Eat, eat, eat in the primordial world

According to Jiang Yuan's experience, if it is a great act of merit, it will startle the heavens and earth and give rise to all kinds of strange phenomena at the very beginning.

When creating characters, the strokes of the brush startled heaven, earth, ghosts, and gods.

However, if it is a small act of merit, there will be no reaction at the beginning, and it is not even possible to determine whether it is an act of merit. Only when merit descends at the moment of completion can it be truly confirmed.

Jiang Yuan wrote the history of the human race without causing any disturbance, which speaks volumes. Writing the history of the human race, even if it has merit, is a small one.

To put it bluntly, human history is too short and lacks substance. If it were the history of the dragon race, the demon race, or the witch race, merit would probably fall the moment the pen touches the paper.

Despite his disappointment, Jiang Yuan's enthusiasm did not wane, and he continued to devote a great deal of energy to writing history.

After that, Jiang Yuan spent some time writing history and some time resting.

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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, a century has passed.

A century is enough time for many things to happen. First, after a century of effort, Jiang Yuan finally completed the history of the human race.

Just as Jiang Yuan had predicted, at the moment the historical record was completed, Xuanhuang merit descended from the sky. Similar to papermaking, ordinary people who absorbed it could ascend to heaven in one step and become celestial immortals.

In later generations, this merit would be considered extremely remarkable, but in today's terms, it can only be described as barely acceptable.

Fortunately, this merit is not a one-time thing. As the human race develops and historical records become more complete, the merit gained will naturally increase.

Of course, if Jiang Yuan had the ability to compile histories for foreign tribes, he could also gain more merit.

When the historical record was completed, Jiang Yuan was not surprised that meritorious deeds were recorded.

What truly surprised him was that, as the history books were completed, the most mysterious river of time and space in the primordial world began to ripple, splashing out a force of time that merged with the history of the human race.

It is this power of time that has given humankind the ability to alter the flow of time, to accelerate or shorten it to a certain extent.

This discovery made Jiang Yuan realize that history books can also be called books of time, a manifestation of the long river of time and space.

If a complete history of the primordial era could be compiled, perhaps the Dao of Time and Space could be mastered through it. Unfortunately, such a thing can only be thought of; it is not something that Jiang Yuan can do in his current state.

The writing of history books is a recent event, but before that, humanity had already undergone significant changes. The most significant of these changes was the appearance of many unfamiliar faces near humanity.

They came from different races and different places, and some even had a blood feud with each other, wanting to fight to the death as soon as they met.

However, among humans, they managed to live in harmony. Even if they hated each other, they would only glare at each other fiercely before turning away and not daring to actually make a move.

This is the power of a sage. Except for mindless beasts, no one dares to act recklessly on the sage's territory, for this would be a grave offense of disrespect.

Why would foreign races come to the human race? This is naturally the result of the three ancestors' painstaking efforts.

They are working hard to gradually turn Jiang Yuan's idea of ​​making the human race the largest trading center in the prehistoric world into reality, and then live a life with more than enough resources by collecting taxes.

Although a century is a short time, the fame of the spirit paper and the useful human script have attracted many races to come and trade with the human race.

Indeed, to Jiang Yuan's surprise, the simple and easy-to-learn human script was more popular among all races than the spirit paper.

Not only humans need writing, but other races do too. However, they lack Jiang Yuan's wisdom and the strength of powerful races.

Therefore, they could neither create acquired writing like humans, nor create acquired divine writing like powerful races.

This limbo meant that, in order to meet the needs of their race, they had no choice but to pay a huge price to learn the acquired divine script created by powerful races.

Before the creation of written language, the human race was also like this, only able to learn the demonic script passed down by the goddess Nuwa.

But now, the emergence of human writing has changed that.

Compared to the divine script, human script, though lacking in power, is simple to learn and convenient to use.

Most importantly, the learning cost is low, practically nonexistent. What cost is there in learning something you can learn at a glance?

With such a wonderful thing right in front of them, and it's free, how could any race possibly resist learning it? So what if they lack power? As long as communication is convenient, that's enough.

Besides, no one stipulates that you can only learn one script. It's not too late to learn divine script when you need power.

Why is it that human writing is so easy to learn? Simplicity is only one aspect; the main reason is that humans did not keep their acquired writing a secret. On the contrary, they encouraged other races to learn it.

Why keep it a secret? This is cultural invasion, which not only enhances the influence of the human race but also strengthens its fortune.

The Three Ancestors would love for all races to learn the human script, so how could they possibly keep it a secret and prevent others from learning it?

What's free is the most expensive. Although the Third Patriarch didn't know this principle, he still did it.

Through the output of written language and the effects of spirit paper, the human race gradually rose to prominence.

Reputation spreads, especially with the increasing use of written language and spiritual paper, which leads to more and more races recognizing the human race.

As a result, the number of races going to trade with humans naturally increased.

With more races, business opportunities will naturally emerge, and their trading partners will no longer be limited to humans; they will begin to try trading with other races.

Once their transactions reached a certain scale, the human race also promulgated a tax policy.

Many races initially resisted this, but after the humans drove them out and made them trade outside a few times, they finally faced reality and obediently returned.

Those outsiders are really daring to rob us! Compared to these losses, the tax revenue from the human race is nothing, just a drop in the ocean.

Paying such a small price to ensure the safety of your transactions makes this a worthwhile deal.

The flourishing of trade was only the biggest change for humanity. In addition, many exquisite and magnificent buildings were built within the human race, and the people coming and going no longer wore animal skins and leaves, but more exquisite clothing.

These buildings and clothing also attracted the attention of outsiders. The love of beauty is universal, and monks are no exception.

Not to mention, clothing not only looks good, but also has protective functions; it is a real protective treasure.

The same principle applies to architecture; its design and decorations all subtly incorporate formations, enabling it to mobilize the power of heaven and earth to form a defense, and can also be used for self-protection.

Both can provide protection, but their functions are clearly different. Clothing can only protect one person, but buildings can shelter multiple people.

This sheltered building was also Jiang Yuan's idea, and it was built by the Youchao clan. Like silk and spirit paper, it was a best-selling product of the human race.