Chapter 400: Carving a Stone to Commemorate Merit

"Mountain God Gaze!"

The sacred mountain stands, the wooden house has gone through vicissitudes of life, and the ancient altar shines dimly on the top of the mountain. As the old priest shouted, the "eyes" of the gods came to watch. Then, two groups of blue flames suddenly rose from behind the eyes.

"boom!"

Everyone present took a step back. Hei Lang watched carefully and discovered that the two middle-aged priests behind him had each lit a brazier. Inside the brazier was a burst of blue flames, exuding a familiar "demon" aura.

"God's Eyes and the Stone of the Dead?"

Black Wolf looked at the old priest in front of him in surprise. The personal guard Mavik was a little frightened, while Huitu Puap's eyes flickered.

The old priest looked solemn. He turned the assembled metal stone balls, danced mysteriously, and sang strangely in a low voice.

".Noble mountain god! You opened your eyes and looked at the offender in front of you. Please calm down your anger temporarily and don't rain down the boundless thunder and fire."

The old priest's singing was suddenly high-pitched and then suddenly low-pitched, as if he was really talking to the gods. Under the awe-inspiring gaze of everyone, two middle-aged priests brought the brazier to the front. The old priest shouted loudly, pulled the dark blue stone ball in the air, and burned it on the flame. The stone ball turned red slightly, then suddenly disintegrated and turned into scattered stones again, hanging down from the old priest's arms!

"Ah! The power of the mountain god"

Mavik let out a low cry, and the knowledge he had received since childhood came to his mind, making this powerful warrior look in awe. Huitu's eyes flickered uncertainly, as if he was hesitating in his heart.

The old priest chanted for a moment longer, and then spread his arms. He stood in front of the blue flames, hanging the scattered sacred stones, looking at the two hundred canine warriors holding weapons, and shouted loudly.

"The tribes outside the mountain who strayed into the sacred mountain! The noble mountain god woke up from his slumber and looked at you! He remembered your faces and knew your origins! The mountain god cannot be offended, and the sacred mountain is also the sacred place of the tribe. In his Leave quickly before the anger comes! Otherwise, not only will you be hit by the thunder, but your village will also suffer disaster!"

"The power of the mountain god"

Seeing the strangeness of the stone ball, Hei Lang's expression changed, feeling vaguely uneasy. Mexica people worship gods and have always been in awe of the miraculous priests' magic. However, the emergence of a single main god has only been a few years, and the old polytheistic beliefs are still deeply rooted in people's hearts. He pondered for a moment, his attitude softened, and he spoke cautiously.

"This is the priest of the mountain god. We came to the sacred mountain and have no intention of starting a war with the alien gods. All I need is to ask for a large sacred stone that will allow me to carve a monument to record my merits and place it on the sacred mountain! Once we have done this, we will leave go!"

Hearing this, the old priest looked unhappy. Only when he saw the many soldiers on the opposite side did he suppress his anger a little. He said in a deep voice.

"Tribes outside the mountain, you are so ignorant! The mountain god sleeps in the sacred mountain, protecting the villages hundreds of miles away from the wrath of thunder. The sacred stone altar on the mountain is burned in the thunder and fire, and has the power to communicate with heaven and earth! And every sacred stone in the sacred mountain has been given a soul by the mountain god and has a strange divinity! "

As he spoke, he took out two fist-sized sacred stones from his arms, held them solemnly in his hands, and approached each other.

"Each sacred stone is given a soul by the mountain god! These souls are male and female, living at opposite ends! They attract each other."

As the old priest spoke, he closed the two stones with a "snap" sound. He only held one end with one hand, and the two stones were firmly stuck together.

“Their males and females repel each other.”

The old priest twisted the stone and turned it again. The two stones separated strangely on their own. Then, his words became high-pitched and he shouted solemnly.

"You actually want to inscribe harm on such a sacred stone with a soul. This is an offense to the mountain god! Lead the tribe to retreat quickly! Otherwise, the disaster of the mountain god will surely come to the world! And your soul will also be lost after death. Imprisoned in the divine stone!"

Hearing that the soul was imprisoned in the divine stone, Black Wolf raised his eyebrows and pursed his lips. He was shaken in his heart, but his face was hard to speak, and he was unable to get off the tiger. Mavik gritted his teeth and lowered his head in silence. Huitu's eyes gradually changed, and his body was shaking.

The old priest looked at the black wolf. He saw that the leader of the tribe on the opposite side was already shaken, so he was ready to put in more effort at the end.

"Noble mountain god, please come again."

The old priest chanted, raising his hands high and shaking his arms vigorously. The sacred stone on his arm had cooled down, began to shake again, and kept gathering together. Seeing it, two more strange stone balls appeared on the old priest's arm, summoning the mountain god again. Once the mountain god really comes, I don’t know what will happen.

"The Lord God bless you! Go to hell, evil priest of the alien god!"

At this moment, Huitu suddenly shouted and rushed forward. He clenched the war stick in his hand, slashed horizontally from top to bottom, and cut down the old priest with a "dang" sound as everyone looked at him in shock.

"Ah! How dare you..."

The old priest fell to the ground and cried out in pain. The sacrificial robe on his chest was cut through, but the strong divine stone blocked it, so the blow was not fatal. He was about to rebuke angrily when he saw the opponent change the direction of the war stick, turning from a horizontal slash to a vertical slash, aiming for his neck.

"No!."

The battle stick was chopped off, and the neck was separated. The old head rolled down on the ground, and the blood spurted out dyed the sacred stone red.

"Chichi."

"ah?!"

Surprised low cries rang out in the field, and everyone looked at Huitu in awe. Two middle-aged priests roared and threw braziers at him, but Huitu dodged them. Then, he rushed forward and made two fatal oblique cuts, easily killing the priests. Several warriors guarding the mountain had red eyes and rushed up, but were quickly killed by Huitu's guards.

". Puapu, you dog killer!"

Black Wolf was stunned, looking at the priests of the sacred mountain who were killed on the ground, and cursed angrily.

"At least leave one alive!"

"Ah, the Lord God bless me! Puapu, a devout believer, for your glory, eradicate the priests of the alien god!

In front of everyone, Puapu prayed devoutly for a moment. Then, he smiled shyly and answered.

"Respected General Black Wolf, this is not to worry that they will really summon some mountain god. "

". Well. You are devout and fearless! "

Black Wolf responded and lowered his eyes. Now that things have come to this, it's fine to kill the priest of the sacred mountain. But the myth of the mountain god lingers in his mind, making him uneasy. After thinking about it for a while, Black Wolf felt a little guilty. There are too many myths left in his heart, and he can't really regard the main god as the only one and treat the evil god as nothing. Thinking of this, he has more appreciation for Puapu.

"I didn't expect you to have such courage! I want to tell His Highness." Hearing this, Hui Tu looked at the people with different expressions and smiled. On the night when Qin Congcan's city was broken, he witnessed the temple of the three gods being destroyed in the flames of the dead, and decades of faith collapsed at that time. He betrayed the chief, old friends and relatives one after another, and almost betrayed His Majesty, and there was not much awe left in his heart. "In front of everyone, I killed the foreign priest with divine power. Only by seizing this opportunity and letting His Majesty know my piety can I be revived again." Hui Tu thought in his heart and prayed again for a while. Then, he bent down, took a dozen sacred stones from the old priest, and presented them to General Heilang. "Respected General Heilang, presented to you!" Heilang nodded, took the two gray-blue stones, and played with them curiously for a while. Then, he ordered his guards. "Put away these sacred stones, they are all my spoils! Well, bring two for His Highness. His Highness likes strange things the most."

Everyone waited for a moment anxiously, but nothing happened. Perhaps, the mountain god was not summoned by the priest and was still sleeping. The guards checked the bodies of the priests of the mountain and searched the wooden houses of the priests. In addition to many different sizes of sacred stones, there were also some priests' drawings, tranquilizing spices, hallucinogenic herbs, and sulfur from the Stone of the Dead.

The southwestern mountainous area is a geologically active area with many volcanoes. It is located at the boundary of two major plates. There are many sulfur productions and many metal deposits.

Then, Black Wolf led everyone to climb the low sacred mountain. On the top of the mountain, he saw many charred places after being struck by lightning, and several altars composed of large sacred stones. He stood close and looked, and found that there were many dark red bloodstains on the altar, and there were piles of human sacrifice bones nearby.

"Is this the place you are talking about?"

Black Wolf looked at the guard Mawek. Fear and resentment appeared on Mawek's face.

"That's right. Boss, I was here and almost became a sacrifice. This is the altar of the blood sacrifice of the evil god!"

"Yes."

Black Wolf nodded, his expression serious.

"Then tear it down! The largest piece of stone is just right for me to record my merits!"

Dozens of guards then worked together to tear down the altar on the top of the mountain, and burned the remnants of the human sacrifice. The sun gradually set in the west, shining on the dark blue sacred stone, shining with a metallic luster. Black Wolf grinned, took out a sturdy bronze dagger, and began to write words on the largest sacred stone.

"Black Wolf Toltec, burned the Hand Snake City, defeated the Tekos, and recorded his merits on the sacred mountain!"

Black Wolf wrote slowly and powerfully. This sacred stone is very hard and much more difficult to carve than ordinary rocks. Black Wolf carved for a long time before he finished carving these words, and even the bronze dagger was a little curled. Then, he looked at it again and again. The words were crooked and always felt that something was missing.

"Mawek, look at these words, are they all written correctly? ”

“.Boss, how can I recognize these words! ”

“Pu A Pu, what do you think?”

“Uh, well, I can’t recognize them all. Dear General Black Wolf, why don’t you carve a picture!”

“.Good idea! "

Hearing this, Black Wolf's eyes lit up. His drawing skills were much better than his writing skills. Thinking of this, Black Wolf did not hesitate to draw abstract graphics under the engraved text. He first drew a big little man with a bow and arrow in his hand, his head held high, and a bronze sword at his waist.

"Black Wolf Toltec."

While Black Wolf was concentrating on drawing, he talked to himself excitedly.

"Burning Hand Snake City"

Below this line, there was a blazing flame, enveloping a collapsed temple. In the Alliance murals, a burning temple means conquest and the noble honor of defeating the enemy.

"Defeat the Tekos."

Black Wolf thought about it, and first drew a little man lying on the ground with an arrow in his chest. Then, he looked at it for a moment and shook his head.

"No, one is too few. "

The black wolf gritted his teeth and drew five more figures in a row before stopping. The figures were pierced with war clubs, spears, battle axes, daggers and bronze swords, which were the weapons that warriors often had.

"Record your merits on the sacred mountain!"

Finally, Black Wolf carved the adult who held his head high at the beginning again. This time, there was a mountain under the adult's feet, and lightning fell and hit the sacred stone.

After all the hard work, even his hands were swollen. Black Wolf stood up with satisfaction and looked at the carving on the sacred stone.

"What do you think?"

"Boss, it's great! From now on, your merits will be left on the sacred mountain with the sacred stone forever! Even if a hundred years or even a thousand years have passed, someone will remember it!"

The guard Mawei looked at it and said with a happy smile. He got his revenge and got rid of the shadow of his youth, and his face was full of joy.

Huitu Puapu watched from the side, very envious. He also wanted to carve a monument to record his merits, but he had no merits to boast about. He couldn't write, "Huitu Puapu was exiled here, killed a shaky old priest, and obtained a few rare sacred stones, and recorded his merits on the sacred mountain."

After thinking for a moment, Huitu sighed. He carefully looked at the face of General Black Wolf and suggested.

".Respected General Black Wolf, this inscription can be slightly improved."

"Hmm?"

"Add a sentence of 'witnessed by the Lord God' at the beginning, and 'praise the king' at the end. Then, write the year at the bottom so that people can remember it."

Hearing this, Black Wolf thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

"Good! Very good!"

After saying this, he exchanged a dagger from his personal guard and continued to carve it himself.

"Witnessed by the Lord God."

The corresponding picture is a huge hummingbird sun.

"Praise the king."

Black Wolf drew a tall adult holding a gem scepter and wearing a long feather crown. Then, he thought about it and drew a book in the adult's hand, "Ali Sutra".

"Well, a scepter in one hand and a scripture in the other hand, it is exactly the image of your highness."

Black Wolf looked at his own painting for a while, saying that it was abstract and vivid, and he was very satisfied. Then, he carved the date in the lower right corner of the stone tablet and carved the corresponding symbol.

"Sacred calendar, 7 rabbit years (Tochtli), 1 water month (Atl), 13 crocodile days (Cipactli)."

The sacred calendar is the most important calendar for the Mexica people, used to accurately record time. The sacred calendar has 260 days a year, 20 months, and 13 days a month. When combined with the 365-day solar calendar, it forms a 52-year cycle. 7 rabbit years, 1 water month, and 13 crocodile days, that is January 20, 1487.

Black Wolf looked at it for a moment, feeling very proud. After hard self-study, he finally mastered the calendar and could estimate the time of the war.

"From the time I raided south to today, it has only been a month, and I have achieved such a result! I, Black Wolf Toltec, am really an unparalleled commander! Haha!"

The sun sets in the west, and the sky is full of red clouds. The glow of the setting sun shines on the sacred mountain and the sacred stone, and also reflects the happy faces of everyone. Black Wolf stands alone in front of the sacred stone, looking up and laughing. His silhouette was very long, all the way down to the sacred mountain, like a hero in an ancient scroll, making it an unforgettable sight.