I Steal the Ancestors' Sacrifices to Nourish Myself-Chapter 83 - 52: Five-Year Plan Near Completion, Sending Jifu on His Way

Chapter 83: Chapter 52: Five-Year Plan Near Completion, Sending Jifu on His Way

Having someone who has mixed around in Yongyi as a lackey is very advantageous for the current Blazing Flame Tribe.

These two ’Iron Woods’ indeed should be burned a million times over.

South of the Qu River, after passing through a marshland, one would enter a vast forest mountain range, which is the Xiaoyang Race Territory.

Perhaps the marsh acted as an obstacle, or maybe the Xiaoyang tribe despised the northern marsh’s nooks and crannies, focusing their resurgence on Yongyi.

In Yongyi, there exist many upper-class tribes, even those bearing the title of ’Bo Division’ numbering in the dozens.

Why are they called ’Bo Division’? It’s because their ancestors were powerful, and though they have fallen, their Sacrificial Artifacts and heritage still persist.

The ancestors were once prosperous, and now they rely on ancestral assets to live.

There are also emerging Bo Divisions who have risen rapidly to become Bo Divisions.

These tribes occupy the ’fertile lands’ developed in Yongyi, skilled in farming, and Yongyi has many undeveloped mountain ranges, lacking no Wild Beasts.

Naturally, they look down on the folks from the fringes.

The skirmishes between Xiaoyang and the various tribes have both victories and defeats; both sides have experienced tribe extinction.

Many years ago, an anomaly occurred at Gufu Mountain, a site of a Xiaoyang branch wiped out a thousand years ago, attracting Xiaoyang, the Human Race, Desolate Beast Worship Masters, and Blood Witches.

In the end, only the ruins of an ancestral temple with a few remaining pillars were found.

The Xiaoyang Ancestral Temple has undergone numerous Human Race blood sacrifices, even the remaining pillars have become filled with malice, they can be used as cultivation materials by Blood Witches, or as ritual items by Xiaoyang.

This led to a competition among various parties, ultimately resulting in a division among them.

At that time, some speculated that the remaining pillars at the ruins might not only be left by the Xiaoyang branch from a millennia ago but possibly remnants of even older Xiaoyang tribe.

Later, a tribe was rebuilt at the old site, only to be extinguished again.

Otherwise, the pillars couldn’t have survived amidst the flames.

"The Xiaoyang tribe is far more ruthless than me, they use the Human Race as food, for rituals, for burial, capturing large numbers of Humans each time.

After sacrifice, humans are used as cultivation resources, throwing the bones into large pits dug outside the ancestral temple.

The tribe that digs the biggest pits and holds the most corpse bones is seen as the most powerful."

...

At this moment, the Tuo Lord glanced at Shen Can, muttering under his breath, he utilized the blood left from a beating he received.

He transformed it into a blood-colored Witch Talisman that landed on the Sacrificial Wood.

"Buzz!"

"Wow!"

As the Blood Talisman fell, cries followed.

This time, not only were there baby’s cries, but also screams, wails, roars, and other sounds of despair.

On the black wood, a dark light emerged, vague shadows or incomplete faces appeared.

All resembling the Human Race.

"Master, although this item is merely a pillar in the ancestral temple, after Xiaoyang’s years of rituals, it has become an unparalleled sacred artifact in their hands.

Placing it in any tribe silently releases Cold Yin Qi, even without activation, subtly immerses the tribe in nightmares.

If anyone can wield these two Sacrificial Woods, within three to five years, they’d be mighty indeed, free to feast and play."

At this, Tuo Lord suddenly realized he misspoke again.

"Uh, Master,

I

speak

rather

bluntly.

Beg your pardon, Master."

"Do you know this place?"

Hearing Shen Can did not take offense, Tuo Lord replied, "Seems it’s called Gufu Mountain, considered an important ancestral land by Xiaoyang tribe, too dangerous, I didn’t go."

"If one were to head to the burial pits at Xiaoyang Ancestral Temple ruins, could they summon back the residual spirits of the Human Race, to enter into the Sacrificial Artifact?"

These words left Tuo Lord struck.

"Possibly could."

Tuo Lord pondered before speaking, "It’s said among the sacrificed Humans by Xiaoyang, there weren’t few Tier Three Humans.

Eight thousand years ago, when Xiaoyang was at its peak, even Tier Four Humans were used as sacrifices.

Theoretically, could be used for ritual purposes, but whether it works, I don’t know, it’s been too long."

Suddenly, Shen Can queried, "In Yongyi, is the practice of summoning residual spirits through tribe rituals common?"

"Quite a lot, now that Xiaoyang is growing stronger, constantly encroaching on Human Race territories, tribes are frequently wiped out, remnant tribes reassemble.

To shorten development’s perilous period, summoning Human Race residual spirits is essential.

Now spirit summoning relies on luck, sometimes they summon spirits not very powerful, so Human Race tribes migrate to the old sites of extinct tribes.

To directly accept the blessings of the recently extinct Upper Division.

Also, for example, finding descendants of extinguished tribes, incorporating them into their own tribe, marry or bring them in to birth a lineage."

Shen Can understood this point, with fewer great ancestors, unable to summon powerful residual spirits into tribes, developing alternative summoning methods naturally.

"So, these practices are common in Yongyi."

"Indeed."

"You’ll hear about it often if you wander about."

After Tuo Lord finished speaking, he suddenly felt a chill.

Shen Can’s killing intent arose, but this time it wasn’t directed at Tuo Lord, rather at Jifu.

Thinking intimidating him a few times, Jifu would speak the truth, yet he kept secrets about the Sacrificial Artifact.

Initially, it was Jifu who proclaimed ignorance about the artifact’s materials, claiming the artifact was mysterious, how could his bloodline mutation know.

At the time, Shen Can believed him.

After all, the artifact was spiritual, naturally assumed its materials must be special.

Having little experience indeed doesn’t suffice, easy to be deceived.

"So theoretically, these small tribes by the lake perform rituals yearly, as long as the method is correct, could also summon remnants of Human Race sages for protection?"