Yuan River

"Li Xin, is this... is this true?" It took a long time for Ah Che to ask such a sentence.

"It's absolutely true." Li Xin nodded seriously.

"What now?"

"There is no other way, you run away quickly. Otherwise, they will not let you go."

"What about you?"

"I'll guard Li Bin, wait for him to wake up, and then go back with him."

"You let me go privately, aren't you afraid that he will take his anger out on you?"

"He won't, I understand him. But after you run away, never come back, because he won't let go of what he believes."

"..."

"Aren't you leaving soon?"

"Li Xin, can I hug you?" Ah Che hesitated.

"Yeah." Li Xin opened his arms and gave Ah Che a big hug, which was both cool and warm, like a destination of thousands of turns.

After a long time, Ah Che let go of Li Xin, squatted down, and stared at Li Bin who was unconscious on the ground.This is the first time Ah Che observed Li Bin so closely.Li Bin's face was sharp-edged and slightly weathered, but it made him look more handsome.His eyes were closed, and his soft forehead hair hung down over his thick eyebrows.

Ah Che involuntarily wanted to hug Li Bin, but was afraid of waking him up, hesitated again and again, but finally did not touch him.A Che packed up all the sticks and bone fish darts, pinned them to his waist, and walked up the river without looking back.

So far, the situation is quite complicated.Ah Che couldn't even be sure whether it was Li Bin who lied to him, or Li Xin who lied to him, or both.The only thing that is certain is that someone must not want him to stay in the tribe anymore.

The autumn wind picked up suddenly, deftly passing through the large reed fields, and it messed up Ah Che's long black hair and scattered it in the wind.

Sorrow is not sorrowful to leave, happy to be happy and new to know each other.

In this situation, he is the only soul who only trusts the source.He was determined to find her, and asked himself where to go and where to be home.

"Mother, my son is back." Ah Che said silently.

At night, everything is silent, and the lonely moon hangs high.On the ground, there is only the biting north wind rampaging, invincible.

Cooled down.The tribe's thick tents insulated from the severe cold, allowing people to sleep peacefully.Outside the tribe, Ah Che stood silently, with the pervasive cold wind penetrating into every inch of his skin.

Only before dawn did he have the courage to silently watch over the sleeping tribe.He originally planned to take advantage of the night to pass by here and go upstream, but the familiar aura of the tribe made him stop involuntarily.

What is he attached to?The old witch has already left. He thought that he would continue to live in the tribe as Li Bin's "brother".

Tens of thousands of thoughts surged up at once, huddled into a mess.From the bottom of his heart, a weak voice sounded: "Li Bin doesn't plan to do anything, because...we are brothers. Although...he has many, many brothers."

He didn't believe that Li Bin would kill him.

Maybe Li Bin is perfunctory to the patriarch?Maybe the person who told the lie was Li Xin?Maybe Li Bin wanted to take him away?

All in all, it seems that only God is qualified to answer.Today is not a day to invite the gods. If Ah Che wants to meet the Yuanshen, he has to go to the source in person.He suddenly realized that even as a wizard, he had never been to the source.What will the realm of God be like?

He reluctantly glanced back at the familiar tribe for the last time, which exudes a warm atmosphere of home.Then, he continued his journey without looking back.

The north wind howled like a hundred ghosts singing at night.The biting cold drove Ache on his way without stopping.He touched the stones all the way, bypassed three dangerous bays, and a familiar cave came into view.

This is where?Been there before?No matter, just hide in and keep warm.What's going on tonight, is winter coming?

Ache picked up a lot of dead branches from nearby and carried them into the cave.He rubbed his hands and stomped his feet, shaking vigorously a few times, and it was not so cold anymore.He took dead branches and skillfully drilled wood to make fire.All of a sudden, the walls of the cave brightened up.It's just that the space for the head is much smaller than Ah Che thought.

"Hidden talisman hole."

Oh, it turned out to be here.

The engraved symbols that I have seen before can be seen again. .

"The source of the Yuan River, the place of the Yuanshen, protect our tribe. The current patriarch Li Hong, the son of Li Qu, came from the Zou family. Li Hong has two sons and a daughter. Li Bin and Li Che are from the late Xiang family. Li Xin It came out of the Mi family."

A thunderous thunder exploded from Ah Che's head.

If this is a family tree, why is it so short!Did someone deliberately distort something!

Among the people recorded, only Xiang Shi and Li Che were unheard of in the tribe!

Who is Li Che?Could it be - Li Che is Ah Che?He is the patriarch's son?Why did the patriarch want to kill him?Who is his biological mother?

Flames flicker, coquettish and charming, blurring illusion and reality.Ah Che fell into a dream in a daze——

Mother.Li Bin.

The saber-toothed tiger opened its mouth wide and approached step by step.Then, the sharp spear pierced through the heart of the saber-toothed tiger resolutely, blood splashed everywhere, and it was as dazzling and astonishingly beautiful as the other shore flower.

He is a wizard and a guardian of life.As Yuanshen said, Ah Che must refuse to kill.refuse?Who knows if this could backfire?Is it that they are more frantically greedy for the redness and sweetness of blood?

If Li Bin's throat was bitten off, wouldn't the flowing warm liquid be as beautiful as a chant?

If you admire a person so much, you must secretly desire to replace him and become the embodiment of perfection.

If Li Bin is killed with one knife, Ah Che will be like a fish in water. He is both a leader and a priest, and he can order everyone in the tribe, even Li Xin.

……

"Brother. Brother." Someone called out.

"Li Xin?" A Che suddenly opened his eyes.

"Brother, are you awake? My name is Xiang Lin."

It wasn't Li Xin, a delicate and immature boy came very close, looking up and down at Ah Che with great interest.

"Why am I here?"

"Hey, brother, didn't anyone tell you that you can't light a fire in a small cave? Fortunately, I happened to pass by and saw thick smoke billowing from the entrance of the cave, so I rushed in and carried you out. You have been unconscious for two days , is really worrying."

"Well, thank you. How come I never saw you?"

"Haha, my brother has never seen me, which means that I have never seen my brother. Looking at my brother's attire, is he from the tribe below?"

"Dressing up? The next tribe?" Ah Che was taken aback when he heard the words, and then he regained his composure and looked carefully at the boy in front of him who called himself Xiang Lin.

Xiang Lin's long hair was tied in a bun and tied behind his head, his expression was warm and playful, with a playful look.He was dressed in white, and he was so noble.

"This..." A Che tentatively reached out to touch Xiang Lin's lapel, the texture of which seemed to be there was similar to that of Yuanshen's clothes.

"It's called silk, and it's woven from silk." Xiang Lin seemed to see through Ah Che's confusion, and patiently explained.

"Xiang Lin, do you know a woman whose clothes are of the same quality as yours?"

"The mistress also has this kind of dress."

"Mistress? Who is she? Does she have a name?"

"She is my mother, nicknamed Xiang Zhi."

Xiang... a logical connection was gradually established.Xiang Zhi is Xiang Shi?Is Xiang the Yuanshen?

"Xiang Lin, who is your father?"

"I don't have a father." Xiang Lin replied flatly.For some reason, Ah Che noticed that a halo of loneliness seemed to flow over Xiang Lin's body.

"Excuse me, can you take me to see your mother then?"

"What a coincidence, she just came to see you, but unfortunately you were still in a coma at that time."

"what?"

"At that time, she was extremely anxious, at a loss what to do, and she was on the verge of tears. This was the first time I saw her cry in so many years."

A warm current surged into his heart, and Ah Che immediately had the urge to cry, just like a child waiting for his mother on the corner of the street.He has nowhere to escape, who can really give him shelter?

"Xiang Lin, you take your mother's surname?"

"Ah? Isn't this a convention?"

Convention?A Che secretly frowned, repeatedly chewing on the connotation behind these four words.Conventional, which means at least a bunch of people follow the custom.

A Che slowly propped himself up and looked around.Pieces of white tents were arranged in an unfamiliar way, like a new tribe.

"In your 'tribe', your mother's surname has been adopted for generations?" Ache then asked.

"Yeah," Xiang Lin's jewel-like eyes rolled up and down, revealing a soft and cute look, "Brother, you've been in a coma for two full days, you must be starving, I'll cook for you."

"Cooking?" Ah Che didn't feel hungry at first, but when Xiang Lin said it, he felt so hungry that his chest pressed against his back, and his empty stomach and intestines rumbled, "What is rice?"

"Rice seeds are delicious. If you want, I can take you to see our tribe's rice fields tomorrow morning."

"In this way, I would take the liberty to ask, where is the mistress now?"

"Oh, my mother has gone to watch the stars, and she will be back tomorrow morning. Brother, you can obediently wait here for me to cook."

"Ah."

……

After a while, the rich fragrance slowly floated in and penetrated into the lungs.Ah Che pressed his wriggling stomach and intestines with one hand, and at the same time couldn't help getting up and looking towards the kitchen.

I saw Xiang Lin trot over excitedly with a large bowl of white rice in a black pottery bowl: "Hey, brother, this is rice."

A Che took the bowl by chance, stared blankly at the rice with fine grains, and then tentatively stretched out his hand to grab it.

"Hey, don't use your hands! Use this!" Xiang Lin decisively pulled Ah Che's hand.

"What is this?" A Che accepted the thing Xiang Lin handed over in confusion.

"spoon."

Ache raised the spoon to his eyes, turned it a few times, carefully scooped out half a spoonful of rice, and sent it to his mouth trembling.

The taste of the rice is soft and mellow.Ah Che began to chew carefully, and gradually, a trace of sweetness leaked out.

"It tastes good." Ache admired it sincerely.

"Brother, are you still dizzy?"

"Well... a little..."

"I still have things to deal with. After you are full, go to my priest's tent and rest early. You will be fine in two days."

"Well, please excuse me."

Perhaps because he was already hungry, Ah Che grabbed the pottery bowl and devoured it like a wind.In the blink of an eye, he finished the whole bowl of rice and burped in satisfaction.