I Steal the Ancestors' Sacrifices to Nourish Myself-Chapter 176 - 85: Yongshan Ruins, Large-Scale Acquisition of Witch Artifacts

Back when the Blazing Flame was still a small mountain forest tribe, the ancestors passed down stories that five thousand miles east lay the Great Wild Marsh, its vastness unknown.

Later, after the flood, the water of the Great Wild Marsh flooded, expanding the water surface by one or two thousand miles in an instant.

But within a few short years, the Great Wild Marsh dried up.

The drastic changes of time are still something to adapt to.

Shen Can didn't catch fish; he walked deeper along the dried Great Marsh, sensing remnants in places where large water pits remained.

If there were Tier Three Water Beasts in the water, he would gather materials on the spot and pile a stone mountain as a marker for his people.

The muddy bed was full of cracks, with shallow water in the crevices, and some little fish swayed their bodies.

The Great Wild Marsh was boundless, and Shen Can had no target, he just built stone mountains wherever he went.

As he walked, he used his Divine Sense to scan the muddy bed, sometimes stopping to dig around.

There were indeed broken arrowheads and fragmented weapons buried in the silt, but they had all lost their luster.

The Great Wild Marsh had existed for too long; who knew how long these things had soaked underwater.

On the first day, Shen Can discovered more than two hundred Tier Two Water Beasts and seven Tier Three Water Beasts from various waters.

He was only following one path; who knows how many there were in broader areas.

Night fell.

In the arid Great Marsh, a strong wind howled.

Looking toward the east, he could see scarlet golden fire clouds roiling on the eastern horizon, a mix of two super tribes of the Great Wilderness World clashing, akin to a natural disaster.

Where it passed, the land was left scarred.

Shen Can didn't light a torch, continuing forward, bypassing deep water pits he encountered, hoping to find other Auspicious Beasts like the Little Dragon Fish.

Three days later.

Night.

Sitting to rest on a high spot, Shen Can suddenly looked northeast and then rose to observe carefully for a long while.

Soon, he sought an even higher place to watch from afar.

About half an hour later, a dim green light flickered and vanished under the night sky.

The following night, Shen Can saw the green light emerge briefly again, flickering ghostly.

As dawn broke, he started heading back.

Following the markers he had made, he encountered Huo Chang rushing toward him with people halfway there.

"Acan."

Seeing Shen Can, Huo Chang sighed with relief.

There were too many legends about the Great Wild Marsh; even dried, many areas still retained very deep water pits, with Water Beasts lingering.

"I called over the tribe, subordinates, and vassal tribes as well. With so many fish and Water Beasts, if we could store them all, who knows how long they'd feed us."

"Our people follow the markers you left, and the other tribes spread out on their own; it's up to them to catch as much as they can."

Huo Chang had no intention of interfering with the vassal tribes' fishing, "Acan, have you discovered anything?"

"Bring over the Blood Curse Guard and Blood Sea Guard."

Shen Can spoke; the dim green light he saw earlier didn't look like a good sign, reminding him of cold curses and similar existences, prompting him to head back for support.

As the Ancestral Temple Keeper, he wasn't skilled in combat.

"Oh, and bring enough beast oil and firewood."

Since it was something inside the Great Wild Marsh, dealing with it with fire should be right.

"Wait, also call those who recently broke through the Celestial Vein cultivating the Ape Posture Method."

Huo Chang, hearing this, knew Shen Can might have found something.

Shen Can didn't pretend to be mysterious and explained about the dim green light appearing under the night, hazy like a green mist.

Now with the Great Wild Marsh dried up, and this place not far from the Blazing Flame Race Territory, if there was really something, they couldn't just leave it alone.

"Then we'll wait here for people to arrive; I've assigned fishing tasks to Huo Shan and Huo Qii."

Faced with potentially tribe-affecting matters, Huo Chang, as the Clan Leader, naturally needed to find a solution.

He didn't rashly propose to explore, knowing that in the Great Wilderness, you should only act alone if absolutely necessary; it's safer to move together.

The group arrived at the spot Shen Can had previously been.

Night fell.

After setting up camp, they lit bonfires and, by chance, caught several fish to roast.

Huo Chang and Shen Can sat on the west and south sides of the bonfire, perfectly positioned to look northeast.

"I think it's fortunate our Blazing Flame Division is backed by mountains; otherwise, if we were in the Northern Lands or Ji Land, we'd likely be caught up in the Golden Crow and Kuafu Giants' battles."

"I've already arranged for people to scout further south of the Zhushui River; the Golden Crow's flames are so intense, even the Great Wild Marsh dried up. I wonder if the swamps between the Northern Lands and Ji Land will dry up like the Great Wild Marsh." 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Huo Chang said this while roasting fish, and Shen Can didn't speak, just focused on eating his fish.

He finished one, and Huo Chang handed him another freshly roasted one.

"If those swamps dried up, there would be no barrier between us and Ji Land."

"And we'd be facing the Xiaoyang Race directly."

"My thought is, until we understand the Xiaoyang Race's situation, our people should hide in the mountains and forests as before."

"Hmm."

Shen Can mumbled in agreement, stuffing the steaming fish meat into his mouth.

"They're here."

At the sound, Huo Chang set down his roasted fish and looked up.

A dim green light appeared in the northeast, swirling like a moving mist.

"What could it be?"

Shen Can licked the oil dripping from his fingers, "We'll know when we see. If it's some cursed cold place, then try to burn it."

"Of course, if we can't handle it, we'll just uproot the whole tribe and escape."

From the passage of the Golden Crow and Kuafu, Shen Can suddenly understood something.