At the first light of dawn.
The Ancient Forest of Desolation was full of vitality. A huge city stretched between the heavens and the earth. The ancient city was built along the mountain, winding up and down like a giant dragon. In the huge city, one could faintly see some dilapidated pavilions and buildings.
Such a huge city had been turned into ruins. It had been silent for tens of thousands of years. At this moment, there were bursts of noise once again. The ancient city that was originally quiet and uninhabited was once again occupied by hundreds of thousands of people.
In front of a dilapidated mountain wall, thousands of men, bare-chested, sparkling and translucent beads of sweat dripping down. In front of them, there were dozens of huge bronze furnaces burning. In the furnaces, blood-red molten iron was constantly rolling up and down. Huge pieces of bluestone were molded by the molten iron. After cooling, they were piled up into new walls by the strong men.
In the ancient city ruins, there were originally thirty-six ancient mountains. Except for the nine broken walls that were a thousand feet high, the rest of the ancient mountains were only small hills that were a few hundred feet high. In addition to the small hills that were a few hundred feet high, there were more than a hundred mountains in total.
In the distance, a broken mountain that was a thousand feet high occupied an area of several miles. The ancient mountain was broken in half by the great battle, and the remaining mountain base was thick and wide. At this moment, on the ancient mountain, there were some tribesmen using simple tools to cultivate terraced fields. Although these tribesmen did not know what terraced fields were, they would not delay the task assigned by their tribe leader. It could be said that all of them went to work together.
This ancient mountain was one of the places in the entire ancient city where the yuan qi of heaven and earth was the richest. Moreover, the soil was loose and not suitable for building stone houses. Therefore, Xiao Chen let the tribesmen open up terraced fields of different sizes and shapes on the ancient mountain according to the terrain of the mountain range. These terraced fields would be used for the tribe to cultivate medicinal herbs in the future.
On another small hill, bluestone houses rose from the ground. The huge bluestone stones were piled up by the strong men into stone houses and pavilions.
In a valley outside the ancient city ruins, there were thousands of people pulling out iron ore sand and sending it to the bronze furnaces in front of the city walls. These people were the soldiers of the three tribes that the Gu Yuan tribe had captured. They were doing the most difficult mining work. However, they worked so hard because the supervisor, Thousand-man Commander Lin Yue, had personally killed a few cultivators who wanted to cause trouble. Immediately, the rest of the people were like cicadas in winter, obediently mining the iron ore for the Gu Yuan tribe.
In front of the ancient mountain that suppressed the Fate dragon, a huge bronze cauldron was placed on a high platform. from time to time, an invisible wave of energy would spread out from the cauldron, constantly penetrating thousands of feet into the ground..
Xiao Chen was sitting cross-legged at the side, calming his breathing and concentrating his mind. The little unicorn that had been following him was nowhere to be seen. In a corner of the ancient city in the distance, roars would occasionally come from the ancient mountain that was constantly spewing out flames. A golden figure was faintly discernible in the flames, appearing extremely excited.
Suddenly, the three elders hurried over. At this moment, their faces were filled with excitement. The rich yuan qi of heaven and earth did not make them feel tired at all. Even the tribesmen who did not cultivate would constantly strengthen their bodies if they lived in a place with such rich yuan qi of heaven and earth for a long time.
"Tribe leader!"
When he heard their footsteps, Xiao Chen had already opened his eyes and stood up.
"Tribe leader, we have already planned out the layout of the new city. Does the tribe leader have anything to add?"
"What do the three elders have in mind?"
"This ancient city was built in the north-south direction. In the north-east is our Guyuan Mountain Range. Less than a thousand miles to the west is the periphery of the Fallen Dragon Mountain Range. In the south, other than a few low hills, there is a desolate plain that leads straight to the entire Fallen Dragon Territory. With the mountains at the back and the plains at the south, it is indeed a precious land for the tribe to establish and expand. This way, not only can our Guyuan Tribe occupy the mountain range, but we can also expand to the south!"
"Tribe leader, the ruins of the ancient human city occupy a huge area. It occupies an area of hundreds of miles and can accommodate millions or even tens of millions of people. Our Guyuan Tribe only has 200,000 tribesmen in such a huge place, so there is no need for such a large area. Therefore, the three of us walked around the ruins of the ancient city walls and discovered that although these walls have become dilapidated, some ancient walls were built against the mountains. They still exist after 10,000 years and are very sturdy!"
"Furthermore, according to the original request of the chief, we have to enclose the nine ancient mountains within the tribe. The new city that we are planning will be based on the old city from ten thousand years ago. Then, we will make use of the original ancient city walls to build a new city that will occupy an area of one hundred li!
This way, even if our Guyuan Tribe grows to a million people in the future, we won't have to expand again for 100 years! "
"Not only that, we don't have to go into the mountains to collect all the bluestones needed to build the city walls. The broken peaks of the ancient mountains and ancient walls can be used to build the new city. Even so, with the population of our Guyuan Tribe, it will take a lot of time to build the city!"
"First, build the city walls of the tribe. Then, we will slowly build the various halls and other buildings of the tribe. After all, without a city, how can it be a true tribal land?"
Xiao Chen recalled the words of the three elders. The ruins of the ancient human city occupied an area of hundreds of kilometers. Now that the Guyuan Tribe did not have a large population, it was difficult to maintain the defense of such a large and small city. Moreover, even a city that was 50 kilometers in size was very large for the Guyuan Tribe.
Although the Guyuan Tribe had 200,000 people, most of them had probably inherited the original ancient city ruins to build the city that was 50 kilometers in radius. The labor required was very insufficient. Now, except for the two 1,000-man combat masters who were on standby to protect the safety of the tribe, the rest of the tribesmen had all been invested in the construction of the new city.
The new city still followed the original ruins of the ancient human city. It was built according to the mountain. The mountain walls were 200 feet tall and 300 feet thick. They were all made of huge rocks wrapped in iron and had astonishing defensive power. The nine ancient mountains that were 1,000 feet tall that were left behind from the ancient city were also enclosed in the city.
Not only that, but three of the ancient mountains were connected together, forming a valley that occupied an area of several kilometers. The future clan vault of the tribe was located in this valley. According to Xiao Chen's plan, these three ancient mountains would be hollowed out for storage.
As for the other six ancient mountains, one of them was used to suppress the fate dragon, so it needed to be built into the main hall of the tribe. One was used as a place of worship for the tribe and was used to bury the tribesmen who had passed away. As for the remaining ancient mountains, they would need to discuss another matter.
After pondering for a moment, Xiao Chen nodded in agreement and did not raise any objections. However, to the three elders, building a new tribal city required a lot of energy in all aspects. As the chief, Xiao Chen only needed to coordinate the overall situation, while they were the real responsibility.