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In the afternoon, it started to rain, and all tribes also closed their stalls and entered their respective tents to shelter from the rain.

As the rain slowly became heavier and heavier, Xu Chen sat in the narrow tent and was bored. Seeing that it was still early, he talked with his mother for a while and decided to go up the mountain to visit the great witch.

The cave where the Great Witch lives is big enough, it’s better to go up and hide from the rain, it’s much more comfortable than a narrow tent.

In addition, he also wanted to communicate more with the Great Witch to learn more about the history and current situation of human heritage and survival.

This will help him plan and develop in the future.

When Xu Chen visited again, the witch was still very happy. Not only did she boil aphrodisiac fruit tea in hot water to drive away the cold, but she also personally took Xu Chen to carefully visit various patterns and symbols left by ancestor witches of all generations on the cave walls, and also carefully talked about some legends about the human race and the reasons why the Wu tribe migrated to this place.

Although the primitive people's language was very simple, many things could not be described clearly in words. However, with many simple patterns left on the cave wall, Xu Chen still gained a lot from the story of the Great Witch and the translation of the Mu Balianbi and the paintings.

Because the primitive people did not have a systematic method of chronology, many things could no longer be determined at the exact time, but according to some of the great witches, some things could be roughly calculated.

For example, the Ba people left the Wu people for at least fifty years.

And Mother Ba was born the second year after her mother settled in the Ba territory.

The Wu people migrated to the current valley and lived longer, and the time cannot be confirmed, but according to the inheritance of the witch, it is now the ninth generation.

The great witch should be around seventy years old. Because witches do not need labor and eat and drink, they are the best in the tribe, so their lifespan is relatively longer than that of ordinary people. Even if they are in power for an average of thirty years, this time is nearly three hundred years.

In fact, according to the Great Witch, this time may be longer.

Xu Chen was not interested in the history of the Wu tribe. His interest was the reason why the Wu tribe migrated.

In the center of the cave, a large piece of flame was painted with red paint, and there were images of people and animals running around. The sky was painted with several sun-like things, as if a fireball was falling from the sky.

This is the horror scene recorded by the first generation of witches after they first migrated here.

According to the descriptions passed down from generation to generation, when the gods cursed, the ground trembled, the mountains collapsed, many suns appeared in the sky, ignited the entire sky and the ground, all the plants were burned, humans and animals fled everywhere, the earth cracked, the rivers dried up, the witch led the tribe to chase the direction of the river to find a place to live, and after countless years of wandering, they arrived at the current valley.

Shortly after arriving here, there were only more than a dozen people left in the Wu tribe.

Xu Chen had no choice but to sympathize with the experience of the Wu tribe.

But this story surprised him very much.

Because it contains a story that is almost exactly the same as Chinese myth, that is, there are many suns in the sky, the sky burns, the earth is dry, and humans cannot survive.

However, later mythological stories showed the saying that Yi shot the nine suns, and the nine suns in the sky were also mythologically called the nine sons of the Emperor of Heaven.

Judging from the current inheritance of the Wu tribe, these things have not been completely mythological, but have only attributed this huge disaster to the curse of the gods.

Perhaps, this is related to the characteristics of matriarchal civilization. Women are more inclined to be weak and obedient, and are not used to resisting and fighting, so they can only accept this curse and price of the wrath of the gods while escaping.

This is similar to the interpretation of the hexagrams in the Book of Changes. Men, women, Kun, men, Yang**, heaven moves strongly, and earth moves Kun, Yang is always full of strength and has the motivation to compete for strength and resistance, while Yin is always weak and conservative, and is used to obeying others.

Therefore, the same natural disaster began to change when it reached the patriarchal clan stage. Humans emerged from Yi, a half-human and half-god warrior, and shot down nine suns in the sky, saving humans.

After hundreds of years of reproduction and survival, the cave records various patterns, many of which have been mottled and fallen and cannot be seen clearly, and the Great Witch cannot explain all the records. After all, people have limited memory, and these pattern symbols are not real written records. Many things rely on ideas and guesses, so the Great Witch can only tell the parts they know.

Xu Chen supported the trembling old man, and two girls and mother Ba followed.

There were also the Ba clan leader and a group of tribal leaders who came to hear the news, and they also surrounded them and listened and watched.

The inheritance of the Wu tribe is worth remembering.

It is also the pride of all Wu people.

Although the Ba people have become independent, the deeds of their ancestors are also recorded on the cave wall, so they have the right to visit.

In fact, only the Cang tribes in the alliance were not divided from the Wu tribe, but the other tribes were divided earlier than the Ba tribe, and their blood ties were weaker.

The rain outside the cave gradually stopped, and the gloomy sky slowly cleared up.

After Xu Chen, under the guidance of the Great Witch, he read the patterns recorded in the entire cave. Nearly two hours had passed, and the sun actually came out.

It looks like four o'clock in the afternoon, it is sunny after the rain, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the sky is high and the earth is vast.

The vast mountains, rivers and earth are green.

A small river winds down the mountain, and in the direction of the river at the mouth of the valley, the water mist that evaporates after the rain, under the reflection of the sun, shows two rainbows lying across the top of the green mountains, just like a fairy tale world.

"Wuga, Wuga!"

Listening to the exclamation from outside the cave, Xu Chen and others walked out of the cave together, and presented it with such a refreshing natural scenery in front of them.

"Old mother, Wuga!"

The great witch was extremely excited. She knelt on the ground with the support of two girls, holding her staff in both hands and began to sing in a swaying manner.

Muba and the leaders of the Wu tribe were very excited to hear it.

But Xu Chen didn't understand why, and only felt that the scenery was rare and couldn't help but enjoy it.

He couldn't understand anything that Dawu sang.

But it's even worse to understand.

Because the great witch said that this was the guidance of the gods and that it was the blessing of the first mother to all tribes.

The first mother appeared. Today's sacrificial activity on the Old Mother's Day was obviously very successful. After the rainbow slowly disappeared, the great witch wanted to seize and understand the content of the blessing of the First Mother God. Therefore, Xu Chen, Mu Ba and others were invited down the mountain by a group of leaders of the Wu tribe.

Although Xu Chen was a little slandered, the sky was clear and the cave was really nothing to stay, so it was almost time to go down the mountain.

On the way down the mountain, he still asked Mo Ba curiously for a few words. After learning what the Great Witch chanted, he flew around with black lines.

Where did the First Mother God appear? It was the neon light formed by water vapor under the refraction of the sunlight after the rain.

Although two rainbows are indeed rare, they are also normal refraction phenomena.

However, he also knew that he could not explain this matter to these primitive savages, so he could only observe silently in his heart.

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No words all night.

The next morning, all the tribes had already come out of the tent early, packed up their belongings and ate some dry food they prepared last night and prepared to go home.

Yesterday was rainy, but today was a sunny and beautiful weather.

After the sun comes out, the entire river valley is clear and the grass is green, and the sky is as clear as crystals.

Five tribes who came to participate in the Old Mother's Day said goodbye to each other on the river beach.

Although they are all neighbors, the distance between them will not be more than a hundred miles.

But even these dozens or hundreds of miles of distances are like natural barriers for the primitive tribes, and it is difficult to get to and from.

The situation of hearing the sound of chickens and dogs in the countryside in the feudal era, and not interacting with each other even though they were old and dead.

The Ancient Mother Festival and the Witch Prayer Conference in Spring and Autumn are the best time for all tribes to communicate.

Therefore, even though there are some gaps between tribes, I still feel a little hard to part with.

Especially those men who just got an adult and participated in the marriage choice yesterday.

Today they will leave their mother tribe and become men from other tribes. From then on, they will never receive the care of their elders, and they will never be able to live in love with their brothers and sisters.

It is said that men will not cry easily, but when they go high and far, they may never meet again, so many people cry sadly, especially the elderly patriarchs, who hugged their younger generations whom they married and cried loudly.

However, just as his emotions slowly calmed down and was about to set off, a large group of people suddenly came down from the mountain, including many men holding spears galloping over like a blow, and they were still shouting loudly.

Everyone stopped.

This group of people seems to be unkind. Does the Wu tribe have any bad intentions for the Ba tribe?

Although it is not up to you, the Ba people are the group that all tribes pay the most attention to, so the other tribes are not in a hurry to leave and stop to see what's going on.

The Ba people were naturally extremely nervous, but when they saw clearly that the hunters were dragons and other hunters, they relaxed a little.

"Gaha?"

Feng took four hunters with bows and arrows to meet him and stop Long and others.

"Wuga, Kebaga!" Long Lianbi shouted loudly with painting.

The river beach became turbulent in an instant.

The Ba people also looked at each other.

The great witch actually wants to go to the Ba tribe?

Did she take the wrong medicine? It’s not the New Year or the Festival. She is almost buried at such a long distance. How can she get through dozens of miles?

Xu Chen was inexplicably confused, and Mother Ba was even more confused.

Mother Ba is her aunt and a great witch who is respected by the six tribes, but she has never left the Wu tribe, so why did she suddenly ask to go to the Ba tribe?

As for the other four tribes, I don’t understand even more.

This is the first time in decades that the great witch has asked to go to another tribe.

Is the great witch preparing to abandon the Wu tribe and go to live in the Ba tribe?

If this is true, wouldn’t the Ba people be popular?

Amid everyone's suspicion, a large group of people at the foot of the mountain slowly came over. The one who walked in front was indeed the witch with a crutch, with twin girls on both sides supporting each other, but the trembling look on his walk made people feel worried.

Everyone was not concerned about whether the Great Witch would join the Ba tribe, but was worried about whether the Great Witch could enter the Ba tribe like this.
To be continued...