The sunset fell on the other side of the distant mountain, and the light in the forest gradually diminished.
It was already dark around.
At this moment, Shao Xuan did not pay attention to the passage of time, or even to whether there was any danger around him.
He had a feeling that it seemed that he was safe here, and that there would be no sneak attacks by those dangerous plants, nor would there be fierce predators.
All attention, all in the ground under the palm.
Feeling a little warmth from below, along with the palm of the hand, along the arm, all the way up, it converges into the totem in my mind, which stimulates the flames on the totem to keep rolling.
The evening wind blew, and the wind carried some elements that were different from usual.
The surroundings began to quiet down, and the original birdsong and insects, the roars of animals in the jungle, the sound of water flowing in the stream, and so on, all gradually disappeared.
call-
call-
Like the sound of flames beating in the wind.
But there was no spark around, and even because the sun set and night fell, this unrecognizable ruin was shrouded in darkness.
Shao Xuan kept staring at his palms on the ground without moving at all. He felt that under his palms, it was getting warmer and warmer, as if something was spreading underground and was about to burst out of the ground.
A bit of fire flashed through his fingers, especially in the dark night.
Soon, more firelight appeared from under Shao Xuan's palm, and from the little spark at the beginning, it became bigger and bigger, and Shao Xuan's palms could not cover it.
After the fire in the palm of the hand became bigger, it divided into six branches and gradually spread in six directions. There was no flame, but it was like magma, stretching in their respective directions, extending into the woods, Shao Xuan could not see it. The place.
Withdrew his hand and stood up, Shao Xuan looked at the six branches extending from the same point.
Is this the "root" of the Yanjiao tribe that Laoho's ancestors called? Could it be that the central point where the six branches converge is where the original fire was
Just thinking about it, Shao Xuan suddenly felt that something was wrong. He seemed to have fallen into such an uncontrollable but special state again.
Look at the feet, the ground that should have been full of flowers, grass and soil has turned into stones. The size and arrangement of these stones are very familiar, as if they were standing in the fire pool of the Yanjiao tribe.
Fire pond? !
Shao Xuan raised his eyes to look elsewhere.
The original ruins are gone, replaced by images that are not clear, densely packed with people standing not far away, and the stone houses behind the crowd that are much taller than the people, just like when they were in Yan. Compared with the houses of most tribes, these stone houses are larger, taller and much grander, as depicted on the murals in the caves of the Jiao tribe near the foot of the mountain.
There are also some carved stone statues, some of which are human, some are of beasts, and some are still like warriors killing beasts.
In the place close by, there are some people standing, the arrangement is similar to what Shao Xuan saw with his own eyes during the sacrifice of the tribe. There are also warriors who perform the sacrifice dance, and there are also those erected pillars and sacrifices. The difference is that closer to There were still six people standing in the fire pond, and Shao Xuan couldn't see their specific appearance, but could only see vague silhouettes. Their decoration is more "gorgeous" than the warriors of the sacrificial dance, and the ornaments hanging on their heads are more complicated.
A figure stepped into the fire and walked towards Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan knew that this was not really for himself. The purpose of this person should be the kind of fire burning where he was. And this person should be a witch from the Yanjiao tribe.
These are all characters who can be called "ancestors". If people from the tribe across the river see such a scene, they probably have to kneel again, right
Shao Xuan stood there, quietly looking at the figures around him.
The witch walked to the fire and didn't know what to put down, then stepped back, exited the fire pit, stood by the fire pit and started raising his arms, he should be singing.
The surroundings seem to be brighter.
Shao Xuan looked around him, and the rapidly rising flames enveloped him, and because of the sudden rising flames, the surroundings were illuminated even brighter, and the crowd standing not far away was also illuminated, but Shao Xuan still looked at him. It is not clear, only a rough figure can be seen, a man and a woman, an old man, a small one, and some accompanying hounds that are probably engraved on the side.
Everyone was looking in the direction of Tinder, no matter which way Shao Xuan looked, even if he couldn't see the expressions of those figures, he could still feel that they were all looking here.
Lift your feet and walk out of the center, out of the area covered by the fire.
Shao Xuan was like a bystander, walking in the crowd, looking at the figures around him.
They didn't change anything because of Shao Xuan's movement, because the two existed at different time points, and these are all reappearances of the past, just like when Shao Xuan followed the advance team into the green space and saw the green thief walking at night general scene.
The crowd standing around knelt down and bowed devoutly in the direction of the fire pond.
The surroundings were covered with a layer of fire.
Turning back, Shao Xuan looked in the direction of the fire pond. The rolling flames were higher than what he saw when he participated in the sacrifice of the Yanjiao tribe, and the flames were much more violent. On fire, extremely heroic.
The fire pool three flames, this is only the first flame, it has reached such a level, if it is the third flame, what will happen
Back then, in the Yanjiao tribe, when I first saw the flames of the fire, I thought it was unbelievably spectacular, but now, when I saw the scene in front of me, I knew what the real fire of fire was, just like a certain animal skin scroll. This is the picture of the glorious period.
Just as Shao Xuan was standing by the fire pond in the hometown of the Yanjiao Tribe, watching the images that had passed for nearly a thousand years, it was on the other side of the river far away in the middle.
At this time, not many people in the Yanjiao tribe would go out. The area near the foot of the mountain was already dark, and the Yeyans were also flying around, staring at each family, waiting for whoever came out, and then rushed up. attack it.
The further up the mountain, the more flames, some soldiers are burning fires at home, maybe they are getting food, maybe they are just burning the fire, and then talking around the fire. But these firelights are really nothing in the dark night.
At the top of the mountain, Wu noticed the change, but he didn't even take his crutches. He walked out of the stone house like the wind and headed towards the fire pond.
The soldiers who were originally guarding around the fire pond wanted to inform Wu and the leader of the fire pond's change, but they didn't want to, Wu had already come.
Looking at the scene in the fire pond, Wu seemed to be stunned. Standing there, there was a momentary blank in his mind.
In the fire pond, the fire that originally only had a flame that was a little bigger than a bean was now jumping violently, and then suddenly rose, rolled up, and expanded to the entire fire pond.
Now is not the time of sacrifice, and there are no ceremonies, and the witch doesn't even do anything, but the flames in the fire pit are lit like the sacrifices at the end of winter every year.
Still on fire! Moreover, the rolling flames are even stronger than the flames that burn during sacrifices every year!
"This... This is..." The leader who rushed over after receiving the report was equally stunned after seeing the scene in the fire pond.
The leader Ao's words made Wu from the blank state just now react. He was just too excited and forgot to react.
"He's here! He's found it! Ah Xuan has found the home of Yanjiao!"
Wu knelt on the ground and bowed in the direction of the fire pond.
In the hearts of the tribesmen, he has always been a witch with a high-level demeanor. At a young age, he knelt on the ground and cried in a mess, but no one present would laugh at him. They knelt on the ground with Wu.
Although they didn't quite understand what this meant, they had an idea in their hearts that made them extremely excited.
Shao Xuan has been away from the tribe for some time. From the end of the rainy season to the coming of winter, no one knows whether Shao Xuan can cross the river safely, or what will happen after he passes safely. After all, he was just a young man. Just a soldier.
Although everyone had fantasies and hoped that Shao Xuan could find something there, everyone felt uneasy in their hearts. After all, there were too many dangers in the river. There must be more dangers and troubles on the other side of the river. Can Xuan alone solve it
And now, the flames in the fire pond changed, and what Wu had just said, told everyone on the top that Shao Xuan not only crossed the river safely, but also found the homeland of the tribe!
The old people who rushed over were so excited that they didn't know what to say.
The people at the foot of the mountain also noticed the changes on the mountain. The flames that rose were too obvious, and the Yeyans who were flying around arrogantly a moment ago have now avoided far away, just as they do every year when offering sacrifices. Fear.
Lao Ke walked out the door, looked at the fire pond on the top of the mountain, and said to Caesar next to him, "Is that caused by Ah Xuan?"
Caesar stared at the top of the mountain, looked at Lao Ke, and there was a sound in his nose, as if responding to Lao Ke's words.
Not only the obvious changes of the Yanjiao tribe, even on the river side, no matter in the central or peripheral areas, there are many people who have changed.
Yan Shuo went out on the mountain today to hunt a not-so-big beast. After his strength increased, although the totem pattern was still faint in many cases, it was much better than before, and sometimes he could hunt some beasts back to his wife and children.
At this time, Yan Shuo's family was eating barbecue meat around the fire and talking. When they noticed something, Yan Shuo looked at his arm. The faint totem pattern appeared again by itself, and the pattern was more colorful than before. Deep and clear.
He didn't say much, he just clenched his fist tightly, then smiled at his wife and children, with bright fire reflected in his eyes: "I think what we have been looking forward to is coming."
on the grassland.
Lao Hoi was burning a fire at home, dealing with some herbs he had dug up today. He was busy working, and suddenly felt something was wrong. He didn't disturb his sleeping wife. , by the firelight, look at the image reflected in the basin.
He saw that some lines appeared on his face, the color was not dark, because the light was too dark, and he couldn't see clearly, but he knew what it was, it was exactly the same as the lines on his father's face back then!
That kind of power is real, not the illusory and elusive feeling it used to be.
It exists in his own body, in every piece of flesh and blood. flow.
A wide river.
Wooden boats with a height of several meters or even more than ten meters are docked on the shore. Compared with the boats of other tribes, these boats are considered extremely luxurious.
And not far from these big ships, some tattered small boats were docked on another bank densely. Compared with those big boats, these small boats looked pitiful.
Gather on the shore next to the boat belt, where some tourists gather. They have to work until late every day to come back. Then they all gather here to set up a big fire and get some food to eat.
Even now, they laugh, they are better than those who have nowhere to go and endure hunger every day, even if they are less comfortable.
As they were talking, the people around the fire were stunned as if they had seen something unbelievable.
There was no chatter and laughter, and a few people who were slightly taller than the others who were eating food with their upper body naked, felt the strange situation around them, just about to ask, but they saw everyone pointing at themselves and others, one by one following the quilt. It was as if people were strangling their necks, "Uh" for a long time without saying a complete sentence.
However, when they looked at their naked upper body along the place where everyone pointed, they were also shocked, their hands trembled, and even the stone rice bowl, which was usually very precious, fell, and half a bowl of broth If it is sprinkled on the ground, if it is normal, everyone will probably regret it, and even lie on the ground and lick it, picking up the dropped meat residue and eating it.
However, no one's attention is now on those meat residues.
"Picture... Totem pattern... "
I don't know who made a sound first, but like a torch, it detonated a barrel of oil.
Totem pattern!
Although these totem patterns did not last long, this night was destined to make some people sleepless, and it also caused dramatic changes in the psychology of some people.
And Shao Xuan, who caused all this but didn't know it, stood by the fire pond in the hometown of the Yanjiao tribe, watching the scene disappear, everything was restored to the original appearance of the ruins, no tall stone houses, no stone statues, no more The crowd is dense, there are no witches, everyone from the past is no longer there, the fire pond is not what it used to be, and the six extended branches have disappeared.
Shao Xuan let out a long sigh.
"The glory of the past is no longer!"
The scene was illusory, only he could see it, but when Shao Xuan saw the situation on the grass around him, his pupils shrank.
The six pulse-like places that stretched out from the fire, and the flowers and plants that had grown on them all disappeared, leaving only the bare ground.
It seems that it is not all illusory. The six branches of the fire just now really appeared.
At this time, in the Wanshi tribe not too far from the beast forest.
"There is a change in the mountain forest, although it is not clear, but I have a feeling that there will be the greatest threat to the Wanshi tribe!" The Wanshi tribe witch with a bone decoration, facing the direction of the mountain forest, his expression is as if he wants to eat people. .
The leader of the Wanshi tribe, who was standing beside the witch, looked grimly in the direction of the forest and ordered the person who came over.
"Go and prepare, and take the Wanshi beast into the forest tomorrow!"