Night had fallen, and the people of the Tianxing Tribe were filled with laughter and joy.
Xuan Xiao was also enjoying the rare moment of relaxation, laughing heartily as he celebrated the Day of Merit with his people.
This time, they had gained a vast amount of merit, and the fortune within the Fortune Orb had undergone a qualitative change. Some of the liquid fortune had even solidified.
Xuan Xiao was overjoyed at this improvement in fortune.
However, while Xuan Xiao was celebrating, at the edge of the East Sea, the Old Ancestor of the Youfeng Clan gathered with seven other equally ancient Human cultivators. They were also filled with excitement and joy.
"Brother Youfeng, you truly unearthed a treasure for our Human Race. This Xuan Xiao will undoubtedly become the hope for the Human Race's rise."
"Indeed! The Hundred Surnames of the Human Race, Human writing, the Thousand-Character Classic, the Human Dictionary… haha, such classics will lay the foundation for a path of civilization for our Human Race. With these, the future of the Human Race will hold hope."
"With such classics, if we spread them throughout the Human Race, it will surely accelerate our development."
"Don't. I see that Xuan Xiao has the ambition to unify the Human Race. And these classics will become the foundation of his unification. If we help him spread them, won't that disrupt his plans? So, we should watch for now."
"While that's true, it's not easy for our Human Race to find such a treasure. We have to show some concern. Let's just ignore the development of the tribes within the East Sea, let Xuan Xiao handle it. But Xuan Xiao will eventually leave the East Sea, so let's communicate with Xuan Du and the others first. This will also serve as protection for Xuan Xiao."
"That's excellent!"
The eight Human Ancestors conversed, their eyes fixed on Xuan Xiao with a sense of anticipation. Their once dormant hearts seemed to have awakened.
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Xuan Xiao had no idea what these eight Ancestors were discussing.
After days of celebration, Xuan Xiao had calmed his mind and started to comprehend the Golden Core system, as well as the animal skin scroll.
Xuan Xiao was clear that the creation of the Hundred Surnames and the Thousand-Character Classic would only ensure the continuation of Human civilization and provide a legacy of literary arts. In terms of cultivation, the Human Race still lacked.
Drawing on his knowledge from the future, Xuan Xiao knew that the Human Race needed not only a literary legacy but also a martial legacy. Only with both literary and martial arts could the Human Race rise.
Therefore, Xuan Xiao was also pondering how to add another powerful path to the Human Race's rise.
Within the Kuafu Peach Forest, Xuan Xiao first comprehended the Golden Core system, experiencing its profound nature.
After a long time, Xuan Xiao exclaimed, "Truly worthy of being the Golden Core system created by the Sage Taiqing. This system is perfect for the Human Race. It's a pity that our Human ancestors didn't cherish it. The Golden Core system uses oneself as the furnace, essence, energy, and spirit as the divine medicine, and spiritual energy as fuel to refine a primordial divine core within the body."
"After refining the primordial divine core, one then uses the heavens as the furnace, all things as fuel, the Dao as the divine medicine, to refine a Supreme Dao Core. Ultimately, with the Dao forming a core, one refines a Primordial Dao Core, achieving Dao-Realization through the core..."
This profound system reshaped Xuan Xiao's understanding. He had always believed that the Golden Core system required extremely high aptitude.
However, after comprehending it, he discovered that the Golden Core system did not require any aptitude. No matter how poor a Human's aptitude, they could cultivate this system.
However, the Golden Core system is rooted in the internal primordial divine core. The higher the quality of the primordial divine core, the faster the cultivation, the faster the breakthroughs, and the stronger the power.
Yet, the quality of the primordial divine core originates from the materials used for refining it. In other words, the purer the Human's essence, energy, and spirit, the higher the quality of the refined Golden Core.
Unfortunately, the Human Race reproduces very quickly, with mixed bloodlines, causing their bodies to be cloudy. The essence, energy, and spirit they cultivate are naturally of low quality. The primordial divine core refined from them is naturally of poor quality.
However, the Sage Taiqing obviously took this into account. Therefore, the Golden Core method he created incorporated features to modify the Human Race. Even if a Human's aptitude is extremely poor, and the quality of the condensed Golden Core is low, they can still rely on continuous cultivation to refine their primordial divine core. Then, using the primordial divine core to feedback into their body, purify their essence, energy, and spirit, and improve their aptitude.
It can be said that no matter how poor a Human's aptitude is, they can still rely on cultivating the Golden Core system to gradually improve their own aptitude and become strong.
However, this profound Golden Core system has a drawback: it is "slow."
The poorer the aptitude, the lower the quality of the primordial divine core, and the more time it takes to purify one's Golden Core and refine one's essence, energy, and spirit.
Therefore, many Humans with extremely poor aptitude, after cultivating the Golden Core system, often face the predicament of not making any breakthroughs for thousands of years.
But time in the Primal Chaos is not valuable. It's common for a cultivator to spend thousands or tens of thousands of years in seclusion. Therefore, as long as Humans cultivating the Golden Core system persist, they will eventually achieve something.
Furthermore, while the Golden Core system is slow to cultivate, it allows cultivators to establish a supreme foundation, making their future Dao path smooth.
Unfortunately, this slow cultivation method was rejected by Human ancestors. Many Human ancestors pursued systems that allowed for rapid advancement in cultivation. Ultimately, they touched the taboo of the Demon Dao, leading to a great catastrophe for the Human Race.
"Sigh... the Sage Taiqing's efforts were not understood or seen through by the Human Race. What a pity."
Xuan Xiao shook his head, fully aware that the Golden Core system, although slow, was definitely beneficial to the Human Race.
In fact, it's understandable why the Golden Core system has this "slow" drawback. After all, the Sage Taiqing who created it, advocated for tranquility and inaction.
However, for the current Human Race with its declining aptitude, the turtle-like cultivation speed of the Golden Core system is truly unsuitable.
Xuan Xiao remained silent for a long time before finally saying, "Forget it, I've comprehended the Golden Core system enough. If I want to find a cultivation system for the Human Race, I need to create one myself."
As he spoke, Xuan Xiao began to comprehend the animal skin scroll given by Youfeng.
To create a cultivation system for the Human Race, the first thing to do is to understand the Human Race. Even the Sage Taiqing understood the Human Race before creating the Golden Core system.
Although Xuan Xiao was Human, he didn't have a deep understanding of the Human Race itself.
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Xuan Xiao comprehended the animal skin scroll, learning about various aspects of the Human Race.
He also found the greatest strength of the Human Race.
"I didn't expect that the Human Race's greatest advantage is not some innate Human ability, but rather their innate Primordial Body." Xuan Xiao flipped through the animal skin scroll for a long time, his eyes filled with surprise. He couldn't believe that the Human Race's greatest strength was their innate Primordial Body.
Especially when he saw a sentence recorded on the animal skin: "All living beings in the Primal Chaos are Human, but only the Human Race and Pangu are truly pure Humans."
Upon reading this record, Xuan Xiao couldn't believe it. "Pangu the Great is Human? That's impossible!"
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