I thrived in the primitive tribe

Jiu Li looked at Luo Ya and the other two strangely as they walked from another direction, "Why did you come from that direction?"

"Could something have gone wrong over there?" another tribesman asked.

"No, this isn't the actual trading location."

"Huh?" Jiuli's mouth dropped open. "How could this be? I was trading right here!"

"This place is just a front," Lu Yao said slowly. "The real trading venue is elsewhere. It was probably a coincidence that you were able to complete your transaction here before."

"Oh, I see. Do we need to stay here from now on?"

"Why don't you three go over and take a look? There are lots of things over there too. See if there's anything you like. We'll just stay here and look around for a bit."

The three looked at the items in their wicker baskets and thought for a moment.

"We don't have anything we want to trade, so let's not go. Let's pack up and head straight to the Orc Market."

“Since you’re not going, let’s set off,” Loya said, looking at the group.

They brought out the hidden items, organized them, packed the goods they had exchanged into the box, and set off for the orc market.

After several days of travel, the group arrived at the orc market.

Some distance away, the group switched back to human form, carried the wicker baskets on their backs, and walked side by side into the orc market.

"Wow, so many people!" Lu Yao exclaimed as she looked around. "Won't there be conflicts with so many people?"

“Why not?” some people said, and then a quarrel broke out in front of them.

"Quickly, let's go see what's going on."

Seeing Lu Yao's excited and gossipy expression, Luo Ya told the others to find a place to stay first, while he and Lu Yao went to check it out and would come back to find them later.

The group then dispersed, heading in different directions.

Lu Yao pulled Luo Ya over, but the area was already surrounded by people, making it difficult to squeeze in.

Seeing Lu Yao's anxious look, Luo Ya grabbed her hand and squeezed through the gaps in the crowd.

The two people in the middle looked like they were about to fight.

After looking for a long time without understanding what was going on, Lu Yao had no choice but to ask the orc standing next to her.

"Brother, what's going on here? It looks like a fight is about to break out?"

He turned to look at Lu Yao and the other person, "Did you just arrive?"

"Yes, we saw this commotion as soon as we arrived, so we came over to see what was going on."

"You've come to the right person. I happened to watch the whole thing."

"Wow, that's great! Tell me quickly, what's going on? Why does the atmosphere seem so tense?"

Seeing that the young girl in front of him was being so polite, the man pointed to the two people in front of him: "The one with the rough appearance is the owner of this stall, and the one who was arguing with him is here to exchange things."

At first, the two were simply haggling over a price. Just as they reached an agreement and the man was about to leave, the stall owner noticed something was wrong and stopped him, saying the deal was canceled and they needed to return the exchanged items.

"Why is that? Everything was already agreed upon and the exchange was completed. How can you go back on your word?"

“Normally, once the exchange is complete, the transaction is finished, and the two parties have no further relationship,” Loya said.

"Yes, according to the stall owner, he had negotiated with that person for salted meat, which is why he exchanged it at such a low rate. However, the item they gave him only had a thin layer of salted meat on top, and the rest was all fresh meat."

When the stall owner saw this, he realized it was completely different from what he had expected, and naturally he was unhappy.

If it were all fresh meat, the exchange rate would be different. The two argued about this for a long time. Seeing this, the other person suggested that they could increase the amount of fresh meat to make up for it, but the stall owner firmly disagreed.

To put it bluntly, the stall owner came specifically for the salted pork; he didn't want any fresh pork at all.

Then the two sides remained deadlocked, the dispute became more and more intense, and it eventually turned into what it is now.

If you ask me, since the exchange has already been completed, why not just give the stall owner the amount of salted meat they were supposed to receive, as agreed beforehand? Why are you still harping on this? It's really shameful."

"That's right, this is obviously bullying honest people~" The people around also chimed in, expressing their dissatisfaction with the stall owner, while casting sympathetic glances at the person who made the exchange.

Hearing the surrounding people criticizing the stall owner, Lu Yao felt very puzzled. She frowned and said in confusion.

"Shouldn't this be the problem of the person who made the exchange? Since he said he wanted to exchange it for salted meat, he secretly replaced it with fresh meat. This is clearly a deceptive act."

If the stall owner isn't willing, why not just exchange the items back, or swap the fresh meat for salted meat? Why is everyone now criticizing the stall owner?

“You wouldn’t know this,” a person who seemed to know the answer whispered.

"This stall owner had previously set very strict exchange rates, which caused a lot of resentment among the people. Although it was clearly their fault this time, everyone still couldn't help but vent their previous anger on the stall owner. Plus, the stall owner usually bullies people, so..."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yao suddenly realized that the matter was not as simple as it seemed on the surface; it also involved the stall owner's previous actions and the accumulated emotions of the people.

"Since everyone is dissatisfied with the stall owner, why should we still do business with him?"

"There's nothing we can do about it. They're the only ones with salt here; other places don't have any. So everyone just has to put up with it. There's nothing we can do about it."

"So, this matter is just going to remain at a stalemate?"

"No, the patrol will come soon to separate them and resolve this matter. The person who made the exchange is probably going to suffer another loss this time."

"At worst, we can just return the item to the stall owner, what else can we do?"

"If that were the case, we would have returned it long ago. Didn't you hear the stall owner yelling and demanding that they compensate him for his losses?"

"Since we can only exchange salt here and there isn't that much salted meat, we can just exchange a little less."

"this..."

"It's obvious you didn't watch the whole thing. That's not how it happened. The stall owner clearly set up a trap to frame the person who made the exchange. It's just that this person was unlucky to be targeted by them."

"How do I put it?"

The man looked around and, seeing that no one was paying attention to them, gestured for the others to lean closer, then began to speak in a low voice.

“I arrived early today, just in time to exchange salt here. I heard the stall owner initially say that he could only exchange salted meat, but later he whispered to the other person that fresh meat could also be used.”

"That person thought they had met a good person today. It's obvious that this is their first time here and they don't know about this stall owner's bad reputation. Otherwise, why would they easily believe in such a pie falling from the sky?"

"How can this be allowed to happen? Isn't anyone going to do anything about it?"

"How can we manage this? We can't have patrol teams with us during every transaction. If we run into them, we either have to be careful ourselves or we have to accept our losses. This young man might suffer a big loss today."

Lu Yao turned to look at Luo Ya, both of them with solemn expressions.

They hadn't expected that exchanging salt would be so difficult now.

The two felt relieved knowing that their tribe no longer lacked salt.

However, seeing the two arguing in front of her, Lu Yao still felt a sense of sympathy for them. She never expected that there would be such treacherous people among the seemingly honest beastmen.

"It's alright, it's okay. We'll be more careful when exchanging items next time, so we won't get scammed," Luo Ya comforted Lu Yao.

Looking at the two people still arguing in front of her, Lu Yao slowly shook her head, and a voice came from not far away.

"Everyone, make way! The patrol is coming!"

The people standing nearby pushed aside, and a group of neatly dressed people, wielding iron swords, ran over. Behind them followed a guy riding a dinosaur.

Lu Yao stared at the iron swords in the hands of the group of people in front of her with shining eyes. She grabbed Luo Ya's arm and shook it vigorously, her excitement overflowing.