Chapter 25 Taiqing pondered for a while…
Taiqing pondered for a while, thinking that the Dao follows nature, and perhaps this was the inevitable process of human development. Taiqing looked at Cangli.
The girl in front of me had slightly flushed cheeks and her forehead was covered in sweat. She was wearing white clothes and her hair was casually tied back with a bamboo stick, with a few short strands falling loosely on either side of her face. She was pretty and was carrying an axe in her hand. Her straw sandals were covered in mud, but she was very energetic and full of life.
At this moment, the girl stared at him with her round eyes. It was clearly a very rude thing to do, but Taiqing didn't find it disgusting. Instead, he found it amusing.
Taiqing revealed a gentle smile...
"Stop! Don't laugh! Maintain your aloof and unattainable demeanor!!"
Cang Li immediately stopped the man when he smiled as soon as he came up. He thought, "This guy is so aloof and handsome, but he turns into a gentle and handsome guy just by smiling."
Taiqing: ?
Taiqing felt bewildered for the first time. As the eldest of the Three Pure Ones, and the embodiment of Pangu's primordial spirit, Taiqing had never felt bewildered before. His Dao heart was firm. Now that he had come to this human race, why did this little girl's words make him somewhat confused?
Cang Li circled Tai Qing with satisfaction, inwardly praising her mother greatly. Her mother really understood her!
The helper she found was perfect in every way, and this labor force was excellent. Cang Li decided to postpone urging her mother to have a baby.
Cang Li reached out and patted Tai Qing's shoulder. Hmm, a very muscular shoulder. He didn't expect that despite looking so thin, the muscles were surprisingly firm. Cang Li was even more satisfied. He then casually touched Tai Qing's chest, subtly taking advantage of him.
Taiqing, whose eyes had been half-closed as if he hadn't woken up yet, suddenly opened them wide and looked at Cangli in shock. This... this is the human race?
Cang Li put his hands on his hips and said, "You're the one my mom brought here to do chores, right? See this plot of land? Here's a hoe. Pull out all these weeds and turn the soil over. Of course, I'm not some heartless landlord; you'll have enough to eat three times a day!"
Taiqing looked at the hoe in his hand, then at the self-righteous Cangli, and for the first time doubted his own divination skills. Could it be that he had come to the wrong place?
After Cang Li finished giving her instructions, she planned to go back and teach those troublemakers a lesson. She had only taken two steps when the laborers behind her called her back.
"This... young lady, I'm sorry, you may have mistaken me for someone else. I'm here to find humans." I'm not here to weed or hoe the fields.
Cang Li turned around and looked at him: "You've mistaken me for someone else? Aren't you the one my mom found for me to do chores?"
Wait a minute, they're not here to work, so her mother can't let anyone else in, right?
Could it be that this handsome guy doesn't want to work and is trying to slack off?
Cang Li looked at Tai Qing with suspicion.
Taiqing put down the hoe and said seriously, "I'm only here to find humans. I wonder who your mother is? Is she also human?"
The time since landing has been enough for Taiqing to see Cangli clearly. A race without cultivation, never seen on the prehistoric continent, born in human form, but physically weak. This girl is most likely a human. Taiqing also heard a commotion coming from the bushes, which was far too lively compared to Kunlun Mountain.
Cang Li: "...You really weren't sent by my mother?"
Taiqing shook his head. Who in the primordial world would dare to order him around?
Cang Li looked away in disappointment, picked up his hoe, and casually pointed to the mountain opposite, saying, "My mother is lying there. Her name is Nuwa, and she's quite famous. You should have heard of her."
Taiqing: ...
Taiqing: ?
Taiqing looked at Cangli. Nuwa was not a human. This human was called Nuwa Mama, so Nuwa created the human race. If that's the case, why haven't we heard any news of Nuwa becoming a saint? He had deduced that the human race possessed great fortune and was a product of conforming to the Way of Heaven. If Nuwa truly created them, why hadn't she become a saint yet?
Cang Li glanced at Tai Qing again, lusting after her face and body, but since she wasn't sent by her mother, she couldn't just touch someone of unknown origin. Cang Li sighed, and was about to leave when she couldn't help but turn back and ask:
"And who are you? What do you want with humans?"
Taiqing suppressed his other thoughts and looked at Cangli with a serious expression, saying:
"I am Taiqing of Kunlun Mountain. I have come here to follow the will of Heaven and to enlighten the human race."
Cang Li, who had taken a few steps, stopped and slowly turned around:
"Say your name again!"
Taiqing: "I am Taiqing of Kunlun Mountain."
Cang Li: ...
Cang Li asked again, "Say it again."
Taiqing: ?
Taiqing, in her good-natured manner, repeated: "Miss, I am Taiqing from Kunlun Mountain. I have come here to enlighten the human race. Please take me to the human tribe."
Cang Li walked forward expressionlessly, parting the grass. Tai Qing followed and saw a neat field behind the grass, with five children playing not far away.
"Human, you teach."
Cang Li pointed to the five children making a ruckus and said to Tai Qing.
Taiqing: ?
Taiqing looked around and indeed didn't see anyone else, but the commotion from the five children was so loud that it didn't seem like there were only five children.
"This... young lady, are there only a few of you here?"
Cang Li lazily carried his hoe forward, grabbed Yu, who was clinging to the group's arms, and tossed him aside. He then slapped Er's head, freed the group that was nearly crushed in the middle, and said to Tai Qing behind him:
"What else?"
Taiqing stood there, stunned. No matter what, he knew that a race should not have only six races.
Cang Li couldn't be bothered with Tai Qing. Ever since Tai Qing revealed his name, Cang Li knew that this was a man she couldn't have. Things she couldn't have weren't worth wasting her time on. And then there was her mother. If the workers didn't come tomorrow, she would definitely go and shave her mother's head bald!
"Sister, waaaaaah, Yu bit me again."
The group, holding their arms which had been bitten by Yu, walked up to Cang Li and complained pitifully.
Cang Li bent down and blew on everyone's arms: "Okay, okay, it doesn't hurt anymore. Next time, bite back."
Everyone nodded vigorously; she would definitely bite back next time!
Even after being tossed aside by Cang Li, Yu didn't cry. Instead, she scrambled to her feet, rolled over, and hugged Cang Li's leg. She looked up with an innocent smile and babbled, "Ya~ Sister~"
The little girl ran over with a big smile: "Big sister, you're back!"
Jie looked pitifully at Cang Li with her hair all messed up by Er. Cang Li vigorously ruffled Er's hair into a tangled mess, then reached out to fix Jie's hair and braided it into a nice new braid. She thought to herself that she would have to make a comb out of bamboo later, otherwise her hair would be so tangled that she couldn't comb it out.
When the people saw Cang Li return, it was like seeing a savior. Now the younger siblings were hard to manage. The well-fed cubs had nothing better to do than cause trouble. The people sighed. Children are so hard to raise. No wonder the Mother Goddess preferred to sleep.
Taiqing finally came to his senses. Something must have gone wrong. There couldn't possibly be only six people in the human race. Taiqing quickly stepped forward. He needed to find the human girl and ask her for clarification.
"Young lady, why are there only six of you humans?"
Before Cang Li could speak, the five children all looked over. This was the first, second, and third outsider they had ever seen, and he was good-looking.
Taiqing looked down at the five children and could tell that they came from the same source as Cangli, and were also...weak.
Upon seeing strangers, Zhong and Yu hid behind Cang Li, cautiously peeking out. Ji and Jie, mustering their courage, asked:
"Who are you!?"
Cang Li patted the children's heads, looked up at Taiqing, and thought of the deeds of Taiqing Daode Tianzun. Of course, he was not Li Er from traditional mythology, but Taiqing from the Honghuang novel, who combined traditional mythology and the story of the Investiture of the Gods. This person founded the Human Religion, which advocated the natural way and non-action. He was the second person to become a saint after Nuwa.
Thinking about this, Cang Li understood. The Human Cult must be a sect founded by the human race, so it's not surprising that Tai Qing came here; he was bound to come sooner or later.
Unfortunately, I was unlucky and arrived at an inopportune time.
Her mother was incompetent; the human race was never formally established. At the current rate, in a few decades, when they all die of old age, the human race will be wiped out. No wonder her mother hasn't become a saint yet.
Cang Li shrugged: "Anyway, it's just the few of us. Believe it or not."
Taiqing sighed. Fine, six it is then. He'll look back and see how the human race came to be, find a way to strengthen it, and then proceed with its education.
Thinking of this, Taiqing said to Cangli:
"Since I've come here to enlighten humanity, I naturally won't leave just yet. I'll trouble you, young lady, to arrange accommodation for me."
Cang Li immediately became alert and refused the three-part repetition:
"No, there's no room. There are too many people. You should leave."
Taiqing: ...
Taiqing smiled: "I..."
Cang Li: "Don't laugh!"
Taiqing thought expressionlessly, "I should send my second brother. He always has a cold face and can't stand anything about me."
"Does the young lady not wish to strengthen the human race?"
Taiqing changed his approach, intending to persuade the human female leader in front of him.
Cang Li rolled his eyes upwards, twisted his mouth, and pointed to the other side of the river, saying:
"Do you see that mountain?"
Taiqing looked over and, of course, he knew—it was Fellow Daoist Nuwa, his junior sister.
Cang Li said earnestly, "That's my mother. Strengthening the human race isn't something I can do just because I want to. It depends on my mother. What can I do if she doesn't want to work? Creating people is her business. If she doesn't want to, I can't force her, can I?"
Taiqing: ?
For the first time in his life, Taiqing felt his mind was a bit confused. He habitually pinched his fingers and calculated, and concluded that the human race was indeed created by Nuwa, and that Nuwa's opportunity to become a saint was also in the human race. However, to this day, there are still only six people in the human race, which has even made the Heavenly Dao anxious.
Once Taiqing had sorted out his thoughts, he looked up and found that the mere six human figures were no longer in front of him. Looking ahead, Taiqing saw a neat cave with a clean entrance that led to a platform two or three feet above the ground. The platform was surrounded by a bamboo fence, and there were three steps leading down to a bamboo gate.
A row of bamboo stood at the entrance of the cave, blocking the way inside. There were two doors in the middle for entry and exit, which shows that the human leader had certain requirements for his living environment. The fields where things were planted were also kept neat and tidy.
Taiqing took a few steps at a leisurely pace and appeared at the cave entrance in the blink of an eye.
Cang Li was sitting under the canopy she had set up, next to a square bamboo table with four stools. She had originally wanted to make a bamboo rocking chair, but her skills were still a bit rusty, so she hadn't finished it yet.
Upon hearing the noise, Cang Li looked up and casually said to Tai Qing:
"Look at me, it's no use. My mom is rebellious; she'll quit whenever she wants."
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