I Steal the Ancestors' Sacrifices to Nourish Myself

As time passes, the speed at which the proportion of bloodline descendants from the headquarters increases will become faster and faster.

If this continues, in another decade or so, the tens of thousands of subjects gathered initially will be completely assimilated into the Blazing Flame Headquarters people.

To encourage childbirth, those children of Huo Yuan back then are already married and have children now.

With a large number of subjects within the clan, there’s no need to worry about the children having no one to care for them.

As for Martial Dao and Witch Cultivation, there’s even less to worry about.

It can be said that the unstable factor for the Blazing Flame Division’s promotion to Bo Division at present is the millions of subjects gathered from outside the mountains.

Next, a considerable amount of time must be spent on integration.

To this end, the clan will also use various methods, such as selecting young people with Witch Cultivation talent, blessed by Sacrificial Spirits, to be brought into the headquarters’ Witch Hall and Martial Hall for training.

Accordingly, their relatives will also move into the headquarters together.

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The selection of veterans for tempering their will is mainly because everyone has experienced combat with Xiaoyang, and some even had family members die at Xiaoyang’s hand.

After years of war, their will and spirit have been tempered repeatedly, making them far stronger than the youth in the Martial Hall.

The Desolate Beast Battle Body Technique, Shen Can aims to develop it into a Divine Technique that can assist Martial Artists in combat and breakthroughs.

A strong physique is important when advancing to Divine Treasure, and this technique happens to strengthen the physique.

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"Relatives migrate into the headquarters’ clan land, offspring receive doubled nurturing within the clan, accidents leading to being enshrined into the Ancestral Temple and honored annually by the tribe."

In the clan land outside the mountains.

Huo Chang gathered over two hundred figures together.

Over the years, many clansmen and subjects in the river valley have gone out and experienced battles with Xiaoyang.

"The clan division will establish contracts with everyone, and what you do will be offered to the Ancestral Temple. When secrecy regarding matters is no longer required, it will be announced to the entire clan division."

Huo Chang’s words made the people in the hall look solemn.

Being able to enter the Ancestral Temple clearly indicates the task is extremely dangerous and requires secrecy, adding to its confidentiality.

"Everyone has three days to consider, come to me once you’ve made up your mind."

Shen Can provided one hundred and twenty slots, but after considering, Huo Chang decided that instead of forcibly recruiting from within the clan for experimental Martial Dao cultivation, it would be better to let the clansmen choose themselves.

The task naturally couldn’t be stated outright, but a series of benefits would be enough for the clansmen to understand the task’s great danger, with a potential inability to return if any mishap occurs.

The migration of relatives into the headquarters is a term offered to new clansmen from the outside tribes.

The selection of two hundred and twenty people was to avoid falling short of Shen Can’s required number.

Three days passed quickly.

A total of one hundred and sixty-seven Martial Artists came to find Huo Chang.

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Blazing Flame Tribe Division.

Huo Shan, soaked in the medicine cauldron for three days and nights, the thick and mercury-like Witch Medicine inside had long turned into clear water.

The medicinal power had already entered Huo Shan’s body.

Huff, huff, huff!

In the cauldron, Huo Shan’s breathing echoed with a dull sound, his entire body scorching hot.

The clear water in the cauldron started gurgling, quickly turning into steam, permeating outward.

A strong and intense blood energy emerged from every pore, instantly dyeing the entire medicine cauldron red.

Boom!

The blood energy exploded from Huo Shan’s body, shattering the medicine cauldron into pieces.

Rolling blood energy began rising from Huo Shan’s head, piercing through the Stone Hall.

Subsequently, the blood energy on Huo Shan’s body transformed into a fiery shape, an unruly aura surged outward from within.

In Shen Can’s perception, Huo Shan’s bones were covered with golden monkey patterns, and the entire bone structure began to expand, causing his flesh to expand as well.

In an instant, a Great Ape covered in golden fur stood up in the center of the shattered cauldron.

Roar!

The Great Ape let out a wild roar, its blood energy burning like flowing flames.

This beast roar startled Shen Can, who quickly enveloped it in Divine Sense, raising his hand, ready to suppress at any moment.

Seeing the clear and lucid expression in Huo Shan’s blood-golden eyes, only then did he relax.

The Great Ape rubbed the back of its head.

"Acan, couldn’t hold back just now."

Huo Shan spoke, his voice like thunder, making the objects in the hall resonate with a thumping sound.

"Why has everything become smaller?"

The Great Ape stood eight feet tall, almost two feet shorter than Shen Can when he first transformed.

"How do you feel?"

"Pain!"

Huo Shan replied, shaking his body.

"My whole body hurts, my flesh hurts, my bones hurt, everything hurts."

Shen Can’s Divine Sense fell on Huo Shan again, clearly sensing numerous tear-like wounds inside.

The beast patterns on the golden bone resembled a humanoid figure, howling at the sky.

Currently, this beast pattern was radiating intense light.

"Circulate the blood energy a bit."

Under Shen Can’s command, Huo Shan began to mobilize the blood energy within.

Subsequently, as Shen Can directed, Huo Shan followed the instructions, continuing for almost half an hour.

"Acan, I can’t hold on any longer."

Finally, Huo Shan’s body quickly shrank, returning to human form, lying on the ground as if utterly exhausted.

After another quarter of an hour of cultivation, Huo Shan got up and changed clothes, showing his teeth while sitting in front of Shen Can.

Every part of him was in pain, as if pierced by needles and sliced by knives.

Soon, Yan Ling entered with a large bowl of Witch Medicine.

"Grandpa Huo Shan, time for medicine."

Huo Shan gave a broad smile, took the bowl, and drank it clean.

After swallowing the potion, he felt the pain ease a bit.

"Little Yan Ling, is there more? Bring three more big bowls."

Yan Ling took the bowl, "Yes, Master brewed a lot."

After drinking five large bowls of Witch Medicine Soup, Huo Shan finally felt the stabbing pain from his bones dissipate.

The recent transformation felt like his bones were being ripped apart, momentarily feeling as though he was being quartered.

No wonder before cultivation, Acan had him exercise his will in the Purgatory.

Shen Can was busy at his desk, having sensed the entire transformative process of Huo Shan, imprinting all changes in his mind.

As expected, the Desolate Beast Battle Body Technique derived from his own transformation method showed some incompatibility with Huo Shan.

Nevertheless, it worked out; it was a success after all.

The injuries... without these injuries, where would the inspiration for further improvement come?

Scribbles filled the beast-hide paper, depicting Huo Shan’s profile, the blood energy channel routes, beast pattern locations on bones.

From Huo Shan to Fire Ape, Shen Can drew over a dozen sheets before putting down the pen.

These transformations provide further opportunities to optimize and improve, even derive a Martial Arts Divine Technique suited for this beast form transformation.

Indeed, Shen Can’s own Desolate Beast Battle Body also includes corresponding Martial Arts divine techniques, all needing gradual perfection.

"Next, Uncle also needs to stay in the hall to heal injuries. I want to observe the changes in your body."

In the days that followed, Huo Shan became Shen Can’s experimental Fire Ape, continuously transitioning between Fire Ape and human form.

It took nearly half a month from Huo Shan’s injury recovery to mastering transformation into the Desolate Beast Battle Body.

During this time, the cauldron of Witch Medicine Shen Can brewed for himself was finally ready.

He temporarily handed over the daily tracking of Huo Shan’s physical changes to his apprentice Huo Yunn, while he plunged into the medicine cauldron for cultivation.

The spoils of war gained over years of battles must be transformed into strength without delay.

Once he completes his advance, Shen Can plans to boost his disciples’ progress; only having one Tier Three isn’t sufficient, they all need to reach Tier Three.

As for Tier Four, that depends on opportunities in the future.

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Advancing to Tier Four Great Witch involves refining Witch Power within the Witch Vein, akin to opening Divine Treasure and refining blood energy.

After breaking through Tier Four in Martial Dao, the physical strength is comparable to Divine Gold, refining Witch Power, expanding Witch Vein is as effortless as flowing water.

Inside the Ancestral Temple.

Sinking into the medicine cauldron, Shen Can appeared like an ancient beast of the desolate wilderness, crazily absorbing the cauldron’s medicinal power.

The medicine cauldron contained not only Treasure Medicine but also a considerable amount of Source Stone.

Fierce and turbulent power surged into the Witch Vein, rapidly expanding it at this moment. *