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

Chapter 331 After the War, the Ferret

The towering statue of the Black Bird God stood inside the loess cave, but it didn't feel sacred at all; instead, it had a somewhat eerie atmosphere.

Countless shamanic characters flickered within a pair of blue eyes.

Outside the loess cave, not to mention the earth-eating warriors stationed there, the cave was covered with a thick layer of yellow sand, which even blocked the entrance.

The colossal beast's clone was the Black Bird God statue that was seen after clearing away the yellow sand blocking the cave.

This place hasn't been cleaned up by dirt moths for at least several decades.

The Black Bird statue from the Holy Envoy Clan was sealed in the clan's territory, and the Black Bird statue in this Earthworm Ancestral Land is also planned to be sealed here.

Do not move it, lest you disturb the black bird.

The ancestral land of the Earth Louse is a place with abundant earth elemental energy. Now that it has been taken over by the human race, it should be used rationally.

Unlike Yongyi, Daidi did not have many large tribes. The Zhiyanbo tribe planned to directly govern the ancestral land of Tulou and build a city to govern it.

Previously, the old clan chief Huotang trained three million Firebringers in Daidi. Although they were not very good at fighting, they were more than enough to teach and guide the people of Daidi.

With the ancestral lands of the Tulou pacified, all that remains is to eliminate the remaining Tulou. Then, we can simultaneously carry out the elimination and integrate the Dai lands.

At this moment, the sounds of fighting within the ancestral land of the Earthworms still hadn't stopped; how could tens of millions of Earthworms be wiped out so easily?

Moreover, the earthworm has four legs, and the terrain here is hilly, making it easy for it to hide.

Fortunately, the Blazing Flame Alliance had flying boats and warships, which hovered in the air and observed the direction in which the scattered earthworms fled.

It can also blast apart the regrouped earthworms, helping the Alliance troops to encircle and annihilate them.

The remaining fourth-tier earthworms were targeted by the alliance's garrison warriors.

From the sky to the ground, figures were fighting everywhere.

The battle raged for three days and three nights across the ancestral land of the Earth Louse, which stretched for thousands of miles, before finally subsiding.

……

"In the 37,793rd year of the Mountain and Sea Calendar, the soldiers and warriors of our human tribal alliance fought bravely, defeated the Tu Lou, and recovered the homeland of the human race in Dai!"

A loud sound rang out from the crater, and then the warriors riding flying birds took off into the air and flew in all directions.

At this moment, within the ancestral land of the Earthworms, all the Alliance soldiers scattered throughout the land heard the message from the birds in mid-air.

A thunderous roar echoed through the undulating mountains of the Tulou Ancestral Land.

Most of the soldiers who fought against the Tulou were conscripted from Yongyi. In the past, what everyone did in Yongyi was the inter-tribal struggle for power.

But when he gathered his army to conquer the alien races, and heard voices such as "reclaim the homeland of the human race," an indescribable feeling arose within him.

Many people felt their hair stand on end at that moment, but unfortunately, lacking the cultural knowledge, they didn't know how to describe their feelings.

All he could do was brandish his weapon and yell.

Yes, that's the feeling. In a single breath, I feel like I can slash sixty times.

Are there any more ground beetles? I want to cut some more!

After the good news was shouted in the ancestral land of Tu Lou, the flying bird quickly headed out of the ancestral land of Tu Lou, flying over the mountains and rivers of Dai Land to tell the countless humans in Dai Land about this news.

……

After the war in the ancestral land of the Tulou ended, the palace, which had not yet been reduced to ruins by the Tulou, became a place for the wounded soldiers to recuperate.

After the great battle, everyone looked at the exquisite tools, some intact and some broken, found in the ancestral land of the Earth Louse. They were even better than those used by other tribes.

These grand halls are not only built of stone, but also carved with animal patterns and decorated with carved beams and painted pillars.

Many of the well-preserved halls are draped with linen curtains, and the stone pillars and murals are inlaid with all kinds of gemstones and jade. Some even use gemstones and jade to inlay the entire mural.

The sheer variety of collections is dazzling.

"Look at this huge basin! I couldn't even make a mark on it with a knife. It's probably made of fourth-grade ore. It's only used for drinking water. It's damn damn good!"

"This is no beast, it's a four-legged 'spendthrift.' I would never have imagined it was like this if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes."

……

Inside the towering palaces, soldiers from various units marveled at the sights and fiddled with all sorts of tools.

"This thing is good. It has a small handle on it. It should be used to groom the fur and scales."

"If these earthworms were to forge the materials used to make these tools into armor and wear it, it would be quite a struggle for us to kill them."

"Alright, stop looking. With such good materials, the alliance is determined to remelt them. Using fourth-tier ore to make basins? That's ridiculous!"

"And this, this damn animal even knows how to wipe itself with burlap after pooping, he's really something."

This isn't the first time we've waged war. All the resources we've collected need to be handed over to us, and then a portion of them will be given as rewards.

After a thorough inventory, everyone discovered that the number of palaces built on the ancestral land of the earthworms was enormous, with 38,000 main halls and 300,000 smaller halls. Of these, more than half had already been destroyed or broken by the earthworms.

There are approximately 16,000 intact main halls and 140,000 smaller halls that still stand.

Among them were countless exquisite utensils and many luxurious fur carpets laid on the ground, but armor and witchcraft items were extremely rare.

The weapons and armor were not collected in large quantities, but the good materials for making various tools were piled up like mountains, stretching for hundreds of miles, and roughly estimated to weigh over 100 million jin.

Chun Chun has become a "spendthrift".

……

"You've all seen it, haven't you?"

In mid-air, a warship hovered, with the Alliance Elders and the Garrison Soldiers on board.

The volcano pointed to the palace complex below, as well as the mountains of collected utensils and luxurious fur blankets.

"When the world is at peace, forgetting war is dangerous!"

Not only were the ordinary soldiers astonished by the Tulou's transformation into "spendthrifts," but the alliance elders and town soldiers were as well.

Tu Lou's life before was so comfortable.

Tens of millions of earthworms, served by a vast number of earthworm slaves, and many more ordinary human settlements were enslaved by them. Their lives were simply wonderful.

"Elders, we have a black bird above our heads and a crisis hanging over our heads. We should learn from the incident with the earthworm."

The elders and soldiers all nodded in agreement.

After circling the Earth Loot Ancestral Land for a long time, the warship returned and landed again outside the ruins of a large hall in the middle of the Earth Loot Ancestral Land.

This great hall was originally a thousand feet tall, and even after it collapsed, it still piled up to a hundred feet tall.

A large bed, entirely crafted from fourth-grade high-quality minerals and inlaid with hundreds of fifth-grade gems and meteorite iron, was dragged out of the ruins.

On the bed, which was at least ten feet in size, was a dragon skin with earthy patterns. Even though no one knew how much time had passed, a dragon's might still emanated from it.

This bed alone, along with the dragon hide, is enough to forge at least one Tier 5 sorcerer weapon, plus a Tier 5 battle suit.

"This bed and dragon skin will be crafted into a fifth-tier magical artifact and battle armor, and placed in the Alliance Treasury. Anyone who can accumulate enough merit points can exchange for them."

As the volcano opened, the eyes of the Divine Realm warriors present blazed with fervor.

Beside the collapsed main hall was the slain fifth-tier Earth Ancestor.

"This fifth-tier earthworm corpse will be used as material for refining beast cores and witch artifacts, and will also be placed in the Alliance Treasury."

Most of the flesh and blood of the fifth-tier Xiang Liu that Yan Wanyun had killed were sent back to the Zhiyan Bo tribe.

At that time, the alliance was just beginning to take shape and its system was not yet fully developed.

Now that they have also captured Dai, the alliance spans both Dai and Yong, and the system will be further improved.

Of course, this doesn't mean that the money will be added to the alliance's treasury for nothing. For example, the alliance leader, Volcano, and the millions of soldiers under his command who helped kill this fifth-tier earth ant will all receive merit.

The person who killed the Earth Ancestor, Volcano, received the most merit points.

These materials, once sent back to the Alliance, will now be used by the wizards of the Blazing Flame Tribe to craft beast cores and weapons.

At that time, the Blazing Flame Clan members who participate in the production of beast cores and witchcraft artifacts will also receive corresponding Alliance Merit Points according to the merit system, and will also be able to exchange these merit points for cultivation resources in the Alliance Treasury.

Within the alliance, the importance of the Blazing Flame Clan is unshakeable, and they have also earned the most merits.

Afterwards, the elders chose a nearby, still intact main hall to go inside and began to discuss how to arrange the land next.

"I have no chance of exchanging for a fifth-tier magical artifact. However, Alliance Chief, after this great battle, our tribe should be able to exchange for some cultivation techniques, right?" An elderly chieftain spoke up, his aura only at the early fourth tier, and his arm was still injured.

As the first chieftain of the tribe, his tribe originally belonged to Aoshan. It can be said that without the earth-shattering change in Yongyi, his tribe would have fallen to a lower social class after his death.

"Yes, the Heavenly Vein Method of the Five Elements Technique has been opened for exchange. The first three levels of the technique do not require much merit, and can be exchanged with the current merit of each department."

Volcano nodded; imparting the cultivation technique was already part of the plan.

Moreover, after these techniques were passed down, they were practiced by young people from various departments. The leaders of each department standing here have long since reached the final stage of their cultivation.

Even if one cultivates a new method, one doesn't expect much change.

The purpose of Zhiyan's promotion of the new method is to enable the younger generation in various departments to cultivate it.

Everyone can exchange for the first three levels of the volcano. The elder present had some mental fluctuations, but quickly recovered.

The methods of the Blazing Flame Clan make it easier to advance to the Divine Realm, a fact that the young people of the Blazing Flame Clan have already shown them.

For no other reason than that, from the first to the third rank, it's a direct lineage, so it's no wonder that others have an easier time advancing to the Divine Realm than them.

There are also fourth and fifth tiers, all of which are inherited from the same lineage. What this represents is self-evident.

The elders present didn't care about the volcano's words; under normal circumstances, they would have had difficulty cultivating the next generation of fourth-tier cultivators.

Now that we're following the Blazing Flame Clan, we'll have plenty to eat and complete cultivation methods. Wouldn't it be foolish not to go all in?

As for the fourth level, it is obvious that more battle merits are required to obtain it, which is normal, as the secrets are not easily passed on.

Besides, this achievement isn't for Zhiyan himself, but for the entire alliance.

After some discussion, the group got down to business regarding the post-war period.

"In this battle, 57 fourth-tier town-level warriors perished, and 233 were injured, including 29 seriously injured."

"379,600 soldiers of all ranks died and 1,334,393 were wounded."

"Two large chariots were damaged, 436 small chariots were lost, and 130,000 various riding beasts and pack animals were lost."

"Countless soldiers and arrows were lost, and the cannon shells were almost used up."

"A total of 405 earth ant spirits were killed and 67 were captured alive."

"Preliminary estimates suggest that more than 20 million earthworms were killed in this battle. The exact number is impossible to count because some of the corpses were badly broken. More than 3 million were captured."

……

When the results of the battle were tallied, Shen Can, along with Kui Yang and others, traversed the vast wilderness and returned to Yongyi.

Instead of heading straight for the Zhiyanbo tribe, the group of people and beasts went to the western border of Yongyi to retrieve the books that Kuiyang had hidden.

Now that the Human Alliance has been established, it is no longer appropriate to leave these books outside.

In the Zhudi of Yongyi, amidst a vast and desolate mountain forest, as Kuiyang opened the place where the books were stored, a spacious underground cave appeared at the bottom of the mountain.

Each gem embedded in the rock face emits a faint glow.

The books that Kuiyang reprinted were made with the finest materials, such as fourth-grade animal hides and fourth-grade warm jade, so that they could be preserved for a long time.

"You should be careful if you want to teach these methods."

After Shen Can put the books away, Kui Yang spoke in a muffled voice.

Over the years, it has not sent the books out, naturally out of consideration for its own interests.

Eight thousand years is indeed a long time for the average person, but for some ancient and powerful forces, eight thousand years is nothing at all.

Although the Shan Hai Calendar is only 37,000 years old, no one can count how many years existed before it.

Many races have existed and multiplied for hundreds of millions of years.

Shen Can speculated that the sudden attack on the Yongshan Marquis's tribe after the Marquis of Yongshan left, and the disappearance of even the sixth-level sacrificial spirits, was related to the Marquis of Yongshan's rise to power.

Back then, Bo Hou cultivated to the peak of the sixth rank, and even took a small step forward from the peak of the sixth rank, which already made him a top expert below the seventh rank.

How did a human, with their frail physique, cultivate to the peak of the sixth rank?

Surely some creatures will be curious about it.

If you can't beat the lords, can't you beat the tribes that don't have lords to protect them?
Of course, all of this is speculation, but this crisis could very well have originated from the Yongshanbo tribe and, across eight thousand years, descended upon the Zhiyan tribe in the future.

After collecting the books from the cave, Shen Can did not destroy the place. Kui Yang had chosen a good location, which could serve as a backup point.

Moreover, Shen Can also plans to learn about Kuiyang's method of arranging backups in multiple locations.

For no other reason than to prevent the human race's lineage from being interrupted as before.

At that time, wherever it is human territory, a large number of backup points will be set up, so that if a certain place suffers a natural disaster one day, the remaining humans will have hope of rising again.

After returning to the Juyue Mountains from the western border of Yongyi, Shen Can retrieved another copy of the classic text before returning to the Zhiyan tribe.

From the land of the Kui Niu tribe to the Juyue Mountains, carrying his family along the way and with his mind on edge, Shen Can planned to rest for a few days before going to search for the snow beast.

After returning to his clan's territory, Shen Can arranged for his disciples to build a small-scale fifth-order formation in his cultivation area to house the Overturned Water Mountain Ape.

Throughout the journey back, the ape remained unconscious, its thoughts in a state of confusion, appearing dazed and disoriented.

A perfectly good fifth-tier cultivator has been turned into a thinker.

Huo Zhang came as soon as he learned that Shen Can had returned.

He reported that he had already secured the territory.

Shen Can already knew this through the giant beast's clone.

Not only did he know that he had captured the Dai land, but he also obtained a lump of pure soil from the Earth Ancestor, which he could use to enhance his Broken Spear.

Once integrated into this soil, the Broken Spear acquires both fire and earth attributes.

"How many of the various temples have arrived?"

"13,000 people have already arrived, and more are still arriving. I have made arrangements and registered them."

As he spoke, Huo Zhang took out a jade slip and handed it to Shen Can.

When Shen Can looked at the contents, he found them to be quite varied, ranging from the strongest being a third-tier wizard to the weakest not even a wizard apprentice.

This quantity is not even a fraction of what the Blazing Wizard possesses.

After Huo Zhang finished explaining his business, he left the ancestral temple. Shen Can also took a good time to freshen up and rested for the night.

The next morning, after finishing his cleaning, he grabbed the Luan Blade and began to recharge it.

half a month later.

In the northern part of the Blazing Flame Clan's territory, on several adjacent mountain peaks, stood a figure on each.

To Shen Can's left is Kui Yang, and to his right are Chi Huo Lu Wu and Long E.

The dragon crocodile's injuries had not healed, but after arriving at the Blazing Flame Tribe, Shen Can gave it two precious pills, which helped it recover considerably.

After eating the dragon crocodile that Baodan had fed him, he felt all the grievances in his heart disappear instantly.

You should have said earlier that your tribe could refine fifth-tier precious pills. You got beaten up for nothing. Those two pills would have been so useful for cultivation.

Soon, four streaks of light rushed into the depths of the Giant Mountain Range, heading straight for the Snow Beast's territory.

……

There are many snow-capped peaks in the Juyue Mountains, but only one snow-capped peak stands proudly among the mountains.

In front of this giant peak, the surrounding mountains seem like mere embellishments, encircling the snow-capped peak like stars surrounding the moon.

At the summit of the snow-capped mountain, thick ice crystals are visible, shimmering in the sunlight.

A snow-white ferret, its body covered by snowflakes blown by the wind, lay coiled on the mountaintop, squinting as it gazed up at the sky.

When Shen Can and his group arrived, the snow beast sable had already spotted them.

"He who comes is stopped."

A melodious voice rang out, echoing among the mountains.

(End of this chapter)