Chapter 662 - 267: Sacrificing to the Marquis
To select a Punishment Envoy, one must choose those who are ruthless and decisive, unaffected by external influences.
After much thought, Shen Can decided that, for now, only a clone could take on this role. First, an initial structure needs to be established, selecting some individuals for gradual training.
This group is easy to select, directly choosing from the Divine Treasure and Celestial Vein Ninth Layer Martial Artists of the allied Bo Divisions to serve as the Great and Little Punishment Envoys.
Great Punishment Envoys of the Divine Treasure Realm are selected from Bo Divisions with multiple Divine Treasure Martial Artists within the tribe.
Little Punishment Envoys are selected from the remaining Bo Divisions that have only one Divine Treasure Martial Artist.
The main reason for this selection is that Bo Divisions with only one Divine Treasure Martial Artist are almost always First Generation Bo Divisions. If the only Divine Treasure in the tribe is chosen as the Punishment Envoy, there would be no one left to command their own tribe’s clan soldiers.
And selecting the Celestial Vein Ninth Layer Martial Artists from these tribes is almost equivalent to selecting their nurtured Divine Treasure Seeds.
The next day.
Side Hall.
The clone, Clan Leader Huo Shan, Huo Zhang, Yann Wanyun, and Jishan Lord Bo gathered together.
Yann Wanyun and Jishan Lord Bo already knew that the clone was Shen Can’s emissary in the outside world.
"If we let these powerful Bo Divisions assign personnel as Great Punishment Envoys, won’t they start making moves in secret?"
Yann Wanyun voiced his concerns, having personally experienced the wars in Ji Land and Xiaoyang. He had an instinctual distrust of most of the tribes in Yongyi.
This was also true for Jishan Lord Bo, who felt aligned only with a few tribe lords from Jishan’s Southern Border.
A Northern Horse Slave and a Southern Border Fisherman.
For these Bo Divisions in Yongyi’s heartland, say what you will, their ability to create nicknames is indeed impressive.
At this moment, the clone spoke up, "To be a Punishment Envoy, one must first ensure absolute fairness and justice. If a Punishment Envoy cannot even do this, what do you think should be done?"
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at the clone and immediately understood.
So you’re setting a trap for them to fall into themselves, aren’t you?
Originally intended to be the most impartial Punishment Enforcers, if you’re not impartial, you should be severely punished even more.
This is what Shen Can had in mind. Now that Blazing Flame is about to lead various tribes in a campaign against Dai Land, without a justifiable reason, taking action against these tribes would be detrimental to unity.
But after the tribes swear blood oaths of alliance and acknowledge the rules, they must adhere to them.
Thus, if anyone causes trouble and gets punished, it is now justified.
If you’re a Punishment Envoy and do not enforce justice correctly, who else should be dealt with but you? Even the tribe to which you belong will be subject to punishment.
The mastermind will be flogged to death, and the rest will be exiled to Lingnan!
Not to mention distant places, just the wilderness to the north and south of the Giant Mountain Range has vast lands waiting for cultivation.
Shen Can can’t just send people to cultivate without rhyme or reason.
But if you made a mistake, it’s a different story.
He’s purely engaging in entrapment, waiting for certain tribes to fall for it.
Of course, it’s not feasible right now. Although the various tribe masters have arrived, the final alliance meeting has not yet taken place, and the legal framework is not yet established.
Everyone gathered together and reviewed the alliance process once more.
As Blazing Flame inherited the legacy of Marquis Yongshan, the first priority on the day of the alliance meeting is to sacrifice to the Marquis.
The entire alliance meeting will be divided into four parts: Sacrificing the Marquis, discussing the alliance covenant, blood-oath bonding with the sacrificial beast, and jointly honoring the alliance treaty.
The discussion of the alliance covenant involves establishing the articles of the alliance treaty among the various tribes, clearly defining the rights and obligations between the Alliance Leader and the tribes.
Blood-oath bonding involves participants smearing beast blood on their lips, reciting the alliance covenant, and establishing a collectively recognized legitimate covenant.
Jointly honoring the alliance treaty involves writing the treaty in multiple copies, with each participating Bo Division receiving one copy each.
In future campaigns and matters, rules established in the alliance covenant will be followed.
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For this alliance meeting, the Blazing Flame Bo Division built a thousand-zhang high altar on a mountain platform to the east of the Guest Reception Hall.
A stele with inscriptions left from when Marquis Yongshan campaigned north against Xiaoyang stands on the altar.
This time, the ceremony is dedicated to this stele.
The content on the stele isn’t important; what matters is that it symbolizes the sacrifice to Marquis Yongshan.
It also indicates that the development of the Blazing Flame Bo Division originated from the legacy left by Marquis Yongshan.
Even Shen Can cannot deny this point. It was through obtaining the Sacrificial Spirit from the remnants of Yongshan Bo Division that the tribe acquired the Sacrificial Artifact and learned the Five Pillars Skill from the Sacrificial Spirit.
Subsequent Celestial Vein and Divine Storage Techniques all derived from the Five Pillars Skill.
On the other side, as the Blazing Flame Tribe rushes to prepare, the tribe masters resting to the west of the Guest Reception Hall are not restricted in their actions.
They can still visit and communicate with each other.
The next day, at noon.
The sky in the southeast direction of the Giant Mountain suddenly lit up, a fiery torrent speeding across, its crimson-golden flames illuminating the mountains.
Within the flames was an enormous tiger-like giant beast, breaking through the mountains and galloping along.
During its journey, it casually glanced at the palaces nestled among the mountains.
Just that one glance.
Made the tribe masters who happened to be outside their residence palaces feel like they’d been plunged into ten millennia of ice.
Though it was blazing fire, the mental impact was cold and chilling.
The majestic appearance of the giant tiger sent a shiver down everyone’s spine.
"That’s... Luwu..."
"Beast King Lu..."
High up in the palace, many tribe masters who were originally cultivating were taken aback by the scene, their voices trembling slightly.
The Beast King of the Giant Mountain Range.
Tier Five...
Luwu, dragging a fiery dragon tail behind it, landed behind the palace cluster atop the mountain.
"No wonder the Blazing Flame could vanquish Celestial Monster and Ao Mountain... it clearly wasn’t that simple!"
There were indeed many tribe masters cultivating in the high halls of their residences. Compared to the Source Power environment in their own tribes, the Source Power here in the Blazing Flame Tribe was much stronger.