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Chapter 8 The Great Elder of the Human Race
As easily as slicing melons and chopping vegetables, Xiao Ning slaughtered all the demon soldiers from the Immortal Realm. He then waved his hand and put away the Flame Banner and the Kongtong Seal.
Using a top-grade innate spiritual treasure to kill these small fry is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, but it was Xiao Ning's deliberate act.
The Kongtong Seal is a treasure of human destiny, specifically designed to subdue all demons and monsters. Otherwise, that tiger demon of the Supreme Celestial Realm wouldn't have been so easily defeated.
He was afraid that the demons would self-destruct in the fierce battle. He himself was not afraid, but the many humans around him would suffer heavy casualties.
"Human Feng greets the Daoist Master and thanks you for your help!"
At this moment, a group of humans surrounded him. The leader was an old man with white hair and beard. He bowed to Xiao Ning tremblingly, and the humans behind him also knelt down.
"Thank you, Taoist priest, for saving my life!"
A deafening roar of gratitude erupted, and then a whole crowd of people knelt down. Looking around, Xiao Ning saw that there were at least tens of thousands of them.
There were men and women, old and young.
Their gazes toward him held curiosity, gratitude, admiration, and fear.
"Fellow clansmen, please rise. I am also a human, my name is Xiao Ning, and we are brothers and sisters! No need for formalities!"
With a wave of his sleeve, Xiao Ning unleashed a tremendous surge of magical power, lifting all the humans to their feet.
"Oh? Daoist Xiao Ning, are you also of my human race? How come I've never seen you before?"
The old man named Feng exclaimed in surprise, a look of doubt on his face, and asked in a trembling voice.
"Haha, my human race has a number of complete cycles of the Great Heavenly Cycle at birth, how could you possibly know them all!"
Xiao Ning said in a deep voice, "A long time ago, I became a disciple of the leader of the Human Sect, the Sage Taiqing, and followed him in cultivation. I was only able to return to my clan recently, and I hope I haven't returned too late!"
When Nuwa created humans, she created a total of 129,600 people. Each of them was born with an innate Dao body and all their meridians were open. Even if they did not know how to cultivate, they could live for hundreds of years without illness or disaster.
However, it is clear that the harsh external environment and the pressure to survive caused this group of first humans to die one after another.
Now, five hundred years later, only a few elders remain alive.
This human elder named Feng has a waning life force within him, and he probably won't last much longer.
"Oh, I see!"
Feng nodded as if he understood, but didn't dwell on the matter. He paused for a moment, then quickly said, "Daoist Xiao Ning, please come in quickly. With you back in the clan, we'll have someone to rely on, and we won't have to live in fear anymore!"
He quickly invited Xiao Ning into the clan.
"please!"
Xiao Ning nodded without refusing.
After the two left, the rest of the clansmen began to discuss the matter.
"Is this Taoist priest actually one of my own kind? Heaven truly blesses my race!"
"With the Taoist priest here, we no longer have to be afraid of those damned demons, waaaaah!"
"This Taoist priest is amazing! I wonder if he can teach us how to cultivate!"
"Silence! The fact that the Daoist Master was able to return to the clan and protect us is already a blessing from Heaven, akin to the Holy Mother's grace of rebirth. How could we possibly covet the methods of cultivation?"
Xiao Ning heard all these words and kept them in mind, but his expression remained unchanged as he walked into the village with the old man named Feng.
The stone house I saw from the sky came into view, and its simplicity and ruggedness were immediately apparent.
"Daoist Xiao Ning, this is the sacred land of our human race!"
Upon entering the stone house, the two sat cross-legged facing each other, but Feng's words greatly surprised Xiao Ning.
This dilapidated stone house, open to the elements and so simple it was almost unrecognizable, was the sacred place of the ancient human race.
It's simply unbelievable when people hear it.
"this……"
Xiao Ning really didn't know what to say.
"Now that the Taoist priest has returned to his clan, we can finally rest easy!"
Feng seemed oblivious to Xiao Ning's astonishment and sighed.
“Before I returned to my clan, my teacher told me to go for it and not to be afraid of anyone, as he would always be there to support me!”
Xiao Ning smiled faintly and said.
"That's wonderful!"
Feng was overjoyed. Although he was not knowledgeable about cultivation, he knew that the seven saints in the world had personally seen the Taiqing Saint, the head of the Three Pure Ones.
Taiqing once stayed with the human race for a period of time and established the Human Religion there, which enabled him to enter the Primordial Chaos Realm and become a Heavenly Saint.
"From now on, Daoist Master will be the second Grand Elder of our human race. What do you think?"
Feng pondered for a moment, then spoke solemnly.
"How can this be done? Isn't this inappropriate?"