Deities: Rulers of Nature

If we start counting from the first generation, the history of the Xishan Snake People is only a little over 500 years.

However, because there were few ways to record things, many things could only be passed down orally. Some things changed as they were passed down, and some were even lost without anyone knowing when they were lost.

If you ask any snake people about the first generation of snake people now, almost none of them can give you a clear answer.

In contrast, the Snow Spider-Men are different. Although they are a remnant of the old era, their race has existed for many times longer than the Snake-Men, yet they can still find remnants of that history in their ancestral land.

Although incomplete, it still allows them to glimpse a corner of history.

The development of civilization should not only focus on moving forward, but also on the path we have taken. This is what Seido realized.

The spirit and appearance of the Xishan Serpent People today are sculpted by their more than five hundred years of history.

Recording history is one of the functions of writing.

There is no doubt that creating a written language was an extremely complicated and complex undertaking.

The birth of each character is accompanied by struggle, overturning, and weighing... yet Jin Chen has never felt annoyed.

On the contrary, every time a new character is determined, it brings her a great sense of accomplishment.

Night had fallen, and all was quiet.

The rear hall of the Temple of Nature was still lit, and two figures, one large and one small, could be seen through the crystal windows.

Qingdao was examining several pieces of wood, while Jin Chen was on the other side, wielding his carving knife with great skill.

"Little Jin Chen, look at these characters representing colors. Aren't they too abstract? If we promote them in the future, will the tribespeople be able to remember them?" Qing Dao pointed to the characters on several wooden pieces, his tone hesitant.

As the high priest, Qingdao's talent was naturally exceptional, but precisely because of this, he was well aware that there were differences between snake people. As the creator of writing, many characters that Qingdao could easily understand were not necessarily the same for his people.

Ultimately, writing is meant to be used by everyone. Seido is trying to create a bunch of things that only he understands based on his own assumptions, and then insist that they are writing... This is the situation that Seido fears the most, which is why he is hesitant about characters.

The situation improved somewhat after Jin Chen arrived, but Jin Chen's talent was among the best of the snake people, and she could not represent ordinary people.

"High Priest, I think you're overthinking it," Jin Chen replied after a moment's thought.

Jin Chen always felt that it was extremely wise of the High Priest to start by creating symbols from the image of objects.

The greatest advantage of hieroglyphics lies in their intuitiveness. Characters are abstract mappings of everything in the world, and learners and users can roughly understand their meaning simply by observing them.

This WYSIWYG characteristic greatly lowers the barrier to entry for using text.

However, not every character can be matched with a real-world object. Emotions, colors, states... no matter how much you try to make them easy to understand, they are still abstract for beginners.

Compared to the Spider-Man's Spider God script, Jin Chen really felt that the Yao script she and Qing Dao created was far more benevolent to their people.

The Spider God script does have a set of underlying logic, but in Jin Chen's view, those characters that resemble mutated spider graphics are simply too bloated.

For example, in the Yao script, fire only requires one character, but in the Spider God script, it requires multiple graphics such as burning, high temperature, and bright to combine to form a complete fire.

The logic of the Spider God's writing is indeed very precise, but the learning and use threshold is too high.

This can be seen from the overall social situation of Spider-Man.

Within the entire race, only the Great Mistress and the Mistresses can fully master and use the Spider God script. It's not a monopoly on the script, but rather that after advancing to the Bronze rank, the Great Mistress will forcibly teach them.

As for ordinary Spider-Men, no one would stop them from learning, but they basically only mastered some everyday skills before giving up.

"So, High Priest, you must have faith in Yaowen, and you must also have faith in our people," Jin Chen concluded.

After this topic was put to rest, only the sound of a carving knife cutting through wood remained in the rear hall once again.

Seido refocused his attention on the characters, continuing to refine and deliberate.

Jin Chen, however, began to try to use characters to record some things, such as the alloy formulas and forging techniques researched by the snake-man blacksmith.

That's right, Jin Chen knows these things.

Qingdao's training of Jin Chen was comprehensive. Although the main focus was on writing, Jin Chen also memorized a lot of other knowledge in his spare time.

When Jin Chen transformed the experience that originally existed only in word of mouth into lines of clear characters, she could no longer hide the excitement in her eyes.

This is the power of words. As long as they can be passed down, even if this generation of people all die, future generations can still draw on the experience and wisdom of their ancestors from the words. Jin Chen likes this feeling and can't help but get immersed in it.

Upon seeing this scene, Ji Xuan couldn't help but recall a passage he had read before: for people who like fitness, going to the gym every day is not self-discipline, but indulgence.

Although it was a form of sophistry, it was quite interesting, so Ji Xuan remembered it.

Time flies, and two months have passed in the blink of an eye. The Mountain and Sea Divine Realm has entered the harvest season.

The wind blows through the wheat fields, revealing the abundant harvest; the entire Qingling Mountains are a sea of ​​gold.

On this day, golden ripples suddenly appeared in the sky above the Temple of Nature.

At first, it was just a soft halo, but later it was as if another sun had appeared in the sky, and then golden characters emerged one by one, the whole process flowing smoothly like clouds and water.

The entire Xishan tribe was in an uproar; this was undoubtedly a miracle.

"Praise be to you, great God of Nature!"

This was indeed Ji Xuan's work. After two months of research, Qing Dao and Jin Chen finally created the first version of Yaowen.

It contains 1,500 characters and covers all aspects that the clan members usually come into contact with.

The snake-man, the cherry blossom spirit, and the spider-man all put down what they were doing and stared intently as the golden light traced characters in the air.

"I recognize this, it's fire!" a temple guard exclaimed excitedly as the new character appeared.

"I know this, it means trees."

"Mountains, rivers..."

"This is the script the high priest studied!"

In the end, all the words turned into praise for Seido.

This was also Ji Xuan's purpose; he wanted his people to understand the importance of writing and to give them enough motivation to learn and use it.

Once all 1,500 characters appeared, they leaped in the air and finally, like weary birds returning to their nests, were all engraved on the outer layer of the altar. Everyone who came to the central square could see the Yao script.

Of course, the work of creating new characters will not stop there. Many concepts do not yet have a definite corresponding character. As the tribe's skills develop, new concepts will continue to emerge.