Chapter 127: Heroes of All Ages
Three hundred years later, Feng Zichen's heart stirred, and he suddenly cast a magic seal into the void.
Instantly, the spirit beasts that were attacking human tribes everywhere seemed to have received a command, and they all retreated back to Zichen Cave Heaven.
And the innate energy scattered between heaven and earth after the spirit beasts died also began to re-gather and fly into the Five Elements Creation Pool.
Once a new Creation Spirit Liquid was born, they could reappear in the form of spirit beasts.
After doing all this, Feng Zichen walked out and said to everyone, "Elders, this wave of spirit beasts has come to an end. We should go out and take a look."
However, just as he reached the entrance of the main hall, he seemed to remember something and suddenly stopped, continuing to speak to everyone.
"Furthermore, every hundred years there will be a small-scale attack by spirit beast hordes, and every thousand years there will be a large-scale attack."
"The small-scale hordes are specifically for those who haven't yet achieved immortality."
"Therefore, I hope all elders will properly restrain their subordinates and prevent those who have achieved the Heavenly Immortal path from intervening to help the clan overcome this calamity."
"As for the large-scale hordes, their size will be the same as this time, and they are prepared for all the clansmen of the ancestral land."
"At that time, all elders can stay safely in the ancestral temple."
At this point, Feng Zichen's tone suddenly turned cold, and he warned everyone, "If I discover anyone disobeying this order and acting without authorization, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
"Yes! We understand!" Concerning the future of the human race, everyone knew the gravity of the situation and would not disobey Feng Zichen's orders or act recklessly.
Standing outside the ancestral temple, Feng Zichen looked out, taking in the entire human race.
"Not bad, better than I expected!"
In this wave of spirit beasts, although many clansmen were killed and lost their cultivation, many more gained an opportunity, using the Creation Elixir to cleanse their bodies and strengthen their foundations.
Ultimately, Feng Zichen's purpose in creating spirit beasts was to grant his clansmen an opportunity, but this opportunity had to be earned through their own abilities.
The strength of spirit beasts was far inferior to that of ferocious beasts, and even less than that of most clansmen. With careful attention, killing spirit beasts wasn't difficult.
As for those clansmen killed by spirit beasts, unless they were unlucky enough to be attacked by beasts far exceeding their own cultivation level or surrounded by a large number of spirit beasts, they were simply useless and beyond redemption.
Feng Zichen didn't intend to care about them anymore, deciding to let them fend for themselves.
Only he could save them.
"Fenghen, go to the Feng clan and bring these two to me." After a long pause, Feng Zichen thought of the two human youths and, with a thought, transmitted his voice to Fenghen in the distance.
Two hundred years had passed, and Feng Zichen naturally knew the origins of the two youths; both were from the Feng clan. Fenghen was the current head of the Feng clan.
Naturally, images of the two youths appeared before Fenghen.
Fenghen, who was about to refine the Creation Elixir, suddenly saw two figures and his expression changed drastically. Then, hearing Feng Zichen's voice, he breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said,
"Yes, clan leader, I'll do it right away!"
With that, he didn't even bother refining the Creation Elixir and immediately set off for the Feng clan to fetch them.
"Jie and Xiong? Truly remarkable names!" Feng Zichen murmured softly as he returned to the ancestral temple to await their arrival.
...
"Clan leader, I have brought them here."
Three days later, Feng Hen arrived outside the ancestral temple with two men and a woman, his face full of embarrassment as he called out towards the hall.
"Come in all at once!" Feng Zichen chuckled inwardly and casually opened the hall door.
"Clan leader, this is not my fault, it's..." As soon as he entered, Feng Hen pointed to the girl beside him, as if he wanted to explain something to Feng Zichen.
"Alright, I already know about this matter; it's not your fault." Feng Zichen waved his hand, interrupting him, "You may leave now!"
"Yes, clan leader!" Seeing that Feng Zichen did not blame him for bringing an extra person, the embarrassment on Feng Hen's face disappeared; he bowed again and withdrew.
"What are your names?" After Feng Hen had gone some distance, Feng Zichen asked the three of them.
"Feng Jie, surname Feng, greets clan leader!" The white-robed youth bowed and said.
"Feng, surnamed Jiang, Xiong (or Hui), greets the clan leader!" The black-clad youth and the uninvited girl were siblings; following Feng Jie, they also bowed to Feng Zichen.
"Heroes of all ages, paragons of virtue for all time?" Upon seeing the two, Feng Zichen seemed to see two beams of light emanating from them, illuminating the past and present, eternally immortal.
In a daze, two earth-shattering figures appeared before Feng Zichen.
One seemed to be the center of all heavens, the world revolving around him; wherever he went, he became the focus, dazzling and radiant, eclipsing all other light in the world.
The other was domineering and incomparably powerful, his heroic spirit soaring to the heavens, embodying the spirit of a thousand ages. Beneath his feet appeared mountains of corpses and seas of blood, a ferocious aura overflowing from his body, as if he wanted to slaughter all living things.
Humanity's destiny converged upon them, and the power of all beings' wishes flowed. Prayers and sacrificial chants echoed, along with countless calls, forming two resounding voices:
"Outstanding Individuals!" "Heroes of Humanity!"
After a long while, Feng Zichen finally came to his senses and looked at the two again. All the strange phenomena vanished, as if it were all an illusion.
This was, of course, not an illusion; it was a sign from humanity's destiny, informing him that these two were chosen ones, born with the destiny of humanity, bearing the mission of greatly revitalizing the human race.
"So, this is the origin of 'Outstanding Individuals' and 'Heroes of Humanity.' To commemorate them, later generations called outstanding members of the race 'Outstanding Individuals' and 'Heroes of Humanity'!"
At this moment, Feng Zichen understood something.
"Outstanding" and "Hero" were originally just two ordinary words, but because of their existence of these two, they were endowed with extraordinary meaning, becoming extraordinary and influencing countless generations to come.
"Is this history?" By this logic, behind each word representing special meaning in later generations, there probably lies a powerful being.
"Where's that little girl? Why does she give me such a strange feeling?" Turning his gaze away from Feng Jie and Jiang Xiong, Feng Zichen looked at Jiang Hui beside him.
Regardless of why she was here, her presence meant she was destined to be with Feng Zichen, yet he found nothing special about her.
His eyes shone with the light of the sun and moon, and Feng Zichen used his Sun and Moon Divine Eyes to look at Jiang Hui.
"There's definitely something wrong!"
Under the gaze of his Sun and Moon Divine Eyes, Feng Zichen discovered that Jiang Hui was shrouded in a layer of mist, completely concealing her secrets.
(End of Chapter)