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Xuanzhen said calmly: "Actually, I came here to tell you something."

Le Jing put down his wine glass and looked at Xuanzhen intently: "Please tell me."

"This is actually not the real prehistoric era. The person sitting next to you is not the real me, but my clone." After Xuanzhen said this, he stuffed a green plum into his mouth, and said in a wicked way Waiting for Lejing's next reaction.

Le Jing was startled, a little surprised, but not too surprised.

This time it was Xuanzhen who was curious, "You don't look very surprised. Did you guess it a long time ago?"

"Actually, I have long felt strange." Le Jing carefully recalled all the unreasonable details of this plane, "First of all, it is the sun in the sky."

"Is there something wrong with the sun?"

"The number of suns varies every day. This undoubtedly violates the laws of nature and has caused great disasters to the creatures in the ancient world. However, none of the gods and Buddhas in the sky spoke up, and just allowed the Golden Crow Prince to do whatever he wanted."

"Oh?" Xuanzhen raised his eyebrows and asked with interest: "Why can't we just focus on pursuing the great road and stop interfering in all the affairs of the past?"

The young man's eyes were like an unsheathed sword for a moment, and he was so sharp: "What is Tao?" Without waiting for Xuanzhen to answer, he replied decisively: "Tao is natural, and Tao is the law of heaven. Now there are demons who have messed up this law of heaven, you guys If you ignore it and pursue the great path, then your path will be an evil path!"

Xuanzhen was speechless for a moment, then he couldn't help but clapped his hands and praised: "Well said!"

"This is one. The second is that there are no saints in this ancient world, and there are no gods and Buddhas in the sky." The young man talked eloquently: "I asked the patriarch that none of the gods and Buddhas with names in this ancient world have not walked around in the ancient world for a long time. ”

Xuanzhen asked again: "Perhaps they don't want to be contaminated by the turbidity of the world of mortals, so they are retreating to comprehend the great road?"

Le Point nodded: "I thought so at first, but I don't think that enlightenment means staying in seclusion. That's just peeking inside a tube and working behind closed doors."

Xuanzhen said calmly: "I would like to hear the details."

"What is the turbidity of the world of mortals? The ascetics are already in the world of mortals, so how can they be contaminated? Does it mean that to practice Taoism, you have to live in isolation, seclusion, enlightenment, and cut off the seven emotions and six desires?" Le Jing shook his head and gave a firm answer, "No. If that's the case, then what the ascetics want to practice is **. This is a paradox."

"There is an old saying in my hometown: Read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. Another saying is: What you read on paper will eventually make you feel shallow. If you learn about it, you must act on it. If you blindly retreat to enlightenment, you will not see anything more than a small area of ​​​​the world. , How can we know the vastness of the sky, the thickness of the earth, the turbulence of the sea, and the majesty of the desert? "The young man's eyes are clear and peaceful, like the clear sky, and the sea and the sky are connected. "Cultivation is about the state of mind.

Xuanzhen looked at this young man who was talking complicatedly. He was just a mortal without any magic power, but he could see more clearly and thoroughly than some immortal cultivators who had spent their whole lives seeking enlightenment.

Born with Taoism.

If this child were born in ancient times, his future would be limitless!

"There is also the last reason, which is also the most important reason." Le Jing showed a sly smile, "Whether it's human or demon, the creatures here are too weak."

According to what the clan leader Hu said, the powerful senior leader has long since retired and is not concerned with worldly affairs. As the strongest warrior in the clan, Xiong's fighting ability is almost as different as Keynes. In the past few days, Le Jing has visited the Yousu tribe on the spot and found that although all the tribesmen are soldiers, most of them are only proficient in fairy magic and witchcraft, and they do not have the legendary power to shake the world.

But such a human tribe can be inseparable from the demon tribe. According to seniors from the Su tribe who have traveled, the strength of the ten demon saints of the demon tribe is almost the same as that of the top elites of the human tribe. As for them, The little demons below are even ordinary people who are proficient in magic. They can resist them with weapons and even kill them.

All this is not only very different from the prehistoric times recorded on Earth, but also very different from the legends spread in this plane.

The explanation given by the fox is that the great masters of the past have all gone to pursue the great road and have no concern for worldly matters, which is why the demon clan is so rampant. But Le Jing did not accept this argument. In his opinion, it was as if the gods and Buddhas in the sky had collectively abandoned all living beings in this plane.

Moreover, Lejing still has one biggest reason that he has not said yet.

In Le Ling's classification, this plane belongs to the A16 plane, and there is an S-level plane above it. He does not believe that China's ultimate mythological system, the prehistoric world, only ranks 16th in the A-level.

Now that Xuanzhen said this, everything suddenly became clear. This is the prehistoric period, but it is not the prehistoric period.

Xuanzhen looked at Le Jing with admiration: "Then I have to say that your idea is correct. This is just a small plane derived from the prehistoric times. At the beginning, there was abundant spiritual energy here, and gods and Buddhas spread their knowledge here. Lower Dao Lineage, but with the passage of spiritual energy here, fewer and fewer human beings can realize the Dao and ascend successfully. The gods and Buddhas gradually forget about this plane. I am the last human being to ascend from this plane."

"So you came back here because...?"

"Because of you." A hint of sarcasm flashed in Xuanzhen's eyes, "Because of your variable that disrupted the stars, we discovered Di Jun's trick."

Di Jun’s trick?

In the flash of lightning, the suns coming and going in the sky suddenly appeared in Le Jing's mind. He asked tentatively: "Is it the Golden Crow Prince...?"

Xuanzhen glanced at him in surprise. He could infer to this point just by his words. This requires a smart mind and careful thoughts. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Hui Ji will be hurt.

However, he didn't reveal anything on his face. He nodded slightly and acknowledged the young man's judgment, "Back then, there was a war between humans and demons. Ten days came to the sky. Hou Yi shot down nine days. Emperor Jun lost his nine sons. Naturally, he was in pain. After that battle, Quite caused a period of turmoil in the prehistoric times . In the end, the human race was victorious, and Emperor Jun lived in seclusion from the world. We originally thought that he put aside his hatred and devoted himself to enlightenment, but we didn't expect that he actually made such a plan behind his back, and went to great lengths to conceal the secret of heaven, and spread the gods and Buddhas all over the sky. They were all kept in the dark.”

"This plane is not a spiritual energy overflowing at all, but Di Jun injected the spiritual energy of the entire plane into the sun's essence fire, and then integrated it with the remaining souls of the Nine Sons that he managed to retain. He is trying to resurrect the dead Nine Sons!" When Xuanzhen said this, a trace of anger appeared in his eyes: "The continuous human-monster war in this plane was provoked by Emperor Jun for his own plan and to cover up others' eyes."

Xuanzhen took a breath and continued: "In this world, life and death are natural laws and have their own destiny. Resurrection of the dead is an act against nature, and naturally requires a price. And because the objects of this resurrection are the nine sons of the Demon Emperor, one Since he was born as the Golden Crow Crown Prince, the price paid by Emperor Jun is the life of all living beings in this plane."

Le Jing took a breath, because he never expected Di Jun to be so crazy.

"Didn't even the saint notice it at first?" Le Jing couldn't help but ask. Emperor Jun's magic can hide the gods and Buddhas all over the sky, but he can only hide it from the saints.

"Saint?" I’m no longer in the wilderness, traveling to other worlds to understand the great ways.”

Le Jing suddenly realized that this made sense. Why did Di Jun want to provoke a dispute between humans and monsters in this plane? Because if he sacrificed all the creatures in the entire plane in one breath, he would not only be responsible for the great cause and effect of destroying the world, but would also attract the attention of gods and Buddhas all over the sky, which might make his plan go bankrupt. But it would be different if it was just provoking a war. War is a common thing in this ancient world, and it will not be stopped by the law of heaven, and he does not have to bear any heavy karma. Di Jun's purpose is to use the war to consume more lives in this plane, paving the way for him to resurrect his nine sons.

This is undoubtedly a crazy enough method, and it is enough to conceal the truth. There are so many planes below the ancient world, and the gods and Buddhas in the sky will not take this plane seriously. The only thing he didn't count was Le Jing's arrival.

"You have a special destiny and a special origin. Almost as soon as you came to this plane, the gods and Buddhas in the sky sensed it, and then they followed the clues and noticed Emperor Jun's plan, so we unanimously cast spells to hide the secret and hide it from Emperor Jun. I know your existence." Xuanzhen explained to Lejing.

Le Jing asked curiously: "Then what is my destiny?"

In response, Xuanzhen showed a sly smile, shook his head and said, "The secret must not be leaked."

Le Jing was speechless and could only ask one more question: "Then what are your plans?" He looked at Xuanzhen with an inquiring look: "Why did you tell me this?"

"Of course...it's also part of our plan." Xuanzhen sighed and lamented: "Emperor Jun has been practicing Taoism for millions of years. It is not easy to practice. As fellow Taoists, we really can't bear to see him make mistakes again and again and go down the wrong path."

Le Jing understood: "You want to give him a hand."

"That's right." Xuanzhen nodded heavily, looked at Le Jing sincerely and said, "Since you are here, it is God's will. This is Emperor Jun's calamity, and it is also his opportunity. If he can successfully survive this calamity, then His cultivation level will definitely rise to another level. If he cannot survive, he will die sooner or later. Your goal can be said to be contrary to Di Jun's plan. If you can succeed, then Di Jun may not really be able to wake up. , return to the right path.”

This is the real reason why Xuanzhen secretly sent his clone here to tell Lejing everything.

"Honestly." Le Jing rubbed his nose, feeling a little depressed, "I feel like I've been calculated against."

Xuanzhen asked with a smile: "So will you change your mind because of this?"

Le Jing looked at him seriously, but in the end he couldn't hold back any longer. The smile on his lips got bigger and bigger, his eyes were magnanimous and free: "That's not true. I am a stubborn person. So I never change my mind easily. And unified Here, the matter of ending the war and establishing the country comes from my own heart, and it is not calculated by you. The only thing you do is probably to follow the trend. This is an honest conspiracy, and I will not be angry. "

Xuanzhen laughed heartily, "I kind of like you." He looked at Le Jing seriously and asked, "Do you want to come to practice Taoism?"

Le Jing waved his hand without thinking and rejected his proposal: "I am just a layman." He laughed at himself: "I am too greedy for the fireworks of this mortal world, and I am destined to never learn how to be born in this life."

Xuanzhen was noncommittal and just said: "You are not alone, the gods and Buddhas in the sky are watching you."

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Now that the truth has been learned from Xuanzhen, some changes must be made to Lejing's plan.

Originally, he wanted to secretly form alliances with the Jiuli tribe and the Xiyi tribe to sow discord between the two tribes. Then the Su tribe would sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, waiting for work. No matter which side wins, they can effectively consume the two tribes. strength.

Now, he can only take the path of peaceful development and peaceful evolution.

This matter cannot be accomplished overnight, and it still needs to be done slowly. Moreover, if we are not careful, it may even weaken the human race and create opportunities for the demon race.

He thought about it and asked the fox to call the high-level people in the tribe to prepare for a small meeting. At present, only a few high-level people in the tribe know about Le Jing's existence, and he has no intention of letting more people know about his existence for the time being. Because I am the enemy in the dark, this is more conducive to his future planning.

The participants in the meeting were the fox, the witch, the bear as the leader of the hunting team, and six tribal elders, most of whom were former witches and clan leaders.

There are no etiquette rules in the future. The ten of them sat on the ground with their legs crossed in a circle, and there was no distinction between high and low.

First, the fox asked Le Jing: "I don't know why the human master called us here?"

The young man thought for a few seconds and slowly said: "Does anyone know how many people there are in the tribe, how many men, how many women, how many old people, and how many children?"

This question is too weird. Everyone looked at each other for a long time, and Fox said hesitantly: "I checked with my mental power, there are about 400,000 people. Men and women account for about half each, and the elderly and children..." Fox's forehead has begun to sweat, "I haven't noticed it."

Each tribe can only count the number of strong men and women who can participate in the war in detail. After all, they are the main criterion for measuring the strength of a tribe. As for children and the elderly? To be honest, they are marginalized people in the tribe. Because of the high mortality rate of children in this era, children who have not grown up will not attract the attention of the tribe. And the elderly are even regarded as a waste of food in some tribes, so in some barbaric tribes, there is even a custom of killing the elderly or even eating the elderly to save resources. Although the Yousu tribe is not so barbaric because of its relatively rich resources, it is impossible to expect them to give special care to the elderly like the earth in the future.

When the young man put away the smile on his face, the coldness and sharpness in his bones were revealed: "About? Almost? Haven't noticed it?" He paused and said with great certainty: "In other words, none of you know the exact number."

This is what Le Jing expected. The level of civilization development in this plane is very uneven. To say that they are backward, they already have simple writing. Elites like Fox in the tribe can even roughly estimate the number of hundreds of thousands of people with their mental power. But to say that they are developed, it is not entirely true. In the eyes of Le Jing, a modern man, they are a primitive society under the system of Xiuxian civilization, not even an agricultural society.

Everyone was silent. There was an elder, a woman named Su Qing, who was a former witch, and asked: "Why do we need to know this? What benefit does this bring to the tribe?"

The young man laughed softly, and his voice became softer: "Of course it is beneficial." He looked at Su Qing and asked with a warm smile: "May I ask the elder, if we need to recruit soldiers for war, how many strong men and women can be drawn from the tribe at most? How many of the remaining elderly and children can be responsible for logistics work?"

"This..."

"May I ask how many people's food should the tribe prepare if it is stored during the disaster years? If there is a plague, how many medicinal materials should the tribe prepare?"

"This..."

"If we want to farm, how many acres of land should be distributed to people? The land share of the elderly must not be equal to that of the middle-aged men and women, right?"

The young man whispered every question, with a smile on his face, but every one of his questions was so sharp that it was hard to resist. Su Qing was sweating faintly on her forehead. She hesitated for a long time, and finally had something to say after hearing the young man's last question, "Farm? What kind of land?" She looked at Le Jing in confusion, "Grow medicinal herbs? This kind of thing is everywhere, there is no need to plant it specially."

Le Jing just wanted to sigh. This is the backwardness and limitation of the primitive hunting and gathering economy. In this era, whether human beings can survive and their living standards depend on how much food they collect or how many animals they kill. This is also the reason why the matriarchal society was formed in ancient times. Because compared with the unstable and dangerous hunting activities, the gathering industry engaged in by women is undoubtedly safer and more stable, and can feed more people. This knowledge was passed on by word of mouth among women, thus establishing the status of women in the tribe. But even so, the mortality rate of primitive humans remained high.

In "A Global History: The World Before 1500", the author made such a calculation: in the ancient times of human beings, "even in those areas with warm winter climate and abundant resources, each square mile can only support one or two food gatherers; if it is in a cold climate, in a tropical jungle or desert area, then 20 to 30 square miles of land are needed to support each food gatherer.①" So cannibalism was a very normal thing in ancient times.

The emergence of agricultural civilization marks the transformation of human beings from gatherers who rely on the gifts of nature to self-reliant food producers, which is a great event in the history of human civilization.

On Earth, humans have been trying animal husbandry and planting since about 10,000 to 20,000 years ago. And the primitive humans have been multiplying for tens of thousands of years, but they have always relied on hunting and gathering. Is it because they are dumber than humans on Earth?

Of course not.

Because agricultural civilization can only develop in a relatively peaceful and stable external environment. And what kind of world is the prehistoric world? Humans and demons fight in melee, alien beasts appear, and human beings are in danger. However, the crops grown cannot be taken with you and are always at risk of being plundered and destroyed. And because of the existence of sorcery, fairy magic and witchcraft, personal force has been infinitely exaggerated and everyone is martial, which has hindered the development of agricultural civilization here.

But in the long run, agricultural civilization will undoubtedly be beneficial to the people here. Its biggest benefit is to increase the average life expectancy and increase the population. In later generations of capitalist society, capitalists put forward a concept called human resources. They regarded human beings as a resource that could be used. What a cold idea. But we have to admit that human beings are indeed a very useful recyclable, green and pollution-free resource.

And this is the biggest reason why Le Jing plotted against the demon clan before and caused civil strife in the demon clan. He wanted to create an opportunity for the Sioux tribe to be relatively peaceful and develop agricultural civilization.

So in response to Su Qing's question, Le Jing told her a story about an agriculturist named Yuan Longping.

The hybrid rice he invented solved the problem of food for China's 1.4 billion people, allowing China to feed 20% of the world's population with 7% of the world's cultivated land, creating a miracle that attracted worldwide attention. In ancient times, he would have been regarded as a national scholar and left a name in history, and he would have been enshrined in a shrine by the people!

Finally, in order to make the number 1.4 billion more realistic for these primitive people, Le Jing added: "If your tribe has 400,000 people, then 1.4 billion people is equivalent to 3,500 Sioux tribes."

So Hu and the others, who were just listening to a book from heaven, were suddenly dizzy by this huge number. Su Qing even stuttered: "Really, are there really so many people?"

Le Jing nodded affirmatively: "However, the hybrid rice we have there has to be improved over generations to achieve such a high yield, and most of it is used for industrial purposes and is not edible. The crops such as rice and wheat here are still relatively primitive. The yield may not be very high in the early stage, but I think it will be no problem if the population of the Sioux tribe is at least doubled.”

In the past few days, Lejing has discovered traces of wheat and rice in the Yousu tribe, but they have been regarded as weeds and have not been planted. Le Jing observed carefully and found that the ears of wheat and rice here were plump and had a delicate fragrance when chewed carefully, which was no worse than those on Earth. He guessed it had something to do with the aura-filled Feng Shui here.

The development of modern agriculture mainly relies on pesticides and chemical fertilizers. As a liberal arts student, of course he is not worthy of this. However, this is a primitive place. Fertilize with the feces and urine of insect-eating animals to keep insects at bay. If you plant some natural materials and earthly treasures in the ground, they will automatically improve the land into fertile spiritual fields suitable for planting.

Fox's breath was suffocated, his heart was pounding, and he felt dizzy. Double...that means they have a Sioux tribe population that may even reach one million!

The first tribe of one million people in the wild! This future is so attractive to Kitsune!

Others present could not help but whisper to each other and make a buzzing discussion.

In order to convince these people, Le Jing simply followed the local customs and made an oath: "I swear by heaven, what I just said is the truth. If there is a false statement, I will be struck by five thunders and my soul will be destroyed."

This is a very vicious oath. Generally, no one dares to say this, because the law of heaven has a spirit, and if the oath made to heaven is violated, the law of heaven will really punish the swearer. So when Le Jing said this, Hu and the others immediately believed it.

They are not short-sighted and naturally understand the benefits of doing so. Although ascetics can cultivate to a certain level, they will not be affected by cold or heat or eat grains, but not everyone can cultivate to that level. Most of the people in the tribe are ordinary people who are proficient in magic, witchcraft and magic, and they still need to eat and drink normally.

But……

The fox said tangledly: "Every ten years in the autumn and winter, a beast tide will break out. The demon tribe will launch attacks on human tribes and rob our food, cattle and horses. In four years, a new beast tide will break out. If I'm afraid to start planting..."

Le Jing smiled slightly at this and said firmly: "Four years is enough."

And it’s unclear whether the demon clan will have the strength to organize a new wave of beasts in four years’ time.

"Do you have any objection to a thorough census in the tribe in three days?" Le Jing asked.

This time, no one had any objections.