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

Chapter 116 Yongshan Ruins: Large-Scale Acquisition of Witchcraft Artifacts
Back when Zhiyan was still a small tribe in the mountains, his ancestors passed down the story of a vast marshland five thousand miles to the east, though they did not know its extent.

After the flood, the waters of Ōnoze were flooded, and the water area expanded outward by one or two thousand miles.

But in just a few years, Ohnosawa died.

We still need to adapt to the tremendous changes that have taken place.

Shen Can didn't catch any fish. Instead, he walked deeper into the dried-up marshland, sensing any remaining large puddles along the way.

If there are third-tier water beasts in the water, they will use the materials on the spot to build a stone mountain as a mark for their people.

The mud bed was covered with cracks, and shallow water flowed through the cracks, where some small fish swayed.

The Great Wilderness was vast and boundless, and Shen Can had no destination in mind; he simply built stone mountains wherever he went.

As he walked, he scanned the mud bed with his divine sense, sometimes stopping to dig a little.

There were indeed broken arrowheads and broken weapons buried in the mud, but they had all lost their luster.

Ohnosawa has existed for so long that these things have been submerged underwater for who knows how long.

On the first day, Shen Can discovered more than two hundred second-tier water beasts and seven third-tier water beasts in various water areas.

He's only traveled along one route; there are countless other vast areas to explore.

into the night.

Within the dried-up swamp, a strong wind howled.

Looking eastward, one can see crimson-gold fire clouds churning on the eastern horizon, a chaotic battle between two super races from the Great Wilderness World, comparable to a natural disaster.

Wherever it went, the land was left scarred and devastated.

Shen Can didn't light a torch and continued walking forward, bypassing the deep puddles he encountered, hoping to find another auspicious beast or exotic species like the little dragonfish.

three days later.

night.

Shen Can, who had found a high place to sit and rest, suddenly looked up and gazed in the northeast direction. He then got up and stared at it carefully for a long time.

Not long after, he found a higher vantage point to enjoy the view.

About half an hour later, a dark, greenish light flashed and disappeared in the night.

The following evening, Shen Can saw the green light appear for a fleeting moment, like a ghost.

As soon as it was light, he started walking backwards.

Following the marks they had made along the way, they ran into Huotang, who was leading a group of people, halfway there.

"Ah Chan".

Huo Tang breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Shen Can.

There are too many legends about Ōnozawa. Even though it has dried up, many places still have deep pools of water where water beasts remain.

“I have summoned all the tribes, subjects, and vassal tribes. If we can store all these fish, shrimp, and aquatic creatures, I don’t know how long it will last us.”

“Our people follow the marks you left behind, and the other tribes disperse. As for how many they can capture, that’s up to them.”

Huotang had no intention of interfering with the vassal tribes' fishing plans. "Ah-Can, have you discovered anything?"

"Transfer the Blood Curse Guards and Blood Sea Guards over here."

Shen Can spoke up. The ghastly green light he had seen earlier didn't seem like a good light, reminding him of curses or other sinister entities. The reason he turned back was to call for reinforcements.

As a temple deity, he was not good at fighting.

"Oh, and bring enough animal fat and firewood."

Since it's something from Ōnozawa, using fire to deal with it should be the right thing to do.

"Wait, also summon the clansmen who recently broke through to the Heavenly Meridian by practicing the Ape Stance Technique."

Upon hearing this, Huotang knew that Shen Can might have discovered something.

Shen Can didn't pretend to be mysterious and simply explained that a ghastly green light had appeared under the night sky, a hazy green mist.

Now that the Great Wilderness Marsh has dried up, and this place is not far from the Blazing Flame Clan's territory, there is something that cannot be left unattended.

"Then let's wait here for them to arrive. I'll leave the fishing to Volcano and Fire Qi."

When something happens that could potentially affect the tribe, Huotang, as the chieftain, naturally has to find a way to resolve it.

He didn't rashly suggest going to scout ahead first. In the Great Wilderness, things that can be done side by side should not be done alone unless absolutely necessary; it's safer to do them together.

The group arrived at the spot where Shen Can had been standing.

into the night.

After setting up camp, the group lit a campfire and caught a few fish to grill.

Huotang and Shen Can sat on the west and south sides of the campfire, respectively, so they could look northeast.

"I think our Blazing Flame Tribe is fortunate to be backed by mountains. If we were in the North or Ji, we would very likely have been affected by the war between the Golden Crow and the Kuafu Giant."

“I have already arranged for my people to explore further south of the Zhushui River. The Golden Crow Flame is so intense that it has even dried up the Great Wild Marsh. I wonder if the swamp between the Northern Lands and the Ji Lands will be like the Great Wild Marsh.”

Huotang talked while grilling the fish, and Shen Can didn't say anything, just kept eating the fish in silence.

After he finished eating one, Huotang gave him another one that had been roasted.

"If the swamp dries up, there will be no more obstacles between us and Jidi."

"We will also be facing the powerful Xiaoyang clan directly."

"My idea is that until we figure out the situation of the Xiaoyang tribe, our tribesmen should continue to hide in the mountains and forests as before."

"Ah."

Shen Can mumbled an "Mmm" and stuffed the steaming fish into his mouth.

"coming."

Hearing the sound, Huotang put down the grilled fish and looked up.

A pale green light appeared in the northeast, like a floating mist churning up and down.

"What will it be?"

Shen Can licked the oil dripping from his fingers. "We'll find out when we go take a look. If it really is some kind of cold and gloomy place for burial, then we'll try burning it."

"Of course, if we really can't manage it, we'll all run away."

As the Golden Crow and Kuafu passed by, Shen Can suddenly understood a principle.

In this vast wilderness, one must not fight to the death in one place, for there is no safe place there.

Zhiyan had only been promoted to the upper level for a few days, and the Golden Crow had already flown out. Each member of such a super race was comparable to the top experts among the human race.

If you can't win, not running away means certain death.

As for the ancestral temple, if pushed too far, he will go back and build a mobile ancestral temple that can connect to wherever he goes.

Fortunately, they treated everyone equally and didn't focus on harming the human race. Judging from their earth-shattering fighting style, the Xiaoyang Clan in the south is probably quite lucky.

After waiting for three days, the warriors of the tribe arrived, each of them a mountain-splitting Kui carrying a bag of animal oil, various kinds of firewood and other supplies.

"Go and have a look."

Huotang leaped onto the Rift Mountain Kui and led the way.

……

On the cracked mud bed, the undulating cluster of buildings was half covered by silt.

When Shen Can saw this group of buildings, he suddenly remembered that when he killed Lu Fu, Lu Fu had said that the Lingyu Bo tribe's ancestral home was in Daze.

Most of the buildings in front of us are under the silt, but the parts that are above ground still look very tall and majestic.

Each stone pillar is over ten feet thick, and there are puddles in the recessed areas of the stone hall's eaves, where fish can be seen jumping around.

The entire complex appears to be roughly oriented due north and south. After inspecting the surrounding area, no city wall-like structures were found; it was simply a cluster of scattered stone palaces.

Rugged, majestic, and grand.

"Let's move away from some campsites first."

The group settled down on a high, rocky spot about a mile away from the complex.

As night fell, no one was in the mood for barbecue anymore. They didn't even light a campfire, and the group watched the complex of buildings with heightened vigilance.

hum!
The night sky, which should have been deep and dark, was brightened by the brilliant golden glow on the eastern horizon. After midnight, the ancient buildings trembled slightly.

Strands of mysterious light spread out like smoke.

After rising into the air, it overlapped with the golden rays released by the Eastern Golden Crow, and only then did it turn a faint, pale green.

At this moment, upon closer inspection, it appears as a mysterious light resembling ripples on water.

"Ah Chan, look, isn't that a person?"

Huo Tang held his breath and focused his mind, gazing at the blurry phantom in the mysterious light within.

"Is it a sacrificial offering?"

At this moment, as strands of mysterious light converged, the blurry phantom became clearer and clearer, clad in beast-patterned armor, holding a long spear, its body as upright and majestic as the spear itself.

Its facial features were somewhat blurry, and it moved back and forth in the mist formed by the mysterious light, as if it were on patrol.

As they walked, the illusory figure suddenly stopped and turned its head toward Shen Can and his group.

Even though the light and shadow made the features blurry, at this moment, Shen Can, Huo Tang, and many members of the Blazing Flame Clan all felt that this phantom was staring at them.

An incomparably powerful fighting spirit surged forth from this phantom.

"Chief, I'll go."

As Huotang prepared to take two steps forward, a member of the tribe went ahead of him.

"Go back."

Huo Tang reprimanded him, then looked at Shen Can.

"I sensed pure fighting spirit; this senior meant no harm."

Huotang spoke to ask for Shen Can's opinion.

Shen Can nodded at the fire tower.

Seeing Shen Can nod, Huo Tang felt even more confident and walked towards the entrance of the building ahead.

As they arrived at the entrance, the illusory image of the beast-patterned armor that had been suspended in mid-air descended, like a gatekeeper.

"Who is coming?"

"Chief Huotang of the Blazing Flame Tribe".

The phantom looked the fire tower up and down.

"Enter!"

Huotang looked around and then walked into the building through the mud.

Although the complex was covered with a thick layer of silt, as the torchbearer entered, the silt began to collapse, revealing a path that led directly to a large hall in the center.

"Who is coming?"

Outside, Shen Can also approached the building, and the illusory figure guarding the entrance asked again.

Shen Can did not answer. He took a few steps back, then stepped forward again.

"Who is coming?"

……

After repeating this twice, Shen Can stepped back several steps and left the area shrouded in the mysterious light.

His divine sense had already seen the sign hanging on the phantom, which depicted a dragon with wings.

Eight thousand years ago, the Yongshanbo tribe had a guardian spirit beast that followed Yongshanbo in his campaigns. Known as the Rain Master, it was a dragon that had awakened the bloodline of the Yinglong.

Under the command of Marquis Yongbo was a general known as Fengbo, who was said to be a strange beast that had transformed into a snake.

However, both of these guardian spirit beasts later disappeared, and no one knows whether they passed away with Yongshanbo or disappeared into the vast mountains and forests.

Because of these two guardian spirit beasts, the jade pendants identifying members of the Yongshanbo tribe bear the patterns of a serpent and an eagle, respectively. Shen Can learned these secrets while browsing through ancient texts at the ancestral temple.

Therefore, it is highly likely that this architectural complex was left behind by the Yongshanbo tribe.

It is reasonable that the Yongshanbo tribe did indeed reach the Juyue Mountains eight thousand years ago, and thus left behind a building.

Shen Can continued to ponder Fu Fu's dying words.

The Lingyu tribe has existed for 3,600 years, much later than the appearance of this site.

Judging from the timeline, the Lingyubo tribe should have had a high probability of knowing about this place.

Whenever a flood occurs, the Lingyu tribe organizes an eastern hunt, which may very well be their destination.

……

Just before dawn, Huotang emerged from the ruins, clutching a bronze seal with a ferocious tiger's head on it.

The illusory figures guarding the entrance also disappeared as the sunlight came out.

Huo Tang handed the seal in his hand to Shen Can, which read "Imperial Edict for Military Affairs".

"A figure I couldn't see clearly appointed me as a commander of ten thousand. Oh, and he also made me fight a group of people, but I lost."

When Huotang mentioned that he had never fought before, he subconsciously felt embarrassed.

He felt his fighting spirit soaring after mastering the Blazing Blade, but the figures he fought were all no less formidable than him.

"Oh right, they also gave me a Blazing Sun Owl Blade, which is more powerful and refined than the Blazing Flame Blade I cultivate. My Blazing Flame Blade seems to have been born from this Blazing Sun Blade."

As soon as he finished speaking, Huotang saw that Shen Can also had a bronze seal in his hand, but it was a size smaller than the one he had just obtained.

"This one was obtained from the Upper Lake tribe."

After comparing them, the two seals were found to be made of the same material, but one was larger than the other.

"Clan leader, we have both magical artifacts and martial arts techniques. Shouldn't we call all the martial artists in the clan to come and try them out?"

Huo Tang immediately realized what was happening and quickly instructed his clansmen to bring over Huo Shan and the other clansmen with good cultivation talents.

"Ah Chan, do you know what this is actually..."

"The relics left by the Yongshanbo tribe".

"You know?" Huotang was taken aback.

"The Yongshan Earl's tribe has this complex of buildings here. Do you think they once gathered their troops here?"

Shen Can wasn't sure if the tribe had ever gathered troops here, but he was certain that the tribe could gain tremendous benefits from it.

……

As night fell, a mysterious light and mist appeared, and the clansmen walked toward the building one after another.

"Who is coming!"

"Blazing Flame Armor".

"Scorching Flame Division Stone Thunder".

……

“Huan Lin of the Blazing Flame Division”.

"Fire Jade of the Blazing Flame Division!"

"Tian Chuanshan of the Blazing Flame Department".

……

During this period, the martial artists who broke through to the Heavenly Vein Realm entered the building one by one, and came out much faster than Huo Tang, all of them holding the "Seal of the Commander of Soldiers".

However, they were all smaller than the ones in Huotang's hands, and were all given the position of centurion.

In addition to the seal, they also acquired swordsmanship, spearmanship, and other skills based on their individual cultivation.

Two days later, Volcano arrived with even more people, and the rest of the clan's warriors also gradually made their way here.

Those clansmen who gained an opportunity by entering the ruins did not linger there and quickly went to catch fish.

"Who is coming!"

"The Blazing Flame Volcano!"

……

"Blazing Flame Division Fire Chapter".

"Tian Dan of the Blazing Flame Division".

"Fire Rabbit of the Blazing Flame Division!"

……

Shen Can and Huo Tang stood at a distance watching their clansmen enter the ruins.

"The Yongshan tribe was truly powerful back then, giving away witchcraft artifacts so easily. We don't know when we will be able to forge such witchcraft artifacts in such large quantities."

Huo Tang gripped the Seal of the Military Commander in his hand. As long as he infused it with blood energy, the seal could grow to several meters in size, making it particularly convenient to smash people.

When the volcano emerged from the ruins, it was clutching a seal that was even larger than the Fire God's rank of commander.

"The imperial edict will be issued."

Volcano handed the seal to Huotang.

“Brother A-Tang, look at the characters on this seal. I don’t recognize them. Yours says ‘soldier,’ but mine says ‘general.’”

As soon as the words were spoken, the volcano got beaten up.

“Alright, I’ll hand over the position to you when we get back to the tribe, and you can become the chief.”

The volcano panicked upon hearing this.

The vassal tribes saw Huotang's imposing presence, but he saw Huotang so exhausted that his feet barely touched the ground.

Let Huotang work for a few more years.

"Chief, I was wrong."

……

"Ah-Can, why don't you give it a try?"

"I told Shi Jun to go back and bring the little dragonfish in with us."

At this moment, Shen Can had a guess in his mind.

The Lingyu originated 3,600 years ago. Before that, it was a tribe like the Zhiyan. Its development required a process and some opportunities.

The Yongshan Ruins appeared here, and this is also the ancestral home of the Lingyubo tribe. There can't possibly be a second ruin in this area, can there?

Besides, looking at the entire Yongyi region, is there any greater opportunity than that of the Yongshanbo tribe?

He assumed that this was the so-called ancestral home of the Lingyubo tribe, and therefore the Lingyubo tribe's clan shamanic text, the Lingyu Water Control Book, was most likely obtained from here.

And what about the spirit beast Lingyu of the Lingyu tribe? Could it be that it also originated from here?

They're all fish, but his is an arowana.

Lately, the little dragonfish has been having bad luck. The fire energy is too abundant, causing the little guy to not dare to break through at all.

In this environment, the probability of a breakthrough decreases by 20%.

……

A few days later, the crayfish arrived.

"Who is coming!"

"The fire in the temple of the Scorching Flame Department is blazing."

"Plu".

Shen Can entered the ruins palace. The little dragonfish blew a bubble to wrap itself up and was pushed forward by Shen Can.

As an auspicious and rare creature, being away from water for a short period of time will not have a significant impact on it.

"Come!"

Upon entering the ruins, Shen Can heard a greeting coming from his left.

Previously, other members of the clan had all gone straight into the main hall, but he was the first wizard to enter.

"Crench."

The stone hall was somewhat dark, and the sound of its doors opening was jarring.

Shen Can tried to sense it with his divine sense, but the stone hall was so deep that he couldn't reach the bottom.

Upon entering the main hall, the darkness suddenly dissipated into light, and a golden dragon eye opened in the hall, radiating an aura of dominance.

"Plop!"

In an instant, the little dragonfish was so frightened that it trembled all over and crashed to the ground.

"Dragon... dragon dragon dragon..."

The atmosphere inside the hall was stagnant. Shen Can was momentarily drawn into a chaotic battle between humans and alien races, but he was not intimidated by it.

It seems like a long time, but in the blink of an eye it's like a fleeting dream.

A golden dragon claw emerged from the darkness, pointing at the little dragonfish on the ground. Mysterious patterns appeared on the claw, and it began to write on the little dragonfish's body like an iron pen.

The little dragonfish cried out in pain as its dragon scales began to crack, and runes were inscribed on them.

Once every scale on both sides of the little dragonfish was covered with witchcraft, the dragon claws turned into a golden mist and disappeared.

Mysterious ripples of water appeared on the little dragonfish.

Shen Can recognized all these shamanic texts, but after being combined, they formed an extremely profound chapter on shamanic practices, with incredibly rich content covering a wide range of categories.

A bronze seal also landed in front of Shen Can.

The words "Imperial Decree to Control Water" appeared below the bronze seal. The seal was about the same size as the one for the fire-shaped seal, but smaller than the one for the volcano seal.

From this perspective, judging solely from the seals granted by the Yongshanbo tribe, the position of the volcano lord was the highest.

Without much further communication, the enormous dark golden eye dissipated, and the hall returned to darkness.

Shen Can led the little dragonfish out of the main hall. The blood all over the little dragonfish had congealed, turning it into a small blood fish.

"Ah Chan, are you alright?"

As Huotang stepped out of the ruins and ancient texts, he smelled blood, and the rest of his clansmen gathered around.

"The crayfish has inherited some traditions, but it needs time to mature."

Shen Can dismissed the clansmen who had gathered around him, checked on the little dragonfish, and found that it had fallen into a coma.

The shamanistic chapters carved on the arowana's body are the general outline of a type of witchcraft.

Furthermore, this chapter resonates well with the aquatic dragonfish, allowing practitioners to rely on the dragonfish's form and spirit for verification during cultivation.

If it can be passed down and expanded from generation to generation, hundreds or thousands of years later, it is highly likely that the "Dragon Fish Water Control Book" can be developed based on the dragon fish.

This situation only strengthened Shen Can's conviction that the Lingyubo tribe's ancestral home, as mentioned by Fu Fu, was indeed here.

"Ah Chan".

After the clansmen dispersed, Huotang quietly asked, "What happened?"

"The little dragonfish had some good fortune, and the tribe obtained a general outline of water-based witchcraft."

Shen Can looked at Huo Tang, "Clan leader, do you think our Blazing Dragonfish has any chance of rivaling the Tomb Fish?"

"what?"

Huo Tang was taken aback, somewhat not understanding Shen Can's meaning.

"A single shamanistic doctrine created a clan that has been passed down for 3,600 years. It is highly likely that the Lingyu clan originated from here."

Shen Can looked westward, sighed, and then said, "Clan leader, quickly send the clansmen to the ruins. The Lingyu tribe may be arriving soon."

(End of this chapter)