Chapter 390 (1/2)

Anba City

The two tribes remained peaceful with each other along the way. Occasionally, they would exchange glares, at times, bare their teeth, but nobody started a fight. Even the few who had been eyeing Shao Xuan had not provoked him directly.

In both teams, everyone understood restraint. Those who did not know how to restrain themselves would not be allowed to follow the team.

The people in the Taihe tribe kept looking at Shao Xuan though. He was practically a stranger to them. After all, in the past, the candidates every time were about the same. If there was a change, it wouldn’t be a major one and they would still be familiar even to Guangyi. They could also recognize some of them because they often met them during hunts. Some even got along after a long time and could always remember some characteristics of the warriors.

The Flaming Horn tribe ignored the Taihe tribe’s curious stares. While walking, Duo Kang introduced their destination to Shao Xuan-- Anba City.

In this region, there were six major cities, once belonging to six tribes—the Ji, Chao Qiu, Yi, Feng, Mu and Anba, each turning into a city. It was also the largest of the six tribes, but after the Ji tribe reunited the five other tribes, the place where the Ji tribe was located turned to Royal City after several expansions.

The descendants of the six major tribes lived in Royal City, but the cities which were originally built by the five other tribes still existed.

The people of the Flaming Horns tribe had also been to Royal City. Du Kang told Shao Xuan that because they had caused trouble before, they have not gone back to Royal City for a long time, instead of going to Anba City like this time.

As one of the six major tribes of the past, the people of Anba had not been idle after embarking on the path of being slave owners. Some went to Royal City, while others remained in this city, making Anba City the largest concentrated trading point for the tribesmen living in this large area.

There were also wanderers here. However, the status of wanderers here was not like what Shao Xuan had seen before, which was likely caused by the integration of the fire. The dependence on the tribe was less apparent, hence, the people became more independent and a little ambitious.

Some people would leave their tribe to develop and become wanderers. If they had the ability to leave their tribe to survive alone, they were all very capable people, or they would have been murdered long ago.

From the Flaming Horn tribe, it took at least 3-5 days to reach Anba City at their pace. If the weather was good, their time would’ve been shorter, but if they encountered trouble midway, it would take longer.

This time, they didn’t meet anyone who wanted trouble. On the morning of the fourth day, the line of people arrived outside the Anba City gate.

Shao Xuan saw Duo Kang directly handing over the ten prepared animal skins to the gatekeeper. For every ten people, he had handed in one roll of good quality animal hide. The guard picked it up and checked carefully in fear that Duo Kang might have given him shoddy goods.

After checking it, he circled behind Duo Kang to eye the remaining bundle of animal skins like he wanted to say something. A few people stepped up next to Duo Kang. The tall and strong men of the Flaming Horns tribe carried that big bundle of stuff easily, exposing their muscular arms as they moved. They opened their mouth to grin slightly, revealing their big white teeth.

The gatekeeper did not utter a word, knowing that this was the Flaming Horn tribe, a tribe known for their temper. The one who’d suffer in a confrontation would certainly be him, so after sizing them up, he gave up. Everyone knew that the Flaming Horn tribe would not hold themselves back in a fight, even here in Royal City.

The people of the Taihe tribe were safe because they travelled together with the Flaming Horn tribe. They were not bothered. However, several teams who had entered earlier were exploited badly.

The city was much larger than the cities in the desert. The houses were also neatly built, and there were houses on both sides of the street. Duo Kang had told him that half of those selling cloth, pottery, food, ornaments and such were wanderers.

After entering the city, the crowd went straight to their destination, which was also a relatively special area of Anba city, where it was used exclusively for tribesmen trading in the cities. The area had no pavements, relatively free but more dangerous.

“All right, hurry up and find a place,” Duo Kang, with a wave of his hand, told the men behind him.

Without further ado, the people in the back began to assign tasks. Some people would carry their stuff down, while some would use their strength to make a clearing for their tents.