Chapter 640 - 259: Profound Bird Saint Spirit!
The Clan Land of the Holy Envoy Race is located in a secretive mountain range at the edge of the Eastern Marsh.
Without Old Luwu’s guidance, Shen Can wouldn’t be able to find this place.
The entire mountain range is adjacent to the Great Marsh, seemingly unremarkable, with a vast aura and lush greenery.
"This is the place."
On a hilltop, Luwu raised a tiger paw and pointed to the depths of the mountains, "Those who are not of their clan cannot trigger the Grand Array."
Shen Can looked towards the depths of the mountains, unable to see any traces of an array.
"When I pursued them back then and blocked their path, I saw their clan members passing effortlessly through the array and disappearing, but I couldn’t follow them."
Hearing this, Shen Can became interested in the Holy Envoy Race’s Grand Array.
Although he had quite some research into arrays, the art of witchcraft is vast and boundless, requiring constant learning.
From what Luwu said, it sounded like the Holy Envoy Race’s Grand Array had a discerning function, making it impossible for anyone without their clan’s bloodline to pass through.
This Grand Array is quite valuable for research.
Red Fire Luwu widened its eyes, meticulously searching the valley deep within the mountain range, seeing nothing of the array’s traces.
After a few circles, Luwu found a spot to continue refining its Spirit Fruit.
The fruit’s spiritual power and Cold Yin Qi ingested into its body had mostly dissipated, and it wouldn’t be long before it could fully refine them.
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Deep in the mountains, at a place seemingly shrouded in dreary mist, the Witch Array had fused with the terrain, hiding the Witch Light beneath the earth.
No matter how well-hidden the Witch Array was, after operating for ages, it was like an aging martial artist, developing ailments in its legs and feet.
In Shen Can’s eyes, part of the well-concealed Witch Array’s Array Base had created a slight gap with the terrain, leaking a very faint breeze.
This leak, caused by issues at the Array Base, did not affect the operation of the Grand Array at all.
Dense Witch Runes connected to form the Divine Form of a giant bird with wings spread; the entrance to the Holy Envoy Race’s clan land was located at the bird’s beak.
On the giant bird’s Divine Form, Witch Light kept flickering, as if it had been struck by lightning and was twitching with constant bursts of light.
Interestingly, although the Holy Envoy Race was so close to Wind Element, their clan land’s protective Grand Array primarily comprised Earth and Wood Elements.
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Holy Envoy Race’s clan land.
Amid the vast forest, occasional bird cries could be heard, yet the entire clan land was lifeless and desolate.
The Great Witch Priest had been missing for years without return, and the entire clan searched repeatedly without finding a single clue, eventually giving up on the search in helplessness.
Of course, this helpless order was issued by the Yu Cheng ancestor, further instructing the clan’s Tier Four Martial Artists to remain within the clan, accessing the clan’s resources for cultivation.
On the altar surrounded by the forest, the lights in the Bird’s Nest Divine Hall never went out, though only two Tier Four Great Witches guarded the hall.
Outside the hall, Yu Cheng, residing within the Profound Bird Stone Statue, stood like a stone pillar at the entrance, motionless for several years.
At the entrance to the Grotto Heaven, a hundred-zhang tall stone gate engraved with Profound Bird Patterns stood tall, with a long stone path behind it.
On either side of the stone path were dense ancient trees.
Two Divine Treasure Realm warriors of the Holy Envoy Race guarded the large trees near the stone gate, with bird claws grasping the trunk, their heads tucked in their broad wings, soundly asleep.
Since revering the Holy Spirit, the Holy Envoy Race’s bloodline had evolved towards the Bird Race, and in cultivation, they exhibited similar habits as Wild Beasts.
The Profound Bird Pattern on the stone gate suddenly lit up, resembling flickering electric light, coiling and extending outward to form a circular light ring.
As the light circle appeared, a leg stepped through.
Shen Can thus strolled in.
He made no sound, nor was he obstructed, silently entering the Holy Envoy Race’s clan land.
The two patrolling Holy Envoy Race Divine Treasures on the trees beside the stone path remained unaware, soundly asleep.
Shen Can glanced at the slumbering bird-people, shadow passing through the air, his powerful Divine Sense scanning the surroundings and taking in the scene.
Within the forest, nests hung on trees, with silhouettes resting inside.
Beneath the trees were piles of beast bones, and some human bones as well.
Transforming from houses to nests, from ground to tree, it all highlighted the Holy Envoy Race’s complete departure from the Human Race, both in bloodline and cognition.
Looking ahead, amidst the forest stood a mountain-like altar, receiving worship from the entire Holy Envoy Race.
Not having been discovered, Shen Can refrained from acting.
He prepared to quietly approach, to give the Holy Envoy Race’s Great Witch Priest a big surprise.
The Holy Envoy Race had repeatedly gone to Blazing Flame to capture him; this time, he came personally.
He first captured the two Tier Four Holy Envoy Race members guarding the entrance, and quietly took them out of the clan land.
Half a hour later, Witch Runes lit up at the entrance gate once again, and Shen Can re-entered.
As for the two Tier Four Holy Envoy Race members he took out, after he extracted memories with his Divine Sense, they became snacks for Red Fire Luwu.
Through searching the memories of the two Holy Envoy Race gatekeepers, Shen Can learned that the Holy Envoy Race’s Great Witch Priest had disappeared and hadn’t returned.
Back at Ao Mountain, the Holy Envoy Race’s Great Witch Priest had been blasted into nothing but a residual soul, carried away by a streak of Profound Bird Blue Light.
Logically, the Great Witch Priest should have returned long ago.
When his avatar attempted to completely annihilate the Great Witch Priest, it was collided into severe injuries by the Profound Bird Blue Light, displacing his Five Viscera, and later requiring over a decade of recovery.