"Child, thank you for lending a hand."
An elder walked out from the crowd, smiling as he spoke to the suddenly appearing child, Bai Yixin.
This group of people came from a place called Stone Village, and this elder was their patriarch, named Shi Yunfeng.
"I just saw a creature that looked similar to me for the first time and was curious... Besides, maybe without my intervention, this little one could have handled those two tigers himself."
Bai Yixin's gaze fell on Little One, who was still dazed after killing the Giant Tigers, and he spoke a strange sentence.
"Child, how old are you? Are your parents nearby?" Shi Yunfeng was slightly stunned. What did he mean by a creature similar to him? Did this child not even know common sense things like humans?
Shi Yunfeng carefully observed the strange child, Bai Yixin, who could so cleanly kill a Giant Tiger, and suddenly found his age to be astonishingly young.
"Six," Bai Yixin shamelessly ignored the 22 after the 6 and said.
"Parents? No, I've always been alone."
"The knowledge that just popped into my head said that having parents seems like a very happy thing." Bai Yixin raised his hands to rub his temples, deliberately covering his eyes with his hands to avoid revealing any flaws.
"Born with knowledge? Immortal Reincarnation?" Shi Yunfeng, who had traveled out of this Great Wilderness and had some experience, suddenly had these eight characters flash through his mind.
"Little brother, what's your name?" Little One, like a porcelain doll, came closer, opening his big, bright black eyes, and asked the handsome little brother, Bai Yixin, who had saved his tribesmen.
"My name is Bai Yixin, and yours? Little One," Bai Yixin said, stroking Little One's head and pinching his fair, tender cheeks, a smile lifting the corners of his mouth.
"I... my name is Shi... Shi Hao," Little One responded, stuttering a bit.
C! I didn't expect this place to really be Perfect World?!
Although he had guessed, the confirmation still made Bai Yixin's heart tremble.
His mind was unsettled, but after more than a month of life-and-death trials, his extremely strong inner self stabilized, and Bai Yixin maintained the same smile on his face.
Suddenly, a long cry came from the clouds, and a green-scaled eagle flashing with cold light swooped down towards everyone, bringing with it a gust of wind.
Almost instinctively, Bai Yixin drew his short sword, tearing through the oncoming wind.
"Green-Scaled Eagle?" Bai Yixin steadied himself and looked at the Green-Scaled Eagle above, thinking to himself.
The Green-Scaled Eagle glanced sideways, its scales shimmering with cold light, as if forged from fine gold, cold and imposing. Its eyes shone with divine brilliance as it looked down.
"Little brother, that's Auntie Green, she's with us," Little One said to Bai Yixin while waving his small hand at the Green-Scaled Eagle and shouting.
"Auntie Green, hurry up, time is running out."
The wind howled, and the Green-Scaled Eagle swooped down, its wings spread wide, spanning fifteen to sixteen meters, like a dark cloud pressing down, casting a heart-palpitating shadow.
Shi Hao leaped up five to six meters with a "whoosh" and landed on the eagle's broad back.
"Little One, don't take risks!" Patriarch Shi Yunfeng shouted loudly. Everything happened too fast, and he didn't have time to stop Shi Hao before he jumped up.
"Don't worry, Patriarch Grandpa, we won't take risks. We'll only act when we find an opportunity," Shi Hao waved his hand, telling him not to worry.
"Little One, you must be careful!"
"I know. Patriarch Grandpa, you should go back first. It's too dangerous here. Even if our entire clan mobilized, the chances would be slim."
The others were silent. This was a fact. Even if all the young and strong men went together now, they would be overwhelmed by hundreds of ferocious beasts and spill blood in the mountains.
"Let's go!" Patriarch Shi Yunfeng waved his hand and gave the order, otherwise, it might bring great disaster.
"Child, do you want to come back with us?" Shi Yunfeng had not forgotten the child Bai Yixin, who was suspected of being an Immortal Reincarnation. With a slight smile on his face, he extended an invitation.
"Okay," Bai Yixin slowly sheathed his short sword, paused for a moment, seemingly hesitating about something, and finally nodded and replied.
"Good child."
"Little Bai, we'll hold a welcome party for you when we get back!"
After Bai Yixin agreed to return to Stone Village with them, everyone else crowded around Bai Yixin, being very enthusiastic.
On one hand, they would be fellow villagers from now on. On the other hand, it was because Bai Yixin's timely intervention had saved many tribesmen who were about to be devoured by the tigers. The life-saving grace naturally made them feel extremely good about him.
No one suspected Bai Yixin of having ill intentions. After all, what bad intentions could a six-year-old child have?
"Successfully infiltrated! Nice!" Bai Yixin secretly rejoiced. Now he finally had a safe place to sleep comfortably.
Fortunately, he encountered Stone Village. If he had met someone else, he wouldn't have realized so quickly that this was Perfect World.
Furthermore, if he hadn't entered Stone Village, the only officially designated safe zone, then when the four Venerables began to wreak havoc on the land for the Mountain Treasure, it wouldn't be a sure death, but at least a nine-death, one-life situation!
Bai Yixin was just a six-year-old child now, where could he run? That would be a bloodbath for a hundred thousand miles!
Terrifying, extremely terrifying!
No wonder his sense of crisis had been growing recently. So this was Perfect World! And the final battle for the ownership of the Mountain Treasure was not far away!
"Alright, alright, let's hurry back to the village. It's not safe to stay here!" Shi Yunfeng pushed aside the tribesmen who were surrounding Bai Yixin with concern and took Bai Yixin's small hand, walking towards Stone Village.
A lot of time had already been wasted, and they had to leave quickly. Otherwise, if they encountered other ferocious beasts, they would have to pay many lives to escape.
Stone Village was not large, with a total of just over three hundred people, men, women, old, and young. The houses were built with huge stones, simple and natural.
At the entrance of the village stood a section of a giant Lightning Struck Wood, more than ten meters in diameter. There was only a single Willow Branch on the main trunk, very ordinary.
"We're back!" Seeing dozens of people appear on the horizon, a group of women and children who had been waiting at the village entrance for a long time cheered. Their unease and fear instantly disappeared, and they shouted loudly.
"Father and the others have returned safely!"
"Heavens, there's such a massive haul—a bountiful harvest!"
The return journey was incredibly smooth. With the help of Bai Yixin, who incidentally wiped out a few waves of suicidal beasts along the way, the dozens of grown men each dragged a massive carcass behind them. There were creatures like the hulking Dragon-Horned Elephant, the Flying Python as thick as a water barrel and sprouting wings, and two headless Giant Tigers...
The elders in the village wore expressions of shock. These creatures were usually difficult to deal with, and some could even be classified as fierce beasts. Yet today, so many had been hunted, their bodies stained with blood; it was truly beyond expectation.
Take the Dragon-Horned Elephant, for instance: its hide was as tough as iron, making it difficult even for iron spears to pierce, and its pair of dragon horns were as sharp as diamond drills, capable of shattering boulders with ease. The Flying Python with its massive wings was a killer of the mountain forests, capable of swooping down suddenly from a mountain peak, which was terrifying. As for the Giant Tigers, their physical bodies were incredibly robust and equally fearsome, possessing astonishing lethality. During their usual hunts, the villagers went to great lengths to avoid encountering them.
"This time, it's all thanks to this little guy, Bai Yixin." Shi Linhu, one of the men in the group, set down the carcass of a Giant Tiger and patted Bai Yixin on the shoulder with a hearty laugh, introducing him to the villagers.
"Hello, grandfathers, grandmothers, uncles, aunties, brothers, and sisters." In order to leave a good first impression, Bai Yixin greeted the villagers who had come to meet them with great politeness and a shy demeanor.
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