Chapter 116 Cang Li watched as Hua Xu embraced him…
Cang Li was stunned for a moment when he saw the child that Hua Xu was carrying. He didn't expect that they had found Fu Xi so quickly.
Hua Xu asked somewhat shyly, "Great Chief, what do you think of this child?"
Cang Li snapped out of her daze, gently pinched the child's chubby cheek, and said:
"That's great! This child is destined for great things."
Hua Xu was overjoyed; she was happier than anything else to receive Cang Li's words.
Cang Li walked around for a moment, and before leaving, he said to Hua Xu:
"When this child is older, I will teach him some things."
The edible plant encyclopedia is for Fuxi, and the herbal medicine encyclopedia is for Hongyun. After those two disasters, many things about humanity were destroyed and need to be re-taught.
Also, she can step down from her position as chief. The leaders of each tribe have done a good job, and people will no longer need to travel thousands of miles back to the cave.
Moreover, the human race is now on the right track, so she doesn't need to interfere in everything. This is the best time to let the human race grow wildly.
Cang Li slowly toured the various tribes without showing himself to his people. After two great disasters, not many of the original human race remained. Apart from the tribal chiefs, the remaining humans only had a vague concept of the existence of the great human leader. Only the concept of getting rich through hard work that Cang Li had mentioned at the beginning had taken root in people's hearts, and everyone was living a hardworking life.
Most people are happy as long as they have enough to eat and wear, and don't think about anything else.
Cang Li returned to the cave. There were not many humans left on this side of the cave; they all lived on the other side of the river. On this side of the river, there was only Cang Li's cave.
"Daoist Master, you've been away from Kunlun for so long, is that alright?"
Taiqing simply said, "It's alright."
Cang Li lay on the bed: "What do you mean 'unimpeded'? Sigh, why do you enlightened immortals always speak in such a profound and unfathomable way?"
Taiqing raised his eyelids and looked at Cangli: "We don't have to stay in Kunlun Mountain all the time. With the rise of the human race, there are not so many restrictions anymore."
Cang Li was satisfied: "That's more like it. Every time I ask you a question, you only answer with one or two words, and I have to guess what you mean."
"If you stay here with me, will the other two sages have any objections to me?"
Cang Li, with a tea-like air about her, moved from the bed to Tai Qing's side and deliberately asked Tai Qing a question.
Taiqing sighed: "No, I'm fine anywhere."
Cang Li rolled up his sleeves and said, "Then let's go outside and hoe the ground."
Taiqing: ?
Seeing that Taiqing didn't move, Cang Li pointed outside as if it were the most natural thing in the world and said:
"It's such a waste to leave such a large area of land empty, since it's just sitting idle anyway."
After pondering for a moment, Taiqing followed Cangli out. The instant they stepped outside, their clothes changed into work clothes—a top and trousers—and Taiqing's hair was tied high back, neat and tidy.
As Cang Li walked, she tied her hair into a bun, took a hoe from her system inventory, and handed it to Tai Qing:
"Self-reliance and hard work lead to prosperity!"
Without saying a word, Taiqing took the hoe and began to cultivate the wasteland that hadn't been planted for a year or two.
The irrigation canals he had previously dug had also completely disappeared in the great flood. The ground was covered with messy weeds, mixed with crops such as rice and wheat, all of which were seeds that had not been washed away when the flood came. They grew and fell year after year, and no one took care of them.
Cang Li used a sickle to cut wild grass.
Now, doing these things is completely different from when she first arrived. Before, she would get her hands scratched by the weeds when cutting grass, and she would get very tired after cutting for a short while. Now, doing these things is completely easy, and she doesn't even feel a sense of accomplishment after cutting a patch of grass.
Cang Li sat on the edge of the field, placed his sickle beside him, and watched Tai Qing skillfully hoe the ground.
He truly deserves to be called a saint; even hoeing the ground looks ethereal, without a trace of the dishevelment one would expect from someone doing farm work.
Cang Li squinted, enjoying the breeze and admiring Tai Qing's hardworking figure.
Such a beautiful person belongs to her.
Cang Li shook his head, his thoughts drifting away.
I wonder how Ji and the others are doing now. And Fuxi, he should be over three years old now. When she found Fuxi, she specifically told Nuwa about it. Nuwa went to check on him secretly before returning to the Nuwa Palace.
The number of humans on the other side of the river has increased significantly in the past two years. Almost none of the humans in this tribe who knew Cang Li are left. The remaining people only know that a deity lives on this side of the river. They cannot easily cross the bridge to disturb the deity. However, in just a few years, the number of humans has exceeded Cang Li's expectations.
Humans are now truly scattered throughout the wilderness, even migrating to the barren west.
The two brothers, Jieyin and Zhunti, were the happiest about this. The spiritual veins in the West were not thriving, so more people would be a good thing. Moreover, the human race was the darling of Heaven, and in order to prevent people from starving to death, their Western Sect could slowly develop.
The brothers Jieyin and Zhunti even came to Cangli to thank him, and of course, when they left, they also took away the wheat and rice that Cangli had planted, showing no change in their shameless nature.
After Cang Li discovered this, he and Tai Qing had a good time playing with crickets. The next day, Tai Qing went out for a while and when he came back, he gave Cang Li a strange-looking branch.
"What's this?"
Cang Li took the branch and asked curiously, "The branch doesn't look real; it looks more like it's made of jade."
Taiqing pointed to the branch and said, "A branch of the Seven Treasures Tree, keep it to play with."
Cang Li: ? ? ?
She knew about the Seven Treasures Tree, a righteous treasure of Zhunti.
"How...how did you get him to agree to give it to you?"
Cang Li was really curious. Zhunti and Jieyin were shameless and stingy because they were repairing the Western spiritual veins. It was unbelievable that Taiqing was able to take the branches from them.
Taiqing remained calm: "He got a beating."
Cang Li chuckled as he thought about it.
Taiqing, who was hoeing the ground, stopped what he was doing and looked over in confusion, seemingly not understanding why Cangli was laughing so happily.
Cang Li waved his hand: "I've thought of something fun. Daoist, let's go to Leize. My uncle's reincarnation is probably about to start learning something."
Taiqing walked over slowly, put down his hoe, and asked, "Aren't you going to farm anymore?"
Cang Li patted his sleeves: "I'm not planting anymore. I'll have someone else do it."
Taiqing nodded and went to Leize with Cangli.
Lei Ze is much better than before, and Hua Xu is busy solving various problems in the tribe.
Lei Ze is a place with lots of water, and people catch fish to eat. However, the fishing methods that Cang Li taught them before, using fish traps and nets, were gradually forgotten after two disasters.
When Cang Li arrived, she saw a group of people gathered by the river exclaiming in surprise. Cang Li pulled Tai Qing and squeezed in curiously to see what was going on. She saw a little boy who looked exactly like her uncle seriously casting a fishing net. Cang Li couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Hua Xu turned around and saw Cang Li. She immediately pulled Cang Li towards home, saying as they walked:
"Great Chief, Fuxi is such a clever child. We don't even remember you teaching us how to fish before, but he learned to weave fishing nets without any instruction. He's practically the kind of person you told us in stories who was born with innate knowledge!"
Hua Xu praised Fu Xi highly, with a hint of pride as a mother.
Cang Li nodded in agreement. As one of the future Three Sovereigns, how could he not be powerful? This can be considered a tribulation for humans. This kind of tribulation is good. Coming to the human race for a while will bring historical progress to human society. Cang Li greatly appreciates this kind of tribulation and even encourages it.
Hua Xu and Cang Li talked for a while, and then Fu Xi returned, dragging several large fish behind him, with two children chattering away.
When Fuxi saw Cangli, he tilted his head and stepped forward, saying, "Are you Mother's guest?"
Cang Li thought the child was just putting on an act; no wonder he was her uncle.
Hua Xu patted Fu Xi's head: "It's the Great Chief. I've told you before that it's because of the Great Chief that our human race has been able to get to where we are today."
Fuxi stood in awe, clasped his hands in a salute, and said, "Fuxi greets the Great Chief!"
Cang Li jumped away instantly. Even if it was a joke, Fuxi would have to go back in the future anyway. She couldn't bear to accept this ceremony.
Fuxi looked at Cangli with suspicion, and Cangli coughed lightly:
"No need for so much formality, I don't like it."
After saying that, he took out a book and tossed it to Fuxi: "Take this and play with it."
Fuxi took the book and looked inside. It contained various plants, some familiar and some unfamiliar, with labels indicating whether they were poisonous or not. While others couldn't understand the writing, Fuxi could. He immediately grasped its meaning and, recognizing its value, bowed solemnly to Cangli.
"Thank you for the book, Great Chief!"
Cang Li nodded: "Watch carefully, and figure out what you don't understand on your own."
Fuxi nodded, he would definitely not trouble the Great Chief!
At that moment, a commotion broke out outside.
Hua Xu hurriedly went out to investigate and saw someone come over and say, "Chief! A huge turtle has suddenly appeared in the river over there!"
Cang Li and Tai Qing exchanged a glance and followed to see.
Upon reaching the riverbank, they saw a giant tortoise carrying the Hetu and Luoshu on its back swim to the shore and present them to Fuxi.
Everyone witnessed this miracle.
Cang Li looked up and saw Nuwa hiding in mid-air watching. She instantly understood that her mother had come to deliver a magic weapon to her uncle.
Nuwa nodded to Cang Li and turned to leave.
Cang Li tugged at Tai Qing's sleeve and whispered:
"Taoist Master, let's go."
Just as the two were about to leave, Hua Xu called out to them, "Great Chief, are you and the Sage leaving?"
Cang Li nodded: "Yes, I'm relieved to see that you're all doing well."
Hua Xu looked at Cang Li with some reluctance: "Great Chief, please come visit me more often when you have time."
She had a premonition that she would have very few chances to see Cang Li again in the future. Mortals who cannot cultivate have a lifespan of sixty or seventy years at most, or as short as twenty or thirty years. Not everyone can live to the end of their lifespan. Perhaps an accident will force them to enter the cycle of reincarnation.
Hua Xu felt that a mortal's life was so short, and compared to the long life of an immortal, she really didn't have many chances to see Cang Li anymore.
Cang Li raised his hand and patted Hua Xu's head:
"Yes, I will."
After saying that, she left Leize with Taiqing. Before leaving, she didn't ask Siye. Sometimes it doesn't matter whether you ask or not. Just like she knew in her heart that the average lifespan of humans in this era was pitifully short, so she didn't need to ask to know that those who could no longer see had probably already entered the cycle of reincarnation.
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