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Chapter 604: Chapter 604: Unceasing Vitality Chapter 604: Chapter 604: Unceasing Vitality “Little Hao, how I wish you could come back to life!” Shi Dazhuang, Er Meng, and others came with several jars of liquor, sitting here, drinking one cup and spilling another in front of the grave.

They were a few years older than Shi Hao, but since childhood, Shi Hao had been strong.

Initially, he followed behind them, but later on, he surpassed them.

“I can’t believe you’ve already left us, how could you die,” Er Meng’s eyes reddened.

The monkeys, Shi Dazhuang, and the nasally child were also distressed, continually pouring and drinking shot after shot onto the ground.

Throughout these past three months, they came here every few days, drinking like this, hazily envisioning Shi Hao.

Not to mention the genuine affection they grew up with, the many things Shi Hao did for Stone Village also made them unforgettable and left them feeling stifled.

“It’s just not fair.

Little Hao lies here alone while that guy is hailed as a peerless genius, saying he’ll be invincible under heaven and earth.

That should have been Little Hao’s fate,” said the monkeys.

Although they were in Stone Village, they knew something about the outside world as there had been constant communications with the Stone Kingdom’s Royal Palace; they weren’t blocked from information.

Clear Wind, having succeeded the throne of Stone Kingdom, was constantly traveling between the two places.

“Do you think there’s such a thing as Soul Resurrection Grass in the world?

If only we could find one, it would be wonderful to have Little Hao come back to life,” Shi Dazhuang said solemnly.

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“I’ve always felt like he hasn’t left us, as if he’s still by our side,” the nasally child said.

He was the only one among the peers a few months younger than Shi Hao, and now he was also married.

Finally, they supported each other, breath reeking of alcohol, as they descended the mountain, heading towards Stone Village.

If anyone in the village was most heartbroken these days, it was undoubtedly Clan Leader Shi Yunfeng.

Shi Hao was raised by his own hands, treating him like a grandchild.

He really struggled to adjust, unable to accept this result.

In just three months, he seemed to have aged ten years, his hair turned snowy white, his spirit desolate.

The old man often sat alone at the entrance of the village, sitting the whole day.

When villagers greeted him, he wouldn’t respond.

Everyone saw and shared in the discomfort.

“Child, when you were first brought here, you were only as tall as my knees, so weak you were nearly dying,” Clan Leader murmured.

He looked around the courtyard as if he could still hear the weak cries of the infant.

“Later, you finally pulled through.

We, grandfather and grandson, lived together, depending on each other, and it was really full of joy,” he sighed softly, tears welling up in his eyes.

In a moment of haze, he saw the little one with bright eyes and unsteady steps, tugging at the tail of the yellow dog, and uttering naive sounds from his mouth.

“Clan Leader, come eat and don’t be sad anymore,” villagers came to urge him.

Truly, everyone felt downhearted.

“I can’t eat,” the old man lowered his head, rubbing a small clay jar with his hand, an item Little Tot used daily in the past, sneakily fearing discovery, cooking and drinking beast milk by himself.

Of course, how could everyone not know about it?

This milk was always brought by uncles and brothers of the clan.

“Grandpa Clan Leader, what’s beyond the great mountains?

I want to see it, to venture out of the great desolate area,” said Shi Hao when he was a bit older, already yearning for the outside world, wanting to venture out and make his mark.

Those words seemed to still echo in his ears.

Shi Yunfeng, wracked with self-blame, shook his head and said, “I really shouldn’t have agreed.

If we just lived here, never venturing out, how good that would be.

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Then none of this would have happened.”
“Clan Leader, we know it’s hard for you, but you have to eat.

Otherwise, we won’t eat either,” a group of children approached, red-eyed and truly worried.

“Alright, one must live, life must go on, we cannot always dwell in the past,” Shi Yunfeng stood up disheveled and despondently uttered these words.

However, villagers knew he couldn’t let go, and in fact, no one could forget Shi Hao; just thinking of him brought a sour feeling.

In the village, there was another small courtyard filled with grief, belonging to Shi Hao’s parents, who had been living in Stone Village for over three months, leaving just two days ago because there was an urgent matter at Immortal Mountain, and a message was sent by Clear Wind, asking them to return.

Outside, at Immortal Mountain and within the Qin Clan, discussions were ongoing to have Qin Hao ascend soon, otherwise, the path to heaven might break, permanently losing the opportunity.

“I won’t go up,” Qin Yining shook her head in pain, opting to stay with Stone Village, not leaving the Lower Realm.

Upon hearing this, Shi Ziling’s eyes burst with Divine Radiance, saying, “I will go up!”
His heart had already ignited a blazing fire, burning fiercely for more than three months.

He intended to ascend to the higher realms, with a goal one day to annihilate those legacies and seek justice.

For revenge, he must enter the higher realms, even filled with reluctance and regrets, he had to leave.

“Alright, then you go up, I’ll stay in Stone Village,” Qin Yining sighed deeply.

“Mom, come with us.

Brother also wants you to be happy, he doesn’t want you to be sad,” Qin Hao urged.

Qin Yining shook her head, her heart filled with sorrow.

In the end, Shi Ziling returned to Stone Village, standing in front of that grave for an entire night, then resolutely departed, carrying his golden battle spear, destined for the higher realms.

“From now on, I will bury myself in rigorous cultivation, waste no more time, let my defiance, my edges, my very essence burn!” he groaned in distress.

Shi Ziling and Qin Hao departed, following a mysterious heavenly path, vanishing from this realm.

Not long after, those distinguished ladies and geniuses of the higher realms also left one after another, thoroughly returning to the higher realms, also bringing more concrete news.

These updates amazed their elders who began discussing with them.

“So, Little Stone is really impressive, even entering the higher realms, he’ll shine brightly and eventually suppress all contenders?”
“Very impressive, but his brother is even more so.”
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“You’re saying, Little Stone once defeated the unbeatable legend—the Child with Dual Pupils?”
“Yes!”
“The Child with Dual Pupils, in my higher realms, is also hailed as unparalleled, possessing an invincible stance.

And recently, a formidable person, about eighteen or nineteen years old, swept through Tianyuan State in my higher realms, claiming to be unmatched among peers, eventually entering Tianyuan Academy and seemingly victorious in a battle against an ‘Original,’ then joined Tianyuan Academy.”
Time flies, it’s been over half a year since Shi Hao passed away.

During this period, whether it be the Western Sect or Immortal Mountain, the connections with the higher realms grew increasingly strained.

As time progressed, communication between the two realms became even more difficult, almost breaking off entirely.

The Qin Clan repeatedly urged, requesting Stone Kingdom to convey the message to Qin Yining to ascend to heaven, otherwise, she’d miss the last chance, but she declined every time.

“These weeds, why do they keep growing back more every time?” Er Meng said.

On the low mountain dense with a strange type of grass, hardy and resilient, its roots thick and seemingly inexhaustible, regrowing every so often, surrounding that grave.

Moreover, this place had become richer in Spiritual Energy.

Villagers speculated that Shi Hao had consumed many heavenly and earthly treasures during his lifetime, including various precious medicines and Divine Liquors, which contained a massive amount of essence.

Hence, after his death, the Spiritual Energy here increased.

“This grass is really strange; I have never seen it in the great desolate area before.

How did it grow?” asked the monkeys, puzzled.

This grass had appeared only after Shi Hao was buried.

“What a pity, it is not Soul Resurrection Grass,” sighed Shi Dazhuang.

Several months passed, Shi Hao had been dead for nearly a year, and Immortal Mountain was once again sending a message, asking Qin Yining to return, and this time it involved Shi Ziling and his second son.

Qin Yining was leaving, feeling sad, standing in front of the grave to say goodbye, and cried all night.

The Qin Clan sent a message saying Shi Ziling was severely injured in the higher realms, and Qin Hao also had some problems; they needed her to come up.

“Ziling is injured, which would make Little Hao uneasy in the afterlife.

You should go,” comforted Clan Leader Shi Yunfeng.

“I will bring back his father’s exact news to let Little Hao rest in peace,” cried Qin Yining.

She felt very sad; the Lower Realm had left her with too many regrets.

That day, she left via an ancient road from Immortal Mountain and entered the higher realms.

Days later, Immortal Mountain in the higher realms paid a significant price to meet her wish and communicated with the Lower Realm, sending down news.

This time, Immortal Mountain in the Lower Realm did not hide the news.

“Uncle Ziling is unharmed; he has already gone to cultivate on his own.

It’s just that the people in the higher realms wanted their Saintess to return, so they exaggerated some matters,” said Shi Dazhuang in front of Shi Hao’s grave.

“Qin Hao, shining brightly in the higher realms, it can’t be hidden that he possesses two Supreme Bones; many know about it, resulting in a world-shocking battle!” said Er Meng, conveying the news from Immortal Mountain.

It was rumored that, when suppressed to the same realm, Qin Hao had defeated five grand prodigies, challenging geniuses from several states, causing a massive stir in the higher realms.

For this reason, Immortal Heavenly Venerate personally sent out a Guardian Spirit to protect him and prevent any ambushes against him.

Qin Hao’s name resounded far and wide; many ancient paths in the southern regions knew of him, and several great schools were interested in forming kinship alliances with Immortal Mountain, willing to offer women of heaven from their clans.

It was rumored that Qin Hao was cultivating strenuously, hoping to rise rapidly and participate in an upcoming grand event in the higher realms.

Rumored participants were the strongest youths from a state.

Many great states would partake, engaging in a contest—the real battle among the young Supremes.

The winners would enter a secret land with unimaginable fortunes!

“What a pity, Little Hao; you were supposed to enter the higher realms and show your brilliance, but now…” lamented the monkeys and others, feeling dejected.

In the blink of an eye, a year had passed.

The people of Stone Village increasingly felt something was amiss.

The spiritual mist over the small mountain thickened, surpassing previous levels by many times.

“Uncle Little Hao, we’ve come to see you again.” A group of children often came to tend to the grave, but the grass here grew too quickly to be completely removed.

“Hey, it’s that sparrow—it’s carrying seeds and dropping them here; no wonder there are so many strange grasses growing!” exclaimed a child, pointing ahead.

It was a Five-colored Sparrow, not at all afraid of humans, perching on the grave, dropping several seeds, and then leisurely preening its bright feathers.

“Ah, you thieving bird, you are too wicked; you bullied Uncle Hao since he was a child, and now you still dare to run here and act wildly!”
The group of children, visibly annoyed, charged forward, trying to catch it.

Obviously, this was fruitless; when he was a child, Shi Hao had chased it from small to large without ever touching a single feather of this Five-colored Sparrow.

It had even made him cry loudly.

That was one of the few embarrassing incidents Shi Hao rarely mentioned.

Even when he grew older and reached the Formation Arrangement Realm in cultivation, he still bore a grudge, wanting to catch this elusive Five-colored Sparrow, but ultimately, he never succeeded.

This bird was very cunning, always running away in advance.

“Chirp, chirp…”
The Five-colored Sparrow chirped, finished preening its beautiful feathers, and left unhurriedly, leaving behind a trail of five-colored light as it flew toward an old jujube tree behind Stone Village, where its nest was.

“It’s so hateful; we pull out the grass, and it plants it!”
The group of children cried out in frustration, ran down the mountain, and returned to the village to catch the bird, startling the adults.

“What happened?” When the adults of Stone Village learned about this, they were all very surprised.

Then, people went together in search of the Five-colored Sparrow, but it was very slippery and had long since disappeared.

“What Five-colored Sparrow?

I have never seen it before; it seems a bit strange,” said Little Red, its injury almost healed.

It naturally knew about such a bird; in the past, Shi Hao had even taken it to raid the bird’s nest, holding grievances.

Still, the thieving bird had simply vanished without a trace.

Finally, the people came back to the small mountain and were shocked; the Spiritual Energy was even denser, and even the grave began to emit a faint halo.

“What is this…

what happened!?” The Clan Leader was the most excited.

He was also a cultivator and felt a surge of vitality resurging from within the grave!

In the past few months, the growth of these grasses had been extremely vigorous.

Now, their roots, all luminous and resembling dragon whiskers, seemed to be moving.

This grass was very unusual; its roots were particularly thick, different from ordinary grass, and today, even more extraordinary, it spread a misty luminescence.

“Let me take a look,” said Little Red, eyes emitting Divine Radiance, staring at the spot and then looking deep into the soil.

Quickly, it was shocked!

Little Red sensed a strange fluctuation, feeling as if it had fallen into karma.

Its mind was shaken; luckily, it was just Little Red.

If it had been someone else, there likely would have been trouble.

“Do not act rashly!” it seriously advised, then pulled out the bronze precious box that Shi Hao once possessed, opened it, and displayed the Dual Pupils.

“That is…” It was deeply shocked.

Using the Dual Pupils, it saw a layer of light beneath the grave emitting a strand of vitality—precisely the coffin!

“Karma…

without experiencing life and death, how can one understand karma?

Could it be because of this?” Little Red also arrived, quite alarmed.

The troubled Little Stone, crawling out of the grave, sighed deeply, “Brothers and sisters, I’ve recently undergone a disaster, suffering so…

please cast a monthly vote for me.

It is already the later part of the month; there should be new monthly tickets available.

I call out to everyone for a vote.

Thank you!

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