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The first flame of the Three Flames of the Fire Pit, Soaring Flame! Totem appeared!
The totem power in their bodies became active even though they didn't actively activate it. The totem patterns on each totem warrior's face also appeared clearly.
The blue and red colors in Shao Xuan's mind jumped along with the flames.
Shao Xuan didn't know if it was his own illusion, but he felt that the flames in the fire pit were even higher and more intense than last year. It seemed that they would float out if he didn't pay attention.
Standing next to the wooden stake, he couldn't move. Therefore, Shao Xuan couldn't observe other people's expressions. He didn't know if other people had the same idea, and he couldn't hear anything strange from the Shaman's voice. Shao Xuan could only be suspicious.
At this moment, the people present didn't think about anything else. They looked at the totem in the fire pit with pious eyes.
The surroundings were lit up, and the whole mountaintop was covered with a layer of fire.
The Shaman's chanting became louder and louder.
Dong! Dong dong!
Drum beats with a specific rhythm, as well as the sound of bones and stones hitting, suddenly sounded. This meant that Shao Xuan was about to start dancing.
With the Shaman's chanting, the people next to the wooden stake began to dance along the fire pit.
As an ancient dance that had been passed down since the founding of the tribe, Shao Xuan still underestimated it.
It wasn't because the movements were difficult, nor was it because he was embarrassed to "wash the dishes", "dig the vegetables", and "throw the rag" in front of so many people. It was because when he started to dance, Shao Xuan really understood the mystery of the dance, and the awkwardness gradually disappeared.
The sound of footsteps and the slight sound of the fifty people waving their arms gradually became unified and blended into the drumming sounds around them.
The originally strange rhythm became harmonious with the addition of the sounds made by these sacrificial dancers. With a specific rhythm, one sound after another resounded throughout the mountaintop.
Shao Xuan had been practicing the sacrificial dance at home these days. He memorized every movement by heart, and knew when to do which movement, so he didn't have stage fright.
During the dance, Shao Xuan used the special breathing method of the sacrificial dance according to Tuo's ancient teachings to feel the connection between the totems.
Gradually, Shao Xuan felt that he seemed to be connected with the surroundings.
The totem in the fire pit and the totem in his mind seemed to be gradually synchronizing. Shao Xuan didn't know whether the former was assimilating the latter or the latter was influencing the former. He didn't know the situation of the totem in the other ritual dancers' minds, but he was carefully perceiving such changes.
The only thing that was different was the blue flame in the totem in his mind, which was not present in the fire pit.
The ancient teachings said, "Try your best to establish a connection with the totem in the fire pit." Shao Xuan felt that he hadn't completely connected with the totem in the fire pit, so he tried to mobilize the blue flame in his mind. With the accumulation of the blue flame in Shao Xuan's mind, the overall flame of the totem rose.
At the same time, the flame in the fire pit suddenly rolled up, and the flame almost doubled in an instant. An experienced sacrificial dancer was so scared that he almost made a mistake. After all, he had never encountered such a thing after dancing for so many years. Fortunately, he had a strong ability to adapt, so he quickly calmed down and continued to dance.
Everything around them continued. However, when they looked at the fifty people dancing around the fire pit, they felt that it was a little different from the previous years.
It seemed that these people were no longer the sacrificial dancers dancing around the fire pit. They were no longer in such an occasion, but warriors armed with short swords and spears, ready to go hunting at any time.
Even the experienced sacrificial dancers felt that this time was different from the previous years. They felt a kind of boiling feeling, which couldn't be calmed down.
The momentum of fifty people in one was full of strong and fierce power, exuding a kind of invincible majestic spirit.
If Shao Xuan had to make an analogy, even the action of washing dishes could make people feel that the momentum was strong and incomparable.
Unknowingly, the fire pit had entered the Second Flame. Fireballs flew out radially from the fire pit. Because the original flame in the fire pit had risen, the fireballs flying out seemed to be bigger than in the previous years.
With the Breathing Method and the perception of the totem in meditation, Shao Xuan could feel that every fireball was flying towards him.
Contact and then absorption.
Some new energy was flowing in his body, brought by the fireballs flying over. It flowed along the meridians and gathered in one place.
The totem flame in his mind expanded rapidly with the newly absorbed fireballs.
If the energy absorbed by others from the fireballs was like a trickle slowly accumulating, then the energy obtained by the people dancing around the fire pit was like rivers flowing into the sea. Shao Xuan thought that this was probably the advantage and benefit of being a sacrificial dancer.
Shao Xuan heard from Mai and the others that the state of the totem in one's mind was closely related to the speed of improvement of one's strength. In this way, it was easy to imagine the benefits of being able to stay by the fire pit during the sacrificial ceremony. No wonder the two team leaders desperately wanted more people from their hunting groups to come here every year. But no matter what, there were only fifty places every year.
The sacrificial ceremony was still going on, so Shao Xuan couldn't afford to be distracted.
When the Third Flame was finished, the ceremony was about to come to an end.
Shao Xuan didn't know what level the Third Flame had reached, but the Shaman's "Great Luck" made the people on the mountaintop cheer.
The eighty kids closest to the fire pit finished their Awakening Ceremony.
Shao Xuan stopped and looked around. These kids all had totem patterns on their faces. He looked carefully and found that none of them were missing.
In the past, there were always a few kids who failed to awaken and had to wait for another year. But this year, all of them succeeded!
Not only Shao Xuan was surprised, but even the Shaman didn't expect this result. Four of them, the Shaman thought that they would delay their awakening for a year during the pre-selection. But unexpectedly, they all woke up this time.
The Shaman glanced at Shao Xuan's back, then lowered his eyelids and listened to Chief Ao, who was walking towards him, talk about the idea of this sacrificial ceremony. He then went to prepare for the next step.
After the ceremony, the people who came to participate in the sacrificial ceremony also went down the mountain to celebrate. The Shaman had said "Great Luck".
Shao Xuan went to talk to Tu and Ba for a while, then went down the mountain with Old Ke.
Turning around, Shao Xuan bumped into Qiaomai and his wife, who had just finished talking to Yang Guang and his sister.
"Xuan, you still have twenty days to solve Caesar's problem," Mai said. "But, since you can be selected as one of the fifty, it will be easier to solve Caesar's problem."
Last year, Ta's hunting team set out for the first hunt, and they took turns. This year, it was Guigou's team's first hunt, followed by Ta's hunting team. Therefore, after the sacrificial ceremony, Shao Xuan still had twenty days to persuade the others in the hunting team, and he also needed to talk to Ta. In the end, it was still the Big Head Ta who made the final decision.
Well, he also needed to talk to the Shaman.
Shao Xuan planned to take Caesar to the hunt this year. He had been in the hunting team for almost a year, and he had analyzed the risks, advantages and disadvantages. Of course, theory was still theory. In the forest, anything could happen, and no one could be absolutely sure. It was always better to be cautious.
Therefore, Shao Xuan planned that if Caesar did not perform well after going out with Caesar, he and Caesar would stop at the first hunting place, so as not to disturb the others' later hunts.
In the next few days, Shao Xuan took Caesar to the Shaman, and told him his idea. The result was just as Shao Xuan expected. The Shaman did not object, but looked forward to it. He even specially allowed Shao Xuan to wait at the first hunting place with Caesar if something went wrong.
Since the Shaman had spoken, Ta did not say anything. Moreover, he had always remembered Shao Xuan's words last year, "A good dog is the hunter's eyes and ears." He also wanted to see how this wolf, who had been raised in the tribe by Shao Xuan since childhood and was thought to have lost its spirit, would perform. If it did perform well, he would not mind making it more convenient for him.
After dealing with the Shaman and Ta, Shao Xuan invited Caesar's hunting group to the training place. He let them watch Caesar's training, so that they could know more about Caesar's performance.
Originally, they thought that since the Shaman, the team leader, and Mai had all agreed, they would not object. Moreover, Shao Xuan was one of the fifty participants in this ceremony, so they did not want to offend him.
After watching Caesar's training, some people even said that they would like to raise a wolf cub in the future. After all, there were always conflicts between wolves in the forest, and the loser would kill all the wolf cubs in their den. They had seen this several times, so maybe they could take the opportunity to bring some back.
After dealing with the hunting group, Shao Xuan began to prepare for the hunt. The stone tools had been prepared in the winter, so there was no need to polish them anymore. Caesar's training continued every day. Shao Xuan also increased the difficulty of some traps, to see how it reacted.
Caesar was very smart. Except for some too complicated ones, it could learn most of the skills Shao Xuan taught to it.
"Have you ever thought about what will happen to Chacha in the future?" Old Ke asked.
"Chacha is not as honest as Caesar, and maybe it has already avoided us and flown out of the tribe to play a few times." Shao Xuan said. Once, he found some grass clippings on Chacha's fur. That kind of grass did not belong to the tribe, but could only be found in the hunting forest.
That time, Shao Xuan taught it a lesson, and it behaved for a while. But now, it probably could not hold back anymore. Now Chacha had grown up a lot. In another half a year, Shao Xuan's arm would not be enough for it to rest on. But according to the Shaman, this bird was still a child. It was curious, and could not be controlled. If it wanted to fly, no one could stop it.
Now, Chacha had already flown to the surface of the river to play. Sometimes, he would quickly fly over the surface of the water to catch the fish. After tearing them apart, he threw them into the water and watched the piranhas crazily scramble for them.
This bird was not easy to tame. Nobody knew how long it would take to tame it until it could be brought out with the hunting group.
Twenty days later, Guigou's hunting group had not returned yet. But Ta had already confirmed the quota for the upcoming hunting trip, and announced it to everyone from top to bottom.
Looking at Caesar, who was following Shao Xuan up the mountain, Old Ke suddenly felt quite reluctant. In the blink of an eye, the little wolf cub that Lang Ga had brought back two years ago had grown so big. (This is a good activity where a pie falls from the sky. Cool phones are waiting for you!) Follow me ~ Click on the Chinese website's official account (Add a friend on WeChat – add a public account – type qdread) and participate immediately! There's a prize for everyone. Follow qdread's WeChat public account now!)
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