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Chapter 216: Change, Totem Road

The sun and moon essences in the Dongyuan Realm are far more abundant than those in the Cangyun Realm, especially the moonlight, which is almost thick enough to be visible to the naked eye at night.

Such an environment is a natural blessing for wild beasts that absorb the essence of the sun and the moon to grow.

Nowadays, most of the areas in Dongyuan Realm are occupied by wild beasts, which is closely related to this.

Totems can absorb spiritual energy between heaven and earth to nourish the body, and can also absorb some of the essence of the sun and the moon, but compared to wild beasts, their efficiency is much slower and cannot be compared.

In addition to the totem, the lifespan is short. Even if a strong human being appears in the world, he can only maintain stability for a while. Even if he can seize some territories, after thousands of years, they will eventually be taken back by wild beasts.

Just like the ruins that Chu Zheng found this time, such a powerful tribe will also suffer a devastating blow over time and will find it difficult to compete with the wild beasts.

However, this kind of environment is also of great help to Chu Zheng's Qi refining method. At least it speeds up the practice a lot. The yin and yang energies are strong enough, which naturally saves some time for refining.

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As the night deepened, the Wangshan tribe gradually fell into silence. The Dark Eagle circled in the sky, alert to threats that might come from all directions.

From the distant mountains, bursts of beast roars were heard, and it was unknown how many thousands of miles away they were.

Inside the stone house, candlelight was dim.

"How did you kill this shadow lion? Where did these talisman soldiers come from?"

Lie leaned against the door with his arms folded, staring at Chu Zheng, his brows slightly furrowed. At this moment, he still found it a little unbelievable.

The talisman soldiers that Chu Zheng brought back almost doubled the strength of the Wangshan tribe.

Especially that totem, which will bring about earth-shaking changes to the Wangshan tribe in the near future.

This incident was really too bizarre. No one would have noticed it unless they saw it with their own eyes.

"I found the remains of a tribe, picked up these talisman weapons, encountered this shadow lion, and killed it."

This explanation was a reasonable one that Chu Zheng came up with after taking Lie's ability to accept it into consideration.

These talisman soldiers were powerful enough. With the power of the talisman soldiers, he did have the possibility of killing the Shadow Lion. He didn't want to explain the rest.

The more you talk, the more effort you have to put into filling in the gaps.

Lie asked a few more questions, and after knowing the specific location of the ruins, he said no more.

After a moment of silence, Lie's eyes looked complicated, and he spoke solemnly:
"Zhengchu, you are truly amazing. You are better than many adult warriors in the tribe."

It is meaningless to pursue the process further. At least the result now is good. Zhengchu's arrival has brought new hope to the Wangshan tribe.

In this way, as long as Zhengchu grows up, even if he dies in battle in the wilderness or dies of old age, Zhengchu can keep the Wangshan tribe going.

Even if Zhengchu wants to leave one day in the future, with the first-class totem, it is only a matter of time for the Wangshan tribe to grow stronger.

"Tomorrow, I want to go see Wu. I want to ask her something."

Chu Zheng's eyes turned slightly and he made a request.

"I'll take you there." Lie did not refuse:

"Go to bed early. You are still growing. If you don't sleep well, you won't grow tall in the future."

Watching Chu Zheng climb onto the stone bed, Lie extinguished the candle in the room and turned away.

Outside the house, six bright moons were in the sky, and the rich moonlight condensed into layers of veil, covering the entire sky and earth.

The night dew hangs on the branches and leaves, emitting a soft light under the moonlight.

Lie looked up at the moon, a silver light reflected in his eyes:
"Ya, I really regret it now."

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The next morning.

After another round of the Great Circulation Exercise ended, Chu Zheng slowly opened his eyes and jumped off the bed impatiently.

In the more than three months since he entered the tribe, he has not had any contact with the witch. He vaguely feels that the witch doesn't seem to like him very much and has been deliberately avoiding contact with him.

Now, the things he brought back should be enough to change Wu's mind and should make him change his mind about him.

The witch is the longest-lived person in the tribe. Only in the witch's residence are bone books stored, which record stories from very ancient times.

These things play an important role in helping Chu Zheng understand totems and the Dongyuan Realm.

He also got to know a little about witches during this period of time.

Once a witch becomes a witch, she can no longer combine with humans in her life, otherwise she will be punished by God and will no longer have divine power.

Chu Zheng had a vague idea of ​​the reason. As the descendant of Wu, his Yin energy was locked up while he was in the fetal state. He absorbed the moonlight to nourish his spirit and soul. When he was born, his Yin energy was already extremely heavy.

Many of the witch's secret techniques require extremely heavy Yin energy to perform. If a witch combines with a human, the balance of Yin and Yang will naturally be disrupted, and many of his methods will naturally no longer be usable, and may even backfire and cause the witch's cultivation to be lost.

In the eyes of the people in the tribe, this naturally became another explanation: the witch is holy, connected to heaven and earth, and cannot be defiled by mortals.

People in the tribe worship and respect the witch, which is similar to the reverence for gods.

The morning light began to appear outside the house, and the sky and the earth gradually began to warm up.

Lie had already been waiting in the yard, holding a bone spear in his hand.

Seeing Chu Zheng coming out, Lie threw the bone spear in his hand towards Chu Zheng.

Chu Zheng subconsciously took the bone spear into his palm, looking a little puzzled:
"Uncle Lie, what is this?"

The Dragon Bone Spear, a fifth-grade talisman weapon, is the most powerful one among all the talisman weapons.

"This talisman weapon is of the best quality, you can keep it for use. As for the rest, I will convert them into blood food for you according to their specific quality."

Lie explained casually, and without looking back, he walked out of the courtyard: "Come on, I'll take you to see the witch."

Chu Zheng trotted to keep up with Lie's pace and whispered, "It doesn't matter. There's no need to be so clear..."

If Lie had not picked him up from the wilderness, he might not still be in the Dongyuan Realm at this moment. This favor alone is great enough.

"This is the merit you earned from hunting. It's what you deserve."

Lie's expression did not fluctuate at all. He glanced at Chu Zheng who was jogging with his short legs behind him, reached out his hand, picked him up, and strode towards the witch's residence.

After a few breaths, Chu Zheng arrived at a bluestone hall in the center of the tribe. A white-haired witch, leaning on a cane, staggered over. Ying followed the witch and saw Lie and Chu Zheng, with a bright smile on her face:
"Father, Zhengchu!"

Lie nodded slightly and knelt on one knee to salute: "Wu, Zhengchu wants to come here to ask you some questions."

"What do you want to ask?" Wu stared at Chu Zheng, his voice slightly hoarse.

"I want to see the bone book." Chu Zheng tried his best to open his eyes as wide as possible, maintaining the innocence and simplicity that belonged to his age. There was a slight flash of light in his pupils, and a message emerged.

[Luan (Level 6): A great witch in the spiritual realm, whose internal organs have been deeply corroded by Yin Qi, and whose illness is terminal and whose life span is about to run out. He possesses the following magical powers: controlling spirits, medicine, divination, astrology, and precognition.]

Chu Zheng's heart was slightly moved. Judging from the strength of his soul alone, this witch named "Luan" was no weaker than the cultivators in the Tongxuan Secret Realm, and could be compared with the powerful ones who had refined their souls and returned to the void.

However, this combat capability is obviously much worse. I don't know to what extent this predictive ability can reach. Can it only get some vague fragments, or can it clearly see the trajectory of how things will develop.

The Record of the True Tribulations of All Ages also mentions the ability to predict the future, but it is through the use of divination to calculate the trajectory of the development of things.

Everything in the universe has its own trajectory, just like a meteorite falling from the sky. It is not difficult to calculate its final landing point based on its trajectory. This is also a manifestation of foresight.

This is the art of divination. However, divination requires many conditions. If some conditions are not complete, the results of divination may change dramatically.

It's like two monks fighting each other. The outcome of the fight can be basically predicted by the level of their cultivation, the strength of their magic weapons, and the number of their trump cards.

However, the physical condition, psychological fluctuations, ability to respond to emergencies, and even interference from external forces will all affect the final result.

These things that cannot be measured specifically are variables.

Due to the interference of variables, any means of predicting the future is likely to deviate.

Chu Zheng has actually always had great doubts about precognition.

After all, if the development trajectory of some events is changed through foresight, then the previously predicted content should also be changed accordingly. The information and factors involved are very complicated, and he is simply unable to understand them with his current level of cultivation.

Wu was silent for a while, then waved his hand: "Follow me."

Chu Zheng came back to his senses, slightly delighted, and followed the witch to a wooden frame deep in the hall.

There were piles of wild beast bones on the shelves, covered with many distorted words.

These words engraved on the bones record part of the history of the Dongyuan Realm.

For Chu Zheng, learning another language was not a big deal at all, and he soon immersed himself in these bone books.

Wu stood aside, staring at Chu Zheng for a long time, and finally walked away slowly.

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The information recorded in the bone book was very messy and fragmented. Chu Zheng had enough patience and did not feel bored during the process of sorting out the information. He even enjoyed it.

According to some of the information, the initial situation of the human race in the Dongyuan Realm was much more difficult than it is now. They had almost no ability to protect themselves and had always been at the bottom of the food chain.

The slightly weaker wild beasts basically maintain their survival by preying on humans, while the powerful wild beasts simply look down on the weak energy in the flesh and blood of humans. In comparison, hunting other wild beasts is more efficient and can fill their stomachs faster.

In order to protect themselves, some people began to try various methods to strengthen their bodies and found a way to draw strength from wild beasts.

In the beginning, some people branded the images of powerful wild beasts on their bodies, hoping to borrow the power of those powerful wild beasts.

After countless failures, the first totem finally appeared. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth was transmitted into the human body through the totem, strengthening the flesh, blood, and bones.

This kind of totem is called 'beast spirit'.

With the power of the beast totem, the human race gained some ability to protect themselves. In addition, as their lifespans broke through the shackles, the population experienced a blowout growth within a thousand years.

However, it is precisely because of the growing power of the totem that the flesh and blood of the human race's strong men have entered the eyes of many top predators.

The chicken ribs that were originally tasteless and a pity to throw away are enough to fill their stomachs.

Totems originally came from these powerful wild beasts. It is naturally a fantasy to want to conquer these powerful alien species by relying on the spirits of beasts.

In less than a hundred years, the rising human race suffered a devastating blow, and a large number of tribes were destroyed.

Under the tremendous pressure of the destruction of their race and extinction, some people began to shift their attention away from the wild beasts and turn their attention to the sky, the earth, the sun, the moon, and the stars, creating totems with even more astonishing power.

This kind of power is called 'Sky Mark'.

Later, some people applied the Heavenly Patterns to weapons, thus creating the Killing Talisman Weapons with incredible power.

But even with the existence of the Heavenly Pattern, the living space of the human race is still being constantly squeezed by the wild beasts.

In order to prevent history from repeating itself, a large number of top-notch experts began to turn their attention to the human race itself, wanting to open up new paths of cultivation.

However, after being burdened with the totem, other methods simply did not work. These people could only turn their attention to the fetus that had not yet been born.

In order to try a new path of practice, a large number of newborns inevitably became victims and died due to various wrong attempts.

Until the arrival of the first witch in Dongyuan Realm.

Relying on his powerful spirit, Wu tamed the wild beast for the first time and developed a method to control spirits, thus becoming superior to the wild beasts.

As time went by, the practice of witchcraft became more and more perfect. The emergence of medical skills and healing medicines greatly reduced the casualties of the human race during hunting.

With the help of divination techniques to seek good fortune and avoid disaster, many dangers were nipped in the bud. Since then, the human race got a moment of respite and gradually developed into the situation we have today.

Although they are still unable to compete with the wild beasts, they have gained the ability to protect themselves and have a territory to reproduce and thrive.

There is no mention of the witch's practice methods in these bone books.

Chu Zheng sat there for half a month. Every morning and evening, Ying would bring him a bowl of animal blood so that he could fill his stomach.

This was Lie's instruction. He was in the period of growing up and could not waste any opportunity to eat.

Only after he had finished reading all the bone books on the wooden shelf and sorted them out one by one did Chu Zheng breathe a sigh of relief and feel a sense of satisfaction.

He finally had a general understanding of totem practice and witchcraft.

Since they have no way to breathe, these monks carrying totems can only draw power from the totems and devour the blood, flesh and essence of wild beasts to increase their strength.

The amount of blood, flesh and essence a monk consumes every day is limited, just like a mortal eating. Even if they eat all day long, they can only eat so much, and any more they eat will not be digested.

Therefore, the classification of cultivation levels in the Dongyuan Realm is extremely general, and is basically based on age, which is somewhat similar to that of wild beasts.

It is divided into six stages: childhood, youth, adulthood, middle age, peak age and old age.

According to his cultivation level, Chu Zheng has now left his childhood and entered the youth state ahead of time.

(End of this chapter)