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When Maoqiu saw the cooked meat with inscribed patterns contained in the precious light, he finally stopped thinking about the feeling he just had. He wrapped his tail around the cooked meat and started biting it with his mouth.
It must have been found too early, as it had just been brought back by Shi Hao and was still sleeping in his arms, so it didn't notice it in time because it was going in and out of space.
Seeing that Maoqiu's attention had been distracted, Shi Heng quickly took the three eagles beside him into the Tenth Cave.
"Squeak?" Maoqiu scratched his head with his hands that became greasy after grabbing the cooked meat. He looked around in confusion, but found nothing had changed, so he continued to gnaw on the meat.
"Uncle Heng, what kind of ferocious beast is Maoqiu?" Shi Hao looked at Maoqiu's face full of doubts and laughed happily, and asked Shi Heng curiously.
"Zhu Yan, a seriously injured Zhu Yan. This is for you. There are several roasted Mingwen Realm beasts in it, and your favorite chili powder is also added. You can take it with you." Shi Heng handed Shi Hao another storage bag, indicating that he should use the beast meat of Mingwen Realm to feed Maoqiu.
"Green Scaled Eagle, can you take me to where we picked up the fur ball? Can I find it?" Shi Heng said to the huge Green Scaled Eagle beside him with a serious look.
Qinglin Eagle nodded, indicating that it was no problem. Something that Shi Heng took seriously was not a trivial matter.
Shi Heng did not explain anything to Shi Hao. Seeing that he looked a little solemn, Shi Hao just told his aunt Qinglinying to fly steadily on the road.
Shi Heng touched Shi Hao's head and without further ado, he jumped onto the eagle's back. The Green Scaled Eagle received instructions and flapped its wings, flying towards the dried-up lake where it had picked up the ball of fur.
Flying at night was originally fraught with dangers, but because they were in an uninhabited area, the Green Scaled Eagle used rune magic to fly extremely fast. After several hours, the man and the eagle finally arrived and discovered the huge basin of hairballs.
Ten miles away, Shi Heng signaled the Green Scaled Eagle to stop. He looked at the basin in the distance and saw that there was no sign of it being turned over. He breathed a sigh of relief.
So Shi Heng used all kinds of concealing runes, such as hiding, shielding, and deodorizing, to surround himself tightly, wrapping himself in three layers inside and three layers outside.
In the end, he did not give up and used various magical techniques that he had never used before to cover his body one by one.
The Green Scaled Eagle looked up at Shi Heng with a strange and confused expression.
He called out Xiao Meng, who had been hiding in the virtual space for a day, and said, "I have an errand for you."
"Master, what do you want me to do? Ah! Master, why are you wrapped like this?" Xiao Meng's petite figure appeared on the eagle's back, and then she looked at Shi Heng, who was wrapped like a ball, with a strange expression on her face.
Shi Heng ignored the Green Scaled Eagle's even weirder look and continued to talk to Xiao Meng, who was the only one who saw it, "Do you remember what was in the tripod last time? There is still one in this basin."
"Ah! Master, the server was almost burned down last time. Aren't you afraid that I will burn it down again?" Xiao Meng said in surprise.
"Once you find it, stop scanning immediately." Shi Heng was a little anxious and didn't finish his words.
"Okay! Master." Xiao Meng stood at attention and made a gesture of obedience.
Shi Heng didn't bother to look at the surrounding environment. He jumped directly from the back of the Green Scaled Eagle and let it wait for him two hundred miles to the north.
This basin was formed after a lake dried up. The surrounding vast mountains collapsed in half. The mud in the basin has not yet solidified, and there are many skeletons of fish and shrimp in the mud, which emits a strong fishy smell.
According to the original trajectory, it would be a few months before Shi Hao would find the ball of hair, so after Shi Heng landed, he felt relieved.
"Let's start! The area is quite large, so to avoid any unnecessary complications, we will evacuate directly after we find it." Shi Heng said to Xiao Meng who was flying in the air and looking at the ground with a look of disgust.
Xiao Meng agreed, and the two began their search. After half an hour, Shi Heng had only circled most of the basin when he heard Xiao Meng's exclamation.
"Found it. A six-sided bone, made of the same material as the one in the tripod in the village! In that location." Xiao Meng said to Shi Heng with her mouth open and a look of surprise.
"Okay." Shi Heng didn't think about anything else and rushed directly towards the direction Xiao Meng pointed. It was not far from him, so he didn't delay and arrived at the location and started digging directly.
Shi Heng dug down more than thirty meters and finally encountered a small hard object. He wiped the rune and a piece of jade bone appeared in his hand, with exactly six sides.
The mountain treasure is obtained.
Shi Heng drilled out of the mud and rushed out for hundreds of miles on his own. Finally, he dug a hole and filled it with soil, digging towards the direction of the Green Scaled Eagle in the north. He dug for three hours in a row, and finally dug out of the ground under the guidance of Xiao Meng.
The Green Scaled Eagle once again looked down at Shi Heng with a strange expression. The eagle wanted to say something but couldn't. It knew vaguely what Shi Heng had found, but as for why Shi Heng knew that thing was there and yet treated it with such caution, it gave it a shudder.
Shi Heng is a monster who can rival the Inscription Realm. What realm is that that he is so afraid of?
The Green Scaled Eagle shuddered all over, the water was too deep, it couldn't control itself, and had to follow these monsters obediently. Now it realized that the entire Shi Village was made up of monsters, from the sacrificial spirits to the five-year-old children, none of them were simple.
Shi Heng didn't wait for the Green Scaled Eagle to descend. He pushed his feet and a depression of several hundred meters appeared. Shi Heng had already jumped up to more than a thousand meters and jumped onto the Green Scaled Eagle.
If these measures to avoid tracking can still allow the master and disciple to find him, then he can only ask for help from the Willow God.
He glanced at the mountain treasures in the cave and sighed secretly. His action was like trying to grab chestnuts from the fire. He hoped that he would not bring any trouble to Willow God and Shi Village.
Besides, we have taken so many hiding measures, so it shouldn't be a problem, right?
Shi Heng was still worried, so he let the Green Scaled Eagle fly from night to dawn, and then to dusk, making half a circle in an area of 100,000 miles. Then he hid in the cave world for two days before he gave up.
However, after going around in circles, he still had one place to go on this trip, which was the former site of Shi Village.
The vast mountains and the vicissitudes of life, the great war in the Venerable Realm have destroyed it beyond recognition. There are exposed soil and rocks everywhere, and the familiar wild forests are no longer there.
It was with the guidance of the Green Scaled Eagle that he finally found the old site of Shi Village.
He moved a huge stone hundreds of feet high, erected it on the old site, and began to carve messages on it.
If you want to know the whereabouts of your son, you can get the key from this bone inscription.
***…**Go* fifty* miles* south**…**
Hint: The name of the old patriarch.
After planting a few more clues and placing two watches a hundred miles away, Shi Heng breathed a sigh of relief, finally completing it.
The Green Scaled Eagle looked at Shi Heng's inexplicable operation with an expression of confusion, and tried hard to think about what Shi Heng was doing.
Finally, it gave up. In its eyes, Shi Heng was now as mysterious as Willow God.
When Shi Heng finished all these, it was already the afternoon of the fifth day. He and his eagle began to return to Shi Village.
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The sky was dim and the stone village was peaceful and quiet.
Only the little phoenixes in the water plants began to coo, indicating that a new day was about to come.
Shi Heng and the Green Scaled Eagle, one man and one eagle, flew across day and night again before returning to Shi Village.
The Green Scaled Eagle only felt physically and mentally exhausted. It was not the fatigue from fighting, but the fatigue from being messed around by Shi Heng and from flying.
It suddenly dawned on him that it was no wonder that Shi Heng had so many rare treasures. He would have to learn more from Shi Heng in the future.
It must not rely on its cultivation to act recklessly. The Inscription Realm meat that Shi Heng has fed it these past few days has never been repeated.
"Okay, do you want to go into the cave or move around freely on your own?" Because the three Purple Cloud Eagles were in the cave, Shi Heng asked the Green Scale Eagle who had already placed him by the lake.
"Let me move freely, High Priest." Now, the Green Scaled Eagle just wanted to go to its eagle's nest and have a nap. It had been tormented enough in the past few days.
He hummed, and the Green Scaled Eagle nodded, then spread its wings and flew away.
Although Shi Heng was full of energy all day long because of Ganbao, he was a little tired at this time. He did not disturb the villagers, but tiptoed back to his stone house and fell asleep.
I don’t know if it’s because I was in Shi Village or because Shi Heng hadn’t slept for a long time, but I slept in a daze for a long time and even had a dream.
In his dream, Shi Heng dreamed that the Willow God had revived and was wrapping himself with willow branches, whipping him hard. While whipping him, he said in a stern voice, "Look at what you have done. All the Immortal Kings in the entire Wilderness are coming to find you."
Immediately afterwards, Shi Heng dreamed of being whipped in turn by the Immortal Kings of the entire Wilderness, who questioned him why he had messed things up. In the blink of an eye, he was pinned to the ground and beaten by the Immortal Immortal King from another realm. Shi Heng had no power to resist and was beaten to the ground.
"Master! Get up!" Xiao Meng was a little flustered and shook Shi Heng's arm hard.
Shi Heng was awakened by this. As soon as he stood up, he broke out in a cold sweat and realized that he was wrapped tightly in an animal skin sheet. No wonder he had such a terrible nightmare.
He hadn't come to his senses yet and was thinking to himself.
After the Willow God revives, will he hang him up and whip him like he did in his dream?
Shi Heng shuddered all over, recalling the fear and pain he felt for days after being whipped by Willow God.
"Master! Willow God has revived!" Seeing that Shi Heng was still in a daze, Xiao Meng used the Hedong Lion's Roar, turned into a three-inch-sized creature, stood beside Shi Heng's ear, and shouted loudly.
Shi Heng was horrified and did not bother to answer Xiao Meng. He hurriedly changed into the robe given to him by the old patriarch, put on his boots, and then opened the door directly.
Chapter 60 Recovery
Night has enveloped the earth.
The willow trees at the entrance of the village suddenly emitted a halo of light, as if they were in the vast mountains. Every night, the green halo would cover the Stone Village, protecting this small village.
The villagers have gathered in the open space next to the altar. The old patriarch puts his hands together and is quietly counting on his watch.
Seeing Shi Heng coming out of the house, the old patriarch was a little surprised, but he couldn't afford to chat with Shi Heng at the moment, so he quickly called Shi Heng over.
Shi Heng breathed a sigh of relief, luckily Xiao Meng was there, otherwise he would have missed it. He walked to the side of the old patriarch without saying much. The old patriarch had already told him the steps and content of the sacrifice.
So Shi Heng did not delay and began to lead the villagers in the sacrifice.
The villagers have sincere respect for the Willow God and they perform all the sacrifices with utmost seriousness and piety, which is a manifestation of their inner respect.
The duties of the high priest are to offer sacrifices and pray, and then communicate with the sacrificial spirits, which is not difficult.
After the sacrifice, because the village had changed so much, the old patriarch reported the progress and changes in Shi Village over the past year.
At this point, Shi Heng had no choice but to stand up and stand in the front row with the old patriarch.
At this time, he still remembered his daydream clearly, and was afraid that the dream would reflect into reality and he would be severely beaten by the God of Willow.
A lot of things happened in the past year, and the old patriarch talked slowly for half an hour.
The report roughly included the villagers' progress in cultivation, Shi Hao's gains from scavenging and his cultivation, the two killer weapons placed by Shi Heng, the gravity room and the virtual space, the results of Shi Heng's mischief in a radius of 500,000 miles, the vast accumulation of bone inscriptions, runes, and magic spells, and finally the situation of the new additions to the village.
The Willow God remained silent without interrupting, but the halo on the willow branches would sometimes flicker in brightness, and sometimes pause stiffly when it reached the key points.
The more Shi Heng listened, the more panicked he became, and cold sweat had already soaked the clothes on his back.
Shi Hao, who was standing behind Shi Heng, looked at Shi Heng's reaction in front of him, his shifty eyes rolling around, and he covered his mouth, sneering.
A year ago, he could vaguely sense Shi Heng's intentions from the details, and he just made a fuss at that time. Now, seeing Shi Heng's reaction, if it weren't for the wrong occasion, he would have just joined in the fun.
The fur ball standing on his shoulder was very confused by Shi Hao's shaking body. First, it bumped into the Willow God and was frightened by the Willow God's teaching. Now, it didn't know what Shi Hao was laughing at and kept shaking. It couldn't even stand.
Shi Linhu, Shi Feijiao and others in the second row also saw Shi Heng's cold sweat and wondered why the high priest was sweating profusely in the early spring evening, which was not too hot.
"Master Ji Ling, this is the situation this year." The old patriarch finally finished his report, glanced down at Shi Heng, and said nothing more.
After the old patriarch finished speaking, there was silence for a long time. When everyone thought it was over and time to disperse, Willow God’s divine thoughts rang out.
"You have done very well, far exceeding my expectations. In the ancient times, even the most powerful beasts, such as the descendants of the True Hound and the Golden-winged Dapeng, could only lift 100,000 kilograms of divine iron when they were young, but Shi Hao has already lifted 120,000 kilograms, which is extraordinary."
The Willow God spoke in a neutral voice, and it was impossible to tell whether he was a man or a woman. After saying the first sentence, he paused for a moment, expressing his affirmation of the villagers.
The villagers were overjoyed. Although they were surprised that the Willow God could respond to them, they still felt very happy that their hard training and dedication over the past year were recognized by the sacrificial spirit.
Willow God continued in his divine thoughts: "Especially Shi Heng, now he is the high priest, his cultivation is amazing to me."
Shi Linhu and others all nodded, saying that they were convinced that Shi Heng should be the high priest, and expressed their sincere affirmation of Shi Heng's strength.
Shi Heng's head was buzzing and his mind went blank. He could clearly hear the irony in Willow God's words.