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

Chapter 253 Shen Can: I've been waiting forever

More than a month later.

The scorching valley.

In the center of the valley, a giant tree over three hundred feet tall stands, its thick trunk and branches resembling a small mountain.

This giant tree is the trunk of the old tree that was moved from the cave and planted. A witch tower floats on it, and witch runes light up faintly around it, flashing and merging into all directions.

The black tower of witches emitted thousands of rays of blue light, which, like a canopy, scattered countless streams of light, covering three hundred miles of forest.

From a distance, the entire territory was shrouded in a pale green light.

Shen Can walked out of the ancestral temple and felt refreshed looking at the lush greenery.

The first month passed, and the Holy Envoy Clan did not appear.

It's been two months now, and it still hasn't appeared.

This completely stumped him.

Shen Can even wondered if the Holy Envoy Clan had forgotten about him.

After all, he had killed everyone who had come to Blazing Flame, so it was possible that he had lost all information about Blazing Flame.

But then I thought about it and that didn't make sense. Even if the Holy Envoy Clan had a large and powerful family at the fifth level, with five peak-level Divine Treasure warriors and a fifth-level witch artifact, they couldn't just throw it away without sending anyone to search for it.

In short, this left Shen Can somewhat bewildered.

After eliminating the second wave of the Holy Envoy Clan, he only gave his disciple Huo Yun twenty days to lead his clansmen in building the Myriad Wood Luotian Formation, fearing the arrival of powerful members of the Holy Envoy Clan.

In order to prepare more resources for the future great battle, he and his giant beast clone made a special trip to the Dai region.

From the time they went to Daidi to borrow resources to their return, it only took seventeen days.

The day after they returned, disciple Huo Yun led her clansmen to work overtime and completed the formation a day ahead of schedule.

Over the course of more than a month, nearly three million people returned to the valley and began wartime production and drills.

The old trees transplanted from the Three-Headed Secret Realm have formed a vast forest in the valley.

As far as the eye can see, there is a vast expanse of green, with green waves rippling in the wind.

The Holy Envoy Clan did not appear, but their preparations did not stop; instead, they continued to meticulously strengthen the entire witch formation.

Previously, Shen Can had given Huo Yun twenty days because he was afraid that the Holy Envoy Clan might arrive at any time.

In an emergency, the tribe will naturally use whatever resources it has.

Ten thousand wizards transformed the Five Elements Spiritual Land into a super workshop in just three days.

It can smelt 30,000 divine gold ingots of various grades in a single day.

The resources obtained from the Daidi Tulou tribe were enough to meet their production needs in one go.

If they had to resist the Holy Envoy Clan, Shen Can estimated that with this production capacity, he could bankrupt Bi Fangbo's tribe.

What kind of bullshit is the First Metallurgical Refinery? He doesn't know anything.

"Turn on the furnace!"

A shout rang out, and a circular crack appeared in a blast furnace billowing black smoke, with shamanic runes flashing below it.

Molten lava, crackling with flames, flowed out and poured into the mold trough within the Earth Spirit Land along the channel.

Each mold slot can be filled with molten iron, and they all surround an iron mountain that constantly makes a roaring sound.

Once the molten iron flowing into the mold has partially solidified, it will be blown by a gust of wind and propelled into the towering iron mountain.

The molten iron was stirred by the Wind-Walking Witch Towers, and each time the Spirit Barrier lit up, a gust of wind would rise up.

The only downside is that the Witchcraft Spirit Barrier sometimes breaks and needs to be repaired in time. Therefore, dozens of wizards and their apprentices are stationed here to ensure the normal operation of the Windwalking Witch Tower.

Iron Mountain is divided into two halves, with the joint being very smooth. The lower half is embedded in the earth, while the upper half is supported by the Wind-Walking Witchcraft script.

When Shen Can was building the Jinxing Spiritual Land, he deliberately hollowed out an area and poured in countless molten iron.

When the solidified iron block enters the Iron Mountain, the upper part of the Iron Mountain will light up with the Wind-borne Witchcraft script, dragging the upper half of the Iron Mountain into the air for thirty feet.

Then, the wind-elemental witchcraft went out, and the earth-elemental and metal-elemental witchcraft lit up. The weight of the iron mountain increased tenfold in an instant, and it crashed down from a height of thirty feet.

After being hammered hundreds of times, the iron ingot would be sent out of the iron mountain and then to the forging workshop at the border of the Golden Water Spirit Land.

In the forging workshop, these preliminarily forged metals are cut into uniform sizes required for the foundation of the witch array, and then sent into the water-based spiritual land.

Within the Water Spirit Land, thick water vapor filled the air, creating a scene of drizzling rain.

The water within the Water Spirit Land has long possessed some spirituality due to the nurturing of the spiritual veins.

To enhance the quenching effect, Shen Can crushed 500,000 source stones obtained from Daidi and scattered them into the spirit lake.

After being quenched with spiritual water, even the worst quality gold and iron blocks reached the second tier, with most of them at the third tier.

In the Spirit Lake, heat waves rolled, and small boats swiftly passed by. Some tribesmen simply jumped into the lake and scooped up pieces of gold and iron that were still steaming hot, then threw them ashore.

At this moment, at the edge of the Water Spirit Land, steam was rising from the water.

"It feels so good to soak in this hot spring."

While the fishermen were working hard, the little arowana lay on the water's surface, belly up, looking lazy and content. Small splashes of water occasionally appeared on the surface, and a little guy was busy rubbing its body.

"This way, this way."

The little dragon tiger darted underwater and came to the other side of the arowana, scratching its scales with both its hands and tail.

"Over there, over there."

The little dragon tiger had just woken up, and Shen Can didn't have time to take care of the cub, so he naturally handed it over to the little dragon fish who had experience taking care of babies.

On the water's edge, Little Sparrow coldly observed the little dragonfish.

Finally, the little sparrow couldn't bear to watch any longer. It flew towards the direction of the Golden Spirit Land to help its people move the gold and iron ingots.

"They don't know how to enjoy life."

The little dragonfish ignored the little sparrow and lazily said, "Alright, you should rest too, lest the temple master say I'm mistreating the servants."

Little Chihu, let me tell you, every bite of food we eat is earned through our own hard work.

From now on, follow me, and I guarantee you'll thrive.

Immediately, the little dragonfish leaped out of the water and grew to a size of ten zhang in the air.

With its mouth open, a mouthful of water-elemental energy and the surrounding water vapor converged into a long river, irrigating the newly transported gold and iron ingots that were to be tempered.

The water vapor, carrying a faint trace of dragon power, made a sizzling sound when it collided with the metal blank, and faint dragon patterns appeared on the surface of the metal blank.

The moment the metal block that had absorbed spiritual energy was pulled from the water, members of the clan quickly began to examine it.

There were piles of second-tier items, piles of third-tier items, and piles of fourth-tier items, which were then sent into the Wood Element Spirit Land.

Within the sacred land of the Wood Realm, workshops were established one after another, and under the guidance of the shamans, the tribesmen quickly inscribed shamanic script on the gold and iron blocks that were delivered to them.

As for the spiritual herbs and plants in the Wood Spirit Land, they were migrated to various parts of the clan's territory.

With such a giant spiritual plant as the old tree, the medicine-pounding rabbit and the little spirits were overjoyed.

This is exactly the kind of spiritual plant and herb cultivation ground they've always dreamed of.

Seeing the intense heat emanating from the original Five Elements Spiritual Land, they began to move on their own without being told by their clan.

Various spiritual plants and herbs were moved to different places, and they were everywhere, on the trees and under the trees.

Previously, due to the limited area of ​​the Wood Spirit Land, the planting range of spiritual plants and herbs was also restricted.

Now that the source of wood energy is everywhere, these two races are having a blast and starting to expand their medicinal herb cultivation territories.

Of course, it wasn't just these two groups that were busy; the plant masters within the clans were also busy, constantly expanding the planting area of ​​spiritual herbs.

In addition to cultivating witchcraft medicine, they are also increasing their reserves of healing medicine.

With the powerful array protecting them, if any clansmen were injured, it would most likely be an internal injury. Therefore, Shen Can ordered that more internal injury medicine be stockpiled and distributed to the clansmen in case of emergency.

After the golden iron block with the shamanic script was carved into the wood spirit land, it was quickly taken away by the tribesmen in a small flying boat.

The numerous small flying boats built within the clan are now proving useful, carrying these inscribed array foundation stones and replacing them everywhere.

The Luo Tian Formation has a total of one million Tier 1 witch array nodes. Ten Tier 1 nodes make up one Tier 2 witch array node, ten Tier 2 nodes make up one Tier 3 witch array node, and ten Tier 3 nodes make up one Tier 4 witch array node.

In total, there are one million first-order nodes, one hundred thousand second-order nodes, ten thousand third-order nodes, and one thousand fourth-order nodes.

The makeshift bases used for these nodes have now all been replaced with standardized gold and iron block bases.

What we are building now is a replacement array base, since we will be facing a fifth-tier martial artist, and the array base is very likely to break under powerful attacks.

This has been proven in actual combat using the witch formation outside the clan's territory.

Until higher quality ores become available as base materials, stockpile more spares.

There are millions of array base nodes, and each location is guarded by at least a second-tier clansman. Their task is to replace any damaged array base nodes when the array is in operation.

To protect the array base, the clan specially built stone houses at the array base nodes as resting places for clan members, ready to replace the array base at any time.

Inside the ancestral temple.

“Master, the number of array foundation stones for each node has reached ten, and there are still about one million jin of ore left from the Dai land.”

Huo Yun, who was in charge of creating the witch array, would report to Shen Can every few days.

The fact that the clan was able to upgrade the witch formation so quickly and even have a backup formation foundation is all thanks to the Dongze Tulou clan.

Shen Can obtained more than three million jun of ore from the Dongze Tulou tribe, more than half of which were of the second rank or higher.

In addition, a large number of weapons were melted down and reforged, and about 300,000 jin of gold and iron blocks were collected.

No wonder they've enslaved countless humans; they're incredibly wealthy and inhumane.

It was because of this batch of ore that the clan was able to find a way to forge a batch of fourth-tier quality gold and iron blocks.

Although its quality cannot compare to crafted magical artifacts, it is sufficient as a base for array formations.

Besides the ore, there were a staggering 2.7 million Originium alone.

There are also twenty fourth-order spirit trees and more than three thousand third-order spirit trees, some of which are over a hundred feet long.

Unfortunately, in order to bring them back, Shen Can reluctantly cut them up and put them into his storage bag. Among these ores were many high-grade ores, which were all packed in large boxes and sealed with magical magic.

Even the spirit wood has a unique seal belonging to the Dongze Tulou clan.

Many of these items were originally intended as tributes to the ancestral land of the Earthworms, but Shen Can intercepted them and now used them as materials for building his own fifth-order witch array.

"Let's build them into foundation stones for future use. Even if we don't need them, it won't prevent us from building weapons and armor later."

Shen Can spoke up, urging the clan to continue working harder, as the more prepared they were now, the safer they would be in the future.

In fact, the resources brought back from Dongze this time were not only these, but also the "stones" inside more than a million earthworms, as well as the horns on their heads.

One can be used as an energy source, and the other can be used to craft magical artifacts.

In addition, there are second-, third-, and even fourth-tier jade, silk, linen, spiritual fruits, grains, and witchcraft medicines.

"Master, these are the last batch of weapons to be replaced, and some substandard array base materials."

At this moment, Huo Yun took out several more witch pouches and handed them to Shen Can.

After receiving the shaman's bag, Shen Can did not linger in the valley, but quietly headed towards the tribe's territory outside.

The shamanic array in the valley has been upgraded, and these replacement materials can be used to upgrade the shamanic array in the outer tribal lands.

He didn't know why the Holy Envoy Clan was so slow, but since there was an opportunity to enhance the power of the witch array, he couldn't let it go.

This isn't the first batch of materials; Shen Can has already gone to the clan's territory twice to upgrade the witch array.

To be honest, the absence of the Holy Envoy Clan has been a real hardship for the clan members outside who are pretending to be migrating. They have already migrated back and forth five or six times.

Five days later.

In the territory of the tribe outside the mountains, Shen Can plunged the last witch artifact deep into the earth, looked at the place where the sun was rising, and let out a long breath.

He really didn't know why the Holy Envoy Clan hadn't arrived yet.

……

Within the Holy Envoy Clan.

The old priest, who had been kneeling before the statue of the living deity, awoke from his slumber, his expression somber and uncertain.

Has my worst fear come true?

It has been a long time since the hunting priests have been absent for so long.

During this time, he knelt before the Holy Spirit and prayed because Yu Bo had led everyone too deep into the Juyue Mountains. Since there was no means of communication, Xuan Chi had to spend a lot of time searching.

Given the vastness of the Juyue Mountains, this situation was quite normal in the absence of means of communication.

But as time went on, he could no longer kneel, and his unease grew stronger.

The wild beasts in the Giant Mountain Range are powerful, and even he doesn't want to provoke them too much.

Otherwise, when we discussed it before, we wouldn't have asked Yu Bo to capture a third-tier auspicious beast, but instead we would have directly asked him to capture a fourth-tier auspicious beast.

They just wanted to work quietly without alerting Lu Wu.

It's been three months and they still haven't returned. Something must have happened. Otherwise, it's impossible that they haven't been able to bring back a mere offering, or even send back a single message.

Thinking of this, the old priest got up and walked out of the temple.

At this moment, the Hunting Priest Yu Xiao returned, grabbing a peak third-tier human warrior in his claws and throwing him directly below the altar.

Just as they were about to take flight again, they heard the old priest's summons.

"There's no need to catch them for now."

Yu Xiao didn't understand why, but she obediently landed below the altar.

His gaze fell on the offerings below the altar. After a period of busy work, they had captured more than fifty peak third-tier human warriors.

The number of people is large, but the quality is far inferior.

To bridge the gap with fourth-tier sacrificial offerings, at least a hundred peak third-tier human warriors would need to be captured.

With Yu Xiao's return, the other hunting priests who went to Yongyi also returned with their prey.

Upon their return, the high priest also forbade them from going out again to capture sacrificial offerings.

Yu Qing looked at the three people beside him, wanting to ask about the whereabouts of Yu Bo and the others, but the High Priest stood quietly on the altar, making it unclear whether he was looking down at them, so he dared not say anything.

Not only him, but the other three hunter priests also felt uneasy.

The five peak-level hunter priests, Yu Bo, Yu Qi, Yu Xiong, Yu Lie, and Yu Ling, have not returned yet.

Of the ten hunting priests in the tribe, only four remained after excluding Yu Chang, who failed to capture a sacrificial offering and knelt on the altar.

Xuan Chi is missing from the list of Shepherds.

The leader of the Spirit Shepherds, Xuanfu, was also quite confused. Although he was the leader of the Spirit Shepherds, in the past, everyone patrolled their own territories and did not take turns patrolling.

The hunters and shepherds knelt below the altar, quietly awaiting the old priest's instructions.

Seeing how many times the hunting envoys sent to Yongyi had returned, yet Yu Bo and the others still hadn't responded, the old priest was completely disheartened.

As he looked down at the altar, he saw Yu Chang still kneeling beneath it.

"Take Yu Chang away for treatment."

Below the altar, Yu Chang appeared dazed and confused, not even registering the old priest's words.

He was already seriously injured, and after kneeling here for several months, if he stays here for another two months, he's definitely going to die.

Then, some clansmen quickly came up and took Yu Chang away.

The old priest's words startled the warriors of the Holy Envoy Clan below the altar. They were also somewhat surprised that the old priest had shown mercy.

As originally intended, Yu Chang was not allowed to receive treatment after his return; he was forced to kneel at the altar, clearly meant to die kneeling there.

This kind of punishment is not unheard of in our ancestors' time.

This time, the old priest suddenly relented, and seeing that Yu Bo and the others had not returned, the group of hunter priests and spirit shepherds finally realized that something was wrong.

Hurala!
At this moment, a fierce wind swept through the jungle of the tribe's territory, and a dark shadow, carrying an oppressive aura, flew from afar and landed below the altar.

"Grand Uncle Yu Cheng!"

Upon seeing who it was, one of the hunting priests exclaimed in surprise.

This is the previous generation's hunting priest.

Within the Holy Envoy Clan, because their ancestors received the divine grace of the Holy Spirit, a portion of their human origins was dissolved, making their bodies more similar to those of wild beasts.

In addition, the tribe receives the blessings of the Holy Spirit every so often, making it much easier for the tribe's warriors to advance to the Divine Realm than for the Yongyi tribe.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be more than a dozen members in the clan at the late-stage and peak of the Divine Realm.

This is despite the fact that the Holy Spirit has not manifested himself in recent years, and has only given small-scale gifts.

According to clan records, thousands of years ago, when the Holy Spirit frequently manifested and blessed, there were even six ranks within the clan.

Although there is the blessing of the Holy Spirit, it is still not easy to advance from the fourth rank to the fifth rank. Not every generation of hunter priests can stand out and advance to the fifth rank.

Yu Cheng had lost most of its feathers, and its two fleshy wings looked wrinkled and wobbly.

"The Great Shamanic Ritual".

After landing, Yu Cheng did not kneel down directly at the altar. Instead, he first paid his respects to the High Priest before kneeling down.

As a fifth-order individual, he did not need to kneel before the old priest; he knelt before the Holy Spirit.

“I sent Yu Bo into the Juyue Mountains to find the auspicious beast, and then I sent Xuan Chi with the Luo Tian Tower to find Yu Bo and the others and bring back the offerings, but Yu Bo and the others have not returned yet.”

The old priest took out the jade slip that Xuan Chi had brought back earlier, and also mentioned that Yu Bo might have encountered trouble in the Juyue Mountains.

Yu Cheng nodded.

"High Priest, rest assured, if Yu Bo is still alive, I will do everything in my power to bring them back from the Giant Mountain Range."

After reviewing the contents of the jade slip, Yu Cheng thought for a moment and then said, "I'll go get the offerings first, and then..."

At this point, he looked at Yu Qing and the others.

No wonder they wanted him to come out of seclusion; the seven peak-level Divine Realm warriors were suddenly reduced to only two.

If Yu Bo and his group were to be wiped out in the Juyue Mountains, it would be a devastating blow to the clan.

Then, Yu Cheng pointed at Yu Qing, "You come with me and bring back the offerings."

"Let them all go with you. Have Yu'ang and Yu Fei bring back the offerings, and Yu Qing and Yu Chi go with you into the Giant Mountain Range. If anything happens, they can send a message back to the clan."

In the past, catching sacrificial offerings was a smooth process, and we didn't feel that communication was inconvenient.

However, after two consecutive incidents that went beyond his control, the old priest realized that the communication difficulties were a major problem.

Yu Cheng nodded. Yu Qing and Yu Chi were at the peak of the Divine Realm, and their presence in the mountains would be somewhat helpful.

The jade slip records that Yuling was killed by the Bo tribe of the Northern Lands, which shows that the Bo tribe was not weak.

The reason the High Priest had someone bring a fifth-tier Luo Tian Pagoda to Yu Bo was because Yu Bo and the others were at the peak of the fourth tier.

Four peak fourth-tier warriors plus a fifth-tier magical artifact would be an absolute annihilation blow to a human tribe.

As expected of the old shaman, he is mature and prudent, and his actions are always steady and reliable.

If it weren't for the wild beasts of the Giant Mountain Range that caused Yu Bo and the others to be missing, the offerings might have been brought back long ago, and he wouldn't have needed to take action.

As a fifth-tier martial artist, Yu Cheng didn't care whether this tribe was strong or not, since it wasn't as strong as him anyway.

Yu Ang and Yu Fei are both in the late stage of the Divine Treasure Realm. Once he captures the offerings, he will be able to bring them back.

He then led two other juniors into the Juyue Mountains to investigate the whereabouts of Yu Bo and the others.

Then, the group of five spread their wings and flew out of the cave.

"Follow me to retrieve the offerings first, then we'll head to the Giant Mountain Range."

The four Divine Treasure Realm Hunters nodded and spread their wings to follow behind Yu Cheng.

(End of this chapter)