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

Chapter 296 Ancestral Land Concept!

Building such a magnificent palace atop the Juyue Mountains, with countless pillars of starlight falling down, wouldn't they be afraid of the wild beasts lurking in the Juyue Mountains?

Although the tribal chiefs came from various parts of Yongyi, none of them were unaware that the Juyue Mountains were the territory of wild beasts.

The old tortoise continued its journey and slowly landed in the southern part of the tribe's territory, on the plaza in front of the main hall used for receiving guests.

Only now could everyone truly appreciate the grandeur and magnificence of the main hall, surrounded by mountains and dotted with pavilions.

Hanging from the eaves of the main hall are shamanic lamps that resemble 'little suns,' each of which is a fourth-tier shamanic artifact.

After disembarking from the giant tortoise, Yan Wanyun and the Earl of Jishan led the group up the steps from the plaza to the jade platform outside the main hall.

Boom boom boom!
On the jade platform outside the main hall, Huoshan was wearing a fifth-tier battle suit embroidered with the sun, moon, and stars, along with Lu Wu, Huo Yuan Wuwen, and a black bull about ten feet in size lying beside him.

This bull has thick, curved horns and looks quite ordinary at first glance, but a second look reveals its untamed nature, and its eyes blaze with black flames.

This is the Xuanhuo Wild Ox, the only fourth-tier wild beast among the many wild beasts under Chihuo Luwu's command that has the potential to advance to the fifth tier.

We are currently at the peak of the fourth tier.

His body was covered in strange beastly fire, which was no less powerful than Lu Wu's supreme yang fire.

To get this old ox to follow the volcano, Shen Can naturally paid a price.

He agreed to help the old ox advance to the fifth rank, and the old ox agreed to become the guardian beast of the Blazing Flame Tribe.

"I am the Lord of the Blazing Flame Clan, and I welcome you all."

Upon hearing Huotang refer to himself as "this old man," Huoshan felt that it was inappropriate for someone so young to be in such a formal setting.

In an instant, all seven hundred or so Divine Realm warriors turned their gaze toward the volcano.

At this moment, Volcano stood in front of the giant hall. The small sun hanging on the eaves of the hall was extremely bright, which made the place where he stood relatively dark.

Many of the dukes looked up and saw the volcano under the lamplight, its imposing aura immediately becoming overwhelming.

"Greetings, Lord Zhiyan."

"Greetings, Lord Bo!"

A group of people spoke up, and among the many earls, there were a few with the title of "earl" or "marquis".

The leader of the various lords was regarded as a regional lord, and could also be called a lord or marquis.

Since the time of the Marquis of Yongshan eight thousand years ago, no one in the land of Yongyi has dared to call themselves a Marquis.

This title isn't something you can just call anyone.

But it seems normal for someone to address someone as "Lord" at this moment.

After all, the lord of Yongyi, whether he liked it or not, has now come to the Zhiyan tribe.

Since the time of the Marquis of Yongshan, Zhiyan is the first tribe with the power to summon all the tribes.

"I've gathered everyone here to discuss how to fulfill the last wishes of the Marquis. As a fourth-level martial artist, I would never dare to use the name of the Marquis."

Volcano remained completely calm. The clan had anticipated this title long ago, and he had made preparations accordingly.

Among so many powerful figures, there are bound to be a few who are skilled at slander and flattery.

"You have all been working hard for a long time. Please rest for a few days in my scorching heat. We will meet again after you have rested."

After meeting with the various chieftains, Huoshan arranged for his people to lead them down to rest.

The clan already knew how many nobles had been received, and therefore arrangements for their reception had been made long ago.

Every martial artist who came to guide them was also a ninth-level Heavenly Vein martial artist, wearing third-tier battle armor and piloting a flying boat.

As the tribal chiefs rose into the air aboard their flying boats, the palace complex became increasingly clear in everyone's eyes, with tribal soldiers riding azure phoenixes flying by.

Passing by a place where a starlight array was activated, one could see a giant tortoise lying coiled up. Although it was much smaller than the old black tortoise they were riding, it was still over a hundred feet in size.

Traveling westward for thousands of miles, one encounters rolling mountains, with palaces standing tall along the contours of the land.

Lord Jusha and the elders disembarked from the flying boat and looked up to see the words 'Jusha' written on the palace plaque.

The palace was surrounded by common witchcraft plants, and a stone path paved with blue jade led directly to the palace gate.

"Seniors, this is the Great Sand Palace. If you need anything, you can call me directly through the communication tower inside the palace."

Yan Song, who was leading the way, bowed to the two leaders of the Giant Sand Lord and then steered the flying boat toward a giant mountain in the distance. On the top of the giant mountain was a palace where the clan soldiers rested.

When the Lord of the Great Sands entered the palace, he soon saw the communication tower, a small tower about a foot high, its entire body shimmering with magical light.

He subconsciously immersed his divine sense into it, only to feel that the interior was extremely mysterious and profound.

But if you ask me to explain how powerful it is, I really can't. I just feel like I've never seen this kind of witchcraft before.

"Chief, can this thing transmit messages?"

Elder Jusha stared blankly at the communication tower, somewhat incredulous.

Looking around Yongyi, it's not that there are no means of communication, but as for using witchcraft to send messages, not only have you seen it, but you've never even heard of it.

"We'll know once we find an opportunity to try."

As the head of the clan, Lord Jusha wanted to try, but he held back.

Saving face is important.

……

"Seniors, this is the Great Wilderness Palace."

Lin Yue led the Great Wilderness Lord and Lei Wanche to the Great Wilderness Palace.

To receive these visitors, Zhiyan built over a thousand grand halls. While not particularly ornate, each hall was decorated with patterns of the sun, moon, mountains, and wild beasts.

These palaces won't be abandoned after they're used up. It's likely that more warriors from the Bo tribe will come to Zhiyan in the future, and perhaps even these thousand palaces won't be enough.

On Lei Wanche's shoulder, a palm-sized Cloud Thunder Wild Eagle blinked its eyes and scanned the surroundings, seemingly sensing its kind.

This also caught Lei Wanche's attention. Instead of following the Great Wilderness Earl into the main hall, he stood outside and looked around at the mountains.

Under the cover of night, the mountains resembled crouching giant beasts, with streaks of light flashing across them.

"Does your department have any birds of prey nearby?"

Lin Yue continued, "Senior, our clan has several fourth-tier flying beasts that may have passed by nearby and attracted your attention."

Lei Wanche nodded, gently patted the wild eagle to make it behave, and walked towards the palace.

He did not enter the main hall, but instead chose a side hall and slammed the door shut.

……

Outside the main hall, after the tribal chiefs had left, Huoshan looked at the chief of Jishan and Yan Wanyun.

"Thank you for your hard work, both of you."

Lord Jishan looked up at the main hall and said, "They've even used fourth-tier magical artifacts to make lamps. It's been several years since I last saw them, and the changes are so great."

"I've prepared some good wine. Let's have a drink, and tell me about what happened on the way."

Volcano grabbed one person with each hand and headed towards a side hall.

Inside the hall, bronze cauldrons were already steaming, and wine jars had been opened, filling the air with a rich aroma of wine.

"Here, let me toast you both."

Volcano grabbed the wine jar, gestured to the two, including the Earl of Jishan, and then gulped down the wine.

……

At this moment, after the old black tortoise put the person down, it went deep into the territory of its clan.

Shen Can's seven disciples, along with a group of the clan's shamans, had been waiting for the old black tortoise's arrival. As the old black tortoise landed, the clan's shamans, initially astonished by its enormous size, quickly recovered and began busily tending to it.

Previously, they had wiped out a large number of Huan Tou tribes in the southern border of Yongyi, captured some Huan Tou tribe prisoners, and obtained some of the witchcraft tools and implements used by the Huan Tou tribe.

“Give us the Huan Tou tribe’s books, ritual objects, and ceremonial implements. Oh, and we also need some of the armor they wear for research.”

“Give us the remains.”

"The witchcraft artifact, give the witchcraft artifact to us."

"We want the living, give us the living."

The items brought back from the Huan Tou tribe were quickly divided up.

At this moment, inside a magnificent hall.

The hall was brightly lit, and countless silk threads hung down from the beams, with a jade slip hanging from each thread.

Each jade slip is engraved with the name of a different Bo tribe.

The cultivation level of each tribal chief, their approximate age range, and the attribute they cultivated were all recorded in the jade slip.

In addition, it was also initially identified which of these tribes harbored ulterior motives and were dishonest.

Along the way, the clone and the rest of the Blazing Flame Clan were not just playing around; they had already been separated.

Along the way, having stayed together for several years, these tribal chiefs naturally established contact and communication with the tribes they were closer to.

These exchanges and visits reveal an interesting division among the various lords of Yongyi, primarily based on geographical regions.

The brothers, who lived in the same area, interacted the most and lived in close proximity.

The chieftains of the various tribes, such as the Giant Wilderness and Giant Sand, flocked to them.

Besides the regional distinctions among the groups, some of the chieftains of the Xiaobo tribes also formed several gangs.

Jishan Bozhu, Yan Wanyun, and several human tribes in southern Xinjiang who fought against the Huan Tou tribe naturally felt a sense of closeness.

The same applies to Shen Can; perhaps it's because they both fought against alien races, so they instinctively feel a connection.

Along the way, the Earl of Jishan, Yan Wanyun, and several tribes in the Southern Frontier frequently visited and contacted each other, as did Yan Jiang and his group.

Of course, Yan Jiang and several other members of the third generation of the clan also visited each of the other elders.

Back when Shen Can traveled through Yongyi, he noticed that the influence of temples and shrines was declining among the various tribes in Yongyi.

This is very different from the blazing fire, because the temples of other tribes are unable to undertake the important task of guiding the sacrificial spirits and proclaiming the cultivation methods, which has led to a significant decline in the influence of the temples.

This gave the tribal chiefs absolute control over the tribes.

It's not that the clan chief can't have absolute authority, but rather that the temple's proper function hasn't been fulfilled.

After the chieftain took control of the tribe, the importance of sacrifices gradually became superficial and no longer affected the development of the tribe.

This means that one can roughly judge the mental state of each tribe's people by observing the cultivation of the tribal chief.

People pursue martial arts and treat sacrificial rites as a habit, no longer thinking about the deeper meaning of sacrificial rites.

Of the more than 700 Divine Realm warriors in the Bo tribe, only 253 have been passed down through two generations.

Only 47 of them have been passed down for more than five generations.

More than half of the Bo tribes are first-generation Bo tribes, and they cannot cultivate second-generation successors.

Besides the difficulty of advancing in the Divine Treasury realm, another reason for this is the suppression by the powerful Bo tribe in the original territory.

Once a tribe has been passed down to the second generation, the first thing it should do is suppress other nearby tribes that have accidentally risen to the rank of tribe.

Not to mention, those clans that have been passed down for three generations or more are even more likely to do so.

Based on the data observed, Shen Can categorized the various tribal leaders into three types: usable, capable of being used, and to be used with caution.

The only available tribes are the Changhuan, Zhishui, Qianshan, and Qianhu tribes in the southern border region of Yongyi, totaling less than twenty.

Most of the able-bodied people are from the first generation of the Bo tribe, and they want to pass on their legacy more than anyone else.

In particular, the Blazing Flame Tribe has essentially rescued those tribes that were already under the control of powerful chieftains.

If they can be given the hope of passing on their legacy, most of these people will still give it a shot.

Those who use caution include the Bo tribes such as Juhuang, Jusha, Jiuyang, Qianze, and Xiashan, which possess late-stage and mid-stage Divine Treasure.

These tribes have been passed down for generations, occupying a large amount of resources in their respective territories and commanding many tribes.

A long period of peaceful inheritance is like an octopus attaching itself to the nearby land and drawing resources from vassal tribes, thus ensuring its long-term survival. They are the ones who least want to move.

Getting them moving again will require some effort.

Especially for this alliance meeting, Zhiyan brought together all the fourth-tier clans within their sphere of influence, which must have been because they harbored resentment.

Shen Can naturally has plenty of ways to deal with people who harbor resentment.

Anyone who dares to cause trouble will be sent by his subordinates to be the vanguard and withstand the first wave of attacks from the ants.

Inside the main hall, besides the silk-threaded jade plaques hanging there, there was also a table.

On the animal skin paper on the table were written the words "sacrifice," "conquest," "imperial decree," and "rewards and punishments."

Shen Can did not simply define Zhiyan's expansion as a normal conquest and occupation of territory.

In terms of territory, the two areas of Yongyi and Dai alone are enough for the current development of the human races in both places.

Tianze, east of Yongyi, and Yunhe Valley, northeast of Yongyi, both suffered heavy losses from the plague released by Feiyi many years ago.

So many years have passed, there must not be many living beings in these two places anymore, and these places can all be places for humans to migrate and live.

It's easier to clear land that has at least some signs of habitation than to go directly to barren mountains and wilderness to reclaim wasteland.

Shen Can plans to use this campaign to establish rules governing conquest, sacrifices, imperial decrees, and punishments, ensuring the continued growth of the Blazing Flame.

In his view, a certain tribe should not be granted the rights of conquest, land reclamation, or exile, and therefore has no right to be called ancestral land.

Of course, even after taking over Dai, he would not grant it any fiefdom.

Although the land has been occupied by the earthworms for many years, the human race has never stopped passing on its traditions, so it can be considered fertile land.

Even if they were to be enfeoffed, they should be sent to the wilderness so that the various tribes could further expand the land where the human race could live.

To achieve this goal, the subsequent conquests are crucial, and a clear system of rewards and punishments must be implemented.

Back when Zhiyan was still very weak, Huozhang served as a temple guard for a period of time, in charge of punishments within the clan and its vassal tribes.

Now that he has become the Grand Elder, he is also temporarily acting as the clan's punishment elder.

Being a punishment elder is not easy; besides inspiring awe, it also incurs resentment.

After all, those who are punished often don't look for problems within themselves.

This war has triggered such a massive conflict that it is truly necessary to have a clerk, someone who is not afraid to offend anyone, whether it be the Blazing Flame Clan or any other tribe.

Currently, the Blazing Flame Tribe doesn't have a suitable person. Yan Wanyun is not suitable, nor is the Earl of Jishan.

It's not a matter of ability; it's that these two older brothers see things too clearly.

Just like Yan Wan back then, before the Jinbo tribe was even established, Yan Wan and Yun Ziliu ran away ahead of time.

Lord Jishan didn't run away, but unexpectedly he lay down right from the start.

The two men can serve as garrison soldiers and command allied forces, but they cannot serve as the punishment officers.

Shen Can thought of Lei Wanche, this martial artist who cultivated thunder magic. Was he truly like the thunder he cultivated, capable of destroying all evil?

If he can do that, he can be entrusted with an important task and join the ranks of the penal officers.

(End of this chapter)