Chapter 166 – The weapon of health and money (1/2)

Translated by Joycelyn

Hearing that Guang Hou said he had an impression of the ‘Flaming Horns tribe’, Shao Xuan got excited for a moment, but it dropped at the next. Guang Hou once again said, “I remember that your totem pattern is a fish, right?”

Shao Xuan was silent for a few seconds, he then took out the stone token that the Shaman had given him and walked over, “This is our tribe’s totem. I came with good intentions from the Flaming Horns tribe, nice to meet you all.”

“Oh?” Guang Hou did not care, he took over the stone token with the totem pattern on it from Shao Xuan and studied it. Realizing that he did not have any other impressions of it, he returned the stone token. He smiled to the point where his chins had already built up a few layers and said to Shao Xuan, “A guest of the Drumming tribe I will trust.”

Shao Xuan then spoke to Guang Hou about his motive in coming here, speaking about Chacha who remained at the Pu tribe’s border. But although Guang Hou looked like he was very familiar with the Drumming tribe’s chief, he straight out refused.

“The bird you mentioned, I don’t want it entering this piece of land. In the past, there were a few large birds that came here, but we don’t have any good feelings towards these birds.

Many marine life did not like the birds that come from the white sky, Shao Xuan understood this. He can also see that Guang Hou did not care about him that much, only because he was giving face to Qing Yi did he bother to say a few words. If not, he wouldn’t even bother to give him a glance. While talking to Shao Xuan all this time, Guang Hou had been glimpsing at the snacks on the side.

After the short conversation, Shao Xuan then bid goodbye and left. When he entered the Pu tribe, he had told Cha Cha that if he heard the whistle for okay, he could come over, but if he heard the whistle for refusal then he could freely fly around outside.

Perhaps it was better that Cha Cha was outside so that he could play; if he entered the tribe, he would not be able to do what he wanted.

Leaving from Guang Hou’s house, Qing Yi apologised, “I’m sorry that I couldn’t help.”

“It’s okay, Cha Cha can move around freely outside, he will wait for me to come.” Shao Xuan did not think about Guang Hou’s attitude too much. He also never thought of getting anything from this tribe. Coming here was only just to broaden his horizons and was interested in the other tribes other than the Flaming Horns tribe.

But then, why had the Drumming tribe and the Pu tribe not heard of the “Flaming Horns tribe” name before?

Or maybe, was it because too much time had passed, that everything had changed?

After leaving Guang Hou’s place, Shao Xuan had split up with Qing Yi. QIng Yi had needed to go ‘shopping’. The chief and the Shaman had given him a list of stuff for him to purchase.

And Shao Xuan could also use this chance to have a good look around this tribe, see if he could find anything he could buy.

Originally, Shao Xuan had thought that the trade fair with the Drumming tribe and the Pu tribe would be something like a market, but now that he looked at it, it did not seem like it. They didn’t have a common area for their trades. The Pu tribe members placed what they wanted to sell outside of their house, and if there were anything that caught your eye, you would buy it from there.

Here, there is no common currency, what is used is only equivalent exchange.

But, it also wouldn’t count as equal exchange too.

Shao Xuan had not walked far when he saw the scene where quite some of the Drumming tribe members were purchasing.

It was no wonder that when the Pu tribe was looking forward to the drumming tribe trading group, that they were so warming.

The Drumming tribe members were all ferocious looking, but in actual fact, they did not have many other thoughts. And to say it a little more directly, in the eyes of the Pu tribe, the Drumming tribe members were just silly people with a lot of ‘money’.

Before coming here, Fu Shi had complained to Shao Xuan as to why the Drumming tribe were not so welcomed outside. Yet why were the Pu tribe more popular with the other tribes?

The Drumming tribe on one hand, had explosive tempers, on the other hand it’s because they were not too quick-witted, causing them to not speak well. Definitely not as well as the Pu tribe, that were more witty.

Of course, this also related to how their face looks. Every time the Drumming tribe went out, they would be treated as people who harboured bad intentions because they look ferocious. Especially when looking at other people, it was just like a cold knife cutting down your throat. While the Pu tribe’s appearance made people feel more intimate, even more so when they smile.

Shao Xuan paid attention to the houses in the surrounding that had various items showcased while he walked around.

Pottery, stone cores, and peculiar things from other tribes, as well as the ancient potteries that the elderly in the tribe had treated as treasures, they could all be seen here. Only, the price was very high. This made Shao Xuan surprised. He had even seen a piece of linen.

“Caught your eye? This came from the central areas. I heard that the central tribes all love to use this to make clothings.” The guy pleasingly said. On him was a short skirt that was made of a piece of linen. He had even showed it off to the tribe; although not many like this kind of thing, but when once they heard that it was from the central tribes, their attitude immediately changed.

Therefore, when this person was talking about it, he did not need to decorate his words, he only needed to emphasize that it ‘came from the central tribes’. He was waiting for Shao Xuan to show a hint of surprise and then take out his many water moonstones to exchange for it.

Unfortunately he was disappointed. Shao Xuan had just calmly asked about it and then asked more on the ‘central tribes’ matters. Afterwards he gave a small piece of water moonstone as a reward and left.

When Shao Xuan left, that person looked at the tiny water moonstone on his hand. Although it could be counted as he had made a big earning, he was not satisfied. Why did he not keep the guy here?

This is something he actually tried really hard to get from the central tribes, this brat as a matter fact just left and did not even give a gasp of surprise or anything. Did he not have knowledge about it before? Or could he maybe know that he did not have enough money to buy such a precious thing.

Shao Xuan had not realised that just now that in the ‘store owner’s’ eyes, he had already become a poor country boy.

The way Shao Xuan had seen it, just now that piece of linen was very rough, wearing it couldn’t be more comfortable than the beast skin. Using such a big water moonstone to buy such rough rags, was he silly?