A middle-aged man with a pair of horns growing from his head, his face filled with a good-natured smile, said.
“Another great sage has joined our Human race! How joyous!”
“What's there to be joyous about? We've been trapped in this Fire Cloud Cave for countless years.
First, King Wu of Zhou abdicated the Emperor title, then Emperor Qin Shi Huang challenged the heavens and was imprisoned in the Mount Li!
As the dynasties in the human realm rise and fall, we are unable to do anything about it.
Not to mention, now even a common ruler that all Humans respect does not exist!
What good is it that a great sage has been born? Will he be able to break through this karmic barrier?”
The man with eyes reflecting stars and moons was the middle-aged man with horns on the left.
On his right stood the person who had just poured cold water on everyone.
His eyebrows were like swords, his eyes like stars, and though he looked lazy, he harbored infinite killing intent.
A slight condensation of divine light in his eyes would cause the space three inches before him to twist and tremble.
“Sigh, Third brother, why be so pessimistic? Even though we are trapped in the Fire Cloud Cave,
you and I, as the Three Emperors of the Human race, can also sense it.
The newly established dynasty, though plagued by problems, is exceptionally resilient.
With a great sage born to assist them, they will definitely create a great enterprise!”
The three speaking were the Three Emperors of the Human race.
The middle man with starry eyes was the Heavenly Emperor Fuxi.
The horned middle-aged man on the left was the Earth Emperor Shen Nong.
The person on the right was naturally the Human Emperor Ji Xuanyuan, the emperor who had achieved the Dao through killing.
“Heh, are there not enough ambitious emperors? What about Qin Shi Huang, how much ambition did he have?
The Heavenly Emperor Haotian was killed, yet they immediately set up another Jade Emperor!”
Ji Xuanyuan clasped his sword in his hands, his laziness vanishing as his killing aura emanated outwards.
“Big brother, let me reincarnate into the mortal world, sweep through all the small human nations,
reunify the Human race, regain the position of common ruler, and return to the Nine Nine Human Emperor title, wouldn't that be good!”
“But Third brother, our Human race's fortune is not as good as in ancient times.
If you fail, you won't be trapped in the Fire Cloud Cave unable to come out.
But the karmic barrier will annihilate the Fire Cloud's spiritual light, and we might only be left with a trace of our true spirits!”
Shen Nong pulled off his horns with one hand, scratched his itchy scalp, and put them back on.
Ji Xuanyuan rolled his eyes and didn't continue the argument.
Because he knew that this kind of thing would never yield any result.
After all, they had been arguing for ten thousand years.
“Alright, second brother, third brother, what we're discussing now is this newly born great sage.
Li, you are entangled with him through karma, come and introduce him to us.”
Among the nine people here, the Three Emperors sat in the middle, while the Five Emperors were arranged on both sides.
Only one person sat opposite the Three Emperors, old and frail.
Seeing the Three Emperors and Five Emperors all looking at him, Li pulled at the animal skin on his body and said.
“What's there to introduce? Separated by the karmic barrier, I can't communicate with him either.
I only know that the plough he invented surpassed my straight-wheeled plough.
It's just that his curved-wheeled plough was modified from my straight-wheeled plough, so I can still share some merit.
That’s how I can slightly sense his existence. As for the rest, what do you expect from me!”
Li looked indifferent, his eyes lingering on the dim straight-wheeled plough in front of him.
He had already sensed his future.
Just like those gradually disappearing sages, his soul and body would merge with the Human Dao.
A trace of his true spirit, carrying some merit, would return to reincarnation.
It was nothing, being born into the Human race and returning to the Human Dao was the fate of these Human sages.
Back then, King Wu of Zhou abdicated his position as Human Emperor.
To stabilize the foundation of the Human Dao, a hundred sage kings committed suicide, and three hundred great sages returned to nothingness!
He was merely repeating the path of his predecessors.
At least he still had the chance to reincarnate, which was better than his predecessors.
“Don’t say that. I sense something different about the Human race's fortune, our chance might have arrived!”
Fuxi smiled slightly. He had gone through great lengths to gather the Three Emperors and Five Emperors here.
He wasn’t here to listen to them complain.
Hearing Fuxi's words, everyone was immediately invigorated.
Fuxi's divination skills were unmatched, even a Saint wouldn't dare to claim victory over him.
Naturally, they believed his words.
“What, no more pessimism?”
Fuxi laughed, Ji Xuanyuan instantly changed his lazy demeanor.
With a flattering smile, he pinched Fuxi's shoulder, saying,
“Oh, Big brother, what are you saying? It's just that your little brother has been a bit bored in this Fire Cloud Cave.
You are magnanimous, why bother with your little brother?”
“Alright, stop clowning around. I brought you all here today to explain this matter.
The great sage who has just been born is an anomaly. He cannot be allowed to die prematurely.
Therefore, I need to utilize Li's karmic connection to that great sage.
We will send a strong warrior into the world to protect the safety of our Human race's great sage!”
“This, isn’t it a bit too much?”
Shen Nong hesitated slightly. The karmic barrier outside the Fire Cloud Cave was heavy.
And if they wanted to do this secretly, the price they had to pay would be far from insignificant.
It was likely that Li's life would have to be sacrificed as well.
“Hahaha, a trivial matter, what's there to hesitate about?
Have you decided on who to send? Old man is also curious to see the successor who will take my place!”
Li laughed heartily, his aged eyes shining with a different kind of brilliance.
Fuxi shook his head, saying,
“The Heavenly Mandate cannot be fully understood, I won't choose a person, you all decide!”
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“My lord, this plan is excellent, but the price is a bit off!”
Wei Zheng walked around the modified simplified curved-wheeled plough, his face filled with delight, and spoke.
Chen Fan frowned and looked at Wei Zheng, puzzled.
“Sir Wei, one hundred guan is not a high price. Although the great families have many craftsmen,
they will never send all their carpenters to learn.
As long as someone brings back the method of making the curved-wheeled plough, they can quickly train a group of apprentices!”
Wei Zheng shook his head slightly, the emotions in his eyes were complex and unclear.
“No, I meant that it's too cheap. With this plough, their land reclamation speed will increase by at least 50%.
Not to mention that the original fertile land cultivation will also be much easier.
Even one hundred guan per person, I find it too low!”
Chen Fan “...”
He never thought that he, a modern man, would become a conservative!