I Steal the Ancestors' Sacrifices to Nourish Myself-Chapter 76 - 47: Jade Dew in the Storage Witch Pouch
Hearing that Blazing Flame wanted to sit on equal footing with them.
Even though Cang Hex and Ape Peak had just been indulging in self-mockery and amusement, claiming to be kings on Ape Mountain, they still felt a bit uncomfortable.
The most critical point is that the Blazing Flame Division has developed rapidly in the past two years, and they’ve made significant efforts.
After getting rid of one opponent, they didn’t gain anything, and instead created a new rival for themselves.
"Clan Leader Huo, the northern mountains and fields are so vast, surely they don’t have to come south, right?"
"Exactly, if there’s a need in the future, they can just come to the Ruins Market to buy whatever they want."
Cang Hex and Ape Peak didn’t need to discuss; they instantly reached a consensus.
The Blazing Flame Division, this small corner in the mountains, has been developing rapidly over the last two years. Who knows how much they’ve gained by cozying up to Young Master Fu of the Lingyu Tribe?
Not to mention that Tier Three Ironwood Ship they’re so envious of.
Instinctively, they didn’t want the Blazing Flame Division to leave the mountains.
"Does Clan Leader Huo, now with Young Master Fu’s support, even care about the minor profits from the Ruins Market?"
"You two, be careful what you say!"
Huo Chang’s expression became firm.
"Leader Cang Hex and Leader Ape Peak, we all work for the Young Master of the Lingyu Bo Division, don’t speak recklessly, or you’ll bring trouble upon yourselves."
"You!"
Seeing Huo Chang mention Young Master Fu again, Ape Peak glared in anger.
"Young Master Fu won’t stay in the Great Marsh forever; there will be a day when he returns to the Lingyu Tribe."
"At least, he’s still here now, isn’t he?" Huo Chang had a look that seemed to challenge them.
When ’Young Master Fu’ truly leaves, why should we fear the Cyan Bird Division and Ape Mountain?
"Clan Leader Huo’s tribe really found a big opportunity, securing such a strong backing, getting a chance to rise rapidly."
Cang Hex spoke with a sour tone.
Wishing he and his Cyan Bird Division could swap places with Huo Chang and the Blazing Flame Division.
"Clan Leader Huo, it’s been two years; has that injured Flood Dragon shown up yet?"
"How would I know? Go ask Young Master Fu."
Huo Chang played dumb.
As for Young Master Fu, they wouldn’t dare to ask him.
They’ve only seen Young Master Fu twice over the years.
True, Young Master Fu is aloof, but he is also benevolent, having given them the cultivation technique. After some research within the tribe, they realized there’s hope to cultivate up to a Tier Three Wizard.
Of course, with their original limited witchcraft inheritance, barely reaching the level of a Tier One Witch Doctor, they could discern only so much.
They could only hope that someday, a genius in witch cultivation would arise within the tribe.
"Gentlemen, since the Upper Lake is gone and the water fields are ruined, even if crops are planted, I wouldn’t dare feed it to our tribe members. Let’s just distribute the remaining grain, ore, beast hides, and other resources from the tribal storehouse."
"Let’s each make a copy of the cultivation techniques and documents inherited from the Upper Lake Division for all three divisions. How does that sound?"
"Good."
...
North of the Upper Lake Division.
In a secluded valley.
Underneath the dense forest, Huo Qii and his tribesmen spread out, sealing off the paths leading into the valley.
Inside the valley.
Shen Can leaned against the rock wall of an old, run-down cave, looking as if he was dozing.
At the cave entrance, Huo Shan stood leaning on a rock, vigilantly scanning the surroundings of the valley.
Shen Can held a Witch Pouch in his hand.
The surface of the gray Witch Pouch was covered in intricate Witch Runes, each appearing as if soaked in blood.
After a long time,
Shen Can awoke, and it took a moment for the confusion in his eyes to fade.
For other wizards, obtaining this Witch Pouch might not have yielded any results, but it was different for him.
He had unlocked it!
After three hundred years, he had deduced the witchcraft spell necessary to use the Witch Pouch.
This was different from the water magic spell of the Lingyu Tribe, somewhat akin to earth witchcraft, with a hint of blood magic mixed in.
It’s similar to dual-attribute witchcraft.
Contrary to Shen Can’s imagination, there was no mystical spatial attribute; the pouch itself had storage capability, and the witchcraft spell acted as a lock on the pouch’s opening.
As Shen Can recited the spell, channeling witch power onto the pouch, the Witch Runes at the opening lit up.
Like a door opening at the base, the mouth of the Witch Pouch slowly opened.
Shen Can’s divine sense entered, revealing a three-dimensional space about five feet in size, filled with various items.
But his expression was somewhat unpleasant.
Each Witch Weapon inscribed with Witch Runes was all associated with humans.
The skull used by the Cannibal Monster for cultivation was just one of them.
A total of seven Witch Artifacts were made from human bones.
Skull goblets, human bone torches...
These Witch Artifacts, stripped of their surface Witch Runes, were as lustrous as jade.
Once the Celestial Vein is opened, the blood energy continuously circulates within, purifying the blood and bones, and the bones gradually transform.
At least not even Huo Chang’s current physical body has reached this level.
Shen Can thought that the materials for these Witch Artifacts were at least taken from humans at the Celestial Vein’s eighth layer or mid to late stage Tier Three Wizards.
There were many things inside the Witch Pouch, and it was very chaotic.
There were many copper utensils, books, beast hide scrolls, jade boxes, and Witch Weapons...
Soon, Shen Can pulled out a copper tripod with inscriptions.
The original inscriptions on the copper tripod had been erased and replaced with another merit-recording inscription.
It used two kinds of scripts, one resembling the Bird Seal, which is also the primitive form of the current Human Race script.
The general meaning was that the Xiaoyang captured the major parts of the Human Race within a month, destroyed the temples of the Human Race, slaughtered countless people, captured tens of thousands, offered them at temples as sacrifices, and used this Human Race sacrificial copper tripod as a record.
"Xiaoyang Race."
There were many records inside the Witch Pouch, and Shen Can now knew the true origin of this Cannibal Monster.
An alien race opposed to the Human Race.
However, seeing it dragging its family with ancestral sacrificial offerings, it was likely that this Xiaoyang Race tribe had been exterminated.
The presence of inscriptions represented different meanings.
The fact that these items were placed in the Witch Pouch suggests this Xiaoyang alien wanted to restore the so-called glory of his ancestors.
Shen Can scanned each copper vessel, formerly belonging to Human Race tribes and engraved with merit inscriptions, with his Divine Sense. Unfortunately, they were merely ordinary copper items, not Witch Artifacts.
An alien race should also have sacrificial artifacts.
Someone who carried even copper items with merit inscriptions wouldn’t discard something as important as a Sacrificial Artifact.
Unless the Sacrificial Artifact was destroyed.
Shen Can was somewhat speechless, feeling that this creature died too easily.
However, he wasn’t discouraged; among the thousands of books and records, some were recorded in Human Race scripts.
Clearly, these were looted by the Xiaoyang Race.
Perhaps these texts contained the information he wanted about Sacrificial Artifacts.
Then, Shen Can pulled out two jade boxes from the pouch.
Both jade boxes were sealed with Witch Talismans.
Moreover, the beast hide materials used for the Witch Talismans had clear patterns, featuring cloud designs, and at least Tier Three in quality.
Shen Can noticed that, although the Witch Talismans were not of the same category as his Water Element Witch Rune practice, they were uncontaminated by blood energy, indicating they belonged to orthodox Human Race Witchcraft.
One of the Witch Talismans on the jade box seemed to have been opened multiple times, and although resealed, it was still quite apparent.
He carefully unraveled one side of the Witch Talisman and opened the jade box.
"Click!"
As soon as the jade box opened a small crack, Shen Can closed it, just as Huo Shan, who was guarding outside the cave, leaned in halfway.
"Acan, it smells delicious!"
Inside the jade box was a pool of glittering, transparent green jade dew-like substance.
Except this jade dew was filled with blood threads, making it appear rather eerie.
Shen Can opened the other jade box, and the Witch Talisman outside this box was intact, without overlapping marks from multiple openings.
The same green jade dew.
The aura was purer, untainted by blood threads.
Shen Can resealed the jade box. From the green jade dew, his Divine Sense felt pure energy, lacking a medicinal scent, but it was most likely suitable for cultivation.
In terms of aura, it resembled the little Divine Beast Blood he obtained from the Little Dragon Fish earlier.
Except the little Dragon Fish’s blood, whether in purity or energy, couldn’t compare to the jade dew in the box.
"Uncle Huo Shan, do you want to try it?"
At this moment, his mood was lifted from not finding the Sacrificial Artifact because finding this box of cultivation-use jade dew was a great fortune.
Not to mention, there were also many Upper Lake Division resources hidden outside.
"Can it be consumed?"
"It certainly can, and the effect would absolutely surpass the Tier Three beast meat and beast blood you had before."
Although he said that, Shen Can didn’t let Huo Shan try it immediately; he planned to conduct some tests first at home to ensure safety before using it.
Huo Shan was stuck at the Power of Seventy Desolations, and his physical body’s Qi Strength had also reached a bottleneck.
"Let’s go, retrieve the resources hidden outside first, then return to the tribe."
