Origins of the Witch Clan, Reaping Another Haul

Besides cooking, Houtu also learned architecture from Wu Chu. According to Houtu, the Witch Clan, young and old, still live in caves, while the buildings Wu Chu built look quite nice. She wanted the tribe to experience the beauty of living in such large houses.

Wu Chu did not refuse, but said, "If we are to build this kind of structure, it would be best to embed some array formations and restrictions within it to increase its strength and withstand the attacks of those giant beasts. In terms of safety, caves are actually safer."

Houtu shook her head and smiled slightly upon hearing this, "That's not entirely true. For our race, most giant beasts are no longer a threat. As for those that are, even caves can't stop them."

Thinking about it, Wu Chu also felt that it made sense. After all, the Witch Clan had just begun to multiply, and each of them had a high level of cultivation, so ordinary giant beasts certainly could not threaten them.

Wu Chu then asked curiously, "May I ask, sister, how does your Witch Clan reproduce? Is it through bloodline creation? Or some other method?"

Upon hearing Houtu, Houtu's complexion gradually flushed, and she glanced at him, asking, "Why do you ask this?"

Houtu's expression, Wu Chu became even more curious. "Just curious."

Houtu gently brushed a strand of hair behind her ear, turned to look at the Celestial Silkworm among the branches of the Sacred Tree, and said casually, "It can be shaped through bloodline. Our clan's cultivation method is slightly different from other Primordial World creatures. We do not absorb the spiritual energy of this world, but rather the Earth Fiend Qi from the earth's veins, drawing upon the evil to forge ourselves."

As he spoke, he reached out and made a gesture in the air, and a scene of 'Creation of Humanity' appeared before everyone's eyes. Of course, this scene was not like the educational films that Wu Chu had seen before.

Instead, it uses the essence and blood of the Ancestral Witch as a guide and the Earth Fiend Qi to shape its body, forming another individual organism, which is quite similar to the asexual reproduction of plants.

Wu Chu was somewhat bewildered; wasn't this almost the same as Nuwa Creates Humans?

Nuwa Creates Humans, but when Human Clan bodies, she used mud, not the Earth Fiend Qi.

Is the difference in the soul?

Wu Chu pondered silently. It was said that the Witch Clan had no souls; after death, they would directly transform into energy and return to the earth, while the Human Clan had souls, and after death, their souls returned to the Blood Sea.

Legend has it that when Minghe, the Lord of the Blood Sea, created the Asura Clan, he used the souls of these Human Clan. Therefore, although he created the Asura Clan, he could not become a saint through it.

On the contrary, his two swords— Yuantu and Abi —were elevated to Merit Supreme Treasure through this Merit, becoming incurable karmic consequences for killing.

After witnessing Houtu's transformation, Wu Chu nodded, and then asked, "Sister, could you tell me how your clan cultivates?"

Houtu looked at Wu Chu with a puzzled expression and said, "The method you cultivate is different from the method cultivated by our clan. Why do you ask this?"

Wu Chu coughed lightly and said, "Firstly, out of curiosity, and secondly, because I want to see if I can learn anything from the Witch Clan's cultivation methods."

Houtu nodded thoughtfully, then said without hesitation, "Our clan's cultivation is based on blood and qi. Because we are formed from essence and blood, we don't possess Primordial Spirit like other beings. Other beings use the power of their Primordial Spirit as a guide and magical power as a foundation to unleash supernatural abilities. Our clan, however, uses blood and qi as a guide and the Earth Fiend Qi as a source of power. Therefore, our clan uses the Earth Fiend Qi to refine ourselves, allowing our bodies to evolve towards the level of immortality..."

Wu Chu frowned and pondered for a moment, then asked, "So, did your Witch Clan obtain their supernatural powers through comprehending the heavens and earth? Or were they directly bestowed upon them by the witches who created them?"

Houtu shook her head slightly, "When we created our races, we could not directly endow them with the divine powers they deserved; they could only awaken and comprehend them within their bloodlines. If we could bestow divine powers upon them ourselves, wouldn't we be able to create an infinite number of other versions of ourselves?"

Hmm, that makes a lot of sense!

Wu Chu was speechless, but his curiosity about the Witch Clan went far beyond that.

"Has your sister ever tried to let the men and women of the Witch Clan mate and produce offspring on their own?"

Houtu heard the question, she was taken aback for a moment, and then two blushes silently rose on her cheeks, spreading across her crystal-clear, delicate face.

Wu Chu, who was waiting for an answer, felt something was amiss. However, Houtu did not answer his question but instead looked at the Celestial Silkworm and asked, "Fellow Daoist, what is the purpose of raising these white insects?"

Wu Chu Houtu initially puzzled as to why Houtu was changing the subject, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized he had been a bit rash. How could he have asked such an awkward question? Fortunately, Houtu was very gentle, unlike Nuwa.

If it were Nuwa instead, he'd probably have to be careful not to get tricked by her. Although in most cases, no amount of caution would help.

So he proactively steered the conversation towards silkworms, saying, "The silk spun by these Celestial Silkworm has many wonderful uses; it can be used to make musical instrument strings, and it can also be woven into clothing..."

Wu Chu pointed to a thin white undergarment with gold patterns on his body and said, "This is woven from the Celestial Silkworm of the Heavenly Celestial Silkworm Silk. It is soft and tough, impervious to water and fire, and even ordinary Spirit Treasure cannot harm it in the slightest. Unfortunately, Celestial Silkworm are rare. I have waited for countless springs, summers, autumns, and winters to obtain this one."

Actually, compared to the celestial Celestial Silkworm, the silkworm produces quite a lot of silk. The socks Wu Chu is wearing are made of ordinary silk.

The white undergarment with gold patterns, being the first silk undergarment made from Celestial Silkworm Silk, also received some Merit bestowed by Heavenly Dao.

The Merit that Leizu would have gained from reeling silk was thus stolen by Wu Chu.

Moreover, since no other Human Clan have appeared besides him yet, he hasn't actually gained much Merit, which feels somewhat wasted.

So Wu Chu set his sights on the Witch Clan. Since the Human Clan had not yet been born, he decided to test his skills on the Witch Clan first!

After all, the Witch Clan will also be the protagonists of this world in the next Kalpa. Passing on these life skills might bring some Merit and rewards, wouldn't it?

If possible, we can take advantage of the Human Clan again when they are born!

Hehe... Perfect!

Miss Houtu simply gave an "oh," and Houtu asked curiously, "We can easily condense mist into clothes and gather clouds into garments, so why go through all this trouble to weave them with such silk?"

Houtu said this as if it were perfectly reasonable, and it sounded normal to others, but to the ears of Wu Chu, it had a bit of a Versailles-like feeling of 'a well-fed man not knowing the hunger of a starving man'.

How could the strong possibly understand the difficulties faced by the weak?