Death is a natural law, and no one can escape the natural law, so since human beings have the concept of death, they have attached great importance to it, and they have tried their best to avoid it, and they are also looking for a way to not die.

For human beings, death is the last thing they do in the world, and for relatives or friends of people who are about to die, something must be done to complete this ritual. Similarly, death is unlucky, so since ancient times, the upper classes have tried to avoid the word.

The Book of Rites. It is recorded in Qu Li" that ———— the death of the Son of Heaven is called collapse, the princes are said to be dead, the doctors are said to be pawns, the scholars are said to be Bulu, and the people are said to be dead.

It can be seen that in ancient times, only the surname of the general boss would use the word death, and later ordinary people would also replace the word death with words such as thank you, death, old age, and gone.

However, there are also many taboos about death, and there are usually four taboos.

First, the taboo of the place of death. In ancient times, if a person died outside, it was taboo to carry it back to his home, and he could only be placed outside the door or in the courtyard, which originated from the saying that "wild ghosts cannot see the gods of the family", but later this taboo was gradually abolished.

Second, it is taboo to die without the company of relatives, which is roughly the same among all ethnic groups in China, believing that without the company of relatives when people die, the soul of a person cannot rest in peace.

Third, it is taboo to die in the bed where he used to sleep. Even if it is too late, the mosquito nets on the bed must be removed, so as not to suffer from the suffering of "sleeping in the bed" in the underworld, in short, it is worried that these things will suppress the soul of the person and make it difficult to move after death, this custom is common in the later Chaoshan generation.

Fourth, the taboo on the time of death. The Central Plains generation taboo died on the first day of the first month to the seventeenth day of the first month, commonly known as dying in the "big year", and also taboo to die in the wax moon and "May and June", it is said that people will be born during this period when they do a lack of virtue, but the real reason is that the next year and the wax moon are the days of farming, and May and June are busy days, and death during this period will add a layer of trouble to relatives and friends.

At the time of death, the folk also believe that it is best to have breakfast before, which means to leave three meals for the children and grandchildren, that is, the future generations will have food to eat.

After Yin Wanmeng finished saying this, he said: "Of course, these are the folk customs recorded by the heteropath, and there are some other things, that is, some things that seem strange and strange now that are exclusive to the study of the heteropath, among which there are legends and ways such as summoning spirits, but this book has disappeared for a long time, and only some of it has been handed down." ”

Wei Chiran asked, "What was Zhang Tiezhu reading before?" ”

Yin Wanmeng said: "It's a scripture inside, and this scripture is also derived from esoteric secrets, which belongs to a kind of prayer text, not a mantra." ”

After the three of them discussed, they decided to let Zhang Tiezhu take them to meet the leader of the Sen Kickers, who should be able to get the truth from the leader, and at the same time warn them about the wood plague.

Of course, provided that Sen Kicker doesn't attack them, but judging by last night's situation, Sen Kicker doesn't seem to have obvious hostility towards them.

But Zhang Tiezhu refused, the reason is that he was originally a sacrifice, and now the sacrifice has returned alive, which is a disaster for the Sen Kicking Clan.

Wei Chiran asked, "What are your people going to sacrifice you to?" ”

Zhang Tiezhu said: "God." ”

The falcon immediately said, "Aren't we gods?" ”

Wei Chiran looked at the falcon as if to say: Do you want a face?

But there really can't be helped, and now there is no other way to approach them than to pretend to be the gods that the Mori Kickers think.

At this time, Wei Chiran asked a question that should not be asked: "Why do you think that we are your gods?" ”

Zhang Tiezhu said: "You look very similar to God. ”

Wei Chiran asked, "What have you seen your god look like?" ”

Zhang Tiezhu said: "The holy forest is full of your gods. ”

The sacred forest that Zhang Tiezhu called is undoubtedly the forest outside, and the statue of the god is the pattern of the ancient Chinese carved on each tree, to put it bluntly, Zhang Tiezhu is because of the faces of Wei Chiran and other Chinese people will think that they are the so-called gods.

It can also be inferred from this that there was once a person from China who did something to these people on this island, and even taught them some basic magic, which made the Senji people think that people with Chinese faces are so-called gods.

The Saker was a little impatient: "Since this is the case, then I command you to take us to your leader at once." ”

Wei Chiran felt a little strange, why did they sacrifice the living? At least in the course of the development of human civilization, as long as it is a religion that sacrifices living people, it will be considered a cult.

So, what exactly is this so-called god?

Is it good or evil?

And there are still many mysteries, is there a relationship between the Eye of Lum and the location of the shipwreck? Did the spruce logs come from the Mary? Did the sinking of the Mary have anything to do with the Eye of Rum? Or is it directly related to spruce logs?

Anyway, go and meet the leader of the Mori kickers first.

The Sen Kicker, who was named Zhang Tiezhu, led them out of the so-called sacred forest with trepidation, and spent half a day climbing the low mountain next to the dormant volcano.

Standing at the top of the low mountain, Zhang Tiezhu pointed to the dense forest below and said, "That's my home." ”

However, there was hardly anything to be seen except dense trees.

Just when Wei Chiran and the others raised their feet and continued to walk down, they found that Zhang Tiezhu was still standing in place.

Wei Chiran asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Zhang Tiezhu shook his head and said: "I can't go back, I'm a sacrifice, if I go back, it will bring disaster to the village, and my name has disappeared from the register." ”

"Register?" Wei Chi was puzzled, "What is that?" ”

Yin Wanmeng asked, "How do you choose the sacrifices?" ”

Zhang Tiezhu told them that every Senju man, starting from the age of five, must learn the magic left by God. Yes, they also call it an allomy, because that's what God calls for it, and some people can learn it, and others can't.

And this group of people who have learned, after they become adults, will begin to learn deep-seated magic, and those who have not learned, those who cannot reach a certain realm, will be selected as sacrifices.

Wei Chi suddenly thought of a question: "Do you send sacrifices every seven days?" ”

Zhang Tiezhu said: "No, it's the seventh day of every month. ”

Yin Wanmeng heard this: "But why did you send it every seven days some time ago? ”

Zhang Tiezhu explained, "Because God is angry, we need to appease God's wrath. ”

The falcon asked, "Then how do you know that God is angry?" ”

Zhang Tiezhu smiled bitterly: "I know that you are not gods, no, it should be said, I know that God may not be a god, God left a lot of books, I have read many, many books, I have questioned God, the more I find that the people who have been used as sacrifices have questioned God." ”

In other words, the people who were used as sacrifices were all Mori kickers who had questioned God?

So, the leader should be the so-called apostle of God? And God is only doing this to eradicate those who don't believe in Him? In this way, this so-called God does not represent justice.

Yin Wanmeng looked at the dense forest and said: "If what he said is true, then in the entire tribe, there are at least some people who can be proficient in using high-level magic arts, you also saw Zhang Tiezhu ignite the fire with his bare hands before, if there is a forest kicker who is more skilled in using magic than him, once the three of us are revealed, it will be completely finished." ”

Wei Chiran immediately said: "Wait, can the magic deal with ordinary people?" Isn't it supposed to deal with demons and monsters? Moreover, if the people here know how to do magic, then wouldn't it be easy to deal with wood plague? ”

The falcon reminded Wei Chiran: "Thousands of years ago, the coffin opener and the iron-clad door who are good at magic also dealt with the wood plague, but the result was a complete failure, and you can only use the most primitive methods, have you forgotten?" ”

Wei Chi nodded and said, "Yes, I forgot, so what should I do?" ”

The falcon looked at Zhang Tiezhu and said, "It's better to go to see their leader, you are responsible for covering me, of course you have to watch him." ”

Yin Wanmeng couldn't ask for this proposal, because she still had a task to protect Wei Chiran's thoughtfulness, and Hou Wan didn't allow Wei Chiran to take risks casually, although Yin Wanmeng didn't know why.

Wei Chiran said, "I'm going too." ”

Yin Wanmeng was surprised: "You can't go." ”

Saker laughed, "Yes, you must not go, you are still a fledgling." ”

Wei Chiran insisted: "No, I have to go, there is no reason, and I am not going to be prepared to convince you both. ”

The falcon smiled and left first, Yin Wanmeng also knew that Wei Chiran was stubborn, so he had to catch up with the two, but Zhang Tiezhu stood in place and frowned at the three people who left, hesitated for a long time, and slowly followed.

After coming to the foot of the mountain, Zhang Tiezhu told the three of them that after entering the woods, they should not rush forward, they need to look for leaves in the woods, and only if each person finds a special leaf and sticks it on his forehead, so that he can enter the tribe, otherwise, he will only circle in the woods.

Wei Chiran looked at the woods in front of him: "It's all leaves, what are the special leaves you are talking about?" ”

Zhang Tiezhu said: "The leaves with spells written on them need to be found by themselves, even in our tribe, not everyone can find them, so people who can't find that kind of leaves can't leave here, and once they leave, they can't go back." ”

The falcon suddenly said, "A leaf covers its eyes." ”

Wei Chiran asked, "What?" ”

Yin Wanmeng said on the side: "A kind of magic of the corpse painter, in modern terms, belongs to natural hypnosis. ”

Wei was puzzled: "What natural hypnosis?" ”

Yin Wanmeng said: "It is to use the power of nature to hypnotize people, only specific people can solve it, and these are necessary knowledge when we learned different sects and sects in the past." ”

The falcon laughed, "Sure enough, it's a fledgling." ”

The three of them immediately began to aimlessly search for the kind of leaf with a spell written on it that Zhang Tiezhu said, but what they didn't expect was that the first of the three to find the leaf was Wei Chiran.

When Wei Chiran stood under a tree, his eyes lit up: "Hey, you see, all the leaves on this tree seem to have spells written on them. ”

Hearing this, the falcon and Yin Wanmeng immediately leaned over and looked up, but the strange thing was that Yin Wanmeng didn't see anything, and although the falcon saw it, the number was not as many as Wei Chiran.

Just after Wei Chi climbed up the tree to pick the leaves, and returned to the ground, although he and the Saker could see the charms on the leaves, in Yin Wanmeng's eyes, they were just ordinary leaves.

Seeing this, Zhang Tiezhu said: "You two are the same as me. ”