When Ding Qi got closer, they were praying that God would not condemn the people of the world, and they were willing to sacrifice all kinds of animals to God in exchange for God's forgiveness. Of course, there are other meanings, some are repenting, such as Ben, who even said that they would no longer rob women who Ding Qi did not use; There are those who are guilty, such as Cang, who have not been able to kill the enemy.

Combined with the performance of each person, the general meaning is that these people think that the heavens are angry because human beings have done something wrong, and they want to punish human beings.

Tinch understood that this was a primitive worship, and that primitive human beings were amazed by natural phenomena that they could not explain or beyond their knowledge and common sense, they would attribute to God's will or action.

Their primitive understanding of these natural phenomena will eventually deify these phenomena or deified heroes through their own fantasies or rich imaginations, and eventually form mythological stories. This is a process for them to understand the world and nature, and it is also a process of knowledge accumulation, which will last for a long time.

Even though Ding Qi has a deep accumulation of knowledge, he can't explain the process by which snow turns from water to mist and condenses into snow, let alone why it is black snow.

So he didn't intend to explain, he just had to say in the name of Aragami that it was God's will. After all, Aragami is a mythical story that circulates among various tribes, and Ding Qi was given the role of Aragami by them, and if Ding Qi doesn't make good use of it, he will be sorry for the word "Aragami".

At his command, everyone stood up and lined up in four rows, looking blankly at Dingch. Ding Qi stood there, his face full of seriousness, and his solemn face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice:

"You should know from Ben that I am the god of the wilderness, the messenger of the heavens, and I am sent by the heavens to rescue everyone, so that everyone can live a life where they can be fed and clothed, and there is no threat from wild beasts. Last night, God told me two things, one is that He wants to remove the black smoke from the sky with snow and let the sun and moon come out, so that the snow that used to be white has become black. Don't be afraid.

The second is that God feels that there are still many people who do not recognize that I am the Aragami and are disloyal to me, so the God warns those who are disloyal and disrespectful to the Aragami through the matter of Black Snow to be loyal to the Aragami. He is your savior, and he has meat, clothing, and a house to live with Aragami. ”

As soon as Ding Qi finished speaking, the eyes of everyone who were originally at a loss suddenly lit up, especially the two little girls who joined in the new way, took the lead in shouting.

"Aragami, savior! Be loyal to the Aragami! ”

The others shouted along, louder and louder, shaking the freshly pressed snow on the branches.

What Ding Qi didn't know was that there were not a few tribes who sacrificed on the heavy snow, and they all made sacrifices and prayed that God would not condemn their tribes. They are all examining their own faults, or blaming others of other tribes for those who anger God. The Ruqing tribe and the black water tribe blamed the black snow on the Aragami they had never met, believing that the black snow was because of the Aragami, and that the Aragami was cursed by the heavens, and the tribe humans were implicated, and they should unite with other tribes to drive the Aragami away.

In the Ding tribe presided over by the deer, everyone is relatively quiet, although the deer, who is good at thinking and learning, is also shocked by this, but she believes that when Ding Qi returns, all this can naturally be explained, because he is an Aragami.

In the vast snowfield, if there is no specific reference, it is very easy for people to get lost. Fortunately, Ding Qi has the experience of chasing the enemy in the snowfield, and he has Xiaojin on his head as a reference, so he is not afraid of getting lost.

A foot of deep snow is not a problem in the eyes of primitive people who have spiritual beliefs. After a full meal, and animal skins and clothes to protect them from the cold, the crowd marched very fast. The snow road is difficult to walk, although the speed has decreased compared with before the snow, and the weight of each person has increased by dozens of catties of bear meat, but everyone is still not afraid of difficulties and insists on rushing to the location of the original deer tribe before dark.

By the time the campfire was lit, the snow outside the cave was heavy again. The wind was howling outside, but the cave was warm and comfortable, and even the two horses had a place of their own. Xiao Erhei, who carried a bear skin, was in pain and happy throughout the whole process. The smell of bear skin on its body makes it afraid, but the good warmth of bear skin makes it not afraid of wind and cold, but it shiveres because it sweats a lot. At this moment, it was the first to lie down on the ground, panting and unwilling to get up, and it was only when Tinch came with salt water that it rolled over and gulped in front of the gray horse.

Everyone in the cave was roasting bear meat, which was the first thing Ding Qi arranged when he entered the cave, and at the same time gave everyone a pinch of coarse salt to teach everyone how to sprinkle it on the meat without scorching. When everyone tasted this delicious beast meat, everyone's admiration and loyalty to Ding Qi increased again.

Most of the day's snow travel was not without cost, a few people were frostbitten because their feet were wet with snow due to the lack of tightness in animal skin shoes, and a few people were frostbitten on their hands. Ding Qi arranged for Ben and Cang to be examined, and then gathered several people who were frostbitten together and taught them how to deal with frostbite.

After frostbite, it is not possible to soak it in hot water or bake it with fire, but you can rub and massage it with your hands to slowly increase the temperature of the wound before applying medicine for treatment. If you suddenly soak or bake the hot water, the surface of the frozen place suddenly becomes hot, and the capillaries inside are hot* and expanded, contracted, and cracked, and the place will ulcerate and form chilblains.

Ding Qi currently has no medicine for frostbite, so he has to use animal fat instead, the best animal fat is badger oil, and if you don't have it at hand, you can use bear oil instead. Boil some bear oil, let it cool and apply it to the injured area, the effect is quite good, some people have already felt that the affected area is starting to itch.

Early the next morning, after a full meal, the rejuvenated people wrapped themselves in everything possible, followed the two horses out of the snow road, and hurried towards the location of the Ding tribe.

To prevent frostbite, everyone is coated with a thick layer of bear oil on their bare hands, face, neck, etc., which is slippery, greasy, but effective. In order to protect their ears, they took out the leftovers they had used to make clothes the night before, made a round leather case, and put it on their heads to cover both ears. People with more leftovers made a hat with the help of Tinch.

The snow on the ground was nearly two feet thick, and everyone braved the heavy snow that had been falling, and at first they could still discern the direction, and at last they could only walk along the path of the horses in front of them. Ding Qi had long since lost his way, as if they were in thick ink, the black around them, the black snowflakes that kept hitting his face, and the biting cold wind could make him make a wrong judgment.

Fortunately, there is also a little gold in the sky. After flying for a distance to find the position of the Ding tribe, it turned back, circled the sky twice and then flew in one direction, then turned back, circled twice and continued to fly in that direction, and so on, indicating the direction of progress to Ding Qi.

In the procession, the most relaxed, except for the two horses, is the little cutie. Its slender limbs and broad feet make it feel like it is on the snow, and it is happy on the snow. Sometimes, they would break away from the group and take out hares from the snow nest to add fresh meat to themselves and Jin, and the tribesmen with few hides could use these hides to make a hat at night.

And the cutie saw that he had inadvertently helped everyone, usually arrogant and not close to play with the cold it became more and more active, every time he went out, he would catch two or three rabbits and hand them over to Ben, and even caught a mink a few times, so that the person who received the mink was grateful to it, and wanted to hold it in his arms, but he didn't dare. And like a child who has picked up a penny and handed it over to the policeman's uncle, it twists and disappears outside the shack on its feet, walking on its long legs and stepping on the snow, and continues its path like a lonely swordsman.

In two days, it actually gave many people enough to get a hat and a fur scarf for each person. Although partly due to the fact that the rabbit with white fur stands out like a light bulb on the black snowfield, most of the reason is that the cutie is not afraid of hard work and hard hunting.

On the way, knee-deep black snow is the biggest difficulty.

In order to prevent everyone from getting snow blindness, Tinch scraped a lot of white powder from the bark of a birch-like tree. Applying this powder around the eyes is effective in preventing snow blindness. Thanks to Dingchi's encounter with this tree, many people would otherwise burn their eyes due to snow blindness.

As for the other dangers, in addition to some frost from the low temperature, it is the attack from the beasts. Especially once there was a sudden encounter with a saber-toothed tiger, and both sides were taken aback by each other. This is a saber-toothed tiger that is about to go crazy by black snow and hunger, and when this tiger was frightened and hesitated by Ding Qi and his party, Ding Qi ripped off a large piece of bear meat from Xiao Erhei and threw it over.

The saber-toothed tiger was hesitating to kill one or two of the humans, and when it saw the big piece of meat, hunger controlled its brain, making it make a split second decision, bite the bear meat and run away. The saber-toothed tiger is also weighing, if it attacks this group, one or two will definitely be killed, but the hungry self may be injured. Why not fill your stomach without getting hurt? I just don't know if they will always have food to eat?

The people who were waiting for it saw it run away, and the hanging heart was put down. In this sudden state, Ding Qi and Ben simply didn't have time to hang the string on the bow, so that the saber-toothed tiger could cause damage with a single flutter when they were close. This is not what Tinch wants to see.

The long road is long, and although the snowy road is difficult, Ding Qi's mood to go home has never changed, and everyone's desire to live in a better life and a warm harbor has not changed.

Five days later, after many hardships and dangers, the tribesmen finally approached the tribe under the leadership of Ding Qi. Only a little bit of the top of the wooden fence could be seen as far as the eye could see, but the smoke could be seen rising, and some voices could occasionally be heard, but no one could be seen outside.

When Ding Qi and his party walked onto the platform, a large courtyard came into view. The wooden wall encloses a large area with two small houses in the eye and three large houses in the back, flanked by sheepfolds, chicken pens and rabbit cages. Probably due to the cold weather and thick snow, the animals did not come out. Next to it were piles of hay, higher than the houses, and further on the three large houses were wooden sheds for firewood and food storage.

There are no red tiles to be seen, only black snow and white walls.