Chapter 308 – Improvemen (1/2)

As for the Lord of the Fallen Leaves City, Shao Xuan hadn’t met him since he came to the Fallen Leaves City, and others seldom talked about him. What Shao Xuan knew was just general information that everyone was aware of..

Before Shao Xuan stepped away from Su Gu, what Shao Xuan provided him with was actually the weakness of the Quicksand Beast. Su Gu knew that the Flaming Horns tribe lived in the Ferocious Beasts Mountain Forest, and thought that Shao Xuan was able to tell the weakness of the Quicksand Beast probably because he frequently hunted the ferocious beasts. Su Gu didn’t suspect Shao Xuan. Even if he did, he would not ask. They were just allies. As long as it was beneficial to both parties, they didn’t have to know all the secrets of the other party.

Su Gu initially planned to present the Quicksand Beast along with the “stone” that Su Gu liked very much, to the Fallen Leaves Lord as birthday gifts. In Su Gu’s opinion, these were perfect gifts. However, in order to increase the benefits that the Fallen Leaves Lord would shower upon Su Gu, Shao Xuan informed Su Gu of the weakness of the Quicksand Beast, which could also be presented as one of the birthday gifts. What’s more, this piece of information was more important than the Quicksand Beast itself. After all, until this point, the price for catching a Quicksand Beast was always too high – attempting to catch it after knowing its weakness would reduce the casualty count by a large margin.

Fallen Leaves City’s Slave Masters already knew how to lure a Quicksand Beast, and now, the information given by Shao Xuan would undoubtedly reduce the cost of taking one down.

As for whether the Fallen Leaves Lord would believe and attribute the victory over this Quicksand Beast to Shao Xuan and the other two, that totally depended on Su Gu.

After returning to their residence in the city, Shao Xuan carefully recalled the situation after the Quicksand Beast appeared. From his many years of hunting experience, he judged that the Quicksand Beast seemed infuriated. It may not have been infuriated by the slaves of the second young master, but by some others. Moreover, the Quicksand Beast came just after the guards of the Oasis went looking for a suspicious individual. It was just like the tactic of luring the enemy away from their base and then attacking it.

Was it a coincidence? Shao Xuan didn’t think so.

Remembering Chi Shi’s words, Shao Xuan thought of Dao Yu, who was said to be a slave of a Slave Master of the White Stone City.

Aside from other things, Shao Xuan was not worried about a Dao Yu’s who was extremely cruel and merciless. What Shao Xuan worried about was Dao Yu who was not only cruel but also crafty, a characteristic which meant greater threat to the Flaming Horns tribe.

The next day, Su Gu came to the residence of the Flaming Horns tribe to look for Shao Xuan.

“It seems like things are going really well,” said Shao Xuan.

“Exactly!” Su Gu did not elaborate on the things that happened after he entered the palace, but he told Shao Xuan that his second brother was berated by the Fallen Leaves Lord. Some of the slaves who led the Quicksand Beast to the Oasis were also executed, and Su Gu was rewarded for offering nice gifts. The resources which were previously cutdown, for Su Gu, were all released again. What’s more, the Fallen Leaves Lord agreed to Su Gu’s request, to pick some more slaves even though he felt surprised.

“What was the reason behind the Quicksand Beast’s madness? Have you found it?” asked Shao Xuan.

“According to the Oasis guards who chased after the suspicious individual, it may have been caused by the people of the White Stone City. But we don’t know how they managed to enrage the Quicksand Beast. Su Le’s slaves’ hunting formation was also disrupted by those people when the slaves hunted the Quicksand Beast, so they failed in their hunt and their losses were heavy. However, father said that there should be no excuse for failure, and he ordered Su Le to introspect himself.”

“Is it related to Dao Yu?” asked Shao Xuan.

“I don’t know.” What Su Gu told was the truth. His manpower was limited and he couldn’t get more information.

“However, father was very happy to learn about the weakness of the Quicksand Beast that you shared with me. If we didn’t know the weakness of the Quicksand Beast, we would continue to worry that the White Stone City people will bring more crazy Quicksand Beasts to our Oasis to make trouble. But now father hopes to catch more Quicksand Beasts. Father wants to have new clothes sewed and a new crown to be crafted with the Quicksand Beasts’ remains.” said Su Gu. With a smile he added that, “Father also agreed to take me to the Beast Battle City. I haven’t been there since I was a kid.”

Since Su Gu hadn’t been able to enslave, he had been excluded from big events. The Lord had always taken the eldest young master Su Ka and the second young master Su Le to the past annual events in the Beast Battle City. Now, Su Gu finally got such an opportunity.

“I also told father of your wish to accompany me, so you can go with me then,” said Su Gu.

This was really good news for Shao Xuan.

“Have you picked your slaves?” asked Shao Xuan.

“Father allowed me to pick from twenty slaves. I’ve picked as many as I wished from these slaves. He said that I can pick more when there are more slaves available.” said Su Gu excitedly.