I Really Didn’t Want To Make A Lot Of Money

Although Lamin is not an elder, he is also knowledgeable and has a clear understanding of his beliefs.

"All things have anim, which means that all things in the world, including plants, animals, environment, weather, and even architecture, works of art, language, etc., all have souls, and they are all subjects who can think and gain experience. Moreover, They can influence each other and can influence human society."

"The belief that all things have anims is the oldest belief in the world, and the belief that is closest to the truth of the world. Mr. Chen, there are also such beliefs in your east..."

Chen Ling nodded slightly.

In China, there are indeed traces of such beliefs. But, does this have anything to do with what we are going to do now?

Chen Ling touched the ring in his hand, felt the pattern on the ring, and asked, "Laming, what are you talking about now, does it have anything to do with what we are going to do?"

"Mr. Chen, the principle of the confirmation ceremony of the patriarch’s token is animism. Look at the pattern on this ring..." Laming pointed to the ring in Chen Ling's hand and said, "When Musa I made the ring Each pattern is different and has a special symbolic meaning. Each pattern is actually a kind of spirit sealed in the ring."

"This spirit, there are tree spirits, river spirits, and mountain spirits... This ring that our ancestors got is sealed with a river spirit. That river was owned by Musa I and produced the largest placer gold. A river. King Moussa I asked him to seal the river spirit into this ring, and then give the ring to our ancestors, meaning that the ancestors will always help him protect the source of wealth."

Hearing Laming's explanation, Chen Ling felt incredible. The ring seals the river spirit? Read more mythological novels!

"Laming, where is the river?" Chen Ling asked. Since it is a river rich in placer gold, it should be very famous.

Laming, who had been eloquent at first, hesitated when he heard Chen Ling's simple question.

"Why, keep it secret to me?

"No, everyone knows this. It's not a secret... Mr. Chen, have you ever heard of the river sinking into the ground before?"

"The river sinks into the ground? Didn't it become an underground river? This is impossible!"

A mysterious smile appeared on Laming's face: "Everyone thinks it's impossible when they hear this statement for the first time. However, it is possible. The river just sank to the bottom of the ground, and it can't be found on the ground. "

Chen Ling saw Laming's mysterious smile that he thought was just right, and he tweeted and said, "Sink under the ground? Where is it under the ground? Tell me."

"Under the ground, so no one knows..." Ramin said naturally, "Soon after Moussa I sealed the river spirit inside the ring, the river sank underground, and no one could find it again. Mr. Chen, is this amazing?"

Bang bang bang...

Chen Ling applauded Laming.

"It's amazing! I began to believe that the river spirit of the underground river is really sealed in this ring. I am curious, hundreds of years have passed, whether the river spirit in it is still alive." Chen Ling said, putting the ring in On the arm of Saidu's chair, "Come, call out He Ling and ask him how he has been in these hundreds of years!"

The people in the yard probed their heads and looked at Saidu, wanting to see the legendary ring.

"You are here to get your ceremony, I will go out to see how Maya is dealt with!"

Chen Ling stood in front of Saidu and said in a more serious tone: "Elder Saidu, I was deceived once, but a person who was supposed to be put to death was secretly let go. Ironically, the person who let him go ended up instead. Killed by him!"

"Mr. Chen... Patriarch!" Saidula stayed in Chen Ling, "I know your decision is right, but I can't accept it emotionally for a while! Meya is my raised granddaughter, how could she be like this? Do you treat me?"

"Because your enemy turned her into a dagger to stab you! Saidu, you said just now, time is running out, if we don't hurry, we won't be able to catch up with the leader!"

Chen Ling pinched the ring and stuffed it into Saidu's hand: "Our Chinese people say it is called a blast. You originally had this breath, but it was vented by Meya's affairs. The chieftain failed to kill you, but it has already I'm discouraged! The leader sent to instigate your granddaughter, this is a brilliant trick! I hope you also have a brilliant trick, or I, Chen Ling, may have no hope of revenge!"

Saidu squeezed the ring's hand abruptly, and said, "It's not just your patriarch who wants revenge! I want to take revenge on Saidu, and kill my granddaughter!"

He Huo Ran stood up and shouted, "Laming, prepare for the ceremony!"

Everyone in the yard applauded, and Laming and the few people sitting in the front row began to get busy.

"Patriarch, we will leave tomorrow morning!"

"Oh? The ceremony has not been held yet, you are already convinced that I am your patriarch? Do you want to give me your power?"

Saidu looked over his head and said softly: "Ritual, that's a ritual. I believe that you can help the family regain the glory of the patriarch!"

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Early in the morning, a convoy of more than a dozen cars drove out of Djeney City and headed northeast.

Chen Ling was sitting in one of the cars. At this moment, he was wearing a golden soft hat on his head and the certified patriarch's token on his right hand.

The ceremony last night was very lengthy, and Chen Ling almost fell asleep.

Saidu put a wooden table in the yard, and a small bowl on the table. The bowl contained muddy Bani River water.

Laming took the other three people and held a ceremony to the bowl of river water first. According to Saidu's explanation, the river spirit sealed in the patriarch's token ring will never come out, and it has been integrated with the ring. In order to verify whether it is really the river spirit inside, put the ring in that small bowl.

If it weren't for the river spirit, the river water in the bowl would gradually settle, and the sediment would cover the ring.

If it were the river spirit, the river water in the bowl would not settle, but remained turbid, which symbolized the river spirit playing in the bowl.

Yes, we must first make this bowl of river psychic.

Therefore, the four of Laming circled the table, dipping the water in the bowl with the leaves of the trees in their hands from time to time. Other tribesmen were in a circle with the outside, holding hands, sitting down for a while, standing up for a while, singing a song repeatedly in their mouths.

That tree leaf is the leaf of the Baobab tree. These are not the leaves of ordinary baobab trees, but the leaves that have grown from the same part of a certain baobab tree for ten consecutive years.

Leaves do not always grow from the same part, so this kind of leaves are very rare; they will grow, which symbolizes the continuity of life, and the power of the tree spirit is likely to be contained in it.

The tree spirit is the most capable of awakening the power of other spiritual things, and it occupies the most central position in animism.

Every January, someone in the family goes to the wild to collect this leaf, and it has only been a few decades to find three sets of this kind of leaf.

Leaves that have been used once can no longer be used.

The four of Ramin went around the table for dozens of minutes before stopping.

Then Saidu himself went out. He put on his robe, put on his hat, and started acting.

For a while it is a king, another is a beggar, another is a young man who is going to get married, and another is a worker who is going to build a house... Saidu plays various roles, which means that he has traveled throughout Mali and met people from all walks of life in this country. Finally became a wise man.

The wise man realized that everything is alive and began to talk to the table in the yard, persuading the table to accept the bowl of water.

"The table must be persuaded to cooperate so that this ceremony can proceed, otherwise the bowl will fall off." Laming explained to Chen Ling.

Chen Lingfu was slanderous. Why not convince this yard? Don't convince this piece of land under your feet?

Seeing Saidu sweating profusely, Chen Ling thought to himself that this was really an individual effort.

The lengthy ritual process lasted for nearly two hours, and finally reached the last step, but it seemed very casual.

Saidou threw the ring into the bowl, and then Laming and others surrounded the table.

After a while, Saidu announced: "He Ling has come out! This is the real patriarch's token!"

The yard was full of joy, and everyone began to dance.

"Patriarch! Patriarch! Patriarch!"

Laming held the bowl and walked to the sleepy Chen Ling, and said: "We have confirmed that this is the patriarch's token, and He Ling has not opposed you to become the patriarch. Mr. Chen, you are our patriarch!"

Laming didn't know where to find a golden hat, handed it to Saidu, Saidu put it on Chen Ling, and then everyone danced around Chen Ling and called to the patriarch.

At the same time, a gunshot came from outside the yard.

Saidou sat down on the chair, tears running down.

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