C111 The "Yellow Book" of the Old witch? (1/2)
My words stunned everyone present.
For a moment, everyone looked at me dumbly.
”What's wrong, can't I?”
My gaze swept across everyone present. Those who were present immediately withdrew their gazes upon being swept by my gaze.
”If this is Lord host's decision, we will naturally comply.”
”Yes.” In that case, the three of you will be the new Mama. Furthermore, you all are young and inexperienced, so it would be easier for you all to discuss things when you meet up with them. ”
”Okay. Lord host. ”You're right.”
In the end, after staring blankly for a long while, the three Holy Maiden looked at each other. She didn't have any objections to my decision.
Of course, Silver Holy Maiden was the eldest sister of the three Holy Maiden, so she was the eldest sister, while Blue Haired Holy Maiden was the eldest sister. Thus, she was the second mother, and the last born of the Pastel Lady with Pink Hair was naturally the third mother.
Just a simple sentence from me is enough to determine the future religious system of the Bai clansmen. However, I am still quite at ease with the ability of the Third Saintess. Even though they are still young, I believe that in the future, they will definitely become the leaders of the Bai Clan.
Furthermore, the three Holy Maiden took care of the religious affairs of the clan together, so they could share some of the pressure.
After confirming the new mother's successor, they held a succession ceremony. The ceremony was very simple, actually giving each of the three saints a necklace made of emerald. It is said that every Mama wore a string of emeralds to identify herself.
I realised that the gem necklace was extremely similar to the gem on Old witch's walking stick. I think it was probably the same type of gem.
After Old witch's death, all of her remnants would be inherited by the Three Holy Maiden. The Old witch's room was located in a small hall on the right side of the Sun Moon Hall, and there were three rooms inside, one was the Old witch's bedroom, one was the junk room, and the other was a place similar to a study and laboratory.
Because the Old witch was dead, the three Holy Maiden went together to tidy up the miscellaneous rooms in the Old witch's study. From now on, that place was their territory. According to the Third Holy Maiden herself, when they were young, Old witch had also taught them some basic Gu techniques. They also knew some basic ability of discerning herbs, repelling insects, and detoxifying poisons, but they were still far off from Old witch.
When I went there today, I found that it was rather spectacular. When I went there before, Old witch had a very rich collection of all kinds of ancient books belonging to the White Clan, and there were a total of three to four big bookshelves in her study. Other than that, there were also five other relatively small shelves in the Old witch's study, and all of them were jade bottles or terrines.
Old witch's collection was truly not small.
”Wow! Master, so there are so many medicinal ingredients here!” After entering the Old witch's study, Little White started to look around like a mouse stealing rice. It broadened its horizons as it looked around, looked around, touched and smelled everything, as if it was very curious about everything.
When Little White opened a jar, she let out a cry and took a step back.
”Scorpions, so many scorpions!” Little White pointed with a pale face at the jar she had just opened.
I went up to check the jar and found that there really were quite a few black scorpions inside. The scorpion tails were long and sharp and had terrifying barbed spikes, it was extremely terrifying. It seemed that these were all raised by the Old witch before death.
”These are Blood Chicken Scorpions,” the Blue Haired Holy Maiden explained as she walked over. ”Mother used to raise them using the village's blood. These scorpions are very poisonous, they were able to poison ten chickens to death with a single scorpion.”
Hearing Blue Haired Holy Maiden's words, I shuddered. I closed the lid and realised that there were a few jars that looked similar. I opened them one by one to check them out curiously.
As a result, I discovered that the jars were filled with either centipedes, maggots, or spiders. The Blue Haired Holy Maiden explained the origins of these poisons one by one. Some were golden silkworms, some were toads, some were scorpions, and all were extremely toxic poisonous bugs, and each of the toxins were stronger than the last. Just listening to them made people's hair stand on end, and I finally felt that it was difficult for the Old witch, which had been able to live with these terrifying poisons for decades, to not go crazy.
Looking around Old witch's study, I had the feeling that I was visiting a museum belonging to the White Clan.
Blue Haired Holy Maiden was strolling together with us in Old witch's study, while Silver Holy Maiden was organizing some of her items, such as clothing, pendant, horse coat, cotton clothes and so on. Pastel Lady with Pink Hair, on the other hand, was arranging some of the herbs and books that Old witch had collected.
After listening to the Blue Haired Holy Maiden's explanation of the poisonous bugs that could torture a person to death, I didn't dare to go any closer to those clay pots. I was afraid that if I were to accidentally break those jars, the random poisonous substance inside would run out and I would suffer.
”By the way, when I was in the cave last time, why didn't I see the centipede that your mother used to bite me?” After counting all the poisons in the study, the one that impressed me the most was the large centipede that Old witch used to stab my lower body in the cave. That was very impressive. Every time Old witch used that centipede's head to stick with that strange fruit to prick my lower body, my lower body would become swollen like a flashlight.
”That is a 'Flaming dragon'. She raised it herself. Actually, it was the same type as the one in the jar. But it will take a few months to grow up. ” The Blue Haired Holy Maiden explained. As she spoke, she seemed to recall my swollen flashlight and her face turned slightly red. Although that kind of centipede looked very fierce, the bullets actually did not have much poison. After getting bitten by the Flaming dragon, one's skin would only become swollen and numb, but it would not be life-threatening. ”
”So that's how it is. ”Then what kind of red fruit is it that Mama used to soak the centipede's head with?”
”Oh. It's a 'acacia fruit', and it's also planted by my mom. It's only found in cold and humid places where the sun shines. ” The Blue Haired Holy Maiden explained, ”Mother told me a story once, and she said that a long time ago, there was no one in this world. At that time, there was only one Lord host, and that Lord host used his own ribs to make a woman, and then one day, Lord host ate the 'acacia fruit' that woman gave him, and merged with that woman, resulting in the birth of tens of millions of descendants. So all of us are actually the people of God. ”
Fuck, isn't this the story of Adam and Eve stealing the forbidden fruit? This Old witch can really pretend. However, could it be that the legendary forbidden fruit was this acacia fruit that could stimulate one's desire?
If he thought about it carefully, it was quite possible.
”Master, look! There are a lot of red fruits here! It seems to be very tasty! ” Just as Blue Haired Holy Maiden and I were talking about the matter of the forbidden fruit, Whitey, who was looking closely from the east bridge of the study, cried out.
Little White's call caught my attention. I turned my head and saw Little White pointing at a small water jar that was placed in the corner of the study. I walked up to it curiously and followed it. When I looked at it, I was stunned.
Because I saw that the barrel sized water tank was actually filled with dried fruits the size of red dates. On closer look, I was even more stupefied.
Damn, wasn't this the acacia fruit that cat girl and I ate together?