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"This is a power totem bestowed upon me by the High Priest," the long-armed man said, without any attempt to conceal it.

"Power Totem? May I take a look?"

"Yes." Long Arm dared not refuse, and immediately took off the animal skin on his upper body, revealing the complete totem.

Li Wei gently touched the red pattern and felt a bloody, savage, and primordial aura emanating from it.

Without reaching the Spirit Bridge and without divine sense, Li Wei would find it difficult to conduct a more detailed investigation.

However, he was certain that this power system had been lost in later generations.

Even the witchcraft of southern Xinjiang has no similar lineage.

He gestured for the long arm to step back and began to examine the cave.

It was very simple; at the back was an earthen platform used as a bed, covered with dry grass and animal hides.

There is a large rock on the ground, and in front of the rock is a small earthen platform, which should be the table and chairs.

There was also a large roasted wild boar chop on the 'table,' which Long Arm had brought to him.

After finishing the pork chop, Li Wei lay down to rest.

With the instinctive vigilance of a martial artist, they were not worried about being ambushed.

The next day, Li Wei went to that hall again.

This time, he wanted to communicate directly with the stone egg.

Under the trembling gaze of a group of savages, Li Wei leaped directly onto the stone platform.

"Hey, you're conscious, right?"

Li Wei stroked the stone egg and asked, sensing that the other party's strength was inferior to his own.

"Who are you? How dare you speak so disrespectfully to me!"

A ray of red light shot out directly from the stone egg and towards Li Wei.

Li Wei activated the "Return to Nothingness" technique, blocking the red light from entering his body.

Then, with a burst of power from his right fist, he swung it with the force of a million pounds and smashed it against the stone pebble in front of him.

A fist-shaped dent was punched into the pebble.

"No! My lord, I was wrong!"

The stone egg withdrew its red light and swayed violently, as if it were kowtowing and admitting its mistake.

Li Wei's lips curled up; it was indeed just a monster playing tricks.

When the savages saw that their "sacrificial deity" had submitted to and admitted his mistakes to this masked Lord Wei Li, they became even more respectful to him.

After waving the savages out of the hall, Li Wei asked:

"What kind of monster are you? Can you let me see this totem magic?"

How could Shi Luan dare to refuse him? He quickly said:

"I am a member of the Stone Raven clan, still unhatched. This totem technique is a sacrificial contract passed down through my bloodline. As long as the recipient uses the power bestowed by this totem, as the price of the contract, their essence of flesh and blood will be devoured by the totem and transformed into nourishment for my growth."

"Of course, even if he doesn't use this power, decades later the totem can gently absorb enough blood essence for me to enjoy."

After saying that, the stone egg released its red light, allowing Li Wei to observe it closely.

[Ding! 'Blood Contract' has been recorded. Do you wish to spend 4000 recharge points to add it to the database?]

The price of a third-tier cultivation technique...

Li Wei clicked the confirm button and spent 3200 recharge points to record this method that had been lost to later generations.

Maybe we'll find it useful in the future.

"Besides your Stone Raven clan, are there any other demon clans that use this method to form a symbiotic contract with humans?"

"Yes, sir, yes."

"Many demons who reach the Heavenly Fate Realm in adulthood use similar methods to cultivate their offspring. This is why people call us the Totem Demon Clan."

"We have no intention of harming the human race, and this contract is mutually beneficial."

"That's how Shi Luan explained."

Li Wei knew perfectly well that these high-level bloodline demon races required an enormous amount of energy to grow, so he simply had the young creatures sign a contract with humans, allowing humans to exchange blood sacrifices for power to support the growth of these young creatures.

It certainly can't be called complete exploitation.

But why did these totem demon races, which were relatively close to humans, eventually become extinct?

Having figured everything out, Li Wei didn't bother to disturb the hatching of the stone crow eggs and simply waited for the gathering.

Two days later, this nameless settlement sent a dozen men, led by their chief Long Arm, to attend Dongye's gathering.

Li Wei also went to Dongye.

He discovered that before these savages left, they offered sacrifices to the forest with the blood of their prey and performed a wild dance.

His long arms made them follow closely behind, and then he took the only metal axe in the settlement and walked ahead.

Li Wei followed obediently behind him; the last time he got lost, it made him lose confidence.

The group walked for a whole day and finally emerged from the forest.

Li Wei saw a vast plain stretching as far as the eye could see, with only a few scattered large trees on it.

This is what is known as "Higashino".

Stars hung low over the plains, and Li Wei felt the vastness of the world, experiencing an indescribable sense of ease and joy.

It was as if something was weighing him down in the real world, and it took him three whole days to recover after arriving in this place ten thousand years ago.

"Could it be the will of Heaven?"

Li Wei quickly pulled up the system panel and clicked the "+" sign next to "Changchun Finger".

It still depends on opportunity; bypassing opportunity requires ten million.

It seems that the oppression exerted by Heaven in this world is not just the will of Heaven...

Seemingly remembering something, Li Wei stepped forward and asked the long-armed man:

"How long can you live?"

Long Arm seemed stunned by his question, and it took him a while to react.

"If it's death from old age, ordinary people of our clan live to be sixty or seventy years old, and those with strong bodies can live to be over a hundred years old. Someone like me, who received the blessing of the totem from the sacrificial god, can live to be over two hundred years old if nothing unexpected happens, but usually I will die within a few years due to fighting with demons."

At this point, Long Arm gave a wry smile.

Actually, he didn't quite understand why San Shi wanted to seize the leadership position.

This is clearly the most dangerous position.

Li Wei understood. If the totem host didn't die, the totem demon race would have to wait several decades to harvest its life force. However, if the totem host used the totem's power in battle, the totem demon race could harvest all of its life force directly according to the contract.

From this perspective, the stone raven egg's choice of who to inhabit was likely deliberate; it must have known that settlement intimately...

However, now is not the time to think about these things. What we need to do is—even those who haven't cultivated the true energy to form a blood contract with a demon can have a lifespan of over two hundred years, but the lifespan of a Void Realm cultivator in the present world is only one hundred and eighty years. There must be something wrong here.

"Besides that, I've heard that in the legendary Kunlun Mountains, there are people teaching martial arts, and those who practice it can live for a thousand years..."

The long-armed man said something that shocked Li Wei.

His lifespan had indeed been shortened by an unknown force!

And what is Kunlun? What is its relationship with the Kunlun faction?

Li Wei knew that Long Arm couldn't answer these questions, so he didn't make things difficult for him.

The group continued their journey with focused attention, and after another two hours of trekking, they finally arrived at the meeting place.

There were bonfires everywhere, and dozens of groups similar to the Long-Armed ones were gathered together.

Longarm and his companions also found an abandoned campfire and lit it.

Then they took out the items they used for trading and started setting up a stall.

This is the first function of the gathering: barter.