Chapter 67

Feng Ye left the Huaxu tribe and did not return directly to the Huoyun Cave. Instead, he found a secluded place nearby, took out the calendar map that the Year Beast had sought, and began to study it.

The calendar map depicted the sun's annual path, divided into twelve palaces and twelve primary stars, evolving into the Jiazi cycle. It naturally carried merit. Otherwise, the Year Beast would not have repeatedly come to the Huaxu tribe to fight for this treasure.

However, this item had not caught Feng Ye's eye originally and was not valued by Fuxi. Otherwise, it would not have been left in the Huaxu tribe. For example, the golden hunting net that Fuxi once had was directly taken to the Huoyun Cave.

However, seeing the Year Beast come to fight for the calendar map, Feng Ye suddenly had another idea. He wanted to use this map to perfect the calendar, thereby increasing his influence among the human race and preventing himself from being forgotten in the future.

After all, to put it bluntly, the human race is a forgetful one. Even if Feng Ye did many good deeds for the human race now, they would likely be forgotten in the end.

The grace of a gentleman lasts for five generations, and the grace of a villain also lasts for five generations. Time is always the great enemy of life. After a long period, everything will be covered by history. If several hundred years passed, the human race might truly forget about Feng Ye, at most leaving him as a legendary figure of uncertain authenticity. Not to mention the incense offerings.

Even if he were just the imperial teacher of Shennong, his reputation would spread far and wide, but what good would it do? He would be revered in the era of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, but after a few hundred years, no, not even that long, by the time of Emperor Yu, he would likely be completely forgotten by the human race. They certainly wouldn't offer him annual sacrifices.

In the world of Feng Ye's previous life, even the incense offerings to Nüwa had been greatly damaged, let alone just an imperial teacher? Guangchengzi was the imperial teacher of the Yellow Emperor, but there was no mention of grand sacrifices. At most, he was called a divine being, the teacher of the Yellow Emperor.

Therefore, relying solely on the title of imperial teacher would not allow Feng Ye to thrive among the human race. He needed to find another way. In later generations, which of the human race's sages received annual sacrifices and continuous incense offerings?

First, there were the Three Sovereigns, and even the Five Emperors did not have such honors. The Three Sovereigns' birthdays and the Qingming Festival were always celebrated with incense offerings. Fuxi was revered as the founder of divination, Shennong as the embodiment of agriculture and medicine, and the Yellow Emperor for the *Huangdi Neijing* and the creation of many tools that benefited the human race. For this reason, the Three Sovereigns were naturally revered.

Next were the likes of Confucius, Emperor Yu, and Cangjie, who left indelible marks on the human race. Confucius' Confucianism influenced China for thousands of years. Emperor Yu, who controlled the floods and saved the people from disaster, was still revered in certain places in later generations. He ended the system of abdication and established the first hereditary dynasty, leaving a significant mark in history. Cangjie, who created writing, was revered as the Sage of Writing and his legacy endured for millennia.

As for Guan Yu, he was remembered for his righteousness, and Yue Fei for his loyalty.

In summary, to avoid being forgotten by the human race, one must establish a path and virtue.

Mention the *I Ching* and one thinks of Fuxi; mention medicine and agriculture, and one thinks of Shennong; mention sexual techniques, flying with women, and the battle against Chiyou, and one thinks of the Yellow Emperor.

When it comes to Confucian benevolence and righteousness, one cannot avoid mentioning Confucius and Mencius. When it comes to writing and history, one cannot avoid mentioning Cangjie. These people's achievements have been passed down to the present day, closely related to the lives of the people. Although they have undergone countless improvements, their names remain. In this regard, Feng Ye's small inventions, while good, were far from the level of establishing a path and virtue. Even the most basic establishment of a legacy was lacking. The poets and sages of later generations were not forgotten for their words.

Therefore, Feng Ye also wanted to leave a deep mark on the human race. He needed to find a significant achievement that would have a lasting impact on human life, thereby spreading his teachings to the human race. Even if future human rulers ordered his existence to be erased and prohibited his worship, as long as his achievement was mentioned, people would naturally think of him as the founder. In this way, the human race's incense offerings would not be interrupted.

The calendar—this was Feng Ye's choice. With the memory of the 21st century, no one knew the development of the calendar better than Feng Ye.

Especially since Fuxi had created the Jiazi calendar with Feng Ye, Feng Ye only needed to further perfect it.

In later generations, Shennong was revered as the god of agriculture and medicine, widely worshipped. So, as his teacher, Feng Ye would be the god of the calendar. Feng Ye thought to himself.

Thus, the calendar map became very important. By continuously improving the solar calendar and combining it with the lunar calendar that Feng Ye planned to spread during the time of Shennong, he had a good chance of success.

Since Feng Ye intended to spread the calendar, he naturally needed to travel among the human tribes. Of course, with Feng Ye's personality, he would not do this in person. At most, he would send an avatar to walk among the human race. Otherwise, it would delay his cultivation, which would not be worth it.

Initially, the red dragon avatar, Yelong, entered the world and eventually became a tattoo on Feng Ye's body. It was not completely refined and integrated into his body to deal with such situations.

Feng Ye threw the red dragon staff, which immediately transformed into a human form. Then, Feng Ye gave the red robe, the calendar map, and Yelong to him to protect and spread the teachings. With the Fire Cloud Immortal Robe for protection, the golden light of merit, and the five blessings of good fortune, most beasts would not be able to harm him. Moreover, holding the calendar map would help Feng Ye spread his teachings.

However, to prevent any accidents, Feng Ye called on Yuan Kui to send water soldiers to protect him secretly. After all, traveling among the human tribes, many of which were along the Yellow River, was within Yuan Kui's jurisdiction.

Jichuan, where Yuan Kui was using magic to find the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl, suddenly received Feng Ye's message. He tore off a piece of his dragon scale, wrote the instructions on it, and threw it into the water, using water travel to send it to the Yellow River Water Palace, where it was handed to the Prime Minister Gui Jing for arrangement.

Yuan Kui had only two usable water deities: Gui Jing and He Shen Weiqi. Due to the death of many water deities in the Yellow River, many waterways were left vacant. Therefore, Feng Ye selected some new water spirits to serve as water deities.

However, these were all new water deities and needed to be well-trained. It would not be good to let them betray again. Moreover, many of the spells and basic tasks like cloud-making and rain-bringing were unfamiliar to them, so they were entrusted to Weiqi for management and supervision. Gui Jing was responsible for the daily operations of the Yellow River Water Palace and the overall distribution of rainfall in the Yellow River Basin.

After all, with the Heavenly Court and the Wu Clan at war, no one was managing the weather and rainfall. Even in the past, Emperor Di Jun of the Heavenly Court did not manage these things, which were under the jurisdiction of the Wu Clan. Now that the Wu Clan was no longer in charge, they had to rely on themselves. As the River God of the Yellow River, Yuan Kui had to be responsible for the rainfall in the entire Yellow River Basin, which was not an easy task.

In the Yellow River Water Palace, Gui Jing was organizing the rainfall distribution map for the year when a golden light suddenly flew towards him. He instinctively reached out to catch it, which turned out to be a dragon scale from the River God. Knowing its importance, Gui Jing did not dare to be careless. He scanned it with his divine sense and understood Yuan Kui's request.

Gui Jing thought for a moment and looked at the thick pile of work in front of him, secretly complaining about his lord. Not only did he shirk his responsibilities, but he also often caused trouble for others.

However, he really could not spare the time, and this was not a good job. If something went wrong, he would not be able to bear the responsibility. As the saying goes, "Let the Daoist friend die, not the poor Daoist."

Gui Jing's thoughts turned to another water deity under Yuan Kui. Although they were both under Yuan Kui, their relationship was not good, and Yuan Kui was aware of this. After all, if all subordinates were on good terms, they might rebel at any time. Therefore, some internal struggles were normal and tolerated by Yuan Kui.

Gui Jing considered whether to pass this difficult task to Weiqi, but thinking of Weiqi's identity as the River God of the Wei River, he quickly dismissed the idea. The Wei River was near the Huaxu tribe, where Nüwa's reincarnation resided. Weiqi could not afford to be distracted, or else both would be in trouble.

Moreover, small tasks were one thing, but if the River God schemed against his colleagues, there would be consequences.

Therefore, Gui Jing had to take the time to find five water spirits at the Yuanshen stage and three hundred water soldiers to secretly protect Yelong. The Yellow River's Tian Shen-level water deities were all dispatched to manage the waterways. The remaining ones were old and weak, only capable of running errands and providing manpower. Thus, Gui Jing occasionally scanned Yelong with his divine sense to keep an eye on him.

Speaking of which, Gui Jing was even more unfortunate than Weiqi. Weiqi only needed to guard Nüwa in the Huaxu tribe, as Nüwa would not travel far. But Yelong, being on a journey among the human tribes, would have to visit each tribe.

Although Fuxi had unified the human race, at this time, the human race still primarily operated under the tribal system. If all the human tribes gathered in one place, food supply would become a problem. Without agriculture, only animal husbandry and hunting could not meet the needs of the human race.

However, the tribal system, while maintaining the development of the human race, also created communication issues. With the tribes far apart and no modern communication tools, travel by foot was not convenient.

Therefore, many inventions from the Huaxu tribe were not well-implemented among the human race. This time, Yelong's avatar journeying among the human tribes could help spread these inventions, assist Nüwa in accumulating merit, and be a favor to her.

Thus, the water soldiers secretly protecting Yelong had a tough time. These water soldiers, with shallow cultivation, could not often leave the water. Although Yelong was traveling in the Yellow River Basin, many tribes were far from the water. The Yuanshen-stage leaders were fine, but the lower-level water soldiers had a hard time. Therefore, the leaders decided to take turns in shifts to guard Yelong.

Speaking of Yelong, how he spread the teachings among the human race is another story. When Feng Ye returned to the Huoyun Cave, he called Feng Zhong to ask if anything significant had happened during his absence.

Feng Zhong thought for a moment and said, "Master, nothing significant happened. After you left, Emperor Fuxi went into the back chamber alone and began to study the *Hetu Luoshu*. He has not come out yet."

Feng Ye sighed. Although the emperor said he would not get involved in the affairs of the divine race, the change in the Heavenly Court and the loss of power by the divine race, with the Xuanmen now in charge of the world, was not easy to accept.

Not wanting to dwell on these matters, Feng Ye asked, "Is there anything else?"

"Nothing else," Feng Zhong shook his head, then suddenly remembered something. "Oh, Master, the Xuanza tree in the back has started to bear fruit."

Feng Ye was intrigued. The Xuanza tree, while not as powerful as the original mother tree, was still a primordial spirit root.

The mother tree, like the Ginseng Fruit Tree, matured every ten thousand years. This Xuanza tree, while not as powerful as the mother tree, would still take several thousand years. Calculating the time, it had been several thousand years since Feng Ye arrived in the Hongmang era, and he was becoming more adapted to it.

Thinking of this, Feng Ye went to the back mountain to check on the Xuanza tree.

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Bookworm's Teahouse:

Some readers might think that Nüwa appears frequently, while the other sages appear too little. Well, during the time of Shennong, Nüwa might not be able to appear as much, so I'm trying to let her appear more during this period. As for the other sages, they will appear soon. At least the Three Pure Ones will come out after they finish with the Heavenly Court's treasure. By the way, does anyone guess what the treasure is? It's not the *Fengshen榜* (Fengshen List), but it's also a three-character name.

Also, please recommend and collect the book! I'm about to fall off the new book recommendation list, so at least let me have over a thousand collections!