Original War

Chapter 111: Sacrifice Dance

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The old ancient dance, also known as the sacrificial dance in the tribe, is not something that everyone can learn.

After the end of each winter, when the Snow Festival ceremonies, fifty people will be selected, and they are qualified to stand beside the fire pond and dance the ritual dance. These fifty people are the elites recognized by the tribe.

However, as far as Shao Xuan knows, among the fifty-man list, there have always been young warriors who have had several years of hunting experience, as well as some people who have made great contributions to the tribe. In addition, Shao Xuan has only been awakened for a year now.

It sounds ridiculous at first.

When Lao Ke heard the person who sent the message say this, his first reaction was not to believe it. Normal people in the tribe would not believe it, but the person who sent the message made it clear that it was decided by the witch, so Shao Xuan made preparations quickly.

No wonder Old Ke was so excited.

As a very important part of the tribal sacrificial ceremony, in addition to the selection of candidates, it must also follow the ancient teachings passed down by the tribe. As for the so-called ancient precepts, Shao Xuan has never fully understood it. It seems that the ancient precepts are not just mere admonitions.

Since there is no person around Shao Xuan who can teach sacrificial dance, even the buckwheat couple has never learned it. People at the foot of the mountain don’t need to look for it. Shao Xuan can only go up the mountain to find a witch.

Early the next morning, Shao Xuan carried the stone box and ran to Wu.

Wu is discussing the upcoming sacrificial ceremony with the leader and the two big bosses, and there are many things that need to be prepared in advance.

Seeing Shao Xuan’s arrival, the two big bosses and leader Ao Qiqi looked at him with subtle eyes. The fact that Shao Xuan joined the fifty-man list was beyond their expectations. It was just that when Wu called them over that day, they directly Said let Shao Xuanjin.

They knew about the one-year appointment of the juniors, and they also knew that Shao Xuan only blocked Tai with one move. In terms of strength, Shao Xuan was indeed the best young fighter who had awakened in the past two years. It was undeniable. In addition, he did indeed establish great merit last year, so when Wu decided to let Shao Xuan be included in the Fifty National People’s Congress, the two big bosses and leaders did not object.

In the eyes of the tribe, it is an honor to be included in the fifty-man rosters, but the two big bosses who know the secrets have more ideas. Every year they try to recommend their hunting team members to the witches. , Competition places.

In addition to these few, Shao Xuan also met Tuo here.

“Axuan, I will let Tuo teach you the sacrificial dance. As for the painting,” the smile on the face of the witch has rarely deepened, “this period of time can be temporarily stopped.”

The leader Ao looked at Wu and Shao Xuan again, always feeling that something he didn’t know had happened. But Wu is like that sometimes, it’s hard for people to guess what they are thinking.

“Okay.” Shao Xuanying said.

Without staying in the stone house, Shao Xuan followed Tuo to leave.

Tuo lived on the mountain, and it didn’t take long to arrive. Moreover, Tuo is also on the list of fifty people this year.

Tuo’s parents and ancestors have all been selected among the fifty. Therefore, this kind of old ancient dance has been passed down, and he doesn’t need to find someone to learn it. He is familiar with it, otherwise Wu won’t let him teach Shao. mysterious.

In fact, Tuo was also very surprised when he received instructions from the witch. After all, Shao Xuan was still young, and he was only a junior totem warrior who had only been awakened for a year, and he could be listed among the fifty. Probably because he found his ancestors, Tuo thought.

“I learned the sacrificial dance very early, it’s not difficult.” Tuo said, “I will dance it first, you watch it.”

After speaking, Tuo began to jump up in the room. Those movements were still funny in Shao Xuan’s eyes. They had no sense of beauty at all, and they didn’t feel very harmonious. There was also a dishwashing movement. However, the facial expression was very serious when the Tuo jumped, and it seemed that something solemn was going on, even if it was just a demonstration, it was not sloppy in the slightest.

After jumping again, Tuo instructed Shao Xuan little by little.

“The torso bends forward, like this…Extend your hands back…”

Shao Xuan learned from Tuo, his arms swing up, down, front and back, and sometimes he had to slap his arms and thighs, or shake and step, making a strong rhythmic sound, and he had to move forward, backward, left and right with his steps. , Sometimes you need to lean forward with a square step, then squat, then jump with one and two feet, and then ride a Horse Stance, with the arm holding a horse pole, and three steps and one back movement…

If it were in his previous life, Shao Xuan would probably smile and lie down when he saw such a dance. But now, he has to bite the bullet and sullen his face to show seriousness.

Although there is no accompaniment such as leather drum and whistle to beat, the dance steps still have to maintain a specific rhythm.

Not only actions, Tuo told Shao Xuan that when the sacrificial dance dances, it also needs to cooperate with the power of the totem, and there are other ways to cooperate with breathing. These are also “ancient teachings.”

In general, Shao Xuan came to a conclusion: When the sacrificial dance dances, it needs Meditation and a specific breathing method to cooperate!

What is the use of such cooperation? Now Tuo didn’t say it, but Shao Xuanneng guessed that it should be related to fire or totem.

Shao Xuan has heard people say that the earliest form of human expression is the use of dance posture and human body movements as expression tools. Dance and body movements are also a kind of behavior language that expresses people’s passions and desires.

Here, the sacrificial dance is used to communicate with fire and totem, so you have to feel it when you dance.

Thinking that this was used for sacrifices, and thinking about two big bosses arguing year after year over the quota, probably this sacrifice dance would really be beneficial.

Just like what Tuo said, the movements are actually very simple and can be remembered very quickly. Among them, the important thing is how to meditation when beating, and to cooperate with a specific breathing method, and not to be confused.

By the time it was almost noon, Shao Xuan had already learned those movements.

“Yes, you learned very fast, there was no mistake just now,” Tuo said.

Shao Xuan moved his arm and nodded: “After I go back, I have to practice hard.”

“It’s about practicing well and don’t make mistakes when the time comes.” Tuo suppressed the smile on his face and said solemnly, “If there is still any doubt, you can come and ask me.” Since Wu gave him this task, he did it. Must be responsible for teaching Shao Xuan.

Don’t make mistakes in the sacrificial ceremony!

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When the last snowflake fell, the sky disappeared, and the moon appeared again, after a winter’s silence, the tribe became active again.

The witch has already informed the tribe of the time for the sacrifice of the Snow Festival.

On the day of the sacrifice, Shao Xuan took a good bath. This was something that everyone in the tribe had to do before the sacrifice. As for the little cubs in the cave, they were dragged out to wash their meat yesterday.

Caesar and Chacha stayed at home and didn’t go out. Today, they were very obedient and didn’t go anywhere. They seemed to have a premonition. They didn’t stay on the roof and got into the house early in the morning. The beasts always have a natural instinct to avoid danger.

“Quickly, put it on and try it out.” Old Ke took out the thorny black leather jacket that had been cleaned up, and let Shao Xuan adapt first, he was more nervous than Shao Xuan.

Shao Xuan was twitching, took the clothes from Old Ke, and wore this thorny skin.

When talking about dancing in the past, most of them were graceful women, swaying their hips and shaking their shoulders, the pace was light and coordinated, the dancers were comfortable, and the viewers were fascinated.

But now, Shao Xuan felt that he was wearing this skin, with teeth and claws, it was an invasion by Godzilla, and it was extremely hideous. Fortunately, today the tribes are dressed like this savage, group beastly.

Old Ke had already painted patterns on his face with plant pigments, but Shao Xuan didn’t. He needed to go up the mountain in advance. The patterns on the faces of fifty people were all painted by Wu himself, and the colors were different from those of Lao Ke.

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

“Okay, hurry up, I’ll go with Ge and them later.” Old Ke waved his hand and signaled Shao Xuan to hurry up, don’t let Wu Jiu wait. Fifty people, only Shao Xuan is under the mountain, don’t let anyone underestimate it.

In front of the stone house in Wu, the others had already arrived early. Many people had already learned from the two big bosses that Shao Xuan would join, so when they saw Shao Xuan, they were more surprised and didn’t say much. For them, today is a very serious and grand day, how can they think about other things?

When the Wu drew patterns on fifty of them, the sky was already dark.

“Let’s go,” said a middle-aged man in the team.

Because of the power of the awakening totem, Shao Xuan has grown a lot in the past year, but among a group of tall adult soldiers, Shao Xuan is still very conspicuous. He is the shortest, even if he wears animal skins, others know. That’s the one who hasn’t grown up yet.

“Why is he there!” some people walking to the top of the mountain whispered.

“Who is that?”

“It’s A Xuan! I know that thorny black wind skin!”

Shao Xuan is the only one who wears thorny black wind skin at this age.

“He really didn’t go wrong? How could he be among the fifty? How old is he?”

“Shut up! That was Wu’s decision!”

In the crowd, there was shock and envy.

Lang Ga and others already knew the facts from Old Ke, but even now, they were still a little unbelievable. The list of fifty people was what they wanted to get since they were young, but now, it was obtained by someone much younger than themselves.

On a circle of wooden stakes by the fire pond, the stone basin has been filled with fresh fruits and meat used for sacrifice as tribute to the sacrifice.

Shao Xuan followed the team and walked to a wooden stake. This is where he is now.

The sacrifice is about to begin. There are already many people on the top of the mountain, and some people are going up the mountain one after another. There are still many people discussing Shao Xuan. Being the youngest of the fifty, and the only one who has awakened in the past 100 years, can join the ranks of the fifty, it will naturally become a topic for everyone.

This year there are more than 80 children who will be awakened in this batch of children, two more than last year. Among them are Tu and Stutter from the cave, and Sunshine brothers and sisters from the Buckwheat family.

The sky was completely dark.

It was the same as the steps in Shao Xuan’s memory, one by one, when the witch finally began to sing, Shao Xuan clearly felt the totem change in his mind.

At the same time, the flames in the middle of the fire pond, which seemed to be difficult to burn even for wooden stakes, jumped up and rolled upwards, like a bucket of oil poured into it, and began to expand and spread in the blink of an eye.

As a totem warrior, the perception of totems is naturally stronger. The soaring flame body in the fire pond drives the totems in my mind to expand.

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