I thrived in the primitive tribe

The middle-aged woman hadn't completely let go of her resentment, and then asked in a gentler tone, "What are you doing here?"

Seeing the things the group was carrying, and remembering that it was currently the opening time of the Orc Market, he asked, "Did you come from the Orc Market?"

“Yes, are you the chief of this tribe? We would like to make a deal with your tribe,” Lu Yao replied.

"I'm not the chief. You want to make a deal? What kind of deal? Although I'm not the chief, I still have some say in matters within the tribe." The middle-aged woman was even more puzzled.

"Since you can make the decision, then it's fine to tell you."

We've heard that your tribe tames feathered dragons as mounts, and we'd like to trade a few with you. Would that be alright?

Lu Yao told the people in front of her the purpose of their visit.

"You want a tailed dragon? What do you want it for?"

"As you probably know, there are more and more people who are unable to transform into beast form. Many members of our tribe have passed the differentiation period, but they still haven't transformed into beast form."

"Perhaps they will enter the differentiation phase even later?"

"We initially thought so too, but as time went on, our tribe members still hadn't entered the differentiation phase."

We know that the differentiation period hasn't arrived yet, but that's all self-deception. I'm sure you know it's just for comforting yourself.

So we want to trade for a few feathered dragons, so that even if we can't transform into beast form, we might still be able to run fast through the forest.

The man looked at Lu Yao's sincere face and fell into deep thought.

"Then what can you use to make the exchange?"

"Well, we'll need to see what kind of trade your tribe wants."

As soon as Lu Yao finished speaking, a rough voice came from behind them.

What brings you here?

The group turned around and saw a group of orcs carrying their prey approaching. The voice they had just heard belonged to the leader.

"Chief," the woman who had just been negotiating with them called out.

[This person is actually the leader. He doesn't look very old. So this middle-aged woman probably isn't his partner.] Lu Yao thought to herself.

"They came to exchange us for the Tailed Dragon,"

"Trade for a Tailed Dragon? What do they want a Tailed Dragon for?"

"According to the little girl, it was to serve as a mount for the tribe members who could not transform into beast form."

"I see. As an indispensable partner of our tribe, the Feathered Dragon is not something we easily trade. We will not trade with you unless we have something that satisfies us," the tribal chief asked Lu Yao and the others.

"What can you offer in exchange for the Feathered Dragon?" Loya asked.

"Well, since you gentlemen want to exchange for the Feathered Dragon, why don't you come inside the tribe with me to discuss this in detail?" the chief invited the group in front of him.

Lu Yao and the others exchanged glances. Luo Ya said, "Thank you for the kind invitation, Chief. We won't stand on ceremony. Lu Yao and I will go in together and have a detailed discussion with you."

“That works too.” With that, he led everyone into the village.

Those who remained in place, including Jiuli, carried their wicker baskets to a nearby grove to rest, waiting for Luo Ya and Lu Yao to make their deal.

After Lu Yao and her companion followed the chief into the tribe, they discovered that the houses here were built somewhat like the stilted houses in Yunnan.

"It looks very humid here. Well then~" Lu Yao pondered in her heart how to successfully trade for the tailed dragon.

The leader led the two to a stone bench next to a house. "Please sit down first, I'll give you some instructions, and then we'll talk about the tail feather dragon trade."

"Okay, you're busy."

The two sat on the stone bench and watched the leader leave with the middle-aged woman.

"What do you think of them?" the leader asked the woman beside him in a low voice.

"Based on my interactions with them, I think it went alright, but since it was our first meeting, I can't really say for sure. What do you think?"

"I also think these people are pretty good; they gave me a very good impression."

"Then what should we use to trade for the tailed dragon?"

How many Caudine Dragons do we have that we have already tamed?

"We didn't go to the orc trade market this year. All the orcs we tamed last year have already been traded, so we only have 15 this year."

Three of them still have some issues, and we need to keep at least seven for ourselves, so if we were to trade, we could only trade a maximum of five.

“That’s quite a lot. Five tailed dragons are a significant trade. They probably won’t need this many,” the leader said.

“Then what do we need from them?” the middle-aged woman asked.

"Let's proceed according to the previous transaction method,"

"You mean using table salt? Do they even have any?"

"This isn't our responsibility. If they have something, we'll make the deal; if not, we'll see what they have that might entice us."

If not, then I'm sorry, we won't do the deal. We don't have many Tail Feather Dragons, do we?

Besides, raising our tail-feathered dragons is no easy feat.

"Yes, then let's do as the leader says."

Lu Yao and the other person were getting rather bored sitting there, so she approached Luo Ya and asked him something.

Do you think this can work?

"Well, judging from the leader's attitude, he didn't explicitly refuse, so there's hope for a deal."

"What can we offer them in exchange?"

"That depends on what their tribe needs. I think there's an 80% chance it'll be salt."

"I see. Luckily, we still had some salt left over from our previous exchange, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to trade."

"yes,"

"So how many feathered dragons do you think we can exchange for this salt?"

"Only one or two, maybe."

"So few? But then again, it's not easy to tame a tailed dragon into a mount."

Just as the two were discussing how to exchange, the leader entered with the middle-aged woman.

"I kept you waiting."

"fine,"

"Then let's discuss how to trade the Tail Feather Dragon."

"What kind of trade do you use in your tribe? What is the exchange rate?" Lu Yao asked.

The leader gestured to look at the woman beside him.

"We usually use salt to trade for Tailed Wyverns here. As for the ratio, it's generally one animal skin bag for one wyvern. How many are you planning to trade?"

"You need so much salt?" Lu Yao was surprised, not expecting it to be similar to what Luo Ya had said. She looked at Luo Ya.

Seeing the surprise and admiration in Lu Yao's eyes, Luo Ya was secretly happy, but his face remained serious.

"Besides salt, what else can we use to trade?" Loya asked.

"Well, we don't have anything else we want to exchange right now," he said, noticing the disappointed expressions on their faces.

[These two are still too young; their thoughts are written all over their faces.] the middle-aged woman thought to herself.

He then said, "However, you can tell us what you can offer in exchange, and we'll take a look. If it's acceptable, we can trade."

Lu Yao took a leather bag of salt from their wicker basket and placed it in front of them.

"Look at our salt, it's much better than the salt you traded for before. It's not only finer but also doesn't have a bitter taste. Would you like to trade it for a few more feathered dragons?"

Upon hearing Lu Yao's words, the two leaned closer to the animal skin bag and examined it, discovering that the salt was indeed finer.

The leader dipped his hand in the mixture and tasted it; indeed, as Lu Yao had said, it tasted even better.

"So? Isn't our salt better?"

The two men exchanged a glance. "Your salt is indeed better than the ones we exchanged before. What exchange rate do you want?"

"Two tailed dragons?" Lu Yao asked uncertainly.

"No way, absolutely not! With this exchange rate, we might as well exchange it for some slightly lower-quality salt; we've been using it for so long anyway," the middle-aged woman strongly objected.

Loya rummaged through the wicker basket and took out the barbecue seasoning that Lu Yao had made earlier.

"How about adding this?"

"What is this?" the chief asked, puzzled.

"This is barbecue seasoning. You put it on the meat when you're grilling it, and it tastes really good."

"Regardless of whether it tastes good or not, is this all you're offering?"

"You can try it first, and then we can talk about it, okay?"

In the end, Lu Yao and Luo Ya traded a bag of salt and a small bag of barbecue seasoning, along with the method for making the seasoning, for a total of 5 feathered dragons.