If one province doesn't die, will the whole world perish?
As soon as the words fell, everyone's expression changed.
First, they don't think about it, but about its possibility.
However, no matter which direction they speculated, they were still unable to link the lives of one province with all the living beings in the world.
Emperor Yongtai's remarks seem far-fetched no matter how you look at them.
Only Lou Youzhi seemed to have thought of something, and his expression suddenly turned ugly.
Emperor Yongtai, who was continuing to move forward, deliberately gave everyone some time to react.
After he climbed a few more steps and found that no one spoke, he continued speaking.
"Lou Youzhi, I still underestimated you. You haven't said a word until now... How much do you know?"
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone turned around and looked at Lou Youzhi in the crowd.
So does Dou Tianyuan.
He was originally immersed in the hesitation between believing in Emperor Yongtai and questioning Emperor Yongtai, and didn't know how to deal with it.
Now, listening to what Emperor Yongtai said, what did Lou Youzhi guess?
Dou Tianyuan looked at Lou Youzhi expectantly, and when he was about to ask in a low voice, the words of Emperor Yongtai came again.
“Why is Daqing Daqing?”
“Why is it always Daqing?”
“Because Daqing has a household registration system and six agreements.”
"Because Daqing has the largest number of caves, blessed places, and spiritual places."
As he spoke, Emperor Yongtai stopped again, his hunched back rising and falling violently.
This scene was so terrifying that people suspected that he would roll down the stairs at any time.
After taking a break for a cup of tea, Emperor Yongtai continued to climb up.
"Lou Youzhi, you suspect that I am using natural disasters to prolong my life, but do you know why people like me in the royal family have a short life span?"
"Prince Qian may have told you that people with Taizu's bloodline have incomplete purple palaces from birth."
"But did he tell you why the purple palace of my royal family is congenitally defective?"
Why are people born with congenital defects?
Isn’t this the price of having extraordinary talent?
Lou Youzhi could no longer maintain his composure and looked at the figure above him in confusion.
indeed.
When he met King Qian in the underground palace for the first time, King Qian told him about the incompleteness of the Purple Mansion.
However, throughout the entire process, Prince Qian kept saying that the price for royal family members having qualifications far superior to those of ordinary people is the incompleteness of their purple palace.
This made Lou Youzhi instinctively believe that this was the only benefit that could be gained from the incompleteness of the Purple Mansion.
But now listening to what Emperor Yongtai said, it seems that it is not just this?
Lou Youzhi turned around again and looked at King Qian who was not far away.
Unfortunately, Prince Qian's expression remained as calm as ever, and no unusual emotions could be seen on his face.
"Well, you're curious, right?"
Emperor Yongtai suddenly turned around and sat down on the steps facing the numerous royal family members and officials. "Only the Emperor Qing of each generation and the clan leader are qualified to know about this matter."
"But today, I can tell you, tell all of you."
"Because of the Six Covenants and the household registration system."
When the words "Six Covenants" and "Household Registration System" came out, millions of people were shocked.
Mainly people from the royal family.
For the very few court officials present at the scene, both the Six Covenants and the household registration system ultimately safeguarded the interests of the royal family, so it was normal for the royal family to pay some price for this.
But this is not the case for people in the royal family.
The fact that their lifespan was shortened already made them feel that God was unfair. Now they were told that their lifespan was shortened in order to check and balance other people outside the royal family?
If you don't appreciate what you have, you naturally cannot accept it.
Emperor Yongtai was not in a hurry. He just sat there, scanning the crowd to see those royal family members who shared the same blood as him.
Although he was far away, Lou Youzhi still read the mockery on Emperor Yongtai's face.
Fortunately, the noise did not last long.
Thanks to the efforts of the royal family who were absolutely loyal to Emperor Yongtai, everyone gradually calmed down.
Emperor Yongtai continued speaking only after the noise had completely died down.
However, the content this time was beyond the imagination of most people.
"In ancient times, this world had a name, called Tianxuan Realm."
"At that time, in addition to humans, birds, beasts, flowers, birds, insects, fish, and even rivers, soil and rocks could all practice cultivation."
"Of course, cultivation has no end, but spiritual energy has its limit."
"Once the number of newly born cultivators exceeds the number of dead cultivators, the overdraft of spiritual energy will cause damage to the Tianxuan Realm."
"And when this damage reaches a certain level, the Tianxuan Realm will be completely destroyed."
“So, after the ancestors of the human race rose among all races, the first thing they did was to build the Yin-Yang Palace and lead the human race to slaughter all living things. Eventually, the human race was the only one left in the entire Tianxuan Realm to practice.”
"Why?"
"Of course, it is to reduce the number of people practicing and prevent the destruction of the Tianxuan Realm."
When these ancient secrets were revealed, many royal family members and officials were filled with excitement.
It turns out that the ancestors of the human race were so domineering...
No wonder now, those ordinary horses can be transformed into more powerful exotic horses after being touched by spiritual energy. It turns out that these livestock themselves can also practice cultivation.
"The ancestors of the human race are extremely powerful, but unfortunately..."
"It's a pity that no matter how powerful he is, he can't control the reproduction of the human race."
“When the end of the Tianxuan Realm was touched by the endlessly growing human race, and when the number of newly born cultivators far exceeded the number of dead cultivators, the destruction of the Tianxuan Realm once again became a problem that everyone needed to face.”
"Do you know how the human leaders responded at that time?"
Emperor Yongtai asked a question with a smile.
How to deal with...
Are we going to start killing our own people just like we killed all the other races?
A terrifying thought appeared in everyone's mind.
Emperor Yongtai's subsequent explanation made them feel relieved, but also extremely heavy.
"The leader of the human race has enough power and support to clean up the people of his own race and preserve the Tianxuan Realm."
“But he didn’t do that.”
"He chose to gather the leaders of all tribes and forces together to discuss ways to gradually reduce the number of people practicing."
"At that time, the human race was completely free of external threats and was far less united than when all the races existed."
"So naturally, the negotiations could not produce any results."
"Every tribe and force wants to weaken others and strengthen themselves."
"This human leader has spent his entire life dealing with various tribal forces, trying to convince them."
"But nothing worked until his death."
"It was also because of his death that the Yin Yang Palace completely fell apart."
"It was at this time that the damage to the Tianxuan Realm appeared."
"hehe."
Emperor Yongtai laughed at himself and stood up. "So, it is better for the human race to have only one voice."
After saying this, Emperor Yongtai turned around and continued on stage.
His voice, at this moment, became sonorous and powerful.
"Fortunately, our Great Qing Emperor Jiang Wang has appeared out of nowhere!"
"Lead the remnants of the Yin-Yang Palace to rise again among the human race!"
"In just five years, he cleared everything and created a bright future for those who came after him!"
Many royal families, whether they were on good terms with Emperor Yongtai or not, were filled with excitement and pride at this moment.
At that time, the mere imagination made them excited beyond their control.
How could they not feel honored to be the descendants of Taizu?
"During Taizu's conquest of the Tianxuan Realm, the mountains and rivers were shattered, and the sea and land were upside down... This inevitably aggravated the damage to the Tianxuan Realm, and it has reached a point where it cannot be repaired."
Although these were heavy words, Emperor Yongtai's tone was rather light, "However, Taizu's choice was different from that of previous human leaders."
"Taizu believed that killing one's own people was no different from being an animal, and he couldn't do that either."
"But he can make the entire Tianxuan Realm destroyed and then rebuilt!"
"so……"
"Grandmaster, he took the initiative to deepen the damage to the Tianxuan Realm!"
Emperor Yongtai paused for a moment and sighed, "You know, if the damage to the origin of the world is small, it will reflect the big. If it is a little too much, it will be the destruction of the entire world."
"Fortunately, not long after, the rules of heaven and earth changed drastically."
"Just as Taizu imagined, everyone has lost their cultivation and strength."
"And no matter who it is, if they want to start practicing again, they will die instantly."
"In order to allow the human race, who are unable to practice cultivation, to inherit and survive in peace, Taizu founded the country of Daqing in the center of the land and formulated laws and rituals..."
"As a descendant of the past, every time I think of this, I have to bow down to Taizu's courage, wisdom, and means."
“It is no exaggeration to say that even if Taizu was born thousands of years earlier and was born in an era when thousands of races existed side by side, he would still be worthy of the title of leader of the human race.”
As Emperor Yongtai spoke, the royal family members were overwhelmed with emotions and could not calm down for a long time.
And then, their mood became completely complicated.
"The changes in the world and the changes in cultivation were all calculated by Taizu."
"There is only one thing that Taizu missed... He missed the wisdom of our human race."
"I can only say that our human race is worthy of being the most intelligent creatures. After the great changes in the rules of heaven and earth, it only took a few years for us to develop a new method of cultivation..."
“Haha, that means the grand occasion of national cultivation will appear again… and the extent of the damage to the Tianxuan Realm can no longer withstand the joint demands of the entire human race.”
Emperor Yongtai's laughter was somewhat desolate and helpless. "In order to prevent or delay the destruction of Tianxuan Realm, Taizu used the Dongtian Zhuanluntian as a furnace, and used the World Stone containing the two magical powers of Great Curse and One Leaf Blindness as a guide. At the cost of the incomplete purple palaces of all bloodline descendants, he successfully created the 'Six Covenants'."
"From now on, only craftsmen, common people, officials, nobles, Taoist priests, and emperors above the official level can remember matters related to cultivation."
"And those who are truly a burden to the world can only be considered as such if they are above the nobility."
"You should know that the three types of household registration, namely, craftsman, civilian and official, restrict so many people in the world."
"It can be said that the appearance of the Six Covenants has, to a large extent, delayed the damage to the Profound Sky Realm."
"The fact that Daqing can survive until now, and the fact that the world can survive until now, is due to the Six Covenants."
"And the price of the six promises is the purple palace of our royal family and the life span of our royal family."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Emperor Yongtai suddenly laughed, turned around and found Lou Youzhi in the crowd below, "Yuan Shouyi misunderstood me, Jiang Zhihong hated me, and you may have even thought about revenge for Jiang Zhihong and the refugees. Then I ask you, over the years, who should you hate and take revenge on for the countless royal family members who died young?"
The royal family was infected by the emotions in Emperor Yongtai's words. They felt sad and angry, and they all looked at Lou Youzhi.
Lou Youzhi was silent for a while, then asked, "Even if what your majesty said is true, what about the natural disaster? What does the natural disaster have to do with this?"
"Haven't you already guessed it?"
Emperor Yongtai glanced at Lou Youzhi calmly, turned around again, and continued to climb. "I guessed that this world is essentially a bigger and bigger cave."
"The decline of the cave heaven can be delayed by blood sacrifice."
"The specific method is to use the blood of the Lord of the Cave Heaven, plus ten times the blood of living beings, to jointly sacrifice blood to heaven and earth in exchange for the continuation of the Cave Heaven."
"This blood sacrifice method is also useful in the Tianxuan Realm."
The method of blood sacrifice?
Everyone was stunned at first, but after careful thought, they finally understood the meaning.
In an instant, many royal families were shocked.
What's the meaning?
In other words, the main purpose of the so-called natural disaster is not to kill the refugees?
But to kill those refugees who have Taizu's blood flowing in their veins? !
"The only difference is that the blood sacrifice in the cave does not require a natural disaster."
"And the blood sacrifice of the Tianxuan Realm requires a natural disaster caused by the damage to the Tianxuan Realm as a condition."
"In fact, the occurrence of natural disasters to eliminate living beings is essentially the survival instinct of the world of Tianxuan Realm itself."
“And I, the previous emperors, and Taizu, only helped the Tianxuan Realm from the side, turning the natural disaster that only reduced the population into a blood sacrifice that delayed the death of the Tianxuan Realm.”
At this point, all the royal family members present felt a little depressed.
First, the actions of the Daqing emperor were undoubtedly killing his own people.
Second, for the royal family like me, who are also descendants of Taizu, will there be a day...
"hehe."
Emperor Yongtai laughed a little breathlessly, but he continued regardless, "Forty-two years after Bingzhou, I began to gradually distance myself from the officials of the Eastern Palace, and secretly searched the mountains, rivers, and seas for a way to replace natural disasters and human lives."
"Until the late emperor is about to pass away."
"During this period, I have found a lot of good things."
"Extinct medicinal herbs, various fragments of caves and heavens, and long-lost magical powers."
"However, we still cannot find anything that can replace the natural disaster. We can even say that there is not even the slightest clue."
"I...really tried my best..."
When Emperor Yongtai said this, his tone was noticeably deeper and his voice was much softer, as if he was speaking to himself.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Emperor Yongtai laughed at himself.
"During the first few years after I ascended the throne, I seemed very diligent, right? At least not worse than the previous emperors, right?"
"But that's just an appearance."
"For me, every moment is torture."
"People's livelihood, politics, balance, development... everything, in the face of the survival of the entire human race and the entire world, what does it matter?"
"So after just a few years, I got completely fed up and handed over all power to the cabinet."
"And I myself will begin to prepare."
"I have two preparations."
"The first one is a natural disaster."
"I have to say, I am really lucky."
"The first natural disaster after I ascended the throne was the boiling sea in Binzhou."
"The sea was boiling too violently. By the time the disaster was reported back to the capital, enough people had died in Binzhou. There was no need for me to make up for it."
“So that disaster relief was the fastest and most efficient in hundreds of years.”
"Unfortunately, I was lucky only once."
"Yongzhou was hit by a locust plague. I had no choice but to mobilize the power of the Taiping Dao to cooperate and complete the blood sacrifice for the entire Yongzhou."
"How did you mobilize the Taiping Dao?"
"When I traveled all over the mountains and rivers, I found a magical power."
"It's called Tao Heart Planting Demon, which can control a person's words, actions, life and death."
"Using the Dao Heart to plant the demon, I designed a plan to capture the previous Taiping Dao leader Lin Kuang. From Lin Kuang, I obtained another magical power, the incarnation."
"The Ji Qingzhi who later took over as the leader of the Taiping Dao was created by me using my external incarnation."
When the truth was revealed to this extent, there should have been an uproar from the audience.
But Emperor Yongtai continued to speak, and no one dared to interrupt him for fear of missing him.
"And the second one is ready..."
"It has something to do with the other plan that Taizu left behind, and it also has something to do with my Dao Heart Planting Demons ability."
"Why did Taizu go around showing mercy and let his bloodline be found everywhere in the world?"
"This is to prepare for the day when we, the younger generation, will have to resort to blood sacrifice."
"My plan is to expand the blood sacrifice that may be needed one day in the future to the royal family, which has already expanded to an exaggerated level, based on the fact that Taizu spread his bloodline among the people."
"So, I held a grand discussion in the inner courtyard of Xumi Heaven, in order to plant demon seeds in many royal families."
"After all, it's very easy ."
"The royal family is different."
"If you want to execute them in large numbers, there is no other way except planting demons in their hearts."
Crash!!!
The crowd was excited.
Some blamed Emperor Yongtai, while others were terrified and wanted to flee.
However, Emperor Yongtai just turned around and waved his hand.
"Don't worry, everyone. I have found a new method now. I don't need to sacrifice you in blood anymore."
A new approach?
There was just a slight surge, and then it quickly subsided.
Of course, anger is still anger.
But as long as we can ensure that we are not controlled by the blood sacrifice, it will be a blessing in disguise.
In addition, since blood sacrifice is no longer necessary, Emperor Yongtai should be able to lift this magical control, right?
Many royal families began to care about this.
"I got this new method from a little fellow named Li Xiangxue... From him, I found a way to control my inner demons."
As soon as he finished speaking, Dou Tianyuan's expression changed drastically!
He had long known that the inner demons could be controlled at will.
However, until now, he has not dared to make this known.
Because the fact that the inner demon can strengthen the Tao seed is enough to cause drastic changes in the world.
Especially the Taiping Dao, where there are no laws to constrain them, they can do anything.
But now, Emperor Yongtai actually knew it!
Not only do you know...
It seems like you are planning to say it in public?!
As Dou Tianyuan was in awe, Emperor Yongtai continued to speak.
"I have tried the method of controlling the inner demon myself."
"Then, I discovered..."
Emperor Yongtai slowly raised his lips, "The real use of the incarnation!"