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Chapter 274 What is the Devil Way (Part )

The Blood River Demon Lord opened his mouth.

imagine?

I imagine the market, imagine?

Brother, you think too highly of me.

"It seems you can't imagine it."

Lu Wenwu shook his head with a hint of regret.

Given the current state of development in the world of immortal cultivation, it would probably be difficult for the Blood River Demon Lord to understand what "capital devours people" means, and even more difficult for him to understand what "capitalism" and the "cyberpunk era" are.

That method of killing people invisibly and manipulating the lives of a large number of low-level mortals with ease is more horrifying than the magic monks killing people with flying swords.

Are you kidding? How can killing people make money as quickly as this?

"It seems that it is too early to tell you this kind of thing now. Your social civilization structure has not yet developed to that stage. You can't imagine too many things that you have never seen before."

"Let me tell you something very simple and superficial. How do you understand the war between mortal nations?"

"War?" The Blood River Demon Lord was stunned. "That's not good. Wars between mortals will affect production and lead to a sharp decline in young and middle-aged people. After a large-scale war, the 'harvest' in the next few years will be affected."

"So this is why you have been using powerful force to forcibly mediate mortal wars?" Lu Wenwu asked with a smile.

The Blood River Demon Lord nodded: "Yes, although the war will bring a benefit in the short term, it is not a good thing for population growth in the long run. The number of mortals is too important to us."

I don’t know if this is some kind of hell joke.

Because population is so important to the Demonic Path, ever since the Blood River Demon Lord took control of the entire Demonic Path, the Demonic Path has used a smaller territory to support more mortals, and the number far exceeds that of the righteous path.

In order to prevent "production reduction" and to improve their cultivation, the vast majority of demon monks are trying their best to provide help to mortals under the rules set by the Blood River Demon Lord and forcibly eliminate war.

Except for some demon cultivators who are particularly picky about bones and bodies, other demon cultivators will mostly choose old and frail mortals when harvesting.

Just like raising chickens.

Fat and strong young hens and roosters should be kept to continue breeding, while old hens that can't lay eggs can be slaughtered directly for meat.

For the righteous, this doesn’t matter, just let it go.

For the demons, the number of mortals can actually determine whether they can break through to the next great realm and thus live a few hundred more years, so they are particularly concerned about it.

This unique social state is difficult to evaluate.

Not necessarily a joke, but definitely funny as hell, and very ironic.

Lu Wenwu said calmly: "You, the Demon Lord, still have a very shallow understanding of 'war'. Or rather, you don't know the huge benefits hidden in war."

"Those who achieve great things do not pay attention to small details. You should have heard this saying. If you want to achieve great things, you must first have a big vision. Yes, you do see further than ordinary demon cultivators, but you don't see far enough."

"I said this to a demon cultivator some time ago - play the long game and catch the big fish. Nothing ventured, nothing gained."

"I wonder if you have ever heard of a word - religion?"

"Religion?" The Blood River Demon Lord looked bewildered. "Are you referring to the so-called religious sacrifices in mortal countries?"

"It's somewhat similar, but not exactly the same." Lu Wenwu said, "Most mortals are short-sighted and follow the crowd blindly. Religion is a torch used to guide mortals' thoughts."

"For example, if you create a religion, well, let's call it prenatal education. First, you have to invent a 'god of immortality' and claim that he is omnipotent. At the same time, you create a few miracles to prove the existence of this god of immortality and make mortals believe in him."

"You should know that mortals don't believe in an immortal without reason. They must come to worship for something. At this time, you should spread the word that sincere worship of immortals will fulfill your wishes, and that abiding by religious precepts will accumulate merits. If you have enough merits, you will enjoy eternal bliss after death."

"Is it possible to do this?" Blood River Demon Lord was confused. "Will any mortal really believe this?"

Lu Wenwu shrugged: "I'm telling you now that if you work hard, I can help you ascend. My status and position are here. Do you believe it?"

The Blood River Demon Lord suddenly fell silent.

The credibility of the contemporary Dragon Emperor, combined with the golden signboard of the dragon clan, is simply invincible.

If the Dragon Emperor said he could take him to heaven, he would really believe it.

Similarly, in the world of immortal cultivation, if a cultivator who has reached the state of spiritual enlightenment wants to deceive a mortal, the mortal will definitely believe it.

To put it bluntly, religion is nothing more than empty promises to believers.

No one can prove that this pie does not exist, but it is possible to falsify information to deceive others into believing that this pie may exist.

As long as you make up some lies to make some people believe that the pie exists, and then others will believe it, a large number of people will be led to believe it because of the herd mentality.

What if it's true, right?
Lu Wenwu continued, "After building the framework of religion and the gods of faith through a series of biographies, it is time to formulate the laws that believers must abide by on a daily basis."

"For example, believers need to have more children. Having children is a great merit, and the more children you have, the more merit you gain. As long as you can give birth to fifty children, your soul will be able to ascend to the immortal world after death, enter the kingdom of the immortal god, and enjoy eternal bliss or something like that."

"At the same time, according to the rule of ascending to heaven after death through merit, corresponding punishments will be derived. For example, not having children is a sin, and not raising them seriously after giving birth is also a sin, and one will go to hell after death."

"In order to increase the subjective initiative of believers, they also use extremely flattering words to exaggerate how wonderful and happy the kingdom of God after death is. Once you go to hell, it will be many times more painful than your current life, and you will receive cruel punishments, etc."

"On a daily basis, you have to rely on the believers to guide their spirits through the biographies you compile, control their behavior through laws, and increase their work efficiency by making promises."

"When all this is done, a religion is probably complete."

The Blood River Demon Lord pondered for a moment and nodded seriously: "Your thoughts are like enlightenment. If we use this "religion" to control those mortals, the effect must be very good. They will be more obedient. But there is one thing I don't understand. What does this have to do with war?"

Lu Wenwu smiled slightly: "Then let me ask you, if you follow the same pattern and create a brother religion with completely opposite laws, but the immortals and gods are very similar, to the point that they are brothers, fathers and sons, and they also encourage having children, and the two countries each believe in a different religion, guess what will happen?"

"For example, here the rule is that you must eat pork every day. Eating charcoal-grilled pork belly every day is a way of honoring God. Eating beef is a blasphemy against God, because beef is the incarnation of God and pig is the enemy of God."

"The other side stipulates that eating cows is a way to show respect to God, pigs are the incarnation of God, and cows are the enemy of God."

Lu Wenwu did not continue speaking, as the expression on Blood River Demon Lord's face had become extremely interesting.

He answered subconsciously: "They will definitely regard each other as enemies, declare each other heretics, and start a crazy war to fight for who is orthodox!"

"And in order to win the war, for the sake of the law and merit, they will give birth to children like crazy, and eliminate heretics even more crazily! The hatred between the two sides will continue in the years of war until one side is completely destroyed!"

"Pap-pap-pap-pap."

"Congratulations, you have mastered the essence of religious war." Lu Wenwu clapped his hands.

“Once you succeed in causing a war between two countries through religion, it will be an unstoppable confrontation. At this point, you only need to give a little help when one side is about to fail, so that the fight will continue.”

The Blood River Demon Lord swallowed his saliva and said in a trembling voice: "Then this will become a war that will never stop. All mortals will be minced forever under the laws of nature."

"In order to avoid being destroyed by the other party and to destroy the other party, they must continue to multiply and expand their own tribe and country day and night without stopping, until 'I' leave, or some external force causes one side to completely disappear."

"Very good, this young man is teachable."

Lu Wenwu finally showed a satisfied smile.

The religious wars that actually took place on Blue Planet have continued for two thousand years, but they did not last forever.

This is because there are no real gods on the blue planet, nor are there two absolutely equal countries, nor are there unreasonable guys like immortal cultivators.

Even so, after fighting for so many years, a group of religious fanatics who even destroyed a country are still fighting openly and secretly.

Not to mention how intense the fight would be if it happened in a place like the world of immortal cultivation, with the constant guidance and intervention of demonic cultivators.

There are more mortal kingdoms in the world of immortal cultivation than on the blue planet!
There are countless of them, big and small, at least thousands!
If every country creates a religion and starts religious wars between them, the entire world of immortal cultivation will always be in the sphere of war.

Once this kind of world religious war of continental proportions begins, it will never be stopped.

With the level of science and technology in ancient times, it was impossible for a great emperor or a great country to emerge that could unify the world and eliminate all conflicts caused by different cultural beliefs.

Every moment a country is dying, and every moment a country is being established.

Once the situation becomes serious, even if all the righteous cultivators join hands, it will be impossible to pull this quagmire back on track.

This is no longer just a war.

It’s a dispute among mortals!

Unless all countries can achieve the divine right of kings as in ancient China, rather than divine right of kings.

Otherwise, this world religious war will be an unsolvable conspiracy!

Everyone fights for the beliefs in his heart and dies with a noble spirit.

The torrent is rolling forward and cannot be stopped by one person alone.

Oh, if the term "world religious war" seems unfamiliar, then if we change it to the word "calamity", would it sound more familiar?
Isn't this method of using religion or a series of other means to influence the world's situation and trigger a large-scale world war a common method used by the "saints" in classic ancient online novels?
Relying on starting wars and comprehending "luck" and "disaster" to practice, can this be called a saint?
Ha ha
Damn saint, he's almost a demon.

For a moment, the house fell into an eerie silence.

Ten minutes later, the body of the Blood River Demon Lord shook violently.

He staggered and almost fell to the ground.

He held onto the table beside him and gasped heavily. Sweat dripped down from his forehead. His whole body was soaked with sweat, as if he had been fished out of the water.

After listening to Lu Wenwu's detailed explanation, the Blood River Demon Lord finally understood what the true path of evil is!

His way was wrong!

The entire path of magic is wrong!

This can't be called magic at all.

At best, this person can only be called a bad guy among the immortal practitioners.

Just because someone kills many people or uses cruel methods doesn’t mean he can be called a demon.

During the ten minutes of intense brainstorming, the Dao heart that the Blood River Demon Lord had spent thousands of years to build was almost shattered.

If he was not a man of strong will, Lu Wenwu's words just now would probably have made him waste thousands of years of hard training in the East China Sea and lose everything in one day.

To be precise, the heart of Tao has basically been shattered into dregs.

But Lu Wenwu's words were like glue, constantly filling these gaps.

With the help of the will of the Blood River Demon Lord himself as glue, this almost broken heart of Tao was glued together again.

Seeing his current appearance, Lu Wenwu smiled more brightly and cheerfully: "It seems that you have figured out a lot of things."

The Blood River Demon Lord nodded heavily with extreme regret and unwillingness.

"Although I am reluctant to admit it, through your guidance, I have re-examined my inner self. I am afraid that I will never be able to embark on the true path of magic. For my entire life, I have only been wandering around on the path of immortality."

"You are right. I am not worthy of being called the Demon Lord. I can't be the kind of demon you are talking about, nor can I become that kind of demon. I only know how to practice and kill people."

“I may never be able to ascend.”

When he finished speaking, the Blood River Demon Lord lowered his head dejectedly, and his voice became lower and lower.

But who would have thought that Lu Wenwu would burst out laughing instead: "Haha. You are cultivating the way of immortality and pursuing the immortal world. What does not becoming a demon have to do with ascending to heaven? You think too highly of yourself. Not to mention that you can't become a demon, no one in this world can truly become a demon! Including me."

The Blood River Demon Lord raised his head in surprise, feeling a little at a loss.

You just said so much that it almost broke my faith. Now you tell me that no one in the world can become a demon?

You are kidding me!

Lu Wenwu chuckled and said, "Whether it's you or me, before we embark on the path of cultivation, we are all human beings first. As long as we are human, we still have shackles in our hearts. The worst is just lawful evil, which is still the camp of order."

"Since you have examined your own heart and believe that you are not capable of becoming a true demon, then why not correct yourself, clean yourself up and return to the path of immortality. You demons have studied many interesting methods, but it would be a waste to only use them to commit evil."

Go the right way?
It does not matter!

Compared to this, the Blood River Demon Lord cares more about something else.

"You say you are a human?"

Lu Wenwu smiled and released the Dragon King's Crown: "Why, humans can't be Dragon Kings? Is the human body so inconvenient?"

(End of this chapter)