Chapter 283 Temple
As mid-to-late August begins to fall leaves in large numbers, the woods appear much wider, and insects and snakes naturally disappear in large numbers. As human activities in this valley increase dramatically, the number of wild animals becomes smaller and smaller.
In the past, a large number of wild animals such as goats, wild mutterlands, forests, deer, foxes, wild boars, badgers, slowly disappeared in the midst of the noise of humans all day long, and most of them migrated further to mountains or valleys.
The process of building a temple is actually the best time for children to explore the wilderness.
They ran, climbed, played hide-and-seek in the vast forest, picked up the fallen wild fruits, and dug sweet rhizomes. This was their happiest time.
At this time of year, it is also the time when the hunting and fishing harvest is the most. The wind and a group of hunters, and a large number of wild animals and fish are transported back in a steady stream every day. After the beasts of all sizes are slaughtered, the dried animal skins and flesh are everywhere inside and outside the yard, and the entire mountain base courtyard begins to permeate a strong smell of blood and fishy smell.
The speed of temple construction has been leaps and bounds in full food and a dry and cool comfortable climate.
It took only ten days before and after, the road up the mountain was basically paved.
A winding step path made of stone is hidden among the rugged and empty mountains and forests. It is sometimes flat, sometimes steep, sometimes wide, sometimes narrow. In some very steep places, there are even handrails and railings built with wood. If no one comes to climb around, it is absolutely believed that this is an unknown small tourist attraction in later generations.
However, when a large group of fur guys wearing linen clothes and even dirty furs, with furry faces exposed on the butts and eggs all over their hands screaming and running back and forth on the mountain road, Xu Chen knew that he must have been the illusion of traveling through time.
This path is common to Xu Chen, but for the savages of this era, it is no less than the creation of the world-building of houses, canals, dams and embankments.
With this stone path, everyone obviously had a complex mood to step onto a Golden Light Avenue, the Kingdom of the Gods, when they went up the mountain.
Because this road leads to the dignified residence.
Following the narrow and curved stone steps, you can climb up the steps and pass through a familiar forest. It is the cave that once lived for more than half a year.
The cave looks like now. If Xu Chen hadn't been familiar with all the transformations here, he would have thought he had gone to the wrong place.
The appearance of the cave has been beyond recognition.
Relying on the huge cracks in the cave, a large open house was built with cottage bricks and stones, like a lobby house, which included most of the cave, the statue of the old mother god, and the mountain wall behind it.
In the middle is a statue more than two meters high. He knelt on the ground with a baby in his arms, with a peaceful expression. His super big eyes looked down at the direction of the valley below the mountain, and seemed to be able to see the entire Ba tribe's life at any time.
The cave wall behind the statue has not changed much as before. There are three bright red characters on it, and Xu Chen's diary and various graffiti paintings created by the temporary works are still left on it.
The temple roof relies on the walls on both sides and the top wall of the cave. A simple eaves were built with wood and covered with thatch.
In fact, the cave is big enough, and it doesn’t matter whether it is covered or not. However, if there is too heavy rain, the rain will still wash away the statue. In order to ensure that the gods can live more with peace of mind, after the roof is repaired, the entire cave will be almost covered.
The mountain spring well on the left side of the temple has also been renovated and built into a small pool with a radius of more than ten square meters.
In every temple, there must be a wishing pool. Throwing money into it is a tradition. It is said to be a means of making money in the temple. In fact, these are all the blasphemy of the gods and malicious speculations of the temple by those dark psychological elements. The purpose of the wishing pool is to store water to prevent fires.
Saving money is just a by the way. In fact, there are foolish people who will throw money into the engine of the plane and pray for God's blessing.
This shows that people who pray to gods are basically fools.
Xu Chen is naturally not a fool, but he will be more happy to earn some extra money while preventing fire.
From now on, he planned to erect a stone tablet here, marking it as a wishing pool, reminding all savages to come to worship the old mother god, and throw some useless things into the pool, such as gold, agate, turquoise, crystal, jade, etc., to express their respect for the old mother god. The more they throw, the more they will bless the gods they make more effective.
Anyway, these colorful gems are useless now, and doing so will make all savages more pious and respectful.
After all, there are many rituals and people who do not blame God, so is God. Offering gifts and food is also a kind of respect for God.
Xu Chen fantasized that in the future, this wishing pool would be filled with colorful and brilliant gems.
On the right side of the temple is the cave where you lived together.
The cave was also processed, and a wall was built outside, connected to the temple, and a portal turned into a hidden huge room.
After such modifications, insects, snakes, birds and beasts cannot enter, which can keep the cave clean, and at the same time can also store some emergency supplies. Of course, the gold and jade taken out of the wishing pool may be stored. Maybe after this place becomes a real religious place, the cave can also be lived in, and there will be witches and other clergy personnel staying for a long time, just like a little witch wants to move it up.
The open space in front of the cave has also undergone some simple transformations.
The open space is not large, only fifty or sixty square meters, and most of it is exposed rocky surface. The heights and undulations are not very flat, and they are slightly tilted downward. It used to be the main leisure and activity place for the tribe members.
This time, Xu Chen planned to level it. The surrounding areas and the low places in the middle were filled with stone and soil to form a slightly semicircular platform, leaving a gap connecting with the path, and the steps were built with stones.
The connecting position between the open space and the cave temple is also made of several wide stone steps with stone. Although it is not the kind of stone, it is made of relatively neatly knocked stone slabs and lime clay.
The cave after this transformation has no similarities to the past.
Apart from the crude craftsmanship, it is basically exactly the same as some familiar mountain god temples in later generations. There is no longer any natural and primitive appearance.
Xu Chen was very satisfied with the renovation of the mountain temple as a whole.
All the tribe members and prisoners were also very excited.
Especially after the temple was officially covered with beams and roofs, this emotion reached its peak.
In order to celebrate the completion of the temple, Xu Chen summoned Mu Ba and the little witch to discuss it and decided to hold a grand and lively celebration ceremony at the temple on the day the temple was built.
However, on the day of the ceremony, the little witch suddenly became nervous. After the ceremony, she secretly pulled Xu Chen to a secluded corner, and said with a nervous and excited face that she felt the power of God, and there seemed to be a big eye looking at her in the dark.
Xu Chen naturally scoffed at this statement.
But given the identity and status of the little witch, he could not deny it at once.
Therefore, she could only comfort her with a smile and said that it was because the temple was completed, so the Mother God was giving her revelation, which showed that her study and hard work had improved during this period and she had begun to feel the call of the gods.
The little witch was naturally happy and worried, and was so excited that she pulled her skirt to pieces.
I am happy that I can finally feel the power of God.
What worries is what God wants to tell her and what kind of revelation will it bring?
The mysterious attributes of gods destined that these doubts could only be explored and thought about and judged by themselves. Even the witch king Xu Chen could not help her.
After feeling the ubiquitous eye of the god, the little witch began to become a little nervous. She went up the mountain to worship the old mother god every day, and held a golden witch staff all day long, circling around the cave and inside and outside the temple, eager to find the source of God's revelation.
The mysterious actions of the Great Witch naturally made everyone nervous.
This is even more true for Mother Ba. Since the little witch became the great witch of the Ba tribe, although her prestige has increased day by day and gradually gained awe and submission from all tribes, there has not been much magical manifestation of the witch, and it is far from the great witch who was awe back then.
In other words, the new witch has not given a truly instructed revelation of the gods so far. Although this is not important, Mo Ba and some women still feel a little regretful.
And this time, it seemed that the great witch truly felt the call of the gods, but she couldn't find any clue.
Therefore, the mother Baby is even more nervous and arranged for a large group of women to follow her to protect the little witch all day long. While trying not to disturb her, she will give her the most close-fits-all safety care.
The little witch was so nervous that she searched for three or four days but still had no clues. She hurriedly cried several times. While Xu Chen was so amused and crying, she could only comfort her and said that the gods were everywhere, and the gods' revelation was not necessarily near the temple, but might be at the foot of the mountain or somewhere else.
The little witch naturally believed Xu Chen's words very much, and suddenly felt a sudden enlightenment. So she started looking for inspiration on the mountain and down the mountain and even near the river beach with joy.
So for several days, everyone watched the great witch running back and forth on the way up and down the mountain with golden scepters. Sometimes they would run several times a day. When they were tired of running, they would wander around the river beach or even the other side.
Xu Chen was even more amused and laughed. He saw the little witch going back and forth like a game of running corpses, but he didn't know how to dissuade him.
There is no eye of the god at all, you are just too nervous and have hallucinations.
But he cannot explain this kind of thing clearly. Illusion is actually a self-illusion of the witch's revelation of gods. Many witches even eat some poisonous fruits or plants that can produce hallucinations to immerse themselves in this illusion, thinking that it is the revelation and call from the gods to them.
Chapter completed!