Chapter 451: Where the Soul Returns
Watching the process of large machinery seem to have a unique charm that makes you feel like you can watch it quietly for a long time.
The Temple of Sun and Moon is expected to become the largest landmark building in the Ming Dynasty in the future, and the construction site is also unprecedentedly grand. There are many large-scale soul guides dedicated to engineering, and even Huo Yuhao has seen them in operation for the first time, which satisfies his curiosity.
He just hung in the air, watching with interest.
The outer circle of the altar is a large open space, and further to the north, it is the direction of the center of the Ming capital. Now standing on the high-rise building of the Ming Capital, you can't see the shadow of the altar, but when it rises from the ground, you can even see it from the top of the palace.
Whenever the Sun and Moon Emperors stand on top of the imperial city and look south, they will remember the great achievements of the ancestors of the Xu family.
Of course, Huo Yuhao would not remember these things that he felt were meaningless, and the Sun and Moon Xu family estimated that they would not be able to inherit it for eternity, and they would die in the second generation.
Since ancient times, the supreme rulers of all civilizations have been keen to build themselves functional buildings with strong political implications. Although these buildings have become valuable cultural heritage after the precipitation of history and time, in the process of completion, they will inevitably make a lot of noise, work and lose money, Huo Yuhao is quite emotional.
But at the moment, Huo Yuhao feels that the construction of the Temple of the Sun and Moon Heaven is okay, after all, there are no laborers in the ordinary sense here, and all the people involved in the construction are at least second-level soul masters, and ordinary people who want to participate do not have that qualification.
Huo Yuhao looked at the working engineering soul guides below: "Tut, this is the benefit of the development of science and technology, and the leap in productivity brought by science and technology benefits all aspects." ”
Huo Qiu'er raised her eyebrows: "For example?" ”
"For example, there are many high-rise buildings in Mingdu, but there are not so many high-rise buildings in Xingluo City." Huo Yuhao explained casually.
Tianmeng was a little bored and asked lazily, "Yuhao, is this place so important?" I think it's just two weird platforms......"
Emperor Xue smiled slightly: "It is said to be a sacrifice to the sky, but in fact, this is an important place used by human beings to worship their ancestors, and the sense of ceremony naturally needs to be extraordinarily grand." ”
Tianmeng whispered: "Actually, I just can't understand how important it is to sacrifice ancestors......
Huo Yuhao asked, "Are you unable to understand the sacrifice or the ancestors?" ”
Heavenly Dream fell silent.
Seeing her silent, Huo Yuhao nodded: "It seems that I don't understand." ”
The Ice Emperor interjected coldly: "From the perspective of our soul beasts, it is indeed not very understandable. Many soul beasts have never seen their parents since they were born, and there are even soul beasts that have a relationship of predation with their parents, not to mention ancestors who don't even have a concept. ”
"In Bendi's view, this is just the spiritual sustenance that short-lived human beings are looking for for themselves, after all, soul beasts can live for thousands of years, and the lifespan of human beings is only a few hundred years. Whether it is a human being or a soul beast, death is death, and it is meaningless to sacrifice or not, so we will spare no effort to pursue eternal life in every possible way. ”
Her words made Huo Yuhao feel a little, and only after a few seconds did he speak.
"Actually, I used to think the same way a long time ago, but now my mind has changed."
"Necromancy has taught me that the essence of life is the soul, not the body. Even if the soul is broken and there is no possibility of resurrection, we must have the most sincere respect for death. ”
"As a necromancer, I should be respectful of the act of sacrificing the undead."
Huo Qiu'er snorted: "I didn't see it." ”
Huo Yuhao finished praising it, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a malicious smile: "Of course, this is just the professional ethics that a necromancer should theoretically have, as for me, I will treat some innocent guys differently." ”
Hearing this, Huo Qiu'er muttered again: "Maybe the souls of those dead have crossed into a world that I don't know." ”
"Maybe, reincarnation, I'm afraid I won't be a lucky person like me."
Huo Qiu'er looked down and said lightly: "Actually, I feel very confused. ”
"Why?"
"As Electrolux said, a person's place is the soul, not the body. Does that mean that everyone you know so far is just a superficial shell, and you have never known his soul? ”
Huo Qiu'er analyzed very seriously.
Huo Yuhao gave her a blank look: "Have you forgotten that I am a necromancer?" Able to see other people's souls directly through the body. ”
The corners of Huo Qiu'er's mouth twitched, and she asked unwillingly: "Then let me change the question, since the soul is where a person is, where does the soul go after he dies?" ”
As she spoke, she paused and asked cautiously.
"If there is no such thing as a soul in the world, then as the Ice Emperor said, death is death. But there are souls in the world, and where do they end up after death, isn't this question more worrying than when people die and the lights go out? ”
Huo Yuhao looked at Huo Qiu'er a little speechlessly, wondering if she was struggling with this issue because she couldn't use undead magic.
He originally wanted to tell Huo Qiu'er the answer to this question from a theoretical point of view, the soul would naturally dissipate from the world and be reincarnated, but suddenly his mind trembled for no reason.
Originally, Huo Yuhao's expression was very easy-going, but after hearing this, he calmed down in an instant.
He didn't know why, but he felt that this question was related to something extremely important, and even the power of fate in the spiritual sea had a special change.
Huo Yuhao frowned, and subconsciously glanced at the sky.
"Can't answer?" His actions caused Huo Qiu'er's surprise.
"No, that's a good question." Huo Yuhao said in a deep voice, "Compared to the known complete extinction, the path full of unknowns may also lead to a worse situation. ”
"I wrote down this question, and when Yi Lao wakes up, I will definitely ask him for advice, and remember to remind me."
"No, no need to be reminded."
With that, he took out a memo and jotted it down in his book, then stared coldly at the words on the paper.
Where does the soul of a person go after death?
For ordinary people, this is just an after-dinner philosophical question, but for necromancers, the connotation of this question is too far-reaching.
After a while, Huo Qiu'er looked down again and asked, "It seems that you, a national thief, don't plan to help them continue to worship the heavens, what are you going to do with this Temple of Heaven in the future?" Demolished or destroyed? ”
Huo Yuhao put away the banknotes at this time, and said as a matter of course: "This kind of precious building left over from the previous dynasty must be well preserved, how can it be simply demolished?" ”
"In the future, this piece of land around the Temple of Heaven near Mingdu will be enclosed and developed into a tourist attraction, so that people from all over the continent can come here to visit. Introduce them again, oh, it turns out that this is the foundation of the Xu family, the former ruler of the Sun and Moon Empire. ”
"Okay, let's go when we've seen enough."
"Where are you going?"
"Go to the palace and show off your muscles to Xu Tianran."
It's better to write slowly at your own pace, there are still a lot of things to explain later...... It's not good to write in a hurry.
The author complains at night, in fact, writing books still has a great impact on me, one is that it greatly affects my work and rest, I don't sleep enough every day, and I often suffer from insomnia. The second is that colleagues and leaders know about writing books, but the author's own work is honestly not very good, and the leaders have opinions, thinking that you are not working well and spending all your energy on writing books. The author immediately turned positive, still wanting to perform well at work.
I've been really anxious lately, and I feel like I can't write at all, and I'm really sorry
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