Chapter 402: Chapter 173: Map, Peach Blossom Forest (Part 2)

There are two Tier Four Wild Beast territories, serving as the trial grounds for the clan members, which makes it much safer.

As for the Stalactite Cave, the Spirit Ban has been rearranged, completely sealing the aura inside and out.

On the way back, Shen Can’s Divine Sense spread around. He knew capturing the Withered Tree Wild Beast depended on whether it would appear.

If it had already fled, the clan’s vendetta might never be avenged.

On the way back, everyone wasn’t walking in a straight line; instead, they constantly bypassed the Giant Peak, sometimes even detouring backwards, and only went through low hills.

Although the journey was long, on the way back to the Clan Land, they could gather a large amount of resources.

They walked for two days.

Under the night sky, the clan gathered to rest in a valley.

Shen Can had already transformed into a bird form, crouched high up observing everything.

A clan member on the outskirts was preparing to cultivate when suddenly the sound of branches swaying echoed not far off.

The oppressive aura instantly enveloped him. He wanted to shout, but felt he couldn’t make a sound.

Clang! Clang!

In an instant, a blaze fell from high, crashing into an old tree like a meteor.

Crack!

The old tree turned to ashes under the fire attack. A shadow quickly flapped its wings, landing on the rock wall, ready to escape the valley.

Shen Can raised his hand, sending out a Fire Qilin.

Bloodlight exploded from the Withered Tree Wild Beast, forming foul-smelling, ink-like blood droplets sizzling in the fire.

In a flash, the beast soared to the top of a mountain, spread its wings, and tried to glide down.

But just as it flapped its wings to rise, its expression changed.

It felt the heat of a surging Blood Sea behind it, the scorching sensation causing its body to crackle loudly.

Boom!

A flame blade cleaved upon the Withered Tree Wild Beast.

The beast’s back exploded violently, its body crashing down the mountain like a broken cloth, the air thick with a nauseating stench.

It tried to turn over, using blood energy to dull the fierce flames, only to see a hand, transforming into mountains and rivers, press down.

Poof!

A palm landed, shattering the earth. Embedded within the soil and rock, resembling branches, the beast’s skull burst and its body cracked.

Especially the trunk-like body, shattered by a palm, revealed a Witch Pouch inside.

Shen Can grabbed the Witch Pouch close, opened it with Divine Sense, and a strong stench a blood miasma emanated.

The contents of the Witch Pouch were numerous: Witch Weapons, three scrolls, and two skulls.

The two skulls, not of their own clan, exhibited a pale golden hue with Beast Patterns, seemingly of Tier Four Divine Treasure based on strength.

This puzzled Shen Can.

In the Giant Mountain Range, where else were there Human Race Tier Four Divine Treasure Martial Artists?

Moreover, this Witch Pouch was clearly made by humans.

Lifting the two skulls, washing them clean with summoned rain, he noticed something peculiar.

The skulls were large, the nostrils prominent, resembling ape skulls.

But apart from these features, the rest resembled human skulls.

Opening the two scrolls inside revealed Cultivation Techniques "Great Strength Saint Ape Skill" and "Ape Suppressing Fist".

After reviewing these techniques, Shen Can somewhat understood the matter behind these skulls.

This was the appearance after cultivating Great Strength Saint Ape Skill, with Beastification, even the bones underwent complete transformation.

Besides these items, when Shen Can opened the remaining scroll, his eyes suddenly lit up.

It was a map.

Though none of the locations marked on the map were known to him, there was an ape head symbol on it.

Nearby the ape head symbol were the words ’Profound Ape’.

The map’s surface was filled with blood mist, claw marks distorting its surface.

Can a Wild Beast interpret a map?

Around the ape head symbol were symbols of mountains, waters, and forests, with some parts marked with ’Tiger Head’, ’Coiled Snake’, ’Giant Peak with Floating Raindrops’ and other symbols.

Through this map, Shen Can realized that in the Giant Mountain Range, there were indeed humans.

At that moment, Shen Can took out his Witch Pouch, using Divine Sense to retrieve a map copy from the deepest part.

This was drawn when the Dai Land predecessor narrated.

The clan had dispatched members into the Giant Mountain multiple times, but despite thousands of clan members’ efforts for years, it didn’t compare to how deep he had ventured this time.

"Raindrops, or snowflakes?"

On the map narrated by the Dai Land predecessor, there was also a marked Giant Peak, except there were snowflakes floating above.

Then, Shen Can thoroughly washed the foul-smelling Witch Pouch, storing the slain beast’s remains inside.

Taking the map back into the valley, he found the Golden-winged Sword-toothed Tiger and Dragon Horned Wilderness Beast, placing the two maps before them.

"Do you two know of any Giant Peak with rain or snow?"

"Snow Demon Mountain has constant rain and snow year-round."

Dragon Horned Wilderness Beast spoke, "There, a strong Snow Beast resides."

"Any other places?"

Upon further questioning by Shen Can, Dragon Horned Wilderness Beast shook its head.

In the Giant Mountain Range, snow-capped peaks were everywhere, but a place with relentless rain and snow seemed to be just one.

The Snow Beast’s strength matches that of the Luwu Descendant.

Both maps use mountains and rivers as symbols, with no real scale of distances, obviously lacking precision.

On the Witch Pouch map, the ape head marker was northeast of the snow mountain.

In Shen Can’s predecessor map, the snowy peak was located in the lower part, close to Yongyi.

If the rainy and snowy mountain on the two maps is indeed the same, then finding the path to Dai Land would no longer be a dream.

"Is Snow Demon Mountain far from our current location?"

Shen Can looked toward Dragon Horned Wilderness Beast.

Dragon Horned Wilderness Beast shook its head, "I only heard about it from other beasts, I’ve never been to Snow Demon Mountain."

Hearing this, Shen Can was not angry; with accurate positioning, he could inquire about directions.

The Giant Mountain Range isolates Dai Land from Yongyi mainly due to its undulating terrain and towering peaks.

Though north to south spans 200,000 miles, navigating around peaks, detouring obstacles, truly passing through requires over a million miles of travel.

The Withered Tree Wild Beast having crossed such vast mountainous terrain with the ape-headed Witch Pouch clearly indicated to Shen Can that the path was passable.

As for flying across, Shen Can thought it would be better to rely on legs for now; wings were not yet sturdy enough.

The Wild Beast that could communicate with the Dragon Horned Wilderness Beast indicated its Spiritual Wisdom and bloodline were quite high.

"Can you find other Wild Beasts to communicate with?"

Dragon Horned Wilderness Beast immediately grasped what Shen Can intended.

"I don’t know."

"There’s a Peach Miasma Deer living in a forest of peach trees; crossing the mountains to reach it would require traveling over a hundred thousand miles."

"Let’s seek its help then."

Although prepared to search for the snowy mountain marker, Shen Can first escorted his clan members to a safe area, letting them carry the Little Chi Tiger back to the valley.

Then, taking the two tamed Wild Beasts, he headed north again.

The reason for not bringing clan members was primarily due to their large target; many Wild Beasts crossing would easily alert Desolate Beast Lords.

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Contrary to expectations, the Peach Miasma Deer described by Dragon Horned Wilderness Beast was not difficult to locate, but most time was spent detouring.

Even though Shen Can had advanced to Tier Four Middle Stage, to avoid trouble, he deliberately avoided some Wild Beast territories.

Most times, he traveled on the border between two Wild Beast Lord territories.

When they ascended a mountain and gazed out, seeing the fields covered with pink flower petals and wild peach trees, Shen Can felt slightly dizzy.

Quickly sealing his pores, he suppressed his breath.

On the mountain, down the valley, all the rivers and gorges were filled with peach blossoms, the pink mist forming a sea of clouds.

Shen Can was swift, yet the Dragon Horned Wilderness Beast couldn’t resist, its blood energy surging, saliva flowing uncontrollably.

Its eyes fixed on the peach forest turned pink, involuntarily stepping forward.