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In the early morning of the next day, Sun Zhixin led a group of children, as well as his main assistant, Comrade Tarim, to the side of the pottery kiln on the other side of the river, preparing to officially start firing pottery today.The very energetic children and the strong boy had already piled firewood and charcoal by the side of the pottery kiln. Compared with Sun Zhixin, they were more excited and got up very early to do this preparation.They have even taken the first step to send the pottery embryos into the pottery kiln, doing everything they can, just waiting to fire pottery!

Even Naru and Tiger were worried about this matter. They looked at Sun Zhixin with encouraging and expectant eyes for a long time before setting off to hunt reluctantly. Accidentally failed, he really couldn't face the hopeful eyes of these two guys.These two good comrades are very supportive of Sun Zhixin's great cause of pottery firing, and more than half of the pottery embryos released are made by the two of them...

The wise man Aurik had been notified about the pottery firing, and he gathered other people in the clan around the pottery kiln, looking at the pottery kiln, which didn't look very eye-catching, with very curious eyes.Alpha and Goben, who were familiar with Sun Zhixin, were also there. Alpha stood beside Ori, and Goben walked around the pottery kiln watching like a flea.

Aurike's attitude towards Sun Zhixin has always been the way of herding sheep and eating grass, and he can do whatever he likes.But making pottery was too much work for him, he couldn't sit still and wait for the result, so he finally couldn't help but jumped out and wanted to participate.

As an elderly man, and even as a wise man with more extensive knowledge and wisdom than others, no one can understand the meaning of successful firing of pottery better than Auric!It will represent a great step forward in the life of the entire tribe, as recorded in the history of archaeology: the appearance of pottery is one of the important features of the Neolithic Age.

So Auric and Sun Zhixin were chatting harmoniously there: Sun Zhixin said: "Get ready to light the fire!"

Oric said: "Slow down!"

Sun Zhixin looked at him incomprehensibly, and Aurik said again: "Let me ask for the help of my ancestors and gods first. With their care, I can definitely burn it!"

What a weird reason.Sun Zhixin was embarrassed when he heard that, what's going on...

But the stubborn old stubborn obviously ignored Sun Zhixin's thoughts, and went back to his tent with a solemn expression to get a stick.Sun Zhixin hadn't seen the old man use this special-looking thing before, and seeing him walking back holding it with a solemn expression on his face, the whole aging body exuded an invisible aura, He really didn't dare to make a mistake.

"It's the Great Witch Staff!"

what rice?Listening to this tone...it seems to be something very special.

Sun Zhixin heard someone gasp in a low voice and speak in an unbelievable tone, so he couldn't help but look carefully at that so-called big witch's staff.

The staff was as tall as a person, and it looked very unpleasant at first glance.There is a human head and skeleton stuck on the top of it - don't doubt it, it is really a human head and skeleton without skin and flesh that has been dried for an unknown number of years.A gem was stuffed into each of the two black eyeholes of the skull, one red and one blue, which looked like large natural rubies and sapphires, even more precious than the pearls Tiger gave Sun Zhixin.A ring of feathers is fixed on top of the skull, which falls like an Indian headdress.Those feathers are mostly the tail feathers of birds, the colors are extremely bright, and it looks even weirder when worn on a skull.There are many animal teeth hanging three inches below the skull. There are probably dozens of them, which makes the whole staff look weird and simple, like some ancient witchcraft props.

For this thing, Sun Zhixin does not like it from the bottom of his heart, thinking it is cruel and ignorant.But what Orek did next completely overturned his thoughts.

Oric stroked the terrifying skull gently, and said in a low voice, "All my ancestors, please stand behind me and witness this great moment with me."

Sun Zhixin was startled, and suddenly remembered that both Naru and Tiger had mentioned that the tribe believed in gods and ancestors.When the previous wise man died, his head would be preserved and made into some kind of utensil to protect the whole tribe.Until the next wise man dies, his head will replace the previous one, and at this time the replaced head will really be rested in peace and solemnly buried.

Sun Zhixin doesn't believe in gods, but people in the tribe do.Because they think that even if the wise man of the previous generation has passed away, his soul will still loyally guard his tribe.To put it another way, even though the previous wise man is no longer around, his spiritual power is still giving shelter to the entire tribe.

Sun Zhixin can't help but respect this point, the skull has surpassed its original meaning, but has a greater symbolic meaning - even if I am no longer here, I will still guard you loyally!

Sun Zhixin believes in this very much-people may not exist, but many precious things will be left and passed on forever, such as the spiritual power that inspires people's hearts, and such as firm and great beliefs!

I will always guard you!

That is the message conveyed by the not-so-beautiful thing on the head of the staff.

Sun Zhixin couldn't help the tears in his eyes. Sun Zhixin took two steps forward, looked at the weird head fearlessly and honestly, and said sincerely: "Thank you for the blessing of the ancestors, please give me courage and strength. Bless me and me. The tribe can live a better life."

Oric was slightly taken aback, then smiled.

He always thought that this 'white man' would underestimate the tribe's traditions and refused to believe in those ancient powers, because the strength and knowledge he showed had already surpassed the cognition of the whole tribe, including himself.He worried that he would be proud, that he would use ideas beyond his control to destroy some of the great ideas on which the tribe had always lived.But obviously he was wrong, this 'white man' was more humble than he thought and knew how to accept some real precious things.

Just like at this moment, he could clearly see the strong self-repressed excitement flashing in those black jade-like eyes, as well as the whole-hearted respect for the selfless dedication of the tribe's ancestors.

"Come." Auric waved at Sun Zhixin, smiling, his face no longer sly and cunning, but smiling like a genuinely kind old man. "Don't be afraid, touch it, it will bless you."

Sun Zhixin stepped forward and touched the head, and it was not as scary as he imagined.Or maybe it was due to psychological changes. He really felt that when his hand touched it, the head was conveying to himself a certain concept that had always accompanied the survival of the tribe: be brave, be persistent, and live happily forever!

"Feel it? Its power."

"En." Sun Zhixin replied, he felt, not the power that Auric said, but the faith it represented.This thing will not be blocked by time and space, and can exist anywhere, no matter how long it has passed, it will always be passed down and turned into a powerful spiritual force.

Auric held a stick in one hand, and reached out to stroke Sun Zhixin's forehead with the other hand, and then used his dry lips to leave a pious kiss on the spot on his forehead that was stroked: "Bless you, my child."

Sun Zhixin curled his lips and smiled slightly: "I accept it. Thank you for your blessing."

The next moment, Aurik suddenly took out a stone knife, cut his wrist forcefully, and threw the blood into the hearth of the kiln.

Sun Zhixin didn't try to stop him. He knew that in the ancient beliefs, people believed that blood would carry power, and this withered old man was supporting himself with his unwavering belief.This will make people feel very happy and full of confidence that they will succeed.

It wasn't until he saw that Aurik was going to let the blood flow endlessly, that Sun Zhixin forcibly interrupted his ceremony, and said softly: "Wise man, enough is enough."

Aurik retreated silently, his footsteps a little vain.Sun Zhixin supported him, waved at Tarim, and shouted, "Tarimu, light the fire!"

The firewood had been piled up. In order to show off the new and efficient fire drilling method he had learned from Xin Zhixin, the kindling was also ready.

Hearing Sun Zhixin's call, before Tarim came to fetch the kindling, he had already thrown the kindling into it, lying on the kiln mouth and carefully blowing on the fire to make the flame ignite.

The flames quickly flared up, glowing bright red.From now on, it will be a long time for official pottery firing.

Generally speaking, due to the low efficiency of earthen pottery kilns, the time for firing pottery will appear to be longer.The entire firing timeline will be roughly divided into three stages, the heating process, the high temperature calcination process, and the cooling process.

The heating process takes about 20-25 hours for the kind of kiln.The high temperature calcination process is not long, it takes about 3-5 hours.The final cooling process takes 15-20 hours.In other words, it takes two full days to complete the sintering of the pottery in the whole kiln!Firing pottery is not as easy as imagined!

Sun Zhixin stared closely at the color of the flames at the door, watching them turn from red to bright red, and then to deep red. The whole process took two hours.

Instructing people to add dry firewood according to the speed he expected, Sun Zhixin kept pinching his watch and watching the room, and was prepared to stay here for two days and two nights for a long-term war of resistance.

Another hour passed, and Sun Zhixin asked Tarim to open a channel on the roof of the pottery kiln to temporarily emit water vapor, so that all the so-called attached water evaporated.

The temperature of the pottery kiln gradually increased, and Sun Zhixin didn't have a thermometer or anything, so he could only roughly estimate the temperature of the flame based on the information he had seen on the PDA.At this time, it looks like [-] degrees, but the roiling heat has diffused from the crater and the water vapor channel opened on the top of the pottery kiln, which makes the surrounding area start to heat up, making people feel hot and dry.

After noon, Sun Zhixin estimated that the water vapor had almost dissipated, so he asked Tarim to block the steam distribution channel, and the whole kiln began to smolder.There is little change in this process, and we can only wait for the further temperature rise in the kiln chamber.

The long time passed little by little, and Sun Zhixin guarded the pottery kiln closely, watching the temperature rise slowly.The people around were not idle, they spontaneously organized to deliver water to those involved in the kiln burning work, and went to the forest to collect firewood for emergencies.