Chapter 11 Preparations before the sacrifice
Chen Bei successfully cooked salt, which was a great thing for the entire Mang tribe, but the elder kept Chen Bei secret.
"Chief, this matter cannot be known to too many people."
"Can't people in our tribe know?"
The elder shook his head and said, "It's always right to be careful. Our tribe is still too weak now. If other tribes know that we can make salt, the consequences should be possible."
Chen Bei said helplessly: "Then we can't hide this salt and don't give it to everyone, right?"
The reason why Chenbei worked hard to get out the salt was to make all tribes eat salt and become stronger, otherwise wouldn’t it be a waste of effort?
"We must eat for everyone."
"However, we have to say that this is exchanged by the leader with the hunted beasts with the large tribe."
The elder grabbed a handful of salt and said, "This salt is so good, better than all the salt I have ever seen. If I don't say that, I'm afraid someone will have thoughts that they shouldn't have."
The reason why tribes unite is because of the common totem god. Only the totem god can give them the power of totem to make them stronger.
However, the situation in the Mang Tribe is quite special, because only Chen Bei himself knows what the totem god of the Mang Tribe looks like so far. Others have not received the blessings of the totem god so far, and they are not very awe of the totem god.
In a sense, they are still tourists and can leave the Mang tribe at any time.
As there are more people, people's hearts will become mixed.
At this time, if they knew that Chenbei could make salt, and it was good salt, some people would probably take the risk and sell the news to the big tribe in exchange for a better life.
Never have the illusion that people from the primitive tribe are very simple. Chen Bei has long experienced a bloody lesson in this regard.
After all, the elder lived for a long time and saw many things, so he naturally didn't want such things to happen to the Mang tribe.
"Okay, just do as the elder said."
Chen Bei happily accepted the elder's opinion.
The elder nodded with satisfaction and said, "In addition, we can get salt, which is the gift of the totem god, so I plan to build an altar in the tribe, and after the first snow falls in winter, a sacrificial ceremony will be held to worship the totem god."
"Only by building an altar and worshiping the totem god, our tribe has truly taken root here, and the tribe members also have thoughts in their hearts, so it is not easy to have other thoughts."
Since Chen Bei said that the method of making salt was told by the totem god, the elders became more respectful of the totem god of the Mang tribe. The totem god of the Turtle tribe in his heart slowly faded in his heart.
This is an obvious change.
Chen Bei didn't understand the sacrifice, so he had to say, "It depends entirely on the elders."
The elder seemed to have suddenly found a new life goal, and he seemed to be very excited, and he also became more powerful when walking.
"Without any further, I immediately set out to prepare for the construction of the altar. As for the prey for the sacrifice, I have worked hard to lead the leader. This is the first sacrifice, the prey must be good, and it cannot die. I must live until the day of the sacrifice!"
Are you going to live? Is it better?
This is to increase the difficulty of hunting for me!
Chen Bei secretly complained in his heart that it was just a sacrificial ritual, and it was the same if it was cooked and served! Everyone did this in their previous lives.
However, he could only complain about these words in his heart.
Sacrifices are very solemn for tribes. Everything follows ancient etiquette and rules, and no mistakes are allowed.
He remembered that when the insect tribe was offering sacrifices, it seemed that it was also a living prey.
However, when he was in the insect tribe, he was not qualified to approach the sacrificial center because he was a child. He could only see it from a distance and did not know it very much.
While cooking salt, Chenbei thought about what kind of prey could satisfy the totem god in the sacrificial ritual...
The elder left Chenbei's wooden house with a blushing face. He wanted to find the only stone master in the tribe.
The Stone Artifactist is a middle-aged tribe in his forties. He has always been surrounded by an animal skin around his waist, covered with dust, and his whole body looks covered in dust.
When the stone master saw the elder coming in, he hurriedly stood up and saluted respectfully: "Elder."
The elder said bluntly: "In the past few days, I have put down all other work temporarily and followed me with the tools."
"Yes, elder, I'll clean up immediately."
In the tribe, except for the leader, the elder has the highest status, and everyone's food, clothing and expenses are in their hands, so the stone master dare not even ask what it is.
However, because the elder was very excited, he wanted the whole tribe to shout about building an altar, so he would not hide it.
"I tell you, this time I asked you to go, to polish the stones needed to build the altar and carve the totem patterns. What a great honor this matter is, don't I say more, right?"
"Build an altar? Really? I... can I... do it?"
The stone master was so excited that he shuddered. For a traditional tribe, it was all honor to have something to do with the totem god. What's more, it was a big event like building an altar.
The stone master suddenly doubted his level, and he was afraid that he would not do well and would make the Totem God unhappy.
The elder was very satisfied with his reaction, patted his shoulder and said, "What are you afraid of? If you have me, you will do whatever I say at that time, and you will definitely do it."
"Okay, I'll listen to the elders."
The stone master was excitedly following the elders around. When they met the right time, they would call the young and strong people from the tribe over, dig them back together, and take them to the center of the tribe. The stone master would carve and polish the altar.
It is said that the initial tribal sacrifices did not have an altar, but were all open-air sacrifices. Later, a totem god felt that it was not good to enjoy the sacrifices directly on the ground, so he asked his tribe members to build a ground platform, so there was an altar built by earth.
Later, another totem god felt that the soil was still dirty, so he finally changed to building an altar with stones and has been used to this day.
For the next period of time, there would be jingling sounds from the Mang tribe every day, which were stone masters polishing and carving stones.
Chenbei had to do it himself, and it took him several days to filter all the salt soil he brought back, cook it into edible salt, and finally get dozens of kilograms of salt.
When he ate food with salt, he actually felt happy!
The rest of the tribe were soon distributed some salt and were told that the leader had exchanged it from the large tribe.
For a time, Chenbei's prestige in the tribe became much higher.
In the following time, Chenbei traveled back and forth several times, bringing back more salt and soil, enough for the tribe to need throughout the winter.
When the altar was almost built, frost had already begun to develop on the ground.
Winter is here!
The first snow in winter should be falling soon.
After it snows, the mountains are blocked with heavy snow, and the tribes will not go out again. They will keep the food they have saved with great difficulty, save money every day, and wait for the ice and snow to melt.
Chenbei, before it snows, brought back the prey used for the sacrifice alive.
After thinking about it, he finally focused on the triangular green sheep, bison and boar.
The cow, sheep, and pig are called the three animals. I believe the totem god will definitely be satisfied?
However, this time, Chen Bei could not go alone again, because it was not easy to bring the prey back alive. He needed help, at least he could help him drag the prey back.
Chapter completed!