Chapter 2: Bone writing
Under the prayers of the matriarch and some of the old men, all the young and strong men showed solemn colors and worshiped. And many women and children also rushed over, silently praying that their loved ones who had gone hunting could return unharmed.
The mountains were too dangerous, and leaving the village guarded by Willowwood, the outside would be a completely different world, filled with terrifying raptors and giant beasts.
Just like that, the strongest group of people in the village set off with huge bows on their backs and broadswords, and walked into the mountains and swamps, and a great atmosphere of wilderness greeted them.
Seeing the hunting party leave, the old patriarch Shi Yunfeng led a group of children to the grassy field at the head of the village, sat down and said, "Alright, it's time for you skinned monkeys to use your energy to study."
The group of children immediately looked sad, each of them sitting around listlessly and unwillingly, like wilted leaves in the sun.
"Grandfather Patriarch, those Bird Writings and Turtle Characters are as complicated as the Ghost and Monster Charms, it's really hard to learn, what's the point of memorizing it by heart?"
"That's right, it's not as useful as the archery skills that Abba taught me!"
The group of children all had bitter faces and were very resistant.
"You kids really don't know what's going on. Bone writing is a symbol that was born on the bones of a powerful species of ancient relics, and contains mysterious and unpredictable power, so how many people want to learn it but don't have the means to do so. Once you learn it, I don't know how many times more powerful than your fathers." The old patriarch hated the iron and counted them down.
"Grandfather Patriarch, demonstrate the power of Bone Text for us." One slightly older child said.
"Little Bit come here." The patriarch shouted into the distance.
"Use that bone script I taught you." Shi Yunfeng said.
"Okay." Little Bit was obedient, stretching out his two little hands, closing his mouth, and exerting himself constantly, his little face flushed red as he held it in.
With a "buzz" sound, a piece of light appeared in the center of his hand, and a strange text emerged, as if it was cast in metal, possessing a metallic luster and texture, and soon the other hand appeared as well.
Little Bit took two steps forward and picked up a piece of lapis lazuli that was taller than him.
"Awesome!" A group of children exclaimed in amazement, that was only a little over a year old, how could he lift such a not-so-small stone?
"Little Bit you used all your milk strength, didn't you?" The older child teased him.
"Eeee, yes, the strength is all used up." Little Bit threw down the lapis lazuli and sat on his butt, smiling heartlessly and purely, while the runes in his palms rapidly dimmed and disappeared.
"Grandpa Patriarch, is this the mysterious bone text power you've been researching for over ten years?" A group of children's eyes were glowing, very different from their lack of interest not long ago.
"Don't get excited, these can only lead you on your way, it's still far worse than the Heavenly Bone Writings that appeared in ancient legends." The old man nodded and shook his head again.
"Grandpa Patriarch tell us about the outside world." The group of children revealed a look of hope.
Everyone in the stone village knew that when the old clan was young, he had traveled to the distant end of the earth with a dozen powerful clansmen in the village and ventured in the outside world.
However, more than ten years ago, only two of them returned covered in blood, one of them died not long after, and Shi Yunfeng was the only one who survived.
Over the years he had been studying the mysterious bone text, from time to time experimenting with those in the village who had a strong constitution, and these children knew full well that their fathers who were as strong as tigers and dragons would let out a heart-rending howl in that stone courtyard every time they were called to go there, causing these children to prematurely develop a sense of resistance and reverence.
It wasn't until the old patriarch's research eased up in recent years that it didn't scare the village people so much. Moreover, that eat the milk of a hundred beasts and a hundred meals grew up little bitty was adopted by him and became the best candidate for research.
"The outside world ah ......" the old man revealed the color of reminiscence, a burst of out of focus and despair before saying: "The world is too big, vast and boundless, from one domain to another domain can easily be millions of miles, no one knows how vast it really is, one person A person can't walk from one region to another on foot for a lifetime, and the Great Wilderness is endless. It is difficult to communicate between different regions of the human race, because it is too dangerous, there are many powerful species on the land, scary and mysterious, even if it is a tribe of hundreds of thousands of people or a magnificent city, it may be destroyed by a few ancient species in one night. Of course, there are also unimaginably powerful humans, comparable to the overwhelming battle power of other species, with unrivaled divine might, and can be called the pride of the human race."
A group of children had awe in their hearts, but at the same time, they were also eager and curious about the unknown world, and someone asked, "Are there any earthly treasures and immortal medicines among the earth's mountains and rivers that can transform a person overnight, and how mighty is the most powerful human race's heavenly pride?"
The old man smiled and said, "Let yourself be powerful first if you want to know."
"If we master the mysterious power of the Bone Text, can we go and break into the various domains of the world?" Some of the children revealed looks of longing.
Shi Yunfeng touched a child's head and said, "Not to mention all the other domains, even in our domain, it would be great if there were a strange person who could traverse half of the territory!"
All the children were dumbfounded.
"What I can do is only to lead you onto the path, where you actually go in the future depends on yourselves, what I teach you should not be worse than what children of the same age in the outside world have learned." The old man said at the end, a strange light appeared in his eyes and touched a strange jade bone in his bosom.
A group of children sat around the old patriarch and finally collected themselves and began to listen carefully to the teachings, not dispersing until midday.
"It's too hard, the matriarch actually said that it would take a few years before an individual would be able to culture a small amount of bone into their body, while most people would probably never succeed."
"But Little Bit is only the size of a beanpole, and he actually did it."
Little Dot blinked his big eyes innocently, and then went back to tugging on the tail of that big yellow dog, while the big yellow dog woofed even more innocently.
The red sun was falling in the west, and in the afterglow of the setting sun, the entire stone village was colored with a layer of light golden luster, the apes cried and tigers roared in the distance, while the large swaths of stone houses here were like ancient temples that were as sacred and peaceful as the ancient temples.
Dozens of people appeared on the horizon, pulled out long shadow trails on the ground by the setting sun, while the silhouettes of their bodies were encrusted with golden edges by the evening sunlight, appearing incomparably tall and majestic, with almost every one of them dragging a gigantic beast with a full load.
"Back!" A group of women and children who had long been standing at the head of the village waiting for a long time burst into cheers, the uneasiness and trepidation in their hearts disappeared all of a sudden, and they shouted loudly.
"Abba and the others have returned safely!"
"Heavens, there are so many prey, what a rare bumper harvest!"
This hunt was a great success, dozens of adult men all made a catch, and among the prey were the huge Dragon Horned Elephant, the bull-like One-Footed Kui Beast, and the flying python that was the thickness of a bucket and had two wings ......
The old people in the village showed their astonishment, these creatures are very difficult to deal with on weekdays, some of them are called ferocious beasts, but today they were hunted and killed so much, bloodstained, it is really unexpected.
For example, that dragon horn elephant, elephant body is as hard as iron, iron spear is difficult to penetrate, a pair of dragon horns is as sharp as a drilling knife, can be easily crushed boulders. And that kui beast its sound like thunder, if in front of the near, can be people live shock death. As for the ribs of the giant wings of the flying python is a mountain killer, can suddenly from a mountain pounce down, extremely horrible.
There are also several more powerful creatures among the prey, such as the reddish two headed fire rhinoceros, and the bloodline impure braves ...... These can be veritable ferocious beasts, and they should be circled around from afar after discovering them, but now they are being hunted, which is seriously out of line with common sense!
"This time, it's really very fortunate that we returned with a full load, yet not a single person was injured." Shi Linhu, the leader of the hunting party, laughed freely and explained to the patriarch and the village people. During the past few nights, there were super giant beasts passing through the mountain range, the ground shook, trampling and injuring many mountain beasts, and during the daytime, they tracked their way and killed quite a number of seriously injured ferocious beasts, which were all powerful creatures that needed to be avoided by the village people on weekdays.
"There are some large footprints in the mountains that are shaped like human feet, but they are really too big, nearly a hundred meters long!"
"That big?!" The village people exclaimed in shock, this was really a horrifying piece of news.
It was the village elders who couldn't help but suck in cold air upon hearing this, more and more determined that something unusual had happened deep within the mountain range, drawing in some of the ancient relics from the vicinity of the Great Wilderness.
Regardless, this was a bumper harvest, and the clansmen were all filled with joy, the stone village filled with the sounds of children's laughter and a joyful atmosphere.
Clan chief Shi Yunfeng led the crowd towards the willow wood, carrying dozens of beast corpses to the near front and back, placing all the bloodstained ferocious beasts on a stone platform, which was obviously a large sacrificial platform.
