Ta-t-tap-tap-tap-tap-

The sound of footsteps came from the hole.

The people in the cave were walking out step by step, without any hurry or slow pace, with a little carelessness, and were not panicked by so many strangers at the entrance of the cave.

The fire was not lit in the cave, and it was pitch black. So, at the beginning, the people at the entrance of the cave could not see the person inside clearly. They were just alert because of the sudden appearance of the person, so they all took up their weapons and looked at the person who walked out.

In such a place, even an inconspicuous little person may make you unlucky and you must be cautious.

The light was getting brighter and brighter near the entrance of the cave, and the person who walked out of it gradually revealed his figure.

The man looked very young and was wearing a linen dress. Although it was a little wrinkled, it can be seen that the linen dress was much better than the linen that Shao Xuan had seen in the Pu tribe and was more delicately woven. At the collar, there were some decorations made of small bamboo pieces connected together, making the linen dress look less single.

The man raised his arms and stretched his waist. The light at the entrance of the cave was a bit dazzling. He grabbed his hair like grass with one hand and looked at the person standing at the entrance of the cave, "Hey, have you changed again?"

"Are you?" asked several leaders in front of the team looking at each other.

"We're in this hole, you get out of here!" There was a younger man next to him. He was originally planning to grab a better position in the hole, but when he started, he was shocked by the sound in the hole. As a result, the person behind him snatched the place. Now he is not very happy and his tone is naturally a little rushing.

But he didn't notice that the arrogant tone of the leader of his team had just eased a lot, and he didn't notice that some experienced travelers in the team suddenly changed color. Seeing that the other party did not answer, he was about to say something else, but the older people next to him covered his mouth and dragged it into the team.

Shao Xuan looked at the people who walked out and knew that although linens had become popular in the central region, there were many people wearing linens in the market. However, the linens on the person who walked out were much better. He also brought very rounded bamboo ornaments, and most importantly, the piece of jade hanging around the other party's waist.

Experiencers in the team said that in the Mang tribe, almost everyone carries jade on their bodies, but some are in a very small arc, while others are half-ring or even circular. It can be said that in the Mang tribe, status is related to jade, and the young man in front of him has an arc of almost 240 degrees. Although there is no carving on the jade, there are some clear green patterns like bamboo.

It can be imagined that this person is naturally not a small person. Although I don’t know why this person came to sleep in the cave, I can’t offend him. This is what the leaders thought of at the same time.

The man glanced at the Far Traveler team casually and said, "I've already slept, you guys can go in."

No one walked in the team, but as the man walked, the team blocking the entrance of the cave quickly made a way out. Some young people who were unknown were pulled away by the older ones around.

No one blocked the entrance of the cave, and more light from outside the cave shone in, allowing everyone to see this strange young man more clearly. He was quite white and didn't look strong. He didn't feel how strong he was. He didn't have the momentum of the leader Fanning and others, and he was dressed well, but I don't know why everyone was so afraid. When everyone's eyes swept to the piece of jade hanging on the other party, the person who was still scolding in his heart just now lowered his eyelids and did not look at the other party.

For a moment, the hole became quiet, and the people who were discussing it with great interest just now also closed their mouths.

The atmosphere is a little solidified.

Tatta--

Everyone heard the sound of the other party walking slowly very clearly, and even the noise outside the hole could not cover up the footsteps.

Suddenly, the person walking outside the cave stopped and looked sideways at the team of travelers.

The leaders in front of the team suddenly felt nervous, and they shook their eyes, thinking about what to do if something happened.

But he didn't expect that the other party just looked at one part of the team and smiled meaningfully: "I'm very brave. Don't leave alone when you go out."

The others in the team followed the man's gaze and looked at a place where Shao Xuan was standing with a frown.

After saying that, the man left, went out and stood outside the cave, stretched his arms, moved his arms, looked down at the mountain, and then jumped.

It is located on the mountainside, with a steep slope and a little higher than the ground below.

However, when the person outside the cave looked down, he did not find the figure of the man.

"Stop looking, I've left." Fan Ning said, walking to Shao Xuan, with a cold face, probably because he was injured internally, and his face became even more ugly: "Have you ever messed with people from the Mang Tribe?"

"No, the first time I've been here, I've never seen anyone from the Mang Tribe before." Shao Xuan was also puzzled. The man spoke halfway, but he didn't know what the other party was talking about?!

"It's best not to mess with me!" Fan Ning hummed heavily, and because of this "hum", it affected the injuries in his body. He coughed several times and almost coughed up a mouthful of blood. However, in order to maintain his face and stabilize his morale, he held back the mouthful of blood.

"Clean the cave." said a leader in front.

Worried that there were other people in the cave, everyone lit the fire, took the torch and walked into it, carefully checked it, took out some garbage and threw it outside, and then found a place to rest. After rushing for so long, after reaching the middle, they kept their nerves tense. Now that they can finally grab a cave, they really need to have a good rest. Some people with injuries also need to recover.

Shao Xuan, Wei and others also found a place to rest, lit a small fire, roasted the meat they brought with them for a while, and only then could they have the strength after eating.

"Shao Xuan, do you really don't know that person?" asked Wu.

"I don't know, I don't know what he meant." Shao Xuan kept thinking about the reason. He even wondered if the other party discovered that he was from the Yanjiao Tribe, but he didn't hear any grudges between the Mang Tribe and the Yanjiao Tribe back then. Moreover, Shao Xuan did not feel malice from the other party, and of course, he had no kindness. He was just a stranger.

On the other side, the person who left the cave was already near the market. He did not walk into the market, but was idle about a hundred meters away from the market.

Whoosh!

A slender spear shot out at a rapid speed, and inserted into the ground in front of him. Nearly half of the spear body instantly penetrated into the ground.

"Qu Ce! Hand over Bai Ling!"

A white figure came to Qu Ce from a hundred meters away in the blink of an eye.

This is a young woman in silk white clothes, but her beautiful face is filled with anger, looking at Qu Ce.

"Isn't it just a spider? How many days have you been chasing me?" Qu Ce yawned and said indifferently: "You care about your spider, what should I do if the bamboo rat I have worked hard to raise? Do you compensate me? I plan to raise it for a few more days to stew a big pot of soup and have a good meal. Haha, but when I went back, I saw it, oh! Only bones are left!"

When talking about it later, Qu Ce's expression became cold.

"I can use silk clothes to compensate for your bamboo rat." The woman in white said in a slight tone.

"Da, do you think everyone cares about the spider flavor of your tribe?! When we have no good things in our Mang tribe?!"

"No matter what, you must hand over Bai Ling today!" The woman in white did not give in.

"I'm still afraid that you won't be able to do it... Wait!" Qu Ce stopped him quickly before the other party took action.

After looking at the sky, Qu Ce's eyes were somewhere, and he smiled and raised his palms just now on his angry face.

After a breath, a green figure flashed past and finally stayed on Qu Ce's palm.

It was a bird less than the size of a palm. Its wings were like a knife and its tail was like a swallow. Because it was too small, if you didn't look closely, it would be easy to mistakenly think of it as an insect.

"What did you find?" Qu Ce touched the bird's head with his fingers and said.

The bird screamed and gently pecked Qu Ce's fingers.

"I finally found those thieves." Qu Ce was delighted. "If you have something to do, I won't tell you, I'll give you back!" As he said that, Qu Ce took out a white ball from a skin bag hidden in his clothes and threw it at the woman in white.

The woman in white quickly caught it and looked at the "white ball" in her hand. It was originally a spider covered with white hair. Now it was wrapped in a ball the size of a fist, and there were a few bamboo thorns inserted into it. It was these bamboo thorns that caused the white spider to suffer great pain.

"Qu Ce!" The woman in white became more angry.

"What are you shouting? It's not dead yet. It's much better than my poor bamboo rats. If you eat so many bamboo rats, you will be punished. If you pierce a few times, you will die? You deserve it if you die!"

The woman in white didn't care about it and just held back her anger and pulled out a few thin bamboo thorns from the "white ball". After a while, the "white ball" gradually spread out, stretched out her long legs with white hair, and the "white ball" that was as big as a fist expanded more than twice.

"Look, I'm not dead yet. I'll eat my bamboo rat next time and I can't kill it!" I didn't have the intention to stay here anymore, Qu Ce collected the bag: "I'm going to catch the thief, I want to see who else steals my bamboo rat. Do you really think I'm a good temper?"

The green bird had already taken off, and Qu Ce followed closely. After hesitating for a while, the woman in white also followed. She also found that some silk on the spider web in the tribe had been sucked by someone. I wonder if it was the same as those of the Mang tribe who stole jade and bamboo rats.

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After eating food and taking a break, Shao Xuan got out of the cave with Qi and others. The people from the long journey took action in two batches, one went out to trade, and the other guarded the cave, and went out alternately in the afternoon.

Now, Fan Ning takes the people of the Pu tribe out, and they will trade a batch of items in this market. The popular things in the middle may not be popular. They must choose according to the habits and preferences of the tribes on the edge of the river, so that they can get more things if they bring them back. Just like the rough linen that Shao Xuan saw at the beginning, it is nothing here. He can change one piece with just a little something, but after taking them back, he can get the best water moon stone, and water moon stone can get more good things.

Since there is no unified currency, the transactions Shao Xuan saw were all kinds of strange items. Sometimes the buyer took them out and the seller did not like them, so the transaction would not be successful.

The several things that Shin brought from frogs were quite popular, and the transaction was quite smooth, while the Water Moon Stone of the Tsu Tribe was even more smooth. If there were enough numbers, Shao Xuan felt that the Water Moon Stone of the Tsu Tribe could be used as a unified currency. No matter which tribe seller, if Shao Xuan wanted to trade with the other party, he would succeed by taking out the Water Moon Stone. This is no wonder that the people of the Pu Tribe are so excited every time they see the people of the Tsu Tribe. The Water Moon Stone is so omnipotent.

The jade of the Mang tribe is one level higher than the Shuiyue Stone. It is also omnipotent in transactions, but it is much more "priced" than the Shuiyue Stone.

Shao Xuan was not interested in linen and pottery, and those jades from the Mang tribe could feel a calm and peaceful atmosphere when touched. Perhaps there were other uses for the totem warriors, but Shao Xuan felt that he didn't need these and did not have enough financial resources, so he would rather not make up for jade.

Shao Xuanzheng and Wei and others were walking in the market together, and a square-faced person came up.

"Do you guys need jade?" The man quickly glanced around, as if he was guarding against something. Then, when he pulled the loose sleeves of the animal leather jacket, Shao Xuan saw several jades inside the other party's sleeve.

"Jade?" Wei was a little confused. He was actually very curious about jade. However, others in the tribe said that trading jade is not cost-effective, so basically no one in the Pu tribe trades jade.

"Forget it, I don't have anything to trade jade on hand. If I change it, I can't change anything else." Wei refused.

The rest of the Pu tribe had the same thoughts, only Shao Xuan lowered his head and seemed to be hesitating.

"How to exchange this jade?" Shao Xuan asked.

"I think the white stone you just took out is good, just use that one. But... it's too eye-catching here, let's go there." The man pointed to a place.

"Shao Xuan, let's go with you." Wei said. I heard that such transactions in the market are very dangerous, and often they act together.

After thinking about it, Shao Xuan said to the people of Feng, "No, you can continue to look forward first. I will catch up after I go over and trade. I am quite interested in jade and want to read it for a while."

"Yes, there are many kinds of jades over us, and there are also carefully carved ones." The man said quickly.

"I really don't need us to go there together?" An older person next to Wei asked Shao Xuan.

"I really don't need it, thank you."

"Okay." Some transactions in the market may indeed involve some personal secrets. The elderly man from the Pu tribe did not say anything else, and continued to walk forward with Wei and others.

After Wu and the others walked away a little, Shao Xuan said to the jade trader: "Let's go, but I think there is a good place over there."

Shao Xuan pointed to another place, "There are few people there."

"Then... it's OK." The man walked beside Shao Xuan, slightly behind, under his loose animal leather jacket, and gestured his fingers in one direction.

After leaving the market for a distance, Shao Xuan stopped.

In front, on the left and right, there was a man, and behind him was the jade trader at the market.

Shao Xuan turned around and looked at the jade trader. The other party was originally smiling, but now he was also smiling, but he was missing affinity and a bit cruel and cruel. The loose skin jacket had long since disappeared.

Four people surrounded Shao Xuan in the middle.

"Boy, hand over the things." said the man in front.

Shao Xuan did not speak or show any panic.

"Don't hide it, we know exactly what you carry. But you have the courage to come with me alone with such precious things." A greedy light flashed in the eyes of the jade trader.

A precious thing?

Shao Xuan thought about it and found that there were many precious things on him, such as the inner clothes made of insect skin, those special silk threads, the water moon stones of the tribe, and... Fire Crystals!

Shao Xuan's eyes flashed, and he remembered what the man in the cave said: "I'm very brave. Don't leave alone when you go out." (To be continued...)

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