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

Chapter 196 Beast King A-Can, New Discoveries in the Giant Mountain Range
Shen Can did not leave Jihen, but continued to sit cross-legged nearby and observe.

At this moment, in his perception, a "Hundred Transformations of Halberd Marks Visualization Diagram" had been condensed very clearly, imprinting the essence of the halberd marks in his heart.

Once you return and dedicate your lifespan to further deduction, you can deduce the corresponding supernatural powers such as swords, spears, clubs, and other magical abilities from this visualization diagram.

Upon closer reflection, the agreements with the senior figures were all illusions, none of them credible.

As Shen Can prepared to get up, the endless killing intent contained within the halberd marks began to dissipate because he had taken away the inheritance from them.

It seems that it won't be long before this crack becomes just an ordinary crack in the earth.

The withered land within a radius of a hundred miles will be covered with weeds again.

He stood up, bowed to the halberd marks, and headed towards the valley.

Based on the advice of his seniors, he concluded that he either had to rely on himself or just take things as they come and not care what others think.

If one lives a carefree life, one might live peacefully for hundreds of years.

If we rise up and act rashly, we risk being captured and eaten by powerful beings.

This is quite frustrating and a real blow to one's motivation.

Of course, being complacent and taking things as they come may also lead to natural disasters and calamities.

The old laws can barely protect themselves, and new laws are unlikely to emerge.

When they returned to the valley, they had only been inside the ancestral temple for a short while when their disciple Huoyun hurried over.

When Huo Yun entered the ancestral temple, she found Shen Can standing with his hands behind his back, looking at the sacrificial vessels.

"Master."

"Master, how many of those tribesmen who turned into beasts can't turn back?"

After being called twice, Shen Can came back to his senses.

"Can't I turn back from beast form?"

When Shen Can arrived at the outer camp of Blood Bone Purgatory, he heard sounds like the roars of beasts.

Inside the camp, five enormous, beast-like figures lay on the ground, their bodies covered in wounds, their eyes flashing with bloodlust, still struggling to get up and attack.

Unfortunately, they were all locked in by thick chains and firmly bound to the ground.

Seeing his clansmen who couldn't be turned back, Shen Can suddenly came to his senses.

After returning from the ruins of the halberd, he was influenced by the scene described by the elder and developed concerns about his future cultivation and the development of the tribe.

They were terrified of a natural disaster.

But what's meant to happen will happen; worrying and complaining won't delay the arrival of natural disasters.

He is merely a fourth-order divine treasure, while Zhiyan is not even a Bo tribe now. What does the ancestral land of the human race have to do with him and Zhiyan?
Regardless of the state of our ancestral land, or even if a natural disaster strikes tomorrow, as long as we are alive, we must continue to cultivate.

Even if a natural disaster were to strike at any moment, if you survive it, you can continue cultivating; if you don't survive it, you will die and your spirit will soar to the heavens.

The ancestral land is too far away, and the crisis is very close. We still need to strengthen the tribe's fighting power.

“Master, these five clansmen are all out of their minds, only driven by their beastly instincts, and they have started attacking their own kind. I have given them anesthesia.”

Huo Yun pointed to the figures that were bound at the scene.

Three of the five transformed into apes, one into a tiger, and one into a bear.

Before everyone cultivated the Wild Beast Battle Body Secret Technique, they all switched to cultivating the Five Elements True Technique within the tribe.

“These days, we have been trying to awaken their consciousness, but the effect is not very good. Their state of consciousness is irregular and the duration is not fixed.”

"Roar!"

With fangs gleaming and a fierce aura, the tribesman raised his head from the ground and hissed at Shen Can as he approached.

"wake up!"

Shen Can's divine sense transformed into a resounding bell, crashing into the tiger-shaped clansman's body.

In an instant, the tiger-shaped tribesman shuddered violently, his blood-red eyes suddenly contracted, and the blood-red color began to dissipate from his eyes.

“Temple…”

“Temple, I…I can’t help it, I can’t control myself.”

Zhou Jiang, whose eyes had regained their clarity, looked at Shen Can standing in front of him, and a look of struggle appeared in his eyes.

In his two enormous eyes, a blood-red hue flickered intermittently, stemming from the bloodthirsty and tyrannical thoughts of the wild beast, constantly surging into his mind and filling his consciousness.

The remaining four members of the clan were all like this; they couldn't control themselves and rarely had time to remain conscious.

Once one's consciousness is filled with the bloodlust and savagery of wild beasts, one's actions begin to resemble those of wild beasts.

“Temple Master, kill me. I’m afraid I won’t be able to stop myself from harming my people.”

The five people who were brought back by Shen Can's divine sense looked at the shattered camp and a group of familiar clansmen around them, some of whom still had wounds on their bodies.

It is clear that this was caused by their dazed state.

"Temple, let's get started."

“We were prepared before we came.”

……

The five spoke, and the other clansmen around them all looked at Shen Can with expressions of reluctance.

Before coming here, Huotang had told everyone that it was very dangerous, and that if they died, they would be buried in the ancestral temple and their descendants would be carefully nurtured.

But when people actually saw this scene, they still found it hard to face it.

The five beast-like clansmen were also watching Shen Can, their bodies twitching, their eyes flashing with savagery, and their throats involuntarily emitting muffled roars.

“Temple, we can’t control ourselves. Once we rush out, I’m afraid I’ll never be able to regain my clarity of mind, and we might even harm the people in the valley.”

"Roar!"

Zhou Jiang's eyes turned bloodshot, and he suddenly looked up and roared at Shen Can.

However, he was bound by ropes, so his head was not actually raised, but he kept struggling on the ground, his blood surging and he was extremely violent.

Huo Yun beckoned, and someone brought over the improved anesthetic powder again, intending to force it down Zhou Jiang's throat, but Shen Can waved it away.

"You all leave the camp!"

Shen Can's words startled the tribesmen present, who then headed out of the camp.

Rumble!
When the camp was deserted, the beast patterns on Shen Can's spinal dragon bone emitted a dazzling glow.

The moment the rosy light swept over his entire body, it sometimes transformed into a winged tiger, sometimes into a Kui ox... The five beast forms kept changing, and each one kept growing bigger.

At the same time, Shen Can, bathed in the glow of the sunset, began to transform into a wild beast physique, and the superior aura originating from the wild beast's essence instantly filled all directions.

Pfft!Pfft!
The five beast-like clansmen immediately lay on the ground, their bloodshot eyes filled with terror. They trembled all over, whimpering in their throats.

Boom boom boom!
In their eyes, the beast form that Shen Can transformed into exuded the antiquity and nobility of a superior wild beast.

Having transformed into beasts, they naturally inherited the instincts of wild beasts to fear and submit to those of the superior bloodline.

Oh oh oh!
The Fire Ape warriors crouched down, hands covering their heads, while Flying Tiger and Wild Bear lay prostrate on the ground, trembling.

Looking at the trembling beastmen on the ground, Shen Can was unsure whether to be surprised or delighted.

The beast-like tribesmen who required great effort to capture were like docile little rabbits in front of him, who was also beast-like.

No amount of tempering one's will or taking anesthetic can compare to the sheer tremor of the 'superior wild beast'.

Among the tribesmen on the ground, two trembled, but their bloodshot eyes returned to a clear state.

Although the remaining three were still in a state of beast-like corruption, they trembled from the bottom of their hearts under his pressure.

Not long after, one of the clansmen in his fire ape form twitched and transformed back into his human form.

He was drenched in sweat, as if he had just been pulled out of a pot.

Looking at the three different states that the five beast-transformed clansmen had changed, Shen Can fell into deep thought.

Fifteen minutes later, Shen Can withdrew from his battle form.

The five clansmen on the ground, even the three with bloodshot eyes, had lost their savagery and looked at him with only fear and submission.

In the world of wild beasts, it's that simple: whoever is strongest is king.

Shen Can used his divine sense to speak, saying, "The clan will continue to take care of you and find a way to restore you to human form."

During this period, no violence against members of the tribe is permitted, otherwise…

As he spoke, Shen Can's eyes flashed with light, and his aura swept down like a dragon.

The several beastmen who were staring at him fell to the ground in terror, too afraid to get up, and whimpered.

Not long after, many tribesmen re-entered the camp. They thought the five tribesmen would be killed by the temple, but they were surprised to see this scene.

All five people are still alive, and one of them has even recovered.

Although the remaining four clansmen were still in their beast form, they all became obedient, completely different from how they had been when they were about to attack them.

Is it under control?

A hint of joy appeared in the eyes of some of the clansmen. They were all comrades who had fought alongside Xiao Yang. Even if they had transformed into beasts, in their eyes they were still clansmen, not true beasts.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have gone to such great lengths to guard him day and night.

The temple has a way; some members of the clan have already recovered. As long as they don't give up, the remaining members will gradually recover as well.

“Ah Jun, you need to send more people next. I will have the clan leader select clansmen again to continue practicing the Wild Beast Battle Body Technique.”

After much deliberation, Shen Can made a decision: the number of members of the clan who cultivate the Wild Beast Battle Body should be increased, as the current number of a few dozen is still too small.

Moreover, among these few dozen people, five have transformed into beasts and cannot revert, and three of them have been completely corrupted by the beast transformation and lost their minds. Huo Yun accepted the order; her martial arts department was established specifically for the research of cultivation methods.

A method to enhance combat power is far too few if only a few dozen people practice it.

Moreover, Master can control the beast-transformed members of the tribe. Although he cannot completely bring them back to their senses, he can still restrain them.

After instructing his disciple Huo Yun to prepare, Shen Can also went to find Huo Tang and Huo Shan to check on their beast transformation.

The fire pit and the volcano are both fine.

The two of them were so busy that they barely had time to rest, spending every day on clan affairs and handling all sorts of trivial matters.

Since Shen Can didn't contact him, Huo Tang had completely forgotten about the beast transformation.

As for the nature of the volcano, I never even considered the possibility of it turning into a beast.

Animalization?

Volcano is currently busy continuing to strengthen his battle body, and every now and then he goes to Luoshui to fight with the Luoshui Ancestor.

……

In the following year, Shen Can deduced the inheritance he had obtained from the elder while personally supervising his clansmen in cultivating the secret technique of the Wild Beast Battle Body.

From the old man's ever-changing halberd marks diagram, he deduced the sword technique "Great Wilderness Slash", the sword technique "Nine Questions of the Sword Heart", the spear technique "Overturning the Sea and Startling Waves", and the staff technique "Suppressing the Mountain".

He also derived minor supernatural abilities from these abilities, which can be cultivated by those at the Heavenly Vein Realm. They can select the corresponding supernatural abilities to cultivate according to the Five Elements Dao they cultivate.

The valley is located in the northern Juyue Mountains.

The mountains rise and fall in a continuous line, shrouded in clouds and mist. From the depths of the valleys and dense forests, the deep roars and howls of beasts can be heard from time to time.

A roar rang out from a mountain ridge.

Then, roars rose and fell, and one after another, red figures, two or three zhang tall, tumbled out from the side of the mountain ridge and leaped down the mountain like the wind, rushing into a wasteland.

The desolate forest deep within the Juyue Mountains is terrifying.

Beneath the dense forest, where even the sun cannot penetrate, lies a thick layer of rotting branches and leaves.

Beneath these branches and leaves, there are palm-sized venomous spiders covered in fangs, and venomous insects with tiny legs covering their bellies, which corrode vegetation wherever they go.

At this moment, on the trunk of the ancient tree, a series of ape shadows climbed and leaped, moving swiftly.

In the distance, inside the hollow of a withered giant tree, the sleeping silver-striped wild bear was awakened by the noise. As soon as it poked its head out, it felt the sound of wind breaking.

It was so frightened that it hurriedly rolled away.

But it's still too late.

One after another, dark shadows whistled as they descended from all directions, and the wild bear, unable to dodge in time, was pinned to the ground by a thick, fine iron spear.

More than a dozen fire apes of varying sizes leaped down, and two of them were about to pounce on the still-breathing wild bear.

"The temple said that eating raw food is forbidden."

The leading fire ape was 35 feet tall, and its dark golden pupils swept over all the figures present, especially the two figures that had just tried to pounce on the wild bear.

Upon hearing him speak, the two fire apes with bloodshot eyes trembled and stopped in their tracks.

"Carry it with you."

A dozen or so figures quickly grabbed the wild bears and swiftly traversed the old forest, rushing towards the mountain ahead and rapidly carving out a cave.

"Change everything back to normal."

After a short while, more than a dozen figures began to transform into human form one after another, with only two figures remaining unchanged.

However, even though there was blood in its eyes, it did not attack its people as violently as a wild beast.

Instead, they obediently huddled together with their tribesmen, gazing longingly at the wild bear.

……

nightfall.

In the distance, there are undulating mountains on all sides; this is a vast valley surrounded by mountains.

The valley was overgrown with wild grass, and a patch of green marshland in the middle of the valley attracted many wild beasts such as the Kui, the one-horned wild ox, and the black-horned sheep to gather at the marshland to drink.

On the same side of the river, there was also a wild beast with colorful spots all over its body, like a leopard, drinking water.

At this moment, they did not start a dispute.

Rumble!
The earth suddenly trembled, and the howling of wolves rang out.

One after another, silver-horned wolves charged toward the marshland. Sensing the danger, the beasts scattered in fear.

Under the moonlight, the silver horns on the foreheads of dozens of gray wolves shimmered with moonlight, yet they scattered and fled.

Behind the wolves, more than twenty human figures chased after the wolf pack.

"Roar!"

Seeing that the wolves had split into a dozen or so to cover the rear and charge backwards.

The leader let out a wild beast roar, and his animal skin robe burst open instantly as his bulging muscles released a surge of violent blood energy.

One moment the figure was still raising its foot, the next moment the foot landed and it had already transformed into a golden-winged tiger, its speed increasing several times over.

The tribesmen following behind him lunged forward, and when they landed, the ground was littered with tattered pieces of animal hide clothing. One after another, the golden-winged tigers trampled on the wasteland.

The dozen or so wolves that were covering the rear were immediately terrified and lay prostrate on the ground, tucking their tails between their legs.

"Go easy on them, everyone. These silver-horned wolves have good bloodlines and are worth taming."

Before long, all forty-odd wolves were gathered together, lying on the ground wagging their tails.

The alpha wolf let out a whimper.

It doesn't understand.

Why do humans turn into tigers, and why do tigers come in packs?

“Raise your heads, let me see if your eyes are red.”

The leader of the tribesmen looked at the others and was relieved to see that everyone's eyes were bright and clear, without any bloodshot color.

"Change back, let's ride the wolves back."

"On the way back, think about what changes have occurred in your body since you came out of the valley and transformed into your wild beast battle form."

How many times have I wanted to drink blood and eat raw meat? How many times have I been filled with murderous intent? Go back and talk to them all properly.

What are you looking at me for? I still have to go to the Ministry of War to explain to Lord Huo Yun. Do you think I can escape?
Think carefully about what to say. Why are you all so deflated? It's just about talking about your situation these days. Is it really that terrible?

These rough, tough men, who were all eager to fight the owls and capture wild beasts, why are they so afraid when it comes to their own transformations?

"Brother Huoyang, you don't know about those sorcerers in the Ministry of War. Some of them may be women, but when they ask questions, they can be deadly."

They even ask me how many times I think about my wife each day, and they ask me if I have any lustful thoughts when we're having sex on the bed.

Look at this question, it's making me, a grown man, so embarrassed.

Besides, I've already done *that* with my husband on the bed, what else could I possibly be thinking?

"You're shy? Why aren't you shy when you're naked?"

“Isn’t it the same for those who cultivate the Wild Beast Battle Body in temples? Temple peaches are all like this, so am I. I’m proud of it.”

"Shut up, all of you. Think it over. This is related to the future cultivation of our clansmen. If anyone talks nonsense to me, I'll have those fire apes crush their balls."

"The Fire Ape has hands, but I can use my tiger claws too."

……

At this very moment, another mountain range is bathed in moonlight.

There is a vertical crack in the middle of the mountain range, which stretches from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain.

Moonlight streamed down, forming a stream of light that fell into the crack, making it seem as if a play of light and shadow was emerging inside.

From a distance, it looks incredibly mysterious.

Huo Kui led a group of his people through the mountains for two years and stumbled upon this place by chance.

Whoosh!

Outside the crack, several figures ran out of it in a disheveled state, and mushroom-like objects were also thrown out of the crack.

It leaves everyone feeling sticky and tingly.

The mushrooms were created by a dozen or so figures in green and yellow stripes within the rift valley.

These figures were radiant with light, and trailed several feet of light beneath them.

"Haw!"

Even though the group ran out in a sorry state, more than a dozen figures rushed out, smashed off the mushrooms brought by the flowing light on their bodies, and then flew back into the crack in the mountain.

"Boss, we can't communicate at all. We might need to call a wizard."

Several tribesmen, their bodies covered in a viscous substance, approached Huo Kui.

"I can't take it anymore, I'm about to faint."

"Me too, I started feeling dizzy."

"These mushrooms are too..."

Several figures went limp and were about to fall to the ground when they were caught by other members of their tribe.

P.S.: Only one update tonight. I spent this afternoon and evening organizing the outline for the next chapter. I'll resume three updates tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)