Revelation of the Way of Heaven

"What is the 'Land of Witchcraft Origins'?" Qin Xiaochuan asked Han Kexin on the way back.

Cars sped through the streets, and withered leaves kept falling from the trees on both sides of the road. Every time a car passed by, the leaves would drift even higher.

"Before answering your question, I must first tell you about the Witch Clan," Han Kexin said calmly from the driver's seat.

"The Witch Clan? What's their relationship with the Blood Witch Clan?" he asked curiously.

"Have you heard the legend of Nuwa creating humans?" Han Kexin asked instead of answering.

"Of course."

"In legend, Nuwa created two types of people: one type was shaped from clay according to her own form, and the other type was created by throwing mud with a rope. In the origin legend of the Wu tribe, the two types of people are named the Wu tribe and the Human tribe. The Wu tribe are the first type of people that Nuwa shaped from clay, while the ordinary Human tribe is created by throwing mud with a rope."

"That's ridiculous. Everyone knows that's just a legend. Modern science can prove that the emergence of humankind is based on evolution, where the fittest survive," he said dismissively.

"Really?" Han Kexin responded calmly to his rebuttal. "I can't explain these things clearly, but there's still a lot of debate about evolution internationally. I don't want to get involved in that. I'm just asking you, what did Nuwa look like?"

"Even a child knows it has a human head and a snake's body."

"Humans aren't like that nowadays," Han Kexin said.

"So this further proves that Nuwa creating humans is just a myth." Qin Xiaochuan said speechlessly, "Isn't it obvious?"

Han Kexin clearly understood why he had this idea, so she added, "But in ancient times, there were many people with heads and snake bodies."

"Really? How did you know?" he asked in surprise.

"Have you read the Classic of Mountains and Seas?" she asked instead of answering.

"Of course I've read it." For their major in ancient mythology research, the Classic of Mountains and Seas is a must-read book.

"Then you should know whether what I said is true or false. The Classic of Mountains and Seas records too many people and gods with human faces and snake bodies, such as Fuxi, Nuwa, Shennong, Xuanyuan, Zhulong, Gonggong, and countless mountain and sea gods. Do you think these are all coincidences?"

Qin Xiaochuan didn't answer immediately this time. He felt his throat was dry. Han Kexin's few words made him suddenly realize that he had been ignoring many things, overturned many of his beliefs, and made him doubt whether what he had read in books before was correct.

Yes, it's really hard to say without accurate evidence. Throughout human history, many theories were initially regarded as classics and considered unshakable, but after decades or centuries, they were completely overturned.

The most typical example of this is Copernicus's heliocentric theory, which overturned the traditional geocentric theory. However, the heliocentric theory was later overturned as people discovered that the universe is so vast that the solar system is like a speck of dust in the entire universe. Perhaps in the future, it will be possible to prove that the universe is infinite, and that infinite things have no center. If we really want to find a center, then any point is the center. At that time, both the geocentric and heliocentric theories will be correct.

Of course, what I said above is pure nonsense. The point is that we must have a spirit of skepticism and not completely believe the theories in textbooks. What if the story of Nuwa creating humans is true?

"What do you mean?" He dared not say anything more; it would be better to listen to what Han Kexin had to say.

"These legendary humans or gods with human heads and snake bodies are descendants of the witch clan, while modern people are descendants of the human race," Han Kexin concluded.

"But there are no descendants of the witch clan with human heads and snake bodies now," he questioned.

"Because they are already extinct." Han Kexin's voice sounded somewhat desolate.

Why did it perish?

"The Wu tribe was created by Nuwa herself, so their bloodline is more noble. They also inherited some of Nuwa's mysterious power. Therefore, in ancient times, the Wu tribe ruled the human race. This is why the ancient leaders that have been passed down to this day are all depicted as having human heads and snake bodies. Among them, the Xiahou clan of the Wu tribe even established the first hereditary dynasty, namely the Xia Dynasty."

Han Kexin paused for a moment, then continued, "After the Xia Dynasty was established, the Wu tribe began to oppress the human race with impunity. Eventually, the human race could no longer tolerate it, and during the reign of Xia Jie, the human race united and overthrew the Xia Dynasty, establishing the first dynasty ruled by the human race, namely the Shang Dynasty. After the establishment of the Shang Dynasty, the human race carried out a large-scale massacre of the descendants of the Wu tribe. Not only that, in order to completely erase the existence of the Wu tribe, the angry human race also destroyed all the civilization established by the Wu tribe. This is why there is a lack of information about ancient civilizations."

Qin Xiaochuan's mental world was being impacted time and time again, because hearing Han Kexin's words shocked him even more than when he first learned of the existence of the Blood Witch Clan.

This is unbelievable! That was all he could think of. He didn't know how to respond to Han Kexin. He couldn't refute her, nor did he dare to accept her statement all at once. This was completely beyond his previous understanding of history.

He stared silently at the windshield, the neon lights casting a mysterious and eerie red glow on it, much like the many mysterious colors that ancient history had left for humankind.

Seeing that he remained silent for a long time, Han Kexin guessed what he was thinking, so she said, "I know you can't accept what I'm saying right now, but you'll gradually realize that what I'm saying is true."

He remained noncommittal, yet felt a strong urge to explore further, so he asked her again, "If what you say is true, then the entire witch clan has already perished?"

"Not all of them. A very small number of people escaped from that genocide and then lived in hiding, secretly multiplying to this day. Of course, the remaining witch clan members are no longer of pure witch blood. To be precise, they are descendants of humans and witches. After generations of bloodline dilution, they have long since become humanoid and are no different from ordinary humans. However, they still retain some of the mysterious power of the witch clan. Granny Ding, whom we just met, is one of them."

To prove her point, Han Kexin continued, "In later history, because of the belief in gods, many dynasties had people playing the role of shamans. However, they basically only imitated the appearance of the shamans but could not obtain the true power of the shamans. Therefore, shamans and witches eventually became synonymous with fraudsters."

"Even though many people know that what they are doing is a scam, after so long, many people still believe in their tricks without question. The reason for this is that there are some real descendants of the witch clan mixed in among these people. They have indeed brought many miracles to mankind, so people can't tell the difference between truth and falsehood. In the end, everyone would rather believe it than not. The witch clan discovered this long ago, and so they have secretly continued their heritage for this reason."

Han Kexin's narration was clear and organized, but Qin Xiaochuan's mind became increasingly confused.