The Primordial Mosquito Dao Chronicle

Gazing at the burnt beast before him, its body emanating a faint, sweet fragrance, the man couldn't help but swallow hard. This beast was a 'Light-Feathered Rhinoceros Bird,' one he had eaten before. However, the human race was still in its early stages, their understanding of food limited to the primitive, blood-drinking, raw-eating stage.

He had encountered a monster roasted over a raging fire today, though he didn't know if it was edible. However, his hunt had been fruitless, and the aroma emanating from this monster was incredibly tempting. Without further hesitation, he tore off a piece of meat and put it in his mouth.

"Hmm?... " He had just put the beast meat in his mouth when his eyes lit up. From birth to the present, he had never tasted such delicious beast meat. Although the delicious food was before him, he frowned, thinking about how to pass on this technique.

This was all because the Holy Master of the Human Race had stated that anyone who made a great contribution to the human race could enter the city to receive the Holy Master's immortal techniques. Although he was ignorant about immortal techniques, there was a city located on the coast of the East Sea, which he longed for.

After half a day of thinking, he could figure out that the fire was caused by lightning, but lightning is not always present, nor does it always strike trees.

And so it went, day after day, and half a month passed in the blink of an eye. The man sat on the ground without moving an inch, eating the meat of the hornbill in front of him when he was hungry, and then pondering deeply.

Finally, the only thing he could think of was that the tree had caught fire because lightning had struck it. With that thought, he picked up a branch and tapped it against a piece of dead wood beside him, but no matter what he did, not even a spark appeared.

Finally, feeling helpless and somewhat deflated, he plopped down on the dead tree he had just been banging on. However, as soon as he sat down, he felt a warmth emanating from beneath him. Puzzled, he touched the spot he had just struck, and a thought flashed through his mind, yet he seemed to have no clue what it was.

Finally, he tried several other methods, but although the trees that were struck all generated heat, they were far from catching fire. After another day of thinking, he finally came up with a solution: to concentrate the heat. Once a critical point was reached, success would be assured.

Without hesitation, the man dug a small, recessed hole in the piece of dead wood to prevent heat loss. Then he took another thin twig and vigorously rotated it back and forth in the recessed area.

Suddenly, a searing heat emanated from the depression, something he had never experienced before. He grabbed some dry grass from his feet, placed it on the depression, and spun it around a few times. Sure enough, the grass immediately began to burn.

Seeing this, he was overjoyed. He imagined humanity enjoying delicious food and himself being able to cultivate immortality in the Holy City. He immediately addressed the heavens, saying, "Heaven above, I have created a method for humans to obtain fire, and from now on I will name it 'Suirenshi'. May Heaven bear witness."

As soon as he finished speaking, Heaven bestowed merit upon him, seven layers of which landed on Suirenshi's head. Suirenshi immediately sat cross-legged and absorbed the merit. The remaining thirty percent landed on the tree branch from which he had just started fire, and the branch instantly became a spiritual treasure of acquired merit.

However, after absorbing one-tenth of the merit, Suirenshi's cultivation immediately reached the Transformation Realm. This was the limit of the cultivation technique created by Mosquito Daoist; he had put away the rest because he had no further techniques. (Cultivation levels are divided into: Qi Refining Stage, Foundation Establishment Stage, Core Formation Stage, Nascent Soul Stage, Out-of-Body Stage, Spirit Division Stage, Body Integration Stage, Tribulation Transcending Stage, Mahayana Stage, Transformation Realm.)

Opening his eyes, Suirenshi immediately saw a person standing before him. Upon closer inspection, he realized that this person was one of the three corpses of the Human Race's Holy Master. He was aware of this, and upon regaining his senses, he immediately bowed and said, "Suirenshi greets the Human Race's Holy Master."

The Taoist Kongtong had been cultivating in the Holy City of Humanity, but he had also been keeping an eye on the three people who had been created by Nuwa. When merit was bestowed upon him just now, he knew the time had come, and he immediately appeared beside Suirenshi.

"Suirenshi created the method of fire-making, allowing humankind to bid farewell to the life of eating raw meat and drinking blood. Humankind will enter a new era, and you can be the 'Ancestor of Fire' for humankind. I now wish to take you into the Holy City and pass on the method of cultivating immortality. I wonder if you are willing?"

Upon hearing this, Suirenshi naturally agreed, thinking to himself, 'I never imagined the Holy Master had been so concerned about the affairs of the human race; otherwise, he wouldn't have appeared by my side the moment I created the method of fire.' He immediately said:

“Suirenshi is willing.”

"Alright, now go back and teach the art of fire-making by drilling wood to other human beings, then come to the Holy City to find me." After saying this, the Kongtong Taoist waved his hand, and a jade talisman flew into Suirenshi's hand. Then he rode the cloud and flew away.

Suirenshi put away the jade talisman and returned to his tribe with great excitement. He passed on the art of fire-making by drilling wood to other human races, and he also invented many other fire-using devices, such as torches and other simple items.

Amidst the envious gazes of others, Suirenshi left the human tribe and headed for the holy city.

After Suirenshi left the human race, the human race entered a new era, no longer eating raw flesh and blood as before. Fire could not only be used to cook food, but also for lighting, driving away wild animals, and so on. At the same time, the human race also began to make some crude tools.

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Several years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Since humans were able to effectively utilize fire, their population gradually grew and expanded into surrounding areas. However, they then encountered a new problem: while fire could provide illumination and ward off wild animals and other intruders, it also presented a challenge.

However, while fire can be made, it is not easy to preserve. If there is heavy rain, the trees become wet and cannot be used to start a fire by friction. Moreover, people sleep in the wilderness, and although wild animals are usually afraid of fire, some people are still attacked by wild animals while they are sleeping, especially during rainy weather.

As time went on, the situation worsened. One day, a man in the tribe heard birdsong coming from a tree. Normally, he wouldn't have paid any attention. However, he was also troubled by the issue of fire and had been thinking about it for a long time without any solutions. Filled with curiosity, he went to the tree.

Several small birds were seen flying around in the trees, circling a single point. Finally, the man saw a bird fly into a nest. Upon seeing this, a thought flashed through his mind.

That is, birds perch in trees to protect themselves from other wild animals, so why can't humans also live in trees? However, upon reflection, I was swayed by my own thoughts. While birds can build their nests in trees, if humans lived in trees, although it would protect them from a large number of wild animals, it would also bring them many inconveniences.

Humans live in trees, which is not only extremely cumbersome to climb up and down, but also means that some people might accidentally fall from the trees and die while sleeping at night. The constant fear of falling while sleeping in a tree leaves them with no energy to work the next day.

Finally, the man came up with a solution: to build a house on land that resembled a bird's nest.