Survival In the World of Beasts

After completing the dagger in hand, he kept carrying it with him without a suitable opportunity to send it out. Bai didn't know what he was up to recently, and he couldn't see anyone else. Li Shizun waited nervously. As a result, this guy always came back too late. When he came back, Li Shizhao was already waiting to fall asleep. He didn't know what to do in the morning. He had only prepared breakfast but he couldn't see him at all.

Li Shizhen was waiting, embarrassed, disappointed, and waiting. The psychological construction he started to do after going back and forth was gradually numb, and the corn was mature. Li Shizhen needed to devote himself to the busy work of harvesting. , He also wanted to go away. For the time being, put aside the other things and straighten out the important matter of harvesting first, but he can't fall into the last step after ninety-nine steps.

According to Ahu, when the ears on the top of the corn stalks are half dead, they can be picked. Li Shizhao went to check it. It is true that the corn is already full and it's time to mature.

Li Shizhao immediately decided to start picking. The organization and arrangements were trivial and cumbersome, and he was very busy. He was too busy to think about his recent whereabouts.

Taking into account that the land also needs to be cultivated repeatedly, they did not just break off the corn cobs, but cut down the entire corn stalks with a stone knife, and then transported them to a place to dry them to break the cobs. Corn stalks can be used for composting and can also be used as fuel.

The valley is busy, and even the eminems have devoted themselves to this work. They are not tired of it. Now, a staple food has been added to the dinner. The sweet and soft corn reminds Li Shizhen of many delicacies on the earth.

This kind of food that many people have never eaten in this valley is very popular for a while, and the output is very impressive. What fascinates the Apaam most is that Acho said that this kind of plant can be grown, which means that they grow it. The more you can collect, the more it is not as unreliable as the collection.

This time, because they only mobilized young people to participate, the land to be reclaimed was limited, so the area was not particularly large, but the output was almost half that of Congguo. You must know that Congguo has accumulated so many years in the valley to have this output, and the young people like corn have only tossed most of the snow season to have such a bumper harvest, which has greatly touched the elders.

The final storage Li Shizhao has devised several methods. He once saw farmers in the north hanging corn cobs directly under the eaves to ventilate them. This is a way of storage. Wait until the corn is air-dried before threshing. At that time, you can make a stone mill or something. With cornmeal, maybe the pasta is not far away.

Although this harvesting is considered to be a relatively large amount of labor, due to the enthusiastic participation of the Apaams, the manpower is very sufficient and the progress is very fast. So even if the young males did not participate in the picking this time, there was no delay in the progress.

The Aps seemed to know the whole process of their hunting of the terror beasts, and because the ceremony was just around the corner, they felt that they could be regarded as independent adults, and they didn't much interfere with their recent sneaky actions. Anyway, the elders have recently cultivated new hobbies when harvesting corn, and they have also diverted their attention.

Li Shizhao could see that these Apaams are now also interested in planting and breeding. This is a good thing. The change of concept starts with young people, who are more receptive to new things, and when these elders When I started to accept it, it meant that this kind of thing has gradually become popular, and it is not difficult to promote it.

During this period, the Apaams also asked a lot of technical issues related to planting. The females did not need to explain Li Shizhen, but also introduced them patiently and carefully. The basic agricultural knowledge was spread in the valley in this primitive way. .

Soon, the green gauze tents in the ground disappeared, leaving a section of corn stalks stubble, and the eaves in the valley were decorated with gold rims, and they were covered with corn, beaming, and the coldest snow season. The time has come, and the heavy snow has one after another, and the outside of the valley is no longer accessible. Even in the valley, a thin layer of snow hangs on the woods to the south, and the lake has begun to freeze.

The fruit on the sacred fir tree has completely turned brown, and the grand ceremony in the mouth of the orcs is about to begin.

The date of the ceremony was chosen by Yang Apa looking at the weather, and Li Shizhao also received the notice. Since he is only a soy sauce maker, he only needs to be present at that time.

But I heard that the ceremony started early in the morning and would last a whole day, so Li Shizhao also planned to go to bed early, so as not to be too impolite to be late the next day.

He slept dimly, but he felt a little itchy on his face, opened his eyes in a daze, and saw a pair of innocent big blue eyes.

Li Shizhao turned over, buried himself in the warm snow-white fur, and muttered, "Don't make trouble, sleep for a while..." He hasn't woken up yet.

The big cat "whoops", and reluctantly arched Li Zhixun again. Although it was still early, the ceremony was about to begin. He gently licked Li Zhixun’s cheek, which was probably a good harvest. He was exhausted, and Li Shizhao had always had a regular routine since he was back in the valley. It was not yet time for him to get up.

The big cat looked at Li Shizhao's sleeping face. It was really helpless. He was very alert when he was sleeping outside, and couldn't wake up when he returned to the valley. The big cat's big blue eyes blinked, and a sly flash passed by in his eyes. He lowered his head, turned the tiger's head to the side, and took aim-piercing Li Shixun's face with his beard.

Then... Li Shizhao finally woke up from his beard. He furiously grabbed the big cat by the beard and ravaged it severely.

It was only after the big cat's "aooooooo" begging for mercy that Li Shizhao was relieved of getting up. He looked at the sky, it was still dark, but there was already a voice outside. Generally, Bai Hu would not harass him to sleep in this way. Thinking about it a little bit, Li Shizun also knew the reason why Bai Hu asked him to get up. He could only say that the start of the ceremony was beyond his expectation.

Seeing the big cat rubbing his beard pitifully, Li Shizhen didn’t know if he was really in pain or pretending, so he rubbed him helplessly: "Okay, I get up a little bit angry, are we? Hurry over?"

The big cat rubbed Li Zhizhen's cheek and nodded.

After washing up quickly, Li Shizhao hurried out together with Bai Hu.

The sky outside is now a dark blue, and the sky will be unclear, but the orcs have already walked together lively to the south. Li Zhizhen and Bai Hu also followed their acquaintances and said hello back and forth.

The location of the ceremony was under the sacred tree. When Li Shizhao arrived, he was also taken aback by the arrangement in front of him. On the open space under the sacred fir tree, I don't know when a platform was built, but it was not this platform that was eye-catching, but the huge animal skin behind the platform.

The orcs arrived one after another, all automatically and orderly sitting on both sides of the high platform, vacating the space directly in front of the platform. Li Shizhao and Baihu also naturally sat down with the crowd.

When the sky turned bright, Yang Apa and the others had arrived, and the crowd gradually became quiet.

Then Yang Apa stood on the platform. His dress today was completely different from usual. He wore a multicolored fur, a huge skeletal hat on his head, and a wooden cane in his hand, looking very solemn.

He looked at the crowd and smiled slightly: "It's another snow season, blessed by the Holy Spirit. This year, we reap abundance, and the snow season has no worries, thank the Holy Spirit!" Then he turned and stretched out his arms to the holy fir, starting high and low. Sing.

It was an ancient and desolate but solemn tone that Li Shizhen had never heard before, and the surrounding orcs looked solemn. In the voice of Yang Apa’s old singing, several Apa came forward and uncovered the skins of the animal.

Li Shizhao got close, and he clearly saw a corner, which seemed to have been dug in the roots of the sacred fir tree. He took a closer look and was surprised to find that it seemed that the place dug under the roots of the sacred fir tree was dark and dark. It turned out to be a very small but very deep natural cave. Think about the landform of the snow cave again. This small cave will probably connect with the snow cave.

Yang Apa stopped singing and said loudly to the holy fir: "Holy spirit, the ancestors once sworn to you to repay your blessing grace with flesh and soul. Today, the people of the tribe who travel far, their bodies can no longer Come back, but please let their souls come back to you again, implore you to take them in and continue to protect them!"

Then Apa Yang took a box from Apa on the side, and began to call out names that were completely unfamiliar to Li Shizhao, and then sighed and muttered: "All come back, come back to the Holy Spirit, The Holy Spirit will continue to protect you and bless you, and you will be with your ancestors."

While calling to the souls, he spilled the white powder in the box into the cave, and then several things that looked like fruit pits were lifted above his head by Yang Apa: "Holy Spirit, please allow them to return..."

Then all the orcs began to sing that simple but desolate tone, the tone was full of nostalgia, maybe they thought of the voices and smiles of the dead, and the tone was also full of piety and sincerity, maybe they were blessing the old in the Holy Spirit Get real rest around.

In this tone, Yang Apa put several pits, some only half of them, and some into a whole, and cast them all into small caves.

Li Shizhen was shocked to discover that this was both a sacrifice and a funeral. The names that were called may be the tribesmen who lost their lives while hunting outside. In this sacrifice, their The soul has returned to the Holy Spirit forever. The orcs around them looked sad but not sad, but there was an indescribable tranquility. They missed and said goodbye, but knew that this was not a farewell. One day they would return to the embrace of the Holy Spirit and meet the dead again. .

Then they sacrificed their food, fish, corn, and even a bowl of blood. In Yang'apa’s tone, it should be the blood of the horror beast. When sacrificed with such a powerful prey, the surrounding orcs were all with their expressions. This kind of indescribable pride and pride.

The big bowl of blood was not completely drained, and the remaining half remained in the bowl. Yang Apa turned around and smiled and said, "Thanks to the young people, the tribe is proud of you! Come up, children."

Bai Hu licked Li Zhizheng, stepped out more and more, and jumped onto the high platform. With him, as well as the ten or so young people who hunted together and were about to reach adulthood, had all turned into animal forms.

Yang Apa raised the bowl full of blood: "The Holy Spirit testifies that there are more warriors in the tribe from today! You must hunt for food and protect the tribe!"

Ten tigers and snow wolves raised their heads, and in the long, solemn swearing sound, Yang Apa wiped the blood marks on their foreheads one by one.

The howling gradually ceased, and Yang Apa encouraged: "Dread beasts can be hunted. You are the most powerful warriors. The blood of the fear beasts is proof of your bravery! No creatures on the mainland can defeat you. Witness of the Holy Spirit!"

The surrounding orcs cheered enthusiastically: "Warrior! Warrior! Holy Spirit testimony!"

After a long time, the cheers stopped.

But the excitement did not end because the cheers stopped. The crowd began to get excited, and everyone was talking about it.

Li Zhizheng looked blank, and the female sitting next to him smiled and said, "I think Bai must be the best!"

Li Zhizhu:?

The female explained patiently: "The newly grown warriors must fight under the witness of the Holy Spirit. It depends on whether the tiger tribe or the wolf tribe wins."

In the open space under the high platform, there was a chaotic battle soon. The tigers and wolves were in a ball, and the dust was flying, but it did not seem to be really fighting. Li Shizhen watched them sometimes dodge and sometimes stretched their paws, indicating that they could not see it at all. Understand what you are doing, and if it is fighting, shouldn't it be punched on the body? One after another, several orcs retreated by themselves.

The surrounding orcs looked happily, and Li Zhizhen asked, "What kind of play is this? Why doesn't it look like they are fighting, but like playing."

The female next to her laughed: "The blood marks of those guys who withdrew have been wiped out, haven't you seen it?"

Li Shizun took a closer look, and sure enough, the marks written on Yang'apa on their foreheads were wiped out. No wonder the fighting looks strange. It turned out that they were protecting their foreheads and wiping other people's foreheads.

Then the white tiger's movements were really wretched. Li Shizhao looked straight at his forehead. He actually kept attacking others with his butt, sitting on someone's head with his butt, and he actually... really "fighted" all the way to the end...

Anyway, the excitement was finally over. Bai Hu was here to make fun. Although he won in the end, he was counterattacked by others. Don't be too sad because the Arhat was crushed at the bottom or something.

Yang Apa waved his hand and drove away the group of ritual-destroying guys before he began to speak slowly: "A long time ago, the ancestors of the tiger tribe first discovered the valley, and spent a long time in the snow under the protection of the holy tree. Ji, since then, every snow season, he will lead the people back here again."

"Before the start of a long snow season, the ancestors of the wolf tribe came from the north and found here. So the two tribes once held each side of the valley, and there were battles and bloodshed."

The orcs stopped laughing and became serious.

"It was the longest and darkest snow season. The old man and the children died one after another. The female walked into the snow cave. The weather hadn't warmed yet. There were very few members of the two clans, and the warriors were dying of hunger."

"There are too few warriors, they can't catch prey at all. In order to survive, the patriarchs of the two clans agreed to hunt and share food together to spend this long snow season."

"Years, in the snow season, the tiger tribe and the wolf tribe kept watch and helped each other. Finally, the two patriarchs swore under the sacred tree:"

"The Holy Spirit testifies that our tiger/wolf race is here to become a family of brothers, never fight, and are blessed by the Holy Spirit, blood blends, and generations to form a bond." The voices of Chiapa and Qing Apa sounded at the same time.

Yang Apa waved the wooden staff in his hand and said, "Yes, it's time for a new generation to form a bond. Yong, Ache, come up."

Yang Apa put a bright red mark on the foreheads of Ache and Yong. The symbols are different, but they fit like a mirror image.

"Bloodlines are blended, and generations will be the bond. From now on, you will be partners. You must love each other. In the future, you will share everything and return to the embrace of the Holy Spirit together. Your cubs will also inherit the blood of the two races and bring brothers together. The blood of the clan will be passed down. The other children of the bond, come up too."

Li Shizhao watched a clan marriage on the Orc Continent. Yes, according to Yang Apa’s account, this is the marriage between the two races in order to maintain the relationship between the brothers of each other. The blood is blended, and the birth has two. The descendants of the common blood of the clan have no stronger guarantee than this. No wonder Aman would say that Yong and Ache's ceremony was set very early.

Kan Yong and Ache are in a good relationship now, the marriage should be a success.

The other young people who were going to hold the ceremonies all stood in pairs on the high platform. The white tiger, who had nothing to do with him, returned to Li Zhizheng and nudged Li Zhizheng aggrievedly. Anyway, a few years later, this female became an adult. The ceremony is also going to be held, so he is not in a hurry, hum.

Li Shizhao didn't know the little ones of Baihu. He simply leaned on Baihu and started the ceremony on the stage. Speaking of it, the whole ceremony was really interesting. It included funerals, sacrifices, coming-of-age, and finally there was a wedding!

The Apas put down a high ladder from the holy fir tree, Li Shizheng was dumbfounded, would he have to climb up the holy fir tree to hold the wedding ceremony later?

The holy fir is too tall, and the place more than ten meters high is straight and straight, there are no branches, even if a cat that is good at climbing encounters such a tree that has no place to borrow, it is probably choking to climb. . This ladder is probably set up for this reason.

At this time, the sky is bright, and the valley presents another beautiful scene compared to when Li Shizhao just arrived. The white fog in the early morning is thicker, the mountains are getting more and more misty, and the frozen lake and the snow-covered scenery complement each other. The white mist wrapped around the top of the sacred fir, reminding Li Zhiluo of the main color of white in western weddings, which is holy and dignified.

After Yang Apa painted the symbol representing the marriage contract on the forehead of the couple, with a wave of his hand, Li Shizhen was surprised to see that the females quickly rode on the male's back, and then ran towards the ladder.

The Apaams around were all watching with a smile, and the females who had passed the ceremonies were also discussing which pair was the fastest and most promising.

Li Shizhao saw that a pair of newlyweds on the tree were all occupying positions on the ladder, not giving way to each other, and their speed was also stronger than their strength. The females were clinging to the male under them for fear of falling. He didn't quite understand what this was doing, but the scene was interesting. Li Shizhen couldn't restrain his curiosity, so he asked Eminem next to him: "Why are they going up first?"

Eminem saw that it was Li Zhixun, but he understood that he didn't know anything: "The one who goes up first can go to the top of the holy fir. The higher the top, the bigger the fruit of the holy fir."

Li Zhizhu: (⊙o⊙)

So... is this robbing the sacred cone fruit? It is estimated that this is a kind of auspicious blessing at the wedding.

Eminem saw Li Shizheng's appearance and enthusiastically comforted him: "Azhao, you don't have to grab it. We have all heard that the fruit that Sheng Cong gave you is already big enough." He glanced at Bai Hu ambiguously, "Wait for your ceremony, you can use it directly."

Use, use? Li Shizun silently stopped the topic. He felt that Sheng Congguo's usage or something, in order to cover his own lower limit, he had better not know.

When Li Shixun asked, the newcomers on the sacred fir selected branches and stepped up the pace of searching and picking. The Apaams quickly set up a shed under the tree. It was really just a shed. I can't see it, but it's only covered with animal skins.

On the open space, a bonfire was also set up. When Li Shizhen was dazzled, the aroma of the food spread. This point says it’s not early or late, and I don’t know when, but I didn’t eat breakfast. Li Shizhao said that he was really hungry.

The open space has become a party scene. Corn, fir fruit, fish, mutton, and even the meat of the horror beast can be eaten at will. Of course, the horror beast meat is limited.

As a result, Li Shizhen and Bai Hu also ate happily while watching the battle on the holy fir. The first ones to come down were Yong and Ache.

Ache was holding a brown fruit in his hand, and the crowd began to cheer. Then Yong carried Ache and stopped in front of a shed, and began to join the crowd in the carnival.

One after another, several couples got down the tree, strolled in front of the shed, and came to the clearing.

At the beginning, the newlyweds were nothing special, that is, the females would eat something to talk to everyone, and the eminems would secretly confess something to them. But gradually, the males became lively, everyone was eating in a circle...watching a fight.

It was a real fight, just lost his teeth. Li Shizhao laughed and laughed and found out that those who were fighting were still fighting with wheels. After careful observation, they were all young males who had not participated in the ceremony to challenge today's groom.

Bai Hu had been following Li Shizhao all the time, and did not join in the fun. It's just that he would be so cute from time to time to act like a coquettish begging to feed or something, and it wouldn't make Li Shizun feel bored at all. Just dealing with this big cat is enough for him.

In the evening, a bonfire was lit in the open space. The party seemed to have no intention of stopping. Everyone was still sitting and standing onlookers and chatting lively, and the supply of food did not stop.

Gradually, the sky darkened, and the males' challenge finally slowly stopped. The busiest time came when a couple of newlyweds actually walked into those sheds, and the laughter, cheering, and clamoring voices outside reached the culmination, and almost all of them couldn't hear the people next to them.

Li Shizhao had an ominous premonition: Σ (°△°|||) is not what he thought it was!

However, the ambiguous voice coming from the shed and the happy expressions of the Apaams outside really made Li Shizhao have to run away. The leopard clan is by no means the only one!

I actually set up a temporary wedding room under the public. Would you like to be so open and tearful...

The conservative earthling who could not afford to hurt silently carried a white tiger and fled away at a speed, which drew a kind of laughter behind him.