But then again.
Not fighting, not snatching, having no desires, is also not an option. Even someone as steady as Shi Yi cannot achieve not fighting or snatching, and even less can he have no desires.
As long as a person lives in this world, unless they are truly isolated from the world, they can never avoid fighting and snatching, it's just that they are fighting and snatching for different things.
Fighting for women, fighting for resources, fighting for power.
Although life is always so helpless.
But Shi Yi would absolutely not gamble his life with others for the sake of some so-called great opportunity, gambling on who has better luck, forcefully pinning his life on illusory luck.
He doesn't like gambling.
He hasn't liked it since he was a child.
If he wants something, he'll trade for it legally.
If they don't want to trade, then he'll snatch it.
He only has one life.
Why gamble it away?
In a sense, the Ten Celestial Passages is a gamble. The Nine Celestial Passages is already the limit for living beings in this world, even for Pure-Blooded Lifeforms, it's just that.
To open the Ten Celestial Passages, one can only gamble with their life, gambling on whether they can surpass the limit of the Nine Celestial Passages between life and death, reach the Limit of sublimation, and open the Ten Celestial Passages.
Nine is the extreme of numbers, while Ten is defying Heaven.
To defy Heaven.
One must gamble with their life.
See if Heaven gives you this opportunity.
See if you are Heaven's favored son.
"Of course I understand. Nine Celestial Passages can be called king, Ten Celestial Passages can be calledVenerable, and can also fight across realms. It's not something Nine Celestial Passages can compare to. Few people throughout history have broken through to the Ten Celestial Passages."
Shi Yi's eyes were very serious, and his words were full of confidence.
He still remembered.
When he was in the Martial King Manor, he didn't just know how to enjoy the privileged life of a Royalty Descendant. He also usually read a large number of ancient books on cultivation.
After all, in this world, strength is respected. In the eyes of the strong, the weak have no right to speak. You can pretend to be a pig to eat a tiger, but you cannot truly just be a pig.
Therefore, although Shi Yi said he couldn't endure hardship, he would still not let go of any opportunity to improve his strength. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to swing his single arm with a force of one hundred thousand jin.
Of that one hundred thousand jin, ninety thousand jin were cultivated through years of medicinal baths.
The last ten thousand jin were successfully broken through after he experienced the True Blood Baptism of the Flame Kirin.
The fact that Shi Yi could reach one hundred thousand jin of divine power in the Blood Moving Realm shows that he only complained about hardship verbally, but in reality, he didn't slack off in his cultivation at all, which is why he could possess strength comparable to the strongest young Pure-Blooded Ferocious Beasts.
"Do you really think you can do it?" Willow Deity asked, puzzled.
She didn't understand where Shi Yi's inexplicable confidence came from. Cultivating diligently to improve his realm was one thing, and it was within her understanding, but could he still reach the peak?
If it were truly that simple.
Wouldn't she become invincible after cultivating in seclusion for a few million years?
"Willow Deity, you will never understand what kind of potential a man can unleash when he gets serious. Even the most impossible things can become possible."
As he spoke.
Shi Yi activated his Nine Celestial Passages. Nine volcanic craters appeared in the void, like nine blazing suns hanging in the sky.
Nine Celestial Passages reign supreme, Ten Celestial Passages are revered.
Although his original intention was to stop at opening Nine Celestial Passages, there was no need to gamble his life for Ten Celestial Passages.
But the Willow Deity had given such a promise, and still had a look of disdain, not believing he could do it.
He had to prove to her that there was nothing absolutely impossible in this world.
Of course.
Shi Yi was cautious by nature and would not gamble his life, much less gamble his life for a woman. If he gambled his life for a woman and won, so be it, but if he lost, she would just run off with someone else.
He was unwilling to do such a foolish thing.
So why was he so confident in front of the Willow Deity?
The reason was simple.
In fact, Shi Yi already had his own ideas on how to break through to Ten Celestial Passages.
In his previous life, on the Azure Blue Planet, he was a fan of the Vast Desolate era. He might not have understood the details of the Perfect World, but he was well-versed in the Vast Desolate.
Simply put.
Shi Yi could talk about everything from Pan Gu creating Heaven and Earth to the Dragon Phoenix Initial Tribulation, the Witch Demon Calamity, the Human Emperor Calamity, the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, and finally the Journey to the West, which he wasn't sure counted as a calamity.
Although the worlds were different.
The principles were the same.
Shi Yi felt that some Taoist theories from the Vast Desolate world.
Could also bear fruit in this different world.
This was why Shi Yi's tone was so confident and why he believed he could break through to Ten Celestial Passages.
"Shi Yi, you are so persistent about this kind of thing?"
Although the Willow Deity had already guessed in her heart, her tone was still a little strange.
The reason she made that promise was to see if Shi Yi was this kind of person. She didn't expect him to be so persistent about this matter. To be able to get close to her human form, it could actually generate such a strong obsession in him.
In billions of years.
This was the first time she had encountered such a strange person as Shi Yi.
To actually develop an obsession for simple physical appearance.
"Willow Deity, give me three months. I will definitely break through to Ten Celestial Passages. At that time, I hope Willow Deity can fulfill your promise and grant me the opportunity to stay by your side."
As Shi Yi spoke, he noticed Hu Niu waving at him not far away. After saying this, he jumped directly from the crown of the Willow Tree and pulled Hu Niu away.
Two years passed.
Shi Yi had shot up in height and looked very heroic and spirited. He had even slowly awakened his masculine abilities, unlike two years ago when he had the will but lacked the power.
Of course, this was just a slow awakening. It would take until he was twelve to fully awaken and sixteen to mature. Right now, he had only initially awakened the seed.
Hu Niu was the same. After two years, she was already a beautiful young girl.
Although she had lost her adorable, tiger-headed clumsiness, she had gained the vibrancy of youth.
The only thing that hadn't changed was her waist-length black hair.
Whenever she stirred the blood and qi throughout her body to activate a Precious Technique, the three thousand strands of dark hair behind her head would rustle in the wind.
He just didn't know why, but every time Shi Yi saw this scene, he felt as if he was being stared at by some inexplicable gaze, as if in the unseen world, an indescribable existence was staring intently at him from beneath the river of time.
"Yi Gege, that Suan Ni Precious Technique is so difficult. No matter how I try, I can't learn it. I've clearly been studying very hard, but I always fail at the last moment when I try to use the Suan Ni Precious Technique."
Hu Niu complained while tightly holding Shi Yi's arm. She had already considered herself Shi Yi's woman and absolutely did not allow any other girls from Stone Village to get close to him.
"Don't worry. You've only recently broken through to the Celestial Passage Realm and currently only have one Celestial Passage. It's not too late to first stabilize your cultivation and then slowly study the Suan Ni Precious Technique."
Shi Yi rubbed Hu Niu's head, his tone very patient, like a gentle older brother comforting Hu Niu's dejected mood from cultivating the Precious Technique.
These past two years.
It wasn't just Hu Niu who had made great progress. All the young boys and girls in Stone Village who had undergone the True Blood Baptism of Ancient Descendants had basically broken through from the Blood Moving Realm to the Celestial Passage Realm.
Although their physical strength wasn't up to standard, and they didn't possess a hundred thousand jin of divine power in the Blood Moving Realm, making them unable to cultivate the Original True Understanding, there was no problem with cultivating the Martial King Manor's methods.
Giving someone a fish is not as good as teaching them how to fish. Shi Yi still hoped that Stone Village could become strong on its own and protect itself. He couldn't possibly stay in Stone Village forever.
"Shi Yi, although I don't know where your confidence comes from, three months is a very short time. I will wait and see, and I hope you can give me a surprise."
Watching Shi Yi and Hu Niu's retreating figures, the Willow Deity's voice echoed in the silent void.
"I will not disappoint Willow Deity," Shi Yi said without turning his head.
It seems you really do have a way, the Willow Deity thought to herself.
She seemed to be growing more and more curious about him, though she didn't know when it started.
(End of Chapter)