"Does my Da Yue still harbor such barbaric tribes?"
After listening to his student's narration, Sun Siwen wore a face of astonishment, his whole worldview shattered.
Always having lived under the imperial laws, he found it hard to imagine that such a bloodthirsty and cruel barbarian tribe of Shengmiao even existed under imperial rule.
This is not because he was overly naive.
If one were to argue that the Shengmiao are naturally free-spirited, unwilling to be restricted or exploited by the courts, and therefore often rebelled, Sun Siwen could understand.
But the practices of human sacrifice and breeding insects in the human body are too sensational.