The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 1685: Chapter 1685: Shadow Clan Tribe

During the days on the journey to the Shadow Clan Tribe, Jing Yan and Ying Lu exchanged a lot of information, but Ying Lu never mentioned her status within the Shadow Clan Tribe, and Jing Yan did not take the initiative to ask.

”In the Shadow Clan Tribe, my father is the High Priest, so these tribesmen are quite respectful to me,” Ying Lu pursed her lips and looked at Jing Yan as she spoke.

”High Priest?” Jing Yan was slightly moved.

From the information obtained from Ying Lu over these days, Jing Yan learned quite a bit about the Witch Realm. He knew that in some clans, there would be such an important position as the High Priest, a position of great authority, which to some extent could even check the power of the clan leader.

Ying Lu was actually the daughter of the High Priest of the Shadow Clan Tribe.

In a clan like the Shadow Clan Tribe, one could almost certainly assume that the High Priest possesses the strength of the Great Witch Realm.

From his understanding, Jing Yan knew that the most powerful cultivators in the Witch Realm were called the Witch Ancestors. The Witch Ancestors of the Witch Realm, equivalent to the High-level Supremes in the outside world. Of course, the number of High-level Supremes in the Witch Realm was also extremely small. In the Floating Domain, it’s been a long, long time since anyone has seen the trace of a Witch Ancestor. Witch Ancestors stand aloof, and for ordinary cultivators, meeting a Witch Ancestor is indeed a difficult task.

Even in the Five-star force Wu Clan, Ying Lu said, there is no Witch Ancestor. It’s worth noting that the Wu Clan is one of the most prominent forces in the Floating Domain.

Jing Yan also knew that the relationship between the Shadow Clan Tribe and the Wu Clan has always been tense. The Shadow Clan Tribe and the Wu Clan often clashed, and just a few decades ago, the Shadow Clan Tribe had a fight with the Wu Clan, where many members from both clans perished. The overall strength of the Shadow Clan Tribe does not compare to the Wu Clan, but the advantage of the Shadow Clan Tribe is that they excel in assassination. Most of their cultivation techniques are suited for stealth and assassination. Even their witch tools basically have effects that conceal one’s presence.

Previously, Ying Lu helped Jing Yan evade Wu Yan’s pursuit by using a witch tool, a very high-end witch tool. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to avoid the detection of the Great Witch Wu Yan.

Ying Lu led Jing Yan into the Shadow Clan Tribe.

Recently, the Shadow Clan Tribe has indeed been vigorously recruiting skilled individuals. For this purpose, a tribe elder has been specially assigned to handle this matter.

However, the progress of this matter has not been very satisfactory. The number of powerful cultivators is indeed very small. Over the past few decades, among the cultivators recruited by the Shadow Clan Tribe, only four have reached the realm of a Wizard. The others are all cultivators below the Wizard level.

And to make these four Wizards serve the Shadow Clan Tribe, the tribe has paid a significant price. There’s no other choice; if you don’t offer enough sincerity to move them, these Wizard-level experts might just turn and leave.

”Fellow Daoist Ying Lu, it seems that there aren’t many disciples in your Shadow Clan Tribe!” Jing Yan remarked, having encountered few cultivators from the Shadow Clan Tribe along the way.

According to what Ying Lu said before, the Shadow Clan Tribe is also a prominent clan in the Floating Domain. There should be plenty of clan disciples.

Such a major clan, placed in the Chaos Universe, their clan disciples would definitely be countless. Even those families in the Human Territory that are not very strong, their families continue to develop and flourish, as long as there aren’t any major accidents, the number of descendants would be astonishing.

Even the low-class world’s Jing Family has a family lineage that long since exceeded a million.

”We have quite a number of disciples in our Shadow Clan Tribe, not much fewer than the Wu Clan. Fellow Daoist Jing Yan, some of our tribe’s disciples are not currently within the tribe. If they all returned, you would know that the members are numerous,” Ying Lu explained to Jing Yan.

Hearing Ying Lu’s words, Jing Yan felt a slight stir in his heart. Combining this with the information he previously obtained from Ying Lu, Jing Yan had a hypothesis.

It seems that in this Witch Realm, the life forms find it difficult to reproduce offspring.

In the Chaos Universe, some initial creatures themselves can also reproduce offspring, but many conditions must be met. To be like the human clans and other groups, it’s simply impossible. The creatures in the Witch Realm are likely similar to those initial creatures.

”Uncle Ying Zhan!”

As they were walking, Ying Lu saw someone approaching and immediately stepped forward to greet him.

This person named Ying Zhan is the Chief Elder of the Shadow Clan Tribe, and his strength is already close to the Great Witch, with few opponents even among the Wizards. Moreover, Ying Zhan is extremely skilled in assassination and ambush. Under his command is a very formidable assassination team of the Shadow Clan Tribe. That team is a significant reason why other forces dread the Shadows Clan Tribe.

Even some ordinary Great Witches are quite wary of Ying Zhan’s assassination tactics.

Thus, it is not an exaggeration to say that Ying Zhan holds a very high position in the Shadow Clan Tribe, second only to the clan leader and High Priest.

Currently, Ying Zhan also has a task, which is to recruit experts to serve the Shadow Clan Tribe. Naturally, this matter generally doesn’t require his personal involvement, unless a very powerful cultivator appears, he would personally step in to negotiate.

”Ying Lu, have you sneaked out again?” Ying Zhan smiled as he looked at Ying Lu.

Evidently, it wasn’t the first or second time Ying Lu had slipped out alone. This time, Ying Lu ventured into the Wu Clan’s territory and happened to encounter Jing Yan and brought him back.

”No, I was just wandering around the area near the tribe. Besides, didn’t Uncle Ying Zhan often say that family disciples need to go out and gain experience frequently to progress further on the cultivation path?” Ying Lu said coquettishly.

”You girl!” Ying Zhan shook his head helplessly.

”Who is this?” Ying Zhan looked at Jing Yan, a trace of sharpness in his eyes.

Jing Yan was with Ying Lu, and he had never seen Jing Yan before. He wasn’t immediately hostile towards Jing Yan but was worried that Ying Lu had befriended some questionable individuals.

”Uncle Ying Zhan, this is Fellow Daoist Jing Yan. Jing Yan just recently arrived in the Floating Domain, and I happened to meet him outside. He’s willing to join our Shadow Clan Tribe,” Ying Lu introduced.

”Oh?” Ying Zhan gazed intently at Jing Yan, as if judging whether Jing Yan was approaching Ying Lu intentionally.

Jing Yan looked calmly back at Ying Zhan.

There was a special kind of aura emanating from Ying Zhan. Furthermore, Jing Yan could sense a faint killing intent from him. Of course, this killing intent wasn’t directed at Jing Yan.

Jing Yan had even taken down a Second Order Supreme, so he naturally wouldn’t be reserved in front of a creature close to Supreme.

”Jing Yan, this is Uncle Ying Zhan, the Chief Elder of our Shadow Clan Tribe,” Ying Lu introduced Ying Zhan to Jing Yan.

”Elder Ying Zhan!” Jing Yan smiled politely and cupped his hands in greeting toward Ying Zhan.

”Hmm, cultivators like Jing Yan, young and promising, if willing to serve the Shadow Clan Tribe, we certainly welcome them,” Ying Zhan nodded and said to Jing Yan.