After listening to the voice, Aiden began to run at full speed until he got home. When he arrived, he saw his father in front of the house talking with a group of cultivators from town, who were discussing the current situation.

One of the cultivators said, "We should focus all our efforts on following the voice of the heavens. If not, we may enrage it and it could mean the doom of our village."

Another cultivator replied, "No one knows if that voice was the voice of the heavens. Everything could be a trick of the demons. We should be cautious and wait to see how things evolve."

"First of all, let's calm down. We will create a few small groups of scouts to see if it's true that an opening to the underworld has been created. " Aiden's father said. "If there is something like that, we would secure it and make sure that nothing enters or exits it without our permission. Meanwhile, we would prepare an expedition team to explore the underground. A new area could bring great benefits to our village, and if there are truly other tribes there, it could be a great opportunity to obtain new resources and studies about cultivation. "

As Aiden neared, his father saw him, and his face quickly turned into an angry expression.

" Where the hell have you been?", his father shouted, without caring about the people that were present. "I thought that I told you to practice all night. When I finish talking with these people, I will make sure that you never disobey me again. "

After that, they continued talking, and Aiden decided to go to the training grounds, where he continued practicing his control over his recently learned martial arts.

Sometime later, his father finished his talking, and when he arrived at the garden, he found his son gracefully training his moves while his weapon was coated with light-blue energy. After seeing this, he waited until the boy finished so he wouldn't disturb him, as if he feared that if Aiden failed at that moment, he would never be able to do it again.

A few minutes later, Aiden finally opened his eyes while wearing a tired-looking face.

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"You did it", his father said, incredulously. "When did you manage to do it?"

Aiden said with a smile, "I had a stroke of inspiration last night while walking by the river, and I've been trying all night long until I finally was able to do it just as the earth began to shake."

"You did when the earth began to shake, so it was also when that voice was heard, right?" his father said, with a pensive look that soon turned into a smiling face. "Maybe this is truly a message from heaven. It said that "the time has come" and it happened when you finally learned how to use your energy after all this time, so there is a possibility that you are the reason why this is happening. Maybe you have been chosen by heaven to become someone great in the future and bring our village to its greatest glory. "

"What? How the hell would that be true? " Aiden was surprised by the nonsense that his father was talking about. "There are tons of other cultivators capable of using martial arts, and the timing is just a coincidence. There is no proof that anything that you are saying is true. After all, I just learned how to coat my weapon. I'm very far away from being at the top of the village, let alone being chosen by heaven. "

"Think about it, son. We are the descendants of the great Uno, the discoverer of cultivation, who killed the demonic fox with five tails with just his bare hands. It only makes sense that you, who carry his blood and have been a prodigy since a child, become someone important", his father said, even more convinced. "I will gather every important family in the village to tell them about our discovery, and I will make sure that you receive meat from magical beasts and food from spiritual plants every day, so they can help you grow faster and stronger."

Saying that, and without listening to anything that Aiden was saying, his father left the house and went to the town.

From that day onward, Aiden focused on mastering his martial arts, enlarging his dantian, and eating all the special food that his father brought him every day.

In less than two days, everyone in the village heard his father's story, and because of his influence, most of the people believed it, and those who didn't believe it didn't dare complain because of the possible repercussions.

Even if he didn't buy his father's story at all and didn't think that the situation was fine, Aiden didn't complain.

This was because he felt that if he became strong enough, he would be able to do everything that his father said he was destined to do and live up to the expectations of the villagers, so he continued training as hard as he could.

A few days after that, more than twenty people left the village to start their search for the underground entrance.