Ghost Li felt slightly agitated but the situation before him, was not out of his expectations. Actually! As the Miao people's supreme sacred altar, if it was not heavily guarded, it would instead be strange. There were quite a number of Miao soldiers guarding the foot of the mountain, at a glance, there were at least ten able-bodied men, either near or far, standing guard on the path leading up to the mountainside. Right now the ones who stopped the two of them were the two Miao men standing at the front, they were dressed in ordinary Miao clothing, the only difference was that there was an additional tough wooden armor made from rattan on their chest, their hands holding long pointed spears, seemed like this was the difference between the Miao soldiers and the ordinary Miao people.
The two Miao men assessed Ghost Li and Xiao Bai from top to bottom, then their gazes lingered on Xiao Bai's pretty face for a moment and then loudly said, "Ji li ji li hu lu lu, hua la hua la lu lu lu hu …" Ghost Li turned and looked at Xiao Bai, Xiao Bai shrugged her shoulders and said, "Don't ask me, after being locked up for so long, how would I still remember these local words?"
Ghost Li was silent, turned his head, pondered for a moment, said, "We have an urgent matter, wish to pay a visit to your great shaman." Because he had a favor to ask, it was rare for him to speak right now, with some politeness. But very obviously, this Miao settlement was not as civilized as the innkeeper and waiter at the TianShui Stockade, proficient in the Central Plains language. Hearing Ghost Li's words, the two Miao men instead frowned even more, looked at each other and even raised the long pointed spears in their hands, their faces solemn, loudly asked, "Hu lu lu lu hua la, lu lu hu hu ji li li …" Ghost Li was speechless, for the moment did not know what to do. Honestly speaking for BiYao, he had been running around for ten years, searching for the Black Shaman tribe, now that he finally had some clues, it was blocked by these Miao soldiers, he felt extremely agitated, really wanted to strike out and overturn these people, charge into the altar and find that whatever great shaman, let him treat BiYao.
Just that he was after all no longer the ignorant youth, knew that right now he must not be impulsive, if not once the situation became awkward, it would have the opposite effect. But after a moment of hesitation, because of the language barrier, he pointed to the altar located halfway up the mountain and said in a friendly voice, "We want to go up your altar and pay our respects to the great shaman." He did not know if the Miao people understood what he said but his action of pointing to that altar halfway up the mountain, immediately made all the surrounding Miao people, including the Miao soldiers standing further away and some Miao people who were following behind them to watch the commotion, all of them immediately shouted and scolded loudly, the Miao soldiers even more clamoured over, surrounding them. Ghost Li was stunned for a moment, Xiao Bai quietly said, "Oh no, you might have offended the Miao people's big taboo." Ghost Li curiously asked, "What did I do?"
Xiao Bai looked at the angry crowd around her, quietly said, "In the Miao people's eyes, the altar is a sacred and inviolable place, it cannot be easily mentioned in normal words, using one's finger to point at the altar is an extremely disrespectful act, to the Miao people it is the biggest humiliating action." Ghost Li glared at her, angrily said, "Such an important matter, you actually didn't tell me earlier?" Xiao Bai laughed lightly, a faint tenderness seemed to be revealed, gently said, "You also have to think, I have already been imprisoned for three hundred years, how would I still remember so much …"
Ghost Li was speechless again, for a moment he really felt his head swelling. The surrounding Miao people saw that they were besieged but did not show any fear, instead their expressions were composed as they conversed quietly, that man still had some anxiety but that woman did not seem to care about the Miao people around her, smiling sweetly, looking around. There were many Miao women around, looking at Xiao Bai's beauty, for a moment they were all secretly envious but when they saw even more Miao men looking at Xiao Bai with glinting eyes, immediately there was an uproar, in a short moment voices rose and fell, this pair of adulterous couple had insulted the sacred altar, the crime was unforgivable, they should be hacked into a thousand pieces, sentenced to death by a thousand cuts.
A few young men among them could not help but argue a few words, said that the one who insulted the altar was that man, this woman did not do anything wrong, why not kill that man and leave that woman, it would not be bad for her to be my wife etc … before they could finish, these few men were immediately drowned in the crowd of Miao women, their mothers, sisters, aunties, third aunties, sixth aunties and even the Miao women whom they did not know or did not know were either hitting, or kicking, or pulling their hair, or grabbing their ears, or punching their eyes, or hitting their chests, anyway hands and feet were all over the place, immediately wailing and howling were heard, the next moment, sounds of splashing were heard, these men were thrown into the stream with bruised faces, splashing up a large amount of water.
The valiance of the Miao women, could be seen. Those Miao soldiers did not expect that these Miao women would be so furious, they were even more furious than the warriors who were only qualified to guard the altar because they had to be the most loyal to the deities. They were so disgusted with the outsiders who had insulted the altar, to the extent that any slightest pleading would result in them being beaten up.
That Miao soldier in the lead seemed to be the leader of these several soldiers, he glanced at the few young men who were still wailing in the river, coughed once and looked at Ghost Li and Xiao Bai, immediately his face turned frosty and he did not even look at Xiao Bai, stared unwaveringly at Ghost Li, as if afraid that the man would slip away or afraid that his own eyes would slip away, unavoidably he could not explain clearly, loudly angrily said, "Ha ha lu lu ji li li, hua la ji li hu lu lu!" Ghost Li was also very anxious, although he did not know why a large group of Miao women suddenly dashed together in the crowd, grabbed a few young Miao men and beat them up before throwing them into the river but thinking that the Miao people were a different tribe, most likely they had some strange customs and so he was not surprised.
But right now he could not communicate with these Miao people and just now he had unintentionally offended the Miao people's taboo, enraged the Miao people. Watching more and more Miao people gathered around, although he and Xiao Bai were both cultivators and were not afraid of these Miao people because of their large numbers, tall and strong bodies but helplessly he really had a favor to ask from this Miao tribe.
In these ten years, from hope to disappointment and then to almost despair, it was really agonizing. Now that there was suddenly such a good hope reignited, no matter what he would not easily let it go. But right now he could not communicate with them and if he continued to make gestures he was afraid that it would not be easy to communicate, if he inexplicably offended some Miao people taboo again, unavoidably it would be too unjust. He stood there, he could not force his way in and was even more unwilling to retreat, caught in a dilemma, it was really awkward.
And the surrounding Miao people saw that the two of them did not repent even after their mistake, still stood at the same spot and did not make a sound, that man still looked anxious but that woman smiled even more brilliantly, seemed to be even happier under the crowd's gaze, her smile became even more enchanting and even smiled at the few Miao men who were staring at her, immediately those men were bewitched till they were dizzy. This scene fell into the eyes of the surrounding Miao women, immediately like a pot exploding, it was really intolerable, the clamor became louder and louder, almost drowning Ghost Li and Xiao Bai with their saliva.
The crowd was about to go out of control, the Miao women were about to charge forward and teach that coquettish little demoness a good lesson, using the name of the deity on the altar to vent their resentment, a loud shout was heard from behind those soldiers guarding the mountain path. The voice was deep and majestic, it actually suppressed the clamor of many people and the voice was filled with majesty. The surrounding Miao people seemed to recognize this voice, immediately quietened down and looked up the mountain, evidently this person had high prestige among the Miao people.
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