The founders of the two Holy Sects, the painting demons who survived the Immortal Demon War, were out-and-out human beings when they unified Xiangzhou and ignited the fire of civilization.

Zhao Shenlu's conclusion brought a long silence.

Perhaps because she had come up with so many incredible conclusions from the Sacred Records that it had numbed the nerves of the listeners, this groundbreaking fact did not bring more shock.

After a long time, Zhao Shenlu saw that the audience had no reaction, shook his head helplessly, and continued to add: "Your reaction is very calm, much calmer than the two founders, when they realized what kind of environment they survived and what that meant, their worldview collapsed. ”

"Most of the demons who invaded the Kyushu continent were born in the brood, and they were instilled with the instinct of the demons in the form of insect eggs, among which the self-awareness of the demons is the top priority, dear, we also cracked the self-awareness structure of the demons when we destroyed the first brood, what is the point, do you remember?"

Of course, Wang Jiu remembered that the memories of the demon clan, except for the part of the decisive battle with the Demon Emperor, still existed flawlessly in his mind.

The self-awareness that the demons have gained in the brood focuses on the following three questions: who am I, where am I from, and who should I be loyal to.

One of the first problems,Determine the rank and instinct of the demon race,As a race with strict hierarchical barriers,Every individual of the demon race has a clear position in this system,Among them, the painting demon is a kind of lower middle,There is cowardice、Survival and other instincts,It's a wonderful flower in the huge demon system。

The second problem determines the sense of belonging of the demons, before the birth of the Demon Emperor, the demons usually have no sense of belonging, and they kill each other all year round, so that they don't realize what it means to be of the same clan and hometown. But after the Demon Emperor, all the demons will be forcibly instilled with a sense of belonging, and everyone belongs to the same demon clan, and if it is not necessary, they cannot kill each other.

The third problem is naturally to determine the goal of the demon race, all the demon clans must dedicate their lives and even everything to the great demon emperor, and move forward bravely along the direction of the wind pointed by the demon emperor.

These three questions constitute the core of the demons' self-perception, but for the two-headed painting demons, when they wake up from the eggs, the three problems directly collapse two.

The Demon Emperor died in battle, and the Demon Clan was no longer an object of effective loyalty, which directly shattered their ideals and future.

The demons are close to being wiped out, the brood is also destroyed, and at the same time, thousands of years have passed, and everything in the past is human, so the sense of belonging of the demons has become ethereal.

Of the three major questions, only who I am is still unbreakable, but after the festival, even this one no longer exists.

can survive the baptism of civilization fire, it is no longer possible to be a demon. The blood feud between humans and demons will not disappear even if it reaches the end of heaven and earth, and the two painted demons clearly perceive the rejection and hostility of this world to the demons from the moment they wake up, but this is the kind of heaven and earth, but they regard the painting demons as their own people at the festival...... Therefore, when the flames of civilization gradually dispersed to all parts of the continent and the festival officially ended, the two surviving painting demons looked at the human immortal cultivators gathered around them, felt the countless blazing eyes full of respect, and instantly felt that their world fell apart.

"So...... After the festival, the two ancestors did not go out of retreat for several months because of 'consumption drama'? ”

The sect master's voice was full of dryness: "Before the festival, everyone thought that in the new world, the Holy Sect would monopolize power and cooperate with the three courts to form an absolute power center, but during the window period of a few months, the power of the Holy Sect was greatly lost, and the head of the three houses had to take the initiative to take up the burden and delegate part of the power to the family sect...... Later, we all analyzed that the two ancestors deliberately dispersed power to avoid corruption, but now we are afraid that they are just digesting the miracle of turning from demon to human. ”

Zhao Shenlu said: "Yes, this part of the record is also the most emotional and ambiguous part of the whole holy book, they are closed after the festival, and they continue to confirm their identity in various ways and find new self-awareness. Theoretically, demons and humans are two completely different, or even completely opposed, creatures that cannot be transformed into each other - there are many decisive differences in physiological structure alone. And although they have modified themselves before to imitate humans as realistically as possible, what they have transformed is only the outside, and the inner core is still the demons, at least the flat heart of the demon cannot be changed......"

The Sect Master asked, "What about actually?" ”

Zhao Shenlu smiled: "Guess what? ”

"How can I guess this, your interpretation of this holy book has already shattered my common sense, and I can accept what happens next."

Zhao Shenlu said: "Oh, it's going to be numb so soon? It's a bit of a disappointment. Okay, I'll just say it directly, judging from their conclusions, the situation is half and half, on the one hand, in the process of camouflaging humans for a long time, their body structure has also undergone great mutations, and the demons in the standard sense have been greatly different - this is also a matter of course, in a place where there is no demon emperor, no mother nest, and the laws of heaven and earth suppress the demons everywhere for dozens of hundreds of years, it is impossible for the body structure to be without mutations, for example, the flattened heart of the most typical painting demons has shown a trend of expansion and three-dimensionalization. According to their own analysis, this is due to the lack of direct supply from the brood, and the inability to replenish energy with wanton slaughter when playing the role of a saint, resulting in a long-term disorder of the metabolism of the painting demons. And their various changes, almost without exception, are moving closer to human beings. And the reason for this, according to the analysis, is that the laws of heaven and earth in the Xiangzhou continent favor human beings exclusively, so in order to adapt to the laws of heaven and earth, creatures will inevitably evolve in the direction of human beings. ”

The Sect Master asked, "But even so, they still can't be considered humans, right?" ”

"Then it depends on how you define the word human, what kind of creature is considered human? Two eyes, one mouth? Then among the immortal cultivators, those who have opened the purpose of heaven and cultivated many tongues and spirits will be expelled from the people. For mortals, we can still give a relatively accurate definition at the biological level, but at the level of immortal cultivators, it is difficult for us to accurately define the term human, so how can we say that they are not human? What point of them don't belong to humanity anymore? ”

The sect master was speechless.

In fact, similar issues have long been debated in human society, and it would be fine to replace them with ordinary human beings, but at the level of immortal cultivators, the differences in physiological structures are so great that in many cases they far exceed the differences between humans and other creatures. Immortal cultivators with huge bodies can shape their physical bodies into a hill more than ten meters high, and conversely, there are naturally dwarves who are no more than half a meter tall. As for the internal organs, there are even more varied, and even many monks have refined their original organs, and the meridian circulation and the acupoints around the body are very different from those of other immortal cultivators.

In this case, the scope of the word human is inevitably too large, so generally speaking, the definition of human beings can only be traced back to the origin, and according to the situation of the immortal cultivator before he stepped into the immortal path, he can judge whether he belongs to the human race.

But this is actually the same problem, because some family sects with a bloodline that lasts for more than a thousand years, after dozens of generations of efforts, have been born with essential differences from ordinary humans, and the physiological differences are also greater than those of humans and other creatures.

So in fact, the definition of human beings is currently a confused account, but no matter how confused it is, the two-headed painting demon is regarded as a human race, and it is really ......

Zhao Shenlu said: "Actually, how to define human beings, different people have different standards, maybe in the eyes of many people, demons and humans are two sides that are absolutely incompatible, but for the Xiangzhou Continent at that time, there is no one more like human beings than those two demons, no matter what kind of organs they have in their bodies, what kind of appearance they have after removing their disguise, it doesn't matter, what matters is what they do and what they change." ”

The sect master said abruptly: "Maybe even if there is no them, there will be other people ......"

"Then it is the other people who get the favor of the mainland, the laws of heaven and earth will not care about motives and possibilities, they will only pay attention to the results, and judging from the results, it is the two demons who single-handedly created a new era of human civilization, so it is natural to recognize their human identities. It's as if Shen Cheng regards some spirits who are actively integrated into human society as the same kind, and if they make contributions, they should be rewarded, which is the most basic rule, and human civilization is based on such a feedback mechanism. ”

Zhao Shenlu paused, and said: "And judging from the records in the holy record, when the festival is completed, they accept the baptism of the fire of civilization, and the two original demons are already unstoppable, they have determined one thing after several months of retreat, although their body structure still maintains some of the characteristics of the demons, but in the long run, they will only get closer and closer to human beings, and the fire of civilization is both a recognition and a constraint on their baptism, and they will never be able to return to the life of the demons." ”

The sect master was silent for a long time, and said: "This kind of restraint, isn't it a good thing, the demon race has perished, and the human civilization has begun to rise, as the saints of human civilization, isn't it better to be a mid-ranking demon race?" ”

Zhao Shenlu said with a smile: "Old man, you are also a contemporary saint, how can you still ask such a non-level question, if you change places, can you be a saint of mankind with confidence?" Although the painting demon is timid and cowardly by nature, after all, it is a demon created by the Demon Emperor himself, and the basic loyalty is still there. ”

"But now they don't have a loyal to."

Zhao Shenlu said: "Because of who doesn't exist? This is a blood feud that is better than the revenge of killing your father, if it were you, can you greet the enemy who destroyed the door with a smile because your parents are not alive and people cannot be resurrected after death? ”

Of course you can't do it, even if the painting demon is a notoriously timid race among the demons, it can't be done after all.

Zhao Shenlu said: "If it is said that the disguise of a saint before was a last resort for survival, it can be reluctantly interpreted as a gentleman who is not too late to take revenge for ten years, or endure humiliation and bear the burden of lying on the salary to taste the courage, but what happened after that can no longer be explained, and the recognition given to them by the fire of human civilization is a kind of mockery that even painting demons can hardly bear." ”

The Sect Master asked, "But...... According to historical records, after the establishment of the Holy Father, they conscientiously presided over the work for several decades, during which time they thought on the contrary? Now that he realizes that what he has done has deviated from the position of the demons, at least ...... There is a way to redeem it, with their energy at that time, they can completely unknowingly lead the process of human civilization astray, or at worst, they can choose to hide from the world, so as not to help the enemy rebuild civilization with their own hands. ”

Zhao Shenlu raised his head, thought about it, and said: "Generally speaking, this is true, in the Holy Record, they have also considered this many times, but whenever they want to retreat, there will always be something coming to the door, either some families are experiencing difficulties in opening up the wasteland, or there is internal fighting in the sect, and the contradictions cannot be reconciled, in short, the sect master must personally come forward to deal with it." And every time they encounter this situation, they always unconsciously forget their original purpose. It wasn't until the matter was satisfactorily handled by them that they would return to Wanxiangyuan to beat their chests and regret it. ”

"This is the ...... of the fire of civilization to them Cursed? ”

"In the Holy Record, they have always summed it up like this, blaming their predicament on the punishment and curse of the demons on this continent, but in fact, the Burning Blood Text has already exposed their true thoughts, and whenever humanity is facing a great predicament, that kind of heartfelt worry cannot be faked." Zhao Shen Lu Su or, and turned to a certain page in the second half of the holy record, "Feiyan Mountain landslide, two pioneer teams fell into the abyss at the same time, the two sect masters led the crowd to rescue, which lasted seven days, and finally rescued people in a desperate situation. This incident is only a few words in the text, but the Burning Blood text clearly records their awkward anxiety and eagerness at the time. ”

The Sect Master couldn't read the Burning Blood Script, but he could also imagine the situation at that time.

If it weren't for the heartfelt concern for human beings, it would be impossible for the two demon ancestors to be sincerely recognized by everyone in the world.

But why do they sincerely fear for the safety of humanity? Is this distortion of the mind influenced by the outside world? ”

Zhao Shenlu said: "I don't know, it may be due to the inhibition of the laws of heaven and earth, it may be that they overdid too much to transform themselves when they first disguised human beings, and of course it is more likely that it is because of ...... After the Demon Emperor was lost, the Demon Race had already lost its position to unite the crowd, and the Demon Race would unconsciously go with the flow. It's like if you have a dog for a long time, you will have feelings, and those two-headed demons can't help themselves. ”

"Can't help it, demons?" The Sect Master smiled bitterly, "Unbelievable. ”

At this time, Wang Jiu also spoke.

"The demons do have feelings, but individual feelings will be completely subservient to the instructions of the Demon Emperor and the instinct to kill...... After the battle of immortals and demons, the demon emperor died in battle, and no one gave any instructions to the demons, and the demons will naturally return to the chaotic nature of the beginning. And the race with a strong desire to survive will always have richer feelings. ”

"That's the case, so, should it be said that it was a mistake, or is there a force in the dark that caused all this to happen, in short, the story of the founder of the Holy Sect is almost here, and you should also know what happened later."

The Sect Master nodded, indicating that there was indeed no need to elaborate.

The two first generation of sect masters, after a long time, finally chose to go away when the mainland was calm.

They went to the Golden Cloud Peak, found the Temple of the God of War, the site of human civilization, saw the corpses of their kind, and then left behind that shocking hatred word.

"I see, that hateful word, that's how it should be explained...... As a demon, he became a saint of the human race, and he never found his own home in his life, but the end of his life ended in the temple of the god of war full of the corpses of his compatriots...... Such an experience, how can a hateful word. ”

"The above is the story of the two Holy Sect founders, and this trip is really worth it."