The worm with beautiful butterfly-like wings was called the 'spitfire bird.' It was produced on an isolated island at the edge of the Wizard Li's newly conquered archipelago.
It was an island with an area of less than 10,000 square kilometers, only 500 kilometers away from the dangerous Nutao Sea. There were all kinds of strange animals living on it, and the spitfire bird was one of them.
From the straightforward name of this bird, one could tell that this bird, which had neither sharp teeth nor sharp and powerful giant claws, attacked by spitting flames. Just by relying on this single ability, it was able to openly stand at the top of the island's food chain. It was extremely aggressive, and even though it had been tamed, it still showed its arrogant nature from time to time. At this moment, the spitfire bird under Zhang Lisheng's crotch was in a bad mood.
When the chief choresman, who had mastered the taming method, saw his mount bulging up and its dough-like head swelling up, he secretly groaned in his heart. He hurriedly stood up and howled at the spitfire bird. When he had only said a few words, all of a sudden, he saw a thorn suddenly shoot out from the black reef under the spitfire bird's head, piercing through the strange bird's head.
After suffering a fatal blow, the spitfire bird showed an amazing vitality. It could still twist its body and struggle desperately. Unfortunately, the seven to eight thorns that appeared side by side on the reef port had completely fixed its body, instantly taking away the strange bird's life mercilessly.
Looking at his mount dying just like that, the chief choresman could not help but tremble and kneel on the ground again. This poor aborigine guessed that the spitfire bird must have been killed because it had angered the 'god'. For this reason, even though this' partner 'with a war attribute was a treasure that he had gone through a lot of hardships to obtain, he did not feel any regret at all. Instead, he was filled with horror.
Zhang Lisheng did not care about the fear of the aborigine under his feet. After successfully crushing the reef into mud and turning it into thorns to kill the untamed mount, he smiled and opened his mouth to blow out a moist breath. It divided into several gusts and wrapped around the thorns.
In an instant, the sturdy thorns melted like a candle that had encountered a blazing fire. They covered the large wound on the spitfire bird's body and merged with its skin.
A few seconds later, the strange bird's round eyes suddenly flashed with a dark light, and it began to tremble and flap its wings.
Soon, the flapping of the colorful wings became more and more powerful. Not long after, it was enough to support the body to slowly rise into the air. Just like this, amidst the prayers of the tens of thousands of Wizard Li tribesmen around the harbor who witnessed the miracle, the resurrected flamethrower brought Zhang Lisheng up to the sky and flew towards the Red Mountain Harbor.
"Refining living corpses is really convenient." In the air, the strong wind blew on the young man's loose robe. Zhang Lisheng reached out and stroked the weak back of the strange bird with a satisfied expression on his face.
Without the need to split lives, he could refine 'living corpses' with just mud and water mixed with a small amount of deities, which made him very proud. It was not until the strange bird landed at the Red Mountain Harbor that the smile on his face disappeared when he saw Luqi.
"Mr. Luqi, it's nice to see you again. May I know why you're looking for me?" Zhang Lisheng, who was followed by a few native choresmen who were holding wooden trays filled with Scorpion Island's specialty fruits, walked into a wooden house near the sea in the harbor and asked the empty-shell merchant who was wearing a captain's hat and a luxurious silk dress. Despite having a short beard on his face, one could still tell that he was young.
"The respected scholar who conquered the barbarians with wisdom, it's my honor to meet you again." When Luqi saw the short but strong aborigine kneeling on the ground and placing the fruit trays in front of Zhang Lisheng before retreating quietly, his eyes lit up right away. Courteously, he bowed and said, "Looks like your position in the tribe has become more noble."
When the young man saw that not only did the cunning merchant not answer his question, but he even took the opportunity to pry, he did not say anything. Instead, he gestured for Luqi to sit on the animal skin carpet and began to eat the delicious fruits.
In Zhang Lisheng's silence, Luqi rolled his eyes and sat down without any awkwardness. He also picked up a red fruit that looked very plump and took a bite.
The thick fruit rich in sugar flowed down the corner of his mouth as the merchant showed a satisfied smile. "God really treats the Hellfire people well. Even the usual wild fruits are so delicious.
Mr. Lisheng, I've brought greetings from my friends. Madam Someril, Miss Alison … They miss you very much. Other than that, "the young man in luxurious clothes pointed to the hundreds of ships docked at the port in the distance," I've also brought a total of 25,000 living slaves. "
"Looks like you're very good at using some business skills cleverly, Mr. Luqi." Zhang Lisheng could not help but chuckle.
Even though there were not many opportunities for him to run a business personally, as the founder of LS, he still knew a lot of tricks in business. He knew that 25,000 slaves was by no means a small number even in the war era when there were sufficient 'supplies.' Luqi must have used the trading right with the Wizard Li tribe as a bait to organize such a large-scale caravan.
"This is all thanks to your care," the merchant heard this hint and did not deny it. When the merchant heard this hint, he did not deny it. With a sincere tone, he said, "The transaction with Wizard Li of nearly 10,000 slaves last time allowed my partner and I to earn three times the profit.
This has given me a very good reputation. Now, as long as I pay a one-fifth deposit to the Atandin slave merchants, I'll be able to get the slaves on credit. Well, let me put it this way. The number and cargo ships are no longer a problem now. The caravan that I'm leading is afraid that your tribe will suddenly no longer need slaves and we'll make a wasted trip … "
"That's impossible, Mr. Luqi. Don't worry, no matter how many mainland slaves you bring over, Wizard Li can eat them all." The Wizard Li god, who had already controlled more than five million square kilometers of land and had hundreds of millions of believers, did not care about anything in front of Luqi and said in a rich and overbearing manner.
"Doing business is not like doing research, Mr. Lisheng. There are many things that can't be done just by imagination."
"I've already told you, Mr. Luqi, no matter how many slaves you bring over, Wizard Li can eat them all."
"Oh, in that case, the scale of the Wizard Li tribe is far beyond my previous expectations …" A gleam of brilliance flashed across Luqi's eyes as he said with a chuckle.
Zhang Lisheng was taken aback. He frowned and did not say anything.
Upon seeing the young man's reaction, Luqi became annoyed. To a person like him who was good at sweet-talking, he hated this kind of guy who was silent on the surface but had his own ideas in his heart the most.
It was a good thing that he had already grasped the other party's weakness. When the merchant thought of this, he smiled proudly. Then, with a solemn expression, he said solemnly, "Mr. Lisheng, I need your help."
"Mr. Luqi, I've already given you all the help that I can give you."
"Oh, Mr. Lisheng, you should listen to what I want you to do and what I can give you in return before saying this." The young man in luxurious clothes stroked the short beard on his chin and smiled confidently. "I heard McCardy said that you're a scholar who is obsessed with studying animals. A mountain of gold coins is not as valuable to you as a strange animal carcass.
The reason why you took the risk to cross the sea is to find a 'fresh' research object. For this reason, you'd rather stay on this primitive island inhabited by barbarians for a long time … "
"Mr. Luqi, my time is limited. What exactly do you want to say?"
"I can give you many research objects that can excite you, Mr. Lisheng. A monkey that can produce lightning on its skin, a lizard that can shrink its body into a ball and flow around like water, a poisonous snake that can spray acid from its tail … I can get all kinds of strange animals for you as long as you can tell me in detail about the Hellfire tribe on this island under our feet."
"Mr. Luqi, there's a proverb in our hometown that says' greed is the source of all evil '!" Zhang Lisheng was stunned for a moment before jumping up and scolding angrily, "Not only that, you're not qualified to plunder the wealth of the Wizard Li tribe …"
Along with the young man's roar, more than ten powerful native warriors holding spears and sabers dashed into the bark house.
It was ridiculous to be threatened by a group of dwarves whose height did not even reach his chest. However, to Luqi, who had heard bedtime stories since he was young, where the characters who played the role of the devil were mostly Hellfire tribesmen, there was nothing funny about facing the battle formation of the Wizard Li warriors.
With a pale face, he trembled as he stood up, barely able to maintain his composure. "Mr. Lisheng, w-what do you mean by this? I-I …"
"You want to know about Scorpion Island? Don't tell me that you're not planning to organize pirates to plunder the wealth on the island? Even though I'm a scholar, I'm not an idiot who knows nothing other than biology," Zhang Lisheng said with a contemptuous expression. "If I tell you the information this time, I'm afraid you won't care about my life when the pirates come to plunder, right?"
"B-Pirates? Y-You said that I plan to organize pirates to plunder a Hellfire tribe that can swallow tens of thousands of slaves and is still not satisfied …" Luqi's mouth widened as he said in astonishment, "Y-Your imagination is a little too rich!
I-If I have such strength, I would've long occupied a few city-states in the Kattaman City State and become a governor. Why would I take the risk to come to the Hellfire Archipelago to do maritime trade? "
"Yeah, that's true." Zhang Lisheng pretended to have a look of realization but did not order the native warriors to retreat. Instead, he asked hesitantly, "Then why do you want to inquire about Scorpion Island's information?"
"To open up another more profitable route, Mr. Lisheng," Luqi, who originally planned to bargain and not tell the young man the truth, said without hesitation in the face of the spear at his throat, "You must have heard of the Nutao Sea since you've stayed in the Hellfire tribe for so long, right?
It's the intelligence officer of a powerful tribe there who wants to know about Scorpion Island, and I just want to serve him. "
Zhang Lisheng, who was planning to attack the Nutao Sea, could not help but be taken aback when he heard the young man's answer. However, as his train of thought shifted, this matter was too bizarre, so he blurted out, "Mr. Luqi, I think you really want to die! How can you even make up such an absurd lie?"
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