Chapter 79: Worms in the Cave

Ordinary people, even those with innate abilities, would face certain dangers when they come to this kind of rainforest. After all, there are some special terrains here, and falling down may lead to death. There are also various snakes, insects, beasts, and miasma. However, for Qi Xuansu, who has reached such a realm of cultivation and is a human immortal, it is nothing.

With vigorous blood and qi, snakes and insects dare not approach him, and a strong body, he can walk on flat ground.

Therefore, Qi Xuansu made extremely fast progress and opened up a road in the vast rainforest. Along the way, various trees and vegetation were either pushed down or torn off and pulled up, as if a giant beast had passed by.

After searching for about two days, Qi Xuansu finally found a cave deep in the rainforest, which seemed to have some traces of artificial excavation.

After entering the cave, he found that it was all the way down. Qi Xuansu couldn't help wondering, is it possible that part of the city of Paititi sank underground? Or is there an underground mausoleum here?

Qi Xuansu thought so and went deeper into the cave.

There was no light source in the cave, or if there was one, it was extinguished now. However, Qi Xuansu had true pupils and was not affected at all. Everything was clear. The deeper he went, the wider the cave became. Qi Xuansu then discovered that there were more and more corpses on both sides. Some places could be described as piled up like mountains.

Qi Xuansu was not a person who had come from the war years. He was born in a peaceful era, when the Dao Sect was extremely powerful. Even if there were wars, they took place overseas. The Central Plains had not heard the sound of horse hooves or artillery for nearly two hundred years. Qi Xuansu had only seen the scenes of thousands of miles of red land, nine out of ten empty houses, and mountains of corpses and seas of blood from the text descriptions in books, but had never seen them with his own eyes.

Even if Qi Xuansu participated in the Fenglinzhou War and the Southern Continent War, most of those battles took place at the military level. Qingwei Zhenren repeatedly asked to leave a Fenglinzhou that was popular with the people. The West Dao Sect also carried out an orderly evacuation of the people before the war, and did not involve the people too much.

Since it is a military battle, the number of casualties will be controlled within a certain range. After all, when Qingwei Zhenren quelled the rebellion in Fenglinzhou, he did not count the vassal army, and he did not use 100,000 people. When the Western Dao Sect fought with the Holy Court, both sides suffered more than 10,000 casualties, which was already a bit of a blow. If there were more than 100,000 casualties, the balance of victory would have begun to tilt.

But once it involves the people, the side with low moral standards can easily develop into a one-sided massacre, with hundreds of thousands of people killed at any time. In addition, the war broke various systems. Once natural disasters and man-made disasters, such as plague and famine, no one organized disaster relief, then the number of deaths could not be controlled. Over the years, it may be millions or tens of millions of deaths and injuries.

Such a chaotic world is terrifying. The corpses are exposed in the wild and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles. This is not an exaggeration.

The corpses accumulated in the cave of the Ghost Kingdom are mainly from the more than 100 years from the southward migration of the Golden Horde to the establishment of the Great Wei. Until today, the Dao Sect has not yet dealt with them, which shows how many people died.

Xuansheng was born in such an era, so Xuansheng was determined to save the world. You have to know that Xuansheng was born in a wealthy family, and the ups and downs outside could not fall on his head. He could have followed the steps and pointed out the country instead of leaving the shelter and dying. But he still did it. To put it simply, the reason was that he couldn't bear it. It was too miserable and touched his soul.

Qi Xuansu didn't have such an experience. It was difficult to fully understand Xuansheng's feelings at that time just from the text. After all, the death of thousands of people and the death of tens of millions of people are two completely different concepts. The latter is that you can see dead people wherever you go. Various human tragedies are staged one after another. You can't avoid them even if you want to hide, and it is easy to be completely numb.

Qi Xuansu understood Xuansheng a little today. I dare not say that I understand it completely, but at least I am touched. He has seen piles of corpses along the way, and I am afraid that they have exceeded ten thousand. And for some reason, these corpses have not rotted, and basically retain the state before death, as if they had just died not long ago, which is different from the rotten corpses in the ghost country cave.

It is conceivable what kind of tragic situation the country called Paiti had experienced when it perished.

Paiti was named a country, but it was actually a city-state, including the three major empires such as Tawanting, which were just larger city-states with a loose structure.

The real huge empire is like the Dao Sect or the Holy Court, which spans across continents and has a territory of more than ten thousand miles. Such an empire will not perish because of external enemies, but will only collapse because of internal troubles.

This reminded Qi Xuansu of what Zhang Yuelu said.

"Tianyuan, if one day you reach a high enough position, I hope you can not care about the gains and losses of a moment or a place, but consider the overall interests, based on reality and looking at the long-term, and do not ignore the overall situation for your own personal interests or short-term interests. Dare to take responsibility, dare to take responsibility, be a person who stands tall between heaven and earth, and be a person who can stand the test of time."

"Don't be like some people, who are full of desire to grab power by any means, and have no ideals or ideas at all. The starting point for them to do or not do something is whether they can get more benefits. They are very careful and consider how to maximize their own interests all day long. For the sake of temporary achievements, they dare to ignore the disasters that will be left behind for a hundred years. All day long, they say insincere words, say all the good things, and do all the bad things. They wear a double smile on their faces, which seems to be a smile, but hides a knife in their smile."

"Such people will only regard Taoism as their own private property and take it as they please. In the end, it will only make Taoism irreparable."

Qi Xuansu gathered his thoughts and continued to move forward, arriving at a huge underground space. There was a high altar, and in front of the altar were densely packed human figurines.

Qi Xuansu didn't pay attention at first, because there were many human figurines in the southern continent, most of which were pottery figurines, painted with oil paint, and commonly found in various altars and tombs. However, when Qi Xuansu walked forward, he found that these human figurines were not pottery or stone figurines, but rather seemed to be made by living people.

Qi Xuansu broke off the palm of the human figurine and found that it was empty inside, with no flesh, flesh, or bones. Then a large number of black bugs emerged from the figurine, some like beetles. The origin of these bugs was unknown, but they were not afraid. Qi Xuansu's strong blood energy crawled towards Qi Xuansu's body, and Qi Xuansu's true pupils could clearly see that these insects had sharp mouthparts. If ordinary people encountered them, they would probably be eaten up in the blink of an eye.

Before Qi Xuansu could take action, Wu Niang had already appeared and helped Qi Xuansu burn all the insects with a fire.

Qi Xuansu asked: "Wu Niang, what are these insects?"

Wu Niang hesitated a little: "It's a bit like a voodoo in witchcraft. The ancient witchcraft only represents the witchcraft of the Central Plains and radiates to the Jinzhang Grassland and Nanyang. In fact, witchcraft also exists in other places, and according to the local customs Different cultures have their own characteristics. The strange thing is that this kind of witchcraft seems to be a method from southern Xinjiang. How could it come to the southern continent? "

Qi Xuansu said: "Has someone found this place first? Yes, even Wang Jiaohe has a map, so it makes sense for others to walk in front of us. Could it be someone from Xidaomen?"

Wu Niang thought for a while: "This possibility cannot be ruled out. Back then, Xidaomen was a mixed bag and was divided into the evil camp. There is no guarantee that someone would not be proficient in southern Xinjiang witchcraft and then follow Xidaomen to the southern continent."

Qi Xuansu suddenly felt something in his heart: "It's the Insect Man! In those days, the Insect Man originated from Nanyang. Witchcraft was rampant in Borneo, and it was not far from southern Xinjiang. Moreover, the Insect Man, they are bugs, and it is reasonable to control them. Previously, I I asked Hu En'ahan to send people to investigate various ruins, and they found some traces of the insect people. I thought it was a coincidence, but I didn't expect the insect people to actually find this place. "

Wu Niang checked a few more human figurines. After all, she was an existence older than the Fox Fairy of Qingqiu Mountain. She was well-informed in every sense, and said: "You reminded me, you should know about Western vampires, right?" , there are two kinds of descendants they develop, one is the real descendant, that is, the young vampire, and the other is the inferior slave, who is controlled, also called the derivative body. In fact, the same is true for the insect people. Excellent people are given. After taking the insect eggs called 'Foundation Building Pill', they turn into insect-men. The eliminated people become the containers for hatching the eggs. The insects are implanted into their bodies, and then the insects eat their internal organs. When eggs are laid in the body, the person used as a container will quickly dry up, leaving only a layer of skin inside, so the bodies of these human figurines are empty.”

Wu Niang paused for a moment: "The method you just used was wrong, causing the sleeping eggs to turn into larvae. However, these eggs need to be further screened. The later the eggs awaken into larvae, the greater their potential, which determines whether they can To form a pill, only the most perfect insect eggs can become the material of the 'Foundation Pill'. It would be good to have one suitable egg out of a hundred."

Qi Xuansu was silent for a moment: "When I leave the Southern Continent, I must complete two things. One is to eliminate the insect people, and the other is to abolish the blood sacrifice. It is not a waste of time for me to come to the Southern Continent."

Wu Niang agreed: "Good, good, good, it's all good governance. If you can use the power of Taoism to promote the completion of these two things, it will be considered a great merit."

Qi Xuansu was not arrogant, he really wanted to do something practical. He was influencing Zhang Yuelu invisibly, and conversely, Zhang Yuelu was invisibly influencing him.

The noble are the stupidest and the humble are the smartest.

Many of Zhang Yuelu's actions are stupid in the eyes of others, but she is noble. This nobility does not come from blood, but from behavior and spirit.

There is certainly nothing wrong with subordinates obeying superiors, and Taoist priests obeying Jinque. However, one cannot blindly obey superiors and do whatever the superiors say. If the superiors don't say it, it will not be good for one's own future, so don't do it. This doesn't work.

Of course, sometimes, it is good to be able to do whatever the superiors tell you to do. I am afraid that those who have to resist the superiors will either be passive and slow down the work, or over-execution. In short, they are doing it in a double-edged manner, which will cause endless troubles. .

Qi Xuansu asked: "What to do with these human figurines?"

Wuniang said: "It's easy to handle. Just set it on fire. I'll burn it. I'll make sure not a single insect can escape."

This is a standard Wuniang answer. If a problem can be solved with fire, other methods will never be considered.

Qi Xuansu thought for a while and decided that this was really the best way, so he asked Wu Niang to burn all the human figurines, and he walked up to the altar surrounded by human figurines.