Honghuang: Eat a Hunyuan Daluo

Chapter 194: Descendants of Yan and Huang, Cangjie Created Characters
After observing the battlefield for a while, Guangchengzi decided to take a more conservative approach to help Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi.

After all, this is a battle of humanity and destiny. If he interferes too much, he will probably get himself into trouble.

Little did he know that the moment he decided to take action, the human killing calamity had already been triggered, and wisps of calamity energy invaded Guangchengzi's consciousness from all directions.

Under the influence of the calamity energy, Guangchengzi formed seals with his hands, displayed his magical powers, and brought down a heavy rain above the battlefield.

The rain contains Guangchengzi's magic power. As long as the soldiers on Huangdi's side are caught in the rain, Guangchengzi's magic power will be injected into their bodies.

Guangchengzi's magical power made the soldiers on Xuanyuan Huangdi's side instantly stronger, and the power of their weapons increased greatly as they were wielded.

With the secret help of Guangchengzi, the soldiers on the side of Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi gradually gained the upper hand.

Although the warriors of the Jiangshui tribe and other tribes fought tenaciously, they were ultimately unable to withstand the attack from Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi.

The warriors of the tribe were defeated and fell one after another, and the battlefield was flooded with blood.

Yuwang watched his side gradually heading towards defeat, and suddenly realized that they had lost the battle and their fate was doomed to be irreversible.

But Yuwang did not regret it. He shouted to his fellow tribesmen: "Warriors, we have tried our best. In today's battle, we are worthy of our homeland and our beliefs."

After saying this, Yuwang waved his weapon and rushed towards Emperor Huangdi. He wanted to fight to the death with Emperor Huangdi to fight for the final dignity for his tribe.

Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi looked at Yuwang who was rushing towards him with complicated feelings in his heart. To be honest, Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi did not want to fight with Yuwang with swords. Yuwang was not only a descendant of Shennong, but also a commander with both wisdom and courage. The human race today is lacking such a person.

But Yuwang could not understand his actions of unifying the human race, which was the biggest disagreement between the two.

"It seems that we have to take down Yuwang first." Thinking of this, Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi clenched the bronze sword in his hand and looked at Yuwang seriously.

Yuwang was very fast and rushed in front of Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi in the blink of an eye. He swung the axe in his hand and chopped at Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi. Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi dodged the attack by turning sideways and quickly counterattacked, stabbing Yuwang's chest with the bronze sword in his hand.

Seeing this, Yuwang dodged sideways, avoiding the attack of Xuanyuan Huangdi, and at the same time swung an axe at Xuanyuan Huangdi's leg. Xuanyuan Huangdi jumped up, dodged Yuwang's attack, and then kicked Yuwang in the shoulder.

Yuwang was kicked back a few steps, but he quickly steadied himself and swung the axe again, attacking Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi.

The two men fought back and forth, neither giving in, and the fight was difficult to resolve for a while.

Guangchengzi in the air did not interfere this time, but just watched the duel between Xuanyuan Huangdi and Yuwang quietly.

In Guangchengzi's view, Xuanyuan Huangdi was his direct disciple and had learned the Jade Purity Dao. It was impossible for him to lose to Yuwang who had no master.

However, Yuwang's performance far exceeded Guangchengzi's imagination. He fought with Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi for three days and three nights, but there was no winner.

In the end, it was only after the Jiangshui tribe was defeated that Yuwang was captured alive under siege by the crowd.

Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi looked at the bound Yuwang and felt a little bit of pity in his heart. He knew that Yuwang was a capable and principled man, and was the talent that the human race needed for its development.

So Emperor Xuanyuan walked up to Yuwang and said in a serious tone: "Yuwang, you are a brave and resourceful man, why can't you understand? The unification of the human race is the general trend. Only by unifying the human race can we develop better. If you put down your weapons, I can spare your life."

After hearing what Emperor Xuanyuan said, Yuwang shook his head and said, "Xuanyuan, the unification of the human race may be correct, but your methods are too brutal. Any tribe that goes against your will will be conquered by you. How can your behavior be like that of a leader of the human race? So I will not submit to you. Just kill me!"

"You still don't understand. The human race must be unified as soon as possible at this stage. Do you think I am incompetent because I lost to the Jiuli tribe? After the battle with me, you should know my strength best. If I don't integrate the human race as soon as possible, we will lose faster when facing the Jiuli tribe later."

Upon hearing this, Yuwang didn't say anything more. No matter what Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi's reasons were, he would never choose to surrender.

Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi shook his head helplessly. He knew that Yuwang could not turn back. He waved his hand and asked someone to take Yuwang away.

The largest civil war since the birth of the human race came to an end. The Jiangshui tribe was defeated, Emperor Yan Yuwang was captured, and Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi annexed the Yan Emperor tribe, achieving the initial unification of the human race.

This battle also became an important turning point in human history. Later generations called this battle the Battle of Banquan and called themselves descendants of Yan and Huang.

The joint resistance of the Jiangshui tribe and many large tribes failed, and the remaining small tribes naturally did not dare to resist Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi anymore.

In just over a decade, the human race completed its unification.

After unifying the human tribes, Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi did not rush to launch an attack on the Jiuli tribe. Instead, he ordered the human race to recuperate. Years of war had caused a sharp decline in the human population and a shortage of food. If the human race went to war with the Jiuli tribe at this time, it would be defeated.

Rest and recuperate for a while first, accumulate strength, and then fight a decisive battle with the Jiuli tribe.

Coincidentally, the Jiuli tribe also thought so. Chiyou had just unified the human and witch tribes and did not want to go to war with Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi at this time.

He wanted to fight for the position of leader of the human race, but not now. He understood that a lack of patience could ruin a great plan.

The restraint of the leaders of both sides brought a period of peace between the human and witch tribes.

Peace often means development.

In Chendu, Emperor Huangdi had an official named Cangjie, who was in charge of managing the number of livestock in the pen and the amount of food in the village.

When the war had just ended, there were not many things to do, and Cangjie was able to cope with them with his extraordinary memory.

However, as the number of livestock and food increased, relying solely on memory was no longer enough, and even errors and omissions occurred. Cangjie felt deeply troubled by this and racked his brain to think of a solution.

The first method that Cangjie thought of was naturally the method of "knotting ropes to record events", which was a common way of recording events used by human beings. Ropes of different colors represented different livestock and food, and the knots on the ropes indicated the numbers.

When the number of livestock and food increased, it was easy to tie a knot on the rope, but if the number of livestock and food decreased, the operation of untying the knot became extremely cumbersome.

The clever Cang Jie quickly came up with a solution. He hung various shells on ropes to replace the objects they managed.

In this way, when the number of livestock and food increases, one shell is added, and when it decreases, one shell is removed.

Cang Jie's plan was very clever. He used it for several years and managed livestock and grain in an orderly manner.

Huangdi was very happy to see that Cangjie was so capable. He handed over many affairs of the human race to him, such as the number of annual sacrifices, the distribution of each hunting, the increase or decrease of the population of the tribe, etc., all of which were put in charge of Cangjie.

But as the affairs Cangjie managed became more and more complicated, he gradually felt that it was difficult to cope with them by simply knotting ropes and using shells.

At this time, an idea popped up in Cangjie's mind, which was to create a more accurate method of recording events in order to meet the needs of tribal development.

Cangjie's idea coincided with the way of human evolution. Nuwa, who was discussing Taoism with Bai Jing on Yingzhou Fairy Island, felt something.

"Has something happened to Fellow Daoist Nuwa?" Bai Jing asked upon seeing this.

Nuwa did not directly answer Bai Jing's question, but asked in return: "Daoyou Bai Jing, do you remember why Kunpeng is called the Demon Master?"

Bai Jing knew as soon as he heard it that this must be the time for Cangjie to create characters.

It is indeed time for human writing to appear. Before the Three Sovereigns, humans were still in the early stages of ignorance, with extremely limited means of communication. They could only rely on simple sounds and gestures to convey some superficial information.

As time went by, the ethnic group continued to grow and develop, and the way of life became more complex and diverse. The original simple communication methods could no longer meet the needs of communication and record-keeping among people.

Human cultivators can use the innate divine script to record events, but mortals cannot, so it is imperative to create a human script.

"Fellow Daoist Bai Jing, this Cangjie has inspired the destiny of humanity. He should be the one who created the human race's writing system, just like Kunpeng. I want to help him so that he can complete the creation of the human race's writing system as soon as possible."

"Then help me! How about we go to the human tribe together?"

Nuwa smiled and nodded. At this time, Cangjie was about to embark on a long journey of exploration with the intention of creating a symbol that could record thoughts and experiences for the tribe.

For countless nights, Cangjie wandered alone in the silent mountains and forests, looking at the deep starry sky, with ideas constantly popping up in his mind, and then these ideas were overturned one by one by him.

He racked his brains and tried countless possibilities, but each time seemed far from the ideal symbol system in his mind.

Just when Cangjie was most confused, one day, he was meditating hard in the wilderness as usual, trying to find the inspiration for creating characters from all things in the world.

Suddenly, he felt as if there was something not far away, which made his heart move. Cangjie looked up and saw two strange old men drawing strange symbols on the ground.

Cangjie became curious and walked forward slowly.

The two old men had wise and deep eyes, like the vast stars, and their demeanor revealed an otherworldly temperament, as if they were one with the nature.

These two old men were naturally transformed by Bai Jing and Nuwa, and what they wrote on the ground were the characters of the demon clan.

Cangjie was fascinated by what he saw, and flashes of inspiration appeared in his mind, but he was always one step behind and could not grasp the inspiration.

So Cang Jie decided to ask the two elders for advice. He bowed and humbly said, "I am Cang Jie of the human race. I pay my respects to the two elders. I think you two are extraordinary. I have been thinking hard about how to record events, but I still can't find the way. I hope the two elders can give me some advice."

Nuwa smiled slightly upon hearing this and said: "I see that you are sincere and determined, and have the appearance of good fortune. You have the method of recording events, which is related to the principles of yin and yang of heaven and earth. You need to understand the way of heaven and earth before you can achieve anything."

Bai Jing continued, "The Tao gave birth to one, one gave birth to two, two gave birth to three, and three gave birth to all things. What we write is the language of the demon race. You might as well create your own language for the human race. You just need to follow this principle, embody the wonders of heaven and earth, and the language will come into being."

Cang Jie closed his eyes and pondered for a while, but still failed to grasp the key point. He bowed again and said, "I am stupid and fail to understand the true meaning of this. I would like to ask the two seniors to give me some more guidance."

The old man transformed by Nuwa looked at Cangjie with a smile that was full of encouragement and warmth: "You care about the world and want to create a method of recording events. This is a righteous act. We will naturally provide you with some ideas."

A hint of surprise flashed in Cangjie's eyes for a moment, as if he saw a ray of light in the darkness. He hurriedly and respectfully asked the two old men to sit down, waiting for their instructions.

Bai Jing spoke first: "Everything in the world has its shape, nature, and reason. You might as well start by observing the things around you, extracting their most significant features, and turning them into symbols."

As he spoke, Bai Jing raised his hand and pointed to a tree not far away. The tree was tall and straight, with a straight trunk and lush branches and leaves.

"Can you think of a symbol to represent it?"

Upon hearing this, Cangjie stared at the tree and fell into deep thought.

Time seems to stand still at this moment, with only the breeze gently blowing across his face.

After a moment, Cangjie's eyes lit up. He squatted down and slowly drew a tree-like shape on the ground with the branch in his hand.

Bai Jing nodded and said, "That's right, but you have to pay attention to the simplicity and unity of the symbols. They should be able to express accurately and be easy to write and remember. The yin and yang complement each other, and movement and stillness are harmonious. This is the foundation of Taoism. The symbols you create should also follow this principle."

Inspired by Bai Jing and Nuwa, Cangjie seemed to have opened the door to a new world, and his thinking gradually became broader.

Cangjie looked around and saw a colorful bird leaving a series of unique and regular claw marks on the soft ground. Those claw marks were staggered and beautifully shaped.

At this moment, an idea flashed in Cangjie's mind, and he thought of using similar symbols to represent birds.

So Cangjie gestured excitedly on the ground, with excitement flashing in his eyes.

When he finished the second word and wanted to express his gratitude to Bai Jing and the old man transformed by Nuwa, he found that the two had disappeared.

Cangjie respectfully bowed in the direction where the two people had just written the demon language, and then continued to work on creating characters.

In the days that followed, Cangjie devoted himself to the creation of written symbols without sleep or food. He repeatedly pondered the shape and meaning of each symbol, constantly trying and improving.

The sun and the moon alternated, the stars moved, and after several years, Cangjie finally developed a set of preliminary written symbols.

Those symbols seemed to have life, they carried human wisdom and emotions, and since then humans have had their own writing.

At the moment when Cangjie completed the creation of characters, a huge amount of merit was poured into his body, pushing Cangjie's cultivation all the way to the level of Daluo Jinxian.

And Cangjie's Daluo Dao fruit is exactly Wen Dao.

This is a completely new avenue. The biggest difference between the prehistoric world and chaos is that in the prehistoric world, there are more than three thousand avenues. Both cultivators and mortals may create completely different avenues.

As Cangjie completed the creation of characters, humanity became more prosperous.

After Nuwa sensed the change in the destiny of humanity, she nodded with satisfaction and said, "This is a great fortune between heaven and earth. Cangjie, with his mortal body, realized the changes of yin and yang, understood the principles of heaven and earth, and created this amazing text. It is indeed the manifestation of Tao."

Bai Jing said in a serious tone: "Once the human race's writing is completed, it will cause changes in the heaven and earth. There may be auspicious signs, or demonic obstacles."

As soon as Bai Jing finished speaking, a powerful and grand roar seemed to sound between heaven and earth, and the sound shook the sky and penetrated the underworld.

After Cangjie created this writing, strange phenomena such as "millet rained from the sky and ghosts cried at night" appeared.

God sent down millet everywhere because when people obtained these words, their spiritual wisdom was suddenly awakened and their wisdom gradually emerged. With this wisdom, they can understand the mechanism of heaven and earth and comprehend the principles of all things, thereby creating endless wealth and opening up vast blessings.

The reason why ghosts cry at night is that words have the power to expose their evil deeds. Words are like a vast light that can dispel the haze and evil spirits and make their ugliness nowhere to hide.

This is the principle of the cycle of nature and the mutual assistance of yin and yang.

Once the words were written, the Dao began to flow, righteousness flourished, and evil spirits were at risk.

With such a big commotion, even the saints and other powerful people in the ancient times could sense the changes between heaven and earth.

Master Tongtian laughed loudly in the Biyou Palace, "Wonderful! Cangjie's creation of characters is a great contribution to future generations, and it also gave the human race a ray of hope. Even if something happens to the human race in the future and it loses its position as the protagonist of the world, as long as there are characters, the human race can continue its inheritance."

Yuanshi Tianzun also nodded slightly in Yuxu Palace: "This is the progress of the human race, and it is also the evolution of the way of heaven. It is a move that conforms to the way of heaven and adds color to the prehistoric civilization. It is really a great good!"

Taiqing Laozi opened his eyes in the Tushita Palace with a look of sorrow: "Characters are images, and images are the form of Tao. The characters created by Cangjie contain the energy of the five elements of heaven and earth, the wonder of the interaction between yin and yang, and are indeed a masterpiece that fits the Tao.

However, the emergence of writing is not entirely a good thing. I am afraid that some bad things will breed among the human race!"

The land of the west, in Mount Sumeru.

Zhunti sighed and said, "Brother, the merit of creating characters has nothing to do with us in the West!"

"We can only blame ourselves for not being able to obtain the Three Emperors' Master."

"The Three Pure Ones and Nuwa are going too far!"

"Don't worry, brother. Recently, I had a conversation with the Chan Sect's Randeng in my dream. When the time is right, Randeng will be of great use to our Western Sect."

Cangjie's cultivation broke through to the level of Daluo Jinxian. According to the long-standing rules of the human race, he was going to Shouyang Mountain, the ancestral land of the human race, to become the foundation of the human race.

Of course, Cangjie going to Shouyang Mountain did not mean that he lost his freedom. Cangjie could leave at will, but he could not interfere with the development of the human race.

Before leaving, Cangjie taught the characters he created to Emperor Huangdi. Emperor Huangdi was overjoyed after getting the characters, and he also understood what characters meant to human beings.

After thanking Cangjie, Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi spread the characters created by Cangjie to the entire human race.

(End of this chapter)