Chapter 54: Leaving Stone Village

After bidding farewell to the people of Stone Village one by one, Shi Jian said goodbye to Willow Deity.

"Willow Deity, I am leaving. Once I find information regarding the Divine Burial of the Kunpeng, I will return to find you!"

Shi Jian had not forgotten about the Kunpeng's divine burial; there were many treasures there, as well as the Kunpeng Technique!

It could be considered a high-level dungeon.

However, the people of the Primordial Divine Mountains were by no means simple characters.

If he wanted to raid this dungeon, he would have to bring Willow Deity along.

"Hmm!"

Willow Deity's ethereal voice resonated.

"I have something here for you..."

As it finished speaking, a willow leaf drifted on the wind right in front of Shi Jian.

"This willow leaf records my technique; I hope it will be of help to you. Also, if you encounter danger, unleash this leaf, and it can protect you!"

Hearing this, Shi Jian's heart stirred.

The Willow Deity Technique?

This was likewise an item in no way inferior to the supreme Ten-Peril Precious Techniques.

Being able to recall the Willow Deity Technique indicated that Willow Deity's strength had recovered even further.

The Qingdi Wood Emperor Scripture must have been of immense help to Willow Deity.

Without hesitation, Shi Jian immediately accepted the willow leaf.

This willow leaf not only recorded the Willow Deity Technique but also carried a portion of Willow Deity's power—this was truly an exceptional treasure for preserving one's life!

"Thank you, Willow Deity!"

Shi Jian expressed his sincere gratitude to Willow Deity.

Willow Deity did not reply further and fell into silence.

Stowing the willow leaf safely away, Shi Jian unfurled his Devil Wings and soared into the distance.

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Within the great wilderness, majestic and towering mountains stood connected one after another.

Massive boulders were scattered among the peaks, weighing anywhere from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of catties.

Shi Jian sped along his path, moving with unbelievable velocity.

With the strength of his eleven Heavenly Passages, coupled with these Devil Wings, a few breaths of time covered a distance of tens of li.

Despite maintaining a full-speed dash the entire way, Shi Jian showed no flushed face and was completely out of breath.

Such was the might of the Heavenly Passage realm.

Those who achieved the Heavenly Passages could continuously draw in the vital energy of heaven and earth to maintain their peak state.

Others had only a few Heavenly Passages to absorb the primordial energy of heaven and earth, but Shi Jian possessed a full eleven Heavenly Passages for absorption.

In addition, he had the Hell Furnace to devour the essence of all things.

Consequently, Shi Jian not only possessed terrifying combat prowess, but his stamina was also exceptionally formidable.

He pressed forward in the direction of the rising sun; this was the path leading out of the great wilderness, requiring no map whatsoever!

Shi Jian cultivated while hurrying on his way—a feat difficult for others to accomplish, but having awakened the Hell Furnace, he could cultivate entirely on autopilot.

Along the journey, Shi Jian inevitably engaged in several fierce battles.

He encountered some terrifying primordial remnants with dreadful strength.

There was a multicolored fierce tiger stretching several dozen meters in length, whose single roar caused the trees across an entire forest to collapse...

There was a giant insect that spat corrosive mucus, pitting a stone mountain with countless holes...

And there were gigantic, terrifying avian beasts of immense power that pounced down from above the clouds...

This was the great wilderness, fraught with danger everywhere; these terrifying creatures were ubiquitous. One moment they were swaggering and powerful, and the next, they were dead!

It was a world of pure survival of the fittest.

There was no reasoning to be spoken.

Having walked this path, Shi Jian had essentially undergone a genuine and rigorous trial by fire.

Through countless bloody battles, he slew innumerable terrifying creatures.

While his combat experience soared step by step, his cultivation realm advanced rapidly as well.

Although these formidable adversaries were terrifying, their flesh and blood were pure essence.

Shi Jian directly unleashed the Hell Furnace to devour all the essence within them, subsequently using it to nourish his own body.

In just a few short days, he awakened three more Heavenly Passages, fusing them with the particles of the giant elephant, pushing his personal strength a step further!

Shi Jian also discovered that the Prison-Suppressing Elephant God Power grew stronger the more it was practiced.

Especially after the giant elephant particles fused with the Heavenly Passages.

The more Heavenly Passages he had, the faster his cultivation speed.

The more giant elephant particles he possessed, the stronger the Hell Furnace; the stronger the Hell Furnace, the faster the cultivation speed.

Conversely, the faster the cultivation speed, the greater the number of giant elephant particles and Heavenly Passages he awakened.

It was just like rolling a snowball.

When Shi Jian was in the Blood-Moving realm, it had taken him nearly a month of practice to awaken just a single particle.

Yet ever since he broke through to the Heavenly Passage realm, he had awakened more than a dozen particles in a mere month.

Of course, the Hell Furnace deserved primary credit for this.

This contraption only required resources to continuously awaken giant elephant particles.

There were completely no cultivation bottlenecks.

Shi Jian thus forcefully carved his way out of the great wilderness by sheer slaughter.

After breaking through the endless mountain ranges, the surrounding ferocious beasts dwindled in number.

Shi Jian arrived at a town situated in a corner of the borderlands of the Stone Country.

The ancient kingdom governed a territory spanning hundreds of millions of li, boundless and vast. The fief of a single powerful prince possessed a population numbering in the hundreds of millions or even billions, with limitless expanses of land.

Over such a vast dominion, the Stone Country could not manage every single area.

It could only establish central towns at the hubs of various regions to overawe the living beings of those territories.

Should a riot occur, the experts stationed within the towns would rapidly deploy to quell the rebellion!

The town where Shi Jian now appeared was a small one.

Such places, being close to the great wilderness and primeval forests, carried somewhat the flavor of "adventurer towns."

Shi Jian successively encountered many people who resembled explorers or merchants.

They would venture into the primeval forests for trials and purchase animal skins and spiritual herbs from the tribes residing within the primeval forests.

Shi Jian found this quite interesting; this was content that had not been mentioned in the original work!

Had he time-traveled directly to this place upon transmigrating, he might have thought it was some old-fashioned fantasy novel!

Shi Jian stayed in this town for a day to rest and recuperate, after which he inquired about the location of the Deer-Hunting Academy and set off once more.

Flying all the way, he bypassed several regions and finally arrived at the ancient sacred land where the Deer-Hunting Academy was located around noon.

Upon this sacred land stood two top-tier factions: the Heaven-Mending Pavilion and the Deer-Hunting Academy.

Both the Heaven-Mending Pavilion and the Deer-Hunting Academy were built within the same region.

They were situated close to each other, separated by a mere ninety thousand li.

This distance could drive mortals to despair, but to cultivators, it was considered rather ordinary.

Mountain ridges undulated, ancient trees scraped the sky, mist lingered, and various auspicious beasts made appearances.

Broad roads traversed the mountain ranges, and the travelers upon them grew increasingly numerous.

As one of the sacred grounds of cultivation, the Deer-Hunting Academy was naturally renowned throughout the world.

Consequently, countless individuals yearned to enter the Deer-Hunting Academy as disciples.

Following Shi Jian's induction into the Deer-Hunting Academy, the academy's reputation climbed to even greater heights.

Countless terrifying proud sons of heaven rushed successively to the Deer-Hunting Academy, eager to catch a glimpse of Shi Jian's true visage.

At this moment, the Deer-Hunting Academy could be described as the storm's center.

However, because Shi Jian had not yet truly arrived at the academy, all those surging currents remained hidden beneath the vast ocean.

Now that he had finally arrived at the Deer-Hunting Academy, one could imagine that the academy would henceforth be far from peaceful.