"Everyone, get moving! Clean out the cauldron, cut out the Suanni's heart, extract his true blood, and bring out all the precious medicines we've stored in the village. Let's give the children a proper baptism!" Shi Yunfeng's voice had gone hoarse with excitement.
The clan elders' eyes shone.
"What a blessing!"
A baptism in the true blood of a Primordial Remnant Species would lay an unimaginably solid foundation for the village's children. With a little diligence, every one of them could reach the blood-moving realm with ease. Countless people in the Great Wilderness would never encounter such an opportunity in their entire lives.
"Something's wrong!"
Wang Xuan watched the bustling scene in the village, his nostrils twitching as he caught an unfamiliar rank odor on the wind.
His powerful physique and keen senses far surpassed those of Stone Village's hunting party. Coupled with the constant vigilance he maintained while surviving in the Great Wilderness, they let him react immediately.
"The smell's too strong. It's drifting in from outside the village. There are plenty of them!"
Wang Xuan looked toward the dark mountain forest outside the village, runes flashing in his eyes. As the mountain wind swept through the swaying undergrowth, a white shape flashed past, then vanished.
"What an enormous wolf!"
Though it had appeared for only an instant, he had already seen the creature clearly. It was a white wolf as large as a giant elephant, its eyes glowing with bloodlust and cunning.
The Suanni's precious body only just reached Stone Village, and word has already gotten out?
Still, that was hardly surprising.
The Azure-Scaled Eagle had carried the Suanni's precious body through the sky. With something that enormous, there was no way it could have gone unseen along the route.
And the Azure-Scaled Eagle had been with Stone