In the cold wind, General Zhenwu's wild laughter shook a few flakes of snow off the trees. He did not try to hide his excitement at the moment. So more accurate news was immediately transmitted through his laughter. in everyone's ears.
"Dragon scale! It's really dragon scale! The two generals have confirmed it!"
"Dragon God! The reincarnation of the Dragon God! It must be the Dragon God who took pity on us, so he personally descended to the mortal world to save us!"
For a moment, thousands of soldiers in Daqian thought about their silent prayers in the past in the flames of war and their hope between life and death. But now they heard that the dragon god had really reincarnated and appeared in the world, and they were moved to tears.
At this time, Qin Feng was still confused. He vaguely felt that the existence of dragons might be extremely important to Daqian, but for a while he still couldn't understand such a thing. So he asked: "I still don't understand, even if I have dragon scales growing on my body, what does this mean?"
Xia Xingyuan did not bow down to Qin Feng. This may be because he has a bohemian temperament, does not like restraint, and has never had faith, so he does not feel much about this matter. It may also be because he and Qin Feng I am so familiar with it that I find it difficult to get used to giving such a big gift.
So he laughed and reached out to pat Qin Feng on the shoulder. However, just when he was about to pat Qin Feng on the shoulder as usual, he seemed to feel that Qin Feng's identity was really special after all. Such behavior It was really a bit disrespectful, so he took back his palm in embarrassment and said with a smile: "Because the dragon is Daqian's totem! It is Daqian's belief and pride!"
"Da Qian's faith?" Qin Feng frowned slightly, and finally thought of some things that he had not noticed in the past, or that he had noticed but never paid attention to.
When it comes to faith, at least 70% of the entire Shenwu Continent believes in Tiandao. The most powerful force in the continent is naturally the Tiandao Academy in Dazhong Prefecture.
The power of Tiandaoyuan is widely distributed and its influence is so great that it spreads to the four regions of the mainland with Dazhongzhou as the center, almost all over the Shenwu Continent.
Among the four regions, only the northwest region is an exception. Because there is no other, because the northwest region is also called the northwest wilderness. It has a lack of cultivation resources and is overrun with ferocious beasts. It is a place that is not favored by the divine power of heaven, and is even... A place abandoned by heaven.
Therefore, although academicians from the Tiandao Academy travel thousands of miles to the Northwest Territory every year to preach, and even preach with the cooperation of many kingdoms, the people of the Northwest Territory do not completely believe in the Dao of Heaven in their bones. Because No matter in the long cold winter or under the sharp claws of ferocious beasts, the lofty and illusory way of heaven cannot save them at all.
Therefore, for many years, although most people in the entire northwest region believe in Tiandao, they only maintain an attitude of half-belief and disbelief, with little respect for Tiandao Academy but absolutely no provocation. Even the kings of some kingdoms only Photographed by the influence of Tiandaoyuan, they have done some superficial work on preaching.
Therefore, the Northwest Territory can be said to be the region with the weakest influence from the Tiandao Academy in the entire continent. And in this environment, it is natural for some special beliefs to arise. For example, the Xiliao Kingdom, they do not believe in the Dao of Heaven. Instead, they use the wolf as their totem. Because in their view, the wolf tribe is united and brave, and is the overlord in the vast wilderness. They even imagine that there will be a wolf god in the sky, silently guarding the peace of the grassland.
Another example is the Kingdom of Nanzhu. It was difficult to survive due to the drought, cold, and barrenness of the area, so the Buddhist sect gradually emerged. They believed that only by experiencing all the suffering in the world and practicing asceticism in the world can they truly understand the Great Dao, thereby saving all living things and resolving all suffering.
However, although the Nanzhu Kingdom and the Buddhist sect were not powerful and were on the same side, they were extremely fanatical and enthusiastic about their faith. They even had a disagreement with Daqian because of this problem of faith. Because Daqian's belief is dragon. ..
In many legends, the Dragon Clan is extremely powerful, and was even the overlord of the entire continent at one time. However, precisely because the Dragon Clan is the overlord, there are rumors of dragons fighting everywhere and causing war. This is contrary to Nanzhu's beliefs. , which is also the reason why it is difficult to get along with each other.
But the people of Nanzhu didn't know that the reason why the Daqian Kingdom used dragon as their totem was not because they were warlike. It was because of some special reasons.
The territory of the Daqian Kingdom is a territory carved out of thousands of ferocious beasts. Hundreds of years ago, only a few dozen tribes survived in a difficult environment and under the threat of ferocious beasts.
In such a territory, the ruthless heaven will not favor them, and if they practice asceticism like monks, they will only starve to death, freeze to death, or become food for ferocious beasts. Even the most ferocious and united wolves would not dare to venture into such a territory. He was the hero in the middle, howling like a bereaved dog and was driven into the grassland by the powerful ferocious beast.
Therefore, people living in this territory do not believe in any wolf god, nor do they believe in Buddhism or the way of heaven. But they believe in dragons.
Because the dragon is powerful enough, it is the king of beasts! In the ancient times when wild beasts were rampant, it was the real overlord on the continent!
What's more important is that hundreds of years before the founding of the Qian Dynasty, the leader of the Chen clan led other tribes to fight against the ferocious beasts. During the most critical and difficult battle, they encountered a real dragon in the clouds. Appearing in the middle, a dragon roar directly caused thousands of ferocious beasts to kneel down and surrender. Therefore, in that battle, the people who fought hard saved their lives and won a complete victory.
From then on, the Chen clan became king and took the dragon as their totem after the founding of the country.
Therefore, the kings of other kingdoms will only call the most important chair in the palace a throne, or a throne. Only Daqian will call the throne a dragon chair. The most important guards of other kingdoms will be called Royal guards, or royal guards, and only Daqian has dragon guards!
Because in the eyes of Daqian people, the true dragon is their belief, and the king of a country is the spokesperson of the dragon. But at this moment, what appears on Qin Feng's body is dragon scales, so the meaning it represents is naturally not An alien, a demon...
Thinking about these things quietly, Qin Feng's face showed an expression of unclear meaning, which seemed to be mocking or surprising. Because he himself did not believe in the way of heaven, nor did he believe in dragons. If he had to say Faith, then he, a young man who had experienced the destruction of his country, fled famine, and experienced countless hardships and trials in his previous life, would only believe in himself and his own fists.
Therefore, in the illusion of the Secret Book of Time and Space, when the young man saw the Taixu Ancient Dragon killing the powerful wild beast with one move, all he thought about was whether he could be as powerful as the Dragon Clan one day. So, when he was in the words When the world saw the divine woman who had mastered the way of heaven and even surpassed it, easily killing the red and white flame bear clan, all he thought about was, if the gods wanted to kill people and destroy the world, would it be possible for him to kill those gods?
He has no faith in his heart, so he naturally does not care about matters related to faith, and he cannot understand what kind of existence faith is. He cannot understand why these Daqian soldiers, who are not even afraid of death, are so fanatical about faith.
Xia Xingyuan seemed to see Qin Feng's doubts and said in a deep voice: "As for faith, perhaps it is not too obvious in the royal city and even in the inner city. After all, Daqian is not a closed-door self-contained person, but a In the past two hundred years, a kingdom that is open to trade has had commercial exchanges with other kingdoms and has been impacted by the culture and beliefs of other countries, so its own totem beliefs have been diluted."
"However, for the soldiers living on the border, it is different. Because the more dangerous and difficult the place to survive, the role of faith will be infinitely magnified."
Xia Xingyuan answered calmly, but Qin Feng couldn't help but think of such a scene in his mind. A young soldier who had just turned sixteen came to the battlefield, faced the bloody wind for the first time, and saw a giant crossbow for the first time. Gorgeous bloody fireworks exploded on the battlefield. For the first time, I saw that human life was as insignificant as weeds. Countless soldiers fell in the blood every moment and every second. The young man's heart was in chaos, and he couldn't even hold his hand. The knife's hand couldn't help but start to tremble.
At this time, a veteran who had experienced many battles said to him: "Don't worry, we are all descendants of the dragon, and the Dragon God will bless us."
"But, why do people still die despite the protection of the Dragon God?" the young man asked.
The veteran was silent for a moment and replied: "Experience, the battlefield is just experience. As long as you are brave enough, you will be favored by the Dragon God. Even if you die on the battlefield, you will go to the kingdom of the dragon after death, and one day become a real person traveling in the world. dragon."
After hearing these words, the young man grasped the knife tightly again and regained his courage...
A few years later, the veteran died, but the young man became a veteran, and even became a famous general. However, even if his cultivation level is getting higher and higher, he is becoming more and more mature, even if he does not know whether there are really dragons in this world. God, there really is a kingdom of dragons. Even though he knows that everything is a lie, he is still willing to pass on such lies.
Because as a veteran, he knows very well that it takes a lot of courage to survive on a cruel battlefield. Only by daring to kill can one not be killed. So regardless of whether he still has faith in his heart, he is still willing to put such a Faith is passed on. Because this kind of faith, even if it is really just a stupid lie, can always easily bring courage to those recruits who are not mature enough and not brave enough, and help them adapt to the cruelty of the battlefield.
Therefore, in the replacement of recruits and veterans from generation to generation, and in the passing of firewood again and again, this belief has long taken root in the hearts of the soldiers, penetrated into the soul, and is indestructible.
"So, because I have dragon scales on my body, I was enshrined on the altar and became a magic stick?" Qin Feng said mockingly. He himself did not expect that in the end, things would turn into Like this.
Xia Xingyuan's expression froze slightly, and he said awkwardly: "Well...actually, this matter is not a bad thing, you don't have to be too..."
"I understand what you mean." Qin Feng waved his hand and said calmly: "Although I don't like faith myself, I will not discriminate against other people's faith because of this. What's more, in my opinion, faith It's almost the same as a lie, but if a lie can really bring something positive to people and make them brave and strong, then such a lie is undoubtedly a white lie."
On this day, the young man stood quietly in the snow with the cold wind howling, but he was not moved at all by the incredible thing of being enshrined on the altar, because no matter what happened, his
No matter how his identity has changed, he is still just the boy he was at the beginning, the boy who set out from Puying City and vowed to change the rough fate of this life and never forget his original intention.