"Paradox?"

"It's not like the knowledge and vocabulary you have at your age."

Hearing Meng Xuan's words, the old priest turned his head and glanced at Meng Xuan with a strange look in his eyes.

Meng Xuan didn't explain much about this.

He was looking at the world carefully, perceiving this magical world that only existed in ancient times.

This gave Meng Xuan a very peculiar feeling, like a gap between reality and nothingness, in a wonderful state.

Among the tribes where things are relatively stable, Meng Xuan can feel the relatively weak power of the natural ring, and if the perception extends beyond the range of the tribe shrouded by some kind of enchantment, he can perceive the power of the natural ring that is very strong and huge, it is this natural ring power that makes everything in a state of virtual reality, everything looks similar to the state of human being drunk and just seeing, it is a scene of order and chaos intertwined, everything is like a mosaic.

"Only those who can perceive the existence of the 'hidden' power can transform their perception and feel the existence of this world, and in addition, other ordinary people, even warriors who have mastered the power of qi and blood are no exception."

The old priest didn't dwell too much on this issue, perhaps in his opinion, it was normal for Eggers to have such a strong resonance with the secret realm during the night sacrifice ceremony, and to go to the unknown land, to have some natural peculiarities.

"What state are we in relation to life in the real world?"

Meng Xuan asked the old priest.

"That's a good question, actually, as I said earlier, we are not detached from reality, but we have transformed our state of existence through special methods, with the help of the power of 'stealth', into the secret, in fact, if you can do it skillfully, the real world is all around us."

The old priest nodded and answered Meng Xuan's question, and then saw him stretch out his hand, and the scenery of the entire tribe suddenly trembled, as if the picture was distorted due to the unstable signal while watching a TV program.

But soon, the picture of the whole tribe stabilized again, only this time, the whole tribe was no longer full of unreality and desolation as before, and there were illusory figures coming and going on the streets of the tribe, and the whole tribe became vivid.

One of the illusory figures walked in front of the old priest and Meng Xuan, as if they were not aware of the two of them at all, and directly penetrated through the two of them, as if they were in parallel time and space, overlapping but untouchable.

"We are in a situation where we are in relation to reality, and the perceptual transformation, whether from touch, hearing or vision, has been transformed into a state that they cannot touch, cannot perceive, and cannot locate."

"But after all, we are the same beings as them, and as long as we are proficient in this state, we can make a proficient transformation, which causes us to perceive their world, and they cannot perceive our existence, except in special circumstances."

The old priest said, Meng Xuan could probably understand what the so-called special circumstances meant, and it was probably the same feeling as ordinary people seeing hell.

"Can you touch it?"

Meng Xuan asked the old priest.

"Of course, the power of 'secret' is the bridge between the secret world and reality, and by consuming this power, we can not only exert stronger power in the secret world, but also borrow this power to influence the real world."

"For example······

The old priest explained to Meng Xuan, and then he looked at Sisya, who was standing by the curtain of the luxury tent, squatting boredly on the ground and playing with stones.

The two walked in front of Cecia, who was squatting on the ground, and Thesia's figure was in a translucent state, boredly fiddling with the pebbles on the ground, pouting her mouth, looking a little coquettish.

Since Eggers was called the heir of the priesthood, because the relationship between the two families was close, Eggers did not have any reliable friends since he was a child, so Sicia became Eggers's exclusive female guard, usually with Eggers's side, in terms of force, Eggers, who did not master the power of "secret", may not be the opponent of this little girl.

This also directly led to the rapid rise of Sithia and their family's status in the tribe, and Sicia would receive one-on-one teaching from the tribal warriors for a period of time every day, as well as high-quality beast meat food, to help her develop better and improve her strength faster.

In just this period of time, Sicia's strength can be said to have made great progress.

Of course, the purpose of placing Sicia by Eggers' side must be more than just making her Eggers' exclusive escort.

"The children of the Bodaya family have a narrower pelvis and a little thinner, so it may be a little difficult to give birth to a boy······ But it doesn't matter, when you master the power of secrecy, you will be able to control the choice of the child's gender a little, and you are also an adult, you have to have a child as soon as possible and leave your blood for the tribe, this is the task given to you by the tribe, you know? With a little more blood, the tribe has one more chance to be secretly chosen to become a priest. ”

The old priest looked Sicia up and down, and squeezed out an ugly smile on his face.

Old priest, I just want to ask how many more people you have spied on? I usually think you're an old otaku, but I'm secretly afraid that you've seen all the "secrets" in the tribe, so it's no wonder I don't usually see you go out at all······

Meng Xuan was a little speechless when he heard the old priest's words.

Then he saw the old priest stretch out a finger, and wisps of smoke and the power of the ring converged on his fingertips.

Poke!

He touched the top of Sicia's head with the finger wrapped around the ring.

Sicia's head instinctively shrank, raised her head and looked above her head in confusion, then stretched out her hand and touched the top of her head, and finally some inexplicably muttered something in her mouth, and continued to pick up stones and draw circles on the ground.

"See, that's probably it, in fact, I can use the power of the ring to interfere with the real world in any situation, you can imagine that anyone walking on this road, no matter how powerful his body is in the real world, as long as I want, I can use the difference in perception to penetrate my hand into their body and activate the hidden power in an instant."

"I could easily destroy any of their bodies, crush their hearts, brains, and organs."

"Of course, if the other party is a powerful warrior, because of the strength of qi and blood, there will be a big interference with this ability, but no matter what, as long as we master the hidden power, we are naturally invincible, except for the same existence as us, almost no one can defeat us."

"That's the power of the priesthood."

The old priest said to Meng Xuan.

"However, in this secret realm, in addition to us, there are many other dangers, and some beasts with ancient bloodlines are born with the ability to enter this world."

"So, do you know what is the importance of a priest to a tribe?"

"If there is no priest who uses various abilities to protect this existence within the scope of the secret realm where the tribe is located, over time, the people here will inevitably be killed, devoured, and become their nourishment by the dangerous existence of the secret realm."

"If I die, but there is no new priest in the whole tribe, this barrier I have laid can last for a day or two, but no one repairs it, it will be destroyed after all, and then it will be the day of the demise of our giant bear tribe, I will tell them how far to run, to join other tribes with priests, this is their only hope to survive in this world."

"Once upon a time, our Giant Bear Tribe had nearly ten priests, and the number of the tribe exceeded 10,000, how strong, but because there was no successor, it has been withering, and with my strength, I can only maintain the scale of a thousand people."

"So, you have to know how important you are to the tribe, and you have to keep yourself safe at all times."

The old priest said to Meng Xuan in a serious tone.

At this point, Meng Xuan completely understood why the role of priests in a tribe was so important.

Because of the existence of this so-called secret realm, if a tribe does not have the protection of a priest, I am afraid that it will soon be swallowed by the unknown threat in the secret realm, and from the attributes of the two, ordinary people who cannot perceive the power of the natural ring have little resistance.

It can be said that priesthood is the basis for the existence and prosperity of a tribe, and this ancient mythical world is more dangerous than imagined, and most of this danger does not come from reality, but from the unknown.

Has this world been so cruel since ancient times?

Ordinary people never have any way out.

Meng Xuan couldn't help but think in his heart.

"Okay, don't think too much, don't have too much pressure, if nothing else, I will probably live for twenty years, this time, enough for you to grow up, when you give birth to a few more big fat boys, maybe there will be new secret patrons, these all depend on you, I am old, I can't do it."

The old priest said with emotion.

Meng Xuan listened to the old priest's words, and suddenly had a feeling that he had been urged to marry by his parents in his previous life.

The body was only fourteen years old······

Fortunately, I don't need to live in this body forever.

"For the sake of the stability of the tribe and reduce the coveting of unknown creatures in the secret realm, most of the hidden power has been excluded from the tribe by the enchantment I arranged, so if we want to start cultivating, we must leave the scope of the tribal enchantment."

The old priest said, and began to walk towards the outside of the tribe with Meng Xuan.

Soon, the two were on the edge of the tribe.

Meng Xuan could clearly see that there were circles of complicated traces on the edge of the tribe, and among these traces, he saw something special.

Some resemble feces, some resemble intestines, some resemble claws, and some resemble fur, which looks strange.

A pale white light shield shrouded the giant bear tribe in it, and in the tribe, everything seemed to be a replica of reality, which could be clearly perceived and filled with the atmosphere of order.

Outside the light mask, everything is blurred, a conceptual thing that exists in the substance and nothingness, like seeing flowers in the fog, and like a mosaic through a layer of things, some things in reality, but when they reach the secret realm, they are deformed and distorted, full of some symbolic meaning.

"Follow me, don't be nervous, don't be afraid, keep your heart calm, many times, the fear and emotional fluctuations in your heart are like delicious food, which can spread in the secret world and attract unknown existence."

"This time, we're on the edge of the barrier, and I'll show you how the priests can draw on the power of the 'hidden'."

The old priest grabbed Meng Xuan's hand with his old palm and led him across the light mask.

Airplanes!!

A sense of trance and dizziness similar to that when he took the drug just now poured into Meng Xuan's brain, making him slightly unable to stand up straight, and everything in front of him was distorting and shaking, just like the world he saw when he was drunk, full of the breath of abstract paintings.

And he and the old priest are like two realistic figures walking into this abstract painting.

At the same time, he felt the power of the natural ring that was incomparably strong, and he was able to absorb it with the ease of his will.

"Sit cross-legged on the ground, remember the method recorded on the scroll, and I will be by your side."

The old priest whispered to Meng Xuan.

Meng Xuan nodded, sat on the ground, and began to pull the power of the surrounding natural rings into his body according to the kind of meditation method seen on the Beast Skin Scroll.

Rumble!!

I don't know if it's because Meng Xuan's own willpower is too strong, or because the talent of Eggers' body is too terrifying, the first time he used the meditation method, it actually caused a great change.

The power of the natural ring of the entire surrounding space burst out, as if forming a whirlpool, constantly pouring into Meng Xuan's body.

"This is?!"

The old priest standing beside Meng Xuan was shocked by this vision, his pupils shrank, he had never thought that a rookie who was running the meditation method for the first time would actually cause such a strong riot of the power of the ring, even now, when he cultivated, the power of the ring that he attracted was less than one percent of that of Eggers.

"Not good!!"

The old priest, shocked by the vision triggered by Meng Xuan's possession of Eggers, quickly changed his complexion.

Wow!!

From the depths of the vague landscape of the Secret Realm, there was an unknown and terrifying howl, as if the huge movement here had attracted the attention of some dangerous beings.

The old priest hurriedly began to make nervous preparations, he wanted to pull Meng Xuan back into the enchantment, but he was afraid that it would affect his current special state and cause unknown consequences, so he could only take out all kinds of strange objects from his robe, as if he was arranging something.

Knock knock!!

Heavy footsteps sounded, and the abstract scene in front of him was suddenly stretched open, and a clear, stable, and huge hideous head emerged from the abstract scene.

Antlers, dragon whiskers, pig noses, snake eyes, wolf teeth, black skin, a monster with a somewhat similar appearance to the legendary "dragon" appeared in front of the old priest's eyes, and under the gaze of the huge pupils, the old priest couldn't help but feel chills all over his body.