In the ninth year of Emperor Xin's reign, it was July 13th.
On this day hundreds of years ago, ancestor Cheng Tang led the soldiers of the Shang tribe and fought a decisive battle with the Xia Dynasty army in Mingtiao.
Before this battle, Cheng Tang used various means to cut off the wings of the Xia Dynasty, leaving King Jie of Xia isolated and helpless.
In the end, the armies on both sides started a brutal fight in Mingtiao.
The defeated Xia Dynasty also perished because of this battle.
The sky is overcast with clouds. On the plain, the Great Chenxu has been assembled and the sacrifices have arrived at the designated location.
This altar, which gathers the top craftsmanship of the Xia Dynasty's copper casting community, represents glory, victory, might...
Only national sacrifices or wars that can affect the national destiny of the Great Shang Dynasty will be launched and used.
The great businessman was full of martial virtue, so the national memorial ceremony was not held on the anniversary of the founding of the country, but on the day of the Battle of Mingtiao.
This battle established the foundation of Dashang.
The ancestor of the Shang clan was Emperor Ku, one of the Five Emperors, also known as the Gaoxin clan.
His two sons did not get along and often fought.
Emperor Ku was furious and sent his youngest son to Daxia to worship the ginseng star in the evening.
The eldest son was sent to Shangqiu to worship the dawn star.
The Shang clan can also be called the Chenxing clan.
That’s why Dachenxu got its name.
What is engraved on the altar are abstract gods of heaven, which represents the respect and submission of the Xia Dynasty copper tribe to the Shang tribe's beliefs.
Unfortunately, they were the first batch of sacrifices to die on the altar.
No one, male or female, old or young, was left alive.
In that era, mastering the art of casting copper meant mastering force and the power of rebellion.
The royal family gathered and knelt devoutly beside the altar.
The location of the national sacrifice is on the plain outside the city.
With the addition of practitioners, Dachenxu has been expanded many times.
Zhao Gongming even personally participated in the expansion of the altar to ensure that it could accommodate Ao Guang's true body.
Next to the word "Emperor" in the center, a huge copper pillar was erected.
Ao Guang, whose body was covered with regular chains, was hovering on the copper pillar, unable to move.
There are dragon-suppressing nails fixed on its spine to prevent it from disturbing the sacrifice.
Thirty rebel princes were suppressed on the periphery of the emperor's name and served as second-class sacrifices.
The highest level among them is Beibeihou Chonghouhu.
During his rule in the North, there was a lot of resentment among the people.
Di Xin investigated for a long time and found out all his crimes.
The biggest crime was that he led an army to massacre a city because the minor princes in that city refused to dedicate their wives to him.
Rivers of blood flowed, and even young children were killed by him.
He would even report it to the imperial court in the name of a monster attack, deceiving Emperor Yi that he had repelled the monster.
Emperor Yi was very happy and rewarded him with many things, but he was completely treated like a monkey.
When Emperor Xin found out about this, he was furious. If Chonghou Tiger had not been destined as a sacrifice by Da Zhu, he would have killed Chonghou Tiger on the spot.
Chong Yingbiao, the son of Chonghou Hu, knelt on the outside with a pile of treasures.
Maitreya, who did not die that day and was not rescued by the saint, knelt alone next to the word "moon", with an owl knight guarding him with an axe.
The altar was placed on a plain, and even the mountains were removed.
Around the altar, those kneeling in the innermost part are the royal family.
Only Di Xin is qualified to sit.
Concubine Huang held the infant princess in her arms. Her body was so delicate that she had to kneel down.
Further outside, there are the small princes from various places who have not been moved by Emperor Xin, as well as civil and military officials who are not royal families.
The rest are the devout people of the Great Shang.
Chaoge was almost empty, everyone came to attend the national ceremony.
Not only that, there are also people from all over Kyushu.
As long as you come to participate in the sacrifice, official posts in various places will provide dry food and water back and forth. As long as you are sincere, you can participate in the national sacrifice even if you are poor.
More than a million people knelt on the plain, and the imperial court even mobilized Wang Ji's army to maintain order.
National sacrifices are held every ten years because they are too frequent and the national treasury cannot bear them.
Everything is ready, and the scene on the altar is projected high into the sky.
The lush vegetation on the plain has been cut down, and the wind doesn't make much noise.
Everything is silent, waiting for the protagonist of the sacrifice.
Suddenly, a figure in white appeared on the altar.
That is the spiritual totem of everyone, the true God walking in the world.
"Kowtow to the great blessing——"
Everyone kneeling on the ground saluted in unison, and the voices of millions of people gathered together, causing the heaven and earth to tremble slightly, and all souls to hibernate!
Baiyao looked calm and glanced at the people of Dashang. His voice was not loud, but it echoed in the plain:
"It has been six hundred years since our ancestor Cheng Tang raised his army."
When he spoke, some people looked excited and their faces turned red, while others were extremely pious and listened to it as holy music.
After Baiyao finished speaking, he used his spiritual consciousness to observe the sacrifice.
First, there were 100,000 copies of Beihai Battle Report and Xiqi Battle Report.
The third-class sacrifices are the highest-level treasures. There are so many that they are dazzling. They have to be moved to the mausoleum after the sacrifice.
Human sacrifices must be kept for sacrifice to the moon god. If they are used for national sacrifices, two-thirds of them will be lost.
Although the standards of worshiping the Moon God are only one level lower than those of national sacrifices.
But even at this level, the number of human sacrifices required will be hundreds of times more.
Second-class sacrifices, princes.
First-class sacrifice, Ao Guang.
Confirming it was correct, he continued:
"Once upon a time, we followed the Yellow River, traded goods, and were insulted and ridiculed. Even the great ancestor Wang Hai died at the hands of the Youyi tribe when he led his tribe to cross the Yellow River north."
Wang Hai, the leader of the Shang tribe who pioneered commerce and trade, tamed cattle and horses, and greatly strengthened the strength of the Shang tribe through trade.
Unfortunately, he died at the hands of the Youyi tribe when crossing the Yellow River north.
At that time, the leader was killed, the caravan lost its leader, and crises arose. The remaining merchants fled, and all the large quantities of goods fell into the hands of Mian Chen, the leader of the Youyi tribe.
Wang Hai made a huge contribution to the rise of the Shang clan and was regarded as the great ancestor, enjoying the incense of the ancestral temple together with other Shang kings.
There was silence as everyone waited for the instructions from the great blessing.
Baiyao's voice suddenly raised a few notes:
"Now, the Great Shang cavalry has traveled all over the nine states, and no one dares to offend the majesty of the ancestors!"
As soon as these words came out, some members of the royal family covered their faces and cried, and many people had tears in their eyes.
War broke out everywhere, but luckily Da Zhu was there and the world was at peace.
At this time, Baiyao held a short bronze staff, pointed at Ao Guang and shouted:
"Even the lofty dragon! Can't be above the great merchant!"
Many people heard that a dragon was coming for the national sacrifice, and they looked curiously at Ao Guang in the sky.
"It's really a dragon..."
"Da Zhu is so awesome! He can even catch a dragon!"
"I never thought I would see a dragon with my own eyes in this life, and still on the altar."
…
Many people discussed in whispers.
But after seeing the soldiers around them drawing their swords, they all closed their mouths.
When it is quiet, Baiyao gives a signal to the ancestors, and the sacrifice begins.
"Dong-dong-dong-"
The big bronze bell rang, echoing continuously and reaching the horizon.
Wu Wenhua, who won the first place in the martial arts competition, received the supreme honor of accompanying him in sacrifices and sacrificing blood to his ancestors.
The body like a hill walked very awkwardly to Baiyao.
Wu Wenhua had rehearsed countless times for today, but when it came time to perform, he was still nervous.
Baiyao said:
"Look at your mother, she's so proud of you."
Wu Wenhua took a closer look and found his old mother with tears in her eyes at the front of the royal family.
That's the pride of watching his son finally succeed.
Even Emperor Xin was eager for Wu Wenhua's honor.
They sacrificed blood to their ancestors together, and he didn't even have a chance.
After he went up and dropped his blood on Chonghou Hu's head, the word "Emperor" in the middle had nothing to do with him.
But Wu Wenhua was able to shed blood on the word "emperor" together with Da Zhu!
Di Xin regretted in his heart that he had participated in the martial arts competition if he had known it earlier. He had lost a little dignity, but in exchange for the honor of being famous in history!
Although he couldn't beat Wu Wenhua, as long as he didn't hide his identity, the number one position would definitely be his.
With Wu Wenhua's appearance, the Zhen people are ready.
Below, Bigan led the royal musicians and began to play sacrificial music.
Like a call from ancient times, everyone seemed to have returned to the hot and humid grassland, selling goods with the great ancestor Wang Hai.
Daji's big sleeves danced and she began to dance to the music.
The virgins followed her dance steps and began to sprinkle cinnabar and soil on the treasure.
This is a national festival that kills relatively few people.
Baiyao focuses on the next large-scale sacrifice that invades the way of heaven.
There are not enough human sacrifices, so Chaoge's remaining human sacrifices will be used to sacrifice the moon god.
As for the altar built with thousands of corpses, we had to find a solution from the three thousand small worlds.
There are no more battles left to fight in this world.
No matter what kind of bone it was, whether it was human bone or demon bone, as long as it could build an altar to help him penetrate the heaven, he wouldn't choose it at all.
The people of Dashang looked to the sky devoutly, not wanting to let go of any details of the sacrifice.
The altar was expanded, and Daji's workload became much larger.
Chong Yingbiao's neck was wiped at the beginning of the sacrifice, and he was not qualified to be sacrificed to the four gods.
The wind, sun and river are all treasures to be sacrificed.
Only in the direction of the Moon God were people and animals kneeling.
——Maitreya.
Si Hui used his appearance to blaspheme the Moon God, and the portrait had already spread throughout Dashang.
Wait until Daji jumped in front of him.
Everyone looked at him with hatred, wanting to eat Maitreya alive.
"Dong——"
A bell rang, and the owl guarding him kicked him over.
Then he raised his ax and struck at him!
"Click——"
Half of the leg was cut off and blood spurted out.
Maitreya's true spirit was screaming, and even Hinayana Buddhism could not relieve his pain.
His senses were amplified countless times, and he was given a secret medicine before coming up. He had no chance of dying quickly.
Xiaoqi raised his hands and struck again with an axe!
Cut in half.
The third ax, the fourth ax, the fifth ax...
The extremely pious owl knight tried his best to vent his anger against the devil.
Finally, Maitreya was chopped into pieces.
On the axe, there is the power of chaos attached to the white medicine.
Therefore, Maitreya's true spirit was also chopped into pieces.
I have experienced the wind blowing, the Dinghai Divine Pearl smashing my body, the curse of barbarians, the brainwashing of Mahayana Buddhism, the brainwashing of Hinayana Buddhism...
Today, he finally died on the altar, bringing a perfect end to the second half of his life that was full of suffering.
Baiyao, who had already regarded him as a dead man, did not even look at him. He and Wu Wenhua stood beside the rebel princes, waiting for Emperor Xin to behead him.
The sacrificial process and rituals were complicated. Even if Maitreya died, Daji had to complete the sacrificial dance to the Moon God before she could go to the next place.
Until dusk, Daji finally jumped to the side of the rebel princes.
As the music slowly stopped, she kowtowed to Baiyao and led the chastity men down.
The music suddenly became passionate.
But they saw Di Xin, dressed in resplendent heavy armor and holding an ax representing power, walking up to the altar.
He took one step at a time, his eyes firm.
Somewhere, a palace painter recorded with wide eyes that he wanted to go back and paint a painting that would be passed down through the ages.
He was extremely talented in art and could draw into Di Xin's heart.
Otherwise, Di Xin would have asked practitioners to use magic weapons to record it.
Di Xin came to the kneeling rebel princes, cut open his palm with an axe, and began to drip blood on the heads of the thirty rebel princes.
The wound was not shallow, and a weak person would have become dizzy after less than fifteen drops.
But Di Xin just finished all the dripping, as if nothing happened.
Following the procedure, he started beheading one by one.
When Chong Houhu arrived, a coldness flashed in his eyes and he ended his life without hesitation.
Many people from the north shed tears when they saw this scene, feeling that their great hatred had been avenged.
Without much effort, Di Xin finished offering the second-class sacrifices and left the altar with great reluctance.
Finally, there is Ao Guang.
The dragon's sacrifice was made by Baiyao himself.
The corpses around were dragged down by the Zhen people.
Before sacrificing Ao Guang, he added a link.
Pledge before the war.
But he saw Baiyao flying high into the sky with Wu Wenhua, and stopped when it was higher than Ao Guang's dragon head.
The royal families who knew in advance stood up and retreated, leaving a place for the army to appear.
Baiyao's mind moved slightly, and a teleportation array lit up on the ground.
The next moment, two thousand owl knights with monstrous aura, each with an innate chaotic human body, appeared in the open space.
The popularization of Xiantian Yuanqi among Xiaoqi began after the Xiqi War, and was taught by the master of the realm, Daji himself.
So after he himself became an innate chaotic human race, he used magic weapons to bring all two thousand owl knights who had given birth to magical powers to Nuwa Palace on the edge of the prehistoric era, and personally helped each of them complete the transformation of their physical bodies.
Yesterday, he also contacted Yun Zhongzi and ordered a batch of standard Houtian Lingbao equipment, requiring full body coverage.
When the equipment is finished, it will be sent to Wa Palace.
The Qiankun Cauldron used by Nuwa to mend the sky has the function of returning the acquired nature to the innate nature.
The owl knights formed a neat formation, including Ji Fa and Su Quanzhong.
When the equipment arrives, they will become the main force to conquer the three thousand small worlds.
Baiyao said softly:
"The war in the human world has ended, but there are still human beings in the lower realm who are disobedient to the discipline of the Great Shang."
This sentence floated in everyone's ears, and no one was surprised.
It is normal to not understand what Da Zhu did.
If you understand, you have to think about whether you are influenced by evil gods.
Everything is the will of heaven.
The owl knights concentrated their attention, knowing that they were selected to carry out the glorious expedition.
Baiyao said to them:
"I want you to conquer the lower realm and plant the black bird flag on every inch of land in the lower realm."
"I want you to turn those enemies who believe in evil gods and do not respect kings into corpses building altars."
"I want you not to negotiate with any enemy. Use your sword to make it clear to them that if you don't surrender, you will die."
He paused for a moment and asked:
"Can you do it?"
Under dusk, the owl knights drew out the sharp blades from their waists and shouted in unison:
"Blood sacrifice to ancestors!! Skull sacrifice and great blessing!!!"
Baiyao nodded, cut his and Wu Wenhua's palms, and dropped the blood on Ao Guang's dragon head.
The next moment, he took Wu Wenhua to the top.
Afterwards, the majestic Samadhi True Fire spurted out from the dense holes in the copper pillars!
Ao Guang was instantly covered in flames, causing the dragon's body to tremble and suffer extremely!
Soldiers, royal family, common people...
Millions of people's blood boiled with excitement. Those with weapons raised their weapons and those without weapons clenched their fists.
Their voices soared into the sky, showing the determination and fighting spirit of Great Shang to all races in the wild:
"Blood sacrifice to ancestors!! Skull sacrifice and great blessing!!!"
"Blood sacrifice to ancestors!! Skull sacrifice and great blessing!!!"
"Blood sacrifice to ancestors!! Skull sacrifice and great blessing!!!"
(End of chapter)
