The wicked female is extremely fierce, but she's pampered by her seven beast husbands.

Chapter 85 Bking Snake
After discussing it, the group quickly made a decision.

Some salt stones were exchanged for Bea, and the rest were compensated with Blue Crystal Shells.

Carrying a large amount of supplies back will affect the speed of the entire supply team, and with the increased load, the number of times to stop and rest along the way will increase.

After all, the beastmen of the Cold Mountain tribe were carrying these heavy loads, and she couldn't just abandon all conscience and relentlessly exploit these highly obedient crane-tribe beastmen.

"So, who took Bea to make the deal?" Chongzhen asked, sitting on the rock, posing the most crucial question.

Bai Xi glanced at Ling Chengen and said calmly, "I can go, but I might not be able to manage alone."

His superpower is only level eight. Many of the people from the Snow Wolf Tribe who came this time have superpower levels similar to his or even higher. If he goes alone, he will easily be ganged up on and beaten to vent his anger.

Chang Tianchen toyed with a piece of fish bone in his hand, lazily lifting his eyelids: "Wow."

Ling Chengen stared at him intently for a moment: "Beware of ambushes."

"If the situation turns against you, retreat immediately."

Chang Tianchen sneered, "Do you think I'm that stupid?"

“When you’re not going crazy, your brain works perfectly fine,” Ling Chengen said bluntly.

Chang Tianchen curled his lip: "Instead of making us wary, you'd better be careful yourselves. Do you think the Snow Wolf Tribe is the type to suffer losses easily? My exchange with Bai Xi for Beya means the supply team's defenses are insufficient... Do I need to say more?"

Chongzhen suddenly raised her hand, her beautiful fox-like eyes crinkling, and said in a light tone, "I have a solution to this."

"Tell me."

Chongzhen pointed to the distant location where the White Bear tribe was stationed: "How about we temporarily join forces with the White Bear tribe?"

"I've known Bai Ba, the chieftain of the White Bear tribe, for over half a year now, and he's a very good person. Of course, his strength is even more impressive."

"Aside from being a bit greedy, Bai Ba is otherwise impeccable and a very loyal person."

Ling Chengen thought for a moment: "We can cooperate, but are you sure his men are as honest and loyal as he is?"

Chongzhen said without any hesitation, "I invited him to come over for dinner tonight, but I won't let him eat his fill. He has a huge appetite, it would be a waste for us to let him eat his fill."

"Let's eat dinner early tonight and talk to him directly afterward. He's the chief of the entire tribe, so he has authority, and everyone listens to him. The White Bear tribe is also very united. Besides, their tribe is quite wealthy and doesn't lack anything, so they probably won't covet our supplies."

"Bai Ba is a level nine earth-type ability beastman, and his stamina is amazing. He looks clumsy, but he is actually very agile... Right now, he is more interested in ****, but I refused to sell him the pot. However, I told him that he could go to the Stone Forest to have Lei Sang make one for him when he has time."

Lei Sang stood on a tree branch not far away and suddenly tilted his head to look over: "If he can find the ore to make iron pots, I can actually make one for him on the spot."

Chongzhen looked at him speechlessly: "Are you stupid? If something is easy to make, wouldn't it seem cheap?"

"Of course he should visit our tribe in person, so you can set a price! After going to the Stone Forest, do you think he'll just grab a pot and leave?"

"Of course we should show him hospitality as hosts, let him see the prosperity of Shilin, and his future well-being... This way we can gradually build a deeper relationship with him, and in the future we can directly trade with him for many rare resources, understand?"

After quickly finishing her rant about Lei Sang, Chong Zhen immediately turned and looked at Ling Chengen with a beaming smile.

Ling Chengen: "You're right."

She had to admit that Chongzhen was really good at business.

The plan was set. That evening, Ling Chengen considered it carefully and finally decided to take out some honey and make a few honey-glazed spare ribs to treat the chief of the White Bear tribe.

After the conversation, Chongzhen discussed it with her.

The White Bear tribe has a sweet tooth, especially for things like baba fruit and honey. However, the White Bear tribe's beastmen are rarely wood-based and are not good at growing fruit trees, so they can only climb trees to pick baba fruit and honey, but both of these jobs are very dangerous.

The barnacle vine is very tough, but its leaves and vines secrete sticky sap, so the trunks of giant trees parasitized by the barnacle vine are also sticky and slippery, making it impossible to climb them by ordinary means, and even if you do manage to climb them, it is easy to fall off the tree.

Many of the White Bear Clan's beastmen lost their lives while picking Baba Fruit.

As for honey harvesting, that's even more dangerous.

None of the bees in the Northern Beast Plains are easy to mess with.

Ling Chengen quickly understood Chongzhen's meaning: "You want to do Baba fruit picking business with the White Bear Clan?"

“Yes.” Chongzhen whispered in her ear, “The main season for picking Baba fruit is during the dry season, when the fruit is just ripe and at its sweetest. But it is also the time when the vines secrete the most sap. Every year, no fewer than ten people in the White Bear tribe die from picking Baba fruit, and many more are seriously injured from falling.”

"Didn't they consider cooperating with flying orcs?"

Chongzhen shook his head and said, "It seems... we've cooperated before. But many bird people also consume Baba fruit. The sweetest Baba fruit at the top of the giant tree is mostly picked by flying beastmen, so the competition between them and flying beastmen is fierce."

"Bai Ba said that they had considered cooperating with the flying beastmen in the vicinity in the past, so as to avoid the beastmen of the White Bear tribe from getting injured or dying while harvesting."

"But they chose to cooperate with the Sparrow tribe at the time. After harvesting the Baba fruit, the Sparrow tribe felt that they had contributed the most, so they demanded a change in the profit-sharing ratio... In the end, the White Bear tribe lost a large number of Baba fruit in their territory that year, and they were dissatisfied and fought with the Sparrow tribe."

"The sparrows were small and no match for them, so they moved away from their original territory."

“But ever since then, every year they have sent tribesmen to harvest the Baba fruit in the territory of the White Bear tribe.”

"Even now, it seems to still be like this."

The White Bear Clan, who are only good at fighting on the ground, have no advantage in aerial combat. So even though they are as powerful as they are, they are still powerless to deal with the Sparrow Clan.

“Not many people in our tribe can fly,” Ling Chengen said, frowning. “However… they would be very suitable to establish a cooperative relationship with Hanshan.”

"Yes, I'm after the Hanshan tribe."

"We'll act as intermediaries, connecting the two sides and witnessing their cooperation to prevent a repeat of the previous situation where the Sparrow Clan reneged on their promises after the harvest."

"What the White Bear Clan needs is a highly respected witness."

"Moreover, the crane tribe is not very interested in Baba fruit. Although they eat sweets, they eat meat more often."

After all, the crane-type beastmen are very large, and they can't possibly survive on just a little bit of sweets; meat is much more filling.

Chongzhen also analyzed from another perspective: "During the dry season, most river channels will dry up, which will affect the hunting in the waters of the Hanshan tribe. In the event of an exceptionally long dry season, they may even need to poach in the eastern sea area."

“We acted as a go-between for them, arranging this harvesting business during the dry season. They can receive blue crystal shells or other supplies as payment, which will also help solve part of the food shortage problem during the dry season.”

Chongzhen had thought things through very thoroughly, but all of this was based on Ling Chengen agreeing to let him do it.

After all, without Ling Chengen's permission, his words carried no weight in the Shilin tribe.

The Hanshan tribe is on good terms with Shilin, not with him.

Otherwise, as the young clan leader of Yaoluo, he would have approached Hanshan long ago to arrange a collaboration.

But given his status as the young clan leader of Yaoluo, even if he offered himself up, the orcs of the Hanshan tribe wouldn't bother with him.

He had personally verified this; it really didn't work.

Although the Crane Clan beastmen have a good reputation, they are also genuinely arrogant.

They looked down on these small tribes of orcs who lived in caves and had very weak hunting skills.

They don't exploit people, but they also ignore them.

"Since you've already thought it through, then give it a try." Ling Chengen is currently in the stage of learning about the various tribes and cannot be as omniscient and omnipotent as a native like Chongzhen.

Yes, Chongzhen is starting to give her the feeling of being omniscient.

Upon hearing her words, Chongzhen immediately beamed and said, "With you saying that, then I'll go ahead and do it!"

"Go ahead and do it. It won't matter if you fail. If it really doesn't work out, I'll cover for you," Ling Chengen promised reliably.

Chongzhen looked at her intently for a few moments, then suddenly leaned closer and said, "With you like this, I really might fall for you."

"To be honest, this is the first time I've ever met a female like you..."

Ling Chengen lowered his eyes slightly and said, "If you want to kiss me, you must think twice before you act."

"Because I really will punch you!"

Chongzhen suddenly smiled and said, "Am I such a tactless person?"

He suddenly raised his right hand and ruffled her hair: "When you reach adulthood, I might not be as well-behaved as I am now."

Because he suddenly realized that having such a partner is actually quite nice.

It can both make up for his lack of combat skills and support him in doing what he has always wanted to do.

He was given maximum freedom.

Ling Chengen slapped his hand away speechlessly and said coldly, "If you dare to touch my head again, I'll smash your fox head!"

"Try it if you don't believe me."

"Haha, no, no, I wouldn't dare."

Tiger cubs can be fierce!
Chongzhen decisively withdrew her hand, turned around and shook her fingertip: "I'm going to go hunting in Baixi. Whatever I hunt, we'll eat tonight, okay?"

Ling Chengen tidied his messy hair and turned around to meet Chang Tianchen's gaze from not far away.

"Why do you always indulge that fox so much?" Chang Tianchen asked, puzzled.

On the Beast Plains, most females prefer male beastmen who can provide them with a more prosperous and comfortable life, and without exception, all male beastmen who can do this are extremely powerful.

As for the male's appearance, it is second only to his strength.

Moreover, although he doesn't care much about his appearance, countless females have gone crazy for his looks in the past. From the perspective of normal people's aesthetics, he is far superior to Shigeo's human form.

Why would a third-rate male beastman like Chongzhen win Ling Chengen's favor?

He really couldn't understand it.

Is it simply because that guy is fairly intelligent and occasionally has a bit of quick wit?

But he's not bad either. If this is Ling Chengen's standard for choosing a partner, shouldn't her attention be on him?

Chang Tianchen didn't understand, so he wanted to get an answer from Ling Chengen.

Ling Chengen was a little confused by his question, but then he realized what he meant and said, "Indulgence? I don't think so."

"Whatever he thinks of, he immediately tells you what he wants to do, and even if it doesn't bring you any benefit, you still agree with his ideas..."

Ling Chengen suddenly realized and said, "You mean this? What's so hard to understand?"

“He is my family and friend, and we have always been on the same side. We are a community of shared interests, where we share both prosperity and adversity, so I trust that he will not betray me.”

"As for whether it can bring benefits, that's not that important. If every action requires a huge return on investment before he's allowed to do it, then he's not family or partner, he's just a beast of burden and a slave working for me to make money."

She's not a heartless capitalist.

Moreover, you should act on your ideas as soon as they come to mind, so that you don't lose your passion and may even create additional value.

Setting restrictions everywhere only narrows the path forward.

Chang Tianchen stared at her blankly, seemingly unable to understand her words for a moment.

Family and friends?
So, whether or not it brings benefits is not important for this kind of relationship?
It wasn't until Ling Chengen had long since disappeared that Chang Tianchen suddenly realized what was happening.

Black slaves and cattle/horses?
Is this referring to him?

He spent the first half of his life working hard for the future of the Snake Mountain tribe, but in the end he got nothing. He lost his position as the young chieftain, and at the lowest point in his life, when he needed help the most, he was betrayed by his tribe and his own family...

Chang Tianchen tapped his tail irritably on the stone, quickly creating a crack in the ground.

He couldn't help but think to himself: This little female has a really sharp tongue!

Why is he getting angrier and angrier the more he thinks about it?!
No, when I go back to Snake Mountain to ask for supplies, I'll have to settle accounts with those ungrateful bastards for the hard work I did as their slaves.

The dinner party went exceptionally smoothly that evening.

Bai Ba was easily won over by the honey-glazed spare ribs made by Ling Chengen, and he assured them that if the supplies were kept together with theirs, there would be absolutely no problem.

Anyone who dares to steal supplies from their White Bear tribe's territory, Bai Ba will definitely break that thief's neck! The corpse will be hung at the cave entrance to dry for three to five days!
Ling Chengen only placed some of the supplies on the territory of the White Bear Tribe, and stored the rest in his spatial storage.

The supply team members all knew that she had taken Bea's space, and they were certainly envious and jealous, but she had also given them a chance. They couldn't get it themselves, so she took the space for herself.

Chang Tianchen went with Bai Xi to exchange for Bea.

As they expected, they were besieged after the exchange ended.

But the combined power of Bai Xi and Chang Tianchen, two powder kegs, was too terrifying. In front of the Snow Wolf Tribe's group of orcs who were besieging them, the two of them slapped the faces of the orcs and then arrogantly strode away!

Back at their encampment, Chang Tianchen slithered along with his snake tail, holding a few fallen gradient-colored scales in his hand. He held them up to Ling Chengen and said, "Want to make some jewelry for you?"

His snake scales are extremely hard and have a brilliant color, somewhat like a translucent gemstone, with a gradient of red and purple, and a faint fragrance that lingers for a long time.

These scales are perfect for making necklaces or headdresses.

Therefore, Chang Tianchen always cherished his scales. Even if they fell off, he would pick them up whenever he had time.

The snake molts and scales from before... seem to still be hidden somewhere in Snake Mountain. Hopefully, no one has found them and taken them.

Otherwise, he might really start to go crazy after he returns to Snake Mountain!

Seeing Ling Chengen's unwavering gaze, Chang Tianchen was not discouraged and simply grasped all the scales in his palm.

"I'll send it to you after I've finished making it."

He showed no sign of disappointment after being rejected; instead, he remained confident of victory.

Chongzhen sat next to Baiba, looking at him with genuine admiration.

They've suffered defeat after defeat!
But sometimes, he really envied Chang Tianchen, a BKing who was self-centered and completely unaffected by the opinions of others!

(End of this chapter)