Primordial Era: Something's Wrong with This Generation of Witch Clan

Chapter 74 The Emperor Proves the Dao, the Earth Emperor Begins

Thanks to Fuxi's tireless efforts in spreading the knowledge, in less than ten years, the entire human race throughout the prehistoric world had come to know the Eight Trigrams and begun to apply them to their daily lives. «-(¯`v´¯)-« ➅❾𝓢ĤⓊ᙭.𝕔𝐎м »-(¯`v´¯)-»

When the human race accurately predicted disasters using the Eight Trigrams and avoided them in advance, Fuxi's reputation among the human race grew even greater.

It was after the successful application of the Eight Trigrams that Fuxi had a sudden inspiration, realizing that his Dao had been perfected.

All I need to do next is find someone to succeed me, and then I will be able to attain enlightenment.

In the days that followed, Fuxi began searching among the human race for someone who could succeed him, but after several years of searching, he still could not find anyone who satisfied him.

The Holy Palace.

"Tell me, who's going?" Pan Huang asked, looking at his apprentice.

"Master, I have no interest in this. Why don't you let Senior Brother go?" Yu Ding said to Pan Huang.

"Master, I have recently gained a new understanding of the Divine Forging Law, so I have no interest in this Earthly Emperor's Master." Yun Zhongzi quickly added as soon as Yu Ding finished speaking.

"Master, we sisters are out of the question. We're not good at teaching people, so let's leave the role of Earth Emperor's teacher to our eldest brother," Yunxiao said, cupping her hands in a respectful gesture to Panhuang.

"Gongming, since that's the case, then the role of the Earthly Emperor's teacher is entrusted to you." Pan Huang turned his gaze to Zhao Gongming.

"Yes, Master!" Zhao Gongming nodded.

Youxiong tribe.

Ren Si conceived after feeling a divine dragon circling her body. More than ten years have passed, but there is no sign of her giving birth. At first, people thought that Ren Si was carrying a monster, but soon someone refuted this.

The legendary ruler of the human race, Fuxi, was born after Huaxu had been pregnant for ten years.

Upon hearing this, Shao Dian was overjoyed. Anything unusual must be the work of a sage; this was Shao Dian's current feeling.

Three years later, Ren Si finally gave birth.

She then gave birth to a bull-headed, human-bodied baby with a transparent belly. Shao Dian did not neglect the child because of his strangeness, but was very happy.

When Fuxi, the supreme ruler of the human race, was born, he also had a strange appearance. He was born with a human body and a snake tail, but he still became the supreme ruler of the human race.

Shao Dian then named the baby Lieshan, and he became known as Lieshan Shi.

Not long after Lieshan was born, Zhao Gongming found the Youxiong tribe.

"I am Zhao Gongming, a disciple of the Daoist Master. This young man has a predestined relationship with me as his master, and I have come here specifically to accept him as my disciple," Zhao Gongming said, bowing slightly to Shaodian.

"Shaodian greets the Dharma Protector Immortal!" Shaodian clearly recognized Zhao Gongming, so he immediately bowed to him.

"It is my son's good fortune to be able to study under the Holy Master," Shao Dian added.

"I will build a thatched hut around your tribe and will not take the child back to Shouyang Mountain, so please rest assured," Zhao Gongming said with a smile after seeing the reluctance in Ren Si's eyes.

"Thank you, Guardian Immortal." Ren Si smiled again.

This Lieshan clan member was also extraordinary. He could walk at the age of one, speak at the age of two, and help Shaodian handle the affairs of the tribe at the age of three. This reminded Shaodian of the legend of the sovereign Fuxi.

Subsequently, Shaodian and Rensi held a ceremony for the Lieshan clan to formally become disciples. Under the guidance of Fuxi, the human race had developed basic etiquette, which is why the current ceremony for formally becoming disciples exists.

After Lieshan became Zhao Gongming's disciple, Zhao Gongming began to teach him. He did not make cultivation Lieshan's main task. Lieshan's main task now was to study, to learn how Fuxi had governed the human race and managed the tribe.

In the blink of an eye, ten years have passed, and Lieshan has grown into a young man. On this day, he found Shaodian and said that he wanted to go out and gain experience.

"Alright!" Shao Dian nodded. His child was now a disciple of the Human Sect, so there was no need to worry about his safety. That's why Shao Dian let Lie Shan go.

After traveling for a while, Lieshan finally arrived at the banks of the Jiang River, where there was a small human tribe, only a few hundred people, who lived a very hard life.

After inquiring, Lieshan learned that they were people who had escaped from the great disaster of that year. They had formed a tribe on the banks of the Jiang River to keep each other warm.

That great calamity was the one that occurred before Fuxi comprehended the Eight Trigrams. It was precisely because of that calamity that Fuxi found the direction for enlightenment, and with the help of the Hetu and Luoshu, he eventually comprehended the Eight Trigrams.

After learning about the Jiangshui tribe, Lieshan decided to stay and help them.

He learned a lot from Zhao Gongming about how Fuxi governed the tribe and the human race. During this time, Lieshan himself also pondered these things, but he never had the opportunity to put them into practice. Now, the Jiangshui tribe is the perfect place for him to put his ideas into practice.

The first thing Lieshan did upon arriving at the Jiangshui tribe was to solve the tribe's food problem. The Jiangshui tribe was a temporary tribe, and most of its members were survivors of a major disaster. There were few able-bodied men and mostly women.

Therefore, food has always been very scarce in the Jiangshui tribe. Most of the time, there is no meat in the tribe, and everyone can only eat wild fruits to fill their stomachs. Due to the lack of food sources, many people in the tribe do not even have a decent animal skin skirt and can only cover their bodies with leaves.

Upon seeing this, Lieshan immediately thought of a phenomenon he had witnessed while fishing and weaving nets in the Youxiong tribe.

Back when Lieshan was in the Youxiong tribe, he participated in net fishing. He and several friends helped out. While they were helping, they stretched a beast crystal straight. One of his friends lost his grip and let go.

This resulted in another member getting injured, which made the Lieshan clan very curious as to why a single animal tendon could injure their member.

If animal sinews were used elsewhere, would it help the tribe hunt more prey? With this idea in mind, the Lieshan clan conducted many experiments, but none of them were ideal. However, the Lieshan clan did not give up.

In his view, his idea was not wrong, but there were some problems in his practice, which was one of the reasons that prompted Lieshan to travel.

Now that he has come to the Jiangshui tribe, and faced with the lack of food and clothing, he thought of the animal tendon incident again. If he conducts experiments here and gets everyone involved, will he be able to realize his ideas?

The Lieshan clan shared their philosophy with everyone, but no one could understand it. Just then, a member of the Jiuli clan suddenly spoke up.

"I remember that the great shaman of the Wu tribe once had a magical treasure that sounds quite similar to what you described, called the Sun-Shooting Bow, because that bow once shot down a golden crow." The Jiuli tribesman told them what he knew.

In the days that followed, the Lieshan clan and the Jiuli tribe discussed the Sun-Shooting Bow of Yi. After several days, a bow and arrow appeared before them.

"Give it a try." Lieshan handed the bow and arrow to the Jiuli tribesman.

"Okay!" Li Man nodded.

The next second, he drew his bow and shot an arrow. With a whoosh, the arrow pierced through a large tree that several people could barely encircle.

Upon seeing this, everyone cheered loudly. With this weapon called the bow and arrow, their Jiangshui tribe would finally be able to have enough to eat.

In the following period, the tribe extracted the few remaining animal sinews, and Lieshan used them, along with paulownia wood from outside the tribe, to make ten bows and arrows.

Li Man was the captain of the hunting team of the Jiangshui tribe, and the Lieshan clan handed over all ten bows and arrows to him.

Three days later, Li Man returned with his hunting party. When the people of the tribe saw the prey on their backs, they cheered with joy.

"It works well. This thing called a bow and arrow is very useful." Li Man patted the prey on his back and grinned.

"As long as it works!" Lieshan nodded.

With ample food, the next thing to do was find a place to live. Because of Panhuang, the concepts of houses and cities had already appeared in the prehistoric world. It was still somewhat difficult for the Jiangshui tribe to build cities, but building some houses was definitely not a problem.

Because of the success of the bow and arrow, Lieshan settled down in the Jiangshui tribe. He wanted to use what he had learned from his master to make the Jiangshui tribe stronger.

Time flies, and more than five years have passed since Lieshan left home. During this time, he returned to the Youxiong tribe once.

After returning to the Youxiong tribe, Lieshan told Shaodian about the Jiangshui tribe and told him that he would stay in the Jiangshui tribe from now on and that he would develop the Jiangshui tribe into a large tribe like the Youxiong tribe.

Shao Dian looked at Lie Shan Shi with a relieved smile on his face: "Go, don't embarrass the Holy Master and the Protector."

After returning to the Jiangshui tribe, the Lieshan clan began to carry out sweeping reforms.

In just twenty years, the Lieshan clan transformed the Jiangshui tribe into a large tribe comparable to the Youxiong tribe, and it also gained a certain reputation in the surrounding area.

Because the Lieshan clan set up a barter market outside the Jiangshui tribe, people from surrounding tribes could bring their unwanted items there to exchange for what they wanted.

This action further enhanced the reputation of the Jiangshui tribe. In addition, the Lieshan clan invented the plow, which was used to dig and turn the soil.

After the invention of the plow, Lieshan always felt that the plow should be used with something, but he just couldn't think of anything.

……

"It's almost here. The era of the Earthly Sovereign is about to arrive, and humanity will begin to enter the agricultural era. Watching the human race develop little by little, I really have an indescribable feeling!" In the Holy Emperor Palace, Pan Huang had been paying close attention to the Lieshan Clan.

When Pan Huang saw the invention of the plow and hoe, he knew that the agricultural era was about to begin.

"Great Golden Crow, it's your turn." Pan Huang used his primordial spirit to send a message to the Great Golden Crow and others who were far away in the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain.

Wanyao Mountain.

"The main body has sent a message: Have you found the item?" The Great Golden Crow asked its younger brothers.

"Almost there. We've found millet, sorghum, wheat, and beans, but we haven't found rice yet," the two golden crows said, frowning.

"No, your thinking is wrong." The Great Golden Crow shook its head after hearing this.

"How could that be? Aren't these the five grains?" the Three Golden Crows asked.

"The original body was in the north. There is no rice in the north. The development of the human race was mainly centered on the Yellow River Basin as the economic and cultural center. The original five grains should not have included rice." The Great Golden Crow said after flipping through the memories in its mind.

"What's the last of the five grains?" Little Golden Crow asked.

"It should be hemp!"

"Hemp? What 'Hemp'?" the group of golden crows asked.

"It's that kind of hemp whose fruit is edible, similar to the flax and sesame seeds from my previous life. I'm not sure, and I don't remember it either. It's hard to say. You guys should go look for it." The Great Golden Crow shook its head.

To avoid some trouble, when Mosquito Daoist split his primordial spirit, he gave the vast majority of his past life memories to the Great Golden Crow. The other Golden Crows only received a small number of memories, so they would ask the Great Golden Crow about anything.

Immediately, the entire demon race began to move in secret, all in search of the so-called hemp.

When Pan Huang learned of this, he frowned slightly. If other races found out about the demon race's actions, it would cause a lot of trouble.

However, after the Golden Crow explained it to Pan Huang, Pan Huang didn't say anything more, after all, this was also serving the God-Human Race.

Three years later, the demon race finally found the last of the five grains, hemp. After finding it, the Great Golden Crow and the others began to discuss how to deliver these five grains to the Lieshan clan.

After the five grains were planted, Lieshan clan would henceforth be called Shennong. This was an epoch-making moment, and they could not have acted arbitrarily.

"Let's use the method from our previous life and call the Cuckoo Clan to come," the little golden crow said after thinking for a moment.

"Alright!" After pondering for a moment, the Great Golden Crow nodded.

In the Jiangshui tribe, with the upgrade of weapons, bows and arrows have become widespread among the entire human race, which has greatly increased the success rate of human hunting.

However, the prey, Zizai, had learned from its repeated battles with the human race, which made Lieshan Clan think again.

If one day they can't hunt any prey, what will the tribe eat? Wild fruits are simply not enough to fill their stomachs!

Just as he was thinking, a five-colored ray of light descended from the sky and landed in front of Lieshan.

"Bugu Bugu!" Several clear chirps reached Lieshan's ears.

He looked up and saw a small, gray-white bird chirping as it flew away.

"Bugu? These are seeds? Are they for planting?" Lieshan asked, looking at the seeds in his hand that were emitting multicolored light.

Finally, he planted these five grains in the Jiangshui tribe.

A year later, looking at the abundant harvest of grains, Lieshan smiled.

To verify whether this thing was edible, he prepared to taste it himself, but the people of the Jiangshui tribe were unwilling. Lieshan had now become their leader, and they could not let their leader take risks.

"My crystal belly can discern all things under heaven," Lieshan said with a smile, revealing his crystal belly.

Then he ate some of each of the five grains, and his eyes widened as the aroma of the grains spread in his mouth.

"It's edible, it's delicious!" Lieshan excitedly told everyone.

Upon learning that these things were edible, Lieshan was very excited, because hunting was becoming increasingly difficult, and these things could now replace meat and were very filling. Lieshan had to promote them.

"Let's call these things the Five Grains from now on," said Lieshan after thinking for a moment.

Because the birds that brought the five grains made a "bugu bugu" sound, Lieshan named these things the Five Grains.

These five grains were first planted in the Jiangshui tribe. After the harvest, the people of the Jiangshui tribe began to make corresponding foods based on the five grains.

Finally, they discovered that cooked grains tasted better and were more delicious, and when paired with meat, they were very filling.

(End of this chapter)