Xiling Empire Chapter 1398: A small village by the forest

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Songlin Village is the name of this village located next to the jungle and far away from the city. The name sounds a bit elegant. It looks like a passing poet who is staying in a roadside inn and is full of alcohol. While lamenting why Lao Tzu was demoted again, he gave the name that he was willing to give, but in fact the village was just remembered by the villagers themselves: because there was a pine forest behind the village. If there is a stone **** behind the village, you can see that they can still call such an elegant name-I do n’t believe they can come up with Shijiazhuang.

Although the village is remote, it is not too small, and it is not too poor to look at. It may be just on the border between the principality of Kazakhstan and the country, and occasionally travelers will pass through the jungle and mountain roads from here. After that, the small village maintained its just right prosperity. It seems that there are about one hundred households here, and the houses are scattered on both sides of a small river that runs through the village. In front of the village is the woods we just came out of, and behind the village stands an impressive mountain. . The terrain on both sides of the mountain gradually slowed down, and then suddenly rose high. It should be a component of a mountain range, and the small river that runs through the village is parallel to the mountain range. In the distance, it bends into the mountain and looks at the mountain. Snow flowing down. Backed by high mountains and facing mangrove forests, even the rivers that flow through the village come down from the mountains. It can be said that this is a fairly closed place. You must not look at it from the perspective of economic development, but it is not a good place. Nearly eighty years of age, waist and leg pain, I want to find a place for retirement, then there is nothing better than this here: look at the environment here!

The silly big man led us up the stone road in the village. Della covertly plucked a small head out of my pocket and looked around curiously with everybody. This village does not even have a fence. Only a fence around the beast outside is considered a demarcation. Of course, there is no gate at the entrance of the village. Even if you walk on the artificial road, you will enter the village. Even the circle of fences did n’t seem to be taken seriously by the villagers: I saw at least four or five households outside the village where the house was built hundreds of meters away from the fence. Based on the cleanliness and specifications of those house, I judged that their owners were not thrown by the neighbors at the door because of the dirty water all the time. The neighbors bombed the village ...

Because of the forest, most of the house in the village is also made from local materials, which are basically all made of wood. These houses look a bit like the old wooden houses in Europe. The thick planks and even the bark are not cleaned. The nails together are made into walls. The middle is stuffed with hemp rope and black mud to block the wind. The houses are mostly two-story. On the top is a sloping roof made of shingles, and below it is supported by thick wooden piles, about half a meter high from the ground to prevent moisture, and a few steps of wood stairs to enter and exit the house. Some houses with courtyards should be large households, but they also squeeze together at random with the old huts of surroundings, and there is no difference between expensive and cheap. Almost every house can see the dried skins and dried meat on the front eaves, and some tools that can not be seen, but obviously not related to agricultural work are placed under the window. I guess it is related to hunting or leather making: There is not much land available for farming in this village surroundings, so hunting should be the main source of life for the villagers. I am worried that if the people here are tough and everyone is a stupid hunter of this level, is the bad luck beast in the forest enough for them to bully ...

The village is so simple and simple that I walked for a long time and couldn't see if there was a place that could be called "Village Head House" as an administrative center. at this moment The setting sun sets on the horizon, it is the time when every family is on fire and cooking. The village is smoked and smoked everywhere ... Although it can't smell anything, it smells good. On the way, you can see two or three villagers wandering around, mostly men who have finished their meals after a busy day at waiting for. Most of these local people have high nose beams and deep eye sockets, which are slightly more Western-like. After seeing them, I determined one thing: the silly big man and muscles are indeed genetic mutations. Most of the places are normal people. ......

The silly big guy greeted everyone cheerfully, and it seemed that he was very popular in the village. The villagers saw this brown bear-like macho dragging a real bear behind him, and there was no unexpected look. Some people pretended to exaggerate. Response: "Silly big man, you should go to the mountain to kill the dragon if you have more energy?" There are also some happy faces: "Oh-enough for the whole village to eat for a few days! If you go on like this, other hunters in the village should handle The craftsmanship is forgotten! "Then 100% of the villagers will focus on a few of us:" Are you a traveler? "

"Is a travel scholar from the Imperial Capital, all people with knowledge and identity!"

The silly big guy introduced this to everyone tirelessly, with an almost proud look on his face, as if he had made such an introduction for us, and he followed the light of "learning". Then the villagers will look at us with surprise and admiration, and bow slightly while sighing: "The people in the imperial capital wear different clothes every time, and the changes in the big cities are faster than in the countryside ..."

I salute them while wiping the cold sweat on my forehead. I wish that fortunately these people who are tired of their livelihoods will not think too much about trivial matters in addition to filling their stomachs. It is so much better to come to such a small village than to send it directly to a big city. Speaking of such a simple village, such a peaceful atmosphere, such a simple person-I will soon forget that this World is next to the most terrible gunpowder barrel in Void.

"Wait for me, let me put the prey in front of the statue, so that the whole village can eat it." The silly big man turned his head and said gruffly, I heard "goddess" in his mouth. The words instantly moved in my heart and shouted in unison with Icetis: "Wait, let's go too!"

The big silly man was frightened by our voice, and then showed his appearance: "Oh, yes, everyone should greet goddess, especially if you are traveling, I forgot this."

Idol, goddess, the belief of the local World-this is very likely to have something to do with the Divine Artifact we are looking for. Icetis failed to sense the breath of Divine Artifact with his own God Clan talent. That thing should not be as simple as hiding it somewhere on this planet, so I can only find clues from the beliefs and myths of local civilization. I ’m stupid now. The big one mentioned goddess should have a lot to do with it.

We followed behind the big man and came to the place where the gods were placed: there was no church or any other special building that was expected. This is the largest open space in the village. It seems that the village people gather and engage in activities. The goddess statue was placed high on a round stone platform in the middle of the open space. It was a statue carved out of ordinary mountain stones. It looked the same height as a real person. Although the material was simple, it was very fine and meticulous. Obviously, the craftsman who carved it was pious and cautious when he cut the knife. The idol is a beautiful and refined female with long hair shawl, loving and majestic look, wearing a gorgeous female armor. I compare it with the image of "Star Scout" I have seen in my mind After a while, I found that the two do have two or three points of similarity, however ...

Obviously not the same person.

But it does n’t seem to be the next thing. This mortal of World must have never seen the appearance of the true God. The goddess has been dead for many years. This World religion is probably spawned by the information disturbing power left by Divine Artifact. And even if someone has seen what a true God looks like, they will not necessarily copy 100% of the image of God to their own works, but will make some beautification and modification-anyway, I have seen it in Goddess of Life halls everywhere The Della's idol, the expression Della on the face of all the sentient beings has never been exposed, and I guess few monks dare to laugh at goddess adults with sugar dregs on their faces. The door is for people to visit ...

Slightly touched Icetis ’s arm lightly, and several of us also focused our attention on the female gangster, who had a pale golden halo under her eyes, and then shook her head: “It ’s just a stone statue, I do n’t feel it. When it comes to divinity ... at least I ca n’t feel it now. But it ’s not ruled out that the religion behind this statue is related to Divine Artifact. After all, this is just a small place. Perhaps the power of Divine Artifact is not enough to grace here. "

Finally, Icetis also added a sentence: "After all, the thing should be the USB flash drive that the scout used in the past ..."

We wo n’t discuss the topic that God Clan used even if itching can be used to kill dragons.

The stupid man put the giant bear monster dragged by him all the way easily in front of the goddess image, and the ground shook three times, then the sturdy and clumsy man lowered his head and prayed silently. It seems quite pious: it seems that the belief in this goddess has become the grassroots culture on this planet, and even such a crude Orion has a pious heart. I thought about it for a while, it seems that I should make a prayer to prevent the villagers passing by surroundings from mistakenly thinking that the people who come today are pagans or something, so I bow my head and silently memorize the multiplication table. Bowed her head: she was carrying the recipe. Icetis is the most interesting. She lowered her head and said, "Hello, senior, I am Icetis, archeologist expert sent by God's Domain, next to me is Father God's buddy, he and you here for three minutes of silence, you should look away, so Hurry up and give us your USB flash drive. This World is not too peaceful. There are a bunch of **** waiting for smashing the scene outside. The juniors are courteous here, the light of her mother ... "

I am very worried that if the old senior is really alive, will he let Divine Artifact explode to prove his integrity because of this Icetis **** ...

at this moment silly big man has completed his short prayer. This giant brawny man looked at the nondescript while praying with his head down, three points, seven points, seven beasts, but lifts the head turned around and looked comfortable More, he smiled at us: "Well, I'm done, if you don't want to give up, come to my house to rest. I have nothing, just house big, and there are several empty rooms that are not needed. The village head should have arranged someone to entertain the guests, but the head of the village went to the city two days ago, and probably will come back tomorrow morning ... "

Of course we do n’t have any opinions, we nodded one after another, and we pointed curiously to the dead bear that was just placed in the open air in front of the goddess statue: "Things are just placed on the square Ah?" ​​

Stupid big guy nodded: "Well, just leave it there. Put it in front of the goddess for one night, otherwise the black cub ’s meat will not be cut. The priest in the village will cut the meat and cook it tomorrow. Eat meat. At that time, the village head also came back, just let him take the first bite. "

—— It seems that this is a unique custom. The so-called priest should be a religious person. In a small village like didn't expect, there will also be a "priest" who sounds like a high-end atmosphere, and the didn't expect priest is also responsible for cooking a large pot of rice for the whole village. Of course, I did not think of it based on the religion of the starry gods. There is also an goddess in the system that even the big pot rice is managed. But it's ok to think about it. The direct connection between the local people's belief "goddess" and Xingyu God System has only left a USB stick. Strictly speaking, this World religion belongs to the original sect, and it has nothing to do with any of Xingyu's teachings. Anyway, in addition to the future Shandora to become god, I really ca n’t imagine who would have such a sentence in the Bible: the priest and the priests, the bishop, hold the big spoon, the master cooks the big pot rice for believer, and organize prayers by the way ...

Of course. Strictly speaking, the doctrine stipulates that priests should organize cauldron rice. It ’s not without precedent. Is n’t this a "sacred communion" in the elegant way? All I can say is that the description method of the silly big man always makes people feel that this World goddess teaches "holy communion" ...

We were led by a silly big man to his door. It was a big house with a courtyard, right on the bank of the river. Obviously, he is superior in force and he can make the whole village eat meat by himself. He has a wealth in the village that matches fighting strength: Big house. The villagers did not regard him as a cheap coolie because of his humility (we have already seen that this normal person of World should be smarter than stupid, just like they are generally thinner than stupid, and the latter is in intelligence And body cute guys who have genetic mutations in both aspects), although it may be because they ca n’t beat him, but I would rather think that this is a simple performance of the folk customs: this World geographical location is hard enough, let us keep it one Have a good vision, at least keep a good vision for this village.

This big house with a yard has details that match the silly big man: its door is almost twice as big as other normal house. When I walked over, I felt like I was crossing the city gate. The silent Pandora and the Viska looking around, I don't know if these two little girls had the illusion of passing the Nantian Gate. Thinking of this, I quickly bent down to remind these two little brat: "This big man is a good person, you two are not allowed to have an opinion on his height."

The Pandora expression bluntly, and Viska smiled Haha with a smile: "Brother, do n’t worry, I ’m going to Atlantis every day for a while, resistance has already come!"

Like other houses in the village, this "mansion" with a small courtyard is made of wood. It has a two-storey main house and a single-storey wooden house built opposite the main house, facing the courtyard door. The other is looking at a long wooden shed like a warehouse or a firewood house. The courtyard wall is split into two halves with heavy logs, and the clean wooden heart is facing inward, and animal tendons are used between the wooden fences of the courtyard wall. Wrapped in leather, it looked firm. There are a lot of wooden shelves in the yard. You can see some skins are drying in the yard. It seems that as a hunter, a silly big man will not only hunt, but also make leather. After he let us into the yard, he immediately went to the huge wooden barrel in the corner and hit a half-iron kettle of water, and hurried to the kitchen: "Wait, wait, I boil the water, people in your city are not used to it. Raw water. But the water is actually very clean. It came down from the mountain and cleared in the bucket for another day ... "

This big man is really warm-hearted, and we were so overwhelmed to see him running around like this. He could n’t even bear the light. This girl had to help by pedaling and running, but the other party was not happy: "How to let the guests do it! Let the people in the village know that they are being joked!"

Looking at his firm attitude, he can only return it, and we have a few of them together, and we have tossed the parcels (these parcels are taken out from space in front of the big man to hide their eyes and ears. After all, we dare not be sure about the local Is there a setting in the person's world outlook to take something from the portable space), take out the dry food prepared by Onee-sama and An Wei Na for everybody before departure: home-made scones and muffin snacks. Each of us has a lot of dry food and snacks. According to the Onee-sama habit of packing luggage, it is not difficult to imagine that the dry food brought by several of us is actually enough to solve a small famine. After Della helped to confirm that these foods can also be consumed by local Human Race, we sent these things to the kitchen and said that we would eat them when we ate together at night. In the face of this sharing, big men were very happy to accept.

Then we were be occupied with nothing in the courtyard waiting for dark, while in the spiritual connection lamented how surprising this World on the "FireWire". After a little while, Lin Xue started playing with Viska in a very naive way, and Icetis started to discuss with me the action plan that will start tomorrow. We decided to first understand the World customs and goddess in the village. What is the matter of faith, and then a little check whether the local people and local creatures have the divine residue caused by Divine Artifact, especially focusing on whether the so-called "priest" has been blessed by the divine power of the stars.

If you ca n’t find enough information here, a group of people are ready to go to the "Emperor Capital" or the Principality of Kazakhstan, where you should find clues about Divine Artifact.

Of course, all this is based on not being suspicious and not destroying the lives of local people. I found it really inconvenient to lose the power of Shandora's Mind Interference.

Because this World is in a dangerous "FireWire" zone, try not to use it if you ca n’t use phantom equipment such as portable satellites and probes, so our actions seem to be handicapped, if not, look for A Divine Artifact should be easier.

at this moment A black shadow suddenly flew a few times and ran to us. It turned out to be the clever kitten named "Little Black" raised by a big man. This cat is like most of its kind, always facing a stranger with a lazy and indifferent attitude, but now it probably sees that we are going to spend the night in this house, so he comes to look curiously Come from everybody. Obviously an animal, the black cat squatted on the ground and looked around like the hostess of this family. She could n’t hold it at first glance. She stretched out her paw to shake hands with the black cat ...

We do n’t consider how the Qianqian's brain works. Anyway, the black cat seems to really understand etiquette, and he extends his cat ’s claws and gently touches the Qianqian's hand: this is a handshake.

"Really clever!" Shallowly happy, stretched out a finger in front of the black cat, "What is this?"

If we do n’t consider the Qianqian's way of thinking, the black cat really made a meow.

Slightly happy, stretch out three fingers: "What is this?"

The black cat answered patiently: "Meow, meow, meow."

This time, all our eyes are focused on the cat, and I do n’t hesitate to continue asking: "How much is three plus two?"

The black cat yawned and seemed slightly impatient: "Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow!"

Stay briefly, then the brain is wide open: "How many is 20,000 times two?"

I have n’t had time to be convinced by the speed of Qianqian's ’s thinking jump, then the black cat looked impatiently with a shallow look: "Forty thousand."