I Steal the Ancestors' Sacrifices to Nourish Myself

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The Giant Mountain Range stretches east to west for over millions of miles. To reach the Earth Cave from Blazing Flame, one needs to travel more than a million miles.

The two of them didn’t just travel nonstop; they would rest when tired to keep themselves in peak combat readiness.

With resources being scarce at Tier Five, unless it’s a life-or-death enmity, it’s best to avoid clashing with other Tier Five creatures over cultivation resources.

Even if uninjured, the consumption of blood and energy takes a considerable amount of time to replenish.

If injured, it would be fortunate to take a piece of flesh from your opponent; if your opponent takes a piece from you, that would be a great loss.

Shen Can thought of the Holy Envoy Race’s Great Witch Priest. It hadn’t fully healed when it appeared again after he had injured it.

"Beast King, have you ever heard of the Holy Envoy Race?"

"You mean those mangy birds!"

Red Fire Luwu said coldly, "Back in the day, they captured Auspicious Beasts all over my Giant Mountain Range. I attacked their gates. If not for the Grand Array guarding their entrance, I would’ve killed my way in long ago."

"So the Beast King knows the Holy Envoy Race’s lair."

Shen Can was delighted; this was truly a blessing without effort.

Since his clone exploded the Holy Envoy Race’s Great Witch Priest’s body in the Ao Mountain Clan Land and its remnant soul was taken away by the "Holy Spirit" green light, it had been missing ever since.

These years, Blazing Flame remained vigilant against sneak attacks from the Holy Envoy Race, but as so many years passed, they hadn’t shown up again.

"Do you have a grudge?"

Red Fire Luwu glanced at Shen Can.

"Yes, a huge grudge!"

For a moment, Shen Can felt that his rapport with Red Fire Luwu had suddenly skyrocketed from an initial acquaintance to a stage of resonance.

He then added, "I’m very good at breaking arrays."

Red Fire Luwu thought for a moment and said, "I’m good at fighting."

It didn’t know how to describe it, but after Shen Can mentioned having a grudge against the Holy Envoy Race, it found Shen Can increasingly pleasing to the eye.

"After visiting the Earth Cave, we’ll deal with the Holy Envoy Race."

"Deal with that bird, oh no, its bird!"

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"The Beast King truly has a noble spirit, even protecting Auspicious Beasts."

"It’s not that I protect Auspicious Beasts, but rather it’s recorded in my inherited memory to do so. I don’t even know why such an inherited memory exists."

Red Fire Luwu was a straightforward beast, saying whatever was on its mind.

As Wild Beasts progress in their cultivation, parts of their inherited information unlock with their bloodline. This method makes Shen Can envious beyond measure.

"In the future, feel free to hunt Wild Beasts, but if it’s an Auspicious Beast, try to spare it. Although I’m not sure why I have this memory, it might be a hidden secret passed down through bloodline inheritance."

There aren’t many Tier Four Auspicious Beasts in the Giant Mountain Range, only five, and the most advanced ones are only at Tier Four Middle Stage.

However, there are quite a few Tier Threes, exactly how many, Red Fire Luwu didn’t really care to count.

"Rest assured, Beast King. My clan has three Tier Four Auspicious Beasts, one of which even has a herd."

Shen Can was naturally referring to the Four-Colored Deer, Cyan Simurgh, and Little Dragon Fish.

Indeed, the Little Dragon Fish had also advanced to Tier Four.

"Although I am called the Beast King in the Giant Mountain Range, only a bit over forty Tier Four Wild Beasts truly obey my command; the rest obey the Snow Beast or Feiyi.

Additionally, some Tier Four Wild Beasts do not listen to any Tier Five Beast King’s orders.

In my view, there are no true kin of mine in the mountain."

With that, Shen Can understood.

Red Fire Luwu was telling him that hunting in the Desolate Beast Mountain Range was perfectly fine; the only kin it recognized were those descended from its own bloodline.

As for the other Luwus sharing the Luwu bloodline, they were food in its eyes.

Of course, since Red Fire Luwu mentioned that there are over forty Tier Four Wild Beasts under its command, those were its subordinates and should not be touched.

...

When they arrived outside the Earth Cave, it was precisely midday.

The intense sunlight poured down but couldn’t penetrate the cold and overcast mist above the forest outside the Earth Cave.

The entrance to the Earth Cave lay at the center of the forest, which covered a surrounding area of ten thousand miles.

Tall, dark green trees stood everywhere, each at least hundreds of feet tall, and some exceeding a thousand feet were common.

Within the forest, Cold Yin Qi continuously rose, giving the lush forest an eerie, lifeless appearance.

Inside, a wailing, mournful sound echoed, the cries of Spirit Monsters.

"The forest outside the Earth Cave is manageable, with Divine Sense only weakened by a tenth. Entering the cave, it weakens by thirty percent. As for deeper inside, I don’t know and have never been there."

"Are there Tier Five Spirit Monsters just outside the Earth Cave?"

Shen Can sensed with his Divine Sense, noticing it was indeed slightly weakened but not by the full ten percent as Red Fire Luwu mentioned.

Having gone through the Ninth Transformation of Phase Condensation to Tier Five, and spending that period every day consuming tens of thousands of years of lifespan to deduce techniques, Shen Can’s Divine Sense had now reached fourteen thousand six hundred feet.

Despite the suppression from the forest ahead, his Divine Sense was reduced by only over six hundred feet.

He still had fourteen thousand feet of Divine Sense.

When his Divine Sense penetrated the forest, Shen Can saw streams of light traversing through it.

These low-tier Spirit Monsters had no physical form and seemed to be without Spiritual Wisdom, darting about chaotically.

Red Fire Luwu was the first to enter the forest, having visited this place many times before.

Though it was always beaten back, the lure of Treasure Medicine and Tier Five Spirit Monsters made each trip worthwhile, even if it meant getting hit.

As Red Fire Luwu unleashed its Divine Sense, Shen Can clearly felt Luwu’s Divine Sense at around eight thousand one hundred feet.

Calculating roughly, Red Fire Luwu’s Divine Sense should be at nine thousand feet.

"Let’s go. I know the location of one Tier Five Treasure Medicine."

Red Fire Luwu led the way, releasing scorching Fire Qi that obliterated the surrounding Spirit Monsters into nothingness.

...

Inside the Earth Cave, three thousand miles in, lay a hundred-foot-wide valley.

Outside, the forest consisted of dark green Giant Woods. Inside the Earth Cave, they turned into black forests no taller than a hundred feet, the ground matching in color.

The valley was strewn with Spirit Monsters of various sizes, their bodies shimmering with a ghostly light that pulsed with their breathing.

In the heart of the valley stood a small tree two meters tall, rooted in the black earth.

The small tree was gnarled, its leaves densely veined with blood-red markings, shaped like a full moon.

At its crown hung a fist-sized, azure fruit. A sanguine mist subtly flowed upon its surface.

"See that? That’s it."

"I’ve been eyeing it for hundreds of years."

"We’ll split it in half, one half for each of us."