Chapter 89 "Great Chief, then I..."
"Great Chief, shall we set off back to the Witch Clan first thing tomorrow morning?"
Yuan has already adapted to the local customs and called Cangli the Great Leader.
Cang Li nodded: "That's right, I'll have Nini lead the team, and you'll guide the way. They'll bring the seeds over."
Cang Li's expression turned serious as he spoke: "Nini is an envoy representing my human race. This trip is for the purpose of technological exchange between the two races. I do not want anyone from your witch race to look down on them or bully them. If such a thing happens, or if they encounter any accident in the witch race, I will investigate to the end and terminate all cooperation."
"Relay my words to your ancestral witches!"
While the Tu people are very sincere in their cooperation, it's hard to guarantee that there aren't any witches within the Wu tribe who harbor hatred towards humans. Therefore, Cang Li wants to make things clear upfront.
Yuan immediately said seriously, "Great Chief, I will convey this to our Ancestral Witch. Please rest assured, Great Chief, I will protect those who go to the Witch Clan."
Cang Li smiled, patted Yuan on the shoulder, and said:
"Go pack your things. You'll set off as soon as the sun comes up tomorrow."
The next morning, Nini and two hundred people carrying grain seeds were ready and waiting for Cang Li to come.
Cang Li led Yuan to Nini and said, "After you go there, restrain your people. Don't be afraid. You are going there to teach them. You are their teachers. If any of the witches do not respect you, just tell Houtu, the ancestral witch."
Nini nodded, and Cangli let the group set off.
Yuan took a couple of steps before realizing what was happening, and turned back to ask, "Isn't the Great Chief going?"
Cang Li shook his head: "I won't go, the human race still has things to do."
Yuan nodded in disappointment and continued walking forward. If the chieftain didn't go, there wouldn't be any good food to eat along the way.
Cang Li watched Nini and her group leave, then turned around and walked back with her hands behind her back. She wasn't just bored; she had just come back and was going back again.
Humans are busy farming and growing vegetables, and when they have free time, they have children, resulting in a very high birth rate.
In just six months, Cang Li could hear the baby crying almost every day. This was one of the downsides of cultivation; his ears were too sensitive.
Cang Li sighed. This was a good thing; the human race was indeed growing stronger.
Cang Li cast a soundproof spell on himself and finally felt a sense of peace.
This resulted in Yotsuba and Amu calling her from outside for a long time without getting a response. The two looked at each other and said to Donghuang Taiyi behind them:
"Our chief may have gone out. Why don't you wait a bit?"
Donghuang Taiyi looked into the cave and clearly sensed that Cang Li was at home.
“Your chief is at home.”
Yotsuba scratched her head: "Wait a minute, she might be asleep. I'll go in and check on her."
As she spoke, she went up the steps, opened the bamboo door, and went inside. There she saw her chieftain leisurely lying there eating roasted chestnuts and pine nuts.
Yotsuba: "...Big Boss!"
Cang Li hadn't heard anything yet. It wasn't until Si Ye walked up to her and glared at her fiercely that Cang Li looked at Si Ye. When she saw that Si Ye's mouth was opening and closing but no sound was coming out, she realized that Si Ye had cast a silencing spell on herself.
After the soundproofing was removed, Cang Li was able to hear Si Ye speak.
"Chief! Amu and I have been calling you outside for ages, have you covered your ears again?"
Cang Li rubbed his ears. That's the downside; with soundproofing, he couldn't hear anything.
"Four Leaves, what's up?" They haven't been too busy lately, so Four Leaves and the others rarely bother Cangli.
Four Leaf said, "Someone came looking for the Great Leader. It was the one who escorted the Great Leader back when he went to the Demon Court last time."
Cang Li thought for a moment. Wasn't that Donghuang Taiyi who brought her back last time? Cang Li got up:
"Where is it? I'll go check."
Upon exiting the cave, Cang Li indeed saw Donghuang Taiyi standing quietly at the bottom of the steps. Cang Li quickly said:
"Sorry, I didn't hear you just now. Fellow Daoist Taiyi, please come and sit down."
While they were talking, Cang Li poured tea, moved a stool over, and instructed Si Ye and A Mu to pick some fruit to serve the guests.
After Amu and Siye left, Donghuang Taiyi sat down, and Cang Li, sitting opposite him, asked with a smile:
"What brings you here, Fellow Daoist Taiyi? Is there something you need? Or is your child being disobedient?"
Donghuang Taiyi shook his head:
“You are very obedient, it’s not his problem.”
Cang Li understood: "Then there must be something else. Fellow Daoist Taiyi, please speak freely."
Donghuang Taiyi hesitated for a moment before speaking:
"I heard you've been getting close to the Witch Clan lately. My brother sent me to ask if the Witch Clan has disturbed the human race?"
Cang Li wasn't stupid. If that were true, Donghuang Taiyi wouldn't have hesitated for so long before asking. It was simply that Dijun suspected her of allying with the Wu Clan. Cang Li laughed:
"Are you trying to ask if the human race is on the side of the witch race? There's no need to beat around the bush, just ask directly."
Donghuang Taiyi suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and nodded with a smile: "Yes, that's what I wanted to ask."
Cang Li then said:
"Rather than saying I'm on the side of the Witch Clan, it's more accurate to say I'm not on either side. What's the point of fighting back and forth? As long as you don't offend my human race, I don't care about you. However, I hope that everyone can coexist peacefully and keep to themselves."
"Look, the wilderness is so vast. Even if you occupy a piece of land, it will just remain barren. Why do you have to keep fighting?"
Donghuang Taiyi was taken aback, then said, "Because the cultivation resources in the prehistoric world are limited, Fellow Daoist Cangli, you only need to tell me what you discussed with the Wu Clan."
Cang Li spread his hands, pointing to a large expanse of fertile land, and said:
"See? This is the instinct of our human race: to cultivate the land and store food. The witch people do not engage in production, so they go hungry in winter, and many of their people starve to death in spring before the grass and trees have grown. That's why they come to steal our human race's things."
Donghuang Taiyi was even more puzzled: "Since they've come to steal things, why don't you just kill them? With your cultivation level, unless it's three or more Ancestral Witches, you have no reason to let them leave. That's how our demon race is; if anyone dares to steal things, we won't let them leave alive."
Cang Li: "Ah, we are different from the demon race. We humans are a peace-loving race. We don't like fighting and killing, nor do we like making enemies. So I sent those witches back and also discussed with their ancestral witch Houtu about teaching them how to farm. This way, the witches will have enough food and won't come to rob humans. The ancestral witch Houtu also promised to restrain her people and not allow them to offend humans."
Donghuang Taiyi stared at Cang Li in disbelief, and after a long while, he finally uttered, "Naive."
Cang Li retorted, "Where am I being naive? Wouldn't it be great if the world were in harmony? Everyone could eat their fill, stay warm, and live to a ripe old age. Why would you call me naive?"
Donghuang Taiyi Dao:
"Do you think that just because the Witch Clan has enough to eat and doesn't go hungry, they'll be content to stay in one place like your human race?"
"They won't. The Witch Clan is a warlike race by nature. Cang Li, don't be too naive. Once they have no worries about survival, the first thing they will do is deal with the Human Clan."
"Your idea of a world where everyone is at peace and doesn't interfere with each other is impossible in the primordial world. This applies to the witch race and the demon race. Even after thousands of years, when the human race develops to a certain level, it will still be no different from other races."
Stop dreaming.
Cang Li stared blankly at Donghuang Taiyi. Those last four words completely negated everything she had done. Cang Li knew that Donghuang Taiyi was right. As long as there is life, there will always be conflict, but she was not convinced.
"What makes you think I'm dreaming? How will you know if you don't try? I admit that every race has its good and bad. They act on instinct because no one has taught them. If someone told them what they should and shouldn't do, I believe everyone would be more willing to live together peacefully!"
Donghuang Taiyi gave Cang Li a deep look, then stood up and said:
“Cang Li, I can’t convince you. Let’s make a bet. If, ten years from now, the Wu tribe truly lives in peace and prosperity and no longer acts violently and warlike, then I have lost. Otherwise, you have lost.”
Cang Li stood up and looked at Donghuang Taiyi without backing down: "Fine! What's the stake?"
Donghuang Taiyi said, "If you lose, the human race will be forbidden from having any dealings with the witch race from now on. If I lose... I will give you the ten spirit arrows that were born from the sun star."
Cang Li: "It's a deal! We'll see!"
Donghuang Taiyi nodded, turned and left the human race. This time, his parting with Cangli ended unhappily.
After Donghuang Taiyi left, Cang Li sat down to think. She was determined not to lose. She wanted to believe in herself. What creature in the world would willingly live a life of misery? The Wu tribe simply lacked proper guidance.
She can tell the witch tribe what they can and cannot do, making them a farming race like the human race, and a race that will not attack unless attacked.
That night, Cang Li told Tai Qing about it in the Spirit Mansion.
"Daoist Master, I think Fellow Daoist Taiyi is wrong. I believe most people prefer a peaceful life."
Taiqing hesitated, looking at Cangli clinging to him. Finally, he raised his hand and patted Cangli's head. Donghuang Taiyi was right. Cangli was indeed a bit naive. The conflicts in the prehistoric world never stopped. In the past, there were the three races of dragon, phoenix, and qilin. Now there are the lich and demon races. In the future... there will be the human race.
Cang Li's face was hidden by Tai Qing's sleeve. Cang Li pulled Tai Qing's hand away, looked at Tai Qing for a while, and then said regretfully:
"Why isn't it the Taoist priest himself?"
If it were the person in question, lying on Taiqing's body would likely feel like a warm body.
Taiqing paused, then silently looked at Cangli, his demeanor perfectly human and his acting impeccable.
After lingering for a while, Cang Li cheered up and started writing and drawing. She wanted to make the Wu tribe feel the preciousness of life and not to easily resort to fighting and killing!
Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Ten years passed in the blink of an eye in the primordial world. In these ten years, the human race expanded from a mere ten or twenty thousand people to hundreds of thousands, and is still increasing. The small area along the Yellow River is no longer enough to accommodate them.
Humans gradually spread across the primordial land.
After interacting with the human race, the Wu tribe learned human knowledge and became increasingly powerful. With no shortage of food, the newly formed Wu tribe members were all tall and mighty. At the same time, many acts of violence and belligerence also occurred within the Wu tribe.
Friction between the Wu tribe and the Yao tribe was also increasing. The two sides tested each other and fought. For a time, the Wu tribe and the Yao tribe were evenly matched in the prehistoric world, and they could be said to be irreconcilable enemies.
Cang Li was fully aware of this. She hadn't changed at all in the past ten years. Seeing that the Wu Clan hadn't become any more docile after ten years, she felt a little frustrated and thought that she might really lose her bet.
Cang Li lay in the spirit palace and sighed.
Taiqing silently let Cangli rest his head on his lap without saying a word.
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