Priests were a noble, transcendent group among the Barbarian Tribe, its hope, pillars, and deep reserves of strength. Regardless of their cultivation realm, they enjoyed generous treatment and profound respect-a custom handed down through the tribe's traditions.
A High Priest was the helmsman and soul of a barbarian tribe. Even those as powerful as Witch Kings or cultivators in the Witch Emperor Realm would not readily profane or slight him!
Heaven-Grade High Priests were the pillars holding up the entire Barbarian Tribe, figures of extraordinary significance. Across the vast Heavenfall Sea, with its twelve sea regions and countless barbarian tribes, there were only ten Heavenly Divisions-in other words, only ten Heaven-Grade High Priests!
Xiao Ying brought out his Totem Pillar directly. This was a High Priest's grandest, most solemn and sacred form of ceremony. Any barbarian would treat it with the utmost gravity and reverence; otherwise, they would face universal scorn and might even become an enemy of the entire Barbarian Tribe.
That was because a Totem Pillar could be seized. It was a tribe's most important and exalted possession, the symbol of its spirit and the vessel of its soul. Its loss was absolutely unthinkable.
Outside sacrificial ceremonies, High Priests generally would not-and dared not-bring one out lightly, much less a Heaven-Grade Totem Pillar. Though it was not a Dao Artifact, it was no weaker than one!
"We... barbarians have always been forthright and direct, speaking our minds without hesitation!"
As more than half the Witch Clan craftsmen bowed down, Xiao Ying straightened and secretly drew upon the Totem Power as he declared in a ringing voice, his imposing presence growing stronger. After a pause, he went straight to the point:
"I have newly taken office as High Priest. Perhaps I am young and hot-blooded, perhaps impulsive and arrogant,