I Steal the Ancestors' Sacrifices to Nourish Myself

Chapter 447 - 190: The Geniuses of the Blazing Flame Division (Part 2)

"The Clan Leader can relay the message to the clan, let everyone prepare. Even if someone participates in the trial with a Tier Four Witch Artifact, I don’t care; I only look at the combat merit points."

In Shen Can’s view, if a Tier Two or Tier Three clansman can use a Tier Four Witch Artifact, it equally proves they’re worth cultivating.

As for where the Tier Four Witch Artifact came from, he doesn’t care.

Huo Chang felt that Shen Can was truly unrestrained, this trial was practically a free-range experiment.

"Then take a look at the reward arrangements."

Shen Can looked at the rewards arranged within the clan, which were nothing more than Treasure Pills, Witch Weapons, and armor.

Different reward categories were also divided into Tier Three Leader, Top Three, Top Ten, Tier Two Leader, Top Three, Top Ten, and so on.

"Let me arrange the rewards."

"Now, for those under twenty-five years old in the tribe who haven’t reached the Celestial Vein Fourth Layer, there’s no need for a distinction between Tier Two and Tier Three, just the top ten, with the leader’s reward being the heaviest, the second next, the third next, and then the fourth to tenth the same."

"If there are any clansmen of the Tier Two Mountain Opening Realm in the top ten, I will award them extra, regardless of their rank."

When the news of the trial spread across the clan land settlements, the clansmen were stunned.

Aside from not being able to harm fellow clansmen, having the duty to heal them, there were no other requirements, just to kill the Xiaoyang.

The top ten Trial Takers in terms of combat merit points could also receive rewards from the Ancestral Temple Keeper.

Quick-witted clansmen quickly began to prepare, starting to get their kids ready with Witch Medicine, armor, bows, crossbows, and even war beasts.

The clan had already stated, no restrictions on preparing things in advance, only looking at the combat merit points obtained from killing the Xiaoyang.

The older generation also began to pass down experience in fighting the Xiaoyang, such as breaking them up into small groups and striking quickly.

Very quickly, the Martial Division dispatched a batch of Wizards to each settlement to register young people participating in the trial. They needed to collect a drop of blood essence from each Trial Taker and record detailed information like names and appearances.

The collection of blood essence was to confirm identity using witchcraft, and in case of death in danger, identification would still be possible.

Additionally, it allowed searching for the person within a certain range using the blood essence.

Simultaneously, Huo Chang began arranging for clansmen to head to the eastern forest, observe the terrain to draw maps, and select suitable places to set up outposts.

Fortunately, although the trial area was vast, the true core gathering place of the Xiaoyang Race, after retreating, was within a radius of ten thousand li centered on Inkcloud Gorge.

During this encirclement of the Xiaoyang, Huo Chang refrained from excessive attacks to cooperate with the trial, scaring them away instead.

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"Let’s set the trial for two months from now."

That day, Huo Chang once again came to the Ancestral Temple.

"I’ve scattered over a thousand clansmen into the forest and started establishing outposts in conspicuous locations, a total of eighty-nine.

At that time, there will be Cyan Simurghs and Flying Ships patrolling the sky, and Beastified clansmen guarding the ground.

I’ve already warned them, without any signal from a distress arrow, they are not to interfere with the trial."

As he spoke, Huo Chang handed a thick roll of beast hide parchment to Shen Can.

"Here is the list of clansmen participating in the trial, a total of two thousand seven hundred thirty-seven, including ninety-three Tier Two Wizards.

The identification cards have already been made complete, marked with their blood essence."

Shen Can immediately saw the name Yan Ling on the list but glanced past it.

"The number of clansmen from our headquarters back in the day was not small."

Huo Chang nodded, a content smile unconcealable on his face.

Although the internal and external clans had long merged, over the years, he had been quietly increasing the number of Blazing Flame Headquarters bloodlines.

"If we were a few years late, the children born during those years we recuperated in the canyon could participate in this trial; those children are even more numerous."

"Look at these two names highlighted in red, one has the Power of Seventy-Seven Desolations, and one has the Power of Seventy-Eight Desolations.

Counting these two, there are nine clansmen who have achieved the Power of Seventy-Two Desolations.

Among these nine, there are three who have already broken through to the Celestial Vein Realm, and I have long arranged for them to gain experience among the Clan Soldiers."

In Yongyi, the Power of Seventy-Two Desolations is the minimum threshold for advancing to the Divine Treasure, not that having the Power of Seventy-Two Desolations guarantees advancement.

For example, Huo Shan had the Power of Seventy-Two Desolations. Despite his current successful advancement to the Divine Treasure, had he been in other Bo Divisions, his chances of advancing would not have been very high.

Therefore, for each Bo Division, the more clansmen they have who refine the Power of Seventy-Two Desolations, the better, using numbers to increase the success rate of advancing to the Divine Treasure.

On the list Huo Chang presented, most clansmen with over sixty Power of Desolations, especially those with the Power of Seventy Desolations, were from the younger generation of the Blazing Flame Headquarters Division back in the day.

This situation is also normal, even though a large number of clansmen were gathered later, they were ordinary clansmen, and peace had only been restored for a few years.

On the other hand, in the same age group, clansmen from the Blazing Flame Headquarters Division had long been cultivating with resources continuously obtained from the Ji Land.

These clansmen had decent qualifications, true, but reaching this point without continuously supplied Witch Pills and Treasure Pills would have been impossible.

It can be said that although Blazing Flame may lag behind Bo Divisions in some areas, in the refining of Witch Medicine and the cultivation of clansmen, it is not inferior to other divisions, and might even surpass most Bo Divisions.

In the forthcoming period, the majority of the clan’s attention was focused on the trial.

Both Shen Can and Huo Chang were eager to see whether the development over the years could yield several useful talents.

Especially Huo Chang, whose gaze constantly scanned the list, secretly memorizing many names, hoping to identify one or several third-generation individuals worth cultivating based on their performance.