I Steal the Ancestors' Sacrifices to Nourish Myself

Chapter 465 - 196: Yan Jiang

In the Yanran Jin Bo Division, just some attention was drawn near the Ji Land vicinity, but further into the heart of Yongyi, there was not much commotion.

Speaking of the distant past, starting from eight thousand years ago, the Nine Lands of Yongyi have seen countless Bo Divisions rise.

But what was the result? Ninety percent were just fleeting moments, disappearing after one generation, and those that could achieve a second-generation Divine Treasure often had to burn their ancestral graves in advance for luck.

The Bo Divisions that truly survived were mostly those who followed Marquis Yongshan back in the day, and after Yongshan’s fall, snatched the heritage and treasures of the Yongshan Bo Division.

After Yanran’s ascension, without the rampant Xiaoyang’s havoc, the whole Ji Land rather entered a period of relative calm.

In Northern Ji, already on the northeastern edge of Yongyi, the matter of Yanran ascending to a Bo Division passed with little notice among people.

Among the hills, in the land belonging to Blazing Flame Division’s settlements, many houses are undergoing reconstruction, and some settlements are even relocating.

In some jungles and mountains, more and more people appear, hammering and tapping on the cliff sides.

Flying Ships are traversing in all directions of the clan land, carrying busy clansmen away quickly.

"Zhou Yan, Zhou Yan."

On a small Flying Ship, Zhou Yan was transporting several cauldrons of heated mineral ore slurry, with flames continually leaping within the boiling iron water.

Below the cauldrons was a circular Witch Artifact furnace, continuously heating to keep the iron water from solidifying.

Zhou Yan didn’t know why it wasn’t being heated directly at the site; he just heard the wizard mention that some special mineral had been added to this iron water, and only the High Furnace in the valley Spiritual Land could melt it.

As long as the temperature was maintained without descending after melting, the special mineral would not solidify.

Hearing someone calling from behind, Zhou Yan looked back and saw the person coming.

Didn’t really recognize them.

However, wearing a hemp cloth witch robe with two Little Dragon Fish embroidered on the chest, he realized this was a Tier Two Wizard within the tribe.

Before Zhou Yan could slow down, the wizard from behind already maneuvered a more slender boat-like Flying Ship and swiftly caught up.

"Zhou Yan, Celestial Vein Second Layer, with two sons and one daughter, and two wives at home."

"Correct."

Zhou Yan nodded, watching the approaching wizard raise his hand to produce six round tokens.

"These are Witch Tokens, yours and your family’s. As a Celestial Vein Martial Artist, your Witch Token has three fish scale patterns."

Lin Mu jumped onto the Flying Ship where Zhou Yan was, handing the Witch Tokens to Zhou Yan.

"You just need to drip blood to recognize ownership. When you bring them home, give the remaining ones to your family, they also need to drip blood to recognize ownership."

Zhou Yan took the Witch Tokens, pausing for a moment, sensing with his not-so-strong Divine Sense, sensing the circles of Spirit Bans within the Witch Tokens.

"My kids are still youngsters, can they also be matched with Witch Artifacts?"

Zhou Yan asked with surprise and a bit of excitement.

Six tokens in two colors, three white, and three blue.

The white ones had no patterns, yet felt smooth as jade, sensing even more Witch Rune Spirit Bans inside.

The three blue ones respectively had one, two, and three fish scale patterns, which Zhou Yan quickly understood as he was in the Celestial Vein Realm, his two wives were Mountain Opening and Stone-Breaker.

"They are, as long as the kids don’t pursue Martial or Witch Cultivation, all are white, which have specially inscribed Witch Patterns, having effects like repelling insects and ants, calming the mind.

Remember to drip blood to recognize ownership when you get home, and find good quality animal skin strings to wear them around the kids’ necks."

"Here, sign, Witch Tokens received."

Saying this, Lin Mu pulled out a thick book made of mulberry paper nailed together.

Zhou Yan, following Lin Mu’s guidance, found his household’s settlement location and wrote down his name in the back.

While Zhou Yan was registering, Lin Mu quickly etched Zhou Yan’s family members’ names onto the Witch Tokens, confirming with Zhou Yan to ensure no mistakes were made.

"Wizard Lin, my handwriting is a bit ugly, recently too busy, haven’t had time to go to what Ancestral Temple Keeper’s so-called ’night classes’, will attend after I’m done with transport duties."

"Millenarian Zhou, I have to visit the next household, see you later."

Lin Mu packed up his things, jumped onto his small Flying Ship, and hurried away.

Zhou Yan weighed the Witch Tokens in his hand.

"So, now we can use Witch Artifacts too?"

Previously, when the tribe had wizards directing everyone to rebuild houses, it had already aroused the clansmen’s curiosity.

Nobody understood what was going on, why wizards had to oversee house construction?

The departing Lin Mu couldn’t help but smile at Zhou Yan’s musings; these were just ordinary tokens inscribed with some Witch Talisman Spirit Bans, still a bit far from actual Witch Artifacts.

But it’s alright to call them Witch Artifacts, after all, aren’t there engraved Witch Talisman Spirit Bans inside?

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Many wizards like Lin Mu were bustling around; the tribe was undergoing major construction, clansmen from various settlements were being mobilized, hurrying to meet deadlines, or transporting supplies.

These wizards could only seek people everywhere.

Transporting melted iron water like Zhou Yan’s involved some to dangerous mountain top locations and some to modified settlements.

Back then, Blazing Flame had divided millions of clansmen into various settlements based on where the land was lush and suitable for survival.

Now, in addition to basic living conditions, Shen Can added the consideration of clan land defense.

Perhaps now Blazing Flame still couldn’t build a thousand-mile Clan Protection Array, but it didn’t mean the Grand Array couldn’t be completed or further expanded.

Every settlement, every critical camp, was a node in the clan land’s overall defense array.