Chapter 177: The Dumbfounded Taiqing: Is There No Justice Left in This World?

Lu Yun and Houtu walked side by side, heading in the direction of Mount Buzhou.

Mount Buzhou towered into the clouds, majestic and spectacular; it was the backbone of the Primordial World, and its magnificent silhouette could be seen from every corner of the Great Desolation.

However, although Mount Buzhou appeared to be close at hand, the journey was actually extremely long, requiring a great deal of time and energy to reach.

Lu Yun was in no rush to hurry; he chatted with Houtu while admiring the scenery along the way.

They talked about various strange tales and anecdotes of the Primordial World, and also exchanged their respective understandings and insights on cultivation. Along this journey, they further deepened their mutual understanding.

On the way to Mount Buzhou, they first arrived near the Ancestral Court of Houtu.

Houtu enthusiastically invited Lu Yun to visit her Ancestral Court, and Lu Yun gladly accepted.

At the Houtu Ancestral Court, Lu Yun witnessed the unique charm of the Wu Clan culture and gained a deeper understanding of the history and traditions of the Wu Clan. He stayed there for two days and made many hospitable Wu Clan friends before setting off again.

After leaving the Houtu Ancestral Court, they continued their journey.

Not long after, they happened upon a dense mulberry forest.

In the mulberry forest, the emerald green mulberry leaves shimmered with luster under the sunlight, and groups of silkworms wriggled on the leaves, spitting out thin strands of silk.

It looked like the time to make a loom had arrived! Lu Yun could not help but stop in his tracks, a smile appearing on his face.

Seeing him like this, Houtu immediately recalled the scenes from the past when Lu Yun would tinker with many interesting things, and for a moment, she could not help but become interested as well.

She asked, "Did you think of another good idea?"

Lu Yun nodded and said, "I have some thoughts, but first I need to see if there are any Human Tribe nearby."

Houtu had known Lu Yun for so long that she naturally knew his character; she knew that the things he made were basically all related to the Human Race, so she did not say anything and directly began helping Lu Yun look for a nearby Human Tribe.

The Human Race was widely distributed throughout the Great Desolation, and as luck would have it, there was a Human Tribe nearby.

After the two found the location of the tribe, they naturally used their Supernatural Power to arrive there together.

The humans in the tribe were naturally very vigilant at first upon seeing the arrival of Lu Yun and Houtu, but they soon recognized Lu Yun and all came forward to greet him enthusiastically.

Looking at these humans, a sense of closeness welled up in Lu Yun's heart. He smiled and waved to the humans, then stepped forward to interact with them.

The humans here had naturally received great improvements through Lu Yun's preaching before, and their living environment had also been improved.

They were full of reverence and gratitude toward Lu Yun, and they all expressed their desire to offer Lu Yun the best food and shelter.

Lu Yun waved his hand and said, "Everyone, no need to be so formal. I came this time to see how everyone is living. I see there are mulberry trees and silkworms here; I wonder if you know that silk can be used to make clothing?"

The humans looked at each other, clearly feeling somewhat unfamiliar with this idea.

The Tribal Chief said, "Immortal Master Lu Yun, we do not know of this. The reason we chose to establish a tribe here is simply because the fruit of the mulberry is edible, and we have treated them as our food."

Lu Yun smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, I can teach you how to make silk clothing. In this way, everyone will be able to wear more comfortable and beautiful clothes."

Hearing this proposal, the humans naturally all expressed their agreement.

Houtu also developed a keen interest and asked, "Do you need my help?"

Lu Yun shook his head and said, "Just let them help me."

Thus, Lu Yun had the women in the tribe collect cocoons, preparing to start making silk clothing. At the same time, he also arranged for some men to cut some wood, preparing to make looms and other tools.

However, when processing the wood, he suddenly frowned again.

Houtu could not help but ask, "What is it?"

Lu Yun said, "Although the Human Race is already able to use some tools, the technology for processing wood is still too backward. If the processing technology can be improved, then more refined items can be made to improve the quality of life."

The surrounding humans looked at each other, not quite understanding what Lu Yun was talking about, but they already had a premonition that their tribe was about to prosper!

Because they had also heard that after Lu Yun arrived at certain tribes and invented or created some things, it brought huge changes to those tribes.

This made them look forward to it even more.

Lu Yun decided to impart some carpentry skills to the Human Race, and naturally, he did not delay, directly starting to guide the nearby humans to get some Carpenter Tools made.

Then, he personally demonstrated to the humans how to use these tools to make more refined items.

"This..."

The humans were stunned to see Lu Yun's magical methods.

Although they had long heard of the wonders of this Immortal Master Lu Yun, seeing it with their own eyes at this moment, they still felt shocked.

This was too magical!

Just with some wood, plus some iron pieces and the like, he could actually assemble such useful tools! They gathered around one after another to watch Lu Yun's demonstration closely, and then began to try using these new tools by following his example.

Houtu, on the other hand, was already long accustomed to such things.

Even while Lu Yun was instructing the humans on how to use those tools, she kept looking up at the sky.

Sure enough, not long after, she saw a Merit Golden Cloud suddenly appear above the firmament! This was clearly because Lu Yun had created this set of Carpenter Tools and received the affirmation of the Heavenly Dao.

Although Houtu did not care about any Heavenly Dao Merit, she was happy for Lu Yun when she saw this scene.

Lu Yun, on the contrary, seemed somewhat dissatisfied when he saw the scale of this Merit Golden Cloud, saying, "The Heavenly Dao is a bit stingy!"

However, this was just the beginning.

These were merely tools he had forged for the purpose of making a loom.

Lu Yun did not delay and began to direct the humans to use the tools he had just forged to make the relevant parts for the loom.

The Merit Golden Cloud above the firmament seemed to sense that what he was doing was not yet finished, so it did not descend immediately but hovered in the air.

Lu Yun ignored it and continued to guide the humans to finish making the tools one by one, and then began to assemble them.

Under Lu Yun's guidance, the humans began to get busy; following Lu Yun's instructions, they used the newly forged Carpenter Tools to carefully craft the various parts of the loom.

Lu Yun observed carefully from the side, giving suggestions and guidance from time to time to ensure that the production of each part was precise and error-free.

As time passed, the parts were gradually completed, and finally assembled into a complete loom.

When the humans saw this magical machine, they could not help but exclaim in wonder.

They circled the loom several times, curiously observing every detail, wanting to figure out how this machine worked.

Lu Yun explained with a smile, "This loom can greatly improve the efficiency of our clothing production; from now on, everyone won't have to sew clothes by hand, stitch by stitch." Hearing this explanation, the humans all cheered.

They could not wait to try using this magical machine.

Under Lu Yun's demonstration, people soon learned how to operate the Loom.

As the Loom operated, strands of Silk were quickly woven into fabric, then cut into appropriate sizes, and finally sewn into exquisite pieces of clothing.

The members of the Human Race put on these new clothes and felt incomparably comfortable and proud.

They expressed their gratitude to Lu Yun one after another, thanking him for bringing such magical technology that made their lives much better.

Lu Yun also felt very happy and satisfied.

Watching the joyful smiles of the Human Race as they wore their new clothes, his heart was filled with a sense of accomplishment.

Houtu, meanwhile, had been watching the Merit Golden Cloud above the firmament; while Lu Yun and the others were busy, the scale of the Merit Golden Cloud continued to grow.

Until this moment, when the method for using the Loom was fully established, the Merit Golden Cloud above the firmament could no longer hold back and crashed down with a boom!

Fifty percent of this merit fell upon Lu Yun, thirty percent fell upon the Loom and the Carpenter Tools they had created, and the final twenty percent was dispersed and fell upon the members of the Human Race who had helped.

Those members of the Human Race were caught between surprise and joy for a moment, and were even somewhat at a loss.

Because they felt that since Lu Yun had made such useful machines for them, this merit should all belong to Lu Yun.

However, now that the merit had fallen upon them, they could not simply give it to Lu Yun just because they wanted to.

Lu Yun did not mind at all, saying: "It is fine. If the Heavenly Dao believes it should belong to you, then it belongs to you!"

Those members of the Human Race who had received the merit could only helplessly bow and thank Lu Yun!

Subsequently, Lu Yun had them make more Carpenter Tools and Looms, while the female members of the Human Race were highly motivated to collect more Cocoons.

While they were busy, Lu Yun even instructed the members of the Human Race in the tribe that they could raise silkworms in the future, which would make collecting Cocoons even more convenient.

After being busy for more than ten days, the members of the Human Race in this tribe had completely mastered this craft.

Moreover, many people within the tribe had put on new clothes, and each one was overjoyed.

Lu Yun also designed several sets of Silk clothing for himself and for Houtu, Nuwa, and the sisters Xihe, which made the women feel quite refreshed.

However, by this time, it was naturally time for Lu Yun and the others to leave.

Because there was another matter that he needed to attend to, which was to head to Mount Buzhou to explore Pangu Hall!

Now, it was time to complete this task.

Thus, Lu Yun proposed his idea to Houtu.

Houtu naturally had no objections; she had long wanted to go and see Mount Buzhou.

After the two discussed it, they decided to set off for Mount Buzhou immediately.

The members of the Human Tribe were naturally very regretful to learn that they were leaving, but they did not forcefully try to keep Lu Yun and his companion.

Because they knew that Lu Yun still needed to go to more places to let more of the Human Race develop.

Before leaving, Lu Yun admonished the members of the Human Race in the tribe: "I leave the responsibility of this weaving technology to you. You must not only strive to develop it yourselves, but also find ways to spread it to more tribes to benefit more of the Human Race, do you understand?"

The people of the tribe solemnly replied: "We shall strictly follow the Immortal Master's command!"

Lu Yun nodded with satisfaction, then suddenly thought of something and said: "By the way, you can also try to find more materials for weaving to produce more different types of fabric, such as Cotton Cloth, Hemp Cloth, and so on, so that my Human Race can wear beautiful clothes as soon as possible!"

"Yes!"

Lu Yun and his companion bid farewell to the enthusiastic Human Tribe, then transformed into two streaks of light that shot into the sky, flying toward the direction of Mount Buzhou.

Houtu wore a dress of silk, making her appear even more ethereal and immortal, while Lu Yun wore a long silk robe, looking quite dashing himself.

As for Nuwa and the sisters Xihe, Lu Yun had already taken the time to send them into the Map of Mountains and Rivers of the Social World.

Lu Yun and his companion continued to travel while heading toward Mount Buzhou.

And because of Lu Yun's actions, the Human Race Luck increased greatly once again, which immediately caught the attention of Laozi, who was in seclusion.

"What has happened?"

Laozi discovered that although the Human Race Luck had risen, the luck of the Ren Sect, which had been gradually increasing, had instead slipped once again.

At first, he thought that something had gone wrong with Xuandu and the others preaching in the Human Race, but he soon discovered that this was not the case.

He had to temporarily stop his cultivation to carefully understand the ins and outs of the matter.

Because he had his Good Corpse, Taishang Laojun, keeping a constant watch, he soon learned the sequence of events and was speechless for a long time.

He had sent the disciples of the Three Teachings out in full force, and it had been difficult to recover some Human Race Luck for the Ren Sect, yet who would have thought that while Lu Yun was out sightseeing in the Great Desolation, he would casually make something that would drive the development of the Human Race, causing the Human Race Luck to increase greatly, and at the same time, he had incidentally snatched back the Human Race Luck that the disciples of the Three Teachings had managed to recover!

Is there any justice in this world?

What made him feel even more helpless was that he was at a loss for what to do about this situation.

Because he couldn't exactly go and stop Lu Yun from creating new things for the Human Race, could he?

After thinking it over, Laozi truly could not think of a countermeasure and could only helplessly contact Yuanshi and Tongtian, asking them to come over to discuss it together.

After receiving his voice transmission, Yuanshi and Tongtian soon ended their cultivation and hurried toward him.

Just as he arrived, Tongtian's first words were: "Big Brother, could it be that some new trouble has arisen over at the Human Race again?"

For this, Laozi felt extremely ashamed.

As the head of the Three Pure Ones, he should have been helping his two younger brothers, but now, instead, he had to constantly ask Yuanshi and Tongtian to come and help him think of ideas, and even have their respective disciples help his Ren Sect!

This was simply too embarrassing!

But at the moment, he had no other choice but to ask his own brothers for help; at least it was better than going out to ask others for help! Laozi consoled himself, and only then began to explain the situation to Yuanshi and Tongtian.

After listening, Yuanshi frowned, unable to think of any ideas for a moment.

Tongtian, however, had his eyes light up and said: "Big Brother, have your Good Corpse, Taishang Laojun, start refining pills for the Human Race!"

(End of this chapter)