Battle Through the Heavens: Marry Cao Ying, Reward is Devouring Ancestral Symbol

Chapter 273 The Secret of the Tianmu MountainsJin Shi stood up, hands hanging at his sides, his attitude humble.

Shen Wen didn’t waste words and directly ordered, ”The first thing: the Gold-Devouring Rat clan is skilled at finding metals; this is your innate talent.

From today on, search for all kinds of rare metal Materials with all your might. meteorite iron, mysterious bronze, star steel, earth core rock... anything rare, I want it. Once found, record the location and report it periodically.”

Jin Shi respectfully replied, ”Yes, Venerable One.”

Shen Wen continued, ”The second thing: monitor any abnormal energy fluctuations across the entire continent for me.

Especially those hidden traces of man-made Formations or spatial anomalies. Once discovered, immediately record the location and characteristics, and report them to me.”

Jin Shi was slightly stunned, then nodded, ”As you command.”

He paused and added, ”Regarding the energy anomalies the Venerable One mentioned... this subordinate does know something.”

Shen Wen raised an eyebrow, ”Speak.”

Jin Shi said, ”The Hun Clan.”

He looked up at Shen Wen with submissiveness in his eyes, showing no intention of hiding anything.

”Although my Gold-Devouring Rat clan resides in the Tianmu Mountain Range, our clansmen are spread throughout the continent.

Over the years, we have indeed discovered some anomalies.”

”People from the Hun Clan appear in certain remote places every once in a while.

They act secretly and never make a sound, but every time they appear, they cause some energy fluctuations.

This subordinate once sent clansmen to secretly follow them a few times and found that they seemed to be setting up some kind of Formation.”

”Those Formations... are very hidden. If not for us Gold-Devouring Rats being naturally sensitive to energy, we wouldn’t have noticed them at all.

Furthermore, after setting them up, they use special methods to hide them. Even if ordinary people walk right past, they wouldn’t notice anything unusual.”

After hearing this, a light flashed in Shen Wen’s eyes.

As expected.

He had long known that the Hun Clan was behind the Hall of Souls.

But the Gold-Devouring Rats being able to find traces of the Hun Clan was even more useful than he had anticipated.

”Continue monitoring,” he said in a deep voice. ”But remember, only observe from a distance; do not get close.

The Hun Clan’s methods are not something you can handle. Report any findings immediately.”

”Yes.”

Jin Shi complied, then added, ”Venerable One, regarding the Tianshan Blood Pool... this subordinate also has something to say.”

Shen Wen looked at him.

Jin Shi said carefully, ”The entire Central Plains knows that the Tianshan Blood Pool can help a Peak Dou Huang Breakthrough to Dou Zong.

Every three years, countless people fight desperately to enter that blood pool, but those who actually manage to get in are very few.”

”This subordinate has managed the Gold-Devouring Rat clan for hundreds of years and has also been curious about that Tianshan Blood Pool.

Over the years, I have sent many clansmen deep into the depths of that volcano to investigate the true source of the blood pool.”

He paused, a hint of confusion flashing in his eyes, ”But after much investigation, I discovered one thing.

That blood pool is not a product of the Tianmu Mountain Range itself.”

Shen Wen raised an eyebrow, ”What do you mean?” balance

Jin Shi said, ”When the Energy Tide erupts, the red liquid that gushes out from the crater indeed comes from deep underground.

This subordinate originally thought there was some natural treasure or a naturally formed energy gathering point down there.”

”But later I found that wasn’t right.”

”Because I once sent clansmen deep into the bottom of the volcano, all the way to the edge of the magma layer.

Although the energy there is violent, it doesn’t have that special power that allows a Dou Huang to Breakthrough to Dou Zong. That power... doesn’t come from the magma, nor does it come from the earth’s veins.”

He looked up at Shen Wen and said seriously, ”That power comes from even deeper down.”

”Even deeper?”

Jin Shi nodded, ”There is an extremely hidden crack at the bottom of the volcano, bottomless.

Before every Energy Tide erupts, special energy fluctuations emanate from that crack.

Those fluctuations... are very strange. This subordinate can’t say what they are, but they are definitely not ordinary natural energy.”

He paused and added, ”I once had several Peak Dou Huang clansmen attempt to Cultivate near that crack.

The result was that the Cultivation speed there was indeed faster than outside, but that power... was too overbearing for ordinary people to bear.

Only when the Energy Tide erupts is that power diluted and mixed into the red liquid, becoming gentle enough for people to absorb.”

Shen Wen fell silent for a moment after hearing this.

Deep underground, a hidden crack, special energy fluctuations, helping a Dou Huang Breakthrough to Dou Zong...

This sounds a bit like some kind of spatial power?

The biggest sign of a Dou Zong is the ability to initially touch and utilize Space Power.

The key to a Breakthrough to Dou Zong is to make the Dou Qi in the body resonate with Space Power.

To put it simply, it’s about using Space Power to construct an energy node within the body.

For an ordinary Peak Dou Huang to achieve this, they need to slowly comprehend Space Power themselves. Some people lack the talent and remain stuck at this step for their entire lives.

Whereas the Tianshan Blood Pool is equivalent to directly pouring a gentle, diluted stream of Space Power into the human body, forcibly helping the cultivator complete that step.

To be able to directly provide Space Power... the thing deep underground is definitely not simple.

The Tianmu Mountain Range, the Tianshan Blood Pool, the triennial Energy Tide...

This place indeed seems to hide some secret.

It’s just that in the original novel, Xiao Yan only broke through to Dou Zong here, took the benefits of the blood pool, and left, without ever investigating the things beneath.

”Interesting.”

The corners of Shen Wen’s mouth curled up slightly.

The importance of this place was even greater than he had anticipated.

He looked at Jin Shi and asked, ”That crack—have you sent anyone down there?”

Jin Shi shook his head, looking troubled, ”No.

I once had several clansmen try to go down and investigate, but the further down they went, the more violent the energy became and the more unstable the space was.

Before even reaching a thousand feet down, some clansmen were torn apart by spatial turbulence. I didn’t dare to risk it again.”

”spatial turbulence?”

A light flashed in Shen Wen’s eyes.

It really was Space Power.

A crack that can produce spatial turbulence is either a naturally formed spatial weak point, or—

There’s something down there stirring up the space.

Shen Wen said, ”Mark the location of that crack for me.”

Jin Shi nodded, ”Yes.”

Jin Shi quickly took out a map. Shen Wen glanced at it a few times, then looked back and said to Jin Shi, ”I’m leaving now. Also, prepare all the metals you’ve collected; someone will come to collect them.”

It happened that he was free now, so it wouldn’t hurt to go take a look. Besides, he had the space ancestral talisman and the Gu Treasure Art, so ordinary spatial traps were useless against him.

Moreover, it was just a power that could help a Peak Dou Huang Breakthrough to Dou Zong; no matter what, it couldn’t be that high-level.

Shen Wen gave a few more instructions regarding the search for metal Materials and the monitoring of the Hun Clan, then didn’t delay any further.

The Gold-Devouring Rat clan had officially become his intelligence network.

With these little creatures who were naturally sensitive to energy, the Hun Clan’s Formations hidden all over the continent would eventually be found by him, one by one.

Jin Shi bowed, ”Yes! Farewell, Venerable One.”

”As for the Fire Poison in your body...” Shen Wen flicked his finger, and the Fallen Heart Flame swallowed it all up.

”Thank you for your grace, Venerable One!”

Jin Shi quickly knelt on the ground. He hadn’t expected the Venerable One to actually help him remove all the Fire Poison from his body!”}],