XII. Humiliation
Early the next morning, Chiman left the tribe with more than thirty people, and he received the shocking news from the witch that Chi Rong might still be alive!
Legend has it that the shrine maiden is not from the tribe, and once went to the endless river to fish, only to find the shrine maiden floating on the wooden plank.
It is also said that the shrine maiden can predict bad luck and communicate with the goddess of the earth in the underworld.
In fact, the shrine maiden does have the ability to predict bad luck, but not because she can communicate with the gods, but because it is a magical power, and her most powerful spell is not an attack, but an ability similar to prophecy.
Ji Yun didn't know anything about this, he was practicing the Eight Postures of Sitting and Lying all the time, but it was much more difficult than before, because he was practicing on a branch!
The goddess taught Ji Yun the first essence of assassination, and the essence of the first essence is balance.
Equilibrium stands for balance, uniformity, without the slightest hole.
This is, of course, a very difficult state to achieve, and it can even be said to be the highest level of assassination.
If you want to reach that state in a month, this is no less than letting a person who has never written calligraphy reach the level of Wang Xizhi in a month!
But is that possible? So the hierarchy is reduced to balance.
Balance ability, Ji Yun first thought of birds, birds can jump around on the branches, but never fall off the branches, they are definitely masters of balance, so he decided to practice balance on the tree.
He climbed a twenty-meter-tall green jade tree, the branches of which were particularly hard and the leaves were particularly scarce, making it ideal for practicing on it.
But before half of the practice of the eight sitting and lying poses, Ji Yun stopped in surprise.
He found that his balance was very strong! So good that he himself was taken aback!
He felt as if there was a virtual balance lever in his body, and as long as there was a slight imbalance, his body could quickly detect it, but because he was overreacting, he was unsteady on the branch.
Ji Yun adjusted his psychology slightly, and began to ponder the indescribable balance, after trying a few times, he no longer had violent shaking.
"Be calm, don't think about those cluttered things, your balance is extremely strong, the only thing you lack is experience." The goddess said.
Ji Yun nodded, and continued to practice the eight postures of sitting and lying on the branches, after a while, he seemed to have forgotten where he was now, all the movements became more and more peaceful and natural, and the sitting and lying were smooth and smooth, and there seemed to be no gap in the transition.
From early morning to noon, Ji Yun had never come down from the tree, he was completely immersed in the realm of the unity of heaven and man, at this time, a warm feeling surged from his lower abdomen, then slowly flowed to his limbs, and finally returned to the dantian.
He woke up in a trance, looked at the purple sun hanging high in the sky, and then knew that it was noon.
"I've found a balance!" He shouted excitedly.
"You've only touched the edge of equilibrium now, and you still have a long way to go." The goddess commented on the sidelines.
In Ji Yun's eyes, the goddess's expression when she spoke was exactly the same as Qingluan's, but because of that face, he didn't dare to make any illusions, he wanted to go over and hug each other, but he was startled by his evil thoughts!
The goddess of the earth is not to be blasphemed!
Even if the person in front of her is not her old man, it is a sin to think about it.
Ji Yun hurriedly stopped his cranky thoughts, he jumped down from the big tree and ran towards the tribe in the distance.
Noon is the time when many people get up to start their day's work, and at this time, each clan member can receive a piece of food, which is the only time of the day when the clan distributes food.
However, the distribution of food is graded, except for the chieftain and elders, the others divide the food distribution according to the size of the contribution, the adult men who contribute more food, the women who weave nets to collect melons and fruits get medium food, and children can also get medium food, only the elderly and those who cannot contribute after physical disability can only get the least food.
However, even if you are an adult who has made a big contribution, you can only get a palm-sized fish or beast meat and three green glow fruits.
Originally, Ji Yun's life was not hard, and even because of Ji Shui's prestige in the tribe, they could get more food than ordinary people, but since Ji Shui's right leg was scrapped, their life was in trouble.
Especially during the initial period when Ji Shui was recuperating, their family lost the largest source of food, and everyone had to set aside a portion to supplement Ji Shui's nutrition.
Fortunately, Qingluan taught Ji Yun the Eight Postures of Sitting and Lying, and after practicing for a month, he would not be too hungry if he only ate one green glow fruit a day, but was energetic, and he left the food he saved to his father, looking at his energetic appearance, his family also believed his white lies.
Ji Yun came to the food distribution place where he received food, and most of the clansmen came here at this moment, including Ji Yun's family.
There were hundreds of people in the entire riverside tribe, but the tribe didn't know how to count, and they didn't know how to do it, so no one knew the exact number or how to express it.
However, the elders have other ways to calculate, in the distribution of food, a stake is nailed every two steps, and a family waits around their own stake to divide the food, so that they can intuitively understand the number of people in the tribe.
Suddenly, there was a commotion in the crowd, and Ji Yun saw that it was next to the wooden stake in his house.
"Why do you need medium food as a waste?" A rough voice rang out in the crowd.
Ji Yun knew him, he was the leader's own brother, called Chi Meng, who was the main person in charge of distributing the food, and he pointed at Ji Shui, his eyes full of contempt.
The people around looked at Ji Shui, no one in the entire tribe didn't know him, he was the most powerful hunter except for the leader, but he didn't expect to fall to this point now.
"I deserve it, I have my own hands, I go every day to pick fruit for the tribe, to weave fishing nets, to collect birds' eggs, and for that I get medium food."
Ji Shui's voice was calm, and there was no anger of humiliation on his face, and Ji Yun's mother looked at Chi Meng with a calm expression, and did not take a villain like him in her eyes.
Chi Meng laughed and said, "Listen, everyone, the second most powerful hunter in our tribe is still not a man anymore who is weaving a net behind a woman to collect fruits?"
A few of the people who followed him burst out laughing, but among the hundreds, the laughter was extremely sparse, and not many people matched their obvious mockery.
"I have paid, naturally I need to be reciprocated, if you want to say what a man is, it is a real man who can contribute to the tribe, those who are idle all day long and have nothing to do with the tribe can only be called moths!" Ji Shui said indifferently.
"Well said!" Many people in the tribe shouted loudly.
Chi Meng's face changed, and he scolded: "Dead lame, you are looking for death!"
Suddenly, there was a commotion on the periphery.
"What are you guys doing, why don't you hurry up and distribute food?" A tall, tall figure appeared in the feeding ground, and he reprimanded loudly.
The man was about forty years old, but his hair was already a little gray, and he was tall and looked very imposing.
In the entire tribe, the only ones who can not be afraid of the fierce relationship are the members of the Presbyterian Council.
He was one of the six elders of the Council of Elders, and the six elders usually didn't see such a fox and a fake tiger like Chi Meng, and it made him feel a lot more comfortable to be able to reprimand them a few words.