Chapter 1359: Demolishing the Bridge After Crossing It and Seeking the Skin of a Tiger
"There is no compromise between us and Buddhism." Ju Mang said coldly, not caring at all about offending Buddhism.
Although Wushen Cult has been very low-key in recent years, their core is still there, or the meaning of Wushen Cult's existence lies here.
The Wushen Cult once followed the successive human leaders to guide the human race forward. Later, for some reasons, they gave up their authority, but it does not mean that Wushen Cult will change their original foundation.
No matter the existence of the Demon Sect, Taoism, or Confucianism, no matter how their sects develop, the concept of human race will not disappear, and they will still think of it as human beings, and the spirit of fighting against heaven and earth will still exist.
On the contrary, the concept of Buddhism is considered heresy by Wushen Cult, which will wipe out the spirit of human race.
Of course, this does not mean that Buddhism must be bad. If it was bad from the beginning, then Buddhism would not have risen at all at the beginning, and all forces would not tolerate this.
As Buddhism rose and grew, their scriptures also underwent tremendous changes, and in this process, they also began to bring bad influences.
Therefore, in the eyes of the Wushen Cult, unless it is the Buddhism that returns to its origin, the Buddhism of today cannot compromise at all.
Zhu Jiuyin remained silent and did not express any opinion on this.
Even if he now recognizes the identity of the human race, he still has the memory of the ancient demon god. He only admires the unyielding spirit of the human race, or the spirit of the Wushen Cult at the beginning, but he cannot empathize with it. This is the difference between him and the other ancestor witches.
The many ancestor witches of the Wushen Cult seem to be the core of the Wushen Cult and have common interests, but it does not mean that their wills are completely consistent.
There are no two flowers that are the same in the world, let alone creatures that are exactly the same.
Zhu Jiuyin and Hou Tu Yuzun, they are demon gods who descended into this era from the ancient times. Even if they are human beings and recognize the identity of the human race, they will inevitably be affected by their former demon god identities. This is an inevitable thing that no one can deny.
They joined the Wushen Cult because they knew that the era of the demon gods had passed, and they could no longer restore the glory of the demon gods. They were outsiders to this era and needed to integrate into this era.
And there is no doubt that the Wushen Cult, which is the oldest force inherited from the human race, is the most tolerant and accepting place in some ways, compared with other sects and forces.
They recognized the Wushen Cult because they could be recognized by the people of the Wushen Cult, and they could also gain enough authority here to pursue their own interests, and at the same time they would not be rejected by the other strong men of the human race and would not be regarded as aliens.
These demon gods who returned from the ancient times have various attitudes. Even if all of them join the human race, they will be divided into several categories.
One category is the demon gods who know the times. They recognize that this era does not belong to them, and they cannot restore the status of stirring up the storm, so they make compromises and act under the guidance of the strong men of the human race.
One type is that they truly recognize the identity of the human race. They completely abandon everything about the demon god, just regard those things as past memories, start looking forward, and demand themselves as a human race.
There is another type, they recognize the identity of the human race, but also maintain the pride of the demon god, in a kind of close and distant attitude, will not oppose the human race, but will not necessarily really give without reservation.
The identities of these three types of strong people are not static, but are constantly changing, because the influence they receive in the human race is constantly changing them.
For Zhu Jiuyin, he initially chose to cooperate with the Wushen Cult, in addition to the fact that Zhu Jiuyin Zuwu was originally a part of his inheritance as a back-up, because here he can maximize his interests, can achieve his goals, and can also not be feared and rejected by other parties.
Even if he has lived in the Wushen Cult for so many years and constantly read the history of the human race, if he said that he could simply recognize everything about the human race and give wholeheartedly to the human race, let alone the Wushen Cult leader, even he himself would not believe it.
So he understood and agreed with Ju Mang's statement, but he couldn't really empathize with it.
The leader of the Wushen Cult and even many powerful people in the Wushen Cult knew this, but no one had ever questioned these things, because there was no need. Everyone's interests were the same now. Even if there were different views on some things, they could still seek common ground while reserving differences.
Ju Mang, the ancestor of the witch, also knew this. He did not continue to stay on this topic, but asked about another matter.
"You should have heard the news that Xuantian Sect wanted to recommend the five emperors of the human race. I wonder what you think about this?"
"The five emperors of the human race?" Zhu Jiuyin's eyes showed a gleam of brilliance, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Hehe."
The existence of the Wushen Cult was the priests of the original tribes of the human race. They were the existence in charge of power in the human tribes, guiding the future of the human tribes.
With the continuous unification of the human tribes, the emergence of the human leader, the human sacrifice became the biggest supporter of the human leader, assisting the human leader to rule the human race and make the human race stronger.
It can be said that even though the Xuantian Sect is the descendant of the Five Emperors of the human race, their relationship with the Five Emperors seems to be very close.
But if the Wushen Cult is to be honest, the relationship with the Five Emperors of the Human Race should be closer, and the two sides have cooperated for many years.
However, when the Wushen Cult proposed to revive many of the human race's leaders by replacing gods with humans, even though it took out some things, in fact, the internal part did not fully approve of this approach.
Even though these human leaders returned to this era later, the Wushen Cult still maintained its original attitude of not being far away from them, and it was not because the two sides had cooperated in the past and were ready to continue.
Now, hearing the news that the Xuantian Sect was ready to support the Five Emperors of the Human Race to ascend the throne, even Zhu Jiuyin, the returning demon god, was so dismissive of it.
"Are you going to help the other party and finally cross the river and destroy the bridge again?" Zhu Jiuyin sneered.
Even if he did not have such empathy for many things in the Wushen Cult, he recognized the Wushen Cult, and his interests were also tied to the Wushen Cult.
And the other party's words of crossing the river and destroying the bridge seemed to reveal a lot of information.
The witch priests at that time were in charge of the sacrificial authority of the human race. They were the most powerful existence under the human race's leader. They were at their peak. But why did the human race's leader still exist later, but many witch priests gradually disappeared, and finally established the Wushen Cult.
Now hearing Zhu Jiuyin's words, the news revealed seemed that the Wushen Cult did not take the initiative to make such a choice, but was forced to do so by others.
As a lineage of priests in charge of powerful authority in the human race, it seems that only the human race leaders are qualified and capable of forcing them to give up their authority and have to hide from the world.
If all this was caused by the human race leaders, then Zhu Jiuyin's current attitude and the reaction of the Wushen Cult at that time can all be explained.
Although Zhu Jiuyin was not a personal experiencer, the totem of Zhu Jiuyin's ancestor witch position was his backup. If it were not for the existence of the Wushen Cult, his backup might have failed.
And now as the ancestor witch of Wushen Cult, his interests are tied to Wushen Cult, so he is also a stakeholder if the authority of Wushen Cult is affected. From this standpoint, he will naturally not respond well to those human leaders.
"Yes, these people are not worth cooperating with!" Zhu Mang Zu Wu also has the same attitude, and does not think that cooperating with these people is a good choice.
After the witch priests supported these human leaders to master the authority of the human race, these people turned their faces and began to suppress many witch priests and constantly weaken their authority.
After countless years of struggle between the two sides and countless generations of human leaders, the lineage of witch priests finally gave up their authority for the overall situation of the human race and did not want to cause internal divisions in the human race, so they formed Wushen Cult and hid from the world.
Although it sounds a bit hypocritical to give up authority for the sake of the overall situation and the unity of the human race, in fact, it may be unable to resist the suppression of those human leaders.
But in any case, from the final result, the current Wushen Cult is the loser of the original struggle. They have suffered great losses. With the previous experience, they are naturally unwilling to repeat the same mistakes again.
"The leader has the same idea and has no intention of cooperating with them." Zhu Jiuyin said the attitude of the Wushen Cult leader.
Although it is not necessarily the leader who has the final say within the Wushen Cult, no matter what, as the leader, his right to speak is greater than that of other ancestor witches, and his attitude is enough to influence the thoughts of many people.
In the eyes of the Wushen Cult leader, if the Wushen Cult is not developing well now, there is this plan for the sake of interests, reluctantly compromise, and try it out.
But now the Wushen Cult is developing vigorously, it can be said to be in its heyday, why should we flatter those human leaders, why should we pretend to be with them.
To say something more arrogant, the Wushen Cult has been working hard for countless years since its establishment, not to do something, but at least it can make them qualified and confident to refuse things they don't want to do at certain times.
"Xuantian Sect supports them to ascend the throne. Don't joke around. Don't let others use you as a gun in the end." Ju Mang Zu Wu continued to sneer.
Not to mention that they decided not to cooperate with these human leaders, even if they wanted to cooperate, they would need to screen who they would cooperate with. At least Xuantian Sect was not qualified.
It's not that Xuantian Sect is no longer the largest sect now. Their strength is not enough to support the strong promotion of the human leader to the throne. Even if they have the strength, they still need to be on guard with Xuantian Sect's sitting back and watching.
"Xuantian Sect simply does not have the ability to push them to that position. Xuantian Sect's strength is not enough, unless there are other Daojuns supporting it." Zhu Jiuyin also thinks so.
Even if Xuantian Daojun of Xuantian Sect is an old Daojun, it is impossible for him to push the human leader to the throne by his own strength, even if the five emperors of the human race are Daojun-level strongmen.
Even if their Wushen Sect agrees, and they do this together, it is almost impossible to succeed.
After all, the position of the Heavenly Lord is of utmost importance. To hold the position of the Heavenly Lord requires sufficient power, otherwise it will be impossible to convince the people.
Even in today's Heavenly Court, the Dao Sect needs to unite all parties to give up some of their power to achieve this. How can it be achieved with the power of Xuantian Sect alone? If Xuantian Sect really has such great ability, why wait until today, why do such a thing, wouldn't it be better to cooperate directly with the Dao Sect?
Moreover, the attitudes of several Yuzun this time are enough to prove that none of the strong men who are qualified to ascend to that position are willing to be puppets. Once they are strong enough, they will inevitably backfire again.
Let alone Xuantian Sect does not have the strength to do that, even if they can do it, and then wait for the Five Emperors to have enough power to backfire again, their investment will be wasted. How is this possible?
So in Zhu Jiuyin's opinion, this matter is probably taken seriously by the human race leader, and he is afraid that he is really crazy and thinks that Xuantian Sect will help them.
"They are probably not really crazy and take it seriously, but because they find that their current situation is very embarrassing. There is only this opportunity in front of them. If they don't seize this opportunity, they will really lose it in the future. So even if they know that Xuantian Sect has bad intentions, they can only choose to seek the skin of the tiger." Ju Mang Zu Wu sneered.
Although he was very dissatisfied with those human leaders, the positions and interests of both sides determined that they would not be fellow travelers, but Ju Mang Zu Wu did not think that the other party would be so stupid.
Which of these human leaders is not a human shrewd? They have been in this era for so many years, how could they not recognize the current situation and not know that Xuantian Sect does not have such power.
But for these human leaders, they don't have too many choices. This is no longer their era. Except for their own power, they can no longer get back any of their former authority and have almost become invisible.
For these human leaders, if they want to regain authority and stand at the center of heaven and earth again, they must seize the opportunity to do something.
It has to be said that this is a good opportunity. Even though they know that Xuantian Sect is trying to use them, they cannot give up this opportunity. They have to choose to seek the skin of the tiger. Only in this way can there be a glimmer of hope. Even if there are some risks, they have no choice but to bite the bullet. (End of this chapter)