Put Away Your Divine Techniques Now!

Chapter 1085 - 323: [Not Impossible]_2

One cannot, on one hand, continue to enjoy the gifts of the ancestors and the path of cultivation they bestowed, while on the other hand talk of some nonsense about independent will!

Parasites must have the mentality of parasites!

Fool!"

With that, the East Sea approached Luo Xiuqing, pressing a hand on her shoulder.

Luo Xiuqing was like being struck by lightning, her body fell softly to her knees, trembling.

"Do you know why the ancestor has made you reflect here? Ghost Cloud Cliff, ha! What a place!"

"...Why?"

"Because this is where the Jia Bird Tribe is buried... where those disgusting parasites like you, for thousands of years, are buried!

On one side they suck the blood of the ancestors, while on the other they enjoy the grace of the ancestors—and then, like you, they disgustingly talk to themselves, disrespecting the will of the ancestors, speaking nonsense about the freedom and independence of the Ghost Race.

Bah!

Now the bones of those guys are crushed and thrown beneath the Ghost Cloud Cliff, their residual spirits and consciousnesses are trapped on this cliff, wailing all year round.

And you, Luo Xiuqing, along with your batch of people, are just another group of Jia Bird Tribe!

The names of the Eighteen Tribes have changed many times throughout the thousands of years of Ghost Race history.

It seems that now the Black Wood Tribe is also due for a change.

No matter, it truly doesn’t matter.

Dogs, if disobedient, can simply be exchanged for another."

Luo Xiuqing lowered her head, "Ancestor... have you decided on a punishment?"

"I give you two choices," East Sea coldly said, "First, from you on down, all those who disrespect the ancestors, including the tribe, will have their cultivation abolished! After all, your cultivation was all given by the ancestors! Since there is no respect, it will be taken back!

Then, get out of the Southern Border’s domain, go wherever you wish! Be beast slaves and livestock to the Demon Race, become servants and stooges in the various sects and families of the Domain Realm, it’s up to you!

If you do not choose the first, then choose the second.

Led by you, Luo Xiuqing, all tribe cultivators who secretly disrespect the ancestors will be sent to the frontier town to fight against the Red Tide!

Your families can stay in the Ghost Race territories and continue to live.

After serving ten years at the frontier town, if you die in battle, it will be considered as atonement, and your families will receive eternal protection from the Ghost Race.

If you survive and return after ten years, you can also atone, erasing your previous sins, and continue as citizens of the Ghost Race."

Luo Xiuqing’s breathing became rapid, she said in a deep voice, "Then... what about the Black Wood Tribe?"

"That depends on how you choose."

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The sound of drums thudded, the rhythm fervent and strong!

From the direction of Black Mountain, the sound of drums came...

Chen Yan sat on the neck of a white elephant, emerging from the jungle, approaching that black mountain peak.

The Black Wood Tribe was at the foot of that black mountain peak.

Centering on the black mountain peak, the surrounding area spanning over ten miles was barren. Likely, it was the ancient calamity of thunderstrikes that completely erased the vitality of this land.

The ground showed black and red sandy soil, hard and coarse!

Underneath that towering black mountain peak, on the southern foot, was a stone city.

Outside the city, vast expanses of villages spread over what seemed like dozens of miles, with houses built from a mix of earth, stone, and wood, standing densely, like large patches of mushrooms sprouting from the earth.

Chen Yan, sitting on the white elephant, observed these houses—the architectural style bore some resemblance to the earthen buildings of a certain ethnic group in the Dragon Country of the real world.

Within the village, water channels were introduced—from an artificially dug channel originating from a large river a hundred miles away from the black mountain peak.

A great channel had been dug, encircling the perimeter of the village, and like blood vessels, it branched into several tributaries that penetrated into the village.

Sitting on the white elephant, Chen Yan could see behind the village, near the black mountain peak, the scale of that stone city was not small.

The city walls were not high, built from some kind of black stone, about three to four meters tall, without even the traces of array fluctuations—such city walls in the world of cultivators were nearly equivalent to being undefended.

Within the city walls, no longer were there the earthen buildings of the village, but a vast array of black stone buildings—large houses built from black rock of the same quality as the city walls.

After taking a couple of glances, Chen Yan reached a conclusion: this stone material was the same color as that black mountain peak!

"No need to doubt, that Black Stone City, all the stones were mined from the remnant of the Sky-reaching Tree," Gu Tongbing introduced with a smile beside Chen Yan: "Apparently, that Sky-reaching Tree had its own mystical qualities. After being struck by the Celestial Tribulation, burned, its remnants became Black Mountain, and the trunk of the Sky-reaching Tree was all burned into a special kind of Black Stone.

The Black Wood Tribe considers that Black Mountain their Holy Land, so within the tribe, all rituals, Cave Master residencies, the tribal chief, Yama Hall, are constructed from the black stone mined from Black Mountain."

Listening, Chen Yan remained silent.

In his heart, he still felt that black stone looked familiar.

Soon, he recalled why it felt familiar!

Black Stone!

The Black Stone he once obtained!

It had rune spells etched on it for entering the Mirror World! At the same time, back in Japan, the magical treasure fragment that landed in the real world, forming the Trial Secret Realm... the final fragment was also a piece of Black Stone...

These things, and the black mountain, Black Stone City before him, their texture... were very similar!

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Upon the walls of Black Stone City, dozens of large drums were set up, where ghost race warriors, bare-chested, wielded drumsticks, beating those large drums loudly.

Through Gu Tongbing’s introduction, Chen Yan learned that these were the welcoming drums of the Black Wood Tribe.