"Master."
The young man immediately climbed up the pole.
"Um."
Bai Qiuran nodded and asked again:
"Then you are now my named disciple. By the way, do you have a name?"
"I don't have a name, I should have, but my parents died, and the gods took my name too."
The young man snorted.
"what happened?"
Bai Qiuran asked:
"Listen to the details."
The young man told him something, and Bai Qiuran realized that the young man's parents died at the hands of the gods.
As for the reason, it is also very simple. The gods sheltered the human race, but they also formulated detailed worship rules for the human race. His parents failed to worship the gods they believed in due to an accident, so the gods took their orders away. , and also took away the young man's name.
"But everyone in the village treats me very well."
The young man laughed:
"Although I don't have a name, I'm the only one in the village who doesn't have a name. When everyone calls me [Hello], I can understand that they are calling me."
Bai Qiuran was silent for a while. Although the young man was very optimistic, Bai Qiuran reckoned that, judging from the custom of worshipping the gods in this era, the human race in that settlement would still care about the son of the person who violated the rules. Any exclusion.
It's just that in this era, one more labor force is one more guarantee of survival, so young talents are accepted by the people in the settlement, rather than being directly driven out of the settlement and left to fend for themselves.
"Even if it's my named disciple, it can't be without a name."
After thinking about it, Bai Qiuran said:
"Why don't I get you one."
"Ugh."
There was a hesitant look on this young man's face, Bai Qiuran could see that he still wanted a name in his heart, but he said:
"However, no matter what name you want to choose, you must report to the gods through the wizards in the settlement, and the gods must agree."
"It's okay, I'll get you one first."
Bai Qiuran waved his hand and said:
"This name is temporarily used when I call you. After a while, when I say something, you can tell the wizard and let him pass this name to you."
"okay then."
The young man also asked eagerly:
"What kind of name are you going to give me, Master?"
"Well, I think about it..."
I heard young people say that because of the sparse population, most people in this era are given one-character names, and there is no surname to speak of.
Bai Qiuran's eyes wandered around, thinking about the name to be given to the young man.
Mountains, rivers, lakes and seas are not suitable, and the four corners of the world seem to be too middle school...
While thinking, Bai Qiuran's gaze swept past the human settlement, and suddenly saw a group of human beings, led by a wizard, offering a fat yak-like livestock as a sacrifice to the gods.
They knelt on the ground, worshipped non-stop, and muttered something in their mouths.
Bai Qiuran raised his eyebrows, suddenly turned his head and said to the young man:
"Yes, you will be called [Li] in the future."
"【stand】?"
The young man asked in surprise:
"Master, what does [Li] mean?"
"[Li] means standing."
Bai Qiuran stretched out his hand and wrote a standing character on the ground.
"As for why I gave you this name, I will tell you when the time comes."
"Yes."
The young man was overjoyed.
"I have a name."
"I'll call you [Li] from now on."
Bai Qiuran smiled and said:
"Let's go, I'll take you back to the settlement first."
The young man who should now be called "Li" nodded, picked up the fishing net full of white fish, and walked towards the settlement with Bai Qiuran.
The guards at the gate of the settlement obviously knew Li, so they didn't stop him even if they saw Bai Qiuran who was following behind him a little shy.
A wall of sharpened logs was used around the entire settlement to defend against wild beasts in the wilderness, and Li Zhijia lived on the edge of the settlement closest to the wooden wall, which was one of the most dangerous places in the entire settlement.
"I have to keep my spear handy at night."
Li walked and smiled and said:
"Otherwise, there may be wild beasts running in when I fall asleep, but it's a blessing in disguise, and I can occasionally get more hunting harvests than others."
"Then you had a good time."
Bai Qiuran said casually.
While walking, he suddenly saw a group of people surrounded by a clearing on the side, and in the middle of the crowd there was a wizard holding a crooked bone staff made of animal bones and wood, chanting some gods. Godly stuff.
"What is that doing?"
Bai Qiuran stopped and asked curiously.
"that."
Li also stopped and explained:
"That is the sorcerer in the settlement trying to chase away the god of plague. If the people in the settlement are sick, it is the god of plague. If the god of plague is driven out in this way, the people in the settlement will get better."
"Isn't the god of plague also a god?"
Bai Qiuran thought of the impolite tone she gave to that god when she just met Jiang Lan, and it was obvious that she was much stronger than that god.
"You dare to drive her away? Aren't you afraid that she will come back and take revenge on you?"
"I don't know either."
Standing a little ignorant.
"But the rules are set by the gods. Maybe the god of plague was driven away by us. Will other gods come to subdue her?"
Bai Qiuran recalled that he followed Jiang Lan to the sky, and the other gods avoided her, thinking that this is not nonsense.
"Let's go take a look."
Bai Qiuran proposed.
"Okay, just wait a moment."
Li walked to his hut and opened a large urn that was a little over a meter high beside the hut. The urn was filled with water. He poured all the white fish in the fishing net into the urn, and skillfully hung the fishing net for drying. , and then said:
"Let's go, Master, I'll show you over there."
He chose a high place in the settlement, where he could clearly see the situation in the center of the crowd. Bai Qiuran was brought here by him, looked towards the center of the crowd, and saw a few sick people in the crowd. Lying on the ground covered with animal skins, in the middle of them, a sorcerer was jumping up and down, chanting words that Bai Qiuran couldn't understand.
After looking at it for a long time, Bai Qiuran couldn't help asking:
"Is he not dry?"
"Master, the wizards of others rely on this to eat."
Li smiled bitterly:
"You must have gotten used to it."
After watching for a while, Bai Qiuran suddenly saw a change.
At the edge of the settlement, a miasma suddenly gathered and turned into a cloud full of poison.
After a while, Jiang Lan walked out of the cloud with a cold face, and walked towards the sick people in the crowd.
Seeing her coming, the crowd gave way in horror, and the wizard danced odd dance steps to Jiang Lan, shouting and waving the long staff made of the bone in his hand behind her. Appear to be driven away.
"mentally retarded..."
Bai Qiuran couldn't help but said.