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

Chapter 238 Stealing the Mastery of Heavenly Techniques, Deriving the Foundational Law!
Outside the Potian Mountains.

A worm lingered at the original entrance to the secret realm, its ram horns constantly pounding against the surrounding rocks, but apart from the flying stones, there was no spiritual energy fluctuation.

In addition, the earthworm would occasionally spit out tokens from its mouth, trying to sense the location of the entrance.

Unfortunately, after working hard for more than a month, they returned empty-handed, having traveled through mountains and valleys and entered an ancient mountain range filled with the power of earth.

Palaces and caves can be seen everywhere in the mountains, and earthworms roam among them.

In the mountains and fields, countless ant slaves are busy providing for the daily life of the earthworms.

Hunting teams of the earthworms returned from afar, bringing with them a large number of wild beasts to satisfy the earthworms' daily needs.

This is the Dongze branch of the Tulou tribe, which has nearly four million members and hundreds of large and small Tulou slave tribes under its command.

Within the Dongze branch, there are six Earth Spirits at the Divine Realm, with the strongest being said to have reached the late stage of the Divine Realm.

"Master, the Broken Sky Cave has disappeared."

The Yunyang Tulou, returning from Potian Mountain, reported to a powerful Tulou that was nine zhang in size and whose four ram horns gleamed with a blue light.

"Send your tribesmen and slaves to search, even if you have to turn the entire mountain range upside down."

There are two fourth-tier earth ants in the cave, accounting for one-third of the number of fourth-tier earth ants in the Dongze branch.

If they really disappear, the Dongze branch will be severely damaged.

Soon, a large swarm of earthworms poured into the Potian Mountains, and as many as 200,000 earthworm slaves were mobilized to dig and search all over the mountains.

The surrounding mountains and forests stretch for thousands of miles, vast and treacherous. Even if two hundred thousand slaves went in, it would be of no use. The spirit barrier is not something that can be easily seen with the naked eye.

More than half a year passed in the blink of an eye. Countless slaves died or were injured, and in the end, they gained nothing.

……

On this day, Shen Can emerged from a valley in the Potian Mountains. He sealed off the original entrance but opened a new one through the crack in the cave.

At that moment, he had more than thirty magic pouches hanging from his waist, and he slowly disappeared from the spot.

They traveled through the wilderness, crossed underground rivers, and returned to their tribe.

Ancestral Temple in the Blazing River Valley.

Huo Chong, Huo Yun, Huo Fu, Huo Jiang, and other disciples, along with hundreds of wizards, waited.

Shen Can poured out everything from the witch's bag.

After a loud crashing sound, more than a dozen small hills appeared on the square outside the ancestral temple.

A thick, rotten smell permeated the air and spread out all at once.

The eyes of hundreds of wizards widened in astonishment.

Perhaps in other people's eyes, a pile of broken stones, seemingly lifeless white bones, broken jade, etc., are of no use.

But these things have patterns and words, which are treasures in the eyes of wizards.

These are the first batch of stones, rubbings, tools, and other items unearthed from the cave, bearing animal patterns and characters.

In addition to these, there are also spiritual plants and herbs brought back from the cave, of many kinds.

"Organize the items by category."

Shen Can instructed his disciples to lead the wizards in their work, as he had high hopes for this pile of junk.

After receiving the instructions, the disciples quickly arranged for another group of people to come over, bringing writing brushes, ink, and thinner mulberry paper specially made by the clan, in preparation for making rubbings of the text on the large stone wall.

"Ah-Jun, come here."

Then, Shen Can beckoned Huo Jun to come closer and took out the stone box containing the blood crystals.

"How's the blood crystal research from last time going?"

Huo Yun was somewhat surprised to see that there were as many as thirty boxes of blood crystals.

The reason so much could be mined is because the earth was subsequently blasted open.

"Master, I have made a discovery."

"I speculate that the blood crystals drive wild beasts mad because they are left behind by wild beasts and retain the savage aura of them."

Low-level wild beasts lack intelligence and their behavior is more instinctive, so they become even more violent after consuming blood crystals.

I conducted experiments with first, second, and third-tier wild beasts and discovered that continuous consumption of blood crystals can accumulate this savagery. The weaker the wild beast, the more likely it is to be corrupted by the savagery.

"However, we have found a way to purify the blood crystals, which is through spiritual plants."

This was inspired by previous experiments with creeping vines in purifying muddy lands.

We selected more than ten kinds of spirit fruit trees to plant, using blood crystal powder as nutrients for the trees. This way, the trees absorb the essence of the blood crystals, and then we eat the fruit.

At this point, Huo Yun looked at the spirit wood and spirit herbs she had brought back from the cave.

"Master, aren't there many fruit trees in that place?"

"Not many, only a few scattered ones, and the fruit is sour and astringent."

"As long as you have it."

Huoyun didn't care whether the fruit tasted good or not; as long as there were fruit trees, she was willing to try grafting.

With the Moon Essence of the Little Spirit Clan and the care of the Medicine-Pounding Rabbit, raising them shouldn't be a problem.

Seeing Huo Yun busy, Shen Can thought for a moment and said, "Let the other wizards in the clan do this. You will follow me to cultivate for a while and try to advance to the fourth-order Great Wizard."

He took in seven disciples back then. At that time, the Blazing Flame Tribe was small and had few people, and there weren't many who could practice witchcraft.

Of the seven disciples, only those with talent for witchcraft are mentioned. Huo Yun is the most talented among the seven and the only one who has the potential to advance to the fourth-tier Great Witch realm.

The remaining six people, although they had all cultivated to the peak of the third rank, were essentially riding the wave of Blazing Flame's development.

It took several times the resources to achieve the advancement in realm, even with abundant resources.

To advance to the Great Witch Realm, one needs to continue expanding their witch veins. The other disciples, especially Huo Zhong, have more severe injuries to their witch veins because they practice fire-based witchcraft, making it virtually impossible for them to advance to the fourth-tier Great Witch Realm.

Fortunately, the Blazing Flame Sect has developed, and the other disciples have followed Huo Yun's example by selecting personal disciples within the clan to teach, hoping that their disciples will reach the Great Witch realm that they themselves could not advance to.

"Master, I'll go take care of my work now."

Huo Yun bowed to Shen Can and walked toward the spiritual plants she had brought back.

Shen Can did not enter the ancestral temple, but sat cross-legged outside watching the clan's shaman tidy up.

Besides these messy things, he also had some notes and bone books in his hands, but the text on them was already incomplete and blurred.

The script of the Sky Clan was not difficult to decipher. They were lucky enough to find a jade slip at the beginning, and the contents imprinted with their divine sense had not completely disappeared.

Through this jade slip, a partial translation of the language of the Celestial Race and the Human Race was obtained.

The cleanup of these ruins lasted for three months, but just as it was finished, the old black tortoise sent another batch back from Dai.

Among the relics in this batch were some sacrificial artifacts belonging to the Chengtian Clan and a stele from the ancestral temple.

After sorting through the information, the Blazing Flame Wizard had a general understanding of this Sky Clan ruin.

This branch of the Chengtian clan should be between the ranks of the human clan's Earl and Marquis, similar to the level of the Yongshan Earl tribe in the past.

The giant beasts that inhabit the area are about 1,500 to 2,000 miles in size, and their strength is at least at the sixth level.

Among the Chengtian Clan, this giant beast is called the Floating Sky Beast. This beast is a hundred miles in size from birth and is the companion beast of the Chengtian Clan.

According to the customs of the Sky-Riding Clan, once the eldest son of the royal blood reaches the fourth rank, he can be given a Sky-Riding Beast and a portion of the clan to embark on his own adventures. It's similar to a system where the eldest son expands the territory while the younger son guards the hearth.

As for why it fell from the sky, there is no record of it in the currently compiled materials.

The Sky Clan possesses profound expertise in wind-based witchcraft and martial arts, and also dabbles in thunder magic.

Outside the ancestral temple of the Blazing Flame, a deity with wings and covered with densely engraved wind patterns stands tall.

However, the statue was already covered with cracks, and even the wind patterns on it had become dull and lifeless.

Around the statue of the deity stand more than a dozen bronze steles commemorating its heritage.

The deity is the 'Heavenly Wind God' who embodies the spiritual sustenance of the Sky Clan, and is the origin of their race.

Shen Can was not interested in the statue.

In his view, the spoils from the entire ruins can be divided into two categories: one is the blood marrow crystals left behind by the giant beast.

After research, it has now been confirmed that the golden-blood-colored crystals are indeed formed from the blood marrow of the giant beast.

It contains the essence of giant beasts, which is why wild beasts become even more ferocious after consuming it.

Even if an unknown amount of time has passed and the spiritual essence of a high-level wild beast has dissipated to almost nothing, it is still not something that ordinary wild beasts can consume.

However, the Blazing Flame Tribe has already begun converting the energy of this giant beast's blood marrow crystal through spiritual plant transformation.

The second is these bronze steles commemorating our heritage, which are right in front of us.

It encompasses the basic cultivation methods of the Sky Clan from the first to the sixth rank. Although humans cannot cultivate these methods, they can still serve as a reference.

For Shen Can, these things were even more important than blood crystals.

Although Blazing Flame is still a major force and its main combat power is still at the fourth rank, it is time to start strategizing for the path to the fifth rank.

The reason why Shen Can calls the inheritance of the Chengtian Clan the Basic Law is because the methods recorded in this inheritance are the simplest, most universal, and most suitable for every member of the Chengtian Clan to cultivate.

Many jade slips and bone books were also unearthed from the ruins, all of which recorded different cultivation methods.

The first tier of the Sky Clan is called the Tempering Realm.

There are dozens of types of the first-level tempering realm alone, and each type is more focused and comprehensive than the methods on the bronze tablet.

But ironically, none of these better methods were inscribed on the bronze stele.

The basic methods on the bronze tablet have various flaws, yet they are suitable for everyone to practice.

The fact that it is extremely easy to learn is enough to erase many of the shortcomings of this method.

When a community is at its peak, it can naturally choose the best things to learn. When a community is in a slump, the easier things to learn are to promote and the easier it is to rebuild the community's heritage.

When Shen Can saw the bronze tablet, he immediately realized that he had to learn from it.

First, popularize the basic law, then study and select the best and specialize in its study.

Soon, a palace containing the relics of the Celestial Clan was built in the valley.

Of course, this is not open to the public; it is for the purpose of supporting the wizards' research.

The unearthed remains and tools reveal the methods used by the Sky Clan in cultivation, metallurgy, breeding, and other aspects, which can serve as a reference and learning opportunity for the Blazing Flame Tribe.

……

As time went by, various broken bricks and tiles, jade slips and bone books, tools and bones from the Chengtian Ruins were continuously sent back to the clan's territory.

Meanwhile, in the other side, the transformation of Star Mountain and the training of torchbearers and protectors were also proceeding in an orderly manner.

In the territory of the Blazing Flame Clan, the popularization of the Great Wilderness script among the more than two million vassal tribes under their command has been initially completed.

Shen Can secluded himself in the ancestral temple, where, apart from his daily practice, he devoted himself to developing a simplified version of the Five Stances.

He found the inspiration from the Celestial Clan extremely important; the simplified cultivation method was aimed at the entire group, lowering the barrier to entry for cultivation.

As he deduced the reasoning, Shen Can gradually fell into deep thought.

Currently, the Blazing Flame Clan determines which attribute of magic they are best suited for by practicing the Five Stances Technique.

Is it the method of cultivation that determines the attributes of human cultivation, or is it that being a member of the race inherently aligns with a certain attribute, and they simply find the right method of cultivation?

After much thought, Shen Can leaned towards the idea that a person's attributes are determined at birth.

However, different people manifest it differently; some are more prominent in the fire element, while others are more prominent in the water, wood, or earth element.

He himself possesses all five elements, so he can simultaneously draw upon the source power of the five elements for cultivation.

Shen Can's current idea is to directly deduce a fist technique that, when different people practice this fist technique, will naturally draw on the source power of their own compatible attributes.

This way, anyone can directly take it and start cultivating without worrying about their own attributes, making it easier to spread.

The idea seemed simple, but the deduction process was quite exhausting for Shen Can.

Over 30,000 years of lifespan were poured in, and it only caused a ripple.

The vegetation in the mountains withered and flourished, then sprouted again, and several years passed in successive generations.

In the morning light, the spiritual plants in the Wood Element Spiritual Land exude a powerful vitality, and aged herbs can be seen everywhere.

Occasionally, you can see four precious medicinal plants with copper bells hanging from them wandering among the grass and trees.

Now, even if you try to get them to leave, they won't. This place is so nice; you can plant yourself in the soil for a year and gain several years' worth of medicinal experience.

It's just routine, just giving away a few extra bodies, so in the end I still profit.

In the Spirit Plant Forest, a strangely shaped fruit tree covered an area of ​​thirty feet in circumference, with a hundred or so fruits hanging on it.

Each fruit exudes a spiritual energy like a small spring of vital energy.

Up in the tree, a three-foot-tall rabbit, known for its medicinal properties, moved among the branches, examining each fruit.

This fruit tree was cultivated through grafting using the blood crystal of a giant beast.

Each fruit is at least of the third grade quality.

Especially the one that grows on the main stem, its spiritual light shines brightly like a small crescent moon, and its aura is as radiant as a precious medicine.

The medicine-pounding rabbit carefully approached the laurel fruit on the main stem, sniffed it closely, and its two big red eyes suddenly lit up.

"Haw!"

Then it circled around twice to carefully examine every part of the fruit.

After inspecting the fruit, the medicine-pounding rabbit leaped down from the tree and quickly headed towards the ancestral temple in the valley.

Soon, the medicine-pounding rabbit stood in front of Shen Can, sniffing and barking at him.

"Chirp."

“Chirp, chirp.”

"You're about to advance to the fourth rank."

Shen Can looked at the rabbit hopping around in front of him and understood what it was thinking.

Fruits cultivated within the clan can be processed into fourth-tier secret medicines using the secret methods of the Medicine-Pounding Rabbit clan for use by the clan members.

Meanwhile, the medicine-pounding rabbit uses a racial secret technique to absorb 'medicinal energy' and advance its level while making secret medicines.

(End of this chapter)