booktalesy Chapter 96 Shennong Tasting Herbs
Chapter 96 Shennong Tasting Herbs
Chapter 96: Shennong Tastes Hundreds of Herbs
After Shennong took over as chief of the Lieshan tribe, he found five grains—rice, millet, sorghum, wheat, and beans—as staple foods for the tribe and promoted them to the entire human race, greatly enriching their food supply. He then developed methods for cultivating these five grains, ensuring that the human race had an inexhaustible supply of food.
When Shennong was fifty years old, he had already gained the support of the entire human race. Surrounded by the leaders of various human tribes, Shennong arrived at the sacred temple of the human race. Shennong was different from Fuxi. Before Fuxi, there had never been a common ruler of the human race. Therefore, Fuxi only needed to gain the support of the entire human race. Although Fuxi had now attained the status of Emperor of Humanity and become one of the Three Sovereigns of the human race, he was still the common ruler of the human race. If Shennong wanted to become the common ruler of the human race, he had to obtain the throne from Fuxi.
When Shennong entered the sacred temple of the human race, Fuxi and the three ancestors of the human race had been waiting for a long time.
"Shennong pays respects to Emperor Fuxi and the three ancestors!" Shennong respectfully bowed to Fuxi and the three ancestors of the human race.
Fuxi smiled and said, "You have finally arrived. I have been waiting for you here for decades. Your arrival here means that you have gained the recognition of the entire human race. In that case, today I will formally pass on the position of the common ruler of the human race to you. I hope that you will bring blessings to the human race in the future and not disappoint me."
Although Shennong was a disciple of the Xuan Chu lineage and was theoretically an enemy of Fuxi, Fuxi did not make things difficult for Shennong because of this. Since becoming the Emperor of the Human Race, Fuxi's mentality has changed a lot. Now, for Fuxi, the human race is the most important. He never cares about the difference between factions. As long as it can benefit the human race, it doesn't matter who is the ruler of the human race.
"Shennong obeys!" Shennong replied.
Subsequently, Fuxi led Shennong out of the sacred temple and, in front of all the leaders of the human tribes, passed on the position of the supreme ruler of the human race to Shennong, who officially became the second supreme ruler of the human race.
After Shennong left the human race's sacred temple, he returned to the Lieshan tribe. When Shennong became the supreme ruler of the human race, the center of the human race shifted from the Fenggun tribe to the Lieshan tribe.
After taking over as the supreme ruler of the human race, Shennong rightfully governed the entire human race. Shennong first built cities for the human race in the form of tribes, which became the main settlements of the human race.
After promoting the five grains and building cities, Shennong gained a lot of merit, and his cultivation level advanced from Xuanxian to Jinxian.
After Shennong promoted the Five Grains and taught the entire human race how to cultivate them, the human race had more food. However, another problem arose: with more food, some waste was inevitable. In particular, not every human tribe could have a bumper harvest, so some tribes often had a surplus of food while others had a shortage.
To solve these problems, Shennong specially established a trading post, allowing tribes with insufficient food to exchange prey, wild fruits, and other items with tribes with surplus food. Through this exchange, tribes with insufficient food could obtain enough food, while tribes with surplus food could exchange their excess food for other necessities, thus avoiding waste and greatly enriching the way of life for the human race.
However, while cultivating the five grains, a very thorny problem arose: the five grains often grew mixed with wild grasses, some of which contained highly poisonous plants that humans could not distinguish. As a result, humans often died from accidentally eating poisonous plants.
Shennong was also very worried about this, but after racking his brains, he still couldn't come up with a better solution. Helpless, Shennong had no choice but to seek help from his teacher, Kong Xuan.
After learning of Shennong's predicament, Kong Xuan said, "Shennong, don't worry, I have a way to solve your worries." After saying that, Kong Xuan took out a whip.
"Teacher, what is this?" Shennong asked.
Kong Xuan said, "This is an acquired spiritual treasure crafted by your grandmaster. However, your grandmaster's crafting skills were not very good, so he was not satisfied with it. When I left Jin'ao Island, I felt that this whip would be of great use in the future. Now it seems that the time is right. This whip has no other uses, but it can distinguish the effects of plants. I believe it can help you." After saying that, he handed the whip to Shennong.
Shennong took the whip and was overjoyed. He said, "Thank you for the treasure, teacher. By the way, teacher, does this whip have a name?" After all, it was an acquired spiritual treasure. Although it wasn't anything special, it couldn't be without a name, could it?
Kong Xuan thought for a moment and said, "This whip has never had a name. Since it has been bestowed upon you, let's call it the Shennong Whip."
"Shennong Whip? What a great name!" Shennong said with a smile, quite pleased with the name.
After obtaining the Shennong Whip, Shennong traveled throughout the human race, distinguishing between the five grains and wild herbs, thus reducing the number of humans who would die from accidentally ingesting poisonous plants.
After solving the problem of the poisonous herb, another problem arose before Shennong: the human race's constitution was different from that of the demon and witch races, and they often suffered from illnesses. However, due to the lack of medicine and the lack of timely treatment, many humans died as a result.
To ensure that humanity had enough medicine to treat their ailments, Shennong traveled the world, disregarding his own safety, and personally tasted all kinds of medicines for humanity. As a result, he often suffered from discomfort due to consuming some poisonous drugs. If it weren't for Kong Xuan's timely treatment, and the fact that Shennong already possessed the cultivation of a Golden Immortal, he would probably have died long ago.
In this way, Shennong spent decades traveling all over the human race and finally found medicines that could cure diseases. He wrote down the appearance, name, effects and precautions of these medicines. After the book was completed, Shennong named it "Shennong's Classic of Herbs".
After completing the *Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica*, Shennong intended to pass it on to various tribes of the human race. However, a major problem arose: as a Golden Immortal cultivator, Shennong wrote the *Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica* in innate Daoist script, making it incomprehensible to most humans and hindering its widespread dissemination. Shennong was extremely anxious about this; he had effective remedies, but no one could understand them, so he couldn't use them. What could he do? He couldn't possibly explain it to each tribe individually, could he? That would be far too troublesome.
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To solve this problem, Shennong had no choice but to seek help from Kong Xuan again. However, Kong Xuan obviously didn't have any good solutions either, so he had to ask Shennong to wait patiently while he went back to Jin'ao Island to ask Tongtian for help.
When Kong Xuan returned to Jin'ao Island, Tongtian was discussing the Dao with Xi Wangmu. Since west Wangmu joined the Jie Sect and became a guest elder, she later saw the strength of the Xuan Chu lineage and formally joined the Jie Sect. However, Xi Wangmu was of the same generation as Tongtian, so Tongtian couldn't just take her as a disciple. Therefore, just like he did with Randeng, Tongtian appointed Xi Wangmu as the vice leader of the Jie Sect. Tongtian also specifically asked Xuan Chu how to return the Three Corpse Incarnations to their original state. He successfully returned Xi Wangmu's Three Corpse Incarnations to their original state. After the original state was returned, Xi Wangmu broke through to the mid-stage of the Hunyuan Golden Immortal under Tongtian's guidance. With Xi Wangmu as an assistant, Tongtian became even more lazy and handed over the entire Jie Sect to Xi Wangmu for management. He hid in Biyou Palace all day long, calling it "secluded cultivation."
After learning of Kong Xuan's purpose, Tongtian frowned, because he didn't have any good ideas either.
At this moment, the Queen Mother of the West said, "Brother Tongtian, since we can't think of a solution, why don't we go to the Pangu Palace to ask the Daoist Master for advice? The Daoist Master will surely have a good solution."
These words were like a wake-up call. Tongtian said, "Kong Xuan, you should stay on Jin'ao Island for a while. I will go to Pangu Hall to seek guidance from your grandmaster." After saying this, he left Jin'ao Island and headed to Pangu Hall.