Chapter 68. Holy Nation Story (2)

Throughout history, humans have been obsessed with immortality. A life lived eternally, without aging or dying.

The methods were varied.

Pills, mercury, drugs, diet, meditation, and so on.

With tens of thousands of attempts, every conceivable method imaginable was employed.

But among them, if one had to choose the most cruel, there was undoubtedly a pinnacle. Blood.

Since time immemorial, blood has been the very essence of human vitality and energy.

Thus, many sought to gain strength by imbibing the blood of the young and healthy.

A prime example is Elizabeth Bathory of 16th-century Hungary.

A woman who murdered hundreds of young maidens and bathed in their extracted blood.

Like Qin Shi Huang, she committed this pointless act hundreds of times, claiming that the contact of blood with her skin made it supple...