Chapter 672

The smile on Guang Chengzi's face gradually stiffened as he looked at Ye Qin, the man who had once brought him great humiliation, now standing before him again.

"Junior Brother Lin, what do you mean by this……"

"Go back where you came from! I don't want to say it a third time!" Ye Qin said in a firm tone, leaving no room for doubt.

Guang Chengzi's face darkened; he did not want to just leave like this. If he were to slink away because of a single sentence from Ye Qin, where would his face be?

"Junior Brother Lin, I am acting on my master's orders……"

"Get lost!" Ye Qin waved his hand to interrupt Guang Chengzi's words, too lazy to listen to his nonsense anymore. Now he and Guang Chengzi were no longer on the same level; the only one in the Chan Sect who could converse with him was Yuanshi Tianzun.

A strong wind suddenly arose, blowing Guang Chengzi back to the front of Yuxu Palace. Ye Qin stood still where he was, his purpose simple: to make Yuanshi Tianzun abandon the idea of meddling in human affairs.

Guang Chengzi crashed heavily onto the square before Yuxu Palace, vomiting blood and unable to climb up for a long time. Yuanshi Tianzun discovered the injured Guang Chengzi inside Yuxu Palace and then saw Ye Qin blocking the way at the base of Kunlun Mountain, instantly flying into a rage.

An aura of heaven-destroying and earth-annihilating burst forth from him, causing the entire Honghuang world to tremble, with all beings looking around in fear.

"Ye Qin! Don't push people too far!" Yuanshi Tianzun roared angrily.

Ye Qin walked forward with his hands behind his back, stepping onto the square before Yuxu Palace, ignoring the furious Yuanshi Tianzun, and instead surveyed his surroundings, saying calmly: "It's been many years since I came to Kunlun Mountain, and the scenery here remains the same."

"Ye Qin! What exactly do you want?!" Yuanshi Tianzun stared at Ye Qin with a cold face, barely suppressing the urge to strike.

Ye Qin then turned around, looking at Yuanshi Dao and said: "I have come here for only one matter. You, Yuanshi, and the entire Chan Sect, must not interfere in human affairs!"

"Hmph! The Chan Sect accepting Di Huang as a disciple is heavenly decree—do you dare defy heavenly decree?!" Yuanshi Tianzun huffed.

"I dare not, I dare not—just that, if you persist in your delusion, I can guarantee that as long as a single Chan Sect disciple dares to step out of Kunlun Mountain, it will be his death day!" Ye Qin said with firm resolve.

"Ye Qin! You are breaking the rules! You are disregarding regulations! Be careful, or the sages will join forces against you!" Yuanshi Tianzun threatened.

Ye Qin glanced at Yuanshi Tianzun and smiled: "You are quite the expert, yet you still try to rope in other sages? Where is your face? But go ahead and try—if you can't gather five sages, I'll make you regret joining forces. So, tell me, Yuanshi, do you really have the power to gather five sages?"

Just as Yuanshi Tianzun was about to speak, he heard a calm voice from Nüwa's palace in the Thirty-Three Heavens: "I do not interfere in mortal grudges—past, present, or future—I never participate."

Yuanshi Tianzun's expression grew even uglier, while Ye Qin smiled, mockingly looking at Yuanshi Tianzun. The Jie Sect is now powerful; Tongtian Jiaozhu's Executioner's Sword Array requires four sages to break, and with Ye Qin added, five sages must join forces to defeat the Jie Sect. Yet at this moment, Nüwa clearly stated her non-participation.

All of this was within Ye Qin's calculations, after all, although Fuxi's merit is complete, heavenly merit has not yet descended. Nüwa naturally dare not offend Ye Qin now, otherwise he would turn and go deal with Fuxi, leaving her nowhere to cry. Moreover, as a female sage, she has always transcended worldly affairs, being isolated and weak, and dares not offend either side.

Yuanshi Tianzun clenched his fists, veins bulging on his hands—if his gaze could kill, Ye Qin would already be dead without a burial place. Ye Qin looked at Yuanshi Tianzun, furious yet unable to act, and couldn't help but laugh. He recalled a phrase from his past life: impotent rage. Yuanshi Tianzun's current state—isn't that exactly impotent rage?

"Alright, that's it. Remember what I said—don't test my bottom line. By then, your Chan Sect will have only you, a lonely sect master, and I won't pity you." Having said that, Ye Qin turned and walked down the mountain step by step. Each step crossed an infinite distance, and he soon vanished from Yuanshi Tianzun's sight.

"Ah!!!!!!" Yuanshi Tianzun screamed in rage, his voice terrifying to the extreme, directly shattering the clouds in the sky, piercing through the Thirty-Three Heavens, flying into chaos, causing the chaotic qi to violently rage.

The beings of Honghuang were frightened into trembling, obediently staying indoors, afraid to go out. Many human children who had been crying nonstop suddenly stopped crying. From then on, human adults often used Yuanshi Tianzun's roar to quiet crying infants—effectively remarkable, truly "cure upon taking the medicine."

After leaving Kunlun Mountain, Ye Qin returned to Penglai Island, but did not go straight to his cave dwelling; instead, he searched around the island…… Time flew, and in the blink of an eye, thirty years passed swiftly, and Lie Shan Shi was already twenty years old.

He bade farewell to his master and returned to the tribe by the Jiangshui River. At this time, Ye Qin on Penglai Island also found what he had been seeking—the innate spiritual root, the Five-Colored Divine Valley.

He placed the Five-Colored Divine Valley by the Jiangshui River and then hid nearby to observe Lie Shan Shi. Lie Shan Shi, who later changed his surname to Shennong Shi and ultimately ascended as Di Huang, is now still called Lie Shan Shi.

Upon returning to the Jiangshui River, Lie Shan Shi, having been taken away by immortals since childhood to cultivate, was looked upon with high hopes by the tribe, and the tribal leader even wanted to test him, to make him the tribe's successor. Thus, Lie Shan Shi daily pondered human affairs by the Jiangshui River.

Seeing this, Ye Qin helplessly smiled wryly. He could tell at a glance that Lie Shan Shi was a typical honest man. He had already placed the Five-Colored Divine Valley by the Jiangshui River, yet Lie Shan Shi, having been there nearly a month, had not noticed its extraordinary nature—truly painfully straightforward!

Ye Qin shook his head, inwardly muttering: Lie Shan Shi is so straightforward—I don't know if he can bear the heavy responsibility of being the human Di Huang. He helplessly gazed at the sky; if not for his own foreknowledge, he would suspect this man was not the future Di Huang, Shennong Shi.

Ye Qin flicked his sleeve, sending a gust of wind toward Lie Shan Shi, interrupting his thoughts. Lie Shan Shi looked toward the direction of the wind and finally discovered the Five-Colored Divine Rice. The Five-Colored Divine Valley is an innate spiritual root; Lie Shan Shi, having cultivated for nearly ten years, could naturally see at a glance that it was extraordinary.

He carefully cultivated the Five-Colored Divine Valley; half a year later, it bore seeds, which Lie Shan Shi carefully collected. A year passed in an instant, and he scattered the seeds of the Five-Colored Divine Valley by the Jiangshui River, watering them daily. Half a year later, a harvest arrived.

Thereafter, for several years, the harvested grain increased more and more, but what could so much grain be used for? He tried husking the grain, discovered the rice inside, and then, strangely enough, tasted a mouthful…… Ten years later, he had fully understood the function of the Five-Colored Divine Valley, and meanwhile, the Five-Colored Divine Valley had already reproduced countless generations, transforming from an innate spiritual root into ordinary grain.

The entire tribe benefited from this, began planting grain. One year later, with sufficient food, no one in the tribe starved to death anymore. And Lie Shan Shi's name spread with the grain throughout the entire human race……

Lie Shan Shi thus became the tribal leader. Afterwards, he noticed that tribe members often lacked certain things, which could be found with neighbors. Could they be exchanged? Thus, the embryonic form of a barter system—exchanging goods for goods—began to prevail in the tribe, greatly solving problems in tribal life.

But this was still far from enough, because the limitations of barter were too great. So, could a single thing be used as a standard to measure value?

Ye Qin had always been observing Lie Shan Shi. When he saw Lie Shan Shi fall into deep thought again, he looked toward Kunlun Mountain, sighed, and felt a bit regretful. But the problem was easily solved. He immediately returned to Penglai Island, found Duobao Daoist, and obtained from him imitations of the Hong Meng Liang Tian Chi and the Luo Bao Jin Qian.

Then he summoned Zhao Gongming, asking him to take these two items and temporarily lend them to Lie Shan Shi, explaining that these two treasures could resolve his doubts. Lie Shan Shi painstakingly studied these two treasures for five years, and finally announced several regulations to the tribe!

He fished shells from the river, polished them into shell coins, and then declared this thing was called money. Thus, humanity ended the barter era and entered the early currency age—shell money! At the same time, a series of new regulations were trialed in the tribe, such as Lie Shan Shi establishing length units: cun, chi, zhang!

In the blink of an eye, several decades passed. During these decades, Lie Shan Shi either invented currency, discovered the Five-Colored Divine Valley, or established length units, greatly transforming human life, enabling humanity to take a major step forward from primitive society to civilized society.

At the same time, Fuxi also learned of Lie Shan Shi's name, knowing that Lie Shan Shi was the person he had been waiting for. After several years of observation, Fuxi finally announced Lie Shan Shi as the new common ancestor of humanity!

However, at this very moment, Lie Shan Shi's daughter, tormented by illness, suffered unbearable pain, prompting him to study wild herbs, only to be poisoned to death. Ye Qin watched this scene, speechless. He was about to go save Lie Shan Shi, but suddenly stopped his steps.

Because Xuandu descended the mountain again, bringing Lie Shan Shi a life-saving Golden Pill. Lie Shan Shi revived, and because he tasted a hundred herbs for humanity's sake, he brought blessings to many suffering people, pulling them back from the brink of death. Finally, Lie Shan Shi's merit was complete.

Ye Qin gazed at the sky, speechless. But just then, humanity saw two very formidable figures appear: the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor. At the same time, in the southern shaman tribes, the great shaman Chiyou also emerged prominently!

Ye Qin furrowed his brows, glanced toward the direction of the underworld, and inwardly muttered: The witch clan—after all, they are the natal family of Hou Tu, and they too have emerged. How many years? Since the Witch-Demon War ended, it's been nearly ten thousand years, right?

Because of Hou Tu, he truly did not want to drive the witch clan to desperation. He had thought his appearance had already invisibly changed history, but who would have thought that Chiyou would still jump out?

Ye Qin fell silent for a moment, realizing in his heart that the witch clan's elite combat power had not yet been wiped out, otherwise how could they have jumped out so quickly? He shook his head with a wry smile, but absolutely could not allow Chiyou of the witch clan to unite humanity!

However, at this very moment! Ye Qin's expression changed, he looked toward Kunlun Mountain, his eyes blazing with anger! He was angry because the figure of Guang Chengzi appeared in the witch tribe!

What does this mean? It means Yuanshi Tianzun is unwilling to accept defeat and wants to have another showdown with Ye Qin! Soon, Ye Qin calmed down. He had clearly stated before that Yuanshi Tianzun's Chan Sect must not participate in human affairs.

Yet the Chan Sect indeed did not directly participate in human affairs, but they ran to support the witch tribe! Ye Qin laughed—this Yuanshi Tianzun is truly petty and self-important, looking down on the witch tribe. But now, to give Ye Qin a headache, he directly began helping the witch tribe.

This person is truly fickle! But! Ye Qin's eyes flashed with a hint of severity, hoping Yuanshi Tianzun will not regret it when the time comes!

Regarding the matter of the third human sovereign, Ye Qin decided to act personally! Of course, his purpose was not to take Xuanyuan as a disciple, but to contend with the Chan Sect, or rather, he planned to give them a taste of their own medicine.

Long ago, he had already arranged for Duobao to take Xuanyuan as a disciple and even gifted him the Demon-Slaying Sword forged by Emperor Jun. And now, Lie Shan Shi has not yet abdicated, precisely because of the Nine Li Tribe's Chiyou and the Youxiong Tribe's Xuanyuan.

Lie Shan Shi deeply knew his merit was complete, and as early as fifteen years ago began seeking the next sovereign. His gaze fell upon a male infant in the Youxiong Tribe, rumored to have been born with dragons and phoenixes descending, possessing an extraordinary appearance, not ordinary. What further caught Lie Shan Shi's attention was that this male infant, upon birth, had immortals descend to take him away—although Lie Shan Shi did not know which great being it was, this undoubtedly proved the infant's extraordinariness.

Fifteen years passed in an instant; if that male infant was indeed the one Lie Shan Shi sought, he would surely soon make his mark, just as Lie Shan Shi did in his youth.

In the Youxiong Tribe, Xuanyuan, relying on his studies, spent several months contemplating at home, and re-established the time system. Humanity's time originally followed the patterns of other Honghuang races, but Xuanyuan created a unique calendar: one year divided into twelve months, one month into five weeks, one week into six days, one day into twelve shichen, one shichen into four ke, one ke into three cups of tea, one cup of tea into two incense sticks, one incense stick into five fen, one fen into six finger snaps, one finger snap into ten instants.

Xuanyuan promoted this time calculation method in the tribe, and it was deeply loved by the people. Xuanyuan's father, the leader of the Youxiong Tribe, believed Xuanyuan had learned great skills and contributed to humanity. Thinking of Lie Shan Shi seeking a successor, he couldn't help but wonder: could his son be the one Lie Shan Shi is looking for?

Meanwhile, in the Nine Li Tribe, Chiyou unified the borderlands, yet received no summons from Lie Shan Shi, which puzzled him greatly. According to his calculations, Lie Shan Shi's merit is complete, so it should be time to seek the next sovereign. He is so outstanding—how could he not be summoned?

At first, Chiyou was a bit impatient, after all, his goal was to become the human sovereign. But as time passed, he calmed down, realizing he had not directly contributed to humanity, so he did not receive Lie Shan Shi's summons.

After two years of bitter thought, Chiyou finally came up with an idea. He noticed that Lie Shan Shi had been making pottery for humanity in recent years, promoting human progress. So, he focused on crafting tools, and after several years developed the forging method. He refined special mountain ores into iron, made farming tools, weapons, and other household utensils, making farming and hunting much more convenient for humanity.

This invention caused a sensation in the Jiuli tribe, and a few months later, the ironware forged by Chiyou became popular throughout the human race. The people of the Jiuli tribe exchanged ironware for grains, and the ironware also spread throughout the human race. Upon hearing this news, the Yandi tribe hesitated, unsure whether to summon Xuanyuan or Chiyou. (End of chapter)