Legendary Clan Chief
Chapter 1105 - 1089: Insufficient Luck, The Path of the King-level Tribe!

Chapter 1105: Chapter 1089: Insufficient Luck, The Path of the King-level Tribe!

Divine light filled the sky, golden light mingling with purple, as a Divine Wood Canopy large enough to cover a hundred miles spread over the Bronze Ancient City.

Giant trees reached for the heavens, their branches thick as Azure Dragons, with mottled wrinkles clinging to them, emitting an aura of the vicissitudes of time. From afar, they looked as massive as mountains, their lush branches intertwining, enveloping the entire Bronze Ancient City beneath them.

Purple haze drifted down, the Jian Mu trees gently swaying as if breathing, exuding an indescribable rhythm!

Thud, thud, thud!

However, it wasn’t just this—within the entire Tribe City, Jian Mu branches, thick as Qiu Dragons, also emerged from various places, coiling around each other as they rose. The trunks twisted and intertwined, some turning into spirals, some transforming directly into wooden houses.

In the blink of an eye, the entire Bronze Ancient City was completely enveloped by the Jian Mu trees. On the ground, protruding old roots like Qiu Dragons rose, branches several hundred feet or even several hundred feet thick sprouted, intertwining above the tribe.

Every giant branch then gave rise to smaller ones, wrapping around each other, giving birth to tree houses embedded within, as if a city atop another city!

In a short span of time, the Jian Mu demonstrated its formidable power, truly wrapping the entire Gu Yuan Tribe!

To the outside world, the Gu Yuan Tribe had transformed into a city of divine trees!

Its entire body gleamed gold, twinkling with golden light in the sunlight.

The transformation of the city naturally caused the tribespeople of the Gu Yuan Tribe to stop in their tracks and look up at the sky vault above the city, their eyes filled with unspeakable shock.

A giant tree, thousands of trunks spread throughout the ancient city, leaves rustling, exuding a vibrant vigor!

The Jian Mu’s roots in the ancient city gave a blessing to the space where Gu Yuan Tribe resided.

"Chief."

Xiao Chen’s return, causing such a commotion, naturally attracted the presence of the tribe’s strong ones.

Chirp!

The Spirit of the Jian Mu perched lightly on Xiao Chen’s palm, chirping, carrying a faint sense of spiritual will. Xiao Chen chuckled; the little guy still couldn’t speak human language, but it already knew how to seek benefits.

He gently extended his finger and tapped the head of the Spirit of the Jian Mu. With the energy from the consumed blood and bones, its body became increasingly solid, evolving into a true spirit body.

At Xiao Chen’s gentle touch, the Spirit of the Jian Mu seemed slightly displeased, even attempting to peck at his finger with its beak.

"Little one, don’t bite off more than you can chew. Once you fully refine the blood and bone energy stored in your trunk, it will be enough for you to undergo an earth-shattering transformation. Not to mention speaking human language, even separating from the Jian Mu itself and evolving on your own would not be a problem!"

The Spirit of the Jian Mu tilted its head, seemingly understanding, and looked up at Xiao Chen, before spreading its wings, soaring towards the main trunk of the divine tree above, seemingly to refine the essence of blood and flesh stored within its body.

After sending the Spirit of the Jian Mu away, Xiao Chen then turned to face the tribal elders behind him.

"Elders, it seems you’ve all had your gains in the past months!"

His gaze swept over the warriors behind him, and he could naturally discern the differences in each person. His months of battling in the void had resulted in the tribal elders advancing in strength.

"Greetings, Chief. Congratulations on your successive victories over foreign races and triumphant return!"

The elders bowed respectfully to Xiao Chen, who emanated greater dignity upon his return. The mere casualness of his gaze imposed an endless pressure on them, but their hearts were filled with ecstasy. This meant Xiao Chen had become even more powerful!

"Elders, let’s speak inside the hall!"

Xiao Chen then spoke, but his gaze was fixed on two silhouettes within the Blue Stone Garden. His eyes, like water, managed to soothe the rampaging ferocity from his continuous battles of the past months almost instantly.

Especially the gently raised belly, which kindled a sense of kinship in him.

Even though the eye contact lasted merely a moment, it filled Xiao Chen with profound satisfaction surfacing from the depth of his heart.

In an instant, within the Tribal Grand Hall.

Xiao Chen took his seat on the Jade Chair, representing the supreme status of the tribe, while the tribal elders took their respective seats.

All elders in the Grand Hall wore looks of joy. The development of the Gu Yuan Tribe during this time was enough to make these old men wake up laughing from their dreams.

Xiao Chen’s eyes swept across the hall, most of the faces he knew well, having followed him through battles and hardships to this point. There were also some new faces— the tribe’s new generation of warriors, who were gradually taking charge of the tribe’s development.

This represented legacy!

"Elders, I just communicated with the fate of the Border Wasteland to survey the entire Border Wilderness Domain. The recent upward momentum of our Border Wilderness Domain is indeed gratifying. Similarly, the development of our Gu Yuan Tribe has far surpassed the entire Border Wilderness Domain. However, this is not enough!"

"Far from enough!"

Xiao Chen’s words struck the elders in the hall as a thunderbolt.

Speaking of which, although the current development of the Border Wasteland should not be so arrogant as to be compared with the entire Human Realm’s five major territories, it was undoubtedly unequaled in the dozens of Human Race Territories in the Southern Domain.

Not to mention its comparison with the neighboring Snow Peaks Realm and Ten Thousand Mountains Domain, the Border Wasteland had left the surrounding Human Race Territories far behind!

Without going into detail, from the moment the Gu Yuan Tribe rose to legendary status and ruled over the entire Border Wasteland, followed by the conquest of the Beast Underworld and the plundering of countless resources.

Add to that the series of annihilation of the Royal Beast Race, the feedback from the Human Race’s fate profoundly impacted the martial arts realm in the Border Wasteland. Dramatic change was happening every day, and every day throughout the major tribes of the Border Wasteland, warriors were breaking through their own realms!

In the past, a Blood Refining Realm Warrior could support a lower-level Battle Division, but now, in the Border Wasteland, owning just a Blood Refining Realm Warrior was almost embarrassing to claim as a lower-level tribe.

With safe passages connecting the Borders Wasteland as a whole, the communication between the individual tribes increased substantially, and resources began to converge. Even warriors from lower-ranked tribes were no longer confined to the few thousand miles around their tribe, with more and more venturing into Dangerous Lands, seeking martial arts breakthroughs through external trials and experiences.

With the edicts issued by Xiao Chen to stimulate the practice of martial arts, anyone who advanced in realm was able to receive rewards from the Gu Yuan Clan.

Under this series of stimulating rewards, promoting strength and obtaining gifts to increase the tribe’s foundation, the various major tribes of the Border Wasteland Region were caught in a frenzy of cultivation.

This was a virtuous cycle!

Casting eyes across the entire Eastern Wasteland South Region, which other human race territory had such a state of cultivation fervor as the Border Wasteland?

A legendary Battle Division, leading an entire human race territory to rapid development!

However, Xiao Chen had told them that the current speed of the Border Wasteland’s development was still far from sufficient!

Seeing the astonished gazes of all the elders looking at him, Xiao Chen stood up, taking a step to the center of the Great Hall.

"Although the development speed of our Border Wasteland is unparalleled in the Eastern Wasteland, and our fortune is gradually reflecting, but..."

His gaze swept over all the elders, and Xiao Chen spoke again.

"But it’s still insufficient to support a Supreme King Tribe!"

What!

Xiao Chen’s voice was light, yet when it landed in the ears of the elders in the hall, it was like a thunderbolt from the nine heavens striking the Earth!

Supreme King Tribe!

Hiss!

All the elders opened their mouths wide, their eyes bulging, and a series of sighs couldn’t calm down for a long time.

A bolt from the blue!

It was absolutely shocking to the soul!

Every word spoken by Xiao Chen was, to them, a once-unreachable fantasy!

The Supreme King Tribe, ruling over ten thousand miles of Mountains and Rivers, suppressing the lives of trillions of tribe members, was an unreachable fantasy. In the entire Eastern Wasteland South Region, there were only four supreme king-level tribes on the surface!

"Do the elders not believe our Gu Yuan Clan can rise to a Supreme King Tribe?"

Seeing the astonished expressions of the elders in the hall, Xiao Chen chuckled lightly, then asked again indifferently.

Yes!

Of course!

After a brief moment of shock, the elders quickly reacted!

They now realized that the once-unreachable Supreme King Tribe was now so close to them!

This was no longer a fantasy; it was a tangible hope!

"Chieftain."

An elder whispered, his throat moving, moistening his somewhat dry lips.

"Is our Chieftain about to take that final step?"

At this moment, all the elders were eagerly looking at Xiao Chen, waiting for his answer, their eyes filled with hope and also a trace of fear, afraid that this was simply an unreal dream.

Xiao Chen did not answer directly, but nodded slightly, his figure returning to the jade chair, his gaze sweeping through the hall; his eyes were like ancient, deep wells, making all the looking elders feel a sense of daze.

Indeed!

The Chieftain had long been at the peak of the Half-King Realm, just one step away from the Supreme Ruler. This meant that the Gu Yuan Clan was also just one step away from the Supreme King Tribe!

Because the dream was too elusive, the elders had been subconsciously ignoring it. Now, suddenly awakening, they realized the Supreme King Tribe was not a dream!

A good quarter of an hour passed before the elders in the Great Hall finally calmed the surging emotions in their hearts.

"Chieftain, although our Border Wasteland Region’s development is continuously improving, even at its peak, the strength of the tribe and the Border Wasteland might not be able to support a king-level tribe!"

After regaining their composure, the elders were worried. It’s not that easy to reach the Supreme King Tribe level, as there were too many complications involved!

Simply put, the foundation of the Border Wasteland Region was currently insufficient to support a king-level tribe, of course, if one were to wait hundreds or thousands of years, and the Border Wasteland continued to improve at the current rate, it might be possible to accumulate a sufficient foundation.

Foundation needs time to accumulate.

These things, Xiao Chen naturally understood. As the lord of the Border Wasteland, ruling over a region’s land and connected to its fortune, he was exceedingly familiar with every inch of this land, of course, he understood.

The internal development of the Border Wasteland Region was not enough to accumulate sufficient fortune and foundation in the short term to support the Gu Yuan Clan’s rise; they could only find a way from outside!

"Have the elders ever heard of the path to the ascension of a King-level Tribe?"

Suddenly, Xiao Chen’s voice rang out, startling the elders once more.