Today's first update: Chapter 2523! 1/4!
There were several Prophecy Stone Slabs like this. The old man guided the two of them to look at this slab first, explaining the reason for their strange behavior just now and putting their concerns to rest.
Xu Kun pointed at the other stone slabs, expressing his desire to take a look.
The old man nodded in agreement.
Then he beckoned, and several scantily clad primitive women approached carrying a few stone bowls.
"What does this mean?"
Seeing Xu Kun's puzzled expression, the old man respectfully gestured for the women to present the items.
"Ugh... it stinks." Wu Meier pinched her nose shut.
The first things brought before them were two bowls of bubbling, pitch-black sludge that looked like paste.
Well, the smell truly was not pleasant—worse than a swill bucket.
However, Xu Kun noticed several emaciated children emerging nearby. As they stared at the paste before the two of them, their eyes brimmed with longing.
Was this... food?
Then what was in the other stone bowls...
Half-cooked unknown meat, shriveled and rotten unknown fruit, and barely acceptable murky water!
Judging by the looks in the surrounding people's eyes, these things Wu Meier found so repulsive seemed to be the most precious possessions of this Primitive Tribe.
The old man babbled something incomprehensible, looking at them hopefully as though he were entertaining honored guests.
This was rather hard to accept. It was not as if the two of them had grown accustomed to dragon liver and phoenix marrow, but coming from that society into this one, they had absolutely no desire for these so-called "delicacies."
Fortunately, Xu Kun was tactful. He accepted the bowl of paste offered to him and waved at several children in the distance. The children were somewhat timid, but