I Come to Teach You Cultivation-Chapter 106 - 18: The Living Sacrifice of Qingqiu Kingdom (3/5)
"That fox tried to hold an illegal living sacrifice in the Qingqiu Kingdom..."
The Qingqiu Kingdom is a marginal vassal state under the system of Great Xia, considered a small country on the southern edges.
However, due to its founding ancestor marrying a nine-tailed fox as his wife,
this country generally holds fox spirits in high reverence.
Especially those multi-tailed foxes, which are placed on par with the Ancestor Gods.
Under such circumstances, when a fox spirit with eight tails conducts a sacrificial ritual, attempting to ascend, it naturally wouldn’t cause much disturbance.
Until Xiao Yue inspected the place and suddenly found that the number of infants in the Qingqiu Kingdom was noticeably fewer than in other vassal states.
And this wasn’t an isolated case in a single village or region; the entire country’s newborn rate was below average.
Without exaggerating, if this situation continued for another decade or so, this small nation called "Qingqiu" might naturally perish.
"An illegal living sacrifice mainly involving infants?"
Upon hearing this, even Xiluo couldn’t help but wrinkle her brow.
"Don’t the gods of Qingqiu Kingdom care about this?"
"These things already threaten their very foundation, don’t they?"
Any deity who has reached the point of founding a nation, regardless of their initial intentions, has already, in a sense, become bound to the country they established.
Even the Guifang Kingdom, adept in the Ghost Refining Technique, would never go mad enough to sacrifice their own newborns.
"That’s why it was said to be an illegal sacrificial ritual..."
In response to Xiluo’s question, Xiao Yue sighed with a tone of regret.
"I didn’t realize at the time that the sacrifice was actually condoned by the Sovereign of Qingqiu."
"The Qingqiu Kingdom is weak in power, distant from Great Xia, often facing threats and plundering from the Mountain and Wild God..."
"I even suspect their Ancestor Gods may have been long dead; otherwise, a wild fox could not have reached this point..."
Understanding the deeper meaning implied, Li Boyang instantly grasped the underlying message.
"Are you suggesting that fox was not originally from the Qingqiu Kingdom?"
Seeming to sense Li Boyang’s skepticism, Xiao Yue explained with some melancholy.
"Of this point, I am one hundred percent certain."
"Because following the clues at that time, I essentially traced the fox to a more southern origin..."
"After all, if she were a native of Qingqiu Kingdom, she could not be ignorant of Great Xia’s Lord’s preferences, nor would she conduct such a sacrifice against public opinion."
After pausing slightly, Xiao Yue continued to elaborate.
"The reason I believe that the Sovereign of Qingqiu acquiesced to this living sacrifice is also based on this point."
"Qingqiu, being a vassal state of Great Xia, as long as they are willing to ask Great Xia for help, the Lord would never sit idly by."
"What I don’t understand now is how many people in Qingqiu are aware of this matter and whether they are truly willing participants..."
Seeing Xiluo, who appeared somewhat dazed, Xiao Yue seemed to realize something and added one last sentence.
"In our Central Province’s mythology, foxes have always been known for their ability to charm the heart."
"Coincidentally, that fox also possesses similar abilities, making it hard not to suspect she may have controlled the Sovereign of Qingqiu."
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Half an hour later, inside the main hall of the Mountain God Temple.
"Do you really believe his story?"
Lying quietly on her clay sculpture, Xiluo wiggled her tail while curiously observing Li Boyang, who was still constantly casting the Celestial Destiny Bone Armor for divination.
"I don’t believe it."
Raising his head calmly, Li Boyang replied with a steady tone.
"That guy is hiding too much, mixing truth with lies, making it impossible to distinguish."
Intrigued by Li Boyang’s words, Xiluo blinked and pressed on.
"Don’t keep me in suspense, be more specific!"
Curiosity is in the nature of living beings, and as a cat, Xiluo couldn’t hold back her curiosity.
"For example, he only said he came here to pursue that fox..."
"But never once mentioned how he disrupted the sacrifice."
"A living sacrifice tacitly approved by an entire nation, even with participation, couldn’t have been stopped by just one person."
After pausing for a while, Li Boyang added.
"Hmm, I mean, his strength is clearly not at my level..."
"To stop such a high-level sacrifice, it sounds somewhat incredible."
Three years ago, Li Boyang stopped the Guifang Kingdom’s living sacrifice and forced them to turn the Hundred Lands Mountain Range into a restricted area.
But that was after he repelled the Five Directions Gods and obtained such privilege.
No matter how it is viewed, Xiao Yue does not qualify to be compared to Li Boyang from three years ago.
"What else?"
Continuing to investigate, Xiluo could tell from Li Boyang’s expression that he had discovered something more significant.
"While chatting with him earlier, I carefully observed his face and life chart."
After hesitating slightly with uncertainty, Li Boyang expressed with some pause.
"He is a dead person, or rather, a living person who shouldn’t exist..."
In the "Nine Chapters of Divination" left by the Huai River Witch,
two Chapters specifically teach successors to discern people’s hearts and human nature.
Even though Li Boyang thought this might be due to some of the Huai River Witch’s experiences in life, causing her to have a reactive understanding of human hearts and nature,
there’s no doubt that "Life Reading" and "Face" greatly compensated for Li Boyang’s lack of understanding of people’s hearts.
This is evident from the now thriving and developing Li Family Village.
Yet, on Xiao Yue, the usually unfailing "Nine Chapters of Divination" seemed to fail.
All his facial features and life readings indicated—this is a person who shouldn’t exist.
"And you still decided to save him?"
Suddenly springing up, Xiluo’s voice was exceptionally sharp at this moment.
"You’re playing with fire; I’ll go deal with him now!"
The bewildered Li Boyang blinked in confusion, then hurriedly reached out to stop Xiluo.
"No, just because his life chart is a bit unusual doesn’t mean he’s truly dead!"
"Besides, he destroyed the blue brick road we painstakingly built in our village; letting him go would be too lenient, wouldn’t it?"
Pausing slightly, Li Boyang continued with a smile.
"Now, the immediate priority is to first figure out why he had the guts to pursue that fox alone?"
"And what exactly is that fox’s purpose for coming here!"
"The Celestial Destiny Bone Armor’s divination results tell me that the fox’s arrival here is by no means a coincidence!"
Upon hearing this, Xiluo halted her actions but still cast an exceptionally somber glance at Li Boyang.
"Kid, although the ’Nine Chapters of Divination’ and the Celestial Destiny Bone Armor were given to you by me, I still have to warn you..."
"Don’t rely too much on those things, and don’t repeat the mistakes of my elder sister."
"Human hearts are changeable and unpredictable; even a true prophet who understands destiny finds it hard to truly see through the mind of an ordinary person."
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