I Am Not Someone Who Cares About Rewards-The Only Thing I Care About Is the Three Pure Ones' Dignity

"Hmm? What do you mean?"

Jieyin looked at Zhunti curiously.

"The next Human Emperor of the human race will be Shennong. He has a daughter named Nüwa, and this girl is destined to suffer a calamity."

"Why don't we start with her and have Shennong appoint a disciple of our sect as the next Human Emperor's Sage Teacher?"

"That way, even if the Three Pure Ones refuse to agree, this was personally appointed by the Human Emperor. What could they do?"

As Zhunti spoke, Jieyin hurriedly performed a divination. A moment later, he was overjoyed.

"Good, good, good. This girl truly has a connection with the West."

However, before he could rejoice too much, he suddenly thought of something and looked at Zhunti. "Junior Brother, there's one more matter."

"The Three Pure Ones are showing faint signs of reconciliation. Although our scheme may be well hidden, we may still incur their displeasure."

He recalled the scene of being brutally beaten by the Three Pure Ones in the human tribes, and his heart trembled.

This scheme to determine the future Human Emperor's position would surely displease the Three Pure Ones.

Zhunti also slightly furrowed his brows.

After pondering for a long while, he finally looked toward the Heavenly Court.

"Senior Brother, I have an idea!"

"Haotian is now the ruler of the Heavenly Court and bears the title of Heavenly Emperor. He surely wants to strengthen the Heavenly Court. Why don't we join forces with Haotian and have the Heavenly Court act? That way, even the Three Pure Ones will have difficulty discovering that the West was behind it!"

Jieyin immediately brightened and hurriedly said, "Excellent!"

The two then headed straight for the Heavenly Court.

Earthly Emperor Shennong had only just been born, so they had plenty of time to scheme.

Meanwhile, in a human tribe.

Grand Master Xuandu brought the infant Lie Shan Clan back to Eight Sceneries Palace and carefully taught him.

Both were members of the human race, and they cherished one another as kindred spirits.

Sixteen years passed like this. Under Grand Master Xuandu's orders, Lie Shan Clan returned to the human race to fulfill his mission.

When Fuxi Clan learned that Lie Shan Clan had returned to the human race, he wanted to make him the leader of a tribe and have him manage tribal affairs.

However, Lie Shan Clan declined Heavenly Emperor Fuxi's support and returned to his tribe to work diligently.

One day, he discovered that the young people in the tribe had to leave every year to harvest a kind of tall-stemmed plant from a certain place.

Lie Shan Clan came up with the idea of cultivating plants by human hands, so he gathered some seeds and planted them himself.

Afterward, he taught the various human tribes to grow grains on their own and designated several kinds of grain as the five cereals.

From then on, the human race entered the agricultural age, ending the long-standing history of relying on harvesting wild grains for food.

By leading the human race into the agricultural age, Lie Shan Clan gained immense prestige among the human tribes.

He even established markets, setting noon as the market hour, bringing the people of the world together, gathering the goods of the world, and allowing them to trade before departing with everything they needed.

Later, Lie Shan Clan saw that members of his tribe often died from illness, and he was deeply moved.

At the cost of his own life, he personally tasted the properties of every herb.

Realizing the importance of medicinal herbs, Lie Shan Clan spent several more years compiling a book that recorded the properties of the herbs he had personally tasted over the decades.

When the book was completed, Lie Shan Clan initially named it Lie Shan's Materia Medica.

He also created pottery, allowing people to steam and boil food, store goods, brew wine, and sterilize things.

To encourage people to live according to a regular schedule and cultivate crops by the seasons, Lie Shan Clan established the calendar, set the stars, divided day and night, and determined the cycles of the sun and moon. He designated each month as thirty days and the eleventh month as the winter solstice.

He did not seek rewards, nor did he covet the wealth of the world; instead, he made the whole world wealthy together.

He valued wisdom above all, and the whole world revered him together.

With virtue and righteousness, he made the people diligent without rewards, made good and evil clear without punishments, made wealth sufficient without disputes, gained the people's obedience without decrees, inspired awe without killing, and governed simply without burdening them. There was no one among the people who did not respect and support him.

Thus, Lie Shan Clan's prestige among the human race grew day by day, and his influence became immense.

At this time, Heavenly Emperor Fuxi also proposed that Heaven responded to human virtue and that he should abdicate in favor of a virtuous person.

After Fuxi Clan abdicated, the various human tribes immediately raised Lie Shan Clan as the common ruler of the human race.

Thus, Lie Shan Clan became the second Human Emperor of the human race, receiving the title Earthly Emperor and changing his name to Shennong Clan.

Thus, Lie Shan's Materia Medica also came to be called Shennong's Materia Medica.

Shennong tasted every herb and promoted the five cereals, thereby gaining immense merit.

He was now preparing to go to Mount Tai to perform the Fengshan Ceremony!

"Shennong is about to go to Mount Tai for the Fengshan Ceremony. Haotian the Supreme should make his move now."

In the Heavenly Court, at the Hall of Miraculous Mist.

Zhunti looked at Haotian, his gaze flickering slightly.

The two sides had schemed for more than a decade and had finally reached an agreement.

They would use Nüwa's soul to force Shennong to designate the West as the next Human Emperor's Sage Teacher.

Once the position of Human Emperor's Sage Teacher fell into the hands of the West, they could repeat the same trick and have the Human Emperor appoint someone from the Heavenly Court as the Human Emperor's Sage Teacher.

That way, both sides would benefit.

Even if the Three Pure Ones came knocking, they could deny everything and claim that Haotian had done it all to win over the West, insisting that it had nothing to do with them!

A smile appeared on Haotian's face. "Rest assured, you two. I have already taken care of this matter. Look at this."

As he spread open his hand,

a wisp of soul could be seen swaying in his palm, with the faint outline of a woman visible within it.

It was Shennong's daughter: Nüwa!

Before Zhunti and Jieyin could speak, Haotian said, "That's not all. I have already sent Taibai Jinxing down to the mortal world to meet Shennong. I believe there will be results soon."

He was ambitious and had long wanted a share of the Human Emperor's Sage Teacher position.

Unfortunately, his strength was insufficient, and he had never had the opportunity. He had never expected the Two Sages of the West to come looking for him and even promise him a Sage Teacher position. It could be said that their interests aligned perfectly!

"Excellent!"

Zhunti and Jieyin nodded slightly, their faces filled with smiles.

Within Shennong's tribe.

Shennong Clan had been preparing to go to Mount Tai for the Fengshan Ceremony when he suddenly received terrible news. He was standing before the corpse of a young girl, overwhelmed with grief.

This was Shennong's daughter: Nüwa.

"Chief, please restrain your grief... Our tribe still needs your leadership."

A tribesman looked at the grieving Shennong Clan and spoke softly.

After some time, Shennong Clan finally recovered and had everyone in the room leave.

He sat there alone, deep in thought.

Why was he suffering?

Because Nüwa's soul was nowhere to be found.

When he had first seen the corpse, he had intended to revive Nüwa.

Who could have imagined that he would discover she had no soul? He then performed a divination, but found nothing.

Seeing that resurrection was impossible, he finally burst into tears.

"Alas, who could be so vicious as to harm even my beloved daughter?!"

Shennong Clan's expression was filled with grief and fury.

As he was thinking, a tribesman entered.

"Chief, there is a Daoist outside who wishes to see you. He says it concerns your daughter."

The tribesman entered and spoke to Shennong Clan.

"What? It concerns Nüwa? Invite him in at once."

Shennong Clan hurriedly spoke.

Before long, an elderly man with white hair and a kindly expression appeared before Shennong Clan.

It was Taibai Jinxing!

He looked at Shennong Clan and spoke directly. "May I ask whether Earthly Emperor is searching for Nüwa's soul?"

"You did this?"

Killing intent appeared in Shennong Clan's eyes. He hated this person before him, whom he could crush with one hand, to the bone.

"Absolutely not. I am merely a civil official of the Heavenly Court, and I have come to deliver a message on the orders of Haotian the Supreme."

"Haotian the Supreme asked me to tell you that the Heavenly Court can revive your beloved daughter."

"But in exchange, you must designate Maitreya of the West as the next Human Emperor's Sage Teacher."

Taibai Jinxing did not mind.

He was only a messenger. No matter how furious Shennong became, there was no need for him to kill a mere messenger.

"Designate the Human Emperor's Sage Teacher? How could I have that authority?"

"And even if I did, I would never appoint a disciple of the Western Teachings!"

Shennong refused outright.

There was a reason. When he had inherited the position of Human Emperor, Fuxi had told him that a battle between Sages had once erupted in the human tribes.

The cause had been the Two Sages of the West attempting to imprison the Human Emperor.

With sect leaders like that, the Western Teachings could certainly be no good!

"Earthly Emperor, don't refuse so quickly. Haotian the Supreme asked me to tell you that you have ten days to consider. After ten days, if you still refuse, your beloved daughter will truly be dead. Even a Sage will be powerless to reverse it."

After saying this, Taibai Jinxing left directly.