0p0 Chapter 403 Preparing for the Inheritance
Chapter 403 Preparing for the Inheritance
"There's no use saying all this now. Now that they've obtained the Holy Crystal fragments, they'll definitely use the Holy Crystal's sensing ability to find the whereabouts of the other fragments."
Lang Cang frowned. "Didn't they say that one can only use its power with the approval of the Holy Crystal?"
"This... although the Holy Crystal has a spirit, it is still just an inanimate object. Perhaps they have some means to deceive the Holy Crystal?" Monkey Sparrow hesitated for a moment and guessed.
But aren't the only uses of the Holy Crystal for precognition and communicating with the Beast God? Could there be other uses they haven't discovered yet?
In an instant, all sorts of known clues were mixed together in Lang Cang's mind, creating a jumbled mess.
This is really a headache.
Monkey Sparrow shook his head. "Never mind those things for now. The most important thing now is for me to complete the inheritance of the Holy Crystal for you. With your bloodline power, you should be able to sense the location of the other fragments."
"Otherwise, once they've collected all the Saint Crystal fragments, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep this fragment for long."
Wolf Cang's recent news had already put Monkey Sparrow on guard. Although the Golden Monkey Tribe's location was relatively hidden in the dense forest, it couldn't be guaranteed that the orcs wouldn't be able to find them.
If they actually find this place, the Star Wolf Tribe will serve as a cautionary tale for them.
With their current strength, the Golden Monkey Tribe has no way to contend with them.
We can't let them find this fragment of the Holy Crystal!
Lang Cang nodded heavily. "You're right, but... can you handle it?"
If that's the case, Houque should be about the same age as his grandfather. If his grandfather, Langku, were still alive, he would be at least eighty years old now. Houque has many wrinkles on his face and doesn't look very healthy.
Even though Lang Ye, in the prime of his life, hadn't finished the inheritance he was giving to Lang Cang, he was already pale. If the inheritance were to be fully implemented, Lang Cang would probably lose half his life to Hou Que.
The monkey-sparrow smiled and shook its head. "You don't need to worry about me. I can at least hold on until the end of the inheritance. I've lived long enough to have made my worth."
As her old friends left one by one, she had nothing left to miss about the orc continent.
Lang Cang understood the resolute look in Hou Que's eyes. He opened his mouth, but in the end, he could only manage a weak, bitter smile.
It seems like the people around him are always leaving. The older he gets, the more his relatives disappear one by one. This is true for Lang Ku, Lang Ye, and Lang Huai. Now, even the other elder he just found, Hou Que, who knows about the past, seems to be leaving.
Unfortunately, he could only watch; he couldn't do anything about it.
Seeing the grief in his eyes, the monkey sparrow didn't care. "Child, every beastman will have this day, sooner or later. It's unavoidable. All we can do is accept it."
"Besides, it might not be the worst outcome. Maybe I'll be lucky?" She patted Lang Cang on the shoulder and comforted him, "If I survive, I'll definitely go back to the north with you and see what the City of Ten Thousand Beasts you spoke of is like."
In fact, both of them knew that the possibility was very small.
Lang Cang forced a smile. "Is there really no other way?"
"This is how all the traditions have been passed down for so many years. What other methods are there?"
"Alright, stop dawdling like that. You're not as decisive as Wolf Ku was back then." Monkey Sparrow turned around and picked up the Saint Crystal fragment from the jade box.
"Through this fragment of the Holy Crystal, I can vaguely see the future. There may be a great war, which may even be related to the survival of the Orc continent. But I can't see any more of it."
The monkey used a bone knife to cut open her chest, and blood slowly gushed out from her heart. She groaned and took out a small bamboo tube to catch the blood.
Lang Cang was caught off guard by her decisive and efficient movements, and was momentarily stunned.
She turned to look at Lang Cang, a slight smile playing on her lips. "Your most important task now is to receive the inheritance and then find the other fragments of the Holy Crystal."
"Perhaps what I cannot see, you can see."
The blood from the monkey's heart kept flowing slowly into the bamboo tube until it filled a small tube.
After collecting enough blood, the monkey poured the blood from the bamboo tube onto the holy crystal fragments in the white jade box. The moment the blood touched the fragments, the holy crystals emitted a dazzling light.
The light flashed for only a few breaths before gradually fading away. When Lang Cang looked into the box again, there was no trace of blood on it, but there was a faint bloodline on the Saint Crystal fragment in the very center, though it was only a very faint part.
As the bloodline appeared, Lang Cang saw that Hou Que's aged face gradually turned pale.
The monkey-sparrow looked at the holy crystal fragments in the box and shook its head. "Not enough..."
She took out another bamboo tube and pressed hard on the wound on her chest with both hands. Another wave of blood gushed out and flowed into the bamboo tube through the opening.
A small bamboo tube of blood was poured onto the Holy Crystal. After a brief reaction, the blood lines on the Holy Crystal became even more concentrated.
Wolf Cang looked at Monkey Sparrow with a hint of anticipation. Two bamboo tubes of blood had already been used up, so it should be enough now, right?
However, the monkey still shook its head, "It's not enough."
After she finished speaking, she looked down at the wound on her chest. After such a long period of blood collection, the blood at the wound had already shown signs of clotting.
Her body looked even more hunched and withered. Monkey Sparrow gave a bitter smile, "It seems that my bloodline power is still not as strong as Wolf Dry's."
This time, we're probably really going to fail here. But it's all for the best. As long as Lang Cang can obtain the power of his bloodline, it's all worth it.
"If I really can't survive this, could you help me look after the Golden Monkey Tribe? They're used to living in this dense forest, they have no desire to fight, they just want to live a good life."
Since the end of that great catastrophe and their arrival in the dense forest, every beastman in the Golden Monkey tribe is very satisfied with their current life.
The monkey sparrow had foreseen a great calamity that might befall them in the future, and she only hoped that after she was gone, the Golden Monkey tribe could continue to thrive.
Seeing her like this, how could Lang Cang possibly refuse?
He nodded without hesitation, "Don't worry, whether I succeed or not, I will definitely keep the Golden Monkey Tribe at peace."
"But you can't have any more blood drawn, or the Holy Crystal will drain you dry."
Monkey Sparrow shook her head and smiled. She'd be afraid of that?
Without hesitation, she picked up the bone knife again, as if she intended to cut an even bigger gash in her heart.
Wolf Cang was startled by her decisive and efficient manner. What kind of beastman would act so disrespectfully?
This is too cruel!
He strode forward and stopped her before the monkey could react.
The monkey sparrow looked up at the wolf-like creature blocking her bone knife. "Stop dawdling. I have a feeling that as long as we add the blood from two bamboo tubes, the power of the Holy Crystal will be enough."
Having received Lang Cang's promise, Hou Que had nothing to worry about anymore. Lang Cang was a descendant of Lang Ku, so she was at ease.