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

Chapter 210 The Marquis of Yongshan's Backup Plan

The vast marshland stretches to the horizon, its surface shimmering with light, teeming with small fish leaping and darting about.

As one's consciousness plunges into the depths of the water, one can see aquatic beasts hunting.

Shen Can didn't know how to find the old turtle, after all, the swamp was too vast.

He chose to head to the southern bank of the Great Swamp, to the waters connected to the Giant Mountain Range, to begin his search.

Mountains and rivers are connected, and below the towering mountains are valleys filled with surging water.

Within the valley, aquatic beasts dwell, all around the third rank. Not a single wild beast with high bloodline and intelligence has been found.

That's normal. Ninety-nine percent of wild beasts have ordinary bloodlines. Wild beasts with true intelligence will disguise themselves as ordinary wild beasts before they become powerful.

Three months later.

In a valley nestled among the mountains, a small, inconspicuous valley, Shen Can's figure was submerged in the water, scanning the underwater surface with his divine sense.

The underwater area was rich in aquatic plants and rugged rocks, no different from other water valleys he had seen.

In terms of size and the majestic surrounding mountain walls, it doesn't rank among the top in many valleys.

The water in the valley was over two hundred feet deep. After Shen Can landed, he used his divine sense to spread downwards.

His divine sense had already exceeded 550 feet. After landing in the valley, even with rocks obstructing the view at the bottom of the water, he could still probe down to a depth of more than 400 feet.

Roar!
A strange, jet-black fish, upon seeing Shen Can underwater, opened its mouth and lunged at him.

His body was bloated, and his mouth was full of fangs. As soon as he opened his mouth, Shen Can grabbed it with one hand.

He was too lazy to even touch such a small, third-tier item. His storage space in his magic pouch was limited, and he wouldn't collect any spoils that weren't worthy of his attention.

After sending the fanged monster away, Shen Can withdrew his divine sense and prepared to search another valley.

But the strange fish had just courted its death, and a witch rune appeared on its body as it attacked Shen Can.

With a wave of his hand, Shen Can pinned it down. His eyes widened, and a terrifying pressure caused the strange fish to lose its will.

With a 'hiss', scales with witch-like patterns lit up on the strange fish's body, which Shen Can ripped off in one swift motion.

Shen Can was taken aback when he saw this witch rune.

He seemed somewhat familiar with these witch runes.

It's perfectly normal for a water-based wild beast to have water-based witch runes forming on its body.

The fluctuations of this witch rune are somewhat similar to those of a spirit fish.

Others would have mistaken it for a normal water-related witch mark, but Shen Can sensed something different about it.

He was simply too familiar with Lingyu.

He then brought the fanged monster closer, wanting to communicate with it.

Unfortunately, even with his powerful divine sense, he still gained nothing after a lot of effort against a wild beast that was only violent and had nothing but eating and killing on its mind.

Soon, Shen Can found the strange fish's nest in an underwater cave in the valley.

The cave was not deep, only about ten feet deep, and it was filled with aquatic plants and covered with fish bones.

The growth of witch runes in the bodies of wild beasts is due to their own bloodline inheritance; most wild beasts without intelligence will also develop witch runes.

However, if the witch runes grow in a messy and chaotic way, and the person lives a muddled life, don't expect the witch runes to appear in a systematic way.

Of course, there are some exceptions. Some wild beasts with low bloodline have grown systematic witch runes in a state of confusion. Through the power of witch runes, they have gradually purified their bloodline and gained intelligence.

Shen Can thoroughly examined the fanged monster fish and finally discovered that it had only one spot with witch-like markings on its body.

However, it does not possess the bloodline of the Lingyu fish.

It's possible that the water beast that swallowed the bloodline of the Lingyu, and then, through haphazard sedimentation, developed this beast pattern within its body.

The Lingyu is not some nameless wild beast. There are Lingyu in Yongyi, and there are also Lingyu bloodlines in Daidi. It cannot be said that it is impossible.

After releasing the wild beast, Shen Can began to search for water beasts in other valleys, using this valley as a center.

After some investigation, they captured dozens of aquatic beasts, but none of them showed any signs of the Lingyu witch pattern.

This further dampened his suspicions, since a single Lingyu witch mark was hardly enough evidence to support his conjectures.

hoo hoo hoo!
A deep, guttural roar echoed from the mountains and forests.

As Shen Can waded through the water, he looked up at the mountains.

In the place where mountains meet water, not a single intelligent wild beast has been seen in the water. Could there be one in the mountains?

Intelligent wild beasts find it difficult to live in groups unless they are of the same kind.

three days later.

A gray wild bear lay stiffly on the ground, pretending to be dead, its head covered in bumps, and it was even holding its breath.

Just as Shen Can had guessed, there were no intelligent wild beasts in the water, but there really was one on the nearby shore.

A descendant of the ancient dragon bear, with a pair of small dragon horns on its head.

Are there any aquatic beasts with the bloodline of the Lingyu in the nearby waters?

Shen Can ignored Grizzly's feigned death and asked directly.

"Lingyu, never heard of it."

The wild bear didn't get up, expressing its dissatisfaction with being beaten.

"Wait, let me think about it."

"I don't know if there are Lingyu in the water, but there is a group of aquatic beasts nearby, numbering over a hundred."

Each hunt involves large groups of animals and can even bring down a heavy rain.

"where?"

"How would I know? They have no fixed abode. I've only ever seen them gathering on the water to hunt from the mountains."

"The area around here is on the edge of a great swamp. There are no spiritual treasures or powerful wild beasts here, otherwise I wouldn't have migrated here."

Who would have thought we'd run into...

With that, the grizzly bear shut its mouth.

Shen Can found out where the water beast clan had last appeared and how long ago it had been, and then went back into the water.

Of course, he didn't let the Grizzlies off the hook either, and brought them under his wing as well.

Half a month later.

Amidst the mountains and waters, a series of roars echoed across a vast expanse of water, rippling the surface into waves.

The water gurgled and splashed, and plumes of water vapor rose into the air, then dripped down, forming a rain that stretched for miles.

Wow! Wow!
In the heavy rain, one after another, the dark blue-black whales emerged, some over twenty feet long and others four or five feet long. They gathered together and began to hunt a group of dark aquatic beasts and fish.

Wild whales kept leaping out, revealing their irregularly shaped limbs under their bellies, as well as patches of incomplete black scales on their bodies.

The black scales shimmered with a mysterious black light in the water, with shimmering witch patterns within them, gathering countless water vapors that surged to the surface.

Near the desolate whale, Shen Can could clearly see the Lingyu witch patterns on its body.

Hundreds of wild whales, each with these markings on its body, and some even growing limbs from their bellies, are transforming into Lingyu.

After waiting for the group of wild whales to hunt, Shen Can followed behind them.

Unexpectedly, after finishing their meal, these guys decided to take a stroll, wandering around the swamp for a long time before heading towards a deep water area.

The underwater world contained submerged valleys and ravines, with jagged rocks and abundant fish and shrimp. This group of wild whales traveled through the deep ravines and sank more than four hundred feet.

At this moment, the underwater world was already dark, but the eyes of the wild whales were like lanterns as they swam directly to the end of the deep ravine.

One after another, they lay down among the rocks, all the heads of the wild whales facing the rock wall at the end of the deep ravine.

Shen Can arrived at the bottom of the rock wall at the end of the deep ravine and found that there was a large rift valley sloping downwards below the rock wall. He put his divine sense into it and found that the terrain below was also undulating.

After carefully inspecting the area, he sank back down.

Landing high in the rift valley, Shen Can extended his divine sense and saw about a dozen skeletons lying on the bottom of the water among the rocks.

The skeleton was incomplete, but he still recognized it as the bones of a Lingyu fish.

When Shen Can pulled out a fist-sized seal from under a pile of bones, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"Imperial decree to control the water!" The familiar font, the familiar seal, the same material.

His divine sense began to search through this underwater forest, but the rift valley was incredibly deep and endlessly dark, giving people a very oppressive feeling.

Unfortunately, after searching, nothing was found except for scattered bones.

Unable to discern directions, he only knew that the underground world was incredibly deep. He made marks as he walked to avoid getting lost.

But as he walked, a dark shadow suddenly crashed into him.

The vast amount of water vapor was directly mobilized and pressed down from all directions.

The moment the shadow moved, Shen Can sensed it with his divine sense.

It is a turtle-like creature whose shell is covered with aquatic plants.

I never expected to run into the old turtle in the end.

Roar!
In an instant, Shen Can transformed into the divine form of the wild beast Kui Niu, his massive body creating a curtain of water underwater, and he punched the incoming tortoise shell.

A terrifying burst of energy erupted underwater, and the massive tortoise-shell mountain that crashed into it suddenly lit up with countless witch runes, colliding with the fist shadow unleashed by Shen Can as it broke through the water curtain.

Roar!
An old tortoise with dragon whiskers emerged from its shell, its blue lantern-like eyes fixed intently on Shen Can.

"stop!"

Boom!

As the old tortoise spoke, a second handprint appeared.

The mountains and rivers in the palm of the hand rolled up huge waves in the water, like a bottomless pit swallowing up the water, and then poured down on the old turtle.

Boom!

The old turtle was so frightened that it quickly retreated into its shell, but was propelled by the violent energy and crashed into two underwater mountains.

Click!

A shattering sound rang out, and the tortoise shell, which was flashing with dense water-elemental witch patterns, suddenly cracked open.

Inside the cracked shell, a seemingly clean shell was revealed.

"stop!"

"I am the third generation turtle guardian."

"I have proof."

The old tortoise quickly spat out a seal from its mouth.

When it looked at Shen Can's Kui Niu battle body, there was still excitement in its eyes.

Is the army coming?

"Why did you come from this side?"

"Our ancestors said we should come from the other side of the underground river."

……

"My lord, I am the third-generation guardian under the command of the Rain Master of the Yongshan Marquis's tribe, and I have been ordered to guard the underground river for 3,373 years."

After Shen Can stopped, the old turtle quickly swam up to him and looked him up and down with its eyes.

Bo Bufa, the spirit and form of the Kui Niu, is undoubtedly accurate.

"Are you the only one guarding this place?"

Shen Can returned the seal to the old tortoise.

"Yes, when I first took over the garrison, there was a group of Lingyu. They were not durable and some of them died. I don't know where the ones that reproduced went."

At this moment, Shen Can suddenly asked, "More than a hundred years ago, you went to another place in Daze?"

Guicheng Shou was taken aback. "Yes, my lifespan is coming to an end. According to ancestral rules, I want to go to the Great Swamp to find a small turtle to inherit my mantle."

How much life do you have left?

"About eight hundred years from now."

"..."

Shen Can was speechless.

Seeing the solemnity in the old turtle's expression, and considering that it has guarded this dark underwater place for so many years, it is truly admirable.

"Sir, how did you get here from this side?"

"If it came from above, crossing mountains and valleys, then my role in guarding the underground river is useless."

"it works."

Shen Can responded affirmatively, then asked, "Is the underground river still open?"

"Tong, not long ago when I was asleep, I felt the flow of water."

"However, my orders were to stay here and not wander around, so I did not go to investigate."

……

"My lord, where is your military tally?"

After saying that, the old tortoise stared straight at Shen Can, its large, blue lantern-like eyes reflecting Shen Can's image.

"The Bo tribe was destroyed eight thousand years ago."

Shen Can quickly said, "I have inherited the mantle of the Marquis."

The old tortoise swayed its massive body and stared at Shen Can for a long time.

"follow me."

His tone was different from before, and was slightly cold.

The man and the turtle ventured a thousand miles further along the underground river, and then the old turtle simply retreated into its shell.

"The Bo tribe has been destroyed, what am I to do?"

After retracting into its shell, the old tortoise fell into deep thought.

The legacy it inherited from the previous generation is to stay here and wait for the arrival of the Bo family.

But the person waiting is long gone, so what is the point of all that it did?

Shen Can extended his divine sense to observe the place the old tortoise had brought him to.

This area is also a rolling forest, but once you pass through this underwater forest and go deeper, the terrain becomes much flatter.

In the water were some small-eyed fish and beasts with shiny bodies.

After scanning the area with his divine sense, he arrived at a small cliff.

The underwater mountains are smooth and dark brown.

As Shen Can pressed his palm against the rock wall, a glimmer of light suddenly appeared.

The winding witch-like patterns, like a dazzling moon, instantly illuminated the surrounding darkness.

The shimmering, interwoven runes formed a five-fold mark.

The first line, on the outermost edge, is the Kui Niu, a creature of water; the second line is the Xuan Turtle, whose shell is covered with spiritual wood; the third line is the Great Ape, roaring towards the sky; the fourth line is the earth-yellow Qilin; and finally, the Golden Winged Tiger, which resembles Lu Wu.

The five animal-shaped marks, with the Kui Niu on the outside, perfectly seal the outside with water energy, while also drawing on the source energy in the water, ensuring the seal has energy and doesn't dissipate.

……

Seeing that Shen Can had found the mark so quickly, the old turtle poked its head out of its shell.

The mark can function not only because it is replenished by water, but also because it is repaired periodically.

Back then, it took five soldiers working together to open this seal. If the person in front of you could open the seal, it meant that you had truly inherited the mantle of the Marquis.

If we can't beat them...

While the old tortoise was still pondering, a multicolored light shone forth, and amidst the roars and howls of beasts, Shen Can had already vanished from its sight.

(End of this chapter)