Chapter 21: The Awakening Ritual of the Wolf God's Bloodline
It was a thin old man sitting beside the Golden Horde.
Unlike other leaders, wearing gold and silver, the robe on his body is shiny, he looks inconspicuous, his whole body is gray, only a jacket made of the fur of an unknown beast is put on the outside, the shabby and dirty appearance has not been washed for many years, with the wrinkled and drooping old state, as if he will die in the next moment, but no one dares to ignore and underestimate him, because this is the spiritual leader of all the Wuhuan people, the great witch who presides over the sacrifice of the clan - Wumeng.
Since everyone was born, he has been a great witch, and his actual status and influence even surpass that of the current Wuhuan co-owner, Qiu Liju, the leader of the Golden Horde.
However, the main reason that really made the leaders of the major tribes lose their speech for a short time was what the Great Wu Zhu said - the wolf god bloodline awakening ceremony.
As a powerful sorcery inherited from the Huns, this bloodline awakening ritual has incredible power, which can stimulate and strengthen the original bloodline in the recipient's body, making their strength skyrocket to a terrifying level in a short period of time.
Of course, the price to be paid is also extremely severe. Not only will it drastically reduce the life expectancy of the recipient, but even a newly adult male will only have two or three years to live at most after the strengthening ceremony. What is even more bloody and cruel is that the ritual process also consumes the lives of 9,999 living people. With the flesh and blood of their whole bodies as the essence, together with a drop of holy blood left by the wolf god, they can be trained into a ten thousand spirit blood essence that can be absorbed by the recipient, and finally achieve the purpose of fusion, stimulation and strengthening.
When the Xiongnu rose, the reason why they were able to conquer the entire grassland was that the various ethnic groups who fought had to kneel down and bow their heads, and pull up the newly established Han Dynasty to hang and beat, and it was by relying on this kind of powerful bloodline awakening ceremony that their tribal strength increased in a short time.
It's a pity that in the process of the defeat of the Xiongnu (the Han Dynasty as the main force, united with Wusun, Ding Ling, and Wuhuan to besiege together, and the Western Regions waved their flags and shouted beside them), they only got the wolf pattern mark with the lowest success rate and effect, and the remaining wolf-shaped tiger stripes and wolf-shaped dragon patterns were painted and stimulated with the division of the Xiongnu and the westward escape. Otherwise, they would not have been under the fence like now, and they would have to temporarily stay in other people's territory by belonging to the same source as the Xianbei people.
If it weren't for the low success rate of the wolf pattern ceremony, it could only be used as the last killer feature. In the spirit of fighting, as long as they grit their teeth and sacrifice the lives of enough people, maybe after success, they will be able to dominate the entire grassland.
However, the question is, with their current situation, is it really going to cost such a big price?
It was not easy to recover from this shocking content, and after several leaders were silent for a long time, they all said in trembling voices.
"Wumeng Witch Zhu, this is not the last resort, I don't think there is any need to perform this witchcraft ritual."
"Yes, it is rumored that the Han people have come in, but it is only possible. After all, winter is approaching, and according to the habits of previous years, at this time, many tribes will also go to find a place with abundant water and grass and a slightly warmer climate, so as to ensure that the lives of livestock and tribesmen will not freeze to death too much in this winter. β
"Otherwise, Wumeng Dawuzhu, let's communicate with the nearby tribes, if there are really Han people coming in, we won't be too late to escape."
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They couldn't imagine that Lord Wu Zhu, who usually doesn't make a noise at all, would be so ruthless when he spoke.
You must know that so far, the population of the entire Wuhuan tribe together is less than 300,000, which is not enough to consume a few times. Plus they have to think about themselves too. As the basis of rule, the number of people in the tribe represents the strength and authority they can have, and who would be stupid enough to waste it casually.
Therefore, the two parties who were still arguing have unified their positions and persuaded them.
Rather than worrying about the existence of the Han army, believing in the unconfirmed news and paying a great price, they prefer to be conservative.
It's just that, in the face of everyone's unanimous opposition, Wumeng, who is the Great Witch Zhu, still insists on his opinion with a solemn face.
"I know you are very reluctant, but now is the time when we are the weakest, the adult warriors in the clan are basically fighting outside, once someone takes advantage of it, we have no power to resist at all."
"Moreover, we partnered with Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun this time to invade the Han land, and the Han people will definitely retaliate against them in the coming year, if we can have more of these forces, we can also have some self-protection power."
But he also knew that he would definitely not agree to let the leaders of various tribes sacrifice their clansmen for this reason, even if he was in the status of a great witch, he couldn't suppress the backlash below.
Therefore, Umon finally proposed to use the gold and silver goods that had just been plundered from the Han land to buy a large number of slaves from other tribes that needed to be consumed for the ceremony.
Hearing this, the leaders of several tribes finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Although they were the leaders of their respective tribes, they were also afraid that they would be overthrown by the returning warriors.
People are fighting for the survival of the entire tribe outside, and you sacrifice other people's families without saying a word, and it's no wonder that these people don't fight with you with their temper.
The current situation is not bad, even if it is a little painful to pay the price, but considering the prestige of the Great Witch Zhu in the various tribes, they finally reluctantly agreed to give their belongings for exchange with other tribes.
However, the tribal leaders who left the Golden Horde did not know that the biggest reason why Umeng, who was the Great Witch Zhu, changed his usual silence and suddenly spoke was not the above two.
I don't know what's wrong.,In the past, there was still some effect.γThe divination technique that can sense the good luck and evil is completely inconclusive in this matter.γ
He couldn't see the future fate of his people at all, and even divined only for the escape, and he actually gave a different result every time.
It's as if their future has been shrouded in a pair of invisible hands, and no matter how they do or choose, they will eventually fall into the fog trap that has been set in advance.
Otherwise, Umeng would not have the idea of casting the wolf god's bloodline awakening ritual.
As a last resort that is not used until it is absolutely necessary, this extremely cruel bloody witchcraft itself is also a very expensive thing for the caster.
Even with his strength, after performing it once at this age, he will definitely not survive.
He just hoped that he could do more for the whole tribe at this last moment......
Looking at the backs of those who left with a relaxed face, Wumeng let out a long sigh.
Originally, according to his divination results, although there were small setbacks in the process of this invasion of Handi, it was able to exchange for the great development of the Wuhuan people, but I didn't expect things to turn out like this in the end.