"Big sis, have some beast milk~"
"All you ever think about is beast milk. Have you finished cultivating?"
Shi Zhao doted on her little brother, but when it came to cultivation, she would never let anything slide.
She had previously given lessons on Bone Text, guiding the village children into cultivation in the blood moving realm. By now, several of them had begun forming runes on their bodies.
But only Little Shi, whose talent surpassed all others, had attained a deep understanding of Bone Text. He could refine runes into his body, transforming them into radiant light and divine radiance, and his progress was astonishingly fast.
In less than half a month, he had completed this stage of cultivation, integrating Bone Text into his flesh and blood and refining the essence of heaven and earth. His body became light and strong, his spirit vibrant, and his entire being free of impurities.
During this time, the old village chief also made a decision: he handed a treasured bone inscribed with Bone Text to Shi Zhao.
He did not know exactly what the bone was. He only knew it was extraordinary and had descended from the sky alongside the Willow Deity decades ago.
"Primitive True Understanding!" Shi Zhao's eyes shone. In truth, she had already studied a little of it before.
The first volume of the Primitive True Understanding might not have been something found on every street in the Three Thousand Provinces of the Upper Realm, but as the holy maiden of Immortal Mountain, Qin Yining had certainly studied it.
Thus, Shi Zhao had benefited a little as well.
But how could oral instruction compare to studying the genuine original with her own hands?
"You actually know this text. Indeed, this is the first volume of the Primitive True Understanding, called Divine Guidance." The Willow Deity spoke for the second time.
Shi Zhao blinked. She also knew that the middle volume of the Primitive True Understanding was right here in this village, and that the Mountain Treasure she sought was the very key to unlocking it.
Unfortunately, the Willow Deity was far too aloof, falling silent after that single remark.
It was precisely her gains from studying the Primitive True Understanding that had allowed her to open her seventh cave heaven as naturally as water flowing into a channel.
Two days later, a mighty roar shook heaven and earth, making the mountains and countless ravines tremble.
The old Suanni finally emerged from the depths of the mountain range and reached its outskirts, stirring the many watchful eyes fixed upon him.
"That Suanni is very powerful. Don't try to fight over him. It's far too dangerous." Shi Zhao stopped the eager villagers, refusing to let them throw their lives away.
"Big sis, are you going alone?" Little Shi was worried and flustered. Tugging at the hem of her clothes, he tilted his head up and said, "I've finished cultivating, and I've learned a Precious Technique too. Please take me with you!"
"Be good, don't fuss. The mountains are dangerous. You haven't grown up yet, so it isn't your turn to take risks. Wait for me at home. When I get back, I'll take you to milk a beast." Shi Zhao soothed him.
Little Shi shook his head like a pellet drum, disobeying his sister for the first time.
"I've already remembered what happened before. Big sis, you said I was a born supreme. I'm not afraid of these dangers. Don't worry, I'll only watch from far away. I won't distract you!"
His gaze was firm. He did not want to be left behind, watching his family leave while he remained all alone.
"Young miss, please take the young master along. I'll look after him." A Man stepped forward too, though she was really seizing the chance to get herself included.
Shi Zhao felt helpless. She realized she could not spoil him too much, thinking only of giving Little Shi a happy childhood. Letting him see blood this time would be good for him.
The old village chief once again handed her the bloodstained Ancient Beast Skin.
Outside the village, the Green-Scaled Eagle spread her wings and soared, with the three of them riding on her back.
The three little ones weighed hardly anything together. Their weight was nothing to the Green-Scaled Eagle.
The forests stretched endlessly, towering peaks rising one after another. Some ancient trees stood over a thousand meters tall, their crowns piercing the sky, while ancient vines coiled around the mountains, vigorous as horned dragons.
The vast Great Wilderness fell away behind them, and Little Shi's eyes grew wide.
"There's no hurry to go over. We'll sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight." Shi Zhao had the Green-Scaled Eagle land some distance away, rather than approach the place where the Suanni would fall.
They climbed a tall mountain and gazed into the distance.
Soon, shouts rang through the forest. Three groups arrived from three different directions, each belonging to a different village in the Great Wilderness.
Shi Zhao shook her head. Unable to bear seeing these people rush to their deaths, she unleashed a Precious Technique.
A Five-Colored Peacock soared into the sky, sweeping its wings toward all three groups. It immediately became their common enemy, preventing them from slaughtering one another instead.
Before long, beast roars rose and fell throughout the mountains. The savage beasts and vicious birds that the old Suanni had frightened away earlier had all returned to fight over his corpse.
"Oh no! Stop fighting, run!" Their faces changed drastically at the sight, and they hurriedly scattered.
The Five-Colored Peacock also charged toward the approaching vicious birds, then exploded with a thunderous crash, turning into Five-Colored Divine Light that tore several of them apart.
But that was as far as she went.
When she had strength to spare, Shi Zhao did not mind lending others a hand, even complete strangers. But she would not let kindness overflow and put herself in danger for no reason.
From the mountaintop, Little Shi watched those people leap into the river, hoping to escape by water. Instead, they encountered giant snakes and huge crocodiles, which swallowed more than a dozen of them in an instant.
Blood flowed, staining the water red.
"That's terrifying. Thank goodness big sis didn't let the chief and the others come. It's too dangerous." Little Shi shuddered at what might have happened, his back soaked in cold sweat.
If his loved ones from Stone Village had died here, he would never have been able to accept it.
Two Biao Beasts that did not know better ran up the peak where the group stood. Shi Zhao casually beat them half to death and threw them to the ground.
Her face was expressionless, her voice flat, utterly unlike her usual gentleness as she said:
"Little Hao, go kill them."
Little Shi Hao froze for a moment, then took a deep breath. Runes flickered on his arms before a Silver Moon appeared, beheading the two savage Biao Beasts in succession.
The Silver Moon swept across the enormous Biao Beasts, each seven or eight meters long. Blood burst from their necks, their huge heads fell with heavy thuds, and blood gushed out, splattering him from head to toe.
Little Shi lowered his head to look at his fair, tender hands and said nothing for a long time.
"Young miss..." A Man opened her mouth, looking worried.
"It's all right, Little Hao. Don't be troubled by the bloodshed. What powerful person doesn't have blood on their hands? They're all the same." Shi Zhao rubbed his head.
Shi Hao nodded firmly. Though his heart was far from calm, he said nothing more.
Because whatever his sister said had to be right!
"Precious Techniques really are amazing. I want to become powerful, really, really powerful. Then I'll find Mom and Dad and protect big sis too. If only we could get the Suanni's original runes." Only after a long while did he murmur these words.
"It's fine if we don't get them. I actually know a tiny bit of the Suanni's Precious Technique too." At his words, Shi Zhao's eyes flickered, and she broke into a brilliant smile.
She extended a slender hand, fair as carved jade, and rubbed her fingertips together. Lightning instantly intertwined, shocking a purple venomous snake hiding nearby until its entire body convulsed.
"Wow!" Little Shi's eyes immediately sparkled.
What boy could resist the temptation of conjuring lightning with his own hands?
Meanwhile, at the Suanni's burial site, hundreds of powerful giant beasts and birds of prey had plunged into a chaotic battle. Several fierce beasts that had truly formed precious bone runes were also fighting fiercely.
The Green-Scaled Eagle stirred as well, but Shi Zhao held her down with one hand.
So-called rulers of the outskirts like the Green-Scaled Eagle were merely the lowest-grade remnants. They had barely mastered a few inherited Precious Techniques, and their actual combat strength was only comparable to cave heaven cultivators, with a few perhaps matching those at spirit transformation.
"The big ones are coming." Her gaze turned toward the depths of the mountain range.
A terrifying beast howl rang out, and the entire forest instantly fell silent. Even those rulers of the outskirts locked in fierce combat no longer dared move.
A Demon Ape King appeared. He was not particularly huge, standing just over two meters tall, covered in black fur, with horns on his head and a pair of black, fleshy wings on his back. He descended from the depths of the mountain range.
On the other side, a Li Fire Bull Demon arrived bathed in flames. He stood over ten meters tall and measured some thirty meters long, his four hooves treading fire and his crimson hide gleaming like satin.
The two powerful fierce beasts began a bloody battle the moment they met, fighting over the Suanni's corpse.
They never imagined that the old Suanni was secretly clinging to his last breath, still alive. He intended to kill these enemies in a trap; otherwise, he could not close his eyes in death.
"ROAR!!"
The old Suanni suddenly sprang up from his feigned death, his savage might surging skyward. Like thunder crashing from the highest heavens, his roar shook the mountains wildly. Swift as a golden bolt of lightning, he lunged at the ape and the bull.
The change came so abruptly that neither had time to dodge. The Demon Ape had an arm torn off on the spot, and the Li Fire Bull Demon had one horn broken.
The three primordial remnants clashed. Demonic howls rang out, Li fire soared into the sky, and lightning intertwined. Their terrifying Precious Techniques shattered the surrounding mountains and split the earth in a breathtaking spectacle.
Most of the savage beasts and vicious birds were caught in the battle and met with disaster. In the end, the Demon Ape and the Li Fire Bull Demon struggled free with all their strength and fled. Only the old Suanni remained, raising his head in a long howl before cracks spread across his entire body and he collapsed onto the mountain ground with a thunderous crash.
"Let's go. Time to reap our harvest." A smile appeared on Shi Zhao's lovely face.
How pleasant it was to reap the fisherman's rewards while others fought.
She also believed this would serve as a rehearsal for her later scheme to obtain the Mountain Treasure.
It would succeed!
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