Fatty slled it, too. We hadnt eaten for a long ti, so the sll was enough to make our stomach muscles contract. When he looked at , I handed him Shigongs mole.
Fatty took it and sniffed it. At this ti, the mole no longer looked as disgusting as it did before. Fatty was looking at as he sniffed it hard, almost like he would eat it when I wasn't paying attention.
"What are you playing at?" I asked him. "Eat it if you want to. I won't stop you."
"It slls like you."
"Shit, don't be so disgusting." I felt a little creeped out. Fatty's degree of disgusting behavior had really plumted in recent years. Since we were so familiar with each other, it would just make things awkward if we got all mushy with each other.
"No, it's definitely your scent," Fatty said. I reached over to take the mole back, but he wouldnt let , "You certainly wouldnt notice it, but we outsiders can definitely sll it. Of course, the sll coming from this mole is very strongactually, its much stronger than the sll coming from your body."
I thought he was joking, but then I wasnt sure if he actually was. Fatty threw the Shigongs mole to Poker-Face, who sniffed it and then looked at .
They looked so sure of themselves that it almost seed as if I was the carrier of so strange body odor.
"Do you know Xiang Fei?" Fatty made an Er Kang expression.(1)
"First it was about dancing girls and now you're talking about Xiang Fei,(2)I said. What are you up to? You want to see dance? Ill dance for you when we get out of here."
"This Shigongs mole is covered in your scent and its even stronger than your own," Fatty said. "You cook less than I do so you probably don't know what it ans."
At this ti, I was sure that Fatty was being serious, so I took the mole and slled it myself. I only felt hungry.
"You put this mole in your bag and its been absorbing your sll, Fatty said. This is a way to make spices. In other words, you take a big pot of flowers or herbs, boil them in water, and then put a hollow stone inside. By the ti its done boiling, the scent will be absorbed into the stone. Then you can use this stone to cook a flavorful soup."
"But I usually only sll sweat on my body, I argued. Ive never felt like Ive slled fragrant."
"This kind of stone can only absorb fine molecules, so the sweaty sll was probably filtered out, leaving your original scent." Fatty took the mole again, slled it, and added, "This slls like at." He suddenly took a deep breath and said to Poker-Face, "Little Brother, youre experienced and knowledgeable. In ancient tis, people used to eat human flesh, right? Was the flesh divided into different grades since the taste differs from person to person?"
Poker-Face looked at and nodded.
I shuddered at the look in his eyes as Fatty continued talking, "I heard a friend say that eating people is different from eating animals. Animals eat grass, so if you eat a bunch of them, the taste wont be all that different. But people eat a mixed variety of things, so each person tastes very different. Thats why you need a professional who can sll and figure out who will be delicious and who will be unpalatable before you eat them. If theyre not delicious, theyll be killed, air-dried, and then used as firewood. I think this Shigong's mole is used for this purpose." He slled the mole again and said, "Mr. Nave, you should be grade A5."(3)
I rolled my eyes at Fatty, but in my heart, I was already convinced. At this Corpse Country banquet, it was apparently normal to eat human flesh. The ancients were definitely crazy, after all.
When I thought of the amazing sight of underground corpse herding and the Shigongs moles in Old Bing and his teams stomachs, I realized that this really did have sothing to do with at. Ah, Old Bing and his team stuffed their stomachs with spices and then buried themselves in the ground. Isnt this called beggars chicken? Damn, I probably ruined the dish by digging the corpses out.
"Then why didn't it sll before? I asked Fatty. Why did it suddenly start to sll when I arrived in the underground palace?"
"When we were on the road before, the wind was blowing. And when you were sleeping, the bag was far away from you. But after spending so long in that narrow grave robbers' tunnel and sweating a lot, the sll beca stronger, Fatty said. "But don't panic, Fat Master will keep it close and cover it for a while. Maybe my scent is better than yours. Let's conduct an experint."
I sighed but didnt say anything else. I was still hungry, so I took out the hardtack in my bag and threw so to Fatty and Poker-Face. After eating them quickly, my hunger had sowhat abated a little. It's really shaful to be feeling hungry after slling my own body odor, I thought to myself.
As we continued moving forward, I kept shining my flashlight all around. I didnt know why, but those figurines had feeling very stressed out. I felt like I was a delicious piece of food walking in the midst of gluttony and they were all turning their faces towards .
But it had to be an illusion because I couldnt actually see them clearly.
We soon arrived at the mural on this side, which was more complete than the previous one.
Fatty looked at the picture, glanced at , and then said to , "So this is what herding corpses is." I looked up and saw that the entire mural was a huge picture depicting corpse herding. Both horse and human corpses were all lumped together like a flock of sheep, which seed to indicate that there was so kind of religious significance to it.
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TN Notes:
(1) Hes a character from My Fair Princess. This is probably the face Fatty is making:
(2) Xiang Fei was a concubine in the Qing Dynasty, who was said to have an extraordinary fragrance because she had been brought up in flower petals and other spices since she was a child. The Chinese characters for "Xiang Fei" an "Fragrant Concubine".
(3) If you cant tell, thats like top grade at. Wu Xies a handso hunk of beefcake hehehehehe
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This might be it today and there might not be anything tomorrow. My friend is coming into town and I haven't seen her in like a year and a half so we're gonna live it up () Til next ti darlings~~~
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