Chapter 191 - The location of the Flame (1/2)
Chapter 191 - The location of the Flame
Translated by Lesyt Team
Edited by Ilesyt
The sun set at the other side of the mountain, the light in the forest was lessening.
The surroundings became darker.
At the moment, Shao Xuan didn’t notice the pa.s.sage of time. Nor did he even care about the existence of dangers around. He had some feeling that it was safe here, and there would be no sneak attacks from dangerous plants or ferocious beasts.
All his attention was focused on the earth under his palms.
Shao Xuan was perceiving the bit of warmth coming from underneath, which pa.s.sed from his palms and arms upward to the totem in his mind, stimulating the flames on the totem, making them jump around vigorously.
A night breeze blew over, as if carrying some unusual things in the wind.
It started to become quiet all around. The bird chirps and insect buzzes, beast roars in the wood, sounds of flowing water and so on, all faded away.
Hoo~~
Hoo~~
It sounded like flames jumping with the wind.
Nevertheless, there was no fire in the surroundings. Even as the sun set and the night fell, this unrecognizable land of ruins had already been covered with darkness.
Shao Xuan fixed his eyes on his palms on the earth, completely motionless. He felt that it became warmer under his palms, as if something was spreading under the earth and was going to break out.
A small flame came out between his fingers, which was quite conspicuous in the dark night.
Soon, more flames showed up under Shao Xuan’s palms and became larger than the previous small flames, Shao Xuan was unable to cover them with his palms.
After the fire light under his palms became bigger, it was divided into six branches, spreading gradually in six directions, no rising flames, just like magma extending in different directions into the forest, all the way until it was out of sight.
Taking back his hands, Shao Xuan stood up and looked at those six branches extending from one point.
Is this, the “root” of the Flaming Horns tribe mentioned by old He’s ancestors? And is the center point of the six branches the original location of the Flame?
Whiling thinking, Shao Xuan suddenly felt that it was wrong, he then became entranced in that uncontrollable but special state again.
Looking at the place under his feet: it should have been a ground full of flowers, gra.s.s and dirt, but now all turned into stones. As to the size of these kind of stones and the way how they were placed, Shao Xuan was very familiar with them, just as if he was standing in the fire pit of the Flaming Horns tribe.
Fire pit?!
Shao Xuan looked up at the other places.
That land of ruins just now disappeared, and lots of blurry figures showed up instead: numerous people stood not far away. Behind the crowd were stone houses, a lot higher than the people. Just like those paintings drawn on the walls of the cave at the mountain foot of the Flaming Horns tribe, compared with the houses of most tribes, these stone houses were larger, higher and more magnificent……
There were also some carved statues of humans and animals, some of which were statues of warriors striking down ferocious beasts.
Dear reader, our website is running thanks to our ads. Please consider supporting us and the translators by disabling your ad blocker. Currently, 55% of our readers have turned their ad-block on.
Alternatively, if you don't like ads, you could also subscribe for only $3 for 30 days. With the subscription you will enjoy an ad-free experience, and also have access to all the VIP chapters.
In places close to the fire pit stood some people lined up in a similar way as during the tribe’s ritual ceremony, and some warriors doing the ritual dance. There were also some columns standing erect near the ritual. The difference was that near the firepit stood another six men. Shao Xuan couldn’t see what they looked like exactly, only blurry figures. Their costumes were more “gorgeous” than those of the dancing warriors, with more complicated decorative ornaments on their heads and bodies.
One figure stepped into the fire pit and headed towards Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan knew that the man was not coming towards him. The objective should be the Flame located where Shao Xuan stood. This man should be the shaman of the Flaming Horns tribe at that time.
All these men could be those called “ancestors”. If those tribesmen at the other side of the river saw this scene, most people would probably go down on their knees again.
Shao Xuan stood there, quietly watching those figures around him.
The shaman walked to the side of the Flame, put down something and stepped back out of the fire pit. He stood next to the fire pit, raised his two arms, and started singing.
It seemed to be brighter in the surroundings.
Shao Xuan looked around. The fast-rising flames covered him, while the surroundings became brighter thanks to the suddenly rising flames. The crowd standing not far away was also lit up, but Shao Xuan still couldn’t see them clearly, only rough figures of men, women, the old, and the young; there was also a pack hunting dogs branded with a mark.
Everyone was facing the fire. No matter where Shao Xuan looked, even if he couldn’t see the expressions on their faces clearly, he could feel that they were all looking at the place where he stood.
Shao Xuan lifted his feet and walked out of the center, out of the area where the fire light covered.
Just like a bystander, Shao Xuan looked at the figures around: those men didn’t have any changes because of Shao Xuan’s movement, as both were in different time points. All of these were the past scenes reappearing, the same as when he saw the scene of the green thief sneaking at night when he followed the advance group to the green land.
The crowd went down on their knees and wors.h.i.+pped in the direction of the fire pit faithfully.
A layer of heat color covered the surroundings.
Turning his head, Shao Xuan looked at the direction of the fire pit: the rolling flames rose higher and more violently than those he saw while attending the ritual ceremony in the Flaming Horns tribe; the sky around seemed to be burning, all in the color of fire, looking extremely splendid.
There are three Flames of fire pit, and this was just the first Flame, and it rose so high. What about the third Flame?
In the Flaming Horns tribe, when Shao Xuan saw the flames of the Flame rising up, he thought that it was an unbelievable and grand sight at that time; but now seeing the scene in front, Shao Xuan really understood what the true flames of the Flame were like, just like the drawing once recorded on those animal skin volumes.
When Shao Xuan was standing at the side of the fire pit of the old haunt of the Flaming Horns tribe and looking at the images of almost a thousand years past, at the other side of the river, far away from the central area...
In the Flaming Horns tribe, few people would go out at this time. It was already in darkness for most areas near the mountain foot region. The night swallows were also actively flying around, watching every house and waiting to swarm and attack anyone who came out.
Up the mountain, where there was more fire light, in some houses, the warriors were burning fires, perhaps for cooking, or just burning the firewood and chatting around the fire.
On top of the mountain, the Shaman detected something, das.h.i.+ng out of the stone house like the wind and heading to the fire pit without taking the walking stick. Those warriors on guard around the fire pit intended to inform the Shaman and the chief of the changes on the fire pit, but they didn’t expect that the Shaman would come over by himself.
Looking at the images in the fire pit, the Shaman seemed to be stunned, standing there, his mind blanking out for a moment.
In the fire pit, the original Flame with the small flames was now burning and jumping violently, and then rose up suddenly, rolling and spreading to the entire fire pit.
It was not the time for the ritual right now, so there was no rite, even the Shaman didn’t do anything. However, the flames in the fire pit were burning as they were during the ritual ceremony after every winter.