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"How ironic! Many creatures of abundance are immune to this torment, while the people of the Immortal Boat are... Haha, this is probably the curse prepared by the Plague Ancestor for betrayers." Dan Shu scoffed, not knowing who he was mocking.

"Why don't evil creatures have missing parts?" Xing was quite curious.

"They are all species blessed by the Plenty Star God, so why is there such a huge difference between the Plenty Monsters and the Immortal Boat People in this regard?"

"Could it be true, as Danshu said, that this is the curse of the Plenty Star God on the betrayers?"

"No! That's impossible. She has seen the Star God. It is precisely because she has seen him that she dares to make such a statement. The Star God would not curse a mortal for such a thing."

"Their eyes won't focus on such trivial matters."

"Having both undergone the transformation of abundance, what is the difference between the creatures of abundance and the people of the Immortal Boat? I have pondered this question with the knowledge imparted by the Dan Ding Division, but I only have one answer in my heart—there is no difference."

"The only difference lies in accepting or rejecting the immortal nature brought by abundance."

"The Buli people are known for their brutality among the people of Fengrao. Yaoqing's fox people have a similar bloodline... but the fox people are not evil creatures, but people of the Immortal Boat."

"From this, we can see that the difference between evil creatures and immortal boat people is not a matter of biological taxonomy, but a cultural issue."

"If an evil creature enters a fairy boat, then it becomes the fairy boat; if a fairy boat enters an evil creature, then it becomes the evil creature. That's all."

"The evil creatures embrace their own nature. They can change their flesh and blood without any scruples, just to pursue a stronger body. But these methods are completely taboo on the Immortal Boat."

"Now you understand why no 'Heavenly Defects' are born among evil creatures, right?"

"Dan Shu spoke in a calm tone, saying something that was considered taboo on the Immortal Boat. Xing's scalp tingled. Could he suddenly hear someone shout, 'Open the gate, Cloud Cavalry!'?"

"You've been talking for so long, but I didn't understand a word you said." Liu Che said quietly.

What Bu Liren, what biological taxonomy... what a mess!

He understood only one sentence.

Regarding the part about "the evil creatures entering the immortal boat...", isn't that what Confucius wrote in the Spring and Autumn Annals: "When barbarians enter China, they become Chinese; when Chinese enter barbarians, they become barbarians"?

The distinction between Chinese and barbarians is based on etiquette, not on bloodline.

Is a Chinese person who always advocates that foreigners are the best in the world and angrily scolds Chinese people for kneeling down and begging foreigners for food really a Chinese?

On the contrary, is a foreigner who believes in Chinese etiquette and is willing to risk his life for the interests of China considered a foreigner?

(For example, Yang Chao and Han Chun, both of whom are Ami, Han Chun even holds a master's degree in physics from the University of Wisconsin and participated in the development of the atomic bomb led by the famous Ami nuclear physicist Fermi. They sold all their property, bought dairy cows, and came to New China, hoping to ensure that the people of New China, who lack milk, could drink fresh milk.)

"Speaking of which, this fairy boat and other fertile evil things are actually similar to the relationship between our Han Dynasty and the Huns." Liu Che smacked his lips.

In this era, both the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu side actually recognized that the Xiongnu were descendants of the Xia Dynasty. Sima Qian even wrote this in "Records of the Grand Historian".

Helian Bobo, a descendant of the Xiongnu noble Right Wise King Qubei, also called his regime Daxia in the name of "descendants of Dayu".

(The Xiongnu, like the Han people, also had the custom of ancestor worship, so theoretically, it was unlikely that they would mistakenly recognize their ancestors.)

But after they arrived at the grassland, they behaved like complete barbarians, which is a perfect example of "When Chinese people enter the barbaric land, they become barbarians like Chinese people."

"Your Majesty, no matter what, the Huns must be destroyed." Huo Qubing reminded.

He didn't want to be unable to fight the Huns in the future, that would be so boring.

"Of course!" Liu Che said without thinking.

He will remember the incident of the Huns burning down the Ganquan Palace for the rest of his life!

"The Immortal Boat people are pursuing the rich evil, while we, the Han people, are conquering the Xiongnu... Good fellow, we, the Han people, should naturally believe in the Patrolling Star God!"

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"Xing scratched her head. She seemed to understand that the creature of abundance could use some forbidden methods to modify the natural body, and those methods... were absolutely cruel!"

"She couldn't help but think of the remedy in the Medicine King's secret book, extracting the marrow of a living being... This isn't just cruel, it's completely inhumane!"

"What is human nature? Can it be eaten?" King Zhou blinked his eyes.

Taking the marrow of the vidyadhara alive...is that cruel?

As a king living in an era full of human sacrifices, King Zhou did not think this was a big deal at all.

Their sacrifices in the Shang Dynasty were varied.

For example, they would capture a bunch of slaves or nobles, chop off their heads, and line them up to offer sacrifices to the gods.

(The Shang Dynasty used not only nobles but also slaves, and the two were of different ranks. Slaves were used for minor sacrifices, while nobles were used for major sacrifices. Everyone had a share, and there was no need to fight over them.)

For example, chopping off the skull of the sacrifice without damaging the brain, so that the victim will not die immediately, letting him look at his broken skull, bleeding and jumping around in pain, isn't this a perfect sacrificial dance?

(Eula: What dance?)

Another trick is to chop off the forearms and calves, chop open the back and cut off the spine, and spread the ribs freely, just like a pig hanging in a slaughterhouse (this kind of sacrifice is called Mao sacrifice, and the word Mao comes from the oracle bone script that depicts this sacrificial scene).

In addition to this, there are also things like chopping up the body, arranging the person into a shape that the gods would like, throwing the person's head into a cauldron to cook... and many more.

Therefore, King Zhou did not think that "taking the marrow of the Chiming person alive" was a cruel thing at all.

He has done even crueler things!

You say he was cruel and a tyrant? To later generations, he was indeed a tyrant, and not just an ordinary tyrant! But to the people of the Shang Dynasty... that wasn't the case, because that was the era.

This era is so cruel and barbaric. Looking around the world, the closer to the primitive era, the more cruel human methods are.

If, thousands of years from now, people no longer rely on slaughtering animals for food, will they think that we who slaughter animals today are cruel and inhumane?

For the Shang, human sacrifice was a sacred act. It was a way of worshipping the gods! It was a way of predicting the future and praying for peace and prosperity for the nation. How else could they perform sacrifices? If you can, come up with a set of rules! When it comes to sacrifices, we in the Shang Dynasty were experts!

As for why the Shang Dynasty was overthrown, it can only be said that the small tribes around the Shang Dynasty were frightened by the Shang Dynasty's increasingly frequent and cruel sacrificial methods. They were afraid that one day they would be the ones being sacrificed.

King Wen Jichang: Everyone, I have successfully broken through the Shang Dynasty's neck-choking... neck-chopping fortune-telling technique! From now on, we can use tortoise shells to tell fortunes!

Even when King Zhou burned himself to death, some people believed that it was the grandest sacrifice.

King Zhou sacrificed himself and prayed to God for a way to defeat the anti-Shang coalition... Is there any sacrifice more precious than the king of a country?

"Extracting marrow while still alive... sounds very interesting. The gods should like it, right?" King Zhou murmured, touching his chin, and decided to try this trick in the next sacrifice!

It is used to worship the God of Fertility!