In any case, Kukulkan is now the leader of the ancient gods, and has been recognized by Xidaomen and Chakchel. Even Ixichel cannot openly confront him. Then the Heron Society cannot.
Openly confronting Kukulkan, even if there were members of the royal family and other powerful people in the council.
But the Heron Society wanted to express their intentions more or less, so they began to worship Itsumna.
Judging from Ixichel's attitude, there are still differences within the ancient gods, which can be roughly divided into the Itesumna faction headed by Ixichel and the powerful Kukulkan faction.
The disputes between the ancient gods also affected the secular world, and the legend gradually began to spread that Kukulkan usurped the position of sun god of Itsumna. However, it was just a legend, and Itsumna was still the sun god recognized by Xidaomen.
Just like the late emperor who had entered the Ancestral Temple, he had no problem worshiping Itesumna.
Therefore, Heron will express its opposition to Kukulkan by worshiping Itsumna without triggering an investigation by Xidaomen. To put it bluntly, it is anti-Kukulkan but not Xidaomen. .??.
This also explains why the Heron Society does not worship the ancient god Pachaka, because Pachaka has nothing to do with Kukulkan, and worshiping Pachaka does not express the Heron Society's secret opposition to Kukulkan's purpose.
Past history always serves present politics.
This means that worship may not be true worship, but may also be another form of opposition.
Now Qi Xuansu has another clue, but he will not pursue the Heron Society for the time being, because this clue is relatively obscure, and it is difficult for him, a foreigner, to intervene in it in a short time. It is better to let Jueshengtang pursue this clue.
, he would start with the more conspicuous shadow first.
Qi Xuansu asked again, "By the way, Chief Tantai, you once said in your letter that these cases all occurred after Kukulkan completely replaced Itesumna, and you also marked the word 'thoroughly'. I think
You know, what are the standards and limits of this 'thorough' thing?"
Tan Taiying explained, “In the past, even though Itsumna has fallen, when Tawanting’s believers prayed to the sun god without specifying which sun god it was, some of the incense and willpower would still flow to Yitsumna.
Tessamna, contributing to his resurrection. 'Kukulkan, the sun god' must be recited orally in order to accurately locate Kukulkan, which means that Kukulkan has not really replaced the sun god of Itsumna.
Status is a 'usurper' or a 'usurper'."
"Kukulkan must be dissatisfied with this, and has further accelerated the action of encroaching on the priesthood of Itesumna. This is divided into two parts. One part is Kukulkan's encroachment on the level of the Kingdom of God, just like when he captured Missi
It is like the priesthood of Er Sun God. The other part is the changes in the secular level of his believers in the world, including
It is not limited to destroying statues, murals, legends, written records, etc. about Itesumna, but also tampering with the parts that cannot be destroyed, and ultimately achieves the purpose of changing the consensus of public memory. Kukulkan's temple privately called it
It was called the 'History of the Years' operation. This was also resisted by Itesumna believers, but Kukulkan still relied on his powerful power to complete this move."
“In the end, when believers just prayed to the sun god without specifying which sun god it was, all the incense and wishes began to flow to Kukulkan, which meant that Kukulkan had completely replaced Itsumna and became
The only sun god in the New World. We use this standard to divide time nodes."
Tantai Ying explained the word "thoroughly" in detail.
This also explained to Qi Xuansu why when Qi Xuansu asked the Juesheng Church to compile information about Kukulkan, the Juesheng Church would regard the "Shadow Case" as the main content.
Whether it was the murder of the priest of the Sun Temple, or the new Xijing Sun Temple shrouded in shadow, as well as the black sun tattoo, the time of the incident, and even the Heron Society involved due to Qi Xuansu's inquiry, all have nothing to do with Kukul
Kan has an explicit or implicit relationship.
This raises a question: Was Kukulkan the mastermind behind the "Shadow Case" and had an ulterior motive? Or was someone else secretly plotting against Kukulkan with the intention of overthrowing him?
That is, is Kukulkan the perpetrator or the victim?
This question is not easy to answer. If you get it wrong, your motivation will be wrong, and the final result will be completely different.
Qi Xuansu seems to have a lot of clues now, but these clues are fragmented and not enough for Qi Xuansu to get a full picture. So Qi Xuansu can only make bold assumptions and carefully verify.
He now assumes that this is a series of conspiracies against Kukulkan, so Ixichel is undoubtedly the biggest suspect. There is even a possibility that she is the mastermind behind the Heron Society. For a god, this is
It's not difficult. Don't underestimate Ixichel. If she hadn't split into two people, she should have been the head of the gods after the death of Itsumna.
Based on this guess, continue the deduction.
If Ixichel is the mastermind behind this series of cases, what is her purpose?
Now it seems that the plan is to overthrow Kukulkan, including to
Daomen exposed Kukulkan all to achieve this goal.
So think deeper, what happens after overthrowing Kukulkan? Is it just for revenge? Or is it resurrecting Itsamtu? Or is Ischier taking the position himself?
In any case, from a motivation point of view, the logic here makes sense.
However, Qi Xuansu had an inexplicable intuition that things might not be that simple.
After the banquet, Huangfuji said goodbye and left. He had never been interested in things involving ghosts and gods. He was only interested in human affairs, such as the construction of Xingang and Xindao Palace.
Regarding this point, it may be a common problem of martial arts. After embarking on the path of martial arts, first the spirit and body are unified, and then the ghosts and gods rectify the changes, and even all laws are invulnerable, and there is no chance for ghosts and immortals. Later, martial arts
After understanding the method of "shattering the void", everything is really just a punch. This is destined that warriors cannot be idealistic and can only be materialistic.
What is materialism? Simply put, matter is the first nature and spirit is the second nature.
On the contrary, alchemists and wizards are idealistic.
Both the Immortal and the Qi Practitioner want everything, and they must always pay attention to a balance. In other words, they must grasp it with both hands, and both hands must be strong.
As for Qi Xuansu, he is more materialistic, but not as absolute as the warriors.
Then Huangfuji's actions are easy to understand. Developing New Port and opening Xindao Palace are the first priority, and resisting the steam gospel is also the first priority. These are all visible and tangible materials. As for the others, fear and unpredictability
, Unknown, desire, before it is truly confirmed, cannot be said to be unimportant, at least not that important. In other words, unless Tantai Ying can provide tangible evidence to Huangfu Ji, Huangfu Ji will not personally participate in it, at most
Open the door to convenience.
Qi Xuansu thought so and asked to see the body of the deceased.
Of course Tan Taiying would not refuse. The main hall of Juesheng Church is also on Danxiu Mountain, a few steps away from where the three of them held a banquet. The two of them soon arrived at the main hall of Juesheng Church, although they were guarded along the way.
It was very tight, but with Tantai Ying, the chief deputy hall master, personally guiding the way, it was smooth and unimpeded.
Finally, Qi Xuansu saw the corpses in the cold cellar used to store special evidence and corpses under the Juesheng Church.
Qi Xuansu first looked at the black sun tattoos and found that these tattoos were very abnormal. Normal tattoos are tattooed on the surface of the skin and can be washed away by some means, but this black sun tattoo is underneath the skin, just like the skin.
The veins and blood vessels underneath are faintly visible and cannot be touched.
This is obviously not an ordinary method.
So Tantai Ying called it a mark.
Some marks were present before the deceased was alive, and some were only present after the deceased was invaded by shadows. What is the difference? It is still unknown.
Qi Xuansu continued to examine the bodies of these people.
The internal organs were all empty, and the flesh and blood had completely withered, leaving only the skin and bones. Judging from the temperature of the cold cellar, it was obvious that these corpses were not decomposing normally, but had become like this after being eroded by the shadows.
This is quite similar to the method of blood sacrifice. In Jinling Mansion, the people who were harmed by Lord Siming showed this characteristic. From this, it seems that these shadows do have a certain connection with the ancient gods, and even some kind of
The means of blood sacrifice.
From this point of view, when it comes to blood sacrifices, Kukulkan has the motive to lead all this. After all, the sky-wide karma in Kukulkan's kingdom cannot be faked.
This in turn conflicts and contradicts Qi Xuansu's previous assumption that Ixichel was the mastermind behind the scenes.
Qi Xuansu couldn't help but have a thought. Could it be that this series of "shadow cases" were not planned by one party, but the result of a secret conflict between multiple forces?
As for why Qi Xuansu didn't ask Ixichel directly, the reason is very simple. Qi Xuansu can't really trust Ixichel yet, and he doesn't want to alert the enemy.
In addition to the corpse, there was also a shadow servant captured by Juesheng Church.
I don’t know what means Jueshengtang used to make this shadow slave fall into a deep sleep, but just in case, Jueshengtang fixed it with torture tools specially designed to imprison heavenly beings.
Qi Xuansu walked up to this so-called shadow slave and looked at it carefully.
Although he still roughly maintains his human form, his body has many animalistic features, a bit like a savage, and a bit like a half-human, half-demon. Qi Xuansu can easily think of those phoenixes that were infected by evil fire and turned into monsters.
Linzhou people.
This is the advantage of being experienced. You are well-informed and you can always find a rough reference point for anything you encounter, and then use the puzzles that have been solved to correspond to the unsolved mysteries.
Are there any similarities between Shadow and Hellfire?
Tantai Ying followed Qi Xuansu and introduced him in detail, "We call them shadow servants. According to the Tawanting priest, this kind of thing should be called Yasiel. They are messengers and guardians from heaven.
"
Qi Xuansu said, "Heaven? Whose paradise is it? Is it Itsumna? Or Ixichel? Or Kukulkan?"