"Hahaha, good, good, good. Get up!”Xuandu laughed loudly and helped Shen Nong up.
Ever since Shen Nong became his disciple, Xuandu had been staying in the human tribe to impart Shen Nong's mantras.
As time passed, Shen Nong grew up day by day. At the same time, his magic power realm also became higher and higher.
One day, Xuandu called Shennong to him.
"Teacher, why did you call me?”Shen Nong asked respectfully.
"It's like this. Now that you've learned more or less the Tao technique, you don't have to worry about protecting yourself! However, your path is not to learn the Dao, but to work for the welfare of the human race! It's time for you to graduate! I've always been here. If you have anything you don't understand, you can ask me. I'll definitely tell you everything I know!”Xuandu explained.
"Yes, teacher. Your disciple will do as you say!" Although Shen Nong was reluctant to part with him, he still listened to Xuandu.
After Shen Nong returned to his tribe, he was stunned by the scene in front of him!
When Shen Nong was first born, there were fruit trees all over the mountains and plains, and there were countless fruits. Although the fruit trees were still there, there was not a single fruit on them!
When they were born in the stream, they could easily catch a fish. Now, they could not even see the shadow of a fish. Even the area that the clansmen had specially divided to raise small fish was left with very few small fish!
When he was a child, small animals such as rabbits could be seen everywhere on the mountain. Now, there was not a single animal in sight!
And the population of the tribe continued to increase, several times more than before! Even his father had given him more than ten younger brothers in the ten years he had been away from home!
It had only been more than ten years! How did such a huge change happen in the tribe? And now, there was already a phenomenon of people starving to death in the tribe! The surrounding tribes were not any better!
If this continued, the human race would be in danger!
Although human beings knew that they couldn't drain the pond to catch all the fish, the growth and reproduction speed of these fish and wild beasts were far slower than the growth speed of human population! Naturally, this would happen!
Looking at the Human Tribe worrying about food every day, and more and more people in the tribe starving to death, Shen Nong could not bear it. After all, he was a member of the Human Tribe and the future Earth Emperor of the Human Tribe. Naturally, he would not sit idly by!
When Shen Nong was eighteen years old, he finally could not take it anymore. He knelt in front of Xuandu and begged Xuandu to help him or to teach him a way to solve his doubts!
Xuandu had no choice but to face Shennong, who was kneeling beside him and begging him. He was just like Taiqing Laozi, obsessed with cultivation. How could he know about these things?
Xuandu could only say,"Wait here for a moment. I'll be right back!"”
Obviously, Xuandu had gone to Lu Ya for help!
"Fellow Daoist Lu Ya, I really have no choice but to come and find you! I hope Fellow Daoist can help me!" Xuandu came to Lu Ya for help and told him the difficulties in detail.
"What's so difficult about that? The fish and beasts were almost finished. Why not find a substitute? The substitute had to grow fast enough and produce large enough, but it did not have to be meat!”Luya smiled calmly.
"What are these substitutes? Where can I find the substitutes that Fellow Daoist mentioned? Xuandu asked.
Luya pointed with his finger, and Xuandu knew the specific information about the five grains!
"Remember! He couldn't tell Shen Nong about this directly. He only needed to tell him to pay more attention to the things around him! At most, you can only provide some clues. He has to find everything himself!”Lu Ya added.
"Xuandu understands. Thank you, Fellow Daoist Lu Ya! It's urgent, goodbye!" Xuandu thanked him and hurriedly returned to his original place.
"Why isn't the teacher here yet?" Shen Nong waited for Xuandu for several hours, but he did not see him. He could not help but feel anxious. However, his teacher told him to wait here, so he naturally did not dare to leave without permission. He could only pace back and forth.
"Teacher, you're here!" Seeing Xuandu appear, Shen Nong said excitedly.
"Yes! Since the fish and beasts were almost finished, why not find a substitute? Pay more attention to the things around you!”Xuandu pointed out a path for Shennong.
Hearing Xuandu's words, Shen Nong was naturally extremely happy. Xuandu would not lie to him, so he only needed to carefully observe his surroundings!
Just like that, Shennong left his secluded place in Xuandu and returned to Jiangshui. At the same time, he began to pay attention to everything around him!
Time slowly passed, and just like that, another two months passed.
One day two months later, just as Shen Nong was deep in thought, a bird flew over from the horizon!
The bird landed at Shen Nong's feet, picked up a five-colored ear of rice, and flew away!
Seeing this, Shen Nong's heart skipped a beat.
If birds could eat, why couldn't humans?
Thinking of this, Shen Nong hurriedly picked up the other ears of rice on the ground and went to ask Xuandu for advice.
In front of Xuandu, Shennong told him about the matter of the rice ear and asked if it was feasible for the human race of Xuanqing to eat the rice ear. In the end, Xuandu nodded and expressed that it was feasible!
"This thing is called the ear of rice. It needs to be planted in the soil and watered with water to mature!”Xuandu said.
After hearing Xuandu's words, Shennong did not stay any longer. He picked up the ears of rice on the ground and went to plant them.
Indeed, as Xuandu had said, Shennong had found a place with sufficient water and heat and fertile soil to plant the ears of rice. After Shennong's careful cultivation, they had actually grown into a large area!
Then, Shennong began to taste the rice he had planted. After tasting it, Shennong felt that it was very delicious!
Therefore, Shen Nong began to teach people to cut down trees and weeds. They used axes, hoes, plows, and other production tools to reclaim the land and plant millet.
Although the grains were delicious, they were limited in quantity. Compared to the huge human race, they were still very weak.
Therefore, Shennong was only happy for a while before he started to worry again!
However, his worries were only temporary. Shennong had gained some inspiration from the millet. Millet could be planted year after year and could be harvested continuously, but what about other grasses?
One had to know that there were countless types of grass. Shen Nong had only discovered one type of grass that could be eaten by humans. He had yet to discover the other types of grass.
Thinking of this, Shen Nong couldn't help but feel delighted. If he could distinguish all the grasses and plant some useful ones for the human race, wouldn't he be able to completely solve the food problem of the human race?
Since he had thought of it, Shennong would not relax!
At this moment, the five grains and weeds grew together, and the herbs and flowers bloomed together. No one could tell which ones could be eaten and which ones could not.
For the sake of the future of the human race, Shen Nong tasted and planted the beans, wheat, rice, and other grains.
The appearance of the grains made people very happy, but soon, another problem came!
If he wanted to successfully grow the five grains, he needed sufficient water.
Haotian had been so busy with Yaoji that he had been trying to persuade her to let go of their relationship. However, it was useless. Yaoji had even contradicted him. Moreover, Yaoji had said that if he kept persuading her, she would not acknowledge him as her brother!
Heaven and earth! Haotian felt that he was doing this for her own good, but he did not expect her to contradict him like this!
In his depressed mood, Haotian did not want to see anyone as long as they were not people he could not afford to offend! Haotian had even forgotten about the regular rainfall, and no one came to remind him.
Without water, the grains would not ripen.
There was no other way. In the end, Shennong could only ask Xuandu for advice!
After telling Xuan Qing about the current problem, Xuan Du smiled and his entire face was filled with a relaxed expression! Xuandu knew how to solve Shennong's problem except for Haotian!
"Could it be that Master has thought of a way?" Shennong said happily!
"Disciple, do you know? The water in the world did not only come from the sky and the rivers and seas. There were also endless water sources underground!”Xuandu smiled faintly.
"There's a water source underground?" With a puzzled voice, Shen Nong returned to the human tribe!
After returning to the tribe, Shen Nong followed Xuandu's instructions and gathered a few strong men in the tribe to start digging for water!
Under everyone's relentless efforts, Shennong and the others finally dug a well in three days!
The spring water from this well was clear and sweet. Every day, people from a radius of nearly a hundred miles would come here to get water. Firstly, it was to irrigate the grain, and secondly, it was for their own families to drink!
As the series of things that Shen Nong had done to benefit the human race spread, Shen Nong's reputation grew!
In the end, the Jiang Clan's Patriarch, Shaodian, brought Shen Nong and his mother back to the Jiang Clan and passed the position of Patriarch to Shen Nong, making him the next Patriarch of the Jiang Clan.
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