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

Chapter 375 The Merchant!

Following the war chariots of Tu Shang Ancient City, Shen Can arrived in the territory of Tu Shang Ancient City and couldn't help but marvel at how useful the Tu Shang Ancient City's reputation was.

Along the way, even high in the sky, he encountered dangers. Strange phenomena occurred frequently, occasionally affecting the top of the heavens.

At this point, the giant beast's clones also had to descend from the sky and choose to travel on the ground.

When traveling across the land, it is inevitable to pass through the territories of various races.

Now we can truly witness the power of the banner of the ancient city of Tu Shang, which swept across the territories of various races.

Wherever they went, not a single race stood up to stop them.

If he were to travel in such a grand manner, he would likely be stopped and robbed several times along the way.

All sorts of ethnic groups, with territories of varying sizes and ethnic strengths, moved freely without hindrance.

After landing, Shen Can had the giant beast clone hide.

This group returned with the Pu Clan warriors, clearly still harboring ambitions for the great formation and the human alliance.

Shen Can was afraid that if he went into Tu Shang Ancient City to gather information, he wouldn't be able to determine when this group would head to Ju Yue again. Having a clone watching the direction of their return journey would also allow him to be notified in time.

Then, his figure blurred, and his body became much stronger.

Its height instantly increased to over two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters), revealing a rough, beast-patterned body, and it rushed towards the direction the chariot had left.

His appearance resembled that of the Jia Yun Clan, a sixth-tier force they had passed through on their way here.

Although he was chasing after the chariot, Shen Can's actions were not noticeable at the moment because he was not the only one going in the same direction as the chariot.

In comparison, he seemed quite small piloting the flying boat; the other figures moving in the same direction were truly awe-inspiring.

Hundreds of enormous creatures, some as large as the Star Tortoise, traveled back and forth carrying mountains of resources on their backs.

There are also some, carrying magnificent palaces on their backs, where you can hear music from the palaces, and all sorts of creatures dancing.

When Tushang Ancient City was established, it was actually just a single city, and there was no concept of territory.

However, as time went on, more and more ethnic groups realized the benefits of being backed by this major trading city and began to move there.

As a result, people settled around the ancient city of Tushang, making the territory of Tushang expand and building more and more subordinate cities.

These subordinate cities belonged to various races and attracted foreign races to barter here.

As Shen Can piloted the flying boat, he was overwhelmed by the sheer variety of sights and sounds, with so many different races.

As they traveled, a dusty area appeared ahead, where groups of Longbo people could be seen carrying mountains on their backs.

This is a city being built.

This group of tall Longbo people all had slave marks between their eyebrows, clearly indicating that they were servants of a certain martial artist or race.

Although it was said that they had entered the territory of Tu Shang, Shen Can still traveled for more than half a month before finally seeing the ancient city of Tu Shang.

The ancient city of Tushang has no city walls. When creatures from all directions can clearly see a towering pagoda that is even more majestic than a giant mountain, it means they have arrived at the ancient city of Tushang.

This is a colossal tower that covers an area of ​​over 30,000 li and reaches straight into the starry sky, with a total of thirty-six layers.

It is said that this tower existed long before the ancient city of Tushang was even built, and it has collapsed several times over the years.

The tower before us today was rebuilt in the early days of the Mountain and Sea Era and is the core location of the Merchant Alliance.

Rumors circulate throughout the city that even ordinary first or second-tier beings have the chance to touch the stars if they climb to the top of this tower.

Along the way, Shen Can broadened his horizons, witnessing the descendants of various exotic bloodlines such as dragons, phoenixes, Luwu, and Qilin.

In addition, we also saw flying land.

These landmasses are suspended in the air, surrounding the Tushang Tower like stars.

Each layer of suspended land presents a different scene: some are clusters of palaces, some are desolate like an ancient realm, and some are shrouded in light.

Some of the flying lands at higher altitudes were even directly shrouded in colorful mist.

Shen Can saw the chariot fly into a flying land adjacent to the Tu Shang Tower, and he could no longer follow it.

It was obvious that he couldn't get into that place.

Yeah, I wouldn't dare to go in.

……

To the southwest of the ancient city of Tushang, a massive fleet of ships, gleaming in the sunlight, stirred up a strong wind.

You can see that the exteriors of these large ships are covered with mottled bloodstains and marks from being hacked and chopped.

Several of the large ships had their mainsails capsized, and the sails of the remaining ships were covered with signs of fire, scratches, and other damage, with many areas completely blackened.

"Whose is this? It looks like it's been through a big battle."

"The slave hunting team looks like they've suffered significant losses; they've clearly run into a tough opponent."

"I wonder which tribe they captured."

"With a sixth-tier hunter team in charge, how could they still manage to make such a mess? They must have offended a sixth-tier race."

"These guys are usually bullies who prey on the weak, but it seems they've had some bad luck this time. I wonder how much of their strength they've lost."

Looking at the massive fleet that had appeared, none of the figures passing by felt any goodwill towards it.

The warriors of the slave-hunting team have always been ruthless. Once they catch a target, they aim to exterminate the entire clan. They will kill the old and weak, and only take the young, strong, women and children.

Perhaps, this fleet contains their own clansmen from other parts of the Great Wilderness.

The massive fleet hovered in mid-air, and golden-winged dragons flew out from the large ships.

When the golden-winged dragon appeared, a strong baleful aura swept around, and shriveled bits of flesh could be seen under its claws.

The leading dragon, in particular, had ferocious horns and was covered by a phantom blood dragon, which was composed entirely of the immortal remnants of various races.

This shows how many lives this dragon devoured.

More importantly, this was a sixth-order golden-winged dragon. As soon as it appeared, its roar shook the minds of many creatures around it, and some even bled from their mouths and noses.

Seeing the various beings in such a state, the sixth-order flying dragon revealed a mocking look in its eyes.

A flying dragon carrying a figure clad in heavy armor, standing ten zhang tall, entered a flying continent.

Among the many creatures, Shen Can was also looking at the slave-hunting fleet. He saw the huge crossbows on these large ships, as well as the batons erected in all directions for attack.

On some of the large ships were magical artifacts shaped like war drums.

Apart from that, there's no way to identify the weapons on the large ship. As for the witch formations, defensive spells, and so on, they can probably only be seen clearly during battle.

Judging from the equipment on these large ships, their tier is no less than that of the Human Alliance, and may even be higher.

However, it's clear that there hasn't been an upgrade in a long time; they're all from the Great Ancestor era, and overall, they're more than a generation behind the Human Alliance's warships.

After inspecting the slave-hunting team's large ship, Shen Can did not rush to leave. Instead, he wanted to see just how many slaves the team had captured.

Fortunately, it didn't take long before a golden-winged dragon flew out of the flying land and waved a triangular flag toward the fleet.

Then they saw the fleet slowly descend, and warriors from different races jumped off the large ships.

These figures were of various sizes and shapes, some standing upright like humans, others resembling wild beasts, and all of them were shrouded in a strong aura of malevolence.

Shen Can also spotted more than a dozen human figures among them, but these humans had faces covered in tattoos. Each of them had a bright red scar between their eyebrows, clearly a mark of slavery that had now been destroyed.

Although it was much shorter than other creatures, its aura of menace and its ferocious expression were not much weaker than those of other creatures.

Then, one of the large ships began to shake violently, followed by a burst of crimson light and a wave of heat that swept out in all directions.

Even Shen Can, who was far away, felt a sense of oppression from the heatwave.

Upon arriving at the ancient city of Tushang, although fifth-tier beings are everywhere, sixth-tier beings can occasionally be seen flashing by in a streak of light.

This is the ancient city of Tu Shang, a gathering place for powerful figures from various races. Caravans without the escort of powerful figures cannot reach this place.

However, the majority of beings here are third- or fourth-order creatures, and among the vassal races of the surrounding ancient city of Tu Shang, there are even more first- and second-order creatures of various races.

A wave swept across the water, and a crimson firebird was dragged out of the large ship.

This firebird was only a hundred feet in size, but its entire body seemed to be cast from fire jade, and it was covered with fire-elemental witchcraft.

Anger was evident in his pair of crimson-gold eyes.

However, the entire firebird was shrouded in a dark black net, and no matter how intense the flames that could burn the heavens and simmer the earth boiled over its body, they could not burn through the black net.

Not only that, the large net also sealed off the firebird's aura.

Otherwise, the Firebird wouldn't have been able to be dragged out by a few fourth-tier martial artists.

"A sixth-tier Heavenly Fire Sparrow!"

"The Flying Dragon Slave Hunting Team actually captured a Skyfire Sparrow, and brought it back alive."

"A sixth-tier wild beast, even if we sold our entire race, it wouldn't be enough to buy it."

……

Listening to the conversations of the creatures around him, Shen Can's gaze also fell on the Skyfire Sparrow.

That's fucking wild! They're even capturing sixth-tier beings as slaves.

He saw a cloud of energy, like black mist, in the belly of the Skyfire Sparrow. This must be the change in this place that had imprisoned the Skyfire Sparrow's combat power.

At this moment, Shen Can was actually glad that the Giant Mountain Range had been barren before, because its weakness had prevented it from being targeted by such a powerful slave-hunting team.

The cost of such a massive fleet, to travel to the Giant Mountain Range...

Suddenly, it dawned on him that this slave-hunting team would definitely make a profit if they went to the Giant Mountain Range now.

Under his leadership, the Giant Mountain Clan, after two hundred years of development, finally qualified to be on the hunting list of the slave-hunting team, and as a valuable 'good stuff'.

What the hell is this joke?!
Listening to the conversations of the creatures around them, there were three such powerful slave-hunting teams in the vicinity, two of which belonged to the ancient city of Tu Shang.

The remaining team is the Flying Dragon Slave Hunting Team, which is cooperating with Tu Shang Ancient City.

Besides the Tier 6 slave-hunting teams, the races near Tu Shang Ancient City sometimes form small slave-hunting teams to capture slaves in other places.

This is a risk-free business; not only do you plunder resources, but you can also make a profit from the creatures you capture.

Of course, the slave-hunting teams didn't capture just any race. They didn't capture races with powerful connections or those with little financial benefit.

Even a powerful force like the Flying Dragon Slave Hunting Team has its own base, and it doesn't always send out its entire force.

A sixth-tier expert isn't so idle as to bother with trivial matters. He personally takes action to capture a fifth-tier expert, but most of the time he's in seclusion cultivating.

The slave-hunting teams under his command would split into different branches and go to various places to hunt.

They will only gather together and act in unison when there are truly tough nuts to crack and the rewards are plentiful enough.

This time, the Flying Dragon Slave Hunting Team mobilized its entire force, even including sixth-tier members, yet the spoils were quite substantial.

A living, sixth-tier wild beast king is incredibly valuable.

Shen Can looked at the Heavenly Fire Sparrow with longing and imprinted its essence into his divine court.

If I can't afford it, I can at least get the spirit form for free, right?

After getting the divine form for free, Shen Can left the area.

Although he had only been in Tushang Ancient City for a few days, he had already learned quite a bit of information.

There are five seventh-tier forces behind the entire Tu Shang Ancient City.

Of course, he also got a clue about the information he most wanted to find out in Tu Shang Ancient City: the identities of the sixth-level Great Witch and the warrior who went to the Pu Clan.

Although the sixth-tier beings heading to the Pu Clan were hiding their identities, Shen Can deduced from the various pieces of information he gathered that the sixth-tier beings heading to the Pu Clan should be the Holy Hou Clan.

Originally, he also thought that he could find some clues through the servants of the sixth-level array master.

Unfortunately, upon arriving here, we discovered a problem: there are quite a few crocodile tribes near the ancient city of Tushang.

Even those at the sixth rank had concealed their appearances, so it's conceivable that his servants had also altered their looks.

Unless it's due to the flow of qi, if the scales are slightly altered, who could recognize which crocodile it is?
Although the path was blocked, Shen Can still made a clear judgment based on the information he had gathered.

Rumors are circulating in the ancient city of Tu Shang that the seventh-tier ancestor of the Holy Hou clan is nearing the end of his life.

The limited lifespan of a seventh-order cultivator is not a problem; everyone dies eventually.

However, the clan leader of the Holy Hou clan, who was also the most promising member of the Holy Hou clan to advance to the seventh rank, was ambushed and severely injured by a living being.

These two pieces of news together are quite interesting.

Besides the severely wounded Holy Hou clan leader, several late-stage and peak sixth-tier clan members within the Holy Hou clan also suffered heavy casualties.

Throughout the ancient city of Tushang, people were wildly speculating about who was behind the attack.

Based on the hesitant movements of the sixth-tier martial artists he observed during his exploration of the Giant Mountain Range, Shen Can deduced that the sixth-tier martial artists heading to the Pu Clan must have come from the Holy Hou Clan.

This shows that even a seventh-tier clan has endless worries.

Shen Can wasn't interested in guessing who had attacked the Holy Hou Clan, but he knew that the fall of one Holy Clan member was enough to feed several others.

For merchants, there's no greater profit than annihilating an entire clan.

This damned merchant alliance still adheres to the fundamental truth of the Great Wilderness: the survival of the fittest.

Shen Can was quite startled when Ju Yue didn't come along. He thought the powerful forces in Tu Shang Ancient City were reliable and that he was almost scared out of his wits.

Unexpectedly, it turns out there was internal trouble within their family!

This put Shen Can at ease, because under such circumstances, even if the Holy Hou Clan wanted to destroy the Human Alliance, they wouldn't be able to mobilize much of their strength.

The Holy Hou Clan wanted to devour the Human Alliance, but the Ancient City of Tu Shang was waiting to devour the Holy Hou Clan.

Big fish eat little fish, little fish...

Although it was still a small fish, Shen Can felt that since he had come all the way to Tu Shang Ancient City, he should at least eat a big lobster, even if he was going to eat shrimp.

If Tu Shang can even sell sixth-tier Heavenly Fire Sparrows, then could there be other ancient beasts' precious blood and bones?
He needs all sorts of giant beast forms.

Thinking of this, Shen Can headed towards a flying continent, which was the largest treasure pavilion in the ancient city of Tu Shang. He had also brought some source stones with him this time.

We have quite a bit of wealth, and we'd like to spend it.

(End of this chapter)