Chapter 48 In his spare time, Cang Li would look for…
In his spare time, Cang Li would find a wooden board and draw the route to the beach, marking the prominent signs along the way.
Yu and Zhong clung to Cang Li, Ji and Jie were earnestly teaching the clansmen how to do farm work, and Er was squatting on the ground writing and drawing, but it was unclear what he was drawing.
Taiqing hasn't returned yet; he's been preaching these past few days, and Cangli hasn't bothered with him. It's just that there's one less pleasing sight to behold, but the hundred humans working in the fields are quite a sight to behold too.
With so many people around, Cang Li no longer has to do so much work all by herself like before. Now Cang Li is figuring out how to turn fire grass into cloth. She has a shuttle, but weaving is something that humans do, and not everyone can have such a shuttle, so she still has to use a slanted loom.
Cang Li has been studying how a slanted loom can turn grass into cloth these past few days.
Then Cang Li discovered that the oblique loom was very simple to operate; the key to weaving was processing the raw materials, turning hemp and fire grass into fibers.
Cang Li thought for a moment, then put the fire grass into the collector for identification. Sure enough, he got a detailed explanation. Following the instructions, Cang Li tore off the fire grass fluff from the back of the fire grass leaves, twisted it into thread, and spun it with hemp thread to make yarn.
This step took Cang Li a whole day, and in the end, he obtained a small roll of fire grass yarn.
Cang Li sighed, "Weaving cloth is indeed very difficult."
Fortunately, the slanted loom was still very efficient, and Cang Li used that small roll of yarn to weave a piece of fire grass cloth that was about one meter long and ten centimeters wide.
Cang Li vaguely remembered that it was a type of cloth commonly used by ethnic minorities in Southwest China, because fire grass is common in the Southwest. Authentic fire grass cloth is woven together with hemp thread. Cang Li was not very good at it and only knew how to twist the thread by adding hemp to the fire grass. Fortunately, she eventually succeeded in weaving it.
Cang Li was very pleased with this, as it was a product of a new era.
Now that she could weave cloth, Cang Li had to start teaching people. To teach people, she needed enough slanted looms. Cang Li had observed slanted looms before. Their appearance was easy to imitate. Although she had been working here for more than a year and her carpentry skills were not as good as the master craftsmen, she was still considered skilled. However, the internal parts of this slanted loom needed to be disassembled to see them clearly.
Cang Li hesitated. She was worried that she wouldn't be able to put it back together after taking it apart, or that it might be damaged. The collector shop only had this one slanted loom that she had exchanged for, and there was still the last page that hadn't been refreshed. Cang Li felt that there probably wouldn't be a second slanted loom refreshed.
After hesitating for a long time, Cang Li decided to disassemble it. However, she found a piece of charcoal and planned to mark each part as it was removed, indicating which layer and number it was, so that she wouldn't be confused when putting it back together.
In order to disassemble and assemble the slanted loom, Cang Li specially asked Ji Hejie to take Erzhongyu and the other three away to prevent them from causing trouble during the disassembly process.
The five kids didn't go far; they were weeding in the vegetable garden below. This wasn't a heavy job, and it helped them burn off some energy.
Cang Li lowered her head and began to disassemble the slanted loom. She took off a piece and made a replica of it, placing it aside. In order to pursue efficiency, Cang Li used magic to carve the wood this time, which was very fast. Her plan was to put the original back in after replicating the parts, and then use the replica parts to assemble it back and forth to make sure there were no problems. Then she would take the replica to teach the human race.
Cang Li worked until dusk before finally putting the last part back in. He tried weaving and, after confirming that everything was fine, breathed a sigh of relief, put the original slanted loom back in his backpack, carefully packed away the replica parts, and rubbed his slightly sore neck.
Ji Hejie waited until Cang Li finished his work before coming over:
"Sister, are you done with your work?"
Cang Li smiled and nodded: "Yes, it's done. I'll have Shi Tou and Bai Yun come over tomorrow, and I'll teach them how to make something new. They need to learn this before the autumn harvest."
Ji and Jie agreed readily. Ji pointed to the dining table and said, "Sister, I've prepared the food. Let's eat."
Cang Li patted Ji's head: "Ji is really capable. Let me try your cooking."
The man immediately cheered and pulled the others to eat, while he had already carried Yu over.
The meal on the table was simple: stir-fried cabbage, scallion and minced meat soup, fried fish pieces, and fragrant rice.
Cang Li tried it, and it tasted pretty good.
During the meal, someone asked Cang Li:
"Sister, the Taoist priest hasn't come back for several days."
Cang Li ate without even lifting his eyelids: "The Daoist Master has things to do. He's already taken up a lot of his time by spending so much time with us before."
Jihe Jie seemed to understand but not quite. They just really liked Taiqing. Apart from their older sister and the Mother Goddess, Master Taiqing was their favorite person. Although they missed Taiqing a little now, Jihe Jie knew that they couldn't make trouble and delay the adults from doing what they needed to do.
Cang Li was also puzzled by the question. Before she went to the beach, Taiqing would go to various tribes every day. However, Taiqing would come back every day. This time, he hadn't come back for quite a few days. Could he have just left?
That's not right either. Nuwa's ascension to sainthood was quite a big event, so it's unreasonable for Taiqing's ascension to sainthood to be so quiet. If he hadn't become a saint, Taiqing shouldn't have left.
Even if he were to leave, given Taiqing's personality, he should have told her first.
While Cang Li was sleeping, she was still wondering what Tai Qing had gone to do.
Taiqing didn't do anything. He met a person who was one of the more than one hundred people that Nuwa had personally created and who was assigned to the 76th tribe. Taiqing realized that this person had a master-disciple relationship with him and that he should have this disciple. Taiqing directly asked to take him as a disciple. This person was smart and immediately knelt down to become his disciple.
The humans around looked at this person with envy. Many of them lacked the talent for cultivation and could not enter the Dao. They would never see the light of day in their entire lives.
Taiqing bestowed upon this person the name Xuandu.
Then he continued to preach among the human race with Xuandu, while also teaching Xuandu Taoist magic.
For several days in a row, Taiqing's preaching was very successful. After visiting the last tribe, Taiqing looked up at the sky with a feeling in his heart.
"Taiqing established the teachings of humanity, enlightened the world, and performed immeasurable merits. He is the Holy One of Taiqing Morality and Virtue."
Countless golden rays of merit descended, two-tenths covering the entire human race, and eight-tenths returning to the Great Purity.
Taiqing's clothes, which were the same style as Cangli's, changed back to a white robe with gold patterns and wide sleeves, and her long hair, which was draped behind her head, was tied up with a jade crown.
"Master?"
Xuandu cautiously spoke up from the side.
Taiqing snapped out of her reverie, her expression growing even more indifferent, and her lips parted slightly:
"Let's go."
Xuandu asked in confusion, "Master, where are we going? Back to Kunlun Mountain?"
Taiqing hesitated slightly, then shook his head and said, "Go to the Great Chief of the Human Race."
Xuan Du relaxed and said with a smile:
"This disciple has not seen the Great Chieftain for a long time. I heard that she traveled thousands of miles for the sake of the people and brought back important salt."
Taiqing's face also showed a smile:
“Indeed, Cang Li cares for all living beings and is aided by the Great Dao. We should say goodbye to Cang Li before we leave.”
Xuan Du respectfully replied, "Yes."
The two walked towards the cave, and in just a few steps they appeared by the river, and in the blink of an eye they were outside the cave.
At this moment, the morning light was just beginning to break, and Taiqing stood on the steps looking at Cangli.
Cang Li sat outside the cave, adopting a very unusual and proper meditation posture, with his eyes closed. The rising morning light from the east covered the side of Cang Li's face, making him appear even more gentle.
As if sensing something, Cang Li opened his eyes, raised his hand from his knee to support his chin, and said with a smile:
"Congratulations, Master! You have now achieved perfect merit."
Taiqing nodded with a smile: "Thank you, fellow Daoist. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to achieve perfect merit."
Cang Li was not modest at all: "No problem, no problem."
He asked again, "Fellow Daoist, are you leaving?"
Taiqing paused for a moment, then blurted out instinctively, "We need to stay for a while longer."
Cang Li was somewhat surprised; she had thought that Taiqing would immediately return to Kunlun Mountain after becoming a saint.
Xuandu looked at Taiqing with a puzzled expression. Didn't he say he was leaving before coming to tell the Great Chief?
Cang Li quickly smiled and said, "That's great! Everyone will miss you if you leave."
Taiqing: "And what about you?"
Cang Li: ?
After Taiqing finished speaking, he felt annoyed, but he didn't show it on his face, as if he had just said three ordinary words.
Cang Li quickly realized that this was ancient primitive society, where everyone was very simple and honest. She must have been lusting after him, and everything she heard sounded like love and romance. Cang Li reflected on her actions and then sincerely said to Tai Qing:
"I'll miss you too. Although I wasn't very fond of you at first, you've been so helpful here. If you leave, I don't know if we'll ever see each other again. I'm so happy that you can stay a little longer!"
Taiqing remained silent. He felt that his state of mind had changed, perhaps because he had not consolidated his cultivation after obtaining the position of a sage.
Cang Li's gaze shifted from Tai Qing to Xuan Du. She remembered that this was a member of Tribe No. 76, one of the exquisite figurines that Nuwa had personally sculpted. Cang Li was somewhat puzzled.
Taiqing slightly turned his body and said to Cangli, "This is my personal disciple. He and I have a master-disciple relationship. His name is Xuandu."
Cang Li suddenly realized that in the setting, Taiqing Daode Tianzun did have a disciple named Xuandu, also known as the Great Master Xuandu. In various legends, he and Duobao of the Jie Sect took turns being the Buddha, converting barbarians to Buddhism. So Xuandu was one of the first humans!
"That's good, Xuandu. Learn well from your master and don't make the Daoist priest angry."
Xuan Du laughed, revealing two dimples, and replied loudly, "Great Chief, I understand!"
Cang Li laughed. When Xuan Du doesn't smile, he's a cool and handsome guy, but when he smiles, his two dimples appear, giving him a more innocent look.
Xuan Du scratched his head, not quite understanding why the Great Chief of Cangli was laughing.
The five cubs also emerged from the cave one after another, rubbing their sleepy eyes. Their eyes lit up when they saw Taiqing, and they immediately surrounded him.
"Master!"
"Master! You're back?"
Taiqing looked down at the five children and nodded slightly: "Have you been cultivating diligently these past few days?"
Ji Hejie immediately nodded: "Yes! I've been training hard, and I'm even working with my older sister!"
Knowing Taiqing's temperament, the children stopped surrounding him after a few words and instead surrounded Xuandu instead.
"Hey? You're from Tribe 76? What brings you here? Is there something wrong with the tribe?" the man asked, feigning maturity.
Cang Li covered her mouth to hide her laughter.
Xuandu knew that this person was someone his master had taught. Although he hadn't taken him as a disciple, it was perfectly reasonable for him to call him "Senior Brother." So Xuandu bowed and said to the person:
"Greetings, senior brother. I am a disciple accepted by our master, and my name is Xuandu."
The tiger's body trembled, and its cubs all looked at Xuandu.
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