City, and Shenkun and the others rode on camels. Dongfang Yu, Nangong Zhou and Long Qi respectively turned the beast pet into a white camel.
Looking at the scimitar on everyone's waist, Dongfang Yu secretly thought, Xiao Xitian wants to destroy this Zoroastrianism, it must not be a day or two.
The closer you get to the city, the more people rush to the city. Dongfang Yu found that many of them were holding children in their arms, and some were followed by some half-grown children and little girls. A thought that made his scalp tingle rose and goosebumps straightened.
Shen Kun and the others also looked at him, they all thought the same, these couldn't all be forced by Zoroastrianism to hand over children into the fire pit, right?
A junior brother got off the camel and asked a middle-aged man with a kind face, "Big brother, you are taking the child, what are you doing in the city?"
The man looked at him a little strangely and said, "There are seven days left before the festival of Cooler, and we will sacrifice to the god of fire." The temple is selecting blessed boys and girls these days. ”
Xiaodeng is a lively character, so he was naturally unwilling, and he also grabbed it and asked: "Big brother, what will happen to the selected child?"
"To the great Vulcan Kuller, of course, to be his servant. The man's face shone with divine light.
Dongfang Yu's heart tightened, jumped off the white camel, took out a few scallion pancakes, and distributed them to a few children nearby, and immediately won the favor of several eldest brothers and sisters-in-law.
"We are actually merchants from afar, and we are a little curious about the Cool Children's Festival. I wonder where this celebration is taking place? Can we, the strangers, take part in the viewing? Can you tell us about the majesty of the god of fire?"
Dongfang Yu said, and simply divided the scallion pancakes to the adults.
"Of course, the celebration is at the temple a hundred miles away from the fire plain, if the guests have the ability to approach the fire yuan a hundred miles away, no one will stop you. ”
"The god of fire, Kuller, is the deity of the entire fire field, who creates all things, presides over justice, controls reincarnation, and gives blessings. He is omnipotent, omniscient, and created the ancestors of mankind. ”
People speak of the god of fire with great piety, and they can't help but bend down slightly and touch their chests with their hands.
Xiao Deng asked, "What is the image of this Vulcan?
A white-robed man with an extremely delicately trimmed beard and a high-ranking appearance said, "Lord Vulcan has two images, and his image is painted in the temples of every city. One is a black eye that spews black flames, which represents the Eye of Justice. ”
"There is also a fearless heart represented by the nine-leaf strange flower as a mount, a fiery red lion. ”
Two images?
This is not the same as ordinary religion, Dongfang Yu was pondering, and he sent a voice to him: "Brother, these are two kinds of different fires that rank about three hundred, maybe this time it was not in vain." The black fire eye is called Evil Heart Flame, the 327th on the Alien Fire List, and it also represents justice, and its growth depends on devouring the energy in the souls of living beings. ”
"The nine-leaf strange flower was born in the sea of fire that will not be extinguished for thousands of years, and after flowering, it will grow a fire spirit, and the image of the red lion when it was young is a red lion, at this time it is called the nine-leaf lion red, and it is the third hundred and ninety-first on the fire list. When it reaches adulthood, this lion will grow a phoenix tail and can spit out a ring fire knife, named the Nine-Leaf Lion Phoenix Slash, and the 326th place on the fire list. ”
"Because the nine-leaf lion phoenix just crushed the evil heart flame when it became an adult, if the evil heart flame saw the young nine-leaf lion red, he wanted to kill it. However, the alien fires with a difference of less than 200 can only defeat each other, and cannot devour each other without help, so they will often fight endlessly. ”
Heaven and earth are really amazing, the fire is simply a living fire list, if there is really a fire god, the fire is.
However, the amount of information he said was too large, could it be that this one fire field actually gave birth to two powerful different fires.
If these two fires are natural enemies, why would one religion be worshipped at the same time?
The group chatted all the way forward, Dongfang Yu felt that everyone's vigilance was basically gone, and asked the question he was most concerned about without a trace: "Big brother, how many Vulcan slaves will be offered this Vulcan Festival, and how to do it?"
"The festival is only once every 10 years, and we have to get as many boys and girls as possible at a time. I heard that it is better to have 10,000, but unfortunately the total number of believers in this fire plain is only 5 million, and outsiders do not know the good fortune and benefits to children. 10,000 can't be made up, in short, the more the merrier. ”
Another person also said with a fluttering eyebrow: "When the sacrifice is made, the god of fire will descend to the temple, and the high priest will throw the children into the arms of the god of fire." ”
Dongfang Yu felt that his heart was violently pinched, and he couldn't help but look at the people who spoke, but there was no trace of pain and unbearability, and his heart was shocked to the extreme.
Xiao Deng's heart was straightforward, and he already said: "If you throw the children into the sea of fire, won't they die? How can you give up? This is a young life!"
An aunt looked at Xiao Deng with pity, looking pathetic and pitiful, and said in a folded voice: "Stupid, stupid." Life is suffering, suffering is more and less joyful, and if you want to achieve joy and well-being, you can only rely on the next life. What a great honor and merit it is to be able to dedicate all oneself to the god of fire? And to be able to obtain the blessing of being reborn as a sacrifice in the next life, everyone can't fight for it, so why can't they give up?"
Dongfang Yu and the others were all dumbfounded!
The middle-aged man, who had an extremely delicate beard and looked very knowledgeable, nodded and sighed: "There is nothing more important for parents to love their children than to sacrifice them to the god of fire." We do not give birth to children so that they will be able to support us or repay us in the future. We just want our children to have a better life in the next life. We want nothing else. ”
Looking at his pretentious and holy appearance, Dongfang Yu suddenly had an urge to step forward and strangle him.
How stupid are people?
to believe in cults.