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

Chapter 78 Volcano Advances to Heavenly Vein!
Shen Can, along with Huoshan, Huoqi, and more than twenty other martial artists at the Mountain Opening Realm, bypassed the Upper Lake Tribe and, under the cover of night, packed the resources they had taken from the Upper Lake Tribe into their magic pouches.

Without stopping at all, they headed north back to their tribe.

As for the Upper Lake tribe, Huotang and the other tribesmen are enough.

This time it was a great success.

Apart from some low-grade rice, animal hides, and so on, Shen Can had taken away most of the other essential resources.

As for the scriptures, cultivation methods, and spiritual rice cultivation techniques stored in the ancestral temple of the Upper Lake tribe, Huotang will naturally make a copy and bring it back.

The Blazing Flame Section.

Upon returning from his short absence from the tribe, Shen Can felt that the tribe was becoming increasingly vibrant.

"Uncle Huoqi, go ask the sentry if there have been any changes in the more than one hundred primitive tribesmen of Shanghuang tribe."

"Uncle Volcano, go catch a few rabbits or fish, that would be fine too."

Given the situation in the Upper Lake tribe, Shen Can thought of the remaining Upper Lake tribe people who were left behind.

This group of people were placed under close surveillance from the moment they arrived.

In the past two years, with the increase in the number of warriors within the tribe, additional covert sentries have been added in addition to the visible sentries.

The visible sentries are manned by members of the clan leading their people to guard the outposts, while the hidden sentries are directly manned by members of the Blazing Flame Clan.

One of the hidden sentries was positioned directly opposite the valley where the Shanghuang remnants lived.

It was originally intended to guard against any unforeseen circumstances involving 'Ironwood'. Now that the Upper Lake region has been turned into a filthy wasteland, even if there are any further changes among these hundred or so disabled people, they probably won't be able to cause any significant trouble.

Shen Can was still concerned about those two 'ironwood' logs. The Xiaoyang aliens had been killed, and he still had no way of figuring out the exact origin of the 'ironwood' logs.

These two pieces of 'ironwood' are a major problem and must be dealt with sooner or later.

……

"Ah Chan, you're back."

Huo Xian greeted them in front of the ancestral temple, looking quite energetic.

Shen Can smiled and replied, "Master, you're back."

"Okay, I'll go cook. Everyone come and eat in a bit."

Huo Xian didn't ask any more questions. He now understood that asking would be pointless. He couldn't keep up, so cooking a meal was the more practical thing to do.

Taking advantage of this time, Shen Can first went to the Witch Temple, and then to the cave.

The little arowana is fast asleep, belly up.

The number of fruits on the water's surface hasn't decreased.

"Plu".

Even while asleep, it was blowing bubbles.

……

After returning to the ancestral temple and having a meal.

Shen Can looked at the four rabbits and more than a dozen fish he had caught.

He used his divine sense as a knife to separate a few strands of the nectar, which were stained with blood, and fed them to the two rabbits and the two fish respectively.

Not long after, an accident occurred.

The rabbit became agitated, its breathing became erratic, blood flowed from its nostrils and mouth, and its fur turned reddish.

The fish's scales burst open, and it began to attack its own kind.

Shen Can used his divine sense to compare the two boxes of nectar and discovered that the blood streaks in the nectar had seeped in.

After entering the nectar, the blood vessels meandered and intertwined like tree roots branching out.

The aura emanating from the blood-red veins was somewhat similar to that of the skulls used by the Xiaoyang alien race during their previous cultivation.

This guy deliberately tainted the nectar with blood.

Why is it that such a pure substance is not directly refined, but instead needs to be impregnated?
Over the next few days, Shen Can repeatedly conducted experiments.

One thing has finally been confirmed: Xiao Yang, being of a different race, is simply not suited for fine food.

Pure substances cannot be consumed; they must be soaked in blood and then refined.

Moreover, if you eat it in one bite, the energy impact is indeed quite large.

Shen Can also discovered that the bloodstains that had seeped into the interior could be extracted, and the pure nectar repelled this foreign bloodstain.

However, the extraction process is a bit complicated and will take some time.

……

"Ah Chan".

The volcano entered the ancestral temple.

"My internal energy hasn't increased yet?"

"Yes, we were hoping to have a good fight this time, but we didn't get the chance. The monster was killed by everyone's arrows."

"I'm afraid you'll get blown up by the monster."

Shen Can didn't stand on ceremony and took out a stone bowl filled with green soup.

In his experiments over the past few days, he discovered that the elixir would seep through and be lost when placed in wooden containers, while it would penetrate more slowly in stone. "Drink it."

Seeing the green soup with its rich aroma, Volcano didn't hesitate and gulped it down in three mouthfuls.

Despite the soup's icy coolness, a surge of heat immediately welled up from my chest after I swallowed it, bringing back the feeling of energy and vitality I had experienced after indulging in meat.

The volcano put down the stone bowl and began its cultivation.

Shen Can retreated to a corner to watch the volcano cultivate, and soon saw the volcano turn crimson, as if a furnace had been added inside its body and was burning.

He used his divine sense to divide the nectar in the jade box into one hundred portions.

The soup used to rinse the volcano was just one part of the process.

The effect is really good.

It can definitely be used as a precious medicine for tribal warriors before they break through to the Heavenly Meridian.

Of course, not everyone can use it; at the very least, it can't be too much worse than a volcano.

Volcano cultivated for a good half hour before stopping. He looked as if he had been pulled out of soup, his whole body steaming hot, and the veins on his red skin bulging.

"Ah Can, I feel my energy has increased significantly."

"Go back and rest for two days. If you feel anything is wrong, come find me."

After the volcano left, Shen Can also made himself a bowl of green soup.

Ten days later.

When the volcano drank its fourth dose of the elixir, its energy finally broke through the power of the seventy-two wildernesses.

Shen Can also consumed four doses of the Qiongjiang Soup, but only managed to increase his strength by one unit.

But this desolation also satisfied him, as it meant that the bottleneck in his internal energy had cracked open.

He planned to reach the 108 Desolate Power level in one go before advancing to the Heavenly Vein level.

Fu Fu said that the current Lingyu clan leader had broken through the Heavenly Vein by more than seventy-two Desolate Powers, but how much more was beyond that was a secret.

The selection of the chieftain of the Lingyu tribe was very strict, and he had not actually deceived the Cangniao and Yuanshan tribes before.

The Lingyu tribe does indeed have a clan trial, held every thirty years, with each selection coming from the nine main branches and numerous sub-branches.

It can be a warrior or a wizard.

Becoming a clan member is just the first step; there will be competition later, since the clan leader doesn't step down after only ten or eight years.

For hundreds of years, the status of a clan member is comparable to that of an elder.

If the clan leader does not step down, the clan members will always remain clan members.

However, the number of clan members is limited, and the trial is held once every thirty years, so there will be competition between old and new clan members.

Only after the clan chief retires can the next clan chief be chosen. It all depends on who survives these hundreds of years to become king.

In Shen Can's view, this is more like a genius selection mechanism under the guise of inheriting the clan leadership.

Under these circumstances, these people still have to work hard to solidify their foundation.

Just half a month later, the volcano successfully generated blood energy and stepped into the Heavenly Vein Realm.

Inside the ancestral temple.

Volcano received the "Kuile Gong" with both hands.

Shen Can wasn't reluctant to part with the nectar. After the volcano gained seventy-two units of desolate power, he gave it three more servings of nectar soup. However, the absorption effect was still not as good as his own, who had gained over a hundred units of desolate power.

Instead of wasting any more time, I should advance to the Heavenly Vein level.

On the martial arts field.

There was a roar.

With a single punch, the volcano sent the opposing fire spirit crashing into the mountain like a meteorite, leaving a deep crater.

"Hey, Qi-ge, you promised you'd use your full strength."

Upon seeing the hole smashed in, Volcano scratched his head in dismay.

He didn't even use five-tenths of his strength; the first Heavenly Meridian wasn't even fully connected yet.

Brother Qi is almost able to open up his second Heavenly Meridian.

"Cough cough... You fucking dragged me out, and now I'm stuck in a rock and can't move."

After Huoqi was pulled out, his arm, which had been punching him, drooped down, and his whole body ached.

"Brother, thank you for sparing my life."

"Ah-Can, give me some medicine balls to eat. I feel pain all over, like my bones are broken."

……

More than a month later, the clan chief Huotang led his team back.

At this moment, Shen Can finally reached the power of 108 Desolations.

He consumed a total of forty-one servings of the Qiongjiang soup.

But what followed was a strange change.

(End of this chapter)