Chapter 394 - Something Interesting
Duo Kang looked at Shao Xuan. Seeing Shao Xuan nod, they took inventory.
Shao Xuan also took out five stone crystals. “We’re fine with the price, so these are yours now.”
An Yan smiled, feeling the anxious atmosphere also dissipating.
He had his people take the crystals, then An Yan had them stand the cauldron upright again and drag it over. “I’ll give this to you to compensate for what my people did.”
Although the casting of the cauldron failed, it was still made of bronze after all. If it was not possible to make weapons, you could make other things with it. Even Black Bear felt that this was a good compensation.
Duo Kang also thought that this was good enough, however, he still turned to look at Shao Xuan for his decision. Young people these days are full of pride. Sometimes, in order to keep their pride in a fight, they’d refuse to get any benefits.
However, that’s not the case with Shao Xuan. He smiled, not refusing the gift. “Thank you.”
After the cauldron was wrapped again, Shao Xuan looked up.
“Let’s change course.” Duo Kang ordered the others who were still resting to pack up. The procession set off again.
On the other hand, Black Bear led his people away, so did the people who had planned to rob them. It was all settled in a leisurely way.
“Boss, what the hell did you see in that kid’s box in the Flaming Horns tribe?” A man in Black Bear’s line asked as he pulled a leaf from the tree next to him. He used it to wipe the big blood-stained sword on his hand.
“Something interesting,” Black Bear just replied.
“What made you laugh like that?” The rest were also puzzled.
“What do you think? How many of the people An Yan sent out would come back?” Black Bear asked instead.
They had a wide distribution of manpower in Anba City. They naturally knew the movement of An Yan on the other side. One shouldn’t trust the front An Yan showed in person when he said he’d follow the rules from his own mouth. He was actually a cruel man.
As soon as the Flaming Horns tribe departed, he sent out people to hunt them down. However, he also knew that the tribe decided to go back using another road, so he sent people that way too. He just never thought that the Flaming Horns tribe would use the first road first but they’d certainly encounter each other at some point.
Speaking of which, whichever road was not safe. One road had other tribes setting up ambush attacks while the other had An Yan’s men. If it had been earlier, Black Bear might have sympathized with the Flaming Horns tribe, but now, Black Bear felt that the bad luck would be on the other parties.
The rest of his team was still discussing Black Bear’s words. Seeing Black Bear’s gloating smirk, one couldn’t help but ask, “Boss, how many do you think the men who Anba City sent would come back? Even if they fail, at least half of them should be left, right?”
“Half? I’d say at most one or two.”
“How could that be?!” The others didn’t believe it. “Was there a trap? That’s not likely to happen.”
It wasn’t that they looked down on the people of the Flaming Horns tribe, but they knew that most of the tribe’s people still treasured their weapons. Even if they had set up traps, they’d choose wooden ropes and such, not metals because they’d be reluctant to use it. The lethality of wood was, of course, much smaller than that of metal wares. As for bone tools, it was extremely restrictive and inconvenient to use. Therefore, in the making of traps, many tribesmen might not be able to compare the six great cities. Not everyone was as generous as the slave owners of the six cities.
“There is not only wood and metal in this world.” Black Bear lamented.
Stone tools. This could be considered as almost extinct and only heard in historical records. However, he saw that the Flaming Horn tribe was faring well with it. From the stone tools he saw, he knew the maker of these tools was experienced in using them too- like a spider perched in a hidden corner, pulling out its first silk and already able to visualise the web it was about to weave.