Initial Tribal System, Ling Yu Upper Tribe's Witch Blade (Seeking Reads)

[Sacrificial Host seized 233 years of lifespan from a first-tier mutated Mountain-Cleaving Kui]

As Shen Can drew blood and divided the Kui meat to offer to the Ancestral Temple, the child carrying the ears of wheat and millet was also summoned into the Ancestral Temple, placing bundles of wheat and millet onto the offering table.

Informing the ancestors that after the disaster, they had welcomed a bountiful harvest, and they were still alive.

After the ancestral sacrifice, the other prey was directly placed on the grill.

In front of the bonfire, a whole Mountain-Cleaving Kui was placed on the grill, its fat and juice sizzling.

Huo Tang used a knife to carve the Kui meat, cutting off the most succulent parts and serving them to Shen Can.

"A-Can, the tribe has been worry-free about food and clothing since the disaster, and you are indispensable."

The tribesmen sitting around the bonfire nodded in agreement. Without the witch's guidance, the tribe would not have developed so much.

From the witch rune curing plagues to strongly advocating martial arts cultivation, from witch medicine hunting to witch medicine pest control, from herb cultivation to desolate beast taming, Shen Can was behind all these efforts.

Everyone felt the changes in the tribal department.

After Huo Tang distributed the roasted meat to the tribesmen gathered around the bonfire, he said, "Take this and distribute it to the tribesmen."

Two tribesmen carried the roasted Kui meat and walked towards a distant place, attracting a group of children chasing after them.

"The flood has passed for a year, and the tribal grain is abundant. We have survived the most difficult times."

Huo Tang held the roasted meat in a pottery jar, looked around, and said, "The tribal affairs have also been divided more meticulously. Taking this opportunity, let everyone know who is in charge of various tribal matters."

The tribesmen sitting around the bonfire included men and women, all of whom were martial artists, initially forming the institutional system of the Blazing Flame Tribe.

The three Clan Elders had more people under their command and more detailed divisions of responsibility.

Clan Elder Huo Yu managed the Clan Treasury and the training of the tribe's young martial artists. The head martial arts instructor was Huo Qi. (One of Shen Can's martial arts test subjects who failed to advance to the Heavenly Meridian realm.)

Elder Huo Yun had more people under his command: Huo Yun, the Minister of Agriculture; Huo Yuan, the Minister of Beasts; Huo Yao, the Minister of Pottery; and Huo Shi and Huo Xin, the Ministers of Arms.

Among the two Ministers of Arms, Huo Shi was the blacksmith, and Huo Xin was one of the few female martial artists in the tribe, responsible for the production of weapons such as armor and arrowheads.

Huo Shan had four Zubó under his command.

Zubó Huo Hou was responsible for conveying and scouting information. This team had only a little over twenty tribesmen, all of whom were fast runners and agile.

Zubó Huo Yan, Huo Yu, and Huo Ning were all previously promoted Mountain Opening Realm martial artists, equivalent to tribal guards. They took turns going out for hunting drills, scouting terrain, and understanding the environment.

The newly promoted Heavenly Meridian, Huo Kui, did not hold any official position and became a hidden force of the tribe.

In addition to these, the tribe also clearly established a library cave and a medicinal garden. These two places were supervised by Shen Can and Huo Xian.

Besides practicing martial arts, the children in the tribe also learned some extra knowledge in the library cave.

Under the operation of this system, among the more than 3,000 people in the tribe who practiced martial arts, most were engaged in farming and production. Except for the young children, everyone performed their respective duties.

This harvest was just the beginning. For the tribe, the road ahead was still long.

As the weather grew colder, it was once again the best time for hunting and gathering firewood.

The day after the tribal sacrifice, the tribesmen began their new busy work.

Two months later, the weather turned sharply cold.

In the Ancestral Temple, the cave area had been expanded by more than double its previous size, and it was now connected to the caves on both sides.

One of the caves contained more than twenty wooden bows of various styles, ranging from 35 to 43 strength.

Most of them were collected from various tribes before, and some had new bowstrings.

Shen Can casually picked up the bow with the strongest draw weight. The beast sinew used for the bowstring was as thick as his finger. The moment he gripped it with both hands, it was easily pulled into a full moon shape.

Sacrificial Host: Shen Can

Martial Arts Realm: Mountain Opening Realm (Strength of 49 Desolates)

Huo Shan, one of his two major test subjects, could also draw this 43-Arid strength bow.

Shen Can estimated that Huo Shan's true physical strength was about the same as his own now.

And Huo Qi, after being soaked in third-tier beast blood last time, now also had a strength of 40 desolate.

Shen Can had been recording the cultivation consumption and progress between the two. Huo Qi was far behind Huo Shan.

As for himself and Huo Shan, there was no comparison. He had advanced from an ordinary martial artist in one go, while Huo Shan already possessed a strength of 35 huang when Shen Can was still an ordinary martial artist.

It was a pity that there were no stronger bows in the tribe, and they could not be made. It required third-tier materials or high-grade ores, and even more time.

In the cave of the Ancestral Temple, the bonfire in the fire pit crackled, and the water in the pottery jar bubbled.

"Cough... cough..." The weather was cold, and Huo Xian coughed severely.

"A-Can, has Huo Tang's message come back today?"

The cold weather was a good time for hunting. The tribe's three teams of a hundred martial artists had been hunting outside in rotation for a long time.

According to the previously established rules, if they did not return from hunting, they would send back news every two to three days, depending on the distance.

Because of the previous experience of hunting a third-tier Odd Fish, Huo Tang had once again set his sights on a third-tier aquatic desolate beast.

The news comes back every two days. We received news yesterday that the tribal chief has found an injured third-tier water beast and is currently hunting it. With Mafeisan, it should be successful soon.

West bank of Da Ye Marsh.

The marsh was dense with water and mud, with large lakes connected to each other.

Within the valleys formed by several submerged mountain peaks, the water flowed deeply, and strange calls echoed.

"Splash!"

As waves exploded, a strange water beast with horse-ear-shaped eyes appeared. Its body was like a dark-patterned swimming snake, with six legs beneath it, drawing the surrounding water vapor into mist that gathered above the valley.

This strangely shaped water beast was covered in wounds, with the injury on its lower abdomen extending to its tail, occasionally flashing with a glow.

On the small mountain by the shore, Huo Tang carefully observed the water beast that had emerged.

The beast was severely injured, and the glowing part on its tail seemed to be a weapon embedded in its body, as he had observed closely for several days.

This water beast had long been a frightened bird, not daring to venture deep into the marsh to fish, only eating small fish.

This valley was connected to the marsh, so it wouldn't be possible to drain the water like last time.

After careful observation, Huo Tang used the 'clearing' method, arranging for tribesmen to divert a waterway from the rear of the valley.

It was five zhang wide and two zhang deep, dug all the way to three li away, where a large water pond was excavated.

The reason for digging such a long artificial river was that this was the edge of the marsh, with abundant muddy water, and the water beast had feet under its belly.

Digging a three-li distance, even if the water beast could climb ashore and crawl, there would be time to intercept it in the shallow water.

Giant rocks were piled at the mouth of the pond, waiting to block the entrance once the water beast entered.

After the artificial river was dug, the tribesmen hunted a Mountain-Cleaving Kui in the forest and threw it into the artificial river.

It struggled in the water, its wounds bleeding into the river, attracting many small fish with fangs to tear at it.

Even so, the water beast did not dare to come forward and eat a single bite.

Huo Tang was not in a hurry; every day or two, he would throw an injured Mountain-Cleaving Kui into the water.

After throwing seven injured Mountain-Cleaving Kui into the water like this, the water beast finally couldn't resist.

"Splash!" Its snake-like body shot out of the water, biting the body of the Mountain-Cleaving Kui and swallowing the small fish feeding around it.

It rolled in the water and devoured more than half of the Mountain-Cleaving Kui's body.

At the same time, Huo Tang had already ordered people to throw half a Mountain-Cleaving Kui carcass and pour beast blood into the water about a li behind the artificial river.

"It's coming, it's coming."

On the small mountain beside the artificial river, everyone watched the ripples in the river from afar, watching the water beast follow the river, sniffing the scent of blood, and entering the pond.

At the same time, Huo Tang, who was guarding by the pond, pushed the giant rocks to block the opening.

"Smash the Mafeisan!"

Other tribesmen, hidden in the mud outside the pond, hurled clay pots at the water beast with a clatter.

When Huo Tang blocked the opening, the water beast, which was gnawing on the flesh of the Mountain-Cleaving Kui, sensed danger. Its body coiled with a ball of black light, and the surrounding water began to surge.

But the Mafeisan rained down like a scattering of flowers from a celestial maiden.

From the broken jars, the paste-like medicinal liquid splashed over more than half of its body.

And its body was covered in wounds.

Splash!

The water beast struggled violently, black light emanating from its entire body. Its six legs beneath its belly churned rapidly, dragging its wounds as it tried to break through the surface.

But as the light just began to shine, its massive body swayed slightly and then plunged into the half-water.

"Heh heh, A-Can's medicine is really effective."

"Just dig a ditch and let the water flow. I think we should just move near this marsh and focus on catching the desolate beasts in the water."

"I think that's a good idea."

"What are you standing around for? Can't you see the beast blood is flowing out? Hurry up and divide it."

"Ah, Clan Leader, aren't we taking this desolate beast back alive?" Huo Yu asked with some surprise.

"No, the road is too long. This water beast can climb ashore and has supernatural abilities. It's too dangerous to take it back."

"Divide it on the spot and collect the blood."

Saying that, Huo Tang walked to the water beast, pried open its mouth, and thrust the Iron Wood spear into its skull from its mouth.

Two days later.

All parts of the third-tier water beast were displayed in the Ancestral Temple.

"A-Can, this water beast, like the plague beast we saw before, can release black light from its body."

Huo Tang brought back everything, even the soil where the beast blood had spilled.

There was also a broken saber with witch runes on it.

Shen Can regretted not killing the desolate beast himself, but obtaining this broken saber compensated for that regret.

The witch runes on the broken saber were winding, and he was too familiar with them.

The broken half-foot blade had over a dozen witch runes that had changed from their initial forms, four of which he had not yet deduced.

"Ling Yu Upper Tribe."