Chapter 3: The Dance of the Dance: XIV. The Dance of the Archmage
Archmage Aya stood in the middle of the audience and began to dance to the sound of everyone's singing. I saw her sometimes stretching, sometimes dancing feverishly. Sometimes she is as independent as a willow in the wind, sometimes graceful, as if dancing alone in a still world. Archmage Aya's dance is so elegant, so calm, without the slightest trace of artificiality and carving, without the slightest smell of fireworks in the world. The dance has the rhythm of the mountain breeze sweeping through the golden wheat fields, the charm of the river flowing on the rocks, and the melody of the clouds fluttering in the sky. At this moment, Archmage Aya is a spirit between heaven and earth, and her every movement, every demeanor, and every beat affects everyone's heartbeat. I feel that at this time, in this space, this dance of Archmage Aya does not belong to all the audience present, not even to this world, this dance only belongs to this dancing Archmage Aya herself.
Archmage Aya's dance is a melody of its own, like the whisper of an affectionate person, or the whisper of a lover in the middle of the night. Everyone was caught by this melody, and quietly listened to this melody like a thread in the firelight, lingering in their hearts. This melody is sometimes melodious, sometimes looming, drawing everyone's thoughts to a distant and close place, opposite to a distant and close person. Archmage Aya's dance finally faded away after a long melody and faded away, as if leaving room for one's imagination, or a dreamy memory.
As soon as Archmage Aya danced, everyone let out a loud shout.
Bakken, who was next to me, was very excited, and said that the archmage is the archmage, and he can dance like this, which makes people feel as if the heavens and the earth are gone.
I said that the dance of the archmage deserves such praise as Bakken.
After Archmage Aya danced a song, a group of sturdy men came out. The men were all wearing masks, and their bare tops were draped only with some decorative stuff. As soon as they appeared, they brought out an impassioned momentum. Their dance is strong and powerful, more like a martial dance. After that, a group of women came down, and these women were heroic and cool, and their dancing was also more martial arts.
The old gray sitting on the other side of me said that this dance made people's blood boil, and it was more like a group martial arts. I said that this was a dance that was danced before the expedition to motivate people to fight bravely and kill the enemy. A sister in the distance leaned in and asked me how I knew. When I say that I understand dance, I understand it, and no one can tell how I understand it. Ruoyu next to Ah Mei interjected and said that this guy always surprises people when they are inadvertent.
At this moment, the leader of the tribe came with two girls. Bakken poked me in the hand and told me that the leader of the tribe had come over to toast everyone. Seeing this, all the members of the inspection team stood up one after another.
As soon as I stood up, the leader of the tribe was already standing in front of me. The leader of the tribe smiled and said, "Most honorable guest, welcome to you!" ”
The leader of the tribe said, beckoning, and two girls behind him stepped forward. A girl held a tray with six silver bowls in it. Another girl held a jug of wine in her hand and filled six bowls.
Bakken, who was beside me, had a strange look on his face when he saw the bowls. He whispered to me that the bowls had been handed down by the ancestors of their tribe to welcome the most distinguished guests, and that he had never seen them used since he was a child. Bakken's words made my heart groom.
After the leader of the tribe had drunk the three bowls of wine in front of him, the girl held the tray in front of me, and I drank it in turn. The other girl then filled three more bowls and placed the jug on the floor. The girl holding the tray sang a toast, and the other girl danced. After dancing for a while, the girl took a bowl of wine from the tray, landed on one knee, raised the bowl with both hands over the top, and brought it to me.
The girls toasted, and the people of the investigation team surrounded them. I had no choice but to take the bowl from the girl's hand and dry it in one gulp. The two girls changed places, and the girl who held the tray before did the same as the girl who toasted before, after a different dance, also picked up a bowl of wine from the tray, landed on one knee, and raised the bowl with both hands over the top, and brought it to me. I had to drink it too. The two girls handed the tray to Bakken next to me, sang together again, and then danced in a chorus. After that, the two girls, one hand and one hand, held a wine bowl and raised it to my lips. I reached for it, but the two girls pulled back slightly, and then brought the bowl to my lips. I accidentally saw that Ah Mei didn't know when she stood by my side, and I hesitated.
At this time, the two girls sang in a different key, and they kept repeating it, and the speed became faster and louder. I could hear them singing:
The hands of the beautiful women are sore,
The eyes of the beautiful women are sour.
You have to drink it if you can drink it or not,
Drink like a man!
I drank the wine from the bowl in the hands of the two girls. Seeing that the girl was about to pour wine into the bowl, I couldn't help but sing as well.
No matter how high the mountain is, there is water around it,
No matter how beautiful a girl is, she has to be accompanied by a young man.
The strong lad fell,
Beautiful girls are going to be lonely......
As soon as I sang, the two girls finally stopped pouring the wine, covered their mouths and laughed secretly.
The leader of the tribe changed a set of drinking utensils, toasted a bowl of wine to the members of the expedition team, and then went back with the two girls.
After the leader of the tribe left, Uncle Guge came to toast me again.
After Uncle Guge left, Bakken couldn't help but say, "You can sing our songs, you can know our kung fu." The leader of the tribe and the oldest old man of the tribe have come to toast you, who are you? ”
I patted Bakken on the shoulder, "You can go back and ask your father!" ”
Ah Mei, who was left by my side, couldn't help but be curious, "It's surprising again and again, how many things I don't know about you?" ”
I reached out and put my arm around Ah Mei's shoulder, leaned into her ear and whispered, "Baby, I have more accidents waiting for you!" ”
Ah Mei glanced at me with slanted eyes, smiled slightly, and did not speak.
When my sister smiled, my heart pounded.
As they spoke, the women began to sing again.
The women's singing enlivened the atmosphere at once. Some of the men began to dance. Bakken said he went to warm up first, and then stood up and joined in the dance.