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

Chapter 246 Tianzheng Division

Northwest of Yu, in the territory of the Yanran (Qiuyue) clan, Yan Wanyun, despite his injuries, trekked through the mountains and fields until he returned to his clan's territory, only to find it in ruins.

"Clan leader!"

When Yan Wanyun staggered out, cries rang out, and then figures rushed towards him.

"Clan leader."

The First Elder, Yan Chixia, staggered to Yan Wanyun's side, his expression somewhat dazed.

Although Yanran and Qiuyue merged into one another through marriage, many members of the two tribes are still in the process of integration. Therefore, some members of the tribe do not live in their original tribe territory, but are instead arranged to live in another branch tribe territory nearby.

That's how the entire clan was spared annihilation.

"No more, all gone."

Even without Yan Chixia saying it, apart from the ruins, almost none of the clansmen who lived there remained in the entire clan territory; even their remains had been taken away.

Yan Wanyun stumbled as he escaped from the giant bird's claws. He had rushed back without stopping, but now he could no longer hold on.

"Clan leader!"

Yan Chixia frantically supported Yan Wanyun.

"Let's go, we don't need anything anymore, let's move back to Ji!"

"Go right now!"

Yan Ran migrated from Ji, first annexing the Qiu Yue tribe, and thus forcefully took control of the northwest of Yu. Relying on Yan Wanyun's mid-stage Divine Treasury strength, he directly opened up the situation.

Now that Yanran is in this state, if he doesn't leave soon, he might get ganged up on and beaten up.

"Send people to Jishan and Zhiyan in advance to inform them..."

In this critical moment, Yan Wanyun immediately thought of the Zhiyan and Yanyi tribes. As for the other tribes of Yongyi, they had no connection with Yanran.

……

The southern part of Yu is the territory of Bi Fangbo.

Several years after the furnace was sealed, the Bi Fangbo tribe is now temporarily managing its affairs under the care of an elderly elder from the Divine Treasury Realm.

Above the Earth Dragon Volcano in the center of the clan's territory, a crimson flying boat floated, with source stones piled up like a small mountain, numbering no less than 300,000.

There was also a half-spirit, half-flesh wild beast with six pairs of wings, its entire body radiating a layer of innate spiritual light, its aura incomparably pure, and its blood energy surging.

Although he did not advance to the fourth rank, his blood energy was no less than that of a fourth-rank individual.

……

Tianzheng Bobu.

On a platform atop a seemingly ordinary small hill within the clan, a figure with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes exuded a sharp aura.

He was covered by a tiger skin, and no matter how powerful the sword energy around him rang out, it was impossible to pierce the tiger skin even slightly.

Before this warrior, there was a bronze-like witch sword stuck in the ground, but it was also bound by tiger stripes.

Besides this figure, there was also a fourth-tier white spirit deer, which was also bound by a tiger skin.

Tweet!
Under the cover of night, a shadow streaked across the sky, moving with lightning speed through the territory of the Tianzheng Clan. By the time it disappeared, the man and beast on the mountaintop platform had vanished, leaving only the witch sword behind.

"gone?"

Lord Tianzheng breathed a long sigh of relief. Even though it wasn't the first time he had seen this shadowy creature, he still couldn't figure out how it made its move.

too fast.

At this speed, unless one possesses a powerful divine sense, even in a duel between people of the same realm, one will suffer a great loss.

At that speed, even a late-stage Divine Treasure cultivator like him wouldn't be able to react in time before his skull was crushed in a single blow.

Beside Lord Tianzheng was an old man with a tiger-headed head, his hair and beard all white, leaning on a tiger-headed cane.

"Ancestor, have you sensed it clearly this time?"

The old man with the tiger's head stared blankly. "Another peak Divine Realm beast, not the same one as last time."

"Who are they?!"

Lord Tianzheng was speechless. He couldn't beat them at all. Every time they appeared, they only had some fourth-tier warriors with strong blood energy.

Fortunately, that's how it is; otherwise, he probably would have been arrested long ago.

It can't be stopped at all.

These mysterious birds are incredibly powerful, ranging from peak to late-stage Divine Realm cultivators, and there are more than one of them.

Yongyi is no longer the Yongyi of the past when the Marquis of Yongshan was there. No fifth-level warriors have appeared in the world for many years. Having a peak Divine Realm warrior in charge is already the peak of all the tribes in Yongyi.

For example, the Tianzheng tribe is vaguely known as the number one tribe in Yongyi, precisely because it has a peak-level Divine Treasure expert in charge, and the tribe also has fifth-level techniques.

For many years, Tianzheng's ancestors had wanted to contact these mysterious black birds, but they were like aloof herdsmen who never said a word.

Just like when he wanted to eat roast meat, the clansmen responsible for raising wild beasts would simply go to the enclosure and catch a wild beast, without ever consulting the wild beasts they raised.

What's there to discuss between humans and beasts? If I want to eat you, I can just pick and choose whatever I want.

When the tribesmen are capturing wild beasts kept within the tribe, if any other wild beasts come out to obstruct them, they will be kicked aside.

Back then, Tianzheng's ancestors had tried to stop them several times. If they hadn't possessed a portion of Yongshan's heritage and witchcraft artifacts, they would have been wiped out.

After being beaten several times, unable to stop them or beat them up, he could only try to adapt.

Tiger Head Ancestor leaned on his cane, his gaze fixed on the black bird that had disappeared into the horizon, lost in thought for a long time.

Even though he was also at the peak of the Divine Realm, he felt he couldn't withstand the black bird's claws for long.

"The Beast Realm is as difficult as ascending to heaven."

After a long while, the Tiger Head Ancestor looked inward into the Divine Treasury. In the middle of the Blood Sea in the Divine Treasury, a phantom tiger-striped beast was coiled up. However, this beast was as illusory as mist and was shattered by the blood energy.

Let alone solidify it, it can't even maintain a phantom image.

Upon hearing the ancestor's lament, Lord Tianzheng's heart sank. Despite having seized witch artifacts and some incomplete techniques from Yongshan, the ancestors of all generations had been stuck before the fifth rank for thousands of years.

The twilight that the old man was in reminded him of his future.

He also realized how picky the martial artists these large birds needed were.

According to the documents recorded by our ancestors over the years, we do not want divine treasures that are too beastly or tainted with a decaying aura. We only want fourth-order divine treasures with abundant blood energy.

However, nowadays, such divine treasures are becoming increasingly rare in the entire Yongyi region, and are even more so in large tribes like Tianzheng.

Those who can advance to the Divine Treasure level within the clan are mostly clan members who have inherited the Divine Treasure bloodline from their ancestors. These clan members almost all have beast marks and do not meet the selection criteria of the Great Bird.

On the contrary, those newly promoted tribes that suddenly rose to prominence, whose ancestors had never produced any Divine Treasure Warriors, and who were fortunate enough to advance to the Divine Treasure realm without transforming into beasts, were more favored by the great birds.

The reason why Tianzheng would restrain itself every two hundred years was based on this: it was better for people from other tribes to die than for people from its own tribe to die.

Unfortunately, times have changed. Back when the Tianzheng Bo tribe was in seclusion, there were many Shangbo tribes in various parts of Yongyi, with vigorous blood and energy. There were several Bo tribes in each region that were not affected by the beast transformation.

Later, not only did Tianzheng close his own clan, but the other long-established clans, such as Qingyang and Zhuyan, also quietly began to close their clans.

In any case, these large birds never communicate with them. They only choose targets that they can see from their high positions. It seems that in their eyes, the powerful Tianzheng, Aoshan and other tribes are no different from ordinary tribes.

The various clans have a long history and once fought together for Yongshan. Naturally, they reached a consensus to keep their secret and never reveal the matter to outsiders.

In this way, the other tribes naturally came to stand out.

In any case, for some clans that have not been passed down for long, they only have one or two divine treasures. Even if one is captured by the big bird and only one remains, the remaining one will hardly be able to see the big bird's movements.

Even the one or two divine treasures that the tribe possessed would be snatched away by the giant bird, leaving a group of ignorant tribesmen to speculate in fear.

At first, for these big birds, losing one Tianzheng, or even a few Qingyang or Zhuyan, wouldn't matter; they weren't lacking in targets.

However, as time goes on, fewer and fewer people meet the goals of the big bird.

These elders and their tribesmen grew increasingly fearful, lest they be captured to make up the numbers. They could only try to find ways to gather more people for the big bird.

After a long while, Lord Tianzheng emerged from his hiding place and pulled out the witch sword that had been bound by tiger skin.

After the tiger skin was torn off, the witch sword emitted a ringing sound, but the sound stopped abruptly after being washed away by the surging blood energy in the hands of the Heavenly Demon Lord.

On the hilt of the sword were the two characters 'Moye'.

This is the sword passed down through the Moye tribe and worn by the chieftain. However, in the eyes of the Tianzheng chieftain, this witch sword is just so-so, and he didn't even glance at the big bird.

"This time, the Moyebo tribe took the lead. Where will we go to capture them next time?"

Lord Tianzheng sighed as he casually put the witch sword into his witch's pouch. Now, the various tribes of Yongyi are no longer so easily fooled.

Although the major powers are very secretive about the abduction by the giant bird, they have all agreed never to tell outsiders, leaving the outside world to speculate wildly.

With the promotion of new members and the decline of old ones, many things were only passed down in the divine archives, and the stories became increasingly bizarre.

But these tribes were able to pass down their traditions in the wilderness, and each of them was quite cunning. When they saw them hiding, they all followed suit and obediently returned to their tribes to stay put.

Fortunately, these tribes were weaker than them, and even if they hid in their tribes, they could not avoid being captured by the large birds.

……

Zhiyan Bobu.

Outside the ancestral temple, Shen Can was refining the war-torn magical artifacts while occasionally observing his surroundings.

The surrounding area was filled with clansmen, some of whom were shamans, and others who had been trained by shamans to inscribe basic shamanic symbols. They were continuing to expand the range of the shamanic array.

The previous attackers were too fast; without the restriction of the witch array, they were impossible to catch or even touch. This is what makes them the most dreaded.

The range of the magic array must be expanded to temporarily limit its flight speed as much as possible.

The two magical artifacts on the human-bird were both of superior quality, reaching the fourth tier. Even the Bifangbo tribe could not forge magical artifacts of this quality.

The Meteor Mountain that Shen Can had Bi Fangbo's troops build was, in reality, only a mid-to-low grade fourth rank.

Even so, Bi Huolong, who was in charge of crafting it, was revered as a master craftsman.

This is the current forging level in Yongyi; a mid-to-low grade fourth rank is considered the best in Yongyi.

To be honest, before obtaining these two magical artifacts, Shen Can had never eaten anything of value.

The Broken Spear and the Weary Mountain Cauldron, these two magical artifacts, each contain a supernatural power.

Shen Can first refined the Broken Edge Spear, a wind-attribute sorcerer's weapon, which he could barely use since he possessed all five elements.

The human-bird is fast, so he prioritized refining this one, also to guard against possible future attacks by the human-bird.

The newly rebuilt array was also intended to restrain the speed of the human-bird, since it was unclear whether the human-bird had any other members of its kind.

Huo Yun hurriedly came to Shen Can's side.

"Master, the comparison is complete. This is indeed a beast-human hybrid."

After the previous battle, Shen Can recognized that the human-bird was human, but he still had Huo Jun lead people to check it again.

“I carefully examined the flesh and bones of this human-bird, and they are extremely similar to the data of the human-ape accumulated in our clan. However, this human-bird is at a higher level. Ninety percent of the human spine has been transformed into a bird shape, and the original aura within the spine is also in line with the wind attribute.”

Huo Yun looked weary. The aura of the human-bird corpses was too strong for other wizards to examine, so she had to do it herself.

"Based on the reproduction patterns of ape populations, it is preliminarily judged that these human-birds should also be able to reproduce."

"By the way, Master, a bird-shaped mark appeared on this person's spiritual core, but after this person died, the bird-shaped mark vanished in a flash."

Master once said that after the divine treasure comes the beastly form. Is this thing the beastly form?

As she spoke, Huo Yun took out a jade talisman. Since the physical object was no longer available, she imprinted the scene that had appeared onto the jade slip.

Shen Can glanced at it and found that the mark was very faint, dissipating like a bubble in the jade slip branded by the disciple.

After temporarily putting the jade slip away, Shen Can led Huo Jun towards the bottom of the repaired array.

The place where the source stones were originally piled up had been depleted by one-third in the previous battle. Now, among the remaining source stones, a pile of stone egg fragments, each a hundred feet in size, appeared.

Having refined a portion of the essence within the stone egg, Shen Can advanced to the late stage of the Divine Treasure Realm. In reality, he didn't use much of the residual energy within the stone egg, at most a fraction of it.

Shen Can was startled when a human-bird at the peak of the Divine Realm suddenly appeared. Would a fifth-tier one follow?
Therefore, he could only take out the shattered beast core, not to power the formation, but to detonate it.

After defeating the peak-level Divine Bird, running away is not a good strategy; doing so would only lead to a poor outcome.

Besides, given the human-bird's level of skill and speed, how far could they possibly run, and it's uncertain whether they could even escape at all.

If the human and bird truly have a tribe, and if a peak-level expert from the Divine Realm comes looking for them, they should be dealt a severe blow to show them what it means for even a rabbit to bite when cornered.

Shen Can still doesn't understand why the bird-human was targeting him. It shouldn't be like this at all. He had never seen the bird-human before, yet it came straight for him.

"Temple, the clan chief sent me to deliver a message: the Yanran clan chief has arrived!"

Shen Can left Huo Yun behind to continue overseeing the expansion of the witch array. After arriving at the newly built clan hall, he saw Yan Wanyun, who looked severely injured.

Before reaching the Blazing Flame, Yan Wanyun was still wondering why he was so unlucky.

Upon arriving at the Blazing Flame Clan's territory and seeing the ruins, he realized that he wasn't the only one who had suffered misfortune.

However, compared to Yanran, which was severely damaged and nearly destroyed, the Zhiyan Earl's tribe was in much better shape.

“Temple”.

Yan Wanyun leaned back on the stone chair, finding it difficult even to get up. His lips twitched, but only a silent, bitter smile remained.

“I came from Jishan, but I couldn’t find the old master of Jishan.”

Shen Can nodded. It would be strange if Yan Wanyun could find the Earl of Jishan.

In the beginning, when the Earl of Jishan learned from the Blazing Flame and dispersed his clan, he also hid the Jishan Ancestral Temple.

After Zhiyan was attacked, Shen Can sent people to Jishan to investigate. The message that came back was that Jishan had not been attacked.

Now, the Earl of Jishan is probably already in hiding.

Then, Yan Wanyun recounted his ordeal.

I was peacefully learning the local dialect in the tribe when suddenly I got a sharp pain in my head, and before I could even react, I was attacked.

"If Mu Xiao hadn't planted the Three-Headed Secret Technique on me back then, I would have endured torment for over a hundred years, developed a strong will, and even devoured the secret technique to advance to the mid-stage of the Divine Treasury Realm."

I was lucky to wake up during the abduction, which allowed me to sneak up and escape; otherwise, I don't know where the black bird would have taken me, and I'd probably be covered in bird droppings by now.

“My Yanran tribe was left with only some remnants. In one night… no, it didn’t even take one night. Yanran was gone. I didn’t even know it happened.”

Yan Wanyun looked miserable. He wanted to be angry, but he didn't know how.

The Xiaoyang Clan still has its own tribe, but this giant bird that attacked left him wondering how to take revenge.

Shen Can used his divine sense to sketch out the image of the human-bird he had previously killed and showed it to Yan Wanyun.

"Yes, that's how it is. But the big bird that caught me must be in the late stage of the Divine Treasury realm, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to wake up so quickly."

At this moment, Yan Wanyun's eyes were bloodshot.

"Who exactly is targeting us?!"

This was not only Yan Wanyun's question, but also Shen Can's.

Shen Can's gaze fell on Yan Wanyun, and then he thought of himself and Huoshan, who were coveted by the birds. If there was anything in common among the three of them, it was that they were all very strong.

Volcano followed his cultivation of the Wild Beast Battle Body, making his physique even stronger. Yan Wanyun, on the other hand, experienced a turnaround after suffering for a hundred years. He was tormented by Mu Xiao and underwent a complete transformation after mastering the Reverse Devouring Secret Technique.

Aside from that, the three of them seem to have nothing else in common.

Shen Can then realized that the three of them, with their abundant blood and energy, were definitely top-quality ingredients from a recipe perspective alone.

Neither the taste nor the effects it brings can compare to those old and decaying divine treasures.

Thinking about it this way, Shen Can's mood instantly soured.

He recalled his conversation with the elder halberd: powerful races raise humans so that they are more chewy and have greater efficacy.

I'm diligently cultivating myself, just so I can be served as a dish on the table.

Could this be the case this time?
This idea completely shattered the assumptions I had made during my conversation with Lord Jishan.

Then, Shen Can put aside his thoughts and looked at Yan Wanyun.

The hundreds of thousands of people remaining from the Yanran tribe are still on their way back from Yu.

Yan Wanyun was carried by Yan Chixia and arrived at the Zhiyan tribe ahead of everyone else.

"Chief Yan, please recuperate in my clan for now."

"Please trouble the Blazing Flame Department to save the remaining members of my clan."

Back then, Yan Ran relied on Yan Wanyun's mid-stage Divine Treasury strength to travel from Ji to Yu, forcibly annexing the Qiuyuebo tribe, and even intimidating the surrounding neighbors of the Qiuyuebo tribe.

This time, the remnants of Yanran lost most of their core warriors, and only one elder, Yan Chixia, remained in the clan. Their journey back from Yu was far from peaceful.

Huoshan also saw that this was a good opportunity to win over Yanran. Without Shen Can saying anything, he immediately said, "Don't worry, we'll send someone to meet you right away."

(End of this chapter)