"Rest in peace."
Shi Yi didn't know how the old Suan Ni had discovered him, but its request made him hesitate. What if this old bi deng was trying to trick him into going over there just to kill him?
The old Suan Ni saw Shi Yi's hesitation. It didn't say much, only spat out a golden horn. The horn was covered in dense, intricate runes.
"This is a horn I shed when I was young. It contains the complete Suan Ni Precious Technique. As compensation, I hope, little friend, that after I die, you will not desecrate my corpse and will allow me to rest in peace."
After saying these last words, the old Suan Ni fell silent. Its tall, majestic, and resplendent golden body also became dim and lifeless. Its last breath vanished as its body collapsed.
"Willow Deity, is the old Suan Ni really dead?" Shi Yi asked cautiously.
Although he had used his Double Pupil to repeatedly confirm that the last trace of vitality in the old Suan Ni's body had disappeared, and it was 99.9% dead, he didn't want to gamble on even a 0.01% risk. Only by asking the Willow Deity, his great support, could he be 100% at ease about this matter.
"In its final battle, it reached its peak sublimation. It has already left this world."
The Willow Deity's voice was very calm. She didn't understand why Shi Yi was so cautious, but it was undoubtedly a good thing. She herself had been betrayed by her own people and stabbed in the back because she hadn't been cautious enough in her dealings with others, almost perishing completely.
"Willow Deity, don't these Ancient Descendants and Pure-Blooded Ferocious Beasts hate it the most when humans steal their Precious Techniques? They even destroy their precious bones before they die. Why would the old Suan Ni give me a precious bone containing the Suan Ni Precious Technique?" Shi Yi asked again.
"Perhaps it was to repay the kindness of a meal. It didn't want to owe you this favor," the Willow Deity replied just as calmly.
"Willow Deity, if I..."
Shi Yi hadn't finished what he wanted to say to the Willow Deity when the shimmering willow branches floating above his head disappeared.
Seeing this, Shi Yi shrugged indifferently. Six Grotto-heavens, like volcanic craters, appeared behind him, acting like six energy powerhouses, carrying him deeper into the Vast Mountain Range.
After a dozen breaths, Shi Yi flew in front of the old Suan Ni. He picked up the palm-sized golden horn and looked at it. After considering for a few seconds, he threw the golden horn into the Grotto-heaven behind him.
Grotto-heavens could not only absorb the essence of Heaven and Earth to replenish oneself but also served as a portable space. Now, this golden horn was located next to the rune bone fragment that contained the Original True Understanding.
Shi Yi didn't have time to study the Suan Ni Precious Technique right now. Since he had accepted this golden horn, he naturally had the responsibility to fulfill the old Suan Ni's dying wish.
Rest in peace. It sounded easy, but it was difficult to do. The old Suan Ni's body was a hundred meters tall, and even when lying down, it was dozens of meters long. If he didn't dig a thousand-meter-deep pit, how could he hide its body?
Actually, a hundred-meter-deep pit would be enough, but Shi Yi might bury it only for it to be dug up by passing Prehistoric Ferocious Beasts and Desolate Variants not long after. That would be worse than not burying it at all! Only a thousand meters deep underground, unless someone was intentionally searching, would it absolutely not be discovered by passing Prehistoric Ferocious Beasts and Desolate Variants, thus desecrating the old Suan Ni's body.
"This is going to be a lot of work..."
Shi Yi felt a headache coming on, but unless he acted like a scoundrel, taking the item and refusing to acknowledge the debt, he really had to see this matter through and ensure the remains of the old Suan Ni were properly laid to rest.
A month later.
Shi Yi, covered in black mud, crawled out of a seemingly endless deep pit. Six Grotto-heavens, shaped like volcanoes, hovered behind him, making him look both comical and ridiculous.
"Bah, bah, bah! What the hell is this? My stinky little brother is living it up in the Martial King Manor, while I'm digging holes in the mountains like a savage." Shi Yi spat out the mud in his mouth.
After a month, relying on the six Grotto-heavens to constantly absorb the essence of Heaven and Earth from the outside world and replenish his stamina, he had finally managed to dig a thousand-meter deep pit.
Of course, he didn't dig it with his hands. He stomped his feet, stomped them continuously, using the incomplete Qilin Treasure Technique, Kirin Steps, to dig the hole. Only then could he dig a thousand-meter deep pit by himself in a month.
Honestly, if the Flame Kirin were to come back to life and see Shi Yi using the Kirin Steps like this, it would probably die of anger. This wasn't just an insult to the Precious Technique, but also an insult to it.
"Old Suan Ni, I did what I promised."
Looking at the old Suan Ni's remains deep within the thousand-meter giant hole through his Double Pupil, Shi Yi, suspended in mid-air, gently lifted his inconspicuous right foot at this moment.
"Kirin Steps!"
The void trembled, Heaven and Earth collapsed.
The Vast Mountain Range seemed to have experienced an eight-magnitude earthquake. Countless giant rocks rolled down, and the thousand-meter deep pit that Shi Yi had spent a month digging was rapidly collapsing.
In an instant, as countless pieces of mud and rock fell, the old Suan Ni's remains were forever buried beneath the deep pit, becoming a part of this Vast Mountain Range.
Perhaps this was also what the old Suan Ni desired. It grew up here, died here, and spent its entire life here, so it naturally wanted to be buried here.
A day later.
The Great Wilderness, Vast Mountain Range, Stone Village.
"Shi Yi, it's good that you're back. Willow Deity said you went out for training, but I didn't expect you to be gone for two or three months." The Old Clan Leader, Shi Yunfeng, warmly held Shi Yi's hand.
Although Shi Yi came from outside and his identity was clearly not simple, Shi Yi also had the surname Shi. In this village where everyone had the surname Shi, he didn't seem like an outsider at all.
"Old Clan Leader, I'm fine." Shi Yi shook his head slightly.
He was fine, just feeling wronged.
He had been digging holes for a month, almost turning into an earthworm.
"The Vast Mountain Range hasn't been peaceful lately. Deep within the Vast Mountain Range, there seems to be a humanoid ferocious beast constantly stomping the ground, shaking us so much we can't sleep at night."
The Old Clan Leader, Shi Yunfeng, had a look of lingering fear. Because of this humanoid ferocious beast, the Stone Village hunting team hadn't dared to go out for a month, afraid of accidentally running into it.
"Don't worry, it won't happen again from now on." Shi Yi's smile was very perfunctory.
Noticing the extremely perfunctory smile on Shi Yi's face, the Old Clan Leader, Shi Yunfeng, thought Shi Yi was tired and realized he shouldn't keep talking to Shi Yi, who had just returned.
"Shi Yi, rest well if you're tired. Stone Village will always be your home."
After the Old Clan Leader, Shi Yunfeng, finished speaking, he didn't let Shi Yi explain and directly had a tall and strong woman forcibly drag Shi Yi back to his small house in Stone Village.
Shi Yi didn't resist. He also wanted to rest. After being a burrowing earthworm for a month, he had almost forgotten that he was still a person, that he was still a son of a marquis.
A few minutes later.
Shi Yi was forcibly dragged back to his small house by the tall and strong woman using brute force and unreasonableness.
The house wasn't big or fancy, very simple, but it could shelter from wind and rain. This was built by the people of Stone Village for Shi Yi.
Normally, children Shi Yi's age should live with adults, but Shi Yi refused to accept this.
There was nothing they could do.
Shi Yi had slept with Yu Yuexian, his birth mother, Shi Hao's aunt, since he was little. He could accept sleeping alone, but he couldn't accept sleeping with others.
"Yi'er, you just got home. If there's anything you want to eat, just tell us! Auntie will prepare it for you later, guaranteed you'll have whatever you want to eat as soon as you wake up."
This tall and strong woman wasn't bad-looking. She didn't have lumpy muscles, and her skin, though not very fair, was a healthy wheat color.
Coupled with her voluptuous figure, she was the ultimate among large women.
"Thanks, Aunt Hu."
Shi Yi pushed the woman out and quickly closed the door.
"Yi'er, Hu Niu misses you very much!" the woman, Aunt Hu, knocked on the door and said.
"Aunt Hu, I know. I'll go see her when I wake up," Shi Yi replied.
Hearing this satisfactory answer, Aunt Hu finally left the doorway.
Her husband had died at the mouth of a ferocious beast, and now she only had one daughter, Hu Niu. Although the younger generation of Stone Village wasn't bad, she only favored Shi Yi, this outsider with the same surname.
In the few months Shi Yi was away from Stone Village, she thought her daughter Hu Niu's future husband was gone and she would have to reluctantly marry Hu Niu to someone from the younger generation of Stone Village.
Now that Shi Yi was back, Aunt Hu didn't think about anything else. Shi Yi was still the first choice. She believed her deceased husband, Shi Linhu, had the same idea as her.
If there was a chance to leave, Aunt Hu hoped her daughter Hu Niu could go out, leave the Great Wilderness, and see the real world.
After Aunt Hu's footsteps faded away, Shi Yi looked around his current little nest. An unspeakable sadness unconsciously welled up in his heart again.
He had been dressed in fine silks and satins before, but now he wore coarse cloth and hemp, and was even acting like an earthworm in the deep mountains.
Sigh, Shi Hao, when you're enjoying the life of a marquis's son in the Martial King Manor, will you remember that in the distant Great Wilderness, there's still a cousin suffering outside?
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