The prey Ye Wen had just brought back made everyone on his team stop looking down on the oddly dressed Ye Wen.
As he returned to Yu Village with the others, he noticed the few scattered pieces of prey the team had caught and couldn't help asking,
"Why didn't you go farther to hunt? There's plenty of prey just a little farther that way. You'd definitely have a much bigger haul!"
Everyone looked where Ye Wen was pointing and was stunned.
That place was no longer the outskirts of the Giant Beast Forest. It was the true Giant Beast Forest.
The forest was home to incredibly powerful giant beasts. They weren't just physically strong, with astonishing strength; they could also use Divine Skills.
They could fly through the sky and burrow underground, fill the air with poison, and spit fireballs, water bullets, and lightning. They could even split the earth.
How could ordinary people like us dare to go in, let alone hunt the beasts in their territory?
Ye Wen finally realized how lucky he was. He had spent the past few days walking out from the Giant Beast Forest and somehow hadn't been attacked by any giant beasts.
Ye Wen returned to Yu Village with the group.
He looked around the ancient village. It felt old and peaceful.
Just then, a group of little kids saw the adults returning and came running over, overjoyed. They each crowded around their family members, acting spoiled and rolling around.
The Old Clan Leader came out. Seeing that every returning hunter had made it back, he was delighted.
When he spotted Ye Wen, he was surprised and asked,
"Who is this? Why has he come to my village?"
It was clear that the Old Clan Leader was wary of outsiders.
The middle-aged Clan Leader stepped forward and explained,
"We encountered him on the way back today. He said he'd lost his memory and didn't know how he'd ended up on the outskirts of the Giant Beast Forest, so I brought him back and asked Old Uncle Zong to take a look at him."
The Old Clan Leader said nothing more, only sizing Ye Wen up and down as if he meant to see right through him.
"Go on. Take him to see Old Uncle Zong in a while."
At his words, everyone went home, and Ye Wen followed the Clan Leader to the home of the man they called Old Uncle Zong.
On the way, the Clan Leader told Ye Wen,
"Old Uncle Zong is the most famous doctor in the nearby villages.
"The elders say that when he was young, he traveled the world beyond these parts. They say he even survived an encounter with a giant beast.
"He's lived in this village for a long time, and no one knows exactly how old he is."
As he spoke, the Clan Leader led Ye Wen to Old Uncle Zong's home and pushed open the courtyard gate.
An old man with a vigorous, alert air stood before them.
He glanced at the two men at the gate and nodded to the Clan Leader. Then he turned to Ye Wen and said,
"Come inside. I know why you're here. Little Quanzi, you can go back."
Hearing himself called Little Quanzi, the Clan Leader sheepishly scratched his head and left.
"Hold out your hand. Let me have a look."
Ye Wen did as he was told. The old man held his hand for a long while, then looked into Ye Wen's eyes, muttering all the while,
"How can this be?
"How can this be?
"He's a Pure Blood clansman? There are still Pure Blood clansmen this young in the world?"
As he spoke, tears streamed down his face.
The old man examined Ye Wen closely again, his trembling hand caressing Ye Wen's body.
He was certain: Ye Wen was one of their people. He had found the Pre-cancerous Cells in Ye Wen's lungs.
Those Pre-cancerous Cells had divided countless times already. Otherwise, Ye Wen wouldn't have been diagnosed with terminal cancer on Earth.
But after sensing the Pre-cancerous Cells, the old man began to laugh and cry at once.
"Our people still have hope. We haven't been wiped out. Is this Heaven's will?"
Ye Wen was utterly confused. The old man kept gripping him excitedly, muttering to himself.
Suddenly, the old man asked Ye Wen in a solemn voice,
"Where did you come from?"
Ye Wen didn't dare tell the truth, so he could only keep pretending he had lost his memory.
The old man questioned him for a long time but got none of the answers he wanted. Then, all at once, he made a decision.
"Our people have been clinging to life in this world for so many years. Our numbers keep dwindling, and fewer and fewer of us can cultivate.
"If it weren't for the records from ancient times, we'd think we were just ordinary people like them.
"But we are the Hongmeng Human Race, one of the Supreme Races of the universe!"
The old man spoke to Ye Wen.
Ye Wen stared at him in disbelief. Could this man be of the same bloodline as the humans of Earth?
"Our people have dwindled until only a handful remain. I never thought I'd meet a Pure Blood clansman before I died.
"Heaven hasn't abandoned us!
"You're in your twenties. You've never cultivated, but that doesn't matter!
"You can't cultivate right now because the Supreme Race cursed us, condemning us to a lifetime without cultivation.
"But who could truly curse a Supreme Race into extinction?
"I'll help you with Spirit Opening and remove the curse. Once your spirit is opened, you'll be able to cultivate without trouble."
At that, Ye Wen stopped hiding the truth and asked outright,
"Old sir, are you really one of our people? Are there still clansmen on the Ancestral Star?"
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