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Chapter 213: The Secret of Totems, Beast Group

On the soil of Dongyuan Realm, no gods were born, and there are no incense sticks to worship gods.

For Chu Zheng, this is undoubtedly an excellent soil for spreading the seeds of his own beliefs.

This world, with its nine domains and thirteen wildernesses, is vast enough. Even if the human race only occupies a quarter of the area, the population is no less than that of the Cang Yun Realm, numbering in the hundreds of billions.

If he could become the only true God in this world and gain all the faith in the world, then Chu Zheng's cultivation would have an extremely terrifying leap.

However, without the proliferation of incense and gods, it means that the human race in this world does not believe in the existence of gods at all.

To spread the belief in a god among a group of people who have no concept of gods is much more difficult than to compete for believers.

In this case, it is a relatively simple method to first build up a strong enough reputation, then recreate myths and legends, and create a deity after death.

However, he could only make further judgment on the specific situation after he had a deeper understanding of the Dongyuan Realm.

Just as Chu Zheng was in deep thought, streams of spiritual energy poured into his back and limbs one after another, like trickles of water, flowing into his limbs and bones, warming his body.

Chu Zheng's eyes focused instantly and he took off his upper body clothes. At this moment, his mind was bound by his body and he could not see what was behind him, but from the patterns on his limbs, there should be a totem of a strange beast imprinted on his back.

Four scaly claws were wrapped around his limbs, blood red and exuding a fierce aura.

After feeling it carefully for a moment, Chu Zheng couldn't help but be moved. The totem behind him could actually absorb spiritual energy on its own and help him practice. He didn't need to spend time practicing at all. The totem could deliver spiritual energy directly to his limbs and bones.

This method of practice is truly amazing.

If it can be superimposed with other sects, it is equivalent to adding an incarnation to oneself that is practicing all the time. Over time, it will create an astonishing distance between oneself and other practitioners.

For example, this body now is already four years old. Although it is not good at practicing, after being nurtured by this totem for four years, its strength is already amazing, with a strength of at least two to three thousand kilograms.

It seems that the secret of this totem must be solved somehow.

The setting sun looked like blood, and falcons were circling in the sky, eating carrion. Chu Zheng stood up and looked around. Everywhere he looked, there were bloodstains and corpses.

From the information he had learned from his previous wandering soul, he knew that there was no established kingdom or dynasty in the Dongyuan Realm, but it was divided into tribes.

There are strong and weak people in the tribe, which is closely related to the totem. I just don’t know which level the totem on his back belongs to.

"Wow—"

A sharp whistle was heard from the sky, and a black shadow over ten feet across fell from the sky, causing a huge wave of air.

A pitch-black divine bird landed in front of Chu Zheng, and on the back of the bird stood several figures.

Looking at Chu Zheng standing there naked, there were several exclamations mixed with joy:
"There's a child here!"

"There are still survivors!"

[Underworld Eagle (Level 4): A vicious bird that roams the border of death, accustomed to moving around in a sea of ​​blood and corpses, with a deadly aura around it.]

Chu Zheng's gaze swept across the pitch-black divine bird and several human figures, his eyes flashing slightly.

It is a ferocious bird equivalent to a Divine Infant cultivator. No one standing on its back has strength lower than the fourth level.

Several people scattered in an instant, guarding the surroundings and searching for other survivors.

A burly man who was nearly a meter tall suddenly stepped forward, picked up Chu Zheng, and looked at his back.

According to the information provided by the spiritual eye, this person's name is 'Lie' and his strength has reached the fifth level.

In some small tribes, there are no surnames, only single names. Surnames are something only large tribes have.

Only the population of a large tribe can exceed the limit of a single word and require more names as aliases.

The rough palm rubbed Chu Zheng's back for a while. Lie was silent for a moment and sighed softly:
"Not a child from the tribe."

Before he finished speaking, the few people who had left turned back one after another, their eyes dimmed, and they shook their heads:

"Except this child, there is no one else alive."

Among the bones on that ground, I'm afraid those are all of this child's relatives.

"Lucky boy, it seems the tribal spirits are blessing you. Which tribe are you from? What's your name?"

Lie lifted Chu Zheng up with one hand, and his full beard rubbed Chu Zheng, making him feel uncomfortable.

"The tribe...don't know."

After a slight hesitation, Chu Zheng shook his head and then said, "My name is Zhengchu."

This time, he was no longer planning to experience tribulations, but to pave the way for the worship of gods and spirits.

Currently, the growth of my Qi-refining cultivation has entered a stable period. Without the interference of extra forces, it is difficult to make great progress. There is not much calamity energy left in my body, so there is no need to rush to transform it.

"Zhengchu..."

Hearing this name, the people around all showed strange looks.

The fact that it has two characters in its name alone makes it considered a large tribe.

"Forget it, let's take him back first. We are all human beings, so we should help if we can."

Lie whispered, held Chu Zheng in his hand, and stepped onto the Dark Eagle. A strong aura of death rushed towards him, and even began to erode Chu Zheng's body.

Without waiting for Chu Zheng to make any move, Lie squeezed out a little blood from his fingertips and dripped it onto Chu Zheng's back.

In an instant, he felt a burning sensation on his back, and the totem behind him seemed to come alive, its scales slightly opened, emitting a burst of fiery warmth that dispelled the deadly aura.

This was obviously another wonderful use of the totem power. At this moment, the totem seemed to have become a magical protective weapon, using Lie's blood as energy and began to operate.

This is somewhat similar to a magic circle, and the totem pattern can perhaps be understood as the same kind of thing as the array pattern.

When Chu Zheng was concentrating on pondering the totem, the Dark Eagle suddenly swooped down and headed straight for the ground.

Above the earth, dust filled the sky and groups of wild beasts were roaring, the sound as harsh as thunder.

This group of wild beasts belong to the same species. They are covered with gorgeous three-colored long feathers and crawl on strong and powerful limbs. They look like lizards, with short and wide bloody mouths full of sharp teeth.

"After catching these three-colored land fish, we will return to the tribe first."

With a low shout, Lie threw out a blood-colored divine bead, which froze in mid-air. Then, like a dragon's back, a divine light shone. A black mist meandered down along his thick arm, and in the blink of an eye, it reached the back of his hand.

The next moment, a pitch-black claw stretched out, swelled up in the wind, spanning more than a thousand feet, like an ancient sacred mountain, and fell straight down.

boom!
A gap was smashed in the beast herd, bones and flesh were splattered everywhere, and blood mist splashed into the air, and was directly absorbed by the blood-colored divine bead without wasting a single bit.

The rest of them also took action, spread out, surrounded the entire herd, and after a single strike they drove them back, and began to gradually eat them away.

Seeing this, Chu Zheng reacted quickly. Lie and his group went out hunting, and they decided to change their itinerary when they met him.

The cooperation between these people was extremely smooth, without any sense of stagnation. It seemed that they had been working together for quite some time.

A herd of tens of thousands of wild beasts was strangled to death in just one hour, and blood flowed for thousands of miles.

Lie and his men did not collect the remains of the corpse or the flesh and blood, but only used the blood-colored divine beads to absorb the blood. The remains from which the blood and energy were extracted lost their luster and had been drained of all their essence.

The Dark Eagle let out an excited cry and hovered in the sky, absorbing the deadly aura that was gradually emerging from the field. Its pitch-black feathers became increasingly lustrous.

The speed at which they cleaned up the battlefield was astonishing. After half an hour, there was no smell of blood in the air, only dry bones remained on the ground.

After confirming that nothing was missed, Lie and his group set off on the return journey.

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After traveling for three days and nights, Chu Zheng finally saw a tribe in front of him.

By noon, smoke was already rising from the tribe.

Chu Zheng took a quick glance and saw the end of the tribe. Judging from the houses made of bluestone, there were no more than a few thousand people there.

Chu Zheng was held by Lie's hand and walked into a bluestone hall.

The smell inside the hall was very strange. There were many shelves filled with animal skins and bones that were being processed, as well as some collected herbs.

There was only one person in the hall, a white-haired old woman with a hunched back, leaning on a cane, and wearing a wide animal skin robe.

There were many pockets sewn on the robe, which were filled with small odds and ends and it was unclear what they were used for.

"witch."

Lie Xing walked up to the old woman, knelt on one knee to salute, held Chu Zheng in both hands, handed him to the old woman, and explained:
"This child's name is Zhengchu. I found him while hunting. He was killed by wild beasts and he was the only one who survived."

"Zhengchu?"

The old woman murmured, without even looking at the totem on Chu Zheng's back, and casually pulled out a piece of animal skin to wrap up Chu Zheng, who was naked all the way:
"Since I was saved by you, it was fate, so I should stay. The tribe is lacking fresh blood, and perhaps I can give the tribe another totem choice."

"I understand, Wu. Then I will take him home and raise him first."

Lie nodded in agreement immediately. He had the same idea in mind. He picked up Chu Zheng and was about to walk out of the hall when he heard the witch's voice behind him:
"In a few days, ask Ying to come to my place to continue her cultivation. I can't hold on any longer and need someone new to take over the responsibilities of the witch. This is all for the sake of the tribe, and someone will have to sacrifice."

Hearing this, Lie paused for a long time before nodding:

"it is good."

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This tribe was named "Wangshan" because there was a sacred mountain not far from the tribe's base.

The original Wangshan tribe relied on the spiritual springs and various fruits in this sacred mountain to pass on and multiply.

Chu Zheng followed Lie on the journey home. People passing by along the way were all wearing animal skins, without any robes or cloth clothes.

No one will be willing to spend time on appearance until survival is guaranteed.

Soon, Chu Zheng arrived at Lie's home, a blue brick house that was not very tall or spacious.

"Ying."

Lie called out loudly.

squeak-

With a slight sound, the door opened and a girl who looked no more than seven or eight years old ran out. She was also wearing rough animal skins and hugged Lie's legs with a happy look on her face.
"Father!"

Lie smiled faintly, his eyes dimmed slightly.

Ying soon discovered Chu Zheng and was a little surprised: "Whose child is this?"

Lie put down Chu Zheng in his hand and said slowly: "His name is Zhengchu. From today on, he is your younger brother."

"Brother? Ying has a brother?"

Ying's smile grew even wider, and she couldn't help but raise her hand and pinch Chu Zheng's face: "Call me sister."

Chu Zheng fell into silence. Once in contact, he discovered something peculiar. Ying's body was extremely weak, just like an ordinary child, and she was powerless.

This means that there is no totem carved on Ying's body, which may be related to the previous witch.

Lie casually threw Chu Zheng to Ying, walked straight into the yard, took off his shirt, and started to take a shower.

Chu Zheng's attention was immediately attracted by Lie.

On the broad back, there was a depiction of a strange beast that Chu Zheng did not recognize. It had a single horn on its head, somewhat like a dragon, but had no scales on its body. It shone like a loach, had only one claw, and held a red bead in its mouth.

[Lie (Level 5): The body is possessed by a beast spirit, and has consumed beast blood for a long time, so the body has blood evil. 】

Perhaps there is too little information about the totem. Even with the spiritual eyes, very little information can be obtained at once.

The word 'beast spirit' gave him some ideas.

Without waiting for Chu Zheng to take a closer look, Ying impatiently pulled Chu Zheng into the house and began to look for animal skins in the house. At the same time, she estimated Chu Zheng's body shape, wanting to get him a piece of clothing that fit him.

There was a half-person-high bronze mirror in the room. With the help of this mirror, Chu Zheng was finally able to see clearly the appearance of the totem behind him.

At first glance, it looks somewhat similar to a Qilin, but without antlers, and its pupils are blood red.

Chu Zheng tried to communicate with the totem, and soon the totem responded. A strange light flashed in the beast's pupils, and its scales trembled faintly, as if it was about to revive.

The energy around him surged, and the speed at which he absorbed spiritual energy also increased a lot.

However, after only a few breaths, Chu Zheng had to stop. He was sweating profusely and his body was depleted of energy, which urgently needed replenishment.

Obviously, his strength is not enough to activate the totem on his body like Lie.

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In the blink of an eye, it has been more than two months since Chu Zheng came to Wangshan tribe.

He has been practicing the Record of Eternal True Tribulation, and is not far from the Hundred Days Spiritual Transformation, and his strength is increasing day by day.

At the same time, during this period of time, he finally gained some understanding of totems.

In the Dongyuan Realm, totems are divided into four levels. First-class totems are basically in the hands of large tribes. Among the many totems of the Wangshan tribe, the best is only third-class.

Totems are spiritual. Plants, spirits, mountains, rocks, lakes and seas can all be used as totems. There is a huge difference in the strength of their totems.

The totems of most tribes are of the lowest level. They are in danger of extinction at any time when facing low-level wild beasts. They need to rely on a large amount of plants and fruits, and cannot survive by hunting.

Chu Zheng asked Lie several times about the totem on his back, but did not get an accurate answer. However, it should be at least a second-class existence, higher than Lie, or higher than the Wangshan tribe.

(End of this chapter)