People in Jiejiao practice Taoism and become gods

Chapter 18 [The merit of education is easy but not easy]

"The vast sea has turned into dust for tens of thousands of years, and the power of practicing for a hundred years has shocked the gods and ghosts. The dream is passed on for thousands of years, the stars are hanging in the sky, the moon is setting in the long river, and the clouds are rolling up the dust. I don't want to waste my years in the mountains, but to enter the world of mortals to seek the truth!" Xuan Qing sang and walked along the way, trying to see his true heart and the great way, but the closer he got to the ancestral land of the human race, the more panicked his heart became, as if it was obscured by the fog of time: "Which me is the real me?"

He was a little afraid to face it.

At the beginning, when he traveled to the primitive world, he felt surprise, excitement, fear, and he also wanted to integrate into the human tribe at that time.

But his thinking was far beyond this era, and when he tried to communicate with the humans of this era, he felt like he was playing the lute to a cow.

He wants to escape!

But he doesn’t know where to go?
Pursuing immortality and longevity is his dream and also a means for him to divert his attention.

He was afraid to face it, afraid that all the legends would become reality, afraid that he and the human beings he knew would one day really become the material for the demon race to refine the Witch-Slaying Sword!

Therefore, he prayed to Nuwa day and night, and when Taiqing Laozi traveled among the human tribes, he took care of her and diligently offered her things that he thought were good.

He also successfully left the human tribe, leaving this place where people ate raw meat and drank blood, were uncivilized, lived in a barbaric way, and where he felt extremely unfamiliar.

"flint!"

Xuan Qing walked at a loss in the human tribe, his mind wandering, not knowing what he was thinking, but a familiar yet unfamiliar call came to his ears.

燧！
This name was given to him by a congenital human when he was trying to make fire by rubbing two pieces of wood together and guiding the human race of this era to bid farewell to barbarism and ignorance.

"In the country of Suiming, people do not know the four seasons, day or night. There is a fire tree called Suimu, which is bent and coiled for thousands of acres. In later generations, a sage traveled beyond the sun and moon and came to the country, resting under this tree. There was a bird like an owl, which pecked at the tree and sparks of fire came out. The sage was moved and taught the method of drilling wood to all the people. Because he used a small branch to drill fire, he was revered as Suiren."

This is the legend he has heard!

But when he was feeling complacent and a little fearful, thinking that he had snatched away the merits of Suiren, someone gave him this title.

This made him unable to distinguish between illusion and reality for a moment. Was he himself replacing Suiren, or could Suiren be anyone? As long as he could drill wood to make fire, that person... was Suiren!
This question, like the question of whether the chicken or the egg came first, has troubled him for a long time.

So much so that, for a long time, he couldn't figure out whether he had changed history or become a part of mythical history.

Xuan Qing heard the call from behind, with a complicated expression, turned around, forced a smile, and responded: "Long time no see, Youchao!"

Yes!

The person coming is Youchao!

That was the man who called him "Sui" after he made fire by rubbing two woods together!

During the time when he just traveled through time, he not only tried to change the human habit of eating raw meat and drinking blood, but also tried to guide them to develop into a civilized society.

Some people were dismissive, some turned a deaf ear, but some showed interest.

Youchao was one of them.

After he expressed his hope that they could have a place like a bird's nest to shelter from the wind and rain, Youchao Shi began to try to build a "bird's nest" for the human race!
When he was given the name "Suiren", after the "Bird's Nest" was built, there were also innate human beings who gave him the name "Youchao".

That person is Ziyi!

Anyway, before Xuanqing left the ancestral land of the human race, a total of nine people, including him, were awarded the title and gained recognition from most of the human race.

Suiren, Ziyi, Youchao, Zhisheng, Dating, Jinhong... Youchao looked at Xuanqing returning to the human tribe and was very excited: "Sui, I thought you would never come back! You have been gone for tens of thousands of years! By the way, where is Xuandu? Didn't he come back with you?"

Xuan Qing didn't know how to answer, so he could only bite the bullet and said, "I just happened to be passing by here, so I came back to take a look! As for Xuan Du, he and I don't have the same teacher, so I don't know when he will come back!"

After thinking for a while, he added: "How about you just call me Xuanqing from now on! This is the Taoist name that my teacher personally gave me after I became his disciple!"

Youchao disagreed: "It's the same. Suiren is you, Xuanqing is also you. It's just a name. Why do you care so much?"

Of course it’s different!
Suiren is one of the three ancestors of the human race, and Xuanqing is a time traveler... Can the two be compared?
However, Xuanqing never said these words out loud. Just as Youchao said, the name was just a code name, and it was just something he was obsessed with!
Soon, under the guidance of Youchao, Xuanqing began to wander around the ancestral land of the human race. Youchao was very excited and talked to Xuanqing about the changes that the human race had undergone over the years.

Xuanqing listened quietly.

In fact, after he returned to the ancestral land of the human race, he found that the human race today has basically gotten rid of the past habits of eating raw meat and drinking blood and sleeping in the open air.

There are all kinds of thatched houses, wooden houses, stone houses, clothes, pottery, tools, accessories... everything you can think of. In addition, the innate spiritual energy of the ancient times has not yet been cut off, and with the method of cultivation, the human race has completely escaped from ignorance, formed various tribes, and even began to actively explore the world millions of miles away from the human ancestral land!
The two walked along and soon arrived at Nuwa's temple, which was built by Xuanqing in the past. The statues he had sculpted were also preserved. They were worshipped day and night and had become magical.

Next to the Nuwa Temple, there is a temple dedicated to Taiqing Laozi. Although it was not built by Xuanqing, he also contributed a lot to it.

He walked into the temple and offered a stick of incense to each of the two saints.

However, when he left, he found that there seemed to be a small sculpture under the statues of the two saints, which looked somewhat similar to him.

"That's you!"

As if sensing Xuanqing's gaze, Youchao explained, "Although it was the Holy Mother who created us and the Saint Taiqing who taught us the way of cultivation, it was you who taught us how to make fire and tools, guided me to build a house, and guided the Ziyi clan to sew clothes!"

"And aren't these what you once told me about... the merits of education?"

When Xuan Qing heard this, he was struck by lightning. He stood there in a daze, unable to come back to his senses for a long time.

"enlightenment?"

"enlightenment!"

When he first crossed over, he did think about changing these humans. Without going into too much detail, he just wanted them to live more like the "humans" in his memories!
"I see!"

Xuan Qing suddenly realized something, and it was as if a thunderbolt flashed through his mind: "It turns out that what I have been doing is to educate people! What I have done is not in vain!"

At this moment, he seemed to understand the meaning of education. Since the human race today is different from what he remembered, let them change in that direction.

He has been doing it too.

But he never noticed it!
In ten years, you can see the coming and going of spring and autumn; in a hundred years, you can see birth, aging, sickness and death; in a thousand years, you can see a single tree forming a forest; in ten thousand years, you can see the vast mountains transform into the sea...

Education is not a simple matter. The development and changes of a race in a vast world like Honghuang takes thousands or even millions of years.

“Whether it’s Suiren or Xuanqing, I am still me!” Xuanqing had some realization in his heart and couldn’t help but smile: “It’s easy to get the original heart, but it’s hard to keep the original heart. He and I are me, and the original self is me. Only the easy one can’t change. This is the true innate Yi Dao!”

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