Rebirth: Wild Survival

The viscous sap was applied to the face, with a slightly cool dampness, and after being dried by the wind, it became extremely dry again, sticking to the cheeks, which only made it itchy for a while.

Su Luo closed his eyes tightly to hide the discomfort in his expression, and let Jialan's slender fingers draw on the face carefully.

'Tattoo face' is a unique ritual of the cat people group.It usually only appears in the adult form of kittens.

For Cretan cat people, the adult form is of great significance, and only a Cretan who has experienced the adult form can be considered to have truly entered adulthood.

Cats after transformation, especially cats who transformed in childhood, although they bid farewell to ignorance, their minds are still not mature, and they must accept the teachings and admonitions from the elders.

And only Crete, who has grown physically and mentally, and is finally recognized by the elders, can be considered a real adult.

After being recognized as a cat person, the clan will hold a grand coming-of-age ceremony for them, and today is Su Luo's coming-of-age ceremony.

In the group, the "adult ceremony" is mostly presided over by the oldest priest in the group.

During the ceremony, the priest will use the dye made from the fruit to draw various patterns on the face of the kitten. These patterns are all taken from the totems of the ancestors, representing different meanings and containing the wisdom and expectations of the sacrifice. .

I don't know how long it took, Jialan finally stopped drawing, feeling the temperature of the fingertips suddenly away, Su Luo opened his eyes, the light brown dye had already dried completely.

Although he couldn't see his current appearance, but thinking of the teenagers who had received 'face tattoos' in his dream, it was not difficult for Su Luo to guess what kind of strange painted face he had on his current self.

"Toughness" stared at it for a while, and Jialan said calmly, this is the meaning represented by the decoration, and it is also Jialan's expectation for Su Luo.

Looking at Jialan with a solemn face, Su Luo also had a little bit of solemnity on his face.

As soon as he put the wooden bowl beside him, Jialan's face became more pensive. Su Luo knew what he was thinking, so he couldn't help but blurted out: "Su Luo!"

Su... Luo?Jialan looked over in a blink of an eye, with a hint of hesitation on her face.

Hearing this, Su Luo nodded firmly.

Jialan looked at the clump of indigo vines beside her that hadn't been used in a blink of an eye, smiled, nodded and promised, "Su Luo."

Adult kittens are mostly named by the priests. Crete, as the favorite of the tree god, usually takes a name that is homonymous to the flower and tree plant. Su Luo did not hesitate to choose the one that has the same pronunciation as his name. indigo vine.

Stretching out her hand and touching Su Luo's forehead, Jia Lan said solemnly, "Su Luo, son of the tree, the Lord God protects you."

After saying that, Jialan led Su Luo to stand up, and looked at Ebony behind him.

Looking at the towering giant tree, Su Luo unconsciously began to recall the scene in his dream last night, and before he could recover, Jialan had already led his hand towards the tall, jet-black plant.

Su Luo knew that Jia Lan was now guiding the somewhat ignorant self to complete the rest of the ceremony. After hesitating for a moment, Su Luo stretched out his hand and placed his palm on the rough bark.

A hot current rushed to the whole body along the place connected to the giant tree. Su Luo put away his original carelessness and looked at the giant tree with a surprised face. The face came, but the vision was only for a moment, and soon, the old man's face disappeared.

While still in a daze, Su Luo only felt a fever on the back of his hand. Looking down, he saw a small black leaf-shaped pattern on the back of his hand.

Looking at the sudden pattern in doubt, Su Luo was held by Jia Lan before he could react.

In a blink of an eye, Su Luo saw that on the smooth back of Jia Lana's hand, at some point, there was also a leaf-shaped pattern, which was much larger than Su Luo's, and it looked like that leaf. The shape of the pattern has grown up, which is very strange.

Thinking of the old priest with tree-shaped decoration in the dream, Su Luo frowned slightly. Could this be the unique mark of the priest?For some reason, Su Luo thought of this.

Then what are you, a priest candidate?As soon as Su Luo exposed it, he buried this unfounded guess in his heart.

Compared to Su Luo, Jia Lan was obviously much more excited, holding Su Luo's hand tightly, Jia Lan kept murmuring something, with an unpredictable expression on her face, until the leaf-shaped mark on Su Luo's hand gradually disappeared , Only then did he calm down a little, and the way he looked at Su Luo was a little different.

It's a pity that Su Luo couldn't share the excitement of Jialan. Apart from knowing that this pattern has something to do with the sacrifice, Su Luo didn't know what it meant.

After the weird pattern disappeared, Su Luo had left it behind. Now Su Luo has more important things to consider.

Adult pose is completed.It means that Su Luo really has his own right to speak in this community.

For the future of the community, Su Luo has more say, which is what Su Luo values ​​more.

The sun was setting, and after watching Su Luo's adult kittens in a ignorance, they finally stopped squatting under the ebony wood, and played happily one by one. Occupied playtime.

Not long after, when the sun faded, Su Luo turned back into a cat shape again.

The little chubby cat jumped in front of Su Luo affectionately, circled around him, and stared at Su Luo's face curiously. Su Luo, a fun-loving guy, is finally free now and began to 'care' about him There are strange patterns on the face.

It's a pity that the current Su Luo is not in the mood to accompany him. He pushed the little fat cat aside, and Su Luo turned around and walked towards the Wupen. Too many things happened all day today, and Su Luo felt that he needed to rest now.

Lying on the feather bed, Su Luo couldn't fall asleep for a while because of the itching caused by the dye on his face. Fortunately, the light brown dye would fade after one night. In order to prevent Su Luo from rubbing it indiscriminately, Jialan reminded him.

Close your eyes, and think about everything that happened today, Su Luo secretly thought, it will be tomorrow.

Feeling the strong chill in the night wind blowing into the black shed, Su Luo's heart was firmer than ever. Some things had to be put on the agenda.