Chapter 769 - 310: Alliance Strategy, Envoys from Yun River Valley!

The lower the rank of the spirit monster, the easier it is to transform and utilize, for example, the transformation and utilization rate of Tier One and Tier Two have already reached eighty percent.

The difficulty lies mainly in neutralizing the cold yin qi within, as it must be removed; otherwise, it is impossible to be used in medicine.

Once used for cultivation, it can actually have an adverse effect.

As for the medicine pills crafted from the treasure medicine found in the earth cave, they are specially made by the Medicine-Mashing Rabbit and the Little Spirit Race. Due to limited production, they are offered exclusively to Shen Can, Luwu, and other Tier Five individuals for consumption.

In the northeast corner hall of Earth Cave City, cold air surged, and jade boxes crafted from Tier Three warm jade were brought out one by one.

Inside the jade boxes was fine ground powder of Tier Two spirit monsters, weighing ten jun each.

Soon, over a hundred jade boxes were packed into a witch pouch and swallowed by a Tier Four Peak Kui Ox.

The Kui Ox then left Earth Cave City under the cover of night, heading toward the Blazing Flame Bo Division.

This spirit monster powder still contains quite a bit of cold yin qi, requiring a place to be air-dried sun-baked before it can become one of the ingredients for medicine.

Thus, spirit monster powder combined with desolate beast powder, plus a portion of witch medicine, can be made into a Tier Two common Hundred Treasures Pill for cultivation.

Currently, Blazing Flame has two major workshops: one for spirit monsters and one for Earth Ants.

However, with the downfall of the Earth Ants, it’s difficult to find the Earth Ant Race within the Giant Mountain Range in the short term, and the loot obtained in Dai Land is being used up quickly.

Now, the Earth Ant workshop has been turned over to the Human Race Alliance, which established three entities: Artifact Hall, Medicine Hall, and Agriculture Hall.

Artifact Hall specializes in artifact refining, Medicine Hall in pill making, and Agriculture Hall in crop cultivation.

The Earth Ant is completely resourceful. The leftovers from artifact refining and alchemy, and even Earth Ant excrement, were given to Agriculture Hall.

Although the alliance has the Artifact Hall and Medicine Hall, it still cannot keep up with the enormous consumption of martial artists in the alliance, and often needs to purchase required pills and witch artifacts from the Blazing Flame Bo Division.

This is a public-to-public account transaction, the alliance pays, Blazing Flame delivers, and transactions are settled.

The hundred boxes of spirit monster powder carried by the Kui Ox are meant as ingredients for the Tier Two Hundred Treasures Pills prepared for the alliance.

Over the past ten years, the alliance has been on the right path.

A pattern of one temple, nine halls, two departments, and two institutes has been formed.

The one temple is the Heroic Spirit Temple.

The nine halls include Merit Hall, Punishment Hall, Ministry Hall, Civil Hall, Agriculture Hall, Soldier Hall, Artifact Hall, Medicine Hall, Beast Hall.

The two departments are the Desert Exploration Department and the Pioneer Department.

The two institutes are the Clan Protection Martial Arts Academy and Fire Witch Institute.

As for the original thirteen execution elders, they were appointed to the head or deputy positions of the nine halls, two departments, and two institutes.

For example, the Martial Arts Academy president role is concurrently held by Huo Shan, while the vice president role is given to Elder Lord Changhuan.

Another example, the hall master of Agriculture Hall is given to Lord Giant Wilderness, but this old thing knows nothing about farming.

Hence, his position as hall master is nominal, the real tasks are handled by the vice hall master, whose primary duty is still as an execution elder, serving as an advisor to the alliance leader.

All these are transitional, after all, they were chosen as execution elders when the alliance was initially formed, and once time has passed and younger individuals in various divisions grow up, some of the old ones can retire voluntarily.

With these entities, the alliance’s affairs gradually became organized.

Aside from changes in the central alliance, the major camps in Yongyi and Dai Land have been rearranged.

Dai Land has established four camps: east, south, west, and north. The west camp is located centrally within the Pioneer Department’s territory, and the north camp is in the original Earth Ant Ancestral Land, modern Dabei City.

On the Yongyi side, the central camp was canceled and merged into the Southern Border Celestial Eye Mountain Camp.

The East Marsh and Western Edge camps were retained to continue small-scale external expansion.

Yann Wanyun entered the alliance core from Yongyi East Marsh Camp, becoming the Soldier Hall master, responsible for organizing war soldiers in Yongyi and Dai Land.

Anyone working within the alliance receives unified salaries according to their cultivation level, distributed with cultivation pills.

Of course, this is only the basic cultivation resource. If one wants better cultivation resources and witch artifacts, they must exchange merits.

The alliance’s treasury holds Tier Five Witch Artifacts, Tier Four Earth Ant, desolate beast corpses, Martial Arts Technique, divine techniques, secret techniques, Witchcraft Divine Technique, secret techniques.

Those capable can exchange it all without issue.

Nowadays, anyone in Yongyi or Dai Land has heard that to obtain good cultivation techniques and resources, they must work for the alliance.

A division has at least millions of people, and it’s impossible to take care of everyone thoroughly.

Before, there were no opportunities; even if one wanted to venture out, they could only be a ranger, relying on luck.

Now, they can join the alliance and seize cultivation resources on the battlefield.

Join the alliance, die and enter the Heroic Spirit Temple, the alliance will provide compensation to the families.

This is much more secure than being a ranger.

Even the divisions cannot stop the ambition within the clans to advance.

No path into the alliance?

That was before, now the alliance’s Artifact Hall-produced Communication Witch Artifacts have been distributed widely in Yongyi and Dai Land.

In each city, there are notices and registration locations for recruiting war soldiers in various camps.

Once able to pass assessment, one is allocated to different camps.

Throughout the decade, although there has been no large-scale warfare, small-scale battles in Dai Land and Yongyi have never ceased.

Larger battles between Yongyi South Border and the Huantou Race, smaller internal clearing of Earth Ants and spirit monsters within Dai Land, and small-scale expansions at the frontier camps.

Combat has never rested.

For those with strength, there’s a chance to be selected into the alliance’s Tiger Ben, Bei Wei, and Feitian armies.

...

The morning sun rises.

Sunlight bathes the towering Heroic Spirit Temple, illuminating the structure in golden light.

Beneath the Heroic Spirit Temple, a colossal cluster of buildings stands, some built against the mountain, others carved into platforms, and surround the Alliance Hall, standing like guardians before the Heroic Spirit Temple.

Drums resound, echoing in all directions.

Outside the Heroic Spirit Temple, the junior witch priests, already cleaned the Heroic Spirit Temple before the drum sounded.

Now they have finished breakfast and commenced their morning cultivation lessons.

Today, Yan Wu is on duty; he is the witch priest of the Heroic Spirit Temple and responsible for training wizards from various races.

The batch of youths from various races sent in past years, after ten years of cultivation, some from small tribes have returned to inherit the position of Ancestral Temple Keeper.

Those with better talents entered the Fire Witch Institute for cultivation, known as the ’Special Training Class’, focused on the direction of Ancestral Temple Keeper and witch priest.

As the drums sounded, there was also activity within the giant city below, figures moving swiftly in and out, and light shone from the tall Teleportation Witch Tower.

...

A warship flew in from the northeast, its battle banner fluttering, causing many within the city to look up.

On the warship, a one-armed figure wore a tattered beast-skin vest, his face roughened by the elements.

Behind him were more than a dozen figures, dumbfoundedly gazing at the gigantic city below.

The warship landed in the plaza outside the Alliance Hall.

At this moment, the steps leading from the hall to the plaza were lined with martial artists in red robes, holding long spears, standing solemnly.

"War Envoy of Cloud River Valley Human Race arrives!"

As the one-armed figure led the more than a dozen figures off the warship, the martial artist serving shouted.

Then, voices began to echo one after another, passing through with horn sounds, reaching the Alliance Hall.

Yao Chong looked up at the towering hall above and started ascending the steps.

The dozen figures behind him unconsciously straightened their backs.

Fire Mountain also emerged from within the hall, descending the steps to greet him.

Having sat as alliance leader for many years, his aura has transformed, exuding an intimidating yet non-angry presence.

Seeing Fire Mountain coming to greet him, Yao Chong hastened his steps to approach him, bowing deeply.

"Yao Chong, envoy of Cloud River Valley Human Race, pays respects to the alliance leader."

The dozen figures following him bowed one after another.

"Without the alliance’s aid, we might have perished in the wilderness."

Fire Mountain looked at the dozen figures before him, each marked by the elements, and grasped Yao Chong’s hand, patting his arm gently.

"Our Human Race should advance hand in hand."