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

Chapter 316 Remnants of a Fifth-Order Great Witch
The first explicit decree of the Horde Alliance to expand outwards will be enshrined in the Alliance's Temple of Heroes.

This newly built Alliance Temple of Heroes was originally intended to honor those who died fighting for humanity.

All those who die in human wars will have a shrine made and enshrined in the Temple of Heroes, where they will be worshipped by the various tribes of the human race.

At the same time, wizards from various departments were selected to serve as priests in the Temple of Heroes.

This was one of the agreements agreed upon at the first meeting, but it has not been taken seriously over the years.

Over the years, the people who died in battle, including those who pacified Yongyi, killed Xiangliu, and conquered the Huantou tribe, were habitually buried back in their respective tribes.

Next, we need to take this matter seriously and hold a grand ceremony to commemorate the various human tribes who died in battles to pacify Yongyi and fight against foreign races since the first alliance meeting.

It was clearly proclaimed to all tribes of Yongyi that all those who had expanded the territory of the human race and protected the reproduction of the people were qualified to enter the Temple of Heroes and receive incense offerings.

Take the Great Wilderness Lord for example. This old fellow has a lot of problems, but what if he dies in battle one day in the future while conquering the Earth Fools in the Dai region?

Then, Shen Can could erase all the things that happened to him before his death.

His divine status was enshrined in the Alliance's Temple of Heroes, where he was worshipped by the Alliance's human race.

If he dared to fight to the death against a fifth-tier earth ant, the Temple of Heroes would be happy to open a small shrine for him, and a priest would be specially assigned to clean and sweep it.

At that time, the Temple of Heroes will write a biography for him, and his name will be passed down among the human race.

At that moment, the Great Wilderness Lord suddenly felt a chill. He looked around but didn't sense anything was wrong.

Although the first edict for opening up and defending the territory has been finalized, there are still many detailed matters to be done, requiring further discussion and arrangements.

Everyone will still need to stay at the alliance headquarters for some time.

Given the profound impact of this Divine Treasury Conference, everyone is to temporarily return to their respective palaces to rest, digest the news, and then we will rearrange specific matters.

After making arrangements for the various tribal chiefs, Huoshan returned to the clan temple.

In the enormous clan hall, a figure appeared somewhat small. He stood with his hands behind his back, examining the beast patterns on the thick pillars.

When the volcano entered the main hall, it was stunned to see this figure.

"Brother Tang!"

Looking at the now much larger and more imposing Volcano, who exuded an invisible but powerful aura, Huotang couldn't help but tease, "Alliance Leader, you're becoming more and more imposing."

Volcano stopped outside the hall, looked around, and found that Huotang was the only person in the hall, and there was no one else around.

He jumped into the main hall and rushed towards the fire tower, giving it a bear hug.

"Brother Tang, I'm so tired!"

Huotang was so overwhelmed by the powerful hug from the volcano that he could hardly breathe. But when he heard the volcano's words, he instinctively tried to push the volcano's hand away, but ended up patting the volcano's back instead.

"Brother A-Tang, now that you're back, will you go to Daidi again?"

The volcanic bear hugged the firebox as if it had found a harbor to dock its ship.

"Alright, let me go first. Don't you know your own limitations?"

The volcano then realized what was happening and quickly released the firebox.

"Brother A-Tang, it's been so long since I've seen you, I'm so excited."

Huo Tang stretched his body. If Huo Shan had used any more of his blood energy, he would have been sent to his death prematurely.

"I wonder if the Alliance Commander needs a follower?"

The volcano immediately realized, "We're desperately short of them."

Huotang was quite satisfied with what Huoshan said, at least Huoshan didn't say that he would no longer be the clan leader and asked him to come back as the clan leader.

Huotang knows about Huoshan's affairs within the tribe over the years, and it's clear that Huoshan has been working hard to learn and has made great progress in handling tribe affairs.

But the Blazing Flame is no longer just a simple tribe; it now faces even greater challenges.

So, he came back.

"Brother A-Tang, you're back. What about the Dai-Di situation?"

“We have millions of soldiers in this region, as well as the Star Mountain camp. I am just a mere Heavenly Vein Warrior. One more or one less makes no difference to me.”

"By the way, Brother A-Tang, come and see. This is a covenant for expansion and protection of the clan, which was established by most of the warriors of Yongyi."

The volcano took out the covenant marked by the warriors of the gods and spread it out on the table.

Huotang looked at the marks left on it, his eyes filled with emotion.

He looked at the volcano again and sighed.

How could there be no regrets?

He had ambition but lacked the necessary cultivation level to support it, while Ah Shan was quite good at cultivation, but he was also forced into it.

Judging from the way Ah Shan seemed to want to strangle him just now, it's clear that Volcano isn't happy being the clan chief.

Hopefully, in a few decades, the third generation of young people in the clan will grow up.

"How are those young people like Yan Jiang and Yan Song doing?"

"That kid A-Jiang is pretty good. He has already advanced to the mid-stage of the Divine Treasure Realm. A-Song is also about to advance to the mid-stage of the Divine Treasure Realm. There are almost eight hundred Divine Treasure Realm warriors in our clan now."

"Then, while I'm still alive, I'll let more young people go out and gain experience."

"Let's go. Next, I'll need you, the Alliance Leader, to show this old man around."

"Okay, Brother Tang."

Just like more than a hundred years ago, when the scorching heat was still in the mountains and forests, this is how the volcano answered the fire.

……

Shen Can naturally knew that Huo Tang had returned.

Now that the Alliance has moved in, Huotang can naturally return to his clan and come back to help Huoshan.

Shen Can did not intend to continue listening to the discussions within the alliance, and therefore prepared to return to the ancestral temple.

While passing through the mountains and fields within the clan's territory, they heard the sound of dragons roaring.

hold head high!
In the mountains and fields, the galloping herd of beasts was startled by the dragon's roar, and their originally orderly formation immediately became crooked and disorganized.

That sound is definitely from a baby arowana.

In mid-air, a dragon spewed clouds and mist, moving freely, its body constantly growing larger and smaller.

Beside them, a blue phoenix, its body radiating a bluish light, was also dancing in the wind.

At this moment, the little dragonfish's fish form is fading, and its four short legs are pawing at the clouds, which looks rather comical.

The little dragonfish, riding the clouds, saw Shen Can returning from afar and went straight to greet him.

"Temple, howl!"

The little dragonfish shrank to a foot in size, shaking the dragon horns on its head.

"Quickly touch my dragon horns."

Shen Can immediately noticed the changes in the little dragonfish; it had advanced to the mid-stage of the fourth rank, and a surge of dragon power was surging within its body.

This creature's frolicking within the clan's territory wasn't intentional; rather, it was due to the surging dragon energy within its body, which made it unable to lie still and forced it to wander around aimlessly.

"Hehe, the Hall of War Merit said that I have made great contributions to the creation of clouds and rain over the years, and I also happen to have the Xiangliu Flesh Pill containing dragon power, so I went to exchange for it."

"The dragon power contained within this Xiangliu flesh core is really impressive; it boosted me to the mid-stage of the fourth rank in one go."

"Great temple, you have discerning eyes, quickly see if I have the appearance of a true dragon."

"Those little guys whose genitals you touched back then are now either gods or great shamans. Hurry up and touch me."

"Chirp!"

A little sparrow flying nearby raised its wings to cover its eyes, but then realized that this wouldn't do and it would fall, so it flapped its wings and flew away.

Shen Can grabbed the little dragonfish by the tail, lifted it up, head down, and gently shook it.

In an instant, the surging dragon power within the little dragonfish was dissipated and merged into every corner of its body.

"Where did the dragon power come from within Xiangliu's flesh core?"

The little dragonfish shook its head. "I don't know, but it's definitely there."

As Shen Can's thoughts raced, he formed a rough guess in his mind.

When Xiang Liu was killed by the Daze camp, he was actually dragging his heavily injured body over; otherwise, the Dongze camp might not have been able to keep Xiang Liu alive.

The fact that Xiang Liu was injured, along with the dragon's power, indicates that he was wounded by the dragon race.

Shen Can had only ever seen one fifth-tier dragon: the brave warrior he encountered in the underground cave who dared to touch the buttocks of a late-stage fifth-tier monster.

Was the dragon that injured Xiang Liu the same one encountered in the underground cave?
Near the Juyue Mountains, almost all the powerful dragons come from the Zhangshui Dragon Kingdom. The Zhangshui Dragon Kingdom is far away from the Juyue Mountains, forming a self-contained entity, and is inhabited entirely by beings of dragon blood.

Humanity has thrived and multiplied in the wilderness; it cannot only make enemies and not make friends.

Is there any chance to become friends with the dragons of the Zhangshui Dragon Kingdom?

Afterwards, Shen Can returned to the ancestral temple.

The Holy Envoy's trip has achieved a consensus within the tribal alliance. The next step is to expand and improve overall strength.

The next day.

Before the many Divine Warriors had gathered to arrange specific matters, Shen Can, in the name of the Alliance Heroic Spirit Temple (Alliance Ancestral Temple), issued another decree.

An imperial edict ordered all tribes in Yongyi, from the highest-ranking tribes to the lowest-ranking tribes, to gather their ancestral temples at the Alliance Heroes Temple.

There are two purposes in summoning the various temples and shrines.

One task was to spread the Dharma, and the other was to investigate the specific circumstances of the beast transformations in the various tribes of Yongyi.

As the chief officiant of each department, the temple priest should be clear about the situation of each department in order to respond accordingly.

An imperial edict was issued to establish a clan-protecting martial arts academy to select talented martial artists from various tribes for training.

The Clan Protection Martial Academy will be expanded from the martial academy established by the Blazing Flame Clan decades ago, and further expanded by incorporating the Martial Academy of the Sacred Ape Valley of the Dai Land.

The reason Shen Can issued the decree through the Alliance Heroes Temple is that the sacrificial ceremony is naturally included in the temple's ancestral rites.

As for conquering the Tulou and Huantou tribes, that was the last thing he needed to worry about.

As for the shamanic academy, its construction will take place after the various temples and shrines have arrived at the Hall of Heroes.

……

Ancestral Temple, side hall.

A pile of golden bones, with a golden skull shimmering with golden light on top.

This was the pile of bones Shen Can brought back from the cave. The first time he encountered them, he even resonated with the witchcraft on the skull.

The bones were badly broken, making it impossible to identify the race, but they were definitely not human.

However, after seeing the dragons and the Mujiang clan in the underground cave, Shen Can wasn't too surprised to see this pile of bones again.

It's perfectly normal that the underground caves contain cultivation resources, attracting all sorts of beings to enter.

To be precise, this skull is a broken skullcap.

However, this creature must have been very robust in life, so even though only a skull cap remains, it is still much larger than a human skull.

When Shen Can returned to the underground cave a second time to bring back the skullcap, the skullcap no longer had the resonance he felt at first glance.

The inscriptions on it are interlocked, perfectly covering the bone cap.

Shen Can directed his divine sense to the skull cap, where the interlocking runes acted like a seal, hindering his divine sense from probing further.

This made him feel a little strange, since the thing had clearly responded the first time.

Now, instead, they've closed their doors to visitors.

Although he couldn't see inside, Shen Can could tell from the aura emanating from the skull that it was the remains of a being at the level of a fifth-order great wizard.

The wizard level of the Yongyi human race has reached the fourth level, and his wizard realm is also stuck at the middle of the fourth level.

The current method of cultivation for wizards is simply to use the power of divine sense to envelop the source power and incorporate it into the wizard's veins.

However, this method of cultivation is too inefficient and completely lacks the feel of martial arts techniques.

Although martial arts techniques have flaws, they do indeed increase the speed of cultivation.

Having witnessed the sixth-tier Great Witch of Tu Shang Ancient City in the Great Pu Ancient Kingdom, a realm that Shen Can could not currently reach, he had the head of this fifth-tier Great Witch firmly in his grasp.

If one could decipher the methods of a wizard's cultivation from such a skull, that would be a huge gain.

Dangdang Dangdang!
A light tap produced a crisp, metallic sound from the skull.

In fact, this skull could already be called a 'witchcraft artifact'.

The skull was placed down, and the animal skin paper on the table was covered with the same shamanic script as that on the skull.

The skull is covered with dense, tiny shamanic script, not carved stroke by stroke, but rather in cursive script, making it dizzying to look at.

Some shamanic characters appear to have multiple meanings, but when placed within a complete text of shamanic writing, the difference between a small error and a huge discrepancy can be significant.

Clearly, this might be a method unique to this wizard, designed to prevent others from learning it.

Shen Can quietly looked at the cursive-style Wu script, closed his eyes, and began to deduce it.

You memorized all the shamanic texts you had copied and began to decipher their meanings, which were as small as fly heads and blades of grass.

You will find that these cursive scripts and shamanic characters have many meanings, and you need to compare them with the context to understand their meaning, which will take a long time.

Fortunately, when you're doing the deduction, the last thing you have in abundance is time.

You begin to analyze the meaning of the hieroglyphic script, like an archaeologist, bit by bit, repeatedly comparing it to the true meaning of the entire script.

In the tenth year, you gained a rudimentary understanding of the true meaning of the entire text of witchcraft and deduced that it was a "Bone Alchemy Technique".

This technique can temper one's own bones, transforming them into magical artifacts.

In the first hundred years, you further studied the deeper meaning of the shamanic text and gained a deeper understanding of its true meaning.

You discovered that the "Bone Regeneration Alchemy Technique" was not something you cultivated yourself, but rather a wicked method for refining magical artifacts.

Those who practice this technique must select a suitable 'living being' as the 'embryo of a witchcraft'. When the living being is a witch, the corresponding method is taught to it, allowing alchemical witchcraft runes to gradually form within the living being's body.

To refine a fourth-tier magical artifact, one only needs to use the pre-reserved technique of "Bone Alchemy" to extract the bones of the creature after it advances to the fourth tier, and then one can obtain the fourth-tier magical artifact.

If one desires a fifth-tier magical artifact, one must, when the creature reaches the fifth tier, use the pre-prepared technique of the "Bone Alchemy" to extract the creature's bones; this will yield a fifth-tier magical artifact.

Shen Can slowly opened his eyes. The passage of over a hundred years was far too easy for him now.

He hadn't successfully completed a deduction by expending so little of his lifespan in a long time.

It felt a little unreal.

"Could it be that I've become a deduction genius?"

Shen Can examined the skull, looking at the golden shamanic script on it.

"It really is a witchcraft artifact."

He tapped the skull again, and a crisp clanging sound rang out.

Acquiring a fifth-tier magical artifact did not make Shen Can happy.

He didn't want a fifth-tier magical artifact.

Through brief deduction, we can make some guesses about the origin of the skull creature.

It is highly likely that the 'witchcraft embryo' creature escaped into the underground cave just before its bones were to be extracted.

However, they still couldn't escape the fate of being turned into a witchcraft weapon.

It's quite extravagant to have a wizard serve as the prototype for a magical artifact.

After examining the skull for quite a while, Shen Can finally settled on a spot on it.

This is the only loophole in the entire skull-inscribed seal area.

After thoroughly understanding the "Bone Alchemy Technique," this is where the back door of this method is located. The practitioner can enter the completed "witchcraft artifact" through this place and seize control of the artifact.

After placing the skull back on the table, Shen Can did not rush to refine it.

[Deduction]

You once again invest your lifespan and begin to deduce the shamanic script above your head, continuing to combine those fly-head-like characters whose meaning you haven't yet deciphered.

By repeatedly rewriting the meaning of the entire shamanic text according to different literal interpretations, you'll find that most of the time, the entire text becomes a hodgepodge.

Years of deduction have given you enough patience to repeatedly reorganize these shamanic texts.

Three hundred years later, the most well-structured script in the witchcraft text before you is still "The Art of Bone Alchemy"; all other combinations are simply incoherent.

A thousand years later, the other combinations still fall apart, except for "The Alchemy of Living Bones".

Three thousand years...

……

Ten thousand years later, after eliminating countless incoherent combinations of ideas through the process of elimination, you combined the most wildly cursive witchcraft with a spell of "Sealing Spirit and Possessing Forbidden Body," which appeared before you.

(End of this chapter)