Starting with Proficiency Panel-Chapter 476 - 473 Forcibly Recognizing Master

Lu Ren only glanced briefly, then focused his attention on another row of artifacts. These were unearthed during excavations in Huaxia, and among them, Lu Ren could feel an astonishing power in several items.

They must be magical treasures!

Especially the extremely ancient-looking stone slab directly in front of Lu Ren. The obscure power within it made Lu Ren unable to resist taking a closer look. He couldn’t help but step forward and gently caress the incredibly ancient-looking slab, which was engraved with a very strange rune pattern. It looked much like a totem, with figures resembling matchstick men around it bowing and worshiping the rune pattern.

All the images were very primitive, filled with the ancient peoples’ spiritual sustenance during the vast wilderness era, hoping the totem, as a tribal god, could bless the tribe to continue, to have a spiritual anchor on the wild earth. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

In those primitive times, the spirit within the totem was absolutely the most important existence for the entire tribe. It concerned the tribe’s cohesion, and as worship continued, the totem seemed to begin to birth various magical phenomena, forming genuine gods who protected the tribe and guided the ancient peoples to qualify for the extraordinary. The two grew by mutually relying on each other.

In this ancient and extremely hard stone slab, an unknown totem spirit was evidently entrapped, sunk into eternal slumber.

"We once tried to awaken this totem spirit, but it seemed to have lost its senses due to the extremely long sleep, making it impossible to communicate, so we had no choice but to leave it be."

A storage manager beside him saw Lu Ren reach out to touch the slab and couldn’t help but step forward to explain.

Lu Ren looked over, only to see a small, old man with hands behind his back, slightly hunched and dressed meticulously in traditional Chinese attire.

Although this person was trying his best to hide his strength, Lu Ren easily discerned his realm with a sweep of his heart eye.

He looked at the old man surprised. Although he appeared as if at the end of his days, in truth, this person’s cell vitality was extremely high, possessing a prodigious life energy.

An expert in the Determination Path Realm!

Seeing Lu Ren gaze over, Han Zhuang’s hair stood on end due to reflex. With just a glance from Lu Ren, he felt as if he had been exhaustively examined both inside and out, like he was being scrutinized under a magnifying glass.

As expected, reputation does not come unwarranted. Han Zhuang’s scalp tingled, regretting his bold approach. He initially thought his concealment was impeccable to Lu Ren, but never anticipated that a mere glance would expose him completely.

Terrifying.

Despite being shocked, years of survival and life experience compelled Han Zhuang to introduce: "This totem spirit should be from the Houfeng Tribe, but seemingly, one day, the whole tribe encountered an unimaginable enemy, the tribe was annihilated, and this stone slab was buried for countless ages until it was recently discovered in a primitive cave."

"At first, we thought this stone slab was merely some graffiti by people from the primitive society, but later we discovered it housed a totem spirit due to some coincidence."

Lu Ren displayed no particular reaction, just merely glanced at Han Zhuang before moving his gaze elsewhere. After thinking for a moment, he asked: "So you mean, at that time, there actually was no Immortal Path cultivation system?"

"That’s correct. During that wild era, humans were born on the earth, without any assistance, and to find solace for their restless minds, they formed the Totem Civilization Era."

"During those times, all means were considered usable as long as they could enhance one’s strength. Consequently, the sacrifices to totems grew exceedingly bloody just to gain power."

Lu Ren nodded slightly, not overly concerned. After all, the Totem Era was too far in the past. If talking about the time when humans truly appeared and began slowly rising, it could be traced back to the Cretaceous period. During this process, humanity had always pursued the extraordinary, though the direction it went through is likely to have seen much variation.

He walked straight towards a small three-legged, two-eared cauldron seeming rusty, casually discarded in a corner like trash.

Lu Ren extended his hand, and before touching the little cauldron, it started shaking, shedding its rust, revealing its true form.

Beside him, Han Zhuang was visibly moved, surprised by the quick response of this cauldron.

Lu Ren maintained a calm demeanor, without any hesitation, grasped the entire cauldron with one large hand.

Buzz!!

The cauldron suddenly radiated brilliantly, spewing out terrifying streams of light from its mouth, attempting to reach Lu Ren.

Lu Ren’s entire body emanated a faint golden glow, with his immense true power surging towards the cauldron like tidal waves.

Soon after, Han Zhuang felt the cauldron rapidly awakening but was forcibly suppressed by Lu Ren’s power, which could seemingly pierce the heavens.

The brilliance emitted by the cauldron rapidly faded at this moment, everything returned to tranquility, though the removed rust revealed the engraved landscape, fish, birds, and all living things on its surface.

Wine forced upon someone who refuses to offer a toast!

Lu Ren’s expression was slightly grim. This damn Nine Provinces Cauldron acted just like a feminist, like a shrew who wouldn’t let him in, but after he forcefully pushed through with his true power at the True Immortal level, the cauldron seemed to derive some pleasure from it.

The resurrecting terrifying aura dissipated immediately, showing no sign of its prior determination to fight to the death with Lu Ren.

After unveiling the Nine Provinces Cauldron, Lu Ren sorted his thoughts. Since there was only one of the Nine Cauldrons presently, he planned to temporarily utilize this cauldron to suppress a province, thoroughly cleansing the pollution in the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Mechanism, establishing a pure land.

"Let’s go."

Lu Ren remarked, bringing Han Zhuang back to his senses, who quickly escorted Lu Ren out of the storage, only to relax his whole body afterward, wiping the cold sweat from his brow, muttering under his breath.

"What is going on here? There’s such a terrifying person in the world, absolutely dreadful! I might as well continue hiding in this storage to retire peacefully!"

After discussing this with Zhang Tongxuan, Zhang Tongxuan looked at the little cauldron that Lu Ren was fiddling with. Even though he was envious, Zhang Tongxuan also realized that the Nine Provinces Cauldron was forcibly claimed by Lu Ren.

Unless Lu Ren died, there was no way for others to get close to it. The moment Zhang Tongxuan reached out, attempting to touch it, the cauldron condensed a beam of Qi in the void, its sharpness seemingly capable of slicing through his body.

Listening to Lu Ren’s inquiry, Zhang Tongxuan pondered for a moment before solemnly stating, "This is not a long-term solution. Given the current times, if we can’t smoothly adapt, we are facing what could be termed a Great Extinction!"

After all, this is merely a small appetizer before the main course; it’s not even comparable to a starter. If the cosmic spiritual mechanism from deep space continues to sweep in with increasingly severe pollution characteristics, it indicates that this starry cosmos is undergoing very eerie transformations.