"Although the Talent Ritual was merely the most basic of the many priest rituals, neither its setup procedure nor the auxiliary materials it required was something an ordinary person could undertake."
"In other words, even if the three kilograms of Divine Ore were gathered, the ritual still couldn't be performed just anywhere."
Su Mo frowned and lightly ran his finger over the description of the Talent Ritual in the Priest Ritual Grand Ceremony.
Aside from the first batch of heaven-bestowed priests, every subsequent priest had undergone the Talent Ritual and was familiar with it.
Yet just as the book stated, the ritual's setup and auxiliary materials still had extremely high requirements.
As a result, when most small tribes wanted to produce a priest, they could only go to a Large Tribe and piggyback on its ritual.
Tang Ma, for example, had been brought by the old priest to the Ten-Thousand-Person tribe, the Snow Eagle Tribe, to advance.
Of course, piggybacking on a ritual was not free.
By convention, each tribe had to submit an additional half-kilogram of Divine Ore as payment to participate.
"I already have a full thirteen kilograms of Divine Ore on hand, and that number may continue rising. A mere half-kilogram payment is nothing."
"But the problem is that after spring begins, all the major tribes are busy farming. The next Talent Ritual can't be held until twenty-four days from now."
Su Mo's gaze focused on the ritual's requirements.
The Divine Ore had already been gathered, but even after two months of collecting, there were still considerable gaps in the auxiliary materials.
If he waited twenty-four days, then based on the experience provided daily by Greeting Divine Art, he would lose a full fifty thousand experience.
"With that much time, I could reach Level Four Priest. Besides,