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Chapter 23 Laying Out the Human Race
Chapter Twenty-Three: Laying Out the Human Race
Ever since half of the human race's fortune went to Xuan Chu, Hong Jun has become restless. As the representative of the Heavenly Dao, he is well aware of the importance of the human race. He absolutely cannot let the human race slip out of his control. For this reason, he specially summoned Tai Shang. After learning that Tai Shang had not made much progress in comprehending the Primordial Purple Qi, Hong Jun asked Tai Shang to visit the human race more often.
"Teacher, are you saying that the human race is very important?" Taishang asked Hongjun tentatively.
Hongjun shook his head and said, "It cannot be spoken of. Heavenly secrets cannot be revealed. You must understand everything yourself. Alright, it's getting late. Go back now and remember what your master said."
"Disciple understands!" Hongjun seemed to say nothing, but it was as if he had said everything. Taishang was also a wise person, so he naturally understood what Hongjun was saying.
After leaving Zixiao Palace, Taishang first returned to Kunlun Mountain and briefly explained a few words to Yuanshi, but he did not tell Yuanshi what Hongjun had said to him. Since the Tongtian incident, Taishang had seen through Yuanshi's character, so he still had some reservations about Yuanshi.
Having bid farewell to the primitive world, Tai Shang came to the shores of the East Sea. Just like Xuan Chu before him, he concealed his cultivation and identity, living among the human race as an ordinary person.
Inside the Pangu Palace on Mount Buzhou, Xuan Chu emerged from the Blood Pool Secret Realm, his face filled with disappointment. He murmured, "I'm still a little short. If I had more human fortune, I could definitely return to the Primordial Limitless Golden Immortal Realm." After saying this, Xuan Chu turned his gaze to the shores of the East Sea. He had been in seclusion for a thousand years and wondered how the human race was developing now.
"Twelve Ancestral Witches, come to the Pangu Palace at once!"
After receiving Xuan Chu's message, the Twelve Ancestral Witches immediately headed to the Pangu Palace. Soon, all eleven Ancestral Witches except Hou Tu arrived.
"Greetings, Uncle!" the eleventh Ancestral Witch said, bowing to Xuan Chu.
"No need for such formalities!"
"Uncle, my sister Houtu is training human shamans among the human race and cannot return for the time being. Please do not take offense." Houtu was the only one of the eleven ancestral shamans who was missing. Dijiang and the others were worried that Xuan Chu would have a bad opinion of Houtu, so they explained.
"Human shaman?" Xuan Chu didn't care that Hou Tu hadn't come, but was very interested in the appearance of human shamans. This also existed in his previous life, but there weren't many records of human shamans.
"What's the deal with this sorcerer? Tell me in detail," Xuan Chu pressed.
As the eldest, Dijiang told Xuanchu in detail about the interactions between the human race and the human shamans over the years, as well as how the human shamans came to be.
Upon hearing this, Xuan Chu immediately had an idea. He thought to himself, "Although only 30% of the human race are human witches, in just a thousand years, human witches have become an indispensable force for the human race. If we can use human witches as a medium to transmit the faith power of the witch race to the human race and strengthen the influence of the witch race on the human race, then even if the Heavenly Dao Saint preaches to the human race in the future, he will not be able to shake the foundation of the witch race in the human race."
"Houtu requests an audience with Uncle!" Houtu's voice came from outside the Pangu Palace.
"Come in!"
After Houtu entered the Pangu Palace, she bowed to Xuan Chu and said, "Houtu greets Uncle!"
"No need for formalities!" Xuan Chu nodded and said, "Houtu, I've heard that you've been staying among the human race all these years, training human shamans. How's the progress? How many human shamans are there now? And how many of them are loyal to my shaman clan?"
Houtu said, "Uncle, Houtu passed on the body-refining techniques practiced by ordinary witches to human witches. Because they have half witch blood, the strength of human witches has been greatly enhanced, and they are now strong enough to fight against newly awakened demon beasts. Over the years, tens of millions of human witches have chosen to stay among the human race. Houtu can guarantee that they are all loyal to the witch race. In addition, the strength of human witches has also attracted a considerable number of physically strong humans to choose to practice the body-refining techniques of our witch race."
Upon hearing this, Xuan Chu was quite satisfied. This was a very good omen. The appearance of the human witch and the inheritance of the witch clan's body-refining techniques among the human race meant that the witch clan had begun to establish itself among the human race.
"Houtu, do you think it's feasible to establish a force among the human race that worships Brother Pangu?" Xuan Chu asked. It was definitely unrealistic to ask the human race to either abandon themselves or worship the Twelve Ancestral Witches. Putting aside everything else, if such a force were to actually appear, the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun would definitely intervene to stop it. However, worshipping Pangu was different. Pangu was the creator god of the primordial world. Although the emergence of the human race had little to do with Pangu, as long as one lived in the primordial world, who would dare not acknowledge Pangu? Therefore, it was normal for the human race to worship Pangu.
"Uncle, it's definitely feasible. The human race is very clear about the origins of our Wu clan, especially the human Wu, whose respect for Father God Pangu is no less than that of the Wu clan. So Houtu thinks we can give it a try." Houtu said. After thousands of years of interaction with the human race, Houtu felt the importance of the human race more and more. This is a race that is born with innate Dao bodies and is destined to be favored by heaven and earth. It would be against the natural order for such a race not to rise. If the Wu clan's heritage can be left among the human race, it would be equivalent to leaving a way out for the Wu clan.
"Alright, Houtu, this matter is not suitable for the Wu Clan to handle. Choose a suitable person from among the human Wu to lead this effort. Remember, don't be too deliberate; let it happen naturally. Also, don't rush things at the beginning. Spread it among the human Wu first, and then gradually expand it. Understand?" Xuan Chu said. If the Wu Clan were to establish this power, it would inevitably make the humans wonder if the Wu Clan had ulterior motives. But if the human Wu were to do it, it would be completely different. After all, the human Wu have half Wu Clan blood, worship Pangu, and it's reasonable for them to be close to the Wu Clan. As for whether they can absorb pure-blooded humans in the future, that depends on future developments.
"Uncle, rest assured, Houtu knows what to do," Houtu said.
Soon, a force called Panwang Palace emerged among the human witches, absorbing all human witches into its ranks. Panwang Palace worshipped Pangu and practiced the witch race's body-refining techniques. Moreover, it was stipulated that only members of Panwang Palace could practice these techniques. As a result, many pure-blooded humans who aspired to body-refining techniques chose to join Panwang Palace. Soon, Panwang Palace began to expand into various human tribes. Due to the existence of Panwang Palace, it effectively defended the human race against the invasion of demonic beasts and protected the human race. Therefore, the human race's high-ranking officials turned a blind eye to this.
After spending another hundred years in the Pangu Palace, Xuan Chu planned to return to the shores of the East Sea. Since obtaining half of the human race's fortune, Xuan Chu's cultivation level had shown signs of loosening for the first time. This made Xuan Chu even more convinced that as long as he had more human race fortune, he would be able to return to the Hunyuan Wuji Da Luo Jinxian realm in no time.