Chapter 307: The Return
According to Diwu Xuan’s understanding, there are more than 10,000 simplified Chinese characters. He knows this thanks to a friend who designs fonts.
To design a font, at least 7,000 characters should be designed, so that users will have fewer rejection issues when using it.
The bottom line of the number of totem characters and simplified Chinese characters that Diwu Xuan designed at the beginning was 7,000. However, with the continuous expansion over the past eight months, he and Dragon Totem, Wing, and the second-generation tapir wizard only came up with about 5,000 characters. With
5,000 characters, there are no obstacles to daily communication. Although the number of 7,000 characters has not been reached, Diwu Xuan is still satisfied.
Arriving at the edge of the East China Sea, watching the Dragon Tribe walk away on the ice, the Fire Tribe’s team split into two.
The seventh generation leader Shi led four thousand warriors and most of the giant wolves to sweep the remaining tribes of the Dragon Tribe, and Diwu Xuan followed the rest of the people on the journey back to the Fire Tribe.
Originally, the little greedy wolf was going to go back with him, but he wanted to fight more. Diwu Xuan couldn't stand his endless pleading and let him follow Shi.
On the way back, the snowflakes were still floating, and there was no sign of the end of the ice age.
But in more than a year, the green plants were more lush than before, and a piece of green land often appeared in the white snow.
At the beginning of the journey back, they encountered mutated beasts, but they were not as serious as the beasts in the jungle of the Fire Tribe, or they had not yet completed the complete mutation.
Diwu Xuan walked in the center of the team, and the second-generation tapir witch followed him, occasionally glancing at the thick mist on the turtle shell.
The thick mist was black and white, swirling around in a ball, occasionally revealing a totem column, and in the center of it, a part of Diwu Xuan's pearl totem stone was exposed.
Now they can only communicate through this thick mist. Diwu Xuan would control the mist, making the base color appear black, and then use white mist to form simplified Chinese characters on it.
The second-generation tapir witch could not recognize all simplified Chinese characters. Sometimes when she faced Diwu Xuan's questions, she had to look up the heavy animal skin scroll and translate by comparing the text on it.
"Master Ming, how do you pronounce this word?"
In the Bagua space, the most studious Moon Totem stepped forward, holding a scroll made of thick fog, on which was written the word "Win".
"Win means victory and fullness."
Diwu Xuan took a look and explained to her.
He did not say profit. Diwu Xuan had used this meaning at the beginning, but the people in the tribe did not quite understand the meaning of profit.
This was an era without business, and profit and profit were invisible to them.
After Diwu Xuan explained for him, he glanced at the totems who were either looking at the words and learning, or snoring like thunder, and cleared his throat to let everyone pay attention to him.
"Tomorrow is the day of the grand festival. I plan to let the second-generation Tapir Shaman enter the Gate of Wonders to see if she can learn to bestow spirits. By then, I will need your help."
Along the way, they have encountered several pregnant beasts. Every time they hunt such beasts, the second-generation Tapir Shaman will ask Diwu Xuan to enter the Gate of Wonders.
Diwu Xuan thought that he had nothing to do on the way back, and even if his soul was injured, he would be able to sleep well after opening the Gate of Wonders, so he prepared to fulfill the wish of the second-generation Tapir Shaman.
Most of the totems did not react, but the Moon Totem frowned in dissatisfaction.
"This will delay our learning. Didn't you say this is a literacy class?"
Moon Totem said unhappily, but it attracted the angry stares of Ox Totem and Stag Totem.
Including the Totem Column, there are seven totems in the Bagua Space. Among them, the Ox Totem and Stag Totem are the least interested in learning. They would rather sleep than attend a literacy class.
Diwu Xuan rubbed his temples. Maybe he was used to being quiet. He had a headache when he met someone like Moon Totem who always liked to raise objections.
"We will bear it together, and we will recover in a month. If I do it alone, I will be dizzy for a long time. Who will teach you characters then?"
After a few years of getting along, Diwu Xuan no longer treated Sun and Moon Totems coldly, and began to discuss many things.
Moon Totem has not made trouble in the past few years, and seems to be well-behaved, but he still talks a lot and has a lot of ideas.
"Then let those who don't like to study take care of it for you, and I will study by myself first."
Her suggestion made the eyes of Ox Totem and Stag Totem brighten, and they nodded vigorously.
In this way, they can be dizzy for a longer time to avoid studying, just like the "bad kids" in the classroom.
Diwu Xuan didn't think what she said was right. He sneered and said, "If I have to choose to keep some totems awake, do you think I would choose them or you?"
This question made Moon Totem so angry that she rolled her eyes.
No matter what time it was, Diwu Xuan was worried about her.
"Let's put it this way. The Stag Totem and the Sun Totem don't have to bear the responsibility. You stay awake. If there is anything, wake everyone up. The rest of the totems, bear the pain with me. That's it."
Diwu Xuan said firmly.
The next morning, the team of more than a thousand people did not set out immediately, but stopped at the spot to perform a grand sacrifice for the Fire Totem.
Even if there were only more than a thousand people, they insisted on the habit of offering sacrifices every ten days.
Under the leadership of the second-generation tapir witch, the sacrificial dance slowly unfolded, and the Fifth Xuan slowly lowered the mist corridor to reveal the door of wonders.
This surprised the second-generation tapir witch, and he could not wait to walk in, and was pulled into the Bagua space by the Fifth Xuan.
"Oh, your will is very strong. As soon as you came in, you have awakened the light spot of the first-generation witch?"
Looking at the light spot rising slowly in the center of the Bagua space, the Fifth Xuan felt that the second-generation tapir witch lit the light spot easily this time, and wondered if it was an illusion.
"Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I personally ignited the light spot, but this matter still needs to be observed."
The Fifth Xuan did not draw a conclusion easily, but kept the matter in mind, silently released the power of the soul, and let the light spot rise.
Except for the Sun Totem and the Stag Totem, the other totems began to supply soul power to the Fifth Xuan, and they all endured the pain caused by lighting the light spot.
In fact, the most painful one among all the totems was the Fifth Xuan, but his soul power was stronger than that of other totems, so he had a stronger tolerance and faster recovery ability.
Time passed slowly, and soon the first generation of witches had completed the entire process of bestowing souls. In the end, he did not disappear immediately, but looked at the tapir witch with curious eyes for a while, and then slowly dissipated with the light spot. After
completing the opening of the Gate of All Wonders, the Fifth Xuan felt that the pain this time was not strong. Although he still needed to sleep to recover, he judged that he might be able to recover in about ten days.
"Sure enough, there are changes. Because I lit the light, has it become easier for a new generation of witches to appear?"
He guessed in his heart and slowly fell asleep.
The remaining two chapters will be posted tonight, sorry