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

Chapter 95 The Copper Talisman Array, Refined the Owl Yang? (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Tongbei Market is 1,500 li to the east.

Green peaks stand tall, and vegetation flourishes.

In the valley surrounded by green peaks, a strong smell of grease lingers in the dark ruins.

High up in and around Qingfeng Valley, figures were on guard, with sentries deployed over a hundred miles away.

"Ah Chan, this is it. Look, the ground is covered in blood."

Huo Qi led Shen Can here, "Look, there's still a faint mist that hasn't dissipated."

Shen Can carefully examined the blood-red soil.

Seeing that Shen Can no longer needed his introduction, Huo Qi began to check the surrounding defenses; the area was no longer safe.

He led the entire group out with the sole purpose of protecting the temple.

For this purpose, a giant crossbow was specially brought in and has now been placed at the highest point of the valley, which can be used to target most areas inside and outside the valley.

Shen Can didn't question the guards around him; this was the treatment he was getting now that he was out.

Previously, the clan's strength was insufficient; now that it has the strength, it naturally deserves it.

"Chirp!"

With a cry, the black bird took flight from his shoulder.

He has already deciphered the sorcery controlling the puppet tree that he stole from the wandering knight, and has handed it over to his disciple to organize.

I believe it won't be long before the warriors in the clan have birds to use.

Unfortunately, it requires divine sense to control, making it difficult to popularize to the Mountain Opening Realm for the time being.

The black bird took flight and hovered over the ruined tribe, allowing Shen Can to take in the entire tribe.

As you can see, even after being scorched by kerosene, some mist still lingered in the corners of the valley.

The burnt areas on the ground can be seen by digging them up.

The entire tribe had more than a dozen thick bloodstains, all converging towards the center of the tribe.

A witch's array.

Shen Can doesn't know much about this yet.

Lu Fu hadn't explained much before, because when Lu Fu was studying in the Lingyu tribe, he hadn't come into contact with witchcraft formations.

He guessed that it wasn't that the Lingyu tribe didn't have witch arrays, but rather that Fu Fu's talent hadn't passed the hidden witch array test, to the point that he thought he had never come into contact with witch arrays.

With the black bird as an aid, Shen Can quickly arrived at the center of the tribe. After digging through the blood-stained soil, he unearthed a bronze talisman shaped like a loach.

Following the bloodstains, Shen Can dug out twelve smaller loach-shaped bronze talismans around the tribe.

The bronze talisman was cast with remarkable realism; the loach raised its head and opened its mouth, as if inhaling and exhaling blood.

According to their confessions, the two blood warriors who attacked here used similar tactics to the three Bai Langs who went to the Blazing Flame Tribe.

They pretended to be passing through the tribe, and after being entertained, they waited until night to carry out their attack.

For two Celestial Vein Warriors to deal with such a small tribe that had just been integrated after the disaster, especially by secretly attacking it, would be a piece of cake.

The thirteen bronze talismans in total are engraved with a main talisman and twelve secondary talismans of the same type.

Its overall appearance is similar to the sacrificial beasts carried by these rangers.

No wonder these people worship the same beast; they won't do anything without a reason. It's because the master of the beast can help them increase their strength more quickly.

Even if this advancement in strength comes from devouring one's own kind.

If things proceed as planned, once Bai Lang and Luo Xue successfully enter the Blazing Flame Tribe, they will contact the two people there and activate the Copper Loach Rune Array.

After collecting the talisman array, Shen Can did not linger any longer and returned to the tribe under the escort of the Huoqi people.

……

"Ayu, go tell the clan chief to interrogate those blood sorcerers again and make them talk more about the bronze talisman array, including the spells used to activate it."

After returning to the tribe, Shen Can gave A Yu a few instructions and then took the copper talisman back to his residence.

With a clang, a dozen or so bronze talismans landed on the table.

After washing up, Shen Can changed into a loose linen dress and sat down behind the desk.

The bronze talismans were then arranged in the same formation as before.

Starting the formation requires incantations, which he doesn't know yet.

Shen Can leaned back in his chair, his hands on the armrests, his fingers tapping on the armrests, his eyes fixed on the bronze rune array in front of him.

There were two blood clumps next to it.

Since the bronze talisman array can refine humans, it should also be able to refine wild beasts, alien races, and other creatures.

“Ayu”.

"Here we are." Ayu, who had just returned from the clan hall, popped her head out.

"Go tell the tribe to catch more wild rabbits, pheasants, badgers, and other small wild animals; I need them."

Humans cannot eat other people, but there is no problem with refining wild beasts and alien races for cultivation.

Alien races, such as Xiaoyang, should also be classified as wild beasts.

It looks like a bear, moves like an ape using all four limbs, is very agile in climbing and jumping, and laughs loudly before eating people.

That night, echoes reverberated through the clan's prison.

The next morning, after Shen Cansai finished sweeping the ancestral temple and had breakfast, the interrogation records of the Blood Warriors were already laid out on the table.

The incantation to activate the formation was also obtained.

It was still three portions, each obtained from one of the three people.

"The Blood Leech Spirit Summoning Method".

Shen Can glanced through them and found that all three spells were identical; the blood warrior who had been beaten was still quite obedient.

……

Half a day later, in a valley on the east side of the clan's territory, hundreds of wild rabbits, pheasants, and other animals were running around in a chaotic manner.

"lead!"

As Shen Can chanted the incantation from above, streaks of blood-red loach-like phantoms surged within a hundred-foot radius of the valley, rushing towards the central area.

Wherever the blood loach goes, any small wild beasts that touch it are immediately drained of their blood essence.

Soon, a hint of blood appeared at the central bronze talisman.

call out!
Shen Can, high above, raised his hand, and the bloody light fell into his palm.

It was a blood pill the size of a grain of rice, exuding a foul odor.

“Ayu”.

Ah Yu, who was standing nearby, quickly pulled a small badger out of the bamboo basket.

Shen Can flicked his finger, and the blood pill fell into the little badger's mouth.

"Roar!"

After the blood pill was digested, a bloodthirsty glint appeared in the little badger's already wild eyes.

Thrown out by Ayu and crashing into the valley, it charged up to bite Ayu. Unable to climb the stone wall, it crashed headfirst into it.

After a few moments, he crashed into the rock wall and died.

"Bloodlust affects the mind."

Shen Can had anticipated this outcome.

But this isn't a big problem. Martial artists start their training by soaking in beast blood, and the clan has long accumulated experience in neutralizing beast blood.

What he cared about was this witch formation and its connection to the beast worshipped behind the Blood Witch.

Worshiping beasts can bring curses, causing one's body to rot and stink.

He wanted to use this thing to help the warriors in his clan cultivate, not to subject them to a curse.

At this moment, Shen Can thought of one of the blood warriors he had captured, who, apart from the smell of bloodlust, had not a trace of rottenness on him.

This person seems to be called Mu Lingshan.

……

"Temple Master, what brings you here?"

Huo Zhe looked at Shen Can walking into the clan prison with some surprise.

This was Shen Can's first visit since the cave where he was imprisoned was turned into a clan prison.

"Which cave is Muling Mountain in?"

Fire Partridge led Shen Can through a long stone path and into a small cave. "Two of us—Tian He, Jiang Shi, and I—will be stationed here every day."

Each detainee is watched by three people every twelve hours.

Huo Zhe also showed Shen Can the anesthetic powder and other supplies prepared outside each ear piercing.

Inside the ear piercing.

Hearing the noise, Mu Lingshan barely opened his heavy eyelids. His collarbone had been pierced, and he had no strength left in his body.

Every moment of pain filled him with regret. He had seen others seize opportunities, but he had chosen to rush headlong into a trap and seek death.

"I've said everything I need to say, just give me a straight answer."

"You worship the beast, the Fallen Loach, so why don't you smell bad like the others?"

Upon hearing this, Mu Lingshan slightly raised his head, glanced at Shen Can with blurry eyes, and then revealed a sneer.

"What kind of thing is this, a 'fallen loach'? It dares to ask me to serve it?"

"Since you haven't established a service relationship with the Fallen Loach, how can you use it to enhance your strength?"

"Rob it!"

Mu Lingshan spoke up, "It's just that I was unlucky enough to run into your hands."

Not long after, Shen Can emerged from the ear piercing with a look of admiration.

Wow, what a talent!

Muling Mountain is a place that specializes in stealing the blood of martial artists.

Humans worship beasts, or the beasts themselves guide them, like the Alligator Lord.

Alternatively, new recruits are selected by blood warriors or blood sorcerers, and after passing the test, they are introduced to the beast priests, establishing a master-servant relationship between the two parties.

Mu Lingshan was exploiting loopholes.

He knew what the Blood Witches and Blood Warriors did—they used humans as cultivation resources. So, before paying homage to the Beast, he would sneak into the Blood Warriors, grab what he could, and run to the next one.

Sometimes, there will be situations where blood warriors are wiped out. Whether they are robbed and run or wiped out and taken all depends on how the situation develops.

As for why the Blood Warrior believed that Mu Lingshan would offer his pledge of allegiance.

He only killed a few of his own kind; his blade was very fast.

……

Back at his residence, Shen Can made a note of the matter. The reason why the previous interrogation hadn't yielded this result was mainly because they hadn't inquired about this aspect.

The clansmen all thought they were in cahoots.

Since no one asked, Mu Lingshan naturally didn't bother to admit that he was actually a slacker who infiltrated the Blood Warriors to double-cross them.

Actually, you could ask the crocodile master about this, but the crocodile in Jidi has not returned.

Shen Can hadn't expected to encounter the Copper Talisman Witch Array.

If one does not worship a god and does not establish a master-servant relationship, one will not be subject to the curse of decay.

Shen Can speculated that the curse was not caused by killing, but by the backlash from stealing witchcraft, martial arts, and other cultivation methods.

……

[Deriving the Copper Talisman Witchcraft Array]

[You invest ten years of your lifespan in the analysis and discover that what you initially thought was a large millstone-shaped witch formation actually contains other wondrous entities.]

Besides the main talisman and the twelve secondary talismans having a parent-child array relationship, there is also a hidden parent-child array connection on the main talisman artifact of the overall talisman array.

[You've deciphered the mystery of the hidden mother-child array. It turns out that when this witch array is in operation, it can secretly transfer a portion of the blood energy to another hidden mother array device through the hidden mother-child array.]

This witchcraft array, through the sacrificial procession of the essence, energy, spirit, and blood of living beings, also generates a mist filled with confusion and resentment, which obstructs the detection of human divine sense.

Thirty years later, you discover that the hidden mother-child witch array, while quietly absorbing blood energy, also absorbs the resentment left behind by living beings.

[After more than ten years, you have come to realize that although this witch formation is not very strong, falling between the lower and middle grades of the third rank, it has the potential to undergo further transformation as more living beings are sacrificed to it.]

At the same time, due to the increase in resentment, the witch array will become increasingly difficult to control, and may even degenerate into a bloodthirsty array, turning against its user.
Furthermore, if this witch formation is attacked by a martial artist at the mid-stage of the Heavenly Vein realm or above, or by too many elite martial artists, the risk of it collapsing will greatly increase.

……

For the next two weeks, aside from cultivation and rituals, Shen Can spent most of his time studying the bronze talisman array he had obtained.

He wreaked havoc on many of the small wild beasts captured by the tribe.

He gave a few of the extracted blood pills to his disciple Huo Yun, asking him to improve the formula for neutralizing the evil energy of the blood pills based on the formula for neutralizing witch medicine.

Shen Can could deduce it himself, but he preferred to have his disciples do it first, and then he would provide guidance from behind.

"Master, it's done."

On this day, Huo Yun found Shen Can carrying two jars.

She dissolved the blood pills Shen Can gave her into water, and then poured in the medicinal powder she had prepared herself.

After the witch's medicine and the essence of the blood pills were combined, the malevolent energy quickly began to subside.

"good."

Afterwards, Shen Can gave Huo Yun a few more high-quality Wild Beast Blood Pills and asked her to continue her research.

In the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed.

A message from the Azure Bird tribe prompted Huotang to convene a meeting of many clan elders for discussion.

"The Azure Bird Tribe is calling for help. According to intelligence, the Azure Bird Tribe has been surrounded by a force of the Owl Sun Clan."

The fact that the Cangniao tribe, with tens of thousands of members, requested reinforcements is enough to demonstrate the strength of the Xiaoyang tribe surrounding the Cangniao tribe.

In Huotang's view, it was only a matter of time before the Cangniao tribe and the Xiaoyang tribe clashed. The fact that the Xiaoyang tribe had only come looking for them after several months of their northward march was beyond his expectations.

Who made Cangniao the closest to Quyang Market?

In particular, in the past two months, after the tribe soldiers went out hunting, they discovered that several more tribes had migrated there, two or three thousand miles to the west of the tribe's territory.

"The Azure Birds are one of the largest tribes in this region. Once the Azure Birds are wiped out by the Owl Sun, our importance will be highlighted even more."

Huotang understood one thing.

The Azure Bird is very close to Quyang Market, making it the first line of defense against the Xiaoyang Clan heading north.

Once the Azure Bird is destroyed, the Saruyama will follow closely behind, and then it will be our own Blazing Flame.

As for the idea that the Xiaoyang tribe wouldn't go into the mountains, only a fool would think that.

"Chieftain, we can save them, but we need to find a way to do it. What did Ape Mountain say?"

Huoqi asked.

"I have already sent someone to contact Saruyama, but I haven't received a reply yet."

"Also, although the Azure Bird requested help, the specific situation is still unclear. I sent the Fire Monkey to investigate."

……

After a clan council meeting, the elders reached a consensus: the Xiaoyang clan was powerful, and the Cangniao clan still needed to be saved to prevent the Xiaoyang clan from defeating them one by one, leaving only Zhiyan with no choice but to flee.

After everyone left, Shen Can remained seated.

Not long after, Ayu came in, grabbed a piece of animal skin, and handed it to Huotang at Shen Can's prompting.

When the firebox was opened, it was found that the paper was covered with writing and drawings, completely covering the animal skin.

"Ah Can, is this what you've been busy with these past few days, leading the Witch Temple?"

“The owl-like owl feeds on humans, and our human race should seize the blood and energy of the owl-like owl for cultivation.”

"Will this method work?"

……

"I have studied it carefully, and it is true that the operation of the great formation will generate resentment."

Shen Can stood up and said, "The Xiaoyang Clan feeds on humans, and quite a few tribes have been wiped out by the Xiaoyang in recent days."

They refined the blood essence of the Xiaoyang clan and gave it to those whose clan had been wiped out as cultivation resources.

Whether the lingering resentment of the so-called "owl yang" can still affect users remains to be seen.

Furthermore, it was discovered that this witchcraft array was connected to the sacrificial beast, secretly absorbing the blood essence from the ritual. This allowed a portion of the Xiaoyang clan's resentment to be transferred to the sacrificial beast behind it.

"That sounds feasible."

"Whether it works or not, we still need to put it into practice."

Shen Can said, "If Xiao Yang really launches a large-scale attack in the surrounding area, our Zhiyan tribe alone will probably find it difficult to resist."

This kind of cultivation resource also makes it easier for tribes to integrate a large number of martial artists for their own use.

　People say that the Blazing Flame tribe doesn't have fire-based witchcraft and martial arts yet, but they will soon have them. It's set up around the five elements, and they'll gradually master them. A tribe can't rely on just one attribute; it needs all walks of life to develop in tandem.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)