Chapter 630

Several days later, Wei Yuan finally sorted out the initial clues for the entire Red Sand Oasis. The Shaman people of the Lei Ze tribe in this place had quite a family fortune; every household could scrape together some immortal silver. With tens of thousands of Shaman people, they actually scraped together two million taels of immortal silver; in addition, other treasures totaled three million taels, not counting real estate and fields.

Wei Yuan naturally wouldn't be polite about these things and took half directly, then gave the remaining half to Tianyu. Tianyu now neither asked about the source nor refused; after receiving the treasures, he deducted forty percent for himself, offered fifty percent to the Great Wilderness Sun, and then handed the remaining ten percent into the tribal public treasury.

Wei Yuan shook his head as he watched from the side; sure enough, things like a tribal public treasury that relied on conscience could only exist when particularly poor; as long as there was a little surplus grain, this system could not continue.

After raiding the homes, Wei Yuan moved the people of Azure Void into the vacated residences. However, the human race was not used to living in the houses of the Shaman tribe; many Shaman mansions were like water prisons in the eyes of the human race.

In the residences of some wealthy Shaman families, not only was there water, but there were also a bunch of messy insects, fish, and shrimp in the water. It was said that soaking in this kind of water, which was similar to mud soup, was conducive to the physical and mental health of the Shamans of Lei Ze, and those little insects could also help them clean their wounds.

When Wei Yuan visited these residences, he was shocked by the aged mud soup in the rooms; this was even worse than the Rain Kingdom. At least the Rain Kingdom liked clear water, not mud soup.

The Wilderness Shamans were also unwilling to live here, so Wei Yuan ordered people to blow up the entire urban area, tamp the ground solid, and then spread firewood and flint to burn for half a day, roasting all the aged treasure insects in the soil to death, only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

The four great sacrificial families selected a total of fifteen thousand young men and women suitable to be sacrificial offerings. Wei Yuan ordered them to hand over all healthy children aged eight to fourteen, centralized their management, and then obtained sixty thousand.

Sun Yu had already brought most of the medical hall disciples over, responsible for checking the physical aptitude of these people. Xu Henshui also brought over a dozen people to explore the earth veins in various parts of the oasis, looking for rare medicinal herbs. He now had great progress in the research of ancient immortal prescriptions, among which several auxiliary ingredients looked like products of the Shaman Domain, so as soon as he got the news, Xu Henshui rushed over to collect herbs.

Sun Yu spent a full seven days to finish testing everyone, and then spent the whole night organizing all the data.

Sun Yu handed Wei Yuan several jade papers and said: "The conclusions are all on it; these people, how should I put it, can no longer be completely called humans."

The sacrificial people had been kept in captivity a long time ago, and after hundreds of thousands of years, the Shaman tribe already had a complete set of mature captivity models. Sacrificial people were mainly divided into two major categories: living people and sacrificial people. Living people were those with good physical functions, specifically responsible for giving birth to children; they could live to be forty years old.

Sacrificial people were those who passed the Shaman tribe's test after being born, specifically cultivated as sacrificial offerings; from living environment to diet, they were different from living people. Sacrificial people also had to take special medicine regularly and practice techniques specifically for the human race on time. Sacrificial people cultivated in this way could obtain more sacrificial power.

After Sun Yu checked, he found that sacrificial people were closer to pure human race, while living people had many mutations. Many older living people had hidden illnesses all over their bodies; some were already terminally ill, and the inside of their bodies was a mess, with flesh and blood tissues growing randomly everywhere.

In Red Sand Oasis, the so-called "aged" referred to those over thirty-five years old, and the so-called "longevity" referred to forty; those over forty had to be sent to the sacrificial altar.

This was actually regarded as the supreme glory among sacrificial people, believing that they could return to the embrace of the Ancestral Shaman from then on and be with the Ancestral Shaman.

However, there were very few living people who could live to forty; the vast majority died around the age of thirty-five.

Because of diet, elixirs, and cultivation, sacrificial people had much better bodies. This batch sent to the City Lord's Mansion were all sacrificial people; among the fifteen thousand people, there were actually two thousand who had reached the Body Forging Realm. As for the foundation realm, there were none; they had all been taken away by the Lei Ze tribe.

Wei Yuan finished reading the data silently, took a deep breath, and said: "The people here live on average less than forty?"

"The environment in Red Sand Oasis is still considered good; I estimate that those sacrificial tribes deep in the Shaman Domain might not live to thirty."

"Then how do they reproduce?"

Sun Yu said: "The girls here have their first menstruation at nine, can give birth at ten, can give birth to two children every year, and have secret methods to give birth to multiple children in one litter. This side is called the Eastern Wilderness in the Shaman Domain; I heard that the efficiency of living people is higher in the core area of the Shaman Domain."

Wei Yuan understood at this point that sacrificial people were no different from livestock in the Shaman tribe; perhaps the only difference was that they were a bit smarter than livestock.

The sacrificial offerings sent by Tianyu were all sacrificial people, and no living people were given. There was already a significant difference between living people and ordinary human race in appearance, and aged living people had no value, while young living people were like hens that could lay eggs, and their value was quite high; generally, they were not traded. Only sacrificial people were circulated.

Wei Yuan pondered for a moment and asked: "Then how should these living people be handled?"

Sun Yu already had the answer: "The best policy is to maintain the current status quo, let the living people continue to reproduce, and then the children born will be processed through the Shaman tribe's secret methods; a few years later, they will be about the same as normal human race. However, their general cultivation aptitude is much better than that of refugees. Among every ten thousand people, there can be hundreds of foundation realms, which is more than ten times that of ordinary refugees."

Wei Yuan did not make an evaluation and said: "Then what are the middle and lower policies?"

Sun Yu said: "The middle policy is to let the living people have fewer children and give them better living conditions, so they can live a little longer. The lower policy is to kill them all; this is the same as killing a hen that lays eggs. The Shaman tribe will need hundreds of years to replenish so many living people."

"Are your middle and lower policies reversed?"

Sun Yu said: "Not reversed. If you use the lower policy, the Wilderness Ancestor tribe is afraid that they will immediately turn against you. The advantage of the middle policy is that there is still normal sacrificial people production, just a little less. Then we take these sacrificial people away and give the Wilderness Ancestor tribe a certain amount of compensation, which is equivalent to buying them away. In this way, it looks like there is no change from the past on the surface, but the ruler has changed from one Shaman tribe to another Shaman tribe.

As for giving living people better living conditions and letting them have fewer children, it will not make them grateful to you. Just like a cow will not thank you for milking it a few times less. Doing this is more to make your conscience feel more comfortable, if you have one."

Wei Yuan understood, and then said faintly: "Uncle-Master, the last sentence was completely unnecessary."

Sun Yu laughed and said: "If I don't say it, my Dao heart will not be clear."

In the end, Wei Yuan decided to adopt the upper policy; the changes were already intense enough, and everything should be stable. If too much was changed suddenly, the sacrificial people would not be used to it.

A few days later, Yu Zhizhuo finally arrived with over a dozen vehicles of equipment and five hundred foundation realms. After seeing Wei Yuan, he briefly explained the situation at the brocade workshop and then hurriedly found the old Daoist Chuhe to start digging underground.

The reason Wei Yuan took a fancy to this place was that from the perspective of terrain and topography, there seemed to be gray stone mineral deposits here. Even if there weren't, Wei Yuan was also very interested in the dry and hot climate here. Generally speaking, the sudden appearance of such an out-of-place plot of land was mostly for a reason.

Mining in the desert was extremely difficult; neither the Wilderness Ancestor nor Lei Ze were good at mining, so Wei Yuan wanted to see if he could find something, which was why he transferred Yu Zhizhuo over.

Yu Zhizhuo explained the purpose to the old Daoist Chuhe, and the old Daoist Chuhe laughed, with a brocade mouse in his left hand and a flying marten on his head, and said confidently: "I knew you were coming, and I have already done my homework in advance. I have found several underground rivers; let's go, let's go and tread them carefully first; as long as there are treasures, they absolutely cannot be hidden from the old Daoist's Dharma form and the eyes of the divine marten!"

"Haha, that's good, there is no time to lose, let's go!"

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The crowd went underground in a mighty force, and five hundred foundation realms transported over a hundred pieces of equipment and tools down.

Seeing that everything in Red Sand Oasis was on the right track, that guy Lei Dong still had no movement at all, and Wei Yuan was a bit unhappy. This guy really had no sense of the situation; originally, Wei Yuan felt he had no ability and intended to let him sit in the position of the Lord of Lei Ze. But since he was so unappreciative, Wei Yuan didn't intend to be polite either. He had already transferred the Heaven-Extinguishing Gang over.

Lei Dong's luck was originally a perfect whole, but it was broken by the Three-Eyed Bird Head. Subsequently, Wei Yuan gave him another crushing defeat, and his luck had already flowed away seven or eight out of ten. If he was originally a son of luck, then now he could only be called a nephew of luck, and a distant one at that.

At the moment, Wei Yuan still had a lot of things to do, so where would he have time to take care of this guy's mood? Lei Dong met Wei Yuan and was restrained and frustrated everywhere; as long as he had a brain, he should know what was going on.

The Lei Ze tribe was divided into several pieces; some places were tens of thousands of miles away from Azure Void, and the domain could not reach there at all, so Wei Yuan had no interest in occupying Lei Ze for the time being.

But not occupying land did not mean not killing people. Wei Yuan could at least slaughter all the Lei Ze within three thousand miles and stab another heavy knife into Lei Dong's luck.

Just as Wei Yuan began to organize the combat troops of the Heaven-Extinguishing Gang, someone suddenly reported: "There is a sneaky guy outside, claiming to be surnamed Lei, wanting to see you!"

Wei Yuan was stunned and ordered his followers to bring him in.

The one who came in was indeed Lei Dong; this kid still had an expression of unwillingness, and his eyes revealed unconcealable resentment.

Wei Yuan looked Lei Dong up and down and smiled: "You kid still have some luck; one day later and I would have attacked. By then, the living beings in your territory would be devastated, and you, the son of luck, would not have a good time. But since you are here, you must have already thought it through?"

Lei Dong's eyes were almost spitting fire, his silver teeth were bitten to pieces, and he said with difficulty: "I, I..."

At this moment, the magic blade on his back suddenly flew out, floated in front of Wei Yuan, and said: "Since I have come, I have already thought it through. I have drifted for half a life and have not met a wise master. If you do not abandon me, I am willing to worship you as... that, Lord!"

Wei Yuan was caught off guard by this change; he knew the magic blade had spirituality, but this spirituality was a bit too high.

Seeing that Wei Yuan did not answer immediately, the magic blade panicked and hurriedly said: "The luck is all on me; the son of luck you are looking for is me!"

Wei Yuan was even more strange; he looked at the magic blade, then at Lei Dong, and asked: "Then who is he?"

"Him?" The magic blade said disdainfully: "That is just a mount."

(End of chapter)