Chapter 216 Change, the Road to Totem
The energy of the sun and moon in the Dongyuan Realm is far more abundant than that in the Cangyun Realm, especially the moonlight. At night, it is almost thick and visible to the naked eye.
Such an environment is uniquely blessed for wild beasts that absorb the essence of the sun and moon to grow.
Nowadays, most of the Dongyuan Realm is occupied by wild beasts, which is inseparable from this.
Totems can absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth to nourish the body, and can also absorb part of the essence of the sun and moon, but compared to wild beasts, the efficiency is much slower and cannot be compared to the same.
Coupled with the totems and the shortage of longevity, even if there are powerful human beings who appear in the world, they can only maintain temporary stability. Even if they win some territory, after thousands of years, they will eventually be recaptured by wild beasts.
Just like the ruins Chu Zheng found this time, such a powerful tribe will suffer devastating blows as time goes by, and it will be difficult to compete with wild beasts.
However, this kind of environment is also of great help to Chu Zheng's Qi refining method. At least the practice is much faster, and the Yin and Yang Qi are strong enough, which will naturally save some refining. time.
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As the night deepens, the Wangshan tribe gradually falls into silence, and the dark eagles hover in the sky, alert to threats that may come from all directions.
From the mountains in the distance, there were waves of beast roars, thousands of miles away.
Inside the stone house, the candlelight was dimly lit.
"How did you kill this shadow lion? Where did these talisman soldiers come from?"
Lie leaned against the door of the house with his arms folded, staring at Chu Zheng, His eyebrows were slightly raised, he was still a little unbelievable at this moment.
The talisman soldiers brought back by Chu Zheng almost doubled the strength of the Wangshan tribe.
That totem in particular will bring about earth-shaking changes to the Wangshan tribe in the near future.
This matter is really too bizarre. If you don’t see it with your own eyes, no one will be able to discover it.
"I found the ruins of a tribe, picked up these talisman weapons, met this shadow lion, and killed it."
This explanation was taken into consideration by Chu Zheng Strong receptive ability and a set of reasonable arguments.
These talisman soldiers were powerful enough. With the power of the talisman soldiers, he did have the possibility to kill the shadow lion. He didn't want to explain too much about the rest.
The more you talk, the more effort you have to make up for the loopholes.
Lie asked a few more questions, but after knowing the specific location of the ruins, he said no more.
After a moment of silence, Lie's eyes were a little complicated and he spoke solemnly:
"Zhengchu, you are really amazing. You are better than many adult warriors in the tribe."
There is no point in pursuing the process anymore. At least the result now is good. The arrival of Zhengchu has brought new hope to the Wangshan tribe.
In this way, as long as Zhengchu grows up, even if he dies in the wilderness or expires, Zhengchu can allow the Wangshan tribe to continue to exist.
Even if Zhengchu wants to leave one day in the future, with the first-class totem, it will be a matter of time before the Wangshan tribe grows.
"Tomorrow, I want to go see the witch and I want to ask her some questions."
Chu Zheng turned his eyes slightly and made a request.
"I'll take you there." Lie did not refuse:
"Go to bed early, you are still growing. If you don't sleep well, you will not grow taller in the future."
Looking at Chu Zheng Climbing up the stone bed, Lie extinguished the candles in the room and turned around to leave.
Outside the house, six bright moons were in the sky, and the rich moonlight condensed into layers of gauze, covering the heaven and earth.
The night dew hangs on the branches and leaves, giving off a soft light under the moonlight.
Lie raised his head and looked at the moon, with a silver light reflected in his eyes:
"Ya, I really regret it now."
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The next morning.
After another round of the Great Zhou Tian exercise ended, Chu Zheng slowly opened his eyes and jumped out of bed impatiently.
In the more than three months since he entered the tribe, he has not had any contact with the witch. He had a vague feeling that the witch didn't seem to like him very much and had been deliberately avoiding contact with him.
Now, the things he has brought back should be enough to change Wu's mind and change his mind.
Wu is the longest-lived person in this tribe. Only Wu’s residence contains bone books, which record extremely long-standing stories.
These things play an important role in Chu Zheng’s understanding of totems and Dongyuan Realm.
He also knew a little about witches during this period.
Once you become a witch, you will never be able to combine with others in this life, otherwise you will be punished by God and no longer have divine power.
As for the reason, Chu Zheng vaguely guessed part of it. As the successor of Wu, the yin energy was locked in the fetal state, absorbing the moonlight and nourishing the soul. When he was born, he was already extremely yin energy. Heavy.
Many of the secret techniques of witches require extremely heavy yin power to perform. If witches combine with humans, the balance of yin and yang will naturally be disrupted, and many methods will naturally no longer be used, and may even suffer backlash. To lose everything.
In the eyes of the people in the tribe, this naturally became another explanation. Witches are holy, connected with heaven and earth, and cannot be defiled by mortals.
For witches, people in the tribe worship and revere them, which is similar to reverence for gods.
The morning light begins to appear outside the house, and the temperature between heaven and earth gradually begins to heat up.
Lie was already waiting in the courtyard, holding a bone spear in his hand.
Seeing Chu Zheng come out, Lie casually threw the bone spear in his hand towards Chu Zheng.
Chu Zheng subconsciously put the bone spear into his palm, looking a little confused:
"Uncle Lie, what is this?"
Dragon Bone Spear, a fifth-level talisman weapon, is the most powerful one among those talisman soldiers.
"This talisman is of the best quality. You can keep it for use. I will convert the rest into blood food for you one after another according to the specific quality."
Lie explained casually, and nodded. Without looking back, he walked towards the outside of the courtyard: "Let's go, I will take you to see the witch."
Chu Zheng trotted to keep up with Lie's pace and whispered: "It doesn't matter, you don't have to be so clear... ”
If Lie hadn't picked him up from the wilderness, he might not still be in Dongyuan Realm at this moment. This favor alone would be big enough.
“This is your meritorious service from hunting, as it should be.”
Lie’s expression did not waver at all. He glanced at Chu Zheng, who was trotting behind him with short legs, and reached for his hand. He picked it up and strode towards the wizard's residence.
After a few breaths, Chu Zheng arrived at a bluestone hall in the middle of the tribe. The white-haired witch staggered over with a cane. Ying followed the witch. When she saw Lie and Chu Zheng, a bright smile burst onto her face:
"Father, Zhengchu ! ”
Lie nodded slightly and knelt down on one knee to salute: "Wu, Zhengchu wanted to come to you to ask some questions."
"What do you want to ask?" Wu stared at Chu Zheng and spoke in a faint tone. dumb.
“I want to see the bone book.” Chu Zheng tried his best to keep his eyes wide open, maintaining the innocence and simplicity that belonged to his age, and a message flashed out of his pupils.
[Luan (Level 6): A great shaman in the realm of spiritual communication. His internal organs have been deeply eroded by Yin Qi, he is terminally ill, and his lifespan is about to run out. He masters magical powers: spirit control, medicine, divination, astrology, and precognition. 】
Chu Zheng's heart was slightly moved. In terms of the strength of the soul alone, this shaman named "Luan" is no longer weaker than the monks in the Tongxuan Secret Realm, and can be compared with the power of refining the spirit and returning to the void.
However, this combat power is obviously much inferior. I don’t know how far this magical power of prediction can be achieved. Can I get some vague fragments, or can I clearly see the trajectory of the development of things.
In the Treasure Book of Eternal Tribulation, there is also a magical power to predict the future, but it is calculated through the method of divination to calculate the trajectory of the development of things.
Everything in the universe has its own trajectory, just like a meteorite falling from the sky. It is not difficult to calculate its final landing point based on its trajectory. This is also a manifestation of prediction. .
The art of divination is like this, but divination requires many conditions. If some conditions are incomplete, the results of divination may change dramatically.
It's like two monks fighting. Based on the level of their cultivation, the strength of their magic weapons, and the number of their trump cards, the outcome of the fight can basically be predicted.
However, the physical state, psychological fluctuations, ability to adapt to circumstances, and even the interference of external forces will all affect the final result.
These things that cannot be measured specifically are variables.
Under the interference of variables, any method of predicting the future may go awry.
Chu Zheng has always had great doubts about precognition.
After all, if the development trajectory of some events is changed through prediction, then the previously predicted content should also be changed accordingly. The information and elements associated with it are very complicated. With his current cultivation level, he cannot even predict it. to understand.
Wu was silent for a while and waved: "Follow me."
Chu Zheng came back to his senses, was slightly happy, and followed Wu to a building deep in the hall. Before the wooden frame.
There are piles of wild beast skeletons stacked on the shelves, with many twisted words densely recorded on them.
These words engraved on the bones record part of the history of Dongyuan Realm.
Learning another language was no trouble at all for Chu Zheng, and he soon became immersed in these bone books.
Wu stood aside and stared at Chu Zheng for a long time, and finally left slowly.
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The information recorded in the bone books is very messy and fragmented. Chu Zheng had enough patience to sort out the information. I didn't feel bored during the process, I even enjoyed it.
According to some of the information, the initial situation of the human race in Dongyuan Realm was much more difficult than it was now. They had almost no ability to protect themselves and were always at the lower reaches of the food chain.
Slightly weaker wild beasts will basically maintain their existence by preying on humans, while powerful wild beasts simply look down on the weak energy in human flesh and blood. In comparison, they hunt down the rest. The wild beast is more efficient and can fill its stomach faster.
In order to protect themselves, some people began to try various methods to strengthen their bodies, and found a way to draw strength from wild beasts.
In the beginning, some people imprinted the shapes of powerful wild beasts on their bodies, hoping to borrow the power of those powerful wild beasts.
After countless failures, the first totem finally appeared. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth was transmitted to the human body through the totem, strengthening the flesh, blood, muscles and bones.
This kind of totem is called an ‘animal spirit’.
With the power of the beast spirit totem, the human race has some ability to protect themselves. With Shouyuan breaking through the shackles, the population has experienced a blowout surge in the past millennium.
However, it is precisely because of the increased power of the totem that the flesh and blood of the strong human beings has entered the eyes of many top predators.
The chicken ribs, which were originally tasteless and was a pity to throw away, are enough to fill their stomachs.
Totems originally came from these powerful wild beasts. It is naturally impossible to conquer these powerful alien species with the help of beast spirits.
In less than a hundred years, the rising human race suffered a devastating blow, and a large number of tribes perished as a result.
Under the tremendous pressure of extermination, some people began to turn their attention away from the wild beasts and cast their eyes on the heaven, earth, sun, moon and stars, creating totems with even more astonishing power.
This power is called ‘Sky Pattern’.
Afterwards, someone applied the sky patterns to weapons, thus creating the killing talisman soldiers, which were astonishingly powerful.
But even with the existence of Tianwen, the human race's living space is still being squeezed by wild beasts.
In order to prevent history from repeating itself, a large number of top experts began to turn their attention to the human race itself, wanting to open up a new path of practice.
However, after carrying the totem, trying other methods will not work at all. These people can only turn their attention to the fetus that has not yet been born.
In order to try new spiritual paths, a large number of newborns inevitably became victims, and died one after another due to various wrong attempts.
Until the arrival of the first witch in Dongyuan Realm.
With his powerful soul, Wu tamed the wild beast for the first time, developed the method of controlling spirits, and has since become superior to the wild beast.
As time went by, the practice of witchcraft became more and more perfect. The emergence of medical skills and healing medicines greatly reduced the number of deaths and injuries among humans during hunting.
Relying on the divination technique of seeking good fortune and avoiding evil, many dangers were nipped in the bud. From then on, the human race got a moment of respite, and gradually developed into the situation today.
Although it is still unable to compete with wild beasts, it has the ability to protect itself and can own a territory where it can thrive.
There is no mention of the practice of witchcraft in these bone books.
Chu Zheng sat here for half a month. Every morning and dusk, Ying would bring him a bowl of animal blood to fill his stomach.
This was Lie's instruction. It was the time when he was growing up and he couldn't waste any opportunity to eat.
After reading all the bone books on the wooden frame and sorting them out one by one, Chu Zhengfang breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction.
He finally had a general understanding of totem practice and witchcraft.
Since there is no breathing method, these monks with totems can only rely on the totem to draw strength and swallow the flesh, blood and essence of wild beasts to increase their strength.
A monk's daily intake of flesh, flesh, and essence is limited. Just like a mortal eating, even if he eats all day long, he can only eat so much, and no matter how much he eats, he cannot digest it.
Therefore, the classification of cultivation levels in the Dongyuan Realm is extremely general and is basically based on age, which is somewhat similar to that of wild beasts.
Divided into six stages: childhood, youth, adulthood, prime age, peak, and old age.
According to his cultivation level, Chu Zheng has now left his infancy and entered the youth state ahead of schedule.
(End of this chapter)