The two founders of the Holy Sect, the Painted Demon, who survived by chance in the battle between immortals and demons, was a perfect human being when the unification of Xiangzhou and ignited the fire of civilization.

Zhao Chenlu's conclusion brought about a long silence.

Perhaps because before that, she had too many incredible conclusions she interpreted from the Holy Records, it had already numb the audience's nerves, so this shocking fact did not bring more shock.

After a long time, Zhao Chenlu saw that the audience had no reaction, shook her head helplessly and continued to add: "Your reaction is very calm, much calmer than the two founders. When they realize what kind of environment they survived and what that means, their worldviews collapsed."

"Most of the demons who invaded the Jiuzhou Continent were born in the mother's nest. They were instilled with the instinct of the demons in the form of insect eggs. Among them, the self-cognition of the demons is the top priority. Dear, when we destroyed the first mother's nest, we also cracked the self-cognition structure of the demons. What is the point? Do you still remember?"

Of course, Wang Jiu remembered that the memories of the demon clan, in addition to the part of the decisive battle with the Demon Emperor, also existed flawlessly in his mind.

The self-awareness that the demons gain in their mother’s nest includes the following three questions: who am I, where am I from, and who should I be loyal to.

The first problem determines the rank and instinct of the demon clan. As a race with strict hierarchy barriers, every individual of the demon clan has a clear position in this system. Among them, the demon is a medium-lower type, with instincts such as cowardice and survival, and is a strange flower in the huge demon clan system.

The second question determines the sense of belonging of the demon clan. Before the birth of the Demon Emperor, the demon clan usually did not have the concept of a sense of belonging. The years of killing each other made them not realize what it means to be the same clan and the same hometown. But after the Demon Emperor, all demon clans will be forced to instill a sense of belonging. Everyone belongs to the Demon Clan. If it is not necessary, they should not kill each other.

The third question is naturally determined by the goal of the demon race. All demon races must dedicate their lives and even everything to the great demon emperor, and move forward bravely along the wind direction pointed by the demon emperor.

These three problems form the core of the demons' self-cognition. However, for the two-headed demons, when they wake up from the insect eggs, the three problems collapse directly.

The Demon Emperor died in battle, and the Demon Clan was no longer a loyal object, which directly shattered their ideals and future.

The demons are almost completely destroyed, and their mother nests are also destroyed. At the same time, time passes thousands of years, and everything in the past changes, so the demons' sense of belonging becomes illusory.

Among the three major questions, it is still unbreakable who I am, but after the festival, even this one no longer exists.

It is no longer possible to be a demon clan who can survive the baptism of the fire of civilization. The deep blood hatred between humans and demons will not disappear even until the end of the world. The two demons at the two demons clearly sensed the rejection and hostility of the world to the demon clan from the moment they woke up. However, it was such a world that regarded the demon as their own people at the ceremony... Therefore, when the fire of civilization gradually dispersed all over the continent and the ceremony officially ended, the two demons who survived looked at the human cultivators gathered around and felt the countless fierce gazes full of respect, and instantly felt that their world collapsed.

"So...after the ceremony, the two ancestors were in seclusion for several months because they had 'consumption'?"

The voice of the sect leader was full of dryness: "Before the ceremony, everyone thought that in the new world, the Holy Sect would monopolize the power and cooperate with the Third Academy to form an absolute power center. However, the window period of several months caused the power of the Holy Sect to be lost in large quantities. The President of the Third Academy had to take the initiative to shoulder the heavy burden and delegate part of the power to the aristocratic sects... Later, we all analyzed that the two ancestors deliberately dispersed their power to avoid corruption, but now, I'm afraid they are just digesting the miracle of turning from demons to people."

Zhao Chenlu said: "Yes, this part of the record is also the most emotional and vague part of the entire saint record. After the ceremony, they are unable to retreat, constantly confirming their identities in various ways, and seeking new self-cognition. Theoretically, the demons are completely different and even completely opposite two creatures, and they cannot complete mutual transformation. There are many decisive differences in the physiological structure alone. Although they have transformed themselves before to imitate humans as realistically as possible, the transformation is only the external, and the inner core is still the demons. At least the flat heart of the demons cannot be changed..."

The sect leader asked, "What about it actually?"

Zhao Chenlu smiled: "What do you think?"

"How could I guess this? Your interpretation of this holy book has shattered my common sense to the point of being shattered. I can accept whatever happens next."

Zhao Chenlu said: "Oh, I'm entering the numbness period so soon? It's a little disappointing. Okay, I'll just say it directly. Judging from their conclusions, the situation is half and half. On the one hand, in the long-term disguise of humans, their body structure has also undergone great mutations, which is very different from the standard demon race. This is natural. In a place where there is no demon emperor, no mother nest, and the laws of heaven and earth suppress the demon race, it is impossible for the body structure to be unchanged for dozens or hundreds of years. For example, the most typical demon painting

The flat hearts show a trend of expansion and three-dimensionalization. According to their own analysis, this is because they lack direct supply of their mother nests, and when they play the role of saints, they cannot replenish energy by killing, which leads to the long-term disorder of the metabolism of the demons. Their various changes are almost always moving closer to humans. The reason for this, based on the analysis, is that the laws of heaven and earth in Xiangzhou continent favor humans only, so in order to adapt to the laws of heaven and earth, organisms will inevitably evolve in the direction of humans."

The sect leader asked, "But even so, they can't be considered humans, right?"

"That depends on how you define the word human. What kind of creature is considered a human? Two eyes and one mouth? Then those who have opened their heavenly purpose and practiced many tongues and spirits will be expelled from humanity. For mortals, we can also give a relatively accurate definition at the biological level, but at the level of cultivators, it is difficult for us to accurately define the word humanity, so why can we say that they are not humans? Which of them does not belong to humans?"

The sect leader was speechless.

In fact, similar issues have long been debated in human society. It would be fine if it were ordinary humans, but at the level of cultivators, the difference in physiological structures is often far beyond the differences between humans and other organisms. Cultivators with huge bodies can turn their bodies into hills of more than ten meters high, and in turn, there are naturally dwarves who are less than half a meter tall. As for the internal organs, there are even many cultivators who have refined original organs, and the meridian circulation and the acupoints around their bodies are very different from those of other cultivators.

In this case, the scope of the word human is too large, so generally speaking, the definition of human beings can only trace the origin and judge whether they belong to human beings based on the situation of the cultivator before he set foot in the path of immortality.

But this actually has problems, because some aristocratic families whose bloodline lasts for more than a thousand years have been born with essential differences from ordinary humans after the efforts of dozens of generations, and the physiological differences are also greater than those of humans and other creatures. Could it be that these aristocratic families should be expelled from humans?

So in fact, the definition of human beings is simply a confusing debt at present, but no matter how confused it is, the two-headed demons are regarded as human beings, which is really...

Zhao Chenlu said: "In fact, different people have different standards for how to define humans. Perhaps in the eyes of many people, demons and humans are absolutely incompatible. But for the Xiangzhou continent at that time, no one was more like humans than those two demons. No matter what organs they have in their bodies or what appearance they have after they have taken off their disguises, it doesn't matter. What matters is what they did and what they changed."

The sect leader said in a stern voice: "Maybe even without them, there will be others..."

"Then others are favored by the mainland. The laws of heaven and earth do not care about motivation and possibility, but only value the results. Judging from the results, it is the two demons who created a new era of human civilization, so it is natural to recognize their human identities. Just like Shencheng regards some eccentrics who actively integrate into human society as similar. If they make contributions, they should be rewarded. This is the most basic rule. Human civilization is based on such a feedback mechanism."

Zhao Chenlu paused and said, "And from the records in the Holy Record, after the ceremony was completed, the two original demons were unable to stop. After several months of retreat, they determined something. Although their body structure still maintained some of the characteristics of the demons, in the long run, they would only become closer and closer to humans. The fire of civilization was both acknowledgement and restraint, and restricted them from returning to the life of the demons."

The sect leader was silent for a long time and said, "Isn't this kind of constraint a good thing? The demon race has perished and human civilization has begun to rise. As saints of human civilization, isn't it easier for them to be a middle-level demon race?"

Zhao Chenlu smiled and said, "Old man, you are considered a contemporary saint, why would you ask such a poor question? If you were to be in a different place, can you be a human saint with confidence? Although the demons in the painting are timid and cowardly, they are all demons created by the Demon Emperor himself, and there is still basic loyalty."

"But now the object they can be loyal to is gone."

Zhao Chenlu said, "Who does not exist? This is the deep blood hatred that is better than the hatred of killing his father. If it were you, could you greet the enemy who destroyed his family with a smile because your parents are not in the world and cannot be resurrected?"

Of course, it cannot be done. Even if the demons are a timid race that is famous among the demons, they cannot be done after all.

Zhao Chenlu said: "If it was said that the saints were disguised as being forced to survive, it could be explained that it was not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, or to endure humiliation and lie on firewood and taste gall, but what happened afterwards could no longer be explained. The recognition of the fire of human civilization gave them is a kind of ridicule that even the demons could not bear."

The sect leader asked, "But... according to historical records, after the establishment of the Holy Sect, they worked diligently for decades. What did they think during this period? Since they realized that their actions had deviated from the position of the demons, at least... there is a way to recover. With their energy at that time, they could completely let the human civilization process go astray without knowing it. At the worst, they could choose to hide from the world and not help the enemy rebuild civilization with their own hands."

Zhao Chenlu raised her head, thought about it, and said, "Generally speaking, this is true. In the Holy Records, they have considered this point many times, but whenever they want to withdraw, there will always be something coming to the door. Either some aristocratic families encounter difficulties in their land reclamation, or the sects are in conflict, and the contradictions cannot be reconciled. In short, the sect leader must come forward to deal with it personally. Every time they encounter this situation, they always forget their original intentions without realizing it. Until the matter is successfully handled by them, they will return to Wanxiangyuan to beat their chests and stamp their feet, and regret it."

"Is this the fire of civilization curse on them?"

"In the Holy Record, they have always summarized their predicament, and blamed their dilemma on the punishment and curse of the demons on this continent. But in fact, the Blood-Rich Text has already exposed their true thoughts. Whenever humans face great difficulties, the kind of worry from the heart cannot be faked." Zhao Chenlusu may have turned to a certain page in the second half of the Sacred Text, "Feiyan Mountain collapsed, and two pioneer teams fell into the abyss at the same time. The two sect leaders led the rescue. After seven days, they finally rescued the people in desperate situations. This matter is just a few words in the main text, but the Blood-Rich Text clearly records their extremely awkward worries and eagerness at the time."

The sect leader could not understand the blood-burning text, but he could also imagine the situation at that time.

If it weren't for the true heartfelt care of human beings, the two demon ancestors would not have been sincerely recognized by everyone in the world.

"But why do they sincerely worry about human safety? Is this distortion of mind affected by the outside world?"

Zhao Chenlu said: "I don't know. It may be because of the suppression of the laws of heaven and earth. It may be because they were too over-the-top when they first disguised humans. Of course, it is more likely because... After losing the Demon Emperor, the Demons have lost the position of being able to gather the masses. The Demons will unknowingly follow the trend. Just like if you keep a dog for a long time, you will have feelings, and the two demons can't help but feel in love."

"I can't help myself, are the demons?" The sect leader smiled bitterly, "I can't believe it."

At this time, Wang Jiu also spoke.

"The demons do have feelings, but individual feelings will completely succumb to the instructions of the Demon Emperor and the instinct of killing... After the battle between immortals and demons, the Demon Emperor died in battle, and no one gave any instructions to the demons. The demons will naturally restore their initial chaotic nature. However, among the thousands of demons, the one with the least killing and the strongest desire to survive. And the race with strong desire to survive will always have richer feelings."

"That's right, so, should it be said that it was a coincidence or that there was a kind of force in the dark that made all this happen. In short, the story of the founder of the Holy Sect is almost over here. You should know what happened later."

The sect leader nodded, and there was no need to repeat the instructions.

After a long period of time, the two first-generation sect leaders finally chose to go far away when the mainland was calm.

They went to Jinyunding, found the former ruins of human civilization, the God of War Temple, saw the corpses of the same tribe, and left the shocking word hatred.

"So that's it. The word hatred needs to be explained like this... As a demon clan, he has become a saint of the human clan. He has never found his own home in his life, but the end of his life is the end of the temple of war gods filled with corpses of his compatriots... How could he have such an experience?

"The above is the story of the two founders of the Holy Sect. This trip is really worth the trip."
Chapter completed!