Eat, eat, eat in the primordial world

"Sui Zu, you flatter me. As a member of the human race, it is my duty to contribute to the human race, whether or not there is any reward."

Jiang Yuan said sincerely that he never disappoints people in terms of attitude.

"It's good that you have the intention, but merit must be rewarded and demerit must be punished. This is the rule of the human race, and it is also the key to the longevity of the human race. It must not be violated."

Sui Zu spoke earnestly. Jiang Yuan could think that way, but he couldn't act on it. If merit went unrewarded, how could any clansman be willing to contribute to the people in the long run?

"Yes, Yuan remembers."

Knowing that Sui Zu was instructing him, Jiang Yuan quickly expressed his acceptance of the instruction.

Upon seeing this, the ancestor of the Sui family smiled with satisfaction, and then together with Jiang Yuan, they established the standards for creating characters.

With standards in place, the wisdom of the people can be mobilized to create a large number of characters in a short period of time, which can then be put into use as soon as possible to benefit the entire human race.

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Sui Zu possessed great wisdom, and Jiang Yuan had extraordinary abilities. Therefore, with their combined efforts, creating characters was not difficult, and they quickly established a set of standards.

According to this standard, the first character they created was "human," the second was "Tao," and then in order were "heaven," "earth," "sun," "moon," "stars," "mountains," "rivers," "grass," "trees," and so on...

In one go, the two of them created 108 commonly used characters, all of which were written on the ground with twigs.

The moment they stopped, the sky and earth suddenly changed color, a torrential downpour began, and the cries of ghosts and spirits echoed all around.

This is a revelation of heavenly secrets!

Literature carries the Way. Although the characters created by the two men have no power, it is precisely because of this that the learning threshold is extremely low.

As long as one possesses wisdom, one can use it skillfully, unlike acquired divine scripts such as demon script and dragon script, which require a certain level of cultivation to learn.

Such a low threshold means that most creatures in the primordial world could gain intelligence through them, learn to think, and then understand various principles, giving rise to all kinds of civilizations.

If this isn't revealing a secret, then what is it?

Heaven, moved by this, sent down an unusual phenomenon to destroy these texts that revealed heavenly secrets.

However, before the heavy rain could fall, and before the Fire Ancestor could intervene, streaks of brilliant golden light gathered in the sky, dispelling all the strange phenomena.

Merit golden light!

This is a meritorious act of teaching and guiding!

The emergence of pictographs, while revealing heavenly secrets, also served to educate the masses. Clearly, the cost of revealing these secrets was far outweighed by the merit of educating the masses.

Therefore, Jiang Yuan and Sui Zu's creation of characters was not only without fault, but also a meritorious act.

"Is there merit in creating characters?"

Sui Zu was surprised, while Jiang Yuan found it outrageous. He had just said that novels were unreliable and that it was difficult to gain merit in the prehistoric world. Yet, he had suddenly gained some merit; this was too much of a slap in the face.

The merit of creating characters was not great, and it was divided into four parts, with Jiang Yuan and Sui Zu each receiving one part.

The remaining two pieces merged with the writing branch and the writing on the ground, respectively, transforming into two low-grade acquired merit spiritual treasures: a writing brush and a writing book.

The magical treasures of the primordial world can be roughly divided into four categories: acquired spiritual treasures, acquired supreme treasures, innate spiritual treasures, and innate supreme treasures, each further divided into four grades: extremely high, middle, and low.

Among them, acquired spiritual treasures are the weakest, while innate supreme treasures are the strongest. Acquired supreme treasures are the same as innate spiritual treasures in terms of power.

The difference is that innate spiritual treasures are unique and immortal; even if they are broken, they can slowly recover over time.

Acquired treasures lack uniqueness; several can exist simultaneously. Furthermore, once broken, they are broken and can only be reforged; they cannot heal themselves.

"The idea of ​​creating characters was yours, so these two treasures of merit should rightfully belong to you," said the Ancestor Sui after glancing at the character-creating pen and the character-creating book.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuan instinctively wanted to offer a humble response. However, before he could speak, Sui Zu continued, "Don't underestimate their power just because they are low-grade merit treasures."

"This is only temporary. In the future, for every new character created, you, me, and them will all receive a share of the merit of creating characters."

"In addition, for every person in the primordial world who is influenced by these pictographs, you, me, and they will all receive a share of the merit of enlightenment."

"Based on this calculation, both of these treasures have the potential to be upgraded to acquired merit treasures in the future, which is truly remarkable."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuan was stunned. He had thought this was a one-off deal, but he hadn't expected it to be just the beginning, with a steady stream of income to follow.

He was all too aware of the influence and vitality of hieroglyphics; it had become part of human civilization and could coexist with humankind.

If you calculate it this way, the merit is too great, almost endless.

"If my human race prospers in the future and becomes the protagonist of heaven and earth, wouldn't that mean that the merit generated from this event alone would be enough to elevate me to the realm of Quasi-Saint?"

It took Jiang Yuan a long time to come to his senses. The quasi-saint Dao fruit that everyone dreamed of had been so easily reserved by him in advance.

"As expected, young people are bold and daring. I would be satisfied if the human race could rank among the top fifty in the prehistoric world. To replace the lich and become the new protagonist of the world is something I would never dare to dream of."

Sui Zu was also stunned, thinking to himself that Jiang Yuan really dared to think that with the Wu and Yao races being so powerful, what could the human race use to replace them? With words?

"Where there's a will, there's a way!"

"I have faith in the human race!"

In terms of confidence, Jiang Yuan is definitely superior to Sui Zu. He came from the future and knows all too well how strong the future human race will be.

Lich?

That's all in the past!

"I hope so!"

Sui Zu sighed, thinking the young man was just ignorant and arrogant.

Jiang Yuan has never even left the human race, how could he know the power of the witch and demon races? If he knew, he wouldn't think this way.

The two races have become so powerful that they are invincible. Other races can't even come close to them, let alone rival them.

Seeing Sui Zu's reaction, Jiang Yuan did not refute anything.

It's perfectly normal for Sui Zu to think this way. Judging from the current performance of the human race, if he hadn't come from a later era, he wouldn't believe that the human race could replace the Wu and Yao races in the future and become the eternal protagonist of heaven and earth.

This is similar to the situation in the 1970s and 80s, when who would have believed that China's economy could surpass that of Europe and the United States in just a few decades?

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Once the standards for character creation were established, Jiang Yuan no longer needed to worry about the rest; the Ancestor Sui would take care of it. Therefore, Jiang Yuan returned to the Holy Temple with the two newly acquired merit-based spiritual treasures, preparing for seclusion to break through to the next level.

The merit gained from creating the characters just now may not seem like much, but that's for Sui Zu. For Jiang Yuan, a cultivator who has just entered the Innate Realm, the merit is quite substantial.

If he didn't care about combat strength, he could directly enter the realm of celestial immortals with these merits.

However, this would not prevent him from continuing to improve, but his combat power would drop to an ordinary level, and he would no longer be invincible among those of the same realm.

Jiang Yuan certainly couldn't accept such an outcome. Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, he would never use merit points to directly improve his cultivation level; he would only use them to assist in his cultivation, just like he was doing now.