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Chapter 55 Sacrificial Rights (Seeking first subscriptions and guaranteed monthly votes)

The slight sadness of parting that had just begun to build was swept away, and Taiyi said with a smile, "Before we part, I have a gift to give you."

After saying this, five-colored divine light shot up from the top of his head and manifested the innate five-directional flags in the air.

"The True Meaning of the Five Primordial Banners!"

Hou Tu exclaimed in surprise, her expression changing repeatedly as she looked at Tai Yi, who had a sincere smile on his face.

Doesn't he know what the true meaning of the Five Primordial Banners represents?

Since the Earthly Sovereign's transformation, the Five Banners of the Primordial Heaven have disappeared without a trace.

Obtaining the true meaning of the Five Primordial Banners signifies a predestined affinity with these five supreme innate spiritual treasures.

Who knows, one day he might gain the approval of the Five Banners and take charge of these five banners!

No, I will definitely know.

Even if they didn't know, the Five Dragons Clan did.

"Fellow Daoist is too honest!"

Houtu snorted and said, "With this Dao image, one is destined to be associated with the Five Banners of the Primordial Heaven. One day, one might be able to obtain those five spiritual treasures with this. And there are many cunning gods and demons in this world."

"Fellow Daoist Houtu is not that kind of cunning person!"

Tai Yi laughed.

He was well aware of the significance of the Five Primordial Banners, but such an opportunity was not as important to him as the Houtu Clan.

Hou Tu was very pleased with what she heard.

However, His departure was delayed by a full hundred years due to the true meaning of the Five Primordial Banners.

Having been in the Longmen Mountains for over two hundred years, on this day, accompanied by the gods of Longmen, including Taiyi and Juling, Houtu finally departed in her chariot.

Seeing the dejected Taiyi, Juling transmitted his voice, "How about I send my worthy brother to visit Him sometime?"

His tone carried a hint of sourness.

Tai Yi thought about it seriously for a moment, then nodded and said, "Thank you, brother!"

Upon hearing this, Julingshi couldn't help but grumble, "My dear brother, you haven't fallen into a trap of pleasure, have you?"

"You'll know soon enough, brother!"

Taiyi withdrew his gaze.

After a while.

Inside the main hall, all the gods of the Longmen Mountains were present.

Taiyi sat first on the left, his gaze sweeping over the gods in the hall. After exchanging a glance with Juling, he laughed loudly and said, "Fellow Daoists, we have gathered here today for one matter. I intend to unify the many human tribes in the Longmen Mountains."

The hall fell silent, and the gods looked at each other, momentarily speechless.

To unify the human tribes?

Are we about to raise the flag and rebel?

Where should the Human Emperor be placed after unifying the human tribes?

As if confirming, Liu Jia asked, "Is it just unifying the human tribes of the Longmen Mountains?"

Tai Yi laughed and said, "That's natural."

"Could it be that Fellow Daoist Liujia thinks I'm about to raise the flag of rebellion?"

Rokuga couldn't help but give an awkward smile.

Taiyi continued, "The human race is unified in the Longmen Mountains, revering the Human Emperor above, honoring the Earth Mother below, and offering sacrifices to all the gods!"

He set the tone, telling the gods that the sacrifices were still in effect.

He no longer dares to abolish the sacrifices to the gods.

"May I ask, Left Envoy, is the sacrificial ceremony truly unchanged?"

A deity asked.

Tai Yi laughed and said, "Naturally, it will remain unchanged."

"Although all human tribes have been unified, there is no large-scale migration of people at present; they still belong to their original communities."

"Furthermore, besides the birthdays of the Human Emperor, the Earth Mother, the Lord of Mount Tai, and the Divine Lord, I can also hold centralized sacrifices to all the gods after unifying the human race!"

Many of the gods in the hall showed expressions of surprise and delight upon hearing this.

In the current Shinto system, such as the Tai tribe in Xiaocang Mountain, there are many deities that need to be worshipped.

For example, the Human Emperor, the Earth Mother Goddess, and the Lord of Mount Tai.

However, these deities do not require daily sacrifices; they are worshipped collectively on their respective birthdays.

The only ones who truly require daily sacrifices are the mountain gods of Xiaocang Mountain and the Longmen Mountain Range.

The Five-Colored Human Race's first ancestor, the Five Dragons Clan, had a special identity and passed down the Five Dragons Divine Incantation, which meant they performed sacrifices every day.

As for the other gods of the Longmen Mountains, apart from the gods who accompany the Longmen Mountains and the Xiaocangshan Mountain gods, the other gods are unable to receive sacrifices from the Tai tribe of Xiaocangshan.

Of course, those who privately solicit sacrificial offerings are not included.

However, if one can obtain sacrifices from other human tribes in the future, the power of the sacrifices will naturally increase greatly, which will be of great benefit!

It should be noted that not every deity is as wealthy as Li Lingshi, the river god of the Longyuan River.

Not every deity's territory has "local specialties." Many minor deities rely on the sacrifices of the races under their rule to rapidly increase their cultivation and spiritual power, so excessive exploitation of the sacrificial power is common.

Sacrifices are inherently a very demanding and laborious undertaking.

The human tribes in the Longmen Mountains were not too unlucky.

The previous Dragon Gate Mountain God was Huang Shenshi, who had human blood. The gods under his command did not dare to go too far, so they only asked for more sacrificial power, and the amount was limited; or they could enjoy more beautiful human women and have more offspring.

However, when Taiyi was touring Mount Tai, he also saw many tribes of acquired races, including the human race. Although they were rich in resources and had no shortage of food and drink, the exploitation of the gods was even more severe. The gods would also carry out large-scale construction projects and build palaces from time to time, all of which were slaves to the acquired races.

Some deities even arbitrarily kill the acquired races under their rule. Although they do not eat people, how is that any different from eating people?

The human race in the Longmen Mountains is not doing too badly now, but the Taiyi clan wants to give the human race more space, space for cultivation, and space to climb upwards.

Therefore, he wanted to unify the human tribes and make minor changes to the rules of sacrifice.

Many deities were swayed by Taiyi's words, but there were also those with keen insight.

Sitting opposite him, Feng Bai, the Right Envoy of the Longmen Mountains, asked with a gentle smile, "May I ask the Left Envoy, apart from the unified worship of the gods, is everything else still the same?"

Upon hearing this, all the gods looked at Taiyi.

Tai Yi remained expressionless and said, "Naturally, there are slight differences."

Ignoring the slight change in the gods' expressions, he continued, "The power of sacrifice is the power of the collective will of all living beings. Many hands make light work; the stronger the people, the greater the power!"

"Even if 100,000 people offer sacrifices every day, how can that compare to 100 million people offering sacrifices once a year?"

"How can the daily sacrifices of 100,000 mortals compare to the once-a-year sacrifices of hundreds of millions of demigods?"

However, this time the gods remained unmoved.

Mu Heng remained expressionless, but a cold smile crept across his face: "There are tens of thousands of deities in Longmen. Even if they were all worshipped together once a day, it would still be impossible to keep up!"

"Is it held once every ten years? Or once every hundred years?"

"As for the annual sacrifices by billions of demigods... if everyone becomes a god, who will offer sacrifices to us?"

"Can those humans possess piety and reverence?"

Mu Heng knew exactly what was going on, but he showed no intention of speaking.

Even a fool could see that Taiyi must have received Julingshi's approval before he would not be the first to act.

Meanwhile, the gods in the hall had all come to their senses.

The Taiyi clan is trying to seize control of the sacrificial rites in the Longmen Mountains!

This is digging up the roots of a demigod!

Although many of the gods in the temple were originally born beings who became gods, there were many more who came from demigod backgrounds.

Even those beings who were born as gods do not want their sacrificial rights to be taken over by others.

Otherwise, if they needed the power of sacrifice, wouldn't they need the consent of the Taiyi clan, or even ask the Taiyi clan for it?

What kind of system is this?

That's absolutely impossible!

The atmosphere inside the hall gradually became heavy.

Taiyi Shi observed the expressions of the gods and knew that it was virtually impossible to persuade them with words alone.

The wilderness is vast, but the Longmen Mountains are finite.

If all people of the acquired race cultivate themselves, the descendants of the gods and demigods will have fewer resources.

Not every demigod can become a god on their own; the method of becoming a god through sacrifice is one such path.

However, the positions of gods are extremely competitive, with each person vying for a spot. The more people there are, the greater the competition becomes.

Do the gods not know how to manage things, and do they not understand that the greater the quantity, the higher the quality, and the greater the sacrificial power?

Obviously not.

They know how to run a business and how to cultivate talent.

However, they are cultivating their own demigods!

(End of this chapter)