I Steal the Ancestors' Sacrifices to Nourish Myself

Chapter 455 - 193: Journey Abroad

Under the night sky, Shen Can and Huo Chang took the flying ship to return once more to the clan land.

Upon returning to the clan land, Huo Chang headed directly to the clan tower, ready to ascertain the number of clan members with a foundation similar to Huo Zhang’s.

Shen Can took the tribe data back to his residence outside the ancestral temple, prepared to examine the data record carefully once more.

The oil lamp flickered and illuminated the sleeping hall until dawn.

Shen Can got up, ready to go to the ancestral temple for cleaning, only to see his mentor, Huo Xian, was already up.

He hunched his body and tightened his beast-skin coat.

With the tribe’s strength increasing, and the daily necessities of meat and witch medicine secured, Huo Xian’s body had become much more robust.

Whenever Shen Can was absent, as long as Huo Xian felt well, he would do the cleaning himself.

As for the other witch priests attending the ancestral temple, they could only sweep the ground outside and sprinkle water.

"Master."

"I saw you leaving with the clan leader yesterday and thought you wouldn’t return today."

Huo Xian spoke with a smile, as he slept deeply, not noticing Shen Can’s return.

Shen Can stretched and walked to Huo Xian’s side, entering the ancestral temple together.

"Life is better now; our ancestors never had such soft fur for cleaning."

In front of the offering platform, Huo Xian polished the sacrificial artifact.

After the cleaning, Huo Xian went out to prepare the meal.

Ayu was always there to serve, but Huo Xian preferred not to be attended to and chose to cook by himself.

"Share a meal with this old fellow today?"

Shen Can nodded his head.

Upon hearing this, Huo Xian instructed Ayu to get busy. The small stove soon ignited flames, and a copper cauldron was placed over the fire.

Soon, steaming meat and rice were served on the table, with Ayu skillfully laying out the bowls and chopsticks.

"Come, let’s eat together."

Huo Xian held his smooth stone bowl filled with meat and millet rice, disliking the copper utensils sent by the clan.

"This rice is nice; it was brought specially by the witch priest from the Puhu Mountain settlement when they came to the ancestral temple for cultivation.

They said it was a newly improved seed from their settlement along with the agricultural division; it tastes sweet."

The rotation of settlement witch priests to the ancestral temple for cultivation had long become customary, and even without Shen Can’s presence, old Huo Xian would meet them.

Previous generations of Ancestral Temple Keepers were universally respected.

Shen Can found it indeed tasting good. He hadn’t paid much attention to the agricultural improvements over the years, focusing primarily on martial cultivation, even disregarding witchcraft for a long time.

"How is it, not bad, right?"

Huo Xian smiled as he watched Shen Can finish eating, asking.

"This sweet millet, when cooked, is sticky, definitely loved by the little ones. I think these young wizards should be rewarded."

"And this meat, top-quality meat is delivered daily, and previously, a clan member brought me a self-raised horned sheep.

It was a lamb that accidentally got its head crushed by a rock while climbing, looking unrecoverable.

After they slaughtered it, they sent the meat to me. The meat tasted good, but you were not at the tribe at that time."

The meal was mostly Huo Xian speaking to Shen Can.

After the meal, Ayu cleared the bowls and chopsticks, and Huo Xian brought a cup of water to Shen Can.

This treatment was the same as when they were in the mountain, always his master serving him.

"I see your eyebrows furrowed; did something happen in the clan?"

Placing the water before Shen Can, Huo Xian asked.

Huo Xian wasn’t entirely clueless; despite staying in the ancestral temple, during short-term training when settlement witch priests came by, he would engage in exchanges.

He knew quite a bit about what was happening in the settlements.

"Nothing else, just that our clan division warriors have increased, and I’m thinking of organizing some to travel and expand their horizons.

After all, we are about to ascend to Bo Division, and we can’t just remain a horse breeding group as referred to by other tribes in Yongyi."

Shen Can did not hide anything from Huo Xian; this idea came to him after returning the night before.

Currently, the number of warriors in the clan had sharply increased, and without external enemies, many Celestial Vein Martial Artists were idle in the clan.

Instead of doing nothing, it would be better to go out and explore, observing the situation in Yongyi, and gaining some knowledge.

This kind of firsthand sight and experience is incomparable to the descriptions in the Blazing Flame Atlas compiled within the clan.

"Indeed, they should go out and see. We rose from the mountains and forests, truly a modest small clan; others have inherited thousands of years, worthy of learning."

Huo Xian fully agreed with Shen Can’s idea.

"In the past, we had Xiaoyang externally as a danger, and the tribe strength wasn’t strong."

Now with the tribe strength increased, even if clan members encounter danger when out, they don’t need to fear, as a strong tribe backs their exploration."

Upon saying this, Huo Xian looked at Shen Can.

"Acan, my old bones are still functioning; you should also go out and explore, take a look around Yongyi.

When I was the Ancestral Temple Keeper, the corner of the ancestral temple was my place, and the clan just numbered two thousand.

Now you are the Ancestral Temple Keeper, and the clan counts four million, things are different now."

"The Giant Mountain’s north-south valleys, clan land, two places account for four million populace, two million vassal tribe members; you need to guide their lives."

"This is also one of the duties of our Ancestral Temple Keeper."

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Two days later, Huo Chang began deploying personnel, replacing some clan soldiers’ positions, and arranged Huo Zhang to serve as Heavy Blade Guard Commander.

Furthermore, under the name of ’approaching the Bo Division ascension, and clan members lacking broad perspectives,’ a portion of Celestial Vein clan people were organized to travel south.

This mission was something the clan members, including Huo Qii, eagerly welcomed, soon starting to leave the tribe successively.