Chapter 48: The Temple
"Hey, we are the Fengsong tribe ahead."
Ye asked Qin Ke to raise his hand and point forward.
In fact, Boss Ye didn't need to tell him, Lu Ning had already seen the smoke rising in the distance and the scattered roofs peeking out from the horizon.
And groups of pedestrians began to be seen on the road. These people didn't look very strong. Most of them were carrying spears and bows, and they were pushing several wooden carts around a few people in the middle.
It can be seen that there are not many prey on the wooden cart, but there are many seriously injured hunters lying on it.
Others were more or less injured, and their expressions were all gloomy and gloomy.
"Those are the hunters from the tribe." Boss Ye introduced to Lu Ning, "They just came back from hunting. Hey, it looks like things didn't go well again."
Ye Rang Qin Ke's Fengsong tribe has been rated as having insufficient performance by the temple at the "Fire Watching Ceremony" for seven consecutive years, and has fallen into the curse of the "Dark Years".
"Hey, the child from Lao Gong's family has been so seriously injured again. This is the third time this month. I don't know if he can save his life this time..." Ye Rang Qin Ke saw the child lying on the wooden cart.
People, said with a sigh.
Lu Ning said nothing and followed Ye Rang Qin Ke, sizing up the hunters.
"Ghost, can you see anything?"
Lu Ning asked secretly.
"Their bodies show the nature of disease and vulnerability to asthenia. With long-term exposure to asthenia, strenuous exercise can easily cause injuries, and the injuries are not easy to get better."
"Will our medicine still be effective in this situation?"
"The effective dose will probably be higher than expected. Long-term use of nourishing drugs may alleviate their condition, but treating the symptoms does not cure the root cause. The main reason for their injuries is the deficiency of energy they have for some reason.
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Lu Ning nodded slightly, roughly understanding the situation.
It seems that the so-called "Year of Darkness" curse is very likely that the temple used some unknown method to make these people have this kind of "susceptible to injury" debilitating properties, and then created a series of chain linkages.
reaction.
Of course, there may be more than that. Now they have only seen this, maybe the temple has also done some tricks in other places.
But in general Lu Ning can draw a conclusion.
"This temple is really not a good place." Lu Ning was secretly wary.
Entering the Fengsong tribe, for a moment, fireworks hit your face.
There are mud houses similar to those of Lu Ning everywhere here, but the difference is that their houses are completely built on the ground, and there are no holes dug underground.
The main body of the house is also made of clay and thatch, with straw curtains hanging at the door.
From time to time, women and children in the tribe hurried out of their houses to meet the hunting team, and then there was a lot of crying.
Lu Ning felt a little uncomfortable and followed Ye Rang Qinke through the crowd and towards the depths of the tribe.
"This is my home. Brother Lu, come in and have a rest. I'll unload these things first."
Ye asked Qin Ke to lead Lu Ning to a slightly dilapidated courtyard and push the cart through the gate.
"Are you the only one in your house?"
Lu Ning asked.
"Yeah." Ye Rang Qin Ke chatted with Lu Ning while unloading the goods: "At my age, my parents have already left. I have no ability in my life, and the girl I like doesn't like me. Now I am alone.
Eat enough so that the whole family won’t be hungry.”
Lu Ning opened the straw curtain and entered the house.
The room is not large, but there is nothing in it except a wooden bed, a table and chairs, and a fireplace, so it is not too crowded.
After having lunch here - actually just two pieces of bread, Lu Ning followed Ye Rang Qinke to the temple.
According to Ye Rang Qinke, there is only one temple like this in the entire Breeze Plain, and all regular tribes in the Breeze Plain are within the jurisdiction of this temple.
The temple is not very far from the Fengsong tribe, and it only takes half a day to go back and forth.
Lu Ning imagined many situations and imagined what this so-called temple would look like, but he was still shocked when he actually saw it.
"Look, that's the Breeze Temple." Ye Rang Qinke pointed to the front and said.
"This is... a temple? You call this a 'temple'?"
Lu Ning couldn't understand it anyway.
What the hell is a "temple"?
This is a giant floating island floating in the sky!
The bottom of the floating island is like an upside-down mountain peak, and the top is a vast and luxurious white palace.
A stone staircase emitting colorful light rotates and descends from above, with many pilgrims walking on it.
"Well... this is indeed a temple," Ye Rang Qinke didn't know why Lu Ning had such a big reaction, "But it is said that temples in different places look different. I don't know the details. I have never seen them.
What do the other temples look like?"
Lu Ning twitched his lips, feeling like a bumpkin who had just entered the city.
The impact of this "temple" on him was too great.
"These stone stairs..."
Lu Ning approached the floating island and stepped onto the stone staircase that exuded colorful light. Suddenly, an idea came to his mind.
Could this stone staircase be entirely made of iridescent stone?
"Ghost, scan the floating island of writings."
"Scanning...encountered unknown obstruction...do you want to increase the power?"
"Increase the power." This was the first time that the ship's scanning system was hindered and failed to succeed directly. Lu Ning was very curious.
"Increasing the output power...removing the obstacles, the scan is completed. Captain, this ship discovered a very shocking fact: not only this staircase, but in fact the entire base of the floating island is a super
Huge iridescent stone!”
Lu Ning opened his mouth and looked up at the rocks in the distance.
"Are you saying that such a large floating island is itself an iridescent stone?"
"That's right. And after scanning, it can be confirmed that this floating island is covered with countless miraculous patterns of 'carrying hands', and they are formed into a huge chain pattern at the same time, which gives this floating island a unique
The ‘floating’ nature of the island.”
"No wonder..." Lu Ning murmured to himself and quickly figured everything out, "This floating island itself is the energy source that allows the floating island to take off. What a genius idea."
Lu Ning was talking to the ghost in the soul connection. Ye Rang Qin Ke naturally didn't know about it. He thought Lu Ning was subdued by the miracle of the temple, and he was secretly proud of it.
Look, this is the miracle of our world, a great work that only gods can accomplish!
Little did he know that Lu Ning and Ghost had already stripped the principles of the floating island down to their underwear, and even wanted to go back and recreate it on their own.
After landing on the floating island, the two stood behind the crowd, but there seemed to be some disputes coming from the front.
"The high priest is currently receiving distinguished guests. You are all waiting outside."
A young man wearing white cloth, holding a long staff and a crown on his head stopped in front of the crowd.
"What distinguished guests? Are there any more important guests than us in the entire Breeze Plain? Get out of the way, I want to see the high priest!"
Several people wearing gorgeous fur clothes shouted. Lu Ning recognized them at a glance. The fur on them all came from the one-horned white tiger he had encountered before.
"Those are the people of the Dalu tribe, which is the most powerful tribe on the Breeze Plain now. Because they pay tribute to the temple in large quantities every year, even some priests in the temple will show courtesy to them." Ye Rang
Qin Ke first introduced Lu Ning, and then became a little confused: "Why don't the priests even let them in? What happened inside?"
Chapter completed!