This is Shao Xuan's first time on the mountain.

The higher the status of the people in the tribe, the higher the place where they lived.

As he got closer and closer to the top of the mountain, Shao Xuan felt that the children beside him, as well as Ge and a few other soldiers who were leading the way in front, had long since lost the casualness they had when they were at the bottom of the mountain, and had become a lot more restrained.

When Shao Xuan and the others arrived, there were already many people gathered around the fire pond, and the places where the people in the area near the foot of the mountain were standing far away from the fire pond, and according to the distribution of their residences, the higher they lived in the mountains, the closer they were standing to the fire pond.

Fortunately, although it is far away, the terrain is too high, and you can barely see the situation by the fire pond when you stand up.

What is the total number of people in the tribe?

I didn't know before, but now, Shao Xuan probably has an estimate in his heart.

All members of the tribe must attend today's ceremony, whether you are sick in bed or have leg problems. Shao Xuan roughly estimated that the number should not be less than a thousand, and it should be around one thousand and five.

More than a thousand people are not much in Shao Xuan's opinion, but after coming to this tribe, Shao Xuan saw so many people for the first time, and it was still very lively.

There was a clearing at the top of the hill with a circular depression in the center, and in the middle of the depression was a flame swaying in the wind.

Hearth.

This was the first time Shao Xuan had seen the fire pond of this tribe. It's very different from what you imagined.

Shao Xuan once wondered why the tribe's fire pond was at the top of the mountain, which was the coldest place in the whole mountain, and besides, the tribe already had relatively mature lighters, so why did they still keep the fire pond? Everyone was always in awe when they talked about the fire pond, and their eyes looked at the top of the mountain with unshakable piety.

Listening to the people of the tribe, the fire pond is related to the rise and fall of the tribe. As for what kind of relationship method it is, Shao Xuan has never learned from others, and now, he can only use his own eyes to find the answer.

The top of the mountain is a huge area, enough to stand all the tribesmen.

The middle depression has a radius of four or five meters, but the small flame burning in the center of the depression is like an ordinary candlelight, not bright, and it feels like it will be extinguished as soon as the wind blows. Moreover, in the fire, Shao Xuan did not see any firewood or other things that could be burned, and there was no object under the flame to support the combustion.

There is a fire that lives in the fire.

Around the fire pit there is also a circle of wooden stakes, the stakes are one person high, very thick, and on each stake is placed a stone basin, in which are stacked with fresh meat, fruit, bird eggs and other things, which should be a sacrificial tribute.

There were also people standing next to the stake, listening to the surrounding discussions, Shao Xuan knew that those people were the strongest hunting ability in each hunting team, some were young people, and some were close to middle age, a total of fifty people.

Those people's faces were also painted with the same patterns as them, the difference was that the color of the patterns on those people's faces was not just a single black, but also white and red, and they were also dressed more "solemnly", and one of them wore big antlers on his head, which was much larger than the other people Shao Xuan saw along the road, and almost shrouded the whole person in the antlers.

Except for the warrior wearing the big antlers, the others were not too reckless, originally Shao Xuan thought that what he saw on the way up the mountain was exaggerated enough, but he didn't think that there was even more exaggerated here.

Suddenly, the surrounding discussion was quiet, and Shao Xuan looked over.

It was the leader and the witch who came, and where they passed, the crowd automatically moved out of the way, especially respectfully.

He also wore heavy horns on his collar, while Wu was lightly dressed, not wearing anything too exaggerated, but holding a cane, with a somewhat rickety back, and a gray animal skin cloak.

This is the second time Shao Xuan has seen Wu, and he feels that there is not much change from when he raised Caesar last year.

Behind the leader and the witch were the people who the people cared about the most in this ceremony.

Nearly eighty children, ranging in age from ten to fourteen, followed closely behind Ling and Wu, and stood by the fire pit one by one.

Shao Xuan saw the four people in the cave, including Mohr.

The children who had been in the cave were so irritable were now as quiet as good babies, with their heads combed, some bone ornaments, and sleeveless animal fur coats. Since Shao Xuan knew them, he had never seen these people so neat.

"There are so many children this year. Someone nearby whispered.

"Yes, there were thirty or forty last year, and this year there are twice as many. ”

"This is a good sign, with so much new blood joining, our tribe is stronger. ”

“......”

The people around him were discussing, and the group of children around Shao Xuan also muttered quietly, all envious, thinking about when they would be able to stand in that place by the fire pit.

After waiting for a while, the preparations for the ceremony were made and the ceremony began.

The leader is called Ao, and he is a very strong person, and he is said to be among the top three tribes in terms of strength.

Ao first said a few words, talked about last year's harvest, and then looked forward to the future to boost morale. In his previous life, Shao Xuan listened to similar words a lot, and he didn't feel anything, but some of the people next to him were as excited as if they were something, and after receiving the words, they raised their arms and roared twice, and a group of little cubs also roared so that their faces turned red.

After the collar finished speaking, the next thing is the matter of witches. The ritual is mainly based on witchcraft.

Nearly eighty children stood around the fire, closer than the warriors who had stood by the stakes before.

Wu took the cane, bent his back, fought to the edge of the firepit, spread his arms, and began to chant.

The scene suddenly changed from the excitement just now to tense, and everyone kept their mouths closed, even breathing carefully, for fear of affecting the chanting over there.

Shao Xuan didn't understand what the witch sang, it didn't seem to be the language that the tribe usually spoke, and the tone was strange.

But there's still more to come.

With the chanting of the witch, the flame in the middle of the fire pit jumped, rolled, under the absence of any combustible objects, the flame became larger and larger, spreading to the surroundings, and the flame body also soared higher and higher, until it spread to the edge of the fire pit, covering the entire sunken fire pit, and the flame body also jumped to a height of three meters, at the same time, the top of the flame, gradually showed a figure composed of flames, more and more clear, the flame formed a bottom connected together, curved in the same direction, one inside and one outside, and the flickering flames were wrapped near the double horns.

That's the tribe's two-horned totem!

Huotang Sanyan, the first Yan - Tengyan!

Tengyan, totem now!

Not only did the totem appear on the side of the fire pit, but even the totem patterns on all the warriors present also appeared.

Everyone stared in the direction of the firepit with a reverent gaze.

It was already completely dark, and two moons appeared at opposite ends of the night sky. But at this time, the top of the mountain was brightly illuminated because of the flames churning in the fire pit, and it was shrouded in a layer of red.

The chant did not stop, but grew higher and higher, and then a drum beat joined, with a certain rhythm, including the sound of bones and stones.

Some people beat animal skin drums, and the sound of the drums was high and low, but they were all different from the sounds of some drums that Shao Xuan had heard in his previous life.

Knocking bones, hitting stones, beating drums.

The warriors of men and women standing beside the stake also moved, joined in, and sang along with the witch, one after the other, at a certain distance from each other, in a circle around the fire, waving their hands and feet.

It is an old dance that has been handed down since the beginning of the tribe.

Shao Xuan remembered the words of the former classmate who studied archaeology, "Many tribes have their own ancient dances, which are also an important part of the sacrificial rituals of each tribe, which carries the unique etiquette of tribal sacrifice in the environment of that specific era, and also conveys the worship of ancestors of the people of the tribe." This kind of dance is not something that anyone can learn or dance, but must follow the ancient precepts passed down by the tribe. ”

And now, those who are dancing around the fire pit are all the elite of the tribe, and they are also recognized by the tribe as qualified to dance the old ancient dance in the sacrificial ceremony.

Although those actions seemed funny to Shao Xuan, such an honor was indeed what everyone in the tribe wanted. When he was in the cave, Shao Xuan didn't hear those little cubs fantasize that one day he would become one of the members of the old dance dance at the sacrificial ceremony.

The rhythm of the performance is indescribably strange, and the individual notes sound either harsh or dull, but the syllables taken together are perfectly suited to the here and now, and make people feel that this is how they should be, and that this is the rhythm of this rhythm in this time and place.

However, compared to the old ancient dance and special rhythm, Shao Xuan cares more about the children standing by the fire.

As the chosen warriors danced around the fire, the flames in the firepit rose even higher, and many flames flew out of it.

Yes, fly out.

One by one, one by one, clusters of flames, flew directly out of the fire pond and floated out in the air.

The second Yan of the fire pond - Yan Fei!

None of the children closest to the fire pit avoided it, but still stood there respectfully, letting the flames fly to their bodies.

Shao Xuan stared at the children with wide eyes, and after the flames flew to the children, they did not burn them, not even their clothes burned, as if they had melted directly into their bodies.

There are more and more flames that are blended in, and the subsequent change is that some children gradually have the unique lines of totem warriors, and such lines become clearer and more perfect as they come into contact with more flames.

The boiling flames did not only touch the children who were chosen by the witches around the fire, but also spread towards the edge of the gathering place, and there were many flames floating over where Shao Xuan was sitting.

Looking at the flames that were getting closer and closer, Shao Xuan reflexively wanted to dodge, but he still forced himself to calm down, since everyone else didn't move, it shouldn't be as harmful as he thought.

Indeed, after the flame came into contact, Shao Xuan only felt a very comfortable warmth, but there was no burning feeling.

At this time, Shao Xuan was relieved, staring at the fire pond and continuing to look, ignoring more and more flames flying over. Those children by the fire pond are the luckiest people this year, and they will gain the ability from the fire of the fire pond and awaken the power of totem. I don't know if the three children who came out of the cave and half of the people in the cave can successfully awaken.

Just watching, Tu Xuan, who was standing next to Shao Xuan, called his name in a low voice and hurriedly.

"Ah...... Ah Xuan!

"What?" Shao Xuan came back to his senses and looked away from the fire, only to see that the children around him were all looking at him like ghosts.

"What's wrong?" Shao Xuan wondered. I was so engrossed in it just now that I didn't pay attention to my surroundings.

Several children next to him hurriedly retreated, still looking at Shao Xuan in horror.

Tu swallowed his saliva and said, "You...... You're hooked ......"

"What?" Shao Xuan was still a little confused, what did he say? What did I do?

"You...... Burned......"

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