Chapter 129: The Pride of the Human Race, Insight into the Essence of Crisis

Very quickly, the group of four entered the Ancestral Temple.

Unexpectedly, there were no statues of Nuwa inside the entire Ancestral Temple, nor were there any statues of Sages; as far as the eye could see, there were only rows of spirit tablets placed there.

The incense was thick, and the dim light flickered, giving one a sense of heaviness and oppression, as if facing the immense pressure of Mount Buzhou.

"This is?"

Frowning, Lin Fan's expression became somewhat strange.

After all, one could see from the outside that a statue of Nuwa stood within this Ancestral Land; logically, the human race's recognition of Nuwa should be very high.

Yet, there was no Nuwa in this Ancestral Temple, not even a single Sage statue; this already spoke volumes, and even...

"These are the spirit tablets of the three thousand Innate Humans!"

Facing Lin Fan's inquiry, Youchaoshi did not hide anything and said straightforwardly: "In the past, Nuwa created humans, totaling three thousand six hundred and fifty, taking the number of the Zhou Tian!"

"It's just that at that time, the human race was born in the vicinity of Mount Buzhou, and having just been born, we had no survival skills, abilities, or means, so we had to choose a great migration."

"On such a path, all three thousand Innate clansmen died in battle, falling at the hands of those great demons, Witches, and Innate gods; only three hundred and sixty-five Innate humans and a batch of second-generation humans truly reached the shores of the East Sea."

"Even so, our human race still encountered endless slaughter, even becoming blood food kept in captivity by some great demons, until finally, the Three Pure Sages established sects among the human race to prove the Dao and become Sages, which gave our human race a chance to breathe, leading to the prosperity and growth of the human race today..."

Listening to Youchaoshi's account, Lin Fan immediately felt empathy and expressed understanding.

When all is said and done, the human race is not stupid; they are very clear that whether it is Nuwa or the Three Pure Ones, they do not truly protect the human race in any meaningful sense, but merely use the existence of the human race to prove the Dao and become Sages.

Precisely because of this, after Nuwa created humans and proved the Dao to become a Sage, she left the Great Desolation directly to head to Chaos to open up the Wahuang Heaven, and from beginning to end, the identity Nuwa acknowledged to the outside world was only that of a Sage of the Demon Race, not a Sage of the Human Race.

Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Tongtian Jiaozhu were the same.

Although they established sects with the human race and proved the Dao to become Sages, they only provided some protection, and even only provided safety within the range of the East Sea shores.

If in the future the Sages were to lift the protection of the East Sea shores, then if the human race were not strong by then, they would still become blood food and slaves for demons, Witches, and Innate gods.

Precisely because of this, this Ancestral Temple is entirely filled with the spirit tablets of the human race; everything regarding Nuwa and the Three Pure Ones is not qualified to enter it.

At this moment, Lin Fan vaguely understood why the future of the human race would encounter a great massacre, even reaching the point of near extinction.

It was not just because the Demon Race needed to refine the Slaughtering Witch Sword to fight the Wu Clan, nor was it because the Wu Clan wanted to refine some Slaughtering Monster Sword.

The true reason was that the human race's Ancestral Temple did not acknowledge the Sages, and was not truly submissive to the Sages in any meaningful sense.

As long as these Innate humans existed, the second generation, third generation, and even subsequent humans could not truly acknowledge the Sages and the Sage sects from the bottom of their hearts.

Therefore, the Sages needed the destruction of the human race.

They needed the human race to encounter catastrophe, to encounter the crisis of genocide.

Only in this way could they take the opportunity to annihilate the remaining Innate humans, and only in this way could they erase all existences that resisted the Sage orthodoxy, inheritance, and will.

"It really is 'the Sages do not die, the great thieves do not stop'!"

Sighing inwardly, although Lin Fan had already seen the clues, he could not speak of them.

Because he knew very well that Youchaoshi and the others would not acknowledge it, and they would not change the human race's philosophy and will just because of his few words.

It can be said that the human race of this era is truly self-improving and unyielding in the real sense.

Subsequently, although the status of the human race would become the Lord of the Great Desolation, their identity would also rapidly decline.

From the initial Three Sovereigns of Heaven, Earth, and Man, to the later Five Emperors, then to the subsequent Human Sovereigns, and even Human Kings, they finally turned into the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven!

Submitting under the feet of gods, Buddhas, demons, and monsters.

After the Investiture of the Gods, the fall of King Zhou completely announced the destruction of the Nine-Nine Human Kings, and the birth of the Nine-Five Sons of Heaven also caused the human race to completely fall into the lowest existence of the Great Desolation world, becoming tool-people providing faith and incense to immortals, Buddhas, and gods, and food for demons and monsters.

"It's a pity; if this is the case, then the inheritance of Martial Dao will be truly difficult to grow in any meaningful sense."

Sighing inwardly, Lin Fan looked at Youchaoshi and said: "Indeed, an existence worthy of respect."

"For the human race to reach the point it is today, it has truly been piled up with quite a bit of blood and life."

"However, relative to the current situation, I personally suggest that it is best to popularize Martial Dao to the entire human race as soon as possible, even three-year-old children need to start coming into contact with and practicing Martial Dao."

"After all, 'Heaven is vigorous, a gentleman should strive for self-improvement'!"

Once these words were spoken, the eyes of Youchaoshi and the other lit up.

Heaven is vigorous, a gentleman should strive for self-improvement.

This simple sentence gave them a feeling of clearing away the fog to see the essence.

Besides this, they also understood the importance of Lin Fan's words; only by truly achieving full-human Martial Dao practice could the rise of the human race be accelerated, could they become stronger, and could they truly possess the right to speak and the capital to stand in the Great Desolation.

Thinking of this, Youchaoshi immediately spoke: "Then I will have to trouble Fellow Daoist Lin Fan."

"However, Fellow Daoist Lin Fan, can the Martial Dao cultivation method you mentioned really not be taught?"

Once these words were spoken, Zhiyishi and Xuandu, who were present, also looked at Lin Fan.

For a moment, Lin Fan couldn't help but frown.

Zhiyishi and Youchaoshi could be understood; after all, they were among the ancestors of the human race, and they naturally needed a diversified existence for the future development of the human race.

But Xuandu was different.

He was the only personal disciple of the Ren Sect and the founder of Martial Dao.

Under such circumstances, why did he also have an expectant expression? Did he not know that once he taught the Martial Dao cultivation method, it would very likely run counter to the Golden Elixir Great Dao, or even be incompatible with its philosophy?

But very quickly, Lin Fan was relieved.

Xuandu was also human, and one of the three thousand six hundred and fifty.

In the past, Xuandu apprenticed to Laozi and had always been diligent and conscientious, without the ability to help the human race.

But after his own reminder, coupled with the situation of the human race, he was likely wanting the growth of the human race from the bottom of his heart, rather than treating it as his own tool and stepping stone.

Thinking of this, Lin Fan immediately spoke: "It really cannot be spread; after all, that is an existence that runs counter to the philosophy of the Great Senior Brother!"

"The Golden Elixir Great Dao is a complete path; although it cannot prove the Dao to become a Sage, reaching the Great Luo Golden Immortal or even Quasi-Saint should not be a problem."

"The human race now indeed needs to seek diversification, but it is better not to touch the bottom line of some things!" ===== CHAPTER 130 =====