An's arrival not only made this sunny hillside more full of vitality, but also made Xiao Yiran's life orderly. Rice planting, watering, harvesting, rice raking, hunting wild animals, drying salt, weaving, etc., are all done by two people. When Anji learned everything, he became the protagonist of the work. Although Xiao Yiran is indeed not the incarnation of a god, in An's mind, Xiao Yiran's status is getting higher and higher, and in this world of two people, Xiao Yiran's status seems to be equal to that of a god.

When another ordinary dawn came, in the melodious birdsong, the morning sun was rising, Xiao Yiran was weaving a tussah silk dress for An, An first harvested the ripe soybeans, and then irrigated the rice fields, and then walked around the brine slurry that was drying to collect the fine salt white crystals.

It was nearly noon, and Ann was just about to wash rice and cook, when he heard a whimpering horn at the foot of the mountain. Xiao Yiran, who was weaving silk, didn't care, and when he found An staggering over, he stammered and shouted:

"Sister, sister."

In order to show his respect for the omnipotent Xiao Yiran, An has long stopped calling Sister Ran, but only calling the word "sister".

Since Ann came here, it was the first time Xiao Yiran had seen her show such a panicked expression. I couldn't help but stop the shuttle in my hand, stood up and asked:

"Ann, what's wrong with you?"

"Sister, the war, there is going to be a war."

"Ann, speak slowly, what kind of war is going to happen?"

"Sister, I heard the sound of the trumpet, it was a signal for the tribe to gather the tribe and prepare for war."

"Who's at war with whom?"

"Sister is a snake clan from Shanbei, and Ann is an eagle clan from Shannan. The two tribes have been at odds for generations, and wars often break out. ”

"Why?"

"Listen to my people, the great gods of the Eagle Clan are the true masters of the world, but the Snake Clan does not recognize it."

Xiao Yiran understood that in ancient times, each ethnic group or tribe had its own totem, and they all firmly believed that their totem, or the gods they worshipped, were the true masters of the world. Just as in modern society, Buddhists do not recognize the existence of Jesus, and they treat all beliefs except Buddhism as pagan heresy. Faith, both in ancient times and in modern times, is the spiritual pillar of human existence, and since the beginning of human history, the vast majority of wars have occurred because of the conflict of beliefs. And the remaining small part of the war is often under the guise of faith. Especially in this era of famine, whether it is for faith or for the opportunity to survive, war is naturally inevitable.

"Ann, did this happen often before?"

"No, I only remember once, and that time I just remembered."

"Can Ann tell me about it?"

"Sister, don't you remember?"

Xiao Yiran heard An's rhetorical question, and realized that he had missed his mouth.

"At that time, my sister was sick, very sick, and no one sued me later."

"Many people died in that war, and no one won the war, although the Eagle Clan captured a lot of Snake Clan, but in the end, it was returned to the Snake Clan, in exchange for the Eagle Clan who were captured by the Snake Clan."

"By the way, Ann, do you know why there are no snakes in this mountain?"

"I know that not only are there no snakes, but there are also no eagles. It is because there are often wars between the two tribes, and neither can win against the other, so the mountain between the two tribes is used as a forbidden place, and the descendants of the gods of the snake clan are not allowed to reproduce here, and the descendants of the gods of the eagle clan are not allowed to reproduce here. ”

"How did the two tribes do that?"

"Pray to the Great God."

Xiao Yiran's heart sank, is this okay? Would praying to the giant snake skeleton I had seen prevent snakes from coming to the mountains to thrive? Xiao Yiran, who has been educated in atheism since childhood, can't believe it no matter what.

"Ann, what is the name of this mountain for your eagle clan?"

"The Eagle Clan is called the Sacred Mountain, also called the Eagle Mountain."

Needless to say, the snake clan is naturally also called the Sacred Mountain, or the Snake Mountain.

"Ann, when will the war take place? Will they hit here? ”

"The trumpet just now is only to gather the people, and it should be three days later. They won't come to the sacred mountain to fight, that would be blasphemous. ”

Also, since it is the sacred mountain of the tribe, it is natural that the battlefield will not be placed here. It's just that he and An ran to this sacred mountain, and it is impossible for the two races not to know, so why not interfere?

"Ann, since this is the Sacred Mountain, why are we here and no one cares?"

"Mount Kinabalu is a forbidden place for the tribe, and no one is allowed to enter it. I came here by accident. ”

Xiao Yiran listened to An's words, and couldn't help but rejoice in his heart, no wonder the snake clan didn't come to arrest him, fortunately, he chose to flee here in the first place.

"Sister?"

Ann's tone seemed to be a little strange, Xiao Yiran looked into An's eyes, and asked suspiciously:

"What's wrong with Ann?"

"Will Sister treat Ann as an enemy?"

Xiao Yiran was obviously stunned for a moment. The ancients were so simple, they only had their tribes in their minds, only their gods. It is no wonder that in this era of wild beasts and chaotic tribes, if a tribe has no cohesion, it is impossible to survive forever.

"Ann, how so? We are all abandoned by the gods, I am no longer part of the snake clan, and you are no longer part of the eagle clan. We are the best sisters, always. ”

"And what tribe do we belong to? What about our great gods? ”

It is a problem, the ancients who were accustomed to living under the protection of the gods, if they left the gods, they were like children who had lost their mothers, and they did not even have the backbone of the heart. Xiao Yiran thought for a while, then asked tentatively:

"Has Ann ever heard of dragons?"

"What is a dragon?"

What is a dragon, Xiao Yiran can't explain, he can't tell Sù'an, the dragon is the common totem of all tribes in the entire China in the future, right?

"The dragon is a divine beast that can call the wind and rain and can protect all humans. Let's make the dragon our great deity from now on. ”

"What does a dragon look like?"

"Dragons, antlers, turtle eyes, bull's mouth, dog's nose, cat's whiskers, lion's mane, snake's tail, fish scales, eagle's claws."

An was obviously confused by Xiao Yiran's description, for a simple ancient, such a complex animal was really unimaginable. Xiao Yiran had to draw a general appearance of a dragon on the ground according to his memory for An to see.

Xiao Yiran did this with deep meaning. She knows very well that if she wants to survive for a long time, she can't do it with just two people. If one ethnic group can be multiplied in the future, or several ethnic groups can be subdued, it will not work without totems, that is, without the omnipotent gods in the minds of the ancients.

In fact, while Xiao Yiran did this, he was also very entangled in his heart. As the totem of the Chinese nation, the image of the dragon should be the era of the Three Emperors and the Five Emperors, and the Shennong clan and the emperor period were gradually completed. If it had appeared earlier, would it have changed the course of history?