Chapter 764 - 308: Civil Hall, City Building (Part 2)

Watching the flying ship disappear into the distance, Huo Chang slowly retracted his gaze.

"Do you think the Pioneer Order will tempt any of the Yongyi tribes?"

The two of them went to the side hall, sat down, and brewed some dried spirit fruit around the stove.

Huo Shan was hosting a banquet for the Dai Land Earth Martial Artists, accompanied by the Execution Elders, to spread the news of the Pioneer Order.

If they could relocate some of the Yongyi tribes to pioneer lands, it would alleviate the overcrowding problem in Yongyi and reduce conflicts between the tribes.

In the Great Wilderness, overcrowding doesn’t mean tribes are right next to each other, but rather the overlapping of hunting areas and grain-producing regions.

More importantly, cultivation resources are scarce. The growth areas of Tier Three and Tier Four Witch Medicine are so close that two tribes clashing over a single Treasure Medicine is all too common, leading to blood feuds.

This is just like the Wild Beasts; the higher the tier of the Wild Beast, the larger the hunting area it requires.

"There should be a few."

At this time, Shen Can spoke again, "Even if they are unwilling to go, they must be pushed. How else can we expand the alliance’s territories?"

Upon hearing Shen Can’s words, Huo Chang nodded as well.

The alliance is Blazing Flame, and Blazing Flame is the alliance. Without external expansion, how can the meal be enriched?

While Blazing Flame consumed the majority as the meal grows, it still allows the other tribes within the alliance to be well-fed.

"It’s a shame, the Pioneer Order of the Jiangyang Bo Division was destroyed thousands of years ago. Otherwise, we could have borrowed it to have a look."

The Dai Land Jiang Yan Clan is said to be among the first to pioneer the Dai Land, having brought the Pioneer Order granted by an even older clan.

Later, the Jiang Yan Clan evolved into the Jiangyang Bo Division in the Dai Land, but the Pioneer Order from those times was destroyed during the Earth Ant catastrophe.

This is what the Jiangyang Grotto Heaven claims as its origin, which differs slightly from what Shen Can heard about the origins of the Giant Mountain Human Race from the Marquis Yongshan.

Whether this account is true or not is not important. Perhaps both Yongshan Marquis and Jiangyang Bo Division’s lord spoke the truth.

"The Pioneer Order is bestowed by the Heroic Spirit Temple."

At this moment, Shen Can said, "The great matters of the Human Race, only sacrificial rituals and expeditions matter. The Ancestral Temple Keeper is the high priest, and the Martial Artist is the guardian. After the Pioneer Order is granted, it must be sent to each division’s Ancestral Temple for worship.

As for the appearance of the Pioneer Order, it’s not important; what’s important is its function, which truly possesses the power to protect the tribe.

Only then can each tribe truly value, preserve, and worship the Pioneer Order every year."

Shen Can envisions the Pioneer Order as an Array Dao Witch Artifact.

When a pioneering tribe faces the danger of extinction, it can activate the Pioneer Order to protect the tribe, giving the pioneering tribe a lifeline and a chance to wait for rescue.

Such an important item should not be casually distributed; representatives from each tribe need to come to receive it, establish an Ancestral Temple, and perform annual sacrifices, letting each tribe know that this is a tribe-protecting Witch Artifact as significant as a Sacrificial Spirit.

This makes up for the current inability of tribes to connect with Sacrificial Spirits.

The reason tribes cannot connect with Sacrificial Spirits, apart from their own issues, is that Sacrificial Spirits need special circumstances to exist.

In thousands of years, the deceased Human Race really died, with not even a wisp of spirit remaining. Later generations wishing to connect with them find no Sacrificial Spirits in the wilds. No matter how much sacrificial dance is performed for ten days and ten nights, it’s in vain, even doing a headstand won’t help.

Fire Chang firmly trusts Shen Can’s words.

He then asked, "For the sacrificial rituals of scattered settlements in the Dai Land, have you thought about how to arrange them?"

Small settlements are indeed easier for Blazing Flame to consolidate and control.

However, small settlements also have their drawbacks in being too scattered. Earth Ants are a precaution against the Human Race’s expansion.

Blazing Flame has the opposite goal, hoping that the Dai Land Human Race will grow stronger under Blazing Flame’s control.

Sacrifice is a means to unite people’s hearts; wanting to incorporate the Dai Land settlements under our banner, the matter of sacrifice must keep pace.

"What I said before about retracing past events was to find the ancestors of each settlement in the Dai Land, those who once went to Inheritance Mountain to cultivate, and those who did not die in battle.

Take Star Mountain as an example. How many people from surrounding settlements left their homes to cultivate at Star Mountain.

Looking back, every settlement has a few people who couldn’t bear the Earth Ants’ pressure and chose to go out and practice in settlements.

Starting from each Inheritance Mountain, verify with surrounding settlements, and find these people.

Then, books and stories can be written for them and spread widely, evoking a resonance among the Human Race in each settlement.

We could even establish Ancestral Temples for their sacrifices." This is the solution Shen Can conceived of.

Next, training Ancestral Temple Keepers for each small settlement is still necessary.

According to Shen Can, beyond influencing each division through Ancestral Temple Keepers, it would be great to extend control into each division’s Ancestral Temple.

Not that he intends to interfere with each division’s sacrifices; he isn’t so free as to need to monitor every small tribe, that would exhaust him.

What he envisions is the Heroic Spirit Temple as the main trunk of a large tree, with each division’s Ancestral Temple as branches.

As the alliance expands outward, the deceased Human Race will naturally increase, and some will inevitably transform into Sacrificial Spirits.

In fact, the number of Sacrificial Spirits will grow more and more.

After the alliance establishes a Heroic Spirit Temple, there is a natural advantage in connecting with Heroic Spirits. No matter how settlements try to connect, it’s incomparable to the alliance’s Heroic Spirit Temple.

In terms of sacrificial rites, no tribe can compare to the alliance bonded together, where Sacrificial Spirits can receive support from the entire alliance.

If a method of communicating with each division’s Ancestral Temple comes about, then when small tribes face the threat of extinction, they can invoke Sacrificial Spirits from the main Heroic Spirit Temple of the alliance to appear in their Ancestral Temples through sacrificial rituals.

This would maximize the protection of Human Race tribes, and also incorporate the Sacrificial Spirits of every tribe into the alliance.

Unfortunately, for now, this is just a thought he can’t yet realize.

Huo Chang and Shen Can talked for a long time, and when night fell, Huo Chang directly found a place to stay in Shen Can’s side hall.

The two thousand plus martial artists and wizards dispatched by the tribe, upon entering the Dai Land, quickly headed towards the northwest abandoned region of the Dai Land.

With hundreds of Blazing Flame Grand Chapter Vehicles, modeled after the Yongshan Bo Division’s Grand Chapter Vehicle, they traversed mountains and rivers, recording places they passed.

One set after another of geographical data on the Dai Land’s abandoned regions was sent back to the Blazing Flame Bo Division here, transmitted by Communication Witch Artifacts and Communication Envoys.

With data in hand, Blazing Flame also decided to grant nine Pioneer Orders for the first batch.

Ancestral Temple Side Hall.

A round token hovered in front of Shen Can, about a foot in size, densely covered with light spots like stars.

These light spots were Array Bases, forming a Tier Four High-Grade Witch Array.

Of course, the range of the Witch Array wasn’t large. Once activated, it could only cover an area of five miles around, yet it could protect the tribal core.

With a wave of his hand, Shen Can examined the Witch Array on the Pioneer Order, then looked at the disciple before him.

This Pioneer Order was created by the combined efforts of his disciples: Disciple Yan Tan responsible for forging, and Disciple Yan Chong leading others to build the array.

According to ancient arrays, they couldn’t possibly craft a Tier Four High-Grade Witch Array. The formation within the token was made by combining ancient and modern array methods.

"Well done."

Upon hearing Shen Can’s praise, the several figures in the hall finally breathed a sigh of relief, unable to resist showing a hint of joy.

Receiving the grandmaster’s praise is something they feel proud of.

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After the Pioneer Order was crafted, Huo Shan also announced the decision to grant the Pioneer Order on behalf of the Alliance Leader.

Moreover, this decree was conveyed to each Top-grade Tribe through Communication Witch Artifacts spread across the regions.

Transmitting the decree to Top-grade Tribes was mainly because some areas, according to investigated conditions, could be pioneered by Top-grade Tribes.

After all, these regions were once inhabited by the Dai Land Human Race. Regardless of how barren they became, they were still better than the situation Shen Can encountered with the Kui Ox Race.

As the first pioneers of the alliance, Blazing Flame placed great importance on this. The first batch must be effective to motivate other tribes to participate.