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

Chapter 419 The Classification of Spiritual Objects, Star Chart Formation

The news of the Thundercloud Clan's annihilation spread throughout the entire Tu Shang territory in less than half a day.

While the Zhangshui and Baxia dragon clans were attacking the Thundercloud clan, outside of Tushang's territory, the giant beast avatar and the Flying Dragon Lord were also attacking the remaining three sixth-tier Thundercloud clan members.

Thundercloud City.

Most of the dragons began to return, leaving only the Azure Dragon Steward and a small number of dragons behind.

The city was flooded, and many spiritual creatures floated up from the water, causing the dragons to roam freely in the water, searching for the glittering spiritual creatures.

"Young friend, this is just one of our dragon clan's preferences. Please excuse our rudeness."

Steward Canglong stroked his dragon beard and looked at Shen Can, his tone much better than when they were in Zhangshui Holy City, as if they were old friends.

As the steward by the Crown Prince's side, he was most familiar with the Crown Prince's habits.

The dragon race possesses a noble bloodline, ranking among the top races in the Great Wilderness. Not just any race can catch the dragon's eye.

Shen Can used a Taiyin spiritual object as a guide to enter the Zhangshui Holy City for a visit; this method was all too common.

The Taiyin spiritual object is indeed a good thing, helpful to the Crown Prince's cultivation, but that's about it.

After all, there are many races that send spiritual items to the Crown Prince, but they are still far from being able to gain the favor of the Dragon Clan through this.

Even if there were matters concerning the Thundercloud Clan later, at most they would just give him some extra rewards, which would be perfectly acceptable for him, the steward, to handle.

In the future, the Giant Mountain Human Race will simply follow the Dragon Race as vassals.

But it's different when the Crown Prince makes the promise himself.

This shows that in the eyes of the Crown Prince, Shen Can, a human, is different from other races that deliver gifts.

Whether this difference is due to the Thundercloud Clan is not important to him as the steward. What is important is that he knows that the human race is different from other races in the eyes of the Crown Prince.

"Hurry up and collect all the water!"

Under the arrangement of the Azure Dragon Steward, the remaining dragons began working after collecting some of the glittering spiritual items.

One after another, jet-black three-clawed and four-clawed dragons floated in the air above the city, baring their fangs and claws.

The city gates were sealed, and within the city, which had been transformed into a giant lake, the surging waters turned into tornadoes and flew out, transforming into water spheres of varying sizes in front of the dragons.

Some dragons held the water sphere in their claws, some coiled themselves around it, and others let it encircle them like a jade belt...

They were having a great time, in all sorts of different ways.

"Make sure everything is clean."

After the water in the city dried up, the dragons cleaned up all the mud and debris.

"Young friend, as instructed by the Crown Prince, this city will henceforth belong to your human race."

"Don't worry, since the Crown Prince has said so, the other holy clans won't come knocking on our door."

Afterwards, the Azure Dragon Steward led the remaining dragons back to the Holy City of Zhangshui.

Half a month later, the human fleet arrived at Tu Shang Ancient City. The human alliance members on board were divided into two teams.

One team headed to Giant Mountain City, which they had built themselves, while the other team arrived at Thundercloud City.

The personnel who came to Thundercloud City quickly gathered up the resources that the Thundercloud Clan had accumulated in the city.

Despite the siege by the dragons, the flooding, and the dragon plundering, the resources remaining in Thundercloud City are still substantial.

Following Shen Can's instructions, Yan Song and his men made a count and recorded the information.

Then, the pearls, jade, and gorgeous brocade fabrics that had been brought over earlier were unloaded from the fleet.

They then selected the remaining glittering spiritual items from the resources left behind by the Thundercloud Clan.

They were all loaded onto a large ship and headed to Zhangshui Holy City.

It's still that same grand hall on the island.

This time, the Azure Dragon Steward who arrived did not use his big eyes to peek through the gaps in the hall.

"Young friend, you're being too polite."

The dragon manager couldn't hide his joy; a ship full of glittering resources was something no dragon could resist.

Even if it's not used for cultivation, it's still pleasing to the eye to look at it every day while it's in the cave.

Dragons like to create cave dwellings and then gather resources to decorate them.

"The Crown Prince has gone to Tushang Tower to discuss matters concerning the Thundercloud Clan."

“Our eldest prince also has his difficulties. The Dragon King is above, and there are so many other princes below him.”

Shen Can simply agreed without saying anything more.

How could he not know the Crown Prince's predicament?

Dragon Father spends all his time not cultivating, but looking for fun, and every now and then he comes up with a way to divide the family property.

Given the number of offspring the Dragon King currently has, once he issues a decree of grace, even a small river in the Zhangshui Dragon Kingdom could have its own Dragon King.

But despite the words, the Dragon King's authority was not to be disobeyed, and even the Crown Prince had to obediently report the matter to the Thundercloud Clan.

The Crown Prince of Zhangshui searched the divine sea of ​​the male monkey Bansheng. As the leader of a branch of the Thundercloud Clan and a late-stage sixth-order being, he should know more secrets than the male monkey Yunfu.

In addition, the Thundercloud Clan's 'Great Elder' who was stationed in Thundercloud City was also captured by the Crown Prince.

The old man's head must contain even more information.

"Unload everything from the ship, send half of it to Baxia Holy City, and give it to the steward of Cangshui. Tell him that it was specially sent by our young human friend."

When Shen Can was about to leave, the Azure Dragon Steward did not avoid him and directly ordered the Dragon Clan to unload the ship.

The Baxia dragon clan also likes shiny things.

He had already seen the resources on the large ship that Shen Can brought; they were all fourth or fifth-tier spiritual items, which were just right to be distributed to the dragons who had gone to the Thundercloud Clan last time.

As the person in charge, Canglong could make the decision on this matter.

"The Crown Prince really liked the Taiyin spiritual artifact that you gave me last time. He took it out many times while cultivating at the Spirit Lake."

Upon hearing Canglong mention the Taiyin spiritual object, Shen Can continued, "The manager also knows that there is a cave in my Juyue Mountain. It was by chance that we obtained such a spiritual object containing Taiyin power. The others are either not of a high enough level or contain pure Yin cold power."

"That underground cave?" Upon hearing this, the Azure Dragon Steward glanced at Shen Can. "Humans have it tough too."

The caverns of Mount Juyue are actually quite famous, but why don't higher-level beings go there?

The main problem is that it's useless to go there. The spiritual items they painstakingly create are colder than ice that has stood for millennia, and there's simply no way to use them.

Over time, fewer and fewer living beings went there.

These ruins, which are neither edible nor worth discarding, are only considered by those destitute creatures who would even think of visiting the underground caves.

Upon hearing Shen Can's words, Steward Canglong immediately thought of the Black Bird.

When the black bird was injured, it was rumored that a seventh-ranked expert went to search for it, but unfortunately the black bird was well hidden and could not be found.

The thought flashed through his mind, and Steward Canglong didn't say anything more.

“Young friend, you don’t understand. All things in heaven and earth have their own destiny. Some spiritual objects that contain the essence of heaven and earth are divine objects that conceal themselves.”

Manager Canglong continued, "Some seemingly ordinary spiritual objects actually contain the essence of the Dao of Heaven and Earth within them."

"The Dao of Heaven and Earth is ever-changing. It may be the appearance of a first-order spiritual object, or it may be the appearance of a second, third, fourth, or fifth-order spiritual object. It's just that ordinary living beings cannot perceive it."

“For the Crown Prince, a spiritual object containing the essence of heaven and earth is what he needs.”

"Even seventh-order beings are the same." The words of the Azure Dragon Steward made Shen Can understand why these holy races wanted to take over the ancient city of Tu Shang.

As a hub of commerce and trade, resources from all directions transit through here, from high-end to low-end, with an astonishing daily throughput.

In this way, it is easier to find spiritual objects that contain the essence of heaven and earth from the vast ocean of resources.

After the Dragon Clan had unloaded all the resources from the large ship, Shen Can bid farewell to the Azure Dragon Steward and returned to Thundercloud City with the ship.

Compared to the speed at which the Thundercloud Clan built their city, the Human Clan was much slower; Giant Peak City was still in its final stages.

Therefore, Yan Song planned to start selling resources in Thundercloud City first, to establish the reputation of the human race.

The dragons personally exterminated their own kind and then handed the city over to the human race, which made the human race famous in the ancient city of Tu Shang.

No alien races came to cause trouble, and those who occasionally came to buy resources were much more polite.

These trivial matters were left to Yan Song and the others, while Shen Can headed out of the Tu Shang territory and towards the place where the human fleet had been besieged.

Having learned from the example of the Thundercloud Clan, no further reports of plundering of fleets have emerged from the ancient city of Tushang in recent days.

……

Inside the cave shrouded by the array.

Three sixth-tier martial artists from the main branch of the Thundercloud Clan lay quietly on the ground, looking like they were sleeping soundly.

Of these three sixth-tier martial artists, the strongest was only at the mid-stage of the sixth tier.

Unlike the Thundercloud Clan warriors they had killed before, these three, like the 'Grand Elder' who was stationed in Thundercloud City, were all from the main branch of the Thundercloud Clan.

The giant beast clone and the Flying Dragon Lord didn't kill them, mainly to allow Shen Can to search their souls.

Regarding information about the Thundercloud Clan ruins, Shen Can only searched for information about the male monkey Yunfu, who, as a branch martial artist, knew only limited things.

It's quite normal that the main branch of the Thundercloud Clan acts as scouts while the branch branches do the dirty work.

These three guys from the main branch are young, even younger than the sixth-rank members of the branch branches. They're out here to gain experience and broaden their horizons. By the way, they can also share in the resources that the branch branches get from doing the dirty work.

The three guys also had spiritual restrictions on their bodies, but Shen Can easily broke through them and began to search their souls.

After the soul search, among these three main lineage beings, the male monkey Feng has a higher status, while the male monkey Zhan and the male monkey Cang have a lower status.

The male monkey phoenix is ​​a descendant of the second elder of the main lineage.

Of course, he was a descendant with less talent. Although he had the highest status, his realm was only at the early stage of the sixth rank. On the contrary, the male monkey's realm had reached the middle stage of the sixth rank.

The male monkey-phoenix belongs to the category of those with high blood status and sufficient resources within the clan to advance to the sixth rank.

Immediately, Shen Can prepared to transform the male monkey into his own clone.

After his clone Silver Badge self-destructed in the Fire-Slaying Clan, he was left with only one clone, the Giant Beast Clone. Now, he could fill the gap and leave the remaining space for unforeseen circumstances.

After searching the souls of three sixth-tier members of the Thundercloud Clan's main lineage, Shen Can compared the information he found and arrived at a rather shocking answer.

The Thundercloud Clan is going to ascend to the heavens!

The clan leader, the first elder, and the second elder of the Thundercloud Clan are all three martial artists who have one foot in the seventh rank.

It's similar to the status of a dragon prince.

That's not all; there's also the Thundercloud Clan's High Priest, who is also a half-step seventh-tier cultivator.

In other words, the Thundercloud Clan has four near-seventh-tier members.

For a moment, Shen Can even doubted whether he had searched the wrong soul.

This is a seventh-tier kingdom, like the mighty Zhangshui Dragon Kingdom, which has...

No, let's use another example.

Of all the wild beasts in Golden Horn Sacred Beast Mountain, only the Golden Horn Sacred Beast King is a seventh-tier beast, and the Silver Horn Beast King is a near-seventh-tier beast.

Could it be that the Thundercloud Clan unearthed four seventh-tier precious herbs in the ruins?

This doesn't make sense. Comprehending the Dao of Heaven and Earth is completely different from cultivation below the seventh level.

For cultivation below the seventh level, you can follow in the footsteps of others step by step, but you can't break down each move and feed it to you.

However, the transformation from the sixth to the seventh rank requires personal understanding; even with the experience of predecessors, it is not enough.

The Thundercloud Clan suddenly produced four people with exceptional talent who had comprehended the Dao of Heaven and Earth on their own?
Is talent contagious?
There's definitely something wrong with this.

Shen Can didn't really believe that the four old guys were all talented. If they really were talented, they would have risen to prominence long before they got the opportunity.

Of course, the three main lineage warriors were still a bit lacking in cultivation level, and they didn't quite understand the most core secrets. The four near-seventh-level warriors were just their own assessment.

Their perceptions may also be wrong.

Shen Can didn't dwell on this too much; whether it would be proven true or not would be confirmed in the future.

After carefully hiding the male monkey, Shen Can returned to the territory of the Tu Shang.

For the next month, the Dragon Prince did not send anyone to discuss the Thundercloud Clan.

If the Dragon Prince wants to confirm information about the ruins, he will definitely go and investigate first.

One Dragon Prince alone might not be enough for this step, unless a seventh-level Saint is involved.

Previously, the Dragon Prince promised that the human race would have a share in the development of the ruins. This should be because he found out from the memories of the male monkey who moved up that the Thundercloud Clan also used fourth and fifth-tier clansmen to develop the ruins.

This information was also found by Shen Can from the memories of the male monkey phoenix.

Investigating the authenticity of the ruins, even with a seventh-level expert, would take some time for a round trip.

Shen Can was not in a hurry. He simply stayed in Thundercloud City, ostensibly to cultivate in seclusion, but in reality, he continued to comprehend the formation and prepared to further solidify the great formation covering the giant mountain.

Shen Can has also made some initial progress in comprehending the Great Star Chart that inspired the Weaver Girl's advancement to the sixth rank.

The star map is an array diagram, and it is an innate array diagram containing the laws of heaven and earth.

The arrangement and trajectory of the stars are mysterious.

If one could start with the star map gleaned from the Weaver Girl and the giant beast's avatars, and transform the profound star map into a grand array covering the giant mountain, it might actually be able to withstand the power of a seventh-tier being.

While Shen Can was engrossed in deducing the star chart formation, a month passed in the blink of an eye.

Manager Canglong arrived in Thundercloud City.

"Young friend, the Crown Prince has sent Old Dragon to inform you to gather your forces and travel to the ruins together with the other races."

"Your human race may bring three thousand men into the ruins."

Shen Can led Steward Canglong into the hall and prepared a table of fine food.

"That's right, after the Crown Prince reported the matter of the Thundercloud Clan to the Dragon Lord, he went to the Thundercloud Clan to investigate first."

Later, several seventh-tier masters also traveled west and wiped out the entire Thundercloud Clan.

"This little Thundercloud Clan has really turned the world upside down. They actually have five near-seventh-tier warriors and a seventh-tier witch weapon."

"However, the old dragon heard from the eldest prince that the Thundercloud Clan's quasi-seventh rank is actually an empty castle in the air, created by external forces, and they will never be able to advance to the true seventh rank."

Shen Can was taken aback as he listened to Manager Canglong's eloquent speech.

The Thundercloud Clan was wiped out so quickly, how come even a seventh-tier cultivator made a move?

The thundercloud clone he just created is now unemployed before it even gets a chance to start work.

"By the way, before we came here, the Crown Prince said that if we were to encounter a seventh-tier opportunity after entering the ruins, we should not be deceived, otherwise we would follow the old path of the Thundercloud Clan and never be able to turn back."

(End of this chapter)