Chapter 159 Where the Master Is Going
After Qi Xuansu left Saint York, Qi Xuansu's original body and incarnation did not meet together. From capturing the "Ape God" to presiding over intelligence work, Qi Xuansu's incarnation was responsible, and his original body never showed up.
What did Qi Xuansu's original body do?
Qi Xuansu went to New Paititi, which was considered a private visit. The purpose was similar to Qi Xuansu's visit to Saint York, both of which were mainly to understand the situation. Although there are detailed introductions in the archives of the Taoist sect, the old saying is good, what you learn from books is shallow, and reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles.
Because preventing the Western Taoist sect from expanding the situation and ending the war between the North and the South is only Qi Xuansu's staged task, which is a temporary solution. He also has another task, which is to reconcile the situation in the southern continent, which is a fundamental solution.
To be fair, this task is a bit too difficult for Qi Xuansu. This is a difficult task that is comparable to the level of Pingzhang Dazhenren. It seems natural and reasonable to let a Taoist immortal hold Gong Fu with his left hand and Tan Tai Zhen Xiao with his right hand to promote reconciliation between the two, or to meet the ancient gods of the southern continent and chat and laugh. After all, the strength and status of the people involved also need to be considered.
Now, due to various factors, this task is given to Qi Xuansu, which seems a bit strange. There is a gap in status between Qi Xuansu and these immortals. If he is asked to hold Gong Fu with his left hand and Tan Tai Zhen Xiao with his right hand, it will be funny, like a child holding two men. It is not difficult.
However, no matter how difficult it is, Qi Xuansu cannot help it.
So Qi Xuansu launched a two-front battle. On the one hand, the incarnation of Bingjie and Huangfu Ji launched the work of the hidden front. On the other hand, since the original body could not catch up with the incarnation, it simply did not meet up and went directly to Xin Paititi.
On the way to New Paititi, Qi Xuansu saw the most temples. The temples here are also called "pyramids", but they are different from the triangular pyramids of Misir. Strictly speaking, the pyramids here are more like trapezoids. The top of the pyramid is a flat ground, and the temple is built in this place.
Most of the temples that Qi Xuansu saw have been abandoned, dilapidated and covered in dust. The corresponding ancient gods may have met with accidents, either entering the first or second death, or sleeping.
This is not surprising. When the Holy See attacked the New World, in addition to the conventional wars on land, there were also divine wars specifically targeting local ancient gods. The three holy apostles of the Holy See, Seraph, Tolonus, and Cherubim, were the main ones, and the son apostles Tominines, Pavas, and Welts, and the holy apostles Purnsbalitis, Ake Angel, and Angel were the auxiliary ones. All-out wars were launched. These ancient gods belonged to different pantheons of the three empires, and even the ancient gods in the same pantheon fought each other and were eventually defeated one by one.
There were many fallen.
Qi Xuansu simply surveyed the ruins of these temples, then left and continued on his way.
The rainforest climate here is very different from that of the Central Plains, and is somewhat similar to that of the South Seas, but not exactly the same. For example, the main food crop in the South Seas is rice, while the main food crop in the South Continent is corn.
In terms of system, it is even more incomparable with the Central Plains.
As early as the beginning of the establishment of Daxuan, under the promotion of Xuansheng and Emperor Gaozu, the whole system of slavery was abolished, including prostitutes, who were not slaves. Although slaves still exist in the world outside the Taoist sect, and even inside the Taoist sect, they are essentially employment relationships, and cannot be killed at will at the legal level.
But here, let alone slavery, there are de facto slaves, and burial and sacrifice are popular.
From this point of view, the South Continent and the North Continent are regarded as the elder brother does not laugh at the younger brother, and they are excellent new continent matching mechanisms.
Why didn't the Western Taoist sect abolish the slave system?
The reason is simple. The foundation is not reached. For the indigenous people of the southern continent, this is an ancient tradition. If you want to abolish the tradition, you must develop it to a certain extent. The change of thought always lags behind the change of material.
Just like when the Great Xuan was first established, Xuan Sheng and Emperor Gaozu seriously discussed the possibility of abolishing the emperor and completely breaking the Confucian system. In the end, they still thought it was not feasible. The resistance was too great and the people could not accept it. The country cannot be without a monarch for a day. The emperor's thoughts have been immersed in everyone's bones. It may take hundreds of years for the people to be enlightened before the emperor's position can be abolished.
The West Daomen is still fighting here. The material problem cannot be solved, so there is naturally no ideological problem.
Therefore, the Daomen often criticizes the problem of slave trading in the Holy Court. In this regard, the Daomen is still relatively confident. Wang Jiaohe's crime includes slave trading. The West Daomen kept silent. Although the West Daomen did not touch the slave business, Tawanting did it, and Tawanting's ass was also not clean. The only difference is that the Holy Court does not use its own people as slaves, but captures the barbarians in their eyes as slaves. Tawanting used its own people as slaves and a small number of Western slaves, mainly prisoners of war, debtors, and those who violated the law and were reduced to slaves.
If we have to compare the two, we can only say that each has its own merits and it depends on one's opinion.
The Western Daomen generally accuses
the Holy See of aggression and the massacre of indigenous people. In this regard, Tawanting, as a victim, occupies an absolute moral high ground.
In short, this is a semi-slave country.
Its system is also very complicated. The Daomen system is only generally divided into four classes, while here there are seven classes, namely Taoists, priests, nobles, officials, warriors, free people, and slaves.
Logically speaking, Taoist priests and priests actually hold divine power. In fact, Taoist priests have perfectly inherited the Confucian tradition, and both divine power and political power are indispensable. Taoist priests directly intervene in military and political power, and do not let go of the ideological and spiritual world, which makes priests , nobles, officials, and warriors all essentially became vassals of Taoist priests, and could only be attached to a certain faction in the Taoist priest group.
Soon, the new Paititi was in sight.
Qi Xuansu hadn't entered the city yet, but he could see the rich divine light in the city from a long distance away.
According to the archive records given by Daomen and Xidaomen, there is a special temple area in New Paititi, with a total of nine pyramids of different sizes. This symbolizes the nine gods recognized by Xidaomen.
However, according to the standards of Taoism, some gods are not at the level of immortals, but at the level of pseudo-immortals. They still have "godhead", just like the incarnations of the ancient immortals. They only have the realm of pseudo-immortals, but have the insights of gods. understand.
This reminded Qi Xuansu of a special situation.
If this guess is correct, it means that the ancient gods are already very weak.
Although the ancient gods headed by Kukulkan repelled the apostles of the Holy Court, they themselves also suffered heavy losses. Especially when the divine power is insufficient, the golden body will enter a state of slow decay, and the borders of the Kingdom of God will gradually collapse, causing the Kingdom of God to become smaller and smaller. In order to avoid entering the first level of death, many gods have no more than two methods. Increase revenue and reduce expenditure.
Open source is about finding new sources of divine power, which is not a simple matter. If there is a new source of divine power, it will not be insufficient. The second is to reduce expenditures, proactively maintain a relatively small divine kingdom, give up unnecessary priesthoods, and reduce expenditures on divine power. This will also cause the gods to lose some of their magical powers and power, and even fall into their current realm.
This is the unique fall of gods.
On the other hand, when gods steal and plunder other people's clergy, they increase their cultivation. For example, Kukulkan and Siming Zhenjun have done this kind of thing. However, this will increase the expenditure of divine power, and you must have enough income to do so.
From this point of view
, most of the ancient gods cannot compare with the ancient immortals who are ravaging the Central Plains. After all, the ancient immortals are "not worried about food and clothing". They are not satisfied with the status quo and want to seek more divine power to seek transcendence.
One wants to eat well, the other wants to eat well and live longer.
There is still a big difference.
When Qi Xuansu entered the city, he saw many warriors wearing feather crowns and masks.
It is worth mentioning that these people cannot be regarded as the samurai class. The current samurai class has been transformed by Xidaomen and has become the most Central Plains-oriented group. They are completely Central Plains-oriented.
These warriors wearing feathered crowns and masks should belong to the nobility and priests respectively. Among them, the dark gold masks and black feathers are the warriors of the royal family. They are the lowest nobles themselves, similar to the knight class of Westerners. The turquoise mask and white feathers are the warriors of the priests, who can also be regarded as preliminary priests, similar to the battle priests of the Holy Court. In addition to praying mass, they can also put on armor, set up shields, swing maces, and go directly into battle.
There are also feathered crowns and masks in other colors, representing warriors of nobles, or some traditional warriors who refuse to accept change.
Qi Xuansu is dressed as an ordinary Central Plains person, with a sword on his waist. Others will know at a glance that this is a samurai-sama—the samurai of the Taoist priests.
Compared with the royal warriors and priest warriors, the biggest characteristic of Taoist warriors is domineering, because they have the strongest fighting power and can fight head-on with the Holy Court's steam army.
You must know that the Holy Court defeated the three great empires of the New World and massacred countless people. Although it laid a blood feud, it also scared many people out of their courage and feared the Holy Court's "celestial soldiers" from the bottom of their hearts. Under such circumstances, having the courage to fight head-on with the Holy Court, or even win the battle, has become something to be proud of.
Needless to say, the Taoist priests did dominate Tawanting's supreme power. There is no way, without Taoist priests, there would be no integrated Tawanting; without Taoist priests, it would be impossible to obtain assistance from the far east; without Taoist priests, it would be impossible to resist the Holy Court's army.
After all, Xidaomen is not here to do chivalry. They have spent more than a hundred years and paid such a high price. Of course, they are not asking for nothing in return. It is inevitable for Taoist priests to hold the highest power.
With the Taoist priests at their backs, these warriors naturally dared to be arrogant. They considered themselves to be one of the triangles parallel to the royal family and priests.
To put it bluntly, we are all under the roof of Xidaomen. Who is higher than who?
Qi Xuansu entered New Paititi easily.