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

Chapter 132 Heavenly Vein Sixth Level, Rapid Development

The clan had prior experience with the medicinal pills used for cultivation, so Shen Can didn't need to worry about that.

Over the past few years, the Witch Temple has been adjusting the proportions of medicinal herbs and improving the cultivation pills.

The improved pills were also given to the clansmen for consumption, and a large amount of related cultivation data was recorded.

Shen Can took a fruit that seemed to have some spiritual energy and placed it in Yan Ling's hand. The little girl skipped out of the stone hall to report back to her master.

Shen Can grabbed the blood ginseng, tore off a root, and stuffed it into his mouth.

The roots tasted somewhat bitter, and after being swallowed, their medicinal properties were completely absorbed by the body, transforming into a thin stream of medicine that seeped into the flesh and blood.

Then, he picked up the blood ginseng, rubbed off the dirt, and took a bite.

After swallowing the blood ginseng, the five celestial meridians within the body manifested, and the blood energy within the celestial meridians surged, rapidly drawing the medicinal power into the celestial meridians.

Shen Can ate two more bites and swallowed the rest of the blood ginseng.

His blood and qi surged, his body glowed with a dark golden light, and kui, tiger, and bear patterns appeared on his skin, instantly absorbing all the medicinal power of the blood ginseng.

With a deafening roar, several wild beasts seemed to roar in unison, and the medicinal power that had been flowing into the Heavenly Vein surged forth like a mighty river, causing the sixth Heavenly Vein to be blasted open.

The blood energy seeping from the Heavenly Vein floated on every inch of his body, staining the beast patterns on his skin red and exuding a wild and untamed aura.

Concealing the aura emanating from his body, Shen Can stood up and walked outside.

On the spirit tree, the phoenixes that remained to rest shrank back, their eyes filled with fear as they looked at the side hall.

The little dragonfish led the little blue phoenix over from a distance.

"Your Majesty," the little dragonfish said, immediately adopting a fawning manner.

Shen Can flicked his finger, and two drops of blood fell into the mouths of the two auspicious beasts.

Having received the benefit, the little dragonfish turned around and carried the little greybird towards the island in the middle of the lake.

Shen Can then walked towards the Witch Temple.

The sorcerers inside the hall were extremely busy.

Shen Can told everyone to continue their work, and he walked to a private room deep inside the Witch Hall, where Huo Yun was busy selecting medicinal herbs.

"Master."

Shen Can gestured to Huo Jun that she didn't need to get up.

"Are these medicinal herbs of very high quality?"

"Many of them are a hundred years old, and even more are several decades old. Most of them are suitable for improving one's martial arts level."

"How's the potion-making going?"

Huo Yun stood up, grabbed a wooden box from behind her, and handed it to Shen Can.

“Since my master isn’t coming, I was just about to go to the ancestral temple to look for him.”

"When we first formed the witch medicine group to improve cultivation, we also took into account the cultivation of the people in the Mountain Opening Realm."

However, the number of Heavenly Vein Warriors and those comparable to Heavenly Vein Warriors in the clan has increased significantly. For these people, the original medicinal potion is no longer effective.

The medicinal herbs sent from Ji this time were numerous and of considerable age, so I categorized them according to their medicinal properties and made three types of medicinal balls.

The first-tier pill is called Shengli Pill, made primarily from aged medicinal herbs such as Poria cocos, Gynostemma pentaphyllum, and Polygonum multiflorum.

The second-tier medicine is called Shengli Dan, which uses Poria cocos with a medicinal age of thirty to fifty years as the main ingredient, and is supplemented with eight other kinds of witchcraft medicines of different ages.

The third-tier pill is called the Blood Qi Pill, made primarily with Blood Origin Ginseng over fifty years old, supplemented with several other medicinal herbs aged thirty to fifty years.

Inside the wooden box that Huo Yun opened, there were more than a dozen finished products of three different kinds of medicinal pills.

After Shen Can picked them up and inspected them one by one, he found that the kneaded pieces were of good quality, and had become rounded, no longer rough and uneven.

“Master, after observing the effects of the clansmen taking and cultivating with it, the third-tier Blood Qi Pill can assist martial artists below the third level of the Heavenly Meridian in their cultivation, but the effect is not so good above the third level of the Heavenly Meridian.”

As Huo Yun spoke, she took out a stack of tattered animal hide scrolls from the shelf behind her.

"These are all notes on the preparation of witchcraft medicines. I also gathered witch doctors to study the first three types of medicines after reading the notes."

There are two handwritten notes here, each containing a formula for a medicine called "Blood Qi Drink" or "Primordial Blood Pill," but both are incomplete.

Shen Can used his divine sense to look at the records above. The Blood Qi Drink and Blood Qi Pill were similar, but the Yuan Blood Pill was very powerful and could be used all the way up to the ninth level of the Heavenly Vein Realm.

The main ingredient is animal-patterned blood ginseng. The entire prescription is somewhat incomplete, and the quantity of auxiliary ingredients is unknown.

The preparation of witchcraft medicine does not mean that a certain type of pill is fixed with a specific main or auxiliary ingredient. Many of them can be rearranged according to their medicinal properties.

If you're lucky, the effect might be better than the original prescription, but most of the time, it will be worse.

"Are there any more Beast-Patterned Blood Ginseng?"

Shen Can thought of the blood ginseng he had swallowed.

"Yes, there is one medicinal plant that is over a hundred years old, and there are more than thirty medicinal plants that are several decades old."

"I'll figure out a way to get the Blood Essence Pill."

Shen Can put away the incomplete prescription and pointed to the other medicinal pills in the box.

"Next, we will process all the medicinal herbs sent from Jidi into pills according to these three types."

Then, Shen Can asked, "Before most of the herbs from Ji arrive, how many can be produced in a month if we use the herbs stored in the clan?"

At the speed of the Azure Phoenix, it can return every half month to twenty days, bringing back a batch of resources and then taking back another batch of finished products.

"After the pills are made, they should be placed near the blacksmith's hut to be dried by the fire, and then placed in a cool place to let the fire dissipate."

The first and second stages should take about seven days, but the third stage will take more than ten days.

"Let's take out all the herbs stored in the clan first. Can we make 30,000 first-tier Vitality Pills, 5,000 second-tier Vitality Elixirs, and 800 Blood Qi Pills in a month?"

Huo Yun quickly recalled the amount of medicinal herbs stored in the clan, plus the quantity of the batch of medicinal herbs sent from Ji Di.

"Yes, but if we want to increase the production of medicinal herbs, we need Jidi to provide a more sufficient supply of medicinal herbs in the future. If we use them like this, our tribe's medicinal herbs will be used up in less than a month."

"In addition, we can produce thirty jars of hemostatic powder and ten jars of muscle-regenerating powder every month. However, these powders are made with ordinary witchcraft herbs and are not very effective for sword and knife injuries of third-level martial artists."

After obtaining a specific quantity from Huo Yun, Shen Can grabbed the incomplete prescription, left the Witch Temple, and headed towards the blacksmith's furnace.

It now appears that raw materials are the limiting factor for production.

Don't think that 30,000 Vitality Pills are a lot. These things are not actually miracle cures that will allow you to break through to the next level immediately after taking one.

The effect of this pill is equivalent to the result of a martial artist's normal cultivation over several days or even ten days.

With prolonged use, what would normally take a year to advance from the "Stone-Cracking" stage to the "Mountain-Opening" stage might only take six months or five months.

The same applies to other Vitality Pills and Blood Qi Pills.

The Iron Hut is located in the southeast corner of the clan city, stretching for several miles. It has more than a thousand blacksmiths and apprentices, as well as more than a thousand auxiliary workers who help with moving and firing the furnace.

Flames roared and billowed from the eleven iron smelting furnaces, accompanied by a constant clanging and banging sound.

Huo Chong was busy with more than a dozen blacksmiths when he saw Shen Can arrive. Huo Chong walked out in a rage.

"Master."

"How many armor-piercing arrows, heavy swords, and armor plates can you forge in a month now?"

"Currently, we can produce 30,000 armor-piercing arrows per month, only 500 heavy swords per month, and 1,000 sets of armor plates per month."

"Let some of the armor makers be responsible for assisting the aunties in repairing armor and weapons."
The rest of the people were to forge heavy swords, aiming to produce a thousand heavy swords a month. If there weren't enough people, they would recruit from among the subjects to increase production. They would also take this opportunity to improve their forging techniques.

I'll have your junior brother Huo Fu help you. You'll refine weapons, and he'll make talismans. The two of you should work together well, use your brains to forge some witch weapons, and give them some practice while others are out fighting."

After leaving the blacksmith's hut, Shen Can arrived at the square in the center of the clan city.

Just then, I saw the arowana was experiencing rainfall, washing away the bloodstains on its armor.

A group of women sat around a mountain of armor, sorting through it, picking out the broken and unwearable pieces to use as parts for repairing the others. "Temple."

"Quickly, the temple spirit is here, let the temple spirit touch you..."

Upon seeing Shen Can appear, the group of aunties immediately became lively.

"Master, what do you think of my craftsmanship? Could you sew a robe for me?"

“Temple Master, my son is such a good boy, look at him.”

……

These women kept talking as they worked.

"Shut up, all of you! Didn't you see the temple has something to say?"

The leading aunt stood up, making a thumping sound as she walked.

How long will it take to repair these armors?

“If we go back to the temple, there will be a lot, only three to five hundred pieces. We can repair them in three days.”

"Temple offerings, when will the next batch arrive?"

……

Fifteen minutes later, Shen Can squeezed out from a group of aunties. He was still too young. They had all watched him grow up. If he had a beard, he would have a more imposing presence.

After some investigation, he understood that the amount of resources produced by the tribe currently depended on the resources sent back from Ji.

The Blazing Flame Tribe has barely exerted its strength yet.

"One witch's pouch is still too small."

Ten days later.

Shen Can had 430 repaired suits of armor, 260 heavy swords, 500 giant crossbow bolts, and 5,000 various medicinal pills loaded onto the flying boat.

As the flying boat entered the Cangshan region, the cries of the Azure Phoenix were heard, the sound calm and even, indicating that nothing unusual had occurred.

After waiting for two days, Cangluan returned again.

Upon seeing Shen Can, Cang Luan opened her mouth and revealed two witch pouches.

"Robbed."

Before Shen Can could speak, Cang Luan said, "It's bigger than yours."

Shen Can grabbed the shaman's pouch with its bluish patterns, and after immersing his divine sense inside, he found it to be larger than his own.

The interior space was eight zhang in size and filled with broken armor, weapons, and many of them with witchcraft inscriptions.

The other shaman's bag contained medicinal herbs, manuscripts, books, jade, and other items.

Shen Can swapped the contents of the witch's pouch with those on the flying boat, and then stuffed the witch's pouch back into Cang Luan's mouth.

"How is the clan chief?"

Cang Luan thought for a moment and replied, "The Fire Dragon is like a small dragonfish in a lake."

"By the way, Huotang asked me to tell you that the conquest of Jidi will not end anytime soon. Only a handful of tribes responded to the messengers from Jidi who went to Yongyi for help."

"There are prepared elixirs to enhance cultivation in the shaman's bag. There is a jade box inside that you should give to the clan chief separately."

"understood."

Just as Cang Luan was about to fly away, Shen Can took out a Yuanxue Pill and stuffed it into Cang Luan's mouth.

He easily restored several versions of the incomplete prescription, choosing the one with the easiest-to-obtain herbs.

Unlike the previous three types, the production of Yuanxue Dan is truly limited due to the nature of its medicinal materials.

He had already written down the herbs he needed in the letter, and placed them in the jade box along with the pills.

Huotang will know to collect the relevant herbs once he sees his letter.

After swallowing the Yuanxue Pill, the Azure Phoenix's azure eyes lit up, and then it spread its wings and soared into the sky.

……

one year later.

The Blazing Flame Clan Palace.

"Over the past year, the clan has repaired 43,000 sets of armor, forged 8,300 heavy swords, 20,000 maces, 300,000 armor-piercing arrows, and 700 giant crossbows."

In addition, over 37,000 damaged weapons of various kinds were repaired.

Currently, the forging of weapons is still limited by the low quality of the ore, requiring craftsmen to repeatedly forge the weapons, which greatly affects the output.

They produced 1.03 million first-tier Vitality Pills, 220,000 second-tier Vitality Elixirs, 26,000 third-tier Blood and Qi Elixirs, and 390 jars of hemostatic and tissue-regenerating powders.

The one who spoke was Elder Huo Qi, and the one who listened was Shen Can.

There were only the two of them in the entire clan hall.

"Over the past year, Ji has transported back 113 airships of supplies and 233 craftsmen of various kinds."

The Fire Clan uses the flying boats within their clan as a standard of measurement.

Currently, the Blazing Flame tribe already has three flying boats. Thanks to the craftsmen and materials from Jidi, the tribe has been able to replicate two flying boats.

The flying array on the airship was personally designed by Shen Can, who worked with Huo Zhong to create it.

Compared to the original, the flying boat made by Jiu Yan was only seven zhang long and was one-third slower, mainly because the raw materials used to build the flying boat were of inferior quality.

The fact that so many supplies could be transported from Ji was also thanks to Huotang later seizing three more witch pouches.

Each time the Azure Phoenix flew back, it would spit out five magic pouches from its mouth, requiring the three flying boats to make several round trips.

Huotang is now sending everything to the tribe; as long as the witch can put it down, she'll bring it all back.

Each time, Cangluan would return with repaired weapons, medicine, and provisions.

After saying that, Huo Qi said, "Ah Can, you will be in charge of the clan affairs for the next few days. I am about to break through to the fifth level of the Heavenly Vein."

Shen Can nodded; in fact, he was also about to break through to the seventh level of the Heavenly Meridian.

There was no other way; the resources sent back from Ji were too many.

Half of the pills produced were left within the clan.

Each batch of pills produced would be exchanged and sold out by the tribespeople.

Most of the clan members have started families, with several people in each family.

The aunties repair armor and farm, while the uncles go hunting and forge weapons. With the whole family working together, they can exchange for cultivation pills every month.

These pills were either given to the child for cultivation or to the uncle for cultivation.

Shen Can doesn't have specific data on how many improvements have been made within the clan.

Of the thirty-six prison guards who spend all day wandering outside the ancestral temple, thirty-three have already advanced to the Heavenly Vein Realm.

Each of them was a Heavenly Vein cultivator who had advanced to the next level at the level of fifty or sixty Desolate Power.

This level of refinement is similar to that of Elder Huo Qi, and he is expected to reach the seventh level of the Heavenly Vein Realm or higher in the future, and may even have the opportunity to touch the ninth level of the Heavenly Vein Realm.

The thirty-six outstanding members of the Martial Hall, led by Huo Yuan, have all advanced to the Mountain Opening Realm.

Thinking of this, Shen Can said, "Elder, since we migrated to the valley, the clansmen's cultivation has been left to its own devices."

I think it's time to conduct a census of the warriors in our clan, to see exactly how many have Heavenly Vein cultivators and how many have opened up new paths."

“Okay, I’ll finish arranging this before I go for my breakthrough.” Huo Qi nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)