Chapter 266: The Priest

readx;? The scene from ten years ago seemed to resurface in front of him in a blink of an eye, the picture was so clear that it seemed to happen yesterday, everyone's face, movements, and expressions were often remembered by Lu Chen in these years, as if they were carved into the depths of the bone marrow and could not be forgotten. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The Fire Shaman was an extremely powerful barbarian, even in front of the three respected elders of the Three Realms Demon Sect, he was not at a disadvantage at all, and even surpassed in momentum. And Lu Chen's pain for more than ten years was almost rooted in him, the mysterious and strange and powerful black flame curse, since that day passed, it had been entangled with him, and life and death could not get rid of it.

Sometimes in the most painful moment of the black flame, Lu Chen would have the illusion of seeing the old but hideous face of the fire shaman in a trance, and the burning flame was like a terrible curse of the old man, avenging the sins he had done.

Lu Chen closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and when he opened his eyes again a moment later, his expression had completely calmed down, and then he looked at the barbarian tribe that suddenly appeared in front of him, his eyes were completely indifferent.

More than a decade had passed since that incident, it was such a long and painful time, but he never regretted it.

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There are barbarians in the land of confusion, as for the origin, it is thousands of years ago after the earth-shattering war between the human barbarians, the barbarians were defeated and retreated to the southern wilderness, but because the too powerful forces of the two sides fought and collided with each other, the wind and clouds changed color, the mountains and the earth cracked, and even the terrain of the land of confusion collapsed and changed.

After a shocking bloody battle, most of the remaining barbarians retreated, but some of them were forever cut off on the side of the Confused Lands, never to return to the Southern Wilderness.

As the victors, the Terrans did not have the slightest mercy and forgiveness for this part of the barbarians, and once the wandering barbarians were discovered, they would almost be killed, so in the end, this part of the barbarians was forced to flee into the depths of the Confusion Lands, to be exact, hidden in the unpredictable and inaccessible central of the Confusion Lands, and only then did they barely escape the pursuit of the Terrans.

For many years, there were almost no barbarians in the outer realms of the Confusion Lands, and only occasionally could you see some elderly barbarians who were cruelly banished and left to fend for themselves because of old age, such as the barbarian that Lu Chen and Yi Xin saw back then.

In addition, the concept that the barbarian tribes can only barely survive in the central region of the Confused Land has long been known and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

But now the scene in front of him clearly told Lu Chen that things seemed to have changed.

Looking at the caves on the mountain walls and the many houses made of wood and stone, it is clear that the scale of this tribe is not small, at least more than a hundred people.

It was indeed a surprising thing for such a large tribe to sneak into the outer areas of the Confusion Lands without knowing it, and looking at the appearance of the tribe's houses and caves, it was clear that this tribe had not been here for a short time.

Why did these barbarians suddenly go north, even at the risk of being discovered by the human race, they would secretly live on the north bank of the Longchuan River, the reason for this Lu Chen did not know, but it was nothing more than that the central area on the south bank of Longchuan was too dangerous, or this small tribe was completely unable to withstand the many risks over there, so it was so risky.

Not to mention, the place chosen by this tribe is indeed very ingenious, there is Rat Hill Mountain in front and Evil Python Valley in the back, all of which are notorious and dangerous places, and no one from the ordinary human race has come here. Even if someone happens to pass by here, they usually go straight down the mountain, and they don't think about running to the col deep in the mountain range next to it, so it is difficult to find this tribe hiding here.

It's a pity that by chance on this day, Lu Chen and Ah Tu discovered this secret.

Ah Tu ran back with the cloud gopher in his mouth, and got rid of the barbarians behind him early, and from a distance, those barbarians just scolded a few words, and then helplessly went to clean up the mess.

Crossing the rocks and trees, Ah Tu ran back to Lu Chen, put the dead cloud gopher in front of Lu Chen, and wagged his tail at Lu Chen, looking very proud.

Lu Chen showed a hint of a smile, patted its head, and said, "It's amazing, let's eat." ”

Ah Tu was not polite, and began to bite and gnaw after burying his head.

The cloud gopher is a kind of demon beast, and the spiritual power contained in the flesh and blood is much stronger than that of ordinary beasts, which is suitable for Atu's current situation, and it is also delicious to eat.

As for Lu Chen, of course he wouldn't go to grab food with Atu, he just looked at the tribe from a distance and observed it carefully. As the morning light fell, the sky gradually brightened, and more people in that tribe began to wake up and move, Lu Chen saw more barbarians, and also saw that their faces were smeared with strange patterns, which were very familiar.

It seems, as if, very similar to the pattern on the face of the fire shaman ten years ago.

Lu Chen's face became more and more solemn and indifferent.

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Ah Tu happily finished his meal, although the cloud gopher seemed to be very different from the size of its body, Ah Tu seemed to be very satisfied, and even burped when he walked up to Lu Chen.

Of course, this is not to eat meat, but the abundant essence contained in the flesh and blood of the cloud gopher, a demon beast, is being absorbed by Ah Tu's body.

Lu Chen glanced down at Ah Tu, and then said softly: "Let's go, Ah Tu, go over there and have a look." ”

So saying, he took Atu and swept towards the tribe.

Of course, Lu Chen was not stupid enough to walk directly towards the gate, but with the help of the surrounding terrain and forests, he slowly approached this tribe from the side and back.

Because of the closer, many things can be seen more clearly, and the men and women of the tribe, including some children, have tattoos on their faces, which look like some ancient tradition, or things like totems of faith, most of which are very similar. From this point of view, the fire shaman back then should have been inextricably linked to this tribe, but after Lu Chen's careful observation, he quickly came to another somewhat surprising result.

This tribe doesn't seem to be very strong.

Not to mention the terrifying fire shaman back then, Lu Chen didn't even see any barbarians who could get close to half of the strong man's demeanor, and even he vaguely remembered that during the battle of the barren valley back then, that fire shaman also brought seven extremely powerful barbarian warriors, which was also an awe-inspiring and terrifying existence, but at this time, he also didn't see it in this tribe.

The barbarians who had come out of the barbarian tribe this morning looked like a group of people with a little more strength and a stronger body, but to the Terran monks, such barbarians were almost like rabbits with no backhand. So after a while, Lu Chen's gaze turned to the caves on the mountain wall deep in that tribe.

The land of confusion is very cruel and realistic, you can't live without strength at all, this tribe can survive to this day, there should still be some background. If there is still a master, it should be in that cave.

Ah Tu accompanied Lu Chen to look at the hidden mountains and forests for a while, and gradually became a little impatient, and hummed softly on the side, Lu Chen touched its head and said, "Don't worry, these barbarians are my enemies, and they are of some use to us." ”

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It was probably more than an hour after dawn, under Lu Chen's prying eyes, some changes suddenly occurred in the tribe, and everyone walked out of the wooden house, came to the center of the tribe, and gathered under the pyramid with black wood.

After another moment, in the cave under the mountain wall, people began to walk out one after another.

As Lu Chen had predicted before, sure enough, this time the barbarians who came out of the cave were much stronger than the barbarians outside, not only did the warriors look more burly and strong, but in the circle surrounded and protected by many strong warriors at the end of the crowd, an old priest actually appeared.

In the system of barbarian tribes, the shaman is a supreme position, representing the ability to communicate with the most sacred ancient ancestors in the barbarian world and receive the power passed down from ancient times. However, it is rare for a shaman to be as powerful as an individual, and it requires the right time and place, as well as a particularly good opportunity, so most of the barbarian tribes in the southern Xinjiang continent are more subordinate figures like priests.

Shamans or priests are basically the dominant leaders of the barbarian tribes, they have a rare wisdom among the barbarians who are known for brute strength, they are the backbone of guiding the growth and development of a tribe, and they are also the only few people in the barbarian tribe who can master shamanic witchcraft. That kind of power, which was completely different from the Middle-earth Cultivation Realm, was extremely powerful, and it had caused countless lives to be destroyed during the Millennium War.

And right now, Lu Chen's gaze was staring closely at the old priest in the crowd, his eyes flickering.

The old priest looked so old that his fangs had fallen off, and he walked tremblingly, as if he had lost his old age. If it were for the cruel rules of survival among the barbarian tribes in the Confused Lands, an old man of this age would have been expelled from the tribe long ago and left to fend for himself.

But, of course, the priesthood is different.

The sturdy barbarian warriors who surrounded the old man surrounded him, with a look of awe in their eyes, and then slowly walked to the center of the tribe and stood in front of the stone pile.

As soon as the old priest had stood firm, he stretched out his hands and began to sing some song of strange tone and sad voice to the strange black wood.

With this sound, all the barbarians fell to their knees, threw themselves to the ground, and bowed to the black wood carved totem, their faces full of reverence and yearning.

Lu Chen looked at all this lightly, then raised his head and glanced in the direction of the mountain range he had come from before, thinking to himself, those "Demon Sect Killers" who were righteous and awe-inspiring for the Heavenly Dao should also be about to catch up. (To be continued.) )

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