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

Chapter 291 The Terrifying Family Background of Blazing Flame

After Huoshan and Huozhang arrived, they handed over the statistics on the current development of Zhiyan to Shen Can.

Shen Can had previously asked the clan to compile development data so that he could know the next steps for development.

Now that we know the Holy Spirit is still alive, we should make a plan for the future.

Once the Holy Spirit awakens, the seventh-tier Xuan Bird will be able to mobilize the power of heaven and earth, leaving nowhere to run.

This is like having a sword hanging over your head, ready to fall at any moment.

"There are so many people."

Shen Can looked at the animal parchment containing the statistical data brought by Huoshan and Huozhang, and was somewhat surprised after taking a look.

"Yes, our clan can reproduce."

Huo Zhang responded with a smile, "Currently, as of the day of the statistics, the clan has a total of 9,523,637 people, including the newborn babies."

The generational naming system has progressed from the Yan generation down to the sixth generation: Chen, Ming, and Kui. It's estimated that the seventh generation, the Cang generation, will be born soon.

More than a hundred years have passed since the generational names were agreed upon back then. When Lao Miaotao and several other clan elders were still alive, they decided on the generational name Yan.

Shen Can understood what was going on as soon as he saw the generational names; it turned out that the generational names were arranged according to the principles of fire, earth, metal, water, and wood.

"This was determined during this census within the clan."

Volcano spoke up, "What do you think, A-Can? If it doesn't work, we'll try something else."

"No need to change it, it's fine as it is."

Shen Can didn't care about the generational order, but he was quite satisfied with the order that the clan had come up with.

As Shen Can continued reading, he saw that during his more than twenty years of seclusion, the clan's development had indeed experienced an explosive surge.

The number of guardian beasts has increased from the original six to include three more: a cassia rabbit, a small dragonfish, and a blue phoenix sparrow, bringing the total to nine.

The number of Divine Realm warriors has seen a major surge, reaching twenty-five. Among the older generation are Huoshan, Huozhang, and Tiandan, while the new generation includes Yan Jiang, Yan Song, and others.

Oh, and there's Yan Wanyun. Although Yan Wanyun hasn't said he joined the Blazing Flame Tribe, he hasn't said he'll lead his people away from Blazing Flame either.

It turns out that the hundreds of thousands of survivors of the Yanran tribe had already been integrated into the Zhiyan tribe.

It seems that this situation has been accepted by default.

The number of clansmen with quasi-divine level combat power has reached 133.

Oh right, I forgot to mention the Three Elders of Luoshui.

For so many years, he has diligently served as the cornerstone of the Divine Treasury for the Blazing Flame Clan. Although his strength is at the bottom of the Divine Treasury, he can still be considered a Divine Treasury warrior of Blazing Flame.

There was one more fourth-tier wizard, Yan Ling, who surpassed his master, Huo Yun, by advancing to the fourth tier earlier.

Below the Divine Treasure Realm, there's the Heavenly Vein Realm...

After Shen Can finished reading the numbers, he slammed the animal skin scroll down onto the table.

"Temple, you read that right."

Huo Zhang spoke up, "If you hadn't asked us to take stock of the clan's resources, we wouldn't have noticed."

"There are currently 3,573,697 members of the Heavenly Vein Realm."

"As you know, encouraging childbirth is our tribal policy. Even though we experienced migrations of our tribes during that time, these were not due to large-scale wars, plagues, or other natural disasters."

In addition, the tribe had always practiced witch doctors and attached great importance to women's childbirth, so very few babies died young and most of them survived.

Then, these children have all grown up and caught a good time, with good talent and abundant resources.

Since being promoted to the rank of Earl, almost all clansmen who have reached the age of fifty, unless their talent is too poor, have cultivated to the Heavenly Vein Realm.

Shen Can looked at the statistics again. Looking across the entire Great Wilderness, he thought that only a rapidly rising tribe like the Blazing Flame would have such a terrifying tribal structure.

Shen Can carefully examined the cultivation data of these clansmen and discovered that many of them had advanced to the ninth level of the Heavenly Vein Realm during the more than twenty years that he had been in seclusion.

Even more people advanced to the Heavenly Vein level, as if a floodgate had been opened, all in one go.

In fact, the entire Blazing Flame Tribe has only emerged from the mountains and forests a little over a hundred years ago.

In other words, the oldest members of the Blazing Flame Clan are only two hundred years old.

These people, all over two hundred years old, were recruited by Zhiyan during the last time he consolidated the scattered forces.

Such people are few and far between. Back in the era of the 'Three Fires' tribe, when they were hunted by the Xiaoyang tribe, most of the older people who were trying to protect their descendants suffered at the hands of the Xiaoyang.

Based on their years of cultivation, they are practically the strongest laborers in the clan.

What elderly people? The young people in my tribe are frightening.

Especially the very first generation of the Blazing Flame clan, who missed the era of Blazing Flame's development, but they had many children afterward and are now catching up with it.

They were all at the Heavenly Vein Realm. Those with less talent might be stuck at the Mountain Opening Realm in other tribes, but in the Blazing Flame Tribe, they were all at the Heavenly Vein Realm.

Over the years, Zhiyan has had ample resources, including cultivation methods and resources, making it easier for him to advance in the Heavenly Vein realm.

Of these, about one-third were at the late stage of the Heavenly Vein realm, and importantly, they were not very old.

However, this is not the most important thing. What is terrifying is that among this group of young Heavenly Vein warriors, a number of them have already cultivated to the ninth level of the Heavenly Vein realm.

Theoretically, anyone under 100 years old has the potential to advance to the Divine Realm.

Even if they didn't have enough primordial energy when they advanced to the Heavenly Vein level, they weren't like the old patriarch Huo Tang, who advanced with the lowest level of primordial energy.

Even excluding those whose Desolate Power was insufficient before advancing to the Heavenly Vein, there is still a large number of clansmen who possess more than 65 Desolate Power before advancing to the Heavenly Vein.

Especially the Yan generation of clansmen, they happened to catch up with the great development of the tribe, with resources provided by the clansmen and the help of their parents and relatives, and their strength training before the Mountain Opening Realm was quite solid.

The fact that Elder Huo Zhang was promoted first, and Tian Dan forcibly broke through the barrier and was severely injured, but both successfully advanced to the Divine Realm, is a living example.

The clan's previous development seemed to have ushered in a period of explosive growth, but it turns out that the clan members' advancements were just a prelude, and the real highlight is yet to come.

“There are too many temples and shrines. I secretly checked the numbers while I was counting them.”

At this moment, Huo Zhang spoke again. After completing the statistics and seeing the data, he was also startled.

Once a martial artist cultivates to the ninth level of the Heavenly Meridian, who wouldn't aspire to reach the Divine Treasure Realm?

Besides, it's not like there's no chance. Even if the chance is slim, there are living examples within the clan.

"Many people are eager to try their luck in the Divine Treasure Realm, but they are all too young."

Huo Zhang didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

Even if so many people tried it once, they still wouldn't have enough resources even if they sold the Blazing Flame.

This is not just one or two people, but hundreds of thousands of people coming in continuously. If this situation is suppressed, it can easily cause unrest within the clan.

"It would be dangerous to keep so many people in the tribe. I have already arranged for some of them to be stationed there."

At this moment, Volcano also spoke up, saying that he could also sense the problem.

As the clan leader, how could I not help a clansman who has the potential to advance to the Divine Realm?

As he spoke, Volcano shook his head, "I hadn't noticed it before, I just thought there were quite a few Heavenly Vein Realm warriors in the clan, but I didn't expect it to be not just a few, but too many."

"There are young people everywhere, and they cultivate quickly. The fourth level is a major hurdle, and now they're all stuck here." "This isn't some divine treasure; it's clearly the Dragon Gate!"

“I feel that if we don’t make preparations soon, they will definitely come looking for me, the clan chief, in a few years.”

"Sigh, when I first became the chieftain, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to lead the tribe to develop. Now, things are so much better, it's developing too fast."

Volcano felt he hadn't done much, so why was the clan's celestial vein rising so rapidly?

Encouraging childbirth is not wrong, is it?

Strengthening your training is definitely the right thing to do.

The clansmen were truly obedient; at night they would wrestle loudly on the kang (heated brick bed), and during the day they would diligently practice their arts and do their work.

Then, that was it.

It seems I'll have to find a chance to catch up with Brother Tang.

Sitting behind his desk, Shen Can was somewhat relieved that he had promptly assessed the strength of his clan; otherwise, a later response might have led to serious problems.

The Divine Treasury is like a dam. The Blazing Flame Tribe has opened up the waterways of the three stages before the Divine Treasury Realm: Rock Splitting, Mountain Opening, and Heavenly Vein, which has allowed the tribesmen to cultivate at a rapid pace. Now, they are all stuck in front of the Divine Treasury Dam.

If we don't clear the blockage, it will only get worse, preventing advancement in cultivation levels and naturally leading to internal changes within the clan.

Just as Volcano and Fire Chapter thought, this matter is truly both exciting and nerve-wracking.

The tribe is naturally happy about its rapid development, but now with so many Heavenly Vein Warriors and a hundred Quasi-Gods who can be promoted at any time, how will they allocate resources to their people?

If this problem cannot be solved, as time goes by, those at the ninth level of the Heavenly Vein Realm will still be stuck before advancing to the Divine Treasury Realm, while those at the sixth, seventh, or eighth levels of the Heavenly Vein Realm will have already cultivated to the ninth level.

If you're asking why it's only your Blazing Flame Clan that can cultivate step by step to the ninth level of the Heavenly Vein Realm, then why can't the other clans in Yongyi, with so many other human tribes, do the same?

To be honest, the problem with the other tribes isn't that the people are incompetent, but rather that the tribes themselves are incompetent.

Are there over a million sorcerers and wizards assisting?

Is there a grand formation that can draw upon the stars to transform the five elements' source power?
Currently, within the Blazing Flame Tribe's grand formation, there are areas where low-level Celestial Vein warriors can directly absorb source energy for cultivation.

With the addition of witchcraft pills, cultivation becomes extremely fast.

"Then let's prepare for a battle."

Shen Can has no other choice now. There are many people in his clan, but they all cultivated step by step. Under these circumstances, they must undergo the tempering of blood and fire.

Only in this way can one's will become strong, which will help in advancing to the Divine Treasury.

Given the current situation, war is inevitable.

Their combat strength is too abundant.

Promotion requires experience and resources, so it can only be achieved through external expansion.

The elders of the Volcano and Fire Chapter clans shared this view; such powerful forces hiding in the mountains could easily lead to problems.

The only way is through external expansion.

Shen Can continued looking at the statistics.

Compared to the development of martial arts, the development of the clan's wizards has not lagged behind, although apart from him, the clan has only recently promoted one fourth-tier great wizard.

However, the number of third-tier great witches has already reached more than 2,800, and there are more than 700 peak third-tier witches.

In other words, although the number of peak third-tier wizards is not as exaggerated as that of ninth-level Heavenly Vein warriors, there is still a strong trend of urgently needing to advance.

Currently, there are over 500,000 sorcerers in the tribe. If we add the ordinary tribespeople who can assist the sorcerers, the number reaches nearly 2 million, accounting for more than one-fifth of the tribe's population.

After dealing with the situation of the clan members, the next step is to control the external subjects within the clan.

Currently, Zhiyan controls eleven markets in the nine regions of Yongyi, including four in Ji, plus seven in Aoshan, Bifang, Qingyang, Tianzheng, Changyou, Zhuyan, and Luoshui.

These eleven markets served multiple functions, acting as both a bridgehead for Zhiyan to suppress vassal tribes in various regions and a center for trade, land reclamation, and exchange.

Bifang City, for example, is now the forging city of Yongyi, and its reputation is even greater than when Bifang was still around.

The regions where these garrisoned cities are located have more than 5,000 vassal tribes, and more than 400 of them are titled "Earl".

Currently, there are still seventeen Divine Realm warriors stationed in the tribe.

It can be said that at this moment, the number of vassal subjects under the command of the Blazing Flame Earl's tribe has already exceeded one hundred million.

"Next, we need to thoroughly understand the situation in various parts of Yongyi, including Dai, so that we can know ourselves and our enemy before we expand outwards."

Volcano and Fire Chapter nodded.

After the two left, Shen Can looked at the statistics again, and then gave an instruction to A Yu who was guarding outside the door.

Putting everything else aside, Ah Yu has already cultivated to the ninth level of the Heavenly Vein Realm, and he's only a little over a hundred years old.

Placed in the various tribes of Yongyi, this would be their prime years.

There are hundreds of thousands, even millions, of young people who are decades younger than Ah Yu, who are in their prime. And as time goes by, this number will double in the next one or two decades. So we need to find a way to release them.

"Ayu, go and call Ajun over."

Huo Yun quickly steered the flying boat to the square outside the ancestral temple and entered the side hall.

"Master, are you looking for me?"

"The number of sorcerers in our clan has increased so much in recent years. Are the children of our clan really that talented?"

This was the thought that came to Shen Can after he saw that there were more than 500,000 witch followers in his clan.

This means that out of less than twenty people, one in the tribe has a talent for witchcraft.

There are fewer than three thousand third-tier wizards, but there are more than seven hundred peak third-tier wizards.

This ratio is a bit high; it doesn't conform to the principles of cultivation.

“Master, I was negligent and failed to notice the problem. I will go and find the reason now.”

Huo Yun left in a hurry.

After returning home, Huo Yun began to review the cultivation records of the clan's shamans, and returned to report to Shen Can in less than three days.

"Master, we've found the reason. It might be related to the Star Array that our clan has been building in recent years."

"I looked through the data and found that about 60% of the newly promoted sorcerers were the auxiliary clansmen who helped to inscribe the Star-Guiding Array."

Master also knows that our great formation is in the process of being modified and has never been finalized. Therefore, it often needs to be maintained and adjusted, and these clansmen often work near the great formation.

These wizards who have advanced to the peak of the third tier are all members of the clan who participated in the construction and maintenance of the great formation.

Compared to ordinary tribespeople, these shamans almost always lived and ate near the star-guiding array to maintain its normal operation.

“Master, in these three days, I also found dozens of wizards who participated in building the Star-Attracting Array.”

According to everyone's descriptions, the ordinary tribesmen who used to assist the wizards have become much more intelligent over the years. They can now successfully draw some new runes without having to describe them many times as before.

Furthermore, among the children born to clansmen living near the Star-Attracting Array, the proportion possessing talent for witchcraft increased several times over.

(End of this chapter)