In the Rain tribe's wooden house for the wanderers to rest, the traveling team rested for a night. As for how they slept, you could tell from their constipated faces the next day.
When Shao Xuan opened his eyes, the light in the house was very dim. But with the biological clock formed over so many years, he knew that the sun should have come out long ago.
The wooden house here was built simply, with many gaps in the roof and the surrounding wooden walls. If there was a Yang Guang outside, he could come in through these gaps.
But now, the people in the house felt that it was still dark before dawn. There was a little bit of light, but it was still dark in general.
"What's going on?" Tuo turned over and got up from the wooden bed covered with hay that was slightly higher than the ground. He also felt that it should be the time when the sun should be in the sky, but he didn't see the light that should be there. He always felt a little gloomy and depressed.
"Huh?" Tuo said doubtfully.
Shao Xuan also turned over and got up. As soon as his feet touched the ground, he felt a layer of soft sand on the floor of the house.
Creak —
Shao Xuan opened the door.
The gray wind suddenly blew in, making them hold their breath.
After the door was opened, there was a little dim light in the house. With the help of the light, the three people saw the situation in the house.
Except for the place where they slept, there was a thick layer of dust everywhere. At this time, there was a lot of dust leaking from the roof.
The people of the Rain tribe were thoughtful. Above the wooden bed, near the roof, there was a layer of straw mat. The dust leaking from the roof fell on the straw mat.
"No wonder I heard the rustling sound last night. It was so noisy that I couldn't sleep well. "Lei looked at the situation in the house and said with a yawn.
People who often hunted in the mountains would definitely not be in a deep sleep. Even the slightest movement could alert them. Even the sound of sand falling to the ground could be heard quite clearly in the quiet night with their hearing.
"In this weather, are we still going?" Tuo asked.
"I don't think so." Shao Xuan heard footsteps approaching outside the house.
Soon, Huang Ye's figure appeared at the door of their house.
"Let's rest here for two days and set off when the weather gets better." Huang Ye said to the three people.
"Alright, got it," Shao Xuan replied.
"Also, you guys be careful. Every time there is a sandstorm in this area, some things will come out. Be careful." Huang Ye had intended to warn these young soldiers who came to this place for the first time. By the way, he would make things more serious and those creatures more terrifying. Only then could these young soldiers, who were easily confused and careless, be alert.
However, as they talked, Huang Ye found that the atmosphere was not right. As soon as he looked up, he saw three pairs of shining eyes. For some reason, he couldn't finish his sentence.
After thinking about it, Huang Ye suddenly understood.
That's right, the Yanjiao people were different from the people of other tribes. These Yanjiao people lived alongside ferocious beasts. How could they be afraid of creatures that suddenly appeared? Maybe they were thinking about how to catch them as food.
Huang Ye was right. Shao Xuan and the other two really wanted to catch a few such beasts for a change. The Yanjiao people liked meat the most, and those hard flatbread really couldn't supplement them with enough energy.
Huang Ye sighed. Anyway, he had delivered the message, so he turned to another wooden house to inform others.
Shao Xuan looked at the sky outside. In the distance, there was a tinkling sound from the Rain tribe. Because there was too much dust, he couldn't see the situation over there. But according to Yang Sui's words, they were building an altar for praying for rain.
Thinking of praying for rain, Shao Xuan sighed. When he was about to close the door, his hand suddenly stopped. Lei and Tuo behind him also stopped what they were doing. The three people glanced at the place near the wooden table in the house.
A thick layer of dust fell from the table leg, and now, the surface of the dust was slightly raised and still moving. Obviously, there was something under the dust.
Lei and Tuo looked at each other and almost at the same time.
"It's mine!"
"It belongs to whoever grabs it!"
The creature under the dust was aware of the approaching danger. Suddenly, it sped up and rushed out of the house.
Shao Xuan saw a slender earthy figure flashing from the door and rushing into the dust outside.
"It's a snake!" Shao Xuan reminded the two to be careful. In such a place, snakes always had the ability to protect themselves. Maybe it was highly poisonous.
Lei and Tuo were still somewhat restrained in the house, for fear that they would destroy the house and have no place to live. Now that the snake ran out, they were happy and rushed out of the house.
The snake under the dust was originally buried in it. With the rapid approach of Lei and Tuo, it also suddenly shot out like a spring. It was a snake with the thickness of a thumb and a length of one meter. It stood up, opened its mouth, and showed two sharp teeth. Venom sprayed out.
Chi —
Shao Xuan stood at the door and could hear the sound of the venom corroding the dust.
Tuo was the first to cut off the snake's head. After cutting off the snake's head, he flattened it with a knife. When they were in the forest, they would always use this method to catch snakes because some snakes would still bite people after their heads were chopped off. After learning their lesson, every time they encountered a snake, no matter what kind of snake it was, they would use this method to prevent future trouble.
"Ha, mine!" Tuo held the headless snake in his hand and waved it at Lei.
Lei did not look at the other side again, as if he was listening to something carefully. He turned around and took two steps back and jumped up. Under the totem pattern covering half of his arm, his muscles tightened. He swung his arm and waved the stone knife in his hand, vigorously chopping down.
Boom!
The hard soil on the ground exploded. Among the flying pieces of soil and dust, a figure quickly jumped out.
Shao Xuan's eyes focused on the creature that rushed out.
Pangolin?
No, the creature looked much thicker than the scales of pangolin. Its body was more slender, nearly two meters. Its body color was similar to the soil, with a sandy yellow color. The whole creature did not move slowly because of a layer of hard armor. On the contrary, it moved very quickly.
The creature had been looking for a chance to run away or get into the ground, but Lei and Tuo did not give it a chance. Under the joint hands of Lei and Tuo, it did not hold for more than three breaths and was cut down.
Lei did not stay outside for a long time. He dragged the creature and seized the time to skin it. Although it was the first time he saw such a creature, he had encountered similar ones. He was not unfamiliar with the skin and handled it in two or three strokes. He did not expect to have extra water to clean it. Lei carried it into the house. Today, their food was guaranteed. The layer of hard armor was not left behind. It could be used for self-defense.
They also wanted to catch another one. Unfortunately, the movement just now was too big. Even if there were more underground, they had escaped. They could only wait and see.
The movement of Lei and Tuo made the people around who had stayed in the house to open the windows or doors and see what had just happened outside.
Shao Xuan did not make a move just now to guard against other people, not only in the team, but also some people of the Rain tribe nearby. Not everyone of the Rain tribe was very friendly to them. Just now, some people wanted to come and grab it, but when they saw Shao Xuan staring at them, they did not make a move.
After Shao Xuan and the other two entered the house, the others took back their sight.
"The people of the Yanjiao tribe are really …" In a house, someone said.
It was true that everyone had different ideas.
Shao Xuan and the other two lit a fire in the house and simply roasted the animal meat. Although the meat was not delicious and there was a lot of sand, it was much better than those hard flatbread.
After eating, Shao Xuan planned to go out.
Lei and Tuo now knew that Shao Xuan knew the current Shaman of the Rain tribe, so they did not say much. After eating, they began to rest. They thought that after waking up, they would go out and see if they could catch one or two more.
Against the wind and sand, Shao Xuan went to the hill yesterday.
Yang Sui still stayed in the wooden house, holding an oxtail in his hand in a daze. Probably because he came here early in the morning, a layer of dust had fallen from his body.
"Why do you pray for rain with an oxtail?" Shao Xuan went in and asked.
Hearing Shao Xuan's question, Yang Sui came back to his senses and looked at Shao Xuan. He shook the oxtail in his hand and did not hide it. This was not a very important secret.
"It is said that in the early days, our ancestors prayed for rain and offered stones as sacrifices. Those stones are not ordinary stones, but a kind of stone called rain stones. If you dig in the nearby mountains, you can dig up some of them. It is black and very cold in hot days. The rain stones we use for rain are almost as tall as a person. When we pray for rain, we hold an oxtail and use it as a whip to whip the rain stone. "
"Can we pray for rain like this?" Shao Xuan asked.
"It is also accompanied by a sacrificial dance, but that is auxiliary. Whipping stones for rain is indeed the earliest way of praying for rain. But later, we don't know when the way of praying for rain changed. Our ancestors said that behind the rain stone, there is a more ancient spirit of the ancestors. It is the protector of the tribe's good weather, agriculture and harvest. It can eliminate diseases and disasters. Everyone began to be afraid of the rain stone. In order to protect the prosperity of the tribe, we can no longer whip the rain stone, otherwise it will bring disaster. Those who whip it will not live long! "
When Yang Sui said this, his tone was a little sarcastic. It was not that he disrespected the ancestors, but he had doubts about some things. Ordinary people did not dare to have these doubts and would not think too much about it. Only those who had deep contact with it would investigate it deeply.
The so-called "those who whip it will not live long" was probably because praying for rain consumed too much power of inheritance and needed to sacrifice some of it. Weaker people would probably be exhausted after praying for rain once. In addition, as Yang Sui said, praying for rain was getting more and more difficult. Shamans naturally had to bear a great psychological burden. After all, shamans were burned to death in the Rain tribe. Under the double pressure of physiology and psychology, it would be strange to feel comfortable. If a person with a weak physique prayed for rain once, all his physical strength would be drained and he would die.
"Then why do you still use the oxtail instead of whipping stones for rain?" Shao Xuan pointed to the oxtail in Yang Sui's hand.
"This is for asking for forgiveness. We ask the ancestors and the gods to forgive our mistakes. We offer the oxtail whip to pay for our sins. " Yang Sui swung the oxtail in his hand casually, and his eyes flashed with sarcasm, "I heard that there was a shaman who was whipped by the gods after praying for rain."
Shao Xuan's face twitched.
So, praying for rain was from "Will it rain? If it doesn't rain, I'll whip you "to" I'll ask for rain "? The people of the Rain tribe played the SM game of whipping and asking for whipping with their God of Rain? But there was no rain after the whipping!
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