I Steal the Ancestors' Sacrifices to Nourish Myself

"You know, although we’re all from Yongyi, we’re still called Horse Slaves. The people from Yongyi don’t play with us."

Soon, Shen Can heard more speculations about the ’Divine Treasure Tribulation’ from Lord Jishan.

Some say that the major Bo Divisions actually control a Secret Realm Grotto Heaven, which opens once every two hundred years, and only Divine Treasure Realm Martial Artists can enter it.

So, the ’Divine Treasure Tribulation’ that occurs every two hundred years is a calamity deliberately created by the major Bo Divisions.

The so-called missing Martial Artists were actually killed inside the Secret Realm Grotto Heaven, and the destroyed Bo Divisions were merely providing the energy needed to open the Grotto Heaven.

There’s another theory that this so-called disaster is actually caused by the internal Human Race Martial Artists who have gone through Beastification, leading to the downfall of the Bo Divisions.

"There are many rumors, but I have never encountered them. Even if I want to learn more, I can’t talk to those people, so I know just a few rumors."

Saying this, Lord Jishan patted his head. Being called a Horse Slave for thousands of years, how could he not be angry? But he had no choice.

The divisions of Yongyi had long since habitually ignored the Ji Land, except for some caravans passing through, the contact between Jishan and the divisions was minimal.

From the rumors spoken by Lord Jishan, Shen Can couldn’t determine the truth about the missing Divine Treasures, but the destroyed Bo Divisions were indeed real.

"Old Lord, how strong was the Bo Division that was destroyed two hundred years ago?"

Lord Jishan thought for a moment, then gently shook his head and said a bit uncertainly, "It shouldn’t have been weak, at least it wouldn’t be much inferior to my Jishan, at least having two or three Divine Treasure Martial Artists."

After speaking, Lord Jishan also frowned.

The destruction of the previous Bo Divisions indeed hadn’t happened in Ji Land.

But could it be that they truly looked down on Ji Land?

Before the Blazing Flame Bo Division rose to power, Xiaoyang stirred up trouble in Ji Land, and Jishan was almost single-handedly resisting Xiaoyang.

Is it possible that because Jishan was at war with Xiaoyang, it avoided being wiped out?

There were so many rumors, and Lord Jishan had his judgment in his heart.

In his eyes, the major Bo Divisions of Yongyi were not good people. A hunt on other Bo Divisions of Yongyi every two hundred years was something they could indeed do.

Now that Xiaoyang is gone and Jishan has been recuperating for decades, the clan’s strength has recovered considerably.

Thinking of this, Lord Jishan instead looked at Shen Can.

Compared to Jishan, the Blazing Flame Bo Division now seemed more like a ’good prey.’

Sure enough, he saw Shen Can frown.

What Lord Jishan could think of, Shen Can naturally could as well.

He even thought of that time he was being spied on.

At that time, Shen Can suspected that the spy was a Martial Artist from the Ao Mountain Bo Division.

After all, he had personally killed an elder of Ao Mountain, along with a Tier Four Wild Beast.

Therefore, he had always been vigilant against Ao Mountain.

But for decades, Ao Mountain hadn’t made any moves, and he couldn’t figure out why Ao Mountain hadn’t acted.

Is it possible that Ao Mountain was waiting for this two-hundred-year opportunity?

As Lord Ao Mountain had speculated before, the major Bo Divisions of Yongyi were actually in cahoots, with one hidden, one missing, and one making a secret move.

Don’t be fooled by Jishan also having an inheritance of eight thousand years. Compared to Tianzheng and Ao Mountain Bo Divisions, it was too gentle. These later Bo Divisions had even robbed Yongshan.

Snatching away Yongshan eight thousand years ago and having tasted the sweet fruits from doing so, maintaining this two-hundred-year cycle of plundering was not surprising at all.

Gently suppressing the speculation in his heart, Shen Can didn’t know if his guess was correct, but he surely had to strengthen the defenses of the tribe next.

"Looks like we have to help each other once again, but it’s just that Yanran Race Leader ran too fast."

Lord Jishan was very straightforward. There was once a friendship between the two divisions in jointly besieging Xiaoyang. Now, being the only two major Bo Divisions in Ji Land, they had a natural basis for alliance.

Although Lord Jishan thought that compared to Jishan Division, Blazing Flame seemed more like prey.

But within Ji Land, there were only these two Bo Divisions, and given that they were located in the Northern Lands, if someone really planned to make a secret move, could they possibly gather up both clans?

That would be a gamble too risky to take.

And this Yann Wanyun ran really fast, otherwise a three-legged tripod would be perfect.

"It’s getting late, come and try my Jishan’s cuisine."

Seeing that they had finished discussing matters, Lord Jishan ordered the clan members to start preparing the meal.

Shen Can wasn’t polite. Coming to Jishan for guidance, he surely didn’t come empty-handed.

He brought with him the simplified Great Wilderness Characters of the Blazing Flame Bo Division, along with the derived Body Tempering Technique.

Before coming, Shen Can hadn’t thought about the so-called Divine Treasure Tribulation, nor that a crisis would descend upon the Blazing Flame Bo Division.

Bringing the simplified characters and Body Tempering Technique as a gift was naturally to promote the Blazing Flame culture within the Jishan Bo Division.

In Ji Land, there were only these two major Bo Divisions. The development of Blazing Flame could not bypass Jishan, especially since Yann Wanyun had run ahead.

But running aside, eventually, it would be integrated into the development system of Blazing Flame.

Having fought alongside against Xiaoyang and guarded Ji Land for eight thousand years, Shen Can did not want to forcibly annex, but rather use this gentle way to bring Jishan into the Blazing Flame’s heritage system.

Previously, all the different divisions in Ji Land had been through similar situations, as had Blazing Flame, with several variations of the same characters among the Vassal Tribes.

Whether it was communication between similar divisions or with the Upper Division, the characters always posed a barrier.

As for the Quenching Technique, after cultivation, it allowed individuals to determine which attribute suited them better. Many within the Jishan Bo Division and its subjects were cultivating Cultivation Techniques that did not match their own attributes.

The simplified and unified Great Wilderness Characters facilitated writing, and the generalization of Cultivation Techniques had its convenience. Once promoted, it would be easy for everyone to accept.

At this moment, Lord Jishan also opened the gifts brought by Shen Can, and seeing they were two thin booklets, he was somewhat surprised.

He hadn’t used Divine Sense to perceive them before, thinking they were either Tier Four Treasure Medicine or Spiritual Objects such as Tier Four Ores.

After Lord Jishan finished reading the first booklet on the unified Great Wilderness Characters, he was somewhat astonished as he looked at Shen Can.

With unified characters, communication would be much more convenient. How could Lord Jishan not understand this?

Unified characters seemed simple, but he had never thought of such a simple thing.

Not to mention him, among the exchanges of the divisions of Yongyi, the characters were even more diverse, with various types of pictograms and bird-animal forms.

In the thousands of years in Yongyi, with so many Martial Artists and Wizards, no one ever thought to unify the characters.

Seeing Lord Jishan put down the first booklet, Shen Can spoke, "By unifying the characters of our two divisions, it will also facilitate future communication."

"You truly live up to being the Ancestral Temple Keeper."

Lord Jishan complimented with genuine admiration in his heart.

Then, he turned to the second booklet on the Quenching Technique.

After reading it, although astonished by the thoroughness of this technique and the significant role it played in the development of the divisions, Lord Jishan suddenly sighed.

"It still came!"

Although the sentence seemed to come out of nowhere, Shen Can understood it.

Lord Jishan was implying that after all, Blazing Flame had started its external expansion, and its first target was Jishan.

Here, referring back to Yann Wanyun was inevitable, as he indeed ran quite fast.

Lord Jishan set down the booklets; these two things were of great assistance to Jishan.

Of course, besides the Quenching Technique, Jishan could compile a new set of simplified characters.

"As the Ancestral Temple Keeper of the Blazing Flame Bo Division, I have long thought that you would lead Blazing Flame to continue expanding. It’s just that I hadn’t expected this form of expansion."

Lord Jishan pointed to the two booklets, "Truly unexpected, Yann Wanyun was just afraid of being absorbed by Blazing Flame, so he ran ahead of time.

I originally thought that your Blazing Flame would at least settle for about a hundred years. Now it seems that the development of the Blazing Flame Bo Division far exceeds my imagination."

Lord Jishan sighed. Having Blazing Flame as such an ambitious neighbor, he really didn’t know whether to be happy or worried.

"We’re all part of the Human Race, advancing side by side."

Shen Can was rarely humble; after all, he couldn’t just tell Lord Jishan outright that indeed, it was just that Yann Wanyun ran fast, now it’s Jishan’s turn.

Between the two divisions, with the camaraderie from fighting side-by-side, it wouldn’t immediately escalate to a clan war.

First, bring Jishan into the Blazing Flame’s cultural heritage system, starting from the grassroots clansmen learning Blazing Flame’s characters, cultivating Blazing Flame’s Techniques, using Witch Artifacts made by Blazing Flame, and planting improved grain varieties.

Once all these become habitual and indispensable, everything would naturally fall into place.

Of course, this might take some time and also depend on whether Lord Jishan has any resistance here.