Human Race History as Told by Jiang He

Not long afterward, the Human Race and the Anti-Demon Alliance conducted their trade at Trade City on the Human Race's border. After all these years, Trade City had built up an excellent reputation!

This was also the Human Race's only city open to every race in the Primordial World, and the Vermilion Bird Legion's garrison was stationed here as well!

Now that living beings of every race lived side by side in the city, conflicts naturally arose. That required a powerful armed force to deter those races! The Vermilion Bird Legion was stationed here for precisely that reason.

With the Demon Race's recent string of campaigns, many weak races had flocked to Trade City to settle down, making the city even more prosperous. Villages spontaneously formed by various races had even appeared around Trade City!

They survived by gathering and selling Demon Cores to Trade City, as well as collecting spirit herbs.

Naturally, under such circumstances, Trade City also had many spies from various factions mixed in among the crowds!

Trade City

Within the city, a place called Yuelai Inn was the most bustling tavern.

"How is it? Did you find out what those Anti-Demon Alliance scum came to the Human Race for?"

"Reporting to you, my lord, I found out! The Anti-Demon Alliance came to invite the Human Race to join them, but it seems the Human Race refused. The Anti-Demon Alliance people left in a furious hurry—I reckon the talks fell through!"

Inside a concealed private room, a Rat Demon was reporting to a Tiger Demon in the Golden Immortal Realm!

The Tiger Demon narrowed his eyes slightly, a cold smile curling at his lips. "Hmph. It's good that the talks fell through. The Human Race has always been cautious; they won't be dragged into the water so easily. But the Anti-Demon Alliance is recruiting people everywhere—there must be a major move in the works," the Rat Demon said cautiously.

"Don't worry about that for now. Send the news back. What comes next is no longer ours to decide!"

As more and more information reached the Demon Race, the standoff between the two sides grew tense once more.

Meanwhile, Jiang He was attending the once-a-century Martial Arts Tournament at the Martial Arts Academy in Luo Shui City!

This was an old Human Race tradition, an event founded back then by Jiang Shan, Shui Xi, Lin Bei, Mu Chuan, and the other first Human Race experts. It had once been a competition between hunting teams, but after the Martial Arts Academy and Jixia Academy were established, both institutions gradually developed this tradition as well!

On the academy's enormous Training Ground, small barriers enveloped each arena! Countless students below were rubbing their fists and palms in anticipation!

Especially when Jiang He and Feng Li Yue took their seats, they were greeted by cheers from the entire Human Race!

To be honest, Jiang He felt that more than half those cheers were for his wife, Feng Li Yue! After all, over the years, Jiang He had generally remained behind the scenes, making plans with the upper ranks. He rarely appeared publicly before the Human Race.

Feng Li Yue, on the other hand, had handled Human Race affairs whenever Jiang He entered seclusion, running all over the place to inspect the progress of their work. Later, with feedback from the Red Dust Pearl, she no longer needed to run everywhere, but she still could not stay idle. There were simply too many Human Race members who knew her!

Jiang He did not feel awkward about it at all. Heh! She was his wife, after all—not like in later generations, where he would have to worry about his wife running off with all the money, hahaha!

Feng Li Yue had nagged at him for ages before dragging him here today. And he still had to give a speech!

Seeing that the time was about right, Jiang He rose to his feet and walked to the center of the square!

"Hello, students!"

"Today is our Human Race's once-in-a-century Martial Arts Tournament. I've never had the time to come before, but I trust you all know who I am, right!"

Looking at the many young prodigies gathered below, Jiang He could not help but feel gratified.

"I don't really know what I should say today. Honestly, seeing our Human Race with so many prodigies—truly! As Clan Leader, I feel immensely gratified!"

Hearing the Clan Leader praise them in person, the students below were all beside themselves with excitement!

"Today, our Human Race has over a hundred Daluo and more than ten thousand Primordial Unity Golden Immortals! Even in the Primordial World, we are a mighty and renowned great race! Are you excited?"

"Excited!"

The gathered Human Race members below shouted in unison.

"Yes! Excited. At first, just like all of you, I was incredibly happy to see the Human Race develop so well!" The smile on Jiang He's face suddenly turned solemn. "But do you know that, in the eyes of the entire Primordial World, our Human Race is nothing more than ants that many forces could wipe out with a wave of their hands!"

"I came today to pour some cold water over you, to extinguish the pride and complacency in your hearts!"

"Recently, I heard that many of our people have grown arrogant because they think the Human Race is powerful. They look down on this race and that race throughout the Primordial World. What, are we really that impressive?"

"Let me tell you! The reason our Human Race can live in peace and wander freely throughout the Primordial World is entirely due to Holy Mother Nuwa's protection. Otherwise, we would have long since been devoured down to the last scrap!"

Watching the crowd below gradually fall silent, Jiang He continued, "Do you know how our first generation of the Human Race was born? I'm sure you are all curious. Today, I'll tell you about it."

"After Mother Goddess created Yue and me, she created another twelve hundred innate Human Race members! Our first generation of the Human Race was born with golden keys in our mouths. We were born wielding the Five Elements Law, already at the peak of the late Heavenly Immortal Realm! But then batch after batch of Human Race members came into being. Mother Goddess became a Saint and was about to leave the Primordial World—what would become of the hundreds of thousands of kin she left behind?"

As Jiang He spoke, he seemed to recall the early days of the Human Race, when he and Yue had led their people and taught them bit by bit how to survive. His eyes could not help turning red.

"Though Mother Goddess later designated a ten-thousand-year protected zone for the Human Race, our newly born kin were all blank sheets of paper! They knew nothing. Back then, Yue and I first had to lead everyone to find a place to settle down, then solve the problems of food and clothing! Those things may not seem like problems now, but the problem was that we didn't know how either!"

The students below were deeply interested as Jiang He recounted the Human Race's ancient history. Perhaps the people from that era were too embarrassed to tell their descendants about their dark past. After all, before Jiang He had perfected human relations, that history truly had been dark, and very few descendants knew much about it.

In the spectators' stands nearby, Jiang Shan, Shui Xi, and the other innate Human Race members suddenly had a bad feeling!

After all, they cared about their dignity now, hahaha!

"I still remember when we discovered a group of Earth Immortal Fierce Beasts. I wondered then, why were they wearing fur pelts while we were all bare-ass naked? No, I had to snatch those pelts and wear them myself!"

The moment his words fell, the young students below seemed to see the embarrassing plight of their clan's dignified old ancestors back then!

"Hahaha!" Everyone burst out laughing!

"But when we went over, we discovered an enormous problem—how were we supposed to fight them?"

Jiang He said with a grave expression.

"Holy Mother Nuwa had left in a hurry back then. She only passed down cultivation methods to us, without any means of attack!"

"What were we supposed to do?"

Yes, what were they supposed to do? The students below began pondering this crucial question!

Jiang He continued, "Back then, I tried circulating the spiritual energy within my body and formed a Spirit Ball like this in my hand!"

As he spoke, Jiang He even demonstrated it once!

"Even with something as simple as a Spirit Ball, some clan members still couldn't learn it and nearly caused a mess! You can ask your Dean Jiang Shan about that!" Jiang He suddenly dragged Jiang Shan into the topic.

Remembering that unbearable past, Jiang Shan truly wanted to crawl under the table!

The many students also turned to Jiang Shan and began discussing him in hushed voices!

After that, Jiang He rattled on about how difficult, dangerous, and hard-won the Human Race's past had been! In any case, he made it sound as miserable as misery could be!

He then spoke of the strength of the various races in the Primordial World, causing both the students below and the Human Race higher-ups in the audience to sober up!

"This Martial Arts Tournament is meant to select the future pillars of our Human Race—talents who will carve out the road ahead for our people!"

"Alright, enough nonsense. I now declare the competition officially begun!"

Jiang He then returned to the main dais to watch the matches, automatically ignoring Jiang Shan's resentful stare!

Watching the clan members battle on the arenas below, Jiang He and Feng Li Yue occasionally offered their comments! Honestly, the Human Race of today had truly exceeded Jiang He's expectations. In just twenty thousand years, they had developed to this point; they indeed had the right to be proud! But as Clan Leader, he could not truly allow that. It would bury the entire Human Race. To say nothing else, if a large-scale war broke out, how many of the clan members present would remain?

Feng Li Yue's gaze never left Jiang He. She had noticed the change in his expression the moment it appeared, and she understood his worries. She reached out and tightly clasped Jiang He's hand without saying a word!

Holding Feng Li Yue's hand as he watched the young clan members below, the last trace of worry in Jiang He's heart was swept away!

Ever since he had transmigrated here, he had constantly been plagued by gains and losses! In his previous life, he had only been an ordinary person with no management experience. He had stumbled along as he led the clan members to develop to this day. Truthfully, they had strayed from the Human Race's original course of development, and the Human Race now had things far too smooth. Yet he did not regret it! He could not stand by and watch his clan members be slaughtered! As for what the Human Race would become in the future, he did not know. He only knew that the Human Race was doing quite well now!