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

Chapter 14 The offerings have arrived, and so have the plague insects (Please continue reading)

[After forty-six years of deduction, you have improved the first-tier neutralizing witch medicine formula. Deduction complete.]

Shen Can opened his eyes inside the west ear cave of the ancestral temple.

As expected, there's a difference between a good student who has undergone systematic learning and a slacker. This time, the deduction was easy, and my brain wasn't as tired.

He actually knew a bit about the pharmacology of witchcraft.

Priest: Shen Can

Martial Arts Realm: Stone-Splitting Realm (Power of the Six Desolations)
Sacrificial vessel: sacrificial tripod

Tempering Method: Kui Niu Fist (Superior Grade)

Witchcraft: Blazing Flame Tribe Witchcraft and Healing Methods (Intermediate), Witchcraft (None)
Skills: None
Martial Arts Supernatural Powers: All Transformations Unify
As his thoughts wandered, Shen Can noticed that his practice of the Blazing Flame Tribe's witch-medicine techniques had also improved somewhat.

But thinking about it, it makes sense; the Blazing Flame Tribe's shamanic tradition doesn't have much to offer.

He even improved and refined the remedies for neutralizing diseases and plagues. It would be strange if the overall shamanistic medicine did not improve.

With the neutralizing formula for the beast blood that advances to the Stone-Splitting and Mountain-Opening realms, coupled with the improved Kui Niu Fist, the probability of tribal warriors advancing to the Stone-Splitting and Mountain-Opening realms will definitely double compared to before.

He no longer needed to worry about the tribe's warriors advancing in a short period of time.

As for the more refined prescriptions and boxing techniques to come, once Huo Xian retires and becomes the true priest of the ancestral temple, it will be much simpler and more convenient to implement them.

He secretly wrote down the two neutralizing witchcraft prescriptions on a tattered animal hide, planning to find an opportunity to have his ancestors tear it open again.

Please forgive me this time, my ancestors. I won't dare to do it again next time.

After all, it's disrespectful to cause trouble for one's ancestors.

……

"Ah Can, come and eat first, then we'll go to the tribe."

Inside the East Ear Cave, Huo Xian placed a large earthenware bowl of food on a stone table covered with animal hides.

Shen Can's appointment as the successor to the temple head made things much easier for Huo Xian. The tasks that Huo Xian used to have to do were now all handed over to Shen Can.

They went to the clan's residence to check on the preparation of the plague-curing soup.

Replace the plague-curing medicine kits that have lost their effectiveness with those of the clansmen.

Check whether the clansmen have properly smoked their caves with mugwort.

It takes him almost a whole day to inspect a place where more than two thousand people live.

……

"Brother Can, can I not drink it?"

Inside a large cave, the sides are filled with ear holes, and each ear hole is inhabited by a family.

As Shen Can entered on patrol, he was immediately spotted by Huo Yuan, who grabbed his sleeve.

Without any hesitation, he pinched the turtle's nose, took the medicine bowl, and felt that the soup was not hot before pouring it down its throat.

"Okay, let's go play."

Inside the cave, the fire turtle was being force-fed while its nose was pinched, and the remaining children obediently drank along with it.

"Brother A-Can, the old temple wants you to go back. Uncle Volcano has returned from hunting outside."

……

Shen Can knew that Huo Shan had gone out, but he didn't expect that Huo Shan would think of him again when he came back. No, he meant his ancestor.

As expected of a tribe's prospective Celestial Vein Warrior.

Back at the ancestral temple, Shen Can sharpened his knife, ready to strike.

The volcano brought back a first-tier mountain-splitting Kui, which, like the previous one, was rather thin.

What truly surprised Shen Can was the latter half of the night.

He had already gone to sleep, but he was still dragged out of bed.

A strange dragon-turtle with legs growing all over its belly appeared in the ancestral temple.

The beast was covered in wounds and was barely breathing.

Upon seeing Shen Can emerge, Huoshan immediately greeted him.

"Ah Chan, hurry up and pay respects to our ancestors."

Since the ancestral tablets were split open, the clan members have shown great enthusiasm for ancestor worship.

The High Priest plundered a second-tier Great Wilderness exotic species, the Flood Dragon-Scaled Mystic Turtle, granting it 320 years of lifespan.

After the ancestral worship ceremony was completed, the wild beast, which was not yet fully divided, was wrapped piece by piece in animal hide by the volcano and sent out in several batches.

The second-tier wild beast was taken from the ancestral temple last time, and there has been no news of anyone in the clan advancing to the Mountain Opening stage.

This time, it seems they'll take it too.

The only person who could make the volcano do this is the clan leader, Huotang.

Volcano didn't say anything, and Shen Can didn't ask either, simply focusing on doing his own thing.

At this moment, Huo Xian also took out the prepared neutralizing herbs and was about to put them into the blood tank.

Shen Can hadn't had a chance to take out the neutralizing witch's prescription yet. He had taken advantage of the situation to do so the previous two times, but now the powder had all been ground up by Huo Xian, leaving him no chance to replace it.

“Master, when I was wiping the altars, I noticed that one of the ancestral altars seemed to be cracked again.”

Shen Can immediately spoke and strode towards the altar.

He jumped onto the altar and randomly selected an ancestor, causing the power of the Six Desolations to stir slightly.

"Crack!"

Our ancestors have fallen out.

When Huo Xian stepped forward, he saw the prescription for neutralizing witchcraft in his hand.

Oh, and there are ancestors who split open abnormally.

……

The clan leader has come again.

After staring blankly at the prescription on the animal hide for a while, Huo Xian returned to the east ear hole with the already ground medicinal powder.

"Take the beast blood away first."

Seeing this, Huotang spoke up, and Huoshan swiftly moved the beast blood trough away from the ancestral temple.

"Uncle Huo Xian?" Standing outside the East Ear Cave, Huo Tang paced back and forth, wanting to go in but then stopped and peered into the cave.

Huo Xian, who was almost lying on the table, looked up from his excitement and astonishment after hearing the shout.

"It's a witchcraft remedy for neutralization!"

"It's a witchcraft remedy for neutralization!"

"Both Tier 1 and Tier 2 are available!"

"Our ancestors have shown their power!"

Outside the ear piercing, Huotang clapped his hands together and rubbed them together.

His lips twitched as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't. He rubbed his hands together and paced back and forth.

……

"Ah-Can, come and help me get the medicinal herbs."

The herbs that neutralize the beast blood were placed inside Huo Xian's ear hole, and the excited Huo Xian urged Shen Can to get busy.

After the herbs were prepared according to the shaman's prescription, the clan leader Huotang, who had been pacing excitedly at the entrance of the ear hole, was nowhere to be seen.

After the prepared medicinal herbs were ground, the volcano returned and took them away.

The next day, it was also late at night.

Shen Can was called again.

Two black bears, one large and one small, were bound hand and foot, their fur disheveled, their mouths tightly strangled. They lay half-dead in the ancestral temple.

Next to the black bear was a fire pit, its clothes somewhat wet.

Huotang greeted him, "Ah-Can, come and pay respects to our ancestors."

Amidst the tinkling sound of the Luan Dao, a thought flashed through Shen Can's mind.

The priest plundered the lifespan of a first-tier Hunshan Bear by eighty-one years.

The priest plundered 281 years of lifespan from the second-tier Hunshan Bear.

After the ancestral worship ceremony, just like before, the beast blood, beast meat, and even the sacrificial meat were all taken away by the fire god.

……

The priest plundered eighty-seven years of the lifespan of a first-tier Mountain-Splitting Kui.

……

The High Priest plundered the lifespan of the second-tier wild beast, the Green Fang Wolf, for 260 years.

……

For several days in a row, every time the old, weak, women and children of the tribe were asleep, Huotang would return with wild beasts.

Similarly, each time they would also take away the neutralizing medicinal herbs prepared with fire and salt.

Even if Shen Can didn't overthink it, he knew that Huo Tang, the clan leader, must be in trouble.

……

This night.

Shen Can was not asleep.

I'm waiting for the clan leader, Huotang, to return, lest I be dragged out of bed again.

In a flash of thought, he checked the lifespan he had accumulated.

【Shouyuan: 1317】

In just a few days, he accumulated over a thousand years of lifespan.

At this rate, reaching a lifespan of two thousand years is not a dream.

After taking out the neutralizing medicine prescription, the Huotang clan chief became incredibly ambitious, spending his days and nights traveling to the mountains.

Such a long lifespan also made Shen Can feel a little itchy. He felt that he could try to deduce real witchcraft.

Huotang finally returned late at night, but he didn't look too good.

"The plague worms have appeared. I saw several winged plague worms on a cliff 180 miles away."

After leaving a message, Huotang hurriedly returned to his clan.

Then, the quiet tribe suddenly became noisy. On the hilltops surrounding the tribe's territory, the logs that had been cut down and dried were set up, and bonfires were lit.

Packets of Artemisia were thrown into the campfire, and smoke mixed with the smell of herbs rose up around the tribe.

Previously, after the rain stopped, we only took precautions on our own. Now that the plague insects have appeared, it means that a plague is coming.

……

The volcano emerged from outside, carrying several clumps of plague-curing medicine that it had previously prepared.

"Ah Shan".

Huotang beckoned the volcano closer, and a simple map of the surrounding area was spread out.

"Mysterious waters, rocky cliffs, and a mountain behind..."

Huotang pointed to the location marked on the map.

"Take your men and go see the situation in the nearby tribes. If any tribe is infected by the plague, come back and report immediately."

"I've had the medicinal decoction prepared for you to treat the plague, and I've also boiled several sets of clothes in the decoction. Be careful on the road."

"Okay, I'll leave now."

Volcano nodded, seemingly knowing what he was supposed to do, and quickly left the tribe.

As the volcano was brought to the cave entrance, Huotang gazed at the night sky and murmured.

May our ancestors bless us with great prosperity.

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