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

Chapter 97: The Theft Begins; the Mountains and Wilderness are Full of Human Territory; Those Encountered Are All Rescued

Mu Yuan trembled, covering his face with his lower lip.

"what……"

"I don't know. We came here on orders. Only the clan chief knows the specifics."

Mu Yuan let out a sobbing sound.

"Since you don't know, drag him away and kill him."

Shen Can turned and left, and Mu Yuan's lips, which covered her face, fell off with a splat.

"Ha ha……"

The laughter was purely a racial habit. It hurriedly said, "Spare me! All I knew was to tell us to wait for our help in the chosen place."

At Shen Can's signal, Huo Mu came up and dragged the Heavenly Vein Realm Xiaoyang Clan member away.

Then, they interrogated other Xiaoyang martial artists one after another, but did not get any useful information.

This puzzled Shen Can.

This group of Xiaoyang tribesmen is indeed formidable against the tribes in the north, but against the Bobu flying boats, they are like ants trying to shake a tree.

Using a swarm of ants to support a powerful individual capable of tracking Bo Bu's flying boat is rather illogical.

The warriors of the Xiaoyang tribe who are heading north today are from branch tribes under the three major branches of Mukang, Muyan, and Qiuyin.

The warrior from the Xiaoyang tribe who was tracking Bobu's flying boat was Mu Yang, a warrior from the Muyan branch. This cultivator was very skilled in speed and had previously led scouts to gather information when fighting against human tribes in Ji.

The fact that this person's Yang Realm had not broken through to the fourth level reassured Shen Can considerably.

The pursuing owl-yang is not a fourth-tier owl-yang, and the group of owl-yangs that are coming to meet them are not fourth-tier owls either. So how do we shoot down the Bobu flying boat?

A witchcraft artifact?

After thinking for a while, Shen Can suppressed his doubts.

Worrying about Bobu is really unnecessary.

At this moment, the activated bronze talisman magic array released plumes of blood mist, and a sweet, pungent smell filled the air.

Within the formation, illusory blood eels darted about, each time they passed the remains of the Xiaoyang Clan, they would scrape away a piece of essence, which would then converge towards the central area.

Soon, the blood energy in the central area condensed into blood beads, and a vortex appeared, with the blood energy disappearing into the ground along with the vortex.

Shen Can sensed the changes in the great formation with his divine sense.

Unfortunately, the area covered by the witch formation was too large, and his divine sense could not reach the core of the formation. As for entering the formation to sense it, he was not crazy yet.

The escalating bloodshed continued until dawn before gradually subsiding.

After the last wisp of blood energy was drawn into the core, the piled-up bones of Xiaoyang in the field turned into a dried corpse with skin covering bones.

"boom!"

The volcano picked up a stone and threw it in. When the stone hit, the mummified corpse instantly turned into powder and scattered.

This scene chilled the hearts of the tribespeople present, who all thought that if they were inside, they wouldn't even need to be cremated.

Without Shen Can lifting a finger, the disciples rushed to the core of the formation, pulled out the bronze talisman, and brought back a blood pill that exuded a strong baleful aura and a bloody smell.

There were over five hundred Owl Suns, including five with Heavenly Vein, no fewer than two hundred at the Mountain Opening Realm, and the rest were all Stone Splitting Warriors.

The overall quality of their martial arts is comparable to that of a small human tribe of a few thousand people.

A total of fourteen blood pills were refined.

The blood pill had black lines on its surface, and a fishy smell assaulted the nose and mouth.

"Taste it?"

Shen Can took one and handed it to Volcano.

The volcano shook its head violently.

Just then, footsteps approached rapidly from the west; it was Huo Qing.

"We've gone to check the temple. There are indeed many signs of a fight in the small hills more than ten miles to the west, and the bloodstains have already dried."

"Uncle Volcano Clan, smooth out the traces here, set a big fire, and then take everyone to the mountains to the north to rest for a while."

After arranging the clan soldiers, Shen Can headed west.

Accompanying them were more than twenty clansmen, including Huo Kui, and Tian Chuanshan was also taken prisoner along the way.

……

"I really didn't lie to you."

Upon arriving at the location, Tian Chuanshan began to speak.

"We were about to enter the mountains, but we were just a little short. These alien races were too fast. There weren't many warriors in my tribe, so we were no match for them."

Shen Can signaled to his clansmen to release him from custody, and with a flick of his wrist, he sent a blood pill into Tian Chuanshan's hand.

Tian Chuanshan took the blood pill, glanced at it, and then stuffed it directly into his mouth.

He didn't swallow it directly, but chewed it instead.

The intense killing intent and blood energy immediately flushed his face red, veins bulged on his forehead, and his internal energy surged violently.

For a moment, Tian Chuanshan lost control of himself, but just as he was about to fall, he pushed away the Blazing Flame Clan members who were trying to help him, and stood frozen in place, letting his body be assaulted by the baleful aura.

Shen Can's divine sense landed on this person.

The experiments within the clan only neutralized some of the blood essence of small wild beasts.

Wild beasts have low intelligence; even if they are killed, they will at most have some murderous aura, but little resentment remains.

But Xiaoyang is different. This is a race that has truly developed its own unique civilization. In addition to its inherent malevolent aura, it also harbors resentment.

The Owl Yang Blood Pill is filled with malevolent energy and resentment, but Tian Chuanshan also harbors a blood feud.

You could tell from the way he chewed the blood pills that he desperately wanted to eat the flesh and drink the blood of the owl.

……

"One more!"

After a long while, Tian Chuanshan, his body flushed and drenched in sweat, looked at Shen Can.

"Come again!"

"Your body is somewhat fractured; without cultivation techniques, this blood energy will only run rampant within your body." Huo Kui showed some respect for the person before him.

"If you have other members of your tribe, you can become subjects of my tribe. I can guarantee their safety and daily needs, including their spiritual practice."

Shen Can understood the deep-seated hatred in Tian Chuanshan's heart when he chewed the blood pill without asking any questions.

"There's some left."

Tian Chuanshan spoke up, saying that if it weren't for the fact that some of his clansmen were still alive, he would have already gone to seek revenge on the Xiaoyang Clan.

Based on previous inquiries with the Xiaoyang tribe, the Xiaoyang tribe that attacked Tian Chuanshan's tribe two months ago should be the Xiaoyang of the Mukang branch.

This Xiaoyang tribe was the first to come to the northern lands.

Even the initial news of the tribe's annihilation was likely orchestrated by Xiaoyang of the Mukang branch.

Tian Chuanshan agreed without hesitation to send the remaining clansmen to Zhiyan to become subjects.

……

into the night.

Temporary camp for tribal soldiers.

Shen Can was recording things in the dark; with his divine sense, there was no need to light a campfire.

Having just wiped out a troop of Xiaoyang tribe soldiers, everyone was eating the dry rations they had brought, just to avoid making a fire.

He recorded the changes in Tian Chuanshan's body after he took the blood pill. Under his close observation with his divine sense, he could clearly sense the changes in Tian Chuanshan's flesh, veins, skin and bones.

In his perception, if it weren't for Tian Chuanshan's strong willpower, the Owl Yang Blood Pill would have been enough to burst him.

He survived solely through sheer willpower, or perhaps through his deep-seated hatred for the Xiaoyang clan.

Because there is no cultivation technique, the blood energy transformed from the blood pill is now stored in Tian Chuanshan's body.

Fortunately, Shen Can came out this time specifically to refine the Owl Yang.

He also anticipated encountering human martial artists who had opened up mountains or even reached the heavens, so he brought the Water Dragon Technique, the original cultivation method of the Upper Lake Tribe, and had already handed it over to Tian Chuanshan.

He was generous with what he should give and took precautions as needed, only giving the portion that opened up the first three celestial meridians.

If Tian Chuanshan is lucky, he has a good chance of opening up the first Heavenly Meridian with just this blood pill today.

This shows that these dozen or so Owl Yang Blood Pills are of very high quality, but of course, they also have significant side effects. They need to be improved little by little in the future before they can be given to the clansmen for refining.

The drug trials during the day confirmed Shen Can's earlier suspicions.

Using the deep-seated hatred for the Xiaoyang clan to resist the resentment within the blood pill is entirely feasible.

The next step is to find those who escaped from the massacre of Xiaoyang's clan. Celestial veins are fine, as are those that split mountains or shatter rocks. Blood pills can also be chewed separately.

This will allow them to establish an additional force under the control of Blazing Flame.

Before long, the volcano members and others gathered around. This time, the clan chief, Huotang, was not present; he needed to remain in the tribe to oversee things.

"Ah Can, we've wiped out a troop of the Xiaoyang Clan, but there's still a lot of territory left in the Cangniao Clan's territory. Should we continue fighting, or go back?"

As night fell, everyone looked in Shen Can's direction.

Originally, this trip was to rescue the Azure Birds, but now the Azure Birds' territory has been occupied, and Ape Mountain has run away.

As a result, the strongest tribe in the northern mountains and forests became the Blazing Flame Tribe.

This title of "strongest" wasn't earned through competition; it fell from the sky.

"Keep fighting."

Shen Can replied.

"Organize more scout teams to send out. The Azure Bird has been destroyed, but there are still many human tribes in the nearby mountains and forests."

"Search for tribes besieged by the Xiaoyang Clan, and also search for those who survived the extermination of the Xiaoyang Clan, such as Tian Chuanshan."

Shen Can and Huo Tang have reached a consensus this time.

How to navigate the upper path of Blazing Inferno?

Now that the Blazing Martial Arts is rising and the Witchcraft Path is flourishing, and the Sacrificial Artifacts even have 'Fourth Order' predecessors, the only thing missing from the upper level is prestige.

This is why Huotang immediately decided to save the bluebird when he heard it cry for help.

The three parts of Cangniao, Shanghu, and Yuanshan were once considered to be a case of "when the cat's away, the mice will play."

Now that Xiao Yang has arrived, a monkey is still a monkey; no matter how high it jumps, its true colors will be revealed.

How to become the top.

Shen Can didn't know that before.

Huotang didn't know either.

But now I know.

Jidi has readily available and still-fresh teachers.

The Yanran tribe, as obscure as the Zhiyan tribe a hundred years ago, has risen to prominence in a single century.

Such a great leader, I should just learn from him.

Putting aside other matters, after the sacrificial implements were introduced into the tribe, Huotang heard about Yanran's deeds and became so excited that he paired up with the sacrificial spirit that very day, which led to strange changes in the tribe's territory.

Our predecessors had great vision; it's a bit too early for Zhiyan to say that now.

But upon closer examination, if it wanted to develop into the upper part, Blazing Flame had no other choice.

The northern lands are small and sparsely populated; at best, they can only become a superior tribe. The Bo tribe is out of the question; it can't sustain itself.

Leaving aside the Bo tribe, once they reach the level of a superior tribe and expand outwards, they will inevitably clash with Xiaoyang.

Even if we don't go south, but instead go east or west, the problem is that Yongyi in the south is the core of this area.

There you'll find the most powerful martial arts, the most formidable sorcery, and the oldest traditions in the entire Yongyi region. It makes no sense to abandon these valuable resources and instead seize control of the mountain.

Of course, before even achieving the upper part of the Blazing Flame, they have already clashed with the Owl Sun Clan.

Yanran was unknown a hundred years ago, so why did it rise to prominence and rule over the surrounding tribes within a century? It was because it protected many tribes that were about to be wiped out under the siege of Xiaoyang.

By striking down Xiaoyang, he established his prestige, gaining the support of dozens of tribes under his command, and even the Jishanbo tribe had to take him seriously.

Based on the strange phenomena occurring in his own tribe, Shen Can wondered if the Yanran tribe had been blessed by the spirit of a certain ancestor.

In any case, the environment in which the Yanran tribe rose to power is similar to that of the current Zhiyan tribe.

Just learn it.

Both reputation and power should be firmly grasped.

……

Subsequently, Shen Can increased the number of scouts, bringing the total number of scouts to one-third of the team, and began searching the vast area on the north bank of the Zhushui River.

The north bank of the Zhushui River is flat with many small hills, making it very suitable for farming, and there are relatively more tribes here.

After several days of investigation, it was discovered that the Xiaoyang tribe soldiers heading north were truly arrogant and had divided themselves into many large and small groups, which were running around aimlessly on the north bank of the Zhushui River.

They turned the land where humans lived into Xiaoyang's hunting grounds.

This arrogant behavior made it easier for the Blazing Flame to encircle and suppress them, but the number of Owl Yang warriors captured each time was rather small, and the blood pills obtained after blood refinement were only two or three.

……

North bank of the Zhushui River.

A valley formed by a small mountain hundreds of feet high is dotted with houses and wooden cabins.

But most of these houses had already collapsed, and flames were burning fiercely in the valley below the clan's mountain.

Loud laughter drowned out the screams and cries.

A group of people with death in their eyes charged at the Xiaoyang Clan warriors, but they were easily sent flying by a punch or a kick.

He crashed heavily to the ground, spitting out blood, and could only struggle painfully on the ground, his blood mixed with fragments of his internal organs.

"Haha... The more you suffer and wail like this, the more excited I get!"

The leader of the serpents, Qiu Luo, attacked swiftly, and no one was its match. It did not kill anyone, but it severely injured all the humans it encountered, whether they were old or weak, warriors or children, causing them to writhe in pain on the ground.

"A person who overestimates their abilities!"

From outside the valley to inside, there was a long line of people who hadn't died but had collapsed.

Led by Qiu Luo, this newly rebuilt small tribe was overwhelmed in no time.

At that moment, a black torrent rushed out of the valley.

"Block the valley entrance and occupy the high ground on both sides of the valley."

The volcano opened, and the group immediately split into three groups.

This tribe uses the valley as its territory, which seems good, but unfortunately the defenses at the valley entrance are too weak.

"Hahaha!"

A loud laugh echoed through the valley. Some members of the Xiaoyang Clan had already heard the commotion and were trying to go out, only to be met with a barrage of armor-piercing arrows.

Shen Can did not intervene in this battle, mainly because there were not many Xiaoyang Clan members here, only about three hundred, and only three of them had Heavenly Vein.

However, his three disciples rushed into the valley.

Shouts of battle echoed through the valley. The tribesmen, positioned on higher ground, pushed their way in from the valley entrance, relying on their shields, armor, and bows. The entire battle lasted less than half an hour before it ended.

Three disciples emerged from the valley, took the bronze talisman, and set up the witch array.

Shen Can then entered the valley. It was a small tribe that had been rebuilt after a flood, with a small population of only a little over a thousand people.

Everywhere, there were cries of agony and the sound of vomiting blood. The injured were convulsing in pain, their internal organs and backs were caved in, clearly beyond saving.

Quite a lot of them.

The survivors held those who were still alive and wept bitterly.

"Xiao Yang deserves to die!"

Even the soldiers of the Blazing Flame Tribe were enraged by this scene, from middle-aged men to young children.

This is meant to cause excruciating pain, it's torture.

"what!"

Many people held the figures in their arms and roared in anguish, but they were powerless to help.

Shen Canming knew it was useless, but he still tried to check on the others. Their internal organs were all shattered, and even their ancestors couldn't save them.

Even so, some members of the Blazing Flame Clan still tried to save others.

"Prepare to begin the Blood Refinement!"

As Shen Can spoke, he found a high place to stand.

His words attracted the attention of some of the people in the small tribe. They looked up at him, somewhat puzzled, as the Blazing Flame Clan soldiers carried away the dead Xiao Yang.

When the Blood Refining Array was activated, layers of blood energy surged up, continuously scraping blood essence from Xiao Yang's corpse.

Upon seeing this scene, a bloodlust rose in the eyes of those in the valley whose tears had dried.

"what!"

Suddenly provoked, someone rushed towards the bronze talisman array.

Standing on high ground, Shen Can raised his hand and a beam of water descended from the sky, sweeping away those who were rushing towards the formation.

At that moment, he saw that the remaining people of this small tribe were all becoming somewhat abnormal.

"Master."

Huo Long rushed to Shen Can's side, pulling along a trembling woman.

“Master, Yunhan just said that a powerful shaman from their tribe stopped here to rest, but when the Xiaoyang tribe came, the shaman disappeared.”

(End of this chapter)