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Chapter 108 Trade Fair (2)
She muttered to herself, and asked the system in her mind: "Didn't they say that the Mountain Rock Tribe had wiped out the cannibals in the Dusk Rock Forest?"
[Haha, don't worry. They don't eat human flesh anymore. They just like to eat raw meat, especially fresh meat.]
Xi Yiqi couldn't help but feel a chill. Fortunately, when he traveled through time, the primitive people in this alien world had already bid farewell to the era of eating raw meat and drinking blood.
It is undeniable that what the system said is correct. Although the Yanyuan tribe is small, the people are really friendly.
If it were any other tribe, I would have died long ago.
This can be considered as half of her "home" here.
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After walking along the bustling market for a few minutes,
Yan Luo pointed to the end of the market and said, "Okay, let's stop here."
Without saying much, everyone put down the baskets on their backs and started to prepare to set up their stalls quickly and skillfully.
After helping everyone set up the stall, Qingyu, who had been following the Yanyuan tribe, proposed to leave:
"We will leave after we exchange some herbs. You'd better leave within two days. Wu Miao said that there will be a heavy rain in Dusk Rock Forest in three days."
Xi Yiqi naturally believed it now. He smiled and thanked Qingyu for her kindness, and stuffed a handful of dried meat into her as a thank you gift.
The homemade dried meat of Yanyuan tribe tasted very good. Qingyu did not refuse. He took the dried meat and handed it to Luyue. Then the three of them left.
"Leili, Wulu, Silu, Lute, Nia and I will stay and look after the stall, and the others can follow Wu Xiqi."
Yan Luo placed the earthen jars in an orderly manner.
This matter had been discussed long ago. Xi Yiqi had long ago proposed to see if other tribes had anything new, and the people of Yanyuan tribe naturally fully supported it.
"Arthur, Black Stone, Lan Xi, you protect Wu Xiqi."
After Yan Luo put down the earthen jar, he looked at the few people sharply and gave them instructions solemnly.
"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison.
When he turned his head to look at Ster, he fell silent, obviously thinking about what had happened before, and did not mention asking him to go with him.
Ster lowered his head and drew small circles on the ground with his feet, looking a little frustrated.
Nia was attentive for once. She put down what she was holding, walked over and patted Ste’s lowered head. “Okay, you can go with them. Remember not to be too impulsive. This is not our tribe.”
When Ster heard that he could go together, his eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly like a chick pecking at rice.
In this way, Nishi Ichisu and a few others started to visit the primitive market.
Most of the pottery jars brought this time will be used to exchange for high-quality stones, precious animal horns and other materials needed to make weapons. They will also be needed to exchange for some herbs that are difficult to find around the Yanyuan tribe.
Therefore, the only resources she had at her disposal were two clay pots, a basket of dried meat, and some herbs.
After a while,
Ster couldn't help but whispered, "Sister Xiqi, you've already walked back and forth twice."
"..."
Nishi Ichiki couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed when he heard this. Wasn't he suffering from indecisiveness?
I had originally been looking forward to the fact that there would be many new and interesting things waiting for me to discover and exchange, so I thought about taking a walk around first so that I could allocate the resources I had reasonably.
The result was disappointing!
There is indeed a lot of new and interesting things here, but without exception, they are still the same things.
To put it bluntly, Xi Yiqi's biggest purpose in coming here is to find resources and food similar to his own world!
It would be even better if we could find staple food, especially crops like potatoes.
But she overlooked a crucial fact: the tribes that were qualified to participate in this trade event had the same needs as the Yanyuan tribe, and they were all looking for practical materials such as stones, weapons, animal skins and herbs.
food?
That was clearly not their primary concern.
Therefore, even though Nishi Ichisu walked around again and again, he didn't see many stalls with food.
Those popular stalls mainly displayed various weapons - such as wolf-tooth wooden hammers, stone flying ropes, cutting knives, stone spears and horse forks, etc., even wooden shields and rough but practical rattan armor and helmets could be seen!
It's really eye-opening.
After asking around, I found out that these things are ridiculously expensive. Even a basket of dried meat can't be exchanged for a handful!
This is clearly an era where craftsmanship is more valuable!
They would rather the other party give them something more valuable in exchange rather than food.
Nishi Ichiki did not intend to waste pottery jars and herbs to exchange for these weapons. After all, with Senshi and Lu Ye around, as long as they could get good materials, they could make all these equipment themselves.
But this gave her a revelation:
Weapons like wooden crossbows are not enough. After returning, you have to consider making some protective gear, such as armor, to improve overall combat effectiveness.
Finally, Nishi Ichisu stopped in front of an inconspicuous stall.
This is a stall belonging to an ancient race. There are only a few people guarding the stall, which looks particularly deserted and no one patronizes it. It is in sharp contrast to the bustling weapons stall next to it.
Heishi and Ster were attracted by the lively scene at the stall next door and squeezed into the crowd with excitement.
The two didn't go far, so Arthur just let them go.
The small stall in front of him was filled with all kinds of fruits from another world, mixed with a few wild vegetables. Most of them were common Qingluo fruits and Han fruits, but there were also some that Xi Yiqi had never seen before.
He stared at these strange fruits and examined them carefully for a moment, then pointed to a basket and said, "Can you show me this fruit?"
Hearing the sound, the people guarding the stall raised their heads.
They were big and strong, with skin of a unique copper color, as if they had been scorched by the scorching sun for years. Their hair was messy and curled on their heads, and the animal skins on their bodies were covered with solidified mud, giving off a faint earthy smell.
"What, change?"
One of the younger men asked, his voice slurred and thickly accented.
Although the words were brief, the meaning was clear - he was asking what the other party was going to trade with.
Nishi Ichiki slowed down his speech: "Let me take a look at the things first, and then I'll decide whether to exchange with you."
The young man still didn't seem to understand. His brows were knitted into the shape of the Chinese character "川" and he repeated:
"What, change?"
It seemed that these people were not very familiar with the language of Duskrock Forest, so she tried to express it in a more direct way:
"I look at, like, change, food?"
This time, the young man finally seemed to understand what she meant.
He turned and looked at an elder beside him, who was wrapped in thick animal skins and looked particularly majestic.
The young man muttered something under his breath, as if asking for advice.
The elder slowly raised his eyelids, squinted his eyes, and examined the group of people from the Yanyuan tribe. His gaze finally fell on the backpacks behind them. Then, he turned to the young man and said:
"These people don't seem to be from a big tribe, and they don't seem to have any good things. They probably only brought some fruits, wild vegetables and other food. I didn't even smell the smell of raw meat. Don't waste time with them, send them away quickly."