"Yezi?"
"Hmm?"
"What deity did your Sacred Wood tribe originally believe in?" Lu Chen asked Yezi.
Early in the morning, when the sun had just risen, Yezi heard his question as she was getting up. Even though he was still fearful of the black-robed priest, Lu Chen did not offend or bad-mouth Ye Zichen in their daily interactions. In fact, he was much friendlier than most of the barbarians outside. That was why Ye Zichen was much more at ease in the dim priest's stone house and in front of the black-robed priest. At the very least, he was not as reserved and resistant to Lu Chen as he was in the beginning.
After suddenly hearing this, Yezi was stunned at first, and then a trace of sadness flashed across her face. She said, "Why do you ask?"
Lu Chen glanced at her and said, "What's wrong? Is it inconvenient to say?"
Yezi hesitated for a moment and whispered, "An elder I know told me that in our current situation, we can no longer mention the ancestors of the gods."
Lu Chen paused for a moment, probably only now realizing that in fact, he had exterminated the tribe and destroyed the belief of the ancestors and gods. For a moment, he was a little embarrassed, but fortunately, he was sitting in the shadow, so he was not afraid of Yezi seeing him.
However, after a moment, Lu Chen still said lightly, "It's okay, just tell me."
Ye Zi probably still did not dare to disobey this mysterious and terrifying black-robed priest, so after hesitating for a while, he opened his mouth and said in detail, "When I was young, I heard from the elders in the tribe that we, the Divine Wood tribe, are the descendants of the Tree God. Like the branches and leaves of a tree, we live in this Wilderness for generations …"
"The Tree God?" Lu Chen suddenly interrupted her and repeated.
Yezi nodded and said, "Yes, the Tree God."
Lu Chen was silent for a moment and then asked, "What does the Tree God look like?"
Ye thought for a moment, his face full of worship and yearning. His thoughts seemed to have returned to the heyday of the Divine Wood Tribe. "Well … according to the legend of the tribe, when the world was first born, there was a divine tree that stood between heaven and earth. It was the ancestor of all things, the source of all living beings in the world. The branches, leaves, and crown of the Tree of God covered the entire vast land of the Divine Land. Every leaf was alive, and every seed it bore turned into a different barbarian. They were the earliest ancestors of all the tribes, and they have been living and multiplying until today. "
Lu Chen listened quietly and did not speak for a while. Ye glanced over and felt a little uneasy. He also felt a little regretful. He did not know if his words had angered the priest. After all, the Divine Wood Tribe no longer existed.
But after the timidity, Yezi was a little angry. She thought to herself, "Aren't you the one who started this?"
"Sir, are you alright?" Ye was still a little afraid of the black-robed priest and asked in a low voice.
Lu Chen looked up and shook his head. "It's nothing. It's just that those words just now suddenly sounded a little familiar."
"Familiar?" Ye was stunned for a moment, and then asked in astonishment, "Where did you hear the legend of our tribe before?"
Lu Chen smiled and did not answer her question. Instead, he stood up and asked casually, "In addition to your original Divine Wood Tribe, are there any other tribes in the Wilderness that believe in the Tree God?"
Ye thought for a moment and then shook her head. "I don't think so."
Lu Chen nodded and said, "The Black Fire Tribe believes in the God of Fire, the Mountain Spirit Tribe believes in the God of Earth, and the Thunder Lizard Tribe and the Ghost Fox Tribe believe that they are the descendants of the Divine Beast. Each tribe believes in a different god, but most of the tribes say that the god they believe in created all things and all living beings in the world." He slowly walked up to Ye, looked down at her, and asked calmly, "Why do you think this is so?"
Ye had probably never been asked this question before. For a moment, she was a little tongue-tied. After a while, she said, "I don't know."
Lu Chen said, "Then which one do you believe in?"
Ye said without hesitation, "Of course I believe in the Tree God of my tribe …"
As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly remembered the current situation. The Divine Wood Tribe had been destroyed, and the god that she once believed in had long been abandoned. For a moment, Ye was at a loss.
Lu Chen stared at her and slowly squatted down in front of her. Ye was a little scared by the black-robed priest's gaze. She subconsciously shrank back and murmured, "What, what are you doing?"
"It seems that you still remember the original tribe in your heart." He confirmed as if nothing had happened.
Ye's heart suddenly sank, and her whole face turned pale. She lowered her head, trying to suppress the fear in her heart and beg for mercy from this terrible black-robed priest. At the same time, she even thought of the day when the Divine Wood Tribe was destroyed and the painful scene of the people who died tragically in the black fire appeared in her mind.
She suddenly realized that this person was still the most terrible demon. It turned out that these days, his kindness only made her let down her guard a little. Deep in her heart, she was still so afraid.
The barbarian girl's body trembled as she stared at Lu Chen's palm. She felt that the terrible black fire would rise from it in the next moment and then engulf her.
Perhaps before that, the almost boundless fear was about to engulf her.
…
Lu Chen left the priest's stone house. Of course, he did not do anything to Ye before this. The barbarian girl looked obviously frightened, and Lu Chen could roughly understand the reason.
Lu Chen felt a little helpless about the terrible image he left on the barbarians. However, this kind of thing could not be changed, and he had no intention of changing anything.
However, before he left, he made it very clear to Ye that he did not care about this kind of thing.
After listening to this, the barbarian girl seemed to be somewhat in disbelief, but she finally recovered from the state of being scared to death. Otherwise, Lu Chen really suspected that she would have been scared to death.
But speaking of this, Lu Chen suddenly felt a little strange in his heart. He thought, Aren't the barbarians known for their bravery and fierceness? Even if she is not a man, the barbarian girl should not be so fragile, nor should she have such a sensitive temperament...
Or is it because I have too little contact with barbarian girls, and don't understand them at all?
Thinking about it, ever since he came to the Southern Wilderness, it seemed that only one barbarian girl, Ye, had close contact with him. Lu Chen shook his head, and threw these thoughts out of his head. At the same time, he sneered in his heart. Huo Yan's so-called great cause of a thousand years seemed more and more unrealistic.
There were countless tribes in the Southern Wilderness. If each tribe had their own beliefs, then it would be impossible to truly unify all the tribes.
Force could exterminate a tribe and force them to give up their ancestors and beliefs on the surface, but who could control the activities in the depths of their hearts?
Moreover, even if they were strong for a moment and subdued everyone, but after a long time, there would definitely be changes.
But at that time, he would not be able to control it.
…
In the center of the Black Fire Tribe's camp, a large group of people stayed there, waiting calmly. When the cold wind blew, the entire tribe was solemn and silent, emitting a strong murderous aura.
Today was the day of the expedition.
The war for the final ruling power of the Northern Wilderness was about to begin. According to the tribe chief Huo Yan's request, in order to restore the glory of the tribe's ancestors and seek their blessings, the Black Fire Tribe held a sacrificial ceremony that had been interrupted for hundreds of years. And the person presiding over this sacred ceremony was, of course, the tribal priest Lu Chen who had suddenly appeared.
Looking at the black-robed priest approaching from afar, the people of the Black Fire Tribe had a complicated look in their eyes. Perhaps this was an absurd scene that had never been seen for thousands of years — a human was about to preside over the most sacred and important sacrificial ceremony of the Barbarian tribe.
There was nothing more strange in the world than this. Perhaps this was the reason why the gods in heaven were so high and unfathomable.
A stone platform was set up in the center of the camp. Lu Chen walked up the steps. Under the gaze of everyone, he worshiped the heavens and the earth and prayed to the gods. Then, he suddenly raised his hands and as his black robe fluttered, a dark flame suddenly rose. Immediately, all the Black Fire Tribe people put aside their complicated thoughts. No doubt could resist the power of the dark flame. Under the illumination of the black flame, all the barbarians knelt down.
Lu Chen waved the black flame expressionlessly and looked up at the sky. He did not have much reverence for the so-called gods. However, at this moment, he suddenly felt a sense of danger. His eyes focused and he looked at the black flame.
He saw that the black flame suddenly shook violently. After a moment, it suddenly moved in a direction, like a hand beckoning the soul, or guiding the direction. After a while, the black flame seemed to slowly return to normal.
A complicated and slightly shocked look flashed across Lu Chen's face. When he looked up, he saw a secluded and dark stone house in the distance, quietly standing in the corner of the tribe.
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