(Congratulations to Centenary Xin for becoming the new leader of this book. Thank you.)
This kind of sacrifice was full of Eastern and Western colors.
Before the Eastern World War, there had to be a sacrificial ceremony or beheading the enemy as a sacrifice.
On the other hand, the Western world was even more mysterious and cruel.
Sacrifice, to a certain extent, was sacrificing oneself. But Archduchess Debose would not sacrifice herself, she could only sacrifice her family.
But she had no children, and her brother had already been beheaded in public.
Without family, she could only make relatives, and a husband was naturally considered a relative.
And since the Witch Empire was Eastern, she had to find an Eastern man to be her husband.
This kind of sacrifice target could not be randomly chosen. It had to be a man of noble blood, the kind of man who gathered the essence of heaven and earth.
So Duchess Debose issued a bounty for a noble, one-in-a-million handsome man. The bounty was three thousand gold coins.
Immediately, the mercenaries and pirates of the Western world searched everywhere for such a handsome man.
But after searching for more than half a year, they only found three.
Some might ask why Shen Lang won that test. Although his answer was mysterious, it was completely perfunctory.
In fact, Shen Lang would win no matter how bad his answer was, because his temperament and image far surpassed those two competitors.
Duchess Debose and the other Vulcan priests had already chosen Shen Lang. The so-called test was just a formality.
After choosing a candidate, they had to get married for real, and have intimate relations between husband and wife.
A hundred days, a total of nineteen days.
Every time they made out, it had to be full of ceremony.
Only then would they appear pious, only then would they not be deceiving the Vulcan, and only then would they be blessed by the Vulcan.
That was why Shen Lang's treatment in Bijin City was so strange. He was the Archduchess' husband, but everyone avoided him like a snake or a scorpion.
Because he was a sacrifice, and even an ominous object.
… …
Shen Lang was firmly tied to a wooden frame.
His expression was very calm, without any nervousness or fear.
After being tied up, a few Vulcan priests carried him to a ship.
The ship was decorated magnificently, but it was also piled with firewood.
A few priests of the God of Fire surrounded Shen Lang on the wooden frame and sang the Song of the God of Fire, as if they were praying.
The whole ceremony seemed strange and deep. Everyone on the shore knelt on the ground in an orderly manner.
Fifteen minutes later, the ceremony was over.
Then, Archduchess Deborah walked over to the wooden shelf and looked at Shen Lang.
"Before you die, are you willing to tell me your true name?" Debus asked.
Shen Lang smiled and said nothing.
"I've said it before. Great Yan belongs to Great Yan, and the west belongs to the west," Debus said.
Shen Lang said, "But this land, including most of the land of the Xilun Dynasty, does not belong to you. You came from the northern world."
This was also what Shen Lang had learned from the books.
This continent originally belonged to the aboriginals, the Veda Race, the Veda Race, and so on. This land spanned over twenty to thirty million kilometers, and belonged to over a hundred aboriginals.
And the ancestors of the Xilun Dynasty all came from the Northernmost World that was thousands of miles away.
They were not the owners of this land. They were merely conquerors.
Why did the ancestors of the Xilun Dynasty leave their homeland and head south? What happened in the Northernmost World? This was completely unknown. There was no mention of it in the books.
Duchess Debus said, "At least we came first."
Shen Lang asked, "What happened in the Northernmost World? Why did your ancestors have to go south and cross the ocean? "
"I don't know," Debus replied.
For some reason, when the Northernmost World was mentioned, Shen Lang thought of the White Jade Capital. Places with snow belonged to the White Jade Capital.
Debus said, "Didn't you always want to kiss me before? Before you die, I can give you one. "
Then, she touched her lips with her index finger. Then, she touched Shen Lang's lips.
'Is she still so arrogant?'
"I don't care what your previous identity was. It's your honor to die as Duke Russo's husband."
Shen Lang said, "Before I die, I have a request."
Duchess Debus said, "I've already given you a kiss."
Shen Lang said, "No, please pull up my mask. I really don't want to see your face."
Duchess Debus's beautiful face twitched slightly. "As you wish."
Then, Duchess Debus found the mask on top of Shen Lang's head and pulled it down.
"Rest in peace!"
With that, Duchess Debus left the ship and returned to the dock.
The sailor untied the rope, and the wind blew the ship to the east. Because the place where Duchess Debus was going to battle was in the east.
The ship drifted farther and farther away, until it was more than 300 meters away.
At this time, Duchess Debus was not in a hurry. She lit a fire arrow, nocked an arrow, and pointed it at the sky.
"Whoosh …" An arrow suddenly shot out.
The fire arrow drew an arc in the air and accurately landed on the firewood in front of Shen Lang.
"Phew …"
The flames suddenly ignited and burned fiercely in an instant.
Shen Lang, who was on the wooden frame, instantly became a man of fire.
"Ah … Ah … Ah …"
He let out an incomparably shrill scream, which made people's hair stand on end.
Looking at the burning Shen Lang, the people on the shore fell into a carnival.
"Burn the Easterners, burn the foreign species."
"Kill all the Easterners, long live Xilun, long live Xilun …"
"Kill the Witch Empire!"
At the same time!
"Boom, boom, boom …"
The ship on which Shen Lang was on burst into incomparably bright fireworks.
The entire ship was engulfed in flames, instantly covering the entire ship.
These fireworks were not set by Shen Lang, but by the Vulcan priests. This might not be good news, because they invented gunpowder instead.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom …"
"Ah … Ah … Ah …"
The bright fireworks, the burning ship, and the screams of Shen Lang instantly made the people on the shore fall into a carnival and excitement.
The cruelty and desire for destruction in their hearts were perfectly released.
"Kill the Witch Empire, kill all the Easterners!"
The Vulcan priests shouted, "The Vulcan has given us a response. This expedition will undoubtedly win."
"Great victory!"
"Great victory!"
Debus ordered loudly, "The army, board the ship, set out for the Witch Empire!"
Following her order, more than a hundred thousand soldiers boarded the ship majestically.
One after another, the ships sailed towards the east, set out for the Witch Empire!
… …
A few days later!
An ordinary ship was sailing in the direction of the Witch Empire.
This was a grain transport ship. In this war against the Witch Empire, Duke Debus's family was not the only one. A total of more than a dozen families participated in this war, but Debus was one of the key figures in it.
Because of what she said, the Xilun Dynasty was torn apart, and the Witch Empire took advantage of it.
The Witch Empire relied on the wind of freeing the slaves and instantly gained an uncountable number of troops. They swept through the entire southern sea of Xilun and disintegrated the rule of dozens of families.
The aristocrats of the original Xilun Dynasty were either eliminated or surrendered. The slavery system was abolished, and they declared their loyalty to the Witch Empire.
In just a few years, the Witch Empire had more than a hundred city-states, 3.9 million square kilometers of territory, more than a quarter of the Xilun Dynasty.
It was also because of the invasion of the Witch Empire that caused the remaining noble families of the Xilun Dynasty to unite and form the Third Empire of Xilun. After preparing for more than a year, they finally launched an all-out attack on the Witch Empire.
Thus, this battle was much, much bigger than Shen Lang had imagined it to be.
Debus mobilized more than a hundred thousand soldiers, but the civilian ships she hired exceeded five hundred. All of them were used to transport military rations and supplies.
It had already been more than half a month since Debus's army set out.
The owner of this ship was called Hill. She was a Vader, and her father used to be a pirate who died at sea. She inherited this ship, but she did not want to be a pirate, so she became a sea merchant.
She was twenty-nine years old this year, a strong and valiant woman. She was also a widow, because she killed her husband at her wedding in front of hundreds of guests.
Of course, she was acquitted in the end, because her husband was suspected of murdering her father in an attempt to seize this ship.
But killing her husband was too horrifying, so no one dared to marry Hill, even though she was strong and beautiful. She also used this reputation to deter all the men who wanted to seize her ship. These years, her business had been successful.
When her father was a pirate, he only had one ship, but now she had five ships, three hundred sailors, and two hundred wandering warriors.
Her business was doing well because she dared to fight. She dared to go to the seas that others did not dare to go. She dared to go to tribes that others did not dare to go.
Every time she went on an adventure, she could bring back boatloads of gems.
But it was a pity that she was a Vader, not a white man. She could never become a noble, nor could she have her own castle.
She was very rich, but every time she entered Bi Jin City, even if she saw a poor and dejected white man, she would still step aside.
This filled her with anger, and she wanted to draw her sword and kill one or two white men.
This land clearly belonged to the Vader people, so why did the white people of Xilun have to be so high and mighty?
Now, her five ships had been commandeered by Duchess Debose, and she had no way to resist.
In these seas, no one dared to go against Duchess Debose's will, including the entire Bi Bo Duchy.
Duchess Debose had killed countless people, including her own brother. She was known as the Bloody Duchess.
… …
"Captain!"
"Captain!"
Wherever Hill passed, all the sailors bowed to pay their respects. All the wandering warriors breathed heavily, but their gazes were on the deck.
Hill had learned swordsmanship since she was young, and had cleaved through the waves in the sea. She had great strength, strong swordsmanship, and was vicious and merciless.
There had once been someone who looked at her butt disrespectfully, but he was stabbed blind.
Her butt was too eye-catching. It was perfectly shaped and shockingly perky.
Having fought in the sea all year round, she had a healthy and beautiful figure, full of strength, and extremely hot.
But all the men who tried to do something to her on the ship were either killed or castrated by her.
So in these few years, not only did no man dare to touch her, no one even dared to look at her directly. They could only desperately fantasize in their minds.
She was a Black Widow, a Black Widow who killed without batting an eyelid.
This Black Widow went all the way to the bottom of the ship and entered her own cabin.
A lazy man was lying there, reading a book. He was incomparably handsome.
Black Widow Hill went forward and kissed the man passionately. Soon, the two of them rolled together, burning wildly.
She was a very passionate woman, so she had to bite something in her mouth to prevent herself from making a sound.
"My dear, my most beloved, why don't you listen to me, dress up a little, and then return to the deck? You stay in this cabin every day. My heart aches … "Black Widow Scheer said with a trembling voice.
She kissed the man's lips greedily.
The man said, "If those ingredients were applied to my face, it would be bad for my skin. The last time I was burned at the stake already caused damage to my skin. It took me a whole ten days to get rid of the red spots."
This man was, of course, Shen Lang.
The fire didn't burn him to death. Of course, it couldn't burn him to death.
Because he had predicted this sacrifice two or three months in advance, he had once wanted to rely on his beauty to sacrifice this sacrifice, but he had failed. Debus was an absolutely outstanding aristocrat, and she would never let her emotions affect her willpower. Hence, when Shen Lang displayed some particularly outstanding qualities, she would instead become even colder.
If the beauty trick didn't work, then what about finding a way to escape?
It also didn't work, because he seemed to be free, but no matter where he went, there were more than a dozen pairs of eyes secretly watching him.
A white swan couldn't hide in a flock of black swans.
He began to understand the fire sacrifice.
If it was a war on land, then the fire sacrifice would be carried out on land.
But if it was a war on the sea, then the sacrifice would be carried out on the sea.
So the fire sacrifice was his only chance to escape. Remember his hot air balloon cloth? The craftsmanship was very advanced. There were a total of three layers.
A waterproof layer, a sandwich layer, and a fireproof layer.
The waterproof layer was tarpaulin. What was the fireproof layer? Of course, it was asbestos cloth.
Our country already had asbestos cloth in the Zhou Dynasty. It was called fire-washing cloth. This cloth was very magical. After it got dirty, it only needed to be thrown into the fire to burn and it would immediately look brand new.
Moreover, this asbestos cloth's fireproof properties were absolutely top-notch. At a temperature of 1400 degrees Celsius, it could last for more than three hours without deforming. It would gradually melt at 1700 degrees Celsius. Normal flames would at most reach a few hundred degrees.
Moreover, asbestos ore was very, very widely distributed. It wasn't as rare as saltpeter. Especially serpentine ore, it was simply innumerable.
These asbestos ore contained natural asbestos fibers, but most of them were very short, only a few millimeters long. The long ones were also only about two centimeters, but the longest ones could be about ten centimeters.
When the State of Wu attacked Raging Tidewater, Shen Lang had already begun to develop fireproof materials. He produced a large amount of asbestos cloth, and even some fireproof gels.
This kind of asbestos cloth was once considered a strategic material by Shen Lang. It wasn't even put into the market at all.
But he didn't expect that it would never be used. Its greatest use was actually for the sails of ships and the hot air balloon cloth.
Also, the fireproof gels he produced were absolutely superb.
At that time, in order to escape from Ning Han and Ji Xuan's army on the sea, Shen Lang needed to ignite the hot air balloon in the cabin to heat it up.
The temperature was astonishing. If one wasn't careful, they would be burned, so they needed to coat it with fireproof gels.
And this fireproof gels could insulate a high temperature of more than a thousand degrees Celsius.
Two months ago, Shen Lang began to prepare for this execution by fire in advance.
First of all, he didn't wear silk clothes. Instead, he wore cotton and linen, and he even sewed his own clothes.
This was because cotton and linen were more similar in appearance to asbestos cloth.
Not only that, Shen Lang could also make his own skin care products and smear them on his face and body every day, just so that one day he could apply fireproof gels to cover himself.
God had mercy, Shen Lang really didn't have it easy.
The fireproof gels weren't poisonous, but the asbestos cloth was.
On the day of the execution by fire, Shen Lang wore several layers and applied a thick layer of fireproof gels.
Of course, no one had any suspicions, because Shen Lang had done this one or two months ago.
And the asbestos cloth was snow-white, very beautiful, completely like normal clothes.
Therefore, Shen Lang's protective work was absolutely done to the extreme. When the fire burned, the outer layer of his clothes was completely burned, turning him into a flaming man.
Then he let out a mournful scream.
This scream was real. He didn't think it would be so uncomfortable, so painful.
Even though his whole body was fireproof, and he even wore an asbestos mask at the last moment, which could insulate him from the high temperature.
But it was still very uncomfortable, that feeling of suffocation, that burning feeling.
He was still too delicate. Many of the stuntmen in the movies were burned several times a day, and their whole bodies were also burning.
When the whole ship was in flames, the flames on Shen Lang's body were extinguished, because all the combustibles had been burned. Shen Lang took the opportunity to turn over and dive into the sea, escaping without a trace.
Two days later, under the cover of night, he sneaked into a ship, which was the ship of the Black Widow, Hill.
Fortunately, his incomparably handsome face didn't suffer too much damage, but a lot of his hair was destroyed. But Shen Lang used a knife to cut his hair into a medium short hair, which was still a handsome hairstyle.
Hill was a Black Widow, who had killed countless people, and no one could be within a few meters of her cabin. After all, she was also at this age, and sometimes she would do some more embarrassing things, so people couldn't hear her movements.
When she returned to her cabin, she found a dying, but incomparably handsome man lying inside.
"I am the husband of Duke Debose, the eastern man who was burned to death. I don't know why I didn't die. You can hand me over, and you will definitely get a reward."
Debose didn't lack money. She had money, but what she lacked was status. But because of her race, her status could never be changed.
Therefore, Duke Debose could only threaten her, and couldn't show her kindness.
This time, her fleet was originally going out to sea to trade, but it was forcibly requisitioned, and her heart was filled with anger.
So how could she hand over Shen Lang?
Well, it wasn't too clear to put it this way.
Put yourself in her shoes. If you were a man, and there was suddenly a delicate beauty in your room, one in a million, and you were very rich, would you hand her over for a reward? And a monarch that you hate?
No way!
Just like that, Shen Lang hid in the Black Widow Hill's cabin.
Just eight hours later, the two of them fell asleep.
In this small room, it was very normal for a man/a widow/a woman to have sex.
Moreover, Master Lang was so shockingly handsome, and the Black Widow Hill was already 29 years old. She was originally a passionate woman, but because she killed her husband on the wedding day, she became a Black Widow. In order to protect her family's property, she had to use cruel and ruthless methods to frighten the men who wanted to take over her fleet.
In fact, she was almost like a volcano that was about to erupt.
From then on, the two of them had sex every day, and Master Lang's waist and kidneys were once again tested.
Even after a few months of learning, he was still not fluent in the Vida language. However, he had only used 30% of his power to tease this black widow woman ship owner to death. Her love had almost completely drowned Shen Lang.
The only bad thing was that after this woman tasted the fruit for the first time, she was like a glutton. The key thing was that her martial arts skills were high, and she was strong. Master Lang really couldn't handle it.
But in less than ten days, she also started to feel sorry for Master Lang. She thought of ways to nourish him, and at the same time, she forcefully suppressed her own desires.
Shen Lang displayed all kinds of outstanding talents in front of her, and he simply made the Black Widow Hill fall head over heels for him.
Hill was a sea merchant, and these years, she had only come into contact with merchants and pirates. Most of them were greedy and vulgar.
They had never seen a person like Shen Lang, refined, noble, peerlessly handsome, and brimming with talent.
Even though he had just learned the Vida language, he could already write creepy poems.
"You're the cutest, when I said it, I didn't have time to think, and after thinking, I still said it.
"There will no longer be a moonlit night like that, with a blurry light, through the dark forest, pouring the quiet radiance, faintly, faintly illuminating my lover's beauty."
Such poems flowed out of Shen Lang's mouth like water. Every word he said was like a captivating wine.
Shen Lang also shouted in his heart, "I've finally come to the Western world. This way, the poems of the great Pushkin and Shelley will no longer be lonely."
To be honest, if it was used to flirt with girls, the Western poems were still more direct, because they were shameless.
Moreover, a woman like the Black Widow Hill was a sea merchant on the surface, but because of her race, she desperately wanted to improve her status and taste after becoming rich, so she especially yearned for literature and art.
Unlike Deborah, literature and art were just decorations, and power was the eternal pursuit.
In just half a month, Hill had said "I love you" at least a thousand times.
… …
When Shen Lang felt that his skin had recovered, he still disguised himself and went to the deck.
What did he disguise himself as?
He did not want to say, not at all.
But for some reason, a blonde beauty even more beautiful than Hill appeared on the deck, causing countless pirates and wandering warriors to fall head over heels for her.
Then, everyone guessed that the Black Widow Hill did not like men, only women. This would explain why the Black Widow would kill her husband.
… …
The following time was not a happy one.
Because Shen Lang saw one naval battle after another.
The scale of the unprecedented naval battle far exceeded the battle between him and Xue Che's fleet.
Hundreds of warships were still fighting crazily on the surface of the sea, and the flames of war were everywhere for hundreds of miles.
On one side was the flag of the Third Empire of Xilun.
On the other side was the flag of the Witch Empire.
Shen Lang finally saw what the Witch Empire's flag looked like. It was actually the head of a Medusa, no wonder it was called the Witch Empire.
The entire battle line on the surface of the sea stretched for nearly a thousand miles.
It was unprecedentedly grand.
The navy of both sides exceeded hundreds of thousands.
This scale of war dazzled Shen Lang's soul.
Shen Lang had been sailing on the sea for more than a month. Because of the frequent stops, the total distance still exceeded eight to nine thousand miles.
In the next half a month, he saw battles almost every day.
Middle-scale and large-scale naval battles were innumerable.
This caused Shen Lang to continuously increase the scale of this war.
Also, he was very confused. Why not two super fleets fight on the sea?
It seemed like dozens of fleets from both sides were fighting everywhere on the sea?
Black Widow Hill explained to Shen Lang. Because the Third Empire of Xilun was not unified, it had dozens of allied armies.
The Witch Empire was also not a complete empire, it was made up of dozens of liberated city-states.
That was why there were scenes of battles everywhere.
Shen Lang and Hill could see that the situation was very unfavorable for the Witch Empire.
The Witch Empire also had many fleets and armies, but they were like a plate of loose sand, unprofessional.
Dozens of city-states were fighting on their own. These slaves had just been liberated, so the fighting power of their armies was still very low.
Shen Lang said, "Most of the Witch Empire's armies are liberated slaves. And Debus also used a large number of slave armies. Why would her slave armies not betray and join the Witch Empire? Because that is the motherland of the slaves. "
Black Widow Scheer said, "Most of the freed slaves of the Witch Empire are brown people. There are also a few white and yellow people. And the slaves that Duke Debus hired are all black people. They are very strong and valiant, but they have no concept of freedom and are absolutely obedient. And the Fire God Sect uses divine authority, faith, and drugs to control this slave army. "
Shen Lang finally understood why Debus was so tightly bound to the High Priest of the Fire God.
Next, the ships stopped heading east and turned north.
The Third Empire of Xilun's army's orders kept changing. Because the war was smoother than expected, the landing point of the merchant ships kept extending.
Finally, the final order came.
Hill's merchant ships landed at Shiwa City.
"Even Shiwa City has fallen?" Hill said with a complicated expression.
Shiwa City was the most prosperous city-state on the east coast of the Witch Empire. It was the second largest city of the Witch Empire, but it was also occupied by the Xilun Empire's army.
"We need to land at Shiwa City, unload all the supplies, and immediately return to Bi Jin City." Hill said, "The Third Empire of Xilun's army is preparing to launch the final attack on the Witch Empire's capital."
The situation had already developed to this stage? They had already attacked the Witch Empire's capital?
Shen Lang finally asked, "What is the name of the Witch Empire's Queen?"
He wanted to hear the name Chou Yao Er.
Black Widow Hill said, "Medusa!"
Eh?
What did that mean?
Was the Witch Empire's Queen Chou Yao Er?
"Have you seen the Witch Empire's Queen?" Shen Lang asked.
Black Widow Hill shook her head and said, "No. Rumor has it that those who have seen her either become her subordinates or die!"
This seemed like Chou Yao Er's style.
Was this Queen Medusa really Chou Yao 'er?
Could he only rely on Shen Lang to verify it himself?
The ship docked at the Witch Empire's East Coast's biggest city, Shiwa City.
"Let's go, my love!" Hill said, "After we return, we will immediately leave Bi Jin City and go to an island that Duke Debus can't reach. We will live there. I have a huge manor on Paradise Island with many servants. We can have children there and live happily ever after."
"After we reach Paradise Island, we will immediately get married. I will also stop sailing and sell all the ships. From now on, we will be the owners of Paradise Island. There are countless vineyards there, as well as many hunting and breeding grounds."
"Over there, you can live a life of splendor and wealth. If you are willing, our second child will inherit my surname, and the rest of our children will inherit your surname. However, each of our children will have the right to inherit property. "
"My love, I have more money and wealth than you can imagine. I don't want you to wander around aimlessly anymore."
That morning, Hill and Shen Lang were together again. Then, she pleaded in Shen Lang's ear.
Shen Lang sighed and said, "Beautiful Hill, the flames of Bi Jin City did not burn me to death, but you have melted my heart. I really want to follow you to Paradise Island, but I'm sorry, I have to go to the capital of the Witch Empire."
Scheer sobbed, "Why? What does Queen Medusa have to do with you? Could it be that you love Queen Medusa? She is untouchable by mortals. She is not a normal human at all. "
Shen Lang sighed in his heart. I also feel that she is not human, but she might be the mother of my child.
In reality, Shen Lang did not know whether the Witch Empire's Queen Medusa was Chou Yao 'er or not.
This was because the Queen had been greatly mythologized.
Relying on her own strength, she destroyed dozens of city-states and used less than three years to establish a large empire of four million square kilometers.
But regardless of whether she was Chou Yao Er or not, Shen Lang had to see for himself.
"Goodbye, beautiful Hill. I have to go to the Witch Empire's capital to witness something."
… …
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