"What are you …"
The shamaness looked at Shao Xuan. She didn't know what to say. He hadn't received a living creature for many years.
"It's for you!"
Shao Xuan put the tortoise on the ground next to him. After thinking for a while, he put it upside down. Every time the tortoise was about to turn over, he would push it back with his hand.
"I brought it here and asked when I can start learning herbs from you." Shao Xuan said.
The Shaman looked away from the tortoise, thought for a while, and said, "You go up the mountain in ten days." During this time, he still had some things to deal with and several paintings to draw, so he couldn't spare any time.
"Okay, I'll come back in ten days." Seeing that the Shaman still had a lot of empty animal skins to draw on, Shao Xuan knew that the Shaman had a lot of things to do, so he didn't say anything more. He bowed and left. As for the tortoise, the Shaman had someone watching over it, so it couldn't hurt anyone.
After Shao Xuan left, the Shaman quietly looked at the tortoise that had turned over on the ground next to him.
The tortoise used to be murderous, but now it wasn't as aggressive as it was in Shao Xuan's house. It just opened its beak slightly, looking at the Shaman, but didn't bite him.
After staring at the tortoise for a while, the Shaman called in the guard outside, and asked him to move the tortoise to another place.
When Shao Xuan returned home, Old Ke was waiting at the door, looking very nervous. People in the tribe cared about the Shaman very much, and Old Ke also wanted to know if the Shaman would be satisfied with the offerings.
"How is it? Does the Shaman like it? "Before Shao Xuan entered the door, Old Ke hurriedly asked. He grabbed the crutch so hard that his blue veins bulged, and the crutch almost broke.
Shao Xuan recalled the Shaman's expression at that time and said, "He should be satisfied. The Shaman asked me to go up the mountain in ten days."
Hearing Shao Xuan's words, Old Ke breathed a sigh of relief. Since the Shaman had asked Shao Xuan to go to the mountain, it meant that he wasn't dissatisfied.
In fact, Shao Xuan felt that Old Ke's worries were unnecessary. After interacting with the Shaman for a long time, Shao Xuan could tell that the Shaman was not an inflexible old antique. He would not change his attitude towards people just because he liked the gifts offered.
"Since you will go up the mountain in ten days, before that, you can go to the hunting group to learn more about herbs and plants. By then, you can satisfy the Shaman." Old Ke wanted to go to some of his former comrades, but most of the people he knew who knew about herbs and plants were in another hunting group, and had already gone out. When the hunting group came back, Shao Xuan had already gone up the mountain.
Generally speaking, in a year, the activity of the wild beasts in the forest would be in a wave shape, and would reach its peak during the full moon period. After the full moon period, the activity of the wild beasts in the forest would gradually decrease. At the end of the year, some of the preys would hide and prepare for hibernation. In order to ensure enough food in the winter, the hunting team would go out for hunting longer than before and after the full moon period.
Therefore, even after twenty days, the hunting team might not come back immediately. After Shao Xuan went up the mountain, he would have to wait for another three or four days for the hunting team to come back. If there were other troubles, it might take longer.
"I can't help you with herbs." Old Ke could not remember the knowledge about herbs that he had learned in the past. He was afraid that he would embarrass Shao Xuan in front of the Shaman if he taught him the wrong things. After all, he was the Shaman!
However, Shao Xuan was not as nervous and anxious as Old Ke. He did what he should do, such as making stoneware, taking Caesar and Chacha to the training ground, and practicing the traps and lassos that he had just learned.
In this season, many trees on the hills of the training ground bore fruits. Many people went to pick them, and many fruits took a short time to ripen. One day, they looked like peanut-sized green fruits, but the next day, they would be as big as apples, and their color would change. If they were not picked at this time, the fruit would rot in a day.
Therefore, many people went to the training ground to pick fruits every day, but most of them were from the mountain foot district. After all, they had less food, and it was always good to have more food.
Finally, the day came. Before Shao Xuan went up the mountain again, Old Ke reminded him again and again not to make the Shaman angry. What a great honor it was to learn from the Shaman!
No matter what he thought, Shao Xuan nodded seriously, "Don't worry!"
Old Ke was speechless.
Old Ke was relieved at first, but when he heard Shao Xuan's words, he became worried again. Looking at Shao Xuan's back, Old Ke stood there, worried.
Shao Xuan did not bring Caesar up the mountain, but Chacha followed them all the way to the top.
When they came to the stone house where the Shaman talked to people, Shao Xuan saw the two soldiers in charge of guarding the house staring at the sky.
The two soldiers naturally knew the eagle hovering in the sky. After all, it was brought to the Shaman when it was very young, and it was blessed by the Shaman, so no one dared to throw it to kill it.
Shao Xuan made a gesture to the sky, and Chacha chirped and flew back down the mountain.
It was not the first time that the two soldiers saw Shao Xuan do this, but every time they saw it, they could not help but be surprised and envious. They had never thought that a bird that was so aggressive in the forest could be so obedient. Because of this, their attitude towards Shao Xuan was much better than the people who lived at the foot of the mountain. When they saw Shao Xuan coming, they would smile every time.
Except for the first few times, Shao Xuan did not need to show his pattern plate now. He could walk directly into the house, and no one would stop him.
The Shaman was still arranging the animal skin rolls. Shao Xuan only glanced at them in a hurry, but he could not understand them. They seemed to be drawings, but they were too abstract. They were much simpler than the drawings on the animal skin rolls in other people's hands, and the murals in the cave. They looked like symbols, each with only one or two strokes, but the Shaman drew each stroke very slowly, as if it took a lot of effort to complete each stroke.
Shao Xuan did not disturb him, and sat down on the side.
After about five minutes, the Shaman put down the brush, took a deep breath, and looked at Shao Xuan with a faint smile. "I have already told Gui Ze. You can go directly to the medicine house. She will tell you what to do."
Shao Xuan did not know who Gui Ze was, but he probably was the Shaman's apprentice. Looking at the Shaman's current situation, he could not leave. He had only drawn a third of the animal skin roll, and it was not good to stop halfway. Shao Xuan understood that the Shaman could not leave now.
"Okay, then I will go first." Shao Xuan said.
The medicine house was where the Shaman used to mix herbs. Among the many houses near the top of the mountain, there were four at the top. They were the stone house where the Shaman summoned people, the stone house where the Chief summoned people, the stone house where the higher-ups of the tribe met people, and the medicine house.
These four houses were in four directions. If two opposite stone houses were connected, they would form a crisscrossing "10".
It was said that these four houses were connected to the fire pit, and could be used as a greenhouse in winter. As for how to connect them, that was the power of the Shaman and the fire seed.
On normal days, except for the seriously ill, and the wounded sent by the hunting team, no one else was allowed to get close to the medicine house. Shao Xuan only knew the specific location of the medicine house, but he had never entered it.
There was also a guard in front of the medicine house. After Shao Xuan handed over the patterned plate, the guard let him in. Obviously, the Shaman had already informed him.
He could smell the herbs from far away, and the smell was even stronger when he got closer.
Shao Xuan lifted the animal skin curtain of the medicine house and walked in.
What came into view was a large square stone table placed there. At this moment, a little girl who didn't look very old was busy in front of the square table.
The sleeves of the beast skin coat she was wearing only reached her elbows, and the beast skin pants she was wearing did not reach her ankles. At this moment, she was barefooted, walking on the uneven but carefully hammered ground. She walked along the stone table, handling the herbs that were placed all over the table.
Behind her, a turtle, which Shao Xuan was very familiar with, was slowly following her. Every step she took, the turtle followed her.
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