Those who knelt were the renowned figures of Xiling, all above the age of forty. Yet, Tang Luo accepted their deep bows with no false modesty, knowing how significant his current actions were.
In his previous life, he was an avid reader of history, and he would never forget a line from the Song Dynasty historian Zhuang Chao's "Chicken Rib Compilation," describing the chaos brought by the Jin tribe.
...The price of human flesh, cheaper than dogs and pigs. A robust one not exceeding fifteen thousand, an entire body brutally turned into wax... elderly, thin men called 'firewood,' young, hairless women named 'mutton soup,' children referred to as 'bone broth'; also known commonly as 'two-legged sheep'...
The screams and flesh of millions of people ultimately condensed into a few ordinary words in the history books. Since then, Tang Luo could never face the words "great famine, cannibalism" in historical texts.
