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

Chapter 204 Map, Peach Blossom Forest
The dragon tiger's words were clearly telling Shen Can that as long as he could raise its offspring, he could expect to enjoy a life of luxury in the future.

Of course, it wasn't lying when it said that.

As a wild beast possessing the bloodlines of both Yinglong and Qiongqi, Chihu, even though its bloodline was already quite thin, still managed to cultivate to the mid-stage of the fourth rank, making its combat power comparable to the late-stage of the fourth rank.

Its offspring, born from the fusion of its inherited bloodline and innate affinity, will surely surpass their master in the future.

The prerequisite is that its offspring must be raised to adulthood.

Shen Can surveyed the environment inside the cave. It was indeed a good place. After the stalactites dripped down, they gathered in the pool, nourishing the spiritual lotus.

The faint essence of plants emanating from the lotus flowers nourishes the sleeping little dragon-tiger on them.

The little guy curled up, using his long body to enclose his head.

The sleeping creature was unaware that its mother had only one beast core left.

The black growth beneath its translucent belly caused it to occasionally let out a muffled snort while it slept.

The Chihu beast core floated above the little Chihu's head, and the Chihu figure that appeared on the surface of the beast core no longer had its previous ferocity.

"Human, if you harbor any ill intentions, I will shatter this beast core and curse you to the point of losing your path in martial arts."

With the remaining beast soul of the Chihu as witness, Shen Can tamed the little Chihu into a battle beast.

Putting everything else aside, the innate spiritual light emanating from the little dragon tiger was enough to surprise him.

"Buzz!"

A buzzing sound emanated from the Chihu beast core, followed by a glimmer of spiritual light that transformed into a mark and surged into the little Chihu's body.

With a 'crack', the radiance on the beast core dimmed instantly, and several cracks appeared from the inside.

The spirituality of the entire beast core plummeted by 99% at this moment, so much so that even if it were given to a third-tier wild beast, it would have little effect.

"hold head high!"

The sleeping little dragon-tiger let out a mournful cry, and its small body began to convulse.

Beneath the lotus leaves, Shen Can also saw Lu Wu Bao Xue, which was contained within a lotus seedpod.

The entire cave is rich in water-related spiritual energy, making it a suitable place to be used as a water-related spiritual site.

Without moving the little dragon tiger for the time being, Shen Can went to the entrance of the cave and began to study the spiritual restrictions here, thus concealing the direction of the entrance.

He then took the opportunity to look around, but did not find the withered tree-like beast that had been scared away by the Chihu earlier.

After returning to the cave, he began to think of ways to conceal the innate spiritual light on the little dragon tiger.

Taking it out like this is definitely not a good idea. If we encounter a powerful wild beast on the way, it will be easy for the little dragon tiger to sense something is wrong.

If it can be temporarily covered up, it will make it easier for this little guy to carry on his daily activities.

……

While Shen Can was busy, the Blazing Flame Clan members also split into small teams, traversing the surrounding mountains and forests, collecting witch medicines everywhere.

The mountains were full of old forests. In the instant a tiger-shaped tribesman passed through a thicket, an inconspicuous old tree pierced his body with branches as sharp as swords.

After being pierced, the clansmen tried to struggle but felt their blood and energy being rapidly drained away like a raging river.

As the blood energy was washed away, the tiger form quickly transformed into a human form, becoming a withered human skin stuck to a tree branch.

Two blood-red eyes suddenly appeared on the withered tree, looking at the human skin hanging on its body with a look of surprise.

At first, it couldn't even tell that it was a human.

puff!puff!
Not long after, another member of the Blazing Flame Clan came in this direction and had his life force silently drained.

Even the human skin turned into powder and scattered in the mountains and forests.

……

Shen Can learned about the disappearance of two clansmen the very next day.

As he instructed, in order to ensure safety, the tribesmen needed to be divided into small teams to patrol a specific area.

Every day at sunset, they must begin their return journey to the settlement, and if they have not returned by the next day, they must report back to him.

The tribesmen also acted according to his instructions, forming small teams of seven or eight people, and would only split up slightly after entering an area.

For those with the combat power of the ninth level of the Heavenly Vein Realm, even if they are separated by thirty to fifty miles, as long as they make a commotion, they can hear each other very quickly.

The fact that it could disappear silently in its beast form indicates that the creature that made the move was no ordinary wild beast.

Even dragon-horned beasts, when they make a move, will cause a great commotion.

Shen Can arrived at the area where his clansmen had disappeared. There was no sign of them, neither alive nor dead, not even a trace of blood, as if they had been swallowed by a swamp.

However, there was no mud nearby.

His divine sense swept across the mountain streams and forests, finally finding the fine, fragmented flesh on the ground, scattered like grains of sand among the fallen leaves.

This immediately reminded Shen Can of the wild beast that had been scared away by the Chi Hu.

The shattered body lay scattered in the old forest, and nearby was a small pit covered with soil and leaves.

Unfortunately, after searching everywhere, there was no trace of that wild beast.

Several days later, Shen Can wrapped the little dragon tiger in animal skin and placed it on the back of the Golden-Winged Saber-Toothed Tiger.

He led a group of his people, preparing to head south to return to their tribe.

He now has two fourth-tier beast cores, which is enough for these two wild beasts to consume.

However, it also takes a considerable amount of time for a wild beast to advance to the fourth tier, and the breakthrough process is quite noisy.

These two's breakthroughs are very likely to attract other wild beasts, so for safety's sake, we'll take them back to our clan's territory to break through as well.

After we break through, we'll bring those two back to the Giant Mountain Range and make them kings of the mountain.

Having two fourth-tier wild beast territories as a training ground for the clansmen makes it much safer.

As for the stalactite cave, the spiritual barrier has been rearranged, sealing off the aura from both inside and outside.

On the way back, Shen Can spread his divine sense around him. He knew that whether he could catch the withered tree beast depended on whether it would appear.

If they have already fled, they may never have another chance to avenge their clansmen.

On the way back, they didn't walk in a straight line, but kept going around Juyue. Sometimes they had to detour and pass through low hills.

Although the journey is long, returning to the clan's territory will surely yield a large amount of resources.

We traveled for two days.

As night fell, the tribespeople gathered in a valley to rest.

Shen Can had already transformed into a bird-like form, lying in a high place observing everything.

A member of the tribe at the edge was preparing to cultivate when suddenly a rustling sound of tree branches swaying came from not far away.

A sense of hostility enveloped him instantly. He wanted to shout, but felt so suppressed that he couldn't make a sound.

Clang!

In an instant, a burst of firelight struck down from above, crashing down on an old tree like a meteor.

Click!

The old tree was reduced to ashes by the flames, and a dark figure flapped its wings and leaped up quickly, landing on the rock wall in the blink of an eye, about to rush out of the valley as if walking on flat ground.

Shen Can raised his hand and unleashed a fiery Qilin.

Blood-red light exploded from the withered tree and the wild beast, forming a pool of foul-smelling, ink-black blood droplets that sizzled in the flames.

In an instant, the beast leaped onto the mountaintop, about to glide down. But as soon as it flapped its wings and took flight, its expression suddenly changed.

It felt as if a raging sea of ​​blood was surging behind it, and the burning sensation made its whole body crackle and pop.

Boom!

A flaming blade of light struck the withered tree beast.

The beast exploded behind it with a deafening roar, its entire body crashing down the mountain like tattered cotton, filling the air with a strong, pungent stench of blood and decay.

It was still thinking of turning over and using its blood and energy to taint the blazing flames, but it saw a hand that had evolved into mountains and rivers pressing down.

puff!
With a single palm strike, the earth cracked, and a wild beast shaped like a tree branch was embedded in the soil and rocks within the palm, its skull exploding and its body shattering.

In particular, after its tree-trunk-like body was shattered by a single palm strike, a witch's sachet was revealed inside.

Shen Can grabbed the witch's pouch and brought it close. After opening it with his divine sense, a strong, putrid, and bloody smell wafted out.

The shaman's bag contained many items, including shamanic weapons, three scrolls, and two skulls.

Two of the skulls were not from their own family. They were pale gold in color and covered with animal patterns. In terms of strength, they should be fourth-tier divine treasures.

This made Shen Can suspicious.

Where in the Giant Mountain Range can one still find a fourth-tier human warrior with divine treasures?

And this witch's bag must have been made by a human.

He picked up the two skulls, summoned rainwater to clean them, and then noticed something was wrong.

The skull is very large, and the nostrils are also very large, somewhat resembling an ape skull.

Apart from these two features, it looks like a human skull.

After opening the two scrolls inside, you'll find the martial arts manuals "Great Strength Sacred Ape Skill" and "Ape Suppression Fist".

After seeing these two techniques, Shen Can understood somewhat about what was going on with these two skulls.

This is what the beast form looks like after practicing the Mighty Sacred Ape Technique; even his bones have undergone a complete transformation.

Besides these things, Shen Can's eyes lit up when he opened the last scroll.

It turned out to be a map.

Although he didn't recognize any of the places marked on the map, there was a monkey head symbol on the map.

Near the ape head mark are the characters '玄猿' (Xuanyuan).

The map surface was already covered in blood mist, and it was riddled with holes from sharp claws.

Can wild beasts read maps?
Around the ape head marker are signs for mountains, water, and forests. In some places, there are also signs for tiger heads, coiled snakes, giant mountains with raindrops floating on them, and so on.

This map made Shen Can realize that there were also humans in the Juyue Mountains.

At this moment, Shen Can took out his magic pouch and used his divine sense to find a map rubbing inside.

This was described by an elder from that era, and he drew it.

Therefore, the clan sent clansmen into the Giant Mountain several times. Unfortunately, even after thousands of clansmen worked hard for many years, they still couldn't go as deep as the place he entered this time.

Raindrops or snowflakes?

On the map of the senior, there is also a giant peak marked, but it is covered with snowflakes.

Afterwards, Shen Can vigorously rinsed the foul-smelling sachet and put the slain beast carcass inside.

They returned to the valley with the map, found the Golden-Winged Saber-Toothed Tiger and the Dragon-Horned Wild Beast, and placed the two maps in front of them.

"Do either of you know where there are giant mountains where it rains or snows?"

"Snow Demon Mountain is covered in rain and snow all year round."

The dragon-horned beast spoke, "That place is occupied by a powerful snow beast."

"Anywhere else?"

When Shen Can continued to ask questions, the Dragon Horned Beast shook its head.

There are snow-capped mountains all year round in the Juyue Mountains, but if we're talking about a place where it rains and snows constantly, it seems like this is the only one.

The snow beast's combat strength is no weaker than that descendant of Lu Wu.

Both maps use mountains and rivers as markers and lack any sense of distance or scale, so it's easy to see that they have nothing to do with being detailed.

The map in the witch's bag has an ape head marked in the northeast direction of the snow mountain.

According to the map created by the senior Dai Di, the snow-covered peaks were located in the lower half of the map, closer to Yongyi.

If the mountain that is snowing and the mountain that is raining on the two maps are the same one, then finding the way to Daiji will no longer be a dream.

"Is Snow Demon Mountain far from where we are now?"

Shen Can looked at the Dragon Horned Wild Beast.

The dragon-horned beast shook its head. "I heard about it from other beasts. I've never been to Snow Demon Mountain myself."

Upon hearing this, Shen Can was not angry. Now that they had a precise location, they would simply inquire about it.

The main reason why the Juyue Mountains separated Dai and Yongyi was that the mountains were undulating and full of giant peaks.

It may stretch 200,000 li from north to south, but because it requires winding through mountains and avoiding dangerous places, it would take more than a million li to actually pass through the mountains.

The fact that the withered tree and wild beast could carry the ape-headed witch's bag across such a long mountain road clearly tells Shen Can that the road is passable.

As for flying there, Shen Can thought it best to rely on his legs for now, since his wings weren't strong enough.

The fact that a wild beast can be on par with the Dragon Horn Wilderness indicates that its intelligence and bloodline are not low.

"Can you still find a wild beast to communicate with?"

Upon hearing this, the Dragon Horned Beast immediately realized what Shen Can was about to do.

"do not know."

"That's a peach-scented deer, living in a peach forest. It would take more than 100,000 li to cross the mountain to get there."

"Then let's ask it for help."

Although he was preparing to search for the snow mountain markers, Shen Can first sent his tribesmen to a safe area and had them take the little dragon tiger back to the valley.

Only then did he lead the two subdued wild beasts northward once more.

As for why they no longer bring their tribesmen, it's mainly because they're too conspicuous; a group of wild beasts crossing the border can easily arouse the vigilance of the lord beasts.

……

The Peach Blossom Deer mentioned by the Dragon Horned Beast wasn't as hard to find as one might imagine; it's just that most of the time was spent taking detours.

Even though Shen Can had already advanced to the mid-stage of the fourth rank, he still deliberately avoided some of the territories of wild beasts to avoid trouble.

Most of the time, they walked on the border between the territories of the two beast lords.

When they crossed a mountain and saw wild peach trees with pink petals covering the entire mountainside, Shen Can felt a little dizzy.

He quickly closed his pores and suppressed his breathing.

From the mountains to the valleys and streams, peach blossoms bloom everywhere, and pink mist merges into a sea of ​​clouds.

Shen Can moved quickly, but the Dragon Horned Beast couldn't hold back. Its blood swelled up and saliva dripped down its face.

Her eyes, fixed on the peach blossom grove, turned pink, and she couldn't help but walk towards it.

(End of this chapter)