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

Chapter 393 The Black Spring in the Underground Cave, Further Down the Trail
The sacred tree from the Mujiang tribe, though only at the fifth level, has abundant roots and leaves, and its roots can traverse thousands of mountains and rivers, making it even more powerful than the spirit tree obtained from the Three-Headed Tribe.

However, it's still a bit lacking in the ability to bear the sacrificial spirits of the human race.

However, within the Blazing Flame Clan, the Osmanthus Moon Fruit Tree, cultivated many years ago, has absorbed the power of the Yin and is now perfectly in harmony with the spirit's aura.

Shen Can gathered so many people here so that they could come up with a way to cultivate the spiritual plants according to his requirements.

The group gathered around the sacred tree of the Mujiang tribe to study it, and Shen Can also joined in, trying to come up with a solution.

In the blink of an eye, three months passed.

The icy aura surged within the cavern, and the sixth-tier monster with a wolf's head and a bird's beak, lured by Crimson Fire Lu Wu, crashed into the formation created by the Human Alliance.

With the wolf-headed, bird-beaked monster trapped, the group took turns attacking it for three days and three nights before finally shattering the sixth-tier monster.

"What a huge inner core!"

From within the shattered body of the sixth-order spirit, a dark crystal the size of a millstone rolled out.

As the crystal rolled out, the surrounding mountains and forests were instantly frozen, and the ice continued to spread outwards.

The approaching Alliance Tier 5 creatures were instantly frozen in place, and it took them a long time to shake their bodies and shatter the ice shards on their bodies.

Only Chi Huo Lu Wu managed to withstand the chilling aura of the Yin-cold crystal and was not frozen.

"Senior Lu Wu, quickly take this crystal out of here; we should not stay any longer."

With a rumbling sound of blood energy circulating within her body, Yan Jiang urged everyone to quickly gather their spoils and leave.

The group dispelled the formation, nimbly jumped onto the sixth-tier golden ship, and headed towards the outside of the underground cave.

Mobilizing dozens of fifth-tier martial artists and wizards, they not only killed one sixth-tier monster, but also took the opportunity to kill four peak fifth-tier monsters. In addition, a total of twenty-seven other fifth-tier monsters were also killed.

As for fourth-order spirits, there are even more.

The Alliance now hunts fourth-tier monsters with the aim of keeping them intact, as a complete fourth-tier monster skeleton can serve as a base for an array.

After sending the sixth-order Yin-Cold Crystal back to the Underground City, Crimson Fire Lu Wu quietly entered the Underground City again.

It remembered that when it killed the dragon-headed monster last time, it was chased by the wolf-headed bird-beaked monster, which prevented it from visiting the dragon-headed monster's lair.

Chi Huo Lu Wu suppressed its fiery aura. Before coming here, it still had a kind of paste applied to it by the Alliance warriors, which made its aura blend perfectly with the underground cave.

After being pecked on the butt by a sixth-tier monster last time, it realized that even if it could take on ten at once, it still needed to keep a low profile in the underground cave.

After all, the monsters in the underground caves are not only good at ganging up on each other, but they also always enjoy ganging up on each other.

They crossed the Blackwater River and climbed over the collapsed mountains from their last battle, finally arriving at a Blackwater marshland.

Spirits and monsters have once again taken up residence around this marshland.

The spirits and monsters in this cave seem to be endless, their origins unknown.

The Alliance has hunted countless monsters, yet every time they enter, they still see hordes of them, showing no signs of decreasing.

The vast expanse of water was completely still, like solidified ink, emanating a chilling aura.

Chi Huo Lu Wu carefully submerged into the black water. After a short while, it quietly emerged from the black water swamp and headed towards the exit.

When they returned, they also brought Yan Zeng with them.

"It's right here; there should be some kind of witchcraft or spirit restriction here."

Lu Wu led Yan Zeng into the Black Water.

At the bottom of the marsh, the reefs rise and fall like upright bone spurs.

Among the many bone spurs, there was a place that shimmered with spiritual energy, which just happened to cover a deep area.

"This is a spiritual restriction imposed by the Dragon Clan."

Yan recognized the origin of the spirit restriction after just one glance.

Is it easy to crack?

Chi Huo Lu Wu leaned closer and asked.

After studying it carefully, Yan Zeng said, "It's not difficult. The dragons who set up this spiritual restriction are not skilled in spiritual restriction techniques, and there are many loopholes."

"You break the spirit seal, and I'll guard you outside."

"No need. I will first build a concealment array based on this cold black water marsh. That way, even if any fluctuations escape during the process of breaking the spirit restriction, the noise can be minimized."

Yan then began to investigate the Blackwater Marsh and set up array bases around it.

People who live near mountains live off the mountains, and people who live near underground caves naturally live off the underground caves.

The array bases formed by the fifth-order spirits were planted throughout the Blackwater Marsh like trees, and a hazy, concealing array vanished in a flash, disappearing into the Blackwater.

"I really envy you array masters." Chi Huo Lu Wu's eyes darted around as he said, "Brother, do you think I could also install a few arrays on my back, like the Xuan Turtle?"

"Theoretically speaking, there is no problem."

Yan thought for a moment and said, "Once we break through the dragon's spiritual barrier here and go back, we can try it on you."

"Row."

……

The priest plundered 679 years of the lifespan of the four-armed, long-backed tribe of the fourth rank.

The priest plundered 599 years of lifespan from the fourth-tier, four-armed, long-backed clan.

……

Having arranged everything, Shen Can had a meal at the ancestral temple early in the morning.

The surface of the Luan Blade was shrouded in a bloody mist, as if a spiritual light was about to emerge from it.

The blood vapor emanating from the sacrificial offerings of the Four-Armed Tongbei tribe drifted into the sacrificial vessels within the ancestral temple.

He was busy until noon, then he put the ritual objects into the ancestral temple, washed off the smell of blood, and went to the side hall to rest for half an hour.

After waking up, he pulled out the yellow mud board.

This time, it wasn't to enter the Yellow Mud Plate and cultivate with the Three-Headed Clan warriors.

Rather, it was the spiritual artifact left behind by the three-headed clan that constructed the realm of divine consciousness, which he felt was perfectly suited for creating a legacy item for the human race.

Especially the encyclopedia of all beasts that is currently being developed.

By incorporating the divine forms of all beasts into a single realm of divine consciousness, any warrior in the alliance who wishes to comprehend them can directly enter through their divine consciousness and find a suitable wild beast.

Therefore, Shen Can decided to try to decipher the structure of the spiritual realm within this yellow clay slab.

On this day, a streak of light rushed from the direction of the underground cave and headed towards the ancestral temple.

Liu Guang arrived outside the ancestral temple and transformed into the appearance of Yan Zeng.

"Yan once requested an audience at the temple."

After receiving permission, Yan entered the side hall and quickly explained his purpose without delay.

"Temple, Lu Wu and I broke through a dragon spirit seal in the underground cave and discovered a natural underground cavern with a black spring inside, which continuously releases a chilling aura. A black lotus grows in the spring."

As he spoke, Yan exposed his arms to Shen Can, revealing the marks of frostbite caused by the cold.

Having stopped analyzing the spiritual realm within the yellow clay slab, Shen Can left the side hall of the ancestral temple and headed towards the underground cave with Yan Zeng.

……

Blackwater Marsh.

Inside the Concealing Breath Formation, the Ferret Beast King was busy preparing to set up another formation here as an auxiliary force to the Concealing Breath Formation.

The Ferret King was specially invited by Yan after he discovered the Black Spring at the bottom of the lake.

Shen Can entered the cave at the bottom of the lake and immediately saw a large dragon frozen in black ice.

The dragon's forehead was covered in a pool of blood, its horns were long gone, and its body was covered in wounds.

However, because the cold here was bone-chilling, it directly froze its dragon body, leaving its injuries in the same state as before.

Red Fire Lu Wu hopped about on all fours, his body writhing in flames, dispelling the relentless onslaught of cold air.

After the spiritual restriction is lifted, it will be able to enter this underground cave.

Upon seeing Shen Can appear, Chi Huo Lu Wu said, "This is the owner of the dragon horns on the head of the dragon-headed monster."

Shen Can ignored the dead dragons and looked at the spring inside the cave, from which black gas was gushing out.

This is not black water, but a viscous, extremely cold and yin energy.

After emerging from the spring, it quickly floated and scattered among the surrounding rock walls.

Even he felt a chill seeping into his body here.

In the eye of the black spring, a dark, crystalline lotus flower stands.

Without any lotus leaves to set it off, the black lotus stood directly in the black spring, and every wisp of the chilling power surging from the black spring was absorbed by the black lotus.

Compared to the overflowing chilling aura, the black lotus did not emit any coldness, but Shen Can's divine sense was frozen the moment it touched the black lotus.

The aura emanating from the black lotus was somewhat similar to the moonlight power drawn down from the moon by the medicine-pounding rabbits of the tribe during their moon-worshiping rituals.

However, it is many times colder than the moonlight power drawn by the medicine-pounding rabbit.

"The chill contained in this black lotus is ten times stronger than the crystal dropped by the sixth-tier monster we killed before." Chi Huo Lu Wu paced around the black spring, his eyes fixed on the black lotus.

It didn't understand spiritual plants, but it was an extreme fire elemental, and the aura emanating from the black lotus in front of it made it feel an unprecedented sense of rejection.

This proves that this black lotus must be a treasure.

After hearing Chi Huo Lu Wu's description, Shen Can understood. There was no need to ask Lu Wu any more questions; it had only sensed the cold air.

In reality, the chilling aura emanating from this black lotus is not outward; one cannot feel it at all unless touched.

Chi Huo Lu Wu's divine sense couldn't touch the black lotus at all; he only sensed a ring of surging cold air around it, and naturally assumed that he was sensing the black lotus's cold air.

Even though the black lotus could freeze one's divine sense, Shen Can had no intention of picking it.

What intrigued him more was the black spring that continuously emitted icy air.

"Let's look for other blackwater marshes nearby, or deep in the mountains, to see if there are any other springs like this?"

"I'll go look for it."

Chi Huo Lu Wu withdrew his tiger eyes from the black lotus and quickly left the cave.

Half a month later, based on this black swamp with the black spring, hundreds of black swamps in the surrounding area were investigated, and seventeen more similar black springs were discovered.

As for the depths of the mountains, nothing was found.

Shen Can checked them one by one and found that the amount of cold, yin energy surging in the other seventeen black springs was weaker than that in the one with the black lotus.

Some of them have even merged into the Blackwater Marsh, and if one does not carefully examine them with divine sense, one would no longer be able to see the cold, yin energy surging out.

After inspecting these black springs, Shen Can arranged for someone to capture a peak fifth-tier spirit.

After searching for a long time, a spirit that met Shen Can's requirements was trapped in the great formation.

Roar!
The monsters trapped inside the formation roared incessantly, constantly ramming against it.

Shen Can then unleashed a powerful technique called "Sitting in Oblivion for Eternity" upon him.

The monsters that were angrily attacking the formation suddenly crashed.

Next, Shen Can prepared to create his own clone from this monster, following the same method used to create clones.

A few days later.

The fifth-tier monster standing in front of Shen Can convulsed, its eyes flashing with a cold light, and suddenly exploded before his eyes.

Afterwards, Shen Can left the formation, casually grabbed a few fourth-tier monsters, and started trying again.

Whenever he enters the spirit's sea of ​​consciousness, the spirit's sea of ​​consciousness explodes.

After trying four times in a row, Shen Can stopped.

Spirits cannot act as his clones.

Even though he shattered the spirit's own consciousness with the "Eternal Oblivion" technique, when a wisp of Shen Can's soul entered and tried to control the spirit's sea of ​​consciousness, it was as if it was restricted by some kind of rule, and the spirit's sea of ​​consciousness would explode.

The cave is full of mysteries, so it is very important to have a clone to explore the secrets inside.

But to everyone's surprise, the spirit itself couldn't be used directly.

Fortunately, Shen Can wasn't without other options. When he found the fifth-tier ancestor of the Mu Jiang clan here, he obtained a secret technique for transforming into a spirit monster that the Mu Jiang clan had been developing for 20,000 years.

Later, Shen Can further deduced this secret technique.

However, at the time, it seemed that since he had the clone technique derived from the three-headed tribe, the Xuan Yin Secret Technique was somewhat useless.

It seems that we still need to start with the mysterious Yin techniques of the Mujiang clan.

This requires a being from the outside world to act as an avatar.

The alliance warriors remained to continue hunting monsters, and also to continue protecting the cave where black lotuses grew with arrays.

The black lotus was not picked; it could be left here to continuously absorb the yin energy. It wouldn't be too late to pick it when it was needed in the future.

The Mysterious Yin Technique can transform into spirits and monsters, but to master this technique, it is best to choose a creature that cultivates the water element as an avatar.

Ideally, it should be at the peak of the fifth rank.

As a result, Shen Can couldn't find a suitable clone near the Human Alliance for the time being, so he set his sights on the ancient city of Tu Shang and asked his clone Xuan Bin to see if there was a suitable one.

After returning to the ancestral temple, he put aside his previous busy work and began to deduce the three-headed clan's clone technique once again.

Currently, he already has three clones: the Giant Beast Clone, Uncle Qingmu, and Xuanbin.

This secret technique of creating clones, which originated from the three-headed tribe, has been improved and refined by him over the years, and has long since become a secret method that suits him perfectly.

Even if someone were to cultivate, they could only have two or three clones at most, and that would only be possible for someone with a strong soul.

Shen Can, as the founder, possessed the ability to create multiple clones due to the strength of his own divine court.

However, the number of clones is not unlimited, and controlling each additional clone puts pressure on one's own soul.

The more powerful the clone is, the greater the pressure it puts on the soul of the original body.

After spending millions of years of lifespan to develop his clone technique, Shen Can evolved it into the "Ninefold Clone Technique".

Each realm allows the addition of a clone; theoretically, reaching the ninth realm grants nine identities.

However, it also depends on the actual situation. If Shen Can currently has a sixth-tier peak clone, then it is possible that he could suppress control over the other clones.

In order to control the sixth-tier peak clone, the number of other clones under control must be reduced.

To avoid being burdened by clones, one should manage the strength and number of clones according to one's own capabilities.

After deducing the method of creating clones, Shen Can picked up the yellow clay board again and began studying the realm of divine consciousness.

Meanwhile, deep within the Juyue Mountains.

The massive arrays slowly rotated, their surfaces surging with the power of the stars.

Beneath the power of the stars, spiritual restrictions covered the mountains, with arrays slowly operating to transform the power of the stars into rich five elements power, which was then condensed into source stones.

In the center of the great formation, the crystal-clear source stone shimmered with spiritual light and gradually grew larger.

There were figures busy around, maintaining the operation of the formation, taking out suitable raw stones and sending them into a stone hall shrouded by the formation.

Inside the hall, someone was using a specially made witch's saw to cut the raw stone that had been removed.

Fifth-order, near-fifth-order, fourth-order, and third-order items were categorized and placed into boxes.

Those near-fifth rank and those at the fifth rank will be sent deeper into the main hall, where the final process before the source stones leave is carried out.

Extract the source energy from source stones that contain source energy exceeding the fifth-order standard and infuse it into near-fifth-order source stones.

After Shen Can returned from the ancient city of Tu Shang, he also deduced the complete method for extracting source stones, which was eventually named "True Source Manipulation Technique".

After being processed by the Secret True Source Manipulation Technique, when these source stones were released again, they became fifth-tier source stones bearing the pagoda mark.

This final step is personally overseen by the Weaver Girl and her team, protected by a powerful array that prevents outsiders from observing it.

The Originium condensation system within the alliance has now been upgraded. There are a total of four hundred Originium condensation arrays within the vast Giant Mountain Range, stretching from east to west.

After the upgrade, each formation can produce 500 to 600 Tier 5 Pagoda Source Stones per year.

The annual output of four hundred large arrays is between 20,000 and 28,000, while the number of fourth-tier source stones is around 300,000 to 400,000.

In the current state, the problem of increasing production is not the formation itself, but the conversion of stellar power.

Despite the immense size of the sixth-order grand formation spanning the giant mountain, the stellar power it draws down is less than a fraction of the starlight in the sky.

Perhaps once the entire Star-Drawing Array is upgraded to the sixth-tier high-grade level, and the power of stars surges again, the output will increase once more.

But by then, the alliance would probably need to condense sixth-tier source stones.

Now, the Weaver Girl is preparing to redesign the condensation array and try to create an array that can condense sixth-order source stones.

"Count the quantity, pack and seal the boxes, and prepare for shipment."

"A total of 138,000 standard Tier 5 Origin Stones."

"One million three hundred thousand fourth-tier source stones."

"Thirteen million Tier 3 Origin Stones".

These Originium stones represent less than four years of production by the Alliance, and they are all intended to be transported to Tu Shang Ancient City to purchase various resources.

After verification and counting, a warship transported the batch of Originium out of Giant Mountain and delivered it to the Alliance's main city, ready to hand it over to the Trading Company for processing.

The warriors of the alliance in Tu Shang Ancient City were having a blast; their main task was to shop, shop, shop!

Of course, there are risks involved in buying things. For larger transactions, the alliance will arrange security for receiving the goods.

More often than not, the approach is to purchase in small batches, accumulating wealth gradually.

Now the alliance not only buys minerals, but also spiritual items, spiritual plants, herbs, and so on. It will buy anything the alliance lacks.

This batch of source stones was originally intended to be delivered by the giant beast's clone, but since Shen Can happened to be heading to Tu Shang Ancient City, he took it with him personally.

He went to the ancient city of Tushang mainly to find a suitable mineral to use as a medium for creating the Encyclopedia of Myriad Beasts.

This kind of mineral needs to be able to bear divine consciousness, and such a rare thing can only be found by going to the ancient city of Tu Shang.

(End of this chapter)