The author of the book "The Book of the Dead"

Chapter 179: The noble hermit, the cause and effect of the previous life

In 920, Liang Yue was years old.

Sleeping more and waking less makes people emotionally indifferent.

The Taoist walked on the street with empty hands.

Her fair and smooth face attracted many aggressive glances from soldiers.

Liang Yue had a calm expression as he walked on the dirty and muddy streets of Luoyang.

This place is no different from the Western cities of 150 years ago.

This time I came down because I sensed a strange aura at the foot of the mountain, so I came down to investigate.

"The Dragon Slaying Army has issued an order! The Dragon Slaying Sword Sect is recruiting disciples, providing food and lodging, and you can go into battle and kill the enemy, and enjoy delicious food and drinks!"

"We're only accepting a hundred people, so come quickly if you're interested!"

The men in the city rushed forward and lined up.

In this era, the only way to survive is to learn martial arts and join the army.

In the corner of the muddy street, the old, the young, the women and the children huddled together, their faces pale and their bodies thin, and they were barely breathing.

The teacher, who was so weak that he could not even tie a chicken, leaned against the wall with a numb face.

Poetry and books are no longer useful, warriors are supreme.

In the eyes of people today, studying has become a burden.

In an era where everyone believes that the strong are respected, the construction of humanities and institutions has been neglected.

In the Human-Immortal Era, order collapsed. Morality and law were no longer the foundation of governing the country. Instead, it depended on who had the bigger fist.

The emperor is ruled by powerful soldiers and horses.

field.

Warlord soldiers were fighting each other, and warriors with great martial arts skills were fighting each other.

Inside the military camp, the general ate human flesh pickled with salt, and said to his staff with a smile: "Old people have old skin, so they should be roasted. Children are soft and tender, so it is better to boil them."

"Yes!"

……

Inside the city.

The skinny mother held her baby in her arms, and because she had no milk, she pierced her palm and let the child drink her blood.

The misery and warmth of the world caused a ripple of humanity in Liang Yue's somewhat dull heart.

He stepped forward, took out a grass pill, handed it to the woman, and then broke off a small piece and gave it to the baby.

The complexion of the mother and child regained its color at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Miracle doctor! Miracle doctor, save me!"

The beggars rushed over and surrounded him, some even took out the packages.

"Slow down, one at a time."

Liang Yue treated everyone one by one.

Soon, everyone felt much better.

In a blink of an eye, Liang Yue disappeared.

At this moment, he appeared outside the city.

Thirty-six miles outside the city is where the evil spirit appears.

The troops outside the city were still fighting.

Its military force was far stronger than that of other dynasties, and was even stronger than the army of the Protectorate of the Western Regions.

This is an era of extreme expansion of martial arts and extreme involution among warriors.

"Morality has declined, rituals and music have collapsed."

This is not something that can be solved by killing one or two people, but the collapse of an entire era.

Liang Yue never thought that the order of the world could collapse to this extent.

In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, people ate human flesh because they were hungry, but in this era, most people eat human flesh out of hobby.

Modern people tend to project their impressions of contemporary armies onto ancient warriors. Liang Yue is the same, thinking that warriors in power must be very domineering, full of martial virtues, and have made great military achievements.

Now that I see that the country is ruled by pure military men, I realize how destructive these people are to civilization.

It is even more dangerous than the Five Barbarians Invasion. The Five Barbarians Invasion was an invasion by barbarians, but these people turned into barbarians themselves.

Civilization is declining and blood and brutality are spreading.

"This era must come to an end."

The tragic situation of this world aroused the compassion of Liang Shanbo in the first life.

Perhaps the difference between gods and demons and monsters lies in the compassion and mercy in their hearts.

That's the feeling of sympathy for one's own kind.

"The era of warriors ruling the country may also be a warning to me."

If we blindly pursue power, ignore the construction of our mind, and lose our humanity, it will be an extremely terrifying existence.

It is even dozens of times more terrifying than a country ruled by military men.

"The essence of being a noble and virtuous cultivator is to restrain one's own strength."

Everyone in the world believes that fists are powerful, but they ignore the fact that they and most people in the world are weak. Thinking of this, Liang Yue gradually realized something.

Deep in the mountains.

The army gathered in large numbers, many passes were blocked, and there were elite soldiers and generals everywhere.

It seems that some important person has come to this area.

The soldiers pushed wooden wheelbarrows into the mountains. The supplies on the wheelbarrows were covered with black cloth, and a pungent smell of blood was faintly emitted.

Deep in the mountains, someone dug a huge hole.

Torches were lit inside the mountain, and the red flames illuminated everything around.

It turned out that there were naked bodies on the wheelbarrow, some intact, some with their hearts and lungs ripped out, their blood dried up, and their skin covered with salt.

There is a hexagonal blood pool in the center of the cave hall, with countless tangled debris suspended in the pool.

The pool water submerged an object, which looked like a mountain, three meters high, peak-shaped, and wrapped with layers of white jade chains. On the surface of the copper mountain, there were 108 strange people carved, half of them were Sun, Moon and Sky with marks on their eyebrows, and the other half were winged people with three eyes on their eyebrows.

The strange copper mountain continues to absorb blood.

Next to the blood pool there is a high platform where corpses are placed. On the platform there is an eternally burning golden fire, flashing a mysterious light.

There were two people standing on it.

One of them was as fat as a pig, with body hair like steel needles and bloodshot eyes, looking like a demonized barbarian.

The other man had northerner looks, a stocky build, and seemed to have Western ancestry. He was wearing a scarlet robe of the Zoroastrianism.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. With continuous blood sacrifices, one hundred and eight gods and demons will be born and Your Majesty can take back his homeland." Huo Zheng of the Zoroastrianism said with a smile.

The fat man in front of him who looks like a pig is the descendant of the remnant of Zhu family of Later Liang.

Zhu Youzhen asked in confusion: "What if the gods and demons are out of control?"

"At worst, we can surrender to the gods and demons. The world doesn't belong to us anyway, so what's the harm in a little chaos?"

"My dear brother, you are right. When I restore my country in the future, I will definitely make you the King of One Word and One Shoulder."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Huo Zheng secretly despised him in his heart.

The so-called revival of gods and demons was actually Huo Zheng's guess. The purpose was only to refine more demon blood and cultivate golden fire in order to increase his cultivation and become the master in the future.

Then he grabbed a handful of golden fire, mobilized his inner strength, and threw the golden fire onto the bronze mountain.

Flames attached to the top of the mountain, and the bronze peak gradually oozed out dark devil blood.

"Collect them quickly!" Zhu Youzhen ordered people repeatedly.

This was the key to the rise of Liang State.

Back then, my grandfather met a Zoroastrian master and cooperated with him to refine devil blood and use the devil blood to increase his internal strength.

The price of refining demon blood is blood sacrifice.

The gold and fire were mysterious and strange. No matter how many times Zhu Youzhen saw it, he always felt it was extremely magical.

"Is this divine fire of yours really passed down from the gods?"

"Of course it is true. It was left by the Fire God of my sect. As long as this fire is not extinguished, my sect will not be extinguished."

When talking about the gods in the religion, Huo Zheng's expression was full of enthusiasm and he worshipped them sincerely.

This object is actually the Zhurong Summer Fire left by Liang Yue. Thirty years ago, the sacred fire was extinguished, the Holy Fire Persia was destroyed, and Zoroastrianism split.

Some of them adhered to their ancestors' teachings and repaired the dilapidated temples, while others scattered in all directions.

Huo Zheng's lineage wandered around the Central Plains, colluded with the local vassal states, and finally rekindled the flames.

Zhu Youzhen praised him repeatedly and said, "Gods and demons really exist in this world. Will the Fire God descend in the future?"

"Of course, the day when the Fire God descends will be the day when our religion will flourish." Huo Zheng made a bold statement.

"No, that's when you teach to destroy it."

At this time, a man's voice came from the empty cave hall.

I saw golden fire surging into the sky, and a Taoist priest walked out of the fire.

This person is Liang Yue.

"Who?"

The two of them were shocked.

Especially Huo Zheng.

He actually saw so much golden fire. Could it be that a god really came down to earth?
thump!
Fire was kneeling down.

"Welcome the Fire God to the mortal world, disciples..."

"I don't care."

The sky was filled with golden fire, engulfing the two of them.

Huo Zheng and Zhu Youzhen's faces were distorted, and all their fame and achievements eventually disappeared in the face of the divine fire from the ninth heaven.

Liang Yue walked to the front of the blood pool, waved his hand, and put the so-called bronze mountain into the Mountain Ghost Jade Pendant.

Causes in previous life, results in next life.

The martial arts promoted by Liang Yue brought about the establishment of a unified and prosperous dynasty; but martial arts also buried a dynasty, causing chaos in the world.

Be it right or wrong, it is hard to tell the difference in this chaotic world.

(End of this chapter)