madnovel Chapter 19 The Development of the Human Race
Chapter 19 The Development of the Human Race
Chapter Nineteen: The Development of the Human Race
While Nuwa was spreading her teachings in the Chaos Nuwa Palace, Xuan Chu secretly infiltrated the human race, concealing his identity.
Xuan Chu spent seven thousand years among humans, and was gradually moved by their kindness. He finally remembered his past life as a human, where although life was difficult, he never gave up hope for life.
The millennia-long protection period for newbies has passed, and the barrier left by Nuwa has gradually weakened. The shores of the East Sea can no longer meet the survival needs of the rapidly growing human race. As a result, more and more humans are leaving the shores of the East Sea and migrating to more resource-rich distant places. The humans who leave the shores of the East Sea develop even more rapidly. Gradually, simply gathering wild fruits can no longer meet the needs of human life, and the intelligent humans have learned to hunt and fish.
In a certain human village, Xuan Chu, using the alias Li Changsheng, lived there. Xuan Chu's appearance was very sudden, but the kind-hearted humans did not show any hostility towards him. On the contrary, they warmly welcomed him. In this way, Xuan Chu lived there for seven thousand years.
At first, the human race did not think that Xuan Chu was any different. However, ten thousand years passed, and the human race changed generation after generation, but Xuan Chu was still alive and his appearance had not changed. At this time, the human race realized that Xuan Chu was not an ordinary person. Even the three thousand innate humans with the cultivation of Xuan Immortal could not see through Xuan Chu. Therefore, the entire human race respected Xuan Chu very much, and Xuan Chu also reciprocated by solving many problems for the human race.
One day, a human named Suiren found Xuan Chu.
"Brother Suiren, is there something urgent you need to see me about?" Xuan Chu asked Suiren. As one of the three thousand innate humans, Suiren was responsible for protecting the safety of the human race, and it was rare to see him on ordinary days.
"Sigh..." Suiren sighed and said, "I have come here today to ask Brother Changsheng something."
"I wonder what could have stumped the Suiren brothers?" Xuan Chu asked.
Then, Suiren told Xuanchu about the problem he had encountered. It turned out that when they were on the shore of the East Sea, the human race was never threatened because of the barrier left by Nuwa. Even the weather was like spring all year round. But when the barrier disappeared and the human race began to leave the shore of the East Sea, the human race finally met with the harsh reality of the prehistoric world.
Since their birth, humans have always been completely naked and bald. Some intelligent humans use leaves to cover their bodies, but this only provides cover and does not keep them warm at all. Humans do not have the thick fur of the demon race, nor the strong physique of the witch race, so they are unable to resist the cold. Therefore, every winter, a large number of humans freeze to death in the wild.
After hearing about Suiren's predicament, Xuan Chu did not speak, but led Suiren to the wilderness. It was already dark, and the surroundings were pitch black, with only the faint light of the Taiyin star in the sky barely illuminating the area.
"Brother Changsheng, why did you bring me here?" Suiren asked Xuanchu.
Xuan Chu smiled but didn't speak. He secretly cast a spell, summoning a divine lightning bolt that struck a tree. Then, a beam of light appeared, and the tree instantly burst into flames.
"Brother Suiren, go and experience it for yourself," the burning tree that Xuan Chu stopped the bleeding said to Suiren.
Suiren was puzzled, but based on his trust in Xuanchu, he still went over. When he got close to the tree, a warm current enveloped Suiren. Suiren was overjoyed. He had finally found a divine artifact that could help the human race resist the cold.
"Thank you for your guidance, Brother Changsheng." Suiren turned around and glanced at Xuan Chu. He knew that this was the answer Xuan Chu had given him.
"Hehe!" Xuan Chu chuckled and said, "Brother Suiren, you're too kind. Having lived among humans for thousands of years, I've long considered myself a member of humanity. How could I, Xuan Chu, stand idly by when humanity is in trouble?"
"Brother Changsheng, you are truly righteous," Suiren said, bowing to Xuanchu.
Under Xuan Chu's guidance, Suiren picked up a tree trunk, lit it, and then carefully carried the flames back to the human race.
After returning to human territory, with the efforts of Suiren and the rest of the human race, the flames burned brighter and brighter, eventually illuminating the entire night. With the flames, the cold felt by the humans was reduced.
The next day, Suiren spread the fire throughout the human tribes. The tribes that received the fire were grateful to Suiren. However, Suiren did not take all the credit. Instead, he spread the word about Xuan Chu's guidance to him, and Xuan Chu's reputation among the entire human race soared.
Later, the clever humans discovered that roasting captured prey on gunpowder made it taste even better than eating raw meat and drinking blood.
Heaven, moved by this, bestowed merit, dividing it into three parts. One part merged into the flame that Suiren had obtained, becoming the acquired merit treasure, the firewood; seven parts merged into Suiren's body; and two parts flew towards Xuan Chu, but Xuan Chu did not want them, instead sending them into Suiren's body.
Suiren alone possessed nine-tenths of the merits. Bathed in the blessings of Heavenly Merit, Suiren's cultivation level continued to rise, eventually breaking through the Golden Immortal realm and advancing to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, becoming the first Taiyi Golden Immortal cultivator of the human race.
"Thank you for your help, Brother Changsheng!" Suiren knew that without Xuan Chu's two merits, he would at most have advanced to the peak of the Golden Immortal realm, and would never have been able to reach the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm. Moreover, Suiren discovered that even after advancing to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, he still could not see through Xuan Chu. Suiren understood that Xuan Chu's strength far exceeded their imagination.
"It's alright. Merit is useless to me. It's not a waste if it can improve Brother Suiren's strength a little." Xuan Chu said nonchalantly. Heavenly merit is not so good. Absorbing heavenly merit is equivalent to owing heavenly karma, which must be repaid in the future. Moreover, with Xuan Chu's strength, what he needs is not merit, but luck. Ever since Suiren promoted himself to the entire human race, Xuan Chu found that his cultivation had become somewhat loose.
Although the appearance of the fire improved the living environment of the human race, it could not completely free them from the harsh cold. A human named Ziyi came to Xuan Chu for advice.
Just as Xuan Chu had guided Sui Ren, he took Zi Yi to the wilderness and had him observe the fur of animals. Zi Yi suddenly understood and then, using the fur of the prey he had hunted, skillfully sewed the first garment for humankind. Zi Yi put the garment on and found that he was no longer cold. So he taught the entire human race how to make the garment. Similarly, in this process, Zi Yi did not forget Xuan Chu's role. Heaven felt the favor and bestowed merit, which Xuan Chu did not accept but instead injected into Zi Yi's body. Zi Yi, like Sui Ren, achieved the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm. The first garment that Zi Yi sewed by hand, after absorbing one-tenth of the Heavenly Dao's merit, also became an acquired merit treasure.