[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-here-to-teach-you-cultivation":3,"chapter-i-m-here-to-teach-you-cultivation-i-m-here-to-teach-you-cultivation-chapter-43":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I'm Here to Teach You Cultivation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2351246,4598,"Chapter 43: Living Human Sacrifice","i-m-here-to-teach-you-cultivation-chapter-43",43,"\u003Cp>Guifang Kingdom, Cliff City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the capital of the Guifang Kingdom, and also the only city in the Guifang Kingdom with a structured and large-scale layout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is different from the feudal era in Li Boyang’s impression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This world is still in a relatively early slave-based primitive society, or even an earlier tribal clan stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mountain villages like Li Family Village are the mainstream of this era.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only those powerful tribes would abandon primitive fishing, agriculture, and forestry to expend great effort in building large cities capable of defending against attacks from other tribes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Cliff City is the capital that the original Guifang tribe spent over ten years building, consuming countless slaves and captives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cliff City covers a total area of about seventy square kilometers, using the Wuding River as a natural barrier, surrounded by water on three sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the entire city relies on cliffs dozens of zhang high to the north and south as a screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coupled with the natural barrier of the Wuding River, it forms a terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, through the long years of life of the Guifang residents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cliff City has naturally formed divisions of an inner city, outer city, residential area, commercial area, and sacrificial area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among these, the outer city is the outermost contour, allowing other tribes and mountain folk to enter and trade basic supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the inner city, which is separated by the eastern and western city walls?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is the core area that only true Guifang residents can enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, this inner city not only has magnificent buildings and paved roads far beyond this era, but even has specialized granaries for storing food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking to the end of the road in the inner city, one reaches the most important area of Cliff City, and indeed the entire Guifang Kingdom—the Priest Temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Towering buildings stand in the center, with hundreds or thousands of slaves laboring arduously within them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And under the protection of those towering buildings, a high platform dedicated to sacrifice is holding a ceremony to worship the Five Direction Gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Starting from the most basic chickens, ducks, cattle, and sheep, to those slaves or prisoners selected as human sacrifices...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time a priest raises and lowers their blade, a living life is ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the rolling heads are thrown into the sacrificial pit, the onlookers let out excited howls one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it is because gods exist in this world...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps it is due to the influence of some other unknown factors...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This barbaric kingdom, which is still in the stage of \"human sacrifice,\" has already developed relatively perfect bronze and ironware.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most primitive stone tools have long been eliminated, and all kinds of bronze utensils can be seen everywhere...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for those priests performing the sacrificial rituals?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They each hold sharp iron tools, their faces filled with longing and worship for this sacrificial ceremony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Li Boyang were on the scene right now, he would be surprised to find that the iron tools in the priests' hands are far sharper and sturdier than he imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone comparing them to iron weapons of the feudal period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even compared to the high-carbon steel of the twenty-first century, these iron tools are not inferior at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially when the priests cut off the heads of those human sacrifices, a faint glow appears on the corresponding sacrificial iron tools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is the blessing bestowed by the pleased Five Direction Gods—and the fundamental reason why these sacrificial iron tools transcend their own material.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>………………………………………………………………………………………………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What a crazy tribe...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Overlooking the magnificent sacrificial platform below, the E-Rabbit, having transformed into human form, could not help but mutter in a low voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throughout the entire natural world, the E-Rabbit had never seen such crazy slaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not for satiety, nor for survival...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was purely killing for the sake of killing, and most of the targets were members of their own kind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The E-Rabbit felt that even those fierce gods and evil gods destined to bring disaster would not carry out such large-scale, wanton slaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is not called madness; this is called faith.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A calm voice came from inside the main hall, and a youth walked out slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This youth was draped in exquisite black silk and held a skull scepter full of the Guifang Kingdom's style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Five Direction Gods need our offerings, especially now that the Prison Soul Cauldron has been lost...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We must obtain more human sacrifices and blood food to regain the favor of the Five Direction Gods!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The youth is named Xuan Hui, the current candidate for High Priest of the Guifang Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is a genius who fought his way out from nearly a thousand candidates, a god-chosen person who could communicate with the Five Direction Gods before becoming High Priest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"More human sacrifices and blood food?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turning back to look at Xuan Hui with surprise, and even some horror, the E-Rabbit asked in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have already killed so many people; aren't you afraid of starting another war?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the E-Rabbit is a spirit creature, he has been mingling among human groups for so many years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the E-Rabbit knows better than anyone what it means for the Guifang Kingdom to initiate such large-scale \"human sacrifice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"People?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you talking about those mountain folk?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a slight, disdainful smile at the corner of his mouth, Xuan Hui's words made the E-Rabbit feel fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are just a group of two-legged sheep; they cannot be considered people!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those ignorant mountain folk are like weeds that cannot be cleared; they pop out of the mountains and forests if you are not careful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If their blood can please the Five Direction Gods, that will be their honor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These words of Xuan Hui also represent the mainstream thought of the Guifang Kingdom, and even this era.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the eyes of the rulers of this era, those mountain folk are worthless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only during wars or sacrifices would they capture those mountain folk in large numbers to serve as cannon fodder and human sacrifices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At other times, being able to send some tribal members to the mountain villages to collect tribute was already considered a relatively enlightened ruler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, this era does not even have the concept of \"taxation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Collecting tribute and letting the mountain folk believe in their own gods is seen as a kind of grace by the rulers of this era.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, this is a world where gods truly exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps to outsiders, the faith of the Five Direction Gods is bloody and cruel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But compared to those wild, desolate gods who cannot even respond, they are already considered quite reliable righteous gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Primitive, yet not so primitive...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the characteristic of the civilization of this era, and it is also the fundamental reason why Li Boyang has never been able to determine what era this is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can only be said that the existence of \"Primordial Qi\" has raised the upper limit of this world, but it has also lowered the lower limit of this era.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget it, these are all your human affairs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sighing softly, the E-Rabbit did not continue to dwell on this issue, but instead stated the purpose of his visit this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I need some books, preferably related to medicine and herbal classics.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And ore; if possible, it would be even better to give me some bronze and iron ingots...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silently staring at the E-Rabbit for a long time, Xuan Hui finally nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No problem, if this is your request...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monthly Ticket\u002FRecommendation Ticket\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of this chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1274,"2026-06-21T03:08:01.201Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","cfdfa15770b23a985d78ed51b8cd6051bcad5733625f16f762beeaae5a412ff1","i-m-here-to-teach-you-cultivation-chapter-44","i-m-here-to-teach-you-cultivation-chapter-42",76,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-here-to-teach-you-cultivation-cover.jpg"]