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

Chapter 47 Martial Arts, Sacrificial Weapons, and the Purpose of Ancestor Worship (Please continue reading)

"stop!"

"Stop it right now!"

The screams made the firefish guarding the cave entrance tiptoe to look inside.

"Ah... Waaah..." It quickly turned into sobbing.

Fu leaned against the stone pillar, his whole body convulsing violently.

"I am from the Lingyu tribe, how dare you..."

"Oh... I'll tell you, I'm an exile, I came from the Great Swamp with your people."

"It's better to be a little more awake in pain."

Shen Can gripped Fu Fu's seemingly soft and boneless hand, pressing his fingers repeatedly.

"hiss…"

"I'll tell you everything you want to know, but please take your stinky... oh, please take your hand off me."

Lu Fu gasped for breath, "I can help your tribe grow stronger."

Upon hearing this, Huo Tang released his grip and even tugged at Shen Can's arm.

Even if someone from the upper part of Lingyu is an exile, it would be a great opportunity for the Blazing Flame Tribe.

In the Great Wilderness, there are too many tribes like the Blazing Flame, what's lacking is a higher level of inheritance.

Seeing the change in Huotang's expression, Fu Fu's heart stirred. The world he had seen was fatally attractive to these small tribes; it was his talisman.

"Untie me first, then give me..."

"what!"

Shen Can grabbed Fu's arm again and tied a knot, causing broken bone fragments to pierce the skin and bleed profusely.

The screams rang out again, and Fu roared in pain, "You savages who don't even have sacrificial artifacts are no different from ants, living only to die in the evening.

"Savage, die, die!"

The excruciating pain caused fish scales to reappear on his body, gradually transforming him from a human into a hybrid of human and fish.

"Aww..."

"Stop! Stop now! I have witchcraft, I have the inheritance you want."

Do you know what sacrificial vessels are?

"Do you know how many spells are composed of incantations in the Lingyu Water Control Technique?"

Do you know how to advance in clan rank?

"If you want to know, trade me the dolls from your tribe. I only eat the small ones. Otherwise, even if you kill me, I won't tell you."

"Haha, and you too, you want me to kneel down and beg you? Maybe I'll just..."

"what!"

"Aww!"

"Ants, savages!"

"I am a descendant of the Lingyu, do you savages even know what a Lingyu is!"

Shen Can tied knots around the remaining arm and two legs.

"Chieftain, do you still have honey in the tribe?"

"Ayu, go outside and dig up a nest of ants."

This guy's attitude of regarding mountain savages and humans as ants was ingrained in his bones, and even after becoming a prisoner, he still held himself in high esteem.

Temperament cannot be changed overnight.

Of course, Shen Can didn't expect this guy to change.

What he wants is what's in this guy's head.

What's wrong with the people on top of the Lingyu? Does the addition of the word "Lingyu" give them witch power, make them fearless, and give them an iron will?

"Lord Uebe, I suppose this kind of wild honey is not to your liking."

After bringing the honey, Shen Can brushed it all over Fu's body.

"Brother Can, the ants have been dug up."

Ah Yu came in from outside carrying a jar and glanced curiously at the tangled limbs of the dog.

"Come."

Shen Can brushed honey onto Fu's mouth and nostrils, then caught two ants and slowly placed them between Fu's mouth and nose.

"Ptooey, ptooey, pfft, pfft, pfft!"

Fu Fu swayed his body, watching the ants getting closer and closer, and exhaled through his mouth and nose.

"Ant, you calamity demon, how dare you... ah... ooh..."

Shen Can pushed two ants into Lu Fu's nostrils, and then he looked at Lu Fu's entire body.

"Ayu, help him."

They splashed honey all over the body of the ant and then placed the jar containing the ants under it.

"Take it away! Take it away right now!"

Lu Fu was somewhat devastated; he couldn't imagine how the Yamano Kobu could resort to such ruthless methods.

"Okay, okay, I'll tell you, I'll tell you!"

"Speak, let's start with the Lingyu tribe's fleet taking advantage of the flood to cross the sea to the east."

"Take the jar away, quickly!"

Lu Fu sniffed, "And my nose, my nose!!"

……

"During floods, we cross the great marshes to the east to hunt wild beasts and savages. This is a tradition of our Lingyu tribe."

"A hunting tradition." Huotang felt a chill. "How come we didn't know about it?"

Fu hissed and panted, glancing arrogantly at Huotang, then revealing a look of utter disdain.

"Ha...you insignificant minions are like ants, born in the morning and dying at night. How many floods have you even experienced in your lifetime?"

One sentence silenced Huotanggan.

"Aww!"

Shen Can didn't tolerate it and immediately rubbed the knotted arm.

"Speak properly, or I'll gouge your eyes out."

Lu Fu trembled with fright. "The wild beasts in the eastern Great Wilderness Swamp have not been hunted for hundreds of years."

This time, I, Lingyu—no, it was Lingyu—deployed a total of one fourth-tier Fubo Giant Ship and more than thirty third-tier ironwood ships of varying sizes.

The clan had 4,800 soldiers, 100 first and second-tier wizards, and 6 third-tier wizards, led by the second elder, Jiaoqi, who was at the fourth level of martial arts, the Divine Treasure Realm.

They traveled 18,000 li eastward to hunt aquatic beasts in the Great Wilderness Marsh, and incidentally captured savage tribes encountered along the way to use as mining slaves, funerary slaves, or for the sale of slaves.

"The fourth realm of martial arts, the Divine Treasure, you probably don't even know your names..."

As Fu spoke, she immediately shut her mouth after seeing the cold glint in Shen Can's eyes.

"Well, I'm an exile because of a bloodline mutation. Can you blame me for this change?"

I was born with a powerful talent for witchcraft, and I thought I could become the most powerful witch in the Lingyu tribe, but I never expected to become neither human nor fish.

From then on, I became an outcast in the tribe. They imprisoned me and even exiled me thousands of miles away. Why?

"You're the only exile?"

"Of course not."

"The Lingyu tribe was founded because of the Lingyu, a strange species from the Great Wilderness. It has been passed down for 3,600 years. At some point, the children born in the tribe began to resemble mutated Lingyu."

I only learned this after the mutation. After the mutation, practicing witchcraft can enhance one's control over water, and practicing martial arts can generate water-based blood energy.

However, this mutation also had an unexpected consequence: the clan expelled those of us with mutated bloodlines. We were unlucky this time, as we happened to be caught in a flood and were exiled thousands of miles away.

"I didn't eat any of my own kind; I only ate ants. With the talent of the Lingyu, I will become incredibly powerful in the future..."

"Snapped!"

A loud slap brought the excited Fu Fu to a halt.

"What about the other exiles who were sent to the Great Swamp?"

"Who knows if I'm dead or alive? The depths of the Great Wilderness Swamp are fraught with danger. There are some places that even the Divine Realm dares not go to. I was lucky enough to reach the edge."

I wanted to find a place to properly replenish my energy, but after wandering around for a long time, I found that the tribes along the riverbanks had either been captured or wiped out by plague. I only found a small settlement that had just been brought together.

Later, I smelled blood and ran into you all, so I followed you here.

How does one advance from Heavenly Vein to Divine Treasure?

Shen Can asked.

He looked askance again, then said, "Hey, hey, don't hit me. I need to open up the nine Heavenly Meridians and unblock the Circulation of Qi to advance to the Divine Treasury."

"Is there a significant gap before advancing to the Heavenly Vein level?"

"Yes."

"Before the Heavenly Veins, we were just laying the foundation and purely improving our strength. Naturally, the stronger our strength, the more blood and qi we generate, which is why we can open up more Heavenly Veins."

As she spoke, Fu glanced at Huotang.

"Your path of martial arts is doomed to fail. I'm not targeting you personally, I'm targeting the celestial veins of all the small tribes, they are all..."

Upon hearing this, Shen Can raised his hand.

Lu Fu's head shrank back.

"A detailed explanation of the opening of the mountain and the celestial veins."

"I'm not a martial artist, I'm noble..."

Fu paused, "In Lingyu, only those who have advanced to the Heavenly Vein level with the power of the Seventy-Two Desolate Forces are qualified to be trained by the tribe. Martial artists who advance to the Heavenly Vein level with less than the power of the Seventy-Two Desolate Forces have no hope of reaching the Fourth Realm."

Specifically, it seems to involve the question of whether the blood energy will be sufficient to open the divine treasure afterward, but this is a tribal secret I don't know.

"What do you mean by the sacrificial vessels you just mentioned?"

"Of course, it's an artifact used for ancestral worship. The reason why small tribes cannot last long is that they are like ants, living only a day..."

"Don't be afraid, continue." Shen Can gestured for the paused Fu to continue.

"Besides the lack of martial arts and witchcraft traditions, it's also because there are no sacrificial artifacts."

"Sacrificial vessels are the foundation of ancestor worship. You don't simply think that the ancestral worship passed down by the tribes large and small in the Great Wilderness is just a simple act of ancestor worship, do you?"

"What's the point of offering sacrifices if our ancestors aren't working?"

(End of this chapter)