“Dad!” Pi Hou rushed out of the village while wailing and threw himself towards his father. He held one of Shi Shoushan’s arms while tears rolling down. “What happened, who injured you?”
His mother ran over with tears dripping and grabbed another one of Shi Shoushan’s hands while crying on the side.
“Why cry? So what if I got shot by an arrow, I often get hurt when hunting vicious beats. Bleeding a bit like this is nothing.” Shi Shoushan stared right at them and did not cry. He was a strong-willed man.
Half his body was bloodstained, and an iron arrow pierced through his iron armor. It penetrated his right lung right through the back, and a 1.3 meter long arrow shaft, shiny, cold and stained with blood stuck out. This was a ghastly sight.
“Elder sister-in-law and nephew, don’t cry anymore, brother Shoushan is still in a critical condition. After supporting him for a while, he will be as strong as an ox. He will get better really quickly.” Fei Shijiao urged.
This was not a light injury. Even though Shi Shoushan had a strong body, he could not be incredibly careless or else he might suffer a grave condition and lose his life.
Fortunately, Shi Linghu and the others had already treated his injuries using crushed medicine from within the old mountain and applied it to his wound. At the same time he consumed the medicine made from a fierce beast’s true blood that the elder provided.
“Stop crying, being able to return alive is already a fortunate event.” Chief Shi Yunfeng approached and suddenly pulled out the iron arrow. A stream of blood spouted out. He rapidly flashed his hands, and mysterious symbols that were as bright as constellations immediately pressed down, closing the wound and stopping the blood flow.
Shi Yunfeng took out a jade jar from his chest and poured out two fragrant purple medicinal pills. He squeezed one of them into powder and applied it onto the wound while giving Shi Shoushan the other to swallow.
Shi Shoushan was lifted back home. The village’s men and women both young and old gathered to visit him, and they brought all kinds of different supplemental medicine and dried meat as gifts. It was bustling and the villagers were all sincere and warmhearted.
“Uncle will certainly get better soon!” The little guy also gave his kind regards and brought him a basket of his favorite red berries.
“Alright… what happened?” In the chief’s courtyard, a bunch of important people gathered. Shi Yunfeng furrowed his eyebrows and asked.
“Chief, it was certainly Wolf Village causing trouble. They overstepped their boundaries into our territory, and plundered a six footed camel that Shoushan killed. There was a clear killing intent, but thankfully, Shoushan promptly dodged. That was indeed a shot aimed at the heart.” Shi Linghu angrily said.
Everyone’s complexion changed; this was an intent to kill.
“To go this far, they really are ignorant of what is considered upright and honest. Although our two villages are only separated by 10 li, we both have our own territories to defend and almost never meet each other. However, we both live on the same mountain range, so no matter what, we should still give each other some face right? It definitely was not like this before.” An elder exclaimed.
Shi Feijiao said: “A child shot the arrow, at least 14 or 15 years old, his outward appearance wasn’t bad, as he was rather fair and attractive. However, he truly had a vicious heart, as he shot the arrow straight at Shoushan as if he was killing a wild beast. There wasn’t a hint of wavering in his eyes; they were cold and fearsome.”
At that moment, Stone Village’s villagers were all infuriated, and all of them rushed forward together. However, their opponents were not weak either, and roughly ten individuals from the opposing party gathered right away while unyieldingly holding their ground.
Fortunately, from within the mountain range appeared a mad Suan Ni whose roar made the mountains tremble. Both parties were anxious and rapidly retreated, otherwise, a blood battle might have occurred there.
“Why are they being so aggressive? Don’t tell me that they feel so superior that they can ignore our feelings? How could they take advantage of people like this!?” A few elders were also furious. As they all lived within the mountains, strong and robust males were all extremely important to a village. The other clan unexpectedly acted in such a fashion and dared to kill whoever they wanted.
A few people added: “That child was not very simple. He gave us the feeling that he was up to no good. Looking at him felt like facing an adult Pi Xiu, strong, savage, and callous.”
“It seems like Wolf Village has developed an exceptional youth, and have strengthened by quite a bit. Right now, they are flourishing so their ambitions are also growing.” The village elder said while squinting his eyes towards the Wolf Village.
Soon after, he turned his head towards Shi Linghu and the others and said, “We do not want to cause any trouble, but we are also not afraid of trouble. Be mindful of them in the days to come. If they act up again, do not hesitate in taking action.”
“I understand.” Shi Linghu nodded.
In the blink of an eye, half a month passed. Wolf Village overstepped their boundaries so often to the point that they even set up many traps for the fierce beasts. Many of Stone Village’s people accidentally set off the traps and were almost stabbed by the iron spikes underneath.
Precisely because of these events, blood was almost shed. Ultimately, however, Wolf Village retreated.
“How can you be this crazy in hunting fierce beasts? Even if their population increased, acting in this way is quite abnormal. A major event must have happened within their village.” Chief Shi Yunfeng inferred.
After several conflicts, Wolf Village’s people mostly disappeared. However, the villagers of Stone Village were not relieved one bit. They decided to send some people over at night. The spies heard yelling from within the village; it was quite strange.
“Do not take action first. As long as they do not go overboard, there’s no need for bloodshed. Living in this mountain range is not easy.” An elder said.
Just like this, peace was restored again.
After a few days, Stone Village’s luck was pretty good, hunts were rather successful. In the mountains, they came across several carcasses of fierce beasts after internal conflicts. There were many strong mysterious beasts that engaged in battles, and brought disaster within the mountain wherever they went, causing many wild beasts to suffer.
In the depths of the mountain range, Archaic descendants conflicted from time to time. They were fighting with the intent to kill each other, causing irreparable calamities. This was the case, but fortunately, it did not spread to the village.
“Chief, just Dragon Horned Elephants alone accounted for eight of the bodies, and there were also several Snow White Moon Rhinoceros, as well as other types of huge beasts. If we made them into dried meat, it could feed us for a long time to come.”
Shi Linghu brought people to drag some pieces home and gathered even more to once again transport those fierce beasts.
“Good, good, good!” The elders were all elated.
A large part of the villagers all left together to provide support in the mountains.
“Ao, so many huge beasts, let’s go too. We can certainly gather a lot of true blood!” A group of children clamored and shouted.
After seeing the little guy’s skills improving more and more over these past few years, none of the children could bear it any longer and no longer resisted medicinal baths. They were all very cooperative and obediently baptized themselves within the copper cauldrons. Now that they found out a large amount of precious blood was available, they were naturally all rather excited.
“I’ll go as well. Da Peng, Xiao Qing, Zi Yun, wait for me in the village and behave yourselves.” The little guy Shi Hao also followed.
However, when everyone was just halfway to their destination, they all saw Shi Feijai covered in blood returning with a group of villagers. Their appearances were in a mess and they miserable.
“Feijai what happened?” Shi Linghu asked loudly.
“Brother Linghu, it’s Wolf Village again, they wanted to chase us away and take away all the leftover fierce beasts!” Shi Feijai clenched his teeth in anger.
“What! Truly intolerable. We’ve been putting up with them repeatedly and they take our good temperament as a sign of weakness?” Shi Linghu was furious.
Stone Village’s people could no longer ignore this matter. Again and again, the opposing clan arrogantly took advantage of them; this was not the first time the other clan provoked them.
“Did any of our brothers lose their lives?”
“No, but there are a few with severe injuries. Their Spleens were penetrated by iron arrows, and we do not know if their injuries are fatal.
“What! To commit such fierce actions, if it’s a fight they want, it’s a fight they’ll get!”
The villagers immediately exploded. After repeated humiliations, even a reserved person would be somewhat angry.
“That 14 or 15 year-old child was truly vicious. All of those arrows were shot by him, and had it not been for one of their village elders shaking his head at him, he truly would had killed many of us.” Er Meng’s father said while his entire body was bloodstained.
“He’s just a child whose hair hasn’t even grown yet, how strong can he be? Don’t tell me that you guys are unable to do anything about it?” A crippled villager resentfully spoke in support.
“Naturally we are not scared, except they have much more people. Their numbers are many times more than we have.”
“That child is quite formidable. Despite having a rather attractive appearance, he truly has a ruthless heart. Do not be careless, a few brothers were covered in three layers of iron armor, yet they were still all penetrated by his arrows. In our village only Shi Linghu and I can do that.” Shi Feijiao added.
“We need to take back what is rightfully ours. We absolutely cannot take this lying down!” Everyone felt as if a flame ignited within their hearts, as if their five viscera were doused with oil, burning with anger.
A formidable group of people rushed into the depth of the mountain. This time, Wolf Village truly went too far and crossed the bottom line.
“Uncle Fu, you’re hurt too. Everything will be alright, it will get better quickly.” The little guy looked at the bloodied body of Shi Linghu who helped him pick up his favorite berries every time. He clenched his tiny fists, and after comforting him a bit, he began to chase after the group that went ahead.
Everyone from Stone Village quickly marched forth and arrived at the depths of the mountain range. Here, trees that touched the skies were snapped in half, thousand year old vines were destroyed, and all kinds of beast carcasses were scattered in a large mess.
Two mysterious beasts were currently engaging in intense combat, invoking riots and causing many ordinary beasts to die. In addition, Wolf Village once again chased away Shi Feijiao and others. This area was currently in absolute chaos.
Those beast carcasses were stacked up on a small hill, and were later all carried away by the Wolf Village, completely emptying the stack out. After Shi Linghu came back to the area, he could only grit his teeth in anger; this was truly intolerable. The villagers’ hard work of gathering up all the prey was in vain. The pile of corpses were stolen, just like that.
“Chase!”
They hardly stopped, and continued to follow the tracks of Wolf Village and expected those people to be slower when carrying such heavy huge beasts. There were obvious tracks left by them on the mountain: fierce beasts’ hair, blood, scales. These revealed the route that the Wolf Village took.
“Careful!”
Shi Linghu who led the way waved his hand and signalled everyone to come to a halt. He pushed aside a large chunk of withered grass and leaves in front of him, revealing a large black hole. Inside of the hole were many steel spears that pointed towards the sky. If anyone fell in, they would immediately have all their innards skewered out.
“This child of the Wolf Village is truly savage.”
Everyone from Stone Village grew increasingly furious. This was still within their territory, but the Wolf Village actually dared to do as they pleased. If things continued like so, a bloody tragedy was inevitable.
After quickly advancing 8 to 9 li, suddenly, a strong gust of wind flew towards Shi Linghu’s throat. A cold light resembling something from hell flew over with a soul-crushing and lightning fast killing intent.
This was a 1.3 meter long thick iron arrow. The terrifying power and speed of this projectile could undoubtedly penetrate a Dragon Horned Elephant’s armor. Unsurprisingly, this was the reason why they were able to penetrate the three layered armor that the Stone Village men wore, and it was absolutely terrifying.
Suddenly from within the depths of the mountain jungle, a similarly terrifying and cold arrow shot out. It was impossible to effectively defend against it, however, Shi Linghu who was brave and ferocious, surpassed all expectations. With lightning quick reactions, he moved sideways.
It was beyond dangerous, and this ice-cold iron arrow scraped his neck, carrying along a string of blood with it. A little bit of skin was ripped open by the arrowhead; just a bit more and the arrow would have instantly bore through the neck.
Just now, a sharp whistle sounded. This was the sonic boom caused by the iron arrow, much slower than the arrow itself. This showed just how terrifying the speed was.
Qiang!
The iron arrow did not enter the lump of boulder far away, instead, it went straight through it. The friction caused sounds of metal clashing and sparks flying, and it was extremely terrifying. What kind of of tyrannical strength was this? This type of heavy arrow, how many people dared to oppose it? If you were actually hit by it, then it would definitely make your heart stop cold!
The scene was absolutely silent. Shi Linghu felt the scraped skin on his neck, and his cold eyes flickered. He barely managed to avoid death.
In a faraway mountain region, a youth held his bow on the ground with a cold complexion. A grim light flickered in his eyes as he stared in this direction.
“It’s that child again!” At that moment, Shi Feijiao and the others’ anger broke through the heavens. This indifferent youth successively inflicted serious injuries to all the capable men of the village.
This was a 14 or 15 year old youth, and he was rather tall-bodied with soft black shiny hair. His skin was fair and he was quite handsome, only that his eyes were unremorseful. This took away from his beauty and gave people a kind of wild and cruel feeling.
Behind him, 70 or 80 people were currently dragging huge beasts one after the other, leaving a trail of blood on the mountain floor. Grass and bramble were all being crushed underneath.
“Child of Wolf Village, besides shooting some scary arrows, what else can you do? Come here if you have the guts, I’ll peel off your head with one palm.” A few people furiously roared.
That pretty youth blinked his cold eyes, drew his bow, and aimed straight at him.
Upon seeing this, Shi Linghu did not utter a single word. His hand held a large black bow made of a Dragon’s Horn that was roughly half a person long, and quickly extended his bowstring. He armed his iron arrow and immediately released it.
Dang!
Two thick arrows collided in midair, causing sparks to fly out and extremely sharp ear piercing sounds. The two arrows simply neutralized each other before falling straight to the ground.
Everyone took in a breath of cold air. That youth’s archery skills were too abnormal. Not even 20 yet, and was able to fight toe to toe with the village’s strongest male, Shi Linghu.
Qiang, Qiang…
In the forest, sparks flew in all directions. Over ten iron arrows all collided with each other and made metallic sounds. Like a meteor shower, one after another fell to the ground, rupturing people’s eardrums.
These godly arrows startled the entire desolate forest.
The strongest male in the village, Shi Linghu, was evenly matched with this youth, and neither had the advantage over the other, startling the group of people watching. Using both his arms, this youth could probably lift up a copper cauldron at least 5 or 6 thousand jin.
This made people take in a breath of cold air. Such a formidable genius. He was a later generation youngster, yet he was able to produce such shocking godlike strength. This made people fear for their lives.
“Friends from Stone Village, forgive us. This time we require a large amount of ferocious beasts. Give us the prey this time and you will be rewarded in the future.” A middle aged man appeared and yelled out in a loud and clear voice.
“In order to steal our prey, you ran our clansman out of our own territory in the middle of the road with such vicious intents. Each arrow you shot penetrated our organs and gravely injured so many, yet you ask for forgiveness? Such a malicious act, and you act so passively, what is the reason behind your actions?” Shi Linghu angrily rebuked.
“After a dispute, conflicts would arise and there would naturally be bloodshed. Even a negligent child would understand this fact.” Wolf Village’s hunting squad captain said.
“Unaccepted, bring it on!” An even tougher lower-ranked male from Wolf Village said.
The people from Stone Village all felt as if they were going to explode. Wolf Village ruthlessly attacked and even stole Stone Village’s prey, yet they were still so overbearing and didn’t even try to reason, there really weren’t any good things to say about the current situation.
“Then let’s fight!” Shi Feijiao bellowed.
“Why would we be scared of you guys?” The captain of Wolf Village’s hunting squad replied. He appeared quite imposing, and with a height of 2.34 meters, he gave off an oppressing aura.
Qiang, Qiang…
The sound of weapons clashing unceasingly rang out. Groups of people heaved around broadswords that were roughly half their height, and with the flickering of cold light, murderous aura permeated the air. The shockwaves caused the leaves in the forest to scatter down from the trees.
“We urge you to return to where you came from. If you dare take another step, I’ll kill you all with one arrow. This time there won’t be any mercy!” The handsome youth from Wolf Village said. His words incited anger, and made people wish he were the one shot by an arrow instead.
Shi Linghu angrily said, “Child, you’re not even an adult, yet you’re so skillful and already quite formidable. However, by acting so domineering and in such a heated fashion, this won’t end nicely for you.”
At the same time, he arched his bow and shot straight ahead. Since communications between them had already reached such a point, what else could they do? Only war!
Dang!
The iron arrows collided once again, causing the mountain to buzz and vibrate.
“Kill!”
Everyone from Stone Village extended their huge bows, held their broadswords, and spun their wolf-toothed clubs. They were as uninhibited as fierce beasts as they swept up gales while rushing forward like leaves dancing in the breeze.
The people from Wolf Village were all tall and strong. They rushed head on as well, and a battle royale was on the verge of unfolding.
At this time, a small silhouette similar to a small sparrow rapidly dashed to the front and yelled out in a loud voice, “You people steal the food that we depend on to survive and also wanted to kill my uncle. Uncle and the others are such kindhearted and good people, you people are all evil!”
Shi Hao’s little face was flustered red from being so stirred up. His hands were clasped tightly together, and his eyes were filled with a fiery anger. Since childhood, he had been raised in Stone Village and had been surrounded by warmth and comfort. Never had he faced such barbaric people before.
Everyone within Wolf Village was astonished, and then they began to laugh loudly. They did not expect that apart from a few youths, Stone Village also had these kind of children following along. Won’t this just be an inconvenience for the rest of them?
Xiu!
An iron arrow flew out as if it was splitting apart the air. That 14 or 15 year old youth from Wolf Village was still cold and indifferent. He extended that terrifying large bow and aimed it straight at the little guy.
Everyone from Stone Village shot flames out of their eyes, and they could not be any more furious. This was only a child, and the little guy was usually clever and cute. The enemy actually treated a child with the same evil intent, making their hair stand up straight.
Shi Linghu armed his bow with a large arrow at once. He destroyed that youth’s iron arrow; however, his expression instantly worsened.
This was because this time, the youth shot four arrows at once. Four streaks of cold light flew through the air as fast as lightning, but Shi Linghu only had enough time to break three arrows. The enemy was even stronger than he imagined.
Dang, Dang…
Among them, three arrows collided together, dropping straight to the floor. There was still another 1.3 meter long large iron arrow heading straight towards the little guy’s throat. The cold tranquility made people fear.
The little guy used his hands to grab the iron arrow, shocking the villagers and exclaimed “Stay out of my way!”
They knew that Shi Hao was gifted with incredible natural talent, but he was not even four years old. Although he lifted up a thousand jin copper cauldron, the enemy’s experience was even greater. His force was alarmingly strong, able to lift 5 or 6 cauldrons, on par with Shi Linghu.
“You even made a move against a child?!” Stone Village’s people eyes were popping out of their sockets.
Dang!
However, even more astonishing was the fact that the little guy’s left hand chopped the arrow shaft in half, making it fly away on a tilt. It made a group of people mouth agape and speechless, unable to utter a single word.
There were only a few people who had seen symbol flashing on his palm before it rapidly faded away.
Whoosh.
The little guy jumped forward, and directly threw himself towards that youth from Wolf Village.
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