Chapter 38 The next day, Cang Li was fast asleep...
The next day, Cang Li was half asleep when she vaguely heard Tai Qing explaining cultivation methods to the children. Cang Li was too lazy to listen, so she turned over and continued to sleep. It was still early, and it wasn't time for her to work yet.
As soon as he turned over, Cang Li noticed an undeniable resentful look in his eyes.
As a cultivator, Cang Li was vigilant, but not much; she was only alert enough to get up and look at the source of the gaze.
Oh, it's her mother.
Cang Li closed her eyes and continued to sleep; her mother wouldn't harm her.
After sleeping for a few seconds, Cang Li suddenly realized that her mother wasn't making a baby?
"Why are you here instead of working?" Cang Li suddenly snapped out of his daze, got up, and said to Nuwa, who was standing quietly in front of the bed:
"Mom? What are you doing here instead of making little dolls?"
Cang Li was puzzled. Shouldn't the most urgent task right now be creating a human race to become a saint? Her mother was just slacking off, this wouldn't do!
Thinking of this, Cang Li's eyes changed instantly. He grabbed the bamboo hairpin next to him and tied it up in his hair. He rolled up his sleeves and was about to supervise Nuwa's work.
Nuwa spoke softly:
"Honey, you didn't say sculpting people would be this tiring. I sculpted a hundred in one night, is that enough? My hands are sore and I don't really want to continue."
Cang Li: ...
Cang Li remained silent. After getting out of bed and putting on his shoes, Cang Li took Nuwa's hand and said:
"That's definitely not enough! Keep pinching!"
Nuwa: "Baby! Please let me go! My hands are getting sore from squeezing!"
Cang Li casually pinched Nuwa's arm: "Oh, never mind, I'll pinch you. Look, have you become a saint yet? No, so I have to keep pinching you until you become a saint."
Nuwa: "...Baby! Do you want me to die?!" Nuwa was devastated. She never expected that there would be no end to creating people. She had already tried her best to create a hundred little people in one night!
Cang Li walked outside, nodded and greeted the children in class and Tai Qing, then pulled the slacking Nuwa along, saying earnestly as they walked:
"Mom, we can't give up halfway, you know? You've already obtained the Primordial Purple Qi, which means you're one in a million, a genius. Geniuses should shine and benefit everyone. Wouldn't it be a waste if you didn't become a saint?"
"Mom, listen to me, let's keep splashing mud on you until you become a saint. I'll stay with you, and I'll massage your shoulders when you're tired."
Cang Li used a combination of coaxing and deception, all with one goal: to urge Nuwa to become a saint.
Nuwa: "...Baby, you weren't like this before."
Her baby used to be so adorable. He would never go west if she pointed east, he would refuse to drink water if she told him to eat, and he would dance if she told him to dance. But now her baby has changed. Nuwa is heartbroken and doesn't want to work anymore.
Cang Li pulled Nuwa back to the edge of the mud pit. As soon as they got there, they saw rows of exquisite people lying neatly on the dry part of the pit. Each one of them was incredibly beautiful, with long arms and legs and smooth facial features. It was clear that her mother had put a lot of effort into it.
"Mom, why are they still lying there? Wake them up so they can go work in the fields for me."
Nuwa reluctantly blew a breath, and the newly born humans lying there opened their eyes, looking blankly at the unfamiliar world. Soon, they reached a consensus: they were human and would live on this prehistoric continent under the leadership of their leader. They had to obey their leader.
Hundreds of humans stood up and surrounded Nuwa and Cangli, shouting:
"Mother Goddess!"
"Chief Cangli!"
Cang Li laughed. "Very good. Regardless of whether they are men or women, they are all very strong and will definitely be good at working!"
"Go to the other side of the river first. Someone there will tell you what to do. Go, be careful when you cross the bridge, don't fall into the water."
Hundreds of people answered in unison, and then walked one after another to the other side of the river.
Nuwa was dizzy from the noise, and only after all the humans had left did she say with a pained expression, "Baby, do I really have to continue? They're so noisy, and I'm so tired from creating people."
As she spoke, Nuwa stretched out her hand, her palm slightly red and trembling, indicating that she was indeed exhausted.
Cang Li ruthlessly pressed down Nuwa's hand: "Mom, stop pretending. You're already a quasi-saint. The Daoist said that people at your level don't get tired at all. This amount of work is as easy as breathing for you. Mom, please continue."
Nuwa: ...
Nuwa resignedly squatted down and continued, her fingers moving so fast they left afterimages. Every few moments, she would create two beautiful human-shaped figurines, which would then look up pitifully.
"Honey, do you have to sculpt them one by one? Even though they look beautiful, I mean, can't I just flick the clay off? Sculpting them is so tiring!"
Cang Li looked at Nuwa in surprise: "Mom, so you really planned to mold them one by one!"
Nuwa: ...
What else? Didn't this little girl herself ask if she could make it prettier? The first thing she said to her after she gained a spirit was to ask her to make it prettier, even though Cang Li was clearly her most prized creation, her most beautiful child.
The child is pretty and likes to look good. She's even afraid that if she actually gets mud on her face, the child will dislike the mud and want her to be made to look better.
Cang Li grinned: "Mom, improve your efficiency! Shake off the mud! If it turns out really ugly, just fix it up!"
Nuwa took a deep breath, finished shaping the one in her hand, stood up, and pulled a verdant vine from the void. She bowed slightly to the tiny Cangli at her feet and said:
"Move away a bit, or you'll get hit."
At this moment, Nuwa's expression was solemn and majestic. Cang Li finally realized that Nuwa was the mother of the earth and the creator goddess of mankind, and that she was unapproachable.
Cang Li blinked and shouted at Nuwa:
"Mom! You scared me!"
Nuwa paused for a moment, then her expression softened and she said helplessly, "Alright, get away from here quickly. I'll play with you after I'm done with my work."
Cang Li chuckled and quickly retreated to the riverbank. As soon as he stood firm, he saw Nuwa extend her vines into the mud. Then, she swung her arms and quickly swung the vines, flinging out many mud droplets that turned into tiny people, some taller than Cang Li and some shorter than him, as they landed.
These people opened their eyes as soon as they landed and started chattering and shouting around Nuwa:
"Mother Goddess!"
"Mother Goddess!"
The three little figures they sculpted by hand also cheered and shouted.
Nuwa swung the vines nine times in total, nine being the extreme number. When she stopped with the last swing, the world fell silent. Nuwa looked up at the sky, and ten thousand golden rays of light shone down upon her.
"Nuwa created the human race and eliminated the three corpses, her merits are immeasurable, and she is the saint Nuwa."
The sound spread throughout the Great Wilderness, and Nuwa's Dharma form dissipated, floating in mid-air, with all the golden light entering Nuwa's body.
Taiqing's voice rang out behind Cangli:
"That's the golden light of merit. Junior Sister Nuwa has attained sainthood through merit, and soon this place will become unsettled."
Cang Li nodded without any surprise: "Oh." She already knew that after Nuwa became a saint, the remaining saints would definitely follow one after another. It wasn't surprising at all; it was just that Taiqing became a saint earlier than them.
Suddenly, a wisp of the golden light of merit that had entered Nuwa's body separated and flew straight toward Cang Li, disappearing into Cang Li's chest. Cang Li was stunned for a moment, then touched her chest. She could feel that as the golden light entered, her cultivation level had increased significantly.
After the golden light disappeared, Nuwa came this way, followed by a large group of humans, estimated to be around ten thousand.
Upon seeing Cang Li, those people shouted, "Leader!"
Looking at so many people, Cang Li finally realized something was wrong. Too many people would make it difficult to manage, and there would be conflicts. Cang Li looked at her mother.
Nuwa chuckled, "My dear, I've created the human, but that's all I'm doing after that. You'd better figure it out yourself."
Cang Li's pupils dilated in shock, and in an instant, he hugged Nuwa's waist: "Ouch! Mom! You're my mom! You can't just ignore me! There are so many people! Ah! I'm allergic to people! Mom!!!"
Nuwa: "...Stop talking nonsense and get to work, my dear human leader."
Cang Li was pulled away by Nuwa. Facing tens of thousands of people with pleading expressions, Cang Li felt a little like going back to persuade himself, who insisted on Nuwa creating humans.
Taiqing smiled and patted Cangli's head, saying:
"Alright, have you forgotten why I came here?"
Cang Li's eyes lit up. That's right, Taiqing came here to educate the human race! Cang Li felt confident again, and with a flourish of his hand, he exclaimed:
"Men! Follow me!"
After saying that, he walked towards the bridge, and the people behind him followed.
After crossing half the bridge, Cang Li suddenly realized that the bridge could not support so many people, and the cave on the other side could not accommodate them either. Cang Li quickly stopped and called for a halt, telling ninety percent of the humans to return to the other side of the bridge, while the others crossed the river with her to move their belongings.
After the mountain where Nuwa originally transformed disappeared, this place became a vast plain. About a hundred kilometers away was a rushing river. The small river in front of Cangli Cave was a tributary of that great river. Cangli had Nuwa take her flying to see it, and that great river was most likely the Yellow River.
Mesopotamia is the cradle of human civilization, so Cang Li was not surprised. After returning to the cave, he saw the five children teaching the hundred exquisite figurines how to work. They were doing a great job, pulling weeds from the fields, catching insects on the vegetable leaves, and even starting to pull out the seedlings that had grown in the paddy field to prepare for transplanting.
Cang Li was very satisfied. When the man saw Cang Li return, he called out from afar:
"Sister!"
The workers all looked over, their eyes filled with innocence.
Cang Li waved his hand and said, "You guys keep working. I'll bring some people to get you places to stay. Here, come over and come with me."
Jie quickly ran over and looked up at Cang Li.
Cang Li patted Jie's head and said, "Come with me to the other side of the river later. You can teach them how to cook rice, sharpen some stone axes, and split bamboo to make bowls and chopsticks. There are many people over there. You just need to teach them."
Jie nodded vigorously and led a few people to the other side.
Cang Li led the remaining people to move the rice that the other side had stored in the granary cave, and they had to husk it first.
From the moment the human race was born, Cang Li never intended for Tai Qing to use her magic to help her; she wanted to teach these humans to be self-reliant.
Pounding rice is naturally one of the steps involved.
Cang Li taught them once, and these humans were very clever. They quickly learned how to pound rice. Because there were many people, the work was done quickly. After half of the rice in the cave had been pounded, Cang Li stopped them and told them to separate the rice from the husks and then carry it to the other side to cook.
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