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Capítulo 4: Medicinal Bath

In this cruel great desolate era where fierce beasts rampage about and life is always under constant threat, the villagers’ needs were rather simple; all they wanted was enough food to satisfy everyone’s stomachs.

The bonfire was jumping about, and Stone Village was currently bustling with noise and excitement. Males and females, both young and old, all had smiles on their faces. They were all filled with cheer while talking and laughing.

“Little children, don’t run about carelessly. We are about to conduct the medicinal bath soon. Sleep well at night, and in the future you would definitely be stronger than all of the vicious beasts,” said and elder while laughing.

“Aww… I don’t want to!” The group of kids who heard this all stood up and screamed miserably, running away and hiding within different parts of the village.

“You bunch of melon babies, you really do not know what is good fortune. These are rare tonics! If we could have this medicinal bath continuously, your muscles and bones would be able to match that of those giant creatures.” The adults all criticized them, and like grabbing little chicks, they began to catch their children.

“It hurts, I don’t want to go into the medicinal bath. Last time, it felt like I was getting cut by blades.”

“Dad, let go, I don’t want to be boiled.”

The group of children intensely resisted, but their small arms were no match for the adults’ strength. In the end, they all were all caught.

Inside of an empty space within the village, eight large copper cauldrons had been previously set up. The inferno below them raged, and the liquid within the cauldron was boiling. Several elders threw stalk after stalk of medicinal herbs inside, and from time to time, they would also put in foot long centipedes and fist sized spiders. This made the originally clear liquid dark and cloudy as if it was ink; it was extremely frightening.

The faces of the group of children all turned green. They all wanted to escape and run away, but they were all helplessly held in place by the adults.

Soon after, a few villagers arrived with ten jars. Several elders gently and carefully opened them before pouring the dark red liquid into the large copper cauldrons, causing the dark black liquid to boil even more furiously.

This was the scarce true blood from the slain vicious beasts’ bodies. It was extremely precious, and regardless of whether it was an adult or a child using it, they would all gain tremendous benefits, enhancing their physiques. In addition, with the villager’s understanding of several ancient prescriptions, as well as adding some medicinal herbs etc., this true blood could become even more effective.

Besides the true blood, several elders also used the Flying Pythons’ wing bones, the One-legged beast’s foot bone, as well as several other materials and pulverized them with a great deal of effort before tossing them into the boiling water.

When the fire died out and the cauldrons’ contents no longer boiled, the water temperature finally somewhat dropped in temperature. Screams along with putong putong sounds rang out as the first batch of kids were thrown inside, and each cauldron held roughly two or three individuals.

“It hurts, this water can completely cook us alive.”

“Save me, my body feels like it’s being cut by blades, and my skin and flesh are being split open!”

They were all grimacing in pain, and their hands grabbing their legs. One by one they all rushed for the outside, only to be pushed back inside as they endlessly screamed.

In this way, the several dozen kids were thrown in batches into the cauldrons. The majority viciously howled, and struggled constantly. Only seven or eight kids were somewhat better, and although they were aching and their brows were soaked in sweat, they endured it and didn’t utter a single word.

As for the little guy, he couldn’t escape either and was thrown into a cauldron with special treatment by himself. Only a little bit of clear water was added to the cauldron, but other than that, all of it was true blood and broken down bones.

The villagers did not feel that this was inappropriate, and did not feel that they were favoring him over others either. This was because their own children already couldn’t withstand the pain and were crying out heart-tearing screams inside the normal medicinal cauldron, but this little guy could actually handle it.

In addition, when the little guy was within the black cauldron’s thick and boiling liquid, the old chief even opened up two special jars, and poured the contents into the cauldron.

Pouring out of one of the jars was a scarlet cloud that formed a palm-sized Pi Xiu. It was mighty and malevolent as if it was about to tear everyone apart and escape, and its nature was extremely vicious. From within Shi Yunfeng’s palms shone a character, and the bone text began to rise. A slap made the Pi Xiu scatter and turn into blood, and it dripped into the cauldron.

From that other jar rushed out a scarlet red Two-headed Flame Rhinoceros. It was terrifyingly brilliant, and with its head high it angrily hissed, and was similarly released into the black cauldron by the old chief.

When the temperature slightly dropped, the little guy was picked up and directly thrown into the cauldron while struggling. Because he was still little, he would choke on the water when sitting inside, so just as he fell inside with a gudong gudong sound, he immediately drank several mouthfuls of the liquid.

The other children all showed sympathetic expressions towards him and suddenly felt quite fortunate. There was only a little water added, and the main portion was the special true blood, beast bone as well as muscle lumps that formed the medicinal liquid. This medicinal liquid would definitely make one’s skin and bones feel even more pain; the little guy was truly pitiful.

Even some adults couldn’t bear it. The little guy was exerting as much strength as he could muster while struggling and grimacing in pain, and from time to time, he would even drink mouthfuls of the viscous fluid. The adults watching really began to feel quite worried.

“There’s no problem since it’s not his first time. Since he could do this before, then he could live past this as well. Drinking more of the medicinal liquid is not bad either, if he can absorb it, it’ll allow him to absorb great benefits.” The old chief spoke, as his care for the little guy’s health was quite expansive.

“His constitution is quite strong, and the Bone Text’s mysterious power might also be at work here by helping him refine part of the medicinal strength. The little guy should not feel that much pain.” Another elder spoke while stroking his beard.

The medicinal bath continued for quite a while, and the group of children were soaked until they looked like red monkeys. All of them looked rather miserable, and while looking at each other, tears dripped down with hua hua sounds. Only when the medicinal bath finish did they stop sobbing and finally feel relief.

While within the black cauldron, the little guy did not cry. His big eyes were looking around, and his face had a bit of a red blush, resembling a big apple. When he was lifted out, he looked as if he was drunk, swaying back and forth.

“How do you feel?” An elder asked.

The little guy burped, and said muddle-headedly, “I drank a lot, full now.”

Hearing this kind of simple-minded and pure response, the adults were all provoked into laughter.

“Tired.” The little guy staggered from side to side, and his little body fell into Shi Yunfeng’s embrace. He lightly mumbled something and slightly squeaked before sinking into deep sleep.

“Bring these children back and let them sleep well. By tomorrow, their strength should have increased by a significant amount.” Said chief Shi Yunfeng.

Finally, several elders put away the leftover liquid. They didn’t let it go to waste, but rather once again lit up the copper cauldron with fire and added some more medicinal herbs. They were going to cook until the medicine dried up and became medicinal power. Not only was this a type of tonic, but it was also a type of precious healing medicine. Bringing it along for the mountain range hunts could save lives.

With vile environments and difficult to hunt magical beasts, true blood really was rare and precious. They couldn’t afford to dispose such precious medicinal powder even after it was used by the children, and weren’t willing to waste any of it at all.

Naturally, the strongest villagers all didn’t care about this, since as long as it could close up a wound and save their lives, it was enough.

That night, all the children slept deeply. The next morning, many of these little guys were crying out loudly, as the old skin was being shed off in chunks, making their beds filthy.

“Go, get a bucket of water and wash yourselves clean. Afterwards, lift that lump of millstone.”

“Dad, that is what third brother uses to train his strength, how could I possibly lift that up?”

“Stop speaking nonsense, if I tell you to lift, then just lift. Are you telling me that we wasted all that true blood and bone medicine last night for nothing? If you really didn’t make any progress, then I’ll spank your butt until it turns into eight fragments!”

Early the next morning, Stone Village was active like birds flying and dogs jumping. All of the children were forced to move large rocks and copper cauldrons as they whined repeatedly.

The results were clearly obvious. The children all gained a significant amount of strength, and their physiques revealed an increase in power. However, if one were to say that they were reborn, then that was still a bit far from reality.

Kacha kacha!

The village head, chief Shi Yunfeng’s palm symbol glowed a brilliant light, and within his hand was the shaft of an golden-alloyed hammer. With it, he smashed the most precious part of the Dragon Horned Elephant’s dragon horn into pieces. Following that, he retrieved a portion of the Pi Xiu’s amputated claw bone as well as a small section of the Flame Rhinoceros’ red horn, and similarly pulverized them until they became fine powder. He then mixed these crushed bone powders with several fierce beast’s true blood, and put them together into the slow cooking beast milk. At that moment, the fragrance began to rise in spirals.

Afterwards, the elder threw in stalk after stalk of medicinal herbs. Soon after, the liquid within the pot became muddled, and the fragrance became even richer.

“Time to eat, little guy.”

Within the stone house, the little guy heard the yell and with a gulu sound, he turned around and then stood up. His eyes that had just woke up were still blurry, but as the fragrance leaked in, he quickly took a quick whiff. He immediately felt excited, and began muttering in that direction. “Smells really good.”

“Of course, this is genuine precious medicine, so don’t waste any of it and eat all of it.” Shi Yunfeng laughed and said.

The little guy consumed it like a wolf, and before long, the pot’s congee was completely gone. However, the negative consequences immediately appeared since he really was too small, and the medicinal strength was too strong. In this ordinary morning, the adorable little guy suddenly began to act like a problem child. His two eyes turned red like a white rabbit, and he began to run all over the place, shouting ah yah nonstop.

The pitiable large yellow dog’s tail was once again grabbed by him, and was continuously being pulled. The tail was almost pulled off, and it howled with tears for half a day; it disturbed all the villagers and caused chaos.

“Wei, little guy, why are you pulling up my brother’s wife’s fence?”

“What happened to the little guy, why did he run up to my family’s roof. Quickly, stop, don’t tear off the tiles!”

……

The villagers were all stunned. The ordinarily extremely obedient little guy transformed into a little vicious beast. He ran all over the place as he wreaked havoc while using all of his strength.

“The pot of medicine was completely absorbed, and the results are not bad.” Shi Yunfeng and several other elders were standing together, and they were currently quietly commenting, nodding their heads in satisfaction.

In the distance, many children saw the scene in front of them and became even more frightful of the chief. All of them were quivering and trembling as they stayed far away. Gathering together, they muttered in a low voice, “The little guy is really pitiful!”

The little guy’s palms shone and he lifted them up towards the sky. From those small arms appeared the bone text, and it flickered continuously; it was truly quite mysterious. In addition, his physique got stronger, and his speed and power were both promoted by a large margin as well. This was also the reason why the old chief was so satisfied.

Only after two hours did he finally quiet down. He scratched his head in a daze, and said in a low voice, “Yiya, I’m in trouble.”


Capítulo 5: Lifting the Cauldron

As time unknowingly flowed by, two years had passed in a flash. The little guy was now already three and a half years old and had his own name — Shi Hao.

When he was only one and a half, he could only run along behind the others, and now that he was three and a half years old, his physique became astonishing. He was always running around together with the other big kids.

At this moment, a piece of previously empty area of land in Stone Village was currently filled with people. It was so packed that even water could not trickle through, and everyone within the village was watching the youth practice martial arts.

The group of children had extremely sturdy muscles, and their upper halves of their bodies were naked. With sweat flying in all directions, they were all working hard. Some of them could unexpectedly lift up maces that weighed more than 100 jin. They waved them around, making huhu sounds in the wind.

The ages ranged from six or seven to twelve or thirteen, and all of them looked like small fierce beasts from within the mountain forest. They were extraordinarily strong, and their bodies were astonishingly strong and rugged.

“Quickly come and look, that is my family’s baby. He’s only six years old, but he can lift up a limestone weighing over 100 jin and use it as a shield. How many people can compare to him? In the future, he will definitely become an amazing hero in the Great Desolate Area!”

“My family’s baby is the powerful one. You guys can all see that the bow made from the rhinoceros tendons that can only be pulled by adults is being used by him. In the future, he’ll definitely be able to kill fierce beasts with one shot, and even defeat an adult Pi Xiu.”

Although the villagers were all rather down-to-earth, when they were grouped up together, they all still loved to brag about their own child’s strength. After comparing with each other, the group of strong individuals would clenched their fan-sized palms and continuously wave their fists around, smiling in delight.

All of the females within the village could not hide their smiles, as this group of children really were quite outstanding. All of them had a dragon’s vitality and a tiger’s ferocity. Having unlimited strength, the future of Stone Village will surely be great due to this generation.

“Moo…”

A fat cow howled, and the sound shook the village.

“Quickly come and look, Er Meng is only eight years old, and he actually flipped over a fat cow, impressive!”

Within the large area was a black fat cow, and his whole body appeared as if it was covered by black silk fabric. It was releasing a muffled thunder-like roar, and just before it was about to go crazy, it was stubbornly knocked down by a not very tall child, triggering a gasps of admiration.

“Our efforts were not wasted. Several elders gave them the true blood from fierce beasts every few days and let the precious medicine repair their bones and refine their bodies. It seems that the results were quite effective.”

“The children are all quite strong. In the future, there might actually be quite a few people who can venture out and kill those great desolate species within the mountain range abyss.”

With a loud dong sound ringing out, an extremely skinny child in the distance tossed a grindstone plate that flew out roughly ten meters.

“Aiyou, hey, the eight or nine year old Pi Hou who looks so dry and thin actually has that much strength. People really shouldn’t judge others by their appearances.”

“That’s for sure. Without looking at whose child he belonged to, I named him Shi Zhonghou. In the future, he will leave the great mountains, and he will have a great reputation. He will be bestowed the title of king in front of a large prosperous race.

The grown men were all bragging towards each other, and they all thought that their own children were the most outstanding.

Honglong!

The ground began to shake severely, and a shroud of smoke and dust began to rise. Everyone’s eyes were attracted towards that direction, and to their astonishment, someone was trying to lift up the enormous cauldron!

In the center of that empty space was an ancient cauldron that was over a thousand Jin in weight. On the cauldron were engraved with the designs of the beasts of the land and birds of the air; it was overflowing with an ancient feeling. The walls of the cauldron were extremely thick, possessing an extremely heavy atmosphere. The legs of the cauldron were always being lifted, and so they were quite glossy. They were polished almost as if they were mirrors, and on them were branded the images of the Vermilion Bird.

“Little Shijiao, you almost sprained your back just now only to lift it a bit off the ground. Right now you are still too young, even in four years you would not be able to lift this.” Some of the older adults made fun of him good-naturedly.

The thousand Jin copper cauldron was not something that you could casually mess with or else you could hurt yourself. Normally, no child was able to raise it and they were not allowed near it, as it was simply too heavy.

“Let me try!”

An extremely robust lad walked forward appearing to be around twelve or thirteen. One hand was on the cauldron’s ear, while the other one was on its leg. He grabbed it with fierce strength, and the large cauldron began to shake a bit before leaving the ground. However, it immediately fell back towards the ground with a hong sound, creating a cloud of dust.

It was an obvious failure, but fortunately, the child wasn’t hurt.

“Me too!”

A child walked up to the front, and he was the one that previously knocked over that fat cow. His name was Shi Meng, and within his family he was number two. His nickname was Er Meng, and he actually had quite a rather thick and sturdy figure. In addition, he was only eight and a half.

With a weng sound, the copper cauldron left the floor, and was gradually lifted up into the air, causing everyone to be shocked and startled. This was still a child, yet he could actually lift it to such a stage; it was extremely shocking.

Hong!

Unfortunately, he was not able to lift it above his head, and his two arms were already shaking. He released it with a honglong sound, and a large pit remained where the cauldron stood as granules of earth flew everywhere.

Since someone decided to try it first, all of the other kids were eager to give it a try as well. In this way, each kid walked up and tried to move the cauldron, however, not a single person succeeded.

A big child with thick eyebrows and big eyes called Shi Dazhuang walked forward, and after taking in a huge breath, he used his strength to grab one of the cauldron’s handles and one of its legs to fiercely lift it up, and only then did it get successfully get lifted above his head.

Although his arms were slightly shaking and both his legs were slightly swaying, he finally succeeded, causing all the adults to exclaim in astonishment. This was because this child was merely nine years old, and could be claimed as being naturally born with divine force!

“Dazhuang performed really well, in the future he will definitely be incredible!”

“This is only a nine-year old baby. Being able to lift roughly 1000 jin’s worth of weight, there aren’t many people of his age who are comparable to him. In the future, he will inevitably be one of this region’s most powerful individuals!”

The adults were naturally not stingy with their praises, and even gave Er Meng endless encouragement and praise. This was because he almost succeeded as well, and his strength was astonishing.

Several elders were smiling as well. The amount of effort they put in over these last few years were not wasted, since these fierce beasts’ true blood were often used to forge and discipline these children’s bodies. Now that these results were visible, in the future, Stone Village will have many ferocious individuals.

“Little guy, you are sticking your head out and looking around, can it be that you want to try it out as well?” teased some of the adults.

Within the crowd, there was a little guy curiously looking around, and that was precisely the little guy. Now, he finally received a name, and he was named Shi Hao. His figure was still extremely small, and he had to tiptoe while pushing into the crowd to see the big kids lift the cauldron.

“That’s right. Everyone says that little Hao has so much limitless divine force that it is astonishing. Although his age is a bit young, he should come and try it as well. Don’t lift up the cauldron first, come and grab this stone lock.”

Someone lifted his head and said, “Listening to my child words, little Hao Hao’s strength is not any less than theirs. I never believed them, and now that there’s an opportunity, the little guy should come and try it out.”

Shi Hao was now three and a half, and his jet-black hair fell down to his shoulders. His big eyes were black and brilliant and were extremely lively. He was white and clean, pretty and cute.

The little guy looked toward the several Elders who all had smiling expressions on their faces. Shi Yunfeng said, “Go, I also want to see how much strength you currently possess as well.”

“Ya, hey!” Shi Hao was still extremely small, and the sounds he made while using his strength were naturally soft and immature, however he effortlessly lifted the big stone roller.

“Not simple!” The others all nodded their heads.

Afterwards, he also lifted up a stone grindstone plate and suddenly threw it. With a sou sound, that heavy stone tool looked like it was a common piece of rock that was casually tossed aside, and flew a total distance of over sixty or seventy meters.

With a hong sound, the grindstone plate smashed into the ground and produced a huge ditch, causing sand to fly in every direction. The dust rose everywhere, and the ground violently trembled.

Everyone stared blankly, and were unable to say anything.

Following that, the little guy suddenly ran towards that black fat cow, and quickly used his strength to grab one of its horns, directly caused it to fall towards the ground.

Although his strength was used with skill, it still meant that his strength was extraordinary. Accompanied with the sound of cold breaths, the villagers felt that they were looking at a small fierce beast showing off its power, shocking their vision.

You have to understand that the current little Shi Hao was still really young and was the shortest inside the village. No matter how you looked at it, he still looked like a small baby, and it was hard to associate his body with his immense strength.

Under the shocked expressions, Shi Hao walked towards the large cauldron and tried to stand up as tall as he could. It was impossible for him to grab the cauldron’s handles, and so he directly crouched down his little body to prop up the base of the cauldron. Soon after, he abruptly used his strength, and with a honglong sound, the bronze large copper was lifted up above his head.

Everyone there was stupefied and could not believe what they were seeing in front of them. A three and half year old child could actually lift up the thousand jin copper cauldron, this was simply too ridiculous.

What in the world is this? This is like a child of the Legendary Golden-Winged Peng 1, almost like a pure-blooded Pi Xiu Emperor’s son. LittleShi Hao might be comparable to a real young ancient fierce beast!


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