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

Chapter 318 The Methods of Witchcraft Cultivation!

Jinze, the slave of the artifacts, comes from the Jinyu Clan, a race in the Great Wilderness that is compatible with the metal element.

In the vast wilderness, there are many races that are compatible with a certain type of the Five Elements. Some races with strong affinity rely on their innate talents to cultivate to an extremely high level in the corresponding attribute.

At the same time, races with outstanding talents in certain attributes are also the most popular type of slaves in the Great Wilderness, and many creatures seek to purchase them as personal servants.

When Jinze was still a child, his tribe was wiped out by someone who had taken a liking to him. The tribe's resources were plundered, the tribe's land was destroyed, and the tribe members were divided into different levels of slaves and sold as slaves according to their quality.

The one who bought Jinze was the Qianhai Clan, a sixth-tier race from the ancient city of Tushang. He was then taken in as a servant by a martial artist named Hai Yuanxi from the Qianhai Clan and taught the art of bone alchemy.

To ensure Jinze could properly cultivate the Bone Regeneration Alchemy Technique, Hai Yuanxi provided him with tremendous support, ensuring he had all kinds of cultivation resources. She was just waiting for Jinze to advance to the fifth rank so that she could refine him into a magical artifact with a spirit.

As time went on, Jinze also became aware of his predicament; he did not want to become a witch's weapon.

On one occasion, when the Shallow Sea Clan went to the ancient city of Tu Shang to offer tribute, they were attacked by the True Abyss Clan, a hostile force of the Shallow Sea Clan, and their 'master' Hai Yuanxi was also severely injured.

This gave him the opportunity to turn the tables, swallow Hai Yuanxi whole, and then escape to Tu Shang Ancient City.

However, at that time, he had cultivated the art of bone alchemy for too long and too deeply, and had already achieved the body of a witch artifact, making it impossible for him to reverse his progress.

Once detected by other beings of the same level, they will inevitably become prey.

A living, breathing witchcraft artifact—who wouldn't be confused upon seeing it?

He sold his former master, Hai Yuanxi, in Tu Shang Ancient City, and combined with Hai Yuanxi's original assets, he obtained the secret technique of sealing spirits and seizing bodies at the Tu Shang Ancient City Barter Conference.

Originally, I was just thinking of finding a safe place and finding the 'right person' to possess.

However, even after the barter conference ended, he was still targeted by other beings because of his desire to purchase the Soul-Sealing Possession Forbidden Technique.

After a brief exchange, Jinze successfully repelled the spy, but he also exposed his presence and was discovered by the warriors of the Shallow Sea Clan.

The Shallow Sea Clan quickly learned that Hai Yuanxi had perished, and that Jin Ze, as a servant, was still participating in the barter conference.

Thus, Jinze embarked on his escape. Despite being pursued by a sixth-tier power, he was fortunate enough to escape by relying on the vast wilderness.

……

Having become a slave to the machine, Jin Ze's memories were naturally left for Shen Can to repeatedly peruse.

Shen Can easily discerned Jin Ze's memories, including some of Jin Ze's former owner Hai Yuanxi's memories.

The two sets of memories are vast and boundless, especially Hai Yuanxi's memories, which, although only a portion, contain much more information than Jin Ze's memories.

Because there was too much information, Shen Can couldn't read it all at once, so he asked Jin Ze why he was in the underground cave.

Upon hearing this, Jinze's consciousness rippled slightly.

If he had known he would run into Shen Can in the underground cave, he wouldn't have come.

When he was fleeing for his life, he chose several locations, after all, he was not arrogant enough to withstand the pursuit of the Shallow Sea Clan.

Only by changing his appearance can he escape the pursuit; otherwise, with his body made of witchcraft, he will be exposed sooner or later.

The reason for choosing the underground cave is that it is far away from the ancient city of Tushang.

Moreover, the underground cave can also help him filter out bodies that are being possessed.

As for the bone-growth alchemy on the skull, it was the second test he arranged for selecting bodies to possess.

Since he was going to possess someone's body anyway, he naturally had to choose a fifth-tier being with potential; he wouldn't want someone with a blockhead.

He had prepared for this possession for a long time, and was confident that he could swallow even a fifth-tier being, so he didn't consider anything below the fifth tier.

I never expected that I would be defeated and forced to retreat to the underground cave.

“The Spirit-Gathering Method, The Divine Essence Transformation Witchcraft, and The Cauldron Transformation Technique”.

After searching for a long time, Shen Can finally found the witchcraft cultivation method he wanted in Jin Ze's memories.

It's a bit scattered.

Just like the cultivation techniques passed down by various tribes in Yongyi back then, one technique was used for the Rock Splitting and Mountain Opening Realm, another for the Heavenly Vein Realm, and yet another for the Divine Treasury Realm.

The same applies to the witchcraft practiced by Jinze, and this witchcraft is not compatible with Jinze, the great witch.

"My predecessor... Hai Yuanxi said that I don't purely follow the path of a wizard, and that I can just casually practice witchcraft."

Therefore, before I reached the fifth level of cultivation, the methods of witchcraft cultivation I was given were given one level at a time, and the methods between each level came from different witchcraft techniques.

Jinze said, "I guessed it long ago. They're afraid that if I cultivate better witchcraft, I'll become stronger and they won't be able to control me then."

"In the ancient city of Tushang, fifth-order witchcraft is not common; it is something that all the major powers keep hidden."

During my stay in the ancient city, I also wanted to find a complete five-tiered witchcraft cultivation method, but unfortunately I couldn't find one.

In addition, there are cultivation barriers between the methods of different races. If I hadn't been used as a witchcraft tool for refinement long ago, I wouldn't have been able to cultivate these witchcraft methods that Hai Yuanxi gave me.

I relied on my own powerful, magical body to force my way through unsuitable places.

The Spirit Absorption Method is the simplest cultivation method, and its principles are the same as those of the current Blazing Flame Clan wizards.

Using divine consciousness as a guide, it draws in external energy and transforms it into magical power.

This method is the most basic yet also the most systematic.

Although it is simple and crude, and its application to humans may not be entirely suitable, Shen Can is not afraid of its crudeness or incompatibility.

All I need is a starting point.

"Divine Essence Transformation Witchcraft" is the second witchcraft technique that Jinze cultivates, which he learns when he reaches the third level.

This witchcraft technique is quite powerful. Although Shen Can doesn't know if there are any fourth-tier techniques, he's certain that there are first and second tiers.

Hai Yuanxi extracted the third level of this witchcraft method, which was suitable for third-level wizards, from the third or fourth level and gave it to Jin Ze to cultivate.

The "Transformation Cauldron Technique" is a cultivation method at the fourth-level Great Witch level. It also lacks a backstory and directly extracts the fourth level, handing it over to Jinze for cultivation.

The "Spirit Absorption Technique" leans towards the metal element, the "Divine Essence Transformation Witchcraft" leans towards the water element, and the "Cauldron Transformation Technique" leans towards the earth element.

From this perspective, Jinze is still a genius, having managed to advance to the fifth rank by relying on three mismatched witchcraft techniques.

As for the fifth-order witchcraft cultivation method, Hai Yuanxi didn't give it to her. Whether it was because she didn't have time to give it to her or because she didn't intend to, we can only wait and see since she's already dead.

Shen Can also did not find the corresponding memories; the memories of Hai Yuanxi that Jin Ze had devoured were incomplete.

"Master, these are the remaining resources. I won't need them anymore, so I'm giving them all to you."

At this moment, Jinze spoke, and a golden light appeared on his remaining bones.

Shen Can's memories have been thoroughly searched, so the things he hid are naturally meaningless.

If I don't take it out now, it will be embarrassing if it gets found out later.

Actually, he didn't have much left.

It is a magical artifact shaped like a crescent moon, which came from its former owner, Hai Yuanxi.

All that was left was to sell the former owner and buy the remaining thirty-odd fifth-tier source stones from the Spirit Sealing and Body Seizure Restriction.

As soon as dozens of source stones appeared in the hall, a surge of source energy immediately formed throughout the entire hall.

Shen Can reached out and drew the Originium. He had found in Jin Ze's memories that the Tu Shang Ancient City could actually manufacture Originium on a large scale, which was equivalent to a hard currency.

The key is that this thing is recognized by all races. Even when he first saw a fifth-tier source stone, he felt that it was suitable as a currency for trading goods.

The constant source energy contained within each Originium is of immense value.

Shen Can stroked the pagoda mark on the fifth-order source stone, wondering if he could create such a thing himself.

Although the clan now possesses a Star-Attracting Array, it is still far from being able to condense it to a level suitable for fifth-order cultivation.

In addition, fifth-tier source stones can be used not only for cultivation, but also for witch arrays and witch artifacts.

Of all the warships built within the clan, the only fifth-tier warship is the Wind and Thunder Flying Boat that was previously seized from the Holy Envoy Clan and repaired.

And they are rarely used because of the lack of resources to power Tier 5 warships.

The clan's large formation, due to insufficient source energy, could only continuously disperse more formation bases to solve the problem of insufficient source energy.

Although it's usable, it's not as convenient as using a Tier 5 Originium.

Moreover, this thing is a hard currency used for barter among various ethnic groups. If we could make it ourselves, we would make a fortune.

Of the thirty-three Originium stones, only three lacked the pagoda mark and had relatively rough surfaces, indicating they were directly cut from mined Originium stones.

“Master, fifth-tier source stones are also very valuable in Tu Shang Ancient City. Ordinary fifth-tier beings don’t actually have many unless they have a powerful race to rely on.”

Seeing Shen Can examining the Originium, Jin Ze spoke up to explain, thinking that Shen Can was annoyed that he hadn't taken out enough Originium.

Shen Can grabbed one of the water-element source stones, and immediately the surging water power was absorbed into his body.

The Heavenly Vein began to circulate, rapidly refining the water energy that had entered the body.

The water energy possessed by this source stone is like a water dragon going through a full cycle; one-tenth of it is transformed into its own blood energy and integrated into the divine treasure.

Seeing Shen Can begin cultivating, Jin Ze stood quietly to the side and waited.

He was used to it. After becoming Hai Yuanxi's servant, his every move was under Hai Yuanxi's surveillance, especially after he advanced to the fifth rank.

It wasn't that he didn't want to change his method of witchcraft practice; he simply didn't have the opportunity.

After nine cycles, Shen Can completely absorbed the source energy within the water-element source stone into his body.

He was at the early stage of the fifth rank, but his physique was stronger than that of wild beasts of the same rank, and his speed of refining source power was naturally far superior to that of others of the same rank.

If it were any other early-stage fifth rank cultivator, under different conditions such as cultivation methods and physical constitution, this source stone would probably require dozens or even hundreds of cycles of refinement before it could be completely transformed into one's own blood essence.

Correspondingly, the more cycles of energy are generated, the more time is consumed.

From this perspective, the fifth-tier source stones produced by Tu Shang Ancient City are quite honest, as they are not filled with impure source energy.

The source stone, having absorbed clean energy, was covered with cracks from the inside out, and quickly shattered into dust.

This eliminates the possibility of a second infusion of source power, which is very unfavorable.

Then, Shen Can held one of the natural source stones in his hand and refined it. He did not feel any difference between the two.

In Jinze's memory, the source stone of the pagoda mark was raised to the fifth rank by Tu Shang Ancient City through a secret technique, which was used to infuse some source stones that were not yet at the fifth rank.

If they're the same, why leave the pagoda mark? Is it just to prove that this is a Tier 5 Originium made in the Tu Shang Ancient City?
Furthermore, the Originium content in an Originium vein is like fog; it's dense in some places and sparse in others, so it's impossible for it to be exactly at a constant value.

Extracting those rich in source energy to compensate for those lacking source energy, thus achieving the goal of unification?
But this also cannot explain why the pagoda mark had to be left behind.

Shen Can quickly came up with a reason: perhaps the pagoda mark was a trace left after using secret techniques to infuse or extract source power.

As for those that look like they were cut from natural source stones that were mined, they may not have come from the ancient city of Tu Shang.

The ancient city of Tushang has many races under its jurisdiction and many fifth-order source stone veins. It is impossible for the ancient city of Tushang to occupy every vein.

Besides, there are other forces of similar strength outside of Tu Shang Ancient City, and they also have mineral veins.

No matter how powerful the ancient city of Tu Shang is, it is impossible for it to mark all the circulating source stones with the pagoda mark.

Not to mention, Originium is a consumable.

Shen Can looked at the pagoda mark and enveloped it with his divine sense. Unfortunately, the mark was just an indented shape, and he could not see any witchcraft or spiritual restrictions.

Even if there are no words, just a single stroke would do; this really put Fat Tiger in a difficult position.

Before long, Shen Can collected the source stones into a jade box and put them away, otherwise leaving them in the stone hall would cause too strong a surge of source energy.

He then looked at the crescent-shaped magical artifact.

Why wasn't this witchcraft artifact sold?

"I wanted to make a move, but I didn't have time."

It's not acceptable for Jinze to be dishonest.

This is a unique magical artifact of the Shallow Sea Tribe, capable of gathering the power of water, and it also features the unique fish scale patterns of the Shallow Sea Tribe.

Although the Shallow Sea Clan is far from the Giant Mountain Range, Shen Can felt it was best to temporarily put away the magical artifacts that had fallen from the hands of a sixth-tier powerful warrior.

"Go back and rest."

Then, Shen Can dismissed Jin Ze.

He wrote down the methods of practicing three witchcraft techniques on a piece of paper.

"The Method of Drawing Spirits", "The Divine Essence Transformation into Witchcraft", and "The Transformation of the Cauldron".

The three methods correspond to wizards of the first to fourth tiers. Although each method is incomplete, it serves as a catalyst for Shen Can's medicine.

It doesn't matter if he doesn't have fifth-order witchcraft, as Jinze has relevant cultivation experience in breaking through to the fifth order.

Shen Can picked up the "Spirit Absorption Technique" and started reading.

One of the reasons for the decline of martial arts among humans is the disorganized nature of their cultivation methods, such as the witchcraft practiced by Jinze, where each realm requires a different method.

It's like grafting a sacred tree, growing one section at a time and grafting another. The fruit that grows depends on fate; it could be a sweet orange, a lemon, or even a deadly poison.

Next, Shen Can planned to promote a unified Five Elements cultivation method in Yongyi and summoned the temples of various tribes to prepare for the unification of the cultivation method.

Of course, although the purpose was to unify the cultivation methods, they were not distributed uniformly to all tribes in Yongyi. There were instances of distribution to those who received them first and those who received them later.

Those who have made military achievements and actively fought for the human race, such as the four tribes of the Southern Frontier, were given priority.

Anyone who isn't an idiot will understand how convenient and important it is to cultivate a unified and complete set of cultivation methods from the first to the fifth stage.

Of course, it doesn't matter if you slack off. If others are improving while you slack off, you'll be left behind sooner or later.

[Deduction]

……

In the seventh year, you forcibly practiced the "Spirit Absorption Technique," a witchcraft method not belonging to the human race, on a human ten thousand times.

During your cultivation, you repeatedly altered incompatible scenarios, eventually transforming the parts that were incompatible with humanity into a human form.

(End of this chapter)