Chapter 122 Taiqing looked at Cang with confusion...
Taiqing looked at Cangli with confusion and removed Cangli's hand:
"Why can't I say it? Don't you like it?"
Cang Li: ...
Okay, anyway, there are no outsiders here.
Cang Li let out a howl and bit Tai Qing's cheek:
"How can I so casually talk about things between my husband and me? Don't I have any dignity?"
Taiqing understood: "Does Ali mean that it can be said inside the spirit palace?"
Cang Li was about to nod when he saw the mischievous smile in Tai Qing's eyes, and immediately objected. He pressed Tai Qing down and sat on Tai Qing's waist.
You're mocking me!
Taiqing let out a low laugh, reached out to support Cangli, and said:
"Be careful, don't fall."
After playing around for a while, Cang Li got tired and lay down on Tai Qing. She played with a strand of hair for a while, then picked up another strand of her own hair and tied the two strands together.
Taiqing let Cangli do as he pleased. Seeing two strands of hair tangled together, he cut them off and then took out a beautiful jade box, handing it to Cangli and asking:
"Should we pack it up?"
Cang Li nodded: "Yes!"
Then she put the hair into a box, carefully tucked it into Taiqing's arms, and said:
"Please keep it safe!"
Taiqing nodded, and with a flick of his wrist, the box disappeared somewhere.
Cang Li snuggled against Tai Qing's chest, then sat up and said:
"I'm going to go play with Huaxu Aqi and the others. If you don't want to go to crowded places, just wait for me to come back at home."
Taiqing didn't say anything, but Cangli got up, changed his clothes, and left.
Halfway there, Cang Li turned around and saw Tai Qing following behind her, about four or five steps away. Cang Li patted Tai Qing's arm and hugged her, saying:
"Why did you follow me? Didn't you think it was too noisy?"
With so many people living together in human society, it's normal for friction to happen every now and then. So there are arguments and laughter all the time. Taiqing doesn't really like it and usually stays in the cave watching Cangli go by.
Taiqing lowered his head and said:
"It's nothing, it's not very noisy."
Cang Li: "If you find it noisy later, come back by yourself. I won't come back early. I still have something to talk to A Qi about."
Taiqing touched Cangli's forehead helplessly: "Okay."
Cang Li happily pulled Tai Qing to the other side of the river.
Hua Xu and A Qi sat chatting. The crops in the fields had all been harvested, and everyone was bundling up the rice stalks.
Seeing Cang Li approach, Hua Xu and A Qi quickly stood up: "Great Chief, come and sit down, we were just talking about your past."
Cang Li pulled Tai Qing over to sit down and asked curiously, "What are you talking about?"
Hua Xu said, "It refers to the great chieftain's heroic figure when he led the human race and shot down the sun."
Cang Li: "Oh, what's there to say? Ah Qi, how are your people doing? Are they having any difficulties?"
Ah Qi shook his head: "It's great. The chief told me before that we should cultivate fields on the mountain, and we did it. Now there are hundreds of thousands of people in the tribes there."
Cang Li smiled and said, "Then I'm relieved. How are the children?"
Hua Xu didn't know about the child Cang Li was talking about, but A Qi did. A Qi nodded:
"They're all doing well, they've integrated very well, so don't worry."
Cang Li was now completely relieved; Hou Tu's request was now complete.
At this moment, Fuxi frowned and came over, saying:
"Mother, those people Aunt Seven brought..."
Hua Xu looked over and said, "What's wrong with those people? Don't look at the chief and Ah Qi. Just speak up. We're all family."
Fuxi said, “Their aggressive intentions are very obvious. Yesterday, my mother asked me to pick some seeds for them, but they were not sad. Instead, they showed a great desire to possess the land.”
Ah Qi frowned and said:
"It's probably because our land isn't as vast, it's all mountains, and we can't grow much here. Oh well, I'm here now anyway. I'll have them pack up and head back in a bit, so I can let the new leader know that I've arrived safely."
Hua Xu nodded readily: "Alright, so your tribe won't worry about you. Take some more high-yield seeds with you before you leave. You probably don't have many seeds left over, the flood and the sun destroyed a lot of things."
Ah Qi didn't stand on ceremony with Hua Xu. Back then, people didn't distinguish between "yours" and "mine"; they shared good things with each other.
Upon seeing this, Fuxi said:
"Then I'll make the arrangements."
He wasn't stingy. They were all human, just from different tribes. They didn't lack seeds here, and sending some out would make life better for people far away.
Cang Li didn't get involved in this matter; he waited until the three of them had discussed it before speaking.
"The mountains are high and the roads are long, and it's getting cold soon, so we need to get them back as soon as possible."
Ah Qi nodded: "That's true. Although our winters aren't that cold, the roads are difficult to travel."
He stood up and said, "I'll go tell them a few things. I'll stay here and they don't need to come pick me up anymore. Also, I need to remember the route so they can come for help if anything happens in the future. They can also send people to the area if something happens here. We should look out for each other among our own kind."
Hua Xu had no objection to this, and even asked Fu Xi to give the illustrated guide to edible plants to those people, as well as to spread the methods of weaving fishing nets and the written records thereof.
This delay meant that the people who brought Ah Qi stayed for a few more days before leaving.
Twenty years passed in the blink of an eye. The human race grew stronger and stronger. Cang Li lived back and forth between the human race and the Eight Views Palace. Hua Xu and A Qi had long since entered the cycle of reincarnation.
Human beings' written records became increasingly rich. Fuxi recorded all the important events of these years and also developed rudimentary pharmacology, using acupuncture to treat simple diseases.
It is worth mentioning that when Mo and Fuqu came to visit Cangli and left in their original forms, they were seen by Fuxi. Inspired by this, Fuxi created the dragon totem for humankind, integrated the tribes, divided and ruled the territory, and appointed officials to manage society.
Humanity transitioned from a utopian society to a dominant society.
Cang Li was on her way to Wuzhuang Temple. Yuan Shi kept urging her to tell him when she and Tai Qing would get married. Cang Li felt it wasn't the right time yet, so she secretly ran away.
It just so happens that Taiqing mentioned it these past few days, saying that Zhenyuanzi is going to send Hongyun into reincarnation. Cangli still owes Hongyun a debt of karma, and the Nine-Nine Soul-Scattering Gourd has also been properly nurtured, so it's a good opportunity for Cangli to make this trip.
Wuzhuang Temple remained as serene as ever. As soon as Cangli landed, Qingfeng and Mingyue greeted them with smiles, saying:
"As expected, Venerable One has arrived. Master said that we have distinguished guests today. Venerable One, please come in quickly."
Cang Li followed him inside. Wuzhuang Temple remained unchanged. Once in the courtyard, he saw Zhen Yuanzi sitting there, with a phantom sitting opposite him, the two playing chess.
The illusory figure looked very familiar. After looking at it for a while, Cang Li said in surprise:
"Fellow Daoist Hongyun?"
Hongyun still had the same kind-hearted demeanor as when Cang Li first met him. Upon seeing Cang Li, he smiled and said:
"It's you. Long time no see. I died in such a hurry last time that I didn't even get to ask your name. Judging from your current cultivation level, you are much stronger than me."
Cang Li walked over and said, "My name is Cang Li. Fellow Daoist Hongyun, you can just call me Cang Li."
Hongyun nodded repeatedly:
"That's a good name. Zhen Yuanzi said he would send me to reincarnation and reincarnate me as a human. Speaking of which, you're also a human, right?"
Cang Li nodded, then handed the Nine-Nine Soul-Scattering Gourd to Hong Yun and said:
“It was buried in the Netherworld Blood Sea for a long time. I retrieved it, repaired it, and returned it to you.”
Hongyun took the gourd with a hint of nostalgia in her eyes:
"I thought I'd never see it again, thank you."
"You're welcome. I should be thanking you. It's so great to see you thank me in person again."
Hongyun burst into laughter. Of course he knew what Cang Li was talking about, since it was he who had given away the Primordial Purple Qi.
Zhen Yuanzi ignored the cryptic exchange between the two, placed a piece, and said, "Hongyun, you've lost."
Hongyun was stunned for a moment, then looked at the chessboard and saw that she had indeed lost. She immediately shouted:
"You didn't even know to give way to me!"
Zhen Yuanzi put away the chessboard: "I'm leaving. It's almost time. I'll send you to reincarnation."
Cang Li immediately exclaimed, "Me too! Me too!"
Zhen Yuanzi agreed, and Cang Li immediately took out the jade tablet given to him by Houtu and said:
"I'll take you directly to the underworld; we won't have to take a long detour."
As soon as they finished speaking, the three of them changed scenes and went directly from Wuzhuang Temple to the underworld.
The underworld is still in chaos, but it's a little better than it was at the beginning.
Houtu was hunched over her desk, frantically busy. She had finally managed to sort things out and arrange for people to be on duty in the Samsara Path, but now there were more and more dead souls here. She hadn't finished guiding the dead souls staying in the Underworld, and new dead souls were already arriving. No matter what race they were, they all came under the jurisdiction of the Underworld after death. She also had to find out what happened to the dead souls before they were sent to their respective paths.
No one could help Houtu. Houtu sighed, put the neatly arranged Book of Life and Death aside, and marked the names of this batch of reincarnated souls with her vermilion brush. When she saw Cang Li arrive, she said without even looking up:
"Cang Li, play by yourself for a while, I'm not finished yet."
Cang Li looked at the tall book behind Hou Tu and shook his head: "You can't do this. How can one person handle all this? Hire two people. You have to divide the work. Let the soul-collecting messengers handle the soul-collecting, arrange the judge positions for checking the lives of the dead, and arrange the ferrymen for sending souls to reincarnation. Otherwise, you won't be able to handle it even if you work for thousands of years."
Houtu threw down her pen:
"Do you think I don't want to? It's just that I can't find a suitable one. There are many vacancies in the underworld. If there are suitable ones, Heaven will automatically arrange someone for me. If there are no arrangements, it means there are no suitable people yet. I'm so worried."
Cang Li gave a helpless look and pointed to Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi behind him, saying:
"I've come to you to pull some strings and arrange for him to be reincarnated as a human."
Houtu glanced at him and recognized Hongyun: "It's Fellow Daoist Hongyun, no problem, no problem."
“Yuan, come here and help Li send Fellow Daoist Hongyun to the cycle of reincarnation in the human realm.”
Yuan and Li came over and said, "Okay."
Then he looked at Hongyun and said, "Come with us."
Hongyun waved to Zhen Yuanzi: "I'm leaving now."
Zhen Yuanzi watched Hongyun leave, and before he could speak, Houtu suddenly said to him:
“Fellow Daoist Zhen Yuanzi, I have done you a favor, so please do me a favor in return.”
Zhen Yuanzi: ?
Houtu separated the account books behind her: "Come, come, don't just sit there, help me with these things. You don't need to thank me for opening a back door for Fellow Daoist Hongyun."
Zhen Yuanzi remained silent for a while, then walked to the desk that Houtu had conjured and began to deal with these matters.
Just as Cang Li was about to sneak away, Hou Tu grabbed him:
"Don't run away. I would have forgotten if you hadn't reminded me. Since you're already here, sit down and help me with the work. You don't have anything to do right now anyway."
Cang Li: ...
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