Chapter 77

Su Bai and his group were waiting outside the Spotted Deer Tribe. Da Gua, Wa Ming, and the others were very vigilant, not only protecting the Shaman but also watching over the linen cloth.

“Su-Su Bai, you must stay close to me. There’s great danger here too,” Yan Jiao warned cautiously. However, he still felt unnatural in how he was addressing Su Bai.

“I understand. Let’s see if Hei Ya has appeared. If not, we’ll start trading.” Su Bai instructed.

“Yes,” Yan Jiao nodded.

*Tap tap tap…* The sound of hurried footsteps approached, and gradually, a figure appeared before Su Bai’s group.

Hei Ya was panting heavily. After catching his breath for a while, he reported, “Sha-, I’m back.”

“Call me Su Bai when we’re outside. Don’t expose our identities,” Su Bai gestured for him to adjust his breathing and continued asking, “How was it? Any good information these past few days?”

Hei Ya scanned the surroundings, ensuring no one was passing by, then said, “Yes, I’ve gathered some very important information.”

Su Bai also looked around and asked, “About what?”

“I just heard a few people planning to target our Flame Dragon Tribe.” Hei Ya said word by word.

“Who? How dare they be so bold!?” Yan Jiao was the first to explode in anger.

Yan Hua quickly pulled him back, advising, “Father, lower your voice. Don’t let others notice.”

Yan Jiao soon realised they were in someone else’s Tribe. He glanced at Su Bai and quieted down.

“Speak slowly, and explain clearly,” Su Bai said in a solemn tone.

“I was just eating at a stall when I discovered…” Hei Ya tried to recount the conversation as completely as possible.

Su Bai narrowed his eyes, pondering, and cautioned, “It seems we must be even more careful in not revealing that we’re from the Flame Dragon Tribe. Remember, don’t expose your identities before we return to the Tribe.”

“Yes, but what should we do?” Yan Jiao asked curiously.

It was impossible for him to disregard those people at this point. If not for ensuring the Shaman’s safety, he would be heading there to twist their necks off.

“Let’s wait and see what they do. There’s no rush. It will probably take them some time to find us,” Su Bai reassured.

In his view, those people must have quite a few Tribe members behind them. The reason they thought of cooperating with the Flame Dragon Tribe was simply because they had no Shaman. Moreover, their food problem was clearly worrying. If circumstances allowed, it might not be impossible to recruit them into the Flame Dragon Tribe.

“Yes,” Yan Jiao nodded, planning whether to strike first.

“Don’t be rash. The first priority is to exchange the linen cloth for dried meat,” Su Bai reminded.

Yan Jiao looked embarrassed and shook his head with a smile, “How could I? I won’t overthink it. Let’s quickly go in.”

“Good.” Su Bai nodded.

*Tap tap thump thump…*

Most of the Spotted Deer Tribe Market consisted of stalls selling various items like bone knives, stone pots, and dried meat. Only a few stalls had small Teepees set up, offering slightly different goods like better quality dried meat, Beast Bones, and some superior stone knives.

Su Bai blinked his black eyes, scanning the stalls before him, and said, “There are more people than I expected.”

Yan Hua looked around and pointed to a Teepee on the right, saying, “Su-Su Bai, can we check that one out?”

She was still a bit uncomfortable at calling him directly by name, feeling it was something only intimate people did.

“En, that Teepee is the largest. It’s very likely where they trade salt,” Su Bai nodded.

He knew well the preciousness of salt. Small stalls certainly would not have it. The most likely place would be the largest stall.

The group walked towards the large Teepee. Although Da Gua and Wa Ming’s linen cloth was covered with dry grass, it still attracted many glances.

*Plop!*

Da Gua and the others unloaded the linen cloth from their backs, placed it on the ground, and went forward to negotiate.

After a flurry of conversation, they turned back and waved to Su Bai and the others, signalling them to come over.

Su Bai stepped forward and found two people sitting inside the Teepee, both Humanoids with a pair of deer antlers on their heads.

“Do you really have linen cloth?” one of them spoke.

“That’s right, we have thirty rolls of linen cloth to trade with you,” Yan Jiao straightforwardly said.

“Are you telling the truth?” The person widened his eyes in disbelief. How could such a small group have so much linen cloth?

Yan Jiao jutted his chin towards the two bundles on the ground, his temper rising, and said, “When I say it’s true, it’s true.”

“Alright, alright. Please wait a moment. I’ll go find Miss Lu Lin,” the person quickly responded, seeing Yan Jiao’s demeanour and knowing he was not someone to be trifled with.

Su Bai frowned, thinking to himself,

*Tap tap tap…* A few minutes later, Lu Lin arrived at the Teepee, led by the one who ran off earlier.

Su Bai looked at the young woman before him and realised she was also a Humanoid, a deer antlered girl.

The deer antlered girl had long golden hair. She had a pair of orange antlers on her head that were particularly eye-catching. Her large golden eyes looked extremely innocent. She was wrapped in a linen cloth garment, indicating her status was not low.

She must at least be the Daughter of a high ranking member of the Spotted Deer Tribe.

“Are you here to trade linen cloth?” Lu Lin’s clear voice rang out.

“Yes, we have a total of thirty rolls of linen cloth. We want to exchange them for your salt, dried meat, as well as some Beast Bones and stone pots,” Su Bai nodded.

Lu Lin looked up and saw Su Bai’s black eyes. She quickly found him very profound and mysterious. It took her a while to regain her composure before speaking, “That’s fine.”

“Good. We’ll exchange ten rolls of linen cloth for salt, five rolls for some materials, and the rest all for dried meat,” Su Bai allocated.

Lu Lin nodded, stood up looking at the linen cloth on the ground, and said in a clear voice, “May I check the quality of the linen cloth?”

“Of course.” Su Bai gestured for Da Gua and the others to bring the linen cloth to the table.