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

Chapter 306 Xiang Liu!

The outer edge of the southern foothills of the Juyue Mountains.

In a place where water and wild forest intertwine, fish, shrimp, crabs and snails crawl on the bottom of the water. With little intelligence, they only sensed a fleeting moment of superior pressure, which made them instinctively crawl on the bottom of the water.

Thousands of miles away, a gaunt, emaciated dragon staggered through the air and disappeared into a deep pool.

After bursting out of the cave, Huangmiao dared not stop for a moment. If it encountered the humans and Lu Wu it had met in the cave before, its current state would be dire.

Even if they didn't encounter humans or Lu Wu, it would be the same if they encountered other fifth-order beings who came to the cave.

Therefore, it dared not stop, nor did it dare to pause to heal its injuries, for fear that some fifth-tier creature might seize the opportunity to pull out its dragon tendons.

Along the way, due to the severity of his injuries, a lot of dragon blood had dripped out and had not been cleaned up.

After diving into the deep pool, Huang Miao opened his mouth and spat out a palace-shaped magical artifact, which he quickly embedded in the sand and stones at the bottom of the pool.

The runes on the palace artifacts lit up, attracting the water elemental energy in the pool, which began to flow into the artifacts.

Unfortunately, even though this pool of water is connected to water veins in all directions, the water-based energy it gathers still hasn't activated even one-fifth of the magical runes on the palace artifacts.

Helpless, Huangmiao could only enter the Witch Temple first, as its current injuries would be very dangerous if it left the Giant Mountain Range.

We can only focus on recovering from our injuries for now before discussing leaving the Juyue Mountains.

Originally, it was meant to bring a precious elixir to heal injuries, but plans can't keep up with changes. The monster transformed into a dragon and even gained control of some of the dragon race's supernatural powers.

The underground cave was originally the territory of spirits and monsters, and the dragon-headed spirit summoned so many fifth-tier spirits to besiege it.

It continuously used the "True Dragon Stealth" supernatural power. At first, it worked well, but later it needed to use the dragon's essence every time.

It was a fifth-tier dragon from the mighty Zhangshui Dragon Kingdom, and it was almost boiled into dried fish.

After entering the Witch Temple, Huangmiao carefully lay down. Some of the dragon scales on its withered body stood up, and it felt that with every movement, excruciating pain would spread from its body to its body.

Taking out the last remaining precious pill and swallowing it into the dragon's mouth, Huang Miao glanced at the water energy being drawn in from the outside and sighed.

These water sources are only at the third level, which is not even enough to sustain its cultivation, let alone heal its wounds.

Then, the dragon scales beneath its reverse scale on its lower jaw lit up, and pieces of sparkling Originium flew out.

Each piece of Originium glowed with a black light, its interior resembling a vast, surging lake; these were fifth-tier Originium.

There are a total of two hundred Tier 5 Origin Stones, of which more than one hundred and thirty are particularly square and each has a pagoda mark on it.

The remaining Originium has a rough surface and some natural marks.

The reason why Originium exhibits these characteristics is mainly because the Originium with the pagoda mark was artificially created by the ancient city of Tushang, while the Originium with a rough surface is a natural Originium mined from the mineral vein.

The Great Wilderness of Mountains and Seas is home to many races, and the wilderness is fraught with dangers. The mining and consumption of mineral veins are also very high.

In addition, high-grade Originium is already scarce, and it is often in short supply.

The ancient city of Tu Shang possesses a foundation that outsiders cannot fathom. It can use secret techniques to store more source power into a portion of source stones that are not yet at the fifth rank, thus elevating them to the fifth rank.

It can also upgrade source stones that are below the sixth rank to the sixth rank.

This method attracted the covetous eyes of countless races, but in the end, all the covetous eyes were lost to the passage of time, while the ancient city of Tushang still stands tall on the vast wilderness.

Through this method, the ancient city of Tushang became a thoroughfare connecting all directions, attracting various ethnic groups to exchange goods there.

For a martial artist in the early stages of the fifth rank, a single fifth-rank source stone can sustain cultivation for several months to three years, depending on their individual cultivation progress, provided they maintain basic training.

In addition, fifth-order source stones are also an important energy source for fifth-order formations and magical artifacts, and are very useful.

Although Huang Miao was a fifth-order being, he was not a wealthy person in the Zhangshui Dragon Kingdom. In order to come to the underground cave, he bought three fifth-order treasure pills at the barter conference.

These three fifth-tier precious pills alone cost him nearly two thousand five hundred fifth-tier source stones.

Of course, items at the barter fair are generally priced at least 20-30% higher, so he naturally overpaid.

It was well worth the money. If I hadn't prepared three fifth-tier treasure pills in advance, I would have really been trapped in the underground cave this time.

In an instant, more than thirty fifth-tier source stones flew out and exploded inside the Witch Temple. The water-element source power instantly transformed into a gushing spring, filling the entire Witch Temple.

The fifth-tier source stones made in Tu Shang Ancient City have very standard source energy stored inside, based on the standard of ordinary fifth-tier early-stage cultivation.

For a dragon like Huang Miao, who is at the mid-stage of the fifth rank, it would require cultivating with a base number dozens of times larger.

The reason why he crushed more than 30 fifth-tier source stones at once was because his dragon scales had burst open and he urgently needed the nourishment of water-based source power.

……

Wow!
Where Huang Miao passed, the swamp suddenly exploded, and a fourth-tier dragon-horned crocodile covered with thick, barbed scales roared.

It was over seventy feet long, and its enormous body swam through the water, creating a huge wave.

It smelled the scent of dragon's blood.

In another direction, a black, snake-like fish covered in fangs, its mountain-like body emerging from the water, also headed towards the direction from which the aura of dragon blood emanated.

As the two beasts moved forward, a drop of dragon blood fell into the water. This drop of dragon blood was crystal clear and did not disperse upon falling into the water. Instead, it caused the water within a radius of a thousand feet to boil.

Countless fish, shrimp, crabs, and snails were rolled into pieces.

Soon, the fourth-tier Dragonhorn Crocodile and Black-striped Snake Fish arrived at the location of the drop of dragon blood. Upon seeing each other, the Dragonhorn Crocodile launched the first attack.

The battle for the dragon's blood was not limited to this one place; four more battles occurred in the vast waters south of Giant Mountain.

These places are all located in the Tianze region, the former home of the Huan Tou tribe.

After the Huan Tou tribe retreated, the vast marshes became habitats for aquatic beasts.

Deep within the surging waters, in an underground palace.

The Nine-Headed Willow was fast asleep, surrounded by piles of human bones.

To be honest, the nine heads started snoring, each with its own rhythm, creating a series of sound waves that caused the surrounding surging water to ripple continuously.

However, Xiangliu's dark body has many burn scars, and even as a fifth-tier exotic beast, these scars cannot be fully repaired.

This was left behind when the Golden Crow passed through the area; its celestial fire burned it bare.

Outside Xiangliu Palace, a water snake slithered around, but before it could even get close to the palace, it was blasted away by the shockwaves caused by Xiangliu's snoring.

However, this also woke up Xiang Liu, who was in a deep sleep.

"what's up?"

Xiang Liu raised his head, revealing a pair of scarlet eyes that cast a bleak light on the dim palace.

The water snake, which had been knocked away, quickly swam into the palace.

"Reporting to the Beast King, fifth-tier dragon blood has fallen, causing many wild beasts in the Great Swamp to fight over it."

"Fifth-tier dragon blood has fallen; why not offer it up?"

Xiang Liu's eyes turned even more crimson, and the other eight heads also raised up, eighteen scarlet eyes, like eighteen blood moons rising from the water.

Then, it swept out of the palace with the raging floodwaters, and countless human bones turned to dust in the turbulent waves.

Xiang Liu acted quickly, finding the wild beast that was fighting for the dragon's blood, and swallowed it on the spot. Even the water in the nearby waters that dripped with the dragon's blood was drunk by its nine huge mouths for quite a while.

Not a single trace of dragon energy is wasted.

There was no other way; I was terrified of being poor.

This place is barren and desolate; we can't afford to waste a single drop of Tier 5 resources.

"A dragon has been injured."

After thoroughly consuming all the places where dragon blood had fallen, Xiang Liu confirmed that the dragons that had fallen the blood came from the direction of the Juyue Mountains.

Furthermore, the vital energy remained within the marshland. A severely wounded dragon was healing within its own territory.

On Xiang Liu's nine large heads, the eyes shone brightly.

The reason for judging that it was severely injured is that even if a high-level wild beast is injured, it will collect all its beast blood.

One instance of not being properly cleaned of beast blood could be considered an accident, but four consecutive instances of this could not be an accident; it most likely indicates that the injury was too severe to sustain itself.

It was precisely because of his serious injuries that he had to stop to recuperate.

Xiang Liu was not surprised that the dragons would leave behind healing wounds, as most of the dragons in the vicinity came from the Zhangshui Dragon Kingdom.

From Juyue to the Dragon Kingdom, it's a long and arduous journey, fraught with danger. If your injuries aren't healed, you'll only become prey on the way back.

Unexpectedly, after more than a hundred years, last time I was unlucky and burned to a pulp by the Golden Crow, this time my luck has finally turned around.

The dragons of Zhangshui Dragon Kingdom have finally made something of themselves, now they can even eat dragon meat.

Before long, Xiang Liu found the deep pool where Huang Miao was hiding by observing the fluctuations in the water veins within the Great Swamp.

"As expected of a reptile, it can't shake its habit of burrowing into pools of water."

After finding Huang Miao's hiding place, Xiang Liu did not take immediate action. Instead, he drove more than ten fourth-tier water beasts towards the depths of the pool.

hum!
As the water beast plunged into the pool, a ripple emerged from the depths of the pool, within which bolts of lightning, like snakes, shot out.

In the blink of an eye, a massive circle of lightning, covering an area of ​​hundreds of miles, burst forth, engulfing all the water beasts within it.

The dozen or so fourth-tier water beasts didn't even have time to roar before their bodies turned into a pool of blood, merging with the surging water.

Upon seeing this, Xiang Liu was startled. Something was wrong; why was the aura still so intense?

It sensed a destructive aura from the bottom of the pool, one that was beyond its ability to resist.

"go!"

Without hesitation, Xiangliu flicked its tail and rode away on the water.

But it was too late. Inside the witch temple deep in the pool, Huang Miao embedded thirty-six fifth-tier source stones into the witch temple.

The temple shook, and a four-clawed dragon shadow shot out from above the temple, rushing straight towards Xiang Liu.

"what!"

A hundred miles away, Xiangliu screamed in agony as a falling four-clawed dragon shadow tore open its back, ripping off a large chunk of flesh and revealing its dark golden spine.

It dared not linger at all, but instead sped up its escape, fleeing westward.

To the west lies Yongyi, the capital of the human race. Before the Golden Crow arrived, it slept in the waters near Yongyi.

Seeing that he had failed to capture Xiang Liu, Huang Miao sighed. A dignified mid-stage fifth-order dragon clan member couldn't even capture a mid-stage fifth-order Xiang Liu.

The two consecutive activations of the Witch Temple consumed seventy-two Tier 5 Source Stones. The remaining hundred or so stones, besides being used for healing, also need to be reserved for emergencies.

……

Sensing that Huang Miao was not pursuing them, Xiang Liu breathed a sigh of relief. Despite being severely injured, it continued its journey towards Yongyi without stopping.

The human tribes near Yongyi, bordering the Great Swamp, have a tradition of offering sacrifices to it, each time in enormous quantities, numbering in the hundreds of thousands.

It encountered the Golden Crow east of Yongyi, just after it had finished consuming a batch of offerings.

I'm injured this time, so I need to eat more. I should ask the human tribes to send me more food.

……

Zhiyan Bobu.

After returning from the underground cave, Shen Can and Lu Wu went back to the tribe first, mainly to bring back the precious medicines they had found in the cave.

Only two of these precious medicinal plants are edible; the rest need to continue growing.

This time, Lu Wu did not mention distributing the medicine directly, but instead chose to let the members of the Zhiyan tribe prepare it.

The reason Lu Wu had this idea was because the half of the precious medicine he obtained when he first entered the cave with Shen Can was made into a precious pill.

Eighty percent of the coldness has been removed, not only greatly reducing the coldness, but also increasing the medicinal power by ten percent through the addition of extra ingredients.

Seeing the spirit tree bearing jet-black fruit replanted in a valley, Chi Huo Lu Wu was quite satisfied.

Of the three fruits that have grown here, one and a half belong to it. Life is much better than before.

After finding suitable places to replant several fifth-tier precious herbs, Shen Can resumed his journey eastward to find the Black Bird's habitat.

Originally, the plan was to continue eastward after leaving the underground cave, but since the underground cave was full of treasures, we had to come back to put them away.

The easternmost part of the Juyue Mountains was visited by Chi Huo Lu Wu. Further east, beyond the mountains, lies a place called the Great Pu Ancient Kingdom.

However, this ancient kingdom existed before the Shan Hai Calendar, and now it has long since become a region where various races coexist.

Humans also exist in that region.

……

When Shen Can went east.

Yongyi Dongze Camp.

This large camp, built against the mountains and rivers, stretches for five hundred miles. The city is in the mountains, and there are mountains within the city.

After issuing the order to pacify Yongyi within three years, the various troops in the Dongze camp, led by the garrison soldiers and commanders of the Zhiyanbo tribe, swept across Ji, Luo, and Ze with unparalleled strength.

They destroyed over 7,000 bandit groups that ruled the mountains, killed two Shenzang warriors, over 100,000 Heavenly Vein warriors, and over 300,000 Blood Witches and Blood Warriors.

Deep in the marshes 1,800 li east of the Dongze camp, there is an island with a small Yuan vein, and the water energy around it is more than ten times richer than in other places.

At this moment, the entire island has been completely transformed into a treasure land for Water-type Heavenly Vein martial artists to break through to the Divine Realm.

Today, a member of the Blazing Flame Clan happens to be breaking through here.

At the center of the island, where water ripples converge, Jiang Xiaoyu's cheeks were flushed red, enveloped in a thick mist.

She was wearing a fourth-tier golden armor, with an extremely rich golden aura, and water droplets constantly rolled on it.

A magical array lit up all around, and the source power of the water-elemental source stones was quickly extracted by the array and merged into the water vapor.

"Breath in hand, and water is generated from metal, flowing endlessly."

The shaman Yan Zeng, who was guarding the river fish, gave instructions from outside, a hint of tension hidden in his eyes.

Nothing else, it was his wife who made the breakthrough.

In response to the clan's belief that many children bring good fortune, he and Ayu were mutually in love. Although they were both members of the Blazing Flame Clan, they were not of the same bloodline, so it was natural that they could be together.

Once Ah Yu breaks through the Divine Realm and advances to the fourth-tier Great Witch, life will be wonderful.

If the two of them were placed in other parts of Yongyi, they would be able to establish a fourth-rank bo tribe.

Of course, he also understood that everything was given to him by the tribe; otherwise, how could he have achieved such success?

hum!
Soon, Jiang Yu began his breakthrough.

Large swathes of water vapor surged in and began to converge on the river fish.

However, at this moment, dark clouds surged across the eastern sky of Daze, and towering waves rose up.

The injured Xiang Liu traversed tens of thousands of miles of marshland and finally arrived at Yongyi. He immediately saw the water element energy gathering on the small island.

(End of this chapter)