After Lu Chen arrived in Stone Village, the adults all treated him with considerable reverence, regarding him as a divine spirit.
The village children, however, paid no heed to his status. They often ran over to ask him about the outside world, full of curiosity about the prosperous lands of legend.
After all, of all the villagers in Stone Village, only the old chief had ventured out to the great tribes decades ago. The others had never traveled far from home in their entire lives.
"Big brother!"
That day, little Shi Hao and a group of children from Stone Village came to find Lu Chen beneath the Willow Tree at the village entrance again, hoping he would tell them strange tales of the outside world.
Lu Chen smiled and stroked little Shi Hao's head. "Little one, you have extraordinary talent. Today, I'll take a good look at you."
He extended a finger, which shimmered with a faint rosy light. It slowly flowed into little Shi Hao's body like a murmuring stream, weaving together within him.
The next moment, every inch of flesh on that tiny body, barely over a year old, began to shine with crystalline brilliance. His blazing aura lit up all of Stone Village, a truly astonishing sight.
"That's..."
This wondrous sight instantly startled everyone in Stone Village. They all rushed to the village entrance and stared in shock at the toddler's body.
Light surrounded little Shi Hao, making him look utterly extraordinary. His face grew rosier and his eyes shone clear, while his flesh became like a bottomless pit, frantically devouring the divine radiance flowing from Lu Chen's fingertip.
Suddenly, little Shi Hao's chest shone even more brilliantly, erupting with a terrifying aura that shook heaven and earth. The sky itself trembled, as though an unparalleled supreme