Xu Qing, Wei Haoran, Jing Qing and Master Xuan Zhen returned to the boat on the road of cause and effect.

“Wow, this trip is really both ordinary and thrilling.” Wei Haoran exclaimed.

Except for the final attack by Wuzhiqi using the Huaihe River water transport, the period of time they spent together was actually very normal.

“Brother, do we still need to continue walking?”

Xu Qing looked ahead on this causal road.

“want!”

Somehow, Xu Qing could feel that something was waiting for him ahead.

And the purpose of his trip has not yet been fully accomplished.

The advancement of Dharma talismans and the search for the power of Confucian saints.

These two goals have not yet been truly achieved.

Xu Qing had a feeling that if he continued to move forward, he would reap rewards.

Xu Qing raised his hand, and some things fell onto the causal road under his feet.

“Is this… thick soil?” Jing Qing asked in surprise.

“It’s thick soil.” Xu Qing nodded.

“This is another great help that Emperor Yu has given us.”

With the power of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and Emperor Yu, Xu Qing could not imagine where this road would eventually lead to.

But no matter what, we have to keep moving forward.

“Let’s go.” Xu Qing activated the power of the magic talisman.

The boat slowly began to move towards a more distant point in time.

“Junior brother, shall we do it as before? Grandmaster Xuanzhen and I will be in charge of the ship’s navigation, and you and Jingqing will continue to retreat?”

“No. It’s my turn this time.”

“You come?” Wei Haoran raised his eyebrows, “But if you ask me to go into seclusion, I can’t improve much now.”

“I have almost reached the ninth level of the Immortal Fetus. There is no point in seclusion for me.”

“Huh?” Wei Haoran’s eyes widened. “What did you say?”

“You have already reached the ninth level of the Immortal Fetus? When did it happen?”

“When we embarked on this causal path, weren’t you only in the second stage of transformation?”

“Didn’t you go into seclusion last time?” Xu Qing said calmly.

“You went from the second level to the ninth level in one retreat? You didn’t retreat for long, right?” Wei Haoran didn’t understand.

When this junior fellow apprentice of mine embarked on the path of cause and effect, the speed at which his cultivation improved was already outrageous.

But it is not so outrageous that one can break through several small realms in succession after just a short period of seclusion.

It’s not a minor level of supernatural power, so continuous breakthroughs are understandable.

“The last time the five-clawed golden dragon left my body, it left something for me.”

Wei Haorong was speechless this time.

“I’m going to retreat.”

“Didn’t senior brother just say that your retreat was useless?” Jing Qing added.

“Can’t I just close my eyes if it’s useless? What if I make a breakthrough?” Wei Haoran rolled his eyes.

Jingqing sneered, but did not continue teasing his senior brother.

Because in the future she will definitely be in the same situation as her senior brother.

Wei Haoran went back to seclusion, cursing.

Jingqing followed closely behind.

Patriarch Xuanzhen glanced at Xu Qing and returned to the cabin without saying a word.

Xu Qing was alone on the deck.

His eyes swept across the various bizarre traces of cause and effect around him.

“I don’t know what’s going on in the real world.” Xu Qing muttered to himself.

The sense of urgency in my heart grows stronger as time goes by.

But he knew he couldn’t turn back.

He must complete all the goals on this trip.

Otherwise, doing it again will only waste more time.

“Now my talisman has integrated the power of Taoism and Buddhism, but it still lacks the power of Confucianism and Taoism.”

“But in the past, were there any events related to Confucianism and Taoism?”

Confucianism is not entirely the academic discipline established by Confucius in later generations.

The root of Confucianism lies in “ritual” and “virtue”.

Both “ritual” and “virtue” are related to rules, starting from when the first rule was established in this world.

The power of Confucianism and Taoism is like planting a seed.

All the events that followed were nothing more than allowing this seed to grow, and it was not until it reached the hands of Confucius that it truly acquired the identity of a “Confucian”.

Therefore, Confucianism, tracing back history, has always been rooted in the context of human race and heaven and earth.

It is the “literary way” corresponding to the “martial arts way”.

However, no one in the past truly became a saint through this way, but it was Confucius who achieved it in later generations.

He is also the only person among the three religions who became a saint in later generations.

Unlike Buddhism and Taoism, the characters in the earlier stories are more powerful, but become more mediocre as time goes on.

Xu Qing was thinking about what events related to literature and Taoism had happened before Emperor Yu.

Time passes bit by bit,
The boat moved forward aimlessly.

Xu Qing scanned the cause and effect fragments around him, trying to sense the contract for the advancement of the magic talisman from them.

But along the way, I didn’t feel that kind of mysterious connection.

As time passed, a look of solemnity gradually emerged between Xu Qing’s brows.

“Junior brother, if we go further, that will be the time of great catastrophe.” Wei Haoran walked out halfway.

He did not have as many opportunities as Xu Qing, nor was he at the critical point of breaking through like Jing Qing.

The seventh realm itself is an extremely long road, and some people spend their entire lives marking time there.

It is almost impossible for him to improve his cultivation level through seclusion in such a short period of time.

So going back to retreat actually means sleeping a lot.

After sleeping, I go out for a walk.

Seeing Xu Qing’s sad face, he couldn’t help but feel a little sad as well.

Xu Qing nodded upon hearing this.

Indeed, if we continue to move forward, that would be the time for a catastrophe that would affect the entire prehistoric continent.

In a great catastrophe, immortals are like ants.

When they, a few ordinary practitioners, went there, they were just a speck of dust on the side of the road.

The great torrent of catastrophe is rolling down, and if they are swept into it, they will basically be dead.

Xu Qing didn’t think he was special enough to thrive in such a catastrophe.

“What should we do now?” Wei Haoran sat down next to Xu Qing.

“There’s nothing we can do, we can only leave it to fate.” Xu Qing sighed.

However, just as he finished speaking.

The magic scroll hanging on the boat suddenly emitted a stream of light, flying forward as if guiding the way.

“Junior brother!” Wei Haoran’s eyes moved.

Xu Qing’s eyes were deep, and without hesitation he urged the boat under him to quickly chase in the direction of the flying light.

Finally, that stream of light penetrated into a cause and effect fragment.

Xu Qing did not follow rashly, but stopped in front of this cause and effect fragment.

The movement of the ship stopping was sensed by Jingqing in the cabin and Master Xuanzhen.

The two of them rushed out one after another.

“Junior brother.” Jing Qing came out of the cabin and looked in the direction where Xu Qing and Wei Haoran were looking.

“Is this here?”

“Let’s take a look first.” Xu Qing’s eyes fell on this cause and effect fragment.

But the cause and effect was unclear for a moment, even he couldn’t see it clearly.

In fact, after the cause and effect of Emperor Yu, all the cause and effect before that were vaguely shrouded in a mist.

The further we go, the thicker the fog becomes and the less clear we can see.

This is the problem that Xu Qing is worried about.

“Junior brother, don’t hesitate. This is the guidance of your talisman, which is also the guidance of the heavenly way of our world. It can’t be wrong.”

Xu Qing took a deep breath and said, “Brother, you are right. Let’s go down.”

The magic talisman hanging above their heads emitted a faint light that enveloped Xu Qing and the other three.

Then the four of them jumped down to the cause and effect segment below. As soon as they entered this cause and effect segment, Xu Qing and others felt a sense of wildness.

The earth was cracked, the roars of giant beasts could be heard from far away, and everything was filled with the colors of wildness.

This was an era even more ancient than that of Emperor Yu, an era when the human race had not yet truly established its status.

Everywhere you look, there is an untamed wildness.

“This is.” The magic talisman in Xu Qing’s palm spun rapidly.

“Xuanyuan’s era?”

This is what the message fed back from the talisman said.

Xu Qing’s eyes flickered with something strange.

At this moment, the talisman seemed to be attracted by something and flew in one direction.

Xu Qing’s heart sank and he quickly chased after him.

Wei Haoran and the others naturally followed.

The crowd followed the talisman and came to an old man.

The old man lived in a simple thatched house.

But the man was not in the house, but lying on the ground outside, fast asleep.

The thatched hut was filled with various animal skins.

Certain patterns are depicted on the animal skins.

这 是
“Cangjie created characters?” Jingqing blurted out.

The sound suddenly woke up the sleeping old man.

The old man opened his eyes and shot a sharp gaze towards where Xu Qing and the others were.

“You.” When Cangjie’s gaze saw Xu Qing and others, it quickly changed from sharp to surprised and doubtful.

“You are from the Hereafter.”

Xu Qing and the others were not surprised to be discovered, nor did they feel any fear.

This is the ancestor of their human race.

There is no need to be afraid.

Xu Qing said respectfully:
“Yes. We are from the afterlife.”

Cangjie’s vision shines brightly.

“People of the future, tell me whether our human race has its own writing system.”

There has never been a complete writing system in the ancient land.

Because those innately divine beings do not need words at all.

They know it by nature, and can also get various hints from the way of heaven later in life.

But for the lower-level creatures in the prehistoric world.

Text plays a very important role.

Among all the races, only the Dragon and Phoenix have their own corresponding characters.

Their writings are of little use to humans.

Because the Dragon and Phoenix clans were also born from the same innate nature, their inheritance is rooted in their blood.

The characters of the Dragon and Phoenix tribes are not carriers of knowledge and history, but more like some kind of true text of the great way.

So Cangjie wanted to create his own writing system.

After hearing what Cangjie said, Xu Qing nodded solemnly: “Yes!”

“Great!!!” Cangjie laughed heartily.

People from later generations told us that humans had their own writing system.

That means that my path is right!
“Words,” Cangjie couldn’t help but say, “are the carriers of knowledge and history.”

“Only by creating our own writing system can we record history and pass on knowledge from generation to generation.”

“Humans are born with wisdom, but they do not have innate knowledge like other gods. All knowledge is acquired through acquired knowledge.”

“However, this knowledge can only be passed on through words and deeds, and often when people die, the inheritance is cut off.”

“I want to change this situation. The only way is to create our own language.”

“From now on, the ancient deeds can be passed down from generation to generation in the form of text.”

“The lessons learned from a person’s life can be recorded and passed down to future generations, who can then continue to improve or correct them on this basis.”

“That’s the beauty of words.”

“A civilization and a race need their own writing system.”

Cangjie laughed loudly, and his words were filled with unbridled joy.

After calming down, Cangjie quickly looked at Xu Qing and others.

“People of the future, tell me what writing will be like in the future.”

Boom! ! !

There was a thunder in the sky, and rolling dark clouds approached here at a very fast speed.

Cangjie’s face changed drastically.

The same is true for Xu Qing and others.

They could all feel the power of this dark cloud flashing with lightning.

Even though they are now in a bystander state outside of cause and effect, they cannot escape the lock of the thunder tribulation.

“Senior, it seems that it is impossible to say.”

Cang Jie smiled awkwardly: “I was too impulsive.”

It is certainly not allowed by the laws of nature for people in later generations to learn about writing.

What belongs to which point in time belongs to which point in time.

This is the law of nature.

At present, Xu Qing only knows that the causal monster has the ability to use the power of cause and effect to change the past, present and future.

As Cangjie withdrew his thoughts, Xu Qing and others kept silent. The dark clouds in the sky came and dispersed quickly.

Xu Qing roughly guessed what kind of Confucian power his magic talisman needed.

In this world, is there anything more in line with Confucian principles than creating characters?

Xu Qing’s eyes rolled around.

There is no way to directly tell Cangjie, who has not yet become a semi-saint through the merit of creating characters.

But that doesn’t mean Xu Qing and others can’t interfere in the matter of creating characters.

“Senior, we can’t tell you the specific text.”

“But I can tell you about the idea of ​​creating characters.”

Cangjie’s eyes lit up, and then he looked up at the sky again.

No thunderclouds!

This means that this is allowed by Heaven!
“Hurry, tell me!” Xu Qing mobilized the power of the magic talisman and participated in this causal history.

He pointed to three mountains in the distance.

“Senior, what do you think of that shape?”

“shape?”

“Yes, it’s the shape.” Xu Qing said with a smile.

“We know verbally that those three mountains are mountains, but we don’t have corresponding words to describe them.”

“Then why not use the corresponding shapes as their corresponding words.”

“Then simplify it a little bit, for example, these three mountains are seen as a vertical line, three lines. Three vertical lines stand on the ground, thus representing the image of ‘mountain’.”

The light in Cangjie’s eyes became brighter and brighter.

He slapped the back of his head hard.

“So it can still be like this!”

As he spoke, Cang Jie suddenly rushed into the thatched hut and carried out a large pile of animal skins.

He spread out the hides one by one.

The above is the text he tried to create.

It’s just that they haven’t taken shape yet.

Cang Jie fell to the ground and carved vigorously on the animal skin with a red-hot branch.

“Three vertical lines stand on the ground, this is the ‘mountain’!”

“The river is three curves.”

Cangjie was able to draw inferences about other cases by analogy and his ideas flowed freely.

A large number of images emerged in his mind, and were quickly stripped of their essence and transformed into words.

“Yes, yes, this is the language. This is the language of our human race!”

“Born from observing the heaven and earth! Created by humans, and nurtured by the heaven and earth!” (End of this chapter)