The old man, Gu Lin, who was immersed in his memories with his head lowered, did not notice Xiao Chen's small movements. When he raised his head again, Xiao Chen had already concealed his astonished expression, and the astonishment in his eyes had disappeared without a trace.
"The Kuishui Tribe was built around the Kuishui Lake. The lake is rich in resources, and the riverbank produces a variety of medicinal herbs. Therefore, the Kuishui Tribe has been prosperous ever since it was established. The number of Blood Refining Realm warriors in the tribe has never been cut off, and it can be said that their foundation is quite deep. The entire tribe has more than forty thousand people, and there are four publicly known Blood Refining Realm warriors. Even when my Gu Yuan Tribe was at its peak, we had to rely on the Kuishui Tribe."
The more he spoke, the lower the old man's voice became. There seemed to be unwillingness in his voice, mixed with an indescribable helplessness.
"As for the Black Snake Tribe, it is a tribe that is comparable to the Kuishui Tribe. The emergence of this tribe is an anomaly. It has only been established for less than two hundred years, but it has developed from a scattered tribe to its current scale. Perhaps this tribe has hidden itself too deeply, or it has not been involved with other tribes at all. It is like a dense fog."
After listening to the old man's words, Xiao Chen could not help but lower his head and ponder. He did not expect these two tribes to have such a background. Putting the Kuishui Tribe aside, the Black Snake Tribe alone was enough to arouse his attention. The fear of the unknown was the most frightening. From a scattered tribe to such an extent in a short period of two hundred years, how could it be simple?
"My Gu Yuan Tribe has always been a thorn in the sides of these two tribes. It is located in the buffer zone between the Black Snake and Kuishui Tribes. Otherwise, we would have been annexed by these two tribes long ago. This time, Chen 'er's sudden rise may be because your appearance has made these two tribes feel threatened. Even without the appearance of the mid-grade Primordial Stone mine, it is only a matter of time before these two tribes attack my Gu Yuan Tribe!"
The old man's voice gradually became deeper. After a few breaths, Xiao Chen slowly stood up and gently placed the soft tiger skin on the old man's body. He turned around and added some charcoal to the fire in the stone basin. Only when he heard the old man's light snoring did he quietly leave.
It was already noon when he came out of the ancestral hall. As he walked on the bluestone road of the tribe, a few patrolling soldiers bowed to him from afar. Their eyes were filled with respect, and they waved their hands to let him go.
Even though the tribesmen no longer looked as panicky after his return, the pressure from the foreign enemies still brought an invisible pressure to the entire tribe. This situation made Xiao Chen secretly determined to defeat the Mysterious Snake and Kui Shui Tribes as soon as possible.
After receiving the Meridian Connecting Pill from Xiao Chen, Great Elder Tie Shi and others handed over the unfinished stone houses to their assistants, and then entered the state of closed-door cultivation to break through. These people's strength had already reached the Great Perfection of the Bone Tempering Realm. In addition, Xiao Chen taught them some insights about breaking through the Blood Refining Realm, so it was not difficult for them to take this step.
In the southeast direction of the tribe near the city gate, there was a shabby courtyard. At this moment, the courtyard seemed abnormally quiet. There were only two soldiers guarding outside the courtyard. This was Ding Shan's residence. Since he was appointed as the commander of the soldiers by Xiao Chen, Ding Shan had moved to this courtyard.
Since returning from the stone tower, Ding Shan ordered the tribe soldiers to reject all visitors and rushed into the stone house, closing the door tightly. This surprised the two soldiers who had been guarding outside the door.
At this moment, Ding Shan in the stone house was on the verge of breaking through. Originally, he had already reached the Half-step Blood Refining Realm under Xiao Chen's unsparing training. Even though he was injured by the young man from the Mysterious Snake Tribe not long ago, he recovered in less than two days with the healing medicine given by Xiao Chen.
The human body had a total of twelve meridians that ran through the entire body of the Divine Treasure. Opening the meridians was the process of opening the Divine Treasure and releasing the potential of the human body. At the same time, it was also the beginning of the evolution of life. The opening of each meridian was a sublimation of life.
At this moment, Ding Shan was sitting cross-legged in the stone house. He had already consumed the Meridian Unblocking Pill. His entire body was shrouded in white light as the majestic medicinal power roared. He tried his best to control it to rush fiercely towards the barrier leading to the first meridian, but the medicinal power was too strong. The surging torrent was like a torrential river, and his aura could be said to have expanded to the limit.
Boom!
In the next moment, Ding Shan's body trembled and a continuous thunderous sound came from his body. His entire body was like a leaking balloon, and the countless pores on his body emitted an endless force. At this moment, it was as if his entire body had become one with heaven and earth, and his originally closed body had become one with heaven and earth.
Roar!
With a long roar, Ding Shan's body started to tremble violently. The vital energy of heaven and earth within a radius of dozens of feet was instantly devoured by him, and a blood-colored airflow shot up to the sky.
He had broken through!
Xiao Chen, who was strolling on the bluestone street, suddenly stopped in his tracks and looked towards the southeast of the tribe. In that direction, he felt a majestic qi and blood accumulating. As expected, in the next moment, this originally majestic qi and blood accumulated to the extreme and shot up to the sky like a volcanic eruption.
"Hahaha!"
The roof of the bluestone house could no longer withstand the pressure and finally turned into rubble under the repeated attacks of the airflow. Ding Shan instantly rushed out of the stone house and stood in the air, laughing loudly. His wish of many years had finally come true. Everything seemed like a dream.
At this moment, Ding Shan was qualified to become the commander of the Gu Yuan Tribe's soldiers, not because of Xiao Chen's original appointment. That was because the soldiers in the tribe had to obey the tribe leader's orders. There were many people who were dissatisfied. Why did Ding Shan, who was also a centurion, have to suppress everyone else? They did not dare to disobey Xiao Chen's orders, but they might not agree with it in their hearts.
In the Wasteland, a Tempered Bone Perfection Realm martial artist could become a centurion among the soldiers, and a Blood Refining Realm martial artist could be called a chiliarch. In the original Gu Yuan Tribe, only Xiao Chen was qualified. This was also the reason why the Gu Yuan Tribe was too weak. The entire tribe could not gather a thousand soldiers, and promoting Ding Shan to be the commander of the soldiers was a helpless decision.
The two guardian soldiers who were originally waiting outside Ding Shan's gate were instantly sent flying by the invisible airflow. They could not care less about their embarrassing appearances. Looking at Ding Shan who was standing in the air, there was only one thought in their minds – their lord commander had broken through to the Blood Refining Realm!
Not only that, Ding Shan's figure was also revealed to the entire Gu Yuan Tribe. This made the originally somewhat quiet tribe become lively. After all, in this time of foreign invasion, an additional Blood Refining Realm martial artist would be an additional guarantee for the safety of the tribe.
At this moment, in a residential area in the west of the tribe, three people were gathered together and looking at Ding Shan who was standing in the air. Their eyes were filled with envy. The Blood Refining Realm was a realm that the three of them had dreamed of, or rather, it was the only goal that the Lianshan Clan had strived for in the past hundred years!