Falling into Stone Village

The morning was shrouded in mist. The Great Yang rose, casting warm sunlight over the Great Wilderness.

In Stone Village, at this hour, a group of children rubbed their eyes and emerged from their homes to train their bodies in the clearing. Their childish voices were filled with sunshine and vigor.

Several burly men stood nearby, sternly and seriously instructing the youngsters.

More than a dozen men in their prime donned armor and carried weapons, bidding farewell to the villagers before heading into the Great Wilderness to hunt.

Splat!

Just as they stepped out of the village gates, a crack tore across the sky. Raging astral winds could be seen surging through the chaos within. The next moment, a streak of white light emerged and fell from the Nine Heavens, crashing heavily to the ground.

The middle-aged men were startled at first, then hurriedly surrounded the place where the white light had landed. When they saw the landing spot, several of them solemnly bowed.

This was Stone Village's Sacrificial Spirit: a black Lightning-Struck Wood over ten meters in diameter. Remarkably, a tender willow branch grew from its trunk, making one marvel at its tenacious vitality.

"Is that a naked baby?!"

When the white light dispersed, one of the men blurted it out. The Old Clan Chief, Shi Yunfeng, came over upon hearing the commotion, and a large crowd gathered around.

The child looked only one or two years old. He was completely naked, like a porcelain doll, blinking his large eyes. His black gemstone-like pupils were bright, lively, and adorable.

"Haha, he's got a little bird too. It's a boy."

"Damn it, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!"

One of the men crouched down and lightly flicked the child's little bird. Just as he opened his mouth to laugh, a stream of water shot into the air and accurately sprayed right into his mouth.

The man's face immediately turned green. He ran aside and began spitting, utterly miserable.

"Hahaha, Shi Tieniu, serves you right! That's what you get for being handsy!"

"Little boys' pee is supposed to be nourishing. Tieniu, you sure got to enjoy it!"

"What did it taste like? Tell us how it felt?!"

"Hahaha!"

Everyone burst into laughter, and the scene became lively and harmonious. Shi Tieniu's old face reddened with embarrassment as he slunk away. He had utterly disgraced himself.

Having just relieved himself, the child was now observing his surroundings.

His consciousness had blurred a moment ago. He had only felt someone touching his little brother, and he couldn't stand for that, so he had immediately opened the floodgates.

Where was this?

It looked a little familiar. A pitch-black willow trunk?

Stone houses?

Could it be... huh? Holy shit, why had he turned into a child?!

Because he was now a child, he could not speak. All he could do was babble while waving his tiny arms.

With such obvious environmental features, how could someone who often read novels possibly not know where this was?

He had merely stayed up late reading a novel, then his vision had gone black. Did that really warrant sending him through time?

Perfect World...

Ahhh, could someone send him back? Wuwuwu, was this really a place his tiny body could handle?

Any ordinary world would have been fine. This body of his seemed to be his original body rejuvenated, which meant he was probably a Mortal Body without any talent or bloodline. It was enough to make him want to cry without tears.

Emperor Bone Brother came before him, and the Weird Clan came after him. How was someone from an ordinary world supposed to fight them? Fight my ass!

"He's about the same age as Little Dot. He just fell from the sky... could he be the descendant of some great expert?"

Shi Yunfeng stroked his beard, his expression extremely cautious. Though this was only a child, his origins were unknown, and that could easily bring disaster upon Stone Village.

"Sacrificial Spirit... do you have any guidance?"

Just as Shi Yunfeng hesitated, the sole willow branch on the charred trunk moved. It gently touched the child's cheek. The verdant branch radiated streams of multicolored light and filled the air with a rich life force.

"You may adopt this little fellow. There is no need to worry."

Liu Shen's ethereal voice rang out. The child who had fallen from the Nine Heavens had awakened her from her recovery. After conducting a karmic deduction, she had found no sign that this was the work of any powerful expert.

As her words fell, the glow of Liu Shen's willow branch dimmed considerably. She had only recently awakened, and even such a simple deduction consumed much of her divine power.

Shi Yunfeng also breathed a sigh of relief. Since Liu Shen had said there was no problem, he no longer remained wary or suspicious.

"Little fellow, he can keep Little Dot company."

Shi Yunfeng smiled kindly and wrapped the child in clean animal-hide clothes.

"Clan Chief, give him a name. From now on, he'll be one of us from Stone Village too," Shi Feijiao said.

The people of Stone Village were simple and kind. They were more than willing to accept such an adorable child.

"Though we don't know who your parents are, from now on, you'll be called Shi Jue," Shi Yunfeng said after some thought, smiling.

"Yiya~"

Shi Jue let out a babyish cry. This name was not bad. When in Rome, do as the Romans did. His name in his previous life had also contained the character jue, so this would do.

Damn it, having his body revert to childhood was really inconvenient. He couldn't even speak, but Liu Shen did not seem to have noticed anything. He would just take things one step at a time.

At one or two years old, there was nothing he could do.

Shi Yunfeng took Shi Jue home. Inside were a large bed and a small bed. On the small bed lay Little Dot, an adorable porcelain-doll-like child about Shi Jue's current age.

This should be Shi Hao. He really was adorable as a child. If Shi Jue were not a child himself right now, he would have wanted to pinch the Desolate Heavenly Emperor's cheeks.

"Little Dot, Little Jue, I'll boil you some beast milk. Don't run around!"

Shi Yunfeng placed Shi Jue beside Little Dot, chuckled, took out two milk jars, and went outside.

The children of Stone Village had always been sturdy. They could crawl around everywhere from a very young age, lively and active enough to give many parents headaches.

"Yiya yiya yo~" Shi Jue crawled up and tried to greet him, but those were the only sounds he could make.

"Yiya yiya."

Little Dot made similar sounds, displaying great curiosity toward this child about his own age.

It smells so good!

Before long, a rich, pure milk fragrance drifted in from outside, making Shi Jue and Little Dot drool.

"It's ready, one jar each!"

Half an hour later, Shi Yunfeng entered carrying beast milk that had cooled to a suitable temperature, giving each of them a jar.

"Glug..."

With difficulty, Shi Jue picked up the milk jar. After taking a sip, his eyes instantly lit up. There was not the slightest hint of gamey flavor, and it completely crushed any regular fresh milk in terms of taste.

Moreover, after it entered his stomach, he could clearly feel a warm current circulating through his blood and spreading throughout his limbs and bones. His skin even flushed with a healthy redness as a faint glow of multicolored light suffused it.

No wonder Shi Hao liked beast milk so much. It really was good stuff. It smelled delicious and had a sweet flavor, and it was greatly beneficial to the body. It was especially safe for children to absorb. The divine essence within was extremely gentle and would not harm the body.