I Can Reap Qi Fortune from Players-Chapter 524 - 19: Sacrifice to Become a Ghost, Achieve the Way and Become an Immortal
Ning Zheng felt that this was a minor misjudgment.
What annoyed him most was dealing with the younger ones first, only to have the older ones come later.
This is the most frustrating trope in novels.
But novels often reflect reality; he clearly stumbled upon a nest of rats.
"According to this trope, you hit the outlaws, then come the city families; if you defeat the city families, you attract even bigger patrons."
"It is indeed a bit annoying."
Ning Zheng pondered whether to retreat.
After all, he hadn’t intended to compete for anything. The meager resources of this small place weren’t worth the fight; his main goal was to conceal his true identity.
But after thinking it through, he deemed it unnecessary.
Having already provoked them, he might as well take on the supporting army as well!
After the battle, he would interrogate them harshly to find out the caliber of their backing.
If there wasn’t a significant patron, he’d even seize the local city for himself!
If the backing was too strong, troublesome to provoke, he could flee without delay.
Just pretend to be a passing robber, plundering the city families, and no one would suspect a thing.
"As long as I act like a typical Sea Race bandit."
Ning Zheng contemplated silently.
Thinking of this, he couldn’t be bothered with much else; he glanced at the Red House by the roadside and strode in.
"Bandits and corrupt officials alike, I’ll take them both on."
Ning Zheng recalled some sentences from the blacksmith’s chat:
"We’re here to achieve three things: fairness, fairness, and damn well fairness."
The Sea Race follows the law of the jungle.
This small group of Sea Race would bite whoever they met, undeterred by suspicion.
At this moment.
A nearby Sea Race beauty couldn’t help but ask, "Guest, what are you thinking?"
"Nothing much." Ning Zheng smiled, looking at the room’s furnishings, exuding a wild ancient style.
It seemed the entire era was still trapped in the archaic fashion of the Melting Dragon Era, with the whole sea unchanged through millennia.
In truth, this was the case.
According to their description, they only began using the regional structure of Thousand Cities in the last few tens of thousands of years; before that, they maintained practices from the primitive Melting Dragon Era.
This left Ning Zheng both amused and bemused, "These dragons... learned from the Human Race, yet seemingly not learned at all."
It’s such a mess!
It seems the Dragon Race is innately like this.
Each dragon inherently powerful, long-lived, fond of treasures, with a lustful dragon nature... paired with their blatant laziness,
they don’t care about their subordinates.
Like certain second-generation rich kids, born at the pinnacle of the world, winning without lifting a finger, why bother to strive?
Leaving their Sea Race subjects in chaos.
They study the diligent Saint Jiu Shui, but only manage to grasp its hollow shell.
Only a small part of the Dragon Race strive for change.
However, Ning Zheng felt that entering this sea domain was akin to stepping into an ancient tomb from millions of years ago during the Melting Dragon Era. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞
Of course, it also allowed a better understanding of local customs.
Take, for instance, what was before him.
The Sea Race beauty presented various vases and ornaments from the Melting Dragon Era.
Among them were several special ironwares, miraculously unrusted, still smooth and round with intricate dragon scale patterns.
Ning Zheng noticed that these old objects were crafted with extraordinary skill, possessing significant collectible value.
Unfortunately, this world never harbors a passion for collecting antiques; they prefer collecting more advanced antiques: ancient ancestors.
A household full of ancient relics equates to having a treasure.
Ning Zheng made some inquiries, surprisingly uncovering some intriguing insights.
The Sea Race beauty said, "It’s been said that before the Melting Dragon Era was the Sacrificial Era... there were quite a few murals back then, some even said to record the origin of the first ghost between heaven and earth, offerings transform into ghost, reaching immortality."
Ning Zheng showed some surprise, "Offering turns into ghost?"
"Yes." The Sea Race courtesan smiled:
"Actually, regarding this origin, it’s widely speculated now that in ancient times, the natural powers of heaven and earth were terrifyingly formidable; living beings were terrified of thunder, lightning, storms, believing that divine beings were raging, thus offering some livestock, as the offerings increased, ghosts were produced."
Ning Zheng thought this quite plausible.
Place living creatures onto an altar, offer sacrifices, and suddenly they resurrect!
The natives of that time would surely believe that immortals had descended, worshipping the ghost as a sacred being.
This might be what "offering turns into ghost, reaching immortality" means?
During that ancient primitive time, the first batch of immortals between heaven and earth were essentially the first batch of ghosts born from sacrificial offerings among tribes.
But the Sea Race courtesan added, "However, this theory may now be overturned."
"Sea Race scholars observed the Human God’s puppetry techniques; many claim that offerings are actually line offerings because that Sacrificial Era mural is covered with dense lines, seemingly holding a prestigious status."
Ning Zheng was stunned.
Line offering turns into ghost, reaching immortality?
With just one word changed, Ning Zheng couldn’t fathom it. The entire history has a different meaning, rendering the story behind it indecipherable.
The Ancient Ape Era of the Human God and the earliest era are separated by two periods; how did his lines reach that far?
The eras don’t match!
However, this seems typical in archaeology, where timelines often get tangled.
Some things you might assume appeared later, but actually emerged much earlier in civilization.
"Is this related to the Human God?"
Ning Zheng pondered, "It seems the Divine Techniques of the Human God contain immense secrets; lines... seem to span the entire history? Becoming my other half technique, there’s ever-growing anticipation."
Melting Dragon Era.
Rongtian Era.
Both eras, in fact, have implications of wool.
With the birth of the Dragon Ancestor’s first progenitors, Ning Zheng witnessed firsthand.
