Yu the Great Controls the Waters (1)

  Jiutian Xuannu said, "You five have only seen one person who has attained enlightenment and become a master craftsman. Today, I will open the furnace to refine the treasure, you must carefully comprehend it, and how much you can understand depends on your individual fate."

  Kunpeng said, then took out the acquired ultimate treasure 'Pangu Cauldron', and then took out a large piece of star essence and the 'Star Moon Divine Needle' from Wudao's hand together into the 'Pangu Cauldron'. The 'Pangu Cauldron' was Kunpeng's own acquired ultimate treasure, merged with his body, opening the cauldron did not have the sound of the last time he refined the instrument, everything was silent and still. After closing the lid, Kunpeng cast countless seals on the precious cauldron. After forty-nine days, Kunpeng opened the cauldron and took out two silver-glowing spiritual treasures.

  One was a rod-shaped spiritual treasure, which was the same spiritual treasure that had been enlightened before, but its appearance had changed greatly. The original smooth rod body was covered with silver scales, and a line of small characters was faintly printed on the scales. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the four characters "Dinghai Shen Zhen", a re-refined spiritual treasure that inspired awe in those who saw it.

  Kunpeng handed the spiritual treasure in his hand to Wudao, and then said: "Wudao, after this treasure was re-refined, its quality has decreased from the original lower-grade pre-heavenly spiritual treasure to an extreme-grade post-heavenly spiritual treasure. However, its power is much greater than before. This treasure has 365 scales on its body, which are refined from the essence of the stars and can be used to set up the 'Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Array'. It can also fly out of the stick's body and harm people. The stick's body is still the original laurel tree, but it can change size at will, weighing 36,650 pounds. As for its detailed functions, you need to explore them yourself. I won't say more as your master."

  Wu Dao took over the Lingbao and looked at it carefully. He found those four small words and asked, "Master, why did this treasure change its name?"

  Kun Peng smiled and said: "Why change your name? You will know later."

  Kunpeng then took out another spiritual treasure, which was an axe-shaped spiritual treasure. The treasure shone with a silver light all over its body, and it seemed to be cast from the essence of stars. On the handle of the axe were carved four small characters: "Wu Ding Shen Fu". Kunpeng handed it over to Hou Yi.

  Hou Yi held the 'Five Ding Divine Axe' and asked in a puzzled tone, "Master, I am skilled with the bow and arrow, but this axe is given to me yet it gathers dust, unable to unleash its power."

  "Look at it carefully," said Gonggong to Houyi, "I have my own plans for teaching you this method. You will understand the use of this treasure later."

  "Master knew that you have doubts in your hearts, but the heavenly secrets cannot be revealed. These two spiritual treasures will have great uses later on, and you must cultivate them well. Among you few people, only Chang'e has no merit to protect herself, so this time you must take extra care of her and Jingwei."

  Among the five disciples of Kunpeng, Wudao has the most merits. He followed Kunpeng for the longest time and was taken care of by Kunpeng whenever there were merits to be gained. Next are Houyi and Cangjie. Houyi shot down the sun to save countless lives, while Cangjie created characters that brought civilization to humanity. Jingwei, on the other hand, only obtained some merits when assisting Huangdi Shennong, which is far less compared to Wudao, Houyi, and Cangjie.

  Gonggong arranged his disciples at the gate and then set off for the human tribe. He arrived at Gun's home, met with Gun, and explained his intention. As the holy teacher of the human tribe, Gonggong wanted to take Gun's son Yu as his apprentice. This was a great opportunity for Gun, so he naturally agreed to Gonggong's request. Gonggong did not stay in the human tribe for long, and after teaching Yu the basic methods of cultivation, he left the human tribe.

  Not long after Kunpeng left the human tribe, the demon tribe finally took action. Several demon saints who wanted to restore the demon tribe's former glory launched a flood together, preparing to wipe out the human tribe and make the demon tribe the master of the vast wilderness.

  This sudden great flood caused the people to be in a state of unbearable suffering. Emperor Yao asked his many ministers, saying: "Now that the floodwaters are overflowing the heavens and the people are deeply worried, is there anyone who can alleviate the worries of the people?"

  All the ministers said that Yu was the only one who could control the flood, and Emperor Yao nodded in agreement, allowing Yu to go and control the flood.

  The sudden move of the demon tribe immediately shocked the saints, and after their shock, they were overjoyed. If they could help the human race to govern the flood well, then they would be able to obtain infinite merit.

  The Heavenly Court was different from the various saints, he was concerned about the human race. When the demon clan launched a flood, the Heavenly Court reacted. After learning that Yu was appointed to control the flood, the Jade Emperor sent someone to send the Nine Heavens' Soil to Yu for use in controlling the flood.

  Yu led the people to control the flood as soon as he was appointed, but unfortunately Yu had nine days of soil in his hands and only knew how to block and not to dredge. When there was water in the east, he blocked the east, and when the water flowed from the east to the west, he went to block the west again. In this way, the east was blocked and the west overflowed, and Yu was busy for nine years without being able to control the flood.

  Yu succeeded to the throne and became a humane ruler, working hard to govern the world, with no time for sleep. Gun's efforts at controlling the flood had been unsuccessful for nine years, and in anger Yu put him to death on Feather Mountain.

  After Gun was killed by Shun, no one could be found to replace him in controlling the flood. The flood became more and more severe. Then someone recommended Yu, the son of Gun, saying that he was able to control the water. Shun agreed, as there was no other choice, and let Yu take over from Gun to control the flood.

  The Heavenly Court never thought that their efforts would end in nothing, and all the saints were delighted to see the Heavenly Court return empty-handed. The Heavenly Court not only lost face but also made it clear to the saints that flood control cannot be achieved by simply blocking and intercepting.

  When the saints wanted to take Yu as their disciple, they counted with their fingers and found that Yu had already taken the demon teacher Kunpeng as his master. The saints were shocked and did not expect Kunpeng's calculation technique to be so powerful. Now, among humans, only the Jie teaching is dominant, but most of the Jie teaching disciples are demons, so it is impossible for them to help humans deal with those troublesome demons. They just saved people and didn't help humans control the flood. The disciples of the Xuan teaching themselves had a feud with Kunpeng, so they couldn't lend a hand to Yu's water control either.

  As soon as the flood came, Kunpeng let Wudao arrange everything and prepare to go and assist Yu in controlling the water. When Yu received the order, Kunpeng took his disciples and went to assist Yu.

  Yu hurried forward and said: "Disciple Yu pays respects to Master."

  Kun Peng nodded and then let them introduce themselves one by one, explaining their purpose.

  Yu was overjoyed when he learned that the teacher had come to help him control the floodwaters. The teacher's wisdom was renowned among all people, and with his assistance, the floodwaters would no longer be a problem.

  Yu took out his own plan for controlling the flood and said, "Teacher, this is a humble plan that I have devised. Please take a look at it and see if there's anything inappropriate."

  Gun Peng took over Yu's plan, listened carefully to the plan formulated by Yu, and then put forward many suggestions to him, such as the method of segmented construction and repairing canals to assist farming.

  Yu heard this and was overjoyed, saying: "Teacher's wisdom is like the sea, studying the heavens and humanity, what he does and thinks seems like a heavenly horse soaring through the skies, but in reality it is entirely feasible, not something ordinary people can attain."

  Yu said, "Your father Gun's affair, I have already known everything about it. The failure of water control cannot be entirely blamed on him. He was also wholeheartedly working for the human tribe. I should make a lot of efforts to clear his name; you just focus on controlling the flood, and I will certainly give you justice."

  Yu thanked him profusely and then said: "Master, nowadays the evil spirits of the Flood are stirring up trouble everywhere. If we don't stop them, I'm afraid it will be impossible for me to calm the waters."

  Kun Peng naturally knew that Yu was telling the truth, and said: "I can let a few of your senior brothers and sisters come to help you control the flood. Those little monsters will be taken care of by them, just focus on controlling the flood."

  Yu said worriedly: "I'm afraid those little monsters won't be able to hide, and the mastermind behind them, the Demon Saint, will secretly use magic to cause a flood to destroy everything. In that case, even if we kill some of these small monsters, it won't make any difference."

  Kun Peng smiled and said: "The master has long had a plan, just waiting for the arrival of the human army, there will be a clear distinction at that time, and they will definitely be caught off guard, you don't have to worry too much."

  Just as they were speaking, a small school came to report that Bai Jian had already led more than 1 million elite troops to arrive.

  "Great things have been accomplished!"

  Yu hastily said: "Quickly, please come in!"

  After a while, Bo Jian and others came in to see him. Kun Peng said: "Wu Dao, it's time for you to make achievements. Have you found any traces of the appearance of the demon saint near Wushan?"

  The six-eared macaque used its keen sense of hearing and said after a moment: "In the Wu Mountains, there is a place called the Three Gorges. There is a branch of the Wu River, a demonic saint with great powers, dozens of other demon tribes gathered nearby, and 100,000 aquatic demons scattered in all directions."

  Yu heard the words and was overjoyed, praising Wu Dao's divine powers as vast and great. Kun Peng said: "The matter must not be delayed, Bo Jian, you lead the human army, hurry up and go to defeat the enemy, we will go with you."