Chapter 127 The City of Humans and Demons: The 120th Chapter of the Game Making Game...
In the mortal realm, in the city of Chaoge.
Yuan Yi led his two apprentices through the streets of Chaoge, a bustling place brimming with the warmth and vibrancy of everyday life.
The cries of vendors selling lamps, vegetables, and furs, along with the complex smells, blended together to depict the myriad aspects of human life.
For a moment, Yuan Yi felt as if she were walking in a TV drama, but unlike the TV dramas she had watched in her previous life, this bustling street was also home to many other kinds of people besides humans.
Various kinds of "non-human" beings, some with ears, some with tails, and some with blue-black skin and only one eye, walk along this main street of the imperial city.
Just now, Yuan Yi saw a large tabby cat, as tall as a person when standing upright, use the string of coins hooked on its paws to buy two large hens from a farmer next door, and even deliberately instruct the farmer to pluck the feathers and bleed the chickens as usual.
"Chaoge City is indeed prosperous," Yuan Yi sighed, turning to his disciple.
Kong Xuan immediately chimed in, "After all, this is the location of the human race's dragon vein, and the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas will give it some face. The current City God of Chaoge City has been rated A in this year's assessment, and he will probably be promoted to the Heavenly Court soon."
Yuan Yi smiled and glanced at Kong Xuan. Over the years, the selection and assessment of officials in the Heavenly Court have been closely related to "Lord of a Region", and this matter has been entirely entrusted to Kong Xuan and Little Ginseng.
Therefore, when Kong Xuan refused the official position bestowed by the Heavenly Court last time, he said that he wanted to focus on cultivating and postponed the management of "Lord of a Land".
But judging from Kong Xuan's clear understanding of the situation at the gates of Chaoge, it seems that his so-called excuse was just a pretext. Even while cultivating, this kid didn't forget to capture "Lord of a Place".
Yuan Yi stared intently at Kong Xuan, his eyes gleaming with a "I've caught you red-handed" look. Kong Xuan, however, met his gaze without flinching, completely unfazed and showing no embarrassment at being caught.
In the end, Yuan Yi turned her head away. Anyway, that's just how Kong Xuan is—a jack of all trades, a prince who talks about letting go but never wants to rest.
Da Peng on the other side quickly covered his mouth, but a laugh still inevitably escaped.
It was as if a switch had been flipped, and Yuan Yi couldn't help but laugh along, while Kong Xuan's lips also curled up several degrees.
However, Bian Xiaoyuan was not idle either. He took the two little birds from one end of the street to the other, and bought a lot of snacks along the way, such as dried fish, candied hawthorn, and other snacks that could be carried. He then handed two of each to his two apprentices.
It really felt like taking his disciples out for a stroll.
But this street always has an end. Before he could finish licking the string of fried peach blossoms, Yuan Yi arrived at the Nuwa Temple at the end of the street.
Although it is called the Nuwa Temple, in addition to the Nuwa statue enshrined in the main hall, many other figures are also enshrined in the side halls and side rooms.
People came and went in front of the temple, and the incense smoke mixed with it carried a golden light that was invisible to the naked eye and drifted into the statue. Among them, three golden lights, after sensing a more familiar aura, turned a corner at the temple entrance and slipped onto the master and disciple who were standing in front of the Nuwa Temple.
Yuan Yi casually shaped the incense sticks into a small ball and placed it among the offerings in front of the Nuwa statue.
"Consider it a small gift." Yuan Yi followed the other believers' example and bowed, saying this to himself as he did so.
Then, looking up, she stared at the large, white wall to Nuwa's right. It was so smooth and white, truly a perfect wall for writing.
She was itching to write it down, and since King Zhou hadn't said anything yet, she thought she might as well try it out.
"roll."
The moment this thought crossed Yuan Yi's mind, a familiar voice rang out. She even saw the statue above openly turn pale in front of her.
It turned out that Nuwa herself had descended to this temple.
Nuwa followed Yuanyi's gaze and indeed saw the familiar wall in front of her. Her expression immediately turned as ugly as if she had swallowed two flies.
Who would have thought? Sitting in the temple, poetry descends from the heavens. It's one thing to scribble and draw in her temple, but perhaps leaving a poem or a piece of calligraphy will increase the value of that wall centuries later.
But that future King Zhou of Shang, of all things, had to write obscene poems. And he even had to write them during sacrificial ceremonies, in front of all the civil and military officials and temple priests, making a big show of it, as if he wanted the whole world to know.
Lacking both literary talent and profound meaning, he insisted on doing it in front of everyone, practically branding the words "a lustful wretch and a tyrant" onto his face.
This guy has humiliated even the saints. If she doesn't punish him, doesn't Nuwa have any dignity?
I never expected that the nine-tailed fox who casually waved the demon banner would be so capable, doing so many things that made people complain about fate.
Thinking about all the things that happened after the events in the book "Investiture of the Gods," Nuwa, who was already annoyed, became even angrier and wished she could smash the wall right now.
Why leave such a white wall in such a large Nuwa Temple? Are they afraid of encountering a tyrannical ruler who might cause trouble?
If this tyrannical ruler hadn't caused trouble, there wouldn't have been such a massive "Investiture of the Gods," and so many humans wouldn't have died.
This is the race she created with her own hands. Even though there are many people now, they are all her children. They were ruined for such a ridiculous reason. Even knowing that there was a calamity in the world, Nuwa still couldn't help but take her anger out on these dead things.
"Don't be angry. King Zhou might not write it this time. We'll find someone to write two new ones later."
Yuan Yi touched the rough wall and fanned the flames: "Who do you want to designate to write it, Fuxi or Jieyin and Zhunti? Otherwise, I'll come and carve the words here myself?"
Enraged, Nuwa jumped out of the statue, disregarding her elaborate palace attire, and seized Yuanyi in one stride.
"Don't talk nonsense!"
She was already annoyed to watch King Zhou scribble all over her walls, but now Yuan Yi was saying that the boy might not do it and that she should take the initiative to make it happen.
How could she possibly contradict herself? Nuwa's face changed at the thought that Fuxi might actually come to the Nuwa Temple to write lewd and obscene songs.
Yuan Yi quickly raised his hands in surrender: "It's just a possibility. Besides, the future King Zhou might not be allowed to scribble on the Nuwa Temple this time."
Yuan Yi pointed to the endless stream of worshippers kneeling before the statue of Nuwa. In addition to pure faith, countless subtle spiritual energies also flowed into the earth's veins through the game.
It's all the spiritual energy fluctuations from gacha pulls in the game.
What a magnificent Nuwa Temple! Now it's basically become a gacha pull spot in the game. Before long, someone will put on the new clothes from "Miracle of the Primordial World" and can't help but shout, "Thank you, Goddess Nuwa!"
Nuwa was unsurprised: "What impact does this have? They can't see the human emperor's sacrifices anyway, so it's not worth affecting the mandate of heaven."
“This is different. Take a closer look at these believers.” Yuan Yi shook his head, and deliberately used his spiritual power to mark the monsters mixed in with the crowd, and even drew several circles on the heads of several fox demons and cat demons.
“This is where things are completely different from destiny.” Yuan Yi’s face broke into a bright smile.
After so many years of operation in the primordial world, the fate of the demon race has been slightly shaken. Originally, the demon race, which should have been condemned as lowly and irreconcilable with the human race, has now, under the subtle influence of the game and the higher-ups, actually managed to coexist harmoniously with humans.
At least in Chaoge, humans and demons are treated the same. They can pretend to have ears, sell fish, wag their tails, and fool people, as long as they can hide their beards or even find a government official position.
Humans naturally benefited from the advantages provided by the demons. Whether it was the super-strong demons who could build a city wall in a day or the bull demons who could plow the entire Chaoge in half a day, demons played an important role in the construction of Chaoge and even the development of the prehistoric human race.
Among them, the high priests of Nuwa temples in various places have always been the ones who can help the human race control the demon race. And now, the priestess of the Nuwa temple in Chaoge also serves as the local city god. She is very capable and old, and even the current Shang king has to treat her with great respect.
With such a senior and powerful priest, plus half of the Chaoge demons who worship Nuwa, if King Zhou were to disrespect Nuwa as described in "Investiture of the Gods," he would either be forced to abdicate by the priest the next day, or he would be forced to abdicate by a coalition of demons and lose his life in vain.
King Zhou was merely greedy and lustful; he wasn't stupid or brainless. To do such a thing in this era of frequent miracles from Nuwa was simply courting death.
Yuan Yi kept this in mind. He recounted to Nuwa everything he had seen and heard in Chaoge City over the past few days, while also examining his thoughts on the relationship between the human and demon races.
Everything that happened in the vicinity, big or small, naturally couldn't escape Nuwa's perception, but these commonplace things sounded especially unusual coming from Yuan Yi's mouth.
Nuwa had only a vague understanding of terms like "human-demon balance," "mutual benefit and common development," "saving labor," and "promoting changes in social relations," but considering the current situation in Chaoge City, she was able to make a fairly accurate guess about most of these ideas.
In short, the message is: "Nowadays, humans and demons live together as equals. As a saint worshipped by both humans and demons, Nuwa has a supreme status. Even the human emperor would not dare to attack Nuwa and disrupt the balance."
Nuwa listened with great interest, finding the current relationship between humans and demons even more appealing than the human segment in the "Investiture of the Gods" that Yuan Yi had previously transmitted.
"Then the nine-tailed fox won't need to possess Su's body anymore. We can just arrange for her to enter the palace and display her talents." Nuwa immediately thought of the little fox at Xuanyuan Tomb.
Since humans and demons can now marry, and this fox is destined to have such a marriage with King Zhou, why not arrange a legitimate marriage between the two races, thus sparing innocent women from unnecessary trouble?
Since she had already agreed to follow the main storyline of the Investiture of the Gods for a couple of stages, and since the plot couldn't be hidden from the Heavenly Dao, she might as well go with the flow sooner rather than later and reduce the trouble.
"But if that's the case, then King Zhou's poetry writing project can't continue?" Nuwa thought of her first plot point in the Investiture of the Gods.
After realizing that King Zhou in this timeline couldn't possibly have truly humiliated her at the Nuwa Temple, Nuwa became increasingly interested in the events that had propelled King Zhou to the forefront of the Investiture of the Gods.
Anyway, the current Investiture of the Gods is just a game prop, and nothing serious will happen under the constraints of the rules.
So, she put aside the interests of humans and demons and the great calamity, and truly took on the role of a main NPC. After all, she had been a player many times, but being an NPC was a first for her, and Nuwa was very eager to try it out.
Facing Nuwa's expectant gaze, Yuan Yi blinked. This time, she didn't hide it from the Heavenly Dao and communicated with Nuwa using her inner voice.
Instead, she boldly stroked the white wall to Nuwa's right: "This wall is really nice. It's a pity to leave it empty. Why don't we have the priest teach the children to read here?"
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Author's Note: Nuwa: Ah, isn't equality between humans and demons a normal thing? What, there are still areas where it can't be done? [doge]
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