Chapter 9 Wu Zu
The place where Wu Zu welcomed the witch's ancestor was next to the pool that Wu Mian saw before he arrived at Miao Village. When Wu Mian and the other two arrived, the local area was crowded with people. It seemed like a grand gathering was being held here. Thousands of Miao men surrounded the pool, and hundreds of Miao women sat on the periphery, pointing at the men in front of them, talking and laughing.
Lin Huo was very prestigious among these people. After he arrived, several Miao men sitting by the pool stood up one after another, and after talking in Miao language for a few words, they actually gave up their positions one after another. Lin Huo pushed him a few times, but was pressed down by several other Miao men, and those people were behind.
Wu Mian, Lin Huo and Lin Huo's nephew Yang Xiao sat together. Lin Huo was afraid that Wu Mian would not understand Miao language and was restricted, so he spoke with him without saying a word. However, he didn't know that the more this happened, the more bored Wu Mian felt.
After a while, the sky gradually darkened. The originally noisy sound also became quiet, and only the sound of the waterfall flowing. It was pitch black around and no one lit a candle. After a while, suddenly, there was a commotion in the crowd. Then, I saw the rushing waterfall emit a faint light.
After the waterfall fell into the pool, the entire pool emitted a layer of fluorescence that seemed to be there and not be there. As this glowing waterfall flowed into the pool, the fluorescence became more and more obvious, and it reflected the appearance of the people sitting in the front row. Except for Wu Mian, everyone here has seen such a scene more than once. No one made any surprise sounds at the moment.
Seeing the light emitted by the pool getting brighter and brighter, at this moment, a layer of ripples suddenly appeared in the center of the pool water, which was originally as calm as a mirror. Slowly, water splashes kept popping up in the center of the ripples, and then the water splashes became denser and denser. At this moment, a person slowly emerged from under the water, first showing his head and then his body. After a while, he stood on the water surface and shouted a Miao word to everyone at the edge of the pool.
This sentence ignited the emotions of all the Miao people around him. Except for Wu Mian, who was sitting in the spot and staring at the person coming from the bottom of the water, including Lin Huo and Yang Xiao, everyone jumped up from the ground and shouted at the people standing on the water at the top of their lungs.
At this time, Wu Mian could see clearly that the person standing on the water was in his sixties or seventies, and his whole body was soaked in water, emitting fluorescence like the pool water. The old man standing on the water should be the protagonist Wu Zu tonight. He stretched out his hands and pressed him a few times, and the shouts of everyone stopped instantly.
Wu Zu said a few words to everyone, and the faces of the Miao people around the pool changed color. Wu Mian really didn't understand what was going on. When he asked Lin Huo, Lin Huo was already standing on the spot like wood. He couldn't hear Wu Mian's questions at all. He just kept repeating what Wu Zu said. In the end, Yang Xiao could also say a few official words and answered Wu Mian's question for his uncle: "Wu Zuo, you must choose an heir..."
It's no wonder why the Miao people were crazy. Just when Wu Mian felt bored and was about to leave, Wu Zu on the water said a few more words one after another. When his words fell, twenty or thirty old men came out from behind the crowd. These old men held about a hundred incense sticks in their hands. When they saw the Miao men, they were like they were incense sticks in their hands.
After a while, all the Miao men at the edge of the pool, including Wu Mian, each had a scent of fragrance in his hands. The people behind began to move closer to the pool. Seeing that more and more people gathered, the people in the front row had already been soaked in the pool with their calves.
Wu Zu clasped his hands on the water. After a while, when he spread his hands, a blue flame appeared in the palm of his hand. Wu Zu held the flame and slowly walked into the crowd. People who had been squeezed into the pool dispersed one after another, giving way to the old man.
After Wu Zu walked out of the pool, he said something. The Miao people around him began to consciously form a formation, walked to Wu Zu in order, and lit his incense with the blue fire ball in his hand.
"What do you mean?" Wu Mian didn't understand what was going on, but he could no longer expect Lin Huo to answer. Wu Mian didn't notice that Lin Huo had already lined up in front of him. This question was still answered by Yang Xiao for his uncle: "Use the sacred fire of Wu Zu to ignite the incense in their hands. Whoever burns the incense the next Wu Zu is the next one."
Wu Mian smiled playfully and said to himself: "Does the Wu Zu still have to choose? Who is the one standing at the end? He is the next Wu Zu." Fortunately, the people around him couldn't understand what he was saying. Yang Xiao pretended not to hear it, and he also got into the large army that lighted the incense and moved forward step by step.
Wu Mian originally wanted to throw the incense away, but looking at the vast incense light brigade, he walked to the end of the team with his thoughts and walked forward swayingly.
The Miao people who were lighting the incense stood or sat around, staring at the incense head carefully, and didn't even dare to let out aura, for fear that because of their own tone, the process of burning their incense was accelerated. After a long time, Wu Mian was finally ranked last.
After seeing Wu Mian's appearance at close range, Wu Zu was stunned for a moment. Taking advantage of his incense, Wu Zu whispered something Miao language. Unfortunately, Wu Mian didn't know what he was saying at all. He nodded at Wu Zu carelessly and turned around and left.
But before he walked a few steps, he saw a fire suddenly burst into flames. The fragrance in his hand was like a gunpowder twist after the New Year. The flames flashed and burned clean. Just when Wu Mian was stunned, the old man who had just given the fragrance came from behind, pointing to the outside of the pool and talking nonstop. This did not require a translator and knew that he was asking him to leave here. Among the teams of thousands of people who chose the Wu Zu, Wu Mian was the first to be eliminated. Amid the laughter of the many people, Wu Mian left the water pool for no reason, leaving a Wu Zu who was just as inexplicably as him, looking at the back of the white-haired young man with an incredible look.
Wu Mian didn't expect such a result. According to his thoughts just now, even if he couldn't become the next Wu Zu, he could still attract the attention of this Wu Zu. Wu Zu has been passed down for countless generations. It should not be difficult to find out the location on the map from his mouth, but who would have thought that he was the first to be eliminated...
After returning to his bamboo building, Wu Mian finally couldn't understand why he was the first to be eliminated. Could it be that he did not have the blood of the Miao people? Or was his alchemist-like magic and witchcraft conflict? Just as Wu Mian was thinking about it, a noisy sound came out. Looking out along the window of the bamboo building, it was brightly lit outside, and Lin Huo was surrounded by everyone and returned to the village. Seeing his smile so hard that he couldn't close his mouth, Wu Mian had already guessed who the next witch ancestor would have returned.
Although it was already midnight, no one wanted to rest. The elders in the village were organizing steamed cakes for the next witch. In the middle of the night, they started to arrange for the next witch. With the light of the torch, everyone gathered tables in the open space of the village. After the wine and meat were placed on it, a long table banquet began. Naturally no one could think about it, Wu Mian, who was eliminated just now.
This was the first witch ancestor in the village. Such a big happy event could not be stopped until dawn. The banquet lasted until dawn, and no one could stand up from the table. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wu Mian came out of his bamboo building, walked to Lin Huo, who was like a drunk cat, and called him a vein.
Chapter completed!