Chapter 1355: The Garden of Pillars, History of Sin, Curse of Fate

Two days later, many pilgrims joined the team, and they arrived at the ruins of the "Garden of a Thousand Pillars" to the north of the Red King's Mausoleum.

The ancient name of this relic was "Tulaidula", the "City of Sapphires". The rich and powerful and the priests once had unimpeded access to the rich palace dominated by thousands of giant pillars.

Today, all the pride and luxury are buried in the yellow sand, with only ruins on the surface. Only in the secret realm underground can one still vaguely see intact giant pillars and huge green duckweed plants that are as green as a canopy.

Everyone set up camp again on the ruins of the "Sapphire City".

On the broken stone pillars, there were already grass and vines spreading from the nearby oasis.

Next to it, there is a lake created by the Buddha.

Lilupal sang ancient songs.

"…I have walked on the silver-dappled dunes, danced with the three sisters of the bright moon, and run on the land where shadows extend, where blood and tears merge into a garden of clear springs."

"Because of the Queen of Flowers' sorrow, the sapphire city-state emerged like a teardrop. Under the sapphire dome, the people of Tinare have boasted of their wise men for generations."

Paimon felt that the name "Tinaler" was very familiar.

"The 'circular theatre' of Ai-Khanum, created by the Scarlet King and the Goddess of Flowers, is now the 'Mirage Festival Site'. The residents used to be mostly carefree, enjoying an endless lush paradise, and the love and soothing presence of the gods. That was when the Mistress of Flowers was still alive," Lilupal recalled.

"The city-state of Tuledula is known as the most cherished jewel of the Queen of Flowers, and the inhabitants of the city-state are the Tinal people."

Paimon suddenly remembered: "Isn't this the 'Tinari', the tribe with long ears?"

She had heard from Cole that the race of Tinari was the "Tinale".

"Oh! It sounds like the Tinar people still have descendants." Lilupal said with interest, "They are your friends..."

Ying nodded.

Strictly speaking, they should be the descendants of the Tinal people who have degenerated to the point of being unadapted to the desert.

However, the desert today should not be a challenge for Tinari.

"Tsk! Why don't you tell me about the plan you are so proud of, my sister." Feligis said sarcastically, "To the north is the city of Gul. You can start from here and slowly tell your crimes and confess to the mistress and the Red King."

"Oh! Sister Feligis, are you finally willing to call me sister? It makes me happy..." Lilupal seemed to be completely oblivious to Feligis's sarcasm, and the magic bottle that housed the soul was lit with peaceful moonlight.

History, stories, and memories are Jiang Yi's strength.

What is the history of the desert?

This is not a story that can be told in one book, but it can be condensed into short segments.

If we start from the farewell of the three gods, the Red King studied forbidden knowledge and chose "Lilupar" as the messenger between gods, spirits and humans.

After the destruction of the Carefree Paradise ruled by three gods, the first half of the story of the entire desert city-state is a history of the crimes of "Lilupal".

She was asked to choose a human who could rule over the lost people like sheep.

So she chose a young shepherd named "Olmaz", fell in love with him, assisted him in recruiting talents, overthrowing the tyrant of the city-state, establishing the city of Gur, and becoming the king of Gur.

Jiang Yi's eyes swept over Lilupal.

Lilupal is never allowed to obtain any power in her life, which is his punishment for her after he conquered her.

During that era, the word "slave" reappeared in the human city-states of the desert.

After the destruction of the Carefree Paradise, Olmaz hoped that humans would be self-reliant and strong, thus achieving the future predicted by the Lady of Flowers, in which humans would become the king of kings and god of gods.

However, Olmaz was immersed in the sorrow of the flower goddess burning to death in the dazzling sunlight, his eyes staring into the outside world. He knew neither the family of the flower mistress nor the thoughts of humans after the destruction of paradise. In his heart, he only had the delusion of "resurrection".

He thought he had everything arranged.

Humanity will get back on track.

But he didn't expect that after the death of the flower god, it was not just him whose personality changed.

Zhenlings are a race that is not disturbed by worldly greed, nor trapped by material hunger, but has a more persistent interest in "life". The blooming and withering of flowers, the gathering and dispersion of birds, all influence their emotions... Only their "real names" can restrain them.

Disaster struck, and the paradise collapsed with the departure of its owner... All joy turned into mourning, and all goodness turned into perverse violence in remorse...

But at that time, no one knew, and no one could see the hidden shadow of Zhen Ling.

People also pray for the protection of the town spirit at the "Town Spirit Shrine" and interact with the "Town Spirit Branches" to suppress the sandstorms in the desert and summon the clear springs that nourish the oasis.

The storm sweeping across the desert is the sword and shield in Zhen Ling's hands that he can wield freely. It radiates an oasis all the time and is a talent that Zhen Ling has without having to expend any energy.

Language, sandstorms, and oases are all their powers, and the oasis is their environment for hibernation and recuperation.

Lilupal originally thought that the "king" he had chosen was different from the humans in this desolate world with many stupid and sinful desires.

Wise, intelligent, kind...

But... the "king" she chose went against her wishes and the wishes of the Red King. Like those mediocre believers, he was full of fanatical worship for the Red King and was obsessed with power and vanity.

This is definitely not a person who can lead humanity to self-improvement.

As she thought so, she felt particularly disgusted.

She watched as this ignorant and brutal "king" demanded slaves from the surrounding tribes, cities, and independent states to build palaces and halls to worship the Red King.

"All betrayals should be judged mercilessly, and the result of the judgment is complete annihilation."

Lilupal's rage reached its peak, and she gave birth to many children, known and unknown to the king of Gur, and devised a brilliant and vicious plan to punish three generations of Ormaz.

She had one of her and Olmaz's children adopted by a magical giant bird without Olmaz's knowledge, and then asked Olmaz to bring the child back as his "adopted son."

As the child of the town spirit, Kisra possesses great talent and strength. He helps his father fight, expand territory, and cross the desert from north to south, becoming a sage and hero among mortals.

Shirin is the daughter of Ormaz and Lilupal.

She was betrothed to Kisra, their own son, by Ormaz and Lilupal themselves.

What a horrible scene it was. Under Lilupal's calculations and blinded by power, the joyful hero and girl would never have thought that the person in front of them had a blood bond with them.

Olmaz would never have thought that the people in front of him were his own children.

Lilupal sent three prophecies full of "blessings" to her children and three "warnings" to her lovers.

Under the power of "language", prophecies and warnings turned into curses that distorted fate.

The fate of mortals and the fate of the descendants of Zhenling have always been fragile in the face of stronger ones and creators. They cannot control themselves, just as small stars will always be captured and affected by big stars and deviate from their orbits. This is a theorem that will not be changed by the sacred planning of the sky.

Of course, the demise of the Red King civilization may not be part of the punishment of the laws of the sky.

The Red King, who touched the forbidden knowledge, was already a sinner who had committed the most serious sin.

Endless joy ends in bitterness, and sweet memories vanish into thin air.

One day, the silent king will see from the secrets of the crystal that everything is just as his lost partner once taught him.

"...Do not peek into the secrets of the sky and the abyss. Otherwise, disaster and bitterness will follow. ...Even though I have warned you, you will definitely lose a lot..."

In Teyvat, prophecy is destiny, and destiny is the interpretation of the laws of the sky.

Everything was already predetermined, just as Lilupal had written the ending of this kingdom and her own children from the very beginning.

"Shireen will fall in love with a great hero, and their children will be better than their father; Shireen's blood relatives will have a sweet end; the daughter will have her father's kingdom all to herself."

Zhen Ling's distortion of fate is probably a destined part of it.

Those who play with fate may just be played by fate.

What Jiang Yi saw in history was not only Lilupal’s crimes, but also the ups and downs and the tragic fate of all the creatures in the entire Chiwang civilization.

The Nail of Judgment fell in the past, destroying the kingdom of the Grass Dragon, but the Curse of Fate falls in the future where the Red King resides.

Instead of breaking the shackles of the created world, the Flower God and the Red King extended the curse to humanity.

You know, the flower god was originally cursed. The fairy clan degenerated into mindless elves, and the flower god resisted the degeneration, but never resisted the curse.

As a god transformed from the original gaze, her fate is like the fate of the Zhenling to the flower god, and it is impossible for her to go against the creation.

It is even more impossible to surpass the original in the authority of prophecy and destiny.

……

Shirin and Kisra received the blessing, and Ormaz listened to the warning.

"A daughter's joy will bring tears to her father; a daughter's marriage will not bring joy to her father's table; a daughter's offspring will bring bad luck to the kingdom."

Compared to Shireen, who was looking forward to the vision promised by her mother, waiting to fall in love with a hero, waiting to inherit her father's kingdom, and longing for a sweet future, Olmaz did not rely on prophecies and warnings, and paid the price for it.

The first person to suffer the consequences of the prophecy was naturally Shireen.

"In love"? Kisla did "love" her, but the hero only had the ambition to rule. After marriage, he only regarded this noble lady with the pride of the elves as a canary in his family, enjoying the peace between bed and stove.

The dull and boring life was not happy, and Shireen gradually developed hatred for her, the same hatred she felt for her fellow humans imprisoned in the silver bottle.

The so-called great heroes are no different from other mortal heroes.

However, she could still look forward to other prophecies.

Thus a conspiracy was born.

The conspiracy was not born from her, but from the guidance of her mother, Lilupal.

Olmaz held a great feast.

After getting married, Shireen, who has never been able to sit at the table for dinner again, joins her reluctant husband to give her father a surprise.

Olmaz paid no attention to the prophecy, but heeded the second warning after hearing Lilupal's words in bed.

Shirin prepared some musky and delicious honey to give to her father and his three hundred descendants.

Some lowly servant, perhaps a sorcerer or an illiterate slave from some oasis, dripped the terrible scorpion venom into the honey.

What a sweet death.

The moonlight turned cold, the tears were like bloody amber, and the panicked ministers cried out in fear.

The dazed princess' mind went into a frenzy and she lost her sanity. Prince Consort Changsheng, who was also outside the banquet, was sad and excited, yet greedy and ecstatic.

Everything is in the eyes of the "Mother of Town Spirits".

Lilupal watched the raging fire and the flash of knives, watched the rats snatching wealth, watched the sorrow and joy and madness, watched his only remaining child, watched the birth of a new king, and sentenced the regicide to be immersed in a jar of honey.

It's really delicious food.

The prince consort and the princess became the monarch and queen.

From then on, the children of Zhenling began to rule the desert kingdom.

Although the monarch Kisra was tainted by this incident, he was still the most powerful vassal among mortals, blessed with a noble title and a golden crown.