strictlysupreme Chapter 98 Cangjie Invents Characters, Heaven Bestows Merit
Chapter 98 Cangjie Invents Characters, Heaven Bestows Merit
Chapter 98: Cangjie Invents Characters, Heaven Bestows Merit
Tongtian received guidance from Xuanchu and sent Jiutian Xuannv to the Shihuang tribe of the human race to find Cangjie. When she first met Cangjie, Jiutian Xuannv was worried that she had found the wrong person. However, when she saw that Cangjie had created characters all by himself, Jiutian Xuannv was sure that she had found the right person. So she revealed her identity and took Cangjie under her wing.
Seeing Cangjie aimlessly gesturing on the ground, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden said, "My disciple, if you want to create characters, you can't just imagine them out of thin air. You need to be grounded in reality. Every character has its origin. You need to carefully observe all things and you will gain inspiration from them. Only in this way can you succeed."
The words of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden enlightened Cangjie. For so long, Cangjie had been pondering things on his own, paying little attention to everything around him, which had led him astray. With the guidance of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, Cangjie finally found his direction.
"Disciple understands, thank you for your guidance, Master!" Cangjie said.
"You are a promising student. It's good that you understand. Before you create your own writing system, I will stay in the Shihuang tribe. If you have any questions, you can come and find me!" said the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden.
"Disciple understands!" Cangjie replied.
With the guidance of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, Cangjie found a new direction. He no longer worked in isolation but began to visit various human tribes, making in-depth observations of human affairs and carefully paying attention to everything around him.
Cangjie used the objects themselves as a reference and received guidance from the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden. Over several decades, he created three thousand characters that resembled the objects themselves. Cangjie called them pictographs. Although there were only three thousand characters, they were the most basic characters. If needed in the future, the human race could continue to create the characters they needed based on these three thousand characters. Over several decades, under the tutelage of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, Cangjie also transformed from an ordinary human into a celestial cultivator.
However, when Cangjie intended to compile these three thousand characters into a book, he discovered that no matter how he wrote them, they would eventually disappear. This puzzled Cangjie greatly, so he hurriedly came to consult the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady.
"Master, I have spent decades creating three thousand characters, but when I try to record them, no matter how I write, they cannot be presented. I am puzzled and hope that you can enlighten me." Cangjie told the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden about his confusion.
At first, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden was also puzzled. However, she soon thought of a past event from the primordial era. When the Demon Master Kunpeng created the demon script, he swore an oath to the Heavenly Dao. Was it possible that Cangjie also needed to go through this process if he wanted to truly create the human script? After all, the human race is now the only protagonist of the primordial world, and its prosperity far surpasses that of the demon race in the past. How could a script that could bring prosperity to the human race's cultural lineage be created so quietly?
"Disciple, the script you created is the key to the prosperity of human civilization. As the protagonist of heaven and earth, how can the script belonging to the human race be taken lightly? You need to fast and bathe for three days, and then swear an oath to the Great Dao in order to succeed, do you understand?" said the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden. However, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden asked Cangjie to swear an oath directly to the Great Dao, instead of swearing an oath to the Heavenly Dao like Kunpeng did back then. After all, everyone knows that their Xuan Chu lineage is at odds with the Heavenly Dao.
Upon hearing this, Cangjie suddenly understood and bowed to the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, saying, "Thank you for your guidance, Master. This disciple now knows what to do."
After receiving guidance from the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, Cangjie immediately returned to his residence. After fasting and bathing for three days, he came to an open space, picked up his pen, and loudly swore an oath to the Great Dao: "Great Dao above, I am Cangjie of the human race. Feeling that communication among humans is inconvenient, I have devoted myself to meditation for decades and created three thousand characters, wishing to revitalize the human race's literary tradition. I hope the Great Dao will grant my request!"
Then, Cangjie wrote the character "人" (person) in the air, but it was shattered by a bolt of lightning. This made Cangjie very frustrated. Was it still not going to work?
At this moment, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden appeared and said, "Disciple, the Dao is the source of all laws, and nothing in the world surpasses the Dao. Therefore, you should be the first to write the character 'Dao'."
With the reminder from the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, Cangjie finally realized where his problem lay. So he wrote the character "Dao" in the air again. This time it did not disappear at noon, which greatly encouraged Cangjie. He then wrote down the characters for Heaven, Earth, Man, Universe, Cosmos, and Great Wilderness in succession. Finally, he finished writing three thousand characters.
"Boom!" After Cangjie wrote three thousand characters, a thunderclap resounded from beyond the nine heavens, and a massive golden pillar of merit descended. Judging by its size, it was comparable to the one Fuxi had when he attained enlightenment. The merit was divided into three parts, with eighty percent of it falling into Cangjie's body. With the help of the holy light of merit, Cangjie continuously broke through realms, soaring from the late stage of the Celestial Immortal realm all the way to the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. Finally, he broke through this barrier and broke through to the Quasi-Saint realm, though only at the initial stage. However, this level of cultivation was already enough to make Cangjie the fifth person after Fuxi and the three ancestors of the human race.
One of the merits fell into the body of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden. The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden was originally only at the peak of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm. With the help of the holy light of merit, she broke through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm in one fell swoop. She only stopped at the middle stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. Her strength surpassed that of the Golden Roc and was on par with Kong Xuan. She became the second person among the second generation disciples of the Jie Sect. This made the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden ecstatic. This was completely unexpected.
The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden had anticipated that Cangjie's creation of human writing would bring him merit, but she never expected the merit to be so great, comparable to that of the Human Emperor.
The remaining ten percent fell into the book written by Cangjie, which recorded three thousand characters. As the merits merged, the words "dictionary" appeared on the book. Under the influence of the holy light of merits, the dictionary became a treasure of merit.
The sheer amount of merit from creating these characters left all the sages in the heavens speechless, especially Tongtian and the Queen Mother of the West. They had also wondered how, by some twist of fate, they had added another Great Luo Golden Immortal to the Jie Sect.
"Thank you for your kindness, Senior Brother. If it weren't for you, Xuan Nu would not have had this opportunity," the Queen Mother of the West said gratefully to Tongtian.
"Junior sister, there's no need for that." Tongtian waved his hand and said, "This is all Xuan Nu's good fortune, and it has little to do with me. But then again, who would have thought that the merit of creating a mere character would be comparable to the merit of the Human Emperor?" Tongtian was quite moved when he said this.
When Cangjie announced to the primordial world that he had created the writing system belonging to the human race, the entire human race rejoiced.
After absorbing the merits, Cangjie went to the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden and bowed, saying, "Thank you for your guidance, teacher."
However, Cangjie was already a quasi-saint at this time. After creating characters, Cangjie's status among humans would certainly not be much lower than that of the Human Emperor. As for the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden, she was just a mere Great Luo Golden Immortal and a second-generation disciple of the Jie Sect. How could she accept such a great gift from Cangjie?
He quickly returned the greeting, saying, "Fellow Daoist, there's no need for such formalities. You are already a Quasi-Saint, so there's no need to bring up the master-disciple relationship again."
The teacher was a Great Luo Golden Immortal, while the disciple was a Quasi-Saint. The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden was a little embarrassed. Moreover, without Cangjie, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden would not have been able to break through to the mid-stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal so quickly. This situation was really awkward. Therefore, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden had no choice but to suggest that the two of them no longer address each other as master and disciple.
However, Cangjie didn't care at all. He shook his head and said, "Once a teacher, always a teacher. This will never change, no matter how the prehistoric world changes."
Cangjie's words truly moved the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, but in the prehistoric world, strength is paramount. Wouldn't it be a laughing stock for someone of higher cultivation to call someone of lower cultivation their teacher?
However, Cangjie insisted, which moved Jiutian Xuannv but also left her feeling helpless. In the end, under Cangjie's repeated insistence, Jiutian Xuannv had no choice but to agree to let Cangjie continue to call her teacher.