SFS Chapter 139 Trading
Chapter 139 Trading
Seeing his clan leader's behavior, Hu Yang quickly pulled the old priest back a few steps, giving the two people in front of him room to fight.
He made sure the old priest had retreated to a safe distance, then gave Lin Baiyan a reassuring smile and said, "Sorry, I startled you."
“Our chieftain is a battle enthusiast. When I went back, I told him that there was a male orc here who was extremely powerful in combat, and he couldn’t resist.”
The gentle and kind-faced old priest chuckled, "That's just how the clan leader is, making you all laugh."
"Don't worry, he knows what he's doing."
Lin Baiyan watched the two male orcs fighting fiercely not far away and could only nod, observing the battle from the sidelines.
While watching the battle, Lin Baiyan felt a burning gaze fixed on him. He turned his head and saw it was the old priest of the Silver Tiger Clan, who gave him a kind smile.
"Aren't you still a cub?"
Lin Baiyan shook his head, then nodded, "I'll be an adult soon."
The old priest smiled and said, "Don't worry, I was just asking casually."
"It's rare to see a priest as young as you."
Lin Baiyan was unaware of his intentions. Adhering to the principle that the more you say, the more mistakes you make, she simply smiled politely and said, "It's all because the people of my clan trust me."
Seeing Lin Baiyan's wary expression, the old priest didn't ask any more questions and changed the subject, "May I see your pottery?"
Lin Baiyan gestured to Hu Qiu, then took out a pottery piece carefully wrapped in animal hide from his basket and handed it to Hu Yang in front of him. "This is the pottery we want to exchange."
After taking it, Hu Yang carefully peeled off the outer animal skin, revealing the pottery: two pottery jars and one pottery bottle. The pottery jars were about the thickness of three hands that could encircle them.
After receiving the pottery, the old priest carefully held the pottery bottle in his hands and turned it over. His cloudy eyes were filled with excitement and affection. "In all my years, this is the first time I have ever seen such exquisite pottery."
"Your tribe must be a very powerful tribe." The Cangyan tribe must be very wealthy to be able to produce several such exquisite pottery pieces so easily.
Lin Baiyan shook his head in a declining manner, "Just lucky."
The old priest held onto the pottery bottle tightly, unwilling to let go. "I heard from Yang that you only need two hundred pieces of animal hide or five wild bulls for one piece of pottery?"
Lin Baiyan smiled and said, "That's right, our prices are very fair."
The old priest nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes..."
It's not just fair, it's dirt cheap!
"Thank you for reminding us, otherwise we would probably have been deceived by that tribe in the trading market forever!" The old priest suddenly remembered what Hu Yang had told him earlier, and his face was full of anger.
They've been buying pottery for almost twice the price!
The old priest felt heartbroken just thinking about it. These supplies were obtained through the bloodshed of his people, and now they had been cheated out of them!
When Hu Luan first heard this, he almost wanted to lead the tigers to charge into battle.
It took the old priest a long time to persuade him to give up.
"That scorched earth tribe, if I run into them again, I'll beat them up sooner or later!" At that moment, a thunderous voice came from behind.
Lin Baiyan nodded and looked over. Hu Luan and Lang Cang had finished their fight, and the two male orcs walked over side by side.
As they approached, Hu Luan patted Lang Cang on the shoulder with his large, calloused hand. "Kid, you're pretty good!"
Although he won in the end, Hu Luan could clearly sense Lang Cang's potential. In a few years, he would definitely surpass him.
Lang Cang rubbed his aching shoulder and said in a deep voice, "Thank you for holding back."
Hu Luan waved his hand dismissively, "My two boys have caused you a lot of trouble, haven't they?"
"You two, come over here and apologize!" Hu Luan shouted loudly, turning his head to yell at the people behind him.
The tigers were dawdling in the herd when two dejected tigers finally emerged.
Tiger Might and Tiger Wind transformed into human form and walked up to them hesitantly, speaking in very soft voices, "I'm sorry, we shouldn't have tried to harm people without understanding the situation."
The two male orcs looked like they'd been thoroughly beaten up, and were much more obedient now. When Hu Luan glared at them, their voices rose a little louder, "We know we were wrong!"
Lin Baiyan smiled and shook his head. "It's nothing. I've heard Lang Cang mention it too. They're still young."
His words sounded very mature.
Hearing this, Hu Luan felt extremely ashamed. They were about the same age, yet the other two orcs had already become chieftain and priest, while his own two cubs were still thinking about causing trouble all day long.
Thinking of this, Hu Luan glared at his two good-for-nothing cubs, then glanced at the pottery in the hands of the old priest and Hu Yang. He rubbed his large, fan-like hands together and said, "Then I'll take a look at this beautiful pottery too."
As Hu Luan reached out to take it, the old priest swiftly dodged it, adding a disdainful look, "Chieftain, just look, don't take it."
Last time, the clan chief secretly took his pottery bowl to play with, and whether he lost his grip or something else, he dropped it and broke it. This broke the old priest's heart, and he kept nagging about it for a long time.
Hu Luan had obviously thought of the previous misunderstanding, and smiled somewhat sheepishly, not reaching out to ask for it again.
After exchanging pleasantries, the old priest got to the point, "We'd like to trade food and animal hides for pottery, what do you think?"
"The meat of ten bulls, and two hundred pieces of animal hide."
Lin Baiyan and Lang Cang exchanged a glance, and Lang Cang nodded slightly, agreeing to the price they had agreed on earlier.
Lin Baiyan smiled and said, "Sure."
"However, I heard from the chief that the Silver Tiger Clan has a kind of red powder. I usually enjoy making medicine, but the one the chief brought back last time has already been used up. I wonder if the old priest could spare some for us?"
Lin Baiyan changed the subject and revealed what she wanted most.
The old priest chuckled twice, looking at Lin Baiyan with a gentle smile, "I guessed you would want rouge."
"However, we don't have many, so we can only spare a small bag."
He took a palm-sized animal skin bag off his body, revealing the already ground rouge.
Although rouge is something important to their Silver Tiger Clan, it pales in comparison to pottery.
The chili powder wasn't completely ground into powder; some particles remained. Lin Baiyan looked at the chili seeds inside with delight, "This is enough."
With chili seeds, he can try to grow chili peppers. As long as one chili pepper tree can grow, he will never lack chili peppers again!
"As agreed before, we can ask for fifty fewer animal hides."
The old priest shook his head. "Why would we need so much less? Consider it our reward for telling us the truth."
Since the old priest said so, Lin Baiyan no longer declined.
Lin Baiyan was extremely satisfied to finally get the chili peppers he had been longing for.