Natural God's Gift

#343 - My first encounter with the Flame Spider Merchants of Zhibai Continent (Part 1)

While idly chatting, Fourleaf and Zali waited for their tribe's Mountain Lord to arrive. During their conversation, Fourleaf learned a great deal of information about the Flame Spider peddlers on the Zhibai Continent.

Perhaps it was because the Flat Stag Beetle tribe was too small, but Zali only knew some general information, which was still very useful to Fourleaf.

Before they had even finished a plate of meat, the Mountain Lord of the Flat Stag Beetle tribe rushed over from their territory.

Seeing their tribe's Mountain Lord arrive, Zali quickly introduced Fourleaf: "Mountain Lord Fourleaf, this is our tribe's leader, Mountain Lord Tuisui."

Then, it introduced Fourleaf to Mountain Lord Tuisui: "Mountain Lord Tuisui, this is Mountain Lord Fourleaf."

"I am Tuisui." Mountain Lord Tuisui was a Flat Stag Beetle warrior with a body length of over three meters and a jet-black body.

"Hello."

After exchanging greetings, Mountain Lord Tuisui tentatively asked: "Mountain Lord Fourleaf, what kind of business do you do? Which type of Origin Power food do you mainly deal in? Do you have any types of products suitable for our tribe to consume?"

Fourleaf smiled and said, "I don't deal in ordinary Origin Power food. I only deal in God-given Origin Power food and special local products."

Only God-given Origin Power food? Mountain Lord Tuisui was full of question marks. Who was this? Such a big boast?

Mountain Lord Tuisui said: "Mountain Lord Fourleaf, our tribe's God-given Origin Power food is traded with fixed caravans."

"It doesn't matter," Fourleaf said casually. "If you have any special products, we can also trade with each other."

"Special products?" Mountain Lord Tuisui racked its brains, trying to think of what could be considered a special product.

Fourleaf said: "All kinds of strange plant seeds, ores, and gemstones will do."

"I see." Hearing Fourleaf say this, Mountain Lord Tuisui breathed a sigh of relief. It said, "Then please wait a moment, Mountain Lord Fourleaf. I will arrange for insects to collect the various items you want."

Mountain Lord Tuisui arranged for Zali to collect some items that they considered special, while it stayed here to continue entertaining Fourleaf.

Fourleaf stayed in the Flat Stag Beetle tribe for a day. Originally, it was just looking for an excuse to inquire about information, but it didn't expect them to actually come up with some items that caught Fourleaf's eye.

Mountain Lord Tuisui and the others brought out some seeds with the characteristics of the Zhibai Continent, some of which were not available on the Fang Clan Continent.

It also brought out several pieces of Origin Power-infused metal ore. Although Fourleaf couldn't recognize the specific type, it knew that it was a relatively rare Origin Power metal in the Star Realm.

It spent some God-given Origin Power food to buy all the items, and both the buyer and seller were very satisfied with the transaction.

After completing the transaction, Fourleaf inquired about which tribes were nearby.

There was nothing that couldn't be said, and Mountain Lord Tuisui readily mentioned several well-known tribes nearby. The most famous were the Butterfly tribe and the Leaf Armor tribe, as well as small tribes similar to the Flat Stag Beetle tribe.

Fourleaf bid farewell to Mountain Lord Tuisui and the others, and continued to walk on the Zhibai Continent. It planned to go to the Butterfly tribe first, as it would definitely be able to gather more information within a large tribe.

Following the direction pointed out by Mountain Lord Tuisui, it walked from east to south. After walking for two days, it saw the mountains described by Mountain Lord Tuisui where the Butterfly tribe lived.

According to Mountain Lord Tuisui's description, the Butterfly tribe occupied several mountain ranges, with a tribal territory area of 70,000 to 80,000 square kilometers. The total number of various Butterfly warriors within the tribe exceeded 500, and even the number of Lord-level Butterfly warriors was more than ten.

This surprised Fourleaf somewhat. If a Zerg tribe in the Myriad Races Continent had this strength, it could already be called a kingdom, but here it still couldn't be considered a kingdom.

Although the difference between a kingdom and a tribe was only in name and there was no real difference, one could see from this that the overall strength of the Zhibai Continent was stronger than that of the Fang Clan Continent.

Fourleaf walked towards the Butterfly tribe. Compared to the Flat Stag Beetle tribe, the Butterfly tribe's warriors were much more vigilant.

It hadn't even entered the mountain range yet, but as soon as it got close to the mountain range, several Butterfly warriors noticed it.

Fourleaf saw several giant butterflies dancing on the peaks of the nearby mountains, and then slowly flying towards its location.

"This Flame Spider Mountain Lord." A total of three Butterfly warriors flew over. "Are you here to do peddling business?"

"Yes." Fourleaf responded. It looked at the Butterfly warriors. These Butterfly warriors were the Winged Ring Butterfly, the Black Ring Butterfly, and the Small Ring Butterfly. Their entire bodies were black, with only light white rings of varying sizes on their wings. To be honest, if it weren't for the recorded memories of its inheritance, it wouldn't be able to distinguish the differences between these Butterfly warriors at all.

The leading Butterfly warrior said: "Do you have a peddling trade token?"

"What?" Fourleaf frowned. "Do you need a token to trade with your tribe?"

Hearing Fourleaf's response, the Butterfly warrior said: "You don't know about the token? It seems like this is your first time trading with our tribe."

"Yes!" There was nothing to hide.

The Butterfly warrior then said: "Then please follow me to the trading square."

"Thank you for your trouble."

The leading Butterfly warrior waved its antennae, signaling the other two Butterfly warriors to return. It then led the Flame Spider peddler to the trading square.

Fourleaf followed behind the other party, chatting as they walked: "My name is Fourleaf. I don't know what your name is?"

"My name is Yaoteng."

"Oh, Mountain Lord Yaoteng, what's the difference between entering your tribe with a token and entering your tribe without a token?"

Mountain Lord Yaoteng flew ahead, emitting mental thoughts in response: "Having a token is equivalent to having a fixed trading share of God-given Origin Power food, and you can enter our tribe's core trading area. Without a token, you can only conduct ordinary transactions in the square outside the tribe."

"I see." Just like Fourleaf exchanged God-given Sea Dates for the same level of God-given Origin Power food, other tribes outside also concentrated their own God-given Origin Power food production to exchange for other God-given Origin Power food suitable for their tribe to consume.

And the token represented the trading share of God-given Origin Power food.

"What are the requirements for obtaining a token?"

Mountain Lord Yaoteng thought for a moment: "You need to have a transaction of more than 100,000 Origin Stones worth of God-given Origin Power food within the tribe for three consecutive years."

"I see!" 100,000 Origin Stones sounds like a lot, but in a large tribe with hundreds of insects, it's nothing. It seems that this token is not very rare. It should be a rule formulated for those with fixed trading shares.

Mountain Lord Yaoteng led Fourleaf for more than ten kilometers before arriving at an open earth and stone square.

When Fourleaf arrived at the trading square, it looked at the scene in the square in surprise. It saw many Zerg warriors setting up stalls here.

These Zerg warriors were not only Butterfly tribes, but also various other Zerg warriors. Occasionally, one or two Flame Spider peddlers could be seen setting up stalls to sell Origin Power food.

A strange glint flashed in Four-Leaf's eyes, then he said nonchalantly, "Mountain Master Yaoteng, there seem to be quite a few insectoid warriors here."

"Yes," Mountain Master Yaoteng said, "Because our tribe has a relatively large insectoid population, and different primal force foods mature in each season, we have established a plaza internally for year-round trading.

Later, warriors from other tribes also came to trade, and the scale of this trading plaza has grown larger and larger."

Four-Leaf asked, "Don't you restrict insectoid warriors from other tribes from entering your tribe?"

You should know that because insectoid warriors plant many life seeds, they rarely allow insectoid warriors from other tribes to enter their territory, otherwise, if a life seed is damaged, they would regret it immensely.

Mountain Master Yaoteng chuckled easily, "This is just the periphery of our territory. Insectoid warriors from other tribes who enter are only allowed to go as far as here.

If they leave the area of this trading plaza without a token, they will be expelled by our tribe's warriors.

If they insist on entering the interior of our tribe, we will kill them forcefully!"

"I see!" It seems that the rules of the Zhibai Continent and the Myriad Race Continent, and the Myriad Kingdom Continent are somewhat different.

Mountain Master Yaoteng continued, "Mountain Master Four-Leaf, entering our tribe requires strict adherence to our tribe's rules. Fighting is not allowed within the trading plaza. If a fight occurs, both sides will be expelled by us."

Four-Leaf said humbly, "That's how it should be. We Flame Spider merchants love peace and never engage in fighting."

"Yes." Mountain Master Yaoteng was quite satisfied with Four-Leaf's attitude, and then said, "Insectoid warriors who come to our tribe to trade primal force foods have to pay 10 primal stones as stall rent, but since this is your first time here,

and you are a Flame Spider merchant, we will waive your primal stones."

They even charge rent? Four-Leaf felt that these butterfly-heads were quite clever.

"Mountain Master Four-Leaf, please wait here for a moment."

Mountain Master Yaoteng flew to the Butterfly Lord stationed here and told them about the new Flame Spider merchant, then flew back and took out a small wooden piece for Four-Leaf.

"Mountain Master Four-Leaf, this is the stall's serial number. You can use this token to set up a stall here for ten days. After ten days, you will have to pay rent separately."

Four-Leaf took the wooden token and looked at it: "With this token, I can set up a stall here for free for ten days?"

"Yes, setting up a stall must be according to the serial number position. Anyway, it's only for ten days. You can choose not to set up a stall if you don't want to.

If there's nothing else, I'll go back to patrolling."

"Alright, thank you for your trouble."

After saying goodbye to Mountain Master Yaoteng, Four-Leaf stepped into the trading plaza.

In the trading plaza, insectoid warriors came and went in front of the stalls, selecting their favorite primal force foods. Sometimes they even bargained, and various mental thoughts intertwined, making it very lively.

Four-Leaf took the wooden token and did not set up a stall, but like other insectoid warriors, walked back and forth in front of the stalls in the plaza, watching the various primal force foods that the insectoid warriors who set up stalls had brought out.

Four-Leaf saw many Flame Spider merchants in the plaza, whether they were Purple Rainbow Flame Spiders, Round Purple Flame Spiders, or Watase Flame Spiders.

Most of these Flame Spiders were only at the advanced stage, and only a few were Mountain Master level.

Just as Four-Leaf was wandering around in the plaza, wondering whether to contact these Flame Spider merchants, a Flame Spider merchant took the initiative to greet it.

"This fellow clansman, I see you've been wandering around the plaza for several laps. Haven't you found anything you want to buy?"

"Are you calling me?" Four-Leaf noticed the other party's mental thoughts and looked at them somewhat strangely. It was an advanced-stage Watase Flame Spider, and then walked directly to its stall: "Do you know me?"

"Uh—"

The Watase Flame Spider merchant was a little speechless, and then said, "Respected fellow clansman Mountain Master, my name is Loofah. I was fortunate enough to have met you once in the tribe before, but I guess you probably don't remember me."

"Is that so? I seem to have a little impression of you." Four-Leaf moved its antennae, indicating that it had indeed seen it, but it was frantically complaining in its heart, 'I only came to the Zhibai Continent this year, what are you talking about?'

The spiders of the Zhibai Continent open their mouths and lie to insects, not honest at all, unlike the spiders of their Myriad Race Continent, who are honest and dutiful!

However, this spider called Loofah, it seems that Mountain Master Weisui mentioned it once before.

It's just that it's not particularly surprised. Mountain Master Weisui said before that these spiders follow their lineage elders to trade.

The elders come to the large tribes to trade, and the juniors go to the small tribes to trade.

Now that Four-Leaf has specifically rushed to the large tribe side, it is normal to encounter these Flame Spider warriors who have already completed their trades in the small tribes and come to the large tribe side to continue trading primal force foods.

"My name is Four-Leaf," Four-Leaf first said its name, and then asked, "Do you have anything you want to talk to me about?"

Loofah said, "Mountain Master Four-Leaf, I see that you haven't set up a stall and have been wandering around the plaza for many laps. I wanted to ask if you haven't found any primal force foods that you like?"

"If you need anything, we can provide you with some of the primal force foods you want."

"You?" Four-Leaf questioned somewhat, "You are only an advanced Flame Spider, and what I need are at least Mountain Master level or even Lord level primal force foods. Can you provide them?"

Hearing Four-Leaf say this, Loofah said quite confidently, "Mountain Master Four-Leaf, I follow our tribe's Sunflower Lord to travel the continent.

Sunflower Lord is an extremely wealthy Lord level Flame Spider. Its status in the kingdom is only lower than a few Spider Kings. You must have heard of its name in the kingdom.

Even if I don't have the primal force foods you want here, I can transfer them to you from Sunflower Lord's side."

"Is that so? I want Lord level, good quality primal force foods. Do you have them?" During the conversation, Four-Leaf keenly captured a piece of information. The Zhibai Continent has Spider Kings, and it seems that there is more than one.

This immediately made it feel pressured. You should know that on the Myriad Race Continent, there is only Ginkgo, a Spider King, and the other few have a long way to go before reaching the Spider King level.

Even Yin Fou was lucky to be promoted to Spider Lord.

How does the Zhibai Continent have so many Spider Kings?

Is it the credit of that small world called Huan? Did Flame Spider warriors begin to grow before the primal force was restored?

Or is it that the primal force recovery time on the Zhibai Continent is earlier than the primal force recovery time on the Fang Race Continent?

Four-Leaf doesn't know, and still has to explore slowly.

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