The next day, in the family ancestral hall, several fresh corpses were quickly produced through the family's special secret ritual.
The family's secret ritual is not complicated. It only requires some special medicinal materials and the blood of the clan members. However, the family had already considered this aspect when collecting medicinal materials in the mass grave mountain, so after it is ready, it only needs to settle for a few days before it can be used.
Everyone's physique is different. The higher the realm, the faster the sedimentation.
After the bodies of several people were sacrificed, a new clan rule was added to the family.
Every time a family war occurs, there are only three places left for death.
Chen Xingzhen’s explanation for this was that the family’s sacred tree had limited power and was unable to revive too many clansmen in a short period of time. He hoped that all clansmen would cherish their lives and stay away from risks.
Once this clan rule came out, the plans of some older clan members were ruined.
Three places, this is too few.
If you die too late, it would be a waste.
After dealing with the aftermath of the war, the Chen family's stagnant construction is about to come to an end.
With the cooperation of many villagers and clansmen, the Chen family is now completely renewed.
From a distance, the Chen family now has the scale of a city. There are patrol sentries on the high outer walls. Even for a warrior in the innate realm, it is not easy to sneak into the family quietly.
With this outer wall, there is no need to worry about outsiders snooping into the family.
Within the family, various newly built houses are arranged in an orderly manner. In the streets and alleys, there are wide roads paved with bluestone slabs that can accommodate horse-drawn carriages, in order to facilitate transportation within the family.
Under the bluestone slabs, there are grooves for drainage.
Compared with the previous family, the current family’s area is much larger than before, and the family can accommodate thousands of people.
This is a forward-thinking effort for the family's future, but there is still a long way to go.
At night, the lush locust trees in the ancestral hall emit a bright light, which is beautiful beyond words. However, the light is blocked by the surrounding walls, and only the bright moon above is clearly visible.
In the ancestral hall, after Chen Xingzhen paid homage to the ancestral tablet, he turned to the space behind the tablet.
This place is quite spacious. Originally there was only the broken body of an ancestor, but now there are several new bodies.
They were the tribesmen who died last time. After settling for a week, the bodies of these corpses became extremely hard, even the hair was no exception, but their eyes were lifeless, and now they were just soulless bodies.
Now, we only need to use the family secret method to control it successfully, but only the bloodline of the Chen family can control it.
Chen Xingzhen walked forward slowly and checked the bodies of the tribesmen. Seeing that they had almost all settled, Chen Xingzhen nodded with satisfaction.
A total of six clansmen were sacrificed this time, including three who were in the Body Tempering Realm.
According to the previous rules of the family, members in the Body Tempering Realm were not qualified to be sacrificed.
However, considering that the family now has enough space and also to satisfy the wishes of the clan members, Chen Xingzhen made an exception and changed the clan rules. From now on, when a clan member dies, his body can be sacrificed and placed in the family ancestral hall to be revered by the younger generations.
Although the bodies of these members of the Body Tempering Realm were not strong after the sacrifice, the family was short of manpower now, so occasionally planting blood rice and chopping trees was a good choice.
After checking, Chen Xingzhen looked at the old ancestor who was only half a body left, with full respect in his eyes.
Although the old ancestor's body is now in tatters, with only one hand and one foot left, half of them were broken in the last battle with the Li family, and even his face has marks left by countless sword cuts, it is no longer possible to recognize his original appearance.
But Chen Xingzhen vaguely remembered the identity of this ancestor.
The ancestor’s name was Chen Zhifan, who was two generations older than his father. He was also one of the few innate warriors when the family migrated.
We have come this far thanks to this family elder, otherwise the family would not be what it is today.
Although the ancestor can no longer be used, his body and spirit tablet are worthy of long-term worship by the family.
Chen Xingzhen put away his worried mood, left the room and came under the shade of the trees outside.
The new family has been built, and the blood rice of the family has been planted. Even the mass grave mountain is now mostly controlled by the family. The family has recorded which places are rich in certain medicinal herbs and which areas are distributed with certain ferocious beasts.
Some mature medicinal materials will be sent to Yong'an City for sale in exchange for jade coins to purchase the materials needed by the family, and the other part will be kept for family use.
Although most of the family members do not need it now, there are still villagers around the mass grave mountain who come to the family from time to time to ask for medicine, and the family is not stingy in this regard.
In addition, the family's blacksmith shop is now much larger, and coupled with the relatively abundant iron ore resources in the Mass Grave Hill, the experience of the clan members has also increased a lot.
According to reports from the clan members, in about a month, the family will be able to forge a hundred pieces of ironware.
The hundred-forged iron tools are already able to initially transmit the energy and blood power in a warrior's body, and can also improve his daily combat skills.
In Yong'an City, the hundred-forged iron tools are nothing, but for the current family, it is a significant improvement.
In addition, the progress of the young people in the family is also remarkable. Although many members of the family have not yet mastered the combat skills, under the guidance of the two martial artists, their practical combat abilities have all improved. The daily classes in the school have also enriched their thinking, and many people have made new breakthroughs in self-understanding.
Overall, all aspects of the family are moving towards prosperity. Perhaps within just a dozen years, rather than a few decades, the family will be able to expand its overall scale several times.
But if one does not plan for the future, he will have immediate worries.
The strength displayed by the family this time has even exceeded the strength possessed by the family. After all, the situation was complicated at that time, and Chen Qingyu also used that combat skill to the extreme to defeat the enemy.
This time, the Shi family has lost a martial artist who has reached the peak of the Xiantian realm, so they will certainly not give up. The next time, it will not be so easy.
The key point is that there has been no news about the Shi family recently, and it seems that the Shi family is keeping silent.
But Chen Xingzhen knew that beneath this silence, an even more violent storm must be brewing.
But now, every aspect of the family has almost reached its limit, and there will be no new breakthroughs in a short period of time. Even a new crop of blood rice will take more than two months to harvest.
Faced with an unknown future, Chen Xingzhen also doesn't know how his family should strengthen its strength and deal with future risks.
Perhaps, we can only rely on the name of the Zhou family to make the enemy afraid?
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