Elementary Learning, Hongyun Falls

At that moment, the Middle Dantian opened heaven and earth. Chaos surged, the five elements evolved, forming land, a great sun, flowing water, and trees... until life finally emerged, giving rise to a small world.

The five energies within his body condensed, and as a world took shape, Chen Yang also gained a trace of indestructibility.

Chen Yang knew that this was Immortal Great Unity.

Ten thousand years of imparting the Dao had culminated in a single day: Immortal Great Unity.

From the True Immortal Grand Unity Realm, he broke through Profound Immortal in succession and stepped into the Golden Immortal Realm, achieving Immortal Great Unity!

The lightning tribulation brought on by his consecutive breakthroughs was also scattered by the vast merit.

After breaking through successively and entering Immortal Great Unity, Chen Yang quieted his mind and contemplated the changes within himself.

At the same time, the fortune of the Three Teachings churned, as though it had received some kind of boost.

Within the Three Teachings, the disciples who enjoyed much of that fortune wore astonished expressions as they sensed their own fortune rising.

Inside Biyou Palace, Duobao sensed the change in himself and could not help asking, "Master... why has the fortune of the Three Teachings increased so greatly? Not only our Jie Sect, but the Human Sect and Exposition Sect as well. My own total fortune has increased by more than ten percent."

Tongtian stroked his beard and laughed. "Haha... Duobao, you have a fine disciple."

"My disciple? Could this great increase in the Three Teachings' fortune be related to my disciple? What did he do?" Duobao was stunned as well.

Tongtian stroked his beard and said, "My fine granddisciple used the Dao Script of our Three Teachings to simplify a form of writing and pass it down to the Human Clan. In the end, this writing was accepted by the Human Clan and became Human Clan Script. With writing, the Human Clan's development accelerated, and the Three Teachings connected to them naturally saw a tremendous increase in fortune. Beyond that, Chen Yang gained the Human Clan's recognition and was honored by all of them as the Human Clan's Teacher. That position is equivalent to Kunpeng's status as the Demon Clan's Teacher."

"Hiss... That brat insisted on going to the Human Clan, saying it was for the Human Pool. Who would have thought he would create Human Clan Script and become the Human Clan's Teacher? Master... would the Suiren Clan and the others..." Duobao did not know what to say.

"Rest assured, the Suiren Clan and the others have no objections. If it had been anyone else, or another disciple of the Three Teachings, who created Human Clan Script, the Suiren Clan and the others would never have accepted it. Chen Yang is different. He can be considered to have come from the Human Clan, and he once endured a great tribulation alongside them. There is no issue with that bond. Moreover, from the beginning of his cultivation, Chen Yang purified his bloodline. Later, through tempering with Great Sun True Fire and cleansing in the Human Pool, he became a pure Human Clan member. Not a trace of blood from outside the Human Clan remained within him.

With such an orthodox identity, he wore beast-hide clothes and traveled step by step through every Human Clan tribe, passing down Human Clan Script. Along the way, he used a secret technique to carry mountains upon his back. It appeared to be body tempering, but in truth, it also reflected the Human Clan's struggle.

Especially the line, 'As Heaven moves with vigor, a gentleman should strive constantly for self-improvement.' Those words thoroughly won the Suiren Clan's recognition and gained the approval of all Human Clan sages. Only then could the writing Chen Yang created become Human Clan Script, and only then could Chen Yang obtain the title of Human Clan's Teacher," Tongtian said thoughtfully.

"I see... It seems Chen Yang's actions completely earned the recognition of the Suiren Clan and the others. Otherwise, this writing could not have become Human Clan Script," Duobao said.

"The Human Clan ultimately has some foundations. Those foundations may not amount to much, but they have an enormous influence on the Human Clan. This time, Chen Yang stumbled into it by chance. The writing simplified from Dao Script would not be rejected by your Uncle Laozi or Uncle Yuanshi. Chen Yang's identity and efforts also earned the Human Clan's recognition, allowing Human Clan Script to be established in the end," Tongtian said, stroking his beard.

Duobao nodded, his heart filled with relief.

At this moment, Chen Yang remained in a Human Clan tribe, secluded as he contemplated his realm. The scale of this breakthrough had surprised even him. He had broken through two realms in succession and achieved Immortal Great Unity. Moreover, the increase in fortune had been somewhat terrifying, leaving him rather baffled.

After remaining in seclusion for a long time, he stabilized his realm and digested the gains from his breakthrough.

Next, Chen Yang refined the Thousand Character Classic, Standards for Being a Good Student and Child, Hundred Family Surnames, and several basic elementary learning books that had become merit spiritual treasures during this journey of passing down writing. He fused them into a single book: Elementary Learning.

Elementary learning referred to the texts created to enlighten the Human Clan in its ignorant beginnings.

Thirteen volumes of elementary learning ultimately fused into one, becoming a top-grade spiritual treasure.

Chen Yang now looked at the book before him, which radiated the divine light of merit. "'Elementary Learning' is the Human Clan's elementary learning, as well as the origin of Human Clan Script and Human Clan civilization. It is already top-grade in quality. Once the Human Clan develops and countless texts proliferate through this book, it will continue evolving. Or rather, as long as Human Clan Script endures, this book will forever remain the Human Clan's foremost book."

With a smile, Chen Yang gazed at the book before him, greatly delighted. First of all, the quality of Elementary Learning was unquestionably that of a top-grade merit spiritual treasure.

Furthermore, Elementary Learning contained two divine abilities!

First: Civilization Proliferation! With this divine ability, any texts or secret arts created by the Human Clan through writing in the future could be examined through Elementary Learning. Put simply, Elementary Learning was the origin of Human Clan culture. Any Human Clan culture recorded through writing could be consulted or understood through this divine ability.

Second: Human Clan Fortune! Through this divine ability, Chen Yang would enjoy half a percent of the Human Clan's fortune. As long as the Human Clan endured and Human Clan Script remained unchanged, Chen Yang could rely on Elementary Learning to enjoy half a percent of the Human Clan's fortune. In other words, Elementary Learning carried half a percent of the Human Clan's fortune.

A single book carried half a percent of the Human Clan's fortune. Half a percent of their fortune was not much at present, but once the Human Clan developed, that half a percent would become terrifying.

Beyond that, Chen Yang discovered that his title of Human Clan's Teacher also allowed him to enjoy half a percent of the Human Clan's fortune. As long as the Human Clan endured and remembered Chen Yang as their teacher, he would eternally enjoy half a percent of their fortune.

It had to be said that Chen Yang had gained enormously from creating Human Clan Script.

After sensing the changes in fortune, Chen Yang put away Elementary Learning.

Afterward, Chen Yang sensed the merit of creating writing stored within his body. This amount of merit far exceeded what he had possessed before. If he refined it, it would surely be enough to help him enter the Daluo Realm.

However, Chen Yang knew clearly that he absolutely could not rely on merit to raise his cultivation.

"So be it... Master said that I must never use merit to improve my cultivation. Then I will do as before and integrate this merit into spiritual treasures. Forget Elementary Learning—this amount of merit is nowhere near enough for it to evolve into a merit supreme treasure. I might as well enhance the Four Treasures of Scholarship. Perhaps it can further strengthen their effect of increasing wisdom," Chen Yang murmured.

As he spoke, he integrated all the merit he had gained from creating writing into the Four Treasures of Scholarship. The brush, ink, paper, and inkstone received equal shares. Their quality improved further, though they regrettably did not reach the top-grade level.

It had to be said that improving the quality of spiritual treasures was far more difficult than cultivation. Even so, once the Four Treasures of Scholarship fused together, their effect of increasing wisdom would become even more formidable.

Several hundred years later, Chen Yang had stabilized his realm and emerged from his place of seclusion.

Sui Qing had been waiting. When he saw Chen Yang emerge, he said, "Uncle Chen Yang... you finally came out. An immortal elder from the Jie Sect has been waiting for you for a long time."

Chen Yang calculated slightly. "I spent several hundred years in seclusion this time. Who came looking for me during that period?"

Somewhat puzzled, Chen Yang followed Sui Qing's lead toward a certain place in the tribe. The tribe was no longer as it had been when Chen Yang first arrived. With the Human Clan developing through writing, their lives had improved over the past ten thousand years, and the changes were immense.

Very soon, Chen Yang arrived at the place and saw a Daoist.

"Aunt-Master Wudang... why is it you? Why have you come?" Chen Yang recognized her at once.

Wudang Holy Mother studied Chen Yang for a long time before saying, "Nephew... in only ten thousand years, you have caused such a tremendous stir. You passed down Human Clan Script and became the Human Clan's Teacher. Now, even the Three Teachings' fortune has greatly increased because of you..."

Hearing that, Chen Yang was puzzled. "Aunt-Master, isn't that a little exaggerated?"

Wudang Holy Mother shook her head. "It is not as simple as you think. Very well, I will explain it properly to you. This is also what your master instructed."

Wudang Holy Mother then told Chen Yang about many matters, allowing him to understand just how much had been implicated behind his creation of Human Clan Script.

Chen Yang's expression changed. "Aunt-Master... I never expected that creating Human Clan Script would involve so much. Then did I really stumble into this by chance?"

"Sigh... more or less. You stumbled into becoming the Human Clan's Teacher. You really are something," Wudang Holy Mother said.

Chen Yang smiled. "I'm lucky!"

"Enough. It is fine as long as you understand this matter. Next, your master sent word and instructed me to tell you a few things," Wudang Holy Mother said.

"What things?" Chen Yang asked, puzzled.

"First: your master has ordered you not to return to Golden Ao Island for the time being. Even if you go to Kunlun or Shouyang Mountain, you must not return to Golden Ao Island. Second: if you have nothing else to do, visit Longevity Mountain and pay your respects to Immortal Zhenyuan. Third: delay your breakthrough into the Daluo Realm. You must proceed cautiously," Wudang Holy Mother said.

Chen Yang's expression changed, becoming somewhat grave. "Aunt-Master... has something major happened in the Jie Sect? Why can't I return to Golden Ao Island for the time being? Is it because of the struggle among the core disciples?"

"More or less. Senior Brother Duobao has not been in a very good mood recently, so he has been far harsher when dealing with outer disciples. That has caused some trouble. Fortunately, Master is overseeing matters, so no major problem will arise. However, this purge of the outer disciples has also revealed certain flaws within the Jie Sect. Therefore, Senior Brother Duobao intends to thoroughly reorganize the Jie Sect's disciples," Wudang Holy Mother said gravely.

Chen Yang's expression changed. "I see, I understand. But Master has been in a bad mood—did something happen?"

"Not long ago, Uncle Hongyun fell. Your master, Duobao, was on good terms with Uncle Hongyun, but he has fallen, so..." Wudang Holy Mother said.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yang's expression grew grave. "He fell? Senior Hongyun fell? Who did it?"