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

Chapter 271 The Path of Stars!
The moon is full and the stars are numerous; the vast night sky of the wilderness is filled with stars.

Shen Can lay on top of the ancestral temple, looking up at the sky, and saw countless stars twinkling, which at first glance appeared densely packed and chaotic.

I really can't understand it.

According to the records of the Sky Clan, they lived in the starry sky for a long time, but their exploration of the starry sky was still limited.

Shen Can held a jade slip in his hand, inlaid with copper. The jade slip was very ancient and was made of high-quality copper and gold. Inside was a divine jade that could be imprinted with divine consciousness.

The jade slip was completely wrapped up, which is why it was intact when it was unearthed from the ruins.

Clearly, this jade slip is very important.

Fewer than fifty such jade slips inlaid with bronze have been unearthed at the Potianshan site.

This well-preserved jade slip contains an inscription of something called a 'star map'.

Although the Sky Clan doesn't know much about the stars, they are still a race that coexists with the Sky Beasts and have some understanding of them.

Within the Sky-Riding Beast, there are nodes similar to those of stars.

The Sky Clan created a 'star map' based on the star nodes within the Sky Beasts.

This 'star map' uses different colors to mark and record the distribution of star nodes in the body of the Sky-Riding Beast at the beginning of its birth, and the new star nodes that are created as it grows and absorbs the power of the stars.

Once the entire star map is laid out, it is densely packed, giving people a sense of vastness and boundlessness.

The Sky Clan uses this 'star map' to find suitable star-lit locations for their Sky Beasts, assisting them in their cultivation.

At this moment, his clone also quietly entered the valley. He and Shen Can had previously split into two groups to block the fleeing warriors from various factions.

Unfortunately, the mountains and valleys provided hiding places everywhere, just as the various tribes could not find any of the tribes in Ji when they tried to capture the people of Ji.

Finding the escaped warriors of Yongyi is now like searching for a needle in a haystack.

Before dawn, the clone evaded the Holy Envoy Clan's surveillance and stood in front of Shen Can.

Since swallowing a large amount of fallen meteorite iron in the sand last time, the clone's realm has been raised to a level comparable to the late stage of the Divine Treasury.

At this moment, Shen Can's divine sense completely entered the clone, and he immediately sensed that countless points of light were densely packed in every corner of the clone's body.

These points of light are also the core of the clone's power. The spiritual energy absorbed by the clone when it devours the ore is stored in these points of light.

These points of light are not all the same; they vary in size, with larger ones absorbing relatively more spiritual energy.

This is the same as the Sky-Riding Beast.

With so many similarities, Shen Can decided to try riding a celestial beast to change his identity.

Immediately, the clone transformed into a body a hundred feet tall in the square outside the ancestral temple.

Shen Can used his divine sense to scan every corner of the giant beast's clone, and began to mark the starlight points inside the clone one by one, drawing a 'star map' similar to that inside the Sky-Riding Beast.

When he compared the two star charts, he found some similarities.

In both star charts, there are several bright spots that are basically in the same position, and other bright spots in the nearby area are extremely similar in size and position.

Sensing the overlapping area between the two star maps, Shen Can couldn't help but ponder.

The clone can devour ores from the very beginning, and it is even more effective at absorbing meteorite iron that falls from the sky, which is itself a fallen star.

According to the records of the Sky Clan, in addition to absorbing the power of stars, the Sky Beasts also devour some stars.

Stars naturally contain various mineral deposits and so on.

With so many coincidences, Shen Can couldn't help but feel that his clone and the Sky-Riding Beast were related.

"The power of the stars".

At this moment, Shen Can realized that his clone had only been devouring ores and meteorites all along, and had not directly absorbed the power of stars.

He had never even considered the power of stars.

The Sky-Riding Beast grew larger and larger because it absorbed the power of the stars. Could it be that its clones didn't absorb the power of the stars, which is why they didn't grow big enough?
"Stars." Shen Can looked up at the sky, which was about to brighten, and the crescent moon was now just a blurry outline.

His gaze immediately fixed on Guiyue.

Although there are many stars in the sky, it seems that only the power of the moonlight can be touched by the scorching sun.

……

Two days later, the bright moon hung high in the night sky.

Hundreds of rabbits appeared outside the ancestral temple, where the surroundings were open and the moonlight was not blocked.

Shen Can landed outside the ancestral temple and used telepathy to instruct the Gui Tu to begin the sacrificial dance, drawing down more moonlight.

There are no records among the Sky-Riding Clan about how the Sky-Riding Beast absorbs the power of the stars, as if it were an innate supernatural ability of the Sky-Riding Beast.

Shen Can could only try to let his clone absorb the power of the moonlight to see if it would be successful.

The cassia rabbit instantly grew to a size of five zhang and jumped onto the clone, while the other medicine-pounding rabbits surrounded the clone.

Holding pestles in their hands, they faced a mortar and pestle filled with witchcraft medicine.

As Gui Tu raised its hand, hundreds of medicine-pounding rabbits moved in unison, their agile steps dancing as they pounded the medicine into the mortar, creating a unique melody.

After a few clangs, the mortar and pestle remained in place, while the medicine-pounding rabbits began to circle around the clone, changing positions, and a unique sacrificial sound rang out.

Dangdang Dangdang!
As he danced while pounding medicine, the moonlight falling from above his clone suddenly distorted, and tiny specks of light, like fireflies, fluttered down.

The medicine-pounding rabbits were also bathed in moonlight, and the sweet fragrance of witchcraft wafted from the mortars in their hands.

They alternated positions, rhythmically dropping the pestle into the mortar.

The moonlight began to fall like snowflakes, completely engulfing the clone.

At this moment, Shen Can had already taken control of his clone, feeling the gentle moonlight falling upon him, and he felt as if he were strolling in a hot spring.

The star nodes within his body lit up, flickering as if they were breathing, absorbing the moonlight falling around him.

The clone's body did not feel any rejection of the power of the moonlight; on the contrary, it was quite willing to accept this energy.

……

An hour passed, and the rabbits pounding the medicine had both ears drooping down.

The moonlight, falling like snowflakes from the void, began to thin out.

The sacrificial dance finally stopped, and the rabbits were so tired that they almost collapsed on the ground.

Without the help of the medicine-pounding rabbit, the bright moonlight could no longer ignite the starlight within the clone's body.

It's not that the moonlight is insufficient, but rather that the normally falling moonlight power cannot be absorbed into the body by the clone because it lacks the means to draw upon it.

Through the ritual dance of the medicine-pounding rabbit, the power of the moonlight suddenly became dozens or even hundreds of times stronger. At this level, even without a special method of absorption, the power of the moonlight could still be poured into the body.

This is similar to the cultivation of ordinary human martial artists. In places where source energy is abundant, even without tempering methods, source energy will still penetrate into the body.

No wonder the Sky Clan seeks out places with abundant starlight; the more abundant the starlight, the easier it is for Sky Beasts to absorb it.

In the absence of a corresponding cultivation method, the more abundant the energy, the easier it is to cultivate.

Conversely, one would need to rely on cultivation methods to assist in achieving this.

Arrange for the medicine-pounding rabbits to rest. These rabbits were quite exhausted. The moonlight stirred up by the ritual dance seemed plentiful, but it was far from enough for a large creature like the clone.

There is no doubt that the clone is human, but as for why there are so many star-like specks inside its body, Shen Can has no way of exploring this question at the moment.

Boom!

At that moment, a booming sound rang out under the night sky, and streaks of light shot out from the great formation, exploding high in the sky.

The burst of energy illuminated part of the sky, and then a figure flapping its wings disappeared into the night.

Needless to say, this was an anomaly caused by the activation of the moonlight, which attracted the attention of the wandering Holy Envoy Clan outside. They thought something had happened within their clan again and came to investigate.

The Holy Envoy Clan is keeping a close eye on him, Blazing Flame.

At the slightest disturbance within the formation, they couldn't wait to come and take a look. Back in the side hall of his residence, Shen Can sat down cross-legged.

You begin your cultivation of understanding your clones. You compare the absorption of mineral essence and moonlight by your clones and find that there is not much difference between the two within your body.

After the energy enters the clone body, it is absorbed by the star nodes within the body. During this period, there is no manifestation of beast patterns, and the absorbed energy directly affects the growth of the clone body's physique.

You begin to try to create a cultivation method for your clones based on your own cultivation techniques.

You tried using your own Five Elements cultivation method right away, spent a hundred years, and ultimately failed.

You then thought that since stars and earth, stone, metal and iron are similar, you should start with earth-based techniques, but you still failed.

The gold shop failed.

The wood-moving process failed.

failure.

You were not discouraged. Since the Five Elements method could not provide any guidance for your clone, you began to try using the Witchcraft Talisman Array.

Sixteen hundred years later, you failed, but it also seems like you didn't completely fail.

Although the spirit array of the witch talisman did not inspire you to develop your cultivation techniques, you discovered that the array had a strong affinity with the starlight points within your clone.

The star nodes within the clone, especially when displayed on the star map, are extremely similar to the formation constructed by the witch array.

The witch array constructed using the star nodes on the star map as its base has unexpected and miraculous properties. Its structure is more stable and it can even draw starlight to respond.

You recorded this discovery and hung it in your hall as a reminder that after deriving the technique that can draw upon the power of the stars, you should then deduce the connection between the star map and the formation.

Since the existing Five Elements method cannot serve as a reference for absorbing the power of stars, you plan to start from the star nodes within your clone and see if you can construct a similar celestial circulation pattern to the human race's celestial veins, relying on the star map.

Four hundred and eighty years later, your attempt failed, and you awoke from your deduction.

Upon waking, Shen Can got up and walked towards the ancestral temple to begin his daily cleaning.

Although the deduction was unsuccessful, this approach seems to have considerable potential.

For the next month or so, whenever the moon was bright and clear, the Moon Rabbit would lead its clan to the ancestral temple and surround its clones to perform a sacrificial dance.

At this moment, Shen Can would take control of his clone and sense the absorption of moonlight by the star nodes within the clone.

……

"The High Priest is here again!"

Outside the great formation, the Holy Envoys watched as a beam of bright moonlight converged into the formation from all directions.

The moonlight that normally falls across this valley is roughly the same brightness, but now a large amount of moonlight has gathered in one place, forming a jade ribbon that looks like it has fallen from the sky.

The moonlight in the surrounding mountains and fields, set against the backdrop of the jade belt, suddenly became dim and lackluster.

It happened once or twice, but in the past month it has come five or six times.

Especially today, with the full moon, the moonlight shines even brighter.

The members of the Holy Envoy Clan who stayed behind to observe were fearing that the Blazing Flame Tribe might be using some secret technique to expose the High Priest who was healing.

Watching the jade belt fall from the sky into the great formation from afar, the high priest's expression was gloomy and uncertain.

He stayed outside the Blazing Flame Tribe to disrupt their mentality.

How come it's only been a short time, but now the Blazing Flame Division is messing with his mentality?

Jieyin Yuehua, what the hell is he doing?

It wasn't that he, a dignified fifth-tier Great Witch, was afraid, but rather that this ant-like Blazing Flame Tribe was simply too good at playing tricks.

Looking across Yongyi, no, and even the areas north and south of the Juyue Mountains, including Daidi, Yongyi, Xuankongze, and Yunhe Valley, there is no human tribe as powerful as Zhiyan.

This is absolutely outrageous. Even the Black Bird Holy Spirit would think so if he knew.

Who could possibly kill a fifth-tier beast core from an ordinary clan of fourth rank? Yes, it's the Holy Envoy Clan that's a bit arrogant. But where did you, a clan of fourth rank who didn't even have a peak Divine Treasure Realm before, get a fifth-tier beast core?
Picked it up?

You try picking up another one for me, you son of a bitch.
Okay, if beast cores are considered external forces, how do you explain that a peak fourth-tier cultivator can be comparable to a fifth-tier cultivator?

The High Priest had realized that even without the battle flag, Shen Can possessed the strength to fight him.

Fortunately, the Holy Spirit protected them, and the guild flew away.

The Holy Envoy Clan has always been known for its ruthless extermination of those who defy it, but now it has been forced to stand guard at someone else's doorstep and launch a sneak attack!
If our ancestors knew—no, our ancestors already knew—the beastly creature would have been reduced to ashes.

Fortunately, there are towering mountains, wilderness, and waterways separating us. If people from other nearby regions found out, they would definitely try to interfere.

The Holy Envoy Clan is now as weak as it can possibly be.

"Keep a close watch, and report to me immediately if there are any further unusual movements."

As the jade ribbon formed by the moonlight dissipated, the high priest disappeared from the mountaintop.

It wasn't that he was unwilling to let it go, but rather that if the Blazing Flame were allowed to rage for decades, he feared that the Holy Envoy Clan would be wiped out by it.

He was terrified that someone at the peak of the Divine Realm could fight him; if given a few more decades to develop, he would be terrified.

Although the territory of the Holy Envoy Clan is hidden, it is still within the territory of Yongyi.

He was truly afraid when the Holy Spirit ceased to manifest.

……

Jishan ethnic area.

A figure has been hovering here for two days.

"Brother Jishan, please come and see me."

Bi Fangbo looked utterly dejected, practically prostrating himself on the grounds of the Jishan tribe.

"For the sake of our long-standing friendship, please save your brother and the Bifang tribe."

At this moment, Lord Bifang no longer looked down on the horse slaves of Jidi and wanted to summon Lord Jishan.

However, the Earl of Jishan was not in his clan's territory at all.

The Jishan clan elder, who remained in the clan's territory, did hear the commotion, but he prepared two handfuls of dried fruit and a jar of wine for himself, and had been drinking for a day.

Not only am I not sleepy, but I feel more and more energetic the more I drink.

Lord Bifang didn't leave either, just stayed there, calling out "Brother Jishan" every now and then.

They couldn't afford to offend the Holy Envoy Clan, and had originally planned to join them to make a fortune.

Unexpectedly, the newly risen tribe in the mountains was even more ferocious, and managed to completely crush the Holy Envoy tribe.

Both sides are terrified.

……

The land of the Blazing Flame Clan.

Shen Can's breathing was calm, and he was completely absorbed in the deduction.

You suddenly come to your senses and realize that the way your clone absorbs spiritual energy is completely different from how humans imitate wild beasts to cultivate.

Without relying on the power of beast patterns, one can directly absorb the power of moonlight or the spiritual energy of minerals into the body.

Inside the hall, Shen Can suddenly opened his eyes. This was the first time he had voluntarily interrupted the deduction process before it was completed or had failed.

Humans cultivate by observing wild beasts, learning their forms, and developing the power of the five elements, which eventually leads to the disturbance of beast transformation.

Why can the avatars of the giant beast directly absorb the power of the stars without any hidden dangers?

P.S.: I'm taking the afternoon off, so this will only be one update today.

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