I Steal the Ancestors' Sacrifices to Nourish Myself-Chapter 229 - 104: Acan Heads South

The strong smell of blood permeated the Yuan Mountain Race City, as each Antelope Qilin Beast was rapidly dissected, with their scales, hides, and bones neatly sorted and placed.

The remaining nineteen that were not dead were also riddled with bloody holes.

The bodies of the fallen were gathered and placed into coffins.

The entire clan city felt stagnant, with few cries to be heard. Since Xiaoyang's southward march, dislocation and frequent deaths had nearly numbed everyone.

Huo Yaan walked into the Clan Hall.

He glanced at Huo Chang's expression, noticing that it lacked the pallor indicative of severe injury, and felt slightly relieved.

"Clan Leader, a total of four hundred and thirty-three people died in battle, with nine hundred and thirty-seven seriously injured, mostly due to rampaging Riding Beasts. Only a few were killed by Celestial Vein Martial Artists."

"Additionally, seventy-nine giant crossbows were damaged."

"Among the Celestial Vein Martial Artists who survived, besides the one in the Bronze War Chariot, there are four others."

"Preliminary questioning reveals that they came from the Luo River Bo Division, sent to gather the tribes."

Listening to Huo Yaan's report, Huo Chang nodded, "Make arrangements for the clan soldiers to strengthen the tribe's defenses. Conduct reconnaissance for a hundred miles in and out of the tribe."

"I'll arrange it right away."

Huo Yaan nodded.

Ji Land is different from the Northern Lands. The tribes gathered in the Northern Lands mostly consist of small mountain tribes with less experienced and more pure-hearted people.

However, those gathered in Ji Land come from various tribes, including Upper-class Tribes.

Even after a year, some people in the tribe still harbor mixed intentions.

...

Night fell.

Throughout the clan city, bonfires blazed, and torches burned as they moved in and out of the city, and the city itself grew quiet.

At midnight, shadows surreptitiously scaled the city walls in all four directions as patroling clan soldiers walked the ramparts.

"What are you doing!"

Some people were spotted by the patrolling clan soldiers, and arrows whistled as they shot towards the outside of the city.

The figures climbing out quickly shouted, "Stop, it's us!"

"It's us, why would our own run out of the city instead of resting in the middle of the night!"

On the ramparts, torches drove away the darkness, weapons drawn at the figures outside the city.

The people outside, feeling the arrows pointed at them, dared not move.

"Brothers, let's be clear, I'm escaping for my life. You don't want to die, do you?"

"Damn it, even dare to kill the Bo Division, I'm not staying to wait for death."

"What's wrong with following the Bo Division? Now, they've killed so many Celestial Vein Martial Artists of the Bo Division, isn't that courting death!"

"Shut up!"

An arrow shot out, pinning the person speaking outside.

Yet on the ramparts, among the torch-bearing figures, some showed flickering eyes.

The one who acted was a clan soldier from the Blazing Flame Headquarters Division, also undercover like Huo Chang, not showing any connection to him within the tribe.

Everything was done through normal combat, step by step becoming a Centurion.

"You also want to leave?"

"Is being a dog so wonderful?"

...

A group of people remained silent.

But such scenes played out repeatedly around the city.

The patrols of clan soldiers had gaps, allowing quite a few people to leave the tribe and head into the distance.

Under the cover of night, Tan Yongshan also began to move, acting only after his companions fell asleep.

He first quietly observed, ensuring that the Clan Leader's Cyan Simurgh was dozing above the Clan Hall. Then he confidently leapt out of the city.

As for the soldiers guarding the city, they were of no concern to him.

After exiting from the east side of the city, Tan Yongshan quickly headed east, entering a small mountain range.

"Coo, coo!"

A gray eagle flew out from the small mountains, fluttering its wings and landed in front of him.

"Deliver this to the Commander, as soon as possible."

The gray eagle took the beast hide scroll into its beak and flew towards the sky.

Tan Yongshan squinted, watching the gray eagle disappear into the night sky, then returned back from where he came.

The Yuan Mountain Tribe he entered was vastly different from any other tribe he had seen before.

Its armaments were fine, with numerous giant crossbows, not at all like what a newly established Scattered Division should have.

There were no Artisans visible in the tribe, so where did these things come from?

He also took the chance to examine the giant crossbows, which were crafted with such finesse that they could be dismantled, pieces from broken crossbows could be reassembled to form new ones.

Such forging techniques weren't found in Jishan or Yanran, nor had he seen them in the Luo Region.

Today, the Young Master of Luo River's work was too crude.

Recalling Luo Feng's miserable state, Tan Yongshan showed a trace of disdain. The Luo River, with its legacy of over eight thousand years, still couldn't let go of its pretentious airs.

It deserved to be outdone by his Luo River Bo Division.

Compared to the Luo River Bo Division, his Luo River's methods were much more covert.

The clan sent out thousands of clan soldiers, disguised as scattered soldiers and Rangers entered Ji Land, infiltrating various newly formed tribes.

The soldiers of the Bo Division couldn't be matched by these remnants of Ji Land tribes. Once in the tribe, it wouldn't be long before they'd become controllers or those wielding the troop's power.

Thinking of this, Tan Yongshan looked somewhat displeased.

The Yuan Mountain Tribe he came to was somewhat different. Based on his performance, he should have gradually gained attention and power.

But the mighty figures in the Yuan Mountain Tribe were too many, and the positions of Thousand Captains were already occupied, making him merely a Centurion even now.

As for the other clan soldiers who came in with him, their positions were even less favorable than his.