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

Chapter 241 Millions of herders, radiating influence over tens of thousands of miles
When Shen Can advanced to the late stage of the Divine Treasury realm, the Zhiyan Earl tribe also received a clan letter from the Yanran Earl tribe.

The Yanran Earl tribe, along with a portion of its vassal tribes—or more accurately, after completely annexing the vassal tribes and incorporating them into its own people—migrated south as a whole.

The Qiuyue Earl tribe, which was originally the one to form a marriage alliance, has been dealt with by the Yanran Earl tribe over the past few decades.

The northeastern part of Ji County had become sparsely populated long before Xiaoyang was still there.

Today, the Yanran tribe, located in the northwest region of Ji, has migrated as a whole, leaving only the Zhiyan tribe, isolated and alone, within tens of thousands of miles north of Ji, on the border of Yongyi.

The Jishanbo tribe was located in the southwest of Ji, with the two tribes separated by tens of thousands of miles of mountains and fields.

As the Yanran tribe migrated away, the Zhiyan tribe quickly responded.

Although the northern region of Ji is sparsely populated, it would be a great pity to leave such a vast area unattended.

Soon, Huoqi, Huokui, Huoyu, and Huozhan were appointed as the four garrisons, each leading a portion of their tribe's troops south to occupy these areas.

Back when Xiaoyang was still around, in order to suppress the human race who occupied the land, he chose four Ji land markets—Jinyang Mountain, Heyang, Yangshan, and Yinyue Mountain—as the core areas to guard.

They stationed their troops in four locations to guard the area, and relied on convenient water transport to extend Xiaoyang's military power to the surrounding regions.

Xiaoyang chose these four locations because they had convenient water access, were surrounded by flat wasteland, and were suitable for cultivation.

After Yanran migrated away, the vacuum area vacated in the northern part of Ji happened to overlap with most of the area occupied by Xiaoyang when he moved south.

This allows Zhiyan to use the same method Xiaoyang used to expand the sphere of influence of the Zhiyan clan by relying on these four market cities.

The task of the four garrison commanders is to rely on the cities they guard to gather scattered refugees, cultivate the land, and bring them under the rule of the Blazing Flame Tribe.

As for the tribes scattered across the land of Jibei, whether they listen to the Zhiyanbo tribe or not is not a concern; in the end, the world still speaks through force.

After Shen Can emerged from seclusion, he saw the letter written to him by the Yanran clan leader.

He already knew about Yanran's southward journey.

Yan Wanyun felt that there was no development potential in the North and that it had a powerful neighbor like Zhiyan, so he led his tribe to Luo and Qing to conquer the lands.

After reading the letter Yan Wanyun gave him, Shen Can put it down and gently shook his head.

Running to Luodi isn't far, is it even possible to run there?
After Yanran left, there was no more Bo tribe in Jibei. Overnight, the Zhiyan Bo tribe expanded its territory southward by tens of thousands of miles.

Shen Can also agreed with the idea of ​​arranging for clansmen to serve as garrison commanders.

In such a vast area, with so many small tribes scattered throughout, if Zhiyan is not taken into his hands, sooner or later other forces will emerge, or rather, other forces will take over.

After Zhiyan takes control, it would be great if he could protect these small tribes, let them multiply, and collect some food and minerals.

At that time, the script and cultivation system of the Blazing Flame tribe will be promoted, and these vassal tribes will become part of Blazing Flame.

Early in the morning, at the ancestral temple.

After sweeping the ancestral temple, Shen Can slowly walked out of it before dawn.

Looking down over the territory, one could still see scattered flashes of light from the witches in some places.

Upon seeing these witchcraft restrictions, Shen Can suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment.

"The Five Elements, martial arts, and witchcraft all lead to the same goal, albeit through different paths."

After thinking about it for a moment, he suddenly had a new idea about the derivation of the basic tempering method.

Before this, he had spent 89,600 years of his lifespan, deriving 12,000 different fist techniques, none of which met his requirements.

To this end, his clone wandered within the Giant Mountain Range, sensing the power of the Five Elements to aid in his comprehension of the basic tempering method.

Then, Shen Can sat down cross-legged and continued his deductions.

With nearly 90,000 years of lifespan poured into him, countless combinations of fist techniques appeared in his mind.

You have dedicated a thousand years of your lifespan to studying this, and this time your deductions focus on the basic Five Elements witchcraft.

The Five Elements Witchcraft Texts are the foundation for invoking the power of the Five Elements, and are a manifestation of the power of the Five Elements in the universe.

The manifestation of the power of the five elements of heaven and earth is not limited to the five-element shamanistic script.

The animal markings on wild beasts are a manifestation of their own power and bloodline, including the manifestation of the five elements power they control.

At this moment, you suddenly realize that the reason why humans observe wild beasts practicing martial arts and witchcraft is essentially because they want to use wild beasts as a medium to comprehend the Five Elements.

Just like the animal markings on your body, you control the water element through the Kui Niu markings and the fire element through the fire ape markings...

So you listed out the five elemental beast patterns of the wild beast, as well as the moves you had learned over the years.

[Start trying to match the previously derived moves with the Five Elements Beast Patterns]

As the moves matched the corresponding Five Elements Beast Patterns, the little figure inside Shen Can's sacrificial cauldron began to rise from its seated position and assume a starting stance for its attack.

The little figure began to practice continuously, and gradually, with each practice of moves, its body movements changed, becoming more and more like the Five Elements Beast Pattern.

……

three days later.

Shen Can, who was sitting cross-legged outside the ancestral temple, slowly opened his eyes. His unprecedented enlightenment had finally come to an end.

The basic refining method has been completed.

This method abandons the previous practice of observing wild beasts and instead begins by learning from the five elements animal patterns on the bodies of wild beasts.

This tempering method, during cultivation, mobilizes the body's energy to outline the corresponding five elements beast patterns.

Then, Shen Can began to perform his technique outside the ancestral temple.

As his moves changed, the five elements of primal energy floating in the void outside the ancestral temple converged on him.

Subsequently, Shen Can found dozens of men and women of different ages in the clan and taught them this tempering method.

After learning the skill, during cultivation, the clansmen would draw upon the surrounding Five Elements Source Power, but only the compatible Source Power would reach them and merge into their bodies.

However, ordinary people of the clan do not have the divine sense to detect the surge of source power; they can only sense that their internal energy has increased somewhat.

In addition to absorbing the free-flowing energy of heaven and earth, Shen Can also had his people eat beast meat and witch medicine before continuing to use this tempering method, and the effect was still remarkable.

Compared to the Five-Stage Technique, this tempering method has no learning curve. If you have several attribute physiques, you can absorb source power of several attributes.

This avoids the scenario where the person and the cultivation method are mismatched, which can actually hinder cultivation.

Back when the Blazing Flame Tribe was still very weak, they only had one martial art, the Kui Niu Fist. At that time, whether it was suitable or not, it was the only technique available, so you could practice it.

For example, Huotang and Huoshan originally practiced Kui Niu Gong, but later, when they reached the Tianmai Realm, they switched to Huo Yuan Gong.

Outside the ancestral temple.

Volcano also began to cultivate. With his movements, four kinds of source energy surged into Volcano's body, with the fire source energy being the most abundant.

Seeing this scene, the doubts were also resolved. Volcano has a physique with four attributes, so it is no wonder that he can cultivate the Kui Niu Fist to advance to the Heavenly Meridian and then switch to the Fire Ape Technique.

Of course, the newly derived tempering method is not perfect. Compared to the refined Five-Stage Technique, the new tempering method is too mild.

If something triggers everything, it means it occupies everything and has no distinctive features.

However, this is not a problem. The tempering method corresponds to the levels of the Stone-Splitting and Mountain-Opening Realms, which are inherently for improving strength.

Shen Can derived this method not to create powerful individuals, but to popularize it so that his clansmen and even more subjects could cultivate into martial artists.

Especially those small tribes in the mountains and wilderness, who lack their own tempering methods, may only have tempering methods that correspond to a single attribute, just like the blazing flames of yesteryear.

In this situation, more than half of the people will be unsuitable for the tempering method, thus delaying their own cultivation.

As the Blazing Flame Clan continues to expand outwards, this tempering method will also facilitate the teaching of martial arts.

As for what happens to the tribespeople who have received the teachings after they reach the Mountain Opening Realm?

That's no longer a problem. Martial artists at the Mountain Opening Realm already have basic self-defense capabilities in the Great Wilderness. They can simply change their cultivation methods when the time comes.

If someone has good talent, they will be directly selected to be trained at the Blazing Flame Headquarters.

Don't underestimate the strength of the Mountain Opening Realm. Even though the Blazing Flame Tribe has been promoted to the Earl Tribe for many years now.

In reality, among the more than five million clansmen, there are still hundreds of thousands who are not even at the Stone-Splitting Realm.

Not all members of the clan are so lucky as to be taken into the clan by Zhiyan when they are just right for cultivation.

Some people missed out on training before joining the Blazing Flame, or suffered various injuries that made it difficult for them to improve their strength.

There is another group of people who are simply not suited to martial arts training.

I've tried all five tempering methods, but my body is like a stubborn rock; neither source energy nor beast meat essence can penetrate into it.

A few days later, Shen Can specially selected over a hundred clansmen who were not even martial artists to pass on the tempering method.

After hundreds of people practiced the tempering method, he could clearly see that a dozen or so clansmen had their source energy surging around them, but only a few scattered specks of light flew into their bodies.

This person truly lacks the talent for cultivation.

Aside from those who are not suited for cultivation, there are too many people in the Great Wilderness whose martial arts are limited due to the tempering methods.

……

Having spent nearly 100,000 years of his lifespan, Shen Can derived the basic tempering method, which he named "Body Tempering Technique".

The derivation of the Body Tempering Technique gave him some inspiration for his future cultivation path.

After all, he has already advanced to the late stage of the Divine Realm, and is only one small realm away from advancing to the fifth rank.

Shen Can's understanding of the fifth-order Beast Appearance Realm and the sixth-order Return to Truth Realm still came from the explanations given by Senior Daidi.

Even the senior figures from Kedaidi, including several senior sacrificial spirits from Yongshan, only verbally described this realm; they didn't really know how to advance to it.

In the Chengtian Clan, the fifth rank is also called the Divine Appearance Realm. After a warrior of the Chengtian Clan advances from the fourth rank to the fifth rank, he will condense the Heavenly Wind Divine Appearance.

The sixth level of the Celestial Race is called the Ancestral Return Realm.

Over the years, Yongyi has not heard of the birth of any fifth-order human powerhouse.

On the surface, the path of martial arts seems to have been cut off. After all, advancing from the third to the fourth rank is already so dangerous, so advancing from the fourth to the fifth rank would be even more dangerous.

Even Shen Can has to be careful about this.

“Miaotiao, this is a message that Yongyi just sent. I just got it from the clan chief.”

In the side hall, as Shen Can was looking through rubbings of the cultivation methods of the Chengtian Clan, A Yu carefully pushed open the door.

Although Shen Can didn't pay much attention to daily clan affairs, the clan would still send over some information about Dai and Yongyi every now and then.

Even when he's not around, Ah Yu will leave the intelligence on his desk.

What news is there this time?

Shen Can opened the animal skin scroll, glanced at it, and then put it down with a bored expression.

There's no useful information at all; it's still the same as always.

There were no major wars between the tribes, but minor conflicts continued, and the Huan Tou tribe from the south of Yongyi invaded.

These are old news stories.

Upon receiving news from Yongyi, Shen Can focused on the major tribes, including Aoshan, Tianzheng, and Qingyang, who had obtained the Yongshan inherited witchcraft artifacts.

He was determined to obtain the few witch artifacts from the Yongshanbo tribe, such as the Kui Niu war drum, the Da Zhang chariot, and the Xuan Shui Shui Yang Chi.

Unfortunately, each of these clans has a late-stage Divine Realm expert in charge. As for whether there are any peak Divine Realm experts in charge, Shen Can guessed that at least one of these clans would have such a powerful expert.

As for fifth-tier experts, well, there's no way to say that.

Perhaps there are no fifth-tier experts, but there are certainly ways to deal with them.

In contrast, the Blazing Flame Tribe has only been developing for a short time and doesn't have many powerful figures to oversee it.

Previously, Aoshan was portrayed as a villain who colluded with Xiaoyang, but Aoshan is still alive and kicking. At the time, he even falsely accused several tribes in Jidi of colluding with Xiaoyang.

The scene of righteous indignation and united efforts to overthrow the scoundrels never materialized.

Yongyi habitually neglected Jidi, and no one really cared that Zhiyan was promoted to the rank of Bobu.

So much time has passed, and even the Aoshan Bo clan hasn't come knocking again.

The last time Shen Can noticed someone spying on him, he suspected it was the Aoshan tribe.

Unfortunately, since then, there has been no further activity or spying.

As for why they stopped spying, Shen Can didn't know. It couldn't be that the spying people were so scared that they didn't dare to come back after realizing they had been discovered.

Although the sensory magical artifacts scattered throughout the tribe fluctuate from time to time, they are all ordinary birds and beasts passing through.

Shen Can casually set the intelligence aside and calmed himself down.

The intelligence gathered within the clan consists of information leaked from various tribes. Even if one wanted to find out the true strength and number of the experts in each tribe, it would be impossible.

At this moment, Shen Can picked up the intelligence report he had just put down again.

"Ayu, go and get all the intelligence that Yongyi sent over before."

Ah Yu deftly took down a pile of animal skin scrolls from the shelf inside the hall.

Shen Can's divine sense enveloped these animal skin scrolls containing intelligence, which were spaced decades apart.

This includes the time when he used the Bohou Fist as bait.

After all, Mu Xiao, who was still alive at that time, wanted to use the Bo Hou inheritance to stir up trouble and secretly deal with Zhi Yan.

At the time, I was thinking of finding something for the various tribes of Yongyi to do, so as to avoid drawing attention to the Zhiyan tribe.

All the intelligence was marked with symbols and recorded in chronological order.

After reading it, Shen Can waved his hand, signaling Ah Yu to take the information back.

“Go and tell the clan chief to allow clan members who are traveling or trading outside to leave.”

Try to pay close attention to news from the Qingyang, Tianzheng, Aoshan, and Juhuang tribes.

Check if the clan leaders and elders of these tribes are traveling outside.

Additionally, gather information related to the Bohou Boxing style.

By sorting through intelligence from previous years, Shen Can discovered something unusual.

Back then, the Bohou boxing style attracted the main tribe of Yongyi to form an alliance, which led to a competition.

Behind them was the Moyebo tribe, where the young man who won the contest was from. The tribe was wiped out, and the Bohou Fist Technique disappeared without a trace.

During this period, elders from Tianzheng, Aoshan, and other tribes also took action, causing quite a stir.

All the news about the related struggles is being collected by the Blazing Flame Earl's tribe.

But when Shen Can looked at the intelligence again, he suddenly discovered that more than thirty years after the alliance competition, the competition for the Bohou Fist Technique suddenly stopped.

The intelligence that was sent back did not mention any faction that had obtained the Bohou Fist Technique.

The parties vying for the boxing technique seemed to have agreed to simultaneously call a retreat.

With Shen Can's order, the clan quickly sprang into action.

The relevant information was sent back in just over half a year.

"Ah Chan, here's the information you wanted. I've read it, so I'll just tell you directly."

The volcano itself came to the side hall of the ancestral temple.

"News about Bohou's boxing technique has not been widely circulated for a long time."

The occasional news was very confusing; some said it was in Tianzheng, others said it was in Juhuang.

As for the elders you asked us to investigate, our clansmen have no way of obtaining detailed information.

However, investigations revealed that most of the elders of the major tribes in Yongyi did not go out during this period.

"But that's normal. They're elders; they can't just leave the tribe to handle every little thing."

The volcano analogy makes sense; some things can't be guessed at.

No matter what happens in Yongyi, just don't pay attention to Zhiyan right now.

The current fervor needs time to settle and develop.

"How well has the Body Tempering Technique spread among the vassal tribes?"

Then, Shen Can inquired about the promotion of the body tempering method.

After he deduced the method, he passed it down in the tribe and sent it to Daidi to be given to Huotang.

Because the Blazing Flame Clan has five training methods, the clan members cultivate in a stable environment. Therefore, the Body Tempering Technique is mainly used to test the clan members' compatibility with the five elements, and not many people cultivate it.

This was to be expected, as this method was originally intended for external dissemination, and vassal tribes were the first recipients.

"The situation is very good."

After thinking for a moment, the volcano blurted out this sentence.

"The detailed data is in the clan hall. I'll get it for you next time, or you can have Ayu bring it to you."

"I discussed it with the clan elders and we plan to promote this technique to the four major garrison areas."

A-Kui, A-Qi, and the other three acted swiftly, gathering over five million scattered refugees, and the number continues to rise.

"Are there so many refugees scattered in the northern part of Ji?"

Shen Can thought for a moment; the clan hadn't been arranging for them to guard the area for very long.

"There are a lot of them, and I don't know where they came from. They just suddenly appeared after Xiaoyang was gone."

Volcano also admired these people greatly; when they were causing trouble in Xiaoyang, they really hadn't been seen hiding anywhere.

“A-Kui and the others wrote to me saying that some small tribes are not obeying our Zhiyan’s rule.”

Fortunately, after being given some warmth, they all obediently moved out of their remote corners and re-established their clan's territory on the desolate plains surrounding the market town.

Since there are so many people in the northern part of Ji, it is natural to bring them under control.

Then, Shen Can said, "Since we are now under the jurisdiction of Zhiyan, we should manage them according to the same system as vassal tribes, unify the written language, and teach martial arts."

“I’m awake. That’s exactly what I was planning to do.”

The volcano looked quite smug. "Although I don't manage things much, I am informed about clan affairs. After listening to it many times, I understand it all."

Judging from the letters that A-Kui and the others wrote to me, the number of scattered people remaining in the northern part of Ji should exceed 20 million.

Even if we can only gather a little over half, our Blazing Flame will still be able to control tens of millions of people.

"With tens of millions of subjects, looking across the entire Yongyi region, which headman or chieftain could control so many people?"

Volcano said, "These tribes only know how to treat people like slaves."

Putting everything else aside, Volcano has made progress over the years as clan leader; at the very least, his mind has become much sharper.

(End of this chapter)