Doupeng said thoughtfully: "The way to choose sacrifices is to defeat other tribes, and then capture their tribesmen and tribesmen, and temporarily raise them like wild beasts, as slaves, and let them work normally.
And then when it’s time to sacrifice, then kill them as sacrifices?”
The ancestor smiled slightly and said: "Actually, it is not that easy. The origin of the Shang Dynasty lies in the ancient pre-Qin period, and tens of thousands of years have passed since the war between humans and gods in the ancient times, and humans have never established a powerful
The empire has returned to the primitive times, and has become a small tribe scattered all over the world. The big ones only have hundreds of people, and the small ones have only dozens of people. They stick together to survive. Countless tribes
They fell and were devoured and eliminated by wild beasts and demons all over the world. However, the tribes that survived became more united. Their leaders stood out from ordinary people and led the tribesmen to overcome all difficulties and dangers and survive.
Heroes, and a very small number of heroes, after being able to absorb the spiritual energy that was still very abundant in the world at that time, could ascend to heaven, become gods, and become the patron saints of various tribes."
Doupeng frowned: "These leaders are what you call the gods of the past. They absorbed the spiritual power of heaven and earth, successfully ascended, and then became gods in the sky. They can then use their magic power to protect their descendants in the world.
? But why do they have magic and divine power after they ascend to the sky?"
The ancestor said calmly: "Because the ancient gods in the past had extremely powerful spells and power. Even the human empire that was once wiped out also had technology that far exceeded that of the current world. After these gods ascend to the sky, they can obtain these data
Advanced technologies from thousands of years ago, such as grains and fire, are all technologies from the past.
These new gods, who are still inseparable from the original tribe, will use various methods to teach their descendants in the human world. These techniques, of course, these extremely powerful techniques, as long as you learn a little bit, they are enough to survive in the human world.
For example, as I mentioned, growing grains, domesticating livestock, using stone tools, drilling wood to make fire, etc.”
The black-robed man breathed a sigh of relief: "At this time, the gods in the sky should not need the descendants of the human world to do anything. It seems that according to what the ancestor said, they still treat the tribesmen in the tribe just because their human nature has not been eliminated.
He wanted to help his own children and grandchildren. Are there many technologies from heaven that are forbidden to flow into the human world, and some gods have even been severely punished for this?"
The ancestor nodded: "Yes, like the Suiren clan who taught humans the knowledge of making fire, and the Shennong clan who taught humans the knowledge of grains and herbs, they were both punished by heaven, and both body and soul were destroyed. Because the heaven has rules and regulations, and the heaven's people are not allowed to be destroyed.
Technology is passed on to humans to prevent the human empire from trying to replace the gods tens of thousands of years ago. Therefore, slowly, the new gods no longer have any connection with humans, but their survival
, also need to absorb the essence of heaven and earth, so they need humans to sacrifice to them regularly, in the form of incense or killing animals, so that they can survive in the heaven. Each tribe will have its own ancestors who have become gods or
Gods, and the sacrifice of ancestors and gods is a characteristic shared by all civilizations. Tribes that do not sacrifice their ancestors will be wiped out by various poisonous insects, beasts, monsters and monsters in the world."
The black robe sighed: "It turns out that this is how the sacrifice to the patron saint comes. In other words, if the tribe has few people and insufficient sacrifices, the patron saint will not be very strong. Only these tribes will annex everywhere.
Other small tribes will increase their numbers, provide more and more sacrifices, and receive more and more blessings from the gods."
The ancestor nodded with satisfaction and said: "That's the truth, so since ancient times, conflicts and annexations between tribes have been the eternal theme. The Tiandao Alliance was first established by the descendants of the evil gods believed by some tribes in the human world.
Because once a tribe gets too big and has too many people, it will lead to insufficient food and resources in the place, so it must be forced to disperse. These principles are also told to the wizards in the tribe by the gods and ancestors in various ways of revelation.
With the chiefs.”
"So, these tribes will separate, allowing other tribesmen to leave with part of their means of production and go to other places. Even the Yandi and Huangdi tribes were originally descended from a tribe named Youxiong and Youqiao.
Shaodian's two sons were Emperor Yan and Emperor Huang, who took over the original two tribes and became clan leaders, and then separated and went their separate ways."
"It wasn't until hundreds or thousands of years later that the two tribes met again, and the Yan-Huang united and fought against Chi You. Of course, this Chi You was also the leader of the Jiuli tribe and the son of the Yellow Emperor. It can be seen that they fought back and forth.
Often, if they are separated for a long time, they will be united, and if they are united for a long time, they will be divided. This is something that was destined in the ancient tribal period."
The black robe laughed: "After the separation, the new tribe will have new leaders who ascend to godhood, or inherit the beliefs of the original tribe and have their own patron saints. In this way, our Tiandao Alliance also inherited the traditions from ancient times.
A certain tribe believed in evil gods and used human sacrifices to provide souls for their ancestors to enjoy. After the Xia Dynasty, the predecessor of our Tiandao Alliance was the Shang tribe?"
The ancestor nodded and said seriously: "Yes, maybe we also have other tribes with the same belief, but in the Central Plains, the Shang tribe is our tribe that believes in the evil god, the evil emperor, or the nine-day black bird.
After Dayu controlled the floods, during the hundreds of years of the Xia Dynasty, our Shang tribe had a sparse population and wandered around.
There were constant conflicts and wars with other tribes, and they often had to bear heavy casualties in order to capture some of the population. Most of the time, the number of captives was not as many as the number of people who died in battle, because many tribes at that time had various brute force capabilities.
God's blessing is very powerful when it comes to fighting, even with terrifying giants."
"Then these people will soon be used for sacrifices. Although they can be blessed by the ancestors and gods, and can predict the future to some extent from various divination tortoise shells, this is the unique magical skill of our Tiandao League, but only by relying on this
The ability to predict the future is not enough to develop and grow, which also led to our near-annihilation several times during the hundreds of years of the Xia Dynasty. It was not until the leader Wang Hai came up with a genius solution."
Having said this, the ancestor had a strange smile on his lips, stroking his beard and saying nothing. (End of this chapter)