The True Blood Baptism of the Ancient Descendants in Stone Village proceeded quickly. With eight Great Bronze Cauldrons filled with the rolling true blood of Ancient Descendants, a young boy or girl was thrown into a cauldron roughly every half an hour.
Each time a new boy or girl was swapped in, half a scoop of Ancient Descendant true blood was added. Unlike the boys who were thrown in completely naked, the girls still wore their beast-skin skirts and wraps.
The only thing that was the same was that regardless of gender, once they entered the Great Bronze Cauldron, they were scalded and screamed, crying for their parents, their small arms and legs frantically trying to climb out, only to be pushed back in by their parents.
The scene was unbearable to watch, but it also showed from the side that there really weren't many people like Shi Hao who could find joy in suffering. Most people couldn't endure much hardship.
Being able to endure hardship is simply a matter of getting used to it, getting used to suffering. Suffering is not something to be praised; suffering is just suffering. Many people suffer their entire lives without receiving any reward.
Suffering does indeed have the ability to temper one's will and shape one's Dao heart, but there are thousands of paths in life. There is no need to force oneself to walk a path of suffering.
At least, that's what Shi Yi thought.
And in his opinion,
When it comes to enduring hardship, who can endure more than a farmer who faces the Yellow Earth with their back to the Heaven?
So...
He hated those people in the Martial King Manor who threw him into Stone Village to suffer!
Did they really not look at him for three years?
Or did they forget about him?
Shi Yi had nowhere to vent the resentment in his heart, so he could only chat with the Willow Deity every day. Although the other party had made it very clear, he wasn't someone who cared about face.
A person without shame is invincible under Heaven.
Have you not seen?
How tiring it is for people who care about face to live normally, and how comfortably those without shame live.
Leaving aside other things,
Just speaking of Shi Yi's time on the Azure Blue Planet, when he read about the history of the Three Kingdoms in Chinese civilization, he realized a truth: if Liu Bei had even half the shamelessness of his ancestor Liu Bang, perhaps the Han Dynasty would have truly been restored three times.
A righteous gentleman, who cares?
Thousands of years later,
People will say you were a hypocrite, that it was all an act.
So...
Shi Yi really didn't care much about things like face. What the world sees is achievement, what it sees is the result.
As long as you are strong enough, no matter how shameless you are, people will still have to bow and scrape to you, to submit to you.
"Willow Deity, what do you think about me passing on some of the cultivation methods from the Martial King Manor to Stone Village?" Shi Yi asked in a low voice.
"The cultivation techniques they practice are too simple and crude. In all these years, not a single person has reached the Celestial Passage Realm. They cannot cultivate the Original True Understanding. It would naturally be best if you could pass on cultivation methods."
The Willow Deity's voice echoed in Shi Yi's mind. Although she believed that Shi Yi, with his unstable Dao heart, would find it difficult to reach the peak in the future, this didn't stop her from finding Shi Yi interesting.
The Great Dao is boundless, and she couldn't be sure that the path she insisted on was necessarily correct. Perhaps someone like Shi Yi, with an unstable Dao heart, could break her understanding.
"Willow Deity, you are so powerful, why don't you pass on some cultivation methods that they can cultivate?" Shi Yi asked curiously.
"The offerings they provide are meaningless to me. The only thing that counts is their sincere devotion, which is just enough for me to protect Stone Village." The Willow Deity's answer was concise and clear.
As she said.
She didn't owe Stone Village anything; she was just staying there temporarily. She didn't care for the offerings Stone Village usually provided. It was only that sincere devotion that made her protect the old and young of Stone Village for so many years.
But all good things must come to an end.
She couldn't stay in Stone Village forever.
Shi Yi wasn't joking, nor was he just saying things casually.
The next day, he taught the young men and women of Stone Village the cultivation methods of the Martial King Manor. He also used his Double Pupil to replicate the Precious Techniques of a King-level Demon Ape and a Li Fire Bull Demon for them.
As the Double Pupil appeared, the void vibrated. The precious bone on the King-level Demon Ape's forehead and the precious bone on the Li Fire Bull Demon's back had their runes forcibly activated by the power of the Double Pupil.
After the runes appeared, the Old Clan Leader of Stone Village, Shi Yunfeng, and several other old men of Stone Village quickly copied these runes with pen and ink so that the young men and women of Stone Village could learn them.
However, because of this.
Including the Old Clan Leader Shi Yunfeng, several old men of Stone Village felt increasingly uneasy. Shi Yi had always been helping Stone Village, but Stone Village hadn't helped Shi Yi with anything.
Because of this.
That afternoon, Shi Yi was invited over by the Old Clan Leader Shi Yunfeng. Several other old men of Stone Village, who held significant positions in the village, accompanied him.
"Shi Yi, Stone Village doesn't have many good things. Besides two ancestral artifacts, there's nothing else we can offer..."
As the Old Clan Leader Shi Yunfeng spoke, he took out a beast bone and a piece of beast hide from a yellowed wooden box.
The beast bone was an arm bone, and the beast hide was old and stained with blood, but both emitted a terrifying aura.
If someone knowledgeable were here, they would realize that this beast bone and beast hide, the two ancestral artifacts the Old Clan Leader Shi Yunfeng mentioned, were rare treasures even in the Upper Realm.
Once someone could fully unleash the power of these two ancestral artifacts, slaying gods was not impossible. This showed that these two ancestral artifacts were the true foundation of Stone Village.
Now, the Old Clan Leader Shi Yunfeng was willing to display these two ancestral artifacts in front of Shi Yi, essentially treating Shi Yi as a member of Stone Village, as family.
"Old Clan Leader, the rune bone fragment you gave me is already the best gift," Shi Yi said helplessly.
What was this all about?
Isn't it just two ancestral artifacts?
Do you think my Martial King Manor doesn't have its own foundation?
My mother's Rain Clan even has the Rain God Decree!
However, Shi Yi didn't know.
This beast bone and beast hide were far stronger than the foundation of the Martial King Manor, and much stronger than the Rain God Decree of the Rain Clan. These were two truly god-slaying ancestral artifacts that protected the village.
"That rune bone fragment descended from Heaven with the Willow Deity. We don't even have the right to look at it. If you stare at the runes on the bone fragment for more than three seconds, you'll vomit blood, and in severe cases, you might even die," an old man from Stone Village with white hair said.
"Old Stone is right. It should belong to the Willow Deity. I'm just keeping it for her. Shi Yi, you've done so much for Stone Village. We old folks have to express our gratitude. This is our heartfelt intention," the Old Clan Leader Shi Yunfeng said sincerely.
Stone Village repays grudges and naturally doesn't forget kindness. Now, with Shi Yi's help, Stone Village was full of vitality and progressing towards becoming a large tribe.
Including the Old Clan Leader Shi Yunfeng, everyone in Stone Village had come to regard Shi Yi as their backbone. Naturally, they wanted to entrust the two ancestral artifacts of Stone Village to Shi Yi for safekeeping.
"Old Clan Leader, you really don't have to. If you absolutely insist on giving me something, why don't you give me that Black Cauldron in your room? I just happen to be missing a good cauldron specifically for stewing fierce beasts."
The iron pot Shi Yi used the night before had already died, just like the stone knife that had accompanied him for many years.
However, the iron pot wasn't forcibly broken; it simply had been used for too long, too frequently, reaching the end of its lifespan. The bottom of the pot had cracked, making it impossible to repair.
This showed just how hard Shi Yi's life had been. He didn't even have a decent pot. This tattered iron pot had been used for a full three years.
"You can have the Black Cauldron, but Shi Yi, you must also accept these two ancestral artifacts. You said we shouldn't treat you as an outsider, and you shouldn't treat us grandfathers as outsiders either."
Old Clan Leader Shi Yunfeng didn't allow for any argument. He directly stuffed the beast bone and beast skin into Shi Yi's arms and then arranged for someone to send the Black Cauldron, which hadn't been used for a long time, to Shi Yi's room.
Afterward,
A bewildered Shi Yi returned, still bewildered. However, when he carefully examined the beast bone and beast skin with his Double Pupil.
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