Chapter 764: Clever Indigenous Small Alliance

What she didn't expect was that these natives would quickly produce enough supplies to exchange for three large bags of salt.

Wu Yue suddenly felt a bit regretful, wondering if what she had taken out was too little.

Who would have thought that these native tribes surviving in the cracks of the super tribes would have such great purchasing power?

"Tongzi, when did these indigenous residents scattered in the remote wild forests become wealthier than those tribes that possess territories?"

She hadn't forgotten how, when the large, medium, and small tribes with fixed territories in the Yun Wu Shan Mai came to exchange salt.

Each one looked painful and stingy.

Upon hearing this, Tongzi reached out and took the glasses from beside, placing them on his chubby little face.

A pair of plump little hands busily moved across the system keyboard.

Soon after, a sound of surprise from the system echoed in Wu Yue's mind.

"What's wrong?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, host, these natives' boldness has a reason."

Having said that, he then told the host the information he had found.

The places where these natives live are all relatively resource-poor.

Therefore, their activity range lies between the Yun Wu Shan Mai and the Bai Sha coast.

To be precise, it is even closer to the Bai Sha coast.

Because the coastal Beastfolk and Sea Beastfolk living on the Bai Sha coast rely on the sea for their livelihood.

Their activity areas are as close to the sea as possible.

Thus, the land territory left over is relatively larger than that of the Yun Wu Shan Mai.

Therefore, their contact with the coastal tribes is also greater.

Among these coastal tribes, there are a few that have decent relations with the Sea Beastfolk tribes.

They can own a small stretch of beach and produce some salt themselves.

After a while, these native residents began interacting with these coastal tribes.

Exchanging salt is also much easier than for other Beastfolk tribes on land.

Moreover, these native tribes are quite self-aware, knowing their own scale is small and their strength weak.

They even joined forces to form an Indigenous Small Alliance.

When there's nothing going on, each goes their own way, not interfering with one another.

When something comes up, they unite and pool their strength.

This Indigenous Small Alliance has continued to exist since its founding.

Amazingly, it has never produced any internal strife.

And this Indigenous Small Alliance takes advantage of their proximity to and good relations with the coastal tribes.

Every year they organize several salt-exchange teams to go to the coastal tribes to obtain salt.

The coastal tribes also warmly welcome these land people who bring goods to exchange for salt.

Through back-and-forth interaction, they actually established a very friendly trading relationship.

And the salt that this Indigenous Alliance brings back each time.

After setting aside enough for their own tribe members to eat.

They will store the surplus salt.

Then they organize the stronger male members of the tribe to carry it deep into the Yun Wu Shan Mai.

To trade with the tribes living on the Northern Snow Plains.

Although each trip requires enduring the piercing cold wind back and forth.

But because only a few tribes on the Northern Snow Plains possess their own salt mines.

The amount of salt they can trade to other tribes is also very limited.

Thus, the tribes living on the Northern Snow Plains all greatly crave salt.

Each time the Indigenous Small Alliance goes to trade salt, they can obtain precious animal hides that are warmer than forest beasts.

Large quantities of food and precious medicinal herbs found only on the Northern Snow Mountains.

They then take the items they themselves cannot use to the trade fair to exchange for what they need.

Thus, going back and forth like this, they actually end up profiting abundantly.

The first time they saw the Snow Moon Tribe's great ship.

The people of these native tribes were greatly frightened.

They thought it was a gigantic sea beast coming from the Bai Sha Yan Hai.

They didn't dare to examine it closely, and just scattered and fled.

Until news came from the Yun Wu Shan Mai.

Only then did they realize that the huge thing they saw was not a gigantic sea beast.

But rather a vessel called a great ship, built by a powerful tribe, capable of sailing on water.

The great ship was also loaded with lots and lots of snow-white salt and sea goods transported from the Bai Sha Yan Hai.

All of it was used for trading with land Beastfolk.

Only then did these small native tribes become excited.

If they could exchange salt with that powerful tribe that possesses a great ship.

Then the amount of salt they could take to the Northern Snow Plains for trade would be even greater.

The tribe members would then be able to have a better life.

Thinking this, everyone instantly felt as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

The leaders of the Indigenous Small Alliance unanimously decided.

During this time, they dispatched a special patrol squad to patrol the riverside forest.

If they encounter the large ships of the powerful returning tribe.

They must greet them and have them trade some salt for themselves.

Especially when they saw that the salt provided by the Snow Moon Tribe was as pure white as winter snow.

The people of the Indigenous Small Alliance became even more excited.

The leading old man trembled as he spoke: "Are all three big bags of salt this pure white like snow?"

The Beastfolk asked looked a bit bewildered: "Of course, the salt our Snow Moon Tribe produces is like this.

Not only does it look good, but it also has no bitter taste when eaten.

It is the finest salt from the White Salt Sea."

The Beastfolk said this without any humility.

He was telling the truth; he had also seen the salt eaten by other sea tribes of the White Salt Sea.

Although it is much cleaner than the salt eaten by land Beastfolk.

But compared to the salt produced by their Snow Moon Tribe,

it simply cannot be compared.

The indigenous old man nodded excitedly: "Good, good, good.

When will you come next time?

We still need…"

He glanced at the huge beast‑skin bag beside him.

He gritted his teeth and said: "We also want this much salt packed in such bags, two hands' worth."

Wu Yue smiled: "Naturally we can, but these beast‑skin bags for holding salt are made from the hide of a very fierce sea beast.

You must leave these bags behind.

Next time we come to trade, there will be no bags for you to use.

Just measure it with a bamboo tube and pour it into the bag from the previous trade."

The old man nodded repeatedly upon hearing this: "Good, we will definitely keep them."

After bidding farewell to the reluctant Indigenous Small Alliance,

the Snow Moon Tribe's large ship sped toward the White Salt Sea.

Inside the warm cabin,

Wu Yue lounged leisurely on a soft beast‑skin small bed.

"Tongzi, how large is the Northern Snow Plains where we trade salt with those indigenous tribes?

Is it covered in ice and snow year‑round?

Or is it like the Arctic and Antarctic?

Tongzi nodded: "You can understand it as a territory covered in ice and snow year‑round, consisting of plains and continuous snow mountains.

Some Beastfolk tribes with great cold‑resistance live there.

The people of those tribes are very formidable in combat.

Moreover, the fur they produce there has far greater cold‑resistance than that of forest beasts—by far more than just a little bit.

Taking advantage of the uneventful voyage, Tongzi gave a brief additional introduction.

The Polar Forest has a ferocious beast‑infested deep woods, the Chiyan Plain has an endless desert, the Yun Wu Mountain Range has the Northern Snow Plains, and the White Salt Sea has an extreme‑cold glacier.