A day later, Shitou finally woke up from his coma.
"Are you awake?" Shi Han, who was boiling medicinal soup in the house, said calmly.
"Village chief? How long have I been unconscious?" Shitou asked weakly.
"It's only been one day." Shi Han took a bowl of medicinal soup and slowly fed Shi Shi to drink it.
The stone's memory is also slowly restored.
When he recalled Zhou You putting a red-hot knife into his wound, the intense pain seemed to hit him again, and his face became distorted.
"Don't be afraid, everything is over." Shi Han noticed the change in Shi Shi's expression and quickly comforted him.
Shitou is also a young man with strong confidence, and he quickly forced himself to break away from that fear.
He knew that if he had not used that method at that time, he would not have been able to stop the bleeding.
"Where's Dr. Zhou?" Shitou discovered that Zhou You was not in the wooden house.
"The big bug that bit you seems to have bitten someone again today, so I can only let Zhou You deal with it."
Shi Han explained.
"Village Chief, there's something wrong with that big insect. It's very likely that it has turned into a monster!"
Shitou's face was extremely gloomy.
"Monster?!" Shi Han's expression changed when he heard these two words.
You must know that due to the abundant spiritual energy in this world, some beasts, even if they do not understand the method of cultivation, can naturally absorb the weak spiritual energy of heaven and earth due to their special constitution.
Over the years, when the absorbed spiritual energy of heaven and earth accumulates to a certain level, it will form a qualitative change, allowing the beast to gain wisdom.
This is the monster.
Not only are monsters more ferocious and powerful than wild beasts, but they also have intelligence and often cause terrible disasters to nearby human gathering places.
"No wonder...this big insect only appeared after those cultivators left. What a cunning guy!" Shi Han understood.
If this big insect appeared some time ago, all the villagers would need to do is run to the Rock Valley for help.
The immortal cultivators there would probably choose to kill this demonic beast casually.
After all, some people still have compassion for immortal cultivators, not to mention that it is just a monster beast that has just given birth to spiritual intelligence, so there is no danger at all.
But now all the immortal cultivators in Stone Valley have disappeared, and Shiyuan Village is located in the mountains. If you want to find immortal cultivators for help, you can only go to the city for help.
"Village chief, what should we do now? If that big insect goes down the mountain, I'm afraid our whole village will be killed..." Shitou didn't dare to finish his words.
"You should recover well here first, and I will take care of it."
After Shi Han heard that the big insect might turn into a monster, he couldn't sit still and hurriedly left the wooden house.
In the village, Zhou You also just helped a young hunter stop the bleeding.
It's just that this Orion is not as easy to use as a stone, and his entire left arm was bitten to pieces.
But being able to survive is already a blessing.
"Okay, let's move back to the village chief first." Zhou You said softly.
After hearing this, several hunters around him thanked Zhou You for a while and then carried the young hunter away.
"This big insect seems to be too aggressive. It seems to be specifically targeting people."
Zhou You thought to himself.
After hearing the news, the villagers came out of the mountains one after another and discussed directly in the open space of the village how to deal with the sudden appearance of this fierce insect.
Shiyuan Village is located in the mountains and is not suitable for farming. Basically every household makes a living by hunting.
Now that such a big bug has appeared, more people may be injured.
"I have been hunting for so long and I have never seen such a ferocious insect!"
"That's right... even the stone almost died in the hands of this big insect."
"No matter what, we must find a way to deal with this big insect."
"Otherwise we can't go hunting in the mountains, and the whole family will starve to death."
Finally, the villagers formulated a hunting plan.
The plan is to use bait to lure the big insect out, and then surround and kill it.
Zhou You just listened silently and did not express any opinions.
"No! This big insect is not as simple as you think. It cannot be defeated by more people!"
An old voice came.
I saw Shi Han's stooped body slowly walking over with a cane.
"village head?!"
Seeing the person coming, the villagers rushed over to help him.
"Village Chief, isn't it just a big insect? As long as we put up a few more racks and animal traps, I believe we can take it down."
A middle-aged man asked doubtfully.
His name is Shi Hao, and he is also a famous hunter in the village.
"According to what Shitou said, this big insect is probably already a monster... Even if it is just a monster that has just awakened, it is not something that we people can deal with."
The village chief shook his head and sighed.
"Monster?!"
"How is it possible? Monsters will appear in places like us where birds don't poop?"
"Not necessarily. After all, so many immortal cultivators have come to our place before... maybe there is something special about it."
"That's because of the meteorite!"
Many villagers were panicked when they heard this.
You know, even if they have never seen a monster, they still know how terrifying it is.
According to legend, only immortal cultivators can deal with monsters, and they are definitely not something ordinary people like them can deal with.
"Then village chief, what should we do now?"
"If that big insect is really a monster, if it comes down the mountain, wouldn't our village..."
"We can only go to the city to ask for help."
"By the time the city sends people over, I'm afraid we will have been eaten up by the big insects."
The villagers thought for a long time, but could not think of a good way.
After knowing that this big insect might be a monster, no one mentioned hunting it again.
They also know that no matter how many people there are, if they go to hunt this big insect, they are just looking for death.
"Go to Rock Valley tonight and pray for the protection of your ancestors..." Shi Han sighed helplessly.
"Pray?"
"There is no other way. It seems we can only hope that our ancestors can protect us."
When the villagers heard Shi Han's idea, they also nodded.
I can only hear the clouds and fog when traveling around, and the valley of rocks? Praying?
Are they going to hold some special ceremony?
In this way, the fact that Ishihara Village has been next to Rock Valley for so many years is probably not a coincidence, but a necessary connection.
"Zhou Yu, let's go back first."
"You should also be prepared and go to the Rock Valley to pray together tonight."
Shi Han ordered.
The villagers dispersed one after another to prepare for tonight's prayers.
On the road.
Neither Zhou You nor Shi Han spoke.
"What? Don't you want to know the secret of Rock Valley?"
Shi Han suddenly asked.
"If the village chief wants to tell me, he will definitely tell me even if I don't ask."
Zhou You smiled.
"You... are not simple." After Shi Han picked up Zhou You, he always felt that this young man was not simple.
That temperament alone is something that only a few people can possess.
Unfortunately, Zhou You has never revealed his identity for more than a month.