Thinking of this, Luce put the chili pepper in his hand into his animal skin skirt, and said to Nanshu, "Go and get me some more chili peppers, I want to take them with me when I go back to Beast City."
Nan Shu frowned: "No, there aren't many chilies. The allocation for the cold season this year has already been made, and there aren't any extra chilies for you."
Upon hearing that Nanshu had refused him, Lu Si slammed his fist on the table and angrily said, "You dare not give it to me? I am a citizen of Beast City!"
“Even so, I can’t afford to give you any chili peppers,” Nan Shu said firmly.
This year's chili peppers have all been distributed, and everyone doesn't have much. It's already quite good if they can squeeze out some to add to the beastmen's roasted meat. There's no way they'd have any left for Luce.
Moreover, given Luce's attitude, even if he had the opportunity, Nanshu wouldn't want to give it to him.
Luce picked up the spear that was lying to the side and pointed it at Nanshu's throat.
Upon seeing the elder being threatened with a weapon, the orcs in the square descended into chaos. Some of the orcs led Nan Shu back, while the rest stood guard in front of Nan Shu, protecting him from behind.
“Lucy, what are you doing? This is our elder.”
Luce sneered, "So what if I'm an elder? I'm from Beast City! What kind of attitude is this? Believe me or not, I'll tell the Beast King to stop interfering with the White Tiger Tribe. Then all of you will be eaten by the Red Crab!"
Nan Shu said, "What right do you have to see the Beast King? You were originally sent by Beast City to protect us."
"What protection? If I hadn't been so generous as to bring my beast soldiers, Beast City wouldn't have cared about you! You would all be waiting to die!"
“I, Luce, am not someone you can afford to offend.”
"I'm warning you, you'd better all kneel down and apologize to me now, or I'll retreat today and let the Red Crab eat you all!"
Luce threatened, pointing his spear at the white tiger orc in front of him.
He even spat out saliva when he got excited, causing the white tiger orc to instinctively back away.
Seeing the orcs retreat, Luce felt that he had finally vented his anger. These people deserved to be taught a lesson, otherwise they would not know who they should not offend.
"I really didn't know you became so powerful. Not only can you meet the Beast King, but you can also command my beast soldiers."
Su Hui's cool voice sounded behind him, and Lu Si froze, slowly turning his head.
Standing behind him were Su Hui and Bai Jing.
"Captain... Captain, please listen to me, this is all a misunderstanding."
"What misunderstanding? I've been listening for ages. I can't possibly have misheard every single thing you said, can I?" Su Hui sneered and found a place to sit down.
Luce swallowed hard, trembling as he knelt before him, not daring to raise his head: "No, Captain, it was these orcs. They disrespected you, so I just wanted to scare them. It's all their fault!"
Seeing that Luce still wouldn't admit it, Su Hui frowned in frustration.
With Luce's strength, he was not qualified to become a beastman, yet he was still in his team. But Luce had connections and was irresistibly forced into the team.
Su Hui despised orcs who lacked strength and relied solely on connections. Now, seeing Luce's arrogant attitude, his bullying of others, and his reluctance to admit it, his disgust for him intensified.
"Shut up, I'm not stupid." Su Hui kicked Lu Si away hard. "I don't want to deal with you, but my team can't tolerate an idiot like you. Pack your things and get back to Beast City right now, and don't ever show your face in front of me again."
Luce winced in pain but struggled to his feet, saying, "Captain, please don't send me back."
He hasn't finished the task Nana gave him yet. If he goes back like this, Nana definitely won't marry him. Wouldn't all his hard work over the years have been for nothing?
Luce's eyes darted around as he pulled out a chili pepper hidden in his animal skin skirt. "Captain, it's like this. I discovered that the orcs of the White Tiger Tribe were poisoning our food with this fruit. It paralyzes the tongue after eating it. They definitely have ill intentions. I only said this to test them. I was only doing it for the good of our own people!"
Lu Si spoke with tears streaming down his face, as if he had suffered a great injustice. Su Hui saw the red fruit in Lu Si's hand and couldn't help but click his tongue. He looked at Bai Jing with an ambiguous expression and asked, "Clan Chief Bai Jing, what is this fruit...?"
Bai Jing calmly explained, "This was brought by Fei Han. It's called chili pepper. We think it tastes good, so we add a little seasoning when we roast meat. All the orcs in the tribe eat this."
"You said... this is called chili pepper? And it's used for seasoning? And everyone's eating it?" Su Hui asked three questions in a trembling voice.
Bai Jing nodded, not understanding what was going on.
Oh my god!
Su Hui looked at him with an expression of utter disdain.
These red and yellow fruits are precious medicinal herbs, a powerful tool for orcs to maintain body temperature during the cold season. Because they are difficult to grow in the Beast City, they are very expensive and only a small number of people can access them.
But such a precious ingredient is casually used as a seasoning in the White Tiger tribe, and everyone is eating it!
He wondered why the roasted meat from the White Tiger Tribe was so delicious; it turned out they added such expensive ingredients!
Seeing Su Hui's pale face, Lu Si assumed that his words had worked and quickly crawled a few steps, trying to add fuel to the fire: "Captain, you can't believe him. Bai Jing is an orc who has been expelled. He has also colluded with the Cold-Blooded Orcs. This Chili Pepper must be trying to harm us. We can't let him get away with this easily!"
"Go ahead, go ahead! Do you believe me? If you say another word, I'll kill you right now!" Su Hui was furious whenever he saw Lu Si and didn't believe a word he said.
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