It was just a few short sentences, but they represented the rapid development of the Gu Yuan Tribe over the past few years. In just 10 years, the tribe had grown from a small tribe to the most powerful military division in the entire desolate border. Even the Baize Marquis Tribe, which had been passed down for thousands of years, had to admit defeat. The two tribes were no longer on the same level.
Even the clansmen who had been forcibly integrated into the Gu Yuan Tribe before the bloody battle were quickly integrated into the tribe through a series of measures taken by the Gu Yuan Tribe. Not to mention, with the blessing of the Human Race, the cohesion of the tribe had doubled.
However, Xiao Chen's next words made everyone feel like thunder had exploded in their heads, horrified.
"However, this is far from enough. The Gu Yuan Tribe has the reputation of being a Legend Marquis. What else do we have besides this reputation?
"The strength of the martialists in the tribe is uneven, and the foundation of the tribe is shallow. We are not worthy of the title of Legend. The title of Legend is not just for show!
"Although the desolate border has become the title of nobility of the Gu Yuan Tribe, I would like to ask all the elders, even with the imperial edict, does the Gu Yuan Tribe have the qualifications to rule the entire desolate border?
"Does the Gu Yuan Tribe have the ability to bear the blessing of a domain, protect the safety of this land, and expel the rampaging foreign races?"
Xiao Chen's words were blunt and thunderous. Over the past few days, the Gu Yuan Tribe had slowly returned to the right track. However, some of the martialists in the tribe felt like they were on cloud nine.
This was because the Gu Yuan Tribe was now the number one military tribe in the entire desolate border, and thousands of tribes in the desolate border had submitted to them.
"All of you must remember that the journey of the Gu Yuan Tribe is not to the desolate border, but to the 100 realms in the heavens!
"The enemies of the Gu Yuan Tribe are not other human military divisions, but the 100 races in the heavens!
"The Legend Marquis Tribe is not the end of the Gu Yuan Tribe. Advance to the supreme rank, pass down the legacy, and let the name of the Gu Yuan Tribe shine in the heavens. Let it be engraved in time and be remembered by time. This is what all of you need to do now!"
"Yes, we will follow the teachings of the Lord Patriarch!"
A moment later, an earth-shattering roar resounded in the hall. Xiao Chen's words made everyone's blood boil.
Becoming a Legend wasn't the end. Advancing to a supreme level meant leaving one's name in the annals of time!
These bold words stirred their hearts. At this moment, almost all the martialists in the hall were insignificant. The Gu Yuan Tribe had allowed them to gather together and become one.
They didn't have superior talent. Even if they had the noble bloodline left behind by their ancestors, it was unknown how many generations it had been passed down. They were already no different from ordinary martial artists.
Xiao Chen's words seemed to have allowed them to find their direction. In their hearts, the Gu Yuan Tribe had only been established for a little over a decade, yet they had already achieved such accomplishments. This was enough to make them proud, and it was enough to make countless humans envious.
In the past few days, the Ancient Bronze City and the Desolate Border City were only ten miles apart. Every day, there would be many human martial artists coming and going from the Desolate Border City. When they saw the Gu Yuan Tribe's martial artists, almost all of them had to be courteous.
Some of these foreign martial artists had come because of the Gu Yuan Tribe's achievements, while others had come because of the Gu Yuan Tribe's current status. This made some of the Gu Yuan Tribe's martial artists sought after, so they naturally became arrogant.
"Great Elder, from today onward, the Law Enforcement Hall will punish anyone who acts arrogantly!"
"Yes!"
The hall was silent. After a long time, Xiao Chen's voice rang out again. "Elders, I have gathered everyone here today to discuss the future development of the Gu Yuan Tribe."
"Third Elder, how many people are there in the Gu Yuan Tribe now?"
"Reporting to the Lord, there are a total of 5.4 million people in the Gu Yuan Tribe. Among them, there are less than two million able-bodied people," the Third Elder answered in unison.
"What about the number of children in the tribe?"
"There are currently more than 81,300 children under the age of 10 who have yet to reach the Foundation Establishment Realm in the Gu Yuan Tribe. Among them, there are 26,000 children who have already begun to reach the Foundation Establishment Realm."
"Tie Wen, your Martial Arts Hall is in charge of the tribe's children reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm. Can you make proper arrangements for such a large number of children?"
Xiao Chen turned the topic to the Martial Arts Hall Master Tie Wen. The tribe's children were related to the tribe's future power. A tribe's reproduction and survival depended on the birth of a continuous stream of children in order to have fresh blood to supplement the tribe's operations.
"Reporting to the Lord, the hall has already begun to help the tribe's children reach the Foundation Establishment Realm in batches. However, there are too many children in the tribe, so it will take three months to complete. Moreover, our Martial Arts Hall also lacks some martial artists with rich experience in Martial Dao to guide these children on the path of cultivation."
"Three months is too long. No matter what, let all the children of the right age complete the Foundation Establishment Realm within a month."
"All the tribes that are lacking will be given priority to your Martial Arts Hall. All the Beast Blood Clan's Combat Masters will enter the Ancient Forest to hunt for fierce beasts."
After pondering for a moment, Xiao Chen spoke. For some talented children, three months was enough time to widen the gap and even complete the Foundation Establishment Realm and advance to the Tempered Bone Realm.
"As for the Martial Arts Hall's lack of martial artists to guide the children to the Foundation Establishment Realm, we can take in the retired soldiers from the Combat Master Hall to guide the children on the path of Martial Dao."
"When these children break through to the Tempered Bone Realm, the elders of the tribe will personally guide them."
"Understood!"
After Tie Wen returned to his seat, Xiao Chen paused for a while before speaking again, "In this bloody battle, more than a million cultivators of my Gu Yuan Tribe died. Among them, there was no lack of Venerables, elders of the various Palaces, and commanders of the Combat Masters. With such a large number of deaths, the various Palaces of the tribe are in a mess."
"I believe the Great Elder has already conveyed my edict to the elders. There are still matters of the various halls in the tribe, so let's have a good discussion today."
Xiao Chen had already had the Great Elder inform the elders of the tribe's meeting in advance. As soon as Xiao Chen's words fell, the Combat Master Hall's Ding Shan immediately stood up.
"Reporting to the clan head, I would like to propose a change in the structure of the Combat Master Hall's Combat Master Hall."
"Division Head Ding, is there a problem?" Xiao Chen asked.
"Clan head, the strength of our Ancient Yuan Tribe is growing with each passing day, and even the most ordinary soldiers of our Combat Masters are at least at the Blood Refinement realm. It would be inappropriate for the Combat Master Hall to assign the positions of sergeants and centurions based on the strength of the Combat Master Hall's Combat Masters. Furthermore, other than the loss of ordinary Combat Masters, the Combat Master Hall has also lost quite a number of Commander realm cultivators, and we need to recruit new cultivators into the Combat Master Hall.
"Clan head, our various halls have also suffered casualties in this battle, and we need to recruit new tribesmen."
Right after Ding Shan said those words, the other division heads quickly voiced their opinions.
"Elders, the problem that Division Head Ding is talking about is already very clear even before the bloody battle. Our Gu Yuan Tribe has been developing rapidly, and the number of Blood Refinement realm cultivators in our tribe has been increasing rapidly. Ordinary Thousand Men Commanders can only become ordinary soldiers in our Gu Yuan Tribe's Combat Master Hall."
Xiao Chen swept his gaze across the hall, and he paused for a moment before continuing, "On top of that, there has never been a clear division between the strength and position of the Combat Master Hall, causing the Combat Master Hall to fall into disarray.
"Division Head Ding, since you have raised the issue of the Combat Master Hall's Combat Master Hall, I believe that you have already come up with a new plan to reform the Combat Master Hall.
"Reporting to the clan head, the other two division heads and the commanders of the Combat Master Hall have come up with the following plan."
Hearing Xiao Chen's words, Ding Shan bowed once more.
"In the future, our Gu Yuan Tribe's Combat Master Hall will be based on the Blood Refinement realm. Tribesmen below the intermediate Blood Refinement realm will be ordinary soldiers, those at the intermediate Blood Refinement realm will be sergeants, those at the advanced Blood Refinement realm will be sergeants, and those at the consummate Blood Refinement realm will be sergeants of thousands.
"Martial artists at the first to third layer of the Heavy Building realm will be sergeants of thousands, leading ten thousand Combat Masters. Only when they advance to the fourth layer of the Heavy Building realm will they be promoted to the position of Combat Master Commander, leading a hundred thousand Combat Masters."
Ding Shan's voice was like thunder, resounding in the hall.
After a long while, Xiao Chen finally spoke up and asked the people below, "Elders, do you have any different opinions?"
"Clan head, don't you think Division Head Ding is going too far by reorganizing the positions? In the outside world, a Heavy Building fourth layer Combat Master Hall is sufficient to support an ordinary high-tier combat division, but in our Gu Yuan Tribe, they will only be sergeants of a hundred thousand Combat Masters."
"I don't think it's going too far. Our Gu Yuan Tribe's current strength is already comparable to that of a legendary Marquis Division. Even though we still can't compare to those Marquis Divisions that have tens of thousands of years of history, the strength of our tribe is constantly growing. Furthermore, the Combat Masters are the wings that protect the tribe, and we are also going to conquer the Great Wilderness. The stronger we are, the safer our Gu Yuan Tribe will be."
"I agree with Division Head Ding as well."
"Seconded!"
Voices of debate rose in the Nature Hall. Ding Shan's reorganization this time was indeed a huge step forward, but given the current strength of the Gu Yuan Tribe, it was extremely easy to achieve.
There were over a million Blood Refinement realm cultivators and several hundred Heaven Ascension realm cultivators in the Hongyuan Empire, but the Combat Master Hall only had 600,000 combat masters at the moment. What they needed was ten Heaven Ascension realm 4-dan commanders and sixty 1-dan to 3-dan Great Commanders.
"Silence!" The Great Elder's voice suddenly sounded in the somewhat chaotic hall, and peace was restored in an instant.
Everyone looked at Xiao Chen. No matter how they argued, the final decision still lay with Xiao Chen.
"The Combat Masters are the wings of the tribe, and they are of utmost importance. No matter how high the standards are, it's never too much."
Xiao Chen's voice sounded, and he paused for a moment before continuing, "I agree to Division Head Ding's proposal of changing the structure of the Combat Masters."