Time flew by, and five years passed in a blink of an eye.
Five years, perhaps for other Grandmist beings, was just the time for a nap.
But for the newborn Human Race, it was a solid five years.
Ever since Si Chen passed on the Cultivation method to the Human Race, the newborn Human Race, apart from necessary exploration and gathering, spent all their other time Cultivating.
Yes, it was gathering; in five years, the Human Race hadn't hunted a single prey.
Currently, the Human Race's exploration range had reached hundreds of kilometers, but besides mountains full of plants and some insects, they hadn't seen any other living creatures.
Si Chen was not surprised by this.
Shouyang Mountain was where Nuwa became a Saint, and the residual aura had not yet dissipated in a short time.
This aura caused all the Yao Beasts with low intelligence to stay far away from this place.
As for the Yao Beasts and Yao Race that had developed intelligence, they knew that the Human Race created by Nuwa lived here. (Yao Beasts are those with intelligence but not yet transformed, while the Yao Race are those who have transformed towards the Dao Body.)
Although Nuwa only said that beings above the Golden Immortal Realm were not allowed to enter this area, they all knew that these Human Race members were only at the Heavenly Immortal Realm.
If they accidentally crushed one to death, no one knew if they would be blamed by the Saint, so they all simply moved away.
It could be said that this was the safest period for the Human Race in the Grandmist; as time went on, this deterrent would naturally become weaker and weaker.
Later, as the Human Race continued to multiply and their numbers grew, the death of one or two would be harmless, and these beings would not have so many scruples then.
After all, the current Human Race numbered only one Yuan, which was 129,600 people.
The good news was that thousands of women in the Human Race were now pregnant.
Five years had already made everyone familiar with each other, and as the first batch of Innate Human Race, with an equal number of Yin and Yang, the convergence of Yin and Yang naturally occurred.
This was even with the Cultivation method, with most of the time spent Cultivating.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be a single newborn after five years.
On Shouyang Mountain, Si Chen, who was Cultivating, slowly finished his Cultivation.
Compared to when he first started, Si Chen's cultivation had now reached the Peak Heavenly Immortal Realm, on the verge of Breaking Through to the True Immortal Realm.
His Divine Sense swept over the seed in his heart, and a smile flashed in Si Chen's eyes.
Most of the originally greenish-gray seed was now covered with silvery-white patterns, and the remaining areas had faintly appearing silver threads.
“Looking at this progress, perhaps it won't take ten years to completely Fuse and refine it, but the speed gets slower and slower the further it goes, sigh!”
Si Chen shook his head, somewhat discontented, then swayed his restless younger brother and walked outside.
A few days ago, someone had informed him that the Human Race's first newborn was expected to be born today.
For the Human Race, this was a joyous occasion worth celebrating.
Si Chen came out of seclusion for this reason.
As for why he was still naked after five years, Si Chen said he couldn't help it.
Who knew if plucking a leaf from the roadside to cover himself would directly be defined by the Heavenly Dao as the Human Race's first piece of clothing, and then Karma would descend.
At that time, it would definitely attract the attention of the powerful, so it was better to lie low when one didn't have the power to protect oneself.
Now, although Si Chen still felt very ashamed, he had also let go, as everyone was like this anyway.
Below the mountain, on a flat ground, all the Human Race members had gathered together.
The stone platform in the center was already filled with various gathered spirit fruits, apparently prepared for the upcoming celebration.
At this moment, everyone was looking expectantly at the big tree not far away.
A group of people had also gathered there, but most of them were pregnant women, presumably there to learn from the experience.
At this time, groans of pain were coming from under the tree, which made those watching from afar show concern.
The man named by Nuwa was pacing back and forth, occasionally looking into the distance.
When he turned around and saw Si Chen coming down from the mountain, he smiled and went to meet him.
“You're here!”
“Yes, how is it going?”
“I don't know, I hope it goes smoothly!”
The two walked and talked, and the other Human Race members smiled when they saw Si Chen.
They all knew that Si Chen had taught them the Cultivation method, which allowed their strength to grow rapidly.
It could only be said that the Aptitude of the first batch of Human Race was terrifying; otherwise, with such a rudimentary Cultivation method, Si Chen wouldn't have been able to Breakthrough to the Peak Heavenly Immortal Realm in five years.
This also made Si Chen value this batch of Human Race even more.
Time slowly passed in their conversation.
“Wah... wah... wah...”
Suddenly, a bright cry of a baby attracted everyone's attention.
At the same time, an invisible fluctuation gathered from the Void Realm, then merged into the baby's body.
On the distant Kunlun Mountain, at the moment the baby was born, Laozi, who was originally comprehending the Hongmeng Purple Energy, suddenly opened his eyes.
“What's going on? That feeling just now...”
Laozi murmured to himself, somewhat puzzled, then pinched his fingers to calculate again.
After a long time, he opened his eyes, having found nothing.
“Sigh!”
Laozi sighed, then closed his eyes again and entered a Cultivation state.
As the Great Master of Xuanmen, being surpassed in achieving Dao by his Junior Sister, his pressure could be said to be immense.
But regarding the Hongmeng Purple Energy in his Primordial Spirit, there had been no progress for countless years, and he could only seclude himself day and night to comprehend it.
Si Chen was unaware of what happened to Laozi.
At this moment, he was holding a baby boy and examining him.
Unlike his expectation of a wrinkled baby, this baby boy was fair and clean like jade, his big black eyes curiously met his gaze, neither crying nor fussing.
His chubby little hands kept reaching for Si Chen's face, constantly making “ah, ah” sounds.
Si Chen's Divine Sense swept over the baby's body.
“Indeed, the first newborn is already an Acquired body, is it?”
“But this Aptitude is a bit too good, isn't it? How does it feel even better than mine!”
Si Chen sighed to himself.
Perhaps it was because he was the first Acquired Human Race; in the Grandmist, anything that carried the title of 'first' had extraordinary qualities.
“This little fellow should be the later Xuan Du Great Master, the only True Disciple of the Human Teaching, right!”
Thinking of this, Si Chen's eyes narrowed slightly.
After all, the later actions of this Xuan Du Great Master were quite criticized.
“Little fellow, I hope you can set a good example for the Human Race in the future.”
After speaking, Si Chen handed him to the woman in front of him. This person was the little fellow's mother; after giving birth, she had no issues except for a slightly pale complexion.
The woman took the little fellow and kissed him lovingly.
Then she held him and walked aside to breastfeed him.
As for the little fellow's father?
Si Chen said he didn't know about that either.
The Human Race currently did not have a decent social structure, and even if they did, it would only be a matriarchal society.
After all, in the current living environment of the Human Race, the differences between men and women were not obvious.
And women could give birth to the next generation for the Human Race, which naturally gave them a slightly higher status than men.
To change this, it would probably only be possible to reverse it when they entered the hunting era.
Next, the entire Human Race was in celebration, eating spirit fruits and chatting with laughter.
After eating some spirit fruits, Si Chen got up, said goodbye, and returned to his cave...