Chapter 1: Crossing into a god
"O great god of the great tree, I pray to you here! bless our people and let us defeat the evil Black Serpent tribe. So that the men do not have to worry about the cold arrows shot in the jungle, the women do not have to worry about the safety of their husbands, and the children have enough food every day.
If you hear me, great god of the tree, wield your powers. We will surely offer you enough offerings to thank you for your protection. Uluda!"
"Uludar !!"
Giant trees are towering, and the ancient jungle is overgrown with shrubs. In front of a particularly tall and stout giant tree, hundreds of people knelt in a row. Like the Orientals, they had black hair and black eyes, and wore rudimentary animal skins, both men and women, young and old.
So when Qi Qi called out to "Uluda", that is, "I beg you", a loud sound woke up the soul in the tree.
Liang Tian, an earthling who was supposed to die, opened his eyes again, and he found himself crossing over. And for some reason, he turned into a giant tree that couldn't be surrounded by seven or eight people, and the branches stretched out enough to cover a radius of dozens of meters.
It is precisely because of this that these ignorant tribesmen in front of him regard him as a "god".
This is similar to the ancient earthlings who regarded thunder and lightning as divine whips and earthquakes as divine wrath, both of which are primitive human worship of great nature.
Because Liang Tian, whose soul resides in the giant tree, feels that this is an ordinary tree. It's huge, and I don't know what kind of tree it is, but it's just an ordinary tree.
There are no elves and ghosts in the tree except for him, a soul who has crossed over, and the giant tree itself has no ability to call the wind and rain. Just like the prayer trees in the previous life, which were covered with red cloth and filled with blessings, there is nothing peculiar except that it can bring some spiritual comfort to people.
It's just that I didn't expect that just when Liang Tian figured out the situation at the moment and involuntarily completely integrated with this giant tree, unexpected changes occurred.
Liang Tian's new body, the giant tree that was hundreds of years old, suddenly emitted a faint green light. The light was soft and not dazzling, but the hundreds of people kneeling in front of them saw it.
They were stunned by the scene in front of them, staring at each other with their mouths open, completely unexpectedly that such a thing would happen.
It wasn't until the old man who led everyone to pray and worship shouted in surprise and said, "This is a miracle." The great god of the giant tree has heard our prayers, and we will be able to defeat the evil tribe of the Black Serpent. Woohoo!"
“...... Yo roar, yo roar !!"
When the tribesmen understood the words of the old priest, they were stunned at first, and then they cheered. The sound was louder than before, and the birds in the jungle scattered in all directions.
But then, the old priest raised his hand again and stopped the cheers of the crowd. With his prestige, he led his people on another pilgrimage to their god.
And so, something magical happened. But in Liang Tian's field of vision, pale yellow mist continued to rise from the heads of these primitive humans in front of him.
Then these mist seemed to be being pulled and continuously injected into Liang Tian's body. Then, there was a feeling of pleasure in the body. It's like a person soaking in a hot spring, and he falls asleep before he knows it.
......
"Woohoo, woohoo!!!"
I don't know how long he slept, but the cheers of the tribe woke him up again. Liang Tian opened his eyes again, but what he saw was a tribal warrior returning triumphantly.
With high morale, they defeated the Black Snake Tribe, which was similar to them, and successfully killed more than 20 excellent warriors of the Black Snake Tribe and captured more than 10 people at a small cost.
So there was a burst of cheers among the humble tribes.
But for Liang Tian, who has just crossed over, this is not the most important thing. Now, what worries him more is the next sacrifice that the tribe is about to take place.
Although in this war, Liang Tian, who was incarnated as a giant tree, did not give these people any substantial help. However, these simple and pious tribesmen still blamed the victory of the war on the "protection of the god of the giant tree".
So, under the leadership of the old priest, the fanatical believers brought the thirteen captives they had captured to the stone table where they had prayed.
Then, at the order of the old priest, the thirteen captives with black snake heads tattooed on their faces were killed by the warriors of the tribe with stone axes and stone spears. Then the captives were brutally beheaded, and the hot red blood was allowed to run wild.
Liang Tian, whose soul dwells in the giant tree, silently looked at the scene in front of him, it was the first time he had seen this kind of scene, but his heart did not fluctuate in the slightest.
It seems that after changing into a new body, he is no longer a simple human being.
Therefore, even if the warriors of the tribe stacked thirteen bloody human heads in front of the stone table used as a sacrifice, Liang Tian did not feel the slightest discomfort.
He just watched in silence until thirteen red threads appeared above the sacrificial heads, which only he could see.
"It's really not that simple!" Liang Tian said darkly.
Then I saw that the red threads that appeared above his head also drilled into his body, and in a trance, that strange feeling of satiety appeared again.
Only this time, in addition to the feeling of satiety, his body brought him a bloodthirsty urge. Even if Liang Tian was just a towering tree rooted in the soil at this moment, he also had the desire to kill living beings.
The emergence of this situation, coupled with the pale yellow mist that appeared when the tribesmen prayed not long ago, Liang Tian vaguely understood something.
"Maybe he has really become a "god", an existence that can absorb faith and sacrifices?" Liang Tian secretly guessed in his heart, but he couldn't find a clue for a while.
Even though those of the tribe who believed in him still absorbed the yellowish mist when they prayed to him, he did not know how to use this power.
It wasn't until ten days later, under the leadership of the old priest, that the people of the tribe started another sacrifice that Liang Tian broke the deadlock.
After defeating their old rivals, the Black Snake Tribe, the Giant Tree Tribe was able to have more territory to hunt. And the expansion of territory means more prey and food.
So in these ten days, not a single hunting party of the Giant Tree Tribe returned empty-handed.
With plenty of food to fill their stomachs, the Giant Tree Tribe became more and more grateful to the Giant Tree God who had sheltered them and helped them defeat their formidable enemies.
In this way, at the slightest agitation of the old priest, the hunting party of the tribe hunted a wolf for their "god".
Wolves are extremely dangerous predators in the jungle, cunning, greedy, and well-organized. Therefore, the old priest always felt that the timberwolf was the best sacrifice to the gods.
But before, before God performed miracles, he could not convince his people to offend the wolves and hunt down a dangerously hungry wolf. But now it is different, when the gods show miracles, as a sacrifice that can communicate with the gods, the prestige and power of the old priests in the tribe are also increasing day by day.
So in this sacrifice, he was particularly pious.
He knelt on the ground with the corpse of the timberwolf in high hands, and then prostrated again, and so on three times in a row, and then led his people to place the body of the intact timberwolf on the altar that had been emptied again.
"Great Tree God, please continue to bless my tribe. As your servants and believers, we will serve you forever. Uluda!"
"Uludar !!"
The people in the tribe all knelt on the ground reverently, and the pale yellow mist of faith continued to throw at Liang Tian's body like a moth to a fire. He looked at everything in front of him without sorrow or joy, until the red light on the jungle wolf that was used as a sacrifice lit up, and then he was moved.
Through these days of observation and scrutiny, Liang Tian couldn't help but find that whether it was a sincere prayer or a sacrifice, the power generated by it could bring him a sense of satiety.
It's just that the energy generated by the sacrifice is stronger than the energy generated by prayer and can have some side effects on his mood. Among them, especially people, it will make him have a strong bloodthirsty impulse.
But this power didn't know how to use it until now, so he saw the complete jungle wolf on the altar. Suddenly, there was a certain attraction.
So, with the instincts generated by his body, he began to clumsily channel the power of faith in his body.
It is like pulling a cow or a sheep with a rope, although he has opened his mind, but his strength is far from the level of command. But fortunately, this power can still be controlled, so the power of faith in the body gradually condensed into a line.
Shot from his branches, and threw himself into the corpse of the timberwolf.
And then something magical happened. As if the water in the body had been squeezed out, the corpse of the timberwolf was dried in just a few breaths.
The old priest who presided over the sacrifice saw this scene and looked incredible. But when he heard the same exclamation behind him, he showed an expression of "I expected it a long time ago", and turned around and stood up casually.
"Don't be afraid. The great god of the giant tree has accepted our sacrifices. Our tribe will be glorious forever under the protection of God!"
By saying this, he calmed the emotions of his people. The old priests looked at their gods with a complex and fearful look in their eyes.
He was now afraid of God's power and the wrath of God for his lies. As a sacrifice, he could not communicate with the gods. This is something that God and He understand.
But if the truth is told, do the tribesmen still need him as a sacrifice that allows them to get delicious food without having to participate in hunting?
After thinking about it, I had to kneel on the ground in a more reverent posture and beg God for forgiveness in my heart over and over again. In this way, he may prove to God that he is truly a faithful servant.
It's just that he didn't know that Liang Tian couldn't hear what he was thinking at all.
And at this moment, Liang Tian didn't have time to pay attention to him, a servant who was a fox and a fake tiger. Now, his attention was drawn to the sudden appearance of a white wolf spirit.
However, after the corpse of the jungle wolf was dried under the influence of the power of faith, its soul immediately turned into a divine white wolf. And this soul form of the divine steed white wolf is crawling beside his altar at this moment, like a spirit animal guarding the altar, arrogantly and disdainfully looking at the old priest in front of him and the clansmen behind the old sacrifice!