Chapter 173: God Farr’s Taste of So Herbs
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At this ti, a chariot pulled by an Exotic Beast arrived. It was the one who had sent the River Chart and The Inscription of The Luo to Fuxi before.
Fuxi got in the chariot and said to God Farr,
"Take care of the Human Tribe. I will wait for you in the Holy Land." Fuxi then returned to the Sacred Land of Spiritual Inheritance of the Human Tribe with the Four Ancestors of Humanity.
Fuxi was a master at the Peak Level of Sage-to-be now. Although he had restored his previous life’s mory, he had not gained back his cultivation. He had been a demon in his previous life and now he was a human, so transformation exercises from the previous life could not be exerted. He was interested in the Martial Arts of the Human Tribe and he owned rits as the Human Sovereign, so it was suitable for him to cultivate a Golden Body of Martial Arts.
After Fuxi left, the Human Tribe formally transford from the age of Fuxi to the age of God Farr. Since God Farr had succeeded to the throne, he kept working hard and took clan affairs personally without any misconduct. As an old Chinese saying went, keeping is harder than winning. Seeing God Farr’s attitude, all the tribe leaders were relieved.
The first thing God Farr did after taking the throne was to popularize the planting of the Five Grains. The Human Tribe had begun to plant them before, but it had been limited to God Farr’s tribe and other surrounding tribes. Planting was not common among all the tribes and many still knew little about growing the Five Grains.
In order to better popularize the planting thods, God Farr called smart people from each tribe to teach. Outside Chen Du, he taught them the planting thods in person and explained problems they might et in the planting process. In this way, the planting of the Five Grains caught on quickly and God Farr’s na beca well-known in a short ti.
With ample food, the Human Tribe witnessed another rapid developnt. The food shortage was not a restriction for its advancent anymore. Nevertheless, with an increasing number of wastelands being reclaid and an ever-growing amount of food, food storage beca a problem. As the grain would never cease to co, the storage ti was not long enough.
God Farr failed to co up with a thod after ditating for a long ti, so he went to his ntor Kong Xuan for advice. Kong Xuan did not have any feasible advice, but he rembered that Liu Er had once made wine with wild fruit. Could the Five Grains be used to make wine as well? Kong Xuan ntioned this casually, but God Farr took it seriously.
God Farr had once had a taste of the Monkey Liquor made by the martial elder uncle, Liu Er. The wine was full of Spiritual Air and one could feel the warmth all over his body after drinking it. If the Five Grains could be used to make similar wine, the wine could drive away the inner chill during cold days even if it had no Spiritual Air. Considering this, God Farr hurried back to his city to comnce trials.
Shortly afterward, "wine" ca into the life of the Human Tribe and they began to make wine with the extra grain. Different raw materials and production thods could make various wines. It was this one idea from Kong Xuan that introduced wine to the Human Tribe before its ti.
Nevertheless, God Farr knew that making wine could not completely solve the excess grain problem. As a result, he ca up with an idea. People could exchange for things they needed with extra grains. This bartering system was the rudint of trading and laid a primary foundation for the later comrce of the Human Tribe.
As trading and winemaking beca popular in the Human Tribe, the grain problem was finally resolved. Gradually, God Farr found other problems. When planting the Five Grains, people found there were so weeds. After ingesting certain species of weeds, people would get unpleasant symptoms or sotis even die.
God Farr instantly convened with wise people in the clan to discuss the matter, but they failed to co up with a solution after discussing it for a considerable amount of ti. God Farr had no other solution but to adopt the bluntest thod, naly tasting every weed to distinguish toxic ones from dicinal ones. He then cataloged all his findings in brochures to be given out to all the tribes so that people would not die from eating the wrong herbs.
Although people in the clan tried to stop God Farr from doing so, he had made up his mind to taste all the herbs. Before leaving, Kong Xuan called him to send so detoxifying elixirs just in case. God Farr was delighted to get these elixirs with which he believed he was more probable to taste all herbs.
During his tour through the Untainted Land, he tasted all the herbs and flower buds he ca into contact with. Although he was poisoned constantly, he was lucky to survive with the detoxifying elixirs given by Kong Xuan. He noted down after every single taste; thus he could catalog them into brochures to be given out to the Human Tribe and future generations.
The elixirs, however, were eventually used up. One day, God Farr felt severe pain in his stomach after taking a type of herb. When he reached out for the elixirs, there was nothing left. Even when he was unconsciousness, he still thought about his dream of tasting all herbs in the world. He passed out with regret.
As God Farr was on the edge of dying, multicolored clouds flashed and Kong Xuan appeared out of nowhere. Seeing God Farr’s condition, Kong Xuan took out a grain of elixir and poured it into God Farr’s mouth. After a while, God Farr was free from stomachache and the poison from Heartbreak Grass was resolved.
God Farr regained consciousness. Noticing Kong Xuan at his side, he knew that he had been rescued by his ntor. He stood up and expressed his thanks, "ntor. I was foolish to eat toxic herbs. Thank you for saving my life!"
Kong Xuan nodded, saying, "You are my disciple, naturally I will save you. Save the etiquette, get up." Kong Xuan continued asking, "God Farr, are you aware that tasting herbs will bring you nurous pains and even kill you? There are innurable herbs in Untainted Land, how can you taste them all?"
God Farr replied seriously, "ntor, I will never regret tasting herbs even if I may die from doing so. There are countless herbs, and I will taste each of them day by day. I will taste them all one day." He then knelt on the ground, saying, "I’m just worried that I will die before tasting all the herbs. I beg you to give so assistance."
Seeing God Farr with a sturdy expression, Kong Xuan smiled and helped him up. Kong Xuan then took out a treasure, saying, "This is Reddish Brown Whip refined from a body from the Dragon Tribe and nurous treasures by your grandmaster. This whip is used to identify drug properties by touching herbs. You may also use it to identify herbs."
God Farr was exultant to get the Reddish Brown Whip, holding it in hands. Kong Xuan laughed, saying, "Now you may continue your tasting journey. I am leaving." He gave more detoxifying elixirs to God Farr, then rode the clouds away. God Farr watched Kong Xuan in awe until he vanished in the clouds, then he ca to himself.
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