Genesis: Starting with Growing Mushrooms

Chapter 15 The Birth of Clothing

"Thank God."

"Waaah, great god."

Liu Jun rode in a butterfly-cage car and flew over the sea of ​​flowers in various gardens, witnessing thousands of colorful butterflies flying out from the flowers and bushes.

Hula~
The wind blows through the flowers.

Golden pollen, along with the delicate silk ribbons released by the butterflies, drifted in the wind, gathering into swirling vortices.

The ribbon pattern resembles a dandelion drifting in the wind, like a scene from a dreamlike fairy tale.

By the time the parade ended, a huge pile of ribbons had been collected in the carriages behind.

These are all gifts woven with devotion by each of their people.

Filled with their sincere blessings and prayers, Liu Jun was reminded of the origami cranes used for making wishes.

"Bow, bow"

Back on the Cangwu tree, Ah Feng happily flew around the yard, with Nian Neng rolling up a bunch of ribbons and following behind, forming a long, fiery tail like a shooting star.

"You should start cultivating."

Lying amidst enormous flower buds, Liu Jun slowly rocked the soft rocking chair beneath him, gazing at the sea of ​​flowers in the distance.

“I have cerebral palsy.” Ah Feng shook her head. She had just returned from a spring outing, and every cell in her body was still excited. She couldn’t calm down and of course didn’t want to cultivate.

It didn't want to study at all; there was so much good food and so much fun to do, and the city below was so lively every day.

Things are different now than before.

The tribespeople have become smarter recently.

They sing together, dance together, and play together.

This delighted the amber swallowtail butterfly, who longed for the novelty every day and marveled at its intelligence and wisdom.

Seeing its playful, childlike nature, Liu Jun frowned slightly.

A person with average intelligence is neither capable of achieving high standards nor willing to accept low ones.

If it possessed "high intelligence," perhaps it could understand the feelings of top students and the joy of learning.

Top students love reading because they receive positive feedback and can experience the joy of it.

Those who are not smart, however, study hard but still cannot solve the problems no matter how hard they try.

This was certainly a torment.

For the amber swallowtail butterfly, reading is torture, a form of cruel punishment, and a lullaby.

but.

This era has indeed become much more interesting.

When I was less intelligent, I was just a silly butterfly who ate and ate with the amber swallowtail butterfly.

But now they've become smarter, they've formed streets, developed manners and a sense of shame, and they play happily together.

This is the best of times.

Because Liu Jun, as a prophet, taught and nurtured people, he patiently imparted the correct values ​​to this group of children back then.

In that era of eating, they were no different from the amber swallowtail butterfly.

To discipline them, we hung them under the tree and spun them around, forcing them to stand on the wall as punishment, which led to many funny and absurd situations.

Although in this day and age, only five remain.

After acquiring wisdom, the knowledge that Liu Jun taught them was thoroughly digested, and they became intelligent and wise. They helped each other and built the country together, without even a struggle for succession.

Liu Jun has always believed that "raising children without teaching them" is a big mistake.

It was a foolish mistake that a scholar like myself should not have made.

As a prophet, he naturally had to fulfill his duties.

He hoped that the five kings under his command would be as united as the trio they had grown up with, rather than falling apart like the school beauty, Xu Changsheng, and the chubby boy.

The education in the Butterfly Kingdom was filled with the beautiful aspirations of his youthful scholarly days.

Of course, he is still a teenager.

"Now, I no longer need to teach the five kings and nobles. They have all graduated and are experts in their respective fields. But this swallowtail butterfly is still a problem in the education world."

This gave Liu Jun a headache.

This was the worst student he had ever taught, yet also the most talented.

Many things require the amber swallowtail butterfly to do.

Civilization has only just begun here.

Because at this point, they had begun to escape the food and survival crises, and with the establishment of city-states, trade, writing, and communication, they were able to free up some human and material resources to begin promoting the extraordinary system and the blossoming of civilization!

This is merely the prologue to civilization!

As the only naturally born saint among butterflies, the Amber Swallowtail's status is beyond question.

"Born saints are the main force of civilization."

“Those of us who cultivate with the help of the sages, the five kings and nobles, and even the entire Butterfly Clan, will forever be their appendages, the passersby responsible for shouting in the grand epic of heroism.”

"Perhaps in the future, I will purchase a saintly ancient ape intelligence to promote the development of the extraordinary system of ancient apes, and even other species."

"However, we still need to specialize in one lineage now."

"The reason why the Nian Master in this world focuses on cultivating the spirit is because the human species is naturally thin-skinned and fleshy. Although there was a lineage of martial arts cultivation in ancient times, how can flesh and blood withstand mechanical guns and cannons?"

"Who still uses flying swords these days? How can a scholar be called a master of Confucianism and Taoism if he can't even read guns and cannons?" "Humans are intelligent but physically weak because of their racial characteristics, while other species may be able to cultivate their bodies."

Liu Jun felt that his mushroom body had such strong regenerative ability that it might be possible for him to follow the path of the physical body.

Mushrooms grow rapidly; it would be such a waste not to take this path.

Regardless, we should give it a try.

A main theme had already formed in Liu Jun's mind: the Butterfly Clan Civilization Promotion Plan.

So Liu Jun began to guide her step by step.

"You are a god."

"It is a spiritual totem that inspires awe, a synonym for wisdom. It is necessary to maintain mystery and the unknown, for the unknown will generate awe, and the mystery will inspire imagination."

“If you go around playing and let your people see your silly appearance, digging in the dirt, playing in the mud, and building castles every day, they will not worship you, they will not give you garlands or ribbons, they will hate you and look at you with pity.”

"Aren't you afraid?" Liu Jun suddenly asked.

The amber swallowtail butterfly was immediately frightened. "Then, what should we do?"

Liu Jun smiled and said, "I won't teach you to read anymore. Do you want to become more popular and more beautiful?"

"Yes!" the Amber Swallowtail replied quickly.

Liu Jun swayed the soft, flower-bud-shaped sofa beneath him. "If you want to become beautiful, you can try having a long tail."

"See those bows?"

“You can turn it into a bird’s tail, chasing after you, swaying with your body, and forming a phoenix tail.”

The amber swallowtail butterfly tried to use its telekinesis to make the bow flutter behind it, but its telekinesis was not precise enough and it quickly scattered.

but.

It quickly discovered that it did indeed look very good.

The butterfly has grown a long, colorful tail like a bird. It was given to it by its loving people. Just thinking about carrying the national emblem on its back makes it seem really cool!

"You need to move your mind like this, yes, just like that!"

"Yes, by following this flow of consciousness through the mind, this kind of power is generated, making it more effortless."

Every living being has its own way of channeling energy.

How could a butterfly brain be the same as a human brain?

What Liu Jun taught before was a common method of cultivating mental energy.

What he is teaching now is a butterfly cultivation method that a top expert found online, who optimized it from the book "Amber Swallowtail Butterfly" in his spare time.

This book truly deserves its reputation as a classic children's book; the expert's strategies are incredibly diverse and plentiful!

The Butterfly Clan's mind-control technique has indeed greatly improved efficiency!
"Is this how you cultivate?"

"so?"

"so!"

So it was like a free-roaming puppy, chasing after a bunch of bows and playing around.

Liu Jun looked at the Amber Swallowtail butterfly entering the training room and chuckled to himself: He's got it figured out.

"Butterflies are different from humans, so we need to develop our own methods."

"The AI ​​I use is a third-tier swallowtail butterfly AI. It's not a human brain; the mental power it cultivates belongs to the butterfly race."

"There were no butterflies of this caliber before this world."

"Therefore, we still need to rely on the Amber Swallowtail Butterfly to deduce the third-order method of the Butterfly Clan ourselves, and continue to delve deeper along the introductory mental energy method I gave you."

For Nen Masters, constantly circling around with throwing knives is the most common combat method.

It's not a bad idea to trick it into starting its training by having it wrap itself around a "bow".

half year later.

The amber swallowtail butterfly transformed into a colorful phoenix.

Behind her were tiny bows made of transparent silk threads, interlocking like a thin veil, and she was draped in a light, ethereal phoenix-threaded robe.

Like a little butterfly, it is covered by a beautiful, translucent phoenix shell and flies gracefully.

"Beautiful, so beautiful."

"Your next tour, dressed in magnificent attire, will surely amaze the world."

"You are not only the goddess of wisdom, but also the goddess of beauty that has amazed the world!"

The amber swallowtail butterfly blushed at the praise, thinking, "Am I a goddess?"

Then, Liu Jun directly tricked the amber swallowtail butterfly into starting a costume-changing performance.

Since we can use silk threads and tulle, can we do something else on the basic Phoenix model?

Ever since.

Three days later, a beautiful little girl's shell was embedded on the giant butterfly wing. She had fair skin, a delicate face, and a pair of pretty little bare feet, and she was flying around the house.

Like a butterfly fairy perched among the flowers.

"Ugh, this looks really weird?"

The amber swallowtail butterfly found the creature's shell strange, because there had never been a human in this world.

But Liu Jun opened the door to a new world!
He suddenly realized what he could do and what he wanted to do.

(End of this chapter)