After a century of worship, I became the ancestor of the tribe.

Chapter 13: Wei Ling, the Ambitious Clan Leader (Please continue reading)

The newcomer was a martial artist at the Heavenly Vein Realm.

People in the upper part of the body.

The faint, yet palpable, aura of bloodlust emanating from him forced the tribespeople in each cave to keep their mouths shut.

Huotang emerged from the cave and greeted the arriving warriors, shielding the entire tribe behind him.

"Surfstone, the flood has just passed. Instead of defending your tribe against the plague insects, what are you doing here in my Blazing Flame?"

Huang Shi, who was sitting cross-legged on the back of the Rift Mountain Kui, looked around the cave of the Blazing Flame Tribe. He only looked away after hearing what was said.

What can be retrieved from the floodwaters?

"The wild beasts that were swept out of the sulfur flood belong to whoever catches them. It's a bit much for you to come here."

"Do I need a few wild beasts from you, Shanghuang?"

Huang Shi snorted coldly, "Huo Tang, I'll be frank, can you see any fragments of a third-tier ironwood ship?"

"Ironwood boat?"

Huo Tang was stunned for a moment, then his eyes showed shock. "You built an ironwood ship in the Shanghuang tribe?"

Huangshi jumped off his mount and walked around the fire tower toward the cave.

As he walked, he pulled a smooth fang from his pocket, opened it at the cave entrance, and looked at the children in the tribe.

“You little brats, tell me if you’ve found any really big pieces of wood. Whoever says so gets this Green Fang Wolf’s fang.”

"Sulphite, you..."

Huotang came up.

"Huotang, I was just asking. If your tribe really found the wreckage of the ironwood ship, I, Shanghuang, can exchange it for other resources with you."

Huang Shi held the fangs in his hand. "Even if you leave this to your Blazing Flame Tribe, you won't be able to use it. How could you possibly cut through Ironwood?"

"Speak," he said, then looked at the children in the tribe.

"Come on, whoever speaks first gets it."

"We've found some wood."

The smooth, glossy fangs of wild beasts were incredibly attractive to children, and one child immediately started talking, his parents unable to stop him from even covering his mouth.

"Haha, tell me where you put it."

Sulfur Stone continued to entice the child with his fangs.

They got the position immediately.

The Blazing Flame Tribe has caves specifically for storing firewood.

Huangshi went straight into the firewood cave, but came out not long after.

"Firewood, your Blazing Flame Tribe can't handle the third-tier Ironwood. If you really get it, you can hand it over and exchange it for resources from my Upper Yellow."

After leaping back onto the Rift Mountain, Huangshi looked down at Huotang from his vantage point.

"It's okay if we didn't catch any before. But if we find ironwood next, we shouldn't hide it. Otherwise, it won't be good for either of our families."

Having said that, Huang Shi pulled on the reins of his mount, and the second-tier Mountain-Splitting Kui spewed out a strong aura of killing intent from its nostrils, then turned and ran down the mountain.

Inside the cave, the sounds of "smack" and "smack" echoed. The child who had just spoken up to answer was now getting a spanking and bursting into tears.

"He didn't give me the fangs."

The child was crying and shouting.

"His words are like farts; he'll even lie to a baby. He won't give us a single wolf fang, not even if we find it."

Some tribesmen were indignant, saying that the people of Shanghuang tribe were really too impolite and did not take Zhiyan seriously at all.

"Clan leader."

Several members of the Kaishanjing tribe who remained in the tribe came out. Huotang waved his hand, signaling everyone to disperse and go about their business.

Although they are all the lower part, there are differences between the lower parts.

Among the desolate mountains and towering peaks without a superior authority, Shanghuang is the most unruly in the vicinity.

The newly arrived sulfur stone has stronger blood energy than him; there's nothing he can do, he can't afford to offend it.

……

Outside the ancestral temple cave.

Shen Can walked back into the cave.

His attention was mostly focused on the mountain-splitting Kui mount. He felt that if he could eat it, he could advance to the Mountain Opening Realm.

As expected of the clan leader, his weathered face clearly shows that the hardships he has endured have not been in vain.

They anticipated that the Upper Yellow Department would come. It seems that the piece of ironwood ship fragment was indeed a valuable item.

A Celestial Vein expert from the Upper Yellow Division blocked their way, leaving the Blazing Flame Division speechless. Their strength was undeniable.

We'll play it safe and fight back when the opportunity arises.

The appearance of the warriors from the Upper Yellow Tribe caused a stir within the tribe, but Shen Can had already gone to lie on the stone bed to deduce the formula for neutralizing the blood of the Stone-Splitting Beast and the witch medicine.

Having already forcibly derived the second-tier witchcraft formula, and having also diligently studied some basic witchcraft knowledge over the past few months, this derivation was much simpler.

Having re-entered the path of witchcraft, you now possess considerable insight, immediately identifying the problem with the witchcraft prescription.

……

While Shen Can was making his deductions.

Inside the cave where the clan leader resided, the flickering lamplight cast a dim glow, making it difficult to discern Huo Tang's expression.

Outside the cave, a hunched figure walked in.

"Ah Tang, Huo Lei and Huo Pan have both succeeded and advanced to the Mountain Opening stage."

The old man couldn't hide his joy.

May our ancestors protect us.

First came the improved tempering fist technique, and then the improved plague-curing witch medicine formula. The tribe seemed to have a stroke of great luck.

The improved fist technique ensured that all the clansmen who advanced to the next level successfully completed their two attempts.

Upon hearing that it was a success, Huotang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In this way, the tribe has gained five more Open Mountain Realm warriors in just two months, bringing the total number of Open Mountain Realm warriors to eighteen.

The entire Blazing Flame Tribe, including the infants, has a total of 2,177 people.

Among them, there were 179 martial artists at the Rift Stone Realm.

Among the original Mountain Opening Realm warriors, four were already old, like Huo Yun in front of them, whose blood and energy had long begun to decline.

Even if he fights with all his might, he can only unleash the power of the Mountain Opening Realm once more.

Unlike most tribes, the tribe does not have a clearly defined elder position. Among the four older warriors at the Mountain Opening Realm, Huo Yun and Huo Yu are equivalent to elders, assisting in handling matters within the tribe.

As for the remaining two, they were already exhausted.

Thus, the Huotang clan chief, along with Huoshan, the leader of the hunting team, Miaotiao Huoxian, and the two elders Huoyun and Huoyu, formed the leadership of the Zhiyan tribe.

"Don't spread the news about Huo and Lei's advancement for now."

Elder Huoyun nodded and left.

The heavy rain has stopped, but a crisis has arrived.

Of course, there are opportunities even in a crisis.

The sudden addition of five Mountain Opening Realm warriors gave Huo Tang an opportunity.

A major disaster is followed by a major epidemic; this has been the experience of the past. Even if the tribes are prepared, the plague can still find its way in.

If bad luck strikes and plagues strike, even the largest tribe will suffer.

Now, the number of warriors at the Mountain Opening Realm within the clan has increased, and there is also an improved version of the plague-curing witch medicine formula.

If this plague-curing remedy is truly effective—no, if it's even slightly more effective than the plague-curing methods of other tribes—then that will be an opportunity for the Blazing Flame Tribe.

The arrival of the sulfur stone from the Upper Hanbu was not just for the ironwood ship fragments, but also to investigate the situation of the surrounding areas.

If any tribe becomes weak, the Shanghuang tribe will intervene.

This has happened before.

The reason why the Shanghuang tribe doesn't take direct action is simple: all the clans that can establish themselves have Heavenly Vein Warriors in charge.

Take Huo Tang himself as an example. If the Shanghuang tribe really dared to make a move, he would risk his life to drag a Shanghuang tribe Celestial Vein warrior down with him.

Although the Upper Yellow Region has several Heavenly Veins, it cannot afford to be damaged.

It's completely pointless for a Celestial Vein to die and for a broken tribe to be swallowed up.

The best approach is to focus on the wounded tribes as if they were wounded wild beasts, striking while the iron is hot.

That's the kind of environment the Great Wilderness is in; if you show weakness, others will devour you.

It's lamentable that the Shanghuang tribe is so powerful; even before the floodwaters have fully receded, a Heavenly Vein Realm warrior has already crossed three thousand miles to arrive.

If it were their own Blazing Flame Division, they could only send out Mountain Opening Realm warriors, and to be on the safe side, the range of their investigation would be no more than three hundred miles.

However, there are several tribes within a 300-mile radius.

(End of this chapter)