The sun has completely sunk into Yu Yuan, and everyone is gathered around the fire. The young people are full of energy, but some people have many things on their mind. After a tiring day, they should just fall asleep and have a good rest, but some people can't rest.
The old patriarch saw that these children could not rest, and said: "Since you don't want to rest, then keep vigil and watch the fire. If anything happens, be sure to remind them."
A few young men looked at me and I looked at you. One of them said: "Chief, can we... keep a vigil?"
The old patriarch suddenly smiled: "What, are you afraid?"
The young people suddenly felt underestimated and raised their chests and raised their heads: "Of course I'm not afraid!"
"Actually, I'm still a little scared..."
A young man swallowed and whispered.
Immediately he received several dissatisfied looks.
"Haha, I'm afraid it's normal."
The old patriarch sat down and said, "I was afraid before."
The young people sat down around the fire, and the old patriarch called out their names: "Guanpan, Guuli, Chifang'er, Chifangwu, Chifangqie (hu, four sounds, meaning frozen)."
"Yes Yes."
Young people, you pushed me, I pushed against you, shoulder to shoulder, pushing against each other and making faces.
The old patriarch looked at them, his eyes full of love.
The old man pointed to the high sky, where countless bright silver stars hung on the dark curtain.
"Do you know what those are?"
"It's a star! It is formed by the essence of all things rising into the sky. It is the light that the ancestors will eventually turn into."
Yuli was very proud: "I heard it from a witch before!"
The old patriarch smiled: "What else?"
"is God!"
Chi Fang'er stretched out his hand: "I often heard my father say that our ancestors were with the gods, and the gods originally lived among the stars. Since Emperor Zhuanxu cut off the connection between heaven and earth, there are no traces of gods walking in the world anymore. They have left. Headed to the deepest part of the star.”
The children's eyes flickered and they were very interested, as if they were listening to a fairy tale.
And this is precisely the true history of this mountain and sea.
The old patriarch nodded: "The stars, the essence of all things, are the ancestors and the abode of gods. But before, when I first watched the night, I looked at the stars in the sky. Look at them. Look at them for a long time. , will you see that they seem to be blinking?"
The teenagers raised their heads and took about ten breaths. Akakata stammered: "Yes...yes, really...really...really blinking..."
The young people began to whisper.
The old patriarch reached out and added a piece of wood to the fire.
Then the tongues of fire sprang up, illuminating his body with light.
"Yes, they are secretly watching you. Are they gods watching you, or ancestors? Haha, when I first watched the night, I was so scared when I looked at these stars. They looked like... Some monsters are hiding in the darkness of the sky, secretly... watching you."
The teenagers swallowed involuntarily.
The old patriarch breathed out, and the tongue of fire swayed in front of him: "After night falls, the mountains and seas are extremely dangerous. You can't relax at all, and the fire can't be extinguished at all, otherwise they will come in sequence. At that time, I and I My father said, if there is no fire burning on the ground, will monsters from the sky pounce down and kill us?"
"At that time, my father laughed at my whims, but in the end he encouraged me. He told me that even if those monsters really come down, we can rekindle the flame and drive them away."
"So, you must be in awe of the mountains and the sea, but you must not succumb to them. Otherwise, the heavy mountains will crush you and the vast sea will drown you. Remember, vigil is a noble act, which means that you Sacrifice yourself so that others can sleep peacefully."
"They are relying on you and you are protecting them."
The five young men pushed their chests up high, and their backs were straight and tense.
The old patriarch stretched out his rough big hand, which still had several stab wounds. He patted the shoulders of these teenagers one by one and gave them fist bumps on the back.
"You are the bravest warriors."
The clan leader's praise made their hearts surge, and everyone's face turned red with excitement.
A smile appeared on the wrinkled face of the old patriarch: "I hope that after you carve the totem, you will not forget tonight's story. You are warriors, and warriors are born to protect the clan."
"Don't forget the ten warriors who carried you across the river, don't forget the people who died on the migration journey, and don't forget the companions who died in Daze."
"In order for this to never happen again, you must thrive and become stronger."
The five teenagers clenched their fists tightly, and Yan Pan's eyes flashed with anger, reflecting the light of the fire. He asked the old patriarch: "How strong do you have to be to truly protect your tribe?"
The old patriarch raised his head.
"When the fire rises, the totem will appear, and when the wood reaches the sky, the totem can be erected. From this, we can truly rely on fire and wood to imitate the totem on our bodies."
"The newborn totem is relatively weak and cannot fully utilize the power of the clan, but it is like a seed. It has been planted and it is only a matter of time before it grows stronger."
Stars twinkled in the eyes of the teenagers.
"Then it grows up and becomes a young man. At this time, the totem opened by the clan for you will gradually transform into personal power, and your totem will also change."
"For example, if our totem is a sheep, then the totem you, Pan, turn on may be a goat like a lamb, and then you, Tanuki, the totem you turn on may be the long-haired sheep further north."
"Of course, there are more things that are similar to sheep but cannot be named. They may not really exist, but they represent yourselves."
"People are totems."
"When you are born, you are young and strong, and then you become a mighty one."
"The Body of the God of Power, as its name suggests, can fully utilize the power of the clan's totem and integrate it into its own totem. In this way, by relying on the power of the tribe to fight, as long as the tribe is immortal, the power of the Warrior of the Power will not fade. .”
The old patriarch said, while the teenagers listened carefully.
"After that, there are Shenyun, Renxiong, and...the body in its prime."
"The power of Shen Yun is the same as that of the earth beast. Isn't there a spinning turtle in the lake? It is not an earth beast yet, but even if it goes a step further and becomes an earth beast, it is just a thing that was beaten to death by the ten fists of Shen Yun's body. .”
"As for Renxiong..."
The old patriarch said slowly: "Have you ever heard of it? Fifty years ago, when the Tao Tang clan "Fang Xun", he was not the common leader of the world. At that time, he had just replaced Emperor Zhi for sixteen years, and many people in the world were not the same. Disobey him."
"When he first came to the throne, in order to consolidate his position, he had to unite all the people who could be united, so he began to build cities, so he began to conquer other tribes, so he began to consolidate his ties with the Siyue Clan, the Four Emperors Clan, and the Sihuang King relationship... But soon, something happened in the world..."
"In the eastern sky, beyond the sea, ten suns appeared..."
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PS: Siyue clan: the leader of the princes in the four directions, that is, there are four major clans: Qi, Lu, Shen, and Xu. Among them, only the ancestors of the Lu clan are known to be also called "Taiyue clan" and "Xiyue clan". At the head of Yue, the direction of the remaining three clans' guarding is unknown.
The Four Emperor Clan (Four Evils): Taking the Book of Mountains and Seas as an example, they are the Emperor Hong family (the son of Emperor Kuang, one of the ancient emperors in the legend of mountains and seas, and also known as the Yellow Emperor), the Zhuanxu family (the Gaoyang family), and the Shaochun family. The Jinyun family (the Baidi Shaohao family, also known as the Qingyang family), and the Jinyun family (the descendant of the Miao Emperor Yan Zhurong, also known as the ancestor Huangdi).
The Four Huang Kings: Jirixia clan, Xiwangmu clan, Guzhu clan, and Beihu clan.
Four sins: Gonggong clan, Sanmiao tribe, Gun, Huandou
Sifangchen: namely Uncle Xi, Xizhong, Hezhong, Uncle He, the distant country established by the Xi family and the He family in Guyu Mountain, that is, the "Xihe family"
