Original True Interpretation

"Willow Deity, could you help me take a look at this?" Bai Yixin took out the Bone Cube he had picked up earlier.

A glowing green twig descended from the scorched trunk of the willow tree, and an invisible force lifted the Bone Cube from Bai Yixin's palm, causing it to hover in the air.

"It is of the same bone quality as the Original True Interpretation. It contains a restriction and can only be opened using a specific method."

"I picked this up outside. Can you open it, Willow Deity?" Bai Yixin's face was filled with anticipation.

"I cannot."

A trace of disappointment flickered across Bai Yixin's face, but since he had already anticipated this, he quickly steadied his emotions.

The Willow Deity had only just been reborn from her nirvana; she likely could not recall many things, and her power might not even be one-billionth of what it was at her peak.

Yet, hearing the Willow Deity confirm she could not do it still left Bai Yixin feeling a bit let down. If he could truly open it, he would not only master a supreme technique but also never lack for Treasure Techniques.

Inside this Bone Cube was the inheritance of the Supreme Hall!

"Little White, so you're here."

The old village chief, Shi Yunfeng, walked over with Little One.

"Grandpa Chief, is there something you need?" Bai Yixin grabbed the Furry Ball that was lunging toward the Bone Cube in his palm, gave it a fierce rub, and then tossed it a piece of dried meat to shoo it away.

Shi Yunfeng's expression was incredibly solemn as he spoke to Bai Yixin and Little One, "Children, I have nothing left to teach you. You are both true heaven-sent prodigies. I have one more bone here; the runes upon it are so complex that a single glance is enough to make one cough up blood. I never dared to show it to you before, fearing you would suffer grave injuries, but now I truly have nothing else to teach you. This is all that remains. You must be careful!"

Shi Yunfeng carefully took a bone from his robes. It was lustrous and white, looking like a piece of beautiful jade the size of a palm, translucent and possessing an indescribable crystalline quality.

Though it was small, it was densely packed with countless symbols. Vaguely, one could almost hear the chanting of gods and demons from the heavens, enough to make one's blood boil and heart race.

It was shocking; it was clearly just a bone, yet the moment it was revealed, it was this extraordinary.

"Don't stare at it constantly. Look away for a while after every glance, or you will hurt yourselves," the old chief warned sternly.

"Yes, Grandpa Chief, I understand." Bai Yixin took it into his hands and gently stroked it. It felt incredibly smooth and cool to the bone, very comfortable to hold.

"This texture..."

The feel of this bone was indeed exactly the same as the Bone Cube.

"Willow Deity, is this what you called the Original True Interpretation?" Bai Yixin looked up at the Willow Deity, asking a question he already knew the answer to.

"Brother Little White, how do you know it's called the Original True Interpretation?" Little One asked, unable to contain his curiosity.

"I just asked the Willow Deity about it, and She told me." Bai Yixin handed the Bone Cube to Little One.

"I picked this one up."

The fist-sized Furry Ball squeaked incessantly, scratching its head and cheeks. Seeing the Bone Cube move to Little One's hand, it let out a whoosh and pounced onto Little One's hand, hugging the white bone like a little golden koala, refusing to let go no matter what.

It meant: This is mine, nobody try to take it from me!

Could this be the Mountain Treasure? the old chief wondered.

After all, the bone he had brought out had descended from beyond the heavens along with the Willow Deity. That Bai Yixin had picked up a Bone Cube outside that shared the same material as the bone he possessed—it was hard not to think of it as the Mountain Treasure that had appeared earlier.

Both of them clearly were not simple.

Shi Yunfeng did not dwell on whether it was the Mountain Treasure and instead asked the Willow Deity, "Please, Willow Deity, guide us on how this Original True Interpretation should be cultivated."

This concerned the children's future, which was the most important matter at hand.

"To comprehend the Original True Interpretation, one must lay the most solid foundation. In one's youth, during the Blood-Moving Realm, one must be like the cub of a heavenly-tier archaic vicious beast, lifting a hundred thousand jin of divine iron with physical strength alone, and one's spirit and will must be tempered to be harder than iron. Only then will it suffice!"

The willow tree spoke, uttering words that made the old chief's heart tremble.

"We have the confidence to achieve this in the shortest time possible, right, Little One?" Bai Yixin said to Little One with a smile.

"Yes! I will work hard!" Little One nodded earnestly, his gaze filled with determination.

From that day on, the two began even more grueling training. Unlike their previous practice, they now occasionally received pointers from the Willow Deity on how to temper their bodies and strengthen their sinews and bones.

Every day, the villagers could see Bai Yixin and Little One sprinting across the land while carrying beasts weighing tens of thousands of jin.

They also bathed in medicinal decoctions frequently—a small soak every three days and a major one every seven—using every ancient recipe recorded in the village.

As for the medicinal herbs, they had no need to worry. The treasure land they had found not only solved their food shortage but also provided various spiritual herbs.

Almost all the materials recorded in the ancient recipes could be found, and the meat broths and medicinal powders refined from them had miraculous effects.

The most precious of these was a recipe given by the Willow Deity for building a foundation for the cubs of heavenly-tier archaic vicious beasts. Although they used substitutes, the blood of the Furry Ball, the Zhu Yan, served as the primary ingredient, and the results remained astonishing!

Dozens of miles away, stone mountains stood side by side, and violent waterfalls hung from them. Perhaps they could no longer be called waterfalls, but rather mountain floods, the rumbling sound of which was enough to deafen one's ears.

Three great rivers converged, rushing through the craggy mountains. Below was a deep valley forming a vast cliff. The water was violent, as if falling from beyond the heavens, with sheets of water cascading down and rocks constantly tumbling.

Arriving here, let alone climbing against the current, even just getting close was enough to make one tremble with fear. The vast mountain flood was terrifying, and the boulders crashing down with it—many weighing thousands or even tens of thousands of jin—falling from such a height with the force of the water? The power was soul-shaking!

This was the training ground recommended by the Willow Deity. She wanted Bai Yixin and Little One to climb up the cliff against the mountain flood, braving the crashing boulders.

"Boom!"

As soon as Bai Yixin entered the base of the waterfall, he was knocked over by the white waves. The waterfall plummeted from a stone cliff hundreds or thousands of meters high, and the force was far too violent.

Not rushing to climb immediately, Bai Yixin struggled to stand on a rock beneath the waterfall, first using the white waves to temper his body. Once he had adapted for a while, he would attempt the climb.

A continuous, inexhaustible torrent of immense force hammered against Bai Yixin's body; the violence of it made every muscle in his frame tremble.

However, that was manageable; what required more attention were the various objects that occasionally plummeted from the top of the waterfall, such as massive logs or boulders. Once struck by one, even if he wasn't crushed into a pulp, he would suffer grave injuries!

But Bai Yixin was not the type to take such risks; do not forget, he was still a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

With Bai Yixin's spiritual perception, even if a massive boulder were truly descending upon his head, as long as he wasn't courting death, he would certainly have enough time to shroud himself in spiritual energy for protection.

Bai Yixin and Little One left early and returned late, heading out in high spirits each morning and returning covered in wounds, only to drink a pot of brewed medicinal treasure and sleep soundly through the night. Day after day, repeating this cycle, they lived a life that was incredibly fulfilling.