Different from the undercurrents in the Central Plains, thousands of miles away in the southern border, after the demon beast catastrophe, the various tribes of the southern border quietly rebuilt their homes, although this was the place that suffered the most but the world was so big, no one seemed to remember this place, anyway the southern border wastelands, were not considered by the wealthy people of the Central Plains.
In the Seven Mile Cave where the Miao people resided, the scars caused by the demon beasts could still be seen everywhere but on the stretch of ruins, many brand new houses had been built. At the mountainside of the Seven Mile Cave, at that mysterious altar entrance, there were still quite a number of worshippers going in and out, at this moment with a thousand things waiting to be done, the ancestors' protection to the Miao people, was exceptionally important.
The Miao people worked at sunrise, rested at sunset, the days passed by like that day, watching as the sun set in the west, night fell, many of the Miao people returned to their homes, relaxed their weary bodies, after dinner, in the starlight spilling down from the numerous stars in the night sky, they gradually fell into a deep sleep.
Just that in the dead of night, a white figure suddenly appeared in the Seven Mile Cave, like a faint glow in the darkness, a few ups and downs in the quiet valley, it had already quietly approached the foot of the altar at the back of the mountain.
At the entrance to the mountain, although it was late at night but there were still two Miao soldiers guarding, just that this night breeze suddenly blew over, they only felt a flash of white light as fast as lightning flashed past, a faint fragrance like flowers blooming in the night, involuntarily fell into a trance.
After a while, they regained consciousness, just that that short period of absent-mindedness was too short, both of them thought that it was just an occasional nap after exhaustion, after cursing themselves in their hearts, the two Miao people pulled themselves together and once again carefully guarded their own tribe's sacred place.
Just that behind them, a ghostly white graceful figure, like slowly seeping out from the darkness, appeared on the platform at the altar entrance, dressed in white, extremely charming, the starlight in the sky seemed to be attracted by her, who else could it be but Xiao Bai?
She looked around a few times and then looked into the dark cave. Although it was still dark, Xiao Bai's eyes slowly moved and a faint smile appeared at the corner of her mouth. Then she seemed to feel something, silently shook her head and softly sighed.
The defence here was much worse than what she had expected, completely unlike the day when she and Ghost Li came here to seek an audience with the great shaman, not to mention those sturdy soldiers at the foot of the mountain, this altar should have many shamans with witchcraft skills and would not be as undefended as this, it seemed like the demon beast calamity to the Miao tribe, was really a heavy loss.
Actually not only the Miao tribe, in the entire world, because of that Beast Deity alone, how many innocent people lost their families, lost their homes and became destitute, it was really hard to say.
Xiao Bai shook her head, did not think too much, her body swept up, like turning into a faint white light, swept straight into the cave. Most of the cave was the same as before, the path did not change, even if there was a torch on the wall at a distance, it was still the same as before, just that under Xiao Bai's senses, she discovered that in this cave, there were very few people, even if there were a few, their breathing was slow and steady, most likely asleep.
Xiao Bai was too lazy to bother, according to her memory, she quietly flew in the cave, with her thousand years of cultivation, not to mention these lowly Miao priests, even those highly cultivated cultivators, might not be able to detect her, after a while, she had already arrived at the spacious cave which was once the great shaman's residence.
Arriving here, Little White stopped, frowned, looked into the cave, although it was far away, she could already feel that there was someone inside, and this person seemed to be different from the others she had sensed before, at least he was not sleeping.
In the cave, that raging fire was still emitting bright light, in the shadow of the light, that Dog Deity statue was faintly discernible. Xiao Bai's eyes stared at the dog head on the statue for a moment and then looked away, at the fire.
A young figure sat in front of the fire, his back facing the cave entrance, Xiao Bai could not see his face clearly, could only roughly make out that it was a young man. Facing the blazing fire, he sat on the ground but his movements did not stop for a moment, occasionally drawing mysterious and strange patterns, at the same time piously chanting something in the Miao language.
Xiao Bai quietly came to the back of the man. The light from the fire gradually shone on her body and pulled out a long shadow behind her. She quietly listened to that young man's deep voice like a song, reverberating in this ancient cave, seemed to be telling something?
That deep echo seemed to be endless, looking from the side, that young Miao priest's face was full of piety, most likely already completely immersed in that illusory world.
Xiao Bai's face gradually revealed a trace of bewilderment and then gently sighed. This strange sound immediately startled that young Miao priest, his body shook and was about to turn around to check, just that before he could move, that delicate fair hand flashed past his eyes and then landed on his head, lightly patted.
The young Miao priest's eyes suddenly rolled back, his body trembled a few times, in a moment he lost consciousness and fell to the ground beside him.
That mysterious chanting in the cave, together with that echo, quietly quietened down, Xiao Bai looked at that young face, suddenly smiled, softly said, "Whether there is a Dog Deity or not, and whether that Dog Deity will protect your tribe, I don't know but with such a devout and determined person like you around, I believe the great shaman can be rest assured."
After speaking, she shook her head slightly, walked past the young priest and the fire, walked past the side, headed straight for that Dog Deity statue. All along, the Miao people believed in the Dog Deity, thought that the Dog Deity had bestowed them a new life, protected the tribe and continued to propagate, therefore even the priests in this cave, did not dare to go near this statue easily.
And right now, Xiao Bai was standing in front of this Dog Deity statue carved from black stone.
The statue was entirely carved from the Southern Border's special black stone, the luster shining in the black, indistinctly there was a faint silver glow, emitting from its body. Xiao Bai had a deep understanding of the Southern Border, naturally she knew that this was not the Dog Deity miracle that many Miao people believed in, but just an extremely rare species in the black stone, within it there were faint silver shavings forming this mysterious beautiful glow.
But the purpose of her trip was naturally not to admire this Miao Dog Deity statue, after a moment, her attention was focused on the dog's head. Not knowing which ancient era this statue was passed down from but the creator was obviously a great craftsman, needless to say the skill in carving, it was lifelike and what was more impressive was that the fine fine hairs on the dog's head could be seen clearly, without the slightest ambiguity, if not for the fact that the stone was obvious, one would almost think that it was a black dog with its mouth slightly opened.
And on the Dog Deity statue's head, the most conspicuous place was a pair of eyes, looking at the material, it seemed to be black stone too but the two black stones embedded in the eye sockets were very different from the surroundings, more pure and deep. The distant raging fire, only reflected in the statue's eyes, in a trance, there seemed to be a spirit, quietly staring at Xiao Bai.
Xiao Bai suddenly felt a jolt, stepped back, immediately the pressure on her body eased, her consciousness immediately awakened. She frowned slightly, looked at the deity statue again, snorted and said, "There's actually such an enchantment to confuse one's mind." Then she seemed to be in deep thought, pondered for a moment, but there was a trace of confusion, softly said, "But this is obviously Central Earth's skills, why would it appear here?"
She quietly thought for a moment, lightly shook her head, tossed aside this senseless thought, right now to her purpose of coming here, this naturally was not what she wanted to investigate. She looked at the statue again, and finally, her eyes fell on the lifelike pair of eyes. She seemed to hesitate for a moment, but then she reached out her hand and gently pressed on the pair of black, pure, and deep eyes.
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