Chapter 262 - Remains of the shaman (1/2)

Edited by Ilesyt

Holding the bone ornament, Shao Xuan recalled the situation of that time. He remembered that it was the ball in the middle of the bone ornament that was the cause and asked, “Do you know what this ball is, and where did the ancestors get it?”

In the cave where the king stone worm lived, it was dark, but with his special vision, Shao Xuan saw the light of the ball. The light shone the surroundings. But with the ordinary vision, it did not emit any light.

This was a very special thing.

“Treasure? It is indeed a very precious thing.” The Shaman showed admiration in his eyes and stared at the ball. He said: “Long long ago, when the tribe was first established and the first shaman passed away, the chief put him in the fire pit. He saw that the first shaman did not disappear like the others, he left behind six balls.

“Is this one of them?” Shao Xuan was surprised and asked.

The Shaman nodded and said, “Later, the six balls were given to those who made great contributions to the tribe. They were called ‘elders’. Except the shaman and the chief, they had the highest status in the tribe and worked as the assistants of the shaman and the chief. The six balls were also the light of the tribe. Even in a place far away from the fire pit, they could bring light to the people of the tribe... Unfortunately, after the fire seed was divided, the six balls became dim.”

Shao Xuan paused and felt that the bone ornament in his hand was heavy. What should he do if he lost it? The Shaman would kill him. If it was only something precious, the Shaman might forgive him. But this was a thing left by the first shaman, and in this world he could not find a seventh one.

Shao Xuan was in a daze for a moment. Six balls?

Shao Xuan asked with doubt: “The six balls left by the first shaman are kept by you?” He had just seen only three bone ornaments in the box which the Shaman took out.

The Shaman shook his head and said with regret and pity: “The other three disappeared with the missing half of the fire seed. So far I have not been able to sense where the other half of the fire seed is.”

The Shaman could not feel it, and no one knew where it was. The fire seed was still divided. No one knew when they would find the missing half.

In regards to the ritual ceremony at the end of winter, the Shaman told him some things about it and then let him leave. This time, as expected, Shao Xuan was still one of the dancers of the ritual dance.

Was the Flaming Horns tribe strong enough? Yes, it had been strong. However, it is weaker than the several large tribes in the central region nowadays. If it confronted with the Wan Shi tribe next to it, maybe it would suffer a crushing defeat. He didn’t want this to happen. After the winter ritual ceremony, the wanderers would awaken their power.

They had to become stronger. Only by doing so could they settle here.

Shao Xuan left the Shaman and then went back. At this time, it was dark. Few people were active. Fortunately, there were no night swallows. There were also less annoying nocturnal insects, partly because of the fire seed.

After the fire seed was connected with the fire veins, it had a bigger impact on other creatures, Chacha now did not like to stay close to the fire pit. He came here every day once to bring some prey toOld Ke and then left in a hurry.

After dinner, Shao Xuan had planned to go see the birds of prey that Ke Ke raised. Finally, he did not go out because of the bone ornament that the Shaman had given to him. He sat in the room to study it.

The most important part of the ornament was the ball, Shao Xuan touched the surface of the dim ball. It was not as cold as the other things in the winter. Instead, it was warm. Such a thing was left after the cremation of the first shaman. If the Shaman hadn’t told him, Shao Xuan would not have known where it came from.

Shao Xuan knew it was special, but he did not discover anything. In the end he fell asleep and had a dream.

In his dream, a figure in the shape of a person. made of flames, appeared and it slowly became clearer. In the beginning it was only in a distant place, but gradually the burning person walked straight towards him. The person was getting closer and closer, but he could not see person’s facial features and knew nothing about the age and the gender. He was only sure that it was a person that was wrapped in flames.

That flaming person opened his arms and did what the Shaman did while summoning the fire seed near the fire pit. It seemed that he was saying something, but Shao Xuan could not hear what he said.

A shaman?

Shao Xuan, like a bystander, watched the flame person’s movements.

As Shao Xuan was immersed in such a strange dream, the bone ornament he wore flashed in the dark night and then became dim again. Nothing had changed.

Shao Xuan woke up the next day, he still remembered his dream clearly. He looked at the bone ornament on his neck and thought whether it was a dream in which the ancestor wanted to tell him something. Maybe nothing had happened and it was just only a common dream,right ?

He shook his head, he saw the ball was still as dim as yesterday and no longer thought about it. Today he didn’t go hunting, but the needed to patrol.

The people of the Wan Shi tribe occasionally came to the border to get some information secretly before winter, When the winter came, few of them came here but they still had to be alert. Moreover, there were now a lot of wanderers in the tribe, no one knew whether they were loyal enough.