readsfreenovel Chapter 372: Inviting the Ancestor (1)
Chapter 372: Inviting the Ancestor (1)
These beast spirits were indeed using the method of the misty yarrow to ask questions. He suddenly felt confused. The tiger could enter the spirit realm very easily, so why did they use such a troublesome method?
The white-haired old ape then raised his feet and waved his hands, performing a strange dance around the stone statue in the field, just like the wooden horses and wooden figures that Chu Xiaomu played with when he was a child; he continued to babble and half sing and half recite the secret language of the Beast Mountain.
All the animal spirits, including the King of Beasts, looked respectful. They bowed down in front of the stone statue and performed the worship over and over again following the "dance" of the white-haired old ape.
Chu Xiaomu was confused. He didn't know what the King of Beasts was doing with these beast spirits, and what use it was.
The white-haired old ape sang faster and louder, and his strange dance also became faster and faster.
The animal spirits stopped their worship and stared at the old ape and the stone statue, looking very anxious.
Chu Xiaomu thought, are these beast spirits waiting for something strange to happen to the stone statue? Unfortunately, it remained the same as usual, without any changes.
The bundle of grass in the white-haired old ape's hand was almost burned out, and he jumped faster and faster, as if he had gone mad.
Suddenly, there was a light "bang" sound, and the bundle of grass in his hand exploded into a fireball and burned completely. The white smoke gathered around the stone statue gradually dissipated. The white-haired old ape immediately stopped his strange dance and secret chanting, staring blankly at the motionless stone statue in the field, with a very lost expression.
The King of Beasts and the other beast spirits also sighed and sat back on the stone chairs.
The King of All Beasts said: "If the ancestor doesn't show up, we can only find a way ourselves."
The white-haired old ape said, "Without the Queen Mother and the sixteen beast spirits, it seems difficult to invite the ancestor to come out again..."
Sihu said, "There is no big connection between these two things. There were only a dozen beast spirits here more than four hundred years ago, and we were able to summon the ancestors every time. Even when the Queen Mother had not yet reached the Unseen Peak, we could still summon the ancestors."
The woman in yellow sitting on the stone chair on the right said, "How can it be the same now as before? The Queen Mother has been accepted by the ancestor and is in charge of the Beast Mountain together with my king. She should be present in the ceremony to invite the ancestor, and it will not work without her." She spoke very quickly and Chu Xiaomu almost couldn't hear clearly.
Sihu snorted and said, "That's because you came from the West Beast Mountain, so you say that. Ask them and hear what everyone says. When we invited out the Spirit Ancestor, you hadn't become a spirit yet!" As he said that, he pointed with his left hand at the Golden Bear, Leopard Crazy and other beast spirits sitting on the left hand side of the King of Ten Thousand Beasts.
The woman in yellow was a little angry, and she kept talking to Sihu, saying that although I came from the West Beast Mountain, I did not go back to the West Beast Mountain with the Queen Mother this time, but stayed in the east with my king. You, Sihu, look down on me and get angry when you see me, but I won't leave, let's see what you can do to me!
Sihu said: "That's because you still have a little bit of conscience, and remembering how good my king is to you, you can't bear to split the Beast Mountain into two halves."
The yellow-clothed woman said, "You are really stupid, you are not even fully transformed into a human form! Our Beast Mountain is originally divided into two parts, east and west. How can it be forcibly split into two halves? Ask my king yourself, what was this area called more than 500 years ago? It was not called Beast Mountain, but East Mang Mountain! The Queen Mother's side is called West Beast Mountain. Now it has just returned to its original state. What's the big deal?"
Seeing that the two of them were talking too much, the King of All Beasts waved his hand and said in a rough voice, "Let's not talk about the Queen Mother for now. Since the ancestor is unwilling to come out, we can make a decision ourselves. The matter is urgent, and we can't wait until he comes out to make a decision. What if he doesn't come out for dozens or hundreds of years? What will happen then?"
The beast spirits nodded one after another, saying that this was a serious matter and that they had to come to a decision quickly.
Golden Bear stared with his small round black eyes and asked, "What are you talking about? Why should we ask the ancestor to come out and make up our own mind?"
The beast spirits laughed loudly, mocking Golden Bear for being stupid and dumb. In fact, he had been taking care of Chu Xiaomu at Bu Jian Peak these days, and had not received any information from the King of Ten Thousand Beasts.
The King of All Beasts motioned for the spirits to be quiet, and said, "I forgot to tell you. A few days ago, news came from the foot of the mountain that the Dark Abyss Cauldron, one of the four ancient artifacts, has appeared in Jinyang City. The people of Chisha are heading north to Bicheng via our Chuike Road and the Black Miasma Ancient Road. They not only want to occupy Bicheng for themselves, but also to snatch the Dark Abyss Cauldron."
Chu Xiaomu was shocked. He didn't expect that the Mingyuan Ding had moved from Yutuo City to Jinyang City. He wondered if the Snow Country man Bai Yixing was also there.
Golden Bear said: "If they want to rob, let them rob. What's the use of an old broken tripod? We don't use it to cook rice or make soup. It's useless, it's useless at all."
Suddenly, a figure jumped up from the stone chair, rushed to the Golden Bear and slapped him twice, shouting: "You stupid bear really piss me off! The Mingyuan Ding, the sacred artifact guarding the core of the universe, is useless, then what is useful?! Is that the black and stupid old wood next to you that you use to scratch your itch? It's even dumber and more useless than you!" It was the crazy Leopard Dianzi.
The Golden Bear didn't dodge and let him slap him hard.
The little monkey in the arms of the monkey-faced old woman jumped out, pointing at the golden bear and laughing, while his mother praised him for being well-behaved and obedient. Chu Xiaomu was so angry that he wanted to rush in and slap her hard and kick her a few times.
The King of Ten Thousand Beasts scolded Leopard Dianzi and sat back on the stone chair, saying: "The Dark Abyss Cauldron can guide the spiritual energy of the original ancient continent to circulate, so of course it is extraordinary. My Beast Mountain relies entirely on the spiritual energy of the world to nourish it, and it has the current prosperous atmosphere. The Dark Abyss Cauldron is naturally related to us, and the relationship is very great. Now it suddenly appears in Jinyang City. As far as I know, there are many people who want to rob it, not to mention Bi Ye of Bi City, Jin Huapeng of Jinyang City, Yong Man of Baijun City, and the four major clans of Chisha Country... Even the Lord of Storm City in Snow Country and the Lord of Dragon Snake Island in Water Country want to take it for themselves and find the big secrets in it. We can't pretend that we can't see anything."
The beast spirits began to chatter...
Chu Xiaomu had heard about the role and importance of the Dark Abyss Cauldron in Bicheng a long time ago, so he was neither curious nor unfamiliar. From the meaning of the beast spirits' words, they were undecided about whether to help Cangmu Kingdom keep the Dark Abyss Cauldron, or take the Dark Abyss Cauldron for themselves, or bring the Dark Abyss Cauldron back to the Death Pole.
Xiangli and three other steady and kind-hearted animal spirits advocated helping the people in the cities of Cangmu Country, and Shoushan should do his part to fight against the four major tribes of Chisha Country with them.