Chapter 178 Zashiki-warashi
Chapter 178 Zashiki-warashi
The situation that the Ancient Tomb Empire is facing now is either a slow death or a slow death.
Or take a chance, there is still a possibility of reversal.
"Your Majesty, the ginseng fruit has been lost, but this may be an opportunity for us."
The current great general of the empire, Soga Akechi, said: "More than 20 countries were trying to rob the ginseng fruit in the Nanzhao Bay, but they were all caught in the Misty Forbidden Zone. Now, more than 20 countries must be holding a grudge against the Misty Forbidden Zone and want to get rid of it as soon as possible."
Swish!
Everyone around looked at Soga Akechi.
Soga no Akechi is the younger brother of the former imperial commander Soga no Seitoku.
He is also the current head of the Soga family.
Soga Akechi continued, "We, the Kofun Empire, can simply use the destruction of the Mist Forbidden Zone as an excuse to get other countries to invest resources in us."
"But how do we destroy the Mist Forbidden Zone?"
"This is the key. If we don't let the other countries believe that we can really destroy the Mist Forbidden Zone, they won't be stupid enough to support us."
Other ministers said.
Soga Akechi glanced at Emperor Guangren, then slowly said, "Spiritual communication!"
"What? Psychic?"
The ministers were shocked.
"good."
Soga Akechi said: "Tell the other nations that we need a large amount of spirit stones to set up a spiritual formation and summon the spirits of our Ancient Burial Mound Empire.
Everyone in the world knows that our Ancient Tomb Empire was founded by excavating the ancient tombs of great immortals, and we have the ability to communicate with the immortals in the ancient tombs of great immortals."
"Shut up."
An old man with a white beard said: "My Ancient Burial Mound Empire may have been able to communicate with many immortals in the past, but now it can only communicate with one immortal, and that is Zashiki-warashi.
The condition for summoning Zashiki-warashi is to sacrifice 10 million people."
Many other people present also had angry looks on their faces.
Sacrificing tens of millions of people is something that is shocking just to hear about.
If they really did it, they would undoubtedly become the most brutal rulers in the history of the Ancient Tomb Empire and even the human race.
“History is written by the victors.”
Soga Akechi said: "Throughout history, there has never been a shortage of kind people, but if they fail, they will become incompetent cowards in the eyes of future generations.
On the other hand, as long as those cruel people succeed, their cruelty will be praised by future generations.
For example, Gongsun Nu, the founding general of Daxia, once killed millions of enemy soldiers, but was listed as a "God of War" in Daxia history books.
What's more, the area of the empire near the East China Sea is already out of our control. Even if we don't kill them, they will be eaten by sea monsters sooner or later, or surrender to them.
Rather than that, it is better to let them make their final contribution to the empire."
The ministers fell silent.
"What are you still hesitating about?"
Soga Akechi shouted, "Do you really want to sit back and watch the Kofun Empire fall?"
"I agree."
"For the sake of the Ancient Tomb Empire, let us bear the name of being unkind."
The other ministers had no choice but to agree.
The most important thing is that this matter was proposed by Soga no Akechi, and finally had to be agreed by Emperor Kōnin before it could be carried out.
Then the main blame was borne by Soga no Akechi and Emperor Kōnin.
The decision was passed in the court that day.
Emperor Guangren used this as an excuse to send a note to ambassadors of various countries.
All the countries were shocked. They didn't expect that the Ancient Tomb Empire would be so bold.
If the Ancient Tomb Empire is really willing to sacrifice its own people, then they don't mind paying some resources.
Immediately, batches of spirit stones were transported from various countries to the Ancient Tomb Empire.
Twenty-seven countries participated in the program.
A total of 1,700 tons of spirit stones encountered the Ancient Tomb Empire.
The Ancient Tomb Empire's own treasury only had two hundred tons of spiritual stones in reserve.
It can be said that the Kofun Empire became rich overnight.
You have to know that even a superpower like Da Xia only has more than 3,000 tons of spirit stones in reserve.
But if the Ancient Tomb Empire receives this amount of spiritual stones, it must fulfill its promise.
Otherwise, the Kofun Empire would become the public enemy of the twenty-seven nations.
"How many spirit stones did Daxia give us this time?"
Emperor Guangren asked curiously.
"No, Daxia refuses to give us spirit stones."
Soga Akechi said.
"Why?"
Emperor Guangren couldn't understand. "The Misty Forbidden Zone is right in Daxia's territory. It is a major threat to Daxia. Why don't they give us the spirit stones?"
"We cannot fathom the thoughts of the Great Emperor of Daxia."
Soga Akechi said.
"Forget it, don't worry about him."
Emperor Guangren said: "The spirit stone has been obtained, the general can go and set up the spirit communication formation."
An hour later.
The Soga family.
"Brother, I see you are very busy these days, what happened?"
A voice as gentle as water said.
Soga Akechi's expression warmed up.
The person who spoke was his younger sister, Soga Showa.
"Brother, I will avenge you."
Soga Akechi said.
"Revenge for me?"
Soga Showa was quite surprised.
"Not long ago, you were nearly killed by the old mist demon."
Soga Akechi said: "Now the empire has united the twenty-seven nations and decided to set up a great spiritual summoning formation to summon the Zashiki-warashi.
By then, I will be able to kill the old mist monster and avenge you."
Soga Showa's face changed.
"what happened to you?"
Soga Akechi was very surprised, "Aren't you happy that the old mist demon is going to die?"
Soga Showa smiled happily, "Of course I'm happy, but this happened too suddenly. And to summon Zashiki-warashi, wouldn't it mean sacrificing tens of millions of people?"
Soga Akechi frowned, then stared at Soga Showa and said, "Many people think that what I did is cruel. Don't you support me, sister?"
"No, I'm totally supportive of you."
Soga Showa said firmly.
Soga Akechi immediately smiled and said, "I know that even if the world doesn't understand, you will definitely understand me, sister.
Okay, sister, I still have to go set up the formation, so I can't come back during this period, so you can arrange yourself."
After saying that, he left.
After he left, Soga Showa's thoughts immediately descended into the void of faith.
"Master Shenshu is in trouble."
Soga Showa hurriedly said: "The Kofun Empire has planned to set up a spiritual formation to summon the fairy Zashiki-warashi to deal with you."
"Faeries?"
"Is this fairy very powerful?"
Other people with hearts of faith were alarmed and became extremely curious about this.
Soga Showa said seriously: "Four thousand years ago, the Kofun Empire's Ooja no Mikoto discovered the Daisen Kofun and established the Kofun Empire.
Three thousand years ago, even the Yuhua Immortal Dynasty was destroyed, but the Ancient Tomb Empire continued to exist by relying on the heritage of the ancient tombs of the great immortals.
After the spirit withered, the Ancient Tomb Empire could summon fewer and fewer immortal spirits, but it never stopped.
To this day, the Kofun Empire is still able to summon Zashiki-warashi.
Zashiki-warashi, in the Yuhua Immortal Dynasty, was an existence infinitely close to immortality. Even though he is not as strong now, he is still terrifying. "
"If the fairies are so powerful, why didn't the Tomb Empire summon them before?"
Su Qianqian wondered, "If the Ancient Tomb Empire had summoned the immortals earlier, they would probably have been able to dominate the world."
Soga shook his head and said, "Summoning immortals is too costly. We must summon Zashiki-warashi, set up a spiritual formation, and consume thousands of tons of spirit stones.
In addition, tens of millions of lives will have to be sacrificed.”
Upon hearing this, all the capable men in the Faith Void were enraged.
"Sacrificing tens of millions of lives? The Ancient Tomb Empire is simply crazy."
"It seems that this Shiki-donji is really terrifying."
The generals were angry but also extremely solemn.
Just to summon Zashiki-warashi, thousands of tons of spirit stones would be consumed and tens of millions of lives would be sacrificed.
This Fu Tongzi is probably not an immortal, but he is almost an immortal.
They must have strong confidence in the sacred tree.
After all, the sacred tree belongs to an immortal god and cannot be harmed by mortals or ordinary things.
But if the opponent is also a fairy or god-like being, the situation will undoubtedly be different.
The communication within the faith void naturally could not be hidden from Su Mu.
Su Mu suddenly became cautious about this.
"I already know the matter."
After saying this, Su Mu did not make any further responses.
This happened in the Ancient Tomb Empire, and it was definitely too late for him to stop it.
Now he had to consider how to resist the attack of Zashiki-warashi.
Su Mu was not too worried.
Maybe Zashiki-warashi is very strong.
But the spiritual energy of this world is limited and cannot sustain attacks that are too strong.
Therefore, even if Zashiki-warashi is truly an immortal, the destructive power he exerts will not exceed the sixth level.
What Su Mu couldn't guarantee was what level of lethality this was.
If it is of the sixth-grade top grade, it will also be a big trouble for him.
The biggest trouble is that there is no way to protect the creatures under the Misty Forbidden Zone.
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