I Steal the Ancestors' Sacrifices to Nourish Myself

Chapter 445 - 189: Great Gains, Yellow Mud Plate, Ancient Tree

Unfortunately, it’s likely because it has been dead for too long, the flesh is shriveled, the patterns have turned into a circle of shriveled marks, appearing not so clear.

Shen Can’s divine sense began to enter the clone; since this ancient tree bears the imprint of the Tri-Headed Race, it is highly likely to have been left behind by them.

He naturally needed to observe this ancient tree from the Tri-Headed Race’s perspective.

The Tri-Headed Race avatar that Muo Xiao has refined has some differences from the Three-Headed Secret Technique he himself has evolved, but these issues are not significant.

Shen Can began to deduce.

[You devote a hundred years of lifespan to reorganize the Three-Headed Clone Secret Technique, you carefully observe the circulation within the Tri-Headed Race’s body, and you start to further improve the clone secret technique]

Compared to his own Giant Beast avatar, this Tri-Headed Race avatar is far inferior in both foundation and quality.

Yet, since the origin of the clone secret technique comes from the Tri-Headed Race, Shen Can still gained great insight and inspiration by observing the internal changes within the Tri-Headed Race.

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Several days later.

Shen Can, using his divine sense, controlled the three-headed avatar to enter the wooden coffin, which then entered inside the ancient tree.

The entire perception began to be submerged in the aura of the ancient tree, as if plunged into a bizarre quietude.

Soon, the perception seemed to be drawn, and the runes inside the ancient tree lit up.

’Splash!’

"Come quickly, come quickly."

Between the mountains, sunlight shone brightly, myriad rays dazzled.

One by one, giant woods stood between the two mountains, even the shortest being a hundred zhang tall, with the surrounding trunk towering into the clouds.

These towering giant woods all sprouted from the same ancient tree, with the vertical trunk as pillars, and the horizontal branches as beams.

The intertwining of horizontal and vertical branches forms several layers of canopy, covering a thousand square li area between the mountains.

Wooden houses, wooden halls, nests are scattered throughout the trunks.

Around the giant wood, the rows of tree trunks formed wooden barriers, like city walls.

This is a Spirit Wood City completely formed from an ancient tree.

Inside the city, there were Tri-Headed Race figures everywhere, some riding Seat Beasts, some climbing trees and jumping, the sounds were boiling, a scene of prosperity.

Above, Flying Ships flew in from afar, landing directly on the landing platform spread out by the giant wood.

Below, under the river where the giant wood took root, Treasure Ships docked at the wharf formed by the giant wood.

Inside the entire giant tree as massive as a Giant Mountain, abundant vitality permeated.

Finally, one day, a dazzling firelight arose, suddenly enveloping the entire clan land.

A countless number of Tri-Headed Race people were caught off guard, and the blazing sunlight completely deprived them of light.

Some Tri-Headed Race people opened three pairs of eyes and used Pupil Technique to discern what was happening, only to be met with pain, and the three pupils bled and went blind.

Figures fell from the ancient tree, the giant wood started swaying, firelight began to burn, and the thriving tribe suddenly fell into calamity.

Many Tri-Headed Race people had no idea what happened and were plunged into darkness.

...

In the middle of the ancient tree, the runes of the Tri-Headed Race became increasingly bright, and opened up a tree cave where it had swallowed the wooden coffin earlier.

Inside the tree cave was a place similar to the Human Race Ancestral Temple.

The wooden coffin just stopped in the center of the tree cave, upon a stone platform covered with eerie blood-colored runes.

Unfortunately, the blood-colored rune had long faded, losing its spirit.

Shen Can inspected these runes with divine sense, discovering they served a power supply function, presumably intended for the Tri-Headed Race martial artist within the coffin.

Also, the thick blood-like substance inside the wooden coffin; the Tri-Headed Race’s original intention was possibly to soak in this blood coffin to slow down the loss of their vitality.

The plan while alive was not bad, but unfortunately, it failed.

In the tree cave, there were over a dozen standing stone tablets, five inscribed with Xiaoyang texts, and seven with Tri-Headed Race texts, accompanied by some visualization images.

Among them was the original Three-Headed Secret Technique used by Muo Xiao.

Aside from the wooden coffin, there were only these over a dozen Martial Dao and Witchcraft Path stone tablets in the tree cave, leaving Shen Can a bit disappointed.

The Xiaoyang and Tri-Headed Race heritage mixed together indicates that the Xiaoyang Race had long acquired the Tri-Headed Race’s relic, and Muo Xiao also flourished from here.

Shen Can’s divine sense sensed the entire tree cave bit by bit; the cave is merely a hundred zhang in area, comprehensively captured by the divine sense sweep.

"Buzz!"

The layout inside the tree cave had long been altered by the Xiaoyang Race, the altar remained, yet there was no sign of Xiaoyang or Tri-Headed Race offering to the divine tablet.

The altar was also empty, devoid of anything.

But as Shen Can’s divine sense fell upon the altar, he made another discovery—the Tri-Headed witch rune lit up on the altar.

He immediately controlled the three-headed avatar to come over, laying hands upon the altar.

Sure enough, as the three-headed avatar pressed down, the runes above the altar formed a small vortex, slowly opening up on the altar table.

Shen Can’s divine sense peeked into the opened vortex, revealing a small space hidden within the altar.

The space was small, only a zhang square.

Inside was a fragmented Yellow Mud Plate.

Shen Can retrieved the mud plate, sensing it with divine sense, and immediately felt a tremor in his soul, as if it contained a mysterious power—this was the first time he’d had such an experience.

After inspecting it, he stored the Yellow Mud Plate away, preparing to carefully study it later.

After all, anything hidden within the altar ought to be extraordinary.

This was the spirit ban on the altar that was activated by the three-headed avatar; Muo Xiao lacked control over the avatar and likely had no knowledge of the Yellow Mud Plate’s existence.

Subsequently, Shen Can inspected the tree cave again, finding nothing more.

Thinking about it, after the Northward Expedition of Yongshan Bo Division, if Xiaoyang had truly gained great opportunity from the Tri-Headed Race, they wouldn’t have been driven into the mountains and forests.

If the remaining opportunities here were very strong, Muo Xiao should already have conquered Ji Land, leaving no room for Blazing Flame to rise.

Over the long years, any Witch Artifact, Source Stone, Treasure Medicine would have already been used up.

The real treasure, however, is inside this barrier, this extraordinary ancient tree that can grow into a Giant Wood City.

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As Shen Can prepared a way to collect the barrier, a sad voice of the Master of the Qiu Yin Vein echoed from a valley.

"I surrender, spare me!"

"I am willing to be a slave to the Human Race."

"Not necessary, not necessary, I truly am willing to serve the Human Race."

"I can help you capture Muo Xiao."

Qiu Yin looked at the War Beasts surrounding it with predatory stares on every side, its heart sinking with dread.

Being besieged by these four-headed War Beasts is indeed excessive.

The Human Race holding it in such high esteem truly left it both astonished and fearful.

"No!"

Qiu Yin’s plea for mercy failed, meeting the combined attack of the four-headed War Beasts, a deafening roar rang out in the valley, soon followed by raging flames.