What Hu Niu didn't know was that it wasn't just that she couldn't understand; once she stepped out of the room, she would even forget the conversation between Shi Yi and the Willow Deity.
Knowing too much about some things was not good for her, even at her young age. Some things were simply not meant for her to know.
Everyone had their own destiny.
And their own weight of fate.
Some people racked their brains every day but could never stir up any waves.
Others, with a single thought, could turn the entire world upside down.
This was the result of the different proportions of fate's weight that individuals held in the world. And Shi Yi was a person with a very heavy weight of fate.
His every casual action would change too many things.
Favored by Heaven and Earth, blessed by destiny.
Indeed.
A firm Dao heart was a ladder to success, but with terrible luck, it was very possible to die a humiliating death by accidentally stepping on a poisonous insect while barefoot.
There were many hardworking people in this world.
But not many lucky ones.
For a person's success, a firm Dao heart was just the foundation.
To succeed, one's own luck was equally indispensable.
Compared to a firm Dao heart, which was something tangible, luck was an ethereal existence, impossible to seek or find anywhere.
Great achievers were inevitably inseparable from great luck and great effort. As of now, Shi Yi's luck was quite good, but without great effort, he would still find it difficult to achieve greatness.
The so-called great effort, which was the Dao heart, could be shaped later in life, but luck, to put it bluntly, if you didn't have the destiny for it, you simply didn't.
Defying Heaven and changing fate?
Little did they know that this was also a part of fate.
They had never escaped fate from beginning to end.
Because most people who had the ability to change their own fate fundamentally didn't need to change it, and those who didn't have the ability to change their fate naturally couldn't change it.
The next day.
Early in the morning, the sun rose.
The old and young men of Stone Village woke up excitedly and began a new day. However, they were surprised to find that outside Stone Village, many Prehistoric Ferocious Beasts and Desolate Variants had died.
Looking up.
The towering Willow Tree in the center of Stone Village emitted a faint glow from its emerald green branches.
It was obvious.
Last night, many Prehistoric Ferocious Beasts and Desolate Variants had tried to rush into Stone Village to seize the Ancient Descendant's True Blood and flesh, but in the end, they had all died outside Stone Village.
"All the old and young men of Stone Village, thank the Willow Deity for protecting Stone Village!"
Old Clan Leader Shi Yunfeng took the lead, and everyone in Stone Village, from the elders down to the three-year-old children, all knelt down. Only the sleepy Shi Yi was still sound asleep in the house.
He was too tired.
Because the Grotto-heaven could continuously absorb the essence of Heaven and Earth from the outside world, his body wasn't tired, but his spirit was exhausted.
He hadn't had a chance to sleep during the past few months of training outside, and it had been a very, very long time since he had slept so soundly.
Last night.
Hu Niu fell asleep as soon as she was full, sleeping on Shi Yi's bed board without any reservations. From her own mother, Aunt Hu, to the entire Stone Village, everyone wished for Shi Yi and Hu Niu to have a special relationship.
Unfortunately.
Not to mention that Shi Yi hadn't reached that age yet and was temporarily willing but unable, he would need to be at least ten years old. Furthermore, with the Willow Deity nearby, he couldn't just mess around.
As for Shi Yi, after staying up with the Willow Deity until after midnight, he also fell asleep beside Hu Niu. The Willow Deity watched silently for a few minutes, and her human form gradually disappeared.
Not old, but with a big heart!
At this moment.
Facing the kneeling of all the villagers of Stone Village, the Willow Deity's soul consciousness fluctuated slightly, giving no response. As the Offering Spirit, protecting Stone Village was her duty.
The old and young of Stone Village were already used to this lack of response. After respectfully kneeling for three minutes, the old and young of Stone Village all stood up one by one.
"Quickly, everyone get moving! We must drag all those dead ferocious beasts into Stone Village before the sun is directly overhead. With this batch of meat, Stone Village won't have to worry about not having food for the next few years."
Old Clan Leader Shi Yunfeng anxiously directed the young and strong men in Stone Village to go out and drag all the dead ferocious beasts outside Stone Village into the village.
Once inside Stone Village, these dead ferocious beasts belonged to Stone Village, just like the Ancient Descendant True Blood and the Ancient Descendant remains; once they entered Stone Village, they belonged to Stone Village.
Just like that.
The young and strong men of Stone Village were busy until noon, when the sun was directly overhead. They finally dragged the dead ferocious beasts from around Stone Village into the village.
What they didn't know was that these dead ferocious beasts were only one-tenth of those that died last night; nine-tenths had been carried away by other ferocious beasts before dawn.
However, even this one-tenth amounted to over a hundred ferocious beasts, with the shortest being two meters tall and the tallest a hundred meters. This meat was more than enough for Stone Village to eat for several years.
"Now go home, grab your children, and prepare for their baptism. The sooner they bathe in the Ancient Descendant True Blood, the sooner they can grow up."
After sorting out the food problem for the next few years, Old Clan Leader Shi Yunfeng began to arrange the baptism.
Some of the young boys and girls in Stone Village, including Hu Niu, would undergo the Ancient Descendant True Blood Baptism today. This group of young boys and girls would be the future hope of Stone Village.
Over the years.
How could the old and young of Stone Village not want to develop the village and become a large tribe in the Great Wilderness? But just surviving in the Great Wilderness had already exhausted all their efforts.
However, with Shi Yi's arrival, although it had only been three years, these three years had brought about earth-shattering changes in Stone Village, allowing them to successfully see hope.
As long as the next generation of Stone Village grew up, they would surely be able to lead Stone Village to establish itself in the Great Wilderness. Even if Shi Yi left in the future, Stone Village would not lose its backbone.
An hour passed.
In the open space in the center of Stone Village, eight Great Bronze Cauldrons were burning red, filled with boiling Ancient Descendant True Blood, emitting a terrifying pressure.
It looked very frightening, but in reality, there wasn't much Ancient Descendant True Blood inside. Not everyone was Shi Hao and Shi Yi; their tolerance was also extremely limited.
Basically, each bronze cauldron contained at most half a scoop of Ancient Descendant true blood. This was the limit; any more and these young men and women of Stone Village wouldn't be able to bear it.
"Dong!" The sound of a heavy object falling into water.
A young man from Stone Village was thrown in by his parents, landing in the first bronze cauldron. The scalding hot Ancient Descendant true blood instantly surged into his mouth and nose.
In the very next second.
The young man jumped up, scalded, and let out a heart-wrenching scream.
"Ah!!!"
The young men and women of Stone Village watching around them immediately turned green in the face, wishing they could escape immediately. However, as soon as they made a move, they were firmly held down by the adults.
"It looks so painful, I don't want to take a medicinal bath. Last time it felt like being cut by a knife, my skin was torn open. This time they even added Ancient Descendant true blood, won't it just hurt me to death?"
"Dad, let go, I don't want to be boiled. Mom, save me, save Pi Houzi!"
"Brother Yi, don't just stand there watching the show. Your brother is in trouble, are you going to help or not?"
"Help? Tell me, how do you want me to help you?"
"Brother Yi, you and I are brothers. Let's go in together and help our brother share the pain of the Ancient Descendant true blood."
"Share the pain? I can't help. I can't endure any hardship."
Shi Yi sat under the willow tree, a blade of grass in his mouth, his legs crossed, watching with relish as these young men and women underwent the agonizing True Blood Baptism of the Ancient Descendant.
Seeing others suffer similarly, he, who had just woken up not long ago, felt completely comfortable.
Although this behavior felt a bit like schadenfreude, wasn't that just how people were?
He still remembered.
Half an hour ago.
It was Aunt Hu breaking down the door and grabbing Hu Niu that had startled him awake from his deep sleep, making him realize that today these young men and women of Stone Village were going to undergo the baptism.
He just didn't know why, but Aunt Hu, looking at Hu Niu, who was fully dressed, had a strange dimness in her usually bright eyes, as if her wishful thinking had come to naught.
But she didn't think about it properly, Shi Yi was only nine years old this year!
Even if he had the intention, he lacked the strength.
"A bunch of brats, truly not knowing how good you have it. This is the True Blood Baptism of the Ancient Descendant, it can make your bones and muscles comparable to the ferocious beasts outside."
"Exactly, if we had the True Blood Baptism of the Ancient Descendant when we were young, we would have expanded Stone Village several times over by now, and wouldn't still be stuck in the Vast Mountain Range."
"Now that you have the True Blood Baptism of the Ancient Descendant, you will definitely be able to break through the Blood Moving Realm and become a Celestial Passage Realm expert, an expert like your Brother Yi."
"Pain? You're afraid of pain now, but when you grow up and you can't defeat the ferocious beasts, when the ferocious beasts eat you, will you still be afraid of pain?"
The adults kept scolding their children, recounting the hardships of their youth. Perhaps this was a common ailment of parents.
They liked to complain.
(End of Chapter)