8mi Chapter 95 The Birth of Shennong
Chapter 95 The Birth of Shennong
Chapter 95: The Birth of Shennong
Nuwa was imprisoned in the Nuwa Palace by Hongjun because the whereabouts of the Human Emperor went against Hongjun's wishes, and she was cut off from all contact with the outside world. On the other hand, after the Heavenly Emperor Fuxi returned to his position, the human race was about to welcome its second Human Emperor. Tongtian, who had obtained the title of Earthly Emperor's teacher, immediately sent Kong Xuan to the human race to await the birth of the Earthly Emperor.
Five hundred years later, on the banks of the Jiang River, there was a human tribe called the Lieshan Clan. Within the Lieshan Clan lived a beautiful young woman named Ren Si.
One day, Ren Si went to Mount Hua for sightseeing. After climbing to the top of Mount Hua, she suddenly saw a divine dragon circling in the air. Just as Ren Si was feeling very amazed, the divine dragon suddenly turned around and entered Ren Si's stomach, which startled her. However, after looking left and right, she did not find anything wrong, so she did not take it seriously.
However, after returning to the Lieshan tribe, a month later, Ren Si discovered that she was pregnant. This terrified her. She was extremely frightened because the human race was not what it used to be. Since Fuxi established human relations and promoted marriage, the human race had become very particular about relationships between men and women. If someone dared to become pregnant before marriage, they would generally be driven out of the tribe, and other tribes would not take in a pregnant woman before marriage. In this case, she would only be left to fend for herself.
Ren Si originally wanted to hide away and give birth to the child secretly, but she was quickly discovered by the clansmen and brought before the clan chief. Under the clansmen's interrogation, Ren Si tearfully told them about her experience on Mount Hua.
Logically speaking, no one would believe Ren Si's absurd reason. Fortunately, the story of Emperor Fuxi was still widely circulated among the human race. After hearing about Ren Si's extraordinary adventure, the people of the race not only did not think that the child in Ren Si's belly was an illegitimate child, but also thought that it was the next human sage, and even possibly the next human ruler.
Therefore, the Lieshan tribe did not treat Ren Si the same way the Fenggun tribe treated Hua Xu. Instead, they settled Ren Si in a good place and took good care of her, hoping that Ren Si could give birth to a human ruler for the Lieshan tribe. After all, since the Fenggun tribe produced Fuxi, the Fenggun tribe had become the largest tribe of the human race. The Lieshan tribe also wanted to have such treatment.
Like Hua Xu before her, Ren Si's pregnancy lasted for ten years. Ten years later, Ren Si gave birth to a son in her own residence.
The moment the child was born, just like the birth of Fuxi, extraordinary celestial phenomena such as purple clouds coming from the east, a fragrant aroma, and radiant light appeared.
Inside the Fenggun tribe, Fuxi's avatar, who was handling human affairs, saw the strange phenomenon in the sky and knew that the second human emperor had been born and that his time with the human race was running out.
Inside the Pangu Hall, the birth of the Human Emperor also brought the Kongtong Seal to the fore.
Inside the Lieshan tribe, the tribe chief and his people were anxiously surrounding the child in Ren Si's arms. According to the deeds of Emperor Fuxi, if the child in Ren Si's arms was the next human emperor, a great supernatural being should soon appear and take the child under his wing. However, after waiting for a long time, they still hadn't seen any great supernatural being arrive, which made the people of the Lieshan tribe very uneasy, fearing that it was all a false alarm.
Fortunately, not long after, Kong Xuan descended from the sky, dispelling the worries of everyone in the Lieshan tribe. Chief Lieshan greeted Kong Xuan, cupping his hands in a salute and saying, "Chief Lieshan of the Lieshan tribe greets the immortal. May I ask what brings you here, immortal?"
Kong Xuan said with a serious expression, "I am Kong Xuan, the chief disciple of Tongtian Jiaozhu, the leader of the Jie Sect on Jin'ao Island in the East Sea. I have come here today by order of my grandmaster Xuan Chu Daozun and my teacher Tongtian Jiaozhu to take this child under my wing."
Upon hearing that Kong Xuan came from Jin'ao Island in the East China Sea, the people of the Lieshan tribe were overjoyed. He was also a disciple of a sage, and the name Xuan Chu was now widely known among the human race. Ever since he revealed his identity at the Human Race's Holy Temple, the entire human race now knew that the Changsheng Daoist who helped the Three Ancestors and established martial arts was none other than Daoist Xuan Chu. This greatly enhanced Xuan Chu's fortune. Since Kong Xuan was a disciple of Xuan Chu, the Lieshan tribe trusted him even more.
"Greetings, Immortal Master Kong Xuan! This way, please!" Lieshan led Kong Xuan into Ren Si's residence and said to Ren Si, "Ren Si, this is Immortal Master Kong Xuan, a disciple of Tongtian Jiaozhu of the Jie Sect from Jin'ao Island in the East Sea. He has come to take your child as his disciple on the orders of Xuan Chu Daozun."
"Ren Si pays respects to Immortal Master Kong Xuan." Upon hearing that Kong Xuan had come to take her child as a disciple, Ren Si walked up to Kong Xuan and bowed.
"No need for formalities!" Kong Xuan nodded and said, "Ren Si, I have come on my master's orders to take this boy as my disciple. I wonder if you would be willing to let him become my disciple?"
"Ren Si is willing, thank you Immortal Master!" Ren Si said with great joy. How could she not be willing? For the past ten years since she became pregnant, the clan leader and the clansmen have been talking to her every day, saying that her child would be the future Human Emperor. Ren Si had been waiting for this day for a long time, and now she finally got her wish.
"Good!" Seeing Ren Si agree, Kong Xuan nodded and said, "Today, I will name this child Shennong. You should take good care of him. When he turns ten, I will personally come to the Lieshan tribe to teach him." After saying that, Kong Xuan left the Lieshan tribe.
After Shennong was born, he immediately became the darling of the entire Lieshan tribe. Just like Fuxi before him, Shennong told others from a young age why he was different from others. He could speak in one month and walk in three months, showing great intelligence.
After learning about Shennong's deeds, the human tribes in the Jiangshui area all believed that Shennong would be the next leader of the human race. As a result, they all expressed their allegiance to the Lieshan tribe, which strengthened the Lieshan tribe and showed signs of becoming as powerful as the Fenggun tribe, where Fuxi was located.
The chieftain of the Lieshan tribe, Lieshan Shi, also attached great importance to Shennong. He took Shennong under his wing from a young age and taught him how to handle the affairs of the Lieshan tribe. Shennong did not disappoint Lieshan Shi. He showed extraordinary intelligence from a young age and helped Lieshan Shi manage the entire Lieshan tribe in an orderly manner at a young age.
When Shennong turned ten, Kong Xuan returned to the Lieshan tribe and formally took Shennong under his wing, personally teaching him. Under Kong Xuan's careful guidance, Shennong made rapid progress, transforming from an ordinary mortal with no cultivation into a Xuanxian cultivator in just over a decade.
When Shennong was twenty-five years old, Lieshan, the chief of the Lieshan tribe, followed the example of Fenggun and passed the position of chief of the Lieshan tribe to Shennong.
After becoming the chieftain, Shennong continued to contribute to the Lieshan tribe. He noticed that although the tribespeople could fill their stomachs by gathering wild fruits and enrich their food by raising poultry, they lacked staple foods. Therefore, Shennong traveled throughout the human tribe and found five plants: rice, millet, sorghum, wheat, and beans. Shennong discovered that these five plants were much more filling than ordinary wild fruits, so he promoted them throughout the Lieshan tribe. Shennong also collectively referred to rice, millet, sorghum, wheat, and beans as the Five Grains, which gradually became the staple food of the tribespeople.
After learning that the Lieshan tribe had found the five grains that could serve as a staple food, other human tribes came to ask for advice. Soon, the five grains spread throughout the human race and gradually became the staple food for the entire human race. However, due to the lack of methods for cultivating the five grains, the human race could only gather them in the wild, which led to a decrease in the availability of wild five grains and seriously threatened the human race's ability to feed themselves.
Therefore, after a long period of practice, Shennong finally summarized the method of how to cultivate the five grains, and spent decades promoting it to the entire human race, thus gaining the love and respect of the entire human race.