I'm involved in poverty alleviation in a primitive tribe.

"Moreover, I heard that the Jiang tribe is a tribal alliance, unlike the Tao tribe back then. Even if we... we won't be affected in the future... we can actually use them to help us... otherwise, if we just keep hiding like this, when will we ever be able to..."

The witch remained silent, and the man, assuming she wouldn't speak again, awkwardly shut his mouth and stopped talking about it.

After a while, the shaman sighed softly, his voice echoing once more in the cave: "Let's take another look."

The man looked up with delight and replied repeatedly, "Yes! I'll investigate further!"

Three years later.

Hua Rong sat leisurely in Dong Cao's shop, waiting for her hot and sour noodles.

She is now a third-year student and will be graduating soon. The thought of leaving this place makes her really reluctant to leave.

Two years ago, Jiang Ning negotiated with the Black Scale Tribe. The Jiang tribe supplied the Black Scale Tribe with its goods at wholesale prices, while the Black Scale Tribe had the right of first refusal.

The Black Scale Tribe is required to help the Jiang Tribe promote their trading area to surrounding tribes and deliver guide bones to them.

After much deliberation, the Blackscale Tribe finally agreed.

Now, the surrounding small tribes have all received a notification from the Blackscale Tribe that a new, permanently open trading area has been added here, and that it will also accommodate nearby small tribes that are struggling to survive and the homeless.

Some powerful tribes came to browse around on a whim and indeed bought quite a few good things at cheap prices.

After returning, they told the tribes they were on good terms about the matter, which attracted other tribes that were still skeptical to flock to the Jiang tribe's trading area, bringing considerable profits to the Jiang tribe.

Although the Blackscale Tribe's business was slightly affected, the main items they traded—spirit crystals, linen, and pottery—were things that the Jiang Tribe did not have.

Moreover, Jiang Ning also provided the Black Scale Tribe with a shop where they could consign their goods. From then on, the trading teams in this area no longer had to worry about carrying their goods around, saving the Black Scale Tribe a lot of trouble.

People from other tribes can also spend some shell coins to rent a temporary shop here and sell their tribe's goods.

Jiang Ning added two more types of currency: the Gray Clam Coin, which has the same purchasing power as a Pure Bone Beast Core, and the Purple Clam Coin, which has the same purchasing power as a True Bone Beast Core. That's all there is to it, as the current demand is only so high.

Hua Rong had almost finished the smoothies she bought from the ice cream shop, but Dong Cao still hadn't been called.

She's eaten here so many times, she knows that winter grass comes out very quickly.

Hua Rong couldn't help but feel anxious. Looking over there, she realized there was a commotion, as if something had happened.

Putting aside the fact that Hua Rong had been eating hot and sour noodles with winter grass for three years, given her relationship with Jiang Ning, she couldn't just stand by and do nothing.

Hua Rong stood up and walked into the crowd. It turned out that Dong Cao was arguing with an outsider.

The street was crowded and noisy. Dongcao had been arguing with that person for a long time, but Huarong hadn't noticed.

"You're just a level two warrior. Isn't it enough that I'm offering you a pure bone to fight me once? What do you mean by this?"

Wintergrass angrily brandished a large wooden spoon: "I don't want to! Don't you understand?! Get out! Get out now!"

The outsider was a level three warrior, looking quite disheveled, having been splashed with hot and sour noodle soup by someone.

Hua Rong found it strange. Things had escalated to this point. According to the tribe's custom, any conflict would have been resolved through physical violence long ago, with the winner getting to decide the outcome. Yet this person was still arguing with Dong Cao.

It doesn't seem like he wants anything with Dongcao, it's more like...

Hua Rong's heart stirred; it seemed as if she was deliberately trying to escalate the situation.

He seemed even more excited than Dongcao, his dark face turning red and black: "What? You think it's not enough? You already have a partner, and I heard you even have a child. I'm already being generous by giving you a pure bone!"

As he spoke, the man tried to grab her, but Dongcao was no match for him. He quickly snatched the wooden spoon from her hand. He even tried to grab Dongcao's hand. Just as Huarong was about to make a move, the sky seemed to suddenly darken.

Looking up, Hua Rong saw that the cliff vines, which had been lazily lying on the roof sunbathing, had fallen to the ground and been accidentally stepped on by passersby, but Hua Rong didn't bother to move them.

At this moment, the cliff vines seemed to have suddenly woken up, waving their vines all over the sky, wrapping up the person outside, and then suddenly flinging him right in front of the Jiang patrol team.

The person leading the team at this time was Hongfeng. After becoming the deputy chief of the Tianlang tribe, she was assigned to manage the trading area.

She also led the True Bone Hunting Team, but she is now slowly handing the team over to newcomers. When she is not hunting, Red Maple is always busy, so she wanders around the trading area with the patrol team.

Hongfeng understood the situation immediately upon seeing it. He ordered his men to grab the person on the ground and then inquired about the details.

Hua Rong leaned closer and whispered a few words. Hong Feng thanked her and then led his people out of the trading area.

The man kept shouting that the Jiang tribe was bullying outsiders, but Hongfeng just smiled and glanced at him.

Hua Rong stepped forward to comfort Dong Cao. This kind of thing happens often. When a strong warrior takes a liking to someone of low strength, he doesn't care if you have a partner or not; he just grabs you and takes you away.

If you're lucky, they might put them back; if you run into a greedy person, they'll keep them forever.

Winter Grass thanked Banyan Tree and then thanked Cliff Vine. She had helped out in the canteen with Pheasant since she was a child and was very familiar with Cliff Vine.

Hongfeng led the man out of the Jiang tribe's territory. A group of stone houses had been built there, specifically for renting to people from other tribes who had come from afar.

As she was in charge of the trading area, she naturally knew exactly which tribes lived in these stone houses.

Although the Jiang tribe also arranges for warriors to patrol this area, the people from each tribe still feel that it is better to send their own people to keep an eye on things.

Now, only the person guarding the items and the battle pets that cannot be brought into the trading area remain in the stone house; everyone else has gone to the trading area to buy things.

Hongfeng randomly pointed to someone and told him to go and call the person in charge back.

The person in charge rushed back. On the way, he only heard that his tribesman had been arrested by the Jiang tribe's patrol team. Before he could figure out what was going on, he heard Hongfeng say sternly, "Yingcao tribe, your people have violated the Jiang tribe's prohibition. Fortunately, our Cliff Vine stopped them in time, which saved their lives."

The people from Yingcao tribe came specifically to buy salt. The salt from Heilin tribe is more expensive than that from Jiang tribe, and they only come once a year. Many tribes are already running out of salt.

The captain of the Yingcao tribe glared at his tribesmen before turning to Hongfeng with a worried expression and saying, "Captain Hongfeng, it's not that we don't want to accept the punishment, but you have to explain clearly what he did wrong so that we can remind our tribesmen to be more careful in the future."