Perfect: I am Shi An from Shicun, and I am Huang’s brother!

Chapter 22 Shi Hao's Medicinal Bath
By the time everyone finished their preparations, the altar was piled high with ferocious beasts, like a small mountain.

The bright red animal blood stained the huge stone platform and flowed along the carvings on the stone surface. It was a bright red color. Combined with the thick and long hair of the giant beast, the scales with cold light and the ferocious giant horn, it was shocking and gave a sense of tragic prehistoric times. The breath hit my face.

Then, under the leadership of Shi Yunfeng, the men, women, young and old in Shi Village prayed together, asking the Willow God for protection!

This is a serious sacrificial process and also a custom that is carried out every time after returning from hunting.

The charred tree body was as silent as before, without any reaction, just like it had never taken sacrifices in the past, but everyone in Shi Village knew that it had a spirit!
Finally, the sacrifice was over, people breathed a sigh of relief, and joyful smiles reappeared on their faces. They began to move the corpses of the beasts, preparing to bleed and cut them.

"For many years, the Lord of Sacrifices hasn't touched the offerings once. Is it necessary to perform sacrifices every time?"

And just then, a young man muttered softly.

"What are you talking about, you little brat!"

As soon as these words were spoken, his father's eyes widened and he immediately swung his hand as big as a palm leaf fan to hit him.

However, at the critical moment, Shi Yunfeng stopped him and said softly to the young man, "The sacrificial spirit is the spirit we worship and offer sacrifices to. The most important thing is to be sincere. Only when we treat it with piety will it protect and bless our village."

The young man who was saved did not show any dissatisfaction. Instead, he explained in a panic, "Grandpa Clan Leader, it's not that I'm not sincere. I just feel that the Lord of Sacrifices doesn't seem to need these sacrifices and has never used them."

"As long as it comes to your mind."

Seeing this, Shi Yunfeng didn't know what to say. He just patted him on the shoulder and turned away.

On the other side, the young and middle-aged men in the tribe had already sharpened their knives and started to cut up the giant beasts. The bones of the giant beasts were incredibly hard, and clanging sounds and sparks flew from time to time.

On the side, several people were holding large ceramic jars that had been prepared long ago, collecting the blood and essence from special parts of the beast's body.

Although due to Shi An, the food in the village has improved a lot in the past two years, and from time to time there is the flesh and blood of ferocious beasts such as Kui beast, fire tiger, silver loach, flying dragon, etc. to supplement the food.

But this time's harvest still made the villagers very happy.

"Hmm, the blood preserved in the horn of this two-headed fire rhino is also extremely astonishing. I'm afraid it's not inferior to that of a Pixiu!"

Suddenly, an old man who was cutting a two-headed fire rhino cried out in surprise, attracting the attention of those around him.

I saw that under the rhino horn, the flesh and blood that was as hard as gold and stone was flowing with a stream of real blood as red as fire.

Suddenly, the blood turned into a ball of red light, and a palm-long two-headed fire rhinoceros appeared, covered in red, lifelike, and roaring angrily.

"Good stuff, this real blood has extremely strong medicinal properties, it's actually no worse than a Pixiu!"

Seeing this, the old man burst into laughter, then quickly collected the rhino blood into a clay jar and sealed the jar tightly.

At the same time, another young man suddenly spoke up: "Chief, the horn of this dragon-horned elephant is also a valuable treasure. If it hadn't been dying when we found it, we might not have been able to deal with it."

Hearing this, Shi Yunfeng nodded gently: "It's really rare. The pair of dragon horns on its head have been growing for quite a while. If you carefully chisel them off, they will be a rare bone-tonifying medicine."

"The tendons in Kui Beast's one leg are so tough that they can be cut with an axe."

“They are all good things. Be careful, little brat, don’t waste the precious blood on the flying python’s wings!”·········
For a moment, the entire Shi Village was immersed in joy, and everyone's face was filled with smiles.

However, those half-grown children all shrank their necks unconsciously and ran away.

Because they know that later, most of these so-called blood and bone medicines will be used on them, under the euphemism of doing good for them, but in fact they will just make them "suffer".

After half an hour, all the "precious medicine" growing on the beast was collected. Shi Yunfeng and several elders of the tribe nodded in satisfaction, then took away the pottery jars and took them away for processing.

As for the remaining experienced old men, they began to direct everyone to deal with the already cut beast meat.

Under their command, the women from each household began to come forward to distribute the meat, all with sincere smiles. They were worried about the men who had gone out earlier, but now not only did they return safely, but they also had such a bountiful harvest. This was the best gift from God.

Another half hour later, eight large bronze tripods appeared on an open space in the village. There was a blazing fire underneath and the water in the tripods was boiling. Several old men were throwing medicinal herbs into the tripods, and from time to time they would also put in a few centipedes about a foot long, spiders as big as fists, etc.

This also makes the originally very clear water become black, like ink, which is very scary.

When the children saw this scene, their faces turned green instantly and they wanted to run away immediately.

But unfortunately, they were too small and could not escape the adults' control and were held down.

Soon, another tribesman brought dozens of pottery jars. Several old men took them, opened them carefully, and poured some of the bright red liquid into the large bronze tripod. As a result, the black water boiled even more.

These are the small amounts of real blood taken from the bodies of the ferocious beasts that were hunted before. They are very precious and can enhance the physical fitness of both adults and children.

In addition, the clan has mastered several ancient recipes, and if combined with some herbs, the effect of true blood will be better.

In addition to real blood, bone powders such as the wing bones of flying pythons and the foot bones of Kui beasts were also thrown into the boiling water.

After an unknown amount of time, the fire went out and the water in the cauldron gradually stopped boiling. When the water temperature dropped slightly, a series of plops were heard, followed by painful wails. It turned out that a group of children were thrown in, two or three people in each cauldron.

"It hurts! This water can scald people."

"Help, my body feels like it has been chopped with a knife, the skin and flesh are all torn apart!"

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They bared their teeth, grabbed and kicked, and tried to rush out, but they were all pushed back and could only scream in pain.

In this way, dozens of children were thrown in one after another. Most of them screamed loudly and struggled constantly. Only seven or eight children were slightly better off. Although they were also sweating in pain, they endured it and did not make a sound.

Even the tiny thing that looked like a porcelain doll could not escape.

On the contrary, he was given special treatment. He was thrown alone into a black cauldron with only a little water added to it. The rest was the real blood of ferocious beasts, broken bones, etc.

Everyone present did not think it was inappropriate or unfair, because their own children could not bear such treatment.

After all, they were already crying heartbreakingly in the ordinary medicine cauldron. If it were changed to this, I'm afraid it wouldn't be...

Thinking of this, all the adults couldn't help but shudder.

(End of this chapter)