Chapter 121: Qilidong
Walking into the narrow mountain path, it was winding and winding. From time to time, abrupt rocks pierced out from above the hard stone walls on both sides. If you are not careful, you will be afraid that you will hit your head.
Looking around the stone wall, there are water droplets constantly dripping in many places, and the most common places gather into a small pool. A lot of green stone moss is growing up and down the stone wall, making the air filled with a slightly moist and cold smell.
Gui Li and Xiaobai were twisted and turned around and finally turned out to turn out this mountain road that was a long time ago and saw the light of the sky again.
On this day, the sun was rising, and the hazy weather a few days ago seemed quite clear.
As soon as they walked out of the dark mountain road, under the sunlight, Gui Li and Xiaobai couldn't help but squint their eyes and felt the light from the sky, as if it was still shining on them with a beautiful ring halo.
After a while, when my eyes got used to it, the bustling sounds gradually came.
The two looked forward and saw a cheerful look in front of them. Amid the mountains, there was a fertile, flat and open land that appeared in front of them.
Houses with a strong Miao style rose from the ground, either built along the mountains or closely connected. There is also a clear stream originating from the deep mountains ahead and winding through this paradise-like land. Many Miao people's houses are built on both sides of the stream.
On the water surface, from a distance, the Miao people built three bridges, which were different. One was a wooden bridge, the simplest. Two giant trees were tied to one piece and fell across the two sides of the shore. Even if it was a bridge.
As for the other two, they are all stone bridges, but they are more flavorful. A large stone is built with rough and solid. It is flat on a stream with a wide water surface and then uses thick stone slabs to put it up. It is the bridge. It is the simple and practical way to build bridges in southern Xinjiang.
But the last stone bridge was made of small stones, and there was no piers. It was an arch bridge. Each stone was closely connected, passing through the sky, flying over the stream. It looked completely like the bridge flavor of the middle ground, and it actually appeared here. It was really strange.
Gui Li saw these in his eyes and felt aroused, but his face did not show it. He and Xiaobai continued to walk forward, and the crowds became more and more lively. Most of the people around him were Miao people's language, and Gui Li only felt quarrel in his ears, and he couldn't understand a word for a long time.
Xiaobai walked beside him and looked around. Most of the Miao people he met around looked at them. Because they saw that they were innocent, they looked at them a few more times, but they were not particularly hostile. After walking a few steps, she whispered to Gui Li: "It seems that the southern Xinjiang has been much more peaceful in recent years."
Gui Li was stunned, confused and said, "What's wrong?"
Xiaobai said: "When I came here, ordinary Miao people saw outsiders, and they were all as if they were facing a great enemy, and they were even more vigilant and guarded. At that time, the five tribes were fierce and cruel, and the tribes fought from time to time. If outsiders dared to come to this Qilidong, if they did not have the skills to defend themselves, they would be more and more unlucky. But looking at the situation today, over the years, there were probably fewer battles."
Gui Li nodded slightly. Looking around, they were already walking among the Miao people. This avenue was on one side of the stream. On one side were many houses closely connected to Miao people, on the other side were clear river water, and there were many green trees on the shore.
At first glance, Miao people's houses are mostly made of wood, with a completely different style from the Middle Earth style, square and unpretentious. Moreover, hideous animal bones are hung on the corners and edge walls. The more ferocious the beasts are, the more common it is. I think this is mostly Miao people's custom, which shows the courage of the owner of the house.
There are Miao people selling stalls on both sides of the road, but most of the things sold are wild animal fur and raw meat. After walking a few more steps, one or two stalls were selling small jewelry and jade and other toys.
Xiaobai smiled and said, "The fur here is all top-notch, and the price is very cheap. If you want it, buy a few items here, which is very cost-effective."
Gui Li's mouth moved, but he didn't say a word and walked straight forward. He walked slowly to the river bank and looked down. He saw that the river water was extremely clear. Standing on the river bank, you could see the stones under the surface of the stream. There were countless big fish swimming and frolicking in the water.
In the distance, there seemed to be birds passing by, flapping their wings and falling onto the water surface, raising their heads and looking around for a few times, then happily folded up their wings and swam gently on the water surface.
All things in the world are surprisingly harmonious in this place.
Xiaobai walked over slowly, and at some point Xiao Hui, who ran to her shoulder, poked out his head curiously and looked under the stream.
"What should I do now?" Gui Li said lightly.
Xiaobai pondered for a moment and said, "It has been three hundred years since then. If the man from that time had not practiced like us, he would probably have passed away. Let's find the place where the man was."
Gui Li nodded silently and said, "Where is he?"
Xiaobai smiled slightly, pointed forward with his hand, and said, "Where."
Gui Li looked up and was suddenly stunned. He saw that Xiaobai's finger was in the depths of the Miao people's residence, a stone platform building built on the hillside and far higher than ordinary Miao people's houses.
Gui Li frowned and whispered: "Altar."
Xiaobai smiled and said, "Not bad."
Gui Li pondered but felt a little anxious in his heart. It was not for anything else, but the altar was in the southern Xinjiang area and had special significance.
He has been to southern Xinjiang many times in previous years. Although he has been devoted to finding the mysterious Black Witch Clan and has not paid serious attention to the customs of southern Xinjiang, he still knows some basic things.
The five tribes in the border areas of the southern border, Zhuang, Miao, Tu, Li, and Gaoshan, are divided into different places, or due to different tribes, they all believe in different gods and religions. However, among all tribes, there are places dedicated to worshipping the ancestors of gods, which is the altar.
The altar has a high status among the tribes in the southern Xinjiang region. In the eyes of most tribes, most of the time, what the wizards said in the altar and what the great and mysterious gods said were actually no different. In the past, when the five tribes had the most fierce battles, every war was that they had to ask the wizards in the altar to explain the situation to the gods, and get permission from the gods, that is, the great wizards, so that the tribe patriarch could launch a new war.
From this we can see what status the altar and the wizards inside have in southern Xinjiang!
As far as he knows, these wizards have never met outsiders.
Gui Li was silent for a moment, turned to Xiaobai and said, "That is the Miao people's altar. Is the person you are talking about..."
Xiaobai smiled faintly and said, "Yes, three hundred years ago, what I saw here was that the great wizard in the Miao clan used the magic of resurrection and rescued a Miao man who was captured by the mountain fairy demon with one soul and three spirits."
The great wizard of the Miao people...
Gui Li's mouth moved again. If the wizards in the altar have a high status among the tribes in the southern Xinjiang, then as the great wizard who has the strongest magic power and the highest status among the wizards, he always conveys the will of the gods himself, he is simply a god in the eyes of ordinary people.
If someone dared to offend the great wizard, Gui Li had no doubt at all. All the Miao people on the land in front of him, and even all the Miao people in the entire southern Xinjiang, would rush over to fight him.
Xiaobai looked at Gui Li with interest and smiled: "How, what should we do now?"
Gui Li glanced at her and saw that the rising sun in the morning fell on her face, as if it was refracted, with a faint warmth.
He didn't say a word, turned around and walked slowly towards the altar halfway up the mountain.
Xiaobai smiled and followed.
This place is known as Qilidong, and naturally has a very large range. It is also known as the largest Miao people living in the southern border. As they deepen, they saw more and more Miao people.
From the larger road they were walking, branches continued to extend to the side, just like a big tree scattering its branches and leaves.
Gui Li and the others looked from a distance and the road under their feet was directly extending towards the altar in the distance, so they saved the trouble of inquiry.
But as they gradually went deeper, they noticed that there were more and more Miao people walking on the two of them, and whispering sounds were heard one after another. After about half a cup of tea, they walked to the foot of the tall mountain of the altar.
Then, they stopped. It was not because they hesitated, but because the Miao soldiers stationed at the foot of the mountain stopped them.
Gui Li felt a little irritated, but the situation in front of him was not unexpected. Originally! As the supreme sacred altar of the Miao people, it would be strange if he was not strictly guarded.
There were quite a few Miao soldiers guarding the foot of the mountain. At first glance, there were at least a dozen strong men standing far or near on the road leading to the mountainside, alert.
At this time, the two Miao men who were standing in front were two Miao men. They were wearing ordinary Miao clothes. The difference was that there was a wooden armor made of tough wooden vines on their chests and holding a long-handled sharp gun in their hands. It seemed that this was the difference between Miao soldiers and ordinary Miao people.
The two Miao people looked at Gui Li and Xiaobai up and down, and then most of the eyes fell on Xiaobai's beautiful face for a while, then lingered loudly: "Ji Li Ji Li Hu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu..."
Gui Li turned his head and looked at Xiaobai. Xiaobai shrugged and said, "Don't ask me, I have been locked up for so long, how can I remember these vernacular words?"
Gui Li turned his head, pondered for a moment, and said, "We have important things to do, and I want to pay homage to your great wizard." Because he had requests, it was rare that he could speak at this moment, so he was a little polite.
However, it is obvious that this place where Miao people live is far from Kaihua, the boss who runs an inn in Tianshuizhai. He is proficient in Middle-earth language. When he heard Gui Li say something, the two Miao people frowned tightly. When they looked at each other, they even picked up the long-handled sharp gun in their hands, with a serious expression and shouted loudly: "Huhululululululululululululululululululululuji..."
Gui Li Ran didn't know what to do for a moment. To be honest, he ran around for Biyao for ten years, looking for the whereabouts of the Black Witch Clan. Now he finally had some clues, but was blocked by these Miao soldiers. He was really upset and wanted to knock over these people directly, rush into the altar to find the great wizard, and let him heal Biyao.
But after all, he was no longer a boy who didn't know the world at the beginning. He knew that he must not be impulsive at this moment, otherwise he would be afraid of backfire if he had a stutter. However, he hesitated for a moment, because he couldn't speak, so he pointed at the altar halfway up the mountain with his hand and said in a gentle voice: "We want to go to your altar to pay homage to the great wizard."
The Miao people didn't understand what he said, but he pointed his finger at the altar on the mountain, which immediately made all the Miao people around him, including the Miao soldiers standing further away and some Miao people who were following them to watch the fun, and they immediately shouted loudly. The Miao soldiers even surrounded them and surrounded them.
Gui Li was stunned for a moment, and Xiaobai whispered beside him: "Oh no, you may have violated their Miao people's taboo."
Gui Liqi said: "What did I do?"
Xiaobai looked at the angry crowd around him and whispered: "In the eyes of the Miao people, the altar is a sacred and inviolable place. It cannot be easily raised in words. Pointing fingers at the altar is a great disrespectful act, and it is the greatest insult among the Miao people."
Gui Li glared at her and said angrily: "You didn't tell me such an important thing earlier?"
Xiaobai chuckled, and his faint tenderness seemed to be revealed, and he said softly: "You should think about it too, I have been imprisoned for three hundred years, so how could I remember so much..."
Gui Li was silent again, and he felt extremely immense for a moment.
After watching them being besieged, the Miao people around him were not afraid. Instead, they were talking quietly. The man was still a little anxious, but the woman didn't take the Miao people around him at all, smiling sweetly and looking at the flowing waves.
There were many Miao women around. Looking at Xiaobai's beautiful appearance in the scene, they secretly admired him. But when they saw more Miao men watching Xiaobai's eyes glow, the audience immediately striking. For a moment, the sound of croaking one after another, which was as if this pair of dogs and women insulted the sacred altar. The crime was unforgivable, and they should be cut into pieces and executed by Lingchi.
There were a few young men in the middle who couldn't help but argue, saying that it was the man who insulted the altar. There was nothing wrong with this woman. It would be better to kill the man, leave the woman behind, be my wife, etc.
Before they finished speaking, the men were immediately submerged in the Miao girl group, and were beaten by their mother, sister, sister, aunt, third aunt, sixth aunt, and even Miao girl who had nothing to do with her, kicked, grabbed her hair, scratched her ears, pounded her eyes, or hit her chest. In short, the hands and feet were all over the sky, and howling suddenly started. After a while, the plop sounds were heard several times. The men were all thrown down from the stream with blue heads and swollen faces, splashing the big water.
The Miao girl is so strong that she can see.
The Miao soldiers did not expect that these Miao women would be so angry that they would be even more angry than the soldiers who were most loyal to the gods and were qualified to guard the altar. They hated these outsiders who insulted the altar so deeply that they would be beaten up if they had any slight pleading.
The Miao soldier in the lead seemed to be the leader of these dozen soldiers. He looked at the young men who were still crying in the river, coughed, looked at Gui Li and Xiaobai, and his face looked like frosty, and he didn't even look at Xiaobai, staring at Gui Li, as if he was afraid that the man would slip away or his eyes would slip away. He couldn't help but couldn't explain clearly and said angrily: "Haha Lulu Jili, gulli Jili Hulu!"
Gui Li was also very anxious here. Although he didn't know why a large number of Miao women rushed together in the crowd, arrested several young Miao people and beat them up and threw them into the river, but I think the Miao people have some strange customs, and it's not surprising that they are commonplace.
But now he is not able to speak with these Miao people, and he accidentally violated the Miao people's taboo just now, which angered the Miao people. Seeing that the Miao people gathered more and more around him, although he and Xiaobai are both cultivators and are never afraid that these Miao people are numerous and powerful, they are tall and strong, but now they really want to rely on the Miao people.
Over the past ten years, he has gone from hope to disappointment to almost despair, which is really painful. Now that such a good hope has suddenly rekindled, he will not let it go easily no matter what. But now he can't speak and gesture, but he is afraid that it is difficult to communicate. If he violates the Miao people's taboos for no reason, it will be too unfair.
He stood there, unable to break through, and he was even more reluctant to retreat, and was in a dilemma, which was really embarrassing.
When Miao people around him saw that the two of them had made mistakes, they still stood there without saying a word. The man was still anxious, but the woman actually smiled brighter and seemed even happier under the crowd, and her smile became more charming. During this period, she actually smiled at several Miao men who had been staring at her, which immediately made the men dizzy.
This scene fell into the eyes of the Miao women around him, and it immediately felt like a pot of trouble. It was so tolerant, but it was unbearable. The noise became louder and louder, almost flooding Gui Li and the others with saliva.
Seeing that the crowd was about to be out of control, many Miao women were about to rush forward and teach the little fairy a lesson. When they gave themselves a good vent in the name of the gods on the altar, they shouted loudly and came from behind the warriors on the mountain road.
Chapter completed!