Chapter 128
Chapter 128 – Engraving and branding
Translated by Sunyancai
The light of the sun gradually disappeared, and two moons emerged above the woods.
Some nocturnal animals became active, while most of the birds flew back to their nests.
Above the bough where Shao Xuan was in, there were many nests, but he avoided provoking those birds.
These birds seemed not so large, and looked attractive. But in fact, they were very dangerous, because they flocked to prey on animals that were seriously injured or had just died.
Due to a fight among the birds, a bird fell from its nest to the bough where Shao Xuan stood.
Turning over and shaking its wings, the bird looked at Shao Xuan.
During this process, Shao Xuan did not dare to have the slightest carelessness and make a small mistake, which might cause failure in the engraving and branding, and the totem shape would scatter. When the red flame finally appeared and stabilized, Shao Xuan felt slightly relieved, which proved the formation of the totem shaped by the power of inheritance. But this was just the beginning.
After the engraving step was finished, Shao Xuan started the ‘branding’ step.
After successfully engraving the totem, Shao Xuan moved his palm to brand it on Caesar’s forehead.
The totem moved with Shao Xuan’s hand. When he touched Caesar, it was not immediately branded on Caesar. Though Shao Xuan felt the resistance in his hand, he did not worry, for it was recorded in the ancient volumes that there would be a lot of resistance in the step of branding. After all, Caesar was not a member of this tribe, and he was not a human either, so there would naturally be some resistance.
Without a pause, Shao Xuan continued slowly branding the totem. He could brand it neither too quickly nor too slowly. The speed must be controlled by him according to his intuition, because it was not recorded in the ancient volumes.
As Shao Xuan’s palm pressed down, the two horns totem was slowly branded into Caesar’s head.
With his palm attached to Caesar’s head, Shao Xuan finished branding, but did not immediately pull back his hand. He helped guide the flow of the totem power inside Caesar.
Caesar was still conscious, and began to follow Shao Xuan’s guidance
to mobilize this emerging power.
He knew what it was, he felt it during the tribe’s ritual at the end of every winter. He was fearfully avoided it twice before, but now he found it close and familiar.
When Caesar’s consciousness began to dominate, Shao Xuan drew back his hand.
He wiped away the sweat on his forehead, and glanced around. If some beasts or ferocious beasts had attacked them, they would have failed. It was fortunate that no beasts took actions.
Looking at Caesar lying on the bough, Shao Xuan knew that was all he could do for the whole process. The rest depended on Caesar himself. If he could master and accept this ability, he will succeed. Otherwise, he will die due to his serious injuries soon.
Shao Xuan soon found Caesar trembling more and more violently. His body began to twitch.
Puff!
Caesar spit out blood, and the blood spilled all over Shao Xuan.
Kaka!
Kaka!
With a burst of brittle bones, Caesar swelled up as he was supported by his bones. His fur looked as if it was attached to his bones so he looked skinny.
What happened?!
Shao Xuan looked at this change with great shock.
Such a change was not recorded in the ancient volumes, which only mentioned that after the fusion of the hound and the totem, the hound would grow into a stronger beast than others of its kind, and even become a ferocious beast in a short period of time. A short period of time didn’t refer to several minutes or hours, but dozens of days!
But now, only a few minutes after the craft was performed, Caesar began to change.
Shao Xuan did not know whether he would change like what the ancestors had said, for there were no detailed records.
Shao Xuan had been paying attention to Caesar’s state, whose fractured bones had reshaped and had become much bigger. His two severe wounds had stopped bleeding, you could see bones in one wound.
Although his changes went beyond Shao Xuan’s expectation, and differed from the records in the ancient volumes, Shao Xuan could feel Caesar’s vitality become stronger. The change of his vitality was not as obvious as that of his appearance, but such change was indeed a good sign.
Those birds above that stared at Shao Xuan and Caesar, and waited for the opportunity to attack them, retreated to their nests. They no longer looked below, and all of them became as timid as quails.
In the tree hole, the tree insect emitting green light climbed deeper inside, and its light became bleaker.