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

Chapter 129 Minor Divine Power: Xuanqi Palm, Spirit Offering and Blessing: Luan Bird Soldiers
Early in the morning.

Under the shade of trees outside the ancestral temple.

Rumble!
Huo Tang was radiating intense heat, his black hair was flying wildly due to the blood energy, and an extremely strong and yang aura emanated from his raised palm.

As the palm was raised, a fiery, scale-like beast rapidly transformed and rushed out dozens of feet away.

This commotion attracted the attention of many clansmen who were cultivating under the spirit tree.

Today, there are only a few hundred or so clansmen who can live near the ancestral temple and cultivate under the sacred tree.

These people are divided into four groups.

Thirty-six prison guards, led by Huo Zhang.

After the Blazing Flame Tribe moved to the valley, they severed all contact with the outside world and were no longer bothered by the Blood Witches and others.

The vassal tribes were all resting and recuperating, with so much land that they couldn't even finish cultivating it all, so they had no time to start conflicts.

Therefore, Huo Zhang and the others, who were in charge of the prison, had a lot of free time for the time being.

Thirty-six outstanding young members of the Martial Hall, led by Huo Yuan.

Thirty-six of the most powerful sorcerers in the Witch Temple, led by Huo Yi.

When the tribe was promoted to a superior level, a group of boys and children performed the Wild Beast Nuo Dance in front of the ancestral temple.

These boys and children received blessings from the sacrificial spirits, and more than half of them had their spiritual consciousness enhanced, resulting in the addition of dozens more practitioners to the Witch Temple, bringing the total number to over two hundred.

The remaining people were all members of the clan recognized by the Azure Phoenix.

To strengthen their bond with the blue phoenix, these tribespeople would come early in the morning to feed it.

As a result, many azure phoenixes were playing and frolicking with their people under the tree, or cultivating together with humans they recognized.

At this moment, Huo Tang is practicing a simplified version of the Great Evolution Mystic Qilin Palm.

It was deduced by Shen Can after spending three days observing the mark and using up eight hundred years of his lifespan.

It is less than one-tenth of the original power, but it can still be used as a killing move for a martial artist in the Heavenly Vein Realm.

After delivering that palm strike, Huotang went to the side to rest.

As a killing move, the Great Evolution Mystic Qilin Palm consumes a great deal of blood and qi; one strike almost drains all the blood and qi from his body.

Huo Tang sat to the side, drinking the large bowl of water that Huo Xian handed him, and looked at the clansmen cultivating under the tree.

In the past, only two people in the clan, Huoshan and Huoqi, surpassed the power of the Thirty-Six Desolate Realms and advanced to the Heavenly Vein Realm.

Currently, there are many warriors in the clan who have reached the Thirty-Six Desolate Realm, while most clansmen may only be able to reach the Forty or Fifty Desolate Realm. However, this is still enough to prove the improvement of the clan's strength.

Nowadays, many clansmen try to accumulate merit points to exchange for a dose of the enhanced potions available in the Witch Temple.

Not only were there witchcraft medicines, but also armor and weapons. Many of the things the tribe sent back from Ji were things that the tribe could not currently manufacture.

If you want better weapons and armor, do more work for the tribe and exchange them with your merits.

Huotang pondered whether it was time to formally establish an exchange center.

A tribe consists mostly of ordinary people, so the tribe provides basic cultivation resources and basic standard weapons and armor to meet the bare minimum needs.

"Although we haven't been calculating merits for our clansmen who have ventured out into the world, they have already accumulated enough merits to deserve this palm technique. We can pass this technique on to them."

In the future, when other members of the clan want to cultivate, they will also need to exchange merit points.

After resting for a while, Huotang got up to cultivate again.

He repeatedly practiced the operation of the Xuanqi Palm, no longer mobilizing his blood energy to unleash it as before.

Inside the ancestral temple, a booming sound resounded.

This attracted the attention of some of the clansmen who were cultivating, and some lively Azure Phoenixes even peeked over, chirping and chattering.

Then, it got hit by a big wing.

After being beaten, the phoenixes obediently withdrew their heads and stopped chirping.

The reason for the commotion at the ancestral temple was that Shen Can was practicing his cultivation.

Shen Can's entire body was filled with the power of the five elements, various patterns appeared on the surface of his body, and his eyes turned dark gold, exuding a wild and desolate aura.

However, in Shen Can's own words, he was no longer pure; he had become a mixed bag.

It has two wings on its back, tiger-head stripes on its face, a single horn on its forehead, golden hair on its head, and scales covering its body...

It looked as if different wild beasts were flashing across his body.

hoo hoo hoo!
A series of beastly roars resounded, shaking Shen Can's consciousness. He could feel the chaos in his body and the excruciating pain caused by the changes.

But he did not stop. In this state, he could clearly feel his divine sense solidifying, even better than the effect of expending his lifespan to deduce it.

He had already anticipated this situation when he was making his deductions.

Shen Can had never been served by a dragon, but he knew that a dragon's body had nine aspects, each with its own unique charm, which was what gave it the appearance of a dragon.

He is currently searching for the best point of convergence for the five wild beasts' divine forms.

At this moment, five divine phantoms surged and roared within Shen Can's consciousness, causing his blood energy and witch power to surge like a vast ocean, transmitting a rumbling sound.

Half an hour later, his entire body was covered in dark gold beast patterns, and his aura began to surge violently.

Immediately, Shen Can opened his eyes, his blood surging and engulfing his entire body, suppressing all the beastly shadows into his body.

He guessed that it was because he used his lifespan to calculate every day that his willpower had been honed to a very strong level without him even realizing it, which was why he was able to suppress these rampaging beast forms.

He pulled out a piece of animal hide from his bosom. On it was a picture of a mythical creature, seemingly nonexistent, roaring to the sky, exuding a terrifying aura.

He took out another animal skin scroll and carved the animal form that had evolved from his cultivation today onto it.

Compared to the previous one, this time the beastly form has some subtle differences.

The cultivation methods and witchcrafts that I had previously deduced, even the fourth-order supernatural powers, all had an end, but this method of cultivating the five elements simultaneously was like a bottomless pit.

Every day, his deductions lead to a new possibility.

Fortunately, this deduction did not interfere with his cultivation, and Shen Can was still able to cultivate and improve his realm as usual.

Furthermore, because of the 'fussing' on his body, the absorption of source energy was accelerated.

In particular, after the unknown spiritual tree outside the ancestral temple was moved here, its abundant wood-attribute source power caused the wood-attribute aura in the blood energy to begin to strengthen.

From water to fire, and now to wood, the conflict between the water and fire elements in one's blood and qi has been somewhat reconciled.

……

"Ah-Can, are you done with your training?"

Huotang entered the ancestral temple only after hearing no further movement.

"I have mastered the Lesser Xuanlin Palm technique."

After entering the ancestral temple, the fire torch bowed to the ancestors and the spirits.

"I wonder what kind of mess these guys outside have made of it."

The order to have the clansmen look for opportunities along the way when transporting spoils of war in Xiaoyang, as Shen Can had previously devised, had already been issued.

Huo Tang wanted to go out with them, but Shen Can kept him behind to cultivate minor supernatural powers.

Even with Shen Can's hands-on guidance, it still took him three months to master the simplified minor divine abilities of the fourth-tier divine power.

After hearing Huotang's words, Shen Can nodded and said, "Then let's prepare for the sacrifice."

For this trip, Shen Can plans to take some of the clansmen who have mutual recognition with the Luan bird with him.

The phoenix is ​​intelligent and flies fast, capable of both reconnaissance and combat assistance. It can escape danger by taking to the air, making it relatively survivable. In contrast, humans can only travel short distances by flying at the fourth rank.

Even if we only manage to take a whole ship's worth of spoils from the Xiaoyang Clan during this expedition, we'll still have plenty of supplies.

If we could take advantage of the night to cross the Xiaoyang tribe's territory from high above, the delivery of supplies would be much faster.

As long as one stays at night and makes arrangements in advance, the probability of being captured by the warriors of Ji County is very low.

As for the issue of concealment in the river valley, it had already been arranged in advance when they migrated here, with several fake ancestral sites found to mislead them.

Over the past two years, these fake tribal settlements have been settled with people living there, and the tribe members are all recruited by Huo Qing from outside.

After migrating into the false tribe's territory, everything proceeded as normal for tribal reproduction, with tribal soldiers, farming, and hunting.

Anyone who comes to see it will agree that it's real.

After the Azure Phoenix returns, it will first stop at a certain pseudo-tribal land to rest, and then return to the valley if there are no problems.

Shen Can didn't have much to explain. The Xiaoyang tribe had conquered thousands of miles of Ji, and countless tribes had been affected.

The accumulated spoils were so large they could form a mountain, and he was envious.

The escort route stretching for thousands of miles presents a tremendous opportunity.

Taking a bite could save Zhiyan several years of development time. If they don't take a few bites now, they might not encounter such a good opportunity again.

Since this is the first time that the clansmen and the auspicious beast have gone out together, they are preparing to hold a sacrificial ceremony to pray for blessings and to deepen the partnership between the Azure Phoenix and the clansmen.

"Like I said before, getting one is a win, but if there's danger, I'd rather not have it."

"Of course, safety comes first."

Huo Tang nodded. His bottom line regarding the opportunity to seize Xiao Yang's spoils was that he would take a bite if he could, and if he couldn't, he would consider it as having gone to more trouble.

Everything is done with the premise of not affecting the development of the river valley ethnic area.

Day two.

Oh oh oh!
The horns sounded, the Azure Phoenix cried out, and the entire clan city suddenly became lively.

One by one, phoenixes took flight and hovered above the ancestral temple.

The clansmen got up early and headed toward the ancestral temple. The warriors put on their newly polished armor, and the young men put on their new robes.

"Ah Ling, come down quickly."

"Chirp!"

As the boy called out, a fledgling bird landed in front of him.

The calls continued to ring out, and the Azure Phoenixes flew down from mid-air, landing in front of different tribesmen.

Of the more than 300 azure birds, 230 identify with their kind, including both adults and juveniles.

Soon, in the open space in front of the ancestral temple, Cangluan and his clansmen gathered together and looked towards the ancestral temple.

"Chirp!"

The leader of the Azure Phoenixes let out a high-pitched cry, and all the Azure Phoenixes present immediately fell silent.

The fire torch also came from afar and walked to the front of the square outside the ancestral temple.

The Azure Phoenix flapped its wings and landed, standing side by side with the Fire Pagoda.

The entire scene suddenly became solemn, and the onlookers fell silent and focused their attention on the ancestral temple.

The temple guards stood solemnly on both sides of the ancestral temple, while a third-tier wild beast covered with knife marks and claw marks was being escorted by the temple guards to the square outside the ancestral temple.

This was captured by Huotang and Cangluan together in the mountains; it was a wild beast resembling an earth dragon.

The ancestral temple gates slowly opened, and Shen Can, dressed in formal attire, walked out of the temple.

The attendants following behind carried rolls of animal hide and quickly walked towards the clansmen and the Azure Phoenix present, distributing the rolls.

"Today's sacrifice is to announce to our ancestors and to the spirits that the Cangluan clan and my Zhiyan tribe will leave the tribe and fight side by side."

Both sides should assist each other. If any member of the clan is cowardly and abandons their comrades, the entire clan will despise them, and they will be denied entry into the ancestral temple.

"The sacrificial ceremony begins."

Shen Can first followed the steps, picking up the beast ear to draw the beast blood witch talisman.

The bound beast struggled violently, letting out a low roar, but the moment the Luan Blade was imbued with a layer of blood energy...

The beast's roar ceased, and fear appeared in its eyes.

"puff!"

A crimson light shone on the neck of the earth dragon-like beast as the cracked Phoenix Blade pierced its neck.

The priest plundered the lifespan of a third-tier Iron-Patterned Armored Lizard, which was 1,137 years.

Shen Can clearly felt that the beast was afraid when he made his move, just like the fear a lower-level beast would feel when encountering a higher-level beast, and it dared not struggle in the slightest.

Beast blood gushed from its neck into the blood vessel, filling it completely in an instant.

Shen Can stood in front of the blood vessel and began to use his witch power to draw sacrificial talismans, one talisman after another disappearing into the beast blood.

As a temple priest, he also explored the mysteries of the sacrificial process in each and every ritual.

"Come."

At Shen Can's signal, Huo Tang and Cang Luan, one human and one bird, walked forward.

He raised his hand (claw), dipped it in the beast blood imbued with witchcraft, and pressed it onto the animal hide scroll that had been given to him earlier.

Then, the blood vessel was passed on, and the tribesmen and the Azure Phoenix who had become battle partners all followed suit and pressed their marks on the animal skin scroll.

After this step was completed, more than two hundred animal hide scrolls fell in front of Shen Can.

He released his divine sense, and with a wave of his hand, the beast blood in the blood goblet was drawn in, quickly transforming into beast blood runes in mid-air, which landed on each scroll of beast skin contract.

"Chirp!"

At this moment, the leading azure phoenix let out continuous cries, telling its people what Shen Can had said earlier.

The phoenixes also spread their wings, sheltering their human companions under their wings.

We offer sacrifices at the ancestral temple, form a bond of comrades-in-arms, and must work together with one heart and one mind, never abandoning our partners.

Subsequently, these individual animal skin contracts were collected by the servants and sent into the ancestral temple, where they were placed one by one on the offering table.

After the servants finished setting things up, they turned and left, leaving Shen Can standing in front of the offering table, his divine sense guiding the aura of the beast blood talisman toward the sacrificial artifact.

Meanwhile, some of the clansmen watching outside the ancestral temple had their eyes closed, some were muttering incantations, and some were clenching their fists.

Streams of aspiration converged into a tide and surged into the ancestral temple.

"Buzz!"

The contracts piled up like a small mountain on the offering table glowed with a bloody light, and the runes of the sorcerer lit up, creating a blood mist channel between them and the sacrificial cauldron.

Boom!Boom!Boom!
The sacrificial vessels began to move, and the sounds grew louder and louder.

Wow!
The blood vessel began to vibrate, and drops of blood splashed up, each drop revealing a faint witch's script.

The next moment, the blood droplet flew out of the ancestral temple under the influence of the sacrificial spirit.

Blood droplets fell from the sky like raindrops, pattering onto the clansmen and the Azure Phoenix present.

(End of this chapter)