Chapter 23 Red Feather Tribe
There was once a Indian tribe living on the beautiful Colorado Plateau. They made a living by grazing, and groups of bison could give them food, clothing, tents and other necessities of life.
The women of the tribe will collect berries in the bushes and herbs used in daily life. They will hand over the herbs to the priests in the tribe to make them into herbs. They will also extract the red from the soil and apply them to the eagle feathers on the headdress of the tribe warriors. They believe that this red feather can make the warriors more brave and good at fighting, which has also become the origin of their tribe's name.
This tribe lives freely on this land, occasionally chasing with other tribes, and they can also win with the help of tribal gods. Their powerful strength makes them the most powerful tribe on the plateau.
One day, two strangely dressed passers-by came to their tribe, and the hospitality Hongyu tribe treated them, and they also taught the tribe some herbs to use and some treatments for some diseases.
The middle-aged man who looked like a master also had a spell exchange with the priests of the tribe. After the competition, the entire tribe expressed his respect for his powerful spells.
After a while, the two passers-by left. Before leaving, the master left them a warning: When the white devil attacks, don't fight against them, and appropriately express surrender to them, so that the tribe can continue to continue.
But the warriors of the tribe did not take this sentence to heart. The continuous victory gave them a firm fighting spirit and made them unable to see the real danger.
Not long after, the white-skinned devils came. They brought muskets and cannons, and they attacked the Indians without warning. The Red Feather Tribe, as the most powerful tribe on the Colorado Plateau, led the Indians to fight these white devils, but the backwardness of weapons and tactics made their sacrifice far greater than the damage they caused to the devils.
In the end, the remaining people of the tribe hid in the Grand Canyon not far from their gathering place under the leadership of the priests, hoping that they would come out to rebuild the tribe again after they left. However, when they sent people to investigate, they found that the white devils had killed all the bison they had relied on for their living, and the white devils also left behind scattered teams, killed the Indians when they saw them, and peeled off their scalps to receive a bounty.
So they returned to the shelter of the Grand Canyon, and finally, under the invasion of hunger and disease, the Red Feather Tribe became history, and these white devils also established countries on the land of the original Indians.
After listening to the story told by the old man, Li Ming understood that this was the famous genocide incident in human history in the early days of the founding of the United States. However, he asked the old man curiously: "Old man, then how do you want me to help you? I am afraid I cannot resurrect your tribe."
The old man shook his hand and said, "No, no, no, I have also understood over the years that we were indeed overestimating our abilities. The wise man's suggestion was right. The demise of the tribe was the result of our failure. I hope you will help us another thing. Before leaving, the wise man helped us establish a shelter in the Grand Canyon. He told us that as long as we entered the shelter, no one could find us, but reminded us that we must walk out of that shelter before death, otherwise the soul would not be able to rest. But later, due to fear and various reasons, we did not listen to the words of the wise man. As a result, when we died in the shelter, the soul stayed there forever, and our souls could not rest there, and wandered there forever. That shelter has become a hell for our tribe."
"How did you make sure that I could help your tribe members leave that refuge?" Li became even more surprised.
The old man pointed to the Tai Chi pattern on Li Dao's robe and said excitedly: "The wise man also had this pattern on his body back then, and I remember it very clearly. Moreover, the spells you can enter a human soul, and the spells you cast are very similar to those of the wise man back then. Therefore, you are our only hope. I ask you to help us." After that, the old man lay down and gave a big gift to Li Xing.
"Don't do this, old man." Li helped the old man up and said to him with a smile: "Since your tribe had an intersection with my master back then, and I happened to meet you, it means that I have a fate with your tribe. Since that's the case, I'll help you."
Hearing this, the old man almost fell to the ground again. He raised his hands high and cried, saying, "The ancestors are above, and the tribe's century-old curse can finally be lifted."
"By the way, old man, what I'm very curious about is why you entered Odom's soul?"
The old man smiled bitterly: "This is actually a misunderstanding. This black boy is also seeking death by himself. After taking some medicine, he entered the psychic state of our priests. As a result, no one could communicate with him for a long time, the guardian spirits in this magical instrument could not help but come in. I was locked in the magical instrument for too long. I thought it was a powerful priest who was summoning, so I also came in to ask for help. As a result, this cowardly boy was afraid of closing his mind and we couldn't get out. If you hadn't come in, we would probably leave this body and return to the magical instrument until this boy died."
Li was so amused and laughed at this. What is this? nozuonodie? The old Indian was also a little embarrassed and explained: "There is no spell that forces our souls to leave our souls, because this will cause damage to the souls of the warriors we call, so."
Li waved his hand and comforted the old man: "It's okay, it's okay, but fortunately I'm good at soul-like Taoism. Let me do it. If he drags on his body for a long time, he won't have to save it."
Li walked into the house and led by the old man to the top attic. A thin wooden door was tightly closed. However, this was Odom's spiritual world, and it was not that easy to open the door that he himself closed.
When he arrived at the door, Li clasped his hands and started chanting. The low and magnetic sound gave people a warm feeling. Not long after, the wooden door opened a crack, and a teenage black boy looked at Li with one eye on him.
Li Wen smiled at him gently, and slowly penetrated into the crack of the door with one hand and touched the little boy's head, saying to him: "Lamar, don't be afraid, I'm here to help you. There are no terrible animals outside. Don't you want to go out to play basketball for a while?"
The wooden door was finally completely opened, and the little boy Odom walked out tremblingly. Li Yiran encouraged the little boy with his warm smile. The warmth from the big hand above his head reminded the little boy of his long-dead mother and grandmother.
Tears flowed out of the little boy's eyes, which was strange. The little boy clearly felt that he was very happy and enjoyed it, but why did he feel so painful and want to cry so much?
"Wow!" All emotions finally came out at this moment. The little boy hugged Li tightly and cried bitterly in his arms. Li still did not leave the boy's head with one hand, and the other hand opened his five fingers outward, and held it with a slight grip. Three light balls representing Odom's past flying towards the white planet in the small universe outside.
Then he brought the little boy to the window and signaled him to look out. There were three people standing on the lawn outside the house, two older women and a 6-year-old boy. They saw Odom at the window, smiled at him, and waved to him.
"Look, Lamar, your grandmother, mom, and son have not left you. They will live in your heart forever. They do not want to meet you again in heaven, but hope that you can live healthy and happy, and be with you in your memories. Go, Lamar, no matter what you do in the future, think about them, and you will know what is right and what is wrong." Li Song opened his hand holding Odom and slowly disappeared behind him.
Chapter completed!