Chapter 178
At this time, there were only two people in the room, the old man who was a tribal shaman and Hua Yuye, sitting on the ground.
Although the old man's lingua franca is not very fluent, he is somewhat proficient, the old man introduces himself as a shaman in the tribe, his name is Wucha, and he expresses his gratitude to Hua Yuye for being able to return the 'god' object, and promises that Hua Yuye will always be a guest of the tribe and gain the friendship of the tribe.
A tribal maiden came to the house and offered food and wine to Hua Yuye, one of the daughters of the tribal chief, a very beautiful girl, and I don't know if she was sent out of respect for her guests or for some other purpose.
The people in the tribe have little contact with outsiders, and they are also very curious about Hua Yuye, an outsider girl, just like going to the zoo to see animals, observing Hua Yuye shyly and obscurely, but the action is too obvious to make people feel unnoticed, and this kind of observation action will not make people feel rude but a little cute.
"Thank you*"
Hua Yuye saw the girl put the food and wine in front of her, with a polite smile on her face, but she didn't expect the girl to run away like a frightened deer, quickly put down the things in her hand and ran away shyly, but fortunately, although the wine in the cup swayed, it didn't spill out, this kind of legendary reaction is very rare for Hua Yuye, who lives in the outside civilized society, and is in a good mood.
The food is ordinary barbecue, real barbecue, there are not too many condiments to roast and eat it, use the leaves as a tray, eat with a kind of fragrance, the taste of the wine is good, it is Hua Yuye has never drunk, it feels very fresh, after a simple chat a few words, because of the inconvenience of communication, let Hua Yuye move freely, the old man has to go out to preside over some things, and he left with a confession.
Hua Yuye sat in the room eating and drinking and did not have the idea of leaving immediately, after all, he finally came to such a place, and he still hoped to have some understanding of this place, and the magic of the 'god' object also made Hua Yuye very interested, hoping to know what the so-called divine power was, how it worked, whether he could learn whether there was any reference to 'qi', and so on.
The inconvenience of language made it impossible for Hua Yuye to communicate with the people of the tribe, and if he wanted to know something, he could only rely on his own observation and conjecture, and when Hua Yuye wandered around the tribe, everyone's eyes contained curiosity and vigilance.
It was almost evening, Hua Yuye walked around the places around the tribe, and the stepping point was quite smooth, and there were many plants that he knew in the valley, and there were many more that he didn't know, Hua Yuye didn't want to become a 'botanist', just look at it to satisfy his curiosity.
After returning to the tribe, the old priest in the tribe arranged a place for Hua Yuye to rest at night, and there was a small wooden house that had been idle for many years next to the old man's wooden house, which was originally a place to store some things, and it was cleaned up and used as a temporary residence, and Hua Yuye would not be picky about anything under such conditions.
Night is approaching and the tribe holds a ceremony to celebrate the return of the 'gods'.
Under the auspices of the priest, the tribe offered sacrifices to the gods, lit the immortal fire on the altar, and all the fallen people knelt on the ground to pray to the gods.
At the end of the prayer, the old priest Wucha was dressed in the costume of the sacrifice, and looked back at Hua Yuye, Hua Yuye did not kneel and pray, but sat in the distance as a spectator, and the old man waved to Hua Yuye and motioned for Hua Yuye to step forward.
With doubts in his heart, he came to the old man's side.
The old man looked the young man in front of him carefully, took out the stone bowl prepared in advance, walked up to the altar and came to the front of the 'god', knelt on the ground and said something, the voice was very small, but for Hua Yuye, he didn't understand what it meant.
After standing up, the old man held a stone knife in his hand and slashed his palm, and the blood immediately flowed out, only to see the old man put his palm on the head of the 'god' object, so that the flowing blood left along the 'god' thing, and a miraculous thing happened, the blood from the old man was absorbed by the 'god' thing.
This time, Hua Yuye took a closer look and found that there was a protruding part on the 'god' object, although I was curious to see it before, I didn't notice it, it was very small, but it was also right, it was too long and easy to break.
Descendants are one of the basic conditions for the future prosperity of the tribe, and many tribes also believe that human ethics are natural and the descendants of the gods are the leaders chosen by heaven.
The blood absorbed by the 'god' passed through the 'god''s body and finally gathered into a drop, and from that protruding place it dripped into the stone bowl that the old man had already prepared, and the stone bowl contained something that Hua Yuye didn't know, and it felt like watercolor paint.
The blood and the matter in the stone bowl fused like boiling magma, but it quickly subsided.
The old man walked back to Hua Yuye with the stone bowl in both hands.
"What is this for, if I am allowed to drink it, I will refuse to die and not drink" When the time comes, whether it will really die and not drink or drink will not die, after all, no one knows.
Just as Hua Yuye was thinking, the old man put his thumb into the stone bowl, and the mixed liquid was stained on his fingers, and he first wiped it on Hua Yuye's forehead, and then began to paint on Hua Yuye's cheeks.
Hua Yuye didn't hide and couldn't hide, let the old man do whatever he wanted to himself, the moment the forehead suddenly touched the old man's thumb, Hua Yuye had a strange feeling, just like the liquid in the old man's hand penetrated through the skin into the body, at this moment Hua Yuye suddenly found that his sensitivity to 'qi' had reached an unprecedented height, and the content of 'qi' in the body continued to increase in a tiny dose that could be felt, although the time was short, but in previous experience, this amount was very large.
The shock made Hua Yuye forget the passage of time, and when he came back to his senses, he saw that the old man finally wiped Hua Yuye's upper lip as a finish, and everything was over.
Hua Yuye couldn't see his face, and he didn't know if the liquid remained on his face, and later he learned that this was a blessing ceremony in the tribe, and it was very rare to bless tribal warriors and special people, and it could be said to be a rare occurrence in a hundred years, only when the tribe had major sacrificial activities.
God's blessing!
Then many tribal warriors and children in the tribe stepped forward to receive the blessing, this kind of blessing does not distinguish between men and women, as long as it is chosen by the 'god', when the priest was on the altar before, the shaman was communicating with the 'god', and everyone who received the blessing was on his knees, thinking that he was standing there like that before Hua Yuye was embarrassed to reach out and scratch his cheek, and suddenly remembered that there might be that kind of liquid on his face, and was in a dilemma for a while, and finally put his hand down.
Until the bottom of the stone bowl is exhausted, the blessing ceremony is over.
Everyone danced a strange dance around the bonfire, singing lyrics that Hua Yuye didn't understand, the first wave of dancers were all men from the tribe, and then they could go up as long as they liked, Hua Yuye was also pulled up by the daughter of the leader who had met before, and now learning and selling a little nondescript also made everyone smile with kindness.
After everything was over, Hua Yuye returned to his hut and lay on the animal skin, which was a rare experience, although there were some twists and turns, but it could be said to be a memory worth remembering for the future.
Tossing and turning, now Hua Yuye hopes to set up a tent by herself, but she didn't say much after thinking about following the local customs, but the sleeping bag and insect repellent preparations were still taken out.
It was about nine o'clock in the evening, it was completely dark, the whole world was quiet, the people of the tribe had already returned to their homes to rest and sleep, and their lives still maintained the rhythm of sunrise and sunset, which was completely different from the people living in big cities in modern society.
Hua Yuye had rarely slept so early since she was an adult, lying on the animal skin and thinking about everything that had happened during this time with her eyes closed.
When it was hazy, Hua Yuye heard the sound of a quarrel next door, or Hua Yuye's native language that Hua Yuye couldn't understand, saying that it was a quarrel was just Hua Yuye's independent judgment, after opening his eyes and looking at the dark environment around him, Hua Yuye slowly got up and listened carefully, making sure that the sound was indeed coming from the place where the priest next to him lived.