Chapter 582: Familiar Yet Strange Ancestors (1)

Cangjie was naturally the person who valued this place the most; he had already seen the writing of Huaxia, because Huaxia and they had previously exchanged several documents. He could find a sense of commonality from the writing of Huaxia, yet he felt that some of Huaxia's characters were more mature and better than his own, while others were completely baseless, with no pattern to speak of, so he was also very curious about this matter.

Among the three characters for "Huaxia City," he could only recognize the character "Hua"; this character was relatively similar to the ones he had created, but he could not recognize the other two characters at all. It was only when Zhigui introduced them from the side that he knew; he did not understand where the character "Xia" came from, but as for the character "City," combined with the appearance of the city wall below, it did indeed look a bit like it.

Xuanyuan entered this familiar gate once again. Baifeng had already received the news by this time and was dressed up, wearing something slightly ornate, though not overly so; after all, the temperature had risen, so there was no need to be too formal. Baifeng quite liked the Tang-style round-collared robe—it was orderly, yet also convenient for movement—so what he was wearing now was a round-collared robe in indigo paired with some deep red.

He brought Sui and Chinv along to welcome them, because he only had these two wives, so bringing them both was nothing. It was Xuanyuan, on the contrary, who, according to what Baifeng knew, had an extremely large number of concubines, and later even encountered Sunu teaching him, so the number of Xuanyuan's concubines might truly have exceeded a hundred. However, he only had one wife, Leizu, so on this kind of occasion, bringing Leizu was completely fine.

Yulong, Changle, and Miaoyin were also waiting obediently to the side. Yulong needed to see this properly, because according to Xuanyuan's lifespan, Yulong would still have to face him in the future; Baifeng himself did not have the confidence to outlive Xuanyuan, unless the legend was just a legend.

Xuanyuan and Baifeng met again without much estrangement, and even less any displeasure; instead, they smiled and bowed, then introduced the people around them to each other.

Baifeng was the host, so he introduced his family to Xuanyuan. Xuanyuan actually liked the few children very much, because he felt their temperament was excellent; in this era, it was too unique, even more unique than Baifeng.

Xuanyuan also introduced them to Baifeng, but with every name spoken, Baifeng's heart twitched. Even though he had absolutely been in this era long enough—long enough that even seeing the headless Xingtian would not cause much of a reaction—hearing the names and actually seeing the people were two completely different things.

The first was naturally Leizu. Xuanyuan felt that Baifeng should know Leizu, so he did not give an excessive introduction, because previously Baifeng had guessed from a few subtle clues that Leizu had already arrived at the Xuanyuan Tribe, so he directly assumed Baifeng knew Leizu, even though Baifeng had explained it many times.

Baifeng looked at Leizu; she truly had that kind of maternal radiance. She was not a stout person, nor was she as slender and frail as Sui; she had an entire air of national prosperity and peace. Most importantly, it was her temperament. Sui was cultivated by Baifeng every day, but in the end, it was that sense of inferiority carved into her bones from childhood that made her still somewhat reserved even now that she was in this position. Chinv was a bit better, but she could not be too presumptuous; after all, their statuses were different.

Baifeng and Leizu nodded and greeted each other simply, but Leizu seemed to have many questions to ask Baifeng. Baifeng did not need to think to know that it must be related to silkworms. The silkworm breeds of the Xiling had not leaked to Huaxia, yet Huaxia was actually able to raise silkworms and produce Silk; this matter had always been a great puzzle in Leizu's heart.

Xuanyuan continued the introductions; he pushed Qibo forward: "This is Qibo, formerly the leader of the Qi River Tribe, but I discovered his talent was extremely high, so I invited him to help me. He then brought the entire Qi River Tribe to join our Xuanyuan Clan. He came this time mainly to exchange with you regarding medicine and drugs."

Qibo's appearance had a large gap from what later generations imagined; he did not look like an old man, but he had long hair and a long beard, and his face was somewhat square. In terms of age, he was much older than both Baifeng and Xuanyuan.

Seeing that his two grandmasters were both gathered, Baifeng was also very moved in his heart. He wondered if, when the three of them sat together to discuss medical skills, they would record this period of history because they had writing and paper, and then pass it down.

Afterward, it was Zhishou. Xuanyuan did not forget to tease Baifeng: "Zhishou came from Kongtong Mountain, but he said he didn't know a person like you, nor did he know there was a Huaxia. So, you don't know Guangchengzi, right?"

Zhishou was also looking at Baifeng with a smile, the bright light in his eyes not at all like that of an old man.

"I certainly know there is a Guangchengzi, and I know of Kongtong Mountain; Qibo's hometown is not far from Kongtong Mountain. But I have indeed never met him, and my knowledge was not taught by him. As for why I say this, everyone knows it very well, so there is no need to be so blunt about it, right? Moreover, you have also successfully learned the 'Dao.' If you go a few more times, I will not stop you, and I can even help you."

Xuanyuan was somewhat shocked by these words from Baifeng: "Help me? You want to go see Guangchengzi together, right?"

Baifeng did not deny it: "To be honest, I really want to go see Guangchengzi, but I probably won't be able to see him, or rather, he won't see me. The reason I am helping you is because some of the things he taught you are things I don't understand; I need to obtain them from you. Likewise, I can also tell you my knowledge."

Xuanyuan looked at Baifeng with a strange expression, feeling that this behavior was very inconsistent with Baifeng, but he did not say it directly right now.

Baifeng pointed to the remaining people and said: "As for them, let's introduce them too, get to know everyone, and then we will enter the city; the places to stay have already been arranged for you."

Xuanyuan then pointed to a few people and said: "Qingyun, Jinyun, this is Changxian, our Xuanyuan Tribe's Soldier."

Baifeng did not pay attention to Changxian; instead, he was shocked by the two, Qingyun and Jinyun. He did not expect these two people to be by Xuanyuan's side now. He only knew that it was after the founding of the nation in the Central Plains that these two were arranged to measure the Solar Term. If it were like this now, Baifeng felt they could join forces to be strong.

Baifeng had his own macroscopic, big-picture knowledge of Geography and astronomy, but calculating the Solar Term was somewhat whimsical for him. But Qingyun and Jinyun could do it; as long as he stated what he knew, the two of them could save a massive amount of energy, and the calendar could be born faster. The same went for the Solar Term; for both the Xuanyuan Tribe and Huaxia, it was all benefit and no harm.