Chapter 64: Chapter 35: Tier 2 Wizard, Subduing an Auspicious Beast

Blazing Flame Division.

Dense water vapor formed a cloud over the ancestral temple.

This scene continued until the next day, attracting the attention of early-rising clan members.

Ayu was already waiting outside the ancestral temple.

“Grandpa Huo Xian said Brother Acan is practicing witchcraft, so uncles and aunts, please don’t gather around.”

Every time a group of people approached, Huo Yuu would stop practicing the Kui Ox Fist and explain. Soon, the clan members dispersed and got busy.

Before long, raindrops began to fall, pattering on Huo Yuu as he practiced the fist technique.

He looked up and noticed it was only raining near the ancestral temple.

Three months ago, he had already become a Mountain-Opening Realm Martial Artist, now possessing the Power of Seventeen Desolations.

He did not dodge the rain and continued to practice the Kui Ox Fist.

Today, Brother Acan didn’t come out for breakfast, so he had a double portion.

The localized drizzle around the ancestral temple lasted for half an hour, then suddenly stopped.

Sacrificial Master: Shen Can

Martial Arts Realm: Power of Eighty Desolations

Witch Realm: Tier Two Wizard

Range of Divine Sense: Nine zhang eight chi

Life Span: 1098

On the bed, Shen Can felt the witch power in his body double and got up to stretch his limbs.

As expected, after advancing to the grand realm, the increase in his Divine Sense from self-reinforcement was less than a zhang. Previously, he was nearly at nine zhang one chi, and it increased by about seven chi.

He had no high expectations, so he wasn’t particularly disappointed.

After all, he was an Acquired Talent.

With a casual wave, water vapor gathered before him, forming a water arrow with fish-scale patterns, its aura three to four times stronger than at Tier One.

Seeing Shen Can come out, someone asked with concern: “Acan, are you done cultivating?”

“Hmm.”

Shen Can nodded and happened to see the ancestral tablets drenched in dew, showing a bit of awkwardness on his face.

The ancestral divine tablets were made of deadwood, some were worshipped for three hundred years.

Now they were damp.

He quickly walked towards the divine platform.

“Master, let me wipe them clean. Once the sun is out, I’ll take the ancestors outside to bask in the sun.”

The divine platform was adorned with numerous tablets, and before he knew it, it was noon, and only half were wiped.

Outside the ancestral temple, a commotion could be heard from the clan members.

Upon hearing the noise, Shen Can stepped out of the ancestral temple to check what was happening.

Ayu was sitting outside the ancestral temple daydreaming when he saw Shen Can come out.

“Brother Can, those fetching fish told us that a clan member was swept away by a giant wave, and Uncle Huo Shan has taken people to rescue them.”

Upon hearing this, Shen Can nodded and didn’t ask further questions.

Since coming to the wetlands, clan members falling into the water became a common occurrence; only when things were beyond their control, they’d come to the ancestral temple to inform him.

“Ayu, come inside the ancestral temple, the ancestors need your help.”

Huo Yuu eagerly walked into the ancestral temple, meeting Shen Can handing over an ancestral tablet along with a piece of hemp cloth to soak up the water for the ancestors.

…

In the waters more than ten li from the clan land.

The water depth varied between approximately one to three zhang.

A fierce water beast with menacing fangs roared in anger, fiercely chasing a red-gold fish about a zhang in size.

The red goldfish was wrapped in water bubbles, inside the bubbles were two fallen clan members, with another perched on its head.

This scene amazed Huo Shan, who had hurried over.

Upon seeing the boat, a large number of bubbles surged up, pushing the three fallen clan members towards Huo Shan.

Subsequently, the red-gold fish flicked its tail, sending water waves that struck the monster fish’s head behind.

With a “snap,” the water wave shattered into streams.

The monster fish, initially charging at them, angrily turned towards the red goldfish.

“Brother Shan, this fish is so intelligent, I’ve never seen a wild beast rescue people before.”

“It’s my first time seeing it too.”

The drifting bubbles burst with a “pop,” turning into splashes, releasing the clan members inside.

“Zheng!”

Huo Shan said nothing, a witch arrow in his hand transformed into a stream of light, and with a “puff,” blood spurted from the monster fish’s back, the arrow’s tail feathers even embedded into its body.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!”

After making a successful hit, Huo Shan fired his bow three more times in quick succession.

Each arrow pierced the monster fish’s body, one even penetrating its forehead.

Sha la la!

The monster fish thrashed violently in the water, stirring up massive waves, intertwining water and silt on the surface.

At this moment, the monster fish was in a frenzied state near death, and Huo Shan signaled everyone to keep retreating.

“Whoosh whoosh!”

Even from a distance, waves were still several feet high, the small boat bobbing on the frothy waters, forcing Huo Shan to stop drawing his bow several times.

About half a quarter of an hour later, the monster fish finally stopped struggling, the blood and mud-stained water extending all around.

Huo Shan shot another arrow at the monster fish’s skull, discovering it was finally motionless, and then he called the tribesmen forward, preparing to drag the monster fish back to the tribe.

“Where did that red-gold fish go? It’s gone.”

“Stop looking, any further delay and the blood from this monster fish will drain completely.”

“Quick, quick, if the time is too long, the blood won’t be good to let out.”

…

After returning to the tribe, Huo Shan quickly headed to the Ancestral Temple.

“Acan, I just saw a red-gold fish; it actually saved a drowning tribesman and even helped me divert the monster fish…”

Shen Can, who was still maintaining the ancestors, showed interest upon hearing Huo Shan’s words.

Soon, Shen Can saw the Tier Three Monster Fish that had been hunted—its body covered with cracks and a few arrow holes.

“The monster fish struggled fiercely before dying, wasting too much blood; Mafei Powder isn’t effective on large bodies of water, there’s no way it can be presented to the Ancestral Temple.”

Shen Can was also slightly sorry for not capturing it alive. Looking closely at the arrow holes piercing the monster fish’s skull, a thought arose in his mind.

The effect of Mafei Powder on large bodies of water isn’t good. If a completely anesthetic arrow could be made, that would work.

Tier Three Wild Beast; ancestors must eat fresh, newly slain ones.

“Ancestral Temple Keeper, we were all about to drown, then encircled by bubbles, and the red-gold fish buoyed us, with the monster fish chasing behind.”

“Yes, the red-gold fish’s eyes are like gems, pitch-black and shiny.”

“This is the first time we’ve seen a fish that rescues people.”

The three tribesmen saved by the red-gold fish described their experience before Shen Can, attracting a group of tribesmen to gather around.

“The Great Wilderness possesses Disaster Beasts that bring calamity, but also Auspicious Beasts, giving people fortune.”

“The red-gold fish you mentioned might just be an Auspicious Beast.”

Shen Can explained to the tribesmen; he now had a modest reservoir of knowledge as a Witch.

“Auspicious Beast, can it stay in our tribe?”

“Yes, yes, I can catch fish for it every day.”

“I’ll give it some of the good food my mom hides away—if I hadn’t woken up at midnight, I wouldn’t have known my mom was sneaking jerky from my dad.”

“Ow… it hurts!”

Suddenly, a woman watching the commotion hurriedly pulled back a child.

“Exactly, exactly, sneaking jerky at night, I saw it.”

…

At the stone dam below the Clan Mountain by the water, Shen Can gazed far into the water surface.

Creatures like the Auspicious Beast are sentient; they’re not easy to capture.

The Lingyu Tribe grew strong years ago because they found an Auspicious Beast Lingyu.

The surface of the water appeared boundless with no visible changes; he could only instruct the tribesmen to pay attention to the water when fishing to see if the red-gold fish could be encountered again.

The next day, early in the morning after Shen Can finished his meal.

Clan Elder Huo Yun came to the Ancestral Temple.

“Acan, the tribesmen who were farming outside came back to tell me that at the terraced fields expanded in the east, they were irrigated last night. Initially, we were supposed to water them after removing weeds these days.”

Shen Can, having just executed the opening move of Kui Ox Fist, immediately paused.

“Isn’t there a sentry post in the east? Was there any movement last night?”

“I’ve asked; the sentry said it rained last night. They only found out this morning that it was just near the fields, and I thought you’d used witchcraft.”

The terraced fields in the east spanned over a dozen acres, the soil intentionally dug up by tribesmen as mud, and the millet was growing well.

When Shen Can arrived, he saw there were a dozen peripheral tribespeople guarding outside; the muddy water made it impossible for them to weed.

This place was closest to the wetlands, a mere ten or so yards away.

“Clan Elder, arrange for the tribe to make some delicious food, along with wild fruits and rice wine, and prepare them.”

Soon, a wooden basin filled with rice wine, meat, and millet was pushed into the water.

Shen Can waved the tribesmen away and sat quietly by the shore.

In front of him was a similar portion of food, which he began to eat bit by bit.

“Glug!”

After half a day, ripples spread in the water twenty-something yards away, a flash of red-gold, gazing from afar towards the shore.

Its eyes were towards the front of its forehead; the skull slightly raised with some crocodile patterns, its black eyeballs like treasures, cautiously swimming forward.

Seeing the wooden basin drifting over, it turned sideways and nudged it, trying multiple times.

Then.

Its mouth opened wide, lunging forward for a bite, grabbing the basin with wild fruits and doing a death roll.

Then, a large portion of fruits scattered, floating on the water’s surface.

“Splash, splash, splash!”

A big mouth opened repeatedly from the water, each time gulping water along with several wild fruits.

After finishing the wild fruits, half its head emerged above the water, staring at Shen Can from a distance.

After a moment, Shen Can helplessly pushed out his basin of wild fruits.

“Crash!”

Death roll.

The basin scattered again.

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