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

Chapter 345 The Temple of Heroes Presents Captives, Construction Begins on the First Great Array

"Enemy attack!"

"An enemy has infiltrated and severely damaged the Sacred Tree!"

"Get out of the way! It's not a shooting star!"

While most people were still hesitant, quite a few members of the Mujiang tribe came to their senses.

But it's still too late.

Boom boom boom!
The falling meteor exploded in the sky; it was a gift from the Earthworm Clan.

Along with the fireballs, the beast oil collected by the Alliance from various departments also fell, all stored in jars.

The fireball crashed and exploded, the oil jar bursting in mid-air with the energy, turning into dazzling sparks that ignited a patch of flame.

As the explosion illuminated the night sky, some members of the Mujiang tribe finally saw the shadows in the heavens.

Thirty giant tortoises, suspended in mid-air, led by the old black tortoise, arrived above the Mujiang clan's territory under the cover of night.

The tortoise shell, as large as a city, was filled with fireballs and oil jars, which rolled off the shell in a round shape.

Without the protection of the sacred tree barrier, the entire territory of the Mujiang tribe was exposed and became a place to be bombed at will.

The Mujiang tribe occupies a vast territory, but its population is only about 30 million, which is less than that of the Tulou tribe.

Even though the alliance had informed them of the location of the Mujiang tribe's settlement before they arrived, finding it under the cover of night in the vast mountains and forests of their territory was still not easy.

The bombardiers on the giant tortoise could only try to use the light from the exploding fireballs to search for the buildings hidden in the jungle.

The main purpose of this bombing was to create a large fire and weaken the fighting power of the Mujiang tribe warriors.

It's hard to say how many Mujiang tribe members they can actually wipe out.

One after another, fourth-tier warriors of the Mujiang clan rose into the air and began their counterattack.

Boom!

Four guys were unlucky; they were hit by a fireball falling from the sky as soon as they got together.

Two guys were instantly reduced to pieces, and the remaining two were blasted down again.

"kill!"

Warships and birds had already arrived at the outskirts of the Mujiang tribe's territory.

The crew of these warships consisted of fourth-tier warriors from the alliance, and some were fourth-tier great wizards.

With a flick of Yan Wanyun's spear, countless Alliance Divine Treasure warriors rushed toward the Mujiang Clan's territory.

A total of 3,300 fourth-level cultivators were brought in this time, of whom 2,700 were newly promoted Divine Treasures and Great Witches in recent years.

The purpose was simple: it was a rare opportunity to let the newly promoted fourth-tier members practice with the sacred treasures of the Mujiang clan.

The entire Mujiang tribe has over a thousand Divine Warriors, a proportion that is quite large relative to the size of their tribe.

As the Divine Warriors stormed into the Mujiang tribe's territory, the warriors from the Alliance also emerged from the mountains from all directions aboard the remaining giant tortoises, beginning their assault on the Mujiang tribe's territory from various directions.

……

It was noon that day.

Outside the Alliance's main city, a warship shot out from the mountains to the west.

On the warship, flags fluttered in the wind. On the vast training ground of the main city, a warrior dressed in battle armor landed and rushed towards the Alliance Hall.

"Reporting to the Alliance Leader, our Human Alliance has conquered the Mujiang Clan!"

"Slayed 789 people of the fourth rank of Mu Jiang, and captured countless others below the fourth rank."

Volcano emerged from the Alliance Hall with a joyful expression on his face.

"Good good!"

"Follow me to report to the ancestral temple!"

……

Not long after, Shen Can gave the order at the Temple of Heroes.

"The great victory in the campaign against Litsea cubeba is a momentous occasion for our alliance."

"The imperial edict commands the selection of warriors and shamans from the Clan Protection Martial Academy, the Fire-Burning Martial Academy, and the Lecture Hall of Shamans, as well as those who have distinguished themselves in battle from the tribes and cities of Yong, Dai, and Yun prefectures, along with their descendants and orphans, to come to the Alliance Heroes Temple to participate in the grand ceremony."

"Furthermore, within our alliance, any tribe or city that wishes to come can be received by the alliance."

The news quickly spread throughout the three prefectures of Yong, Dai, and Yun via a communication device.

The alliance also dispatched airships and warships to various places to bring humans to participate in the grand ceremony.

Sacrifices and conquests are the two most important events, and at this moment these two events happen to coincide.

While it may seem like this is causing trouble for people from all over the world, some things require rituals. Shen Can had already made a decision long ago, but sacrifices and conquests cannot be done casually.

With communication devices, the temple decrees were transmitted to various places, and the first to respond were the wandering knights in each city.

In the days that followed, warships and airships traveled to various places, bringing the Alliance humans living in different locations to the Alliance's main city.

The entire alliance's capital city was bustling with activity, as people from the three states interacted with each other.

There were veterans and wizards who had been severely injured and crippled in the previous battles against Xiangliu and Daidi Tulou, orphans of those who died in battle, geniuses from martial arts academies and wizarding academies, and wandering knights who roamed the wilderness...

People of different backgrounds gathered in the Alliance's main city, making the city incredibly lively.

Every day, the Temple of Heroes welcomes many worshippers.

……

It was still dark.

Boom boom boom!
The drums sounded, and more than a thousand drums were struck.

One by one, the priests played musical instruments such as chime bells amidst the sound of drums.

Huge bonfires stretched from the Temple of the Heroes high above, extending to various parts of the city below, their bright flames dispelling the night.

Upon hearing the commotion, the people who had settled in the Alliance's capital city left their homes and headed towards the Temple of Heroes from all directions.

The procession was enormous, a sea of ​​people as far as the eye could see.

A group of teenagers from the Witch Academy and the Martial Academy, who had just begun their training in witchcraft and martial arts, were already standing in the square outside the Temple of Heroes.

As the sun rose above the eastern mountains, Shen Can slowly walked out of the main hall of the Temple of Heroes.

"Temple!"

Many people have never met Shen Can, but that doesn't stop people in various departments and cities within the alliance from knowing about the alliance's temple.

"Paying respects to the temple!"

As Shen Can rose into the air, standing in mid-air facing the rising sun, someone suddenly realized what was happening and couldn't help but kneel down.

This triggered a chain reaction, and people knelt down one after another, shouting to pay homage to the temple.

"Everyone get up!"

His gentle voice resonated in the ears of everyone in the room.

"Follow me to welcome the heroes of my Human Alliance."

Following Shen Can's guidance, everyone stood up and looked up at the sky, where a warship covered with white sails slowly approached.

The warship slowly landed on the plaza outside the Temple of Heroes.

"Go, bring back the heroic spirits of the human race."

The young students from the Witch Academy and Martial Academy, who had been lined up in the square, headed towards the warship under the guidance of the priests.

The priests who were still guarding outside the Temple of the Fallen chanted their incantations even louder.

The boys, carrying urns containing ashes, disembarked from the warship and headed towards the main hall of the Temple of the Heroes.

The crowd gathered outside the Temple of the Fallen were also moved by the scene before them and were plunged into a state of grief.

At this moment, two warships silently landed behind the white-sailed warship. Roars and howls rang out from the two warships as soldiers dragged the Mujiang tribe members off the warships one by one.

For countless years, the Mujiang tribe viewed humans as mere food and sacrifices. Now, with their territory breached and them taken prisoner, a portion of the Mujiang tribe has fallen into a state of utter confusion.

From the Mujiang tribe's territory to the Alliance's main city, they had not yet recovered from this drastic change.

However, a large portion of the Mujiang tribe is roaring, and even now they still don't believe that the Mujiang tribe will be defeated by the human race.

A group of ants, creatures that had been manipulated by the Mujiang tribe for tens of thousands of years, were suddenly defeated.

The first to be dragged down were hundreds of fourth-tier warriors from the Mujiang clan, who roared angrily and struggled incessantly.

Being watched by so many humans was an immense humiliation for them.

"Human ants, how dare you defy the heavens!"

"Despicable humans, you despicable humans!"

"When my ancestor returns, he will surely tear you to pieces!"
“You ants, you have no gratitude. I should have wiped you all out.”

"Ancestor!"

Suddenly, the roaring Mujiang tribe members stopped abruptly when they saw a figure with chains piercing its limbs and internal organs, and its legs broken.

Yes, it was actually their fifth-tier ancestor!

No, this couldn't possibly be their ancestor.

Its ancestor went to chase the giant beast! It couldn't possibly be here!

The old ancestor Mu Jiang whose body was pierced by chains was Jiang Shan, while Jiang Mu had already been killed by his clone.

Even though he was bound and his internal stone form was shattered, Jiang Shan's face, which resembled a mountain demon, still showed a ferocious expression. After being dragged off the warship, he kept staring at Shen Can.

"Humans, you are indeed audacious. It seems there is nothing you wouldn't dare to do. When the Black Bird awakens, it will be the death of you all!"

Jiang Shan roared angrily. It was unwilling to accept this. It never expected that the humans, who were as insignificant as ants, would actually play tricks on its Mu Jiang clan.

Unfortunately, both it and Jiang Mu fell into the trap.

It led to the destruction of the entire Mujiang tribe.

"Humans, you are courting death!"

Jiang Shan struggled to break free of the chains. It saw figures all around it looking at it, many of whom were first or second-tier humans.

He immediately wanted to stir up the remaining energy and cause the ants to bleed on the spot.

Before he could even activate it, he felt an invisible force fall down, completely imprisoning the remaining aura he had left behind.

Seeing this, Jiang Shan roared in resentment, "Even if I die, I will become a ghost and see how you ants will withstand the wrath of the Xuan Bird. I will watch your entire clan perish!"

"Insects, you don't know that one of you was so arrogant that he offended a seventh-level Holy Spirit."

"You bunch of country bumpkins from the mountains, do you even know what a seventh-tier Holy Spirit is?!"

“You are all food of the Holy Spirit.”

……

"Finished?"

Shen Can didn't shut Jiang Shan up; it was just right for the alien race to say these things.

As he spoke, a phoenix-shaped sword appeared in Shen Can's hand.

"Now that you've finished speaking, use your blood to commemorate the fallen heroes of my clan."

The Luan Blade flashed like a flying sword, severing Jiang Shan's head in one fell swoop.

Then, some soldiers rushed out and slashed at the other Mujiang tribe warriors.

The strong smell of blood quickly filled the area outside the Temple of Heroes.

The incantations chanted by the priests grew louder and louder, and the drumbeats resounded like thunder through the sky.

"Today, with the blood of the Mujiang clan, we pay tribute to the heroic spirits of our human alliance who died fighting to destroy the Mujiang clan of the Xuan Niao Wings."

"Feast!"

Outside the Hall of Heroes, a huge crowd of people bowed in the direction of the Hall of Heroes.

After the worship ceremony, Shen Can turned around and looked at the many figures present.

"Is there anyone willing to send the ashes of fallen heroes back to their homeland?"

"I am willing!"

One of the wandering knights spoke first, which then resonated with many others.

"I would like it too!"

"I do too!"

……

"it is good."

Shen Can nodded. Of course, the spirits of the fallen heroes of the Alliance could not be sent back by just these people; priests and soldiers would also be arranged to go together.

These soldiers also participated in the Battle of Mujiang. When sending the ashes of the fallen back to their clan, they would naturally tell others about everything they had seen in the Mujiang clan, such as the Xuan Bird statue.

Those who participated in the grand ceremony naturally became ambassadors for the event when they returned to their respective hometowns.

After the ceremony, the crowd did not disperse. Many lingered outside the Temple of Heroes for a long time. Shen Can also did not leave, but instead chatted with everyone.

It wasn't until nightfall that everyone dispersed.

After a day of rest, under the arrangement of the Alliance, the humans from all over the world who came to participate in this grand ceremony escorted the ashes of the fallen warriors back to their homeland.

The league's resounding victory was something Shen Can had anticipated.

This time, not only were the Mujiang tribe wiped out, but their sacred tree was also brought back.

However, even though the sacred tree was cut down to just a root, it still required the combined efforts of several giant tortoises to move it back.

The main problem is that the tree root is too big. Even after the scattered roots were cut off, it is still like a giant mountain, covering an area of ​​more than 500 miles.

Apart from the roots, the severed tree trunk was over ten thousand feet long and as sturdy as a fifth-tier material, making it an excellent material for building giant warships.

Such a large item couldn't fit into the witch's bag, nor could it be placed at the entrance of the cave. It could only be moved back by manpower and animal power.

After the sacred tree of the Mujiang tribe was cut off, the sacrificial trees of various human tribes throughout its territory also withered at the same time.

To prevent these tribes from launching large-scale invasions, Yan Wanyun led the allied forces to suppress the various tribes.

Even so, many wars still broke out between tribes, and the Alliance troops were also among those attacked by these tribes.

To pacify the territory of the Mujiang tribe and correct the human tribes within it would require an enormous amount of effort.

The alliance plans to first implement authoritarian control, suppress all the tribes, and then gradually educate them.

But this is just a plan; the specific situation of the various human tribes in the Mujiang territory will depend on the next step.

After this grand ceremony, Shen Can focused his attention on continuing to deduce the Heaven-Sealing and Earth-Locking Array.

As more and more data is collected from the Geyaku Mountains, the topographical trend map of the Geyaku Mountains on the sand table becomes clearer and clearer.

Following the contours of the mountains, Shen Can began to observe the stars in the sky in various locations within the Juyue Mountains.

At the same time, the giant beast's clone also arrived above the Giant Mountain Range, observing the stars in the sky.

The main body and the clone, one in the sky and the other on the ground, constantly connected the terrain of the giant mountain with the stars in the sky.

About six months later, the first group of people from various tribes who learned quickly had mastered the basic shamanic inscriptions and graduated from the shamanic temple ahead of schedule.

This group, numbering over 500,000, led by tens of thousands of array masters and hundreds of thousands of array craftsmen, entered the Giant Mountain Range.

At the same time, four super-large smelting workshops were built in Dai, Yong, Yun, and the newly established Muzhou, which is the territory of the Mujiang tribe.

The four workshops are responsible for the initial smelting of ore, manufacturing array base embryos, and then sending them into the Giant Mountain Range.

To ensure a sufficient supply of ore, the alliance implemented mineral vein control in the four states, prioritizing the supply of any remaining ore, except for essential armor forging, for the construction of the grand formation.

The Leap Dragon Gate Project will officially begin when the first batch of mixed metal molten iron is smelted in the blast furnace at the Yongzhou Smelting Workshop.

(End of this chapter)