"You are really our great benefactor! The true God will definitely bless you!"
The old priest looked at the two people and blessed them sincerely.
"Will your true god bless us two humans?"
Lotte didn't want to continue this topic and asked jokingly.
"The true God will bless every person with good intentions in this world, regardless of race, regardless of whether he believes in Him or not!"
The old priest answered very seriously.
"Old priest, tell me the story of your people!"
All the barbarians Bu Xiaotian had seen in the past two days were completely different from what he had heard from outside. He had long been curious about them and wanted to know more about them.
"good."
The old priest agreed, with a look of reminiscence in his eyes, and slowly told the story of the barbarians he knew:
"Our ancestors are said to have been created by the True God. The True God selected some people from the first generation of ancestors and gave them various magical powers so that they could protect other tribesmen in the ancient times full of dangers. These are the five major tribes. The origin of.
And those who were given divine power were the original priests.
Later, under the leadership of the priests, the tribe became more and more powerful and occupied the entire northeastern land.
But as the tribe grew stronger, it was the ambition of some people, and even several high priests were blinded by greed and desire.
They began to enslave the human race, which was still very weak at the time, and kept them in captivity as coolies or even as objects of pleasure.
But greater power often breeds greater ambition. After many years, there was a high priest who was no longer satisfied with just ruling the human race.
He used dirty means to kill several other high priests and became the supreme king of the Desolate tribe.
Under his rule, even our original members of the Desolate tribe lived a very miserable life, but all those who dared to stand up and resist were brutally killed by him, and their bodies were hung on the holy mountain as sacrifices to the true god.
But the True God is extremely kind. King Huang’s behavior angered the True God, so the True God left us and no longer protected the Huang clan.
Years of disasters, drying up the earth, drying up rivers, and terrible plagues have spread throughout the Desolate Clan. Even the priests of the Plague Spirit Clan, who can cure all diseases, cannot eliminate it, because the most powerful giant of the Plague Spirit Clan cannot eliminate it. The priest has been killed by King Huang.
It was at that time that a powerful warrior appeared among the human race. He led a group of human warriors to the Holy Mountain and started a battle with King Huang and his most loyal subordinates.
The warriors of the human race suffered all their casualties, and finally killed King Huang and even broke the Holy Mountain.
The human warrior led the humans to defeat the remaining tribesmen, and in the end only a few tribesmen survived and fled deep into the grassland.
It was at that time that the ancestors of our tribe left the Desolate tribe with some of their tribesmen and moved here.
We have been living here ever since, cutting off contact with the outside world.
Maybe the true God has really abandoned us. There are fewer and fewer priests in the tribe. In my generation, I am even the only priest. "
Having said this, the old priest looked a little sad.
"everything will get better."
Bu Xiaotian didn't know how to comfort the old priest. He felt that no matter what he said at this time, it seemed a little feeble.
Lotte said:
"Tomorrow we will help you make something with stones to try to make your life easier in the future."
The old priest was very moved when he heard Lotte's words, and even his eyes were a little moist. He just held the two people's hands and kept repeating the words of thanks:
"thank you all!"
"You're welcome, old priest, there's only so much we can do for you."
Letian held the old priest's hand and calmed his agitated emotions.
The tribe gradually became quiet at night, with only the chirping of insects and roars of beasts coming from the grassland.
The old priest got up very early that morning. When Bu Xiaotian and Letian woke up, the old priest was already standing outside the tent, seemingly waiting for them.
The two said hello to the old priest, and the three of them went to have breakfast together.
When they were about to go to the place where they found the Hunyuan Stone yesterday, the old priest stopped them:
"You two, I would like to ask you for a favor."
When it comes to helping, the old priest hesitates.
Bu Xiaotian saw the old priest's hesitation and said:
"Old priest, please tell me if you have anything to do. As long as we can help, we will definitely help you!"
Seeing that Bu Xiaotian agreed before even hearing what it was about, the old priest stopped being hesitant:
"I would like to ask you to carve a stone statue."
Bu Xiaotian and Letian were a little surprised after hearing the old priest's request:
"Stone statue?"
"Yes." There was a hint of hope in the old priest's eyes, and he continued:
“Since our tribe moved here, very few outsiders have been here. After all, the grassland is too big and the tribe is too small. If we wander even slightly, we will miss this place.
And not only did you come, you also helped us so much.
This may not be a coincidence, maybe the true God has not really given up on us, and you are the messengers sent by the true God.
I would like to ask you to carve a stone statue of the true god for our tribe so that the tribe can worship it. Maybe the true god will feel our piety and will provide protection again. "
Hearing that the old priest regarded the two of them as the so-called messengers of the true God, both of them were a little confused about what to say. Letian said:
"Old priest, we helped you with this, but we are really not messengers!"
"thank you all!"
The old priest ignored the two people's attempts to stop him and insisted on bowing down and thanking them.
As for Lotte's denial that he and Bu Xiaotian were messengers of the true God, the old priest did not respond, but he did not insist on it either.
Looking at the old priest's expression, the two knew that he still regarded them as the so-called messengers of the true God, and they did not want to get too entangled with the old priest on this topic.
Bu Xiaotian asked again:
"But we don't know what the true god looks like, so we can't carve it out? Old priest, do you have a portrait of the true god?"
The old priest shook his head and said:
“I don’t know what the True God looks like, but I know that the Legend says that the True God is extremely strong and holds a huge battle ax with the power to create the world.
There is no way to know the specific appearance of the true god. It is said that the true god has thousands of incarnations with different faces, and each face is his true face. "
After listening to the old priest's words, Bu Xiaotian thought thoughtfully:
"I know what to do, old priest, don't worry."
"Okay, thank you."
The old priest thanked him again.
Farewell to the old priest, the two of them walked in the direction they went yesterday.
It’s just that there were more people traveling together today. In addition to the young man who led the way yesterday, there were also seven strong barbarian men. It seemed that they had received the old priest’s instructions in advance and followed Bu Xiaotian and Letian silently along the way.
Today they walked faster, and it took them less than two hours to reach the open space with only rocks.
These barbarians have all been here before, and naturally they have also felt the strange aura. Although they have heard from the barbarian boy who led the way that the aura disappeared, they still can't bear to feel it all. I was a little surprised.
Fortunately, out of respect for Bu Xiaotian and Letian, they did not make a loud noise in front of them, but just talked quietly for a while.
Seeing that Bu Xiaotian and Letian were already looking for suitable stones on the ground, the barbarians immediately stopped talking and stepped forward to help.
Since they wanted to carve a statue of a god, a group of people first looked for a stone of suitable size on the ground as a stone embryo for carving.
After a while, they selected several large stones that were ten feet high. Bu Xiaotian and Letian carefully selected among these large stones for a while, and finally selected a stone with the best texture as the material for carving.
The two discussed in front of the big stone for a while, then decided on the general direction of the carving, and then called on the barbarians around them to erect the big stone.
The barbarians are indeed a race that is said to be infinitely powerful. The seven of them were able to erect a large stone weighing several thousand kilograms without much effort, which surprised both Bu Xiaotian and Letian.
After setting up the big stone, the two of them each took out a knife made of fine steel and used it as a carving knife to carve it.
Every winter when it snows, Bu Xiaotian will carve a few snowmen for Yun Ying to play with, so carving stone statues is not too difficult for Bu Xiaotian.
Although the stone is more than twice as hard as snow, there is no difference under Bu Xiaotian's hands.
And Lotte didn't know where he learned the art of carving, and he was even more proficient than Bu Xiaotian when it came to doing it.
Soon, the huge stone was peeled off layers of stone chips like tofu under the hands of the two people, and the original long strip shape gradually took on the shape of a human.
Until the entire boulder took on a vague human shape, Bu Xiaotian and Letian slowed down their movements and became more careful and meticulous.
Until the sun was high in the sky, a stone statue nearly ten feet tall, holding a giant ax in both hands, appeared in front of everyone.
There is no clothing on the upper body of the stone statue, and the strong muscles are clearly visible. It looks strong but not bloated. The lower body is surrounded by a short animal skin skirt, covering the area above the knees. The outline of the muscles can also be seen on the calf, and even the top The hair on the legs is clearly visible, the bare feet are staggered diagonally, the front legs are slightly bent, and the hind legs are straight, standing on a stone base.
The strong man's hair was messy and scattered behind his head, and the entire stone statue exuded a wild and powerful feeling.
The only drawback is that the face of the stone statue is still blurry, which is the most critical and difficult part to carve.
"You do it!"
Letian looked at the stone statue that was more than 90% complete, took a step back, and said to Bu Xiaotian.
Lotte didn't have any good ideas about the face of the statue, but judging from Bu Xiaotian's attitude during their previous discussion, it seemed that he had already thought about how to carve the face of the stone statue, and simply gave Bu Xiaotian the right to decide the face of the stone statue. sky.
Bu Xiaotian nodded and stood on a large stepping stone in front of the stone statue so that he could look straight at the statue's face.
Looking at the blurry face of the stone statue, Bu Xiaotian thought for a moment, then raised the knife in his hand and started carving.
As tiny stone chips continued to fall, the originally blurry face of the stone statue gradually became clear, and a man's face could be vaguely seen.
After more than half an hour, Bu Xiaotian put down the knife in his hand, jumped off the stone in front of the stone statue, and revealed the carved face of the stone statue.
It was a man's face with a wild aura, similar to that of a barbarian, but without fangs. His eyes were wide open at this time, as if he had used a lot of strength.
Looking at the stone statue at this time, it was clearly a giant swinging a giant ax forward with all his strength, full of strength and a different kind of beauty.
It was at this time that everyone present felt a majestic and vast aura coming from nowhere. At this moment, it seemed that even the world had become quiet.
But this feeling only lasted for a short moment, and then disappeared without a trace.
The surroundings returned to normal again, as if everything they had just felt was just their illusion.