Chapter 286 Shennong Becomes the Lord of the World

Finally one day, Fuxi summoned all the tribal leaders to gather in the Fengyan tribe.

With Fuxi, the Emperor, in charge, the Fengyan tribe is very different from the small tribe that was almost extinct decades ago. At this moment, the coast of the East China Sea has once again regained its former position as the center of the human race, and the eyes of all races are cast on this inconspicuous coastal continent.

This is because on this continent, there sits an emperor who shocked the ancient world.

After all the clan leaders of the major tribes had gathered together, Fuxi spoke up, "There are fifty great ways, and forty-nine heavens. There is always a ray of hope that escapes between heaven and earth, representing the only variable. Nothing is eternal, and heaven and earth have no eternal appearance. Naturally, I will not be the eternal leader of the human race. To this day, I have been the co-leader of the human race for forty-nine years. In another nine days, I will abdicate this position to someone else. Do you have any favorite candidates?"

Although many clan leaders had expected this, they were still very reluctant to hear that Fuxi would abdicate in just nine days. They all knelt on the ground and shouted loudly: "Please don't abandon me, Emperor."

No matter how selfish a person is, his heart is filled with sadness at this moment.

Fuxi's contribution is obvious to all. It is because of him that the human population can increase rapidly day by day.

The emergence of humanities has given them their own writing, which allows them to write down their heritage and let the world remember their existence.

Fuxi shook his head and said, "There is no need to talk about this matter any more. No matter how big the pond is, it is still stagnant water, and no matter how small the stream is, it is still hope. If I stay in charge of the human race forever, then you will never be able to grow. Tell me who you have in mind, and I will judge for you."

Some clan leaders had some little schemes in their minds at this moment, thinking that they might be able to fish in troubled waters, but looking at Shennong kneeling in the front, even the most shameless people gave up their extravagant hopes, sighed secretly, and felt inferior to him.

A tribe leader said, "Your Majesty, I recommend the tribe leader Shennong of the Lieshan tribe. Shennong grows rice, is selfless, and has made it known to the world. His merits are immeasurable. If he is allowed to be the leader of the human race, I believe that all the human races in the world will obey him."

Some tribesmen who were usually close to the Lieshan tribe also spoke up at this moment, all of them recommended Shennong as the next leader of the human race, and listed Shennong's achievements.

For example, he shared rice, invented the hoe, protected the weak, treated the rich tribes fairly and treated the poor tribes generously. People wanted to praise Shennong as the best man in the world.

In the world, apart from Emperor Fuxi, no one can compare to Shennong. If there is anyone who will be the next leader of the human race, they will not recognize anyone except Shennong.

Shennong naturally declined repeatedly, saying that he was too inexperienced to take on the responsibility, and asked other respected elders to take on the responsibility.

But how could others compete with Shennong? These tribes naturally continued to recommend Shennong.

As the voices recommending Shennong grew louder, some tribes that had remained silent were forced to speak up and agree that Shennong should be the next leader of the human race.

At this moment, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is just a play performed by Shennong and others, but Shennong's achievements are indeed real. With the support of these achievements, the original clumsy play can also be turned into a means of self-humility.

Even if they continue to remain silent, they will find it difficult to resist the trend. Instead of letting Shennong target them after becoming the leader of the human race, it is better to go with the flow and make themselves known to him.

Fuxi saw all of this and when he saw that all the clan leaders recommended Shennong as the next leader of the human race, he immediately made a decision and gave up his position to Shennong at the abdication meeting nine days later.

After receiving Fuxi's order, the entire Fengyan tribe immediately began intensive preparations. In just a few days, they had built a huge altar, on which six statues of gods were enshrined.

Five of them are Nuwa, Hengming, Suiren, Ziyi and Youchao.

In addition to the five statues that the Fengyan tribe worships all year round, there is another statue that is the most special. It does not appear to be in human form, but rather a large tree with a very strange growth shape.

This big tree is straight all over, without any branches at all. From a distance, it looks like a pillar. However, anyone who sees this statue knows that it is a tree, not a pillar.

Fuxi stood in front of the six statues, holding three incense sticks in his hands. Countless human beings gathered here, watching the greatest Emperor of Heaven who was about to give up his throne to others.

Fuxi held incense in his hand and bowed nine times to the six statues. He said to all the human beings, "I am Fuxi, the emperor of the human race. All good things must come to an end. Today, I will abdicate the throne of the human race to Shennong. I will respect the orders of the Holy Mother Nuwa, the Saint Master Hengming, the Fire Ancestor Suiren, the Cloth Ancestor Ziyi, and the House Ancestor Youchao. I will build the Tongtian Jianmu as a passage between heaven and man. No matter whether it is immortals, gods, demons, ghosts, or animals, they can use the Tongtian Jianmu to travel between heaven and earth. From now on, I will be the Green Emperor of Heaven!"

As soon as Fuxi finished speaking, the pillar-like tree statue began to shake continuously. Above the altar, countless clouds turned golden, and a sacred and peaceful aura gushed out, finally dyeing the entire sky golden.

However, it was humanity that responded to Fuxi's oath and bestowed countless merits to help Jianmu become a passage between heaven and man.

As the golden cloud of merit continued to merge, a fresh air spread over the tree statue. The original stone texture quickly transformed into a lush green color, then it suddenly rushed out of the sky and began to rush towards the unreachable heaven.

Its size also began to grow rapidly. In order to accommodate the immortals, gods, demons, ghosts, and goblins, Ying Lin, Mao Yu Kun would climb together. Naturally, this passage between heaven and man would be too large to reach.

Seeing that Jianmu was gradually taking up the space within the Fengyan tribe, Fuxi waved his sleeves and immediately moved Jianmu to the original half of Mount Buzhou.

The original Buzhou Mountain lost most of its essence due to the constant sucking of the roots of the towering Jianmu. After it broke, the remaining essence gradually dissipated and finally became dry, leaving not a drop.

The remaining part of Mount Buzhou no longer had its original towering, majestic and sacred aura, and gradually turned into a piece of barren rock that no one cared about.

At this moment, the towering Jianmu tree took root and grew on it, and Mount Buzhou became completely extinct, never to appear again in the ancient world.

Inside the Heavenly Palace, as Fuxi swore an oath, a large amount of Heavenly Palace energy flowed, and finally slowly condensed into a deity named Taihao Qingdi.

The faces of Lord Haotian and Queen Mother of the Yaochi changed drastically, their luck was affected, and the luck of heaven changed, causing their own luck to begin to be damaged. They immediately wanted to stop the loss of their own luck.

But it was too late. By the time they wanted to take action, the throne of Taihao Qingdi had already been condensed and everything was a foregone conclusion.

"How abominable! Here comes the Zhongtian Beiji Ziwei Emperor, and now here comes the Taihao Qing Emperor. Fortunately, they didn't share the heavenly realm in our hands, otherwise we don't know how much we would lose."

Lord Haotian couldn't help but said angrily. Queen Mother Yaochi also looked unhappy, but she still comforted him: "It's okay. Among the six emperors in the heaven, apart from the Queen Mother Hou Tu, only you and the Emperor Ziwei have appeared. The other three have not appeared yet. As long as we take the lead and add those heavenly realms to refine, even if these three emperors appear, they are just decorations-"

Before the Queen Mother of the West could finish her words, bursts of Ziwei starlight suddenly burst out from the place where Ziwei Emperor was in seclusion, followed by countless stars shining in the boundless starry sky.

These starlights are very strange. Their appearance is like a fusion of iron and blood, carrying a rolling spirit of war. Wherever they pass, they cleanse the stars and change all things, representing eternal and unchanging change.

As soon as these starlights appeared, the six heavens in the Heavenly Palace responded to them immediately. The expressions of Lord Haotian and Queen Mother of the Yaochi changed again. This meant that another emperor had appeared!

This is not over yet!

Countless auspicious clouds filled the Kunlun Mountains, and hundreds of white cranes were flying around. A breath of fortune and luck was emitted, reaching straight into the sky. In the heavenly court, there were six heavens responding to it. Unexpectedly, two emperors appeared within one day.

Moreover, the origins of these two imperial guards are not humble. Needless to say, the one on Kunlun Mountain must have a great connection with Yuanshi Tianzun.

The bursts of iron-blooded starlight flickering in the boundless starry sky were emitted from Ziwei Star. Ziwei Star was the retreat place of Doumu Yuanjun, and Doumu Yuanjun had long since surrendered to the human way. It was obviously the work of the two saints of humanity!

The faces of Lord Haotian and Queen Mother Yaochi were livid, but they still had to stand up and stand outside the Heavenly Palace with Emperor Ziwei to welcome the arrival of the two emperors.

A loud laugh echoed in the starry sky, and someone sang loudly: "Commanding the microscopic energy of the stars, presiding over the affairs of war; calling the wind and rain, serving the gods, the God of War and the God of War are all the heroes!"

A young Taoist priest wearing armor, holding a sword and a spear, with a stern face and an endless murderous aura around him came down. Seeing Lord Haotian, Queen Mother Yaochi, and Emperor Ziwei waiting beside him, he bowed and said, "I am the Emperor of the Upper Palace of Gou Chen, and I am honored to meet you all."

The three of them also responded with: "Greetings to the Great Emperor of the Upper Palace of Gou Chen."

But the four of them did not return to heaven because another Taoist priest was coming here.

The Taoist also composed a song: "A life of drifting away from the hustle and bustle of the world, watching the world in peace and tranquility, with clouds and wild cranes circling in my heart, and the lingering music moving the nine heavens."

This Taoist had a kind face, a gentle smile, a full forehead, white hair, and wore a nine-colored longevity robe. He held the South Pole Fortune and Blessings Pearl in his hand. He saluted and said to the people, "I am the South Pole Changsheng Emperor. Nice to meet you, fellow Taoists."

The four of them also responded with the same greeting: "Greetings to the Great Emperor of Longevity of the South Pole."

Lord Haotian took this opportunity to look at the two of them. It would have been fine if they were Emperor Shangguan Tianhuang, as he had just been born and he did not want to bother with him, but he could see clearly that this was Emperor Nanji Changsheng, who was clearly the registered disciple of Yuanshi Tianzun, Nanji Xianweng.

Although he didn't know what means Yuanshi Tianzun used to allow the Great Emperor of the South Pole to achieve the level of Hunyuan Golden Immortal, Yuanshi Tianzun's actions still made him feel somewhat indignant.

Currently, of the thirty-six heavens, the five of them are in charge of six each, leaving the sixth heaven unattended.

But don't forget, there is still a Taihao Qingdi who has not returned to his position. When this Taihao Qingdi returns, the six heavens will naturally be in charge of him.

Looking at the space in the Heavenly Palace, which had been squeezed so tight by these people that there was not much space left, Lord Haotian felt a headache coming on.

"It seems that I should agree to that person's request. No matter what, I must control my own destiny!"

God Haotian made a secret decision.

And within the human race, the abdication was not over yet. After making the Tongtian Jianmu a natural passage, Fuxi called Shennong to the stage, raised Shennong's hand high, and announced to all the human race: "From now on, Shennong will be the next leader of the human race. I am leaving now."

After that, a divine chariot pulled by the sun suddenly appeared in the sky. As the sun revealed its true form, it turned out to be a giant firebird with three legs. Fuxi flew into the chariot. The firebird spread its wings and flew towards the distant sky.

Such a miracle was naturally passed on by word of mouth by countless human beings, and finally became an immortal symbol among the human race.

After becoming the leader of the human race, Shennong acted under the attention of all human beings, but he did not become proud and complacent because of this. Instead, he took care of everything himself and did things in an orderly, fair and just manner, which made all human beings admire him and believe that what Emperor Fuxi did was right.

With the spread of rice, many ethnic groups had enough food, but a lot of food was piled up in warehouses, which would easily become moldy and spotted over time, and eventually had to be thrown away, which was a real waste of food.

But each tribe has its own unique specialties. For example, the rice in this tribe is more delicious, and the meat in that tribe is sweeter. After eating them, you will feel that your own food is tasteless.

They didn't have such ideas at first, but as their lives got better, they naturally developed a desire to enjoy life.

So they spontaneously set up small markets and began to exchange salt with each other, but the prices could not be unified. Some people could exchange some rice for a whole cow, while some people could not even exchange a whole cart of rice for a piece of salt. This naturally caused many disputes.

Shennong saw all of this, learned from his mistakes, and with the help of Master Xuandu, he finally compiled a complete set of exchange rules, which completely calmed the exchange crisis.

However, Shennong also saw the consequences of inconsistent systems, and subsequently unified all measurement methods, developing measuring tools such as rulers and weights, so that everyone worshipped Shennong's great achievements and virtues.

However, as the number of people increased, humans gradually appeared in the depths of the mountains where they would never have set foot in the past. This also caused many problems, such as ferocious beasts and poisonous insects.

Ferocious beasts are fine, as long as everyone works together, they can be killed completely sooner or later. However, poisonous insects are so tiny that they cannot be killed at all.

Moreover, some poisonous insects are extremely venomous. If bitten by one, one could suffer a serious illness at best, or die at worst. For a time, this became a problem that troubled the human race.

As the leader of the human race, Shennong naturally could not ignore it. After gathering many clan leaders and discussing many opinions, Shennong made a decision, which was to try all the herbs in the world and find all the detoxification methods!

(End of this chapter)