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

Chapter 61 Tribal Migration, Trip to the Market (Please continue reading)

He even provided a meal before killing himself; he was surprisingly kind.

Fu was terrified; he didn't want to die.

"Ayu, feed the Upper Lord a bowl of wine."

Firefish grinned and shoved the wine bowl directly into Fu's mouth.

"Ugh... Pfft pfft..."

"Don't just drink, eat some food!"

"Huff!" Lu Fu breathed heavily and hurriedly asked, "What else do you want to know? Ask away."

……

Shen Can then mentioned the strange "Ironwood" he obtained after defeating the Blood Witch.

"When I first started learning witchcraft, the old witch doctor in my tribe said that there was a strange witchcraft that could control the witch doctor, turning the master and servant roles upside down, with the tool becoming the master and the witch becoming the servant."

What you've encountered might be one of these strange magical artifacts; the blood witches are likely controlled by it.

Lu Fu spoke up, "That's normal. Blood witches are not like us normal witches, so they naturally have to pay the price, such as worshipping calamity beasts and offering sacrifices to evil spirits."

This kind of thing is difficult to erase with ordinary witchcraft.

However, when I was in the tribe, I heard a rumor.

The claim that these eerie magical artifacts absorb the blood and energy of living beings is actually a form of ritual worship, similar to tribal sacrificial implements.

As she spoke, Fu paused, then quickly explained, "I just overheard someone else saying this. I didn't mean anything by it. I'm just saying what I know."

You know what, what Lu Fu said does make some sense.

The ancestral temple sacrifices also require animal blood, and "Ironwood" had drained most of the Shanghuang tribe's blood dry.

You inhale me, I inhale you.

Seeing that Shen Can still had doubts, Fu hurriedly said, "I swear on my ancestors, no, I swear on my ancestors and Lingyu, everything I said is true."

"Come on, eat your food. I believe in you."

Shen Can gestured for A Yu to serve food to Fu.

"Thank you so much for telling me about the basics of witchcraft these past few days, including witch medicine, witch talismans, spiritual plants, weapon crafting, and combat. I've memorized them all since I got back."

Then Shen Can looked at A Yu and said, "A Yu, go to my place and get those rolls of animal hides from the stone table."

After Ah Yu brought the animal skin scroll, Shen Can looked at Lu Fu and said, "I'm not an unreasonable person for teaching me so many witchcraft techniques."

Okay, let's do it this way. You repeat it as we wrote before, and I'll see if it matches my memory.

If it's the same, my department will politely see you off. But if your second answer is different from your first, then I'm sorry, this meal will have to be a farewell.

"..."

Fu stared at Shen Can with wide eyes.

He had never seen such a cunning sorcerer.

Over the past few months, he's made up so much stuff that if you make him repeat it again, you might as well just strangle him.

He had hoped that if Shen Can had encountered a problem in his cultivation, or if his cultivation was not going well, and he came to ask him for guidance, he would have a chance to escape.

After waiting and waiting, this is the scene we've finally witnessed.

commit a sin.

Why aren't you saying anything?

"Is it because you don't like to talk anymore?"

"Not even a dying wish?"

Ah Yu gripped the beast tendons tightly with both hands, making a clanging sound.

"I was wrong. I confess that there was something wrong with what I said about witchcraft before. I remembered it wrong."

"I suddenly remembered!"

"Give me a chance. I still have a lot to say, and I'll tell you everything."

That night, the cave where the prisoners were held was brightly lit.

It wasn't until the next morning that Shen Can got up from his desk, with the animal skin scroll he had finished recording beside him.

"I'll come back and ask again in three months. If it's not much different from this document, I'll believe you."

"Ayu, administer anesthetic."

……

Holding the animal skin roll, Shen Can walked out of the cave where he was being held and let out a long sigh of relief.

Huo Xian had already finished cleaning the ancestral temple and happily accepted the animal skin scroll from Shen Can's hand.

"It seems like you've gained quite a bit."

As he spoke, he grabbed the record and returned to his ear piercing.

Shen Can stood outside the ancestral temple, letting the wind blow on him, pondering Fu Fu's words.

The ritual implements and the strange witchcraft artifacts do indeed share some similarities.

The Blazing Flame Division is still too closed off and knows too little.

We must establish contact with the outside world as soon as possible in order to receive more information from outside sources.

In addition, the skills of animal taming, planting, and mining that are lacking within the tribe can be introduced from outside and then adapted and improved upon by the tribe, which can greatly reduce the time required.

"Ayu, have Uncle Huoqi come over here."

Huoqi arrived at the ancestral temple quickly. "A-Can, what's up?"

"Uncle, could you transfer some more people from the tribe to the new settlement to help the chief speed up its construction? Just get the basics done. Ideally, we should move there next month."

"Alright, I'll ask Elder Huoyun to arrange manpower right away."

……

In the blink of an eye, a month has passed.

On this day, as dawn broke, all the members of the Blazing Flame Tribe left their homes and gathered outside the ancestral temple.

On the high platform outside the ancestral temple, Huo Xian led the clansmen in worship, followed by Shen Can and Huo Tang.

When a clan relocates, they can only take the ancestral tablet with them; the graves behind the clan's ancestral mountain will not be moved.

For three hundred years, the remains of each generation of clansmen have been cremated and then buried in wooden coffins behind the clan's mountain.

The main reason for cremation is that without it, the body might be completely destroyed.

"Ancestors, we've moved to a new house!"

A group of children shouted loudly outside the ancestral temple, and then one by one they entered the temple, carrying the ancestral tablets, sacrificial objects and other items, and walked down the mountain.

The rest of the tribesmen huddled together, escorted by their tribesmen, and headed towards the eastern swamp.

They also took all the clan's resources, including herbs and food.

……

New territory, scorching mountain.

It is bordered by the Juyue Mountain to the north and the Daze Lake to the south.

A dam was built in the southeastern part of the tribe's territory, filling in some shallow water areas.

A defensive system was built in all directions, including east, west, south, and north, and beacon towers were erected, which were guarded by warriors from the tribe leading the able-bodied men of the people.

The new settlement is located in the center of the mountain. The highest platform is at the top of the mountain, and the platform descends in a stepped fashion, with a total of three platforms.

The highest platform houses the ancestral temple, the treasury, and residences; the second platform is the drill ground; and the lowest, the third platform, is built along the water.

In the eastern part of the platform, a huge cave with water has been carved out of the mountain, and the ironwood boat was placed inside. It has not yet been repaired.

Upon arriving at the new clan's territory, Shen Can invited the shrines one by one onto the altar.

"Ah-Can, should we hunt down a wild beast and perform a sacrifice?"

Huotang entered the cave and bowed towards the altar.

"Need not."

Shen Can wiped the altar and said, "Ordinary wild beasts are not something our ancestors like to eat. When our clan becomes strong, we will hunt third-tier wild beasts for our ancestors every day. I think our ancestors will definitely like to eat them."

After they had placed the altar together...

Huotang spoke up, "You were in such a hurry to relocate the tribe before so that I could go to the market. Is it alright for me to leave tomorrow?"

"Sure, you can go with Uncle Volcano Clan. It'll be good to have someone to look after you on the way."

"Uncle Volcano's training won't be affected by just one more month."

"The clan leader has a few things to do on his trip to the market in the south."

"Find out specific information about the Shanghu tribe. Although no one knows we were the ones who did it, we still have to be careful."

"We, Zhiyan, have lived in the mountains for a long time and are too isolated from the outside world. We need to listen to all kinds of news so that we can prepare for our future bartering."

"Let's see if we can recruit some skilled people. There's a huge lack of skills within the tribe. Having outside artisans join can accelerate the tribe's development."

"In the meantime, I'll try to repair the ironwood boat. When you and Uncle Volcano come back, maybe our ironwood boat will be able to go hunting in the Great Swamp."

"Okay, Volcano and I will set off tomorrow."

"Don't worry, while you were busy building the new clan's territory, I spent a month preparing some things for self-defense."

Huotang followed Shen Can into the cave where they lived.

Inside the new ancestral temple, the newly carved-out dwellings are no longer dark and damp as before, and there are stone windows facing the sun.

Inside the cave, two sets of Lingyu tribe shaman armor were spread out on two wooden frames, with two bows and quivers placed beside them.

The animal patterns on the armor and bows of the Lingyu tribe are blurred and the overall condition is dilapidated.

The broken third-tier witch sword was also put into a leather bag, which could be hung at the waist.

"Shall we flip the leather armor over and take a look?"

Huotang took off the leather armor and looked inside. He found that there were many witch talismans pasted inside the leather armor, which could not be seen from the outside.

"Why are there two kinds of talismans?"

"This is a witch armor talisman, which can be used to enhance defense, but against attacks from Heavenly Vein warriors, I feel its effectiveness is at most only 10%."

"That's not bad either."

Huotang excitedly put on the leather armor, "I never thought that our old man would be covered in witchcraft artifacts one day."

Shen Can then took out two animal skin bags and two bamboo tubes from the side, and like an old mother, kept taking things out of the firebox.

"These two bags, one contains a general antidote, and the other contains my improved version of Mafeisan powder, which should be diluted with alcohol before use."

"On the road, we only drink the water we bring ourselves. If we run out of water, we try to rest in places with small water sources when we look for water. We first fill a bamboo tube with water and then pour anesthetic powder into it."

"We must be wary of the lessons learned from being followed by others in Shanghuang. If someone does follow us, I don't believe they won't drink water along the way. If they do follow you to fetch water, it will be good for them to taste our scorching local specialty."

"Oh, by the way, I've poisoned the arrows, so please don't use them as grills for skewering meat."

"The same goes for knives; don't use them to cut meat."

(End of this chapter)