After a century of worship, I became the ancestor of the tribe.

Chapter 178 Fourth-Order Wizard Realm, Wild Beast Battle Body Cultivation in Progress

Boom boom boom!
Midnight two days later.

Suddenly, a thumping sound rang out in the quiet ancestral temple, instantly attracting the fire spirit from afar, which quickly appeared outside the temple.

Shen Can broke through to the ancestral temple without the clansmen knowing, but there were temple guards outside the ancestral temple, so no one could disturb him.

The sudden sound from the sacrificial vessel was indeed somewhat unexpected.

"The temple is communicating with the ritual implements, so there is no need to panic."

Torches were being lit up in the clan city, heading towards the ancestral temple, and the sound of wailing could be heard continuously.

Huotang immediately relayed the message.

Inside the ancestral temple.

The elders of the generation stepped out from the sacrificial vessels.

The noise was not made by him, but came from another gui vessel.

As for why there was a noise, that was because of Shen Can.

Having spent a precious medicinal herb, along with a large amount of witch medicine and source stones, Shen Can condensed the witch power in his witch vein into a five-colored mercury-like paste.

Furthermore, the witch vein expanded several times over, with crystal-clear witch power filling the entire witch vein to its fullest extent.

After advancing to the rank of Great Witch, Shen Can's spiritual sense was further enhanced.

Perhaps due to the Wild Beast Battle Body, his divine sense doubled this time, reaching over three hundred feet in an instant.

The powerful divine sense, once it emerged, was beyond Shen Can's control and rushed into the sacrificial artifact.

After being rearranged, the tribal ritual implements were placed in three locations.

In the outer villages, the main sacrificial vessel is the tripod, which is placed in the ancestral temple of the outer villages.

In the main part of the valley, the sacrificial vessels are mainly gui vessels, and most of the sacrificial vessels are placed in the ancestral temple of the main part.

However, Shen Can placed one of the large sacrificial cauldrons in the Blood Bone Purgatory.

Right now, a gui vessel in the ancestral temple is humming.

Inside this gui vessel lies the mural of the senior who taught the incomplete Five Stances of Kung Fu.

At this moment, as Shen Can broke through to the fourth-tier Great Witch, the powerful fluctuations swept across the vessel, and the spirit of the mural's predecessor seemed to be stimulated, causing new memories to manifest once again.

Having just broken through, Shen Can disregarded everything else and quickly gathered his surging divine sense, merging it into the vessel.

"Sacrifice... sacrifice..."

The fluctuations emanating from the mural master continued intermittently, perhaps related to his strength during his lifetime.

Unlike Mu Zhaoyang and Ji Tianlong, who are both powerful warriors at the level of a town-guard, they do not possess strong souls or clear minds.

In the midst of whispers, the mural masters once again used chisels as brushes and cliffs as canvases to carve their way through the mountains.

The majestic ancestral temple stands amidst towering mountains.

Outside the ancestral temple, towering sacred trees sway in the breeze, and enormous sacred birds perch on them.

The temple shrine, clad in heavy sacrificial robes, stood outside the ancestral temple, followed by a group of shamans chanting.

The figures participating in the sacrificial ceremony filled the mountains and forests on both sides.

Countless offerings, such as jade, witch medicine, source stones, spiritual objects, and wild beast cubs, were piled up into a small mountain, radiating a powerful glow.

The vast square outside the ancestral temple was crowded with captured human sacrifices: there were owl-like creatures, alien races with sharp beaks and wings, and wild beasts...

There were also some alien races that Shen Can didn't recognize.

The number of them was countless, and they were all kept outside the ancestral temple.

This is a picture of a grand sacrificial ceremony.

The murals were so lifelike, and Shen Can even drew the handprints of the high priest.

"Sacrifice, sacrifice!"

Even though his body was incomplete and his memories were missing, the eyes of the mural master at this moment shone with intense light, and he spoke continuously.

There is more than one mural; the entire process of the sacrificial ceremony is depicted, along with scenes of blessing, fighting, bestowing flags, and setting off on a campaign.

This was a sacrificial ceremony before a major battle.

After regaining his senses, Shen Can immediately began to spread out the animal skin paper and, following the fluctuations transmitted by the mural masters, began to copy the scene depicted in the mural.

It took more than thirty sheets of animal hide to complete the entire scene.

To others, it might just be a record of events.

But Shen Can saw sacrificial rituals, various ceremonial guards, shamanistic techniques, and sacrificial offerings in these paintings.

This is very important to him.

A grand ceremonial procession is essential to convey solemnity and majesty, and to demonstrate the grandeur of the occasion

The reason why temple deities wear heavy sacrificial robes is not because they look good, but because magnificent robes have the power to project authority and make people feel the majesty involuntarily.

Why are the sacrificial vessels all tripods, gui vessels, jars, and pots, and why are so many cast? The reason is the same.

When others come to your tribe and see only a few bronze artifacts in your ancestral temple, they will only laugh and think that your tribe is doomed.

Previously, the Blazing Flame Tribe was in the mountains and did not have the strength to do these things, but now that they are heading towards the Bo Tribe, some rituals are necessary.

Unexpectedly, during the breakthrough process, the uncontrolled fluctuations of divine consciousness awakened the memories of the mural master regarding the sacrificial scene.

This can be considered an unexpected surprise.

……

After carefully putting away the mural he had copied, Shen Can realized that the commotion had probably alerted his clansmen.

He opened the ancestral temple gate and found a fire pit, a volcano, and a group of people outside the ancestral temple.

Many children were still crawling on the ground, almost reaching the gate of the ancestral temple. They called out "child" and reached out to hand him the fruit and toys they were holding.

"Just now, the spirit priest passed on the ritual traditions of my Bo tribe's sacrifices."

Shen Can spoke.

Immediately, cheers erupted from the clansmen outside the ancestral temple.

Just then, a little guy grabbed Shen Can's pants and stood up, then peed in a puff of urine.

Shen Can took one look and thought, "This kid's got potential."

He had already reduced a fourth-tier Mu Xiao to a bloody mist; this was the first one to attack him.

He grabbed the little guy by the back of his clothes and picked him up in one swift motion.

"what's your name."

“Go back to the temple and call Ah Hu.”

A young woman, somewhat timid, wanted to approach but dared not go forward.

He handed the baby to the woman and then told everyone to take the children back.

"You silly little thing, why don't you climb faster?"

"You too, you've climbed right up to the temple, don't you know you need to pee? You've wet the bed! Don't you know you'll get a pinch from the temple? Will you ever be a wizard when you grow up?"

The whispering wasn't quiet; it was loud enough for people nearby to hear, which drew a lot of laughter.

"Hurry up, didn't you hear me say? Go and have the temple priest pull it up, haha."

"If you can become a wizard just by being pulled out of your head, then Yan Shan from that family was said to have been pulled out of his head by the temple a few years ago, and now he's a wizard."

……

Outside the ancestral temple, Shen Can:

“It’s the middle of the night, everyone go back to sleep. Even if you’re not sleepy, the kids are.”

Huotang immediately rebuked him.

"Wow!"

As Huotang shouted, a wail rang out.

Huotang: "..."

Soon, the figures outside the ancestral temple dispersed, and Huotang did not enter the ancestral temple, but followed Shen Can to his residence.

As for the spot outside the ancestral temple where the baby urinated, the clansmen will clean it up themselves.

An hour later.

The mountains and fields dozens of miles north of the clan's territory.

After changing his clothes, Shen Can stood on a raised hill.

Below the hills.

"Brother Huotang, you asked to be beaten up, so don't come back to me later."

The volcano stretched its body, and then a wild aura burst forth from its body, causing its entire body to swell up from its robes.

The bulging, gnarled veins clung to the enlarged body like a swimming dragon.

A dark golden fire ape appeared on the desolate plains under the moonlight.

"Brother Huotang, there's no clan leader under the fists and feet." Volcano, now a fire ape, still gave this instruction with some lingering concern.

"Come here, I promise I won't cause you any trouble."

Huotang sensed the sudden change in the aura emanating from the volcano, and a solemn expression appeared in his eyes.

The volcano appeared before him, its aura suddenly surged several times over, and its physique instantly reached nearly five zhang in size, exerting a powerful pressure on him.

Boom!

The next moment, the two figures collided.

The fire tree throws a punch, and the volcano throws a punch too.

With a loud bang, Huo Tang was sent flying dozens of feet away, crashing into the ground.

The volcano leaped across a distance of tens of meters and blasted down on the firebox.

A violent burst of blood energy roared, and the fire pillar rolled more than ten feet away, its giant fist crashing to the ground behind it, causing the earth to crack.

……

On the hill, Shen Can watched two figures clashing.

In just a quarter of an hour, the firebox was blasted away more than twenty times.

"Chief, come here!"

The volcano pounded its chest with a thunderous roar, emitting excited howls.

Huo Tang wiped his bruised cheek and headed towards Shen Can.

"I want to practice this method too."

Behind him, Volcano ran over excitedly and asked, "Brother A-Tang, are you alright? Did I hit you too hard?"

Shen Can detected a hint of excitement in her seemingly caring words.

“It’s not heavy. Once I’ve also mastered the Battle Body Technique, we brothers can practice together again.”

“Clan leader, this method is extremely difficult to cultivate and consumes a lot of resources. I think you should not try to cultivate it.”

The volcano spoke in a serious tone, "I will protect you from now on."

"No thanks, my next clan leader. I'm afraid you'll beat me to death and take over the position ahead of time."

Hearing this, Volcano scratched the back of his head. "What are you saying, Chief? How could I dare to kill you with a hammer? At most, I might accidentally hurt you."

……

"Ah Can, does cultivating the Wild Beast Battle Body consume a lot of resources?"

Huo Tang asked Shen Can, "However, we don't seem to lack resources right now; what we mainly lack is combat power."

A single tribe requires a large number of core fighters; we are far inferior to Jishan and Yanran.

If this method can replenish the core fighting force, the cost in resources is negligible.

Shen Can also pointed out the drawback of this method, which is that it can easily lead to animalistic transformation.

This is equivalent to bringing the beast transformation that is only possible in the Divine Realm to the Heavenly Vein stage.

To be fair, without transforming into a beast to increase combat power and physical strength, even the Divine Treasure would be impossible.

At least when he broke through to the Divine Realm, he relied on the powerful physical body condensed from the Wild Beast Battle Body to stabilize his body and reduce the probability of him being injured.

His long-term plan is to develop the Wild Beast Battle Body into a supernatural power, and ideally, to make it widely available.

However, in the short term, this idea is not very realistic.

Huotang is right. Currently, the tribe has no shortage of resources; what it lacks is the foundation to build a strong foundation for the Bo tribe.

There are very few mid-level combatants below the fourth rank, and the gap between them and units like Jishan is obvious.

Therefore, the Wild Beast Battle Body still needs to be trained, and a group should be selected first to be cultivated as the backbone force.

Then, all clansmen who cultivated the Wild Beast Battle Body were observed, and the best among them were selected to attempt to advance to the Divine Treasure.

This ensures that enough strong individuals are born within the clan, and also allows for the accumulation of relevant cultivation data, providing experience for future derivation and promotion.

Therefore, Shen Can's short-term plan is to rely on the Wild Beast Battle Body and the advancement methods he has deduced to create a Wild Beast-Divine Treasure Advancement System.

The Wild Beast Battle Body strengthens the physical body.

The breakthrough method is used to attack the divine treasure.

The Blood Bone Purgatory is used to temper one's will and prevent those who cultivate the Wild Beast Battle Body from being corrupted by beastification.

It may seem risky, but the potential rewards are also significant.

This risk might be difficult for others to resolve, but for Shen Can, with the accumulation of data, he can make improvements step by step through deduction.

If no one even practices cultivation, what's the point of his improvements?

After battling the volcano, Huotang became even more determined to cultivate the Wild Beast Battle Body.

Shen Can did not stop him from doing so. If Huo Tang could cultivate the Battle Body, then even if his combat strength was not enough to defeat a Divine Treasure, he would still have a chance to escape if he encountered an ordinary Divine Treasure.

With the Heavenly Vein Ninefold and the Wild Beast Battle Body, it can be called a Quasi-Divine Treasure.

Although they cannot defeat Shenzang, their combat strength is absolutely comparable to those top-tier ninth-level Heavenly Vein warriors from powerful clans.

At that time, with the addition of some talismans and magical artifacts, it might be possible to pass a few blows to the divine treasure.

Huo Tang was willing to repair the battle body, so Shen Can had another test subject.

……

A blood-and-bone purgatory.

A military camp was built outside the entrance to Purgatory, and the entire camp was sealed off.

The 160-plus people selected by the Fire Tower embarked on a rigorous training program to hone their will in purgatory.

As you go deeper from the entrance, the oppressive aura and the resentment of the owl-like yang will double with every ten feet you go in.

The volcano is stationed here, and those that can't hold on will be pulled out to prevent damage to their consciousness.

……

Inside the side hall.

A large cauldron was bubbling with witchcraft medicine.

This is made for firewood.

Huo Yun leaned close to the medicine cauldron, watching the fire, while Shen Can's other six disciples, Huo Zhong, Huo Long, and others, stood in front of Shen Can.

They had all cultivated to the peak of the second-tier wizard.

Shen Can gathered all his disciples together, actually to give them extra help.

Over the past few years, quite a few wizards in the clan have advanced to the second tier. My disciples have spent a lot of time busy with clan affairs, which has delayed their cultivation.

Whether as his disciple or in a position within the clan, one would need to be at least at the third rank to match Bo's status.

Therefore, Shen Can prepared to take action.

……

Over the course of a month.

Huotang successfully cultivated the Wild Beast Battle Body, and like Huoshan, he condensed the Fire Ape Battle Body.

The fire-shaped battle formation reached a height of 43 feet, which was 5 feet shorter than the volcano.

After successfully cultivating, Shen Can naturally recorded the data again.

Under his guidance, Shen Can's disciples also successively advanced to become third-tier wizards.

In fact, not only were the disciples being promoted, but after the war, Huotang was also generous, distributing all the spoils of war, whether from the main force or the tribes outside the mountains.

The headquarters even increased the blending of witchcraft medicines here. A large number of low-level witchcraft medicines from the spoils of war were blended into Vitality Pills, Vitality Elixirs, and Blood Elixirs and distributed.

As for storing them up...

I can't save any of it; I'll use it all for cultivation.

……

A blood-and-bone purgatory.

"what!"

Screams erupted from the camp.

Inside the camp's buildings, six figures were tightly bound with animal hide bands. Some had bloodshot eyes, some had blank expressions, and some were screaming in agony.

One of them was a Blood Sea Guardian.

Everyone's will is different. Huo Tang did not come to the Purgatory to temper himself before cultivating his battle body, but Huo Tang has a resolute character and a strong will.

Even after breaking through, he still followed Shen Can's instructions and prepared to enter Purgatory every three to six months.
Adjustments will be made based on your specific physical condition.

Shen Can landed on the figure of the Blood Sea Guard warrior. Logically speaking, if we're talking about strong willpower, the Blood Sea Guard has been using the Owl Sun for cultivation, so their willpower should be even stronger.

But after entering purgatory, it seemed that a loophole appeared in his will, and the person with a firm will collapsed like a dam breaking.

(End of this chapter)