Chapter 2353: Gui Cang
News of the battle at the Yama Clan's home star spread rapidly across the Heaven Hunting Battlefield, shaking all factions.
The Yama Clan, known as the supreme clan, had always dominated the Heaven Hunting Battle with absolute superiority, securing first place among the ten clans. When had they ever suffered such a heavy blow as this time? Nearly half of their clansmen had been killed, and countless Great Saint realm experts had perished or been wounded.
Even more humiliating was that the Undying Blood Clan had snatched the top position.
"Zhang Ruochen led a group of experts from the Undying Blood Clan to ambush the Yama Clan's home star, inflicting heavy losses with zero casualties. This kid really can't be underestimated."
"First he destroyed the Ghost Clan, then he slaughtered the Yama Clan. With just one person, he stirs up endless storms."
"As far as I know, Zhang Ruochen and the Undying Blood Clan succeeded because Que and Lan Ying were also on the Yama Clan's home star."
"Anyway, this time, the Yama Clan has lost a lot of face."
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Every cultivator participating in the Heaven Hunting Battle who heard the news couldn't help but sigh.
In previous Heaven Hunting Battles, although there were competitions and frictions among the ten clans, such brutal warfare rarely occurred.
Not even half of the hundred days had passed, yet two home stars had already suffered severe damage. One clan's strongest had fallen, and many Hundred Shackles Great Perfection Great Saints had died or withdrawn from the battlefield.
No one knew where the flames of war would spread next.
On the Rakshasa Clan's home star.
The Tianluo Divine Kingdom, as the foremost of the Rakshasa Clan's seven divine kingdoms, was known as the "Kingdom of Kingdoms" and the "Hall of One Clan." Its national power far surpassed the other six divine kingdoms, and it naturally bore greater responsibilities. Nearly one billion Rakshasa clansmen on the home star were protected by the Tianluo Divine Kingdom.
The Divine Prince Luo Shengtian, with a robust and handsome figure, was considered elegant among Rakshasa males. He stood like a coiled tiger and crouching dragon by a blue-green lake, sighing with some regret, "If I had known the Yama Clan's home star would be so lively, I should have gone too."
By the lake, snow willow trees grew densely, their long white branches hanging down.
A gentle breeze blew, making the branches sway.
Luo Sha stood under a willow tree, wearing only a simple green robe, yet she exuded a beautiful and noble aura. She smiled, "Brother, do you want to go fight?"
Luo Shengtian nodded, "With our cultivation reaching this level, it's hard to make further progress without breaking through to the Thousand Questions Realm. Only by fighting opponents of the same level can we find our shortcomings and take another step forward."
"Que, Lan Ying, Yan Huangtu, Wu Jiang, including rising stars Yan Wushen and Zhang Ruochen, are all rare opponents in an era."
Luo Sha smiled lightly, "In Brother's eyes, am I not a rising star?"
Luo Shengtian's face turned serious, "You, Bore, Blood Demon, Jade Bone Heavenly King, and the others are still a step behind. We'll have to wait until you cultivate to the Hundred Shackles Great Perfection to see who stands out."
Luo Sha put away her smile, her gaze deep, "Zhang Ruochen took the initiative to declare war on the Yama Clan. It seems he has big plans."
Luo Shengtian snorted lightly, "He wants to lead the Undying Blood Clan to compete for first place among the ten clans. That will only lead to self-destruction. The Yama Clan won't swallow this insult, and the other eight clans will never allow the Undying Blood Clan to become number one. Zhang Ruochen is still too young, showing his edge everywhere. It will inevitably bring disaster upon himself."
Luo Sha raised her delicate face, looking at the clear blue sky, "Zhang Ruochen killed Man Jian Great Saint. That shows how firm his resolve is. Anyone who tries to stop him will pay a heavy price."
Luo Shengtian showed a surprised expression, "Do you think he has a chance?"
"I don't know."
Luo Sha gently shook her head, then added, "But he is indeed no ordinary person. He always creates miracles. Brother, did you ever think he could cultivate to the point of defeating Wu Jiang in such a short time?"
Luo Shengtian said, "Little Sister, do you think so highly of him?"
"It's not about thinking highly of him. I just feel that if he really succeeds, it would be a good thing for the Rakshasa Clan," Luo Sha said.
Luo Shengtian asked, "What good would it do us?"
"The Undying Blood Clan represents the Lower Three Clans and also represents living beings. If they can push the Yama Clan off their supreme divine throne, the status of the Lower Three Clans and living beings in the Hell Realm will improve significantly," Luo Sha said.
Luo Shengtian pondered, "You mean, not only should we not attack the Undying Blood Clan, but at the right time, we should also help them?"
Luo Sha shook her head, speaking with the wisdom of a strategist, "We can't help. The Undying Blood Clan is now at the forefront of the storm, the target of everyone. If we help them, we'll become the target too."
Luo Shengtian found it hard to understand his sister's thoughts, "Then what do you mean?"
"Don't help, don't harm."
Luo Sha smiled, "However, Moluo War Emperor has a considerable grudge against Zhang Ruochen. I need to warn him, so he doesn't get used and run off to the Undying Blood Clan's home star."
"Don't worry, I'll handle it. Even if Moluo War Emperor has ten guts, he won't dare disobey," Luo Shengtian said, his right fist crackling with lightning.
Luo Sha added, "The Yama Clan and the Undying Blood Clan are bound to fight, and even the Upper Three Clans and Middle Three Clans might get involved. They can't wait to destroy the Undying Blood Clan. For us, this will be an opportunity."
"What opportunity?" Luo Shengtian still didn't understand.
Luo Sha said, "If the strong ones from all clans go to the Undying Blood Clan's home star, how much defensive power will be left on their own home stars?"
Luo Shengtian suddenly understood, "If we destroy their home stars, even if the Rakshasa Clan can't reach first place, we'll definitely be in the top three."
"It depends on how many strong ones Zhang Ruochen and the Undying Blood Clan can attract for us. It also depends on when the Yama Clan attacks the Undying Blood Clan."
Luo Sha suddenly thought of something and asked, "Brother, do you have any confidence in fusing a Second-Rank Sacred Intent?"
Luo Shengtian smiled and shook his head, "A Second-Rank Sacred Intent is no easy feat. Only a few appear in an eon."
Even though he held a Quasi-Emperor Grade Sacred Intent Pill in his hand, he had never dared to swallow it due to a lack of confidence.
There was only one Quasi-Emperor Grade Sacred Intent Pill. If he failed, he would never have another chance.
Luo Sha said, "Brother, tell me the truth. How confident are you?"
"Without the Quasi-Emperor Grade Sacred Intent Pill, I have no chance. With it, I have about twenty to thirty percent confidence," Luo Shengtian said.
Luo Sha's eyes shimmered with spiritual light, "Every home star has extraordinary opportunities within it. Brother, have you been to the underground?"
Luo Shengtian said, "I have, but I found nothing. The Rakshasa Clan's home star is completely different from the Ghost Clan's home star inside. There are no secret realms or treasure lands. Maybe... the Rakshasa Clan's home star has no opportunities at all..."
"I found something," Luo Sha said.
Luo Shengtian couldn't control his emotions, his face showing both surprise and joy, "You found an opportunity?"
"Maybe so."
Luo Sha opened her right hand, and a halo of light appeared on her snow-white palm.
With a wave of her hand, the halo flew out and landed on the ground, transforming into a crystal-clear skeleton.
The skeleton sat in a cross-legged posture. It was a set of Great Saint bones, each joint capable of enduring millennia without decay.
On the bones were carved countless small dots and lines, showing no discernible pattern.
"Just a set of Indestructible Realm Great Saint bones."
Luo Shengtian showed a disappointed expression.
Luo Sha said, "On a planet without even a Half-Saint, finding a set of Great Saint bones—don't you think that's unusual, Brother?"
"It is indeed unusual."
Luo Shengtian observed the Great Saint bones again, finally noticing the dots and lines on them. He let out a soft exclamation, "Who was so bored as to carve so many holes and patterns into bones?"
"That is a type of writing," Luo Sha said.
Luo Shengtian was surprised, "How is that possible? I've read many books, but I've never seen this kind of writing."
Luo Sha said, "This writing is indeed not recorded anywhere. However, I once saw fifty-seven ancient symbols on a stone tablet in the royal clan's ancestral land."
"At the time, I asked Father, but he shook his head, saying he didn't know what those symbols meant."
Luo Shengtian said, "Father has lived for hundreds of thousands of years. With his experience and knowledge, how could there be anything in the world he doesn't know?"
Luo Sha didn't answer him and continued, "So, I asked Mother. She told me that the fifty-seven symbols on the stone tablet were the Rakshasa Clan's fifty-seven most ancient characters, forming the foundation of the later complete Rakshasa writing system."
Luo Shengtian pointed at the skeleton on the ground, "So, the writing on it is the same as the symbols you saw on the stone tablet?"
Luo Sha shook her head again, "No, it's even more ancient than the writing I saw on the stone tablet. But there are subtle connections between them, which allowed me to decipher it."
"You've already deciphered it?"
Luo Shengtian knew that his sister was far smarter than him.
Moreover, Luo Sha had obtained a Divine Source and part of a Divine Star Soul in the Kunlun Realm. Her spiritual power was now stronger than his, and her understanding of writing was certainly greater than before.
So, he had great expectations.
Luo Sha took out a roll of beast hide and handed it to Luo Shengtian, "Time was too short. I only deciphered the ancient text carved on the skull. Take a look. If you can comprehend something, it might help you more easily fuse a Second-Rank Sacred Intent."
Luo Shengtian opened the beast hide and blurted out, "Gui Cang?"
"Exactly, it's Gui Cang."
Luo Sha blinked, inadvertently glancing up at the sky above.
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In the Destiny Temple, the Rakshasa Clan's gods were shaken to their core upon hearing these two words.
"Gui Cang! Gui Cang! So the writing on that skeleton was actually Gui Cang."
"It must be the complete Gui Cang, and it's the Primordial Beginning chapter. The Gui Cang still preserved in the Rakshasa Clan's records is less than a tenth of the Primordial Beginning chapter, and it's all fragments written by later gods based on their own insights."
"The complete Gui Cang appearing will surely open a new chapter in the Rakshasa Clan's cultivation system."
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Streams of divine thought surged toward the Rakshasa Clan's home star.
"Boom."
Luo Yan sat in his divine realm world, exhaling a mouthful of evil Rakshasa Qi, which turned into a thundercloud storm, scattering all the divine thoughts into smoke.
Then, he roared deeply, "What do you all think you're doing? Gui Cang was deciphered by my daughter. Are you trying to steal it?"
"Back then, many gods present personally studied that skeleton, but your knowledge was too poor to see anything. That's why we buried the skeleton on the home star, waiting for someone fated to find it."
"Clearly, my daughter is the one Gui Cang has been waiting for. This was destined by fate."
At this moment, Luo Yan was in an excellent mood, speaking with a hint of pride and schadenfreude.
In truth, after the skeleton was discovered in an ancient realm within the Rakshasa Divine Temple, he had studied it himself but found nothing. He never imagined that the holes and lines on the skeleton were actually characters.
Although there was indeed a stone tablet carved with fifty-seven symbols in the royal clan's ancestral land, that tablet lay on the ground, inconspicuous. Luo Yan had never deliberately studied it.
Moreover, the writing on the skeleton was completely different from those fifty-seven symbols. At least, he couldn't see any connection. Who would have thought his daughter was so clever as to link the two and decipher them into text?
Several Rakshasa Clan gods had studied that skeleton.
They immediately tried to recall the holes and lines on the skeleton, but to their astonishment, with their photographic memories, they couldn't recall them.
The images in their minds were very blurry.
It was as if an invisible force had erased part of their memories.
"The ancient sage who inscribed the writing on the skeleton must have been an extraordinary great Shen Tong Zhe (one with divine powers). After countless ages, the divine power left on the skeleton has not yet worn away," one god remarked with such a sigh.
Luo Yan smiled broadly, turned to Tian Yin, and asked in a low voice, "Is the writing on that skeleton really related to the fifty-seven symbols on the ancestral stone tablet?"
Tian Yin knew her daughter too well and gently shook her head, "You actually believed her? Do you think Luo Sha would tell the truth, knowing how important Gui Cang is and that the gods are watching the Heaven Hunting Battlefield?"
Luo Yan was momentarily stunned, then showed an embarrassed expression.
Tian Yin added, "Among the gods who saw the skeleton, some with strong spiritual power can surely remember the writing on the bones. If they try to decipher it using the fifty-seven ancient symbols, they will find nothing."
Luo Yan said, "So, what's recorded on the skeleton isn't Gui Cang?"
"Not necessarily."
Tian Yin gently shook her head, "It could be, or it could not be. What it really is, only that clever girl knows herself. Even whether the skeleton's secret is related to the holes and patterns on its surface remains unknown."
"But one thing is certain: she has indeed discovered the skeleton's secret. After all, fusing a Sacred Intent is no small matter. She wouldn't harm her brother by leading him down a wrong path."