The winter in the tribe was still filled with endless snowflakes and extremely cold weather.
Yan Zhi and the others were on the mountain. In such weather, they couldn't survive alone. Fortunately, they were taken care of.
The people in the tribe had never looked forward to the end of winter so much.
In the ritual ceremony after the end of winter, not only the newly arrived tribesmen who had been living outside would participate in the awakening, but also the fire crystals, which the tribe was looking forward to the most.
The warriors rubbed their palms and didn't forget to exercise in winter. Even if they couldn't run far, many people moved stones at home to practice. They wanted to be in the best state during the ritual ceremony. They didn't want to be weak after winter.
Shao Xuan often ran up the mountain. The Shaman and the Chief had been planning to go back to the old land. Every time, they would call Shao Xuan to go there. When he was free, Shao Xuan would go to the medicine house to help the Gui Ze sort out the herbs.
The tortoise in the medicine house, which was responsible for dealing with the dregs of herbs, had grown a lot. Its shell was two meters high. It was unknown whether it was because of the successful engraving or because it often ate herbs, but the tortoise grew faster and stronger. The ridges on its shell were more prominent. It looked more difficult to deal with it than the crocodiles of the Drumming tribe.
Every time Shao Xuan went there, the tortoise would bite Shao Xuan, but every time, it would be slapped aside by Shao Xuan with a knife.
When the moon came out again after winter, the tribe was excited.
Old Ke, who had been taken care of for a whole winter, looked radiant and healthy, and looked much younger.
On the day of the ritual ceremony, Shao Xuan took out the fur of the giant bear he had hunted last year. This was what he would wear in the ritual dance. In order to hunt this giant bear, Shao Xuan had chased it for more than ten days.
"Have you prepared the clothes? Have you gotten rid of the worms on the bear skin? "
"Yes. Hey, Old Ke, don't you need to get rid of the bear claws? They are in the way. " Wearing the bear claw gloves, Shao Xuan couldn't see where the fingers were. Anyone who looked at it would see the black bear claws.
"No! Claws are awesome! "
"OK."
"And the bear tooth necklace! Don't forget this! "Old Ke quickly put the bear tooth necklace on Shao Xuan's neck.
The big white carrot-like bear teeth were strung together. It looked a little weird to wear it on the neck. Even a slender neck wouldn't be able to support such a thick necklace. This was not unexpected among the tribe's living beings.
"Then I'll go up the mountain first. You can go up with Caesar later. Chacha, find a place to play by yourself. Don't go too far." Shao Xuan shouted at the eagle in the sky.
"Alright, hurry up and go up the mountain. Maybe the shamaness and the leader have something to tell you."
Shao Xuan was chased out of the house by Old Ke and walked up the mountain.
Today, everyone was dressed to the nines. If one didn't look carefully, one wouldn't be able to recognize who was who.
Although he had participated in many sacrificial ceremonies, Shao Xuan still couldn't help but feel like he was at a gathering of wild beasts every time.
Looking around, there were people wearing leather, horns, bone ornaments, snakeskin belts, animal bone masks … there were all kinds of people!
When he went up the mountain, Shao Xuan met Yan Zhi and the others, who were looking around eagerly.
Yan Zhi and the others, who had participated in this kind of ceremony for the first time, were quite reserved, but they couldn't hide the excitement on their faces.
"So awesome!" They hadn't awakened, so naturally they didn't have their own sacrificial animal clothes. What they were wearing now were just ordinary animal skins, which were given to them by the tribe to keep them warm.
Shao Xuan waved his "bear claws" to Yan Zhi and the others, and greeted them. The bear claws on the bear paw gloves were too big and troublesome. However, the tribe was looking at these troublesome things today, so Shao Xuan couldn't take them off.
Yan Zhi and the others looked at Shao Xuan's clothes with envy, "So nice!"
"Are you talking about Xuan? You haven't seen the Thorn Black Wind leather clothes he used to wear. I still think that one looks more awesome. "A passerby joked.
The giant bear was not worse than the Thorn Black Wind, but the thorns on the Thorn Black Wind's body were indeed more ferocious than the bear skin.
"Don't envy others. When you awaken, you can go hunting with the hunting team, and then you can have your own sacrificial animal clothes." The man said.
"Can we also hunt something like Xuan's clothes in the future?" Jiao Wu clenched his fist.
"It depends on your strength. After all, there are few people like Xuan. No matter what, you have to awaken first. "
"Yes!"
They were going to awaken and become real totem warriors! This year, they were wearing clothes prepared for them by others, so they couldn't compare with others. But next year, the year after that, and every year after that, they would wear the best trophies they had hunted to participate in the ceremony of the tribe!
Shao Xuan first went to the Shaman, and together with the others who were going to perform the sacrificial dance, they painted lines on their faces, and then went to the fire pit.
"There are many people who are going to awaken this year." Shao Xuan said.
"Yes, last year seven people failed to awaken. This year, including Yan Zhi and the others, there are more than one hundred." Tuo put on the animal bone mask and said. Just now, he had taken off the mask to paint lines on his face, and now he put it on.
The animal bone mask was made by cutting off the head of a ferocious beast, boiling it, and removing the skin and flesh, leaving only the bones and the teeth in the mouth. Those sharp teeth were also the most important part. It was recognized in the tribe that the best animal bone mask could not have broken teeth, not to mention that the sacrificial dancers had higher requirements.
Shao Xuan could only see Tuo's face through the mouth of sharp teeth.
The night gradually fell.
The whole mountain and all the people of the tribe had gathered at the top of the mountain.
After the Chief finished speaking, the Shaman walked to the fire pit.
The Shaman chanted the incantation.
In the fire pit, the fire seed that was originally like a small flame suddenly rolled up and filled the entire fire pit with a boom. This situation was much more intense than before.
Not to mention the other people around, even the Shaman was stunned and stopped for a moment.
The music sounded, and the sacrificial dancers started to work.
Shao Xuan, who was wearing a thick bearskin, jumped up and danced with the well-dressed people around him, baring their teeth and brandishing their claws.
While dancing, Shao Xuan once again entered the mysterious state that seemed to be separated from reality.
He seemed to see the barbaric and exaggerated people around the fire pit, waving their hands and feet, dancing around the fire pit. Around them, further away, there were tall stone houses …
The flame in the fire pit doubled again, and the two-horn totem in the flame seemed to rush out.
The whole mountain top was covered with a layer of fiery light.
The flames that flew out of the fire pit were denser than any other time before.
At the same time, in another place far away from the Yanjiao tribe, in the old land of the Yanjiao tribe.
Where the fire pit used to be, the fire vein appeared again.
First, there was a shining light spot in the center, and then, from this light spot, there were six fiery veins, extending in six directions.
The birds nesting in the surrounding trees, who had just fallen asleep, were awakened. Flocks of birds flew out of their nests, screaming Chacha, and flew away in the direction away from the fire pit.
A nocturnal ferocious beast, who had just stepped into this area, growled and turned around to leave quickly.
On the ground, where the fire vein spread, the bloodthirsty vines that had captured countless creatures struggled weakly and quickly withered.
Following the departure of the flying birds and insects, this place was completely silent.
There was no music, no dancers, and no one. Under the dark night sky, only the fire veins on the ground lit up the ruins.
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