Chapter 583: Dao Body Design, Golden Wheel of Merit
The waves crashed against the shore, making a continuous sound, just like Zheng Fa's mood:
He now seemed to have opened the answer book, which said, "Easy to obtain," and the answer was to create humans.
Then I looked at the title, and it clearly said: Please explain in detail why human beings were created.
As if she saw his surprise, Nuwa turned around and chuckled, "You feel surprised."
"A little."
Zheng Fa looked at the relaxed face of Nuwa and said sincerely, "The Queen is more capable than I thought—" He paused and used a word that suddenly popped into his mind: "Be more assertive."
Nuwa had a nonchalant expression on her face. She threw the shell in her hand and walked forward, with Zheng Fa following behind her.
The two walked for a while before Zheng Fa heard Nuwa speak:
"Because the key now is not me. It's you, the younger generation."
Nuwa stopped.
"I've thought things through. What about you?" She looked at Zheng Fa with a deep gaze, as if she could see into the deepest part of a person's soul. "Do you know why I created a new race?"
"Why the human race?"
"Can you tell me..." Nuwa chuckled softly, "was it right or wrong for me to create humans?"
Zheng Fa finally understood: "Is this a test from the Empress?"
Nuwa chuckled again, without saying whether this idea was right or not. She just said, "You can think of it this way. Whether it's merit or Hongmeng Purple Qi, it's not that easy to get."
"I see."
Zheng Fa said softly.
Nuwa nodded slightly, and suddenly stretched out her hand and pressed lightly on the sea surface. A palm print appeared on the sea surface, and the sea water under the palm print was squeezed and surged in all directions, revealing a magnificent underwater dragon palace.
"Greetings to the Goddess Nuwa!"
A man flew out from the Dragon Palace and fell before Nuwa, looking terrified.
"Don't be afraid, I'm just interested in the true form of the dragon clan."
The man suddenly had an idea and rolled on the sea, turning into a green dragon.
Nuwa looked it over and said, "Go ahead."
The green dragon kowtowed again, dived into the sea, and never dared to come out again.
"Your Majesty, this is..."
"I want to create a new species," Nuwa explained, "but I don't know what this new species will look like."
She added, "I didn't know until I met you."
Zheng Fa nodded slightly.
"So I observed all things in the world, including the witches, demons, and innate sacred beings, hoping to find the most suitable species."
At this point, she smiled again and said, "I joined the demon tribe partly for this reason."
"I see……"
According to Nuwa, her trip to the demon tribe was more like collecting experimental data.
This can also explain why, in the legend, although Nuwa was a member of the demon race, she was always ambiguous and acted very differently. In the end, she even created the human race - humans and demons were originally in a competitive relationship.
Originally, she and the demon clan might have been in a cooperative relationship.
Nuwa continued, "I have compiled an atlas of the seventy-two most powerful creatures. Among them are dragons, phoenixes, unicorns, liches, and all sorts of other bizarre creatures. I want to combine the strengths of each to create a perfect race."
This ambition is indeed huge.
Having said that, Nuwa stretched out her right hand, raised her index finger, and touched Zheng Fa's forehead.
Zheng Fa only felt a torrent of information suddenly exploding in his sea of consciousness, including countless mythical beast totems and various complex runes.
It contains many life mysteries of innate creatures.
"Mother?"
"Tell me why I chose the weak human race instead of these powerful species."
Zheng Fa then understood why Nuwa told him the precious data she had collected.
He nodded, and suddenly remembered something, and asked Nuwa:
"My Lady, do you know anything about the Qiankun Ding?"
"It's my magic weapon." Nuwa was stunned for a moment, then suddenly understood. "Is it in your hands?"
Zheng Fa was overjoyed and asked hurriedly, "May I ask, Your Majesty, the names of the things inscribed on the Qiankun Ding may have been quite different in later generations. Please enlighten me, Your Majesty."
Nuwa glanced at him and said, "Want to know?"
Zheng Fa bowed.
"Answer my question first."
…
Jiushan Realm, Xuanwu Lodge, in a conference room at Jiushan University.
"Why create humans?" Xie Qingxue opened her mouth and asked in confusion, "Isn't it obvious..."
Uncle Pang looked curious: "Why is it so obvious?"
"The human race now controls the Xuanwei Realm."
Upon hearing this, the Heavenly Emperor slowly nodded and said with a smile, "This venerable one feels that it's not that Goddess Nuwa doesn't want to create humans, but rather that she wants us to truly understand something."
"What?"
"What makes you human?"
The meeting room was filled with silence. The elder couldn't help but smack his lips and sighed, "This topic is quite big."
"No, Nuwa has already given me some hints." The Emperor shook his head. "First, she asked me why she wanted to create a new race."
"Why?"
"In other words, what kind of problems can this new race solve?"
As soon as he said this, everyone understood. The old man nodded and said, "So this is what you mean?"
There are some things that the Emperor of Heaven did not say.
After meeting Nuwa, Zheng Fa has been thinking about the true meaning of this Fusang wood illusion, and is even re-sorting out the context of some ancient legends.
By now, he already had some guesses in his mind.
The Emperor of Heaven turned to the old man and said, "Starting from the lecture in Zixiao Palace, there is actually only one main storyline in the ancient era."
"What?"
“The Spread and Evolution of the Tao.”
"Preaching? Preaching requires new species?"
The Emperor shook his head and explained, "The species isn't the key. The key lies in what species can better deduce the Dao."
The old man was stunned for a moment and muttered, "Deduction? This... are you saying that humans are only used to deduce the Tao?"
"From what Nuwa said, this is what I think."
From Zheng Fa's perspective, Nuwa didn't know what humans were, so naturally she had no innate feelings for them. She didn't intend to create humans from the beginning, and even her creation of humans wasn't due to any destiny:
She created the human race simply because the Heavenly Dao taught by Taoist Hongjun needed a better carrier.
To make an inappropriate analogy, the purpose of Nuwa creating the human race and humans creating computers seems to be very similar.
The conference room suddenly fell silent: "So, we are... just tools?"
Although he didn't want to admit it, the Emperor nodded slightly and said, "From Nuwa's perspective, I'm afraid it is indeed the case."
Looking at the silent crowd in the conference room, Zheng Fa continued, "If Nuwa has any destiny, it is to strengthen the Dao. The human race is the means by which she can achieve this destiny."
From Venerable Tianhe, Zheng Fa learned that practicing Taoism is itself the self-reproduction of the universe - and strengthening Taoism is the process of reproduction.
“…”
After a long time, a light laugh was heard in the lifeless meeting room.
"No matter what Nuwa thinks," Xie Qingxue said with a smile, "no matter what our human race's origins are, aren't we now standing at the pinnacle of the heavens?"
Seeing the bright smile on Xie Qingxue's face, Uncle Pang also sighed: "I don't think as clearly as Fairy Xie."
The Emperor of Heaven echoed, "This is Nuwa's second question: why the human race? Or, in other words, why is the human race the best carrier of the Tao?"
"...That's a big question." Senior Sister Zhang shook her head. "It's even hard to answer."
"I have an idea." The Emperor of Heaven said, "Or rather, I have an idea."
"What?"
"We discard the answer of humans and deduce a new population."
Everyone in the conference room was stunned. It was Senior Sister Zhang who finally reacted. "You mean, deduce from scratch the best carrier of Taoism? See if it's human?"
"That's right." The Emperor nodded gently and said, "Just like what Senior Sister said, it's too difficult to answer this question, and it's too vague."
"I would like to establish a new subject called Dao Body Design."
"Tao body?"
"This Dao body is not that Dao body." The Heavenly Emperor explained, "The so-called Dao body here means the carrier of the Great Dao, or in other words, let's assume that we are Nuwa."
Now everyone understood and nodded.
"To design a Dao body, there should be two important principles."
"What are those two important principles?"
"First, is the new Dao body conducive to the inheritance of the Great Dao?"
"Second, is this Dao body conducive to the development of Dao?"
The Emperor of Heaven spoke of Zheng Fa's thoughts on this matter, and then said:
"If you want to pass on your legacy, you need compatibility, learning ability, and stability."
“To develop, you need the ability to calculate, deduce, and iterate.”
Seeing that everyone was lost in thought, the Heavenly Emperor explained, "This is just my initial thoughts. If you have any different opinions, feel free to share them."
Senior Sister Zhang was silent for a moment before nodding and saying, "So, we now have some idea."
"As for compatibility..." Zheng Fa's disciple Gu Chang suddenly spoke up, "Isn't it just spiritual roots?"
"Spiritual roots?"
"Spiritual roots are not possessed by every species. It can even be said that they are a characteristic unique to humans."
After hearing this, Jiao Wuji nodded and said, "Most of the demon races rely on their bloodline, not spiritual roots."
"Spiritual roots..."
"I've always wondered why only humans have spiritual roots, why there are so many of them, and why all human spiritual roots contain all five elements..." Gu Changxi said, "When Master mentioned compatibility, I suddenly understood. Spiritual roots aren't meant to allow people to cultivate quickly, but to enable them to practice most techniques."
Everyone in the conference room felt convinced. Uncle Pang said repeatedly, "This theory... is correct. If I were to design a Dao body, the first thing I would consider wouldn't be how fast it could cultivate, but how many techniques it could cultivate. The human race has the most diverse techniques among all the races in the universe."
Even the Emperor of Heaven felt a sudden enlightenment:
He always felt that there were too many types of spiritual roots. There were five types of single spiritual roots, double spiritual roots, triple spiritual roots... Even if they were broken down by percentage, the number of spiritual roots would be almost endless.
He previously thought that this was the origin of inequality among cultivators. The advantage of having a single spiritual root was simply too great, while it was extremely difficult for cultivators with multiple spiritual roots to cultivate. From the Jiushan Sect to the Xuanwei Realm, countless disputes had arisen because of this.
But now Gu Chang's words made him look at spiritual roots from another perspective. Perhaps this thing was not perfect, but it gave the human race the most possibilities.
Seeing that everyone else was lost in thought, the Heavenly Emperor said, "The research on Dao Body Design is related to the Hongmeng Purple Qi. On the other hand, it may also allow us to glimpse the true nature of the cultivator's body, which is of great significance."
Senior Sister Zhang's expression was also very serious: "We will select disciples as soon as possible to form a project team."
The Emperor nodded slightly.
Zheng Fa did not place all his hopes on the Nine Mountains Realm.
He also arranged similar topics for the modern world.
In Zheng Fa's view, compatibility corresponds to spiritual roots, while the ability to learn, calculate, and deduce are all related to human wisdom.
There is much more research in this area in modern times than in the Nine Mountains Realm.
To put it simply, Dao body design studies the relationship between biological structure and Dao law.
The Jiushan Realm excels in Taoism, while the modern world excels in biological structure. The two places are almost complementary in this project.
…
The Nine Mountains Realm and the modern world were both busy with the Dao Body Design project, and everyone in the Nine Lights Heaven also gained something.
In the Five Organs Temple, Daoist Creation and others surrounded Bai Lian, exclaiming in amazement:
"Is this the result of merit?"
Bai Lian was no longer as calm as before. She had a smile on her face and a brilliant golden wheel was floating behind her head.
Zheng Fa couldn't help but walk over.
"This is the method passed down to me by the two ancestors, called the Golden Wheel of Merit," Bai Lian explained to the crowd. "Actually, there's nothing special about it. It's just that in this world, merit naturally possesses various magical powers."
Everyone became even more curious as they listened. The Great Elder of the Lu Clan asked, "I wonder what's so special about this Golden Wheel of Merit?"
"This young monk's Golden Wheel of Merit has only just begun to gain enlightenment and exorcise evil spirits," Bai Lian explained. "If I accumulate more merit, this golden wheel will be able to transform from virtual to real, and even become comparable to a spiritual treasure. It will be extremely useful for self-defense and overcoming tribulations."
When people say this, others are even more envious.
The Golden Wheel of Merit is fine, but what is even more enviable about Bai Lian is that he has really relied on two powerful people and has now gained a lot of benefits.
The Lu clan's great elder seemed to have thought of something and said, "So, doesn't that mean the White Lotus Saint Monk has a chance to sit on the seventh cushion?"
The others were stunned for a moment, then they understood.
Not only has this white lotus gained a lot of merit, but this golden wheel of merit has the ability to help cultivators attain enlightenment. What's more, this person also has a Bodhi seed.
It seems that both great merit and great enlightenment are present!
"To have the guidance of the two ancestors is already a blessing from heaven. I didn't dare to have any more extravagant expectations." Bai Lian said humbly, "But the two ancestors also urged me earnestly, so naturally I dare not slack off."
After hearing this, everyone sighed in their hearts: With a backer, one can do whatever he wants.
Zheng Fa was also envious when he suddenly saw the Great Elder of the Lu Clan looking at him with a look of ridicule in his eyes.
Seeing Zheng Fa looking at him, the Lu clan elder turned his head again and began to flatter Bai Lian wholeheartedly.
(End of this chapter)
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