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"Red Sage, I have long heard of your name. It is said that you have traveled among human tribes all over the world, bringing them knowledge and teaching them writing. Because of your help, many tribes have entered civilization. I

I hope that the Red Sage can also teach my people so that our tribe can also step into civilization."

These were the words that Gu heard before leaving the tribe square. The person who spoke was the leader of the Pan tribe. He did not hear the next words.

Red Sage, is this the old man's name?

Ancient people knew what a sage meant.

The elders in the tribe occasionally talk about the distant places of the tribe. In their descriptions, the world is very, very big. One of the oldest old men in the tribe is said to have left the Pan tribe for more than thirty years when he was young.

Over the years, he left the tribe when he was a teenager and only returned when he was middle-aged and old.

In the old man's description, he traveled thousands of miles away and saw hundreds of human tribes. The largest human tribe even had tens of thousands of people. The tribal camps where they lived had high stone walls.

The houses they live in are large and spacious, and their tribes even organize caravans to trade with surrounding human tribes, etc.

The "candy" I ate as a child came from a large human tribe in the distance.

The world that the old man said was too vast, too gorgeous, and too magical, so Gu always kept the old man's words in his heart. He even visited those gorgeous worlds himself in some dreams.

According to the old man, a large tribe can be achieved not only by having more people. The more people there are, the greater the burden on the tribe will be, and the more food will be needed. And the prey and wild vegetables that a piece of land can produce

, catches, etc. are all limited. If the population is too large, it cannot be carried. Some people will starve, and some may even starve to death. If they have to travel long distances to hunt and gather in wider places, this will increase the risk.

, and food consumption, etc.

Therefore, the number of almost all tribes usually does not exceed 3,000, and this is when there is a lot of local food, and this is the case for the Pan tribe.

The birth of large tribes is inseparable from the word civilization.

According to the old people, the so-called civilization is a very magical thing. Civilization can make food grow in the ground. It is not the kind that is collected and found in jungles and grasslands. Instead, people can designate a piece of land to grow food.

, this land can even be the land next to the tribe, so that you can get a lot of food just by walking a few steps away from the tribe's camp.

Civilization can make soft soil solid in the flames.

Civilization can make sugar grow in some leaves, some flowers, and some weeds.

Civilization allows people to get salt from water instead of going to some dangerous pits to find salt.

Civilization can also turn spears into hard things called "metals", make bows and arrows shoot farther and more accurately, and turn camp walls from wood to stone.

Civilization can also allow sick people to recover, prevent people from having worms in their stomachs, allow people who are seriously injured by hunters to survive, and can also significantly reduce the chance of women dying after giving birth.

I don’t know what civilization is in ancient times. In the words of the old people, civilization seems to be omnipotent, and civilization can be taught by people who know it to people who don’t know it. The Pan tribe has developed to the limit of the number of people in an uncivilized tribe.

, in the past few years, the clan leader and the elders in the tribe have been doing everything possible to

People want to obtain civilization, but it is too difficult. Civilization cannot come out of thin air. The Pan tribe is already the largest tribe in the surrounding area. There is indeed a large tribe with civilization further away, but that is far away.

Pan tribe is so far away that it may take half a year or more to walk there.

Moreover, the Pan tribe cannot afford to pay for civilization. Civilization is probably very expensive, and it is impossible for a large tribe to teach it to the Pan tribe for free.

The so-called sages refer to human beings who have mastered civilization. They usually exist in some legends passed down by the old people. There are also some sages who are said to be still alive in the world. They walk among various human tribes and teach these tribes about civilization for free.

The secrets of civilization, and this is also the only way for many medium-sized tribes to obtain civilization.

This strange old man turned out to be a sage. No wonder the clan leader and the elders in the clan would light a bonfire in the square just for him. He deserves to be treated with such respect.

Gu was extremely curious about this old man named the Red Sage, but as a young man who was not yet underage, he was not qualified to participate in the distinguished guests' bonfire meal, so that night he kept pestering his father to ask about the Red Sage.

various things about the person.

Gu's father is a tall man with a rough appearance. He has always been taciturn, both during meals and on weekdays. He often arranges his spears, stone axes, and a long black wooden spear.

Gong, other than that, he looked at Gu Yuxing silently, and would look at his wife from time to time.

When Gu asked about the Red Sage, Gu's father was silent for a long time, and then said: "I don't know about the Red Sage. That is what the clan leaders and elders are concerned about... But when entertaining the Red Sage,

, he promised to stay for a period of time and teach the tribesmen about farming and water diversion. He will also teach the children of the tribe about writing, ancient times, and punishments. You should also learn the knowledge of writing."

Xing was helping her mother sort out the prey hides harvested today. She didn't say anything, just nodded with a bright smile. Gu had more questions. He asked curiously: "What are the words?"

Gu's father shook his head slightly and said: "The elders said that information can be recorded on the leather, so that it can be understood when needed. It will never be forgotten. I don't understand what writing is, but the elders value this very much.

, indicating that this text is very useful, so you and your sister must learn it seriously."

Gu nodded in confusion, and then he began to think about what words were.

The following days were as peaceful as usual. The only change was that there was an old man in the tribe. He often lay in the shadows of the tribal camp and slept late during the day. At dusk, or before the sun appeared in the morning, he would

He would walk around the tribal camp and observe everywhere. Only at this time would he teach the Pan tribe people how to cultivate the land and how to build aqueducts and other knowledge.

At the same time, he would also teach the children of the tribe writing in the morning, dusk, and night. Gu Hexing was also learning writing, which seemed to be a very complicated thing. According to the old man, writing was originally imitation.

Things that exist in nature, such as the word "日", originally imitated the image of the sun, which is a circle.

Xing is very smart. She only needs to be taught every word once to understand it. This is not the case in ancient times. He has to constantly understand and memorize every word, just like other children in the tribe.

In addition to teaching words, the old man will also tell stories to the children, talking about the scenery of far away places, and also talking about many things in the world that the Pan tribe people do not know.

I learned from the old man that there are other intelligent races in this world besides humans, and there are many intelligent races. They are not the same species as humans. They are called all races.

The Ten Thousand Tribes are not friendly to humans. They are not like the Pan tribe and other tribes. Everyone guards their own land and their hunting grounds. Occasionally there are conflicts, but most of them are negotiations. Of course, there is no conflict between tribes.

There are fights among the tribes, and there are even deaths, but generally speaking, they have more interactions with each other. If there is sacrifice, they can also take out food, leather, stone tools and other things to seek help from other tribes.

But the old man told them that Wanzu is not like this. Wanzu regards human beings as prey. They hunt and kill humans. They will use humans as food, slaves, or other more terrible treatment. In the eyes of Wanzu, human beings are not like this.

Intelligent creatures, they call humans beasts and livestock, and they also regard humans as beasts and livestock.

When Gu heard this for the first time, he was very shocked, because he had also seen people from other tribes in the tribe where Gu had lived since he was a child. Although everyone belonged to different tribes, they were all human beings.

They will not regard each other as food, nor will they hunt each other. Human beings are not prey, nor beasts, nor livestock.

People from all races are bad and terrible. Such a vague concept emerged in ancient times.

The old man also said that there are no Wanzu around the Pan tribe, but in places with dense water and grass, in fertile plains, fertile alluvial plains and other places that are not deserts or mountains, there are many Wanzu there, and they can hunt and hunt.

, or capture the surrounding humans. Gradually, only savages are left in those places, and no human tribe can survive in those places.

The old man also said that at a large human tribe far away from the Pan tribe, they were fighting a war with a small force of all races. This large human tribe contacted several other large human tribes, as well as the Central Powers that vassalized them.

The small human tribe has formed a large army and is fighting against the colonists of all races who have invaded this area. However, humans are much weaker than all races, and the human army is retreating steadily.

So another concept was born in Gu's mind, that is, all races are powerful, while humans are weak.

Before this concept was fully born, Gu heard some stories from old people, one of which shocked Gu for a long time.

That is the story of a great human hero, a story that happened a long, long time ago...

That was before the past became history, before history became legend, and before legend became myth...

That is the story of an invincible human being called the Great Lord!

The moment he heard this story, Gu felt his blood boiling in his heart.

At this time, another concept appeared in Gu's mind, a concept called hero.

A concept called invincibility.