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

Chapter 232 The Relics of the Land, the Mysterious Little People
Within the ruins of Yongyi, a tortoise-shell-shaped submarine slid into an underground river, heading towards the Dai region.

Inside the boat, there were three hundred people, plus two smaller guardian beasts.

The submarine spent half a month traversing the Giant Mountain Range and entering the eastern waters of Dai, where it was guided by the guardian Black Tortoise.

Then, the submarine did not surface, but continued to travel underwater, entering a valley where mountains and water connected, and found a dark cave at the bottom of the water and went inside.

Inside the cave carved out of the mountain, half is water and half is land.

Crash.

When the sound of water was heard, the fire tower, which had been waiting there, showed signs of alertness.

Only when they saw the turtle-shell-shaped submarine surface did they walk towards the water.

The tortoise-shell boat was covered in shimmering runes, and a section of the tortoise shell cracked open to form a door.

Shi Jun was the first to jump out of the boat, followed by a massive figure, almost blocked by the Tortoise Shell Gate.

"I'm so suffocating."

As Tian Dan stepped off the boat, he gasped for breath; the small boat felt like a prison to him.

No one present paid any attention to Tian Dan's grumbling, since this guy was born with a strong physique and was already eight and a half feet tall.

Back when he first cultivated the Wild Beast Battle Body, at the sixth level of the Heavenly Vein Realm, he was already 37 feet tall after transforming into his battle body, taller than some of his clansmen at the seventh or eighth level of the Heavenly Vein Realm.

Now that he has cultivated to the ninth level of the Heavenly Vein Realm, his physique is stronger and his blood and qi are more and more intense. He is now one of the three quasi-god-level warriors in the clan.

Both Tian Dan and Shi Jun, who came from the north to take over the land, possessed combat strength at the Quasi-Divine Realm.

As for how to assess the combat strength of this quasi-divine treasure, you can ask the Three Ancestors of Luoshui.

Since arriving at the Blazing Flame Clan, the Third Ancestor has worked diligently and set an example by his own actions, willingly becoming a sparring partner for the Blazing Flame warriors.

The three hundred clansmen brought by Shi Jun and Tian Dan this time all possessed the combat power of the ninth level of the Heavenly Vein after transforming into beasts.

With the addition of two guardian beasts, the Dragon Horned Wild Beast and the Golden Sword Tiger, they are enough to launch a war of annihilation against an ordinary Bo tribe.

"Old patriarch."

The group jumped off the submarine and bowed towards the fire tower.

"It came pretty quickly."

Huotang nodded. "The food is all prepared. Everyone has been underwater for so long, let's rest for a couple of days before we get back to work."

He had previously sent a message to Shen Can because he had discovered a ruin in Daidi.

After the Tulou tribe destroyed the Jiangyan clan, the most powerful bo tribe in the Dai region, they subsequently wiped out other bo tribes one after another.

During this process, each department was actually trying to save itself and prepare backup plans.

This is also the reason why the Transmission Mountain and Transmission Cave Heaven appeared in later generations.

How many mountains can be passed down through generations?
Back then, many things were hidden by the various tribes during the Tulou attack, and they have been discovered from time to time over the years.

Especially in the southern part of Daidi, some tribes crossed the Great Swamp to the east, while others moved south to the Giant Mountain.

What has been discovered should be called the Daidi Relics.

Six months ago, Huotang came to Daidi and stayed with the martial artists trained there for a period of time.

Then, based on their personalities, they were divided into two groups.

Some are protectors of the Way, and some are torchbearers.

In just a few months, dozens of torchbearers entered different settlements and began to secretly teach the methods of cultivation.

The situation is better than expected. Many settlements in the region have had their martial arts restricted and are constantly under pressure from the Tu Lou.

On the first night of the lunar month, a cold night sacrifice is held. Several sacrifices are required every month. Any resistance will result in the destruction of the clan and the death of its inhabitants.

Under the oppression of mountain spirits and earthworm slaves, many people have become numb, but many more have long since reached their breaking point.

Huotang only learned now that, apart from a few heritage mountains, there are actually refugees of the Daidi people in many dangerous places.

In this situation, the appearance of these torchbearers was like dry wood meeting a raging fire, bringing the martial arts training methods that the Daidi people needed most.

The discovery of this Daidi site comes from the Queshan settlement visited by a torchbearer.

This torchbearer is named Zaoshan.

They originally came from the Sparrow Mountain settlement and went to Star Mountain. Later, because of their hard work and strong will, they were chosen to enter the Sacred Ape Valley.

After more than ten years of cultivation, the Celestial Vein Realm cultivator returned to his old home.

Using what they had learned, they quietly began to train the young people of the Queshan settlement.

By chance, a secret room was discovered in the old settlement of Queshan, which contained records of the relics of the Zhongshan Bobu.

As they were among the first to pass on the torch, Huotang was still worried, so after settling them in, he went to check on them one by one.

Therefore, he obtained the bone book from Zaoshan and also went to see the secret room.

The secret room was indeed very hidden, nestled deep within the Sparrow Mountain.

The mountain was built in search of a suitable secluded place for cultivation, and it was only after wandering around the mountains for a long time that it was found.

The Zhongshan clan is long lost to history, but the bone book that records their remains is written on fourth-order animal bones and includes maps.

After resting for a few days, Huotang took out the bone map from Zhongshan's collection and handed it over to the clansmen for examination.

Those who come to the Dai land from their clan's territory all have ample experience in beast transformation and can maintain their beast-like state for a long time, traversing the mountains in the form of wild beasts.

The bone book passed through the hands of every clansman. Although the map was drawn very small, it could be clearly sensed with divine sense.

In the map, amidst the surrounding mountains and rivers, there is a rune that resembles an eye.

"Now that everyone has looked at it, your task is to find places that resemble the map."

"Shi Jun and Tian Dan, each of you lead a hundred men to search from the east and west respectively."

The remaining hundred people followed me, searching around the Queshan settlement.

Remember to stay at night and hide during the day, walk like a wild beast, and try to avoid some mountain spirits and monsters.

Many of the mountain spirits and monsters of Daidi are closely related to earthworms.

"Do you understand everything?"

"understood."

"Remember, our identities must remain a secret in Daidi for the time being."

The group quickly dispersed into the mountains. Shi Jun's team headed east, followed by the Dragon Horned Beast.

Tian Dan led his men westward, with Jin Jianhu following behind.

Huo Tang was also guarded by a fourth-tier battle beast, which was none other than Long Xiong, who had been stationed in the Holy Ape Valley.

They are all warriors with at least the ninth level of the Heavenly Vein Realm. After transforming into wild beasts, they run like dragons and traverse mountains and valleys as if walking on flat ground.

In just half a month, the surrounding mountains and fields, spanning tens of thousands of miles, were thoroughly investigated.

During this period, a total of seven locations similar to those on the map were discovered.

After a thorough investigation, only two suspicious locations remained.

The desolate mountains stretch for thousands of miles, their roars deep and muffled. Although the earthworms are raising the humans who live on this land, they are still helpless against the wild beasts of this vast land.

Wild beasts are everywhere, you can hunt them and eat them, but it would be quite difficult to hunt them all off the wild beasts of an entire desolate mountain range.

Under the cover of night, a cold wind blew, and blood-red shadowy figures danced through the mountains, moving swiftly through the valleys.

The blood-red shadows resembled bloated figures that had been soaking in water for countless days, while others drifted aimlessly like ghosts.

Shi Jun, transformed into a blood tiger, strode through the desolate mountains, with more than a dozen accomplices wandering in all directions, constantly devouring the monsters that emerged.

Shi Jun came to Daidi from the north to deal with these monsters. He was burdened with a blood curse and had also cultivated a tiger-shaped battle body, which could devour the souls of monsters as nourishment for his blood fodder.

Deep in the desolate mountains, the vegetation is lush, and the rich, wild air penetrates straight into the mouth and nose.

There were no traces of humans in this area, clearly indicating that the human forces of the Dai region were no longer sufficient for them to traverse mountains and rivers.

At this moment, both inside and outside this mountain forest, shadowy figures of beasts could be seen everywhere, seemingly resting, but actually observing their surroundings. "Once we've rested enough, let's get back to work."

Huotang leaned against a boulder, and as he spoke, his people began to bustle about. They had been working in the mountains for two days already.

Although the map is clear, the landscape of mountains and rivers is not static.

In some places, due to external forces, situations such as ground fissures, mountain breaks, and river course changes have occurred.

Fortunately, the person who drew the map must have thought of this as well, and drew the entire vast landscape of the mountain, and also used the large rivers and marshes near the mountain as reference points.

Unfortunately, the map of the Great Wilderness is not to scale, so in many cases we can only compare it.

This comparison will yield multiple results.

Otherwise, we wouldn't have found seven similar places.

At this moment, the tribesmen took out the witch towers and placed them apart at least a hundred feet apart.

As the runes on the witch tower were activated, ripples of water were released.

In the blink of an eye, the released water ripples quickly froze, turning into a hundred-foot-wide area of ​​ice crystals.

This is the Ice Tower, a magical artifact invented by the tribe's shamans. Originally, it was designed to transform into a defensive ice shield on the battlefield.

However, after it was built, it was found that its defensive power was not good, but it could still freeze a hundred feet deep. Moreover, the closer one got to the Witch Tower, the stronger the icy aura became, and it could even seal a sixth-level Heavenly Vein martial artist.

Overall, it's barely usable. Even if a sixth-level Heavenly Meridian martial artist is sealed for a few breaths, it would be enough for them to be killed by an arrow.

Surprisingly, the Frost Tower, which is not very good at defense and combat, can trigger the reaction of the surrounding magical runes when it is frozen.

For example, if there are armored soldiers with magical seals within a radius of a hundred feet, the magical seals on the armor will be activated by the cold air and will flash with light.

At this moment, after the Frost Tower was activated, patches of frozen land appeared, with vegetation and rocks frozen together.

The tribesmen kept moving the position of the witch tower, releasing the power of ice, gradually covering the surrounding mountain walls, valleys, rocks, and jungles under ice.

While activating the Witch Tower, Huotang also instructed everyone to sense it with their divine sense, since the Witch Tower's spiritual restrictions were not yet fully developed.

If we can't find it in this area, there's only one other place left.

Huotang did not give up searching the previous five locations, and arranged for several clansmen to continue to investigate each one to avoid any omissions.

hum!
When the ice covered a patch of rocks, the cold air quickly sank deep into the earth.

A buzzing sound rang out, and then some clansmen stepped forward to investigate.

At first, it didn't attract much attention, which is normal. Sometimes there are scattered minerals or residual spiritual energy beneath the earth, which will cause fluctuations in the Witch Tower.

Buzz!

Then, a yellowish-brown light shone from the ground, illuminating an area of ​​several feet in radius.

This attracted everyone's attention, since even if it wasn't a relic, it should still contain some items.

Tian Dan strode over, transformed into a beast, and slashed down with his claw, sending rocks and debris flying everywhere.

"Let's dig together!"

With the help of many clansmen, they quickly dug out a large pit, more than fifty feet in diameter and fifteen or sixteen feet deep.

In the middle of the pit, there is a circular spirit barrier about ten feet in size, which is yellowish-brown, with a beast pattern resembling an eye in the center.

"This is it. Doesn't the point marked in the middle of the map look like an eye?"

"Make way, I'll break through."

The dragon-horned beast flew over and stomped down on the eye rune, only to be thrown away by the recoil from the flashing spirit barrier.

"Crack!"

As the dragon horns were sent flying, the eye runes also made a cracking sound.

Having been buried for a long time, it has been constantly consuming energy.

Over the years, human tribes have been discovering hidden relics in the Daidi area. Many of these relics have collapsed because the magical energy used to protect them has been depleted.

These relics contain many source stones and herbs. Without the protection of the spirit seal, their aura would leak out and be discovered by wild beasts and spirits.

When wild beasts and spirits gather together, it naturally attracts the attention of the earthworm.

Click!Click!
The protective barrier continued to shatter, and soon the earthen-yellow light shone brightly for a moment before rapidly dimming.

Behind the witch's seal, a stone path came into view.

However, the stone path was already showing signs of damage. The spiritual seals originally imprinted on the stone walls had become dull and lifeless, causing some sections of the stone walls to break and the falling stones to block the path.

The stone path is not long, only about seventy or eighty feet down, leading to a stone chamber.

Inside the stone chamber, rows of jade boxes were stacked together, sealed tightly with a kind of spiritual plant glue.

There are a total of 130 boxes, roughly divided into two categories of different sizes.

Forty boxes were three feet in size, and ninety boxes were ten feet in size. The jade used to make them was of average quality.

"Clan leader, there are a total of 300,000 source stones, packed in 30 small jade boxes."

"The fifty large jade boxes contained witchcraft medicine and pills, but they were all useless now, as the medicinal effects had all been lost."

"The forty large boxes were filled with weapons, as well as hundreds of sets of fine armor."

"Of the remaining ten boxes, nine contained books and manuscripts, and we found the Zhongshan tribe's heritage records inside."

"Inside the last box were two smaller boxes, made of even better jade, better than the jade that our clan offered as sacrifices to the ancestral temple."

Soon, Huotang saw two small boxes with shimmering magical runes on them. However, the runes were different from those he had seen in his clan. They had a serpentine feel to them, like those on wild beasts, giving them a primal quality.

"Put everything away and restore the terrain here."

Huo Tang did not force open the jade box that could not be opened, but instructed his people to put the contents away and backfill the area.

……

A month later.

Zhiyan Bobu.

The relics of the Zhongshan Bo tribe appeared before Shen Can.

Inside the side hall.

After some effort, Shen Can opened the two jade boxes sealed with primitive beast patterns.

In an instant, a dazzling light shone forth, illuminating the entire hall. The rosy glow was like a magnificent brocade, almost blinding.

Inside a jade box was a stone slab.

The stone slab depicts two people, one large and one small, bowing with clasped hands.

The adults look like humans, and the children also look like humans.

Shen Can compared the height proportions of the human race with the appearance of the little man and found that the little man on the stone wall should not be more than one foot tall.

The stone slab is engraved with the eight characters 'Zhongshan Jingren, Tongqi Tongmeng'.

The other jade box contained a forged bronze dragon head.

Strangely, this dragon only had one eye, and the eyeball was missing.

"Zhongshan Mountain experiences alternating day and night, which is contrary to the natural order..."

Upon seeing the bronze dragon head missing its eyes, Shen Can picked up the notebook beside him and began to read it.

These notes were all kept with the relics. After thinking for a moment, he took out a jade slip and branded it with a message.

"Ayu, go and have someone from the clan take the jade slip to Daidi and give it to the old clan chief."

……

Not long after, Huotang, having received a message from Shen Can, ordered his clansmen to come to the site of the lost treasure once again.

Looking at the previously filled-in earth and rocks, Tian Dan called to his clansmen and said, "Dig, dig up all the earth and rocks nearby. If that's not enough, take them all back and sieve them."

(End of this chapter)