Chapter 263

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Protagonist:

Jiang Xuan

Boy slept soundly, his tender little face carrying a trace of peace after exhaustion, his even breathing softly echoing in the quiet room.

At some point, Shi Yunfeng had silently walked to Jiang Xuan's side.

He slightly raised his head, his gaze falling on the sleeping Boy, his expression carrying a hint of complexity.

Jiang Xuan stood there, his eyes never leaving the Boy, and as he watched, a wondrous feeling welled up in his heart; he increasingly felt that this Disciple had become an indispensable part of his life.

"He's still too young." Shi Yunfeng said softly, his voice carrying a trace of pity.

"It's something he must experience." Jiang Xuan said.

On the road of growth, it's impossible for everything to always go smoothly; some wind and rain must be faced.

Shi Yunfeng nodded, and after pondering for a moment, slowly said: "I don't know exactly what experiences Boy had in the past, but the bone missing from his chest must have some unknown reason. At his age, no one would willingly give up something so important for no reason. The hardships he once endured will surely be repaid by his own hands in the future."

After saying these words, Shi Yunfeng fell into silence.

He stood quietly, his thoughts seemingly returning to that day several years ago.

That day, a young couple hurriedly brought Boy here.

Back then, Boy's breath was weak, his face pale as paper, the flame of life trembling on the verge of falling in his small body.

The couple had heard that the Shi Zu Zudi possessed miraculous power, and full of expectation, they hoped this mysterious place could create a miracle and save Boy's life.

However, when they arrived at the Ancestral Land, what they saw before their eyes was a scene of desolation.

The Ancestral Land, once mysterious and glorious, had long lost its former splendor, with ruined walls and broken walls telling of the vicissitudes of years.

Here, it could no longer bring people hope and protection as in the legends.

The light of hope in the couple's eyes gradually dimmed, finally turning into endless disappointment.

Helplessly, they could only turn and leave with hearts full of grief, yet leaving Boy on this land.

"Not completely giving up Boy, they planned to go to an extremely dangerous Region to try to pick the legendary holy medicine, hoping to bring vitality to Boy. However, taking Boy along was obviously an impractical choice."

Shi Yunfeng gazed at Boy. This clear, lively little life full of vitality before his eyes was already different from the appearance when they first met, with life hanging by a thread and weak breath.

"I'm preparing to give Boy and them a Xi Sui... or Foundation Establishment." Jiang Xuan said.

"You're going to hunt Ferocious Beasts?" Shi Yunfeng understood.

Jiang Xuan smiled, "The Ferocious Beasts hunted aren't qualified."

Shi Yunfeng didn't understand.

Hongmeng Teacher was like a mist, full of mystery.

When he was still young, he had once stepped out of the boundary of the Great Wilderness.

He had once been fortunate enough to witness the appearance of a powerful expert; in that instant, he was deeply shocked, as if facing a high and mighty deity, and as if staring at a brilliant sun, endless alarm and trembling surged in the depths of his heart, his liver and gallbladder seeming as if they would shatter because of it.

That expert's aura emanating from his whole body was simply an eternal sun suspended high above the vast Heavenly Vault; although he had not revealed any earth-shaking divine might, that innate strength was firmly branded in his heart.

But, concepts quietly turned.

After he met Hongmeng Teacher, all his cognition was completely overturned.

Shi Yunfeng's Inner Heart underwent earth-shaking changes; that once god-like expert, Compared With him, actually became like an old thing, losing its Radiance, dim and lusterless.

Those scenes that once amazed him lost their color, no longer having the power to shock the heart.

Whether it was dazzling Divine Light or those mysterious and unfathomable runes, in his view, they were nothing more than superficial ordinary things.

Hongmeng Teacher has a great background!

Shi Cun, the sun rises.

On the Square of Shi Cun, villagers were densely packed.

They raised their heads, their gazes locked on the furnace manifested by divine power in mid-air, full of shock.

This was Jiang Xuan manifesting divine power.

Although with Jiang Xuan's current Cultivation Realm, all forms were merely external manifestations, he could give Boy Xi Sui in any form.

It could be a Gourd, it could be heavenly thunder, it could be knives, spears, swords, and halberds...

However, humans are creatures with a sense of ritual...

The Eight Trigrams Furnace was also the first divine power Jiang Xuan cultivated.

Jiang Xuan brought Boy to stand beside the Eight Trigrams Furnace, raising his hand to gesture: "Boy, in a moment you must enter my Eight Trigrams Furnace."

Boy blinked his lively big eyes, curiously sizing up this mysterious big thing before him, without the slightest fear.

In the past two years, he had already experienced many similar "tossings about," and had long grown accustomed to it.

"Master, after this Xi Sui, can I cultivate to the Fellow Daoist Realm?"

Jiang Xuan had a black line on his head; he had once told Boy he was only one Cultivation Realm higher than Boy, and this Realm was called the Fellow Daoist Realm.

This was lifting a stone only to drop it on his own foot.

Boy was full of Expectation.

"The Xi Sui Materials prepared for you this time are all top-grade divine medicines; their medicinal nature is gentle yet contains tremendous energy. Within the Eight Domains, they are top among the top. However, you are still young; even after this Xi Sui, there will still be a gap between your Cultivation Level and mine."

Saying this, Jiang Xuan extended his index finger and thumb, gesturing a small distance.

"I will definitely work hard to cultivate in the future; when I become powerful, I'll come help Master!"

Boy tightly clenched his little fist, his face full of determination, nodding his head vigorously.

Soon, all preparations were complete.

In an instant, the light inside the Eight Trigrams Furnace was dazzling, the intense rays causing the villagers to squint their eyes one after another.

Immediately after, a deafening roar resounded all around; heavenly might vast and boundless, earth's resonance majestic and grand, mountain shadows towering, marsh waves surging, fire blazing fiercely, water flowing torrentially, wind howling, thunder rolling.

Bursts of earth-shaking and mountain-swaying, explosions of roaring sounds one after another.

"Go in."

Jiang Xuan said to Boy.

Boy was very obedient, quickly stripped off all his clothes, and without the slightest hesitation jumped into the Eight Trigrams Furnace.

Jiang Xuan activated his divine ability, slowly closing the furnace lid.

This baptism was unprecedented.

The villagers whispered to each other, faces full of shock.

"This kind of auspicious light is simply unheard of, never seen before!"

"Right, Boy will probably soar into the sky from now on!"

The Stone Village villagers were shocked; they sincerely hoped Boy would get better and better.

At the same time, Hongmeng Teacher had once said he would baptize all the children, which was an even greater good thing.

In the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, no one could possess such top-tier resources and treatment during their first baptism.

Jiang Xuan stood to the side, quietly watching the Eight Trigrams Furnace; Boy inside the furnace was undergoing a painful transformation, but this was the price that must be paid for growth; only by experiencing these could Boy walk farther and farther on the path of cultivation.

Jiang Xuan stood quietly, his gaze passing through the furnace wall flashing with mysterious runes, staring into the interior of the Eight Trigrams Furnace.

At this moment, Boy's whole body was wrapped in dense medicinal liquid essence, slowly absorbing this liquid containing endless energy, undergoing transformation.

This process was bound to be accompanied by unimaginable suffering, but this was also the necessary path for Boy to become strong.

In reality, given Boy's current state, let alone Supreme-grade true blood, even the power of ordinary ferocious beast blood was far beyond what he could easily endure.

Jiang Xuan truly used the blood of the Forbidden Zone Supreme of Zhe Tian Jie to baptize Boy; as for whether Boy could endure it, how could the methods of a quasi-Immortal King be ordinary?

This was also precisely the fundamental reason why no one in the outside world had ever been able to enjoy such top-tier treatment during their first baptism — such massive energy was enough to instantly burst any body that had not been sufficiently baptized; no matter how outstanding its talent, before this heaven-destroying earth-annihilating power it appeared fragile and weak.

But the reason Jiang Xuan dared to prepare this world-shaking baptism for Boy naturally lay in his confidence and methods.

Boy had once tenaciously survived in a desperate situation, achieving nirvana rebirth; his potential had already been greatly stimulated.

Now, with this top-tier baptism assisting, his future achievements were simply limitless; soaring into the sky was merely a matter of time.

Inside the furnace, strange phenomena occurred frequently, as if doomsday had descended.

Yin-Yang Two Qi entangled and surged, transforming into vast mighty power impacting Boy; the power of heaven and earth collided with each other, emitting dull roars; wind and thunder howled, attacking with swift and fierce momentum; water and fire incompatible, fiercely confronting each other in the narrow space; mountain and marsh qi rolled in, pressing on Boy's body.

Under this violent impact, Boy's flesh and bones were continuously crushed; every moment he endured intense pain, his life could vanish at any time; this was undoubtedly a great ordeal of nine deaths one life.

The patterns of flowers, birds, insects, fish, ferocious beasts, and ancient ancestors engraved on the Eight Trigrams Furnace body actually seemed as if granted life, all becoming lively one after another.

They surrounded Boy, exerting their respective mysterious powers, assisting Boy in suppressing the violent brand coming from the Supreme true blood.

Perhaps because it sensed the high grade and purity of the Supreme true blood, the Eight Trigrams Furnace seemed to have been infused with a soul, exceptionally excited, operating at full power, helping Boy complete this difficult transformation.

The transformation process in this baptism was extremely long; the Stone Village villagers had already gone back and forth home to eat several meals, yet Boy was still enduring the tempering in that blazing Eight Trigrams Furnace.

As time passed, wonderful changes quietly occurred inside Boy's body. His blood gradually became like rubies, crystal clear transparent, dazzlingly bright; his bones resembled beautiful jade, emitting a gentle luster; between his flesh and blood was even filled with vigorous vitality and life force.

A full ten days and ten nights, this baptism lasted a long time. This made some people in the village unable to help but worry whether Boy would be melted by the high temperature inside the furnace.

Finally, at the last moment, only a "Bang" loud sound was heard; the furnace lid was blasted open by a powerful force, then a pitch-black small figure shot into the sky like an arrow leaving the bow, leaping straight up to several dozen meters high in the air.

When Boy landed, his whole person was black as if rolled out of a coal pile; only a pair of big eyes rolled around, full of spirit.

One of his hands was still covering his buttocks, obviously having been burned quite badly while sitting in the furnace.

"Monster!" The other children seeing Boy's appearance immediately burst into loud laughter.

Boy looked at everyone and also laughed along, revealing the only clean white place on his body — his teeth.

Immediately after, he ran flying toward Jiang Xuan; Jiang Xuan hurriedly called out to stop him: "Go wash clean first then come; this black, still want to rub on me?"

The other children swarmed up, looking at Boy like black charcoal, laughter unceasing, and all reached out to touch him.

At this time, everyone surprisingly discovered that that layer of black sticky stuff was actually a layer of old skin; a light rub and it fell rustling down. Under the old skin was revealed Boy's fair and lustrous skin, crystal clear transparent. Some little children seeing this, comparing with their own skin, immediately were full of envy, especially those little girls.

After all in this Great Wilderness, children's skin had never been this delicate and smooth.

"Child, go see how much strength you have now." Shi Yunfeng's eyes flashed with expectant light.

As soon as the words fell, Boy had already leapt up.

He took a deep breath, opened his mouth and spat; instantly a scorching heat wave swept over. Everyone only saw a crimson light pillar soar into the sky, condensing in midair into a huge furnace, spanning the void, emitting a heart-palpitating pressure.

"Boom—"

That furnace was fully three zhang high, its whole body glowing with a red-gold color, its surface covered with profound patterns.

The furnace body trembled slightly, actually emitting a deafening roar, as if a hibernating giant beast had awakened.

"What a strong aura!" Shi Yunfeng widened his eyes, looking at this scene before him in disbelief. He had lived most of his life, yet never seen such an astonishing method.

Jiang Xuan's expression also became heavy; he narrowed his eyes examining that furnace suspended in midair: "This power. Even a peak Blood Moving realm expert would be merely like this, right?"

The surrounding villagers had long been shocked speechless. They looked at that furnace standing motionless in midair, only feeling their whole bodies turn cold. Where was this the power a child not yet four years old could display? Simply a miracle!

Boy stood on the ground, his small body yet exuding an aura of looking down on all under heaven. He tilted his head to look at his masterpiece, then lightly waved his hand. Instantly, that huge furnace turned into a streak of flowing light, returning into his mouth.

"Phew—" Many people in the crowd let out a breath of relief; only then did that pressure weaken slightly.

Shi Yunfeng said with trembling hands: "Hongmeng Teacher, this... this is what you said, that Boy has already entered the Blood Moving realm?"

Jiang Xuan nodded: "Not only that, his strength has even surpassed ordinary Blood Moving realm cultivators. Coupled with his understanding and control of bone texts, it can be said he already possesses the strength to challenge higher realms."

Shi Yunfeng's gaze toward Boy was filled with pride and expectation: "Our Stone Village will finally produce a true Heaven's Pride!"

The villagers also all revealed relieved smiles. These two years, with Jiang Xuan's help, they had not only learned much knowledge previously unheard of, but more importantly witnessed Stone Village's future being illuminated by this small figure.

Boy turned his head, using his bright big eyes to look at Shi Yunfeng, saying in a childish voice: "Grandpa, am I very strong?"

Shi Yunfeng picked him up in one hold, laughing until he couldn't close his mouth: "Strong! Our Boy is the strongest!" (Chapter End)