Chapter 19: Lotus Picking and Ancestor Worship
Lucy, who was seriously injured, crawled up to Zheng Ming's approach with difficulty, and watched Zheng Ming cry out mournfully as she passed out.
"Xiao Ming. Wake up. I don't want you to die. ”
pushed Zheng Ming, who had turned black, and saw that the other party had no reaction. Helpless, Lucy eagerly thought of a solution.
"Help. Who's going to save it? ”
Lucy looked around anxiously and dazedly, crying out for help. Suddenly, the spirit plant that emitted white light came into view. It suddenly remembered the words that poisons were often accompanied by antidotes.
"No matter. Give it a try. ”
Lucy gritted her teeth and crawled to the center of the cave with difficulty, holding her immobile hind legs. Before reaching out, he grabbed the pool water around the ice crystal water lotus.
Cool! Cold! The ice that goes deep into the bone marrow is cold to the heart.
It was only the forepaws that were dipped in the pool water, and Lucy shivered from the cold. The instinct of survival made it hesitate for a moment, but when it looked back and saw Zheng Ming lying on the ground covered in jet black, it found that it seemed that compared to the loss of Zheng Ming, this chill and fear of water were nothing at all.
Gritting her teeth and making up her mind, Lucy closed her eyes and resolutely jumped towards the pool.
The biting chill of the pool water burrowed into the injured hind leg, and the pain became more and more intense. Unable to swing its hind limbs, it had just started to sink into the pool and poured a few mouthfuls of water, and its whole body was frozen and stiffened.
Resisting the pain, and after getting used to it, Lucy desperately swam towards the ice crystal water lotus. The originally soft and fluffy hair was wet and attached to the surface of the body, making it look extremely embarrassed.
The Ice Crystal Water Lotus was far more fragile than Lucy expected, and it didn't take much effort to easily bite off the rhizome and hold it in its mouth.
"Wait for me. It's almost there. ”
Lucy's eyes were fixed on Zheng Ming, swimming as hard as she could. When exhausted, it managed to climb ashore, only to find that its drenched body was even colder after being exposed to the air.
A faint mist continued to rise from its embarrassed body, and it fell to the ground with its feet in the air, which was frozen and stiff as a stone.
"Nope. It's not close. I'm going to crawl too. ”
Lucy used her head and feet together, trying her best, but she could only move a little distance each time. It dragged a long mark on the ground, and the wet hair was stained with dirt and dust and stuck together.
But it didn't care, at this time, it only had Zheng Ming in its eyes, and all it thought about was the distance between it and Zheng Ming.
"It's coming. It's almost there. It's not close. ”
Finally, Lucy squirmed and approached Zheng Ming. Stuffed the ice crystal water lotus in his mouth into Zheng Ming's mouth. It was relieved to see the black light on Zheng Ming's body fade and the ice crystal water lotus slowly melted.
"Hey, hey. I also said that you look ugly when you walk. I guess I looked like you just squirmed on the ground. Fortunately, you didn't see it when you were unconscious, otherwise wouldn't you be laughed at for the rest of your life? ”
Lucy whispered to herself at Zheng Ming, and it was finally unable to support it from being seriously injured and exhausted, and passed out.
The two sides who passed out in the cave are not listed for the time being. On the other side, in the orc city called Ryan City, a large number of orcs of different shapes have gathered.
Some of them have the head of a deer, some of them have the head of a horse, and some of them have the head of a wolf. It was the orcs who had arrived from their respective cities and villages a few days earlier to participate in the ritual.
Lane City. It is the grandest city in orc territory, and as the largest city under the rule of the most powerful leon orcs in the surrounding area, it can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people.
The city covers a very large area, and the whole is pale yellow, and it is made of huge stones. The architectural style inherits the habits that the orcs have always had. Rough, sturdy, majestic, but not beautiful.
Today, the most solemn festival of the orcs, the day of ancestor worship. Orcs from all tribes converge in front of the city's most majestic, tallest, and most extensive structure.
They originated from the surrounding orc cities and villages. Those who are qualified to come here to participate in ancestor worship are the strong people of various tribes and young people with unlimited potential.
At this time, the crowded square was silent. The orcs were no longer as rough and noisy as they used to be, and they all looked up at an elderly orc priest standing in front of the altar in the middle of the air with solemn faces.
The old orc priest changed into an ancient costume and carried an old sacrificial staff, only to see his lips open and close, and the old voice full of vitality spread throughout the square, exploding in the ears of every orc.
"Another year has passed in the blink of an eye. Today is the day to worship ancestors. The next thing I say may be calloused in your ears. But as is customary and traditional, I have to say it again. ”
After speaking, the old orc priest looked around again, and saw that everyone was silently looking up and nodding with satisfaction, and continued: "I believe everyone knows that we orcs are the offspring of beast gods and humans. But the beast gods don't value us, and even despise us orcs. They only recognize those Warcraft clans as their own bloodline.
Fortunately for our ancestors, the great ancestral gods. Through enduring humiliation and burden, through their own efforts, they continue to strengthen themselves, and they have been recognized by the laws of heaven and earth, and finally become gods. We were also able to get rid of the status of the lower race, the slave, and developed into one of the strongest intelligent races.
Our ancestral gods became gods through their own practice, and they did not need to believe. However, we orcs insist on holding ancestor worship ceremonies every year.
Not for anything else! Just let us never forget the humiliations and provenances of the past. We were born humble.
Tell me, what makes us strong? Tell me, the ancestral teachings of our orcs. ”
As the old orc priest roared out of the question, the orcs below were all boiling, young and old. A shout like a landslide and tsunami swept in.
"Brave! Courage and uprightness! Self-improvement! Tenacity! Fight! Fight! Fight! ”
Crazy shouts rang out one after another, and then gradually unified. Hoarse cries converged as if to overturn the world.
The old orc priest also raised his arms and shouted for a while, then stretched out his palm and pressed down suddenly. The orcs below suddenly stopped shouting.
The sound came to an abrupt end.
"Good. I hope you will remember the teachings of your ancestors. Remember! Only the strong can be respected. Now the festival has officially begun. ”
"Roar~."
In the earth-shattering roar of the orcs, batches of sacrifices were slaughtered and carried onto the altar, and the magnificent singing was accompanied by the sound of war drums.
Among the orc sacrifices that knelt in a circle and sang, the old orc priests danced and danced the sacrificial dance.
A vast, distant, ancient atmosphere permeated.
The orcs below knelt in unison, worshipping reverently. The black crushed head slammed to the ground.
After a long time, the song is finished, the song is finished, and the dance stops......
The opening of the sacrifice is also nearing the end.
"Next comes the coming-of-age ceremony. Young descendants of all tribes, you must go alone into the deep mountains and old forests to hunt wild beasts with your bare hands. Only by proving their strength can they be qualified to enter the next ring. Go, boys. Let the ancestral gods see your bravery and strength. Prove to everyone that you're the strongest orc of the class. ”
With a wild roar from the old orc priest, one by one the young orcs roared away. They threw off their armor, laid down their weapons, and rushed out of the city with their bare hands.
Among the young orcs, who were strong, strong, or cunning, Glai, who was a horse orc, and Liufeng, a leopard orc, mingled among them, and nodded to each other after spotting each other from a distance.