Chapter Eighty-Fifth: The New Look of the Primordial Era

  Zhou Cheng was punished and disappeared; Hou Tu also received an edict to guard the earth prison for ten thousand years, and the formal establishment of the six paths of reincarnation had a significant impact on the Honghuang world.

  Qingqiu Mountain, Bai Meng couple just got out of bed. Every household in Qingqiu Mountain has the habit of sleeping at night because Zhou Cheng taught them that it's called enjoying life and balancing work and rest.

  Bang! Bang! Bang! A rapid knocking sound started.

  "Brother Bai Měng, hurry up and open the door."

  Bai Meng was surprised that someone would come knocking on the door so early, and with a full stomach of doubts, he opened the gate of his thatched cottage, only to have one person rush in head-on.

  "Nine Tails, what's wrong with you?" Even the normally calm and collected Nine Tails looked flustered, and White Marsh too perked up, fearing that something had indeed happened.

  "Elder brother, something is terribly wrong! Outside the gate, there's an old Daoist with incredibly profound cultivation. Even I, a Golden Immortal in my later stages of cultivation, can't see through him. He claims to be the ancestor of the Earthly Immortals and says that our Qingqiu Mountain sect is facing great danger. We don't know if he's actually the Town Calming Ancestor from the Five Strongholds Observatory or not, so we're suspicious and therefore came to find you in a hurry." All miscellaneous matters of the Qingqiu Mountain sect are under the jurisdiction of Bai Mengfu and his wife, so it's also right for Jiǔwěi to look for them.

  As soon as the white dew in the house heard, it suddenly felt that something was wrong. This place is a sacred ground for saints, and it's impossible for someone to come and deceive them. Zhenyuanzi also knew that he was the Great God of Honghuang, and this time he came because his master had difficulties, but he still needed to be careful. "Bai Meng, quickly go and call Kong Xuan and Shi Zhong, we'll go take a look together. Oh, right, lock up Baiyun for me, in case he runs around again."

  Bai Lu and Jiu Wei arrived at the mountain gate, but didn't go out. They were afraid that the incoming person was a bad guy. Standing in the formation, they saw from afar that there was a figure outside, emitting waves of auspicious and peaceful energy, hinting at the Great Way. This scene was not unfamiliar to Bai Lu, as it was similar to when Zhou Cheng became a saint, and she couldn't help but believe a little.

  "Sister Shī, who is outside?" Bai Meng and Kong Xuan, Shi Zhong also arrived.

  "I, I don't know. How about you?" Bai Lu was also rarely down the mountain, how could he recognize Zhen Yuanzi, such a great immortal. If it wasn't for the fact that the newcomer's cultivation was too high, and he said that his sect had a great disaster, everyone would be afraid of being deceived; they also remembered what Zhou Cheng said every day, that outside the mountain gate there were many bad people, so they were afraid to open the door immediately. The Zhou Cheng school was somewhat lacking in experience.

  Kong Xuan waved his hand and scattered the mist, but didn't come out of the formation. However, it allowed people outside to see in.

  "Who comes, and what business do you have to discuss with me at Qingqiu Mountain? The master is not in the mountain, I'm afraid we cannot receive guests."

  Zhenyuanzi saw that the large array had dispersed one corner of the mist, and only then did he see the inside clearly. In his heart, he couldn't help but sigh in admiration at this great method of Zhou Cheng Shixiong. A single protective mountain array far surpassed his own Five Ancestors' Pagoda's broken array. Even with his own accurate teaching master's peak strength, he still couldn't see through it at all.

  "I am the ancestor of the Earth Immortal, and I am also the Town Yuanzi of Wuzhuangguan. Fellow Taoists, please be polite!" However, when Town Yuanzi thought about this trip, he felt a bit rushed.

  "Huh? Zhenyuanzi? But isn't that the Zhenyuanzi with the ginseng fruit tree?" Shi Zhong asked.

  "It's true, thousands of years ago, your master said that there was no one to take care of the disciples at home, but brought back six Ganoderma lucidum?"

  Shi Zhongyi listened and was about to rush out, but was stopped by Bai Lu.

  "Bai Lu cupped his hands and bowed: 'Zhenyuan Great Immortal, I dare ask what brings you here.'"

  Zhenyuanzi didn't sigh or show any concern, but instead said directly: "Your master was punished by heaven for forcibly going against the natural order and meddling with the six reincarnations of the universe's cause and effect. His whereabouts are now unknown. I came to warn you all not to leave the mountain lightly, lest you fall into someone else's trap. If you stay in the mountains, nothing will happen. I still have mundane affairs to attend to in my observation chamber, so I'll take my leave first."

  Zhenyuanzi finished speaking and drove the cloud away, but in his heart, he sighed that Zhou Cheng, his senior brother, was a bit rash this time. He temporarily lost his trace, and before that, he didn't know what deep feelings he had with Hou Tu, so he could do such a thing. Doing such a rebellious thing against heaven, it's not just about emotions, but must be calculated. He lost his trace, but many great things in this vast expanse still need Zhenyuanzi to pay close attention to.

  Several people on Qingqiu Mountain felt a pang in their hearts upon hearing the news. The revered Saint teacher, who had always been considered the backbone of the group, had actually been punished by Heaven! Could something have really happened to him? He was gone without a trace, which wasn't unusual since Zhou Cheng often left the mountain for decades at a time. However, being punished by Heaven was a different matter altogether. It seemed that they would indeed have to close off the mountain and not leave, lest they fall prey to human machinations. They returned to the mountain to cultivate and warned the guardian disciples, forbidding anyone from leaving the mountain again.

  Between heaven and earth, there have been six paths of reincarnation. After ghosts and spirits transform into new bodies due to cause and effect, a new order has emerged.

  The Asura tribe had the ghost of reincarnation, and the Asura path was born. Minghe sat in the position of the master from then on, and the Asura clan under his teachings became more prosperous day by day. However, due to Minghe's previous order, the Asura clan became extremely open-minded from then on, which seemed extremely depraved to outsiders.

  The demon clan has not changed much, it's just that there are more human ghosts reincarnated and born with new demons, with high qualifications, and after death, they will not turn to ashes, but can enter the cycle of rebirth, preserving their souls.

  The biggest change is still in the human race.

  Hundreds of years have passed and newborns of the human race are all spiritually intelligent. As they grow up, various talents emerge.

  But the two most influential were two people.

  The first person was the one Zhou Chengwu had mentioned earlier, and when the thousand-year period arrived, it indeed came true. The Holy Maiden of the Human Tribe, Tianyi, did have a daughter named Fubao, who lived by the Shuishui River and washed clothes. She felt the heavenly aura and gave birth to a son. Heaven was moved by Zhou Cheng's words and took in Huangdi, who was given the name Huangdi, but was actually entrusted with great expectations. Without waiting for him to grow up, he was taken in as a disciple and taught the ways of cultivation, and was well-instructed.

  Another was of humble origin, named Cang Jie. This man indeed had great talent and at the age of twenty made a contribution that benefited the entire nation.

  At the age of twenty, during the grand ceremony of the Human Tribe's worship of Heaven, he happened to see a line of ancient and mysterious large characters on the Qinglian Sacred Symbol, and his heart suddenly rippled.

  The words on the Qinglian Sacred Seal, those who recklessly move the human tribe will die. Rather than saying it's words, it's better to say it's the true words of the Great Way. People who don't know how to read can understand at a glance, but if they want to explain why, they won't be able to. Although everyone in the human tribe can understand, there isn't a single person who can write it out. Even the two characters for Heaven and Earth on the ceremonial plaque were painstakingly copied by the Golden Immortal of the tribe. Ordinary people can't even write half a character.

  The lack of text also seriously hindered the inheritance of human civilization, and the accumulation of culture could only be passed down through oral tradition among the elderly in the clan. Often, the more it was passed down, the more incorrect it became, and after several generations, it would be completely different, differing by thousands of miles. This is also one of the reasons why humans find it difficult to cultivate. Unlike the demon tribe, which is born with the ability to cultivate, humans can only rely on others to teach them. However, in the desolate world of Honghuang, except for space, everything was lacking, and at least there were no texts to record cultivation methods. If a human did not enter the door of a famous teacher, they could only learn the Tao through oral tradition, often resulting in errors that differed by thousands of miles.

  He was deeply moved, yet he spent day and night thinking tirelessly. He neither engaged in production nor did he indulge in romantic affairs like other young men. Day and night, he was alone, either walking around observing or quietly contemplating, so his family thought he had gone mad and left him be.

  Other people's cold eyes, Cang Wei didn't care at all, in his eyes, the world had already become different. He observed the celestial phenomena, thinking about the changes of the sun, moon and stars; watched various creatures running and resting, studying their behavioral trajectories; looked around the mountains and waters scenery, paying attention to the external shapes of objects.

  After years of contemplation, he finally carved the first character on a smooth pebble by the riverbank: . It was the character for "person", which represents the human body with hands and feet as its foundation, also implying mutual support between people. Next, he wrote , which is the character for "water", symbolizing the flowing of the river water.

  Following this idea, Cangjie created other commonly used characters. Just as he was about to get up and return to the village, he found that he could not take the large stone with the carved characters back, so he took a turtle shell from the riverbank and engraved the characters on it with the sharp edge of a broken goose egg stone. Cangjie looked at the turtle shell in his hand and was very satisfied, naming it Oracle Bone Script.

  The emergence of oracle bones represents the fact that human beings finally have a formal writing system, and thus have a tool for passing on civilization. The inheritance of culture has a foundation, and civilization can accumulate bit by bit in the passage of time. Human civilization has finally grown wings strong enough to soar, and no longer needs anyone to help it grow.

  The evolutionary path of humanity over millions of years has finally taken its most solid step forward.

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  (In book reviews, whether scolding me or praising me, I've seen them all. To those who praised me, thank you. As for those who scolded me, please feel free to do so - after all, I'm not a great god, and I don't even have the right to ask everyone to forgive and tolerate me. As for those who shouted threats about taking it off the shelves or whatever, be my guest. All I want to say is, what can a mere 20 million words of plot development prove? Has this book been laid to rest with a definitive conclusion? That's all - apart from the "main character won't die" theory, what's impossible?)

  I'm too lazy to respond to the abuse, I was particularly busy today, but in order to write this book well, just those two oracle bones above, I spent more than two hours writing them out. Baidu couldn't even find them, my classmates said just use simplified characters instead, I thought about it, although many people scold me, there are even more people who support me, can't be perfunctory, so I took the initiative to think of a way to create them.

  Old saying: Feel free to scold as you like, just don't attack my family members, I will never delete the post!!