Chronicles Of Primordial Wars (Ch. 271-500)

ch. 379-380

Chapter 379

In this tribe, before a high-ranked member stepped into the position, they would have to swear an oath before the fire pond and the three bone ornaments. The year Zheng Luo took over as chief and Duo Kang as the head of the hunting party, they also went through this process. That was why it was no surprise when the shamaness took these out. Other than the people who stood closeby, most people could not see exactly what it was. 

The day Shao Xuan the Zhui sparred, and his pendant was visible, not just Duo Kang recognised it. 

Shao Xuan bowed towards the box, a gesture of respect towards his ancestors. 

According to the plan, when the box was taken out, Shao Xuan would have to swear his oath. However, the people who stood closest to the fire pond, like Duo Kang and the older members, waited but Shao Xuan still did not speak. 

What was going on? Did he forget what he was supposed to say? Was he too nervous? 

Chief Zheng Luo looked at him in confusion, however, when he saw the shamaness doing her best to suppress her emotion, he sensed that something was happening even though they could not see it. 

The shamaness had tears in her eyes as she stared at the box in her hands. 

The dull ornaments had been in deep slumber in the box, yet when Shao Xuan approached, it was as if someone brushed off a thick layer of dust. They were glowing. 

It was a very faint glow compared to the bead on the bone ornament Shao Xuan wore, yet enough to make the shamaness so emotional. The shamans and shamanesses knew what the beads symbolised. In the past, shamans who looked at the dull beads felt like their ancestors had forsaken them, like they had done something wrong. And yet, with this change, the shamaness saw hope. 

The ancestors had not left. They had always been there, guarding the Flaming Horn Tribe. 

The Flaming Horn people had stubbornly prayed to them, these were things left behind by the first shaman. It represented the most powerful shaman who had existed in the tribe. If it was not for the fact that she was still carrying the box, she would have knelt in prayer already. 

Shao Xuan also saw the changes in the box. In the past, when he had received this ornament, the shaman had told him the first shaman left behind six beads to make six pendants. Shao Xuan had seen three, and finally, he saw the other three. 

Thank goodness none were lost. This meant the six pendants would one day unite again. 

According to the instructions the shamaness had previously given, he harnessed all his totemic power and pushed a portion of it out to connect to the pond. This was something he must do. Everyone else in the tribe also connected their beings to the fire pond. The flames in the fire pond rose. 

However, what he didn’t expect was that the moment he connected his power to the pond, there was a major change. He was so mesmerized he did not speak the oath. 

The totemic flames in his mind roared while the flames in the fire pond shot up. 

The sudden rise in the flames attracted everyone’s attention. Just as they shot up, all the torches and burning fireplaces on the hill and at the bottom of the hill died in that instant! 

There was only one source of fire left on the hill, which was the flames in the fire pond. 

The older members of the tribe had participated in countless rituals and ceremonies in their lifetimes. They had also heard of many stories from their fathers and grandfathers, yet they had never heard such a thing. It was as if this was the only source of fire in the world. Like the king of fires, it stood tall on the peak, overseeing its empire.