Chapter 40

In Ba Ke Er's anticipation, in Zhang Fan's nervousness, in everyone's envy, finally came the companion ceremony of Ba Ke Er and Zhang Fan.

That day, Ba Ke Er and Zhang Fan got up early; after breakfast, Ba Ke Er went out hunting with his close male Beastmen friends. Because today was his and Zhang Fan's companion ceremony, there would be a bonfire party in the evening. Although they had started hunting and preparing ingredients several days earlier, it still seemed far from enough. Meanwhile, Zhang Fan also began preparing the ingredients and tea for the bonfire party with his friends. The matters were rather trivial, and Zhang Fan had never done such things before, but fortunately the gentle mother-in-law and the chieftain's wife Wei Er, along with other elders, came to help. So it wasn't that chaotic...

Soon, night fell. The bonfire party was about to start. Zhang Fan and Ba Ke Er also put on the wedding attire that Di Er had specially prepared for their companion ceremony. To Zhang Fan, that outfit looked somewhat like a Western suit on Earth. However, it was not made of those high-end fabrics, after all, on the utterly primitive Shouren Xingqiu there were no such high-end fabrics. The outfits that Zhang Fan and Ba Ke Er wore were both made of cloth, resembling Western-style attire. Both outfits were white in color, though their styles differed slightly. Zhang Fan's outfit had softer lines that made him appear increasingly gentle, while Ba Ke Er's outfit had sturdier lines. Seeing Ba Ke Er in that outfit, Zhang Fan felt envious; Ba Ke Er in that attire looked manly and handsome at a glance. As for him…… he didn't say anything…… silently shedding tears for his thin arms and legs π_π

The bonfire party began; everywhere on the Tribe's Zhongxin Guangchang, there were bonfires lit in advance by the tribespeople, and the place was packed with crowds. The chieftain silently watched as Zhang Fan and Ba Ke Er slowly walked toward the center of the square. Seeing them approach, the chieftain began to preside over the ceremony. This time it was a solitary companion ceremony, unlike the previous companion ceremony held together with the warrior ceremony. After all, that was a collective wedding, whereas this time there was indeed only one couple's wedding. Presiding over it was not too taxing. Before the chieftain and the Tribe's Priest, Zhang Fan and Ba Ke Er each recited their vows, then embraced in front of everyone's witness. After that, the Tribe's Priest recited a blessing incantation for them. Upon finishing the incantation, the Priest handed each of them a white small stone covered with flower patterns and then stepped down.

Zhang Fan felt depressed; could this be the marriage certificate of a primitive society? Well! Anyway, that's what I think.

The companion ceremony ended quickly. Next came the time for eating and drinking. The two came down from the stage and returned to their parents' side. Zhang Fan and Ba Ke Er also took the food skewered on bamboo sticks from their parents' hands and began to grill meat skewers. Once the skewers were cooked, they fed each other bite by bite. Lei Ya saw this and was very pleased. For Zhang Fan, he also felt a bit more fond, after all the kid could finally stay far away from his Di Er! It's simply too happy!

Zhang Fan and Ba Ke Er were hungry; they devoured many grilled meat skewers and also ate plenty of stewed meat and rice. After all, there was still the main event to come—the bridal chamber night, you know! If they didn't eat their fill beforehand, it would ruin the 'mood'! Meanwhile, the others began gathering around the bonfire to dance and sing. At this moment, Ba Ke Er saw someone actually start a courtship dance, and suddenly realized that he seemed never to have performed a courtship dance for Fan Fan! So he dropped the half-eaten food and went down to start dancing a courtship dance toward Zhang Fan.

Zhang Fan saw Ba Ke Er's peculiar dance moves, couldn't help twitching the corner of his mouth, burst out laughing; after holding it in for a long time, he could no longer hold back and began to laugh so hard he rolled on the ground:

"Ba Ke Er, are you dancing? How hilarious this is! Oh no! I can't take it! My stomach hurts from laughing!"

Ba Ke Er saw Zhang Fan laughing happily and danced with even more vigor. Upon seeing this, Zhang Fan laughed even more uncontrollably. After laughing, Zhang Fan also got up and began to dance a courtship dance toward Ba Ke Er...