After a moment of dead silence in the meeting hall, Mr. Tong, the head of the civil service, stood up, his movements a little slow, as if he was overwhelmed.
But his powerful words made everyone present understand that a tiger is still a tiger even if he loses all his teeth.
"Lord A Lin has only been away for five years, have you forgotten the duties of the eight mountain guards?
When did we, the people, become qualified to negotiate terms with the Lord and the Great Shaman? "
Tong Rui's eyes, which seemed confused due to his old age, were like a sharp knife at the moment, as if it could peel away people's hearts.
Such sharp glances and almost questioning words made some people present couldn't help but look away from him, whether out of guilt or dissatisfaction.
The elder of the Batulu tribe, who was sitting first on the right and represented the head of the military guards, also stood up and stood next to Mr. Tong.
The leader of the military guard looked more like a kind old man than Mr. Tong. He still had a smile on his face at the moment, but what he said did not save anyone any face.
"The great shaman is the messenger of God. If anyone is dissatisfied, he should go to the gods and ask questions. I just say one thing, if you can do it, you can do it. If you can't do it, don't force me."
This is embarrassing. If anyone can worship and ask gods, what else does the great shaman do?
The reason why the great shaman’s status is so special is because he represents the will of God!
And isn’t the reason why the Eight Mountain Guards exist to protect the holy mountain and worship the gods?
If they do not respect the great shaman, it means they do not respect the gods, and it also means that they deny the meaning of their own existence.
After a long time, under the watchful eyes of Mr. Tong and Batulu, everyone stood up, put their right hands on their left chests, knelt on one knee with their right legs facing the empty seat in the middle, lowered their heads, and said in unison: "God's will is our will. .”
Even though Yun Shu was not at the scene, after "watching" a live broadcast with his spiritual consciousness, he still felt that the scene of everyone saluting the empty seats above was so cool.
Even Yun Shu, who didn't care about whether these people would accept her or not, felt a lot more comfortable.
She had to admit that Mr. Tong really did her a favor this time. Although his purpose was not purely because of her, Yun Shu remembered the favor.
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Changbai Village finally welcomes a new shaman!
No matter what the high-level officials said, for ordinary people in Changbai Village, the news that Yun Shu had succeeded the tenth generation of Great Shaman five years after the death of Lord A Lin pushed Changbai Village to a climax due to the festive atmosphere of the New Year.
Even though the temperature outside was as low as 20 or 30 degrees below zero, the tribesmen still sang and danced, killed pigs and sheep, and held a flowing feast with the help of the whole village.
After Yun Shu finally met Wen Shou, Wu Shou, or clan elders, he met Cong Shou, an ordinary clan member of Changbai Village.
Although today's Changbai Village has cultivated fields and has production brigades and teams, it still retains the fishing and hunting life of its ancestors.
The mountain guardians follow the laws of nature and are grateful for the mountain god's gifts. In addition, the entire clan is rich. In the past, the clansmen never knew what it was like to be hungry.
But with the arrival of the ticket era, daily necessities cannot be bought even if you have money but no tickets.
In 1960, a protected area was established in Changbai Mountain, and hunting and logging were restricted, forcing hunters in Changbai Village to hunt further afield.
To make matters worse, with the death of ancestor Alin, the territory he originally delineated on the way to worship the gods was no longer protected by the mountain god, and new overlords and countless dangers appeared.
Today's society is different from the past. Although the country has just been founded, it is a country ruled by law. The orderly laws of the jungle of the mountain guards are not suitable for today's society.
That's why Grandpa Alin vigorously cultivates the new generation, such as Tong Jianye and Qi Fengling.
But more tribesmen still have the old thinking, advocating force, believing in the law of the jungle, and respecting strength.
In today's society, a person like this is a master, and a group of people is a terrorist weapon.
Which government can tolerate such an organization taking over the throne?
Although he has the blood of the Golden Family, ancestor Alin has no ambition to restore the previous dynasty. As a mountain guardian, he only exists to protect the holy mountain.
In order to avoid causing unnecessary misunderstandings, ancestor Alin handed over all the weapons in the clan except bows and arrows, and no longer used internal energy. The clan members went from practicing martial arts diligently and holding scrolls every day to sweating in the farmland. .
Changbai Village, which chose to remain dormant and low-key, slowly began to look like a mountain village, and its people looked like ordinary farmers.
They went from having no worries about food and clothing to living a life of being hungry and full, depending on the weather.
During the three-year famine, although no one in Changbai Village starved to death, except for the elderly and children, everyone else was so thin that they looked like their ribs had turned into sperm.
Therefore, Tong Jianye, the patriarch of the Tong Jia tribe, couldn't help but feel sad after seeing the rice and flour used by Yun Shu for cooking, because even he had suffered from hunger.
Ordinary tribesmen would not know the profound meaning of Grand Ancestor A Lin’s arrangement. They only knew that since Grand Ancestor A Lin’s death, without the Lord, the Great Shaman, and the protection of the mountain god, their lives have been a blur. Not as good as one day.
So when Yun Shu succeeded as the Great Shaman, the ordinary people in Changbai Village almost immediately chose to be loyal to her. They looked at her eyes like looking at a cornucopia, as if Yun Shu could produce countless grains in the next second. As if coming.
On the way to the village, Yun Shu understood that he would be responsible for the future of thousands of people. He was mentally prepared for it, so he had no objection to it.
In the process of contacting ordinary tribesmen, Yun Shu found that although ordinary tribesmen were not as capable as Wen Shou and Wu Shou, they were also more likely to be satisfied.
Moreover, Yun Shu discovered that these so-called ordinary followers were actually not ordinary at all in one aspect.
For example, a Congshou named [Mu Hu Lu] was good at swimming. He could hold his breath in the river for a quarter of an hour without any tools.
There is also a servant named [Anaku] who has a pair of slender hands and is good at making machine locks and opening locks.
There is also a nun [Buka] who is good at spinning and making felts. The wool thread she spins is soft and white, and the cashmere sweaters she weaves are more beautiful and warmer than those sold in Yunshu Space Mall that cost thousands more.
There are also those who can train falcons and dogs; there are those who can distinguish a hundred kinds of smells with their noses; there are those who are familiar with the medicinal herbs of Changbai Mountain...
Although these people do not have extraordinary wisdom or powerful force, in Yun Shu's eyes, they are more useful than the two.
When it comes to force, Yun Shu thinks that she is not inferior to others; when it comes to IQ, she dare not use it if she is too smart, because there are not many such people who are unwilling to be inferior to others or have strong goals, such as Mr. Tong and Ni Chuhe.
To put it simply, Yun Shu herself lacks neither strength nor wisdom, but what she lacks is people who can do practical things.
Becoming a great shaman, getting to know these so-called "ordinary" followers, and accepting their allegiance may be the biggest surprise of Yun Shu's trip.
Her plans for the future are being perfected step by step because of their existence.
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