Two-in-one

There were only two animal hide bags on the Tree Tribe stall. The items in the bags were different but they had one thing in common: they were round.

Shen Nong reached out and picked up a handful of yellow, round beans and sniffed them. The unique bean smell instantly filled his nose. As for the thing in the other bag, he didn't even need to get close to take a closer look. The strong and pungent smell of Sichuan pepper had already announced its identity.

Shuguo rolled his eyes around, and before anyone could ask, he had already explained, "These are all produced by our sacred tree. You can eat the big one in your hand when you are hungry. This small one over here smells better than any flower, it's really good!"

Shuguo stared at the person in front of him with great anticipation, hoping to exchange five whole animal skins for the tribe today.

If you don't have five, one will do. Although the small roll has no other advantages except that it smells better than the big flower, when you are hungry, eating the big roll will really fill your stomach.

I just fart after eating it.

Shu Guo automatically ignored the sequelae of eating too much, thinking that with so many big rolling balls, it should be possible to exchange them for a whole animal hide.

Shen Nong put down the soybeans in his hand and understood what Shu Guo meant. The big rolling refers to soybeans, and the small rolling refers to peppercorns. He asked in confusion, "Are you using this small rolling to smell it?"

The fruit tree nodded quickly, not letting anyone wait, and immediately replied: "Yes, it will be particularly smelly in the summer, so we will pick a lot of flowers to smell. But the smell of flowers is not as strong as that of small flowers, and the smell does not last as long as that of small flowers."

After saying this, Shuguo sniffed. Although she really wanted to trade Little Gungun for animal skins, she finally chose to tell the truth, "But the Mu tribe doesn't need Little Gungun. Your tribe doesn't have any odor at all."

Shen Nong thought, I am not here to smell it, I am here to eat it, "Is this all? I want as many as you bring."

“Both,” he stressed.

Shu Guo was delighted that Xiao Gun Gun could actually be traded out! After she completely digested the meaning of the words, she said with some regret: "No more, these are all."

These big rolls are all that the tribe has left. They ate a lot of them in the winter. The number of small rolls that grow each time is not much, and these are the most that the tribe can take out.

Shen Nong was not surprised. All crops in the animal world were grown naturally, so the yield must be very small.

"That's all," Shen Nong began to quote, "Twenty whole animal hides in exchange."

Soybeans are very valuable. Not only can they be used as staple food, but they can also be used to make various soy products and even to extract oil.

Vegetable oils taste better than animal oils.

The peppercorns in the Tree Tribe are all red peppercorns. This kind of peppercorn is easier to produce oil than green peppercorns and has a stronger fragrance than green peppercorns.

Not only the fruit tree, but even the silent fox tree was so surprised that his mouth couldn't close. What? Twenty animal skins?

This is ten more than the Sang tribe has!

Shuguo's brain was quick, and she figured out the reason quickly. Yes, although the silk of the Sang tribe was very soft, it was only soft, and it could not be worn on the body like animal skin to keep warm. However, the big rolling balls of their Shu tribe could be eaten, and the small rolling balls could be smelled.

It makes sense that the Wood Tribe priests would produce more animal skins.

After confirming the transaction, Shen Nong said something similar to what he said at the Sang tribe's stall, "As many of the big and small rollers as you have can be sent to the Mu tribe for trading. The Mu tribe can also send people to collect them, but if we send people, we won't be able to give as much as you guys can."

Shuguo thought about it carefully and decided to choose the latter. Her concerns were the same as those of the Sang tribe. Even if she joined forces with the Sang tribe, she could not be sure that all the tribe members could return safely. The less things she exchanged, the less she had to pay. Life was more important.

Shen Nong did not find any new species in other tribes, but the honey from the Flower Tribe tasted good and was abundant. Their storage method was very interesting. They drilled holes in the wood to leave a bottom and poured honey into it. They covered the mouth with several layers of leaves and tied it with straw ropes. Then they covered the whole thing with mud, a thick layer that took a while to crack open.

Shen Nong didn't know at first and almost thought that this tribe was trading big lumps of mud. He was really curious and asked a question, only to find out that it was honey.

Unsurprisingly, all the honey from the Flower Tribe was bought by Shen Nong. He also placed an order with the Flower Tribe, and the Flower Tribe also chose to let the orcs from the Wood Tribe go to the marginal tribes to get it.

Shen Nong sighed deeply. He had to talk to the priests of these tribes about the road construction.

After returning from the market, the orcs guarding the mud house said that the priest of the mountain tribe had been waiting inside for a long time. Shen Nong thought about it and a handsome face appeared in his mind.

Shan Feng heard the noise outside and turned to look, "Finally he's back."

"What happened?" Shen Nong couldn't help but ask when he saw Shan Feng's anxious look.

Shan Feng didn't say anything, but stared at Ze beside Shen Nong. Shen Nong noticed his movements and turned to Ze and said, "I'm thirsty."

Ze pulled out a wooden chair and asked Shen Nong to sit down. "I'll go boil some water."

After Ze went out, Shen Nong adjusted his sitting position and relaxed his waist. "Tell me, what's the matter?"

Shanfeng took a deep breath and told Shen Nong what he had discussed with the tribe leader Songshan before.

The priests formed a pact, and the Mountain Tribe was loyal to the Wood Tribe.

Shen Nong's fingertips tapped the table rhythmically, making a slight "tap, tap, tap" sound. To put it bluntly, the Mountain Tribe priest wanted to become a subordinate tribe of the Wood Tribe. He really wanted to recognize the boss.

Shen Nong did not think about Shan Feng's proposal for too long. Because of the system task, he had always wanted to expand the scale of the Wood Tribe. Previously, the Water Tribe and the Wushan Tribe joined, and the scale was greatly expanded. But in this beast world, tribes without priests are not everywhere.

What Shanfeng said today is also a way to expand the scale of the Mu tribe.

Shan Feng was anxiously waiting for a reply, his palms sweating, afraid of being rejected. He really wanted to make the tribe better, but he knew very well that it would be impossible for the tribe to change much if he relied on himself alone.

It was not very obvious at the beginning, but after a long time, the difference between the orcs from the Mountain Tribe who came to the Wood Tribe to work and the orcs who stayed in the tribe was so big that no one believed that they were orcs from the same tribe.

The orcs working in the Wood Tribe were not only clean and strong, but they also always had smiles on their faces. However, those who stayed in the tribe were dirty from head to toe, so thin that they could fall down with a gust of wind, and they never smiled.

It could even be said that the orcs working in the Wood Tribe looked more like priests than he, a priest. Standing next to these orcs, he looked dirty.

Shan Feng had no idea how to deal with this huge gap that was visible to the naked eye. For several nights, he sat in the cave until dawn. Finally, he came up with this idea: the priests made a pact, and the Mountain Tribe would obey the Wood Tribe from then on.

Shanfeng also knew that his tribe had nothing worthy of the Wood Tribe priests to make a pact with. If they wanted them to obey, there was no need to make a pact. The Wood Tribe was so powerful that even the Salt Tribe and the Cannibals were no match for them. A small tribe like the Shan Tribe was as insignificant as an ant in the eyes of the Wood Tribe.

In this short period of time, Shanfeng's mood has changed from uneasiness to despair. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the priest of the Mu tribe would never agree.

He was really out of his mind, he actually dared to talk about the covenant with the priest of the Wood tribe.

"Did you bring the crystal?" Shen Nong suddenly asked.

Shan Feng nodded hesitantly, still a little unresponsive. After a while, he jumped up from the chair and excitedly pulled out his fur skirt.

Shen Nong looked at Shan Feng's movements and finally understood why he came here wearing a fur skirt in such a hot day.

When the Mountain Tribe sent the orcs to the Wood Tribe, they traded a lot of animal skin clothes and fish skin clothes. In the animal world, there is no private property ownership, all property belongs to the tribe.

The meat and hides that were agreed to be given to the orc workers were actually given to the tribe. Only the meat that was packed with food was eaten by the orc workers, and only the orc workers could live in the workers' dormitory. This hide skirt was made by the Mu tribe, and there were hidden pockets sewn inside.

Shanfeng struggled hard and finally pulled out something wrapped in leaves from the secret pocket of his animal skin skirt, which was similar to the one Shen Nong had seen in the Yu tribe.

When Shan Feng carefully untied the many circles of straw rope and pushed aside the outer leaves that had become brittle due to dehydration, the crystal clear tribal orc awakening crystal, which was only the size of a small pebble, was revealed inside.

Shen Nong recognized it at a glance. This was another undeveloped energy stone.

He already knew from the system what the priests needed to do to make a covenant, which was not difficult, and was very similar to the blood covenant signed by the orcs. The difference was that when the orcs and priests signed a blood covenant, they dripped their blood on the bloodstone together, while when the priests made a covenant with each other, they dripped their blood on the awakening crystal, that is, the energy stone.

However, there is a prerequisite, the blood must be dripped on the crystal of the party who chooses to surrender and be loyal. This means that in addition to oneself, another person can also activate this crystal.

Shen Nong used the dagger to gently cut his fingertips, and a drop of blood fell on the crystal stone and gradually disappeared. Shen Nong, who had always been a little skeptical that the energy stone had these special functions, was also a little surprised after seeing this scene.

In the interstellar world, the only use of energy stones is to absorb the energy contained in them, but I have never heard of them having these functions.

When the two drops of blood completely condensed on the crystal, Shen Nong felt as if he could capture the breath of life in the mountain breeze.

He was very familiar with this feeling. Those who had signed a blood pact with Bao Qiu would experience this feeling.

Shen Nong looked at the crystal again, wondering whether the interstellar energy stone also had such a function, but it had not been discovered yet.

After Shanfeng left, Ze came in with water of just the right temperature. At first, asking Ze to go out and boil water was just an excuse, but now he was really thirsty. Shen Nong drank the warm water, and fine beads of sweat oozed out of his body. He missed the constant temperature suit of Xingji and all kinds of iced drinks.

However, the temperature in the Beast World in summer is much better than the 40 or 50 degrees in the interstellar world, and the highest temperature is only 31 degrees. There is a slight breeze blowing in places like the back of the earth house, and it doesn't feel too hot when you calm down.

After the market ended, Shen Nong found the priests of the marginal tribes and talked to them about matters related to road construction.

Although the road was built by the Mu tribe from beginning to end with materials and manpower, it still had to be built to their tribal territory. If they disagreed, the project would have to be abandoned. Or it could be built to wherever it could be built.

Shen Nong didn't think they would agree immediately. The best case scenario would be the same as the surrounding tribes, with a small number agreeing and the majority disagreeing.

Who knows, as soon as he finished speaking, the nine priests of the marginal tribe digested the information for a while and asked whether the road would be as clean and flat as the ground in the market and the Wood Tribe.

Shen Nong nodded and said yes, and it turned out that all nine priests from marginal tribes agreed.

They even said they could help with the repairs. They started from the marginal tribes and worked their way outwards, but they needed the Wood Tribe orcs to teach them because they didn't know how.

The priests of the marginal tribes are very aware of what their own tribes are like. If the Mu tribe really wants to do something to them, it would only take a flick of their fingers and they would not go through so much effort.

They were so happy that the road was so white and magical.

Especially the seven priests from the marginal tribes who did not make deals with Shen Nong. The things from their tribes were not appreciated by the priests of the Mu tribe, but if the tribes behind them could have such a good future, it would be totally worth it.

Their eyes seemed to be shining as they looked at Shen Nong. Was this man sent by the Beast God to bless them?

Shen Nong was a little confused by the nine burning gazes. After discussing some details and determining the approximate time and process, the priests of the marginal tribes prepared to leave.

When they were leaving, two priests from the Sang and Hua tribes took out a whole animal hide. They had obtained a lot of whole animal hides today and they also wanted to live in wooden houses.

Because the animal skins they got were tanned by the Wood Tribe, which were much better than the animal skins of the marginal tribes themselves, they could stay here for two days and two nights.

The other tribes could only watch with envy. There was nothing they could do since they had no animal skins.

Fortunately, I bought some round-leaf grass and mugwort bags from the Wood Tribe at the market today. I soaked them in water and poured them over my body. At least I don’t have to suffer from mosquito bites and have a bad sleep.

Needless to say, the four tribes living in the wooden houses had good food and good sleep. Because of the herbal bags, the other tribes sleeping in the mountains and forests also finally had a good sleep in the summer.

After Xiong Shi, the chief of the Stone Tribe, put all the stones he brought from the tribe on the stall, he propped up his head and smelled the aroma of meat wafting from the pickled meat stall of the Wood Tribe diagonally opposite.

He had been smelling it all day yesterday, and when he ate meat at night, he kept thinking about the smell. The meat that he had always thought was delicious now became a little unpalatable. I don't know how the Mu tribe made this meat, it smelled too good.

Xiong Shi was still concentrating on smelling the meat. The priest of the Shi tribe was excited and called out in a trembling voice, "Mu, Mu tribe priest!"

They are among the nine marginal tribes, and they don't know which tribe is left. As long as the priest of the Wood Tribe stands in front of their stall, their tribe can trade the best things from the Wood Tribe.

But yesterday, the priest of the Wood Tribe just glanced at the stall of their Stone Tribe and did not stop.

As a tribal priest, Shi Shan certainly hoped that everything on his stall could be traded. However, he also knew that these things of his were just stones with nice colors, nothing special.

He brought it this time because there was nothing else in the tribe to bring. Other tribes had brought everything, so he just packed the most beautiful stones in his cave.

Shen Nong didn't know much about jade, and it was rare in the interstellar world. Even if there were any, they were hidden in the homes of some collectors. The real objects were rarely exhibited, but some pictures could still be seen.

So when he passed by the Stone Tribe's stall yesterday, he just glanced at it and didn't think much about it when he saw it was just a pile of stones.

When he was sleeping at night, the scene of the Stone Tribe stall suddenly appeared in his mind. He always felt that the faintly green stone was not ordinary.

Some collectors who cannot afford to collect real jade will choose to buy digital products for collection. Although it is a digital collection, because jade itself is rare, it is not cheap and ordinary people can't afford it at all.

Shen Nong had only seen the jade digital collection once at his master's place. It was the most precious jadeite among all jades, but the grade was not high, being the lowest grade of dry green.

After realizing that the pile of stones in the Stone Tribe was probably jade, Shen Nong stayed awake almost until dawn. He came as soon as the market opened.

He didn't know jade, so he could only spend infrastructure points to let the system make the judgment.

It turned out that this pile of stones were all raw jadeite. The lowest grade was the glutinous type, the highest grade was the glass type, and there was even a piece of dragon type jadeite.

The orcs in the Beast World don’t know how precious these are. Even if it is a stone mountain, they just think these are better looking than stones, so they are placed in the cave.

Moreover, there are many stones like this in the Stone Tribe. He chose the most beautiful ones to bring with him.

Xiong Shi had long stopped paying attention to the meat stall. He and the priest were staring at the person standing in front of the stall with wide eyes.

"I want all of these."

As soon as Shen Nong finished speaking, Xiong Shi jumped up and said happily to Shi Shan: "Priest, let's exchange some meat!"

Shi Shan was indeed very greedy after smelling the meat aroma for the whole day, especially after hearing the chiefs and priests of the other four tribes tell them what kind of meat they had eaten in the Wood Tribe.

Even more greedy.

Shen Nong did not trade these jades according to interstellar standards. If he had, the entire Mu tribe would not have been able to exchange them for a single piece of glutinous jade.

But he didn't really trade based on stone standards. However, these things are indeed useless. In the beast world, they are just good-looking stones.

In the end, Shen Nong exchanged fifteen whole animal hides and two baskets of pickled meat for a pile of jade.

As soon as he got the jade, he heard the system ask, "Host, are you going to sell these jades?"

Shen Nong didn't rush to deny it, and said calmly: "Tell me more about it."

The system's tone inexplicably carried a hint of flattery. "All of these glutinous ones in your hands are 5,000 infrastructure points per kilogram. The glutinous ice ones are 10,000 infrastructure points per kilogram. The real ice ones are 15,000 infrastructure points per kilogram. The high ice ones are 20,000 infrastructure points per kilogram. The glass ones are 30,000 infrastructure points per kilogram. The dragon stone ones are 50,000 infrastructure points per kilogram."

Even Shen Nong couldn't help but take a deep breath after hearing the system's quotation. This was the first time the system was so generous in giving infrastructure points.

The system is willing to spend such a huge price to buy these jades, and they must be driven by greater interests.

Shen Nong asked tentatively: "You want so many raw stones, are you going to sell them in the system mall?"

The system did not hide it, "Well, the things in the system mall are all collected by us from various universes and galaxies."

Shen Nong understood, and thought that the prices in the system mall of each host would be different. Shen Nong did not reject the system's proposal, but he did not sell the glass jadeite, and kept one piece of each of the others to be stored in his own system warehouse. The rest were packaged and sold to the system.

Once all the items are brought to his cave, the system will automatically store them.

The raw stones from the Stone Tribe were not big. But they only had a thin layer of stone coating on the outside, which was equivalent to the size of the jadeite. The system never lost money, and it could make more money by reselling it.

Anyway, every time Shen Nong looked for the system in the next few days, it was gurgling the extremely expensive nutrient solution. I guess the main system gave it a lot of share.

On the Stone Tribe side, Shen Nong added three times the amount of animal skins and pickled meat. The priest and the chief of the Stone Tribe were so frightened that they dared not move. At the same time, they were also filled with turmoil. The priest Shi Shan took the initiative to say: "We have many beautiful stones like this in our tribe. In addition to this, there are even more beautiful stones that will shine golden in the sun. If you want them, we will go back and carry them over now."

Listening to Shi Shan's description, Shen Nong always felt that it was like gold ore.

He glanced at the two of them calmly. This Stone Tribe was really rich. Not only did they have jade, but they also suspected to have gold mines.

The Wood Tribe was originally going to the Edge Tribe to trade with the other four tribes, so one more would not be too much, so they agreed to trade jade with the Stone Tribe in the future. As for the beautiful gold stone, Shen San would go there to see if it was gold ore.

[Host, we also collect gold. ]

Shen Nong raised his eyebrows and said, "Okay, he'll send someone over to take a look after Shen San finishes the drawing."

Shen Nong earned more than one million infrastructure points by selling jadeite to the system. Although the raw stones were not large, they were in large quantities. He only had 10,000 infrastructure points left before, and now so many suddenly appeared that he didn't know how to spend them.

I spent a long time browsing in the system mall and just bought some candy.

Everyone in the Zehe tribe loves to eat it.

Shen Nong made a lot of money from the jade trade this time, and exchanged a lot of candy. They were all the largest size, each weighing 20 grams, so big that you could see it in your hand. The Mu tribe members got one for every five fruit candies of different flavors.

Even the Mountain Tribe, which had just officially become the Wood Tribe's younger brother, didn't have one in its possession.

When the food-making team went to the workers' dormitory to deliver meat at night, they did not avoid people. They directly asked the tribesmen of the mountain tribe to stand out and gave each of them a candy in front of all the orcs.

The other orcs didn't understand why only the Mountain Tribe had the food. The orc from the food-making team said directly, "The Mountain Tribe priest has made a covenant with our priest. From now on, the Mountain Tribe will be loyal to the Wood Tribe. The priest said that the Mountain Tribe will be our younger brothers in the future. As the eldest brother, if you have something delicious, you must share it with your younger brothers."

The orcs from the food-making team straightened their chests when they spoke, and the smile on their faces never faded. They knew that only very large tribes would have small tribes attached to them.

Their Mu tribe has it now, how can they not be happy?

The orcs didn't understand what the work of the big brother and the little brother was, but they knew what the covenant between the priests meant.

Mao Cao was entrusted with an important task, to deliver candy to the mountain tribe. He wanted to go back to see Hu Shan training the crossbow cart as soon as possible, so he transformed directly, picked up the bamboo basket containing candy and his fish skin pants and ran all the way to the mountain tribe.

Fortunately, the two tribes were not far from each other. He transformed into a human form again at the gate of the mountain tribe, put on his pants, and walked towards the mountain tribe carrying a small bamboo basket filled with candy.

When the orcs from the mountain tribe guard team saw the totem on Maocao's face, they didn't ask a single question and let the man in.

Their priests had already said that the Shan Tribe would be a subordinate tribe of the Mu Tribe in the future, and there was no way they could stop the orcs of the Mu Tribe.

After Shan Feng knew the purpose of the cat grass, the big stone in his heart fell to the ground. Looking at the colorful, round things called candies in the bamboo basket, Shan Feng couldn't suppress the smile on his face.

Maocao hurried back and told Shanfeng that he had five fruit candies, and the other tribesmen each had one. Then he put down the bamboo basket and ran away like a gust of wind.

Shanfeng took out five fruit candies of different colors from the bamboo basket, randomly picked a purple one and licked it.

The strange sweet and sour taste exploded on the taste buds. Shanfeng couldn't stop after taking a lick, and finally put it directly into his mouth. The irresistible sweet and sour taste melted in his mouth, and Shanfeng was wrapped in candy, his eyes shining.

After eating a candy, Shanfeng couldn't help smacking his lips and touching the small bamboo basket. He smiled and called the orcs guarding outside to gather all the tribesmen over. "The priest of the Wood Tribe gave us candy that tastes better than honey. Hurry up and ask everyone to come and get it."

When the orcs of the Mountain Tribe heard that the priest of the Wood Tribe had sent them something more delicious than honey, they all disagreed.

How could there be something in the world that tastes better than honey?

However, the tense breath in their hearts also relaxed a little. Knowing that the priest had made a pact with the Wood Tribe, they were still very scared.

Even without forming a pact with the Salt Tribe, the Cannibals could be used as human flesh and human shields, and the Wood Tribe could even destroy the Salt Tribe and the Cannibals. After the Mountain Tribe and the Wood Tribe form a pact, I'm afraid they will be no better than human flesh and human shields.

When they gathered at the entrance of the priest's cave, they saw their priest holding a strange object in his hand. Then the priest took out a round object from the strange object and sent them out one by one.

I smelled the sweet and tempting taste, so I couldn't help but stick out my tongue to lick it. This lick made my eyes open wider.

It’s really better than honey!!

The orcs behind followed suit, and after tasting it, they simply couldn't stop eating. Although the colors were different, they were all equally delicious, and they had never tasted anything like it before. Some of the orcs here had never tasted honey, and had no idea what sweetness was, but they had heard other orcs describe it. They felt that after eating this thing called candy, it would be worth it to never eat a bite of honey in this life.

For a moment, the only sound that could be heard at the entrance of the cave was the sound of someone licking candy and swallowing saliva.

Because of a piece of candy, the orcs of the mountain tribe have put most of their worries to rest. Which tribe would give such delicious food to meat men and meat shields?

Not even the dumbest orc would do that.

..

Shen Nong did not force the workers to stay in the dormitory. He only wanted the orcs to be on time for work. Therefore, within one night, all the tribes knew that the Mountain Tribe had become a subsidiary tribe of the Wood Tribe.

And from hearing the description of the taste of the candies by the tribesmen who were making them, it seemed that the Wood Tribe was quite nice to the Mountain Tribe.

After all, honey is such a good thing that sometimes they are reluctant to share it even with their own tribe members, not to mention something that smells better and tastes better than honey.

These tribes only thought that the orcs from the mountain tribe who worked in the wood tribe had the rare thing called candy to eat.

The next day, some tribes' gathering teams met the gathering teams of the mountain tribe outside and found that the orcs of the mountain tribe gathering team were holding something in their hands and licking it from time to time. While they were licking intently, some orcs curiously came closer to take a look. They found that they were holding round things of different colors in their hands, which smelled delicious and had the taste of fruit.

When the orcs from other tribes' gathering teams returned to their respective tribes, they directly compared the candies eaten by the orcs from the mountain tribe in the workers' dormitory. Well, it turned out that all the orcs from the mountain tribe had candies to eat.

What does this candy taste like? It sounds delicious. The orcs from other tribes smacked their lips, imagining the taste of the candy.

It's just that they have never seen it, let alone eaten it, so they can't imagine it at all. After thinking about it, they only have one certain idea, that is, it tastes better than honey.

The three-day market passed quickly, and the Stone Tribe finally spent the animal skins to enjoy a day and a night of wooden house life. After the market ended, the orcs of the Edge Tribe set off to return with the items they had traded.

Nearly ten days later, the sky, which had been gloomy for a long time, seemed to have finally accumulated enough rain water, which poured down heavily.