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

Chapter 124 The Alliance Between Blazing Flame and the Azure Phoenix!
A raging fire broke out in the forest, with the sound of grease popping and crackling constantly echoing in the flames.

These wild beasts, living in the damp, muddy forest, had a strong fear of fire and began to run away frantically.

The flames were incredibly hot in three directions, but the flames were smaller in one direction, so the wild beasts naturally took this direction as their escape route.

The mud was turned over, and large and small, snake-like wild beasts slithered across the ground, forming a torrent.

Zhengzhengzheng!
The giant crossbows rang out continuously, and almost every giant arrow pierced the charging wild beasts head-on.

As the giant arrow pierced the air, the Blazing Flame Clan soldiers circled around, aiming at the beast's eyes, abdomen, and other vulnerable parts.

Even so, some wild beasts still managed to break through, riding on the backs of their own kind and charging outwards, spewing out mouthfuls of incredibly thick black light.

Puff puff!
The viscous fluid spit out by these wild beasts was highly corrosive, but it was all blocked by the witchcraft that Shen Can used.

Seeing that the beasts' attacks couldn't get close, the tribe soldiers felt reassured and began to draw their bows and nock their arrows.

“A wild beast has rushed out from another direction.”

Seeing this, the volcano quickly moved away.

Shen Can didn't care. Most of the wild beasts lurking in the jungle were in this direction, so it wasn't a big problem if a few escaped.

"Roar!"

Finally, a roar echoed from the depths of the jungle, sending flames flying and thick mud splattering out, revealing a gigantic beast over ten zhang in size.

Its coiled body was six or seven zhang tall, covered in mud, with fangs like sharp swords, and it roared fiercely at Shen Can.

"Plop!"

A violent gust of wind emanated from the giant beast, and the little dragonfish spat out bubbles to shield itself.

Then, its bubbles were all blown apart by the incoming airflow.

A fierce aura emanated from the area.

Shen Can didn't recognize what this wild beast was called either. It had legs under its belly, a body as long as a python, and its cry sounded like a baby crying.

Rumble!
The colossal beast moved through the forest at an unimaginable speed, crushing everything in its path, including grass, trees, and flames. Its fangs and gaping maw lunged straight at Shen Can and the little dragonfish.

"Pulling pulling!"

The little dragonfish swayed, its scales rustling, and water vapor surged from all directions, forming a misty area that stretched for two miles.

Shen Can stood on the back of the little dragonfish, spreading his divine sense and quickly gathering the water source power into his hands.

A gigantic water gun formed in front of him, and he used his divine sense to gather a continuous stream of water vapor into the water gun.

Soon, the little dragonfish gathered the surrounding water vapor and transformed into a spear over five zhang long.

"go with!"

Shen Can used his divine sense to envelop the spear, and the moment the giant beast rushed into the range of his divine sense, he hurled the spear fiercely.

Boom!

Without the slightest hesitation, the behemoth closed its open mouth and slammed its head into the spear.

The violent energy surged, and the behemoth, wounded and in pain, rolled away, its massive body smashing its kin into flat, pancake-like shapes as it fell.

"Roar!" The impact propelled the little dragonfish dozens of feet away, and it opened its mouth and let out a dragon's roar.

Moisture from all directions once again converged on the crayfish, this time forming a dense fog covering an area of ​​five miles.

As Shen Can raised his hand, a massive vortex formed above his head. Under the manipulation of his witch power and divine sense, the water source power transformed once again into a long spear.

This time, the spear was a full ten zhang long.

go!
The spear fell diagonally from the sky, aiming for the giant python's writhing body.

With a 'poof' sound, the giant python's body was pierced, and the wound twisted violently in both the front and back sections. Its head roared to the sky and spat out a mouthful of viscous liquid at Shen Can.

The slime dissolved into a mass in the air, making a sizzling sound.

As Shen Can raised his hand, a curtain of water appeared and collided with the slime.

In the blink of an eye, the water curtain was completely corroded by the slime, but the little dragonfish had already moved Shen Can out of the slime's attack range.

"Stab it to death!"

The arowana swayed its body, gathering water vapor once again.

At that moment, a dense array of water arrows formed in the void. They were about to fall, but in the end, they merged and transformed into a long spear that pierced down.

The giant beast opened its fanged maw and bit down on the falling spear, tearing open its mouth and spraying out gushing blood.

The pain made it even more ferocious, whipping its tail into the air, causing the air to explode and a gale to rise.

"Don't fire the giant crossbow bolts!"

Seeing that some of the tribesmen had turned the giant crossbows around, Shen Can stopped them from doing so.

If you make too many holes, you won't be able to make leather armor.

This wild beast's defense is truly formidable.

Roar!
Seeing that its tail had missed Shen Can, the giant beast opened its mouth again to bite.

Shen Can raised his hand and threw a jar.

With a 'crack', the jar shattered in the giant beast's mouth, and the entire jar of anesthetic poured into the beast's body through its mouth, with some seeping directly into the torn wound in its mouth.

"Eat a few more jars, there's also medicine powder."

Then, Shen Can threw several jars of anesthetic powder and a packet of unmixed medicinal powder into the beast's mouth and wounds.

"Roar!"

The behemoth roared again, and its towering body suddenly swayed. A hint of doubt flashed in its normally dark and sharp eyes.

what happened?

I feel a little dizzy.

It tried to move its body again and rush towards Shen Can, but as soon as it raised its head, it crashed to the ground with a thud.

Unwilling to give up, it once again mobilized its blood energy, releasing clusters of dark light from its body, and opened its mouth, trying to bite Shen Can again.

But this time, the gaping maw was once again met with a long spear.

It wanted to avoid it, but found itself somewhat disoriented.

The spear pierced through the air and plunged straight into the giant beast's mouth, then turned into a pool of water, which flowed out of the beast's mouth mixed with blood.

Rumble!
The giant beast's life force quickly dissipated, and it crashed heavily to the ground.

On the other side, other similar wild beasts in the jungle also began to roam around.

Unfortunately, the Blazing Flame Clan kept throwing animal oil into the jungle, and the intense heat of the flames instilled an instinctive fear in these wild beasts lurking in the mud.

One after another, they were nailed to the muddy ground.

"Didn't we agree to shoot the head? Shoot the head! Look at this head, such good skin, this whole piece is unusable."

The volcano dragged a wild beast that was four zhang in size, pointing to the place that had been torn apart by the giant arrow.

The tribesmen were also helpless; with so many wild beasts rushing out, they had no time to aim.

Despite the bad aspects, looking at the white spots on the beasts' exteriors caused by the armor-piercing arrows, Volcano kept patting one end and kicking the other.

Especially when he saw the biggest leader, Shen Can's previous blow to his forehead with the witch spear was much more powerful than the giant crossbow, yet it only managed to break a small hole.

All the tribesmen looked at these wild beasts with delight in their eyes; if they were made into leather armor, they would be incredibly durable.

As for not being able to defend against giant arrows, that's beyond the scope of ordinary armor's defense.

Even if the armor can defend against giant arrows, the immense force carried by the arrows is enough to displace a person's internal organs and break their bones.

In small-scale campaigns, giant crossbows are rarely seen, and even in large-scale battles, their numbers are limited.

The tribes outside the mountains use far fewer giant crossbows than their own tribe.

Their own giant crossbows were one-third smaller in power and size than those of other tribes outside.

The advantages are obvious: four or five people can carry it and run. After putting it down, the tribesmen themselves become the chassis of the giant crossbow.

"There were 277 in total. Some of them probably burrowed underground, and a few broke through the flames and quickly burrowed into the mud and water."

"There are seven of them that are over seven zhang in size, so they should be considered third-tier wild beasts."

"The largest one is about thirteen zhang in size, and its true combat power is no weaker than that of a martial artist at the sixth or seventh level of the Heavenly Meridian."

Watching his people sort through the wild beasts, Shen Can said, "Quickly burn away the bloody smell, and leave the shaman's bag for you to store."

Pick out a few dozen, plus the biggest one, and drag them with me to deliver as gifts to the bluebirds.

The giants here are comparable to those at the sixth or seventh level of the Heavenly Vein Realm. So the fact that the Azure Bird Clan on the other side survived means that they must have at least similar combat power.

Such a mythical beast, at such a level, should be nearly as intelligent as a human.

The little dragonfish already knew how to freeload at level two.

……

Tweet!

Before anything could be done, the sound of birdsong could be heard in the distance.

In fact, long before we were hunting wild beasts in the jungle, birds were already flying over from the sky.

The raging fire, coupled with the slaying of hundreds of wild beasts, instilled fear in the eyes of these birds, which dared not descend from the sky.

Can you speak bird language?

Shen Can pointed to the small dragonfish, believing that it was best to communicate with the auspicious beast.

The little arowana flew up amidst the water vapor, then flew back halfway up.

"They won't eat me, will they?"

"You are at level three, while they are only at level two."

The little dragonfish, enveloped in water vapor, soared into the sky.

Upon seeing the little dragonfish rush forward, several blue birds cried out, and streaks of azure wind blades formed, falling towards the little dragonfish.

"Roar!" The little dragonfish roared in anger.

The shock caused several birds to retreat far away, and the little dragonfish quickly mobilized water vapor to envelop one of the birds.

No one knows what the little dragonfish mumbled, but after the bluebird flew out of the water mist, it hurriedly ran away.

Seeing this, Shen Can stopped his clansmen from cleaning up afterward, thinking it would be good to show the birds the fate of these wild beasts.

……

Tweet!
About an hour later, a loud cry rang out in the sky, and a large bird with a wingspan of more than seven zhang (approximately 33 meters) flew in.

It landed far away on a cliff face.

Seeing this, Shen Can had the little dragon fish carry him towards the cliff.

Even from a distance, Shen Can noticed the difference in the grey bird on the cliff. Its dark golden eyes held a different kind of brilliance than those of the gluttonous little dragonfish.

In the human race, it would be similar to the Fire Tower.

"Human, what can you give to the Azure Phoenix Clan?"

As Shen Can approached, the Cangluan leader opened and closed its mouth, speaking in human language.

Shen Can also saw the wounds on the back of the Azure Phoenix; the corrosive sap had penetrated deep into the bones.

The slime smelled the same as the one exhaled by the wild beasts we killed before, which meant we had found the right place.

He hadn't expected a bird to be so direct, and quite clever at that.

Given the current situation, if the Blazing Flame Tribe can eliminate the wild beasts in the jungle, they can also eliminate its entire tribe.

Unless the entire clan migrates, they cannot bear to leave the sacred tree where they live.

"Plu".

The arowana's mouth opens and closes.

"Mixed dragon bloodline".

Cangluan glanced at it and said something that made the little dragonfish squeal loudly.

"My clan is of mixed phoenix blood."

"Okay." The little dragonfish stopped squealing.

……

After the two fish and birds finished communicating, Shen Can answered the question from the Azure Phoenix leader, "At the very least, I can heal your injuries and help the clan reproduce."

Cangluan spoke directly.

"If your tribe faces destruction, my tribe may leave."

"Of course, my people will fight alongside your people, I mean when we can't win."

"When you leave, you can take the fire of your tribe with you."

Shen Can had initially thought there would be some back and forth, but Cang Luan's swift response exceeded his expectations.

It's much less stressful to be with ** people; dealing with people directly is too tiring.

"Your people cannot force my people to be your mounts. You need to gain the approval of my people to become your fighting partners."

"no problem."

Shen Can nodded. The Blazing Flame Tribe and its subjects numbered over ten thousand. Even if each person received just one feather, this Azure Bird tribe wouldn't have enough to go around.

It seemed that the leader of the Azure Birds had made several conditions, but in Shen Can's view, it was as good as none.

If the tribe is truly destroyed, the death of a few more auspicious beasts will be meaningless; it would be best to escape with a portion of the tribe.

"Then what are your conditions?"

Upon hearing Shen Can agree, the Cangluan leader became serious and methodical, much like an elder of the human race.

"It's just helping with farming, patrolling, and fighting."

“In my Blazing Flame Tribe, you are the same as my tribesmen. If you die in battle, you will be buried with your tribesmen and a shrine will be erected in your ancestral temple.”

As he spoke, Shen Can took out the alliance agreement he had written earlier.

“We can put a written agreement… oh, a covenant, which will be enshrined in our ancestral temple so that future generations of our clans will know about the cooperation between our two clans.”

"What about mine?"

The little dragonfish glanced at it and wondered why it didn't have this covenant.

“This requires a clan-wide sacrifice and must be announced to the entire clan. I was too busy before and forgot to write the covenant for you. I will make it up to you when I get back.”

"Oh." The little dragonfish nodded, not thinking much of it.

"Humans, I have visited human tribes and know about the human people's worship of their ancestors. I hope my tribe can grow and thrive in your tribe."

Hearing Shen Can's solemn attitude, Cang Luan was somewhat surprised, as it knew the importance that humans placed on ancestor worship.

This shows that the tribe in front of them did not intend to enslave them, but rather truly placed them on an equal footing.

After speaking, Cangluan spread its wings and let out a long cry to the sky.

"Chirp!"

Soon, a chorus of cries came from the direction of the spirit tree.

"This spirit tree is the nest of my clan. Does your clan have other spirit trees for my clan to live in?"

Shen Can said with a smile, "Take this tree with you."

Three months later.

A towering tree rises from the ground, and above the tree, a flying boat hangs in the air.

Animal skin ropes fell from above the airship and were tied to the trunk and branches of the large tree.

In the four directions of the big tree, there were also a flock of phoenixes holding onto animal skin ropes.

On the back of each Azure Phoenix, there was a Blazing Flame Warrior vigilantly watching their surroundings.

Suspended by the flying boat and hundreds of azure phoenixes, the spirit tree moved along the valley between the mountains, heading towards the Blazing Flame Tribe.

In front of and behind the spirit tree, dozens of clan soldiers were scattered around, being led by the Azure Phoenix to observe the movements.

This path was also scouted beforehand, allowing the spirit tree to pass through in mid-air.

The passage of such a large spirit tree attracted many wild beasts along the way, some of which chased after it and roared.

It took four days for the spirit tree to finally arrive at the Blazing Flame Clan City, landing near the ancestral temple, its massive branches and leaves obscuring a large area of ​​buildings.

The sacred tree, the ancestral temple.

The trees intertwined their shades, and sunlight filtered through them, scattering into fragments.

At first glance, it finally has a touch of age.

Of course, it would look even more like it if all the soil that was turned up was filled back in.

To integrate these Azure Phoenixes into the tribe, Huotang gathered the tribesmen, hunted wild beasts, and held a grand sacrifice.

As the temple's leader, Shen Can rewrote the covenant, and Huo Tang, Xiao Longyu, the Cang Luan leader, and he himself each left their bloodstains on the covenant.

They solemnly enshrined the covenant in the ancestral temple, proclaimed it to their ancestors, and offered sacrifices to their spirits.

In the days that followed, children came every day to bring Cangluan fruit and meat, and many martial artists showed off their skills under the tree.

Each one of them, like a peacock spreading its tail feathers, wanted to become a bird rider.

Neither Shen Can nor Huo Tang cared; whoever could gain Cang Luan's approval would have to rely on their own abilities.

There are a total of 330 Azure Phoenixes, 270 of which are adults, and four are of the third rank.

Choo Choo Choo!
Early in the morning, a loud cry rang out.

A flock of blue phoenixes flew out of the clan city, scattering clumps of bird droppings in the fields outside the city.

The thick layer of bird droppings that had covered the old tree was also cleared away by Shen Can and handed over to his disciple Huo Jun, who then converted it into a medicinal herb field.

In just a few days, the tribespeople discovered that the Azure Phoenix within their tribe also had the ability to summon other birds.

Now, many birds are summoned every day, leaving piles of bird droppings in the fields outside the city.

These birds only linger outside the city; once they fly into the city, they are all driven away by the Azure Phoenix.

Furthermore, although the sacred tree covers the ancestral temple, no bird droppings fall on it. If any phoenix were to suddenly become excited and sing loudly outside the ancestral temple, it would be pecked by its own kind.

Compared to humans, they are more perceptive and, sensing the respect shown by the Blazing Flame Clan, reciprocated with equal respect.

Ah Yu leaned against a large pillar in the ancestral temple, gazing at the phoenixes perched in the trees, wondering how she could gain the approval of one of them.

These past few days, he has displayed his prowess and offered various foods, yet he has not gained the approval of any of the Azure Phoenixes.

"Brother A-Can".

When Huoyu asked for help, Shen Can shrugged and said he couldn't do anything about it either, and told him to think of some other ideas.

Seeing Shen Can busy, Huo Yu walked outside, knowing that it was time for Brother Can to communicate with the sacrificial spirit again.

As Ah Chan's attendant, he was already very familiar with what Ah Chan did and when he did it every day.

……

Shen Can's divine sense descended into the sacrificial cauldron.

Because the spirit of the sacrifice gave him the inheritance of the five skills, he now sets aside some time every day to communicate with the spirit of the sacrifice to see if any new inheritances have appeared.

The covenant previously made with Cangluan and Xiaolongyu was enshrined in the ancestral temple. The sacrificial spirit, which had manifested independently, once again exhibited new fluctuations in divine consciousness.

It's just that it's fragmented and not very complete.

Over the course of several days, Shen Can continuously received the spiritual fluctuations of the sacrificial spirit senior, which gradually coalesced into a series of paintings.

The mountains and rivers are cracked, and the millet seedlings in the fields have withered and died.

Suddenly, a strong wind arose, clouds surged, and a dragon appeared and disappeared among the clouds. Rain fell on the earth, and the fields were once again covered in green.

(End of this chapter)