Eighty-two, Shura clan

  In a temple roughly built with some stone blocks, hundreds of people sat silently, their faces solemn, no one speaking, just sitting quietly.

  It's been a long time. An old man with white hair and beard finally spoke up, saying: "Now our tribe has experienced millions of years. For millions of years, we have been blessed by the Upper Immortal and the Three Gods, without disaster or calamity, enjoying peace and tranquility. Moreover, because we have practiced the methods passed down by the ancestors of the Xianzong sect, we have been able to enjoy this long life span of millions of years, witnessing the prosperity of our tribe. Today, everyone is here, also because there are many people in our tribe who want to leave the land where we have lived for millions of years and take a look at the wider world. Let's talk about it, how many people from our tribe want to leave?"

  A middle-aged man at the table said: "There are five layers of young people who want to go out and take a look."

  Several elderly people sitting together whispered a few words to each other, and one of them, a robust old man with white hair tied up with a grass rope, spoke up: "Now our human tribe also has tens of millions of people, the vast expanse of the wilderness is wide, if you want to go out and take a look around, or live in another place in the wilderness, you can decide for yourselves. If you want to stay, then stay and live well. That's it, those who want to leave, you can arrange everything yourself and decide when to leave!"

  Among the crowd, over a hundred people with mixed emotions of joy and worry remained in the hall. These were the same people created by Nüwa and had received the transmission of the breathing technique from Xún Dàozi. Now they looked old and frail. Without further cultivation methods, these people were unable to break through to the realm of the Immortal, and now with limited lifespan, seeing the prosperity of their tribe filled them with joy, but also deep concern for the many tribespeople leaving this familiar environment to live in that vast unfamiliar world.

  After several days, a group of humans began to set out from their residence and head towards the vast expanse of the Desolate Wilderness. The human tribe took its first steps into the Desolate Wilderness, also unveiling the magnificent curtain of the Desolate Wilderness's turbulent waves.

  When the human tribe left their living area of ten thousand years, Su Xin flew into the air and stood in mid-air, guarding the human tribe. The three-eyed snow lion beast, the halberd dragon beast, and the jade qilin also appeared in mid-air. Su Xin's clear and pleasant voice echoed above the entire human settlement: "You humans can now stand on your own in the vast wilderness, we have fulfilled our duty to protect you. Now we will return to the mountains to cultivate, farewell."

  The people of the dwelling place heard Su Xin's voice and came out to see Su Xin and three strange beasts in the sky, knowing they had to leave. In their hearts, there was reluctance and fear. The elderly among them bowed down first, calling out: "Thank you, immortal elder and the three gods, for protecting us for ten thousand years. This kindness and virtue, our tribe will remember for generations to come. Please accept our tribe's bow. Also, please pass on to Xun Daozi that his great kindness, our tribe will certainly remember and not dare forget." After finishing speaking, they continuously knelt down and bowed.

  All tribes, great and small, now all knelt down on the ground.

  Suddenly, a large mass of golden and yellow aura appeared in the sky, splitting into five parts in mid-air. Four parts merged into the pure heart and three strange beasts, while one part flew to the cave mansion on Mount Kunlun, landing on Xun Daozi who was meditating.

  Kong Zhong Su Xin and the three strange beasts suddenly fell into a mysterious state. After a long time, they opened their eyes, suppressing the joy in their hearts, and one person and three beasts shot towards Mount Kunlun.

  Arrived at Kunlun Mountain and entered the cave mansion, just arrived at the empty space outside the thatched hut, saw Xun Daozi standing there laughing happily.

  Seeing Su Xin, he quickly walked up and silently looked at Su Xin's pure and beautiful face for a while before suddenly opening his mouth to say: "You've had a hard time!"

  Suddenly hearing Xun Daozi's words "You've worked hard!", Su Xin's joyful face suddenly became shocked.

  Xun Daozi didn't care about the three strange beasts behind him, and he casually pulled Su Xin's small hand towards Laozi's thatched cottage. Su Xin's small hand was still in a daze when it was suddenly grabbed by Xun Daozi, her heart involuntarily tightened, and she subconsciously wanted to pull back, but immediately suppressed the action, allowing Xun Daozi to pull her along, only a faint blush rising to her face.

  Entering Laozi's thatched cottage, Laozi, Yuanshi and Tongtian were already sitting upright on the couch. Seeing Xun Daozi and Su Xin coming in, they all smiled at the two of them.

  Xun Daozi and Su Xin paid homage to Laozi. The three of them sat down, inquiring about the state of the human world over the past ten thousand years.

  He carefully and meticulously explained to the three of them his observations over the past ten thousand years, as well as his own views. He spoke about the human body's weak physical form, which contained a strong ability to learn and create, as well as its powerful reproductive abilities. Then he talked about how, after protecting and guarding for ten thousand years, he had obtained a large amount of Gongde Xuanhuang Qi, allowing him to rise from the Taiyi True Immortal Realm to the Taiyi Golden Immortal Realm in one go. Even the three strange beasts had gained a significant amount of Gongde Xuanhuang Qi, and with its help, the Three-eyed Snow Lion Beast and the Halberd Dragon Beast had also entered the Taiyi True Immortal Realm. The Jade Qilin, which had taken ten thousand years to enter the Earthly Immortal Realm, had also crossed into the Heavenly Immortal Realm with the assistance of the Gongde Xuanhuang Qi.

  Xun Daozi listened to Su Xin's words and felt a sense of discontent in his heart. He had also obtained a lot of good fortune and yellow energy, but when it came to him, he was sucked away by the purple air vortex, not even leaving a single hair behind. He had worked hard, but in the end, he still gained nothing. Until now, he still hadn't gotten any benefits from the purple air vortex, nor did he know what its purpose was or when he would be able to figure it out.

  After Su Xin finished speaking, the three old men fell into deep thought, occasionally pinching their fingers to calculate.

  Xun Daozi and Su Xin didn't dare speak to disturb each other, they just silently looked at each other, quietly, as if there was a kind of mysterious warmth between them.

  Time slipped away unnoticed. Xuanzang and Fahai had been searching for this place for several months.

  On this day, the three old men who were deep in thought and calculation suddenly opened their eyes. Tong Tian's mouth murmured: "Strange, really strange!"

  Xun Daozi and Su Xin looked at Tongtian with puzzled expressions, Tongtian raised his eyes to meet Xun Daozi and Su Xin's gaze, and for a moment, he was slightly embarrassed.

  The old man looked at Yuan Shi and Tong Tian, then opened his mouth to say: "I suppose you two brothers also know, right?" He saw Xun Daozi and Su Xin's puzzled expressions, and again opened his mouth to say: "Shifu and your Shibo calculated it for a while, but the more they calculated, the more confused they became. The human race is like being in a fog, no matter how hard they try, they can't find their way forward. Nor do they know where this human race is special. But since you have only protected them once and gained such great merit, it seems that this human race is indeed very special. You should pay attention to them from time to time, and when necessary, Shifu and your Shibo will also go to the human world."

  Yuanshi opened his mouth and said to Xun Daozi and Su Xin: "You two go back on your own and cultivate!"

  Zengzi and Su Xin stood up and bid farewell, leaving Laozi's thatched cottage.

  "In the thatched cottage, the old man spoke up: 'How is the refinement of your "Pre-Heavenly One Qi" going, my two younger brothers?'"

  Yuanshi Dao said: "There are several thousand years, it's okay!"

  Tongtian also said: "After a few thousand more years of work, we can drive out the three corpses!"

  Laozi said, "Then we'll just have to cut off the three corpses in a few thousand years and make preparations for proving the Way. Nüwa has already proved the Way for over ten thousand years, we can't fall too far behind!"

  Arrived at the thatched cottage, Xun Daozi wanted to go and take a look at those three strange beasts, but couldn't find them. Later, he found out that it was San Yan Xue Shi Shou and Ji Long Shou who took Yu Qi Lin to find Qing Niu, Si Bu Xiang, and Kui Niu showing off.

  Not having seen the three strange beasts, Xun Daozi and Su Xin returned to Xun Daozi's thatched cottage, brewed a pot of tea, laid out some fruit, and talked about their respective years of cultivation, exchanging insights. Throughout, that mysterious warmth lingered around the two of them.

  Their cultivation life was calm and peaceful, the three old men closed their doors, six strange beasts practiced on their own, Xun Daozi and Su Xin followed the routine, not too fast or slow, comprehending the marks of the Tao, practicing divine skills, combat techniques, refining instruments, refining elixirs, and pondering formation methods. In their free time, they would drink tea and chat idly. Occasionally, they would go out together to observe the human situation, or casually stroll around the Desolate Expanse, returning to Xun Dao Mountain to take a look.

  Thousands of years have passed unknowingly, and the human race has developed extremely rapidly in these thousands of years, with a huge increase in numbers, and has gradually flourished on the vast land.

  The weakness of the human race made both the demon and witch tribes not take them seriously, only occasionally having small demons capture some humans as food. However, this was not much and did not affect the development of humanity. The witch tribe, on the other hand, had no interest in the weak bodies of humans, their main food being various wild beasts and a small amount of fruit.

  The development of the human race has also led to a phenomenon where the number of wandering souls in the vast wilderness has increased. Due to the rapid growth of the human population, their physical bodies are weak and their lifespan is short. Without cultivation, they will die within hundreds of years. This has resulted in many spirits being left behind after death, which gradually drift towards the Blood Sea in the far west of the vast wilderness, merging into it. Many souls are annihilated on their way to the Blood Sea, and even if they reach the Blood Sea, they will be slowly eroded by it, ultimately meeting their demise.

  However, in recent years, these human souls flowing into the bloody sea have been collected by a great power born in this bloody sea to be used for its own purposes.

  This powerful being in the bloody sea is Minghe, born from the energy of the Bloody Sea and transformed. He was born with two killing swords, Yuan Tu and An Bi, and listened to the Dao at Zi Xuan Palace. His Dao is profound and his magical powers are strong, not under Kun Peng or Tai Yi.

  Ten thousand years ago, Nüwa created humans and obtained great merit from Heaven and Earth, and with one move, she proved the Tao of Heaven and mixed the primordial chaos, achieving the honor of a sage. All the powerful beings in the vast wilderness admired her, but regretted that they did not have the power to create and transform, and could not create and nurture living beings like Nüwa. Otherwise, all the powerful beings in the vast wilderness would have gone to create and nurture living beings to seek merit.

  Only the Underworld River in this bloody sea, which has been searching for a clue for thousands of years, found a substitute method in this special place of the Bloody Sea, although there is no power of creation. The souls of all living beings in the Desolate Ancient World flow towards the Bloody Sea after death, and occasionally allow him to find a way to combine the human soul with the gas of the Bloody Sea to create new creatures.

  After that, the souls flowing into the Blood Sea were all collected by Menghe River to be used for creating new spirits. Menghe River also guarded the Blood Sea with peace of mind, waiting to collect enough human souls to create new spirits and fantasize about achieving great merit like Nüwa and becoming a supreme saint in one move.

  Finally, the Naihe collected enough human souls. The excited Naihe combined these human souls with the Blood Sea Qi and created a new species - Shura using its own cultivation secret method. This Shura tribe was ugly for males and beautiful for females, and they were born to be cruel.

  The Meng River created the Shura clan, and indeed, there was a great deal of virtuous energy descending from the mysterious yellow air. However, compared to the mysterious yellow air when Nüwa created humans, it was completely out of proportion. It greatly disappointed the Meng River, but the virtuous energy he obtained still elevated his cultivation by a large margin, and he was not far from achieving the Great Luo Golden Immortal Fruit position.

  It's actually normal, Nuwa created humans out of nothing and the tribes she created were the main characters chosen by the desolate heavens. The creatures created by Menghe were just a combination of human souls and the energy of the Blood Sea, which can't be considered true creation out of nothing. Moreover, this Shura tribe was only added to the desolate world as a new tribe. Therefore, the merits obtained by Menghe cannot be compared with those of Nuwa.

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