Under the prayers of the tribe leader and some elders, all the young and middle-aged men showed solemn expressions and worshiped. Many women and children also came over and prayed silently, praying that their relatives who went hunting could return safely.
The mountains are too dangerous. Once you leave the village guarded by Willow Wood, you will find yourself in a completely different world outside, filled with terrifying birds of prey and giant beasts.
In this way, the strongest group of people in the village set out, carrying huge bows and broadswords, and walked into the mountains, rivers and swamps. Suddenly, a breath of wilderness rushed towards them.
After watching the hunting team leave, the old patriarch Shi Yunfeng led a group of children to the grass at the entrance of the village, sat down cross-legged, and said, "Well, you naughty monkeys should study hard."
The group of children suddenly looked sad and listless, and sat around unwillingly like wilted leaves in the sun.
"Grandpa Patriarch, those bird-shaped and turtle-shaped characters are as complicated as ghost symbols. They are really difficult to learn. Why bother to memorize them?"
"That's right, it's not as useful as the archery skills my father taught me!"
The group of children all had bitter faces and were very resistant.
"You kids are really ignorant. Bone script is a symbol naturally manifested on the bones of the powerful ancient species. It contains mysterious power. Many people want to learn it but don't know how to learn it. Once you succeed in learning it, I wonder how many times stronger you will be than your fathers." The old patriarch was very disappointed with them and scolded them.
"Grandpa clan leader, please demonstrate the power of bone characters to us." said an older child.
"Come here, little one." The patriarch shouted towards the distance.
The little one was pulling the tail of a big yellow dog after chasing the five-colored bird. He turned his head in confusion when he heard the words, and ran over happily after letting go of his hand. He blinked his bright eyes and said, "Ya ya ya, what's the matter, Grandpa Patriarch?"
"Use the bone script I taught you." Shi Yunfeng said.
"Okay." The little one was very obedient. He stretched out his two little hands, closed his mouth, and kept exerting strength with his whole body. His little face turned red from holding it in.
With a "buzz" sound, a piece of light appeared in the palm of his hand, and a strange word emerged, which seemed to be cast in metal and had a metallic luster and texture. Soon, the other hand appeared.
The little guy took two steps forward and picked up a piece of bluestone that was taller than him.
"How amazing!" a group of children exclaimed. How could a little boy who was just over one year old lift such a large stone?
"Little one, are you using all your strength to suckle?" the older child teased him.
"Oh, yes, I've run out of strength." The little guy threw down the bluestone, sat down on the ground, and smiled heartlessly, very purely, while the rune on the palm of his hand quickly dimmed and disappeared.
"Grandpa clan leader, is this the mysterious bone script power that you have been studying for more than ten years?" The eyes of a group of children lit up, completely different from their lack of interest not long ago.
"Don't get excited. These can only get you on the right track. They are far inferior to the Heavenly Bone Script that appeared in ancient legends." The old man nodded and then shook his head.
"Grandpa clan leader, please tell us about the outside world." A group of children looked hopeful.
Everyone in Shi Village knows that when the old man was young, he and a dozen powerful tribesmen in the village went to the far end of the earth and ventured into the outside world.
But more than ten years ago, only two people came back covered in blood, and one of them died soon after. Only Shi Yunfeng survived.
He has been studying the mysterious bone writing over the years, and has occasionally conducted experiments on the strong people in the village. These children knew clearly that their fathers, who were as strong as tigers and dragons, would let out heart-wrenching howls in the stone courtyard every time they were called in, which made these children develop resistance and awe prematurely.
It was not until the old patriarch's research slowed down in recent years that the villagers were no longer so scared. Moreover, the little one who grew up eating the milk of hundreds of beasts and the food of hundreds of families was adopted by him and became the best candidate for research.
"The outside world..." The old man looked nostalgic, lost in thought for a moment before he said, "The world is too big, vast and boundless. From one domain to another, it's often millions of miles. No one knows how vast it really is. A person can't walk out of a domain in a lifetime. The wilderness is endless. It's difficult for humans in different regions to communicate because it's too dangerous. There are many powerful species on earth, terrifying and mysterious. Even a tribe of hundreds of thousands of people or a magnificent city can be destroyed by a few ancient species overnight. Of course, there are also humans who are unimaginably powerful, comparable to the top combat power of other species, with unparalleled divine power, and can be called the pride of the human race."
The group of children were in awe and at the same time yearning for the unknown world. Someone asked, "Are there any treasures or elixirs in the mountains and rivers that can transform people overnight? How powerful is the most powerful genius of the human race?"
The old man smiled and said, "If you want to know, make yourself stronger first."
"If we master the mysterious power of bone characters, can we travel the world?" Some children looked longing.
Shi Yunfeng touched a child's head and said, "Don't mention other regions. Even in our region, if there is a strange person who can cross half of the territory, it will be incredible!"
All the children were in a daze.
"All I can do is to lead you on the path. How far you will go in the future depends on you. What I teach you should not be worse than what children of the same age learn in the outside world." The old man said at the end, with a strange light in his eyes, and touched a strange piece of jade bone in his arms.
A group of children sat around the old patriarch, finally paying attention and starting to listen to his teachings seriously, and did not disperse until noon.
"It's too difficult. The clan leader actually said that it would take several years for some individuals to be able to incorporate a little bone culture into their bodies, and most people may never succeed."
"But he was only as small as a bean, and he actually did it."
The little one blinked his big eyes innocently, and then pulled the big yellow dog's tail, and the big yellow dog barked even more innocently.
The red sun sets in the west, and in the afterglow of the setting sun, the entire stone village is dyed with a layer of light golden glow. In the distance, monkeys cry and tigers roar, but the large stone houses here seem as sacred and peaceful as ancient temples.
Dozens of people appeared on the horizon, with the setting sun casting long shadows on the ground. The outlines of their bodies were framed with golden edges by the sunset, making them look extremely tall and strong. Almost everyone was dragging a huge beast and returning with a full load.
"He's back!" A group of women and children who had been waiting at the entrance of the village for a long time cheered. The uneasiness and fear in their hearts disappeared all of a sudden, and they shouted loudly.
"Dad and the others are back safely!"
"Oh my god, there are so many prey. It's such a rare harvest!"
The hunt was very successful, with dozens of adult men getting something. The prey included a huge dragon-horned elephant, a one-legged Kui beast that looked like an ox, and a flying python as thick as a bucket with wings...
The old people in the village were all shocked. These creatures were usually very difficult to deal with, and some could be called ferocious beasts. But today, so many of them were hunted down, and the blood was everywhere. It was really unexpected.
For example, the dragon-horned elephant has a body as hard as iron, and even an iron spear can hardly pierce it. Its pair of dragon horns are as sharp as a drill, and can easily crush boulders. The Kui beast has a thunderous sound, and if it gets close, it can shock people to death. As for the flying python with huge wings on its ribs, it is a killer in the mountains and forests, and can suddenly pounce down from a mountain top, which is extremely terrifying.
There are several more powerful creatures among the prey, such as the two-headed fire rhinoceros with a red body and the Pixiu with impure blood... These are truly ferocious beasts. After discovering them, you should stay away from them, but now they are hunted down, which is seriously against common sense!
"We were really lucky this time. We returned with a full load, but no one was injured." Shi Linhu, the leader of the hunting team, laughed heartily and explained to the clan leader and villagers. In the past few nights, a super beast passed by the mountains, shaking the ground and mountains, trampling and killing many mountain beasts. During the day, they tracked them all the way and killed many seriously injured beasts. These were powerful creatures that the villagers had to avoid on weekdays.
"Some of the large footprints in the mountains are shaped like human feet, but they are really huge, nearly a hundred meters long!"
"So big?!" the villagers exclaimed. This was truly shocking news.
Even the old men in the village gasped when they heard this, and became more and more convinced that something unusual had happened deep in the mountains, attracting some ancient species from the vicinity of the Great Wilderness.
In any case, it was a great harvest and the tribesmen were very happy. The Stone Village was filled with children's laughter and a joyful atmosphere.
The clan leader Shi Yunfeng led everyone toward the willow tree, and after carrying dozens of animal carcasses closer, he placed all the blood-stained beasts on the stone platform. It was obviously a large altar.