Chronicles of Primordial Wars

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Ancient dance, or sacrificial dance, as the tribe calls it, is not something that everyone can learn.

At the end of each winter, during the Wind and Snow Festival sacrifice, fifty people will be selected to be eligible to stand beside the fire pond for the sacrificial dance, all of whom are tribally recognized elites.

However, according to Shao Xuan's knowledge, of the 50 names, young fighters who have traditionally had several years of hunting experience, as well as some who have contributed greatly to the tribe, have rarely entered the list of 50 names since they were in their teens for centuries. Besides, Shao Xuan is now only awake for a year.

Chaichi sounds a little ridiculous.

When Old Ke heard the messenger say this, the first reaction was not to believe, the normal people in the tribe would not believe it, but the messenger also made it clear that it was the witch who decided to prepare Shao Xuan quickly.

No wonder Old Ke got excited like that.

As an important part of the tribal sacrifice ceremony, in addition to the candidates, it is necessary to follow the ancient training handed down by tribes. And the so-called ancient training, in fact, Shao Xuan has never been specifically understood, it seems that ancient training is not just a mere admonition.

Since there are no people around Shao Xuan who can teach sacrificial dance, even the Buckwheat couple have not learned, people under the mountain do not have to look, Shao Xuan can only go up to the mountain to find the witch.

The next morning, Shao Xuan ran to the witch with the stone box.

The witch is discussing the forthcoming sacrifice ceremony with the chief and two big leaders, and there are many things that need to be prepared in advance.

Seeing Shao Xuan come, two big leaders and chief Ozzie looked at him, his eyes were delicate. Shao Xuan's joining the list of 50 people was unexpected. Only that day, when the witch called them over, he said to let Shao Xuan in.

They know about the covenant of the younger generations for a year, and they know that Shao Xuan blocked Tai with only one move. On the strength side, Shao Xuan is indeed the best young warrior who has awakened for almost two years, undeniably. Plus, he did establish great success last year, so when the witch decided to put Shao Xuan on the 50-man list, neither of the two leaders or chiefs objected.

It's an honor to be on the 50-man list for tribesmen, but knowing that the two great leaders have more ideas, they try to recommend their hunting team members to witches every year to compete for places.

In addition to these people, Shao Xuan also met Doh here.

“Ah Xuan, I asked the Dowager to teach you the sacrificial dance. As for the painting,” the laughter on the face of the witch hardly deepens, "you can pause for a while. ”

Chief O. looked at the witch and looked at Shao Xuan. He always felt that something he didn't know had happened. Sometimes, though, it's hard to guess what's on your mind.

“Okay." Shao Xuan responded.

Instead of staying in the stone house, Shao Xuan followed Dao and left.

The place of Dora's residence is on the mountain, and it won't be long. Plus, Tao is on this year's list of 50.

Fathers and ancestors of Tao have all been chosen to be among 50 people, so such ancient dances are passed down, and he doesn't need to find anyone else to learn, very well acquainted, otherwise the witch won't let him teach Shao Xuan.

In fact, when he was instructed by the witch, Doo was also very surprised. After all, Shao Xuan was still a small, but also a junior Totem warrior who had only been awake for a year, and could be included in the ranks of 50. Probably because he found his ancestors, Thoughts.

“I learned the sacrificial dance a long time ago, not hard.” Tao said, "I'll jump first, you watch. ”

Tao began to jump in the house after he had said it. Those moves still looked funny to Shao Xuan. There was no sense of beauty, and he didn't feel very harmonious. There was also a dishwashing move. But the look on the face was serious when the gypsy jumped, and it seemed like something grand was going on, even if it was just a demonstration, it was not so-so at all.

After the dance, Dot coaches Shao Xuan little by little.

“The torso flexes forward, like this... hands behind your back...”

Shao Xuan learns to swing up, down, front and back of the gyro. Sometimes he has to slap his arms, thighs, or shake, tread, make a strong rhythm sound. He also has to move forward, back, left and right of the footsteps. Sometimes he needs to tilt forward and then squat. Then he jumps with one foot. Then he takes another horseback riding step. The arm, like holding a pole, makes a three-step, turnaround motion...

If Shao Xuan saw such a dance in his last life, he would probably laugh and get down. But now he has to be hard on his scalp, and his face has to be stretched to be serious.

Though there is no rhythm accompanied by drum whistles, there is still a specific rhythm to be maintained.

Not only the action, but also the Tao told Shao Xuan that the sacrificial dance needs to be accompanied by the power of totem when the dance is beating. There are other ways to cooperate in breathing. These are also “ancient training”.

Overall, Shao Xuan came to the conclusion that sacrificial dancing requires meditation and specific breathing methods while dancing!

What's the use of this kind of cooperation? But Shao Xuan could have guessed that it had something to do with fire or totem.

Shao Xuan has heard that the earliest manifestation of human beings is the use of dance posture and body movements as expressive tools. Dance and body movements are also a behavioral language expressing human passion and aspirations.

Here, sacrificial dance is used to communicate with sparks and totems, so you have to feel it when you beat.

Considering that this is used for sacrifice, and the argument between the two big leaders for a quota year, perhaps this sacrificial dance would be really beneficial.

As Tao said, the action is actually very simple and will be remembered very soon. Among them, it's important to meditate when you're beating and to work with specific breathing methods, and not to mess with your feet.

By noon, Shao Xuan had already completed those exercises.

“Nice, you learned fast, just now there was no mistake.” The Door said.

Shao Xuan moved his arm and nodded: “You have to practice well when you get back. ”

“Practice well and don't make mistakes.” The gyro converged with a smile on his face, seriously, “If there is any doubt, you can come and ask me.” Since the witch has entrusted him with this task, he is responsible for the Church Shao Xuan.

Sacrificial ceremony, no mistakes!

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When the last snowflake fell, the sky clouds scattered, and the moon reappeared, after a winter of silence, the tribe became active again.

Witches have been notified of the time of the tribal Snow Festival sacrifice.

On the day of the sacrifice, Shao Xuan took a good bath, which everyone in the pre-sacrificial tribe had to do. As for the children in the cave, they were dragged out yesterday to brush meat.

Caesar and Caesar stayed at home and did not go out. Today they were very good. They were not going anywhere. They seemed to have something in mind. They did not stay on the roof and went into the house early in the morning. The beasts always have a natural risk aversion instinct.

“Come on, try it on.” Old Ke took out the already cleaned thorny black wind leather coat and let Shao Xuan adjust first, he was more nervous than Shao Xuan.

Shao Xuan's face twitched, took his clothes from old man's hand, and wore the skin with the prick.

When we used to talk about dancing, it was mostly women in posture, swinging shoulders, lightweight and coordinated steps, smooth dancers, fascinating viewers.

But now, Shao Xuan feels that he is wearing this skin, with his teeth dancing claws, which is a Godzilla invasion, extraordinarily naughty. Fortunately, tribes today are dressed like this in barbaric fashion, in group beastification.

Old Ke had painted the face with vegetable paint, but Shao Xuan did not. He needed to go up the mountain early. The paintings on the faces of 50 people were painted by the witches themselves, and the colors were different from those of Old Ke.

“Then I'll go up the hill first.” Shao Xuan walked out the door in a thorny black leather jacket.

“Come on, let's go. I'll go with Gert and them later.” Old Ke waved his hand and told Shao Xuan to leave quickly. Don't keep the witch waiting. Fifty people, just Shao Xuan under a mountain, don't let anyone see it lightly.

Before the stone house of the witch, everyone else had arrived early, many people had already learned from the two big leaders that Shao Xuan was going to join, so when I saw Shao Xuan, it was more surprising, but I didn't say much. For them, today is a very serious and solemn day. How can anyone think of anything else?

By the time the witch had painted 50 of them, the sky had darkened.

“Let's go.” A middle-aged man on the team said.

Shao Xuan has grown a lot in the past year due to the power of awakening totem, but Shao Xuan is still remarkable among a group of tall adult warriors. Even the youngest of them, even those wearing animal skins know that it is not yet grown.

“How could he be there!” Some of the people walking to the top of the mountain whispered.

“Who's that? ”

“It's Xuan! I know that thorny black skin! ”

Only Shao Xuan, of this age, was wearing thorny black wind leather.

“Is he really in the right place? How is it possible to be among the 50? How old is he? ”

“Shut up! That's a witch's decision! ”

In the crowd, there was shock, envy.

Langa et al. have learned the truth from Old K's mouth, but even now, they are still a little unbelievable. The list of 50 people, which they had wanted since childhood, is now being obtained by someone much smaller than themselves.

On a round of wooden stakes by the fire pond, the stone pot has been filled with fresh fruit for the sacrifice, ferocious meat and other sacrificial tributes.

Shao Xuan followed the team to a wooden stake, which is where he is now.

The sacrifice is about to begin. There are already many people at the top of the mountain. There are also people going up the mountain. There is also a lot of discussion about Shao Xuan in the crowd. As the youngest of the fifty, and the only awakening in nearly a hundred years, to join the fifty, naturally becomes the subject of everyone.

More than eighty children, two more than last year, were sent to awaken this year, including slaughter and stutter from caves and the sunshine brothers and sisters of the Buckwheat family.

The sky has completely darkened.

Still like the steps in Shao Xuan's memory, under one item, when the witch finally started singing, Shao Xuan clearly felt the totem movement in his mind.

At the same time, the flame in the middle of the pond, which seemed difficult to burn even the stakes, jumped and rolled up dramatically, like a barrel of oil poured into it, and began to expand in blink.

As a Totem Warrior, the perception of Totem is naturally stronger, and the flaming body in the pond begins to swell with the Totem in mind.

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