Chapter 147 - Picking a Fight (2/2)
“We also have a lot of good things in our tribe!”
“We do too!”
……
These people all surrounded the Big Bear Tribe. Seeing the situation, Zhou Ji said, “I want to trade for rare plants.”
“We have some!” These tribes all spoke up one after another. They didn’t wait for Zhou Ji to go over to look and instead brought the things they thought might interest Zhou Ji to him instead.
“Lord, we also have a type of bean. This type of green bean… hm… looks very good.” Someone brought out some mung beans. They didn’t like to eat this kind of food and ate it just to survive.
“Trade.” Zhou Ji had people bring out a piece of salted meat.
“Lord, these are some vegetable seeds!” Someone brought out a series of seeds.
Zhou Ji didn’t know what kind of seeds they were, but for people to carry them around meant that they must be pretty good… “Trade!”
“We brought a type of seasoning!”
“Trade!”
Things he recognized and things he didn’t recognize, Zhou Ji traded for quite a lot of things.
None of these things pleased him as much as the soybeans did, but they were still pretty good… Zhou Ji was just thinking that he was about done when someone came over with a big package, “Lord, we’ve brought a type of white flower that is very good for making nests!”
As the person spoke, he opened up the sack he had with him and revealed what actually turned out to be cotton!
Zhou Ji looked at the cotton in pleased surprise.
Beastmen were very resistant to the cold, but cotton was very useful. In winter, they could use cotton to make mats, quilts…
Zhou Ji touched it with his hand and discovered that the seeds hadn’t been removed from the cotton. He immediately agreed, “Trade.”
“Zhou Ji, there’s no more salted meat.” Xiong Qi said.
The man who’d brought the cotton was suddenly disappointed when he heard those words.
Xiong Qi continued, “We only have salt left.”
The man who’d brought the cotton became pleasantly surprised.
The tribes of the Beastman Continent basically all grew some crops and made it through winter mainly by eating those crops and not through storing meat.
As for salt… Some tribes weren’t short on salt, but many tribes lacked salt, and the prices for salt was very high.
Zhou Ji gave the other party a bowl of salt in exchange for a sack of cotton.
He felt that it was quite worth it, but the people around them didn’t think so. They felt that Zhou Ji was overly generous and easily deceived! He was losing too much!
He even traded salted meat and salt for something he couldn’t eat, couldn’t use to show his identity, nor use as a weapon.
“This Big Bear Tribe must be very wealthy.”
“He’s trading for such random things, but their tribal chief doesn’t even care…”
“The people of the Big Bear Tribe are very respectful towards this Zhou Ji. Could it be that he’s the priest of the Big Bear Tribe?”
……
Everyone around them were discussing them, but the people of the Big Bear Tribe didn’t pay any heed at all.
However, at this moment, Zhou Ji was feeling very speechless–he watched as Xiong Qi secretly picked up a piece of cotton and stuffed it into his mouth.
“Zhou Ji, this thing isn’t tasty.” Xiong Qi said.
“Didn’t you hear what these people said?” Zhou Ji said, “It’s used for making nests.”
Xiong Qi said, “You and Xiong Ye can’t have children. Why would you trade things for materials to make a nest?”
Zhou Ji replied, “It’s for you.”
Xiong Qi: “…… Thank you.”
While Zhou Ji and Xiong Qi were talking, Shi Li once again appeared in front of the people of the Big Bear Tribe. “Xiong Ye, the Big Bear Tribe should be short on salt, right? How can you just watch on as he wastes things like this?”
In his previous life, they had been very short on salt when he and Xiong Ye had first led the Big Bear Tribe to the Beastman Continent.
There were many monsters living in the sea, such as the Tanystropheus, Elasmosaurus, and Pliosaurus… They couldn’t farm the land over there, and so no tribe had settled near the sea.
Regardless of which tribe it was, if they wanted salt, they would have to either trade for it or use seawater to make it themselves. The second option… producing salt required pots and other tools. Not only that, it might also be dangerous!
In the Beastman Continent, salt was very precious. At the start, he and Xiong Ye hadn’t been able to have salt for a very long time.
And now… Xiong Ye merely looked on as Zhou Ji used salt to trade for useless things!
This… simply wasn’t the Xiong Ye he knew!
He’d been stopped by Xiong Ye before for using even a little extra salt. Why was Xiong Ye so good to Zhou Ji?
Shi Li looked at Zhou Ji with envy in his eyes.
On the other hand, Xiong Ye was puzzled–how were they short on salt?
And even if they were really lacking… They could go back to the Beach Tribe in the future to obtain more or dry out some salt for themselves.
“Zhou Ji isn’t wasting anything.” Xiong Ye said.
“Xiong Ye, I never thought that you were such a person. I was really wrong about you.” Shi Li said. Zhou Ji could use all of this salt because he’d obtained it from the Rhinoceros Beast King through the Rhinoceros Beast King’s father, right?
“What exactly is the matter with you?” Xiong Ye frowned, “Don’t just stand there and say things that people can’t understand!”
“Can’t understand?” Shi Li sneered. “Xiong Ye, don’t you value your mate very much? Now that your mate has gotten together with someone else, why aren’t you dealing with it?”
“Gotten together?” Xiong Ye didn’t get it.
Shi Li said, “Do you dare to say that Zhou Ji has no relationship with the Rhinoceros Beast King’s father? They’re together, right? Just watching as your mate sleeps together with someone else every day, how does it feel?”
Shi Li looked at Zhou Ji and Hai Feng with disdain as he spoke.
After arriving at the Beast God Temple, Hai Feng had been afraid of being exposed and so had followed behind Zhou Ji all the time. He was very attentive, and Xi Baobei was also imitating everything he did.
As for the Rhinoceros Beast King… seeing that both Hai Feng and Zhou Ji were Beast Kings, he didn’t stop his son from doing as he liked.
He had always hoped that Xi Baobei would be able to live well after his death. It no longer seemed that it was possible for him to do so in the Giant Rhinoceros Tribe, but if they joined the Big Bear Tribe, and he had Xiong Ye’s and Zhou Ji’s protection…
If he hadn’t had such an intention, he wouldn’t have allowed himself to be forced to acknowledge another father without doing anything to the other party. He was even starting to become very close with the people of the Big Bear Tribe.
“He’s not my father.” The Rhinoceros Beast King refuted without a second thought.
“Don’t talk nonsense! I have no relationship with Zhou Ji!” Hai Feng was given a huge scare. Was this person trying to say that he’d slept with Zhou Ji?!
He hadn’t! He’d definitely done nothing of the sort! This man was making unfounded malicious attacks on him! No, no, he was clearly trying to drive a wedge between him and Zhou Ji and Xiong Ye!
Hai Feng glared angrily at Shi Li.
Of course, the angriest one at the moment was definitely Xiong Ye. It was too disgusting for Shi Li to say something like that about Zhou Ji!
Xiong Ye looked to Zhou Ji, “Zhou Ji, can I hit him?” He wanted to beat Shi Li, but that would expose his strength…
Zhou Ji replied, “Yes.” They’d initially chosen to hide their strength in order to avoid trouble, but he didn’t want his little bear to be wronged.
In any case, it wasn’t a big deal for Xiong Ye to expose his strength as a Beast King…
“Shi Li, you’ve dared to insult my mate. I want to fight you!” Xiong Ye said. He gave off an intense fighting spirit.
He shrouded himself with his energy, and while ordinary people couldn’t feel it, Shi Li and the other Beast Kings who had just arrived all felt their hearts clench in surprise: this was also a Beast King!