Legendary Clan Chief
Chapter 172 - 172 171 Investigation!_1

172: Chapter 171: Investigation!_1 172: Chapter 171: Investigation!_1 Atop the city wall, Xiao Chen no longer hesitated, signaling to the Centurions to rise while to pose his question, “Have there been any unusual happenings among the scattered human tribes within a radius of ten thousand miles?”

Upon Xiao Chen’s inquiry, one of the Centurions promptly stepped forward, and said, “Reporting to the chieftain, I have traveled ten thousand miles east of the tribe and encountered no trace of foreign races among the human tribes.”

“Reporting to the chieftain, I have traveled ten thousand miles west of the tribe, and also encountered no trace of foreign races among the human tribes.”

“Reporting to the chieftain, I have traveled eight thousand miles south of the tribe and, again, encountered no trace of foreign races among the human tribes.”

“Reporting to the chieftain, I have traveled six thousand miles north of the tribe and still encountered no trace of foreign races among the human tribes.”

“Reporting to the chieftain, I was stationed to closely monitor the encampments of the Shan Yue Tribe for several days.

No foreign race was detected, but a warrior from another human tribe arrived.

Given my limited power, I could only hide in the distant valley to spy, daring not to approach closer.”

“Could it possibly be an unintentional move by foreign races?” Having heard the tribal reports, Xiao Chen did not speak.

He speculated silently while his thoughts whirled rapidly.

That day in the valley, amidst the thick scent of blood and flesh of the human race, he had discovered a trace of foreign race.

In the Great Wasteland and within the human territory, such an audacious massacre of an entire human tribe, other than the foreign races, few would dare to undertake such a tremendous offense.

“Or perhaps, that particular foreigner has moved thousands of miles away from our Gu Yuan Tribe”.

While guessing inwardly, Xiao Chen, being the leader of the tribe and bearing the responsibility for the life and death of tens of thousands tribesmen, could not rely on mere luck to ensure the safety of the tribe.

Therefore, upon his return from the ruins of the Shan Yue Tribe, he summoned Tie Wen, now the master of the Dark Hall of the Gu Yuan Tribe, and sent out the best warriors of the tribe, to explore a radius of ten thousand miles outside the Gu Yuan Tribe, to detect any movements within the Great Wasteland.

These five were merely one of many teams.

Currently, within a radius of a thousand miles around the Gu Yuan Tribe, hundreds of brave warriors shuttled back and forth, ceaselessly bringing back information about the happenings in the Great Wasteland to the tribe.

After a moment, without further elaboration, Xiao Chen stated, “Ding Shan!”

“Present!”

“Captain Ding, lead your troop of a thousand men and set off for Kui Shui Lake.”

Kui Shui Lake was initially the site of the Kui Shui Tribe.

However, the once dominant Kui Shui Tribe had been annihilated by the Gu Yuan Tribe.

Thus, the abundant resources of Kui Shui Lake naturally belonged to the Gu Yuan Tribe.

In order to excavate resources from this area, Xiao Chen sent 3,000 of the Xuan She Kui Shui Tribe’s captured slaves to Kui Shui Lake as labourers.

Currently, as the tribe faced many problems, to prevent any unexpected events, Xiao Chen ordered Ding Shan to station troops there, with a double purpose in mind.

Firstly, to control these slaves; Secondly, to deter neighboring tribes from trying to fish in troubled waters when the Gu Yuan Tribe is weak.

After all, the Gu Yuan Tribe’s territories are vast, and it was impossible to station troops everywhere.

Thus, they focused on protecting the areas with rich resources.

“Shi Ya, lead your troop of a thousand men to the Red Stone Mountain, the location of the red copper mine!”

“Acknowledged!”

“Xiao Pangkun, lead your troop of a thousand men to Thorny Valley, the location of the Star-patterned Iron Vein.”

“Acknowledged!”

Destroying both the Xuan She and Kui Shui Tribes not only brought forth the accumulation of wealth amassed over hundreds of years but also handed over these two mine veins to the Gu Yuan Tribe.

Star-patterned Iron and Red Copper are the necessary materials to construct common weapons.

With these raw materials for weaponry, the Gu Yuan Tribe would be able to forge weapons and armor themselves, considering that they are consumables.

In these two mine veins, Xiao Chen dispatched 3,000 slaves to extract various materials.

Of course, Xiao Chen would never treat these slaves as non-humans, as the Xuan She and Kui Shui tribes had.

He opted for a strategy of long-term gain and would not squeeze excessive labor out of these slaves.

“Huang Liang!

Lead your troop of a thousand men to defend the tribe.”

“Mu Wu Ya, your troop of a thousand men is yet to be fully assembled.

Go guard our treasure hill of medicinal herbs in Little Cang Mountain, which is only one thousand miles away from the tribal soldiers.

If anything unusual happens, we can get the news back to the tribe within a day.”

“Huang Liang, Mu Wu Ya, acknowledged!”

The five Centurions then descended from the city wall, calling upon their respective soldiers as they prepared to march to their assigned areas.

Atop the city wall, only Xiao Chen, three elders, and the master of the Dark Hall, Tie Wen, remained silent as they gazed down at the grouped tribal soldiers divided into five parts.

After a long time, a sigh emerged from the Grand Elder, “It was destined.

The Shan Yue Tribe was once evenly matched with our Gu Yuan Tribe, but now the entire tribe has been massacred, leaving no traces of their existence behind.

From this perspective, our Gu Yuan Tribe should be satisfied with the current situation.”

“From what I see, based on the accounts of the chieftain, the traces of blood in their tribal land indicate that a formation method was used.

Otherwise, an entire tribe of tens of thousands could not have been massacred so quietly!

These foreign races truly deserve death!”.

“It seems that this foreigner has blood sacrificed the entire human tribe, either to refine some wicked weapon or to heal injuries by devouring their essence, their flesh and blood.

Regardless of the reason, our Gu Yuan Tribe must be vigilant and avoid being exploited by this foreign race.”

After listening to the words of the elders, Xiao Chen fell into deep thought before speaking again, “Dispatch all the Dark Hall personnel to conduct a careful investigation within a radius of three thousand miles around our Gu Yuan Tribe.

Do not overlook any suspicious individuals!

Particularly, those isolated tribes need to be checked out.”

After having conquered four tribes, the influential scope of the Gu Yuan Tribe extended to a radius of three thousand miles, inevitably hiding some isolated tribes within.

Upon receiving the order, Tie Wen was promptly dispatched.

This was the first task he received since he became the master of the Dark Hall.

Moreover, the fact that such a savage foreign race had appeared around the tribe added some pressure onto him.

Although the Giant Stone Valley was located in the rear territory of the human race, shielded by the huge barrier of the Cang Mountain range, countless foreign races had come to settle down over the limitless years.

They had been living here for generations, but in this human territory they always hid their identities, rarely revealing themselves.

Some even lived in secluded areas like the desolate ancient forests or between strange mountains and valleys.

The Scorpion Clan, which was annihilated by the Gu Yuan Tribe, was just one of a few examples.

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