If it were other people in the tribe, they would be thrilled to hear the Shaman's words, but the one sitting here was Shao Xuan.
The Shaman had expected that Shao Xuan would refuse, but he didn't expect it to be so straightforward.
The Shaman had been looking for a successor for a long time.
As the spiritual leader of the tribe, the Shaman had to choose the right successor. Therefore, the recent generations of the Shaman had spent a lot of effort on the selection of successors.
When Guigou was still young, he was chosen by the Shaman. The Shaman planned to train him from a young age, so he was named "Guigou".
The name "Guigou" came from the blessing incantation, "Water returns to its gully". It was obvious that the Shaman had high expectations for Guigou.
Unfortunately, the Shaman was studying some newly found herbs at that time, so he forgot to keep an eye on Guigou. When he came back to his senses, he found that Guigou was already on his way to becoming a warrior, pursuing the peak of power, and never looking back.
Guigou respected the Shaman as much as the others in the tribe. If anyone said something bad about the Shaman, he would fight back. But, since he was young, his biggest goal was to become a powerful warrior.
The Shaman didn't get angry with Guigou, but he began to reflect.
The main idea of the tribe was to become a powerful warrior, and they were very persistent in the pursuit of power. Those who were forced couldn't become a qualified Shaman. The successor had to be willing to do so.
After Guigou, the Shaman began to pay attention to other people in the tribe.
Because everyone wanted to become a warrior, the Shaman wanted to choose from those who couldn't awaken. If they couldn't awaken, would they be willing to be a Shaman wholeheartedly?
It didn't matter whether they could awaken their totemic power or not, as long as they met the requirements, they would be able to inherit the power from the Shaman.
As for the original power, it didn't have much effect after becoming a Shaman, because the Shaman couldn't go out of the tribe.
Nothing could happen to the Shaman. No one could guarantee that nothing would happen to him after he left the tribe. Therefore, generally speaking, the Shaman of the tribe would not leave the tribe after he took over the responsibilities of the previous Shaman. No one in the tribe would let the Shaman get involved in danger.
If the leader was gone, they could choose another powerful one, but not the Shaman. Every Shaman would be chosen very early on, and once they were chosen, they would teach them by example. This was a tradition.
As for the "requirements" for the candidates, no one could say for sure. It was completely up to the Shaman to decide.
Among the generations of Shamans, there were men, women, warriors, and people who had never awakened their totemic powers. Therefore, whether or not one could awaken their totemic powers was not the deciding factor. However, after more than twenty years after Guigou, the shaman still couldn't find a suitable candidate. Occasionally, he would go down the mountain to see the other children in the mountain foot district, but every time, he would return disappointed.
Until one day, Guigou came with his newborn daughter, and asked the Shaman to give her a name. The moment the Shaman saw the baby in Guigou's arms, he had another idea. He named the baby "Gui Ze", which was also derived from the Blessing Spell.
"The soil belongs to the house, the water belongs to the ravine, the insects don't work, the grass belongs to the pond …"
Therefore, from a very young age, Gui Ze was trained as the next Shaman. At that time, only a few people living on the mountain top knew about it.
However, the Shaman didn't expect to see Shao Xuan again.
Since Shao Xuan awakened, he acted differently from the others. Since then, the Shaman really began to pay attention to him. Moreover, after that, many things changed his view of Shao Xuan again and again.
If the reason why Shao Xuan improved faster than the others was because of his talent, then what about Shao Xuan's ability to see things that others couldn't, and his ability to recover faster than intermediate totemic warriors?
Now, he could even see Wu Roll!
Why did he have such power?
In fact, the Shaman didn't know, but he believed that it was because of the fire seed. The fire seed in the tribe was incomplete, but since Shao Xuan awakened, it was more like the awakening of a complete fire seed. But at the same time, he had some abilities similar to the Shaman's, which allowed him to see things that other warriors couldn't.
When the Shaman took over, he would pass on his abilities to the next Shaman. However, Shao Xuan didn't get the inheritance, but he already had similar abilities.
Could it be that he was the descendant of the previous Shaman? It didn't make sense. When the Shaman retired, he would pass on his abilities to the next Shaman. The Shaman wouldn't be so selfish, and his loyalty was unquestionable.
Moreover, after flipping through several population registration scrolls, the Shaman confirmed that Xuan's ancestors were indeed ordinary warriors in the tribe.
Until now, the Shaman hadn't found the exact answer, but he didn't care about it.
He planned to persuade Shao Xuan to take over the position of Shaman, but he didn't expect to be rejected so directly.
"You really don't want to?" The Shaman asked again, which was rare.
Shao Xuan looked at the Shaman, but didn't say anything. He was different from the natives. His thoughts, ideas, principles, and so on were all very different. How could he take over the position? But he couldn't say these.
"Fine." The Shaman sighed, and didn't continue with this topic. Instead, he asked, "Have you read those animal skin scrolls?"
"Yes."
"Do you understand?"
"Yes."
"Xuan, do you want to see more Wu Roll?" The Shaman asked.
"Yes." Shao Xuan was very curious about many things recorded in the Wu Roll. At the same time, he guessed that some of the more ancient Wu Roll might contain more secrets of the tribe. If he wanted to know more about the tribe, he could only start from the Shaman. And the Wu Roll was an excellent "history book".
"I can show you more Wu Roll." The Shaman said slowly.
Shao Xuan didn't say anything, but waited for the Shaman's next words.
The Shaman raised his head, glanced at the stone table with the herbs, and continued, "I hope you can help Gui Ze."
"Of course." Even if the Shaman didn't say it, Shao Xuan would teach Gui Ze what he knew. Helping others was also helping himself. The bags of herbs that were given before the hunt were all prepared by Gui Ze. Shao Xuan was naturally happy to help Gui Ze increase his efficiency.
The Shaman nodded with satisfaction. After all, he was old and had a lot of things to do. He wanted to teach Gui Ze, but he didn't have the ability. It was impossible for him to teach Gui Ze everything. It was also impossible for him to teach her every method of handling medicinal herbs. Gui Ze's knowledge of medicinal herbs was, in fact, learned from others. For example, if he had time to teach Gui Ze the Heart Piercing Stem, perhaps Gui Ze would master it faster.
But the Shaman always thought that maybe when Gui Ze took over the Shaman's responsibility, he would inherit the Shaman's knowledge and understand the Wu Roll. What he spent more time teaching Gui Ze was temperament, attitude, worldview, and some things related to the overall situation of the tribe. These were the most important things.
And now Shao Xuan's performance could solve this problem very well.
Although it was inevitable that he felt a little regretful, the Shaman was still satisfied. After chatting with Shao Xuan about the herbs on the Wu Roll, the Shaman got up and was about to leave.
Before leaving, the Shaman said to Shao Xuan, "From tomorrow onwards, come to my place in the morning. Some Wu Roll can't be brought here. Come to the medicine house in the afternoon. "
"Okay." Shao Xuan replied and bowed to the Shaman seriously.
Gui Ze didn't go back to the medicine house. Shao Xuan had nothing to do, so he processed all the unprocessed herbs on the stone table. It was only the preliminary processing, so it wasn't difficult. The processing steps of these herbs were all recorded on the Wu Roll. These days, he also saw how Gui Ze processed them, so he knew some of the problems that needed to be paid attention to. Like the Heart Piercing Stem, Gui Ze processed them skillfully.
When he left the medicine house and went down the mountain, Shao Xuan looked up at the sky.
Chacha was hovering in the sky above his head.
"The world is so big. Do you want to go out and see it with your own eyes?" Shao Xuan whispered.
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"Soil in its own house, water in its own gully, insects don't work, grass and trees in its own pond." This sentence came from the ancient ballad "Wax", which was borrowed here.
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