Shennong obtained the book and immediately returned to the human race with great joy, and then spread the classic book of alchemy among the human race.
Meanwhile, the Primordial Celestial Venerable of the Jade Void Palace had long harbored designs on the human race. Last time, he sent Guang Chengzi to take Shennong as his disciple, Shennong being the Earth Sovereign among the Three Sovereigns of Heaven, Earth, and Man. However, Xuan Tian beat him to the punch, allowing Zhen to take Shennong first, forcing Guang Chengzi to retreat. But the Primordial Celestial Venerable was not at ease. This time, he was going to be even faster than Xuan Tian, sending Guang Chengzi down to the mortal realm to search for the Xuanyuan tribe in the prehistoric world.
On the banks of the Ji River in the northwest of the land lived two ancient tribes: the Xuanyuan tribe and the Youchongqiao tribe. For generations, they had taken the name of the river as their surname, intermarried, and merged, continuously developing and expanding. In this year, Shaodian, the leader of the Xuanyuan tribe, married Fubao, a woman from the Youchongqiao tribe.
One night, while Fu Bao was observing the Big Dipper, a sudden flash of white light appeared at the Tian Shu point, illuminating the surrounding area. Fu Bao felt a divine intervention and became pregnant. After three years of pregnancy, she gave birth to a son in Shouqiu, whom she named Gongsun Xuanyuan.
Xuanyuan was born with extraordinary divine abilities. Not long after his birth, he was able to speak and possessed immense strength. At the age of five, he was able to hunt bears, which amazed his tribe. Shaodian was delighted to see Xuanyuan's intelligence, wisdom, bravery, and martial prowess, and ordered the Xuanyuan tribe to be renamed the Youxiong tribe.
Guang Chengzi, having received a decree from Yuanshi Tianzun, descended to the mortal realm to find the next Human Emperor. Yuanshi had said the Human Emperor would be born in the Youxiong tribe, but Guang Chengzi searched for a long time without finding it. One day, Guang Chengzi arrived at the banks of the Ji River and saw a tribe whose people were overjoyed. Upon inquiring, he learned that the Xuanyuan tribe had changed its name to the Youxiong tribe. He also learned that the tribe's leader, Shaodian, had given birth to a son after a three-year pregnancy, named Gongsun Xuanyuan, who was exceptionally intelligent. Guang Chengzi thought to himself that this child must be the next Human Emperor. So he hurried to the Youxiong tribe.
Upon arriving at the tribe, Guang Chengzi found Shao Dian and said, "I am Guang Chengzi, a disciple of the Primordial Sage of the Jade Void Palace of Kunlun Mountain. I have calculated that I have a master-disciple relationship with your young master Xuanyuan, so I have come to take him as my disciple."
When Shao Dian heard that the sage was accepting his son as a disciple, he readily agreed and gathered the people of the tribe to hold a ceremony for Xuanyuan to become his disciple. This suited Guang Chengzi's vanity perfectly.
Guang Chengzi settled in the Youxiong tribe, diligently teaching Xuanyuan. However, he mostly lived in the mountains cultivating, so while he might be skilled in immortal cultivation, he was less knowledgeable about civilian life and production. At this time, the Youxiong tribe had a strong martial spirit, and Guang Chengzi, who possessed some knowledge of martial arts, reluctantly stirred things up, extolling to Shaodian Xuanyuan the virtues of martial prowess in the primordial world. Shaodian, being a mere mortal, couldn't possibly understand such things, but the young Xuanyuan was gradually influenced by Guang Chengzi's teachings.
The Forty-Eight Wise Minds reappear, and Xuanyuan ascends the throne.
When Xuanyuan was nine years old, Shaodian passed away, and Xuanyuan succeeded him as the leader of the Youxiong tribe. Having followed Guangchengzi, who was unfamiliar with human affairs, for many years, Xuanyuan hadn't learned any skills in governing the tribe. Now, with Shaodian gone, he reluctantly took over the leadership of the tribe, but he was quite troubled by handling political affairs and didn't know where to begin. When he asked Guangchengzi, Guangchengzi only said that he cultivated moral immortality and knew nothing about this matter. After being asked too many times, Guangchengzi became embarrassed to see Xuanyuan again and claimed to be in seclusion, refusing to even see him.
On this day, just as Xuanyuan was troubled, his tribesmen came to report that a woman had arrived in the tribe, suspected to be the Holy Maiden Huixin. Xuanyuan was quite familiar with the affairs of Penglai Island thanks to his tribesmen's influence. Moreover, the human race worships the Holy Father, Holy Mother, and the Three Pure Ones, and there are also portraits of the Holy Maiden Huixin and the Holy Son Liaozhen enshrined beside them. Upon hearing that the Holy Maiden had arrived, he hurried out to greet her.
Upon exiting, he saw that it was the woman depicted in the portrait of the holy maiden worshipped by the clan, and Xuanyuan quickly knelt down to greet her.
Huixin quickly helped Xuanyuan up and said, "The leader is the next Heavenly Emperor, and his status is esteemed. There is no need for such formalities."
Xuanyuan had no idea about these things before. After hearing Huixin's words, he was happy but also troubled. He was troubled because he knew everything, so how could he become the human emperor?
Huixin also knew Xuanyuan's troubles. She came here on Xuantian's orders to help Xuanyuan. Xuantian knew that Guangchengzi, that country bumpkin, was no match for Xuanyuan.
Xuanyuan bowed to Huixin and said, "To be honest, Your Majesty, I am a clumsy disciple who does not know how to govern my people and is currently in a state of distress. I humbly request Your Majesty's guidance." Xuanyuan also knew that Huixin had once given guidance to Emperor Fuxi and wanted to ask for her guidance as well.
Huixin said, "It's alright, this is exactly why I came here."
Xuanyuan was overjoyed upon hearing this and quickly instructed his clansmen to prepare a room for Huixin. He then hurriedly took Huixin to study.
Under Huixin's guidance, Xuanyuan discovered that burying human and animal excrement in the ground could promote the growth of grains, even better than Shennong's method of burning mountains and then planting crops. This not only solved the problem of diseases caused by food contamination from human and animal excrement but also reduced the life-threatening risks of burning mountains. Xuanyuan built boats based on the principle of trees floating; he made clothes, trousers, and shoes from hemp, so that his people no longer had to wear animal skins and tree leaves; Xuanyuan also invented daily utensils such as mortars, pots, and bowls, enabling people to steam rice and cook porridge. As a result, Xuanyuan's reputation spread far and wide, and he became a famous sage in the prehistoric world. Many tribes near the Youxiong tribe naturally submitted to him. After Huixin finished doing all this, she left.
Guang Chengzi thought that his seclusion and refusal to see Xuanyuan was not a long-term solution, but he knew nothing about civil affairs, so he went out of the seclusion to seek an audience with Yuanshi, hoping to get some solution from Yuanshi.
Unexpectedly, when Guang Chengzi came out and saw that the Youxiong tribe was thriving and the people were living a prosperous life, he thought that Xuanyuan was ultimately the chosen human emperor and naturally had the ability to govern the tribe well. He was happy and thought there was no need to trouble Yuanshi anymore. However, when he asked, he found out that it was Huixin who had helped. Guang Chengzi was immediately unhappy. He thought to himself, "What do you mean by this, Penglai Island? Last time you acted quickly and took over Lieshan. This time, I, Guang Chengzi, have taken over Xuanyuan, and you are interfering again. Do you mean that I, Guang Chengzi, am incompetent?"
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