Chapter 5: Preparing for the Revelation
For every Wiman, initiation is one of the most important things in life, because only when the Initiation succeeds can one gain true strength, be truly recognized by the ancestral spirits, and become a member of the official Wiman.
You can even be recognized by the Heavenly Dao as a true member of this world.
It's just that Fang Luoya didn't expect that the witch initiation ceremony would be such a grand event for the entire tribe.
According to the Wu story, the tribe's annual initiation ceremony is held on the sixth day of the sixth month of the sixth month of the tribe for some members of the tribe who have reached the age of 14.
But it's already August, and this year's initiation ceremony has passed for a while;
As a native of the tribe, Fang Luoya is not a native of the tribe, if he wants to be officially recognized by the tribe, then he must enlighten the witch as soon as possible, otherwise he will not be able to smoothly integrate into the entire tribe.
In the past two days, Mu Yong went out early and returned late every day, and when he came back, his face was tired, his face was getting more and more pale, and even Fang Luoya could hear Mu Yong's obviously frequent coughing sound in the middle of the night, knowing that Mu Yong must be preparing what kind of sacrifice for his Qiwu, which is why he worked so hard.
For Mu Yong, a man who didn't say much, but was a man who cared about him very much, the warmth in Fang Luoya's heart was slowly rising.
Over the years, only the old man has been so good to himself, and since the old man passed away, he has never felt such closeness and warmth.
And now, the existence of Mu Yong and Yun Ling has made him feel like a warm home again.
Fang Luoya was now a member of this family, so he would try his best to help Yun Ling do something every day, but he was a little helpless to find that in many things, he couldn't compare to Yun Ling.
Whether it's sewing animal skin clothes or handling prey
Although Yun Ling was young, he looked thin and weak, a head shorter than him, but his strength was greater than him;
A fat mountain pig's leg, Yun Ling's thin little arm held a meat chopping knife weighing at least a dozen catties, and it was easy to chop into pieces.
But Fang Luoya tried to chop a few knives, but the result was full of despair, because Yun Ling only needed one knife to cut off a piece of meat, he needed at least two or three knives.
And when he finished chopping two pieces of meat, his arm was already sore and weak, but Yun Ling chopped three or four pieces of meat in a row, all with a relaxed face.
Looking at Fang Luoya's dejected appearance, Yun Ling on the side smiled and comforted: "Big brother, wait for Wu to enlighten you, and then your strength will slowly be greater than Yun Ling."
Listening to Yun Ling's comfort, Fang Luoya had more expectations for the upcoming Qiwu.
It's just that there is a faint worry in my heart, she is so much older than Yun Ling, and Yun Ling has not yet enlightened the witch, and her strength is already greater than herself;
I'm afraid that even if he succeeds in initiating witches, he may not be able to compare with these native tribal peers, no wonder the uncle Gang who met in Tuping yesterday also shook his head when he talked about this
But looking at the comforting smile on Yun Ling's simple and lovely face, Fang Luoya could only smile and nod in response, not daring to ask about his worries.
After pondering for a while, he still asked Yun Ling about some things about Qiwu.
Regarding Fang Luoya's question, Yun Ling was still extremely patient and explained in detail some of the information she knew.
It is a ritual that everyone needs to go through when they are about fourteen years old.
After passing this witch initiation ceremony, it means becoming a real witch, and after passing this witch initiation ceremony, witches can truly obtain witch power, and under the effect of witch power, many people gradually become more powerful, and even become witch-like existences.
And witches are the guardians of each tribe, they have magical powers and knowledge, and can use all kinds of witchcraft for divination, blessings, and battles
was listening to Yun Ling's explanation, when suddenly Yun Ling stopped talking, then stood up happily and said, "Abba is back!"
Fang Luoya was stunned, and sure enough, he heard footsteps coming from a distance on the path over there.
Today, Mu Yong came back a little earlier, and he seemed to be in a pretty good mood;
After casually throwing a bloody beast leg at the foot of the wall, he looked at Yun Ling and Fang Luoya, covered his mouth and coughed twice, then grinned: "Ahem, the sacrifice is ready, I'll wait and tell Wu, let Wu make preparations for Aya's witch initiation ceremony tonight!"
"By the way, what are you talking about?" Seeing the excited appearance of the two, Mu Yong also sat down in a very good mood.
"We're talking about the Enlightenment of the Witch!" Hearing that he could enlighten the Witch by himself tonight, Fang Luoya looked at Mu Yong excitedly and said, "After Uncle Yong enlightened the Witch, what was it like, did you have any special feelings?"
Looking at Fang Luoya's excited appearance, Mu Yong smiled and said: "Qi Wu is actually to purify your bloodline by the power of the Heavenly Dao and the Ancestral Spirit, so that you can officially become a member of our Wu Clan recognized by the Heavenly Dao and the Ancestral Spirit, and at the same time strengthen your physique, so that a certain amount of magic power can be condensed in your body, so that our Wu Clan's future cultivation can get twice the result with half the effort!"
"As for the feeling, there is no special feeling, according to Wu, only when you break through the tenth-level wizard and cross the gate of mortal life, can you truly perceive the existence of witch power!"
"Oh like that!" Fang Luoya nodded as if he didn't understand.
Knowing that Wu would enlighten the eldest brother tonight, little Lori Yunling was very happy, and deliberately cooked some more soup and roasted a large piece of meat at dinner.
"Big brother, you have to eat a little more, and if you grow strong, go to Qiwu"
"Abba said you are too thin, you must eat more to grow stronger"
"Don't eat more, eat more!" Mu Yong on the side was holding a large piece of barbecue meat in his hand at this time, gnawing it in his mouth until it was shiny, listening to Yun Ling's words, and nodded again and again.
"Okay" Looking at the cute smile on Yun Ling's delicate face, Fang Luoya nodded with a smile, and then also reached out and grabbed a piece of meat and gnawed it down.
Seeing that Fang Luoya had started to eat meat in large chunks, Yun Ling laughed happily, and then took out a piece of sweet potato from the pottery bowl and put it to his mouth and ate it slowly.
"Hmm, Yun Ling, don't you eat meat?" Looking at Yun Ling's movements, Fang Luoya's hand couldn't help but ease slightly.
"Ah, I don't like to eat meat!" Yun Ling shook his head and laughed after being slightly stunned.
"Don't like to eat meat?" Fang Luoya frowned slightly, he had already roughly understood the situation of the entire tribe in the past two days;
All Ummako prefer to eat meat because it provides enough energy to cope with more high-intensity physical activity.
Most of the yams, on the other hand, are only used as a supplement to meat, and only some families who do not have enough labor in exchange for meat will use yamsa as a staple food.
But in many cases, there is no way to catch enough prey, and when there is not enough meat, many families will also use yamba as a staple food.
Could it be that Yun Ling is saving meat for himself and Mu Yong
"Ah Ya, eat quickly, Wu said that Yun Ling's physique can't eat too much meat"
Mu Yong, who was munching on the meat on the side, seemed to notice Fang Luoya's doubts, suddenly raised his head, showed a mouthful of snow-white teeth and grinned at Fang Luoya, and then continued to bow his head and gnaw on the meat.
"Oh,,,"
After eating, it began to get dark
Yun Ling had already boiled the water and urged Fang Luoya to take a bath, although the Wu clan didn't pay too much attention to the details, but they still attached great importance to the Qiwu who only had one time in their lives.
Fang Luoya, who hadn't taken a bath for two or three days, couldn't wait to see the wooden barrel full of hot water.
He had never done such a few days without taking a bath, although in this new world, the air was refreshing and fresh, even if he didn't take a bath for two or three days, he didn't seem to think there was anything wrong, but he still felt that something was wrong.
There was hot water to take a comfortable bath, and although it was a pity that there was no soap, Yun Ling still prepared a branch full of leaves very thoughtfully.
Looking at the branch resting on the barrel, Fang Luoya quickly guessed what it was for.
for the branch looked very much like the branch of the soap-leaved tree that he had seen in the countryside before that grew by the river;
When I was a child playing by the river, when I got dirty and couldn't wash my hands, I often rubbed two handfuls of these leaves in my hands, and then it was clean.
At that moment, Luo Ya reached out and brushed a handful of leaves from the branches, and after dipping them in the water, he rubbed them vigorously in his hands.
After the leaves were rubbed for a while, a layer of rich foam appeared, Fang Luoya put his hand to the end of his nose and sniffed it, and sure enough, it was very similar to the taste in his memory
It seems that although this world is completely different from the world before me, it seems that there is not much difference between plants and other things.
I took a refreshing bath with the soap leaves and hot water, and rubbed the flame-like tattoo mark on my chest vigorously, and found that the mark had not changed except for a slight redder on my skin.
After sighing lightly, Fang Luoya stood up from the barrel, only to find that a set of animal skin clothes and animal skin boots were neatly placed on the stone bench not far away.
Looking at this set of animal skin clothes that were obviously newly sewn by Yun Ling, Fang Luoya sighed, and then put them on carefully.
Although I am not used to it, now that I have come to this world, I always have to follow the local customs, and it is impossible to always wear my own T-shirt and jeans.
I have to say that although Yun Ling is still young, his craftsmanship is really good, he fits quite well when he wears it, and even his boots fit quite well.
Although most of the shoulders are exposed, and the thighs are a little unaccustomed, but compared to their own world, it is nothing.
When he walked out of the door, Mu Yong and Yun Ling were already waiting, looking at Fang Luoya who came out, their eyes lit up slightly.
"Big brother is so good-looking" Looking at Fang Luoya, Yun Ling showed a sweet smile on his face: "It's much better than those weird clothes"
Mu Yong looked Fang Luoya up and down, stretched out his hand to pat Fang Luoya's shoulder, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Well, it's good! Although I have lost a little weight, I only have the feeling of being a kid from our Big Cliff tribe now!"
"Okay, it's not too early, let's go early, don't let Wu wait for a long time"