Gu Yuan Tribe.
There was a commotion in the ancient bronze city. The void battleship of the Gu Yuan Tribe had returned to pick up the 3,000 people of the Lost Xuan Kong Clan and brought them to the tribe.
After all, they had been away from the human world for 10,000 years. At this moment, these people were still looking at the new environment they were living in.
The Xuan Kong Clan, which possessed the complete inheritance of array formations, would be incorporated into the Gu Yuan Tribe. Once the Gu Yuan Tribe fully understood the array formations, it might not take long for another hall to appear in the Gu Yuan Tribe, the Array Hall.
Compared to the commotion in the ancient city, many elders of the Gu Yuan Tribe were gathered in the tribe's main hall.
"Patriarch."
Just as the elders were about to stand up and greet him, they were immediately stopped by Xiao Chen. In the next moment, his voice resounded throughout the entire hall.
"Elders, how did the discussion go?"
"Reporting to the Patriarch, the discussion has been completed and the deployment has been made. We're only waiting for the Patriarch to make a decision!"
Buzz!
Soon, the huge Great Earth Geomancy Map appeared in front of everyone's eyes in the center of the main hall. At this moment, on the sand table, there was a different place between the Cross Mountain Range and the Desolate Ancient Forest.
Ding Shan stood up and came to the side of the Great Earth Geomancy Map made of sand table and said to Xiao Chen.
"Patriarch, please take a look." Ding Shan pointed at the sand table, and Xiao Chen also looked at the sand table.
"Our Desolate Border Region's Human Clan is mainly distributed in the northeast, north, east, and the northwest region near the desolate border city in the center. More than 70% of the Human Clan's combat divisions are distributed in these places.
"After discussing with the elders of the tribe, with the desolate border city as the center, five safe routes will be opened in the northeast, north, and northwest, which are the three densely populated areas of the tribe. This will allow some tribes to strengthen their connection with the desolate border city.
"In the south, southwest, and southeast, where there are fewer tribes, a safe route will be opened each to strengthen the control of these places!"
There were red lines on the sand table, each representing a safe route that connected various places in the desolate border region.
Almost all of these red lines went around the desolate forests, avoided the dangerous mountain streams, and finally converged at the desolate border city.
"Very good!"
Xiao Chen nodded solemnly, then asked, "These safe routes all bypass dangerous areas, but there are many exotic beasts in the Desolate Ancient Forest, how do we ensure the defense of these safe routes?"
"Clan Head." At this moment, Luo Yunshan of the War God Palace stood up and said.
"Patriarch, there are now more than 30 young geniuses in the War God Palace of this old man. Although they have just advanced to the Storm Building Realm, they are willing to go out to gather the people and establish the clan system!"
"Even though this isn't enough, when my Gu Yuan Tribe takes control of the Desolate Border, we can issue an edict to summon some wanderers and establish a clan system. These newly established tribes will all be stationed near the dangerous areas of the safe passage, and then we can completely guarantee the smooth flow of the entire passage!"
Hearing this, Xiao Chen nodded. The tribe's elder's thoughts were very thorough. Only when the various tribes were closely connected could the entire Desolate Border be filled with vitality.
As for establishing a clan system, there were too few tribes in the Desolate Border Region. In addition, due to the ravages of the foreign races, countless humans had perished. A Heavy Floor Realm martial artist was able to gather the tribesmen and establish a middle-grade tribe.
Although it was only the weakest existence of a middle-grade combat division, it could also allow the ordinary people to have the ability to protect themselves, which was much stronger than a low-grade combat division.
"Good!"
Then, Xiao Chen shouted, "Tell the young martial artists who want to establish a clan to open up a frontier, I will find divine metal for them to create a divine item to guard the clan's providence, and let them become a true middle-grade combat division!"
Xiao Chen's voice was like thunder, resounding through the hall. Without a divine item of providence, even if they gathered the people, they would only be a pseudo-middle-grade combat division, unable to gather providence. However, divine metal of providence was hard to find in the Desolate Border. Now that Xiao Chen was searching for divine metal for them, it was definitely a blessing of heaven and earth.
A divine item of providence was the foundation of establishing a clan system. There were many wanderers in the Desolate Border who wanted to establish a frontier, but all of them stopped because of the lack of divine metal of providence!
"There's also the matter of building cities in various dangerous places in my Desolate Border. It seems that the elders have already made up their minds!"
Soon, Xiao Chen's gaze turned to the sand table again. New cities appeared around the Desolate Border region.
"Let this old man explain." Soon, Ding Shan returned to his seat, and the Great Elder stood up and walked to the sand table.
"Clan Leader, now that our Desolate Border region has begun to build South Town City to guard the southern border of the Desolate Border, the elders in the clan have discussed building cities in other directions. This way, we can guard the entire Desolate Border region."
"In the southeast of the Desolate Border region, and in the southwest where my Gu Yuan Tribe was originally established, we can build a city each and rely on South Town City to guard the Fallen Dragon Mountain Range, radiating the entire southern border of the Desolate Border region. This way, we can also obtain a large amount of resources from the Fallen Dragon Mountain Range!"
"Building cities in the east, northeast, north, northwest, and west can not only defend the Desolate Border, but also strengthen the connection with the Myriad Mountain Region and the other two great regions!"
"And the safe passage that the tribe needs to open will ultimately be connected to these eight cities. As long as we can clear the foreign tribes in the Desolate Border region, even ordinary Blood Refining Realm warriors will be able to move freely in the entire Desolate Border region!"
The Desolate Border region was densely covered in ancient forests, and there were many dangerous places, making it very inconvenient for the tribes to communicate with each other. This was also why the warriors in the tribe couldn't go too far away from the tribe, because they couldn't walk out.
Being trapped in one place, although they could continue to reproduce, it was extremely difficult to increase their strength. This was because the area that the tribe could control had already restricted the development of the tribe and the improvement of the warriors.
As soon as the Great Elder finished speaking, Xiao Chen didn't speak immediately. Instead, he kept thinking. Building a city was not a simple matter, and the Gu Yuan Tribe needed to send warriors to guard it.
Similarly, on the safe passage, it didn't mean that one would be safe just by circumventing the dangerous mountain streams, dense forests, and miasma. A sand table was just a sand table, and it couldn't fully represent the actual terrain.
As for the exact situation, he would still have to personally investigate the dangerous places along the way and see if there were any ferocious beasts lurking around. Only then would he be able to find a relatively safe passage.
At this moment, Ding Shan stood up and requested, "Clan head."
"Currently, the Desolate Border Combat Division is resting, and the Combat Troops in the tribe are still being upgraded. However, the commanders of our Combat Master Hall have already finished resting, and we can head out to open up these safe passages!"
Currently, the Combat Master Hall's Hall Master Ding Shan, Vice Hall Masters Mu Wuya, and Xiao Huangliang were all at the Venerable realm. Over the past few days, the Combat Master Hall had three Heavenly Layer Heavenly Layer cultivators, five Heavenly Layer Heavenly Layer cultivators, and several dozen cultivators below Heavenly Layer.
A few breaths later, Xiao Chen said, "Combat Master Hall, heed my command."
In an instant, Mu Wuya and Xiao Huangliang stood up and shouted, "Yes, Combat Master Hall!"
However, before Xiao Chen could finish his words, he shouted, "Shi Ya!"
"Yes, Clan Head."
"Shi Ya, you will lead the Void Warship and work together with the three Hall Masters and the commanders of the Combat Master Hall. We will follow the route we discussed earlier and clear up the dangerous areas along the way!"
"Yes, Clan Head!"
Clearly, Xiao Chen intended to have the experts of the tribe clear up the beasts along the way, so he had no intention of mobilizing the Combat Masters.
"Alright. As for the matter of building cities in the various areas, I will have to think about it carefully!"
Soon, the elders left to carry out the orders. An hour later, in the Bluestone Garden.
"Paying respects to Master."
Before Xiao Chen, all nine disciples bowed respectfully. Even Jian Jinghong, who was far away in Xuanling City, and the seventh and eighth disciples in the Crystal Wasteland, had rushed back to the tribe.
"Rise, Your Highness."
Xiao Chen casually waved his hand, gesturing for the disciples to sit around the stone table. The youngest disciple naturally sat closest to him.
However, Zi Yuan was extremely obedient at this moment. She quietly sat beside Xiao Chen, as if she knew that her senior brothers and sisters had important matters to discuss with her master.
"I know why you are here, but other than Avril, the rest of you are still a little weak. I will not be able to rest easy if I ask all of you to go out."
Naturally, Xiao Chen knew why the disciples had come. Previously, Huang Xiaotian and Wei Yunwei had requested to go out to guard South Town, but Xiao Chen had stopped them.
The other disciples had other matters to attend to, so they did not participate in the previous tribe meeting. However, things were different now. With the addition of the Xuankong Clan, the Ancient Yuan Tribe no longer lacked formation masters.
Although the cultivators of the Xuankong Clan were not strong and were trapped in the mystic realm, there were still a large number of cultivators who studied formations. In this way, Tian Fang's Formation Pavilion had an array master.
A few days ago, Xiao Chen had recruited the Wanderer Feng Tieyi, who was a body-tempering cultivator, in the Violet Gold Domain. Similarly, Xiong Sheng's Body Tempering Pavilion also had a new Pavilion Master.
This also caused the disciples to gather together and come to Xiao Chen's place.
Hearing this, the disciples could not help but twitch their mouths. Wei Yunwei could be said to be the most secretive person in the entire Ancient Yuan Tribe. It was rumored that the battle between the two of them was evenly matched.
However, only they knew that the true strongest person was Wei Yunwei.
Looking at the disciples' expressions, Xiao Chen let out a long sigh of relief and said, "However, apart from Yuan 'er, the rest of you will also have to leave me and go out to train!"
At this moment, Xiao Chen's tone was a little sorrowful.
"Master."
The disciples also became silent. Originally, they thought that they would have to beg Xiao Chen bitterly. They did not expect that their master would actually agree.
"The path of cultivation is up to you. I'm just a guide. Now, all of you can travel in the Great Wilderness. However, before that, all of you have to improve your strength.
"Only then will I let all of you leave the tribe and guard a city on your own!" After a pause, Xiao Chen continued, "Come and find me in one day."
Soon, Xiao Chen entered the Mountain River Herb Garden in a flash. Liu Li appeared in front of Xiao Chen almost at the same time.