Chapter 264 - The young elder
Translated by Lesyt Team
Edited by Ilesyt
After the third Flame disappeared, the ritual ceremony should normally be over, but it was different tonight.
Even the new warriors that had just awakened did not have time to rejoice about their new life when the giant appeared. Although the giant had already disappeared from the fire pit when the flames retreated, they remained astonished.
Besides the appearance, the giant even made them feel like worshipping it.
The Shaman sighed deeply, looked at Ao in his eyes, and then both looked towards Shao Xuan.
The eyes of the Shaman and the chief were filled with joy.
“Ladies and gentlemen,” Ao shouted in a deep voice on the venue to attract the attention of all the people who were still immersed in that feeling.
“I am the chief of the Flaming Horns tribe, called Ao. In accordance with the will of the ancestors, I accept ‘Xuan’ as an ‘elder’!” Ao said solemnly.
After the chief, the Shaman also said: “I am the shaman of the Flaming Horns tribe. In accordance with the will of the ancestors, I accept ‘Xuan’ as an ‘elder’!”
All the people hadn’t become focused yet. Hearing the chief’s and the Shaman’s words, they were suddenly stunned.
An elder? Shao Xuan?
They had heard that in other tribes there were elders, but those were the elites who had made countless contributions to the tribes and were strong and powerful. Most of them had competed to be the chief. In some tribes, after retiring, the chiefs would become the elders. However, they had never heard of such a young elder!
The original members of the Flaming Horns tribe’s only understanding of elders was from that person that was cremated back then, who used to be an elder. Since the Shaman and the chief had announced it and they said they did so “in accordance with the will of the ancestors”, no one could disagree with the ancestors, right? Who dared to do that? Whomever dared to do that would suffer a lot.
Shao Xuan handed the bone ornament to the Shaman and an official title-awarding ceremony was held. From now on, Shao Xuan was an elder of the Flaming Horns tribe, only below the Shaman and the chief.
The Shaman was holding the shining bone ornament. He was so excited that his hands were trembling. He could feel the familiar bone ornament contain the power of the first Shaman, the most powerful Shaman! Meanwhile, he had consumed some energy in the ritual ceremony, but the amount of his energy was rapidly increasing.
In the crowd, Old Ke flushed from his emotions, and in his hollow eyes, tears were flowing. Unexpectedly, the child who had starved in the hole grew up and became an elder with such a high status today.
The original members of the Flaming Horns tribe thought that in the whole tribe only the Shaman and the chief had the absolute authority. Ta and Gui He, the two team leaders, could not make everyone follow their words. But now, it seemed that another entity also had the absolute authority. According to the Shaman and chief, an elder had a higher status than the team leaders. When the Shaman and the chief made major decisions, the elder could participate in the discussion and even oppose the ideas.
Afterthe title-awarding ceremony, the ritual ceremony finally ended.
The new totem warriors were asked to go to a place to wait for the Shaman, who would give them lessons. The others would go back together. From now on, they were not wanderers, but members of the Flaming Horns tribe!
This time, there were less than two thousand people who awakened, including the children who were old enough to awaken and the wanderers who came back. They were still counting the exact number. This was what Shao Xuan had expected.
Shao Xuan had Old Ke and Caesar go back first, for the chief looked for him to ask him something about the bone ornament.
The people who had gathered around the fire pit gradually dispersed. The family members of those who awakened were so happy that they invited some good friends to celebrate. Those who failed to get the power, besides the young children, would be even less likely to get it in the future.
A thin woman looked very depressed, and also reassured the others around her with a wry smile. She did not speak. Many did as her, and in the crowd she was not very noticeable.
As she walked from the crowd step by step, her husband was waiting for her anxiously. Her husband was one of those wanderers from other tribes.
“So?” When he saw his wife come to him, the man strode forward.
The woman shook her head.
The passers-by looked at the honest man who clumsily comforted his wife, they understood the reason. They comforted them, sighed, and left.
The frustrated couple walked out of the venue, went back to their hut and shut the door.
The man didn’t look sad anymore but serious. With helplessness, he took out some herbs to smash them. He put them in a pot, added some water, started the fire, and cooked them.
These herbs didn’t smell strong. When they were cooked, there was a light smell of grass. If one was did not pay attention or stayed away from the herbs, they could not smell it.
That thin woman closed the windows and doors. Her face became pale at once, she couldn’t stop herself. She spat out blood and looked exhausted. If she hadn’t sat on the stool with the help of the wooden table, she would have probably fallen down.
“Damn it.” The man looking at the clay jar said.
The woman was panting and sitting on the stool next to the wooden table. She did not say anything, for she was afraid that she would spit out blood again if she did so.
When the herbs were ready, she took the medicine and quietly rested for a while. Then she slowly said: “If the flame giant didn’t appear so suddenly, I would not have suffered so much!”
They had planned to find out what treasure the Flaming Horns tribe had at the ritual ceremony. They usually showed the valuable items at the ritual ceremony.
However, this time, they failed to implement their plan.
They pretended to be a couple here. In their plan, the man was from another tribe and the woman came from the Flaming Horns tribe. At the ritual ceremony, they stood at different places, because the wanderers of the Flaming Horns tribe could stand close to the fire pit in order to awaken easily.
Those from other tribes who wanted to join the Flaming Horns tribe needed to attend the accreditation ceremony. In this way they could be accepted by the fire seed or rejected by it. No one wanted to take that risk. The wanderers without faith would feel less repulsion by the fire seed.
They hadn’t taken part in such a ritual ceremony. Nor were they wanderers without any faith.
When the flames of the fire pit spread, she felt stabbing pain inher body. However, she endured such pains. They had many many experiences, different from ordinary people, they could bear a lot.
However, unexpectedly, a flame giant suddenly appeared! The repulsion of the fire seed became stronger at that time, that flame giant had a big impact on her. She had almost spat out blood at that time, but she held back. Fortunately, people around her only paid attention to the fire pit, so no one noticed her. Otherwise, her secret would have been revealed.
She remembered that at that time she was like a weak beast facing a mighty monster and she couldn’t resist it. At this time, she was still scared. However, thanks to their many experiences and their good disguising skill, they avoided being discovered by those around them.