Therefore, time is of the essence now. We must release people to convert before the church takes actual action. All the top leaders of Xiashu must quickly reach a consensus. Although Fengshu Priest Amman holds the most important and highest position in Xiashu, he cannot completely ignore the opinions of others. If we cannot come up with some specific implementation methods during the discussion, it will not be enough to convince everyone.
Therefore, Vanya told Amman that she wanted to check the offerings on Xiashu Island right now. She could ask the priests of her tribe to help come up with a few methods of hiding the rituals overnight, and then Amman could use these methods to convince the other elders tomorrow.
"Overnight... In other words, you can contact your priestess right now. Is she willing to help us find a solution? That's really thoughtful... But it's only one night... Can she really come up with a hiding method that's suitable for us?"
On the Xia Shu sacrificial square, Amman said to Vanya with a frown, and Vanya nodded in response.
"Don't worry. Our priest is a knowledgeable, well-informed, and capable person. We have rich experience in hiding faith. Although we can't come up with a complete plan in one night, it will be no problem for us to come up with a small part so that you can better explain to the elders."
"A powerful priest? If so... I'll trouble you..."
Amman responded to Vanya in this way, and then he took Vanya to his long house. In a dark room at the back of the long house, Vanya saw the summer tree offerings collected by Fengshu Priest. They were rolls of animal skins that had been put away in a high place, and a small number of yellowed ancient books.
After obtaining these unwritten animal skins and ancient books, Dorothy asked Vanya to draw a magic circle on the ground, perform a meaningless ceremony, and then put these animal skin scrolls and ancient books one by one in the magic circle for review. In Amman's eyes, Vanya seemed to be using this ceremony to convey the content of the offering to the priest of her tribe.
The truth was similar, except that Dorothy was not a priest of abundance, and this magic circle was useless. Dorothy slowly looked through all the summer tree offerings in Amman's collection through Vanya's vision.
In this way, Dorothy began to have a preliminary understanding of the Summer Tree Islands and the Summer Trees' belief in abundance.
Dorothy knew about Xia Shu's characters and language. She looked up detailed translations of Xia Shu's characters and Ivige's characters, and studied Ivige's language textbooks with Xia Shu. She found that Xia Shu's language was not very different from the languages of the entire continent. It had many similarities with Ivige, and it should have evolved from the common language of the continent, the Imperial language. In the Third Epoch, Xia Shu should have been a part of the Empire. Xia Shu's language was not a language completely independent of the Imperial language like the New World Spiritual Inscription Language.
Because Xia Shu's language is also a remote branch of the Imperial language, it was not difficult to learn for Dorothy, who had already mastered several branches of the Imperial language. She had mastered it in less than half an hour. Later, when Dorothy read other contributions by Xia Shu, she hardly encountered any obvious obstacles.
After mastering the language, Dorothy began to study the offerings of Natsuki. Most of these offerings were not ordinary offerings that could identify poison. One part was a brief history of Natsuki, recording various events and natural disasters on the islands of Natsuki for hundreds of years, including lists of priests and elders of all generations. One part was a product offering of Natsuki, recording the essentials of island agricultural cultivation, fishing techniques and shipbuilding techniques that have been passed down from ancient times to the present. Another part was various customs and rituals of Natsuki, as well as sacrificial norms, most of which were related to the goddess of abundance.
Dorothy naturally focused her main attention on the third volume of the annals, which was also the volume with the most knowledge about poison. After studying this volume of the annals, Dorothy had a concrete impression of the belief in abundance in Xia Shuren's eyes.
In the beliefs of the Xiashu people, the Goddess of Fertility is a goddess who advocates harmony with nature and is loving and kind. She is in charge of life, forests, education, harvest, nature and other powers. She is the mother of all life, the mother of all things, the mother of fertility, and the goddess of the earth.
When the Xiashu people carry out their production activities, they will pray to this lady, praying for a good harvest of crops, praying for a good catch of fish, praying for children, and praying for safety and health. The Temple of the Mother of Fertility is located in the forest, which is open-air and close to nature.
In short, in the belief of Xia Shu, the Mother of Plenty is a typical image of the god of harvest, conservation, and nature. All religious activities of Xia Shu are basically centered around her.
In addition to the Mother of Fertility, Natsuki also believes in a god called Wavewalker, also known as Wavewalker. He is the god of the sea worshipped by the Natsuki people. Legend has it that he is the loyal messenger and guard of the Goddess of Fertility, and the goddess gave him the control of the sea. For the Natsuki people, who are islanders living on the sea for a long time, Wavewalker is also an important god. Before going out to sea, they will pray to him for a calm sea.
On the sacrificial square, the altar with fish offerings and flowers belongs to the Wanderer. All the Xiashu warriors respect the Wanderer even more. They believe that their ability to control water comes from the Wanderer's personal teaching to their ancestors.
Yes, above Xia Shu, there is an extraordinary branch of the Path of Waves. They have all the rituals of the Path of Waves from apprentice to master. The warriors of Xia Shu and the Haiyuan Sect are all extraordinary people of the Path of Waves.
Xia Shu inherited a spiritual accumulation method called Tide Bathing. Under the surface of the sea, there is a unique current called "Fengliu". The seawater that makes up this current is said to be the essence of the ocean, and it is a spiritual current created by nature.
This kind of current is unsteady under the sea surface, appearing and disappearing at times, and its flow direction is completely different from that of normal ocean currents, running around all over the ocean. The sea area passed by this current will become more fertile, and marine life will naturally be attracted to this current.
The experienced Xia Shuren can determine the location of the erratic current by the subtle movements of the fish in the sea. After sailing above the current, they jump into the sea and dive to find the location of the current. After finding the current, they will move along the current in a specific way together with many marine creatures. In the process, they absorb the spirituality from the current and the ocean itself. Occasionally, they can even find some wonderful treasures in the current.
This kind of abundant current is very rare and thin in the shallow sea, but it is more and richer in the deeper sea. Therefore, for Xia Shu's extraordinary people, diving into deeper waters can activate more spirituality, but they will also face higher risks. Deep diving not only tests the physical strength. In the deeper sea, there are ferocious large carnivorous marine creatures roaming, and even strange and weird sea beasts living there. They will also be attracted by this abundant current. This is an extremely dangerous test for Xia Shu's extraordinary people who want to dive deep to gain more spirituality. Almost every time there will be shallow and deep diving Xia Shu warriors who cannot float to the surface of the sea for various reasons. They either die in the dark and high-pressure environment of the deep sea, or die from dangerous predators in the sea. Therefore, it takes great courage to practice this method of spiritual accumulation.
This is Xia Shu's Tide Bathing Method, a very dangerous spiritual accumulation method that seeks gifts from the ocean through continuous diving. It is a spiritual accumulation method passed down from ancient times for warriors.
And Xia Shu himself is also the remnant of the powerful and abundant faith and the branch of the ocean thousands of years ago.
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