In the bamboo house, the old witch is packing his things.
He has a lot of things, but most of them are herbs, animal skins, paints and some commonly used utensils and tools.
The old witch carefully put all the things into the animal skin bags by category, then tied each animal skin bag and placed them aside.
After doing all this, he sat by the firepit, looking at the familiar room and then at the dancing flames.
After a long time, the old witch sighed and said: "As people get older, they become less decisive. It's obvious that I haven't lived here long, so why do I feel a little reluctant to let go?"
"If you can't bear it, don't leave!"
At this moment, Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao walked in from the door together.
Jiang Xuan first looked at the house that had been tidied up, and then looked at the old witch sitting by the fire pit. He sighed inwardly, knowing that the old witch had decided to go.
The old witch looked up at Jiang Xuan and said, "I originally planned to spend the rest of my life here, but I don't have a few more years to live anyway."
"Why did you change your mind again?" Jiang Xuan asked puzzledly.
"Because I saw many things that I have never seen or even heard of in the Black Tooth Tribe's trading goods."
"I have told you before that the reason why I ran away from the tribe at this age is to see a wider world and see more things."
The old witch looked at Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao, and said with firm eyes: "Southern Wilderness is so big, I want to go and see it again."
Chi Shao clumsily tried to persuade him: "But I haven't learned the witch doctor skills yet..."
The old witch showed a kind smile on his face and said: "My child, your talent is very good, even better than the talent of the heir I selected before. Your achievements in witchcraft and medicine will definitely surpass mine in the future."
The old witch solemnly picked up a bundle of thick animal skin rolls from an animal skin bag he carried with him, then stood up and handed it to Chi Shao.
"In this animal skin scroll, there are various treatment processes and experiences that I have recorded. I give it to you now. Remember, gather your magic power in your eyes and look at it with your heart."
Chi Shao took the thick roll of animal skin and looked a little embarrassed, but she didn't know what to say.
"I will study hard." Chi Shao said.
She has never been an eloquent person, preferring to do things silently.
The old witch said to Jiang Xuan again: "After I leave, the animal bones next to the house will be given to you. Keep them for polishing some bone tools, or trade them for some useful things."
"This...how is this so embarrassing..."
After Jiang Xuan heard this sentence, he felt like something was falling out of the sky.
You know, those animal bones are a huge wealth for the tribesmen. The old witch took some out casually and exchanged them for two precious spider silk clothes and some rare herbs from the Black Tooth tribe. p>
The old witch smiled and scolded: "Stop pretending, I don't understand you yet? Are you feeling so happy?"
"Hey..."
After being exposed, Jiang Xuan was not embarrassed and just smiled at the old witch.
The old witch looked at the bamboo house where he had lived for a while, then picked up two animal skin bags and said, "It's time for me to go."
"Let me get it for you."
Jiang Xuan snatched the animal skin bag from the old witch and helped him carry it outside.
Chi Shao also helped the old witch carry two animal skin bags, and she felt a little depressed.
They walked to the open space next to the bamboo house, and the giant black eagle was already squatting on the ground waiting.
The old witch shouted, and the black giant eagle immediately lowered its body to the lowest position, and stretched out one wing diagonally to touch the ground.
Jiang Xuan plucked up the courage, climbed up from the wings of the giant eagle, and tied the old witch's animal skin bag tightly to a leather lasso on the back of the giant eagle.
Chi Shao also brought up other animal skin bags and tied them to the noose on the eagle's back.
Later, Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao returned to the ground.
The old witch looked around for a long time, then resolutely climbed onto the back of the giant eagle and sat on it.
The old witch turned around and prepared to leave.
Jiang Xuan shouted: "Old Witch, will you come back?"
This is the first time Jiang Xuan directly calls "Old Witch". To the tribesmen, this word is actually an honorific title.
"If I live long enough, I will probably come back. I hope that by then, your Vine Tribe will have grown stronger."
Jiang Xuan shouted again: "Okay, then it's settled, I must come back!"
The old witch smiled and nodded, but he himself didn't know how long he could live and where he would die.
"Gone!"
The old witch patted the giant eagle's neck, and the giant eagle immediately flapped its wings, ran forward for a short distance, and then took off into the air.
"唳!"
The giant eagle circled several times over the Vine Tribe, flying higher and higher, and then flew away towards the south.
"The old witch is gone."
Chi Shao hugged the thick roll of animal skin, feeling a little depressed and feeling lost.
"Yeah, I don't know when I can come back."
Jiang Xuan looked back at the empty bamboo house and felt a little uncomfortable. Maybe it was because he knew few people in this world, so everyone he knew was important.
The two stood there for a long time, until the shadow of the giant eagle disappeared, and then they looked away.
They walked slowly back to the bamboo forest, saying nothing along the way.
In the evening, Uncaria, Stone Loach and Nan Xing came back from hunting and found out that the old witch was gone.
Nan Xing stroked the bone whistle that had been calibrated by the old witch and murmured: "Why did you just leave..."
There was no words for the night, but the next day, everyone came out of the mood of separation and continued to engage in various activities.
Because the environment is too harsh, survival is very difficult, and there is not much time to mourn the spring and autumn.
Since Chi Shao started studying witch doctor surgery, she has used more tools and various medicinal materials, and the small room can no longer accommodate them.
Jiang Xuan discussed with Chi Shao, and then took the people under the stone mountain and spent a few days to build a brand new bamboo house for her next to the source of the stream not far from the altar.
Yard.
Later, Jiang Xuan led people to move all Chishao's things to the new bamboo house, and prepared all the utensils for her.
Not only that, this brand-new bamboo house has no shortage of bathrooms and toilets. Jiang Xuan even used the knotted bamboo as a water pipe to connect the stream water into her yard.
From this day on, Chi Shao began to live alone.
Not only that, in order to allow her to have more time to study things belonging to witches, Jiang Xuan, after discussion, did not need her to continue to lead the team to hunt.
Chi Shao has no objection to this. She needs a lot of time to study witch doctor skills and use pictures to record major events in the tribe.
In the brand new bamboo house, Chi Shao stood in front of a heavy "table" and unfolded the animal skin roll given to her by the old witch.
There are no words on this animal skin scroll, but there are many small pictures densely drawn on it. At first glance, these pictures are very abstract, and it is impossible to tell what they are.
But when Chi Shao gathered the witch power in his eyes according to the method taught by the old witch and looked at it with his heart, these small pictures changed.
They seem to be alive, squirming quickly and turning into concrete pictures, sounds, and images, making Chi Shao remember all kinds of knowledge in his mind just like watching a movie.
This is the inheritance method of witchcraft. If you don’t have witchcraft power, it will be useless even if you get this animal skin scroll, because you can’t understand it at all.