Shao Xuan knew that Jing Wu and his son must have seen something, but they didn't want to say it.
Soon the full moon will come, and there is not much difference between day and night. Even at night, it will be bright because of the moon.
The alternation of day and night, the rotation of the sun and the moon, everything about the sun and the moon will change on this day. Just like the people of the Mo tribe used to harvest water moon stones on this day, the people of the Jing tribe were also very busy on this day, because the eyes of the earth would be very active on this day, and even surfaced on the quagmire.
The people of the Jing tribe were waiting on the edge of the quagmire early in the morning, some with finely woven nets, and some with horn bone implements to make a deep-mouth water scoop and other tools.
At first, they just held those long-handled tools to guard the edge of the quagmire. If they found that there was an eyeball coming out, they would take action. Those who are quick to shoot will use a long-handled water scoop to scoop up the eye of the earth the moment it emerges from the water, and only on this day can they quickly catch the eye of the earth in this way.
Shao Xuan shouted excitedly when he saw a warrior of the Crystal Tribe scooping it up. He poured out the contents of the deep scoop away from the water pool. As it turned, the muddy water was quickly thrown out, revealing its dark gray shell. That is the eye.
Seeing it burrowing into the ground, the crystal tribe warrior quickly stabbed it with a bone knife, set it aside, and then smashed it down with a stone.
They shot very accurately. The place where the stone hit was close to the side, not the center of the earth eye. If the force was not right, the shuttle-shaped earth eye would fly out under this shot. That's right. When a stone goes down, it will only make the spinning earth eye half-dead, and the rotation will stop. Such earth eye has lost its ability to move, so it can be put aside first, or it can be directly cut open.
Shao Xuan saw that the man cut open the ground eye he had just captured. Under the dark gray shell with silt, the flesh was white.
If you cut the meat open again, you will see the ball in the center of Dijing's body, which is the Dijing Stone.
Because there were too many people gathered, Shao Xuan didn't see the quality of the eye stone in the eye that the man had cut open, but listening to the shouts from the crowd, he could tell that it was a good quality eye stone.
At this time of the year, the person with the most attention and the best quality will be recorded in the tribal history of the Jing tribe, and will be left to future generations along with the handwriting of this generation of witches.
This kind of honor is what every Jing tribe person yearns for. For Jing tribe people, it is simply a winner in life. It is no wonder that the entire crystal tribe is so excited.
With the first person to catch the eye of the earth today, the others are not far behind. Around the quagmire of the outer ring, you can see the Jing tribe people running around, and the children who have not yet been able to catch the eye of the earth are watching everywhere. As soon as I heard that someone had caught it, I ran over to watch the fun, and then guessed who would get the top spot this year.
Inside the crystal witch's house, the two fathers and sons were talking about catching the eye on the night of the full moon this year.
Miao is now able to walk with the help of others, but he is not able to walk long distances and long distances for the time being. Proper exercise can alleviate the sequelae of him being paralyzed in bed for a year, but it is too much. Recovery, on the contrary, will increase the burden on the body before recovery.
The crystal witch helped Miao walk around the house for a few laps and then sat down to rest.
"If you weren't injured, you would definitely get the top spot this year." Jing Wu said with regret.
Miao didn't feel any regrets, "It's okay, next year is fine, it's just a year late."
"That's right, it's already a great luck to be able to get better."
"By the way, Dad, are you looking for a real eye for that person in Yanjiao tonight?" Miao asked.
"Of course, if I can find it the best, I'll have to wait another year if I can't find it. After all, the chance of finding a real eye is too small at other times. Don't worry, even if you can't find it this year, that person won't blame me. Yes." Crystal Witch comforted.
Miao did not loosen his brows because of Jing Wu's words, "Dad, who is the person behind that person? Is it the ancestor of Yanjiao?"
"… Maybe."
"Those who have the protection of ancestors are always very lucky. Maybe they can meet real eyes this year. Speaking of which, when I saw that, I was so frightened that I almost opened my eyes." It hurts, and it's not completely healed yet."
Upon hearing this, Crystal Witch immediately became nervous, "Is your eye hurt? Let me see!"
Miao showed totem lines on his body, because the injuries on his body had not yet fully healed. When using the power of the totem, he carefully controlled the power of the totem to operate only on the part above the torso. The blue and black meridians are raised high and mixed with the visible totem patterns, which looks really scary. At the same time, a crack appeared between Miao's eyebrows, just like Jing Wu opened his third eye when he was looking for Shao Xuan's true eyes, the eyes that appeared at the center of Miao's eyebrows also opened.
In the entire crystal tribe, except for the crystal witch, no third person knew that Miao had a third eye. He appeared in the year when the power of the totem was awakened. At that time, Jing Wu was very frightened. After inquiring, he analyzed the reason why Miao had such a situation. It may be that he had eaten an earth eye without an earth eye stone before his awakening.
That eye was caught by Miao himself by laying a net under the quagmire. It was not small. It was such a full moon at that time. After Miao caught it, it aroused the curiosity of many people. Xiang Tong, but who knows, after cutting it open, there is nothing, not even the most basic ordinary eye stone!
However, shortly after that, after Myu awakened the power of the totem, a third eye appeared between the eyebrows.
Jing Wu guessed that the eye of the earth that Miao ate might have had the eye of the earth, but the eye of the earth was special, hidden, intangible and invisible. Just like the third eye on Miu's body, unless he opens it actively, there is no trace at all, just like the rest of the tribe.
Jing Wu once planned that when he is old and Miao has grown to be able to take over, he will catch a real eye to cover it up, and then let the tribesmen know about Miao's third eye. Who knew that the world had changed last year, and Miao almost died in that disaster. At that time, Jing Wu only felt that all her hopes had collapsed.
fortunately…
"This year, let's focus on your eyes. Even if you don't find the real eyes, you can grab a few more Wanxiang pupils. Quan should give them a thank you gift." Only because of the vague figure behind Shao Xuan.
Jing Wu carefully looked at Miao's third eye and found nothing unusual.
"Turn your eyes to see, or try to see things outside, can you see?" Crystal Witch said.
"Yes." Through the wooden house, Miao Neng could see the blurred shadows under the floor, in the quagmire. Those were the eyes of the earth. He could even see farther outside the house, in the outer quagmire, where the busy tribesmen were busy. I can see those flaming horns standing by and watching...
Shao Xuan, who was looking at people's eyes, suddenly looked up in one direction.
"What's wrong?" Tuo asked.
"It's nothing." Shao Xuan retracted his gaze and continued to look at the cut eye, which was still a stone with acceptable quality.
In the crystal witch house, Miao closed his eyes tightly, covering his third eye, his face pale, "I have been discovered!"
"Have you seen Shao Xuan? Didn't I tell you not to test him again?" Although Jing Wuhua reprimanded, her expression was worried. She quickly looked at Miao's eyes again and was sure it was just a pain. Don't worry about anything else.
At night, the sun disappears, the sky is still bright, the silvery moonlight makes the earth like day, and above, a huge disc hangs high in the sky.
When the two moons overlapped, the Jing tribe people who had been standing by the quagmire all along began to walk into the quagmire.
The quagmire on the periphery is not deep. Most of the adult Jing tribe people can breathe through the quagmire with their necks exposed. This is what they calculated when digging the quagmire.
There are more active eyes in the quagmire. Shao Xuan heard from the people of the Jing tribe that the eyes from other parts of the ground entered the quagmire. After the full moon, most of the eyes in the quagmire will leave. Take more chances.
The nets cast out are bought from the Kou tribe. They are stronger. They are custom-made rope nets specially used for catching eyeballs. They have smaller holes and belong to the net-in-net category. The force of the impact can smash through the net, otherwise it would be trapped in the net.
It takes a lot of strength to pull a net in the quagmire. Sometimes a five-meter-wide net needs more than a dozen people to pull together. The Yanjiao people are watching and anxious, but the Jing tribe people refuse their help, and it is necessary to catch the eye. They do it themselves.
Shao Xuan did not watch the outer quagmire all the time, but came to the central quagmire.
The water surface in the quagmire has ripples, and it has not stopped, and there is something moving below.
Shao Xuan heard some sounds, as if someone had inserted a very thin straw into a water glass and blew quickly.
"That's from Wanxiang Tongdi's eyes, and it's only on this day that Wanxiang Tong's eyes will make such a sound."
Knowing that there is Wanxiangtong under the quagmire, Jing Wu was slightly relieved. Now, even if he didn't see the real eyes, he could comfort him by grabbing Wanxiangtong.
The Crystal Witch took off his coat, wrapped the straw rope around his hands a few times, and walked into the quagmire.
The central quagmire is much deeper than the outer quagmire. After people sink in, they can't see the figure at all. However, under the quagmire, there are some stone steps that were placed in the early stage of construction. But those steps placed at the bottom of the quagmire cannot be seen by ordinary people. Even if they know where they are roughly, once they enter the quagmire and fall into a completely dark environment, they lose their sense of direction and find it difficult to find the steps.
In the entire crystal tribe, the only one who can accurately find the steps under the quagmire is probably every sorcerer. Because they have eyes that can see through mud.