Miss, Care for a Few Moves?
Inside the Divine Palace, Bai Qiuran used his Spiritual Sense to hear the entire conversation between the two blue-faced Heavenly Gods. After seeing the two Heavenly Gods fly into the sky, he withdrew his Spiritual Sense and said to the women kneeling on the ground, "You may all rise."
Bai Qiuran gave the order, and then he summoned maids from other races in the Divine Palace, instructing them to make proper arrangements for these Human Race women.
Currently, they are safe in the Divine Palace and no longer need to worry about wild beasts in the Wilderness. As for where they should go in the future, that can only be considered later.
After settling them in, Bai Qiuran, as if she were sexually indifferent, returned to her room and began studying with Wisdom Immortal.
However, considering the matters discussed by the two Heavenly Gods, Bai Qiuran had to put on an act. After observing for several days, on the third night, he summoned the most tight-lipped of the Human Race beauties to his Bedchamber and released her the next morning.
Of course, Bai Qiuran did nothing to her. If he really had the guts and the idea, he wouldn't still be Primal Yang.
He merely had this Human Race cooperate with him in an experiment, attempting to directly impart the cultivation methods from the Qi Refining Stage to the Foundation Establishment Stage to her through oral instruction.
As a result, Heavenly Dao did not interfere with him during the transmission process.
"I think this is probably because of the extent of its impact on history."
Wisdom Immortal said, "If these women were in the original history, they would probably spend their lives as pets of the Heavenly Gods, or worse, encounter some with morbid tastes and be played with to death. Even if you teach them the Foundation Establishment Methods, they won't be able to have a significant impact on the Human Race outside if they stay here and don't leave."
"What if I let them go and spread the Dharma in my place?"
Bai Qiuran asked.
"If you don't want to kill them, you'd better not do it."
Wisdom Immortal replied, "The Heavenly Dao doesn't kill you but rejects you is because it can't do anything to you. A few ordinary Human Race, do you think Heaven can't control them? I reckon if they go out and talk nonsense, they'll be crushed by Heavenly Dao the moment they open their mouths."
After a pause, it continued, "Actually, ever since you manipulated natural phenomena to guide your disciple to enlightenment, I've been thinking that he comprehended the Foundation Establishment Method under your guidance, yet he wasn't punished by Heavenly Dao. Perhaps... your disciple had quite a background in the original history."
Speaking of this, Bai Qiuran remembered that he had a nominal disciple in that Human Race Settlement. Thinking of the disciple's talent, which Bai Qiuran felt murderous, he figured that the disciple had probably made some progress in the Foundation Establishment Stage over the past few months.
"It doesn't matter. No matter who he is, as long as it helps the Human Race avoid some detours."
Bai Qiuran pondered for a moment and said, "In a couple of days, I'll go check on him. I should be able to guide him to understand some Moves by then. I'll also visit Jiang Lan and thank her."
Without hesitation, Bai Qiuran completed a phase of his Spatial Arts two or three days later and left the Divine Palace, heading towards the direction of Jiang Lan's home.
In his Divine Palace, there was a map drawn by the Heavenly Palace. Thanks to that map, he successfully figured out the directions of the world, and where he was.
When the two Heavenly Gods carried him to the Divine Palace on clouds that day, there was no concealment along the way, and they were high in the sky, so Bai Qiuran easily remembered the route.
Halfway there, he realized he hadn't brought Jiang Lan a gift. Thinking that the little girl, the Plague Poison True God, probably didn't like worldly things like money, he simply wandered around the nearby Wilderness for a couple of hours, killed a large white fox with horns on its back, skinned it, cleaned it, and then wrapped it up as a gift.
Not long after, Bai Qiuran successfully found Jiang Lan's small house surrounded by miasma, but she wasn't home; she didn't know where she had gone.
After waiting for a while and seeing no one return, Bai Qiuran and decided to go to the nearby Human Race Settlement to see his cheap, nominal disciple.
As luck would have it, just as Bai Qiuran came down the mountain, he saw Jiang Lan in a secluded Small Woods beside the Settlement.
Bai Qiuran could sense that a Barrier had been erected in the Small Woods using some kind of energy. With Jiang Lan was another Human Race girl, wearing a long dress made of Beast Hide, with a healthy wheat-yellow complexion. Under Jiang Lan's watchful eye, this girl was pointing her index finger and thumb together at a rock in the grove.
She closed her eyes and concentrated, her brows slightly furrowed. After a long while, a white burst of energy shot out from her fingertip, leaving a deep, finger-shaped hole in the stone in front of her.
"Huh?"
Bai Qiuran slightly taken aback.
"The Sword Qi I taught you?"
"God!"
After succeeding, the Human Race girl happily smiled at Jiang Lan and said, "I did it!"
"Hmm, it works great, doesn't it?"
Although Jiang Lan's face remained expressionless, her eyes and tone softened considerably.
"With this, once your Settlement is well-trained, you won't need to use crude stone spears and knives to butcher your prey anymore."
"Yes."
The Human Race girl smiled happily and said, "When I get back, I'll teach this move to everyone. Thank you, God."
"Um."
Jiang Lan pointed to a bamboo basket not far away and said, "Your father sent you out to gather fruit for the Settlement. I've already gathered the fruit for you. Take the fruit and hurry back."
"Um!"
The Human Race girl slung a bamboo basket over her shoulder and ran like a deer for a while, then stopped and waved to Jiang Lan, saying, "Goodbye, Goddess."
Jiang Lan waved and watched the girl walk away.
After the Human Race girl left, Bai Qiuran emerged from the bushes and greeted Jiang Lan, "Um, Miss Jiang Lan."
"Um?"
Upon seeing Bai Qiuran, Jiang Lan's expression suddenly changed drastically. She took a step back, and the venomous snake on her shoulder rose up. Furthermore, colorful spiders, Centipede, and other Poisonous Creatures crawled out from her sleeves, sending dangerous signals to Bai Qiuran.
You saw everything?
Jiang Lan asked with a cold expression.
"I saw it, oh wait, wait, I didn't mean any harm --"
Bai Qiuran dodged the Poison spewed by the snake in an instant. The Poison dissolved on the tree behind him, sizzling and corroding it. Soon, the tree was corroded into a strangely shaped semi-solid object.
Then he raised his hands in surrender and said, "Miss Jiang Lan, I won't report you. We're on the same side."
Why should I believe you?
Jiang Lan countered with a question.
Bai Qiuran and realized that apart from letting his abilities speak for themselves, there really wasn't any other way to convince someone he didn't know very well to believe him under these circumstances.
So he struck a pose like Wong Fei-hung towards Jiang Lan and said, "Come on, young lady, shall we exchange a few blows?"