I Steal the Ancestors' Sacrifices to Nourish Myself

Chapter 461 - 194: The Secrets of the Witch Array (5)

Master one and you’ll master them all. Besides keeping warm, it can be used for roasting jerky, and even for tribal defense and night marches of tribesmen.

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When you were about to stop comprehending, you suddenly felt that there was something inappropriate about the intricacies of the Witch Array in the Fire Dragon Wall that you were contemplating.

Clearly, it was a Defensive Array, so why was there also an aura of sharpness? You spent another hundred years comprehending it and finally realized that there was indeed another Array overlapping with the Witch Array of the Fire Dragon Wall.

Due to the passage of time, the two Witch Arrays were too close and had influenced each other.

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After another three thousand years, you comprehended the Ten Thousand Flames Spirit-Burning Array.

On the Iron Bridge, Shen Can slowly opened his eyes, a flash of comprehension in them.

The so-called Witch Array has its foundation in Witch Runes, and different sequences and combinations form various array formations, which in turn manifest in various forms.

Then, he closed his eyes again.

You dismantled the Ten Thousand Flames Spirit-Burning Array, reducing it to the smallest unit of the Fire Element Witch Pattern Array, and then used Earth Element Witch Runes as a foundation to recombine it according to the Ten Thousand Flames Spirit-Burning Array’s combination rules. You named it the Ten Thousand Earth Burial Grand Array.

You tried to operate the Ten Thousand Earth Burial Grand Array, and surprisingly, it functioned, albeit riddled with flaws, but the skeleton of the formation was there. You began to attempt patching these flaws.

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You spent ten thousand years patching the Ten Thousand Earth Burial Grand Array, finally increasing the number of the smallest Witch Array units in this formation to more than five times that of the Ten Thousand Flames Spirit-Burning Array.

This Ten Thousand Earth Burial Grand Array, resembling a mountain of dung, surprisingly trembled and sputtered but truly began to function.

In your eyes, ’it’ is like an old man bearing the weight of a mountain, yet still alive.

No matter how ugly or bloated ’it’ is, it was the first Witch Array you created, further confirming your suspicions: the fundamental Witch Runes are indeed the basis.

This proves that what the Blazing Flame Tribe lacks is not high-tier witchcraft inheritance, but rather a solid foundation in basic witchcraft and guidance for the wizard’s minds.

As long as one has courage, even a mere witch apprentice might create a functional array. As for its power and operational state, that’s a secondary issue.

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"Old Hao, how do you think this elder managed to sleep on such a hot magma river?"

In the distance, two seemingly idle but actually observing Shen Can Bi Fang Division martial artists whisper to each other.

"I think sleeping is just a facade; he probably wants to watch the Divine Craftsman Ancestor forge the Witch Artifact."

"Is it that he doesn’t trust our Bi Fang? We, Bi Fang, are the number one forging division in Yongyi; we wouldn’t tamper with just a Tier Four Witch Artifact."

"Enough, let’s not talk about it, he’s awake. Watch where he’s heading."

Shen Can walked through the valley and casually entered a Fire Lodge. It seemed that these were all Tier Two or Tier Three Witch Weapons.

Artisans crafted them, and wizards engraved Witch Talismans.

After walking around, he found that they mostly crafted knives, spears, axes, and halberds, with hardly any farming tools, although a large Fire Lodge in one place was crafting a Flying Ship.

The Flying Ship was over thirty zhang long, embedded with two Tier Four Fire Marrows as its power source, clearly not meant for ordinary martial artists.

"You two, see me out."

At the valley entrance, Shen Can beckoned to the two Bi Fang martial artists watching him from a distance.

After all, being within their clan’s territory, he didn’t want to wander around aimlessly.

"Sir, aren’t you going to continue watching?"

Bi Hao approached Shen Can with his head lowered.

"I can’t understand it, so there’s no point in watching."

Soon, Bi Hao summoned a large Flying Ship, invited Shen Can aboard, and flew towards the Bi Fang Race Hall.

Along the way, passing through some of the Bi Fang Division’s residential areas, Shen Can glanced distantly.

They really are blacksmiths; there’s not a single good farming tool at home.

In the clan’s residence, every household seemed to have no auxiliary Witch Artifacts, mostly knives, spears, swords, and halberds, albeit of better quality than those in Yanran, Jishan, or Blazing Flame.

But then, Bi Fang is reputed as Yongyi’s top blacksmith house; it’s expected that their tools and armors are of high quality.

There isn’t much farmland within the Bi Fang Clan. The clansmen hunted outside, which was similar in situation to Yanran.

Except for around the volcano, where Witchcraft Arrays were evidently displayed, ordinary clan members within the Bi Fang main area didn’t enjoy much of the benefits provided by witchcraft.

Overall, it’s as if high-end witchcraft doesn’t trickle down to ordinary clan members.

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"How did you manage to come out, Your Excellency?"

Seeing Shen Can return, Lord Bi Fang was somewhat surprised.

Didn’t you say you didn’t trust anyone?

"It was too hot, unbearable."

Shen Can gently shook his head. He had taken all he wanted, and as for the Spirit Ban within the Witch Artifact, he didn’t need to steal it; he’d just study it once he got his hands on the Witch Artifact.

Lord Bi Fang glanced at Shen Can, "Awake. In the past, other friends who came to our Bi Fang to have Witch Artifacts forged couldn’t stand the heat either, not to mention that even I, as the Clan Chief, rarely stay inside the volcano."

"Brother Chen can stay with us Bi Fang. We guarantee your meals will be satisfactory. If Brother Chen isn’t comfortable staying within the clan, he can head to the Ruins Market Mountain City we built outside our clan; there’s plenty to amuse there."

Shen Can came here under the name Chen Shan, appearing robust and strong.

Not far outside the Bi Fang Bo Division was a Bi Fang Mountain City, a Ruins Market City built specially by Bi Fang, attracting many tribespeople from various tribes coming to purchase weapons and armor, and sell minerals.

Shen Can naturally entered the Bi Fang Mountain City to wait but didn’t stay there long before leaving the mountain city, heading east.

Along the way, he visited Cyan Sheep, observed the Celestial Monster, went south into the Wetland, and even saw the Huantou Race.

At every Bo Division and upper-class tribe along the way, Shen Can would stop to observe.

Until two years later, he returned north from the southern end of Yun Land, and on his way back, passed by Lord Bi Fang to retrieve the Witch Artifact, before heading back to the Beigui Tribe.