After Ze Lan arrived at the Rat Tribe, with the help of Jiang Xuan and Gray Rat, he gradually gained a foothold in the Rat Tribe, and used effective witchcraft skills to treat many members of the Rat Tribe, gaining the support of a small number of people.

When the Rat Tribe gradually got on the right track, Jiang Xuan completely handed the Rat Tribe over to Ze Lan, as he needed to do more important things.

Before leaving, Jiang Xuan said to Ze Lan, "I'm going to go somewhere further. You're already familiar with the situation here. With Teng Shen here, as long as you're careful, nothing will go wrong."

"It won't be long before our fleet continues to go down the river and trade with more tribes. I will have them make more trips to the Rat Tribe and use our Vine Tribe's new tools to help the Rat Tribe grow stronger as quickly as possible."

"Also, I will have Fengcao bring a few warriors from the Thorn Vine over here to train a team specifically responsible for gathering intelligence. As for the selection of personnel, you should pay more attention to the Rat Tribe."

Ze Lan kept nodding, trying hard to remember all of Jiang Xuan's words in her heart.

Jiang Xuan smiled and said, "Finally, although you are now a witch of the Rat Tribe, I hope you will never forget that you are still a member of the Vine Tribe."

Ze Lan said solemnly: "Chief, I will never forget it!"

"Okay, then I wish you all the best in the Rat Tribe. I'm leaving now. I'll come see you next time."

Jiang Xuan strode to an open space outside the Rat Tribe, where Tangyuan had been waiting for a long time.

He climbed onto Tangyuan's back easily and waved to Zelan.

"Eer..."

The tangyuan let out a loud cry and circled into the air, its purple feathers glittering in the sun.

On the ground, Ze Lan looked at the purple shadow that was gradually going away in the sky reluctantly and clenched his fists: "I won't let you down!"

Then, her eyes became firm again, and she turned and walked into the Rat Tribe, continuing to work hard for the tribe.

After Jiang Xuan left the Rat Tribe on Tangyuan, he flew directly to the Black Tooth Tribe.

As the fleet of the Teng Tribe continues to grow and becomes more familiar with the routes, it will inevitably enter the central hinterland in the future, and come into contact with or even conflict with the Black Tooth Tribe.

The reason is simple. With the productivity of the Teng Tribe, the large amount of goods brought by the fleet will inevitably have a huge impact on the Black Tooth Tribe in the central part of the Southern Wilderness, which mainly engages in trading.

For a long time, the Black Tooth Tribe controlled the bulk transactions of the various tribes in the Southern Wilderness, earned huge price differences from them, and lived a more prosperous life than other tribes.

But after the rise of the Teng tribe, their trade monopoly was gradually broken.

First of all, in the northern part of the Southern Wilderness, each tribe could only rely on the Black Tooth Tribe’s trading team to obtain scarce materials such as salt, and they were exploited very harshly.

After the establishment of the Vine Tribe's trading area and trading team, more, better and cheaper options were brought about, so various tribes began to trade with the Vine Tribe, and the Black Tooth Tribe's trading team was no longer so popular.

Although the Black Tooth Tribe was extremely angry about this, they had no choice because the Teng Tribe had become the most powerful tribe in the northern part of the Southern Wilderness. Even if their business was taken away, they could only endure it.

However, after the establishment of the Vine Tribe's fleet, the scope of trade became larger and larger, and its tentacles had extended to the Crocodile Tribe in the central part, seizing the trade share around the Crocodile Tribe with high-quality and low-priced goods.

The Black Tooth Tribe's dissatisfaction became increasingly intense. If the Vine Tribe's fleet continued to advance towards the central hinterland, they would definitely not sit idly by.

Conflict of interest is an absolutely irreconcilable contradiction and the root cause of most tribal wars.

If you want to expand your business into the heart of the Southern Wilderness without starting a tribal war, there is only one way - be strong enough to crush your opponent and make him unable to resist.

It was for this reason that Jiang Xuan put so much effort into strengthening the Rat Tribe, conquering the Ape Tribe, and secretly accumulating strength.

Now, what he needs to do is to learn more about the rival Black Tooth Tribe, and prepare for the future entry of the Todo Tribe into the central hinterland.

The Black Tooth Tribe was not very far from the Rat Tribe, and Tangyuan’s flying speed was extremely fast, so it didn’t take Jiang Xuan much time to arrive outside the Black Tooth Tribe.

"Cry!"

The huge purple carved glutinous rice ball fell onto an open space, causing a gust of wind.

"What a huge ferocious bird!"

Outside the Black Tooth Tribe, many tribesmen who came to trade looked at Tangyuan in surprise, with deep fear in their eyes. The various mounts were even more terrified and trembling with fear.

Even the relatively large black-toothed birds of the Black Tooth Tribe seemed to be encountering an eagle's chicks in front of Tangyuan, and avoided it from a distance.

Jiang Xuan has experienced this kind of situation many times, so he is very calm.

He let Tangyuan go find food nearby, then he carried a hide bag and walked into the large trading area outside the Black Tooth Tribe.

The tribesmen admire the strong. Whether it is the seven-color warrior pattern on Jiang Xuan's face or the terrifying purple eagle, they are all powerful enough.

Therefore, after Jiang Xuan walked in, almost no one dared to cause trouble for him, or even stand in front of him, and could only talk in a low voice behind his back.

"Which tribe is this seven-color warrior from? Why have I never seen the totem pattern on his face before?"

"He must have come from far away. Look at the animal skins he's wearing. They're completely different from ours. And the spear in his hand doesn't look like it's made of wood."

"Yeah, everything on him is so beautiful..."

Jiang Xuan listened to these discussions without any change in his expression, as if he hadn't heard them.

Although the totem pattern of the Vine Tribe had been engraved in the Rat Tribe and the Ape Tribe, and Jiang Xuan had also been to several large tribes in the central region, due to the lack of information between the tribes, the only tribes that could recognize the totem pattern of the Vine Tribe were those that had dealt with the Vine Tribe and left a deep impression.

The trading area of ​​the Black Tooth Tribe is still bustling, with many people coming and going to trade various goods, and you can see some relatively rare things from time to time.

The appearance of the seven-colored warrior quickly attracted the attention of the Black Tooth Tribe warriors. After all, there were not many such powerful warriors in the entire Southern Wilderness.

"They are from the Vine Tribe."

"Yes, I recognize this totem pattern."

"He's so powerful, it must be the leader of the Teng tribe who has arrived."

"Go and report to Chief Wu Yu."

As a competitor, the Black Tooth Tribe had some understanding of the Vine Tribe. They even traded some of the Vine Tribe's goods back through various channels and tried to imitate them.

Although the soldiers spoke in low voices, Jiang Xuan was able to hear their conversation with his good hearing. However, he did not care about it and was still strolling around the trading area with interest.

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“Eh? This is…”

As Jiang Xuan was walking, his attention was suddenly attracted by a fist-sized, roughly oval, dark brown stone lying on an inconspicuous ground.

The stall was very small, and on it were displayed some animal teeth, bones, and some stone cores that had been preliminarily processed.

The inconspicuous dark brown stone was among them. Its shape was similar to that of an ordinary stone hammer, but some of the edges and corners had been ground off and not much processing had been done.

However, it was just this piece of stone that made Jiang Xuan excited.

He suppressed his excitement, squatted in front of the stall, picked up the oval stone, and looked at it over and over again.

The stall owner was a middle-aged tribal warrior. As his goods were rather ordinary, he had been sitting here for a long time with no one asking him about his goods. He also didn't know how to hawk his goods, so he was secretly getting anxious.

Because you set up a stall on the Black Tooth Tribe's territory, regardless of whether you can sell the goods or not, you have to pay them something, which is equivalent to the location usage fee and management fee.

At this time, the middle-aged soldier was cheered up when he saw someone finally coming, and immediately began to introduce his goods.

"Sir, this piece of stone was picked up from the stream. It is very hard. With a little polishing, it will become a good stone hammer."

At this time, Jiang Xuan had basically determined what this dark brown stone was. Although he was very excited, he did not show it.

"This piece of stone is really good. What do you want to exchange it for?"

"I want to exchange some salt..."

After the middle-aged warrior finished speaking, he felt insecure because salt was very valuable, and the stone was only the size of a fist. So he introduced some other stones to Jiang Xuan, saying that these things could be traded together.

Jiang Xuan actually didn't want anything else, but he didn't want to make it too obvious, so he reluctantly picked up a few more stones and exchanged them for a small amount of salt.

After the transaction was completed, the middle-aged warrior was overjoyed and carefully put the salt into a small animal skin bag and tied it close to his body.

"By the way, which tribe are you from? Are there many good stones in your tribe?"

After completing the transaction, Jiang Xuan put away the stones and chatted casually with the middle-aged warrior. He felt that the totem pattern on the middle-aged man's face looked a bit like some kind of rodent.

"I'm from the Bamboo Rat Tribe. We have a lot of good stones in our tribe. If you want more stones, I can ask a few tribesmen to bring more next time."

When Jiang Xuan heard the name of the Bamboo Rat Tribe, he felt a little familiar. He thought about it carefully and it seemed that he had heard the name of this tribe from an old witch.

Afterwards, Jiang Xuan asked about the location of the Bamboo Rat Tribe and said that his tribe needed a lot of good stones, and that he might bring some to the Bamboo Rat Tribe to trade in person next time.

The middle-aged warriors of the Bamboo Rat Tribe were very happy and expressed their welcome.

After the two chatted for a while, Jiang Xuan left the stall.

It was not until he walked under a big tree and found a stone to sit on that Jiang Xuan took out the dark brown oval stone again.

This stone is completely different from other stones. The difference lies in its grain and texture.

The texture of most stones is relatively regular, straight or wavy, and the texture is relatively hard and brittle.

However, the stone in his hand had a very twisted texture, was heavy to the touch, and had a metallic texture. The whole stone looked like a piece of rusty iron! If he was not mistaken, this stone was the iron ore he had been looking for for a long time, and it had a very high iron content!

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