Discussions for a long time yielded no results, so we could only temporarily suppress the discussion of those horrific footprints.
"Forget it, let's worship Willow God first."
Finally, the clan leader Shi Yunfeng led everyone to the willow tree, carried dozens of beast corpses to the front and back, and placed all the blood-stained Ferocious Beast on the stone platform. It was obviously a large altar.
The altar is made of huge stones and is very open. It is built next to the broken old Willow Tree. At this time, it is covered with beasts, like a hill.
The bright red animal blood stained the huge stone platform and flowed along the carvings on the stone surface. It was a bright red color. Combined with the thick and long fur of the giant beast, the shimmering scales and the ferocious giant horn, it was shocking. There was a tragic Primordial World aura blowing towards my face.
Under the leadership of the old patriarch, the men, women, and children of Stone Village prayed together and asked for the willow tree's protection. This was a serious sacrificial process, and it was also a practice that was carried out every time they came back from hunting.
The charred tree was as silent as before, with no response at all, and no sacrifices were taken as before, but many villagers knew that it had a spirit!
Finally, after the sacrifice was completed, people all breathed a sigh of relief, smiled with joy again, and began to move the corpses of these beasts, preparing to bleed and cut them.
"It has been many years since the offerings to the spirits have been touched. Do we still need to perform sacrifices every time?" A young man muttered softly.
"What nonsense are you talking about, you brat!" His father glared at Tong Ling angrily and raised his hand as big as a cattail leaf fan to beat him.
The old patriarch waved his hand to stop, and said softly, "The sacrificial spirit is the spirit we sacrifice and support. It is important to be sincere. Only when we treat it reverently will it protect and bless our village."
The young man's face turned red and he said hurriedly, "Chief, I am not being sincere, I just feel that these sacrifices are not needed for the sacrifice of the spirits, and they have never been used."
Among the crowd, Little Fellow, who was less than the knee height of the patriarch Shi Yunfeng, looked at the young man differently. Perhaps he was the only one present who knew that what this young man said was correct.
Think about it, how does Willow God exist? Even if the former Immortal King was severely injured and beaten to death, he would still not be able to eat the corpses of those beasts!
"It'll be fine if you take it into consideration." Shi Yunfeng patted the young man on the shoulder and explained carefully.
As the clan leader of the village and the person with the most knowledge, he could naturally guess something, but what could they do? After all, they are just a small village in this Great Wilderness, what good things can they have?
If there is, they will definitely contribute to allow Willow God to recover from his injuries. After all, Willow God is the sacrificial spirit of their village.
Only when the spirit sacrifice strength is restored stronger can they Stone Village be safer. What's more, everyone in the village respects Willow God from the bottom of their hearts.
The sacrificial spirit, also called the "sacrifice spirit", is the abbreviation of a tribe's "sacrifice and offering spirit". It protects the village and frightens Ferocious Beast in Great Wilderness.
The elders in the clan still remember that this was not the case with another sacrifice made decades ago. It was a strange stone, and every time a sacrifice was offered, most of the blood essence would be lost and absorbed by it.
Until late one night, old Willow Tree came, and the strange stone chose to go away. Everything changes because of this.
Thinking of that rainy night that year, the old patriarch felt a little confused. At that time, he was still a teenager and had witnessed that shocking and terrifying scene.
That late night, there was lightning and thunder, heavy rain, and the storm was extremely violent. Many mountains were collapsed by lightning, mountain torrents were like the sea, and Ferocious Beast was running like a tide. The scene was terrifying.
At that time, a big willow tree reaching the sky appeared in the clouds, bathed in the sea of thunder, and the thick lightning wrapped around the mountains. Thousands of willow branches turned into blazing divine chains, piercing the entire sky, as if they were fighting something.
Finally, the big Willow Tree broke, turned black, shrank to its current size, fell down, and took root in Stone Village. At the same time, the lightning disappeared and the downpour receded. That night the strange stone that was worshiped and offered in the village left.
Every time he thought of it, the old patriarch's heart trembled. Old Willow Tree did not move from other large tribes or mountains and swamps, but fell from the sky and was damaged by endless thunder and lightning. Not many people in the village knew it.
In the first few decades, it was completely charred and black, without any vitality, as if it was completely dead. It was not until ten years ago that a new green branch sprouted, and it has not changed since then.
"You brats, be careful. It's rare to get these Ferocious Beast. Their blood essence, tendons and some bones are incredibly precious. Don't lose the essence." The old patriarch came back to his senses and warned.
The young and middle-aged men in the tribe were cutting the giant beast with their silver knives. From time to time, clanging sounds were made, Mars flew everywhere, and the bones of the giant beast were surprisingly hard.
Someone has already prepared a large pottery jar to collect the blood essence retained in special parts of the animal's body. This is an excellent blood-tonifying medicine and is very rare.
Among the pile of beast corpses, Pixiu is the most precious. Although it is only a descendant and is far inferior to the Pixiu royal family with pure blood, it still contains some True Blood and is of astonishing value.
It has been more than two years since the last time we caught Pixiu and Ferocious Beast. They are so ferocious and powerful that one claw can destroy the life of a strong person. They are really difficult to deal with and are shockingly ferocious.
It can be said that the harvest this time is staggering.
"Well, the True Blood preserved in this Two-Headed Fire Rhinoceros's rhino horn is also extremely amazing, no worse than that Pixiu!" An old man performed the operation himself, untying the flesh and blood that was as hard as gold and stone under the rhino horn, and a stream of True Blood, as red as fire, flowed out.
Suddenly, the blood turned into a ball of red light, and a palm-long Two-Headed Fire Rhinoceros appeared, covered in red, lifelike, and roaring angrily.
"Good thing, this True Blood has extremely strong medicinal properties, no worse than that Pixiu!"
"Clan leader, this Dragon-Horned Elephant horn is also a good thing. It was already dying when we found it, otherwise it would be impossible to deal with it."
"It's really rare. The pair of dragon horns on its head have been growing for many years. They were carefully chiseled off. They are a rare bone-repairing medicine."
"Kui Beast The tendons in one leg are so tough that they can be cut with an axe."
"They are all good things. Be careful, brat, don't waste the precious blood on Flying Python's wings!"
"..."
The clan members are happy and full of smiles.
Only a group of children shrank their necks and ran away, because they knew that most of these so-called Blood Medicine and bone medicines would be used on them, and they would start to "suffer" again.
Only Little Fellow stood there, blinking with a pair of cute big eyes, and a trace of drool gradually flowed from the corner of his mouth, "Yay, yuck, yummy meat!"
As for the possible medicinal bath later, for Little Fellow's body at this moment, it is just a simple bath water, and Little Fellow is not afraid at all.
Just after Little Fellow lay there and watched for half an hour, the "treasure medicine" growing on the beast was collected by the young men in the village. The patriarch and several old people nodded with satisfaction, took away the pots, and took them for disposal.
"With so much prey, we will marinate part of it, then smoke it and make it into Meat Jerky part." The experienced old man said.
With so many beasts piled together like a hill, the whole village would not be able to eat them all for many days. If they spoiled, it would be a waste, and it must not be tolerated by the villagers who are short of food.
Women from each household began to come forward to share the meat, all with sincere smiles. The men who were worried about going out earlier have not only returned safely, but also had such a bountiful harvest. This is the best gift from God.
Smoke curled up from the kitchens of each household, and after half an hour the aroma of meat spread. The pieces of meat stewed in the iron pots of each household were almost rotten, and the children couldn't wait any longer. The animal meat roasted on the fire began to turn golden and shiny, dripping fat and sizzling in the fire. The strong men couldn't help it anymore and began to tear the meat. The bites filled their mouths with juice and whetted their appetites.
"My dear, this is Pixiu meat. If you eat more of it, you will gain great strength. It is a rare and precious meat."
"You brat, eat more. This is the meat of the two-headed rhinoceros. Adding more will make your skin and bones as strong as iron. Don't eat the most useless Tree Pig meat."
All kinds of wild beasts became the richest food for the villagers at night. The alluring aroma of meat spread to the streets, inducing a surge of appetite. Bursts of laughter spread, and the whole village was filled with joy.
"Children, stop running around. Come take a medicinal bath soon. Have a good night's sleep. I will be stronger than Ferocious Beast in the future." An old man said with a smile.
"Ouch... no!" A group of children all screamed upon hearing this, and fled to various parts of the village.
"A bunch of melon seeds, I really don't know how blessed they are. They are a rare tonic. If you can take the medicinal bath consistently, your muscles and bones can be comparable to those of giant beasts." The adults scolded and started to catch their own children like chickens.
"It hurts. I don't want to take a medicinal bath. It was like a knife cutting me last time."
"Abba, let go, I don't want to be cooked."
A group of children resisted fiercely, but their little arms could not twist their thighs, so they were all captured.
In an open space in the village, eight large bronze cauldrons had been placed. There was a blazing fire below, and the water in the cauldron was boiling. Several old people threw herbs into the cauldrons. From time to time, they would also put in several foot-long centipedes, fist-sized spiders, etc., making the originally very clear water turn black, like ink, which was very scary.
A group of children's faces turned green at that time, and they wanted to escape immediately, but they were held down by the adults.
Later, some tribesmen brought dozens of clay pots. Several old people took them, opened them carefully, and poured some of the bright red liquid into the large copper cauldron. As a result, the black water boiled even more.
This is a small amount of True Blood taken out from the bodies of those hunted Ferocious Beast. It is very precious and can enhance physical fitness whether used by adults or children. In addition, the villagers have a few ancient prescriptions, and when combined with some herbs, the effect of True Blood will be even better.
In addition to True Blood, several old people also had Flying Python's wing bones and Kui Beast's foot bones crushed into pieces and thrown into the boiling water.
When the fire went out and the water in the cauldron stopped boiling. After the water temperature dropped slightly, screams and "plop-plop-plop" sounds were heard. The first batch of babies were thrown in, and there were two or three people in the cauldron.
"It hurts. This water can boil people."
"Help, my body feels like it has been chopped with a knife, the skin and flesh are all torn apart!"
They grinned, grabbed their hands and kicked their feet, and rushed out one by one, only to be pushed back again and screamed again and again.
In this way, dozens of children were thrown in one after another. Most of them screamed fiercely and struggled constantly. Only seven or eight children were slightly better. Although they were sweating profusely in pain, they endured without saying a word.
As for Little Fellow, it was given special care. Shi Yunfeng even specially prepared a black cauldron, with only a little Qing Shui added in it, and the rest was Ferocious Beast True Blood, broken bones, etc.
The villagers didn't think it was inappropriate, nor did they feel that they were favoring one over another, because their baby couldn't bear it and cried heartbreakingly even in the ordinary Medicine Cauldron. In the past, only Little Fellow could bear it.
Little Fellow watched curiously from the side as the viscous liquid in the black cauldron that he used to use exclusively boiled. The old patriarch also opened two special clay pots and poured liquid into the cauldron one by one.
A streak of red cloud burst out of one of the jars, condensing into a head of Pixiu, with long palms, mighty and ferocious, as if it wanted to tear people apart and escape, with extremely ferocious nature. Glowing characters appeared on the palm of Shi Yunfeng, Bone Script lit up, and Pixiu was scattered with a slap, turned into blood, and fell into the cauldron.
From another jar, a two-headed rhinoceros emerged, red as fire, brilliant and frightening. It raised its head and roared angrily. It was also shot away by the old patriarch and fell into the black cauldron.
"Hey, Little Fellow, it's your turn to go in."
The water temperature dropped slightly, and Little Fellow, who was standing on his feet looking at the Big Black cauldron, was grabbed by Shi Yunfeng without any precautions. He was then thrown directly into the cauldron and struggled hard. Because he was still young, he would choke on the water when sitting in it. When he first fell in, he took a few big gulps.
The children opposite showed sympathy, and suddenly felt that they were very lucky. The medicinal solution that only added a small amount of water and was mainly composed of special True Blood, animal bones, tendons, etc. would definitely make people's skin and bones more painful. Little Fellow was so pitiful.
Even some adults couldn't bear it, because it was a bit worrying to see the little guy struggling hard, grinning, and taking a few gulps of viscous liquid from time to time.
"It's okay, it's not the first time. He has been like this before and can bear it. It's good to drink more medicinal liquid. If he can absorb it, it will be of great benefit." The old patriarch said that his conditioning and care for Little Fellow was sometimes very extensive.
"He has a very strong physique. In addition, Bone Script's mysterious power may also be operating, helping him refine some of the medicinal power. Little Fellow shouldn't be in much pain." Another old man said, stroking his beard.
Just as a few old people were talking, Little Fellow, who was flopping in the black cauldron, leaked out of the black cauldron's traditional Chinese medicine bath at some point. Then he lay directly on the edge of the black cauldron, with a pair of cute big eyes open and a flushed face. He looked directly into the surprised eyes of the old patriarch, without any discomfort in his expression.
"Little Fellow, you... don't you feel pain?" The old patriarch Shi Yunfeng stared curiously at Little Fellow who was lying next to the black cauldron and asked.