One pound of meat equals one attribute point.

Chapter 276: Ancient Race, Cannibal Tribe
About twenty kilometers west of Hukou County, Jiangbeizhou, there is a beautiful hill called Longnu Mountain.

Legend has it that more than 2,000 years ago, during the dark age, in this same place, two powerful demons, the mountain king and the evil dragon, committed crimes and brought disaster to the people.

The local people are living in dire straits and suffering terribly.

A female monk passing by saw the injustice and first cut off the head of the tiger, dyeing the whole mountain red with blood. Then she subdued the evil dragon and adjusted the feng shui. In the following hundreds of years, this place has always been prosperous and has a good harvest every year.

To this day, more than two thousand years have passed.

The world has changed dramatically and dynasties have changed several times, but the myth of and belief in the Dragon Girl has been passed down from generation to generation.

At this time, Longnu Mountain.

At dusk, red light was everywhere.

On a bluestone path halfway up the hill, two figures, one large and one small, were climbing up. The red light of the setting sun shone on them, casting long shadows backwards. Occasionally, a breeze blew through the mountains, and the trees on both sides swayed, making noises.

These two people were Su Heng and Ke Yulan who traveled across mountains and rivers in search of the statue.

Ke Yulan told Su Heng about some of the local inherited beliefs, and then added, "To this day, there are still people offering incense in the Dragon Girl Temple."

"That's incredible." Su Heng nodded slightly, but couldn't help thinking. More than two thousand years ago, there was no unified dynasty. In that dark age, humans were kept in captivity, and there probably wasn't a perfect cultivation system like today.

Under such unfavorable conditions, we can still reach this point and enter the realm of Eternal Life.

This person must be extremely talented.

Think so.

Su Heng continued forward and went around a hillside.

Going further up, they came to a flat land halfway up the mountain, and the Dragon Girl Temple appeared in front of Su Heng and Ke Yulan.

There is a stone statue inside, which looks like it was carved from ordinary rocks. The face of the statue has been blurred and mottled due to wind and sun. But you can vaguely see that it has a good figure and a graceful posture, and between its lush hair, there are two dragon horns winding upwards.

A lush locust tree next to the Dragon Girl Temple cast a shadow. On the treetops were many wooden plaques for praying, tied with red ropes, swaying gently in the evening breeze.

The scenery here is beautiful and the view is broad.

Standing here, you can see the lights of the village below, and the smoke rising in the sunset. Su Heng has good eyesight, and can even see children running back and forth on the ridges of the fields, and farmers carrying hoes, smiling, chatting and slowly heading home.

In just less than a year, so many things have happened in Jiangbeizhou. Demons have descended, the Skeleton Origin has invaded, and now the demon tide is out of control... But this place doesn't seem to be affected at all, it's like a paradise, which is very rare.

Is it really the blessing of the Dragon Girl?

Su Heng withdrew his gaze and set it on the dragon girl sculpture in the temple in front of him.

Letting go of the perception, Su Heng sighed and shook his head gently. Normally, if the owner of the statue was still there, he could feel a certain connection between the spiritual fields. It was like a thread that connected the two together and played the role of an "anchor point".

And now, the spiritual power in the dragon girl sculpture in front of us is still there, and it has not dissipated in more than two thousand years.

But this "thread" is gone.

This shows that the ancestor worshipped in the Dragon Girl Temple had already died in Changshengtian long ago.

Changshengtian, Changsheng... Although after breaking through the Tiangui and reaching the Earthly Immortal Realm, one can touch the realm of Changsheng to some extent. But the actual situation is not that simple. The situation in Changshengtian is much more dangerous than what Meng Huan and himself described that day.

In these few days.

Su Heng and Ke Yulan explored a total of seventeen statues.

Of the seventeen statues, only two could sense the presence of their owners. The rest were all ownerless.

No matter how glorious the legend once was, in the end, it will turn into a handful of dust in Changshengtian and disappear like smoke.

Some emotion.

Su Heng's hands did not stop their actions.

There was a faint red light in his eyes, and the air under his feet surged, and the withered yellow grass spread outward in circles, causing ripples. His mental perception spread out, and he activated the Heavenly Demonic Method, integrating the remaining mental force field in the Dragon Girl Temple into his body.

Then, under the erosive power of the Seed of Destruction, it was refined and absorbed.

As for the Dragon Girl Temple, under Su Heng's careful control, it was not damaged. Su Heng even used gravity to reinforce it slightly.

after a while.

"Huh!" The red light in Su Heng's eyes dissipated.

Ke Yulan's eyes lingered on Su Heng for a moment, just a quick glance, and then quickly moved away. In just such a short moment, she could feel that the spiritual power emanating from Su Heng had increased significantly.

But the same thing happened in the past few days.

Ke Yulan has experienced this more than a dozen times, from the initial shock to the numb adaptation now.

On the other side, in addition to the residual spiritual force field obtained from the Dragon Girl Temple, Su Heng also obtained a magical power left by the Dragon Girl from the statue. This magical power is called "God Travel", and its effect is somewhat similar to the legendary shrinking the earth into an inch.

It is necessary to use the warrior's spiritual power to connect to Changshengtian and achieve the effect of short-distance teleportation.

Su Heng's comprehension is quite good.

Even if the Dragon Girl's inheritance was partially incomplete, it didn't matter. After a few attempts, he succeeded. Su Heng lowered his head and took a step forward. His burly figure suddenly disappeared, and when he reappeared, he was already more than ten meters away. After trying a few more times and mastering it, Su Heng showed a satisfied smile on his face.

In the liberated state, Su Heng's body was too huge.

Some attacks can only be resisted and cannot be avoided effectively.

After mastering the "divine movement", when Su Heng encounters the same situation in battle, he can deal with it in a more calm manner.

"This is the seventeenth statue." Ke Yulan took out a scroll from her bosom, picked up a charcoal pencil, and lightly drew a tick on it. Then she raised her head and said to Su Heng, "Now there is only the last statue left, but this statue is a bit strange."

"What's this weird method?" Su Heng asked.

"The being enshrined in this statue is not a human being," Ke Yulan replied. "I don't know exactly where it came from, but I guess it's from an ancient race."

"Moreover, there were many strange stories about this statue before. After that, the authorities sent people to ban it until today."

"Ancient race..."

Su Heng remembered that Meng Huan had also mentioned Changshengtian when they talked about it before.

In Changshengtian, these ancient races are as dangerous as demons. But in the real world, have ancient races ever existed? Thinking of this, Su Heng had some curious thoughts in his mind. He has never been afraid of anything in his cultivation, let alone a statue.

Su Heng immediately said to Ke Yulan, "Lead the way, we will speed up the progress."

Count with your fingers.

It has been more than three days since Meng Huan and I left.

Under normal circumstances, the talks between the Immortal Sect and the Aristocratic Family should take place during this period of time.

The three major immortal sects and the four major families have never been a monolithic entity. Especially when the mythical battlefield comes and they are truly facing a test. It is unlikely that they will actually sit down and discuss countermeasures during this meeting. There is a high probability that it will be filled with the smell of gunpowder, and even the possibility of a conflict cannot be ruled out.

……

Leave from Longnu Mountain and head west.

Su Heng and Ke Yulan soon arrived at a mountain called Black Wind Mountain.

The mountain was shrouded in a faint miasma, and the fog was so thick that no moonlight could be seen. It was pitch black all around, and one could not see one's hand in front of one's face. In the dense jungle, a few wolf howls could be heard faintly, and the leaves were shaking. It was not known whether it was the wind or the movement of wild animals.

If an ordinary caravan came here at night, they would probably be scared to death and live in fear.

But Su Heng didn't have so many concerns.

Just disperse the aura from your body a little bit.

The wild animals in the surrounding mountains and forests fled with their tails between their legs as if they had encountered a natural disaster.

Especially in the depths of the dense forest, the branches rustled and flocks of birds flapped their wings, flying towards the depths of the overlapping mountains in the distance.

Under the leadership of Ke Yulan, the two continued to move forward.

"Huh!?" Su Heng suddenly stopped, as if he had discovered something unusual.

Ke Yulan turned around but didn't ask any more questions.

"Someone has actually been to this place." Su Heng touched his chin, frowned, and had a thoughtful look on his face.

This desolate place was blocked by the government because of the statue. Normally, no one should have set foot here. Su Heng had a keen sense and judged from the remaining aura that the other party was not a cultivator.

Then, it should be just a mistake.

"It may be because of the demonic tide." Ke Yulan speculated, "Some people fled and came to this place."

"It's possible." Su Heng vaguely felt that things were not that simple, but he gradually became excited, "Go and take a look."

Su Heng said immediately.

His figure flashed suddenly, and he displayed his magical powers.

He passed directly by Ke Yulan. When she came to her senses, Su Heng had already appeared more than ten meters in front of her. Moreover, all the bushes and thorns on both sides fell down, leaving a path. Ke Yulan quickly came to her senses and followed behind Su Heng.

I continued walking like this for a while, and the scene before me suddenly became clear.

There was an open space at the foot of the mountain with a bonfire lit on it. There were makeshift buildings around, very crude, decorated with animal fur and teeth. At first glance, it was like returning to the primitive age millions of years ago.

In this small village with a burning bonfire, a wild and primitive charm hits you.

"what!!!"

Su Heng had just pushed down the bushes in front of him when a scream was heard.

Looking around, next to the bonfire, a skinny middle-aged man tied to a rack had his head chopped off by several dark figures. Several large hands stretched out, and with a sound that made people's teeth ache, the body of the middle-aged man was torn into pieces and thrown into the huge boiling soup pot at random.

"What's going on!?" Su Heng was surprised. He didn't expect to see a cannibalistic scene here.

But there are many wild animals in this forest. Logically, there should be no shortage of food, given that we have come this far.

(End of this chapter)