In the center of the modest stone room, a blood pool, about ten feet across, had been carved by hand!
The pool was filled with viscous, bubbling, scarlet blood. In its very center rested a fist-sized, grayish-white Stone Egg!
"Is this an altar or something?"
Su Yu took a step forward, approaching the edge of the blood pool. He glanced at an overturned wooden bucket nearby; its bottom was still stained with wet blood.
He crouched down, dabbed a bit of the blood from the bucket's rim with his index finger, and brought it to his nose to sniff.
"It's the blood of large livestock, like cattle and sheep. I suppose Ghost Mist Island hasn't completely lost its conscience. That's a slight improvement over the Water Snake Gang."
After confirming his surroundings were safe, Su Yu turned his attention back to the Stone Egg in the center of the blood pool.
