Destroy It Already, Hurry Up, I'm Tired!

However.

Apologizing was useless, and calling it Senior was too late. Shi Yi had been far too bold. If he dared to relieve himself on its true form today, who knew whether he might dare to ride on it in the future.

The enormous yet dilapidated willow tree's branches, glowing with a lustrous green light, still did not release Shi Yi. They bound him tightly, leaving him hanging in midair like a human-shaped rice dumpling.

Before long.

In the central area of Stone Village, a group of children emerged onto the open ground before the enormous willow tree. They ranged from four or five years old to over ten, numbering around twenty or thirty.

Facing the morning glow in the open ground at the village entrance, they trained their bodies with loud grunts.

"Hng! Ha!"

"Hng! Ha!"

"Hng! Ha!"

There were both boys and girls among these children. Their tender little faces were flushed red, and it was clear that they were taking this seriously. None of them were going through the motions or slacking off.

To survive in the Vast Mountain Range, where Prehistoric Ferocious Beasts roamed everywhere, every second of effort mattered to the people here. Naturally, they could not be lazy.

And directly in front of these children.

Stood a middle-aged man with a body as powerful as a tiger or leopard. He wore Beast Hide, his skin was bronze-colored, and his black hair hung loose around his shoulders.

At that moment, his bright, keen eyes swept over every child before him as he earnestly instructed them.

"When the sun first rises, all things begin anew, and the vitality of life is at its strongest. Though we cannot feast on the rosy clouds and consume Qi like the Taotie of legend, training our bodies beneath the morning glow still brings immense benefits. It can fill the body with vitality and help us strengthen our physiques."

"A day's plan begins in the morning. Get up early and work harder every day. Strengthen your muscles and bones, invigorate your blood, and temper your sinews. Only then will you have the means to survive in the Vast Mountain Range in the future. Otherwise, the moment you step out of Stone Village, you may be carried off by a ferocious beast."

After saying that.

The middle-aged man shouted loudly, "Have you all understood?"

"Understood!" the children replied loudly and energetically.

While they were speaking.

All kinds of Prehistoric Ferocious Beasts continuously appeared outside Stone Village. At times, enormous wings that blotted out the sky swept overhead, casting vast, savage shadows over the village below.

Just as the middle-aged man had said.

Without sufficient strength, surviving even a single day in the Vast Mountain Range, which was filled with Prehistoric Ferocious Beasts and even Ancient Descendants, was impossible. One could be carried off by a Prehistoric Ferocious Beast at any moment.

However, there was no need to worry about being carried off by an Ancient Descendant. They simply did not think ordinary humans were worth their notice. At most, when passing by, they would crush them beneath a foot, like insignificant ants.

Just like now.

A hundred meters away.

Shi Yi, hanging helplessly in midair, went numb the moment he heard the words Stone Village.

A fantasy version of "Back to the Countryside"?

Is it just because I can't endure hardship and usually enjoy having clothes brought to me and meals served to me? Those old bastards actually secretly threw me into this barren, freezing place?

Why does Little brother get to keep living in luxury at Martial King Manor?

While I, his Brother, have to stay in this barren place and suffer through training?

Did I owe him something in my previous life?

As Shi Yi pondered, he noticed the willow tree beside him. His heart skipped a beat as an extremely ominous thought instantly surfaced in his mind.

"Willow Tree? Willow Deity? Willow Mom? It's over! I became Little brother! I became Shi Hao's substitute!"

Shi Yi felt as though ten thousand damn horses were galloping through his heart. Though only six years old, his little face had gone pale. What kind of nonsense was this? Which blind idiot had sent him to Stone Village?

And he seemed to have offended the Willow Deity too!

At that moment.

Shi Yi felt incomparably wronged. He had merely closed and opened his eyes, only to be transported somewhere else. Then, after simply relieving himself because he needed to go, he had been hung up and whipped.

Yet the next moment.

Just as Shi Yi felt that his life had become utterly dark, he was subjected to a public execution by the children of Stone Village.

"Look, the sacrificial spirit—no, the Willow Deity—it seems to have tied someone up and hung him in midair."

"It really did."

"Isn't he that boy who was abandoned a few days ago? He's been meditating inside the Great Bronze Cauldron all this time. Has he finally awakened?"

"So amazing. He meditated for so many days without eating a bowl of food or drinking a bowl of water, yet his Essence, Qi, and Spirit have not weakened at all. As expected of someone from outside."

"Do you think he offended the Willow Deity?"

"Probably. Otherwise, the Willow Deity would not have hung him up for no reason. Look at his butt—his pants are torn. It's obvious he was fiercely whipped by willow branches."

The children of Stone Village would never understand just how much mental damage their innocent words inflicted upon Shi Yi, who was hanging in midair. Now, he had only one thought.

"Children, stay here and watch him. I'll go inform the Village Chief."

As soon as he spoke.

The middle-aged man left, running toward a courtyard in the eastern part of Stone Village. He needed to quickly report Shi Yi's awakening to Shi Linfeng, the Village Chief and Clan Leader of Stone Village.

Watching the middle-aged man leave.

Shi Yi closed his eyes. After this public execution, he had been branded with shame. For the rest of his life, he would never escape the matter of being hung up and beaten by a willow tree.

"Destroy it already, hurry up, I'm tired!"

Shi Yi could already imagine that once he returned to Martial King Manor.

His relatives, including his parents, all the aunts and uncles, and even Shi Hao, that little troublemaker, would keep asking him about the details of how he had been hung up and beaten by a willow tree.

"Yi'er, Mother will go inform your father right away. We'll have the Shi Clan, the Rain Clan, and Demon Spirit Lake join forces to flatten that willow tree that bullied Yi'er."

"Yi'er, you are a Double Pupil User, the Reincarnation of an Ancient Sage. One day, you will surely avenge this humiliation."

"Yi Gege, you're already so amazing. How could you still be hung up and beaten by a willow tree? Could that willow tree be very powerful?"

Stone Village, east of the village entrance, the Clan Leader's home.

The small house was very empty. Apart from a stone bed covered in Beast Hide, there were only some simple pots, bowls, and utensils. Just like the name Stone Village, those pots, bowls, and utensils were all made of stone.

"Clan Leader, we haven't gone into the mountains for several days."

The speaker was a burly adult man. Not only was he the leader of Stone Village's hunting party, he was also Stone Village's next Clan Leader.

His name was Shi Linhu. He was exceptionally tall, over two meters in height, with a massive sword weighing more than three hundred jin strapped across his broad back.

He was built like a man-bear, his bronze muscles bulging all over his body like writhing pythons.

"But things have been rather unsettled lately. Forget about nighttime—even in broad daylight, many Prehistoric Ferocious Beasts and even Ancient Descendants have been wandering outside Stone Village."

The Old Clan Leader, Shi Yunfeng, frowned. Though he was already over sixty, his tall and muscular body still carried an imposing force. In the modern world, he would have been a handsome old gentleman.

"But there really isn't much food left in the village. It doesn't matter if we adults go hungry, but the children cannot," Shi Linhu voiced his concern.

He was not afraid of hunger, but the children could not go hungry.

"Indeed. The little ones need to grow, so they cannot be starved. We need to think of something," Old Clan Leader Shi Yunfeng agreed, nodding.

"Clan Leader, although the nights have been extremely unsettled lately, the danger during the day is still within acceptable limits. If I take some people out and we remain careful, there should be no problem," Shi Linhu said.

"Be careful. And that little child left at the village entrance—who knows who left him outside Stone Village's gates? After meditating for so many days, he also needs enough blood food to replenish his body."

Before Shi Yunfeng could finish speaking, a middle-aged man rushed in and said urgently, "Clan Leader, that child has awakened. I just don't know why the Willow Deity tied him up and hung him in midair."

"The little child woke up?" Shi Linhu asked in surprise.

"He did, but judging from his expression, he seems unable to accept reality. He doesn't dare believe that he was abandoned," the middle-aged man nodded.

"Abandonment is impossible. This child has delicate features, and his clothes are exceptionally luxurious. Moreover, judging from the blood Qi remaining in his body, he has already completed his baptism. It is obvious that he comes from a noble power. And besides him, there was also a portion of Ancient Descendant true blood placed at the village entrance. Someone must have wanted us to look after him for a time."

Although Shi Linhu's towering body made him look like a brute, he was actually a thoughtful and meticulous person. In just a few moments, he had guessed most of the truth.

"Yesterday, I also asked the Willow Deity. Two Old Men with terrifying auras placed him at the village entrance. It seems Stone Village has become a place where major outside powers send their younger descendants to train. That portion of Ancient Descendant true blood is Stone Village's reward. And according to the Willow Deity, those two Old Men with terrifying auras did not truly leave. They have been secretly guarding outside Stone Village all along." Old Clan Leader Shi Yunfeng confirmed Shi Linhu's guess.