Chapter 294 – Classes (2/2)

“We’ll stay for one night. Let’s go find stones to build house tomorrow.” said Shao Xuan. Since they knew people of other tribes could build bases here, the Flaming Horn tribe should also build one here. It was not only for the three of them, but also to benefit other people of the Flaming Horn tribe who would come here later so that they don’t have to rest in such a run-down house.

Although the house was poor, it was much better than sleeping in the desert which they endured in the past few days. After resting in the house for one night, they felt much better when they got up the next day.

The camel was tied outside by Shao Xuan. In the morning, Shao Xuan gave it some water and found that the surrounding grass had been eaten. Shao Xuan had to find some food for it.

While staying in the house to look after the luggage and the camel, Tuo asked other tribes if they knew where there were more stones near Fallen Leaves City. Lei, following Shao Xuan, went to other places in Fallen Leaves City in order to know the general situation of the city.

Leaving the place where the tribes lived, Shao Xuan found that many people in Fallen Leaves City did not wear hides and most of them wore linen instead. As the temperature during the day was high, many people simply covered the body with a few pieces of linen.

Shao Xuan’s group was told that they’d better avoid the slave masters when walking around the Fallen Leaves City. There was more than one slave owner in a city but the great slave master was unique, and that was, the lord. A slave master didn’t take charge of many slaves but their identity was higher than that of slaves in the city. However, no matter how high their identity was, they were still subordinates of the great slave master, the lord of the city.

There were also places of trade, but Shao Xuan found that the language and text used here were more complicated than the ones used in the tribes.

Shao Xuan intended to buy some food with shell coins, with which they could survive when they couldn’t find any prey.

Many of the popular trading items in the tribes, such as the shell coins, could be used here, but they were seriously devalued. After all, within the territory of the slave masters, as long as the slave masters lived well, the demands of the slaves didn’t matter at all.

The slave masters of the Fallen Leaves City liked beautiful clothes and jade, which were indeed much more expensive. Perhaps this was the main reason why the Mang tribe and the Eight Limbs tribe had the best living conditions here. Among all tribal houses built in the city, the houses of these two tribes were the largest.

Person in charge of selling food was also a slave. The slave who did this kind of job seemed to be less aggressive and was able to understand the language of the tribes. However, when Shao Xuan took out shell coins, the slave looked scornful and said a few words in the language that Shao Xuan couldn’t understand. According to the slave’s expression, Shao Xuan and Lei believed he was not saying good words and Lei was about to fight against him.

You are just a slave. You dare to despise me?

But in the territory of the slave masters, these slaves indeed dared to give the tribesmen long faces. After all, in the territory of the slave masters, people ranked the first were the slave masters, the second were the slaves and after both were the tribesmen.

After buying the food, Shao Xuan heard a noise that was not far away.

“Who is that?” asked Lei, looking over there.

“The slave master.”

Over there, a simple wooden sedan was carried by four black and strong slaves. The wooden sedan was not enclosed and there was no capping on the top. Instead, it was covered with pieces of strips of different colors. When the wind blew and the strips swung, and the person sitting inside could be seen.

The person being carried was a woman who was not young. As her face was painted with various colors, her original appearance could not be recognized.

The people carrying the sedan chair paused often while walking. Sometimes they stopped at the place where wine was sold. The person on the sedan directly reached out and someone would hand her a pottery glass with fruit wine respectfully. From time to time, someone handed a fruit, a barbecue or a string of bracelet, and the person on the sedan did not have to pay anything for exchange. All she had to do was stretch her hand.

This was absolute class difference.

“The life of this slave master is really good,” sighed Lei with emotion.