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

Chapter 395 Crisis!

"Clan leader, how about I go there myself?"

Yin Zhang spoke up, saying that in the current situation, if they wanted to rescue the sixth-level martial artist of the Tongbei tribe, he was the only one in the tribe who could do it.

First of all, he is strong enough. Although he is only at the mid-stage of the sixth rank, his combat power is comparable to that of the late-stage of the sixth rank.

Furthermore, his status ranks among the top five within the Holy Hou clan.

His status became particularly prominent after several of his clansmen were seriously injured.

Young Master Yin Yue is currently stationed in Tu Shang Ancient City to oversee operations.

Sending the other sixth-tier members of the clan to the Giant Mountain Range would seem like a sign of neglect, thus creating an opening.

What needs to be done now is to proceed according to the previous plan, and to do so discreetly and in complete secrecy.

Only by deceiving even oneself can one deceive the prying eyes of the other four holy clans.

The Holy Hou clan chieftain pondered for a moment, and after much thought, he decided that the only option was to send Yin Zhang.

There is currently no suitable member of the clan to take on this task.

But the northern regions also need silver medals.

Taking advantage of the infighting within Tu Shang Ancient City, a group of clansmen were secretly transferred here to search for traces of the seventh-tier dragon race.

So far, we have only tentatively located the seventh-tier dragons.

This seventh-tier dragon from the North, despite being a dragon species, is not actually well-liked by other dragons.

The Great Wilderness Dragon Clan is diverse, including not only the Five-Clawed True Dragon lineage but also the Nine Sons of the Dragon and other bloodlines.

Without exception, all dragons enjoy mating, leaving behind their bloodline descendants everywhere.

With more and more descendants of dragon blood, distinctions arose between those who liked and disliked them, and there were even dragon species that were considered ominous by the dragon race.

The dragon that the Holy Hou Clan wanted to capture this time was a fallen dragon that was considered a disgrace by the dragon race.

The Fallen Dragon is the Mud Loach Dragon.

It has the appearance, body, and whiskers of a dragon, but no dragon bones.

Legend has it that the fallen dragon was born sinful and therefore has no dragon bones.

Even dragons themselves will intervene when they encounter a fallen dragon.

The mud dragon, which lacks a keel, is timid by nature and prefers to hide in the mud and remote corners of the mountains and fields.

Even after advancing to the seventh rank, this inherent quality derived from bloodline still exists.

It was precisely for this reason that the Holy Hou Clan set their sights on this seventh-tier mudskipper dragon and the injured Xuan Bird.

It is precisely because these two seventh-tier units are easy to deal with.

Otherwise, the Great Wilderness is vast, and there are many seventh-order beings. The Baxia tribe in the Giant Wilderness and Great Swamp, the Qingyang tribe in the Ancient Land of Fireflies, the Golden Horned Beast in the Golden Horned Beast King Mountain, and even the True Dragon tribe in the Zhangshui Dragon Kingdom all have seventh-order beings.

Further east, you enter the vast East China Sea, where there are even more seventh-tier behemoths.

But the Holy Hou tribe dared not.

"Clan leader, it seems that the Tongbei Clan was trapped in the human race's formation because they were unable to unleash the full power of the Qingyang Mirror."

I went there, and only by leading the clan with my lineage of Qingyanghou blood can the power of the Qingyang Mirror be brought to its fullest potential.

"Once we capture the human array master, we can use the Xuan Bird as leverage to further convince the four holy races that our target is in the southwest."

Yin Zhang reflected on the matter and realized that the Tongbei tribe was, after all, an outsider and could not fully integrate with the ancient artifacts inherited by the Shenghou tribe, which was why they had not been able to break through the human race's formation.

To be honest, I underestimated the human race's formations before.

"Go ahead."

Ultimately, the Holy Hou clan chief agreed to let Yin Zhang return.

Putting everything else aside, the Tongbei Clan is trapped in the human race's great formation and must send Yin Zhang back to move around, otherwise they will have no way to attract the attention of the other four great holy clans.

Afterwards, Yin Zhang took out the ancient artifact Qingyang Gui and handed it to the Holy Hou clan leader.

There's no use for him carrying it; he might as well leave it for the other sixth-rank members of the clan to use. Once he reunites with the Tongbei clan, he can use the Qingyang Mirror directly.

……

Tu Shang Ancient City.

The flickering light and shadow of the jade pendant depicting the lovebirds, along with the crackling sound, all indicated that the communication was being disrupted.

At this time, Tongbei and Luoping were both in Tushang Ancient City, so communication between the two should have been unimpeded.

Not long after, the jade pendant shaped like a pair of lovebirds shone brightly again.

"Where are you now?"

Silver Badge's chilling voice rang out.

"In Tu Shang Ancient City, awaiting orders from the master."

"Wait, I'll be back in two years."

"Conceal your presence and do not let any race discover you, otherwise your Tongbei tribe will have no reason to exist."

As the sound faded, the jade pendant depicting the lovebirds dimmed, and the bird shape returned to the pendant.

The voice emanating from the jade tablet was laced with undisguised intimidation. If Tongbei Luoping were still the same person, he would truly be trembling on the ground.

"Two years."

As expected, it wasn't in Tu Shang Ancient City.

While Luo Ping was sending the message, Shen Can stayed in a corner of the main hall and listened quietly.

Although the Jade Token for communication between the two birds is of a high grade, it is not a magic item after all, and the silver-stamped figure on the other side could not possibly know that he was listening on the other side.

Through Xuanbin, Shen Can already knew that Yinzhang was the second most mobile sixth-tier warrior in the Holy Hou Clan, second only to the young master Yinyue, and his cultivation was only one step away from entering the late sixth tier.

Given that there are not many powerful sixth-tier warriors in the Holy Hou Clan now, Silver Badge should logically be holding fast to the clan.

Besides, even if something is wrong, shouldn't the human alliance in the Giant Mountain Range be the first to come?

Theoretically speaking, the human formation inheritance of the Giant Mountain Range has the potential to create a seventh-order formation, which is something the Holy Hou Clan lacks.

Otherwise, the Holy Hou Clan wouldn't have secretly arranged for its subordinate Tongbei Clan to capture humans in the Juyue Mountains.

The Tongbei tribe has already been sent out; we can't just give up because of internal strife in the ancient city of Tushang.

After a moment, Shen Can had a guess in his mind.

No, this isn't giving up, it's just putting it on hold.

What could possibly cause the Holy Hou Clan to postpone their plan to capture human array masters as slaves?

In reality, the human race's formations can only theoretically be built to the seventh rank. To achieve the corresponding effects, it not only requires a long period of comprehension and accumulation, but also may still be a waste of time.

Based on this, what Yin Zhang is doing should be able to help the Holy Hou Clan resolve the issue of their seventh-tier ancestor's approaching lifespan and the clan's impending loss of seventh-tier protection more quickly than the human race's formation.

Newly promoted to Rank 7?

Or did they find another seventh-order?
The Holy Hou Clan's search for the Black Bird is definitely not for an alliance; it's more likely they're taking advantage of the Black Bird's illness to kill it.

Similarly, if the Holy Hou clan found another seventh-tier being, it's possible they wanted to kill them.

Now that the Holy Hou Clan has found another seventh-tier target, there is no need for them to be in such a hurry to capture the Human Clan.

There are priorities, and the most important thing is to replenish the seventh-tier combat power of the Holy Hou Clan.

With a seventh-tier combatant in command, the Human Alliance can be easily manipulated.

Shen Can frowned and subconsciously took two steps back.

However, there was no one in front of him.

Although these are all assumptions he made, they are highly likely to happen.

Put yourself in their shoes: if you were the patriarch of the Holy Hou clan, what would you do?
He had already chosen both a human formation and a seventh-tier being.

In the eyes of the Holy Hou Clan Chief, a sixth-tier array master in his clan had received the inheritance, and the combined array formation inherited from the human race had actually been obtained long ago.

Even if we can't capture these human slaves who forge the formations, it's not a pity.

Once the sixth-tier array masters in the clan have thoroughly understood the array inheritance, they too will be able to control the corresponding arrays.

Therefore, since the human race has the potential to form a seventh-tier formation, it's only natural that they should use it to their advantage.

After all, there aren't many beings who know that human formations can help them reach the seventh rank, and those Pu Clan members who have actually witnessed formations have all been brought back to the Holy Hou Clan.

Once the Holy Hou Clan captures a human, the news will spread, and the remaining four Holy Clans of Tu Shang Ancient City will be unable to distinguish the truth from the falsehood in a short period of time.

Once the four holy races figure out that the human race's formations can only be combined up to the sixth level, perhaps the Holy Hou race will capture a seventh-level creature and solve their own predicament.

Yin Zhang spent two years rushing back in order to make the capture of humans seem more real, thereby concealing the true purpose of the Holy Hou Clan.

Since we're making assumptions, we should naturally prepare for the worst.

The more Shen Can thought about it, the more convinced he became that it was true.

There is nothing worse than the Human Alliance being targeted by the major powers of Tu Shang Ancient City.

On the chessboard of the Holy Hou, the Human Alliance is just a small piece.

That scoundrel Sun, all he knows is how to bully your father.

……

Shen Can understood that if the Holy Hou Clan really put the Human Race on the chessboard, the Human Alliance would likely face a major crisis.

Even if the Human Alliance's formation hasn't reached the seventh level yet, the Holy Hou Clan would probably have to promote it as a seventh-level formation.

It will take Yin Zhang two years to get back. If things go smoothly, he can trap Yin Zhang in the formation under the guise of Tongbei Luoping, which may give him a two- or three-year buffer.

He estimates that there will be at most five years to prepare, but this is just his guess; there may not be five years at all.

After leaving Tongbei Luoping in Tushang Ancient City, Shen Can headed straight back to the Juyue Mountains.

Upon returning, he instructed the Temple of Heroes and the Alliance to jointly issue an edict. The upgrade speed of the grand formation was accelerated, another Solar Power Workshop was built, and ore was smelted day and night without rest.

The replacement time of the formation base must be shortened by at least half, and it must be upgraded to a sixth-grade high-quality formation within four years.

A group of young wizards and warriors will be selected and sent to the Fallen Moon Wasteland to establish an alliance training academy.

At the same time, some of the research projects on the Torch Tower were moved to the Cultivation Branch.

After issuing the decree, Shen Can began using Azure Soul Wood and Evergreen True Jade to create the Illustrated Compendium of Myriad Beasts.

He imprinted the divine forms of Lu Wu, Kui Niu, and Zhen Long, which he had comprehended since he began his cultivation, into the vessel one by one.

Because he had obtained enough Evergreen Jade, Shen Can divided the jade into pieces of the same size, and each piece was made into a special spiritual realm, just like the yellow clay tablets of the Three-Headed Clan.

Later generations could easily learn the corresponding Wild Beast Battle Body by using their divine sense to comprehend it.

Finally, under his personal guidance, the forging workshop forged the Azure Soul Wood into a nine-zhang-tall witch tower.

The Wizard Tower has five levels. The first to fourth levels are filled with carvings of various wild beasts and divine forms, ranging from the first to the fourth rank, by the wizards of the Torch Tower.

The fifth layer contains the Wild Beast Battle Body Inheritance Jade Plate, which is inlaid with the Evergreen True Jade Imprint.

In addition, the tower also contains the inheritance of five skills, divine treasure method, Dharma form method, wizard cultivation method, combination formation method, and corresponding alliance warrior cultivation data.

As a legacy that forms the foundation of the alliance, it naturally cannot be completed overnight.

Logically, it should become more diverse as the alliance continues to develop.

But now, Shen Can is preparing to send this incomplete inheritance to the cultivation branch in the Fallen Moon Wasteland.

After decades of development, the alliance has become very stable in the Fallen Moon Wasteland, and several tribes, such as Giant Raven and True Love, yearn for the alliance.

Although they are from different regions, tribes like Giant Raven and True Love are actually considered part of the alliance.

They regarded the location of the Human Alliance as their ancestral land, and sent young members of their race to the Alliance to cultivate, practice the Alliance's laws, and learn the Alliance's common script.

If we weather this crisis safely, we can bring the Tower of Inheritance back, rebuild and improve it, create backups, and place them in several locations for unforeseen circumstances.

However, this time it was a bit too late.

The Holy Hou Clan is capturing seventh-tier beings, so their seventh-tier ancestor must have come out of seclusion.

If we anger this old guy, what if he comes to the Juyue Mountains?
Of course, Shen Can would try his best to prevent this from happening.

The Holy Hou clan is using the Human Alliance as a pawn; he might very well do the opposite.

Only by following the plan to contain the silver seal and figuring out the specific plans of the Holy Hou Clan can we counter their moves.

Before the Holy Hou Clan could use the Human Clan as pawns to attract attention, they took down the Holy Hou Clan first.

A seventh-tier opponent should be dealt with by a seventh-tier opponent.

However, this wave of risks is very high, so it is necessary to transfer some of the human alliance's heritage and foundation in advance.

Even if the alliance suffers a devastating blow, the remaining Inheritance Tower allows humanity to still hope to produce sixth-tier beings by following the cultivation methods left within.

Just like the legacy left by the three-headed tribe in the yellow mud tablet, Shen Can also left behind a nanny-level tutorial that goes straight to the sixth level.

After arranging the inheritance matters, Shen Can went to check the upgrade of the great formation.

The concern this time is the seventh tier, but the great formation still needs to be upgraded. Until the very last moment, the human alliance may be able to overcome this challenge.

Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner.

Alliance warriors also launched attacks in all directions, hunting various wild beasts to stockpile meat.

The merchant bureau purchased a large amount of rice from the ancient city of Tushang.

The entire league has entered a period of intense preparation.

Valhalla.

Shen Can was holding a jade slip.

The jade slip contains the method of inheriting the combination formation, although it differs somewhat from the true formations of the human race, but it is the same as the inheritance obtained by the sixth-level Holy Hou race.

The truth and the falsehood are mixed together, so you should just fix it.

What the Holy Hou Clan controls is merely the human race's inheritance of array formations, and a group of skilled array builders among the human race.

According to the customs of the Great Wilderness, human array masters and craftsmen are considered to be high-quality slaves, and their prices are quite high.

However, once he spreads the inheritance of the formation, and everyone receives it, the Holy Hou Clan's plan to use the human race as a decoy will be exposed.

But Shen Can was a little unwilling to just give it away like that.

Even a rabbit will bite when cornered, so what if it's a seventh-tier monster? It will still bite.

……

A year and a half passed quickly.

Yin Zhang, who was originally scheduled to return in two years, returned to the vicinity of Tu Shang Ancient City six months ahead of schedule.

After spending a year and a half in the ancient city of Tushang, Tongbei Luoping finally looked less frail after taking several healing pills.

Following Yin Zhang's instructions, he left from the west side of the ancient city of Tu Shang, circled around, and then continued south.

After traveling millions of miles from the territory of Tushang Ancient City and entering a desolate wilderness, Tongbei Luoping finally met Yin Zhang.

Under the cover of night, the moonlight shines brightly.

Silver Badge appeared under a huge ancient tree, its silver fur somewhat matted, looking travel-worn.

Clearly, Yin Zhang had been traveling non-stop.

"Luo Ping greets the esteemed clan leader."

After only one glance, Luo Ping bowed deeply in respect.

The silver badge he saw was not the image of a silver giant, but rather the appearance of a leopard with silver fur and golden spots all over its body.

Yin Zhang was aware of his disheveled appearance, but there was nothing he could do. If it were ordinary dust, he could easily smooth it off with a surge of his blood energy, but these were marks left from a fight.

On the way back, we passed through many territories of wild beasts.

In order to save time, we tried to bypass the territories of wild beasts as much as possible, and carefully traversed the areas that we couldn't avoid.

Even so, he was still pursued by several wild beasts of the same level, leaving him in a sorry state.

Yin Zhang looked at Luo Ping and asked, "In Tu Shang Ancient City, you didn't meet any of your own kind or other beings, did you?"

Luo Ping quickly replied, "No, as you instructed, I told the servants at my residence not to disturb me under the pretext of seclusion. I did not see any outside creatures during that time until I received your decree."

"Then let's go, head straight to the Giant Mountain Range where the human race is located."

As he spoke, Yin Zhang opened his mouth and spat out a flying boat, and Luo Ping jumped onto it with Yin Zhang.

The flying boat transformed into a streak of light and quickly disappeared into the mountains and fields.

"How many sixth-tier humans did your father and his group encounter during their battle?"

"What do the weak points look like when the formation is in operation?"

On the way, after asking some detailed questions, Yin Zhang spent the rest of the time meditating with his eyes closed.

……

Shen Can didn't expect the silver seal to return so quickly. Fortunately, everything that needed to be arranged had been arranged, except that part of the grand formation still hadn't been upgraded.

But this minor flaw doesn't prevent the silver medal from being trapped.

The flying boat traversed the vast land, rushing towards the Juyue Mountain Range.

As they approached the Giant Mountain Range, Yin Zhang awoke from his meditation and gazed at the massive mountain range filled with dazzling starlight.

"No wonder Ah Hou has been trying to comprehend this formation for so many years without waking up, and Ah Xun keeps rambling on and on. It turns out that this formation is so majestic."

"Sir, my father and the others were trapped somewhere in the east, but I don't know if they are still there now."

Tongbei Luoping opened his mouth, and all four of his arms pointed in the same direction.

"Go and have a look."

Yin Zhang put away the flying boat and headed towards the great formation.

He needs to first determine the location of Tongbeiyuan Mountain, and then try to communicate with the ancestral witch artifact, Qingyang Mirror.

As long as we can establish contact with the Qingyang Mirror, and work together from within and without, the great formation will be no threat.

And so, Yin Zhang and Luo Ping quietly approached the Juyue Mountains and entered a valley.

The valley, located on the outer edge of the Giant Mountain Range, is thousands of miles away from the great formation.

"I came out of the valley ahead last time."

As Luo Ping finished speaking.

hum!
As the dazzling starlight swept in, it instantly enveloped the valley, which stretched for thousands of miles.

Amidst the surging power of the stars, towering pillars of starlight rose from all directions, resembling pillars of a prison.

Silver Badge knew he couldn't escape even before he started running.

The great formation rose from outside the valley. The entire valley was only a few thousand miles in circumference, but the outer ring of the valley was ten thousand miles in circumference.

By the time you see it, it's too late. There's no point in running; everything is blocked in all directions.

"My Lord, the Fire-Slaying Holy Clan asked me to give you their regards."

"what!"

Silver Badge was greatly alarmed.

"you……"

In the starlight, an invisible ripple arrived as swiftly as lightning, causing the starlight to surge like giant waves wherever it passed.

The moment Yin Zhang raised his hand to grab Luo Ping to kill him, his head felt as if it had been hit by a giant mountain. His mind was shaken, and the intense pain made him scream.

(End of this chapter)