The True Earth Emperor's Book

Similarly, this merit was not much, but like the merit Jiang Yuan had obtained previously, its strength lay in its longevity. As long as the cooking method of boiling existed, he would continue to receive merit.

Furthermore, as this boiling method became more widespread and the number of people using it increased, the merit provided to him would also grow.

This is an unexpected pleasant surprise.

This was truly an unexpected surprise. Jiang Yuan carefully calculated and discovered that the meritorious deeds he had performed were quite numerous.

From his initial achievements of creating characters and paper, to weaving, and now to the art of boiling, all of these provided him with a steady stream of merit.

Admittedly, the merit provided by each of these individual deeds was not much, but when added together, the total was quite considerable.

It was so considerable that Jiang Yuan felt if things continued this way, he might not need to collect the Nine Sons' Essence Blood; he could condense the Nine Sons' avatars relying solely on this merit.

Merit was simply too comprehensive. He felt he could find a place to hide right now and stay there until the Era of Liches and Demons ended. By then, the merit he had obtained should be enough for him to cultivate to the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal, or even the Quasi-Saint Realm.

Tsk tsk, the idea was great, but unfortunately, it was unrealistic. As the conflict between the Demon Race and the Human Race intensified, where else in the Primordial World was safe besides the saints' dojos?

The Demon Race's slaughter of the Human Race alone was not something that could be easily avoided. Therefore, hiding was unrealistic; he still had to work hard at his cultivation.

Relying on merit, he would only reach the Zenith Heaven realm after the Era of Liches and Demons. But if he combined merit with his own diligent cultivation, he might be able to reach the Zenith Heaven realm before the Demon Race's slaughter of the Human Race broke out.

Although a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal could not change much in the face of such a catastrophe, protecting himself and a portion of his clansmen would be no problem.

After switching the meat soup to medicinal soup, the effect was indeed different. It was immediate, purging more than half of the Sha Qi within their bodies on the spot.

As for the remaining half, it was estimated that two or three more doses of the medicinal soup would be enough to purge it completely.

"Very good. Illustrate these spirit herbs and have the clansmen memorize them firmly so that if they encounter similar situations in the future, they will know how to solve them."

"Also, collect a sample of every spirit herb near the Human Race for me. I want to carefully analyze their medicinal properties and compile them into a volume to facilitate use by the clansmen."

Suddenly remembering something, Jiang Yuan instructed the group. Cultivating grain was the achievement of Shennong; since he had already snatched it, he might as well snatch it to the end and take the achievement of tasting the hundred herbs as well.

It was all for the Human Race, so he imagined the Earth Emperor would understand.

Moreover, the cause of today is the fruit of tomorrow. Since Jiang Yuan had intercepted the Earth Emperor's achievements in advance today, if he were still alive when the Earth Emperor was born in the future, he would naturally compensate him twofold.

"The variety of spirit herbs near the Human Race is too small after all. Let the myriad races help collect them as well."

"To prevent them from feeling troubled, don't make them collect those precious spirit herbs; just collect some of the more common ones."

Thinking of the current relationship between the Human Race and the myriad races, Jiang Yuan added.

Since he was going to do it, he would do it the best he could. What was tasting a hundred herbs? He would taste ten thousand herbs and write a Primordial Spirit Herb Canon, recording in detail the characteristics and medicinal properties of all spirit herbs in the Primordial World.

If conditions permitted, he could write it even more detailed, recording the regions where those spirit herbs were located as well as their growth environments.

And that was not the limit.

On this basis, he could continue to be more detailed, recording the planting methods for these spirit herbs as well.

He could even synthesize their environments and regions to draw a detailed Primordial World Map.

Hiss~~

Thinking of this, Jiang Yuan subconsciously took out the Writing Brush of Creation and the Character Creation Diagram.

His previous idea of forging these two treasures into the Human Emperor's Brush and the Earth Emperor's Book was something he had thought was a fantasy, but he had not expected that there was a real possibility of it becoming reality.

If he recorded everything Jiang Yuan had thought of—the Primordial Spirit Herb Canon, the Primordial Spirit Herb Planting Manual, the Primordial World Map, as well as the Primordial Agriculture Book and Primordial Husbandry Book he had just thought of—using the Writing Brush of Creation on the Character Creation Diagram, to what extent would the Character Creation Diagram be strengthened?

Gathering history books, maps, agricultural books, the spirit herb canon, and many other important classics into one, at that point, even if Jiang Yuan did not say it, the Heavenly Dao would take the initiative to bestow the name "Earth Emperor's Book" upon the Character Creation Diagram.

If even such a treasure could not be crowned with the name of the Earth Emperor, then what other treasure in the Primordial World could be worthy of this name?

Since the Character Creation Diagram had become the Earth Emperor's Book, the Writing Brush of Creation used to write this book would naturally follow and obtain the name of the Human Emperor's Brush.

"This is the future path of advancement for the Character Creation Diagram and the Writing Brush of Creation. One records knowledge, and the other inherits it. As long as they record and inherit enough knowledge, they will sooner or later advance into the Earth Emperor's Book and the Human Emperor's Brush."

Jiang Yuan understood. He knew how to strengthen these two treasures next: record as much knowledge on them as possible, and they would become increasingly powerful.

Jiang Yuan did not know exactly how strong the Earth Emperor's Book and the Human Emperor's Brush would be, but even if they were not as good as Innate Supreme Treasures, he imagined they would not be weaker than the top ten Innate Spirit Treasures and could rival the top-tier Innate Merit Spirit Treasures.

"Yes!"

While Jiang Yuan was lost in thought, he heard Tao, who had received the order, reply, which startled him back to reality.

"Mm, you may go."

Nodding, Jiang Yuan let Tao leave, while he continued to handle official business. However, his mind was clearly not on it anymore; his head was full of his grand plans.

Cultivation could not be delayed, the cultivation of grain could not stop, and the spirit herb canon had to be compiled.

These three things were all very important, and added to the official business he was currently handling, he could not let any of them fall behind. At this moment, Jiang Yuan truly wished he could split himself into four to handle these four things simultaneously.

Eh~~

Splitting into four...

It seemed he really could.

Thinking of his cultivation technique, Jiang Yuan circulated the Creation Dao Scripture and split off four avatars.

Although he had yet to condense the Nine-Child Incarnations, he had previously attempted to break through to the realm of the Heavenly Immortal twice, successfully condensing eighteen incarnations in the process.

These eighteen incarnations did not dissipate when his breakthroughs failed; instead, they transformed into a foundation hidden within his body.

This was his trump card. The eighteen incarnations were eighteen versions of himself, and by joining forces, they could easily surround and kill even a Heavenly Immortal.

Furthermore, each incarnation represented a life; these eighteen incarnations meant eighteen lives, allowing him to cheat death eighteen times.

How could he abandon such a method? It had to be kept within his body for emergencies. And look, it was coming in handy right now.

With the aid of four incarnations, Jiang Yuan felt an immediate sense of relief, leaving his true self to focus on cultivation.

As for the other four incarnations, one was responsible for handling official duties; one attempted to domesticate Foxtail Grass, trying to cultivate it into Grain; one tasted ten thousand herbs to discern their medicinal properties and compile the Canon of Spirit Herbs.

The final incarnation mingled among the myriad races, gathering information on their customs and traditions while gaining insights into the mortal world.

This was Jiang Yuan's daily routine moving forward, and it was incredibly fulfilling.