In the bamboo house, Jiang Xuan sat in front of the big corner bed.
"Tell me, how did you get bitten by a poisonous snake?" Jiang Xuan asked in confusion.
Dajiao lowered his head in shame and said: "I missed...when I caught the snake."
"Why catch snakes?"
"Because the snake entered the cave and ate bugs, I was so angry when I saw it that I grabbed it with my hands. Unexpectedly, the snake was too fast, so it turned around and bit me."
"So that's it." Jiang Xuan suddenly realized.
Snakes eat meat, and they eat a variety of small animals, such as frogs, rats, birds, and various bugs.
The bugs that Dajiao raised in the cave are naturally within the diet of snakes. After being discovered by this poisonous snake, it is normal for them to sneak in and eat.
In fact, the venomous snakes near the Vine Tribe have been cleaned up several times, and most of them have been put into the pot.
But this is a virgin forest, and it is impossible to completely clean it up. Snakes will continue to crawl over from other places.
"It would be a problem if venomous snakes appear frequently."
Jiang Xuan frowned. He didn't have any good countermeasures in mind, and he didn't know how to make snake repellent powder. He could only catch one by one and ask the tribesmen to pay attention.
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On the other side, not long after Chi Shao returned to the bamboo house, she had just washed her hands and was about to eat something, but she found that the mysterious old man had already walked over.
"Old man, are you okay?" Chi Shao stood up, holding a piece of dried meat in his hand.
The mysterious old man stared at Chi Shao with burning eyes and said, "Do you want to learn the art of witch doctor?"
"What?" Chi Shao felt a little confused.
"I said, do you want to learn the art of witch doctor?" the old man repeated.
"Witch...the art of witch doctor?"
Chi Shao was shocked. This is something that only witches can learn!
"Yes, if you are willing to learn, I can teach you."
The mysterious old man's expression was very serious, and he didn't look like he was joking.
"Old man, who...are you?"
This thing looks like a good thing if dried meat falls from the sky.
But Chi Shao is not stupid. She will not rush to pick up the dried meat before it hits the ground, lest she be smashed to death.
The mysterious old man said calmly: "It's okay to tell you. In fact, I am the previous shaman of the Eastern Wild Eagle Tribe."
Chi Shao was surprised, this was actually a witch!
The witch is the most important soul figure of a tribe. Generally, he will not leave the tribe easily. Even if he does, he will be protected by a large number of warriors.
For safety, every shaman will almost always stay in the tribe. Why would he appear here with a giant eagle?
Although there were various questions in his heart, Chi Shao did not speak, but listened quietly.
There was a look of reminiscence in the eyes of the mysterious old man: "I have been in the tribe since I was a child and was trained as a witch. After I turned twenty, I was determined to be the next witch. From then on, I never left the tribe again."
"I have stayed in the tribe almost all my life. No matter where I go, I am protected by the tribe's warriors, offering sacrifices, treating diseases, recording, and imparting knowledge... These boring things have almost occupied my entire life."
"The people of the Eagle Tribe yearn for freedom, and so do I. However, I can only watch the warriors in the tribe flying around on giant eagles every day, but I can only stay in the tribe and do those boring things.
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"Until one day, I found that I was very old and had only a few years to live. I realized that if I didn't go out for a walk, I would die in the tribe and become a pile of withered bones like other witches."<
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"So I handed over the position of witch to the successor I had chosen earlier. He is very good and has more patience than me. He is more suitable to be a witch than me."
"I refused the protection of the warriors of the tribe and left the tribe with the giant eagle I had raised since childhood. I flew all the way from the Eastern Wasteland to the Southern Wasteland to see this vast world."
At this point, the experience of the mysterious old man, or the old witch, is basically complete.
The old witch looked at Chi Shao and said: "Today, I saw your people being bitten by poisonous snakes, and I suddenly realized that I can leave witchcraft and other knowledge to the Eagle Tribe."
"But the witch doctor's skills of curing diseases and saving lives cannot be buried in the soil with me. I should pass it on and let it save more people!"
"Although your Vine Tribe is small, I see strong vitality in your tribe. I believe you will slowly grow and continue."
"I can't teach you the things that belong to witchcraft, but I can teach you my life's experience in treating diseases and saving people."
The old witch looked at Chi Shao with burning eyes and said, "So, do you want to learn the art of witch doctor?"
The old witch's words contained a lot of information. It took Chi Shao a while to slowly recover from the shock.
"Why...why me?"
Chi Shao didn't understand how the old witch chose her.
"Actually, your leader is also very good, but he is the leader and needs to fight for the tribe most of the time."
"The art of witch doctors takes a long time to learn and identify various herbs. This process may take several years or decades. The leader simply does not have that much time to learn."
The old witch looked at Chi Shao with gentle eyes and said: "You are different. I have understood it. You know many herbal medicines and can use them to simply treat diseases and injuries. You are more suitable to learn the art of witch doctor than the leader." p>
Chi Shao was silent. The old witch was very sincere, but this incident came so suddenly that she didn't know whether to accept it or not.
The old witch seemed to have guessed her thoughts: "You can study with me for a while and give it a try before making a decision."
"On sunny days, you can go hunting and gathering. On rainy or snowy days, and when you have free time, how about you learn the witch doctor skills from me?"
The old witch looked at Chi Shao expectantly, his attitude was very sincere.
Chi Shao thought for a while, and there was nothing to lose in giving it a try anyway, so she nodded.
"I have one more request. Whether you want to learn witch doctor skills from me or not, I hope you can agree."
"You said."
The eyes of the old witch became vicissitudes of life: "I am already very old. Maybe in one or two years, maybe in three to five years, my life will come to an end."
"If that day comes, I hope you can wrap my body in an animal skin and tie it to the back of a giant eagle, and the giant eagle will take me home."
Chi Shao nodded without hesitation and said: "I promise you, I will find the best animal skin when the time comes and let the giant eagle take you home."
The old witch nodded with a smile and said: "In this case, I will have no regrets."
After letting go of his worries, the old witch talked with Chi Shao about some methods of treating poisonous snake bites and the herbal medicine to detoxify snake venom. The conversation was very pleasant.
In the evening, Chi Shao told Jiang Xuan about this. Jiang Xuan was very happy and supported Chi Shao in learning the art of witch doctor, so that in the future, tribe members would have an extra layer of protection when they get sick.
From this day on, when Chi Shao had free time, he followed the old witch to learn the art of witch doctor.
She is a person who studies very seriously and has an astonishingly high talent. She can memorize the properties and curative effects of various herbal medicines after reading them several times. This makes the old witch very happy and teaches her even more diligently.
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Thanks to the book friend "I Am Thinking of the Sea of Books" for the reward.