Chapter 190: Slaying the Snake, or Slaying the Dragon!?
The resting place arranged by the badger chief for Mu Tang and the two is a small cave, in which the beds, chairs, tables and other furniture are all directly excavated, and the daily utensils are also stone tools or wood, which has a special meaning.
When the badger and Jiang left, Mu Tang flew and rolled onto the stone bed covered with thick animal skins, only to feel warm and soft, and he only hummed when he was comfortable.
Mu Tang was so tired that he loosened the "spiritual seal" twice and burned his life force, not to mention the loss of essence, qi, and spirit, and even hurt the foundation of this physical body.
It is also a loss that his body has been optimized and transformed by the "Holy Realm Stem Cells", and his self-healing power is extremely strong, otherwise there will be endless troubles.
Mu Tang was about to fall asleep in a daze, when he suddenly felt someone pushing him, opened his eyes and saw Tong Xiangyu looking at him with a sad face, * sounded, turned over on his side, patted her hand, and said comfortingly: "Relax, it's okay, I'm here." β
Tong Xiangyu said: "Charcoal, didn't you say before that dogs eat?" I just looked at those dogs...... Vomit! According to you, aren't the 'wild men' really capable of eating people? β
Mu Tang smiled "sneering", amused her, and said with a wicked smile: "I can also eat people, and I don't spit out bones when I eat people, especially I like to eat juicy minors like you...... A girl who has just come of age, believe it or not? β
Tong Xiangyu patted him: "Go!" Brother is serious with you, and you are still gagging with your brother, and my brother is worried about death. β
Yes, our feelings are all in vain! Mu Tang tilted his nose, "Who gaged with you?" I mean, really. If you don't believe me, I'll eat it for you, ahhhhh β
Tong Xiangyu looked at Mu Tang's grinning appearance and said in disgust: "Disgusting! You can eat people, and my brother will suck blood. Let me tell you a secret, my brother is the legendary 'vampire', if you dare to eat my brother, my brother will suck you to death! Hiss! β
Suck me dry? Uh, I'm thinking crookedly...... Mu Tang suddenly laughed, "My teeth are whiter than yours." β
Tong Xiangyu patted Mu Tang angrily again, "I won't tell you!" Not serious, huh! However, after frolicking like this with Mu Tang for a while, the fear and worry in her heart dissipated a lot.
Mu Tang closed his eyes and said, "Don't talk, I'm almost tired, let me sleep first, and I'll talk about it when I wake up...... Why don't you warm my bed? β
Tong Xiangyu lifted the animal skin blanket and wrapped Mu Tang, "Warm your head, warm!" In a blink of an eye, he found that Mu Tang was already asleep, and muttered, "It's really a pig, just sleep when you say it."
There is no door in the grotto here, looking at the open hole, Tong Xiangyu really has no sense of security at all, not to mention that she is not sleepy, even if she is sleepy, she can't sleep. Her heart is big, but she is not without joy or sorrow, and her heart can't be calmed down at all from a previous thrilling experience.
Mu Tang fell asleep, Tong Xiangyu had nothing to do, and pastimes such as game consoles fell on the spaceship again, she was so angry, she could only lean on the edge of the stone bed, sullen.
Mu Tang fell asleep so quickly, not because he was tired, but because he ran "Dragon Breath Gong". Originally, the Holy Rank Exercises, which had the magical power of "Cultivating Ten Thousand Laws in the Body", also had the effect of helping sleep at this moment.
Of course, Mu Tang's "sleep" at the moment is not an ordinary sleep, but a more level-level, high-end quiet state than "meditation", forgetting self, forgetting him, forgetting nature, forgetting life and death, infinitely approaching the state of "unity of heaven and man" and "surrendering my heart".
The spirit and the body are perfectly blended at this moment, and they are like a "Tai Chi Yin and Yang Fish" that rotates extremely fast, unable to distinguish between black and white. Recuperating in this state, a minute can be used as an hour!
I don't know how long it took, suddenly, Mu Tang's mood was broken, as if a drop of water dropped into the silent lake, causing a circle of ripples, he opened his eyes and sat up directly.
At this moment, Mu Tang only felt full of energy and infinite vitality!
At the same time that Mu Tang sat up, a "wilderness man" came to the entrance of the grotto, and said in a fairly standard Kyushu dialect: "Distinguished guests, the dinner has been prepared, and the high priest and Uncle Badger have asked me to invite two distinguished guests to the banquet." β
Mu Tang responded, "Wait a minute", looked at the time, it was already more than seven o'clock in the evening, and he had slept for almost an hour. Mu Tang rubbed his face, woke up Tong Xiangyu, who was sleeping on the side of the bed, and said, "Get up, eat!" β
"Huh? Dine? Tong Xiangyu woke up in a daze, and there was a string of dry watermarks on the corner of her mouth.
Mu Tang held her three circles of left and right and kneaded her, and completely woke her up. Of course, after Tong Xiangyu came to her senses, she inevitably complained.
Then, the two of them followed the young "wilderness man" along the road to the banquet. On the way, Mu Tang chatted with the young man, and after some words forever, a lot of information came out.
This young "wilderness man" named Jackal was a close retinue of the chief badger, and had followed him to "Pengzhen" more than once. He has a strong learning ability and is the best in the entire tribe to speak the "Kyushu dialect".
Mu Tang guessed that the badger sent him with the intention of making him a guide and a translator for himself, so as not to conflict with other "wilderness people" because of language barriers and customs.
Mu Tang said from the mouth of the jackal that there were only more than 2,000 people in this "python tooth tribe". With this population, it is already one of the largest "wilderness tribes" in a large area.
The other "one" is a "wilderness tribe" named "Bear's Horn"!
This dinner was not specially held for Mu Tang and them, nor was it to celebrate the hunting of the "Silver Tiger King" by Ya - these were all coincidences, and the main reason was to entertain the envoys sent by the "Bearhorn Tribe".
According to the jackal, it was the son of the chief of the "Bearhorn Tribe" who wanted to marry the daughter of the high priest of the "Python Tooth Tribe", that is, the Tooth. Generally speaking, people come to the door to propose relatives!
The jackal suddenly said: "By the way, I remembered Uncle Badger's reminder, he said, the 'Bear Horn Tribe' and the 'City' often have transactions, and the two of them can return to the 'City' through them, if you have this plan, Uncle Badger can help you talk to the people of the 'Bear Horn Tribe', they will not refuse." β
Mu Tang asked, "How is your relationship with that 'Bear's Horn Tribe'?" β
The jackal said: "Relationship? In the past, the relationship was very poor, and I often fought back and forth for hunting grounds and food. But since the High Priest came out, they no longer dared to compete with us for the hunting grounds. So the relationship is much better now. β
Mu Tang is actually exploring the strength of the "Bear's Horn Tribe"! Now listening to the jackal's description, the strength of the other party should not be as good as the "Python Tooth Tribe", in other words, there is no "creation period" in the "Bear Horn Tribe", otherwise the relationship between the two tribes will not be so contrasting.
This made Mu Tang breathe a sigh of relief.
Frankly speaking, if a "creation demigod" pops up again, Mu Tang really doesn't know what to say.
Maybe there is a "creation demigod" here, Mu Tang feels that this place is a bit evil - there must be demons when things are abnormal! It is really impossible for a tribe with a population of more than 2,000 people to give birth to and raise a "creation demigod".
In this way, it is equivalent to a small village in the mountains, only with its own strength and resources, it will research and produce the same, isn't this!?
While talking, Mu Tang and the two walked out of the Yongdong under the leadership of the jackal.
At this time, Tong Xiangyu couldn't help but look at the five dogs who were trapped in the fence not far away, and then asked the jackal, are those five dogs really human? The jackal's answer was yes, and in a hateful tone.
When Tong Xiangyu heard this, she only felt that they were too pitiful, they were originally good people, but now they have become dogs.
Mu Tang guessed that the five "dogs" might not just deceive the "Python Tooth Tribe", or try to snatch some "Sun God Stone". If this is the case, with the savage temper of the "wilderness people", they will be slaughtered directly to vent their anger, so why turn them into dogs and feed them to Xiang, and do everything in their power to humiliate them!
Speculation is speculation, Mu Tang doesn't have the idea of in-depth exploration, and he doesn't have the slightest idea of "saving the suffering and saving the suffering".
The two continued to follow the jackal through the square, from the central avenue straight into the cave. The further you go in, the smaller the cave becomes, and there are more and more decorative decorations to see, don't look at the objects that are all monster bones, but they look very solemn and solemn.
Soon, the three of them came to the depths of the cave, a place similar to an ancestral hall and a temple. The jackal introduced to Mu Tang and the two that this is the sacrificial temple of the "Python Tooth Tribe", the residence of the high priest, and the place where the "head god" is worshipped.
As for what the "head god" was, the jackal didn't introduce much, and Mu Tang didn't ask much. There are countless totems and fetishistic beliefs like this, and there is nothing strange about it.
The three did not enter the "Head God Sacrifice Temple", but turned left in front of the temple and entered a grotto with obvious traces of artificial excavation.
At this time, there are already drums and rumbling sounds.
On this circular field with a diameter of about 50 meters, a large group of people gathered this time.
In the middle of the field, a huge bonfire was piled up like a mountain, and the fire was blazing, illuminating the entire grottoβbut I didn't know what special structure this grotto had, and there was such a large bonfire burning, and it was not stuffy at all.
A group of men and women wearing snake-like skull masks gathered around, shaking their heads and waving their arms, twisting their waists and kicking their legs, shouting and jumping in circles to the accompaniment of drums and the sound of gold and iron, as if they had fallen into an evil spirit.
A little further out, another group of people sits, centered on the position of the high priest, fanning out to the left and right. Except for the high priest, who sat on a large stone chair, everyone else sat on the ground.
In front of everyone, there was a stone table, which was filled with all kinds of fruits, meats, and drinks, which were quite sumptuous.
Such a primitive, wild and lively scene shocked Tong Xiangyu, who had never seen it before. It was Mu Tang who pulled her, and then followed the jackal and sat down in an empty seat under his guidance.
The arrival of Mu Tang and others, some people noticed it, some people didn't notice it, and some people didn't notice it.
The jackal also sat down beside Mu Tang and said, "Our tribe attaches more importance to ...... Well, 'etiquette'! Especially a grand banquet like this. Before the feast, the worship and reverence for the 'head god' should be expressed in the form of 'fighting dance'. This time, it's the tooth and ginger who are 'fighting the dance'. β
He didn't say that he wanted to, as soon as he said it, Mu Tang found two familiar figures in the "male and female phalanx", the one with big shoulders and a round waist was obviously Jiang, and the other with a snake-like posture was the teeth.
Tong Xiangyu finally couldn't help but ask, "May I ask...... what kind of god is the 'head god'?" β
Mu Tang smiled and said to the jackal: "She's just curious, she doesn't mean to offend, please don't mind." β
The jackal said: "It doesn't matter, after all, our customs and culture are completely different, and it is of course that you will be strange." Uncle Badger asked me to accompany you just to prevent you from violating the taboos of my clan because you don't understand. β
Tong Xiangyu knew that she had asked something she shouldn't have asked, so she stuck out her tongue in embarrassment.
The jackal opened his mouth to explain: "In the legend of our clan, the ancestors of our clan migrated and fled from their hometown in order to avoid the 'black demon', passing by here, they met a golden snake and wanted to devour their ancestors. Since then, our ancestors have settled in this mountain. When you came in, you saw the cliff outside, right? The ancestral cliff was cut by the sword of the gods. And the part that disappeared was the head of the golden serpent. Because the serpent lost its head, our ancestors worshipped the head of the serpent as a god, which is the 'head god' we believe in. Therefore, we do not eat the heads of any animals, so you must remember not to make a mistake. β
"......" Tong Xiangyu became more and more confused the more he listened, didn't the golden snake want to eat your ancestors, and you actually worshiped its head? Aren't you scared out of your mind? It stands to reason that if you want to worship the "god" who saved your ancestors, you should also worship the "god" who saved your ancestors, right? Although she was curious, this time she didn't ask any more questions.
Tong Xiangyu looked at Mu Tang, but saw Mu Tang's strange expression, quietly poked him, and asked, "What do you want?" β
Mu Tang said: "What can you think?" I'm appreciating the dance. β
In fact, he muttered in his heart, "Grandma bear, this shouldn't be the location of the 'Bachu Dragon Vein' that I slaughtered back then, right?" β
At least, the "Golden Snake", the "Golden Robe Celestial", and the "Black Excalibur" are all on the right track......