Chapter 53: Divination

There are two types of divination.

One is to see the past of a person or thing. This one is relatively simple.

The other is to look at the future. This one is particularly difficult and not necessarily accurate.

Whether it is divination of the past or the future, there is a price to pay.

In fact, it's the same as a sacrifice.

Give the price as a gift to the person who needs to be divined, and you can get the news you want.

The simplest divination is to ask a plant, a small animal, or even a stone about what happened before. This kind of divination can even be done directly, but the effect is very mediocre. The nature spirit of a plant or critter will tell you what it "saw" or experienced a short time ago.

This kind of divination requires almost no sacrifices, as long as it consumes a little elemental energy and mental power.

The more difficult thing is to ask about the past with the help of some powerful animals or ancient plants or naturally occurring natural spirits, and the cost is a little higher.

Even more difficult is to ask Mother Earth or other gods, the children of Mother Goddess, about what happened in the past. Such divination comes at the cost of a rich sacrifice.

For example, my grandfather knew that I had received the gift of Mother Earth Goddess from Meteor, and he used this method of divination.

As for divination for the future, only the Mother Goddess and her children can do it, and all animals and plants, natural spirits, can't do it!

Of course, the price of divination for the future is also very high, and ordinary sacrifices are simply not enough to pay for such an act.

In other words, Grandpa's divination is only to figure out that I have been blessed by the Mother Goddess, and it cannot predict my future.

However, they don't have to bother to divinate my future at all.

After all, with the gift of Mother Goddess, the future is certainly bright.

So, my grandfather couldn't wait to teach me these skills.

In the end, my grandfather also warned me very cautiously, "Don't go to divination for the future until you have to!" The price of peeking into the future is your life and soul! ”

I also nodded cautiously in agreement.

Next, my grandfather gave me an easy way to perceive the future without much cost—divination.

Divination is the use of animal bones, grass and the like to predict the future direction.

This practice can be regarded as a kind of cheating.

The cracks of the bones of the beast after burning, the direction in which the grass will fall, and the two shells thrown on the ground...... can be used to judge the future of things.

However, the future predicted in this way is vague and vague.

For example, the last time the village of Penzha was slaughtered, the nearby villages united to fight against the red-maned Gadrel, and before leaving, the grandfather did a divination, and the result was "a safe journey".

As a result, the warriors set out with high morale and did not encounter any enemies.

However, the red-maned Gadrel bypassed them and ran into the village to attack......

Therefore, at that time, my grandfather regretted and said: "Before leaving, I obviously did divination, and this trip was safe...... I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it! I forgot to do divination for the whole village! ”

He only divined that the warriors who went out were okay, but he forgot to tell the safety of the entire village of Ville.

This is the disadvantage of divination.

In many cases, the results shown by divination are correct, but they are always different from what people expect.

So, my grandfather told me: "Divination is an incomplete divination, although the price is very low, but the deviation is very large, it is best not to believe it easily!" ”

I nodded earnestly.

From then on, I was officially a shaman.

There's still a lot to learn, but if I don't want to, I can be a shaman in any village – of course, I wouldn't be that stupid.

After becoming an official shaman, I also had more things to do.

Especially after mastering the method of communicating with the spirits of nature, the whole world has become different.

I can feel the emotions of the sacrifices being sacrificed on the altar, I can control some of the weaker nature spirits to detect the movement around me, and I can even use the totem pole to bless the surrounding villagers to create a circle of light that is protected by nature spirits and elemental energy - this circle of light can make the villagers stronger, faster, and tougher.

According to Leo, this is called aura.

his aura!

We minotaurs call it the aperture!

Grandpa said that the totem is the weapon exclusive to the shaman.

Unfortunately, I don't really like to hold a big, dumb totem pole.

In contrast, I don't like axes and javelins, and I don't like swords and the like.

I prefer hammers and shields.

With these new shamanic skills, my spiritual path has reached a new level, and as I go out with the hunting party, I catch more and more prey.

Until one day, we followed a herd of wild sheep and ran all the way to the outside of the village of Duodie, where my grandfather was.

There was a small wood, into which the sheep ran and scurried nimbly from tree to tree, making it difficult to catch.

I used the totem pole to bless everyone with a wind aperture that can increase speed, and everyone's speed has increased a lot, but unfortunately it can't be used in the woods.

At this time, we unexpectedly met my grandfather.

Grandpa was dressed in a large bark-like robe, and we almost didn't recognize him.

When he saw us hunting the sheep, he immediately cried out to us to stop.

Everyone looked at each other and at me and Dad.

Dad smiled embarrassedly and walked up to say hello: "Old father-in-law, I'm sorry, I accidentally ran out of bounds!" Let's go, let's go! ”

When my grandfather stopped there, the others didn't dare to move, and after listening to my father's words, I remembered that we had already reached the confines of Duo Di Village.

This is different from the last time we hunted the monster elephant with Beizu Village to hunt wild deer, the hunting ground of Beizu Village is closer to the south, and we went to the upper reaches of the river on the back, which belongs to the hunting grounds shared by nearby villages.

But now, we've broken into the hunting grounds of the village of Duodie.

That's why Dad apologized embarrassedly.

Fortunately, my grandfather and my father are related, and the two of them are important people in the village, so they are so easy to talk, if they change to any of the relatives in the hunting team, they will not have any prestige in the village, I am afraid that there will be a fight today!

Grandpa was still so calm, and he didn't get angry and scolded, but said softly: "Be careful, everyone's harvest this year is not very good, only you are so lucky, but as long as the prey is enough to eat, don't be too greedy......"

Dad hurriedly nodded: "Old father-in-law, you're right, let's go back!" ”

Grandpa said: "It's not that I'm stingy, I heard that the meat in your house is almost out of place, and you won't be able to eat it until next year and the next year, but you can't do this, Mother Earth God didn't teach the Minotaur to throw the uneaten food everywhere like a greedy werewolf kobold, making the house stink......

Dad could only keep nodding.

My grandfather suddenly turned to me: "Bihong, you are already an official shaman, and you also need to know something about priests, for the earth, for the forest, and the creatures on the earth, you must have a minimum of respect and gratitude, so that you can feel the teachings of the mother goddess more deeply!" ”

I looked at my grandfather with some surprise and said, "This, isn't this the way of the druid?" ”

Grandpa smiled, but he didn't seem to smile happily: "Do you still know that this is the way of the druid?" Could it be that the shaman's way of practice is to seek excessively? Spirits and elemental energy won't meet all your requirements......"

I seem to get some of it.

The village doesn't actually need so much prey anymore, and all we need seems to be is to accumulate more goods in exchange for more weapons and equipment.

However, there seems to be no need for weapons and equipment other than hunting and protecting the homeland.

In this way, we have indeed overhunted.

Thinking about this, I'm a little ashamed.

Grandpa said, "Bihong, I heard that you have plans to join the army, right?" ”

I looked at my grandfather in amazement, and then at my father, and found that my father seemed to know about it.

I said, "Yes...... idea."

"It's a good thing to join the army to protect the Minotaur's homeland, but don't forget that you're a shaman or a priest. ”

I nodded and said seriously, "I'll remember, grandpa......"

When we left the woods, a few uncles were unconvinced, and whispered: "It's almost caught, it's just been disturbed!" Hey, they're all from the township, so it's a big deal to divide them......"

The uncle next to him hurriedly said: "Less and more mouth!" Don't make it difficult for the captain ......"

Dad had already heard it, so he said, "Don't make any noise! It's not like I didn't eat when I went home! ”

My brother listened all the time, but he didn't say much, and then he said, "It's because we don't ...... authentic."

Dad said, "Don't say a word!" ”

Everyone went back to the village in a bit of a rage.

It's just me, still reminiscing about my grandfather's words.

Honestly, I'm starting to want to steal druid skills again.

After I went back, I secretly did a divination.

A question that has been held in my heart for a long time.

The content of the divination is - is the mother strong or not?

The results of the divination show that mom is not as strong as dad!