"Facing the dangerous wild jungle, it's not that easy to travel long distances." Faced with Yan's question, the clan leader shook his head with a wry smile and said with emotion.
"What's more, our tribe had just experienced a catastrophe at that time. The tribal warriors and tribesmen suffered heavy casualties. They have not yet fully established themselves after migrating here. How dare they send people to travel further."
Having said this, the clan leader glanced at everyone, especially when his eyes glanced at Yan, and the bitter smile on his face turned into a look of excitement.
"However, our tribe is developing well now, and the foundation has been laid. If we can survive the beast wave safely this time, we can start preparing for external contact."
"Clan leader, do you still remember how to contact the outside world?" Yan asked again.
"When the tribe migrated here, they walked along the river over there for almost two or three months." A hint of memory appeared on the clan leader's face.
"But excluding the bending of the river, the large number of tribesmen during the migration, and the detours through the mountains, I think the straight-line distance between us now and the original tribal ruins is actually not very far."
Having said this, the clan leader stopped and thought about it carefully, and then said with a slight uncertainty: "The approximate direction should be in the northwest, should it be correct?"
"Yes! That should be correct." A look of thought flashed across the mother's face, and she nodded slightly, "I remember that although we made many detours, we were indeed walking in the southeast direction."
"Huh?" Yan Wenyan's expression straightened up, and he said with some surprise: "Northwest direction? This is the direction where the beasts and ghosts are coming this time."
As Yan finished speaking, everyone was involuntarily stunned, obviously surprised.
"Hey! It's true." Lei also had a look of surprise on his face, "Now that I think about it, the direction brought by the ghost tide and beast tide is really the direction of the old site of our tribe."
"Chief, I have never asked, what kind of danger did my tribe encounter? So much so that it caused so many casualties that it had to take the risk of migrating." Yan asked thoughtfully, with thoughts rolling in his heart.
Yan's question made the clan leader slightly stunned. A trace of uneasiness and sadness flashed across his face, and he said in a deep voice: "At that time, a strange change occurred in a valley near the tribe. For some reason, it suddenly became a land of absolute darkness. , a demon tree in the valley also became wise and enlightened."
"After this demonic tree gained its soul, its strength and spiritual wisdom increased. Not only was it born with the ability to bewitch all living beings, plunder and devour their essence and blood, but it also knew how to hide behind the scenes and secretly manipulate the souls of the dead, pretending to be living beings to lure all living beings for it to devour."
"Because the valley is located within the hunting grounds of the tribe, tribe members often disappeared for no reason during that period. In the end, it was the old priest who discovered the demon tree's method using the art of divination."
When the clan leader said this, he couldn't help but sigh: "Unfortunately, the priests and leaders underestimated the strength of the demon tree at that time. Only a few of the many clan warriors who were gathered to go to the valley to eliminate demons came back. ."
"Faced with the powerful demon tree, the huge casualties of the tribe's warriors, and the sudden death of the priests and tribal leaders, the tribe had to leave its homeland and finally embarked on the road of migration."
Even though nearly twenty years have passed, the patriarch's words still brought back heavy memories for everyone.
Although Yan did not feel as deeply as everyone else, his mood was slightly depressed. He took a deep breath and changed the topic: "This time the beast tide and ghost tide both come from the northwest, could it be related to the demon tree? "
"No way? The demon tree shouldn't have such strength, right?" The clan leader was stunned when he heard this and said in disbelief.
"That's not necessarily true." The mother did not agree with the patriarch's words. "The demon tree can obviously increase its own strength by swallowing the essence and blood of living beings. More than ten or twenty years have passed, who knows to what extent its current strength has increased."
"I also think it's possible." Lei thought about it thoughtfully and spoke to support his mother Ning's statement.
"In my opinion, regardless of whether the beast tide is related to the demon tree or not, what we should consider most now is the upcoming beast tide."
Although Tiger looks straightforward and often talks nonsense, he can be ranked as the hunting captain of the tribe and has become a rare Qi practitioner in the tribe. He naturally has his own strengths and often thinks straight to the root of the problem.
"As for the demon tree, whether it is its plant body or its method of controlling ghost souls, how can it not be restrained by fire?"
"When the time comes, it's okay if it doesn't come. If it dares to come, just burn it with fire. It's just right to avenge the old priest and other tribal warriors, and also let it know that I have the Yan clan. It's not what it used to be."
"We are in love!" Hu's words reminded everyone, and they all smiled and shook their heads.
"Yan, you should talk about the totem." The clan leader also came back to his senses at this time, smiled bitterly and shook his head at Yan, "I almost forgot about the business when I interrupted him."
"Yes! Yes! Business is important." Lei Ye said with a clear face: "The tribesmen outside are still waiting to arrange the subsequent work."
After hearing everyone's words, Yan temporarily put aside his curiosity about the outside world and explored the cause of the beast tide in the northwest, and his thoughts returned to the issue of totems.
“In my opinion, the totem is the same as the name of the tribe. It is a unique symbol of the tribe and a manifestation of the tribe’s spiritual beliefs. It can well condense the tribe’s spirit and culture and greatly consolidate the tribe’s identity. Luck.”
"In this case, let's decide on the totem of the tribe as soon as possible!" Since there are benefits, no one has any objection to Yan.
However, although there was no suggestion against Yan, everyone had a tacit understanding and did not discuss what to use as a totem. Instead, they turned to look at Yan in unison.
The meaning is very clear.
This is for Yan to continue his performance.
Seeing everyone's uniform movements and expressions, a trace of stiffness flashed across Yan's face. After all, all the problems today seemed to have ended up in his words.
Although he felt slightly unnatural, Yan was not humble because of this, and directly spoke again: "Our tribe has the Yan clan, and our luck is in the shape of clouds and flames. Therefore, I suggest that our tribe can directly use flames as a totem."
After Yan finished speaking, while visualizing the divine flames in his sea of consciousness and referring to the luck of the tribe, he stood up on the cave wall behind him and easily outlined a simple and vivid flame shape with his index finger.
The patriarch carefully looked at the flame pattern outlined by Yan on the cave wall, and felt that it had endless charm. Although the pattern was simple, if you look closely, you can see the dancing flames and feel the vitality in it.
"I think it's okay, let's use this flame pattern as the tribal totem." After a while, the clan leader took his eyes away from the pattern on the cave wall and said leisurely.
