Chapter 585: How Can a Person Be a God?

This meeting was not very formal; it was just everyone gathered together, chatting casually, and Baifeng also wanted to take this time to explain all his plans to everyone clearly.

Seeing that everyone was seated, Baifeng pressed his hands down to quiet them: "I know you all might not quite understand why we are treating the Xuanyuan Tribe so well right now. This is mainly because I feel that the development of our Huaxia has entered a bottleneck period, and we need to win over a powerful ally to help us. This land is too vast; what can our mere hundred thousand people of Huaxia accomplish on their own?"

Even if we had one million people, placed on this land, we would still be isolated. Because the Xuanyuan Tribe has Xuanyuan, plus the talents in their tribe, they have the knowledge and things we need, and we, in turn, have things they need. As long as our two tribes combine and complement each other, we can both develop at a faster speed.

Moreover, the development directions of our two tribes do not conflict. They want to move east and south toward the Central Plains, while we want to move west and north. To say that we could occupy the entire land with just one tribe right now is impossible. It is better for our two tribes to divide the entire land between us first, and when only our two tribes remain, then we can fight to see who is superior."

Everyone was caught off guard by Baifeng's sudden change in strategy because they had always upheld the principle of developing themselves and ignoring others. How the Xuanyuan Tribe fared had nothing to do with Huaxia, as long as they did not come to attack Huaxia. But now, this situation...

Someone raised a question: "King, but the Xuanyuan Tribe, apart from Tea Leaves and such, has nothing we need. Those can all be exchanged for with grain; there is no need to give our knowledge to them to use."

Baifeng shook his head: "No, the Xuanyuan Tribe of the past and the Xuanyuan Tribe of now are already different, especially after he met Guangchengzi. I think Guangchengzi would not meet me, and besides, even if I met Guangchengzi, I probably wouldn't learn much more. My own knowledge has already formed a system and solidified; it is hard to change it further."

Actually, I hadn't thought too much about it, but today, I saw Qingyun and Jinyun. Those two are responsible for the calculation of celestial timing for the Xuanyuan Tribe. I have already told you about the matter of measuring celestial timing. How I wish our Huaxia could have such talents emerge, but unfortunately, we don't. Even Changle cannot find a clue."

When Baifeng said this, the people below all felt a bit ashamed, and Changle was also somewhat embarrassed. He considered himself to have understood enough about Nature and Science, even surpassing his father in some aspects. But when Baifeng assigned him the task of trying to observe celestial timing, he discovered that he had absolutely no talent in this area. He observed the stars and the moon for a month straight, yet discovered nothing useful. All he could see were the things Baifeng had taught him.

"Celestial timing is too important for agriculture. Right now, when we farm, when to sow and what to plant when, all depends on experience and our own feelings. But if we had a calendar, everything would become simple. Moreover, I know a method of divination: by measuring the length of the sun's shadow, one can predict climate changes. However, this all must be based on having an accurate calendar."

"But, King, how are you certain that those... whatever-Yuns, can really observe celestial timing? Aren't you meeting them for the first time, and hearing their names for the first time too?"

The things Baifeng said were too arbitrary. Although he had almost never made a mistake over these years, stating directly what a person he was meeting for the first time could do was still a bit too outrageous. Many times, everyone ignored Baifeng's status as the "Son of the Heavenly God" because everything Baifeng understood was "Science" and had rules.

Baifeng naturally would not explain too much: "You don't need to think about this; you will know tomorrow. Also, there is Cangjie. He is the one who created characters for the Xuanyuan Tribe. I also need his help to give our Huaxia's characters a root. Right now, our Huaxia's characters are like duckweed floating on the water; they look like a big green patch, but in reality, they have no roots. Once the water rushes, they all scatter. You don't understand how every character was created; I also learned it from the Heavenly God, and I don't understand all the characters, but Cangjie does. Therefore, we need Cangjie."

Yi felt somewhat surprised: "Teacher, then according to your meaning, isn't Cangjie the same as a god?"

Baifeng was silent for a moment, then said: "Cangjie, he is a god. From the moment he created the characters, he was a god."

"Teacher, I, I don't understand. How can a god be a person?"

Baifeng's thoughts drifted slightly. That's right, how could a god be a person? But on this land, it is just like this. Apart from the Heavenly Demons and the Heavenly Gods who were born of Heaven and Earth and appeared alongside the Great Dao, all others are people. Shennong, Nuwa, the Fire-Maker, Fuxi... Zhuanxu, Zhurong—these human leaders all relied on their own merits to achieve godhood.

Tang Yao, Yushun, and Dayu, the three sage kings of antiquity, were also gods. Perhaps everyone doesn't know, but their worship has already integrated into our lives. Tang Yao is the Shangyuan Heavenly Official; as the saying goes, the Heavenly Official bestows blessings, and the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Shangyuan Festival, is Yao's birthday. Yushun is the Central Plains Earth Official; the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month is his birthday, the Earth Official pardons sins. The Xiayuan Water Official is Dayu; water resolves calamities.

It is precisely because of their merits to the human race that they have such high divine positions, honored as the Three Official Great Emperors. Their birthdays, along with a few other special days, constitute the most important festivals for the common people in later generations, namely the Three Origins and Five La. However, the Five La have been mostly forgotten, with only the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Prince's La, remaining, likely preserved to this day because it caught the tail end of the New Year.

Baifeng said with deep meaning: "Yi, if you could make the entire Medicine system more perfect, then pass it down and teach more people to save the wounded, do you think you would become a god?"