After the Flaming River Grand Banquet ended, the Flaming River Trading Point was officially opened.
Large stone tablets were erected at the entrances of the trading point. The rules of the trading point were engraved on them. Every new face that entered the trading point would be reminded by the Flaming Horn guards to read the rules. Otherwise, they wouldn't even know why they were killed in the trading point.
Once their lives were at stake, those who didn't care immediately retreated to take a closer look.
Many of these new faces had followed the other tribes to the banquet. Previously, they couldn't enter, but now that they heard that the Flaming River Trading Point was finally open, they finally mustered up the courage to enter after a night of contemplation.
Those who were used to travelling long distances all had an adventurous mentality and were full of curiosity. Otherwise, they wouldn't have persisted for so long.
When they were observing the Flaming River Trading Point from afar, they were so curious that they wanted to reach out and scratch it, but they couldn't reach it.
Now, they could finally see everything in the Flaming River Trading Point with their own eyes.
Of the 24 tribes who came to the banquet yesterday, none of them left. Some of them had already planned to trade here and return later, while others were waiting for the best time to leave.
For example, the Drumming tribe didn't leave yesterday because they ate too much and couldn't run. Plus, there were all kinds of dangers outside.
Now that a night had passed, they had already digested most of their food. They had already finished all the food they brought from the Flaming River Castle. Now, they were just waiting for the people outside to come in so they could escape. If they left early, they might be blocked by the people outside with bad intentions. The safest way was to wait for those curious people to come in before they left.
There were a few other smaller tribes who had the same idea. They weren't good at other things, but they were very good at predicting the best time to escape.
The people who entered the Flaming River Trading Point were attracted by all kinds of "fierce" things.
"Oh, look! Look at such a big piece of meat! "
"I've never eaten it before. Could that be fearsome beast meat?"
"Fearsome beast meat?!"
These three words were undeniably shocking. Even those who travelled long distances rarely saw fearsome beasts, unless they went to the Fearsome Beast Forest or the desert. But how many people had the guts to enter the Fearsome Beast Forest? Even the Wan Shi tribe in those days didn't dare to go in often. As long as they were not stupid, they would definitely stay far away from that dangerous place. As for the desert, even fewer people went there.
"What kind of meat is this?" someone asked with wide eyes. As he spoke, he leaned closer to sniff the bloody meat, and an intoxicated look appeared on his face. "It must be delicious!"
"Giant Bear," the Yanjiao man in charge of the stall said slowly.
"Giant bear? How big is this' huge '? "Someone was puzzled.
"What kind of meat is this?" Without waiting for the meat seller to answer, another person impatiently pointed to the other side and asked.
"That's the meat of the Giant Claw Beast." The man in charge of the stall continued to answer slowly.
"Giant claw? How big is a claw? "
"Here, just like that." The man who was selling beast meat pointed at the stall next door that was selling beast fangs and beast claws. "The third one from here is the giant claw of the Giant Claw Beast."
"Oh ~ ~ ~ ~ ~" A group of people rushed over.
"This is the giant claw of the Giant Claw Beast?"
"Yes." The uncle who was selling beast fangs and beast claws smiled with his white teeth. He seemed to casually move the giant claw over to let this group of people who hadn't seen the "world" take a closer look.
The people who rushed over touched the beast claw from top to bottom, then from bottom to top again. Their eyes shone as they stared at the giant beast claw that was more than twice their height.
"Then what kind of beast's claw is this?" Someone pointed to the side and asked.
"That's a beast tooth."
"This ~ ~ such a big beast tooth!"
"It's alright, it's not that big." The uncle who was selling beast tooth once again showed his white teeth. "Do you want to buy it?"
The people who were excited just a moment ago immediately looked as if they had been hit by frost. Their expressions were as if they had been frozen, and they were dumbfounded.
They had come in too much of a hurry. In order to make it easier to follow them, they hadn't brought enough "money." In their pockets, there were only a few glowing crystals and shells. The jade stones were also lonely and of poor quality. There really weren't many things that could be used as currency. At first, they wanted to trick the Yanjiao people, but on second thought, if the Yanjiao people could hold a banquet to show off their wealth, how could they not have seen these before? Then, they recalled what they had seen since entering the Flaming River Trading Point. They really didn't have the courage to trick the Yanjiao people.
They thought about the rules written on the stone tablet when they entered the Flaming River Trading Point. Then, they thought about how the uncle who was selling beast teeth and beast claws so casually moved the giant claw over …
They would be killed, okay?!
But if they didn't bring anything back to show off, they would be letting themselves down!
Go out and rob?
Some people looked around fiercely, searching for the people from the smaller tribes. They heard that some of the tribes who came to the banquet were just small tribes that couldn't even fill their stomachs. If they didn't rob, were they going to rob the bigger tribes? Even idiots wouldn't do that!
But when they started searching, the Zhi tribe had already found a chance to escape. It would be difficult to catch up now!
Some people didn't want to give up, so they gathered their companions and left the Flaming River Trading Point. Because of the rules, they didn't dare to do anything inside, so they could only go out and search.
While these people were searching, the chiefs of the Mang tribe, Eight Limbs tribe, Long boat, Thousand Mask, Feather, Tian Shan, Hui and the other big tribes entered the Flaming River Castle again. But this time, they weren't in the open air. Instead, they were led to a special meeting room inside the castle. Only a few chiefs went in. On the Yanjiao side, only Guigou and Shao Xuan were there.
Shao Xuan stretched. He had been busy the whole day yesterday, and he still had to finish up at night, so he didn't sleep much. His ancestor's flame giant had consumed a lot of his energy, so he was sleepy now.
When Shao Xuan stretched his arms, everyone in the meeting room looked at Shao Xuan in unison.
Sensing their stares, Shao Xuan said, "Don't be nervous, I'm just stretching."
Those people didn't care. Only when Shao Xuan finished stretching and yawning did they look away expressionlessly.
They couldn't help it. They were shocked by what happened yesterday. They didn't know what the flame giant was, but they knew that it was definitely Shao Xuan's doing. He just waved his sleeves and spat out fire in the trading point. Now, they were all traumatized. When they saw Shao Xuan stretch his arms, they couldn't help but feel nervous.
Guigou knew this feeling very well, but he knew that the ancestor's flame giant rarely came out during non-ritual times. So when he saw everyone's reaction, he wanted to laugh, but he couldn't. Yesterday, when the ancestor's flame giant came out, he was standing beside Shao Xuan. At that time, he was so scared that his back was covered in cold sweat.
After calming himself down, Guigou looked at Shao Xuan. When he saw Shao Xuan nod, he said, "Let's begin."
The stone door of the meeting room closed with a bang, blocking out the sound from inside.
When night fell, the stone door opened again.
The chiefs had complicated expressions on their faces. They couldn't tell if they were happy or angry. On the fifth day of the Flaming River Trading Point's opening, they left with their people.
The curious travellers who came with them also left one after another.
With their publicity, the Flaming River Trading Point's name quickly spread across the mainland.
To the tribesmen on this mainland, which tribe destroyed which tribe was at most a short discussion. Most tribesmen only talked about tribes that were far away from their own tribe or were not familiar with them. If there was anything new, they would immediately shift their attention to it. However, when it came to food, they could talk about it for a long time.
Some of them were even counting with their fingers the number of tribes that had held banquets in the past few years.
This was especially true for the travellers from the various trading points. When they were free, they would gather together to discuss.
"I wonder what Yanjiao ate at the banquet."
"Anyway, I heard that a few big tribes praised it."
"That means the Flaming River Trading Point is very powerful."
"It's not the Flaming River Trading Point that's powerful, it's the Yanjiao tribes that are powerful!"
"It's all the same. Did you guys go with them? "
"No, we know a tribe. Someone went with them."
"Those rumours are all true? This ~ huge beast tooth, this ~ huge beast claw, are they all real? "Someone stood up and gestured.
"Hey, it's not that small, it's much bigger than what you said! Too bad they didn't bring enough things back and couldn't buy a huge beast claw. That kind of beast claw, tsk tsk, you don't need to polish it, you can use it as a weapon! I heard that it can cut through stone in an instant … "
It was rare for that person to receive so much attention, so he felt proud. He cleared his throat and continued to tell everyone what he had heard.
Gradually, more and more people gathered around. Every now and then, they would gasp or exclaim in unison, "Ah", "Huh", "Ya", or "Oh".
"Hey, those who went with them didn't have anything to buy the beast claw. Didn't they rob them?" someone asked.
"You dare to rob Yanjiao?" The crowd looked at the person who asked the question as if they were looking at an idiot. In their hearts, Yanjiao was already on a whole new level. They were not inferior to the big tribes in the central region.
"Pfft! When did I say that I wanted to rob Yanjiao? Am I that stupid? "the person who asked the question explained." I said to rob those small tribes! "
"No, the tribes in the Flaming River area are familiar with the terrain there. I heard that those who wanted to rob them lost them after a while." The person in the middle immediately picked up the topic and started to blabber on and on.
"Why don't we go on an excursion there after a while?" the leader of one of the tribes who had been listening intently said.
"I was thinking the same thing, let's go together," the leader of another excursion team said.
"Haha, gather more people. Those small tribes aren't easy to rob, they're all very smart!"
The person who was telling the story only repeated what the person who told him before said. When that person was telling the story, he had to clench his teeth when he said the words "very smart".
That person said that every time they chased someone in the forest, they almost caught up with them, but those people always managed to escape. When they chased them, they almost fell into a bottomless cave.
"That's why we should bring more people when we go to the Flaming River Trading Point next time. Don't fall into a deep pit and no one will save you. We can still rob the tribes there," someone said in an experienced tone.
They had a good plan, but no one knew who would lose out when the time came.
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