Section 35 Totem
The darkness of the night cannot stop people's yearning for light.
Tents were set up one by one, with blazing bonfires, steaming iron pots and clay pots, and most of the large pieces of animal meat in them had been boiled and separated.
Long Legs sat on a rock next to the campfire, looking at the heartfelt smiles on the faces of the tribesmen, feeling that he had lived up to everyone's trust and was now finally safe.
The Jackal tribe had failed to escape, and some of them had managed to escape back to their tribe and bring back the news of what had happened here.
But Long Legs is not worried at all that they will come back to retaliate, not to mention the strength shown by the Fire Tribe, that is, the geographical location they are in, it is a huge difficulty, and there is a Tiger Tribe among them.
Although in the last battle, the Tiger Tribe was attacked and failed, and their strength was somewhat damaged and temporarily dormant, but their core combat power did not lose much.
Moreover, most of the previous subordinate tribes of the Tiger Tribe are still willing to continue to follow them, and with the blood transfusion of the affiliated tribes, they will soon regain their strength and regain control of their sphere of influence.
In the face of the Tiger Tribe that has regained strength, the Black Wolf Tribe will not and does not dare to cross the territory of the Tiger Tribe again to come here to expedition against the Fire Tribe.
And even if they were able to go on an expedition, the Black Wolf Tribe would not necessarily win. I haven't investigated this side, I don't even understand the language, and no one can tell what the situation of the fire tribe is.
It is possible that the Fire Tribe is the same people who fought in the first place, or it may be just a small force of theirs. What if the Outer Fire Tribe is also a large tribe, after all, their tribal warriors are too strong.
Therefore, after the wolf tribe got the news, the final result of the negotiation is very likely to be settled on this matter.
Thinking that there will be a belonging ceremony tomorrow and officially become a subordinate tribe of the Fire Tribe, Long Legs is also full of expectations for this.
He wanted to know how powerful the Fire Tribe really was, and how many warriors there were like that. Everything will be revealed tomorrow.
Looking back at Su Ming and them, they are also having a headache for tomorrow's ceremony, because in the ceremony, one thing must be used, and that is the totem of the tribe.
In the final totem sacrifice, when the difference between master and slave is decided, the tribal totems of both sides need to appear. No one can complete this ritual without it, and this is indispensable.
The totems of other tribes are concrete things that can be moved at any time, and they are also very convenient. For example, the totem of the deer tribe is a deer antler, and the totem of the water tribe is a simple wood carving like a wooden row, and the ...... of the rock tribe
This is a long time ago, when the tribe was not strong and life was unstable, in order to be able to transfer with the migration of the tribe, movable items were chosen as totems. This tradition has survived to the present day and is still practiced among the major tribes.
The fire tribe that has suffered a sudden disaster, after losing the original totem, the particularity of the new totem. No, they had to draw a totem themselves, and now they are still on the stone wall in the sacrificial stone chamber.
Since it has been settled, it has not been inconvenient during the sacrifice, and it has been used to this day. I didn't think there were any different physical totems before, but what about tomorrow's ritual?
How about creating a new totem? Before the words could be spoken, Su Ming himself laughed.
Tomorrow's ceremony will be held in the stone chamber, but how will it be announced to heaven and earth?
No way.
"If you want me to say, we might as well just mine the whole piece of the stone wall with the totem painted on it, wouldn't it be possible to move it? And we have such a technology that can guarantee that the totem will not be damaged. Mon Ear, who had been in charge of mining stones, suddenly made a suggestion.
"That's right, that's a good idea, Mon-ear, quickly gather the best people and mine them, and it must be done before tomorrow's ceremony. This matter is directly watched by you, and anyone can be mobilized if you want someone to give you someone. "Priest Hui, Lie, and Su Ming unanimously agreed to One's proposal.
Soon, all kinds of sounds sounded in the originally quiet sacrificial stone room, the clanging sound of black iron knocking, the shouts of the clansmen, and the dull sound of stones falling on the ground.
The sky has just dawned, and the tail of the night has always been strong.
On the branches and leaves of the tender green grass on both sides of the mountain path, the crystal clear dew drops are like pure crystals.
In the air, there is still the smell of night - cold.
At the entrance of the cave, there is a huge square stone tablet, on which is painted a cluster of raging black flames, it is so vivid, at first glance, I think it is really a cluster of flames burning there.
This is the totem of the Fire Tribe.
When mining, the tribesmen soon discovered that the closer to the totem, the harder and tougher the rock, less likely to break, and they could be safely and boldly mined.
In order to verify this discovery, he personally participated in the whole process of mining on one side of the totem, and the facts proved to be true.
After discovering and verifying such a strange thing, the mining of the single ear was no longer as careful as at the beginning, but carried out as simple and rough as the usual stone mining, and then the progress of the work became very fast.
Only in the second half of the night, they completely mined the totem, and there was still plenty of remaining time to carefully polish the quarried stone and carve it into the appearance of the current stone stele.
In order to transport the mined totems, Single Ear had to wake up the sleeping Su Ming and Lie, the strongest group of people in the tribe, and now they were needed to transport the huge and heavy totems. And when the priest Hui heard the news, he also came uninvited.
And Hui carefully inspected the stele three times before allowing Su Ming and them to start transporting.
The thick rope tied the totem stone tablet round and round, for fear of accidents during transportation.
Slowly pushing the stele, it began to move slowly with the help of the huge log bar, sloping along the mountain path, and the taut rope strained deep into the strong muscles of the leader.
Take a step down, and you'll be gone, put the huge, sturdy log in front of you, and when it's ready, move a step down.
In this way, the steep mountain road is repeated, and the stone monument is slowly and smoothly moved to the foot of the mountain. Even with the strength of the people of the Fire Tribe, two groups of people must be organized to alternate to complete the entire transportation plan.
Su Ming and the others, as the second group of transporters, are now following behind the first group of Lie to help carry the auxiliary materials. When they are tired, they will take over and continue to carry the stele forward.
After they handed over to each other three times, and after more than four hours of difficult transportation, Su Ming and the others finally transported the stele smoothly to the foot of the mountain, and the most difficult section of the road was finally completed.
It was almost ten o'clock now, and there were still almost two hours before the time of the ceremony at twelve o'clock at noon, although there was still a distance of more than ten kilometers, but it was already too late.
Su Ming, Lie, One Ear and Hui also breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts. It turned out that when they were talking to the Deer Tribe about their ceremony of becoming the Fire Tribe, Su Ming and the others confidently agreed to hold it today.
But when Long Legs carefully described the flow of the ritual, especially the intersection of the totems of the two sides at the end, they were immediately dumbfounded.
Nima, our totem is painted on stone. But you have already made a promise, then you have to complete it, otherwise you will miss the appointment for such an important thing on the first day, so what do you make the deer tribe as a subsidiary tribe think.
As long as the three views are not crooked, there are always more ways than difficulties.
So there was a fire tribe, picking totems all night, and transporting them at dawn.