I will teach you how to cultivate immortality

Chapter 105 Co-owner of Daxia (25)

"When did you find out?"

After being exposed by Li Boyang, Xiao Yue, knowing he could no longer pretend, slowly opened his eyes.

Xiao Yue was confident that few people could see through his ability to feign death or unconsciousness.

Back on the battlefield, Xiao Yue was able to survive to the end thanks to this skill, and was then given his current status and abilities by the Witch King.

"That's not important..."

Li Boyang tossed the Heavenly Fate Bone Armor lightly and simply replied with a smile.

"The more important question now is, what are you prepared to give in exchange for your life?"

Upon hearing this, even Xiao Yue, who had already prepared himself for death, couldn't help but raise his head.

"Are you willing to let me go?"

It must be said that Xiao Yue's surprise at this moment was genuine.

Ever since he learned that Li Boyang was the "little brother" Li Jingshu had mentioned, he had given up all hope for his future.

"It's not about letting you go, it's about saving you."

Li Boyang bent down and stroked the broken bones of Xiao Yue as he spoke.

"I don't know how you did it, but your bones are definitely broken..."

"If you don't reposition and correct it, and instead let it heal itself in this state, you are destined to be disabled for the rest of your life."

Before Xiao Yue could refute, Li Boyang continued.

“I can help you straighten your bones. All you need to do is tell me why that fox came here.”

The conditions proposed by Li Boyang were not harsh, but they still left Xiao Yue speechless.

Fortunately, the silence did not last long, and Xiao Yue unexpectedly asked a question when he spoke again.

"Are you really willing to save me?"

"I swear in the name of the 'Huaijiang Witch'!"

Before Li Boyang could respond to Xiao Yue's words, Xi Luo suddenly stomped on his broken knee.

Click...

With a crisp cracking sound of bones breaking, Xi Luo roared in a suppressed and low voice.

"Baby, I think it's better to just take down this kind of pushover."

The pain caused Xiao Yue's face to contort uncontrollably, but he forced himself not to cry out.

"I... just need a guarantee..."

Gritting his teeth and continuing to make noises, Xiao Yue's performance was enough to prove that apart from being reckless, he was not a real idiot.

Xiao Yue already knows where he is.

It is also clear that the deity enshrined in this mountain temple is most likely the witch from a thousand years ago.

Therefore, the red-haired boy and the lynx standing before him are very likely descendants of the Huaijiang witch.

"We don't need to make any promises to you, because you have no choice."

"You can only choose to believe me or not believe me."

With a faint smile on his face, Li Boyang's behavior at this moment sent a chill down Xiao Yue's spine.

In fact, no one would perform much better than Xiao Yue when faced with such indifference and composure far beyond his years.

The word "cunning and shrewd" is far more terrifying when applied to a young child than any verbal threat.

"I believe you!" After realizing that Li Boyang was the one in charge of this human-cat duo, Xiao Yue readily admitted defeat.

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In the Central Plains, thousands of miles away from the mountains, lies a prosperous land where fertile fields and plains coexist.

There, countless mountain people left the mountains and wilderness, broke free from their tribes, and established their own city-states and nations.

The most powerful of these countries was called "Xia".

The ruler of this country was revered as the "common ruler" by all the surrounding city-states.

The Xia Kingdom conquered the south and north, and expanded east and west, taking nearly a thousand years to establish a kingdom whose territory spanned the entire Central Plains—the Great Xia.

However, it was different from the feudal empires and dynasties that Li Boyang had in mind.

Due to limitations in its governing capacity, the Great Xia's form of existence was closer to a "state system".

That is, each country and each city-state is relatively independent.

All they had to do was pay tribute to the Great Xia at specific times each year and declare their submission.

Of course, this is to prevent states from saying one thing to your face and another behind your back.

Every state conquered by the Great Xia would voluntarily send a hostage with the right of succession to the capital region.

If any state chooses to betray, the Great Xia will use the name of this hostage to punish the traitor, uphold the rightful ruler, and reinstate a ruler who is close to the Great Xia.

Over the years, a relatively broad shared cultural sphere has emerged.

"Zhongzhou" is the self-designation of this cultural system, and it is also the understanding of the Great Xia by remote states such as Guifang.

In the Great Xia, the supreme ruler possessed absolute authority.

In other states and regions, priests were the ones who presided over various sacrifices and ceremonies.

However, in the Great Xia, the supreme ruler was also known as the "Witch King," and the exclusive privilege of worshipping ancestors and gods was his.

However, like all rulers...

The ruler of the Great Xia was not satisfied with the power he held.

Especially the current leader, whose ambitions have become common knowledge.

According to legend, this supreme being was a divine being born of conception, and was the offspring of the sun god Hao on earth.

In order to establish his authority, the sovereign not only ordered priests and high priests to compile his words into a collection of sayings for dissemination, but also forcibly required that his statue be erected outside the temples and shrines of all states.

At the same time, this sovereign also attempted to abolish all the blood sacrifices and live sacrifices to the gods in all the states, believing that he was the only one qualified to decide the life and death of others.

The special unit system of "Sikou" was created under these circumstances.

In name, the duty of the Sikou (司寇) was to apprehend smugglers and bandits, and punish all illegal activities.

But in this era, the law itself is an extremely precious resource, so how could it possibly be truly popularized at the grassroots level?
Therefore, in most cases, the Sikou (司寇) were carrying out the orders of the sovereign, extending the sovereign's will to states outside of Daxia.

At the very least, that's how Xiaoyue understood his responsibilities.

He traveled among the southern states for many years, focusing on monitoring blood sacrifices and live sacrifices that disobeyed the commands of the sovereign.

As for the "rebellious behavior" of some states that are unwilling to erect a statue of their sovereign?
As long as they don't go too far, Xiao Yue will generally not interfere.

Undeniably, this is also related to Xiao Yue's own experience—born as a "human sacrifice," he hates blood sacrifices and live sacrifices the most.

If the sovereign hadn't pardoned Xiaoyue back then, he would probably have become part of some ancestral god by now.

Therefore, whenever "illegal human sacrifice" is involved, Xiao Yue will exhibit an execution force that is inconsistent with his personality, and he will definitely investigate to the end.

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