"Xiao Shi, are you staying in the village today?" A villager greeted with a smile at the village entrance.
"We have enough food to last a long time. I don't need to go out for a while." The village chief emerged from the stone house, his gaze fixed on the boy whose body shimmered with radiant light. He spoke gently.
"Okay, Grandpa!" The little boy was very well-behaved. His entire body was bathed in a treasure light, and there was also a glimmer of glass-like light, making him appear extraordinary. It was hard to connect him with the child who had fought the Horned Bull earlier.
Shi Yunfeng felt a deep sense of satisfaction. This child had undergone a complete transformation in the past three years. With a single arm movement, he could lift fifty to sixty thousand jin, leaving everyone in the village utterly stunned.
However, the little boy was only three years old, and he was already stronger than many ferocious beasts. No one knew what level he would reach in the future.
Xiao Shi was still young, with astonishing potential for growth. Everyone in the village believed that he would become a great figure in the Great Wilderness.
It should be known that even the captain of the village's hunting team, Shi Linhu, could only lift five or six thousand jin with one arm. It was evident how monstrously talented Xiao Shi was.
"Let's go home first, and I'll cook for you later." Shi Yunfeng smiled, walking towards the stone house.
Xiao Shi's potential for growth far exceeded his expectations; he was simply not like someone from the mortal world.
His bone books, Xiao Shi could learn after just one glance, and he could use them directly.
Decades ago, he had accidentally picked up a piece of Jade Bone that had come with the Willow Tree. He had collected it.
It was a mysterious Jade Bone, and the complexity of the symbols on it was enough to make people vomit blood just by looking at it.
However, a year ago, Xiao Shi had taken out the Jade Bone and was enjoying it, completely unaffected. At the time, even the always aloof Willow Tree was alarmed.
That was also the first time Shi Yunfeng had heard the voice of a Sacrificial Spirit!
"Grandpa, I want to travel for a while," Xiao Shi said softly after entering the house.
"Going on a journey?" Shi Yunfeng, who was busy cooking, stiffened. His old face was filled with reluctance. He didn't turn around, but asked casually, "Why do you want to go on a journey?"
Looking at the old man's tall and aged back, Xiao Shi spoke very seriously, "Grandpa is old, and his body has old injuries. I want to go out and find spiritual elixirs to cure you!"
Shi Yunfeng's body trembled, and his eyes were slightly moist. He had always understood that although Xiao Shi appeared cold on the outside and didn't speak much, he was very filial deep down.
Seeing that the old man didn't speak, Xiao Shi continued, "I've caught a lot of ferocious beasts these days, enough for the village to use for a long time. Besides, the village has Willow God's protection, so there's no need to worry about external dangers."
"But... you're only three years old!" The old man still didn't want him to travel alone so early.
"I think I'm about to enter the Hole Heaven Realm."
Xiao Shi's words almost made the old man bump his head into the beast leg in his hand, showing how impactful the little guy's words were.
Shi Yunfeng turned around abruptly and asked in a trembling voice, "You're about to enter the Hole Heaven Realm?"
Xiao Shi blinked and said, "It seems like I can go in anytime."
Shi Yunfeng: "..."
He was speechless. This little guy's talent was suffocating.
Since childhood, he could absorb the essence of heaven and earth. After growing up a little, he achieved what others couldn't in a lifetime. Xiao Shi was only three years old, and even among the children of the kings and marquises, you couldn't find such a freak.
"Hmm, I had half of my charm back then." Finally, the old man held back for a long time before uttering this sentence.
Who knew that Xiao Shi nodded very seriously and said obediently, "I also think Grandpa was definitely amazing before."
Shi Yunfeng looked up at the sky speechlessly. Although he had some talent back then and cultivated to the Hole Heaven Realm, he knew his own limits compared to Xiao Shi. He said that because he didn't want the little guy to be too proud.
"You go play with Dazhuang and the others for a while, and come back to eat later." Shi Yunfeng smiled, ready to send the little guy away first.
Because this child was too smart, if he saw through it, even his old face wouldn't be able to handle it.
"Okay, Grandpa." Xiao Shi replied and left the stone house.
Watching Xiao Shi's departing figure, Shi Yunfeng sighed inwardly, "You have already surpassed me in my youth, and I can no longer teach you."
It's good to hope for your child to succeed, but sometimes when a child is too monstrous, it's too difficult. He wanted him to experience the magnificent world outside, but he was also worried that he was too young and would be corrupted by the outside world.
Ignoring Shi Yunfeng's complex feelings, Xiao Shi went towards the charred Willow Tree trunk next to the house as soon as he left the stone house.
Arriving nearby, Xiao Shi slightly bent his legs, then jumped, the distance of seven or eight meters was just a blink of an eye for him.
For three years, the Willow Tree hadn't changed, still the same, only one emerald green willow branch.
Sitting cross-legged on the broken top of the ten-meter-wide tree trunk, Xiao Shi muttered to himself, "Grandpa told me to play with those children, but they are all so childish, and some of the uncles' daughters always touch my face, I don't want to be with them!"
The emerald green willow branches swayed gently, and a divine sense emanated, "You are intelligent and precocious. I originally intended to open a world for you, but I am not capable of that yet. Cultivate well for now. When you later open the Nine Hole Heavens, I will take you to see it."
"Sister Willow God, I'm only in the Blood Mobilization Realm now, the Hole Heaven Realm is still far away," Xiao Shi happily said. To him, Willow God was like a big sister, always warm. Although he couldn't tell if Willow God's voice was male or female.
"Sister Willow God, Grandpa's health isn't good. I plan to go on a long journey, and also enter the Great Wilderness to temper myself. I have the Primal True Scripture, and I also have Treasure Techniques, so I should be able to protect myself…"
"The idea of tempering yourself is good, but your current strength is still a bit weak…"
"But… my single arm can lift one hundred and twenty thousand jin. I was afraid of scaring the people in the village, so I didn't dare to tell them. After all, Uncle Linhu, as the leader of the hunting team, can only lift five or six thousand jin with one arm," Xiao Shi said very seriously.
Willow God was slightly surprised, "One hundred and twenty thousand jin?"
In the past two years, the little guy often went out early and returned late, fighting with ferocious beasts in the mountains and forests nearby. She didn't pay much attention, but she didn't expect that this little guy had unknowingly surpassed the limit of the Blood Mobilization Realm. It was not easy.
"Yes, Sister Willow God. I used the methods you taught me, combined with my observations of the Primal True Scripture. After staying away from the village, I've been training, and I reached that level without realizing it."
"That's not right… your body seems to…" Willow God observed carefully, then fell silent. She didn't know how this little fellow had cultivated, but it seemed to have deviated from the proper order, completely going astray!
(End of Chapter)