Only when Xuan walked in front of him did Jie raise his head and look at the people of Qingshan tribe.
There was no false greeting between the two sides, and they got straight to the point.
"Are you still planning to exchange for the yellow light stone this time?" Jie waved his hand and asked an orc to bring a few clean animal skins and spread them on the ground, motioning the people of the Qingshan tribe to sit down and said.
"Yes, the Yellow Light Stone is indeed useful." Xuan pulled Meng Yuqing to sit down directly, "You should also need people to exchange for the Yellow Light Stone."
After many tribes were deceived by Fireflies last year, they should reacquire Yellowstone this year. Logically, the Yellowstone tribe should take the initiative this year.
But all this is based on the premise that there is no earthquake.
Hearing Xuan say this, Jie was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said in a rather easygoing manner, "There's no shortage of people who would trade for useful things."
Xuan nodded. "Yes, if it were normal times, there would definitely be no shortage of people to exchange. Unfortunately, many tribes are having a hard time this year, so they will prioritize those who can eat."
Jie didn't respond immediately after hearing this. They were unsure and remained silent for a while. He said, "Yeah, I'm afraid these things aren't very popular this year. It should be hard to exchange shampoo grass for something useful, right?"
After hearing Xuan Jie's words, Meng Yuqing lowered her head and slightly widened her eyes.
Oh no, they are secretly poking at each other's sore spots.
Although he didn't mention soap by name, he did mention shampoo grass. Jie's level of sarcasm is quite good.
Xuan turned his head and winked at Ya and Lian, and the two of them blocked Meng Yuqing more tightly.
When Meng Yuqing saw this situation, he knew that Xuan might make a big move, so he quickly shrank back and hid in the group of orcs from the Qingshan tribe.
Xuan chuckled when he saw his actions, then looked at Jie and said, "Although the three major tribes collected fireflies last year, they also collected a lot of yellow light stones, and took the opportunity to lower your price. You compromised, but they still turned a blind eye to the fact that those tribes suddenly excluded you. Tsk, how disloyal."
Wow, Meng Yuqing looked at Xuan from the gap in the crowd, supporting his face with one hand and saying this with a nonchalant expression.
He could have sworn that Jie's face instantly turned darker than Xuan's fur, as if he was suppressing his anger.
I don’t know whether it is directed at Xuan or at those tribes.
"Everyone wants to exchange for things for survival. The initiative this time will not be in the hands of our two tribes. You didn't come to us just to see if we are as unwelcome as you this year." Jie quickly calmed down and changed the subject.
But Meng Yuqing could feel that Jie seemed to have resentment towards the three major tribes. If it was just the incident last year, it shouldn't be like this. Something else must have happened.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be chatting with Xuan in such a good mood.
They didn't try to lower their voices when they were talking, and the other people in the Yellowstone tribe heard it, but they were not as good at concealing it as Jie.
Meng Yuqing saw several orcs who were moving things dropped the things in their hands to the ground when Xuan mentioned the three-year-old tribe and the tribe that excluded them.
His face was filled with anger that could not be concealed.
"There is definitely no shortage of food for our two tribes, and I also believe that your tribe has the strength to do so. All we want is to get salt from the three major tribes." Xuan looked at Jie and continued.
"Isn't this obvious?" Jie raised his eyebrows and said jokingly, "No one would want to take over the salt cave, would they?"
Xuan stood up, dusted himself off, and said, "The reason the three major tribes have so much say in the south is because they control the salt cave. It's also the only publicly known salt cave. Naturally, many tribes are close to them and listen to them. There are some things they wouldn't dare do without their tacit approval."
Xuan was still hinting at the Yellowstone tribe being marginalized. He actually didn't know whether it was instigated by the three major tribes, but it was true that the three major tribes watched from the sidelines.
When Jie heard Xuan talking about the public salt cave, he raised his eyebrows and looked at the people of Qingshan tribe with some surprise and suspicion.
In an instant, he thought of a lot of things, such as the three major tribes jointly guarding the salt cave.
The next second, Xuan broke his fantasy, "Wake up, we are not that powerful. If there were a salt cave, we would not have come here this time."
Jie came back to his senses and felt that his previous thoughts were a bit naive. "Then tell me this."
There was some disappointment in his tone.
"However, there are other ways." Xuan said with his arms folded across his chest.
"Don't tell me about robbing the salt cave. At most, we won't tell anyone, but you'd better not think about it." Jie waved his hand. Although their tribe was dissatisfied with the three major tribes, they also knew their own weight.
And they don't want to start a war, because the northern tribes will definitely intervene.
"Are you familiar with the Blue Water Tribe?" After testing Jie's attitude, Xuan stopped beating around the bush and said, "The other methods I mentioned for obtaining salt are related to the Blue Water Tribe."
"The Blue Water Tribe?" Jie frowned. "Although the plants they brought can be used as salt, there are too few of them. They are difficult to contact and very powerful. Moreover, we can't go to the bottom of the water to pick these plants."
"It's not their plants, it's the water where they live. That body of water is different from ours." Xuan looked at Jie and said word by word, "They live in a vast expanse of water that stretches as far as the eye can see. That body of water is larger than the entire southern tribe's landmass. That water... is salty. The plants they brought with them are plants that grow in water."
Jie was shocked by the news. He didn't believe it at first, but then he thought about it, the people of the Blue Water Tribe said that the plants they brought were plants in the water. The plants growing there can be used as salt, so what about the water?
He immediately stood up and said to the people of Qingshan Tribe, "Let's go and find a place where there is no one to talk."
After saying that, he turned around and called a few tribesmen and the people of Qingshan tribe to transform into beasts and run out of the market.
Until the people of the two tribes found a suitable place and had a detailed discussion about sea salt.
Xuan, Xia and several other tribal leaders held a meeting in the tribe for a few days and finally made up a story about how they discovered the sea salt.
In order to make the story more credible, Xuan asked Meng Yuqing for a small bag of sea salt before leaving.
Although Meng Yuqing didn't know what Xuan was going to do, he still changed a small bag for him. Xuan looked at the snow-white salt with some confusion, as it was different from the salt they used.
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