More than eighty percent of the combat power of the entire Gu Yuan Tribe was gathered in the side hall. In a middle-ranked combat division, the Heavenly Building realm was the true peak combat power. The status of a Blood Refining realm warrior was equivalent to that of a centurion in a lower-ranked combat division. They were the backbone of the tribe.
Even a peak Blood Refining realm warrior or an Ultimate Warrior was just an ant in front of a Heavenly Building realm warrior. It was obvious that the current middle-ranked Gu Yuan Tribe only had one peak combat power, and that was the tribe leader, Xiao Chen. Compared to the many middle-ranked combat divisions in the Wasteland, this was the weakest middle-ranked combat division.
The side hall was a little dark, and the faces of every tribesman looked a little blurry. Now that the Gu Yuan Tribe had taken the first step into the Wasteland, the entire tribe needed to do their best to deal with it.
"Qing 'er, are there any apprentices in Hundred Herb Hall who have advanced to become apothecaries?"
At this moment, Mu Qing's black hair fell to her shoulders, and her jade-like face was crystal clear. She did not look like the iron-blooded person who had once killed demons. When she heard Xiao Chen's question, she stood up and answered, "Big Brother Xiao, there are more than two hundred apothecary apprentices in Hundred Herb Hall now. However, the path of medicine requires talent. Although we have been using a lot of herbs to practice, there are less than twenty people who have reached the peak of the apprentice level. There are no beginner apothecaries!"
She could not deny Mu Qing's words. There was no such thing as pulling up seedlings to help them grow. Only countless herbs could be accumulated, and at the same time, opportunities were needed.
"Even so, the elixirs that Hundred Herb Hall refines every day are enough to supply the cultivation of warriors below the Blood Refining realm in the tribe. However, we are currently unable to supply the elixirs for chiliarchs in the Blood Refining realm."
He nodded gently and gestured for Mu Qing to return to her seat. Then, he kept thinking. The mainstay of a Medial Grade Combat Division was the Blood Refining Realm cultivators. Currently, there were more than a hundred Blood Refining Realm cultivators in the Guyuan Tribe. However, compared to a Medial Grade Combat Division, they were not worth mentioning.
"Third Elder, how many five-hundred-year-old and thousand-year-old elixirs do the tribe have now?"
"Reporting to Clan Leader, after this month, the clan's soldiers have continuously ventured deep into the Desolate Mountain Forest, deep into the places with abundant Qi of Heaven and Earth. In total, we have collected three hundred herbs that are five hundred years old and more than ten thousand years old spiritual herbs!"
He broke through to the Heavenly Building Realm and consumed all the medicinal herbs of the tribe. Now the whole tribe was consuming a lot of medicinal herbs, but the superior medicinal herbs could not be sustained. Although there was the space of Mountain and River Seal to accelerate the cultivation of medicinal herbs, it was still too late.
In the Desolate Mountain Forest, the rarer the Spirit Herbs were, the stronger the ferocious beasts guarding them. Even if ordinary cultivators discovered them, it would be difficult for them to obtain them. After thinking for a while, Xiao Chen suddenly shouted.
"Lin Yue, Xiao Lin, Meng Yue, Xi Ming, Que Feng, Que Lei, the six of you, select elite warriors from your clans and go deep into the woods to collect precious herbs for your clans. Within ten days, you must bring back all the herbs you've collected!"
Lin Yue and the other five were all Late Blood Refining Realm martial artists. Even if those herbs were protected by wild beasts, most of those wild beasts wouldn't be able to rival them.
"Yes!"
The six of them didn't dare to hesitate, they stood up and answered. Everyone could clearly feel the clan's need for superior medicinal herbs. Without resources, it would be difficult for the clan to improve its strength. Taking each of them as an example, the reason why they could reach their current cultivation was because of the huge amount of resources the clan had accumulated.
"Huang Liang, has there been any movement among the other clans in the Fallen Dragon Ridge recently?"
Tie Wen was far away in Giant Rock Valley, monitoring the movements of the Iron Hoof Battalion. Due to this, Huang Liang took over Tie Wen's task of gathering intelligence. In the tribe, the five hundred-strong Green Feather battle soldiers became the new scout troop.
"Leader, since the defeat of Ao Shan and the other clans, there have been no signs of mobilizing the warriors of the many clans in the central area of the territory. However, the communication between the clans has become more frequent, as if they're planning something."
The current situation in the Fallen Dragon Ridge was clear. It was just that the new Gu Yuan Tribe wanted to unify the entire territory. The old clans didn't want to bow down to them, so they wanted to fight back. Between the two forces, both of them were accumulating their strength, preparing to devour the other in one fell swoop.
"My Gu Yuan Tribe wants to rule the entire Fallen Dragon Ridge and make these clans submit to us. Blood is unavoidable. These clans must be discussing how to defend against my Gu Yuan Tribe. Therefore, the clan needs to speed up the training of warriors, prepare all kinds of resources, and wait for the Combat Masters to send out their troops!"
"Qing 'er, Shi Ya, Xue Sha, the three of you are martial artists with Divine Weapon Inheritances, so you have the human race's luck. Now that my Gu Yuan Tribe has inherited the top-grade luck, and the luck has turned into a spiritual snake, you already have double the luck. Perhaps it's not as deep as the luck I have, but it's still far better than the others in the tribe. Now, there are signs of a breakthrough!"
Mu Qing and the other two were also martial artists at the peak of the Blood Refining Realm. It could be said that they were the three most powerful people in the Gu Yuan Tribe, except for Xiao Chen. Now that they had double the luck, it was enough for them to break through to the Heavenly Building Realm!
Luck seemed to be able to control many things. The presence of Luck had unimaginable benefits to a cultivator's cultivation. This was not just limited to Luck. With Luck on the body, a cultivator's comprehension of the Martial Dao and their breakthroughs in cultivation would be of great help. This was also why Xiao Chen asked the three of them about this.
Although the Gu Yuan Tribe was currently a middle-grade tribe, he was the only one supporting it. There was an urgent need for more martial artists to advance to the Heavenly Building Realm.
"Patriarch, you're right. Luck is indeed mysterious. With double luck, my soul is extremely clear, and my comprehension of martial arts has increased exponentially. Some of the hidden dangers caused by advancing too fast have also disappeared under the blessing of luck. I, Shi Ya, have already touched the barrier of the Heavenly Building Realm. I think I can break into the Heavenly Building Realm as long as I trigger the Heaven's Retribution, but … but …!"
After hearing Xiao Chen's words, Shi Ya suddenly exclaimed with a loud voice. However, as he spoke, he began to stutter, and his originally dark face turned red.
Shi Ya, who was originally excited, became like a deflated ball in the blink of an eye. He became speechless, but after a moment, Xiao Chen had already reacted.
Double luck was enough to make up for the gap in the cultivation foundation of the three. Their cultivation speed was second only to his. The top-grade luck snake not only allowed him to enter the Heavenly Building Realm, but it was also enough for the Gu Yuan Tribe to develop by leaps and bounds in a short period of time.
With double luck, the strength of the three had already surpassed the limit of the Blood Refining Realm. As long as they let go of their cultivation, the Heavenly Retribution of the Heavenly Building Realm would come. However, there were two hurdles in the Heavenly Retribution of the Heavenly Building Realm. One was the Thunder Retribution, and the other was the need to consume a large amount of vitality resources to condense the Martial Path to the Heavenly Building Realm.
All three of them were inheritors of the Martial Path Divine Weapon. In addition, they had extraordinary ambitions. How could they condense the Martial Path to the Heavenly Building Realm casually? The resources in the tribe were previously consumed by Xiao Chen to condense the Martial Path to the Heavenly Building Realm. Then, in the past month, all the low-grade primordial stones mined were consumed by Xiao Chen.
At present, the Gu Yuan Tribe could only afford one Heavenly Building Realm warrior, so the three of them suppressed their cultivation and did not trigger the Heavenly Tribulation.
Suddenly, the side hall fell into silence. Looking at the expressions of the people in front of him who wanted to say something, Xiao Chen could not help but fall into deep thought. The lack of resources was the biggest problem facing the Gu Yuan Tribe at present.
After a long time, Xiao Chen finally said, "My cultivation has reached the peak of the first level of the Heavenly Building Realm. Next, I need to condense the Martial Path magic power, so I will not consume a lot of resources in a short period of time. Next, all the resources of the entire tribe will be used for the three elders to break through to the Heavenly Building Realm!"
"Third Elder, send more people in the tribe to speed up the mining of primordial stones. In addition, according to the guidance of the animal skin scroll, open up a new primordial stone mine. We must gather the resources needed for the three elders to advance within a month!"
"A month later, summon the vast wilderness. Our Gu Yuan Tribe will send troops to conquer the entire Luolong Ridge. We will suppress the four corners of the wilderness and let the middle-grade Gu Yuan Army live up to its name!"
"Yes!"
A day later, the morning sun rose.
The hundred-mile mountain city was cast in black iron and was as smooth as a mirror. Under the illumination of the sun, it shone with a pale golden brilliance. The air above the tribe was connected to the sky and the earth. There were spiritual snakes dancing in the air, constantly swallowing and spitting out purple mist.
In front of the tribe's stronghold, there were more than 20,000 soldiers gathered. Every one of them had a burning gaze in their eyes. Their gazes were fixed, and they exuded a murderous aura.
These were the elite soldiers selected from the newly accepted tribesmen of the Gu Yuan Tribe. They were organized into 20 thousand-man combat masters. Every chiliarch of these combat masters was a Blood Refining Realm warrior from the original Gu Yuan Tribe.
Not only so, more than half of the sergeants and centurions in each of the thousand-man combat masters were chosen from the tribes they came from, and this was more than enough to keep the soldiers under control!
In front of the ten thousand man army were twenty Thousand Men Commanders, and in front of the Thousand Men Commanders were two Blood Refining realm pinnacle late stage cultivators. They were the Ten Thousand Men Commanders of the two armies, Mu Wuya and Xiao Ganglong.
When the morning sun rose completely, golden light shone on the earth. In the sky, a desolate horn suddenly sounded.
"Let's go!"
The two captains shouted in unison. The two combat masters turned into two torrents of iron and blood, crossing the small mountain in front of the mountain city and heading toward the west of the tribe.
The soldiers selected from the countless scattered tribes were uneven. Only after going through the test of blood and fire could they get rid of the impurities and obtain the essence. Therefore, Xiao Chen ordered the two combat masters to enter the forest at the edge of the Luolong Ridge in the west to train the soldiers.
At the same time, they could hunt down the remnants of the Demon Race and gather resources for the tribe. This would allow all the soldiers to train together in battle. Only those who survived could truly become the soldiers of the Gu Yuan Tribe and help the tribe conquer the vast wilderness and expand its territory!