Chapter 51 - Smoking Meat (1/2)

Ch51 - Smoking Meat

Primitive people could be really cute at times. For example, they would say exactly what was on their mind and wouldn’t find it disgraceful or embarrassing.

After Xiong Ye said that he looked as if he was pregnant, he laughed uproariously.

Zhou Ji had the impulse to ‘deal with him on the spot’.

However, even if Xiong Ye looked very energetic right now, he was still someone who was wounded with severe injuries… Zhou Ji rubbed Xiong Ye’s head and suggested, “Let’s go to sleep?”

“Zhou Ji, you can’t rub my head in the future!” Xiong Ye frowned. Zhou Ji had done this action again and again; he didn’t even know how many times it had been now!

“Alright.” Zhou Ji agreed.

“Help me touch it.” Xiong Ye added, “I kind of want it.” Zhou Ji had been constantly rubbing his stomach earlier, and all that rubbing made him want to do something…

“Don’t even think about it.” Zhou Ji silently pushed him into a prone position on the bed––he had suffered such a heavy injury but was still thinking of such things, was he trying to cause trouble for himself?!

Xiong Ye had no choice but to lie down and go to sleep.

He wanted to do it himself, but he had wounds on his arms too.

And… He was actually in quite some pain.

Xiong Ye had said he wanted it, but he soon fell asleep after he laid down. He even slept very soundly.

Perhaps it was because he was so tired, he even started to snore despite the fact that he normally didn’t.

Zhou Ji pinched his nose, making Xiong Ye twist his head and stop snoring. Seeing that he was settled in, Zhou Ji went to examine his leg.

Zhou Ji had wanted to take a look at Xiong Ye’s injuries during the day, but yesterday’s tossing about had greatly impacted his spiritual powers. It wasn’t until now that he was able to recover slightly, enough to help him thoroughly look into Xiong Ye’s situation.

Xiong Ye had seemed to be in a pretty good state, too, so he hadn’t been in a hurry to do so.

As a result, this examination left Zhou Ji shocked.

Xiong Ye’s leg had been broken, and the bones of his leg were now crooked. Not only that, besides the scratches and wounds on the surface, his internal organs had also been injured.

Xiong Ye’s injuries were very serious. Zhou Ji had no idea how he could just come and go within the cave all day today, and even laugh and smile at him.

Zhou Ji tried to use his spiritual powers to help him straighten out his bones, and just as he finished setting them back in place, his spiritual power was completely exhausted. He could only lie down to rest without doing any more.

Fortunately, although Xiong Ye was seriously injured, it wasn’t like Niu Er’s situation from back then where even the crystal core in his body had been about to collapse…

Some people who broke their arms or legs would heal properly, but some would have their limbs heal crooked. His teacher had once told him that the people whose bones grew back crooked must have blasphemed against the Beast God. It was because they were disrespectful to the Beast God that they had been punished.

However, he and his teacher had never told this to others.

They had kept it a secret because his teacher had a lame leg himself. He had originally been the priest of a large tribe, but he had been driven away after his leg turned lame. He had wandered about until he found the Big Bear Tribe and finally became the Big Bear Tribe’s priest.

His teacher had been repenting his entire life. He believed that he must have done something wrong and incited the Beast God’s anger, resulting in his lame leg.

At the same time, his teacher hadn’t told this secret to the tribe. He had only told the current priest, and he had also never told this to the people of the tribe.

Those warriors had been injured while either protecting the tribe or hunting, which resulted in their bones growing askew. Even if they had done something wrong, they had already been punished. He didn’t feel that he should hurt them any further.

Now, it was Xiong Ye who had hurt his leg…

The priest said, “You are a good boy. The Beast God will definitely bless you!” Xiong Ye couldn’t have done anything to offend the Beast God, right?

Zhou Ji: “……” So this Beast God was also in charge of healing!

Rather than praying to the Beast God, they would be better off looking for him instead.

“Oh, right, Xiong Ye! Zhou Ji and I discovered that cooking certain grasses in water then drinking it will improve the body. Recently, I’ve felt much better after eating it… I brought some here for you. Cook it and eat it.” The priest brought out a ginseng.

This ginseng had been accidentally discovered by Zhou Ji.

He hadn’t done much research on Chinese medicine, but when he studied plants, he had developed a certain understanding and recognized some herbs that could replenish the body.

Things like ginseng were impossible for him not to know about, so he had taken it and given it to the priest. Unexpectedly, the priest was now giving it to Xiong Ye.

Xiong Ye’s current situation… Eating ginseng wouldn’t do him much good, but it also wouldn’t harm him. Zhou Ji said, “Thank you, priest.”

“No need for thanks. You should have some, too.” The priest said, “You’re too weak.”

Zhou Ji: “……”

“I’m leaving. There’s still a lot of work that needs to be done.” The priest continued.

“All that meat… Has the chief figured out how to preserve it?” Zhou Ji asked.

“We’re going to salt and cure what we can, and everyone will eat more.” The priest’s expression was a little anxious––they didn’t have enough salt!