Chapter 64: What is his background?

At Zhou Xu's call, and watching Ye Yan's actions, the captives who had just surrendered and submitted glanced around at each other for a moment before slowly standing up and following along.

During this time, even Black Wolf was no exception.

When the battle had ended, although he was covered in blood, given the lethality of the weapons of this era, as long as vital spots were not hit, the injuries were essentially just flesh wounds. Black Wolf's bloody appearance was purely terrifying to look at.

To name another, Zhou Chongshan, who had fought him, was also covered in blood.

Yet by this time, after having their wounds dressed, they were basically back to doing whatever they needed to do.

At this very moment, the captives, including Black Wolf, had very simple thoughts. They had already mentally prepared themselves to go hungry, but if they could get a bite to eat, that of course would be even better.

In this era, who would turn down a meal? Anyone who did must have had their brains bashed in by a stone.

Yet the result completely exceeded their expectations...

After walking over, the tribe members standing there skillfully shoved a bowl and a plate into each of their hands, then motioned for them to keep moving forward.

In front of the large pot ahead, two tribe members stood waiting with ladles and other utensils.

The people from the Salt Lake Camp were at the very front of the line. As they walked up, one of the tribe members quickly scooped a ladle of fish soup into a bowl, and after continuing forward to receive a piece of fish meat, they quickly hurried over to a spacious spot nearby to dig in heartily.

Although this was their first time facing such a setup, Ye Yan and the others quickly learned by example.

Seeing Ye Yan and his group approach, the tribe members in charge of serving the food did not forget to offer a reminder.

"Be careful when you eat, there are bones in this fish."

As he spoke, he jerked his chin toward a tribe member who was currently eating. That tribe member immediately understood, pulled a fish bone out of his mouth, and gestured with it.

"This is a fish bone, which is the fish's skeleton. If you accidentally swallow it and it gets stuck in your throat, it hurts a lot."

Hearing this, the captives nodded repeatedly to show they understood.

The tribe members served the food with high efficiency, and the task was finished in no time.

Throughout this process, holding bowls of food they had never seen before—food that continuously emitted a to-die-for fragrance—how could the ravenous stomachs of those newly surrendered fellows withstand such temptation?

With a single bite, the delicious flavor blooming from the tips of their tongues made them completely unable to control themselves as they wolfed down the food ravenously.

While exclaiming in continuous amazement over the delicious meal, it was no surprise that they soon began squawking and flailing about.

Needless to say, fish bones had gotten stuck in their throats...

Watching this scene unfold, Zhou Xu was speechless inwardly.

"I told you all to be careful."

Zhou Xu said this as he picked up his own portion of food, sat down, and began to eat quietly by himself.

Such trivial matters naturally did not require his personal attention.

During this process, feeling the gazes directed at him by Black Wolf and Ye Yan, Zhou Xu raised his eyes.

"What's wrong? Why are you staring at me instead of eating?"

Faced with this question, Black Wolf didn't know what to say for a moment, but Ye Yan spoke up quite directly...

"I didn't expect you, Chieftain, to eat the exact same food as us."

Indeed, right at that moment, what Zhou Xu held in his hand was an identical bowl of fish soup and a piece of fish meat, exactly the same as theirs.

According to the mindset of Ye Yan and Black Wolf, as the chieftain, Zhou Xu should naturally enjoy a larger share of better food. They had never imagined that a dignified tribal chieftain would receive the exact same food as mere captives like them.

In fact, it wasn't just the captives; everyone in the tribe received essentially the exact same food.

Faced with this situation, Black Wolf felt strange and unable to comprehend it, but a strange flash of light crossed Ye Yan's eyes.

For the captives, this delicious dinner was undoubtedly the most savory meal they had ever eaten in their entire lives.

It was so delicious that it felt as if they were dreaming.

"Delicious! This thing is simply too delicious!!"

"How can there be such good food in this world?!"

"Am I dreaming? Could it be that I'm about to die?!"

"..."

All at once, the entire Salt Lake Camp became lively. Various bizarre exclamations left the members of the Salt Lake Camp feeling a mix of amusement and pride as they raised their heads slightly.

"Don't worry, if you follow our Chieftain, you'll get to eat fish soup and grilled fish every single day from now on!"

These words left the captives feeling dizzy. This matter completely shattered their common sense.

In this harsh primitive era, let alone eating such unbelievably delicious food every day, even the simple goal of "hoping to have a bite to eat every day" was an impossible dream.

If a tribe could not find enough food, many people were bound to go hungry. Many might have to starve for several days just to get a morsel of food to keep themselves alive, and quite a few even starved to death because they never got any food at all.

To eat such delicious food every day?

This could no longer be considered a luxury, because they couldn't even imagine such a thing; they didn't even have the capacity to conceive of it!

"Really? Can we really eat this kind of food every day from now on?"

The person who asked this question could not control the two streams of tears overflowing from his eyes.

At this moment, their emotions could only be truly understood by those who, just like them, had suffered from chronic hunger every day and could only survive by gnawing on tree bark and roots.

Seeing the other party in this state, the pride on the faces of the tribe members receded slightly, replaced by a deep sense of shared empathy!

Ah, once upon a time, weren't they just like these people?

Back then, that very first bite was so delicious that it brought them to tears!

It made them clearly realize how wonderful it was to still be alive.

It was the Chieftain's appearance that had completely changed their lives, bringing them this wonderful life they never could have dreamed of!

Thinking of this, those gazes naturally and involuntarily turned toward Zhou Xu, who was sitting there.

And within those eyes burned an undisguised reverence.

Watching this scene, Black Wolf's feelings were complicated to the extreme.

As a tribal chieftain himself, his original tribe members had never looked at him with such eyes.

Yet, in just the blink of an eye, this man before him had actually achieved it.

At the same time, Black Wolf had to admit that he understood why they felt this way.

Because even he had begun to waver.

To be able to eat food like this every day? This was a life he had never been able to imagine.

And this finally drove Black Wolf, after the meal, to seek out Zhou Chongshan and ask the question that had been plaguing him all along.

"What on earth is the Chieftain's background?"

Hearing Black Wolf's voice, Zhou Chongshan, who had just finished eating, gave him a blank, expressionless look.

Then, he calmly replied...

"The Chieftain is a Chosen One summoned by us from the Altar of the Old Gods."