Huo Ling'er's thoughts were practically written on her face.
Doubt, still doubt.
She doubted that Shi Yi was just being hyped as invincible in the Heavenly Cave Realm, a flash in the pan, all show and no substance. Maybe she could even defeat him.
Regarding this.
Shi Yi's expression was calm, neither elated by praise nor saddened by criticism. He didn't need to rush to prove himself. A true strong person wouldn't be angered by the weak's doubts.
Lies don't hurt, only the truth cuts deep.
True strength fears no doubt.
With money in hand, there's no worry for tomorrow.
A truly confident person treats the doubts of others as a joke.
However, Shi Yi didn't deliberately want to embarrass Huo Ling'er. He explained, "I have a cousin who cultivates the One-Life Painting Scroll Treasure Technique. This special technique can predict the future. She sensed that this was a trap, a scheme designed to lure me into rescuing someone. That's why I asked the two Human Sovereigns of Stone Country and Fire Country to intervene."
Unnecessary.
Shi Yi didn't want to reveal the existence of the Willow Deity. Although he wasn't sure if her frequent interventions would attract the attention of enemies, he wanted to avoid her taking action if possible.
After all, she was betrayed and fell to the Eight Regions of the Lower Realm. If people knew that this Ancestor Spirit hadn't perished, who knew if it would attract the attention of the Upper Realm, or even the Immortal Domain.
"So that's how it is!" Huo Ling'er seemed to understand.
Actually, she didn't really care if Shi Yi was truly invincible within the Heavenly Cave Realm. She simply disliked those who put on airs. Shi Yi's explanation dispelled her doubts.
A few minutes passed.
"Right, Shi Yi, why didn't you come find me in the past two years?"
Huo Ling'er suddenly remembered this question. She was, after all, his nominal wife. Yet, he hadn't come to see her once. Did he think she wasn't as good as the Sixteenth Princess of Stone Country?
"Why would I look for you?" Shi Yi retorted.
Why would he come to Fire Country to find her?
Weren't things good with the Willow Deity?
Furthermore...
If it wasn't for the Vermilion Bird forcing his head down, did she really think he would have agreed to this marriage?
"You agreed to this marriage yourself. My father only betrothed me to you because of that. What do you think, Princess, is the reason?" Huo Ling'er tapped Shi Yi's head, a bit angry.
She finally understood. Shi Yi didn't care about her at all. Although she hadn't cared about Shi Yi these past two years either, he couldn't just forget about her completely.
"Don't blame…" Shi Yi hadn't finished speaking.
A small red bird landed on his head. Its round body was like a ping-pong ball, small and cute, but it made Shi Yi unable to continue.
"Ling'er, I can prove it. He agreed himself back then," the small red bird chirped.
"Really?" Huo Ling'er's red lips parted slightly.
"Really, he was so happy at the time."
The little red bird hopped on Shi Yi's head, noticing its crimson feathers were still there, and it became even happier.
"Then, in the past two years, you haven't even looked at me?" Huo Ling'er looked at Shi Yi with a surprised expression.
"I…"
Shi Yi didn't want to speak anymore. Whatever. So what if she was a tsundere princess?
Who told him he had such a hard life? Many things, he had to compromise on. So, suffer a little, then!
Just as Shi Yi was lamenting his difficult life…
A small, red-gold beast, resembling a golden monkey, jumped onto Shi Yi's shoulder. It crossed its arms, looking like an old man, and spoke in human language, saying, "Vermilion Bird, stop slandering Shi Yi! It was clearly you who pressed his head to nod. Otherwise, do you think he would have agreed so easily?"
"Zhu Yan, don't talk nonsense. I didn't slander him."
The small red bird didn't even lift its head, instead, it perched on Shi Yi's head, too lazy to pay attention to the thick-skinned monkey.
It still remembered that four years ago, it and this Zhu Yan had fought for two whole years over a treasure from the Great Wilderness mountains.
But after discovering that Shi Yi had broken through to the Ten Heavenly Caves, they didn't want to fight anymore. The small red bird was the first to give up, and the golden monkey also lost its desire to compete for the mountain treasure.
The mountain treasure could be fought over again, but the Ten Heavenly Caves were not common.
Perhaps many peerless geniuses in the Upper Realm have broken through the Ten Heavenly Caves, but in the Eight Regions of the Lower Realm, Shi Yi is the only one.
Perhaps, the fate of the Eight Regions of the Lower Realm, being a mere medicinal field, can be changed with Shi Yi.
The Upper Realm has treated the Lower Realm as a medicinal field, using Venerables as great medicine, which has been going on for a long time. But no one has been able to change it. Shi Yi is the only hope that the Vermilion Bird and Zhu Yan can see.
As long as he grows up, the fate of the Eight Regions of the Lower Realm can be completely reversed. At that time, if the Upper Realm wants to harvest the Lower Realm, they'll have to ask Shi Yi if he agrees to treat the Lower Realm as a medicinal field.
For the Eight Regions of the Lower Realm,
the Upper Realm is undoubtedly darkness.
And Shi Yi is the one who will lead the Eight Regions of the Lower Realm to break through that darkness. Otherwise, the Vermilion Bird and Zhu Yan, two of the Great Wilderness's Four Great Ferocious Beasts, wouldn't be so easily close to a human.
Three days passed.
Deep in the Great Wilderness, on an unnamed mountain peak.
The Great Wilderness stretched for countless miles, as far as the eye could see, with mountains upon mountains. Countless ferocious beasts lurked within, giving off a dark and profound feeling.
Now, on top of this cold and austere mountain, a boy of about ten years old had bloodstains on his clothes, and the precious bone in his chest shone brightly.
Around him, over a hundred ferocious beasts stared at the ten-year-old boy with fierce eyes, their mouths agape, eager to pounce, wanting nothing more than to tear the boy apart.
"Brother, Mother, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have been so willful. Maybe, I really am a bringer of disaster. These ferocious beasts don't fight amongst themselves, but instead, they're all madly attacking me."
The boy clutched his chest. He could feel that the bone in his chest, after continuous bloody battles, had already cracked, and was only a step away from shattering completely.
He really didn't understand.
Why didn't these ferocious beasts go after the mountain treasures, but instead, they were all recklessly attacking him, as if controlled by something. They were all willing to risk their lives to furiously attack him.
In a hidden, dark place.
"Big brother, we deliberately let those Transformation Realm humans escape. Logically, he should have known about what's happening here. Could it be that the kid doesn't care about his relatives?"
"Impossible. If he doesn't come to save them, he'll be condemned by public opinion. It's like... human morality. Moral... moral coercion, that's right, moral coercion."
"Hahaha, we have no morality, no one can coerce us."
"After so many days of bloody battles, it seems that kid is about to reach his limit."
"He's just a waste, far inferior to his older brother. His brother became more energetic the more he fought, his blood and qi like a rainbow, strong and never weakening. This kid is actually about to run out of steam."
"Actually, he's not bad either. That bone in his chest is not simple. Without that bone, facing the siege of so many ferocious beasts, this kid would probably have been eaten long ago."
Three enormous, pure-blooded ferocious beasts were secretly hiding in the darkness, their eyes coldly fixed on the youth, who was in a bloody battle against the hundred beasts, as if they were watching a dead man.
Another half an hour passed.
The young man coughed up blood, kneeling on one knee. As the bone in his chest was about to shatter, ten suns suddenly rose, illuminating the despair and darkness within him.
"Beast!" A roar echoed from the azure sky.
The next second.
A sea of lightning descended.
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