Xuan had been paying attention to Meng Yuqing's movements. Sensing his uneasiness, he reached out and gently patted him on the back.
Meng Yuqing raised his head and saw the worry in Xuan's eyes. He took a deep breath and said, "I want to see what's going on inside."
After hearing his words, the older orc paused for a moment and said, "There are too many people here now. Let's come over later. They won't be traded away so quickly."
Meng Yuqing nodded, and he didn't want to continue shopping. He needed to find a place to sort out his thoughts.
After returning to the tribe's stall, Meng Yuqing simply greeted the tribesmen and went into the wooden shed. Xuan followed closely behind him. He could feel that Meng Yuqing was in a bad mood, starting from when he heard about the trader.
Meng Yuqing found a corner and sat down cross-legged. Xuan walked to his side and sat down too, accompanying him quietly.
The education he received since childhood made it impossible for Meng Yuqing to accept such things, but the reality was that he was somewhat tempted by these people. It was due to the need to upgrade the system and also out of a little bit of pity in his heart. If they were under his control, at least they would not be treated as slaves.
His emotions and reason were in a tug at war.
After the other four orcs came back, they went to find Xia and told him what had happened.
After Xia handed over the work at the stall to others, he also walked over.
Meng Yuqing was silent for a long time. He looked at Xia and said, "Chief, do you know anything about their human trade?"
"I've heard a little bit." Xia pondered for a moment and continued, "These people were captured after being defeated in tribal battles. Orcs who transformed into human form were tied up with their heads held high, and those who refused to transform were killed. Some tribes were completely destroyed, while others still exist. Those who were brought here for trade are those whose tribes are still there and cannot be traded out in the north."
"Does their tribe still exist?" Meng Yuqing said to himself.
He closed his eyes. If the tribe still existed, these people would definitely want to return to their own tribe. Even if they were brought back, it would be troublesome. They would not be able to truly join the Qingshan tribe, and might even bring disaster to the tribe.
And exchanging them and releasing them back out of sympathy is even more impossible.
The northern tribes are much more complicated than here. He will not put the tribe in danger because of his so-called kindness. Sometimes unlimited kindness will bring endless troubles.
He mentally crossed out the trade option.
When he made this decision, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Sure enough, he still couldn't accept the fact that he was the buyer buying people, but the situation Xia told him gave him a reason not to trade.
After gathering his thoughts, Meng Yuqing looked at Xia Hexuan with a serious expression and said, "I heard that this kind of human trafficking is becoming more and more frequent, right?"
"Yes, they have appeared three times in the past ten years." Xia Ye frowned. His intuition told him that this was not a good sign, but he couldn't figure it out.
Xuan also frowned after hearing what Xia said. He also had a bad feeling.
"I don't know whether what I think will happen, but we must take this situation seriously." Meng Yuqing said with some concern.
Xuan patted his shoulder gently and said soothingly, "Can you tell us what you think?"
Xia Ye said seriously, "Can you tell me in detail?"
"I have never been to the northern tribes, so what I say may not be accurate, but judging from the current situation, I think the north is definitely not stable. Many tribes are even frequently at war." Meng Yuqing organized his words while sorting out his thoughts.
"If they continue like this, many smaller tribes will not be able to survive there. They will either be wiped out and their members traded as commodities, or the entire tribe will flee there. No, not necessarily the entire tribe, but the remaining people in the tribe." When he said this, Meng Yuqing's expression took on a solemn look.
"And the direction they are most likely to escape is our side."
After hearing what Meng Yuqing said, Xia's eyes became a little deep, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Meng Yuqing didn't notice Xia's expression and continued, "If they flee here, they will definitely attract people from the north. Then the war will spread to our side, and we will probably not be safe here."
"Chief, do you know the strength of the northern tribes? Can our tribe cope with it?" he asked softly.
Xia collected his thoughts and looked at Meng Yuqing. "I don't know much about them, but I know they are very strong, stronger than the three major tribes. And I heard that the tribe that came to fight for the salt mine was not the top tribe there, but they actually sent a thousand orcs here. Their orcs are also very powerful."
After listening to him, Meng Yuqing put her fingers to her lips and fell into deep thought again.
But Xia quickly glanced away from Xuan.
Xuan was keenly aware of Xia's gaze. He cast a puzzled look at Xia, but Xia just shook his head slightly at him.
"No matter whether such a thing will happen or not, what we have to do now is to live a good life and strengthen our tribe so that we will have the strength to resist when things happen." The three of them were silent for a long time before Xuan spoke.
He looked at Xia, "Father Beast, haven't we talked about this before, and aren't we doing it now?"
His eyes fell on Bo and others who were busy.
Meng Yuqing and Xia also came to their senses after hearing Xuan's words. Xia said firmly, "Yes, since we already know the dangers that may occur in the future, we should start preparing from now on."
"Yes, we still have time. It's not certain whether what I said will happen or not, but it's right for us to be prepared." Meng Yuqing lowered his head and spoke softly, as if trying to convince himself.
He thought of the system of unknown origin in himself, as well as some of the system's manifestations, its obsession with tribal upgrading and its disapproval of violent plunder and harm to other tribes.
Meng Yuqing smiled bitterly in his heart, what he said might really happen.
"System, do you think my inference just now is correct?"
He asked the system in his mind.
After a long time, just when he thought the system would play dead and avoid his question, the system's voice came.
"Host, please work hard to upgrade the system. Please."
. . . . . .
"I see."
The system actually said please...
I originally thought that the system was my golden finger, but it said "please" so solemnly, as if it was its only life-saving straw.
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