Chapter 1972 Altar of the Witch God
Walking to the altar, pushing through the thick fog, a very tall statue appeared in front of you.
It has a human head and an animal body, with extremely large ears. There are two black snakes hanging from the ears. It has two hands in front of it and four more behind it, sitting cross-legged on a huge skull. The red light comes from the statue seat. The skull below has red light flashing in its eyes, which lights up and goes out.
"Shebishi!"
Zhang Qin shouted immediately, his face turned pale.
Zhou Shu nodded, "It's She Bi Zhi, the witch god who likes to devour souls the most."
This appearance is no different from what is recorded in the classics. Obviously, this is the altar of the shaman god Shebishi.
There are twelve witch gods, also known as ancestral witches. They are called the Twelve Witch Gods.
They are not human beings, and they appeared much earlier than humans. Shortly after the creation of the world, there were twelve witch gods in the Xuanhuang Realm.
Although they are not divine beasts, they are also born with divine power. However, that divine power is not given by the Xuanhuang Realm, but comes from other realms. If humans and divine beasts are all natives of the Xuanhuang Realm, then the twelve witch gods are aliens from other realms. The pioneers who came here intend to "open up" the Xuanhuang Realm - but in fact they want to possess it.
They were the first group of aliens who wanted to occupy the Xuanhuang Realm, and they have been implementing it until today.
"The witch god descended from the sky and gave life to all things. This is how we came to be in the Xuanhuang Realm."
Many races believe in this truth and regard the Witch God as their ancestor. However, in the eyes of humans, mythical beasts, etc., this truth is just that some ignorant races were bewitched by the Witch God. Human beings, mythical beasts, etc., will never believe this.
Of course, this does not prevent other races from advocating the Witch God, such as the Barbarians, Sang, Liang, Houtu, etc., who have always maintained their belief in the Witch God. Even if the Witch God left the Xuanhuang Realm long ago, these races and tribes still will not give up. , still worship them, and hope that one day the Witch God will reappear, lead his race to grow, and even become the master of the Xuanhuang Realm.
Shebishi is one of the witch gods.
Zhou Shu had seen the Witch God Altar before, including Xuan Ming, Zhu Rong, and Xiang Miao Xiangliang, and this was already the fifth one.
This place appears the strangest. Immortal cultivators dislike the Witch God the least, but here, there is a Shebi corpse altar, and it looks to be the largest and most exquisite one Zhou Shu has ever seen. Standing in front of the statue, even There is a feeling that Shebi's corpse will come out of the altar at any time.
Zhang Qin obviously felt this way and took a few steps back unconsciously.
Shebishi is the most terrifying of the twelve witch-gods, and the most hated by humans. Compared to other witch-gods who do not actively provoke humans, but only develop followers among other races, Shebishi and Liangyuan are obviously aliens, and they kill each other. Human beings will even have their souls taken away, and the number of human beings who died in Shebi corpses is really countless.
There has always been a saying that without the existence of the Twelve Witch Gods, especially Shebishi, humans would have dominated the Xuanhuang Realm for thousands of years.
Zhang Qin's face turned pale, "I should have thought that the evil cultivators in Liyuan Mansion all believe in Shebishi!"
Zhou Shu seemed to be thinking, "It is said that Shebishi will never recruit human followers. His divine power is designed to restrain humans, and humans cannot learn it."
Zhang Qin was slightly startled. Indeed, there has never been a human belief in the corpse, and other witch gods have more or less human believers. For example, the witch god of fire Zhu Rong has many human beliefs, and Xuan Ming also has many human believers. The young ghost cultivators all regard Xuan Ming as their master, but no one can believe in Shebishi. The only people who dare to believe in Shebishi are foreigners or dead people.
This is also the reason why no one would associate the evil cultivators of Liyuan Mansion with Shebi Corpse.
Zhang Qin shook his head, pointed at the altar and said, "But here, this altar, isn't it very obvious? If it wasn't Lord Liyuan who put it here, who would it be? Brother Zhou, look at it, this altar has obviously been there all along. Accept the offering, and what is being offered is a fresh soul with many remaining traces on it."
Zhou Shu nodded, "I can see that the most recent one was probably more than a month ago."
There was a sacrifice placed in front of the altar. It was a coffin made of soul-nurturing wood, about three feet long, but the soul inside had long since disappeared.
"More than a month ago!"
Zhang Qin immediately said, "It happened to be the day when the master of Jianlulu and Zhenren fought. He was already dead, so he has never been worshiped again until now."
"Maybe you're right."
Zhou Shu nodded, "Although no one believes in Shebishi, maybe he was an accident. But, what is his purpose?"
Zhang Qin thought for a while and said in a deep voice, "The purpose is of course to obtain Shebishi's divine power and become an immortal, or to help Shebishi invade the Xuanhuang Realm. The former is better. He is already dead. As long as we destroy it, If there is an altar, there will no longer be a problem, but if it is the latter, maybe Shebishi is already taking action."
His expression became more solemn, as heavy as black iron.
"I hope it's the former."
Zhou Shu said slowly, "But the Witch God did intend to invade the Xuanhuang Realm. Xuanming once threatened the barbarians, but the barbarians did not agree..."
Zhang Qin was stunned for a moment, "Xuan Ming, how did you know, Brother Zhou?"
Zhou Shu briefly explained the matter of Xuanming God's surrender, and Zhang Qin became more and more sure, "The Lord of Sword House probably also had an idea. Maybe he had been surrendered by Shebi Corpse God! In this way, what? It can be explained that he has long been the envoy of Shebishi, so he established Liyuan Mansion, killed immortal cultivators, and poisoned the world of immortal cultivators. He really deserves to die!"
Zhou Shu nodded lightly and remained silent.
There is some truth in what Zhang Qin said, and it looks very similar. The altar of Shebi Corpse, the soul beads, the resentment, and the sacrifices all indicate that this is the place where someone worships the witch god Shebi Corpse. The sword master arranged the sword array to conceal it. Here, he felt, that would not be the case.
How could Shebishi, a witch-god who hated humans so much, choose to descend on a human being or the Lord of the Sword Cottage? Of course, the master of the Sword Cottage knows that she is more terrifying than the corpse, and as a sword master, he must be loyal to the sword. How could he think about the power of the Witch God? It makes no sense at all. It is more like who put the altar here deliberately, just to create a The illusion leads all the blame to Shebi Shi.
It's just that Zhou Shu couldn't find any evidence to refute it, and looking at the altar, it was indeed old and should have been used for a long time.
If it is all an illusion, then the people who created the illusion made preparations thousands of years ago, and their scheming is too deep.
Such people are terrifying.
He would not tell Zhang Qin these thoughts.
Zhang Qin was still immersed in his own reasoning, "Brother Zhou, it seems that the truth is very obvious. Everything was caused by the master of Jian Lu Lu. He is also the master of Li Yuan Mansion. He has hidden it too deeply. Who can Would you have thought that the sword master of Jianlu actually controls Liyuan Mansion, the biggest cancer in the world of immortality? If the real person hadn't discovered it, he would have continued to hide it until he accomplished his conspiracy."
He sighed and said with fear, "It's too terrible. Fortunately, he is dead, otherwise our Xuanhuang Realm would have suffered a lot more disasters."
Zhou Shu nodded slowly, "Yes, he is dead."
Is the dead one really the sword master?
Whether it is or not, the truth is hard to come by.