Chapter 51: Education

In the demon calendar year 365, element 7, cycle 3, you, with your True Immortal cultivation, received the holy order of Nüwa and officially became the Chief of the Human Tribe.

No sooner had you taken office than you faced the Human Tribe's management problems; this group of primitive savages had no quality whatsoever, and you must immediately begin compulsory education.

But at the same time, you also face troubles caused by your cultivation being too low……

Originally, to catch up in time with the important historical juncture of Nüwa creating humans, you had been lazing about at home, because you performed so extraordinarily that your father the king only then agreed to let you go out to study.

Slacking off felt good, but your cultivation had stubbornly stayed at the first stage of the Immortal Dao, the True Immortal; becoming Chief of the Human Tribe means endless troubles, and you must grow stronger—True Immortal is clearly too weak.

Thus a not-so-small dilemma confronts you: should you cultivate immortality first, or govern the Human Tribe first?

Faced with this problem, you choose (?)

"Self-detonation, a matter of life and death, doesn't need me to choose; on the contrary, this little thing should be up to me…"

Yet, considering your strange origin, even if Nüwa had ten thousand doubts, she could only think you truly favored this race… but she was mistaken.

Having made up your mind, you resolutely decided to abandon your personal cultivation career and instead devote yourself entirely to the endless undertaking of governing the Human Tribe.

A slight complaint, but Zhao Si immediately caught on:

Seeing Jin Bing ask for help again, Zhao Si couldn't help but chuckle, telling you, kid, you have your own opinions!

I thought you had a solution, but it turns out you're just dancing on eggs……

Moreover, if the Heavenly Court, like in the previous two simulations, starts targeting the Human Tribe, even if Jin Bing has peak Quasi-Sage cultivation, he still couldn't withstand it!

So a rather ridiculous conclusion emerged:

"Rather than wasting time and energy on meaningless cultivation, it's better to devote yourself wholly to Human Tribe governance; making the tribe as a whole stronger is far more important than raising my own cultivation."

【Language, writing, morality, law… and so on, under your earnest teachings, the gazes of thousands of curious infants gradually turned to reverence; in their hearts, as blank as white paper, you seemed like a divine being sent down from heaven—sacred, radiant, and great!】

【Nüwa also watched with interest as you, this 'home tutor,' taught her children; although the Heavenly Court has always had a policy of educating backward races, the heavenly officials sent down mostly regard this work as exile, all day long lamenting and pitying themselves, pessimistic about their official prospects.】

Zhao Si's eyes lit up:

"The best approach is to start from the blank-slate stage, using the highest ideals and beliefs, so that everyone can resist the innate desire for superiority."

No matter how idealistic it may be, Zhao Si still decided to give it a try!

Never mind; if it fails, we just restart a lifetime, but if it succeeds……

"This means that if we can make the Human Tribe's collective consciousness spontaneously reject superiority, and under conscious control gain the recognition and acceptance of the vast Demon Race, then……"

【You do not favor any race; you throw yourself into the Human Tribe because you know their destined tragedy—if they grow strong, they will bring disaster to the Demon Race; if they stay weak, they will suffer disaster at the hands of the Demon Race.】

"Then why not try letting the Human Tribe, in the position of strength, voluntarily stand equal with all beings?"

The reality is, even if you cultivated to Quasi-Sage, it would be useless; the Wu Clan has twelve Quasi-Sages, and in the Wu-Yao War they merely fought to mutual annihilation with the two brothers Di Jun and Taiyi.

【With the practical experience of your past life, educating the Human Tribe still in primitive savage condition is completely effortless.】

"Yo! Kid, you finally have no way out!"

"Wait… that doesn't seem right."

A very bold idea suddenly surged into Zhao Si's mind, and it snowballed uncontrollably:

"The Human Tribe is the heaven‑ordained protagonist; whether in reproductive speed and quality or in suitability for cultivation, they vastly outstrip ordinary Demon Race—this is both a disadvantage and an advantage."

What a guy, the theory that cultivation is useless!

Having arrived at this contrary‑to‑common‑sense conclusion, Zhao Si thought it over; although it was sheer nonsense, he still decided to go ahead decisively:

"Anyway, we can restart, so let's give it a try!"

【Your heart is also conflicted—what should you choose? Should you teach the Human Tribe cultivation or not? Your heart has no ready answer……】

"What kind of problem is this?"

Zhao Si's mouth twitched:

"Too weak, no strength—that won't do!"

But on the other hand, if the Human Tribe becomes strong, it inevitably turns extremist and supremacist—a fundamental contradiction that cannot be reconciled……

【Nüwa then grew curious: what exactly are you after?】

"In the situation where we cannot touch the essence of this class contradiction of the Heavenly Dao, all means are merely those of reformers and patch‑workers."

【But you also felt that having no self‑defense capability was unacceptable, so you fortunately used the high‑level avatar technique granted by your master, the Taiqing Saint, casually gathering three heavenly materials and earthly treasures from everywhere on Mount Shouyang; after a rough refinement, three utterly ordinary avatars emerged.】

Obviously not.

【Under such a negative mindset, the heavenly official chief wouldn't even think of educating the populace; not exploiting the people would already count as being good……】

【But you are different; you always personally teach the Human Tribe hand‑in‑hand, overcoming any difficulty, and when facing the ignorant savages you combine kindness with authority—neither indulging nor punishing indiscriminately, you are truly an excellent teacher and beneficial friend.】

But as for the specifics of how to conjure a flower out of nothing, there is also something to be said.

Zhao Si grew excited:

"Let Jin Bing directly tell the Human Tribe that they are indeed born superior, but compared with the vast multitude of all living things, their strength is like a leaf in the sea; if they become enemies, they will surely be completely overturned."

【A: Cultivate immortality first, cultivation comes first! B: Govern first, the Human Tribe is the foundation!】

"Merit? For the sake of merit, you wouldn't go this far, after all earning merit is to facilitate cultivation, but you don't cultivate immortality at all, you wholeheartedly throw yourself into education; to those disciples of saints who are keen on merit, this is abandoning the root for the branches."

"Done!"

"On the question of whether to teach the Human Tribe cultivation, there must be only one answer: yes!"

Practicing cultivation while governing sounds not bad, but in fact Jin Bing at this stage simply cannot manage both.

For Jin Bing, who in his previous life was a peak Great Luo Golden Immortal, retraining is really not that simple!

But the question is, what level should one cultivate to in order to be useful?

Heavenly Immortal? Mysterious Immortal? Great Luo?

【Meanwhile, your true body, stationed at the foot of Mount Shouyang, focuses on the Human Tribe's civil education.】

"Isn't it possible to cultivate while governing at the same time?"

【The avatars refined by the high‑level avatar technique, having inherited the marvel of the Way Ancestor's 'Severing Three Corpses,' thus their cultivation rises unrestricted by the true body; under your orders, they split into three age groups—'old,' 'middle,' and 'young'—and devote themselves to cultivation on Mount Shouyang; with your experience as a peak Great Luo Golden Immortal, their progress is rapid……】

【Faced with the inner contradiction, you decide (?)—please fill in the answer freely!】

You don't even have this time-management ability, how can you be a time assassin!

For a race destined to be the protagonist, it definitely cannot carry out 'de-cultivation'; being unable to cultivate means the name is not deserved, and also means that when Di Jun or a sage's disciple comes to target them, the human race can only suffer one-sided beating and oppression.

【You chose option B, govern first!】

"B!"

After making a couple of remarks about Jin Bing, Zhao Si also couldn't help but start making plans:

And could Jin Bing possibly achieve quasi-sainthood in a short time?

"What about the Heavenly Dao? You say I am high and mighty, but I insist on equality with all beings, firmly opposing the Heavenly Dao's arbitrary commands; my fate is mine, not heaven's."

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(End of chapter)