SFS Chapter 200 Visit to the Giant Bear Tribe
Chapter 200 Visit to the Giant Bear Tribe
Lin Baiyan looked at the sub-beastman sitting inside the tent in surprise. Xiong Zhi stood up after seeing Lin Baiyan and Lang Cang, her astonishment impossible to hide.
"You are the young patriarch of the Cangyan tribe?" Although Xiong Zhi asked the question, her face already showed certainty.
Lin Baiyan exchanged a glance with Xiong Fei behind him, then nodded slightly, "That's right, that's me."
Xiong Zhan watched the two sub-orcs going back and forth, scratching his head in confusion. "Do you two know each other?"
"just met."
"We can be considered acquaintances."
The two orcs had excellent teamwork.
Xiong Zhan felt something was off.
Lin Baiyan circled around the orcs from the Giant Bear Tribe, asking, "What are you doing here...?"
Xiong Zhan followed behind Xiong Zhi and said, "Hello, I come from the Giant Bear Tribe, and I am the chief of the Giant Bear Tribe."
The chieftain of the Giant Bear tribe?
Lang Cang and Lin Baiyan exchanged a glance, then he looked at the male orc in front of him.
Lang Cang pulled Lin Baiyan inside, handed his basket to Xiong Fei, then sat down on a stool and gestured for them to sit down as well. "I've heard of the Giant Bear Tribe. May I ask what brings you here this time?"
Lin Baiyan looked at them, and then thought about what he had just seen. Could what that sub-beastman named Shi Min said be true?
Sure enough, the next second, Lin Baiyan's guess was confirmed.
"We want to exchange supplies for salt with you."
It seems to be true.
Xiong Zhi sat down in the lower seat, looked at the two beastmen in front of her, and said calmly, "You should already know the reason."
They watched the whole farce; how could they not know?
Thinking of this, Xiong Zhi glanced at Lin Baiyan and Lang Cang, whose expressions were rather strange. Their behavior outside was quite different from how they were now.
Isn't Lin Baiyan the young patriarch of the Cangyan tribe? It seems like Lang Cang is in charge now.
"What do they know?" Xiong Zhan couldn't help but ask as they spoke in cryptic terms.
Xiong Zhi explained what had happened in a few words, but omitted Shi Ming's name. Xiong Zhi didn't like Shi Ming, and Xiong Zhan didn't like this male beastman either, so she didn't want to trouble him at this time.
After hearing Xiong Zhi's words, Xiong Zhan clenched his fists so tightly they cracked, and his expression became somewhat gloomy. "It's Shi Min again."
He was no stranger to this female orc, a admirer of Lion's Eye.
Before the Giant Bear Tribe was born, Lion Ming would come to harass Bear Zhi every few days. Lion Min liked Lion Ming and was very hostile towards Bear Zhi. The fact that she came to find Bear Zhi again this time means that Lion Ming is not far away.
Thinking of that male orc, Xiong Zhan felt a rare sense of unease and looked at Xiong Zhi with concern.
Lion Ming had always identified himself as a male beastman from Xiong Zhi's future.
However, since his father's death, Shi Ming seemed to have vanished without a trace. Because of this, Xiong Zhi locked herself in her tent for three whole days.
Now that they have fallen out with the Mad Lion Tribe, Xiong Zhi and Shi Ming can no longer become partners.
Thinking of this, Xiong Zhan couldn't help but feel a surge of joy welling up inside him.
He felt a sense of disgust for himself, yet he was also unkindly happy. Since Shi Ming was out of the running, could he perhaps have a chance?
Xiong Zhan secretly peered at Xiong Zhi's expression, but the sub-beastman's face was calm and indifferent, and he couldn't see through her at all.
Lin Baiyan watched the undercurrents between Xiong Zhi and Xiong Zhan, and vaguely sensed that he had caught a whiff of gossip, but now was not the time to gossip.
After witnessing this gossip, Lin Baiyan felt as if he had opened the door to a new world. Was he really just too bored?
He wasn't usually someone who liked to join in the fun.
"The Mad Lion Tribe has already announced that they will not exchange salt with you anymore?" Thinking of what he had just witnessed, Lang Cang could roughly piece together the whole story.
Xiong Zhan's face was very ugly. "That's right. We had been exchanging with the Mad Lion Tribe before, but when Xiong Chong went to discuss it with them again this time, they suddenly said they wouldn't exchange anymore."
"This exchange has lasted for more than a dozen snow seasons, and they suddenly tell us they're not going to exchange anymore. They have absolutely no credibility!" said a male orc behind Xiong Zhan indignantly.
"Luo! Stop talking." There's no point in saying anything now.
Hearing this, Lang Cang glanced at Xiong Zhan with a hint of amusement, "Then why did you choose the Cangyan Tribe?"
"Our tribe can't possibly consume so many of your supplies."
“No, you can.” Xiong Zhan suddenly looked up, his eyes fixed intently on the male orc in front of him.
For some reason, he felt a sense of dread when he first saw Lang Cang. His intuition told him not to make an enemy of Lang Cang, as this male orc was extremely powerful.
Hearing Xiong Zhan's confident answer, Lang Cang sat up slightly and squinted as he sized up the chieftain of the giant bear tribe.
Xiong Zhan is very young, extremely young, unlike other male orcs who become chieftains in their forties, which makes it even more puzzling. Not everyone is as special as the Azure Flame Tribe.
He became the chieftain out of necessity. It was dangerous for a group of wandering orcs to be without a leader, and among them, Lang Cang was the strongest fighter, so he naturally became the chieftain of the Cangyan tribe.
As for this giant bear tribe…
Xiong Zhan became the chieftain of the Giant Bear tribe at such a young age, so this male orc must have some extraordinary abilities.
"Why are you so sure we have salt?" Lang Cang raised an eyebrow and said in a deep voice.
Xiong Zhan paused for a moment, then said, "My men saw you trading salt for supplies everywhere."
Upon hearing this, Lin Baiyan looked at Xiong Zhan with great surprise, and then glanced at Lang Cang beside her with a strange expression.
Lang Cang was no better off. As far as he knew, their actions were extremely cautious and secretive, and only the Silver Fox Clan had noticed their secret acquisition of supplies.
Those tribes that were acquired kept the news tightly under wraps because the Azure Flame Tribe offered them a much higher price, far more favorable than the price offered by the Mad Lion Tribe.
The Mad Lion Tribe is basically the only dominant force in this area. They are extremely arrogant and unreasonable, giving less and less salt each year while demanding more and more supplies. Many smaller tribes are growing increasingly resentful of them, but since they can only exchange salt with this one tribe, they can only silently accept it.
This year, the Mad Lion Tribe became the organizer of the trading market, which is even more outrageous. If the exchange rate is the same as this year, the amount of salt they can get will not be enough to last through the entire snow season.
At this moment, the Azure Flame Tribe suddenly appeared and told them that they could exchange the same amount of salt for one-fifth less resources than the Mad Lion Tribe.
These small tribes were naturally extremely grateful, and they all took some of their own supplies to exchange with the Azure Flame Tribe, while the rest were sent to the Mad Lion Tribe to be taken advantage of.
Otherwise, if they noticed anything amiss, the whole thing would be ruined. These tribes were afraid of losing their chance to survive, so they kept the matter to themselves, fearing that the Mad Lion tribe would find out.
So how did Xiong Zhan discover it?