I Steal the Ancestors' Sacrifices to Nourish Myself-Chapter 153 - 77: Tribute, Martial Demonstration, and the Great Sacrifice

"The Cyan Stone Tribe is willing to acknowledge Blazing Flame as the Upper Division, offering tribute every year and obeying orders."

"The Cliff Mountain Division is willing to acknowledge Blazing Flame as the Upper Division!"

Seeing the various tribal leaders present speak up, Cang Hex also hurriedly spoke.

"The Cyan Bird Division is willing to acknowledge Blazing Flame as..."

Unfortunately, his words were mixed with the voices of other tribal leaders, making Cang Hex extremely uncomfortable.

His gaze lingered on Lin Zhong for a long time without withdrawing: You, a mere acting clan leader of Mountain Opening Realm, don't even think about how to handle the clan leader's funeral, all you do is run your mouth, right.

He, Cang Hex, was the first to gather troops and came with the most clan soldiers. If he could have been the first to speak, then...

Unfortunately, it was just a little late, and the effort was wasted.

Really want to stab Lin Zhong ten thousand times. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

The moonlight falls on the wilderness, the river Zhushui flows by the riverfront.

Dozens of clan leaders of the Northern Human Race Tribe stood before Huo Chang, establishing the covenant to acknowledge Blazing Flame as the Upper Division, and Blazing Flame will protect all divisions and pass on cultivation techniques to all tribes.

That night, the Crocodile Dragon slain on the battlefield was skinned and drained of blood, washed clean with water from Zhushui, and placed on a roasting rack. The soldiers of all divisions celebrated the victory of this battle together.

Until the next day, after cleaning the battlefield and distributing the spoils based on the heads of each division, all clans returned orderly to the north bank of the Zhushui River.

The reason for distributing rewards based on headcount is mainly because there was no precise record of merit for this battle.

In response to Blazing Flame's first summon, the arrival of the divisions was not fussed over by Huo Chang, and all deserved rewards were given.

Once the clans returned, there was no further pursuit to annihilate the Xiaoyang Race.

The Blazing Flame Tribe had achieved the desired outcome; in the coming decades or centuries, they might maintain a state of mutual attack and defense with the Xiaoyang Race.

No pursuing after victory to avoid attracting too much attention from the Xiaoyang Race.

One day, when Blazing Flame possesses Tier Four Martial Artists and achieves the prestige of the Bo Division, the existence of the Xiaoyang Race in the Northern Lands will no longer be necessary.

...

Huo Chang led the clan soldiers back in triumph, and the tribespeople and vassals of the Blazing Flame Tribe gathered outside the clan land, the dense crowd watching the returning martial artists.

Many women and children looked eagerly, some seeing a familiar figure among the clan soldiers, their eyes filled with joy instead of worry, while others covered their mouths.

In this battle, the Blazing Flame Headquarters Division's soldiers suffered the loss of three hundred and thirty-seven tribespeople, with over a thousand injured, most with minor injuries, and fewer than a hundred seriously wounded.

The Celestial Vein Martial Artists suffered no losses, mainly because the giant crossbows were aimed flat and in the first wave of attacks, they took out most of the Celestial Vein Martial Artists of the Xiaoyang Race.

Over the next two days, the returning Huo Chang conducted a fire sacrifice for the fallen tribespeople, designating a northern valley of the clan land as the burial ground for the tribe.

In the future, all tribespeople and vassals of Blazing Flame who die in battle will be buried here.

The divine tablets were moved into the Ancestral Temple for worship.

Subsequently, there were rewards, in the Zhushui Wilderness, these were rewards for the vassal tribes, mostly consisting of weapons and armor and the like.

Within the Blazing Flame, the rewards were more detailed, from cultivation resources to the privilege of clan soldiers' descendants entering the Witch Hall or Martial Hall.

The Blazing Flame Tribe had leapt from a small mountain tribe to the Upper-class Tribe respected by all divisions; many things had yet to be established, and rewards system and the like were still in the exploratory and foundational stage.

Ancestral Temple.

"Huo led four thousand clan soldiers from the headquarters, nearly ten thousand allied soldiers from all divisions, at the wilderness of the Zhushui riverfront and defeated the Xiaoyang allied forces, beheading, and capturing over thirteen thousand Xiaoyang Race heads.

In the coming ten years, our Northern Human Race divisions will have a period of stable development.

Huo has sworn a blood oath with the forty-three clan leaders of each division; Blazing Flame will spread Martial Dao and Witchcraft Path, leading all divisions in resisting Xiaoyang and defending against the natural disasters and man-made calamities of the Great Wilderness."

Huo Chang spoke in the Ancestral Temple, his voice powerful and measured, recounting the achievements of this battle.

Huo Xian stood by, trying his best to straighten his hunched body, a smile on his face.

"After this battle, all divisions respect our Blazing Flame as the Upper Division, I wish to select a day to worship the ancestors and sacrificial artifacts, solidifying the foundation as an Upper-class Tribe."

After he finished speaking, Huo Chang placed a beast hide scroll on the offering table.

The beast hide scroll bore the names of the divisions sworn into the blood oath, along with the blood seals of the clan leaders of all divisions.

"Buzz!"

As soon as the covenant of the beast hide scroll was placed on the offering table, the nine tripods and eight sacrificial vessels within the Ancestral Temple emitted a humming sound.

Shen Can's divine sense settled on the sacrificial artifact, sensing the fluctuations within.

The emergence of the covenant among all divisions caused a revival in the sacrificial spirit within the artifact.

...

Sensing the response of the Sacrificial Tripod Cauldron, Huo Chang's spirit soared; the sacrificial artifact having a spirit represented approval of his actions.

Subsequently, Huo Chang looked at Shen Can.

"Acan, when do you think we should hold the Great Sacrifice?"

Shen Can withdrew his divine sense from the Sacrificial Tripod Cauldron.

"Clan Leader, we Blazing Flame rose from humble beginnings, and previously, sacrifices were conducted according to our own notions, but now as we advance to the Upper Division, we need to learn from the outside."

"Yanran Division." Huo Chang immediately understood.

Shen Can nodded and said, "Let Huo Hou make a trip to the Ji Land, the Yanran Tribe has not long been promoted to Upper-class Tribe, and there are quite a few people in Ji Land who have witnessed the Yanran Tribe's upgrade to Upper-class Tribe."

Not long after, Huo Hou entered the Ancestral Temple.

"Ahou, the tribe needs you to make a trip to the Ji Land.

If our Blazing Flame's Great Sacrifice when advancing to an Upper-class Tribe were to be held as before, not only would it lose its dignity, but also cause the vassal tribes to lose respect."

Therefore, on this trip to the Ji Land, you need to inquire about the steps and customs of the Yanran Tribe's elevation to Upper Division."

"Yes!"

Huo Hou accepted without hesitation.

He naturally did not go alone to Ji Land; Shen Can also arranged for the Tuo Lord to lead the way.

With Tuo Lord, an old beast from Ji Land, there should be no difficulty in inquiring about the Yanran promotion to Upper Division scenes.