novelden Chapter 190 Comfort
Chapter 190 Comfort
Lin Baiyan looked in surprise at the orcs coming out of the tent diagonally opposite. Hu Yang, who had just come out of his tent, was also very surprised. This trading market was quite large. He didn't expect that they would be assigned to the same place.
Hu Yang was quite happy and was about to go up when he saw Lin Baiyan on the other side shake his head at him without making a sound.
He stopped abruptly, then silently changed direction. He'd forgotten, Bai Yan and the others had said to pretend they didn't know each other.
Hu Yang turned and went into the tent. Hu Yuan was tidying up the animal hides they had brought. When she saw Hu Yang come in, she frowned. "Didn't I tell you to go out and keep an eye on the tribesmen?"
Most of the big tigers in the Silver Tiger Clan are innocent by nature, not to mention that they brought their tiger might and tiger style with them this time. Those two little cubs are always causing trouble. If you don't keep an eye on them, they'll be flying into the sky.
Hu Yang looked at her excitedly, "Guess who I saw?"
Tiger Kite looked at him in confusion, "Who is it?"
Hu Yang pointed to the spot diagonally opposite, "It's Wolf Cang and the White Flame Priest! The Cangyan Tribe's stall is right across from ours!"
Tiger Kite blinked in surprise, "What a coincidence!"
They came in with the Silver Fox Clan, and the two tribes' stalls were naturally next to each other, but they never expected to have such a connection with the Azure Flame Clan.
After his initial excitement, Hu Yuan regained his composure and said, "Go and explain to the tribe members that they should pretend they don't know the beastmen of the Azure Flame Tribe for the next few days."
Although they didn't know why Lin Baiyan pretended to be a stranger to them, he must have his reasons for doing so.
"Especially Huwei and Hufeng, tell them to keep their skin on their sleeves. If they cause any trouble, don't blame me for having the clan leader whip them when we get back!"
Hu Yang had obviously thought of this as well, and he slapped his forehead and went out, saying, "I'm going right now, I'm going right now."
After Hu Yang left, Hu Yuan sat in the tribe for a while, but still felt uneasy, so she turned around and went to the Silver Fox tribe.
No, she had to tell Hu Bing, lest the truth be revealed.
Lin Baiyan was naturally unaware of what was happening here. After the beastmen of the Cangyan tribe cleaned the tent, Lin Baiyan went inside.
As soon as he entered, Lang Cang opened the tent door and sat down next to Lin Baiyan. He firmly grasped Lin Baiyan's wrist with his large hand, his eyes growing increasingly cold.
Lin Baiyan immediately saw what he was thinking. He patted Lang Cang's hand and said, "It's nothing, he didn't touch me."
Wolf Cang gently rubbed the orc's wrist, his affection and appreciation evident, and said coldly, "If he were to run into him, it wouldn't just be a matter of hitting one of his eyes today."
He wants that beast's hand!
Lin Baiyan clearly also thought of the disgusting, sticky look in the male orc's eyes back then, and he shuddered involuntarily.
He never liked men; he only liked Lang Cang. Now, being coveted by an unknown beastman, Lin Baiyan felt disgusted, as if he were being targeted by a venomous snake.
Wolf Cang keenly sensed the change in the sub-beastman's emotions. He tentatively opened his arms and pulled Lin Baiyan into his embrace, and the sub-beastman obediently leaned against his chest.
Wolf Cang's dark eyes were filled with tenderness. He gently patted Lin Baiyan's back, just as his mother and father had comforted him when he was young. "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I'm here."
On the first day of entering the trading market, apart from the incident involving the pig horn, nothing else happened and things were relatively peaceful.
After this incident, Lang Cang basically stayed by Lin Baiyan's side.
Not only that, Lin Baiyan also gathered all the sub-beastmen who had come out with him and earnestly instructed them not to act alone unless absolutely necessary.
The beastmen clearly understood why the priest had said that, and they responded very seriously.
Their main purpose in coming out this time was to exchange for enough animal meat. Their tribe did not lack salt, but due to a shortage of manpower, the food stored was far from what they expected.
The reason Lin Baiyan pretended not to know the Silver Tiger Clan was because of salt. If they appeared with the Silver Tiger Clan, they would be dealing with so much salt.
The Silver Tiger Clan's target was too obvious; basically, all the tribes in the north knew roughly where the Silver Tiger Clan was located, but everyone tacitly avoided provoking them.
However, their tribe was different. It was hard to guarantee that some tribe in the trading market could guess their location through the Silver Tiger Clan. At this time, the Azure Flame Tribe was not strong enough to withstand an attack from any tribe.
That's why Lin Baiyan disguised himself as a spoiled rich kid, claiming that they were a nomadic tribe that had migrated from the western continent. Naturally, the salt they sold was impossible to trace.
Just as Pig Horn said, the market stalls were sparse for the first three days, and there weren't many things to sell. Obviously, these tribes wanted to wait until all the tribes had arrived before they started putting their goods on display.
So Lin Baiyan and the others quietly stayed in their tents. To prevent the previous incident from happening again, Lang Cang and the other male orcs stopped hunting altogether and instead traded salt for prey with the orcs at the trading market.
But this obviously had a downside. Within two or three days, word spread from somewhere in the trading market that their tribe was spending lavishly, not even hunting for food, but directly exchanging it for salt, making them a complete sucker.
One night, Hu Yuan couldn't resist sneaking into the Cangyan tribe's tent and chatting with Lin Baiyan for a while.
She looked at Lin Baiyan with a hint of mockery, "What, now the surrounding tribes all know that your tribe trades salt for food?"
Lin Baiyan had obviously heard those rumors as well.
He shook his head helplessly, and then told Hu Yuan about the incident that had just occurred when they entered the trading market.
Tiger Kite was furious after hearing this. She said indignantly, "I knew those wild boars from the Fierce Boar Tribe were no good!"
"Oh? How do you say that?"
Tiger Kite clearly thought of something and rolled her eyes without any politeness. "Their tribe has always respected male beastmen. Sub-beastmen have no status and are basically just breeding tools. They are also beaten and scolded from time to time."
Lin Baiyan was extremely disgusted when he heard this. In his opinion, the contributions of the sub-beastmen were no less than those of the male beastmen.
"Moreover, most male orcs are brutal, tyrannical, and unreasonable, relying on their impenetrable pigskin and acting like tough nut to crack," Tiger Kite continued.
"The Mad Lion Tribe is similar. Not to mention that this year, for some unknown reason, the two tribes actually merged together and attacked many small tribes, eventually expanding into a tribe called Super Hero."
"Two tribes with extremely bad reputations merged together, and the surrounding tribes all hated them."
Upon hearing Hu Yuan's words, Lin Baiyan subconsciously frowned. "Isn't anyone going to do anything about this?"