Chapter 480: Chapter 201: Dai Land Treasure, Mysterious Little Human Race (Part 3)

"Let’s dig together!"

Many clan members worked together and quickly unearthed a large pit over fifty feet in diameter and about fifteen or sixteen feet deep.

In the center of the pit was a circular Spirit Ban about one foot in size, appearing earth-colored, with a beast pattern resembling an eye in the center.

"This is it, isn’t the point marked in the middle of the map just like an eye."

"Everyone step aside, I’ll break it open."

The Dragon Horned Wilderness Beast leapt over, and stomped down on the eye pattern, then was flung away by the rebounding power of the flickering Spirit Ban.

"Crack!"

As the dragon horn was sent flying, the eye pattern also emitted a shattering sound.

After being buried for countless ages, it had always been consuming its energy.

In recent years, many hidden treasures of Human Race Tribes in Dai Land have been discovered, often because the guarding Witchcraft Spirit Ban’s energy ran out, leading to a collapse phenomenon.

Within these hidden treasures, there are often Source Stones and herbs, which, once unprotected by the Spirit Ban, leak their aura and get discovered by Wild Beasts and Spirit Monsters.

When Wild Beasts and Spirit Monsters gather together, it naturally draws the attention of Earth Ants.

Crack! Crack!

The guarding Witch Ban continually shattered, and soon the earth-toned light flared up one last time, erupted in a brilliant flash, then quickly dimmed down.

Behind the Witch Ban appeared a stone path.

However, this stone path showed signs of fracture; the Spirit Ban originally imprinted on the stone walls had dimmed, causing parts of the stone wall to crumble, with falling rocks blocking the path.

The stone path wasn’t long, only about seventy or eighty feet down, leading to a stone chamber inside.

Inside the stone chamber, boxes made of jade were stacked on top of each other, sealed tightly with a kind of Spirit Plant adhesive.

There were a total of one hundred and thirty boxes, roughly divided into two categories of different sizes.

Forty boxes were three feet in size, and ninety were one foot, with jade of average quality used for crafting.

"Clan Leader, there are three hundred thousand Source Stones stored in thirty small jade boxes."

"Fifty large jade boxes contain Witch Medicine and Medicine Pills, all of which are now useless as their potency has completely dissipated."

"Forty large boxes contain weapons, along with over a hundred sets of armor."

"In the remaining ten boxes, nine contain ancient books and notes, from which we found records of the Zhongshan Bo Division’s heritage."

"In the last box, there are two even smaller boxes of superior jade quality, better than the jade we use for sacrificial offerings to the Ancestral Temple."

Soon, Huo Chang saw the two small boxes, each adorned with flickering Witch Rune Spirit Bans, but different from those he had seen in the clan. They had a serpentine feel, like those on Wild Beasts, with a primitive essence.

"Pack it all up and restore the landscape here."

Huo Chang did not force open the unopened jade boxes, instead instructing the clan members to secure everything and refill the area.

...

A month later.

Blazing Flame Bo Division.

The hidden treasure of the Zhongshan Bo Division appeared before Shen Can.

In the side hall.

After much effort, Shen Can opened the two jade boxes sealed with primitive beast patterns.

In an instant, brilliant radiance filled the entire hall, like luxurious brocade, dazzling to the eyes.

Inside one jade box was a stone slab.

The stone slab depicted a large and a small person clasping their hands in greeting.

The adult was in Human Race likeness, and so was the child.

Shen Can compared the Human Race height ratio with the depiction of the child and found that the child on the stone wall should be no taller than a foot.

Engraved on the stone slab were the words ’Zhongshan Jingren, Together in Alliance.’

As for the other jade box, it contained a forged copper cast dragon head.

Oddly, this dragon had only one eye, and its eyeball was missing.

"Zhongshan, day and night interchange, inconsistent with the heavenly signs..."

After seeing the copper cast dragon head missing its eyeball, Shen Can picked up the notes nearby and started reading.

These notes came with the hidden treasure; he contemplated and then took out a Jade Scroll to inscribe a message.

"Ayu, have the clan arrange for someone to take the Jade Scroll to Dai Land and hand it over to the old Clan Leader."

...

Soon after, upon receiving Shen Can’s message, Huo Chang ordered the clan members to return to the site of the hidden treasure once more.

Looking at the previously filled soil and rocks, Tian Dan called out to the clan members and said, "Dig, excavate all the surrounding soil and rocks, and if that doesn’t work, bring it all back and sift through it."