I Steal the Ancestors' Sacrifices to Nourish Myself

[Lifespan: 21546]

After deducing the entire set of witchcraft techniques, Shen Can glanced at his lifespan reserve and noticed that several million lifespans had disappeared again.

He couldn’t really grasp the amount of lifespan consumed while deducing.

Sometimes during deduction, he would daze out due to his thoughts falling into a muddle, and this dazing could last for a hundred years in a glance.

This wasn’t something he could control; no one’s vigor and spirit can always remain at peak state.

When one’s vigor and spirit are no longer high, thought processes are impacted, and at this time, the efficiency of deducing cultivation techniques drops to a terrifying degree.

This is also why Shen Can deduces step by step.

Not just in cultivation but in deduction too, no one can swallow everything in one go.

He felt that over the years, at least 20% of the lifespan used in deduction had been wasted in dazing out.

Fortunately, this wasn’t important; deduction of the cultivation techniques wasn’t delayed.

Through the repeated deduction of cultivation techniques suitable for the Human Race, Shen Can could fuse and master the techniques the moment they were successfully deduced.

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At this moment, Shen Can was no longer in the side hall near the Ancestral Temple, where his daily chores were handled. His cultivation site had moved to a small mountain further from the Ancestral Temple.

Atop the mountain, there was a cave mansion, overgrown with various witch medicines and spirit plants, rich in source power.

The source power around the cave residence was in turmoil, and the source power transformed by the Star Attraction Array was affected, converging towards the mountaintop cave mansion from all directions.

The cave mansion was shrouded in a thick cloud of source power.

This was the source power gathered around, plus the phenomenon created after smashing millions of ordinary source stones.

Hundreds of miles around the cave mansion were covered by Shen Can’s divine sense, and other clansmen stayed far away.

A vast amount of source power was thus absorbed into his witch vein.

Within the witch vein, witch power surged like an ocean, each surge breaking down large barriers, expanding the witch vein.

Shen Can’s physical body was mighty; at this moment, he was frantically devouring source power, converting it into witch power, and although the witch vein seemed constantly shaken, he remained steady as a rock.

The long silent Witch Realm level was now visibly improving.

Massive source power transformed into witch power, rushing into the witch vein, with witch power visibly growing.

This commotion naturally caught the attention of Red Fire Luwu, cultivating in the cave.

It sprang out of its own cave and looked off into the distance at Shen Can’s cultivation place.

The fluctuation was strong, yet it didn’t seem like a breakthrough within Tier Five, nor like something that a Tier Four could cause.

Rumbling!

For three consecutive days and nights, Shen Can rapidly absorbed source power, converting it into witch power.

Until dawn on the third day, the source power from all directions was suddenly grasped by an invisible large hand, disappearing without a trace.

Centered on Shen Can’s cultivation cave mansion, a source power vacuum area close to two hundred miles wide formed in an instant.

Even the source power cloud shrouding the cave mansion outside disappeared without a trace.

A roaring sound burst from Shen Can’s body, with his inner witch vein as broad as a grand river, with witch power gushing like mercury.

Tier Four Peak of Witchcraft.

In three days, he leaped from the mid-stage of Tier Four Witchcraft to the peak.

To go further, he still needed to prepare some extra resources.

Like Tier Five Source Stone would be the best.

Moreover, the Witchcraft cultivation method he deduced could only cultivate to the peak of Tier Four.

Jinze breaking through Tier Five was merely a forceful breakthrough from Tier Four Peak.

The lack of subsequent Tier Five Techniques was also because Hai Yuansi was worried about not controlling Jinze.

Fortunately, there was a turnaround; since there is Tier Four Technique, Tier Five can naturally be deduced as well, albeit with more lifespan spent.

And with the experience of Jinze breaking through Tier Five, the advantage was his.

Thinking of how even in Tushang Ancient City, Tier Five Witchcraft techniques were rare, Shen Can felt relieved.

Clearly, such high-tier cultivation techniques are one of the foundations for maintaining the prestige of each race, not to mention being easily leaked even among the same race.

If someone finds a flaw, it’s tantamount to a catastrophic disaster.

Just like how he controlled Jinze, directly causing Jinze to collapse.

Shen Can slowly rose from his cave mansion, looking at the cave mansion not long after its repair, already showing large cracks again, and he felt a bit helpless.

No wonder high-tier martial artists consume so much; just this dwelling needs to be built with high-tier materials, otherwise, it’s easy to break every few days.

A golden light entered the cave mansion, and Red Fire Luwu appeared.

Shen Can naturally knew the reason for Luwu’s arrival, as the cultivation commotion attracted Luwu, and being close had its disadvantages.

"Brother Luwu, I’m actually a wizard with no strength to truss a chicken."

Luwu’s mouth widened, its eyes glaringly wide, staring at Shen Can silently.

Who was the one who slapped me flying back then?

Luwu didn’t speak, turning to leave the cave mansion.

"Brother Luwu, stay."

Shen Can grabbed Luwu’s tail.

"Brother Luwu, how much do you know about the Snow Beast?"

After retaining Luwu, Shen Can began inquiring about Luwu’s knowledge of the Snow Beast.

In the Giant Mountain Range, there were just three Tier Five Beast Kings, Feiyi was out of the question, it had to be dealt with, otherwise after the alliance and Earth Ant went to war, there would certainly be trouble.

But relying solely on himself and Luwu, he felt it wasn’t safe to deal with Feiyi.

This guy had many servant Plague Beasts, one mishap could trigger a plague.

So, to handle Feiyi, it must be thoroughly eliminated in one go, giving it no chance to breathe.

Recruit more helpers and have the alliance martial artists make some preparations, wiping out Feiyi and its subordinate Plague Insects in one sweep.

As for the Snow Beast in the Giant Mountain Range, even if it couldn’t be tamed, establishing a friendly alliance like with Luwu would open the Giant Mountain Range to the Blazing Flame Bo Division.

"I’m inherently at odds with it, water and fire can’t coexist."

Luwu squatted down, "This creature seems to be a Snow Mink, but I don’t know what fortune it encountered to break through to Tier Five."

Seeing Luwu’s expression, Shen Can understood that Old Luwu surely wanted to eat it back then.

However, wanting to eat failed, and instead, got beaten.

Luwu looked awkward; as a beast that cared about face, naturally, it couldn’t admit to being beaten badly.

Let alone mentioning that back then, unable to find Tier Five resources, it went mad, got beaten in the Earth Cave, got beaten wandering outside the mountains, and had to target the Snow Beast upon returning.

And yet, got beaten again!

"The Snow Beast holds a witch artifact that specifically restrains my Luwu True Flame."

"This old beast woman has a bad temper, if you want to win it over, it won’t be easy."

Not easy to win over doesn’t mean impossible to win over.

The Three Beast Kings of Giant Mountain must be subdued.

"Let’s try another day."

Shen Can thought for a moment, "With heavy gifts, no matter how bad the temper, it must cultivate, the resources we got in the Earth Cave might fit it well."

"With an additional Tier Five combat force in the Earth Cave, we’ll be safer."

Red Fire Luwu did not object to the Snow Beast alliance; as for its old stories with the Snow Beast, wasn’t it because it was scared of being penniless?

Who doesn’t have a backstory?

"Call me when we go, I still have some Treasure Pills unused, consider them an apology to the Snow Beast."

Red Fire Luwu transformed into a stream of light, vanishing from the cave mansion.

Shen Can also headed in the direction of the Ancestral Temple.

With insufficient deduced lifespan, he planned to get closer to the Earth Ant, and there were quite a few Earth Ants bred within the clan.

Returning to the side hall of the Ancestral Temple.

"Ayu, go tell Ayun to gather the clan’s Tier Four Great Witch, and those Tier Three Wizards with the potential to break through to Tier Four, to come to the Ancestral Temple if possible in three days."

Upon receiving the instructions, Ayu grabbed the corresponding Communication Witch Artifact and began summoning.

Shen Can prepared to pass down the Witchcraft Dao Technique he deduced, starting from the clan’s Tier Three Wizards, and then have these Tier Three Wizards continue to pass it down.

On the desk in the hall, Shen Can listed some tasks to be accomplished next.

Assemble the Ancestral Temple Keepers from various divisions.

Seek the Kui Ox Race.

Find the Snow Beast.

Take down Feiyi.

Raid the Earth Cave for resources.

Build a source power-sealing array in the Profound Bird’s sanctuary.

The strength of various Ancestral Temple Keepers varies, and the distances are different, even with each Bo Division managing the connection uniformly, a lot of time will be needed, and gathering them would take at least two years.

In these two years, Shen Can would have enough time to look for the Kui Ox Race and the Snow Beast.