Chapter 361: Chapter 156: The Might of the Ancestral Temple Keeper, Cultivating in Your Mine_2

"How could I, a proud member of the Human Race, let myself be corrupted by beastly instincts? I will never consume any bloody thing."

"Never!"

...

"It is said that our ancestors once ate raw flesh and drank blood, and it seems there is some reason to it. Consuming bloody things might actually be alright, I’ll give it a try..."

There was a long blank space after this in the notes, with no further records.

Later, Shen Can looked at it again and found that the records before this continued for nearly three years, and then stopped after the first taste.

Putting the notes aside, this was the first time seeing the internal struggle during the beastification process of a Divine Treasure Cultivator.

Then, Shen Can focused his thoughts on the Cyan Sheep Bo Division.

He quickly found a map of the Nine Lands of Yongyi and located the position of Cyan Sheep.

The map was engraved from the Jishan Bo Division.

The Cyan Sheep Bo Division is situated south of the Luo Region, north of the Wetland, and east adjacent to the Great Marsh.

"The Cyan Sheep Bo Division should be rich in mineral resources."

With this thought, next, Shen Can returned to the Giant Mountain River Valley, and brought back the Sacrificial Artifact where the Dai Land elder slumbered to the Ancestral Temple of the clan lands.

He also had Huo Shan, who was at Luo River, return to the clan division.

In this way, the clan has two Martial Artists who cultivated the War Body, Huo Shan and Huo Chang, along with the elder from Dai Land as the Sacrificial Spirit. If any outsiders dare to intrude again, there will be strength to fight.

As for the possible inaction of the Sacrificial Spirit, Jii Tianlong, it’s best to avoid it if possible.

After completing all this, Shen Can quietly left the clan division with the Marquis’ Strongest Fist Technique he had forged.

He first traveled south along the Guimu River, slanting across the Yu Region and Luo Region, entering the northeastern part of the Wetland, heading towards the Cyan Sheep Bo Division.

Throughout the journey, he passed through vast grasslands, endless rolling mountains, with lush vegetation, rivers and wetlands everywhere, inhabited by numerous Wild Beasts.

The environment was similar, just with slightly less wilderness aura than in Ji Land.

Shen Can did not linger to enjoy the scenery, but went straight to the location of the Cyan Sheep Bo Division.

Under the rule of the Cyan Sheep Bo Division, there were numerous tribes, with over thirty Upper-class Tribes affiliated.

Unlike the relatively lenient rule of the Jishan Bo Division, the vassal tribes under the Cyan Sheep Bo Division, in addition to annual tribute, must present a certain number of clan girls and slaves every decade to the Cyan Sheep Bo Division.

Any mineral veins discovered by the tribes, whether discovered independently or not, the Cyan Sheep Bo Division would claim sixty percent.

Of course, subordinate tribes could secretly mine after discovery, as long as they were not caught by the Cyan Sheep Bo Division.

If discovered, the entire clan would be exterminated. Even Upper-class Tribes faced the execution of clan leaders, elders, and their bloodlines, with remaining clan members sold into slavery.

It is said that initially, only thirty percent was claimed, but it gradually increased to sixty percent, and the Cyan Sheep even dispatched clan members to oversee the mineral veins under their rule.

These people lorded over the mineral sites, and tribes had to spare no effort to serve them, or else the required quota of ore would not be deemed fulfilled.

Primordial Spirit Valley.

A large mineral vein located ten thousand miles outside the Cyan Sheep Bo Division, discovered and mined by the Profound Crane Division, an Upper-class Tribe under its rule.

The Profound Crane Division no longer exists, and now it is directly mined by the Cyan Sheep Bo Division.

The entire valley is deep and narrow, with extremely steep cliffs on both sides, and a War Soldier Camp was built at the entrance outside the mountains, stationed with over ten thousand people.

The valley itself stretches over a thousand miles, with stone pillars and caves everywhere, and the mining slaves densely covering it like ants crawling.

The rock walls on both sides, the mountain tops are full of sentry posts, and occasionally, large birds fly overhead patrolling.

The figures emerging from the caves carry baskets mostly filled with ordinary earth and rock, which, when filled, are dumped in a pile and then sorted out by others.

Upon arrival, Shen Can’s conscious instantly sensed the surging flow of mineral Spiritual Mechanism in the surrounding area as he entered his other body.

Having come here, naturally, he had asked about the situation along the way.

This mineral vein, on average, produces one piece of Tier Four Ore every hundred years; otherwise, the camp outside the valley would not have a Celestial Vein Ninth Layer Martial Artist stationed there.

However, the camp was somewhat lax, with women coming and going, and sounds of crying or exuberant shouts emanating from some tents.

Under Shen Can’s cover, his other body easily entered a mine, traveling downwards along the winding tunnels towards where the Spiritual Mechanism was most intense.

Using the perception of his other body, Shen Can distinctly felt that beneath this earth lay a great, winding dragon as if dormant.

This great dragon was covered with blemishes from the mining, appearing utterly broken.

Even before approaching, the other body started operating a Cultivation Technique to absorb the Metal and Stone Qi permeating the mine.

This qi, which normal Martial Artists found highly repulsive, was like nectar to the other body, causing the starlight within to shine ever more brightly as more was absorbed.

As he traveled further in, the pervasive qi contained not only Metal and Stone Qi but was mixed with the attribute of the Power of the Five Elements qi.

In the depths of the earth, a vagueness like a misty swirl floats amidst the rocks and earth, merging with the trickling Spiritual Mechanism and stone.

In this process, the subterranean stones begin their transformation, evolving from ordinary minerals towards high-quality ores.

The misty Spiritual Mechanism also draws upon the Power of the Five Elements between heaven and earth to replenish itself.

When Shen Can caught this misty phenomenon, his Divine Sense passed right through it, unable to anchor on ’it’.

In the Great Wilderness, such a Spiritual Mechanism which can nurture a mineral vein is referred to as the Earth Mother Spiritual Mechanism, and only with the Earth Mother Spiritual Mechanism can higher quality ores appear.