Legendary Clan Chief
Chapter 518 - 504 Difficult to forge spiritual weapons, honing War Masters!_1

Chapter 518: Chapter 504 Difficult to forge spiritual weapons, honing War Masters!_1

In the early morning at the Gu Yuan Tribe, the dawn shone brightly. The tribal mountain city was shrouded in a purple and gold haze, a strange phenomenon produced by the intermingling of golden sunlight with the purple aura of destiny.

In mid-air above the heart of the tribe, a vital energy pillar as thick as a heavenly column shot straight into the sky. Countless purple mists and auspicious energies surged as purple spirit snakes danced in the void, constantly rolling and winding in the purple haze.

Over a period of two months, the blood Qi originally permeating the mountain city had gradually leaked out. Now, it has overflowed a hundred miles from the city and even seeped into the surrounding mountain range.

Under the nurturing of the rich Heaven and Earth’s Vital Energy, ancient trees and mountains outside the city have started to spawn not-so-rare medicinal herbs. With the passage of time, precious herbs will eventually come into existence.

Not only that, but some fierce beasts hidden deep within the ancient mountains have also been attracted out. However, aside from some exotic species, all the other beasts have turned into food for the tribe people.

Under the dawn light, the entire tribe awakened. Women began their daily chores while the men prepared their weapons and crossbows for the new day’s hunting.

In the Blue Stone Garden.

Xiao Chen was sitting cross-legged under an ancient tree that covered a hundred acres in the stone garden. The herbs and ancient trees in the garden, nourished by the rich Heaven and Earth’s Vital Energy over two months, had already become lush and vigorous, radiating vibrant life energy.

This was Xiao Chen’s third day back in the tribe. That day in Duanmu City, Xiao Chen had taken in the remnants of the Casting Soldier Battle Department. The ancestral treasure donated by this department now lay within his Mountain and River Seal Space.

Together with this stone coffin was a beast skin scroll, containing the casting method used by the peak blacksmith of the Tribal Soldier Tribe a hundred years ago to cast spirit weapons. Unfortunately, the Casting Soldier Battle Department had experienced many disasters, causing this beast skin scroll to become somewhat incomplete.

Above all, Xiao Chen learned that the only remaining senior craftsman of the Casting Soldier Remnant Clan, who was none other than the burly man himself, had once cast an upper-grade peak-level war weapon.

What had attracted him to the Casting Soldier Battle Department was the method of creating magic weapons that was handed down from the ancestors of the Casting Soldier Remnant Clan. After all, relying on just a few senior craftsmen to create a spirit weapon of medium grade; add such heritage to the current needs of the Gu Yuan Battle Division.

This time when Xiao Chen returned, Tie Wen had not returned to the tribe with him. The Treasure Gathering Pavilion had just opened and was not yet on the right track, requiring someone to defend it. Only after the tribe chose suitable warriors to go there could Tie Wen be replaced.

This journey to Border Wasteland City, back and forth across a million miles of wilderness, had taken more than two months. During these two months, the Gu Yuan Battle Division had undergone significant changes.

Following Xiao Chen’s orders, the tribe continued to accept wandering tribesmen. By now, the population of the Gu Yuan Tribe had exceeded one million, a terrifying number. This signifies that the entire Gu Yuan Battle Division has an extraordinarily large daily consumption. It also means that the Gu Yuan Tribe has a sufficient base of human tribes, enabling the birth of even more children.

In no time, ten warriors entered the Blue Stone Garden. Half of them were elderly, but their Blood Qi was still strong; they had not yet reached senility.

These people were the craftsmen of the Gu Yuan Tribe, and all of them were at the level of senior craftsmen. They could cast upper-rank war weapons of decent quality. The weapons of most of the tribe’s commanders who had broken through to the Blood Refining Realm were crafted by these few individuals.

Knowing that the reason Xiao Chen had asked them to come was about casting spiritual weapons, the craftsmen all furrowed their brows. The eldest craftsman spoke, "Tribe Leader, magic weapons are different from ordinary war weapons. Just the casting material alone has to be rare spirit materials from the Great Wasteland. Not to mention the rarity of these spirit materials, even the Gu Yuan Battle Division itself had never produced a Massive Tower Realm Wu Expert, let alone casting a magic weapon. We have never even heard of its casting method!"

This elderly man was a tribesman from the most primitive period of the Gu Yuan Tribe, hence the craftsmen saw him as their leader. Being one of the oldest members of the Gu Yuan Tribe, he was most familiar with the tribe’s developmental history. The Gu Yuan Battle Division had only been established for eight hundred years.

Previously, the strength of the tribe was at the bottom among the ranks of lower-tier battle divisions. All of this has developed under Xiao Chen’s leadership, an explosive advancement revealing inadequacies in the depth of the Gu Yuan Tribe’s heritage. The casting of spirit weapons required heritage, which they lacked in this aspect.

While in Border Wasteland City, Xiao Chen had also thought of purchasing books about casting magic weapons, but he had not found any. It might have been due to his rushed schedule, preventing him from finding such books.

"Tribe Leader, we have tried to cast a spirit weapon these days using some spirit materials, but we failed. The spirit weapon we cast lost its spirituality and was even inferior to an upper-leveled war weapon!"

"Casting a spirit weapon is vastly different from regular war weapons. Unfortunately, our Gu Yuan currently lacks this heritage!"

"Look at this!"

As Xiao Chen spoke, he took out the torn beast skin scroll and handed it to the craftsmen.

"This is the method for casting spirit weapons!"

After taking the beast skin scroll from Xiao Chen, the more than ten craftsmen huddled around, studying it for a while, their brows slightly furrowed.

After a long pause, the elder craftsman put down the beast skin scroll in his hand and somehow smiled bitterly. "Tribe Leader, this is a method for casting a spirit weapon, but it’s sadly incomplete. Without these few steps, a spirit weapon cast by this method would not be a spirit weapon at all. Even a normal war weapon would be many times stronger!"

Xiao Chen was not a master of crafting, but he understood that it was akin to alchemy — a slight error could lead to significant deviation. However, he did not feel regret. Now that he had obtained the inheritance from the beast skin scroll, he had given many craftsmen a direction in crafting.

Next, they needed to carry out continuous research and exploration to supplement the crafting methods and even enhance them. Afterall, the craftsmen of the Casting Soldier Clan that existed a hundred years ago had also gradually explored and refined their craft to produce spirit-grade weapons.

Xiao Chen then informed their clan’s craftsmen about the remnants of the Casting Soldier Clan. To his surprise, the old craftsman in their tribe knew this crafting group. It made Xiao Chen reevaluate the remaining members of the Casting Soldier Clan. By recruiting them into the Gu Yuan Clan, he seemed to have made an advantageous move.

He made up his mind to move these remaining members of the Casting Soldier Clan to the Gu Yuan City as soon as possible. Even a broken ship could still have three pounds of iron. Despite their loss of former glory, the remains of the Casting Soldier Clan still possessed some useful knowledge about crafting. Since they could study and develop methods of crafting spirit weapons from their ancestors, it would be beneficial to entrust them with the task of complementing the methods of crafting.

An hour later, the excited craftsmen rushed out, and the Grand Elder alongside Ding Shan and several Ten-Thousand Men Leaders appeared before Xiao Chen.

"Greeting, revered leader!"

"Sit!"

The men did not hesitate and sat down cross-legged on the Qing Stones around Xiao Chen.

"You have all worked hard in maintaining the tribe’s status over these two months!"

After the number of Gu Yuan Tribe People reached a million, the rate of their increase slowed down, and the main focus shifted towards the enhancement of the tribe’s strength.

"Tribe leader, now that the tribe has slowed down in terms of absorbing nomadic tribals, and shifted its focus on developing its foundation, after careful deliberations with the elders and Ten-Thousand Men Leaders, it has been decided that at least a few years will be needed to eliminate potential risks and achieve initial integration amongst the people of the tribe," said the Grand Elder.

Xiao Chen understood his words. The tribe had grown a lot and over time, hidden conflicts began to appear that needed adequate time to address and resolve.

"It seems everyone’s thoughts and mine coincide. Now that the foundation of our Gu Yuan Tribe, in terms of population, has greatly exceeded that of a mid-tier Battle Division, what we need next is a continuous enhancement of the tribe’s foundation. This requires time and patience," he said.

"Thankfully, there won’t be any major changes within the tribe for a short time, giving us an opportunity for rest and recovery. This will allow for the initial integration of the tribe people. Once our next generation comes of age in ten or twenty years, the tribe’s shortcomings will be addressed," he added.

"The three Ten-Thousand Men Leaders, how are the Tribal War Masters?"

Xiao Chen turned his focus towards Ding Shan and the other two leaders.

"Tribe leader, over the past two months, we’ve selected the elite soldiers and replenished the Warrior ranks. Currently, all three divisions of Ten Thousand War Masters have been filled to capacity!"

"Good! In the short run, our Gu Yuan Battle Division can rest and recuperate. These three divisions of Ten Thousand War Masters are enough to guard the department. However, real warriors need to be forged in blood and bone!"

"Starting from tomorrow, all three divisions of the tribe will rotate going into the Desolate Wilds to train and hunt evil beasts. In this way, we can continue fighting while providing the tribe with various resources!"

Upon hearing this, the three elders exclaimed in surprise, "Tribe leader, although the mountain range extending several thousands of miles outside the Gu Yuan mountain range is vast, if all the tribal war masters keep conquering the region, the entire mountain range will be emptied in no time!"

"Haha!" Seeing the surprised expressions on the faces of the elders, Xiao Chen realized they had misunderstood him and laughed.

"You misunderstood me. The mountain range extending thousands of miles around our tribe can’t withstand a large-scale conquest, but what lies thousands of miles to the west of our tribe?"

"The Luo Long Mountain Range!"

"Yes! The resources present even in the outermost region of the Lo Long Mountain Range, sprawling across the continent, are enough to benefit our Gu Yuan Battle Division!"

"I’ve decided that of the three divisions of Ten Thousand War Masters, one will stay and guard the tribe while the other two will construct a Defense Camp on the outermost region of the Luo Long Mountain Range, which will serve as a base for our tribe on Luo Long Mountain Range. While they practice warfare and hunting in the Desolate Mountain Forest, they will provide resources for the tribe!"

"The three divisions will rotate every three months, so each Ten Thousand War Master will have half a year to Hunt Wilderness and then return to the tribe for three months of rest and adjustment!"

Xiao Chen’s words gave them fresh insight. This move would not only ensure the training of the War Masters but also continuously supply the day-to-day resources required by the tribe. They could achieve two things at once.