A guide to surviving in the world of beasts

As night fell, moonlight sprinkled on the earth like water. Inside a crowded tent, seven or eight orcs were sitting together, whispering about something.

"Leopard Three, have you found out everything? They don't plan to leave here in the next two days, right?" One of the orcs asked with a frown.

The orc known as Leopard Three nodded quickly and said, "Yes, Boss. I heard with my own ears that the female told the caravan from Central China that they would stay here for a few more days to see if there were more goods to exchange."

This orc called Leopard Three was obviously the one who eavesdropped on Su Ling and the others' conversation today.

Another orc snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "Humph, these people are really generous! They are willing to spend so much supplies to exchange for those useless things." As he spoke, greed flashed in his eyes.

Another orc echoed, "That's right. Those cloths, milk wine, and porcelain, which one is not a good thing? It would be great if they could be given to us!"

However, an old orc sitting in the first seat seemed calmer. He said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, even if they trade all those things, the goods they get in return are also very good. The salt alone is enough for our tribe to use for two seasons or even more."

Hearing this, the other orcs showed ecstatic expressions and laughed: "Haha, that's good!"

At this moment, these orcs had already regarded the goods of Rising Sun City as their own possessions, as if they had become their own property.

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The next morning, after seeing off Lu Ming and his group, although most of the things that needed to be exchanged in the market had been exchanged, Su Ling and Hu Yi still went out for a stroll early in the morning like they did in the previous few days.

The two of them picked and chose, and randomly chose a few goods to exchange. After all, they were leaving tonight, so they had to pretend that nothing had happened and not arouse the suspicion of those who were targeting them.

In the evening, the stall owner who had agreed to trade cotton with them yesterday returned to the market with five animal skin bags of cotton he had picked and found the tent of the group from Rising Sun City.

The two parties completed the transaction happily. The stall owner excitedly walked out of the tent happily holding the animal milk wine he had exchanged.

The orcs in the tent not far away saw this scene and greedy looks appeared in their eyes. They stared at the wine in the stall owner's arms and couldn't help swallowing.

In the tent, Su Ling was very excited. She happily put the cotton away and said, "That's great! I thought it was good enough to get two bags of cotton, but I didn't expect the stall owner to be so honest and actually brought us five bags of cotton! Moreover, these cotton seeds are already mature, so we can grow more cotton then!"

Hu Yi, who was packing up the items he had just traded, couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "Didn't you also give them half a can of beast milk wine?"

"Oh, isn't it because we pushed the price too low when we exchanged it?" Su Ling sighed and said helplessly, "Besides, he collected so much cotton, it was really embarrassing, so I gave him the remaining half can of beast milk wine."

Hu Yi laughed softly. He knew very well that Su Ling was a soft-hearted person. "These things are indeed quite common in Rising Sun City, but they are rare in the Great Wilderness. The stall owner has already made a great deal by exchanging them for these wines and cloths."

Su Ling actually understood this truth, but she was too excited when she saw so much cotton and couldn't hold back for a moment. So she smiled at Hu Yi in a flattering way, indicating that she knew she was wrong.

Seeing Su Ling so cute, Hu Yi shook his head helplessly. He knew that no matter what happened, he would try his best to protect her. Therefore, he did not want Su Ling to make any changes, as long as she was happy.

The rest of the goods that needed to be put away had already been packed up, and only a few items were placed in the tent to conceal their whereabouts. They could set off tonight.

"Should we pack up these tents when we leave?" Su Ling asked after finishing sorting the cotton.

"No need to collect it. This can provide us with a layer of cover and avoid waking up those people easily." Hu Yi responded.

Hu Yi had actually discovered a long time ago that there were quite a few people in this market who wanted to steal their goods, especially the people in the tent diagonally opposite, but they brought a lot of people, at least more than a hundred people.

Although those people are easy to deal with if a fight breaks out, they have important things to do later, so try to avoid them if possible.

After hearing this, Su Ling nodded to show that she understood.

As night fell, when everyone in the market was fast asleep, the group from Rising Sun City carefully carried their goods and tiptoed out of the tent.

Arriving at the entrance of the market, the two orcs in charge of guarding were staring at the movements outside the market in a daze. In fact, this area was quite safe. Usually there were no blind wild beasts coming here, not to mention that it was a trading day. If any wild beast dared to approach, it would surely become the orcs' meal, so they dared to be absent.

Hu Yi gently put down the cargo on his shoulder, approached quietly, and knocked the two men unconscious effortlessly.

Seeing that Hu Yi had already dealt with the two gatekeeper orcs, the others went up to pull open the fence and soon stepped out of the market gate smoothly.

The group walked forward for a distance to make sure that even if they made any noise, it would not attract anyone. Then everyone quickly changed back into animal form, lifted the goods steadily, found the right direction and galloped away.

In the early morning of the next day, people in the market were surprised to find that the group of people from Rising Sun City, who usually started trading very early, still did not come out of the tent when the sun was high in the sky.

The orcs who had been coveting the goods from Rising Sun City opened the tent door and walked in, only to find that the tent was empty. They roared in anger.

"Boss, he must have run away last night. Should we still chase him?" an orc asked unwillingly.

"Chase? After a whole night, can you catch up? Do you know which direction they are running in?" The boss said angrily, "Leopard Three, didn't you say they would not leave for the next two days? What's going on?"

"Boss, I don't know either. I did hear them say that they won't leave for the next two days." Leopard Three on the side replied tremblingly.

Hearing this, the boss's face darkened terribly. He glared at Leopard Three fiercely, his eyes flashing with anger. Leopard Three felt a chill in his heart, and dared not look directly at the boss's eyes. He lowered his head, his body trembling slightly, fearing that the boss would attack him.

"Hmph!" The boss snorted coldly, turned around, and didn't look at Leopard Three and the other orcs. He took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down. Now that the best time to pursue has been missed, if he continues to entangle, it will only make the situation worse. Although he still felt unwilling, he knew that he had to make a wise choice at this time.

"Forget it, let's go back first. They are lucky this time, but it won't be so easy to let them go next time." The boss sighed helplessly, then waved his hand for everyone to follow.

The orcs looked at each other, and although they were somewhat reluctant, they had no choice but to obey the boss's orders. They followed the boss silently and left, leaving behind a silent tent and a tense atmosphere.