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

Chapter 408 Walking Out Openly and Honestly
Of course, for Shen Can, the mid-stage of the sixth rank is just a realm. As long as he doesn't encounter a monster like the Silver Horned Beast King, he is not afraid of ordinary peak sixth-rank beings.

The Silver Horned Beast King's fame has spread throughout the entire Tu Shang Ancient City in recent days.

The reason why the title of saint of the Ancient Land of Fireflies has not been spread is mainly because the seventh rank is still too far away for ordinary beings.

The Silver Horned Beast King, a being between the sixth and seventh tiers, allows everyone to both see it and have room for imagination.

Besides the Silver Horned Beast King, the eldest prince of the Zhangshui Dragon Kingdom is also at this level.

He previously arrived with hundreds of dragons, bringing clouds and rain, which broadened the horizons of many races.

In addition to seventh-tier forces, some powerful sixth-tier races have also arrived.

Shen Can, as the one who truly initiated the invitation to form the new business alliance, kept his achievements and fame hidden.

The ancient city of Tushang is becoming increasingly lively again, even more so than before.

Shen Can, who stayed in the weakling tribe to cultivate, naturally advanced to the mid-stage of the sixth rank.

The Mystic Spirit Liquid is truly a wonderful thing. Those with a solid foundation can use it to break through realms, while those with an unstable foundation can use it to strengthen their foundation.

Of the resources previously transferred back to the Human Alliance from the ancient city of Tu Shang, thirty-five of the twenty-six fifth- and sixth-order spiritual herbs used to make the Profound God Spirit Elixir have been collected.

The only missing element is the crucial Yao Tu Hun Yuan Shui (a type of water).

It can be said that as long as the Yaotu Hunyuan Water is found, the Human Alliance can directly produce the Xuan Shen Spirit Liquid.

After successfully advancing to the mid-stage of the sixth rank, Shen Can stopped cultivating and quietly waited for the people from the Human Alliance to arrive.

The team participating in this Tu Shang Ancient City Alliance Conference will consist of over three thousand people, including those drawn from the Human Alliance headquarters and those picked up along the way.

Three thousand is not a large number. In recent days, many sixth-order races that have received the news have rushed over, with some groups bringing over ten thousand people in their huge treasure ships and giant beasts.

Large ships, giant beasts, flying clouds, and even wondrous flying giant trees, mountains, and so on—all sorts of strange and wonderful things.

You'll never know that this vast wilderness is truly a gathering place for all living beings until you actually step out of it.

The Cloud Clan, who ride the clouds, have bodies that are like light, floating clouds; they are a race that transcends flesh and energy.

At Tu Shang Ancient City, alliance warriors are constantly monitoring the situation, and any arriving races will promptly send back messages to him.

Each race used to be a local tyrant in its own territory, commanding many fifth- and fourth-tier races.

"The number of sixth-tier races in the temple has reached thirty-seven."

"Our alliance's treasure ship will arrive in three more days."

Yan Jiang came to report to Shen Can.

He hasn't been idle these days either, sending many people to Tushan Tower to observe.

Every sixth-tier power that arrives is on the human race's radar for investigation.

Because they live in remote areas, they try their best to learn about races that they had never heard of or seen before, just in case they need to.

Among these races, there were also some former 'old friends,' such as two branches of the Piercing Chest Clan and one branch of the Owl Yang Clan.

Unfortunately, no other sixth-tier human forces arrived.

At this moment, Shen Can had a map of the Southern Region of the Eastern Wilderness in front of him. Many places were marked on it, but most of the places were blank.

This map was created by Yan Jiang, who arranged for people to collect many maps from various parts of Tu Shang Ancient City, and then pieced them together and redrawn them.

Even so, there are still many places on the map that are unclear.

The ancestral home of Huai Mountain is marked on this map.

In terms of distance, traveling from Tushang Ancient City to Huaishan Ancestral Land requires traversing more than fifty miles from Zhangshui to Tushang.

Back then, Marquis Yongshan was also a remarkable person, managing to find the ancestral land of Huaishan all by himself.

From the ancestral land of Huai Mountain to the ancient city of Tu Shang, this vast region is home to various races, including the human race.

As for the specifics, that's unclear.

These details were gathered little by little by the Alliance warriors from other beings.

All that is known is that on the vast land, there are many places where humans live, but the living areas are mostly small, and they cannot have much contact with the outside world.

Just like fifth-tier and sixth-tier forces, the Great Pu Ancient Kingdom is now a top-tier fifth-tier force, but in this Merchant Tournament, fifth-tier forces cannot even get in.

Forces at the fifth tier and below are like savage tribes hidden in the wilderness; if they are wiped out one day, the news will never get out.

Of course, the destruction of a sixth-tier power will at least have some impact within a certain range.

In fact, this is not only the case for humans, but also for other races, such as the Old Guy Piercing Chest and the Owl Sun. The fourth and fifth tier branches are also widely distributed.

On a larger scale, for example, the dragon race. Dragon bloodlines are found everywhere in the Great Wilderness. Some have gathered together and become powerful, while others can be seen everywhere in the deep mountains and forests.

The reason for this situation still depends on the environmental changes in the Great Wilderness. In order to cope with the crisis, migration is often the best solution for various tribes.

When natural disasters occur, people migrate.

They clashed with neighboring races, and unable to defeat them, they migrated.

The wilderness is so vast; perhaps venturing out might lead to a way to survive.

This resulted in a chaotic distribution of races throughout the Great Wilderness.

Currently in the Southern Region, no race has yet occupied a territory, established an independent and powerful nation, and ruled over all races.

Even the Zhangshui Dragon Kingdom and the Giant Stone Ancient Kingdom only occupied a river basin and valley. They were more like the habitat of a single race than ancient kingdoms.

Lower-ranking races are dependent on seventh-ranking races, and they fight each other from top to bottom; this has been the way things have been for a long time.

While the seventh-tier races have a longer history, tens of thousands of years is enough time for some of the seventh-tier holy races to decline.

This time, Tushanta set a one-year timeframe for the alliance meeting, and there are still about six months left.

The time limit itself is a kind of selection. Apart from the sixth-tier forces that are relatively close to Tu Shang Ancient City, the fact that some sixth-tier forces that are farther away can arrive in time is a testament to their strength.

This is normal; even if a seventh-tier power gathers vassals, it's impossible for it to gather all kinds of vassals.

Of the twenty-seven races that came in the first half of the year, more than half came from the territory of Tu Shang Ancient City.

The peak time for the arrival of various ethnic groups will come in the following period.

At this time, the human race also came from the Giant Mountain Range, which allowed them to blend in with the many sixth-tier races.

Three days later, a large ship landed on the weakling tribe.

More than two thousand fifth-tier warriors and wizards disembarked from the large ship. The remaining fourth-tier beings were all recognized by the wizards within the alliance as having the talent to advance to the fifth tier.

The purpose of bringing the fourth-tier students out this time was to broaden their horizons.

For the current alliance, whether it's the fourth or fifth tier, breaking through to the sixth tier is not difficult.

It has abundant resources, enough to support dozens of sixth-order beings.

But seeing and experiencing this is the most important thing.

The purpose of bringing these people out this time is to give them a good look at the current situation of the human race.

The treasure ship was led by Weaver Girl, Yan Song, Yan Ling, Yan Liu, and others.

Lu Wu and the Kui Niu leader also arrived. Needless to say, both beast kings are at the peak of the fifth tier.

Weaver Girl is also at the peak of the fifth rank. Below her are Yan Jiang, Yan Song, and Yan Liu, all at the late stage of the fifth rank.

Yan Ling, Yan Pu, Yan Yi, and others are all mid-stage fifth-tier great witches.

Of the remaining people, 130 were at the mid-stage of the fifth rank, and the rest were at the early stage of the fifth rank.

Everyone was wearing Tier 5 battle armor.

Most of these battle suits were made by the Weaver Girl and a large number of weavers. Currently, there are only 137 weavers in the Alliance and the Fallen Moon Wasteland who can independently make fifth-tier battle suits.

The other weavers were not lacking in skill, but they simply could not weave the fifth-tier battle armor and witch robes on their own.

In addition to battle armor and sorcerer's robes, each person was also equipped with a fifth-tier sorcerer's artifact.

With the ability to draw upon the power of the sun, forging fifth-tier magical artifacts is no longer a weakness of the alliance.

Therefore, in addition to their battle armor and wizard robes, the human alliance warriors and wizards who came to participate in the alliance meeting were equipped with at least two wizard artifacts.

Those with strong personal abilities equipped themselves with three to five items.

When faced with a crisis, one can self-destruct the magical artifact to save their own life or severely damage the enemy.

"I have seen the temple."

After everyone had met Shen Can, they entered the main hall together.

“Ah Jiang, tell me about what you’ve seen and heard these past few days.”

After everyone entered the main hall, Shen Can asked Yan Jiang to tell them about the situation in Tu Shang Ancient City during this period.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the sixth-tier members of the Merchant Alliance can now be seated at the table; it's actually a challenge for the Human Alliance as well.

For a long time, humans have been seen as food and sacrifices by other races. For so long, no sixth-tier human forces have appeared near the ancient city of Tu Shang. Now that the Human Alliance has suddenly appeared, it is bound to attract a lot of attention.

At this point, a very real problem will arise.

Of these sixth-tier forces that have come, at least half of them, if not all, currently have human slaves or are still capturing humans as slaves for food.

In addition, will the sudden appearance of the Human Alliance cause some sixth-tier forces to bare their fangs?
After all, the human race, who have long been the source of blood offerings, suddenly has a batch of high-quality animals. Whether used for sacrifices or as blood offerings, the effect must be doubled.
At this moment, Yan Jiang began to recount the information she had gathered over the past few days.

For example, which race is extremely unfriendly to humans, and which race has a relatively acceptable attitude towards humans.

These kinds of information are not difficult to find out. For example, the Yuanxu tribe is a race that has little to do with humans.

Decades ago, during a clan festival, the Yuanxu tribe captured two members of the Bo tribe of humans and massacred nearly ten million humans in one fell swoop.

The purpose is to worship their ancestral spirits and sacred souls.

"Ten million!"

Upon hearing that millions of humans had been killed in one fell swoop, the many alliance warriors and wizards in the hall couldn't help but frown.

Many of the alliance warriors present had been traveling with the merchant corps for quite some time and had made contact with the human tribes along the trade routes.

I've heard about the various tribes capturing and killing human sacrifices, and the blood sacrifices of hundreds of thousands of people, more than once.

This isn't the first time I've felt angry.

This is the first time I've heard of someone sacrificing millions of people.

What's even more infuriating is that the Yuanxu tribe has done this more than once.

Small sacrifices and small killings, big sacrifices and big killings.

In every sacrificial ceremony, the human race was the main offering.

"The information I gathered in the ancient city of Tushang is that the reason why various races use our human race as sacrifices is because they see our race as a substitute for auspicious beasts."

Yan Jiang spoke, his tone somewhat gloomy.

"In terms of intelligence, it only takes more than ten years to fully develop, understand cultivation, understand witchcraft, know how to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune, and have no savagery in the bloodline of wild beasts."

In terms of reproduction, our human race has it easier than most races in the Great Wilderness; as long as there is a place, we can reproduce and thrive.

Compared to the rare and powerful auspicious beasts, our human race is essentially a much larger, weaker version of them.

For a moment, everyone was a little stunned.

That sounds kind of reasonable!
At this moment, some people thought of the Mujiang tribe, who specifically used humans as sacrifices.

If a human tribe uses wild beasts as sacrifices, the tribe will be wiped out.

The fear was that the savage aura and spirit of the wild beasts would affect the spirituality of the sacred tree of the Mujiang clan.

Speaking of auspicious beasts, take the Giant Mountain Range as an example. The Human Alliance is close to auspicious beasts, but the total number of beings with auspicious beast bloodlines in the entire Giant Mountain Range does not exceed one thousand.

So it seems that humans are indeed more suited to performing sacrifices.

Seeing the silence in the hall, Shen Can didn't rush to speak.

Despite the Human Alliance's advancement to a sixth-tier power, the real test has only just begun.

Previously, being confined to a remote corner of the Juyue Mountains, it was a relatively safe area that few other races would pay attention to.

If humanity wants to develop further, it must venture out; the real test is yet to come.

After gathering all the information, Yan Jiang naturally reported it to Shen Can.

Upon receiving this news, Shen Can's first thought was that the reason why the human race was able to survive in the Great Wilderness was because there was no true seventh-order race in the ancestral land of the human race.

Offering tribute to a powerful race?
This situation is all too common in the Great Wilderness: if you attach yourself to a powerful clan, you have to offer up the spiritual objects that the powerful clan wants.

Shen Can even wondered if this was the reason why the human race hadn't had a seventh-tier race for so long.

After all, even if they took the wrong path, over the years, they should have been able to make something out of it by sheer luck.

After Yan Jiang informed the alliance warriors of the news of the gathering, Shen Can arranged for everyone to rest.

Two days later, the weariness of the group dissipated, and under Shen Can's leadership, they boarded the treasure ship and began their journey to the ancient city of Tu Shang.

This treasure ship is the sixth-tier golden ship of the Tongbei tribe, but it has been completely transformed after being modified.

The large ship also changed from gold to purple.

A battle flag embroidered with human-shaped sorcery fluttered above the purple ship, and countless sorcery spirits flickered around the purple hull.

……

"Human race?"

"Why are there offerings here?!"

As the human race passed through the territory of Tu Shang and drew closer to the Tu Shang Tower, the sixth-tier purple ship naturally attracted the attention of passing creatures.

Especially recently, spies from various ethnic groups have gathered here to investigate which ethnic group has arrived.

"Wow, when did a sixth-tier human force emerge?"

"Where did these sixth-tier humans come from? Goodness, they all have such vigorous blood energy!"

"What a vibrant spirit!"

"Hey, look at that sacrificial offering, it's glaring at me!"

(End of this chapter)