Chapter 101 – The Shaman’s requiremen (1/2)

Translated by Sunyancai

If the Shaman asked this question to another person in the tribe, that person would’ve been thrilled. However, it was Shao Xuan who was sitting in front of the Shaman.

In fact, the Shaman had long expected that Shao Xuan would refuse him. He just didn’t expect Shao Xuan to have such a firm refusal.

Speaking about the Shaman’s savage hunt of an heir… Well, let’s just say it was a long story.

Being the whole tribe’s spiritual guide meant that the Shaman must take it very seriously when finding an heir. So, a few Shamans in recent history had all spent a lot of time and energy in selecting their successors.

When Gui He, the team leader of the other hunting team, was little, he was chosen by the Shaman, and the Shaman intended to cultivate him from a young age. Also, the Shaman named him “Gui He”.

The name “Gui He” came from the blessing chant “All water belongs to the gully”. One could see how much expectation the Shaman had for this child.

However, it was a shame that back then, the Shaman was working on the research of a few newly-found plants. He became so obsessed with it that he forgot to keep an eye on Gui He. When he was less busy and realized the importance of cultivating the child, he found that Gui He already had his goal set on becoming a strong warrior. All he wanted was to pursue the pinnacle of power and nothing else would ever distract him.

Gui He admired and respected the Shaman just like everyone else in the tribe. He would literally start a death fight if he heard any bad words about the Shaman. However, ever since he had his own mind, all he wanted to be was a powerful warrior.

The Shaman wasn’t mad about Gui He’s goal. However, he started to rethink.

The main priority of the people in the tribe was to become powerful warriors, and they had a very persistent pursuit of strength. Forcing someone to alter his goal wouldn’t make him into a qualified Shaman. The successor must be someone willing.

After Gui He, the Shaman began to pay attention to other people in the tribe.

However, since everyone wanted to become warriors, the Shaman thought perhaps he could choose from those who had yet to awaken. If one couldn’t be awakened, will he or she be willing to become the next shaman?

It really didn’t matter if the shaman had totem power or not. As long as he or she was a qualified successor, he or she could naturally obtain the inherited power of the shaman from him.

As for the totem power…. Well, it would be useless after one becomes the shaman. Because, the shaman would never leave the tribe.

If one chief was gone, they could always select the next strongest person to be the next chief. However, it wasn’t the case with the shaman. Every shaman was raised and cultivated since childhood. Once the candidate was selected, the shaman would keep the candidate by his side and teach by lectures and examples.

As for the “requirements” for the potential candidate… No one knew, and no one could tell. It was totally up to the present shaman.

There had been male, female, totem warrior, and non-totem warrior shamans. So, the awakening of totem power was no decisive factor of being selected. However, about twenty years after the birth of Gui He, the Shaman found no one suitable for being the candidate. He would constantly go down the mountain top to see the kids at the mountain foot area. But, he was disappointed every time.

Until one day, Gui He carried his newborn daughter to the Shaman, asking for the Shaman’s honor to name his little girl. The Shaman was tempted again once he laid eyes on the infant in Gui He’s arms. He named her “Gui Ze”. It was also a name that came from a blessing chant.

“All earth returns to the mansion, while all water belongs to the gully. Insects do not labor, by the blessing of nature……”

So, since childhood, Gui Ze was raised and cultivated as the next shaman. Only a few people living on the mountaintop were aware of that.

However, the Shaman didn’t expect to meet Shao Xuan.

Ever since his awakening, Shao Xuan wasn’t like the others. The Shaman had been paying extra attention to him ever since. Moreover, his view of Shao Xuan was improved by Shao Xuan’s every moves and actions as time went by.

If we say that it was because of his physique that he could make faster progress than the others. Then, how should we explain when Shao Xuan could see the things that others couldn’t see? What about Shao Xuan’s recovering ability that was better than an intermediate totem warrior?

And now he understood the Shaman Volumes!

Why did he obtain such power?

In fact, the Shaman had no explanation for that. He learnt that Shao Xuan had a complete flame inside his body the day he awakened. Whilst other people in the tribe only had an incomplete flame. However, meanwhile, he seemed to have some kind of shaman power. He could see the things that the other warriors couldn’t see.

When a shaman determined that it was the right time, he would pass on all his power to his successor. However, Shao Xuan seemed to have acquired it without inheriting it from the Shaman.