Feng Chou looked around. The guards were basically male Nagas, and the Nagas who were mining before were also male.
From this, one could see the difference in status between males and females in the Naga society.
The difference in status between males and females was not caused by cultural traditions, but by strength.
In terms of body size, male Nagas were obviously stronger than female Nagas, but unfortunately, Nagas were not a race that won by physical strength. They were a magical race.
As an amphibious magical creature, Nagas also had two kinds of talents of water and air. Their innate spells were the water element "Shock Wave", "Frost Arrow", "Summon Water Element", "Ice Armor", and the air element "Lightning Spell", "Thunderstorm Spell", "Wild Wind Spell", and even the terrible "Tornado".
In addition to these innate spells, the fine scales on the Nagas were equivalent to a magic leather armor that was similar to their spellcasting level.
Unfortunately, most of these magic talents were not fated with the male Nagas.
Compared to the powerful magic talents of the female Nagas, the male Nagas only had the "Shock Wave" and the magic scales on their bodies.
Even the legendary level male Naga only had the additional Water Element Summoning Spell.
If the female Nagas' talent spanned across the four elements of water, ice (water variant), air, and thunder (air variant), then the male Nagas' talent only stopped at the water element.
The only thing that the male Nagas could be praised was their physical strength, which was not bad among the magic creatures of the same element.
Therefore, the male Nagas of the same level were far from the female's opponent, which naturally led to the male Nagas' social status was far lower than the female's.
Most of the Nagas believed in the water element god "Istissia".
The four elemental gods were a rather special existence among the gods of this world. It was said that they were born in the sea of origin where this world was born, and they were born with a part of the world's authority. Some people even believed that the four elemental gods were actually part of the original will of this world.
Therefore, the four elemental gods did not need believers. They were not very concerned about the intelligent creatures who believed in them. They would only occasionally respond to the prayers of the believers. They would not give the believers divine spells, so naturally, there were no real priests.
Naturally, they would not care about the believers' change of faith.
Although the Nagas were devout believers of the Water Elemental God, they could not get much feedback from the Water Elemental God.
Feng Chou swam towards the depths of the strait. Along the way, the Nagas respectfully gave way to him and saluted him.
Although both male and female Nagas would salute him, Feng Chou could still feel the difference in their attitudes towards him.
When the male Nagas saw Feng Chou, their eyes revealed respect and admiration from the bottom of their hearts. However, the male and female Nagas did not. When they looked at Feng Chou, their eyes were filled with respect, but there was no reverence. There was more appreciation and … a hidden desire!
Along the way, Feng Chou did not see any buildings at the bottom of the bay. The Nagas liked to dig caves on the reefs on the coast for nests.
The Nagas could control the flow of water to form sharp rotating water knives and dig holes in the reef.
Therefore, there were no buildings at the bottom of the bay, except for the temple in the depths of the bay.
In the deepest part of the bay, there was a building similar to the South American pyramids. That was the temple built by the Nagas for the Water Elemental God.
On the platform at the top of the pyramid, there was a huge statue. The statue was carved out of blue stone and looked like a huge water elemental.
That was the image of the Water Elemental God.
The Naga Matriarch lived in the hall on the floor below the statue. That was the residence of the Matriarch and the location of the highest authority of the tribe.
Feng Chou and the other high priests of the tribe lived below the Matriarch's hall. This floor was called the Sacrificial Temple.
Further down, there were some ordinary priests. The male warriors lived at the bottom of the temple. That was where they lived and where they worked. The main job of the warriors was to protect the temple and the priests.
Back at the temple, Feng Chou first went to the Matriarch's hall to visit the Matriarch and reported to her the results of driving away the golden dragon.
Coming out of the Matriarch's hall, Feng Chou returned to his residence, which was a huge stone hall in the corner of the pyramid. Some sundries were placed around the hall.
Back in the private space, Feng Chou relaxed slightly. Since the Matriarch did not find anything, Feng Chou's plan to replace the legendary Naga Nandis to sneak into the Naga tribe was a success.
But Feng Chou did not seem to be happy with this success. On the contrary, he seemed to be a little worried.
For the next period of time, Feng Chou quietly lurked in the Naga tribe as the legendary Naga Nandis, silently observing the living habits and social culture of the Nagas.
The more he observed, the more Feng Chou found that his original idea was unrealistic. He needed to modify his plan.
Feng Chou's original plan was to use the identity of the legendary Naga to control a Naga tribe.
In his mind, as one of the strongest in the tribe, it was not difficult for a male legendary Naga to control a tribe. If another legendary Naga got in the way, he could just kill it.
But after coming to the Naga tribe, he found that with the traditional habits of the Nagas, it was not easy for a male to completely control a tribe, even if he was a legendary. This was completely contrary to the social form of the Naga.
This was the same as letting a woman be the emperor in the patriarchal society of ancient China. It was bound to be opposed and rebounded by the whole society. It might not be impossible, but it would definitely be half the result with twice the effort.
Feng Chou had to change his plan.
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Recently, the hunting team of the Grilang Naga tribe had always been chased by the shark knights of the Sharktooth tribe. Not only did they suffer heavy casualties, but the tribe even began to have a shortage of food.
In order to punish and deter the Gray Tooth tribe for crossing the border and hostile behavior, under the suggestion of the tribal guardian Nandis, the matriarch of the Grilang tribe, Fuschia, decided to teach these damn savage shark men a lesson.
The shark men in the Mediterranean Sea were not unified. They were divided into seven or eight tribes, such as the Blackfins, Gray Teeth, Sharktrainers, Golden Eyes, and so on.
Because of the density of food, it was impossible for a tribe of shark men to move together. They had to spread out to get enough food.
Therefore, the shark men were divided into smaller tribes. Most of these tribes were led by a legendary level shark. The population ranged from tens of thousands to thousands. According to the division of the tribe, they would go hunting within a certain range.
Even if there were thousands of shark men in the tribe, they could not go hunting together. That would quickly turn the area into a barren land.
The real unit of shark men's hunting was the family. A family would range from dozens to hundreds. They would go hunting in the hundreds or thousands of square kilometers of the sea.
Sometimes, shark men would also gather their families to go hunting in a large area. This usually happened when there was a fish crisis or when there was a shortage of food.
When there was a large fish crisis, thousands of shark men in the same tribe would surround a large school of fish and devour them in a frenzy to accumulate enough fat to survive the coming hunger season.
When there was a shortage of food, shark men would organize an army of thousands of shark men in the tribe to attack some existences that they usually did not want to provoke, such as the Naga tribe!