I will teach you how to cultivate immortality

Chapter 76 We are the descendants of the gods
Where did you get this idea from?

"Do you realize how dangerous your thinking is?"

As his only friend in the Ghost Kingdom, E'tu felt genuine fear for Xuan Hui.

Once this unorthodox idea spreads...

Xuan Hui will undoubtedly become a thorn in the side of the Five Gods and will be eliminated as soon as possible.

"I was feeling lost a few days ago, so I went to look for clues and traces left behind by the former high priest."

With a deep gaze fixed on the distant priest's platform, Xuan Hui murmured to himself, his expression unchanged.

"The Shadow Owl was once the most outstanding high priest in the history of the Ghost Kingdom..."

"He even gained the simultaneous recognition of four other gods besides the one you serve, all by his own power..."

"But his defection is shrouded in mystery, and no one knows the real reason for his defection to this day."

As Xuan Hui spoke, he reached into his robes and pulled out a book that had clearly been repaired.

"This is a book that I found at his old site, a book that should have been destroyed."

"Perhaps it was due to carelessness, or perhaps the original searchers couldn't bear to destroy this book..."

"In short, this book eventually ended up in my hands, allowing me to see the true nature of the Five Gods."

Upon hearing this, E'tu immediately looked at the book.

Unfortunately, just like Xi Luo, who was completely illiterate, E Tu was also illiterate.

What does this book record?

Fortunately, E'tu never hid his curiosity and went straight to the point.

"This book records a country called 'Da Xia,' a country in the Central Plains that is ten thousand miles away from the Gui Fang Kingdom."

"In that Central Plains Kingdom, the ruler is the supreme being."

“Priests, and even gods, must obey the king’s commands.”

“When the king is unhappy, he will order the priests to recite his own deeds day and night, instead of spreading the faith and majesty of the gods.”

"This book also says that the gods were originally just our ancestors..."

"Or rather, we are all descendants of gods, not lambs domesticated by gods."

After a slight pause, Xuan Hui spoke again in a low voice.

"The book I have now is not complete; much of the latter half has been torn up."

“I suspect that what is recorded there is the ‘method to become a god’, and it is also the real reason why the Owl ultimately rebelled mysteriously.”

"He wants to become a god in his mortal form, to become one of the new Five Gods..."

"For this reason, the Dark Owl even risked being rejected by the Five Gods and forcibly took away the Prison Soul Cauldron."

Even after Xuan Hui finished speaking, E Tu was still unable to come to his senses.

Because the amount of information the other party said and revealed completely exceeded the scope of what the rabbit's brain could bear and understand.

"So... why are you telling me all this?"

After struggling to open his mouth, E'tu could only stare at Xuanhui in astonishment and ask.

"Because I need the help of the 'Red-Haired Demon,' and you happen to be able to help me as well."

Without making any attempt to conceal his purpose, Xuan Hui turned around with great seriousness, as if he were not talking to E Tu.

"After the Houtian clan returned, they issued a divine decree, saying that a 'red-haired demon' had been born in the Hundred Lands Mountains, and we need to do our best to defeat it."

"As long as we succeed in defeating the Crimson-Haired Demon, the Five Gods might even overlook our sin of losing the Prison Soul Cauldron."

"This is also why the king and his people have become so crazy."

"I don't know why the Five Gods value that red-haired demon, but I know this is my chance." His voice grew increasingly manic, and the smile on his face became more and more unrestrained...

At this moment, Xuan Hui seemed to see through E Tu that red-haired mad ghost whose whole body was burning with flames.

“I can tell you where the soul of the Spring Goddess, the Barbarian Woman, is located…”

"And what you have to do is very simple: help me destroy this increasingly insane sacrificial ritual!"

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The location of the female barbarian's soul is not actually hidden.

At least for the priests of the Ghost Kingdom, the soul of a god—even a prisoner's soul—is only worthy of being worshipped at the altar of the temple.

The temple altar is located at the far rear of the entire sacrificial altar.

That was the original ancestral temple of the Guifang Kingdom, and also the shrine where countless ancestors and heroes of the Guifang tribe were enshrined.

It is precisely because of the sacrifices of those heroic ancestors.

Guifang Kingdom has grown from a small tribe to a powerful state that governs a region.

The five directional gods were then enshrined in the central position of the ancestral temple's shrine.

"I can only take you this far. I am not qualified to enter the ancestral temple shrine yet."

Standing outside the gate of the ancestral temple, Xuan Hui said this in a low voice.

On Xuanhui's shoulder, E'tu, who had transformed itself into a sleepy bug, nodded and didn't ask for anything more.

After all, Xuan Hui had already diverted many of his guards along the way.

Otherwise, even if the location of the female barbarian's soul was known in advance, it wouldn't be so easy for E'tu to sneak in.

"Then I wish you all the best in advance."

Like the vast majority of priest candidates.

Xuan Hui only glanced at the five gods in the ancestral temple from afar before turning around and leaving.

Upon seeing this, the guards nearby simply exchanged smiles and didn't take it to heart at all.

Let alone a candidate priest like Xuan Hui.

Even the real priests would come to this ancestral temple from time to time to pay homage to the glory of their ancestors, and the guards had long been used to it.

This is the ancestral home of the Guifang Kingdom, and no outsider has ever entered here since its establishment.

buzzing...

It flew silently into the ancestral temple hall, without disturbing anyone throughout the entire process.

However, it wasn't until she entered the ancestral temple's ancestral hall that E'tu realized just how big it was.

Thousands of memorial tablets were placed in the very center of the ancestral temple's ancestral hall.

Beneath the memorial tablets were skulls that were clearly well-maintained.

That's a custom that the Guifang Kingdom has had since the tribal era.

They believed that the head was the dwelling place of the ancestral soul and an essential object that must be worshipped along with the name and deeds.

It is no exaggeration to say that even if thousands of heads were randomly piled together, they could form a terrifying Jingguan (just in case).

Not to mention the orderly and neat arrangement of the memorial tablets as they are now.

A simple visual estimate shows that the skulls occupy a third of the hall's area, spanning several hundred square meters.

Looking to both sides from the memorial tablets and skulls, what appears in E'tu's perspective are the symbols of the forces, countries, and gods that were once defeated by the Guifang Kingdom.

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(End of this chapter)