Chapter 295 – Young Master (1/2)

After walking around, the information Shao Xuan gathered was limited. However, Shao Xuan and Lei clearly understood the status of those slave masters here. In this city, the slave masters had the right to define right and wrong.

What made Shao Xuan distressed were the text and language used by those slave masters. His understanding towards the language used by the slave masters was limited to the words engraved on the slaves, because these words also appeared in the tribal languages and Shao Xuan had seen them when he was in the other traveling team. However, to understand language and text used here, in the city, was much more difficult.

What Shao Xuan set out to do didn’t go well and the information that Tuo got was not good either.

“Can’t act at will?” After hearing Tuo’s words, Shao Xuan began to consider what to do next.

As per Tuo, people of other nearby tribe embassies told him that anyone who acted, whether in or outside the city, without certain permission and pass token would likely be considered as enemies and be attacked.

The so-called special permission was the kind of token that the team showed when entering the city, but Shao Xuan didn’t have that. It was not easy to get such a token and other people who had stayed here for a few years only owned one or two. They would not be so generous to give one to Shao Xuan. After all, one or two tokens were not enough even for people from the same tribe.

For this reason, they had to give up on building a stone house.

“Forget about the stone house. I am going to look for someone.”

After taking a short break in the house, Shao Xuan went to the Mang tribe to look for Huang Ye, but the Mang tribe seemed to be discussing something important and Huang Ye didn’t have time for him. Shao Xuan then went to the Hui tribe and on the way he met Chacha who stayed with the two eagles of the Hui tribe.

People of the Hui tribe were not busy and Shao Xuan asked for advice from an elder named He She, who had helped Shao Xuan on this trip. Although what he said did not help much, his attitude was much better.

Instead of asking for the token, Shao Xuan asked He She if he knew someone who was proficient in the slave masters’ language and text. He was willing to pay the person if they could help.

There were several people from the Hui tribe who had stayed in the city most of the time for more than ten years. They were not busy at the moment and were willing to help Shao Xuan.

“Well, could you please tell me something about the slave masters in Fallen Leaves City? I met a female slave master today…”

Shao Xuan briefed them about the things that happened, hoping to get some information from He She.

He She was mild and did not talk too much nonsense. With just a few words, He She helped Shao Xuan get a general understanding of the slave masters in the city.

The great slave master of the Fallen Leaves City was the Fallen Leaves Lord whose name was Su Lun. Since Su Lun attacked and slaughtered slave masters of the Fallen Leaves City twenty years ago, there were less slave masters in the city. Those of the slave masters who were still alive and had a high status were Su Lun’s three sons as well as his two half-sisters.

Su Lun had five sons, but two of them didn’t survive due to various reasons. Now there were three left: the eldest young master Su Ka, the second young master Su Le and the third young master Su Gu. They were born to different women.

In the past two years, the competition between the three young masters of the Fallen Leaves City had become increasingly fierce. Though the Fallen Leaves Lord had cooperated with the tribes, he was not much concerned about the tribes’ affairs. However, the young masters were willing to help solve the problems that seemed trivial in the Lord’s mind.

Of course, this was a mutually beneficial relationship.

The Tribesmen could get some information and benefits from the young masters of the Fallen Leaves City to deal with matters relating to their tribes, the success of which could be credited to these young masters. Thus, they could gain more supporters in their competition while being recognized by the Fallen Leaves Lord.

“The Hui tribe has an alliance with the second young master Su Le?” asked Shao Xuan. When He She talked about three young masters just now, he paused when mentioning the second young master Su Le.

He She looked at Shao Xuan and didn’t refute it.

The tribesmen regarded slaves from other cities as whetstones and they hoped potential young warriors could be trained by fighting against these slaves. Only by constantly fighting could they become more and more brave, and at the same time, they would grow wary of the slave masters. As the saying goes, “Know your enemy and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles.” It was too comfortable for warriors inside their tribes and their vision also becomes narrow. Many warriors who had not seen the slaves thought that slaves were inferior and could be killed at will, this couldn’t be farther from the truth.

Shao Xuan asked if there were other tribes which had an alliance with any other young master, but He She did not answer this question.

Observing that Shao Xuan seemed to be interested in it, He She reminded, “If you wish to have an alliance with one of the young masters, you’d better choose the eldest young master Su Ka or the second young master Su Le, the third young master…”

“What about the third young master?” asked Shao Xuan.

“It’s said that the third young master doesn’t own any slaves until now.”

The number of slaves a slave master owned could reveal the wealth and strength of that slave master directly. With the ability to enslave, the slave masters would empower those who did not have any faith and then enslave them. Thus, for a slave master, it was considered quite a failure if he did not own any slaves.

The ages of the three young masters of Fallen Leaves City were not much different. However, from the number of slaves they owned, people could understand the difference between their strength.

“Did any tribe choose the third young master so far?” Shao Xuan asked again.

“No.”

Shao Xuan nodded, “I understand, thank you.”