The Sacrifice Has Arrived, and So Have the Plague Worms

[After forty-six years of deduction, you have improved the Tier 1 Neutralizing Medicinal Formula. Deduction complete.]

Inside the west ear cave of the Ancestral Temple, Shen Can opened his eyes.

As expected, there was a difference between a good student who learned through the system and a slacker. This deduction was much easier, and his head didn't ache as much.

He actually understood some of the medicinal principles of the witch doctor's remedies.

Sacrificial Host: Shen Can

Martial Realm: Stone Splitter Realm (Six Desolate Power)

Sacrificial Artifact: Sacrificial Cauldron

Refining Method: Kui Ox Fist (High Grade)

Witchcraft Path: Blazing Flame Tribe Witch Doctor Method (Intermediate), Witchcraft Spell (None)

Cultivation Method: None

Martial Divine Power: Myriad Transformations to One

As his thoughts flowed, Shen Can saw that his cultivation of the Blazing Flame Tribe's Witch Doctor Method had also improved slightly.

But it made sense. The Blazing Flame Tribe's witch doctor inheritance didn't have much content.

He had already deduced and improved the Neutralizing and Plague Witch Doctor Formulas, so it would be strange if his overall Witch Doctor Method didn't improve.

With the Neutralizing medicinal formulas for the blood of beasts that advanced from the Stone Splitter and Mountain Splitting realms, combined with the improved Kui Ox Fist, the probability of tribal warriors advancing to the Stone Splitter and Mountain Splitting realms would definitely double compared to before.

He wouldn't have to worry about the advancement of warriors in the tribe for a while.

As for more exquisite medicinal formulas and fist techniques in the future, once Huo Xian retired and he became the true Sacrificial Host of the Ancestral Temple, it would be much simpler and more convenient to operate.

He secretly recorded the two Neutralizing Witch Doctor Formulas on a piece of tattered beast hide, planning to find an opportunity to make the ancestors "split open" again.

If the ancestors split open one more time, he wouldn't dare to do it again for a long, long time.

After all, it felt quite unfilial to always make the ancestors split open.

"A-Can, come and eat first, then go to the tribe after you've eaten."

In the east ear cave, Huo Xian placed a large ceramic bowl of food on the messy stone table covered with beast hides.

As the successor Sacrificial Host, Shen Can had made Huo Xian's life much easier. The tasks that Huo Xian originally had to do were now all handed over to Shen Can.

He had to go to the tribe to check on the progress of boiling the plague-treating soup.

Replace the portable plague-treating medicine packets of the tribesmen that had lost their medicinal properties.

Check if the tribesmen had properly fumigated their living caves with mugwort.

For a place where over two thousand people lived, his patrol would take about a day.

"Brother Can, can I not drink this?"

Inside a spacious cave, the sides were covered with ear caves, and each ear cave housed a family.

As Shen Can patrolled in, Huo Yuan immediately saw him and grabbed his sleeve.

He didn't stand on ceremony, pinched Huo Yuan's nose, took the medicine bowl, and felt that the medicinal soup wasn't hot before pouring it down.

"Alright, go play now."

In this cave, seeing Huo Yuan have his nose pinched and forced to drink, the remaining children obediently started drinking.

"Brother A-Can, the old Sacrificial Host wants you to go back. Uncle Huo Shan has returned from hunting outside."

Shen Can knew that Huo Shan had gone out. He didn't expect him to think of him, or rather, the ancestors, on his way back.

As expected of the tribe's reserve Heavenly Vein martial artist.

After returning to the Ancestral Temple, Shen Can sharpened his knife.

Huo Shan had brought back a Tier 1 Mountain-Cleaving Kui, which, like the previous one, was a bit skinny.

What truly surprised Shen Can was later in the night.

He had already fallen asleep but was still dragged out of bed.

A strange turtle-dragon with legs growing from its belly appeared in the Ancestral Temple.

The entire wilderness beast was covered in scars, and its aura was weak.

Seeing Shen Can come out, Huo Shan quickly called out.

"A-Can, hurry and offer sacrifices to the ancestors."

Ever since the ancestral tablets had cracked, the tribesmen's enthusiasm for ancestral worship had soared.

[Sacrificial Host plundered 320 years of lifespan from a Tier 2 Great Wilderness Variant, Scaly Xuan Turtle Dragon.]

After completing the ancestral worship process, the wilderness beast, which had not yet been completely divided, was wrapped piece by piece in beast hide by Huo Shan and sent out in several batches.

The second-tier savage beast from last time was taken from the Ancestral Temple, and yet no one in the tribe has been heard to have advanced to the Stone Splitter Realm.

This time, it seems they intend to take one away again.

The only person who could have allowed Huo Shan to do this is the Tribe Leader, Huo Tang.

Huo Shan didn't say anything, and Shen Can didn't ask, simply focusing on his own tasks.

At this moment, Huo Xian brought out the prepared neutralizing medicinal ingredients, about to put them into the blood trough.

Before Shen Can could even take out the neutralizing witchcraft prescription, he had made his move during the previous two times. Now, Huo Xian had already ground all the medicinal powder, leaving him no opportunity to switch it out.

"Master, when I was cleaning the divine seats earlier, I noticed that one of the ancestral divine seats seems to have cracked again."

Shen Can spoke immediately and quickly walked towards the divine platform.

He jumped onto the divine platform, randomly selected an ancestor, and his Six Desolate Power stirred slightly.

"Crack!"

The ancestor cracked.

When Huo Xian walked over, he saw the neutralizing witchcraft prescription in Shen Can's hand.

Oh, and also an ancestor that had cracked abnormally.

The Tribe Leader has come again, and again.

After staring blankly at the prescription on the beast hide for a moment, Huo Xian, holding the ground medicinal powder, returned to the east side ear cave.

"Take the beast blood away first."

Seeing this, Huo Tang spoke. Huo Shan nimbly moved the beast blood trough away from the Ancestral Temple.

"Uncle Huo Xian?"

Standing outside the east ear cave, Huo Tang paced a couple of times, wanting to go in but stopping himself. He leaned into the cave entrance and peered at Huo Xian.

Huo Xian, who was almost slumped over the desk, looked up from his excitement and astonishment when he heard the call.

"It's the witchcraft prescription for neutralization!"

"It's the witchcraft prescription for neutralization!"

"For both first and second-tier!"

"The ancestors have manifested!"

Outside the ear cave, Huo Tang clapped his hands together, rubbing them.

His lips moved as if he wanted to say something but couldn't, and he paced back and forth, rubbing his hands.

"A-Can, come help me get the medicinal ingredients."

The herbs for neutralizing the beast blood were placed inside the ear cave where Huo Xian was. The excited Huo Xian beckoned Shen Can to get busy.

By the time the medicinal ingredients were prepared according to the witchcraft prescription, the Tribe Leader Huo Tang, who had been excitedly pacing at the entrance of the ear cave, was nowhere to be seen.

After the prepared medicinal ingredients were ground, Huo Shan returned to take them away.

The next day, it was also deep into the night.

Shen Can was called up again.

Two black bears, one large and one small, were bound tightly with ropes, their fur disheveled, their mouths gagged shut. They were in a severely beaten state, lying in the Ancestral Temple.

Beside the black bears was Huo Tang, his clothes slightly damp.

Huo Tang beckoned him, saying, "A-Can, come to offer sacrifices to the ancestors."

Amidst the tinkling sound of the Luan blade, thoughts flashed through Shen Can's mind.

[Sacrificial Host plundered 81 years of lifespan from a first-tier Hun Mountain Bear]

[Sacrificial Host plundered 281 years of lifespan from a second-tier Hun Mountain Bear]

After the ancestral sacrifice, everything was taken away by Huo Tang, just like before: the beast blood, the beast meat, along with the sacrificial meat.

[Sacrificial Host plundered 87 years of lifespan from a first-tier Mountain-Cleaving Kui]

[Sacrificial Host plundered 260 years of lifespan from a second-tier savage beast Green Fang Wolf]

For several consecutive days, every time the elders, weak, women, and children of the tribe were asleep, Huo Tang would return with savage beasts.

Similarly, each time he would also take away the neutralizing medicinal ingredients prepared by Huo Xian.

No matter how much Shen Can tried not to overthink it, he understood that the Tribe Leader Huo Tang definitely had something going on.

This night.

Shen Can didn't sleep.

He was waiting for the tribal chief, Huo Tang, to return, so he wouldn't be dragged out of bed again.

As a thought crossed his mind, he checked the lifespan he had accumulated.

[Lifespan: 1317]

In just a few days, his accumulated lifespan had surpassed a thousand.

If this trend continued, reaching two thousand years of lifespan wouldn't be a dream.

Ever since Shen Can presented the neutralizing medicinal formula, Chief Huo Tang's ambition had soared. He was now venturing into the mountains day and night.

This abundance of lifespan also made Shen Can feel a bit eager. He felt he could completely attempt to deduce true witchcraft spells.

He waited until the latter half of the night. Huo Tang did return, but his expression wasn't very good.

"Plague Worms have appeared. I saw a few winged Plague Worms at a cliff 180 li away."

After leaving this message, Huo Tang hurried back to the tribe.

Following this, the previously quiet tribe erupted into a clamor. On the peaks of the small mountains surrounding the tribal grounds, the wood that had been felled and dried was ignited, and bonfires blazed.

Bags of mugwort were thrown into the bonfires, and smoke carrying the scent of medicinal herbs billowed around the tribe.

After the rain stopped, it was only a passive defense. Now that Plague Worms had appeared, it meant the plague was coming.

Huo Shan walked in from outside, several previously prepared medicinal balls for treating the plague hanging from his person.

"A-Shan."

Huo Tang called Huo Shan over. A simple map of the surrounding area was spread out.

"Xuan Water, Ji Stone, Fu Mountain..."

Huo Tang pointed to the locations marked on the map.

"You take people to check the conditions of these nearby tribes. If any tribe has been infected by the plague, return quickly to report."

"The medicinal soup for treating the plague has already been prepared for you. I've also had several sets of clothes boiled in the medicinal soup. Be careful on your journey."

"Alright, I'll depart now."

Huo Shan nodded, seemingly understanding what he needed to do, and quickly left the tribe.

After seeing Huo Shan off at the cave entrance, Huo Tang gazed at the night sky and murmured.

"May our ancestors bless us and the Blazing Flame Tribe prosper."

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