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

Chapter 94 Taking stock of our resources, three thousand clan soldiers (Seeking monthly votes)
"The sacrificial animals are plump and juicy, and the rice offerings are plentiful and abundant."

As Shen Can chanted the incantation of the shaman, he swung his Luan Blade, and the blood goblet fell down, perfectly catching the blood splattering from the mountain-splitting Kui before him.

The priest plundered thirty-three years of the lifespan of an ordinary mountain-splitting Kui.

This is a young Kui calf captured within the tribe, but even with the aid of witchcraft medicine to tame it, it is still somewhat unruly.

There was no other way, so we sent it to our ancestors.

Back at his residence, Shen Can sat on a large stone chair.

Three animal hides, titled "Master Fish," "Kui Thunder Blade," and "Heavenly Vein Blood Control Technique," were placed in the middle of the table, next to various messy scraps of paper with records.

【Shouyuan: 534】

In just a few days, he used up more than two thousand years of his lifespan.

Although there are variations between the Lingyu and Kui Niu, they are essentially the same. Both are aquatic and share a common shamanistic element, only with different emphases.

Most of his long lifespan was spent on continuing to develop the Lingyu Book.

Although he wanted to change the name from Lingyu to Cankui Niu, the Lingyu Book was of paramount importance to the tribe at present.

In addition to the 673 basic spells commonly used in Lingyu's book, he compiled 197 supplementary spells based on his deductions over the past few years.

In addition, there are some witchcraft spells composed of these witchcraft scripts, ranging from the first to the third level.

Of course, their numbers are incomparable to those of the Lingyu tribe, and even their witchcraft differs somewhat from that of the Lingyu tribe.

After all, Lingyu witchcraft has been developed over many generations. What he has developed so far is only enough for the clan's use. In the future, when there are more witches in the clan, he can continue to study and enrich it.

After recording these witchcraft techniques, Shen Can named it "Shiyu," which means "stealing the master fish."

This can be considered an outline for the cultivation of witchcraft for all disciples. It includes basic and everyday witchcraft. If you want more, you can study it on your own.

To what extent it can be expanded depends on whether the disciples and their descendants become successful.

If necessary, Shen Can will still intervene.

As for the last two books, one is a sword technique derived from the Kui Niu's divine form, and the other is a little trick used when opening the Heavenly Meridian.

They were all deduced by him.

I plan to let the warriors in the clan try it out, get their feedback, and then continue to improve it.

At this moment, a great commotion broke out in the tribe.

"Ayu, what's that noise outside?"

"Brother Chan, I'll go ask."

Not long after, Ah Yu ran back.

"Brother A-Can, the clan chief is selecting clan soldiers."

Shen Can nodded and continued with his own business.

With the Xiaoyang Clan attacking from outside, preparations for war are essential.

Moreover, since the clan and its members are all gathered together, it's time to further integrate them.

into the night.

While Shen Can was still organizing his deductions, A Yu came over and called him to the clan hall.

When Shen Can arrived at the clan hall, he found that all the Heavenly Vein warriors in the clan had arrived, including the injured Fire Monkey.

Upon seeing the fire monkey, Shen Can took out a medicine ball and stuffed it into its mouth.

The clansmen present all wore expressions of helplessness.

The temple has been passed down from generation to generation, and this medicinal dumpling is truly unforgettable.

"Everyone's here."

Seeing Shen Can sit down in the first seat on the left, Huo Tang said, "First, let me tell you some good news: Huo Yan has advanced to the Heavenly Vein Realm."

Shen Can saw Huo Yan, a member of his clan, who was of the same generation as Huo Tang.

In fact, all the Heavenly Vein warriors in the clan are now of the same generation as Huo Tang.

At this point, the clan now had eleven openly recognized Heavenly Vein warriors: Huo Tang, Huo Shan, Huo Qi, Huo Kui, Huo Hou, Huo Mu, Huo Qing, Huo Yan, Huo Zhe, Tian He, and Jiang Shi.

However, Huo Zhe and the other two were still recuperating after returning from Gu Fu Mountain with him.
Today, I also came to the main hall.

The only pity is that, out of so many Heavenly Veins, not a single person has yet opened up the fourth Heavenly Vein.

Even Shen Can himself was a little short.

In addition, the volcano cultivators caught up with the fire spirit and opened up the second celestial vein.

"I contacted the Azure Bird and Ape Mountain tribes. The situation is very bad. Several markets have become useless. Everyone in each tribe is in danger, and many tribes have already gone deep into the mountains."

If this continues, I'm worried that the Xiaoyang tribe will also enter the mountains, so the tribe needs to make preparations in advance.

While preparing for battle, they also strengthened their defenses, seeking a hiding place deep in the mountains so they could retreat there if things became unfavorable.

Huotang didn't mention the sacrificial vessels, which were life-saving talismans that could only be used in times of crisis.

By consuming so many offerings, the sacrificial vessel is actually reducing its own demise and maintaining its combat strength.

Once the sacrificial vessels are removed, it signifies the demise of the sacrificial spirit.

"Besides the Xiaoyang Clan, according to the information we have, the wandering knights who came from Yongyi are also causing trouble under the guise of Xiaoyang."

"Today I have selected the able-bodied men and warriors from among the three thousand subjects. Huoshan, Huoqi, Huokui, Huomu, Huoqing, and Huoyan, each of you will lead five hundred men."

"In order to control these three thousand people, I plan to add one member of the clan who is at the Stone Splitting Realm to every five people as a squad leader."

Each of the two groups of ten men will have one additional member appointed as the leader of the clan's mountain-opening territory.

The army consists of 110 soldiers, with one senior member of the Kaishan Realm appointed as a centurion.

Then, the six of you will each lead one of these five hundred-plus people.

Huotang originally wanted Huoshan to lead these three thousand people, but after thinking about it, he decided to lead them himself for the time being and see how well Huoshan managed the five hundred men before handing over the three thousand men to Huoshan.

Shen Can silently calculated in his mind that there were now five or six hundred Stone-Splitting Realm warriors and seven or eight Mountain-Opening Realm warriors among his subjects.

However, this number of martial artists is still far less than that of the Blazing Flame Clan.

In recent years, Zhiyan has not enslaved his subjects. They have food and drink, and they have even participated in the tribal grand sacrifice. It can be said that most of them have already submitted to him.

Of course, Huotang's actions were understandable, as the strength of the ethnic group was relatively weak.

"After you receive the tribe soldiers under your command, tell everyone that the tribe treats everyone equally. Those who make contributions will receive the same cultivation resources and promotions as other tribe members."

Afterwards, everyone dispersed and began to get busy.

Three thousand men cannot simply be drawn from the ranks; they must also be equipped with armor, bows, crossbows, and arrows.

The tribes don't lack this much; the weapons and armor they obtained from the Shanghu and Shanghuang tribes are enough for this expansion.

Of course, we can forget about using witch soldiers.

The weapons obtained from killing the wandering knights were given priority to the Heavenly Vein warriors of the clan, because only those who have been born with blood energy can better unleash the power of the witch weapons.

After returning from the clan hall, Shen Can stretched.

He looked towards the southwest, where the sky seemed to be glowing with a crimson light.

The horizon is just too far away, so far that it's like looking at a fiery sunset.

It's normal for fiery clouds to appear in the wilderness in the middle of the night.

After staring at it intently for a while, Shen Can had no choice but to give up.

It's too far away; even with the strongest eyesight, I can only see blurry signs.

Huotang, who had just emerged from the clan hall, also saw the fiery clouds on the horizon.

"It's been a long time since I've seen fiery clouds at night."

Huo Tang wasn't surprised that Shen Can didn't speak at the clan meeting.

He invited Shen Can to the meeting so that Shen Can could hear news from both inside and outside the clan.

"I hope it's okay."

Every strange phenomenon in the Great Wilderness can cause people to worry, but of course, not every strange phenomenon will bring disaster.

It's just that probability is an unpredictable thing.

Despite the worries, life goes on as usual.

Three days later, three thousand clan soldiers, along with warriors drawn from within the clan, were already arrayed on the leveled land to the west of the clan's territory.

Everyone's nails were dyed black, making them look much neater from a distance.

Camphouses were also being built on the west side of the mountain. To ensure the ground was solid, Si Bing Huoshi led more than two hundred blacksmiths and apprentices to pour molten iron onto the newly laid stones.

Although the molten iron was not cleaned of impurities and was not very smooth, it was no longer as muddy as before.

In addition to these clan soldiers, the Blazing Flame Clan also has a 300-strong warrior team, which serves as an internal guard.

The tribe also resumed large-scale construction, rebuilding the areas on both sides of the tribal mountain that had not been leveled before, to serve as residences for its people.

We can no longer go to the settlements. If there really are Owls or Blood Witches around, the settlements would be like delivering food to them.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Early in the morning, while Shen Can was sweeping the ancestral temple, the sound of bugles rang out from the barracks.

Soon, apart from the tribe soldiers who patrolled the tribe's territory the previous night, the remaining tribe soldiers were all pulled up and lined up in the training ground.

Meanwhile, commotion also broke out at the training ground within the clan's territory.

The Blazing Flame Division now has five training grounds.

At the sound of the bugle, not only the tribal soldiers, but also many of the common people rushed quickly to the nearby training ground.

After they formed ranks, someone led them in practicing Kui Niu boxing.

There was a large pot set up nearby, where meat had been cooked since dawn.

"ha!"

"Roar!"

Several thousand people were scattered throughout the tribe. Although their numbers were not particularly large, the sounds of the Kui Niu fists still gathered together like thunder.

On the platform outside the clan hall, the fire tower pulsed with source energy.

As a celestial warrior who has initially developed divine consciousness, one can absorb source energy into the body.

He didn't have it before, but in the last two years, life in the tribe has improved, and it has finally nourished him to give birth to divine consciousness.

At first glance, the entire tribe appeared to be immersed in cultivation.

Shen Can was also cultivating, but he was outside the ancestral temple, and his divine sense absorbed all the water elemental energy floating nearby into his body.

Beside them, Huo Yuan and the other twelve also began to cultivate.

Shen Can would sometimes allocate a portion of his source energy to the twelve people, including Huo Yuan.

Huo Xian was happily cooking. Even though he no longer needed to cook, he still got up very early every day, and every time he looked towards the tribe, he would unconsciously smile.

The morning is a unified training session. Afterwards, apart from the soldiers who have their own schedules, the rest of the tribespeople will do extra training according to their own time.

However, many of the people do not practice cultivation; instead, they go out hunting, gathering, or doing other things.

If they hunted small pheasants, rabbits, badgers, or other prey, they only needed to hand over the processed pelts to the tribe. As for the meat, it would mostly be given to the family members who were practicing martial arts to eat that day.

Over the years, the family environment of the residents and the headquarters of the Zhiyan family has long been established.

The people affected by the floods have settled into new families, and the birth of many babies has given everyone renewed hope.

In the barracks, a troop of soldiers headed towards the Great Swamp, boarding ironwood boats and heading towards it.

The more than 3,000 tribal soldiers were divided into six groups, which would rotate among themselves. Throughout the process, two groups of more than 1,000 people would always be stationed in the barracks to protect the tribe.

The remaining four groups went hunting in the swamp, hunting in the mountains, or doing other things.

Each time they entered the swamp, they would try their best to bring back live prey; if there were no aquatic animals, they would bring back large live fish.

For this purpose, a large fish storage pond was built inside the ironwood boat.

This was naturally Shen Can's request.

As his strength advanced to the third tier, the scope of his operations expanded, and the lifespan consumed by the witchcraft and martial arts he needed to deduce also increased.

With the clan soldiers taking turns hunting, they would bring back at least a batch of live fish each time, even if the quality was not high, the quantity was still considerable.

On average, it takes Shen Can three to five days to recover two to three hundred years of lifespan.

Occasionally, you might encounter a second-tier water beast, one of which is worth many live fish.

In addition, there were also those who went into the mountains to hunt large wild beasts, and every now and then they would send one or two live wild beasts to the ancestral temple.

The wild beasts they hunted were immediately consumed by the tribe, as the more than three thousand people needed a large amount of meat every day to practice martial arts.

……

Two weeks later, in the evening.

Huoqi returned with a team of elite warriors, carrying large and small packages. Most of the tribe soldiers delivered the items to the tribe's treasury and then returned to camp.

A small number of tribal soldiers escorted two men, whose bodies were covered in dried blood, into the tribal prison.

The clan prison was built on the west side of the clan mountain, right next to the barracks.

The clan prison was guarded by Huo Zhe, Tian He, and Jiang Shi, who led dozens of clansmen.

After imprisoning the person in the clan's dungeon, Huoqi quickly returned to the clan's headquarters.

"Chief, they've been captured. These people deserve to die. An entire tribe of nearly two thousand people was wiped out, not even the children were spared."

Recalling the scene he had witnessed, Huoqi's eyes flashed with anger.

"I brought the things back and handed them over to the elders for counting. However, this is a small tribe that was newly integrated after the flood, so there aren't many things."

The clan's territory was all located in the valley, yet these people still managed to find it.

They could also use the fog to conceal themselves, trying to lure us in, but I simply used fire.

As he spoke, Huoqi emptied a large animal skin bag, producing a metallic clanging sound.

A witch's knife, a broken roof tile, and a dozen other scattered items exuded a strong smell of blood.

Huo Tang found a piece of animal hide among them, and the portrait on it was the same as the one he had found on Bai Lang earlier.

"Clear the contents of your mouth, give me one copy and hand the other to the Witch Temple, and select the useful ones to be included in the clan book."

After putting down the animal hide, Huotang picked up a small bamboo tube, pulled out the stopper, and two pitted, blood-smelling dumplings rolled out.

At first glance, Huo Tang felt dizzy; he seemed to see a distorted face above him.

Soon.

The two dumplings appeared in front of Shen Can.

"Human blood."

After his divine sense enveloped him, Shen Can seemed to hear weeping from above.

Listening to Huotang's account, he realized that Huotang hadn't been idle these days; he had indeed gone to capture wandering knights.

It can be used to train troops and also to hunt resources from wandering knights to replenish the tribe.

"It was the approximate location that Bai Lang mentioned. I had people search for a long time before we finally found it, and Huo Qi led his men to capture him."

"How strong are these wandering knights? Have none of them broken through to the fourth level of the Heavenly Meridian Realm?"

Shen Can, who was examining the bloody mass, suddenly asked a question.

"No."

Huotang shook his head, then suddenly paused.

"Ah Can, do you mean that these massacres of human tribes were in order to break through to the fourth level of the Heavenly Vein Realm?"

Huo Tang frowned as he looked at the blood-red ball of flesh. He could never do such a thing as killing his own kind to cultivate, nor had he ever even considered it.

“These scraps from Ji County have come here to swagger around, burning, killing, and looting.”

In the northern region, those at the third level of the Heavenly Vein Realm are already among the strongest, but the situation is different in Ji.

“Having worshipped their master, they no longer consider themselves human,” Shen Can replied, then asked, “How do they obtain the essence of flesh and blood?”

Huotang pointed to the animal skin records on the table.

"When Aqi arrived, they hadn't finished their work yet and wanted to lead Aqi and the others inside."

Fortunately, I knew that we were dealing with these blood warriors, so I had Aqi bring enough preparations: oil, arrows, and oil-soaked wooden spears, and burned them out with fire.

"The interrogation transcripts are all here; take a look for yourself."

It was through Bai Lang and his group that they learned that among the worshippers of beastmen, there was a distinction between blood sorcerers and blood warriors.

"A witchcraft formation?"

After reading the records on the animal skin scroll, Shen Can showed interest. "I want to go and see this small tribe."

(End of this chapter)