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

Chapter 413 Target, Ancestral Land

The Fallen Moon Wasteland was the first place where the Human Alliance began to spread its knowledge and skills during its expansion.

After more than a hundred years of development, the human race living in the southwest of the Fallen Moon Wasteland, under the leadership of the Giant Raven tribe, expanded their territory and ensured the survival and reproduction of most of the human race in the region.

In this process, the Giant Raven tribe gradually became the leading tribe in the small alliance of this region.

In truth, among the small alliance in the southwest of the Fallen Moon Wasteland, there are three other tribes that are also Bo tribes. However, the Giant Raven Bo tribe, as the first tribe to establish contact with the human alliance, has actually become the leader of this small alliance. It is already considered the Bo chief of the four major Bo tribes and has become the leader of the Fallen Moon human race.

He may not yet have the title of "bozhang" (a high-ranking official), but he has the substance of one.

This situation arose not only because the alliance chose the Giant Raven Tribe as its first stop when entering the Fallen Moon Wasteland, but also because the Giant Raven Tribe was the strongest among the major tribes and the main force in fighting against the alien races.

In addition, the alliance also intends to appoint the Giant Raven Earl as the 'earl' in order to reduce internal strife and better protect the Moonfall Humans.

According to the hierarchy of human tribes, the fourth rank is considered the Bo tribe, and the fifth rank is the Bozhang tribe, which is the leader of a group of Bo tribes.

With a sixth-tier human in charge, it would already be considered a marquis-level position in a human tribe.

Shen Can estimated that the royal family of the ancestral land of the human race should possess seventh-tier techniques.

Judging from the current strength of the Blazing Flame 'Bo Tribe', it is already considered a Marquis Tribe among the human race. However, since no grand ceremony has been held, its tribal rank is still at the Bo Tribe level among the human race.

In those days, the Earl of Yongshan was called Earl-Marquis, which was more of an honorific title, since "earl-length" was not enough to describe the power of the Earl of Yongshan.

Or perhaps the Marquis of Yongshan felt that he had not thoroughly integrated the various tribes, so he did not truly advance to the Marquis level and become the Marquis of Yongshan.

However, titles like "Earl" and "Lord" are merely appellations, and it is believed that the Earl of Yongshan did not care about his title.

The ranks of Earl, Marquis, and King are the ranks for advancement in human tribes. Normally, Blazing Flame should be promoted according to these ranks.

But after being promoted to the rank of Bo, Zhiyan went straight to establishing the 'ancestral land'.

What Zhiyan wanted was to become the ancestral land of those who were granted the titles of Earl, Marquis, and King.

Even though the alliance has not yet truly exercised the power of 'conferment', in the process of spreading knowledge and teaching, the Giant Raven tribe still obtained the right of 'chieftain', which allows them to mobilize other tribes to fight against alien races.

One Giant Raven tribe is nothing special. When ten or a hundred 'chieftain' level tribes similar to the Giant Raven tribe appear, and they are all tribes supported by the Human Alliance, it is a different story.

Only then can this 'imperial decree' power truly be transformed from 'nominal' to real.

Now, after so many years of development, the tribes within the alliance have long forgotten which tribe they came from, and everyone identifies themselves as members of the Alliance's human race.

Some of the tribes, such as Yanran, Jishan, Juhuang, and Changhuan, have either already integrated into or are in the process of integrating into Zhiyan.

This integration doesn't mean that Blazing Flame opens its fangs and maw to devour all the tribes, but rather that it subtly and gradually incorporates all the tribes into Blazing Flame.

Following this trend, as time goes by, the human race in the four states of the Giant Mountain Range will all be brought into the blazing inferno.

This trend is unstoppable, even if Blazing Flame doesn't deliberately try to swallow it up.

But when more than 80% of the warriors, wizards, and craftsmen in the alliance who teach the younger generation come from the Blazing Flame.

When the people who taught everyone about writing, breeding, animal husbandry, weaving, herbs, etc., were mostly from the Zhiyanbo tribe.

Whether in cultivation or daily life, the Blazing Flame Clan completely surpasses other clans, not in terms of military intimidation, but in terms of superiority in lifestyle.

Naturally, regardless of whether they were cultivators or ordinary tribespeople, whether they admired strength or yearned for a better life, the first choice for marriage partners for all the women of the Blazing Flame tribe was a member of the Blazing Flame tribe, and they all considered it a great honor to marry into the Blazing Flame tribe.

This is why Shen Can completely opened up the Blazing Flame Clan to participate in alliance affairs; the alliance will eventually become one, transforming into an inseparable ancestral land for the human race.

Now that the Alliance's Temple of Heroes has been connected with the ancestral temples of various tribes of the Fallen Moon race, it can be said that this link in the sacrificial ceremony has also been established.

Even if separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, with rituals and communication, the mountains and rivers between the two places will no longer be an obstacle.

The Fallen Moon Wilderness is just the beginning; the Alliance will connect with more human settlements in the future.

When the alliance holds all these power—whether it's sacrifices, preaching, or imperial decrees—the ancestral land of humanity will be established.

Inside the Temple of Heroes, Shen Can pondered whether he should travel to various places to guide the spirits of the deceased.

After all, there are many places in the Great Wilderness where humans have multiplied. The human race in the Giant Mountain Range alone has a history of 20,000 to 30,000 years.

The fact that the Juyue Mountains have not developed in the last two or three thousand years does not mean that the human race in other places has not had its glory.

Based on the information gathered in Tu Shang Ancient City and the direction from which the Great Halberd Senior came, we made our judgment.

The route taken by humans to migrate and multiply was from the west.

Theoretically speaking, the further west you go from the Giant Mountain Range, the more land there will be for human habitation, and correspondingly, six levels of human power will emerge.

In the Great Wilderness, there are not many races like the human race that divide their tribes into ranks such as Earl and Marquis. Many other races measure their racial level according to the strength of the strongest warrior in their tribe.

This situation doesn't mean that the human race is bored and has no reason to create their own hierarchy.

This actually proves that the human race was indeed powerful in the past, occupying a vast area for reproduction.

In this vast territory, there are many tribes. In order to facilitate the reproduction and expansion of the human race, the ancestral land was divided into the ranks of Earl and Marquis according to the strength of each tribe.

However, the human race encountered an attack from an even more powerful force, and their vast territory was shattered, forcing the remaining humans to migrate in all directions.

During the migration, this tribal hierarchy was preserved.

Races like humans, which have independent tribal hierarchies, are either rich in the past or currently at the height of their power.

The absence of a distinct race actually indicates that the race's power was limited, it had never unified and occupied a vast territory, and it was not yet time to need to separately classify its own tribes into different levels.

Shen Can's idea was to search for the buried human settlements, where perhaps the immortal souls of the fallen could be found.

These heroic souls died protecting humanity, and naturally deserve to enter the Temple of Heroes and be worshipped.

“Awu.”

Yan Wu, who was standing guard to one side, quickly walked over.

"Summon all priests."

The Temple of the Heroes has been built for so long that, in addition to the main hall, there are side halls, and the number of priests who belong to it and are busy there all year round has exceeded three thousand.

These shamanic rituals included incantation rituals, music rituals, animal sacrifice rituals, and ceremonial rituals. These involved reciting incantations, playing music, dancing, offering sacrifices, and arranging sacrificial rites during the rituals.

Most of them are dedicated to offering incense and prayers to the deities in the Valhalla morning and evening, wiping the sacrificial vessels and communicating with the spirits of the deceased every day.

Although few of the ritual rules have been passed down, they have been continuously explored and adjusted over the years.

Soon, figures gathered in the square outside the main hall.

"From this day forward, in addition to the main hall, each side hall of the Heroes' Temple will have a chief priest and a deputy priest to preside over the daily worship in the side hall."

“The position of high priest was established for all kinds of sacrifices, including prayer sacrifices, incantation sacrifices, music sacrifices, animal sacrifices, and ritual sacrifices.”

Shen Can's voice resonated throughout every priest present, explaining that the various systems of the Temple of Heroes were not perfect in the past.

In his view, whoever is capable should take the lead.

The side hall of the Temple of Heroes is dedicated to fallen Alliance members, and over the years, millions of tablets have been placed there.

One side hall is not enough to accommodate so many deities, so the Temple of the Heroes now has seventeen side halls for worship.

Shen Can had seen it before; some of the side halls already had sacrificial spirits.

This separation is for better worship, as Alliance members come to the Temple of Heroes every day to pay their respects. After this separation, the priest of the temple where the spirit of the hero is located will guide him/her.

The priests' tasks were broken down into specific parts.

As for the establishment of grand shamanic rituals such as incantation rituals and ceremonial rituals, it was for the purpose of better studying the rules of sacrifice.

If the rituals were more formalized, would it be possible to attract more spirits back to the temple?

Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, having a leader in charge ensures that the corresponding research tasks can be effectively implemented.

In addition to these corresponding positions, Shen Can also arranged for a High Priest of General Affairs to be in charge of various general affairs such as logistics, reception, and going out to do errands.

After a series of assessments, Tu Sun Yanwu became the chief priest and concurrently served as the high priest of the sacrificial rites, in charge of leading all the priests of the side halls.

The high priesthood for the incantation ceremony was handed over to Tang Tao, whose cultivation level was only fourth-order great witch, but he was quite proficient in sacrificial incantations and was very obsessed with them.

The high priest for music sacrifices was Yue Qing, the high priest for sacrificial sacrifices was Hu Yue, and the high priest for ritual sacrifices was Huo Zhong.

Apart from Yan Wu, the others were all fourth-level Great Witches, but in Shen Can's view, realm was not the issue; what he wanted was their seriousness towards the ritual.

In the final logistical matters, Shen Can entrusted them to another disciple, Zhong Jing.

After Shen Can selected the manpower, they naturally chose suitable personnel according to their needs and set up their own operations.

For example, in the music festival, there are drums, horns, and chime bells, and the person most skilled in each one must be selected.

Shen Can also plans to have them compose their own sacrificial music and dances for the alliance in the future.

Of course, Shen Can would no longer concern himself with these trivial matters. He would simply issue tasks and then check the results. If someone did a poor job, he would replace them with someone who did a better job.

As for whether having so many high priests would affect Shen Can's own right to perform sacrifices.

Not at all.

With just one decree from him, Valhalla would act according to his orders.

As the head of the temple, his right to perform sacrifices naturally surpasses that of everyone else.

Despite the changes at Valhalla, the priests, both high and low, were not alarmed and were quickly and orderly assigned to the positions of the high priests according to their own circumstances.

Subsequently, the Temple of Heroes returned to normal operation.

The main hall of the Hall of Heroes.

The towering monument to the heroic souls of the human race stood in the center, and Shen Can stood below it with a sense of awe and reverence.

A thought suddenly popped into his head: should he get a Baxia (a mythical beast) to carry this monument?

Of course, this thought was fleeting; the Baxia Dragon Turtle family was now one of the seven great holy clans of the Merchant Alliance.

It's good enough if they don't target the human race; they shouldn't offend Baxia.

Footsteps sounded outside the main hall. Volcano stepped into the hall and the first thing he saw was the tall monument to the heroic souls of the human race.

Behind the volcano followed Yan Jiang.

"Ah-Can, take a look at this."

Upon entering, Huoshan handed a jade slip to Shen Can.

Shen Can took the jade slip, glanced at it, and saw its contents.

There were seven or eight things the alliance needed to do next, but Shen Can realized that he only needed to pay attention to three of them.

These are: the continued expansion and construction of the alliance's grand formation, the continued improvement of the alliance's legacy, and what the alliance should buy and sell in the great city of Tu Shang.

The alliance's primary task remains to further strengthen the great formation and guard against the seventh-tier Xuan Bird.

Whether to continue expanding construction or upgrading the formation is not a decision the alliance can make; it needs to be left to him. The alliance is responsible for coordinating the artisans to carry out the specific work.

Secondly, perfect the cultivation tradition, which is mainly divided into two categories. One category is the "Illustrated Compendium of Ten Thousand Beasts", which serves as the alliance's clan-protecting method.

One type is the basics, such as the inheritance of skills like writing, medicine, forging, and weaving, which are then taught in other human-inhabited areas.

The rest is quite simple. When the Human Alliance was preparing to open up a trade route to the ancient city of Tushang, they gathered some wizards and craftsmen for training.

These people have long since begun their work in the human settlements along the ancient city of Tu Shang.

With their previous experience, it was not difficult for these people to compile the various knowledge and skills they needed to impart into an 'encyclopedia'.

Once everything is ready, it will be easier to rebuild the torch-passing teams. Bring along various 'teaching materials' and send out torch-passing teams of different levels according to the size of the human settlement.

As for the Encyclopedia of Beasts, it will be improved by pooling the power of many wizards in the alliance.

Shen Can thought for a moment and said, "Clan leader, what do you think about separating the Flame Tower within the Flame Witch Academy from the Academy's jurisdiction and upgrading it into an independent research site for the Alliance?"

"In the future, all martial arts training, research on forging, herbs, pills and so on within the alliance will be conducted by the Fire Tower."

"We will also incorporate our researchers in forging, herbal medicine, elixirs, and other fields from the Blazing Flame Clan into the Flame Tower."

In addition, I secretly promoted the integration within the alliance, bringing all departments of the alliance into my Blazing Inferno.

In the future, when the alliance faces external threats, it will speak with one voice, not the name of any particular tribe, but the true Great Mountain Human Race, the ancestral land of humanity.

Upon hearing Shen Can's words, Huoshan did not respond, but instead turned to look at Yan Jiang.

"do you understand?"

"Chief, I understand."

Yan Jiang's expression hardened.

Volcano then looked at Shen Can and said, "Ah Can, Yan Jiang will be helping me with the Alliance's affairs during this period."

After some discussion, Volcano took Yan Jiang and left the Temple of Heroes.

Clearly, Volcano intends to gradually hand over its affairs to Yan Jiang.

The following day, the Alliance issued a decree, establishing the Tower of Inheritance as an independent entity and making it the site for the Alliance's research and inheritance of civilization.

Subsequently, Shen Can also issued an edict at the Temple of Heroes, announcing to all the tribes that he would personally serve as the tower master of the Torch Tower.

Shen Can originally intended to hand over the position of Tower Master to the Weaver Girl.

But after thinking about it, he decided to serve one term first.

For more than half a month, Shen Can was busy at the Torch Tower, sorting out the original research and re-evaluating the research direction.

Leaders were selected for each research direction.

As a result, the independent Flame Tower began to expand rapidly.

Internally, various research 'projects' were established, covering all kinds of cultivation or life-related research, such as martial arts, witchcraft, and forging.

The Torch Tower can collect resources and discover talents from all parts of the Alliance, including the Martial Academy, the Wizard Academy, and territories connected to the Alliance, such as the Fallen Moon Wasteland.

(End of this chapter)