Chapter 397: Chapter 171: Five-Year Beastification Plan Completed

In the primitive wild forest, vegetation flourished, rocks were jagged, and insects and ants were abundant.

If they didn’t transform into beast form, the martial artists of the Blazing Flame Tribe would find it extremely difficult to traverse here.

While undergoing beastification, they inherited the robust physique of wild beasts, capable of resisting most insect bites.

Led by the Dragon Horned Wilderness Beast, the group traversed thousands of miles, entering into a vast valley.

The valley was shrouded in a faint mist, the vegetation was exceedingly lush, and the ancient trees twisted like dragons, their roots sprawling across the ground.

Thick layers of leaves fell to the ground, accumulating layer upon layer.

Upon arriving in the valley, just as the Dragon Horned Wilderness Beast described, many wild beasts gathered here to live.

However, their ranks were not high, the strongest barely comparable to the Human Race Celestial Vein Sixth Layer.

It made sense; if there were indeed a high-tier source stone vein in this valley, the Black-haired Hound as the lord of this land would’ve claimed it already, not leaving it for these little wild beasts.

Faced with the emergence of such a large ’beast group’ from the Blazing Flame Tribe, the wild beasts in the valley scattered and fled.

"There really are source stones."

Upon entering the valley, Shen Can picked up a pinch of soil from the ground.

Within the soil were faintly glowing fragments, which were source stone scraps.

His Divine Sense scanned the rock walls, then extended beneath the earth.

The valley surface had long been excavated into pits and hollows, all dug by the hooves of the wild beasts themselves.

The wild beasts instinctively sensed there was something underground that could enhance their strength.

When Shen Can’s Divine Sense probed beneath the surface, it felt obstructed by the earth and stone.

Earth and stone, especially veins and other substances, significantly influence Divine Sense.

Still, despite the interference, his Divine Sense managed to probe three hundred feet below.

Below the surface of this valley, among the earth and stone, were scattered source stones, seemingly randomly placed and covered with layers of earth and rock.

The quantity was considerable, and all five elements were present, some with singular attributes, others mixed with various attributes.

They varied in size, most being only the size of a pea.

Starting just under one foot below the surface and extending to the region Shen Can could sense, three hundred feet deep, source stones were distributed.

However, from a hundred feet deep, the earth and stone began to condense, their strength increasing.

"Set up camp here and start mining."

Having found the source stone vein, it was naturally time to mine it clean.

Afterward, Shen Can walked around the valley, discovering the extent of the source stone vein was over ten miles, densely packed within his sensing range.

The discovery of the vein made his tribal members delighted as they busily opened up caves within the valley.

The members following Shen Can divided into three groups, with those beastified into Cyan Simurghs responsible for patrolling the skies.

The remaining members split into two teams, taking turns digging.

Given the scattered distribution of the source stones, there was no need for tunnel mining, just open-pit mining, excavating the soil layer by layer.

The tools were easy to make, utilizing local resources, weaving large vine baskets used with Witch Weapons.

Their weapons had been brought in by Shen Can in his Witch Pouch.

A basketful of earth and stone was excavated, and when poured out, the glittering source stones were sifted out.

Some source stones were pure white, others sparkled in black, red, cyan, green, yellow, and various other colors.

If this place was any closer to the clan lands, and not situated within the Giant Mountain Range, infested with dangerous wild beasts,

then they would have transferred more people from the tribe to assist with mining.

Fortunately, everyone was a Celestial Vein Martial Artist, so they worked swiftly, digging and gathering soil like human excavators.

In just one day, the surface layer was scraped away to a depth of one foot, and the woven vine baskets as tall as a person were filled with crystalline source stones.

Once some source stones were excavated, Shen Can inspected them carefully, realizing these source stones’ purity varied.

Most resembled scraps from the edges of the source stone vein.

This thought prompted him to release his Divine Sense once more to investigate thoroughly, increasingly confirming his suspicion.

It is probable that certain beings, maybe of the Human Race or another strong race, directly extracted a quality source stone vein from within the valley.

Hence, the leftover source stones were scattered sporadically in the valley.

The Earth Mother Spiritual Mechanism that emerged in the Cyan Sheep Bo Division vein did not appear here either.

Without the Earth Mother Spiritual Mechanism, the leftover source stone scraps naturally couldn’t form another vein, leaving them scattered in the valley.

For Shen Can’s tribe members mining the source stones, he wasn’t stingy, allowing them to use the excavated source stones for cultivation during breaks.

While the tribe mined the vein, the two domesticated wild beasts weren’t idle, continuing to search the surrounding mountains for clues about the Luwu Treasure Blood.

Shen Can predicted that the fight for Luwu Treasure Blood wouldn’t stop soon, though the Giant Mountain Range was vast, making it difficult to detect any activities.

Moreover, the Treasure Blood could fall into the hands of a stronger wild beast, in which case he might not be able to defeat them.

As days passed, a large deep pit emerged, spanning over ten miles in the valley.

The pit’s bottom was uneven, composed of solid rock.

This rock was hard, lying between mineral ore and ordinary stone.

The reason it hadn’t further evolved was the absence of the Earth Mother Spiritual Mechanism, forcibly interrupted by external forces.

In the timeless mountains, Shen Can also utilized the source stones for cultivation, as the daily excavated source stones transformed into a continuous stream of energy entering his body.