Chapter 62: Four Tribes Present Gifts (Seeking Followers)

The night grew darker.

On the snowy summit of Lion King Mountain, Chen Mo was teaching a group of lion cubs the "Evening Eight" lesson.

During the day Chen Mo was extremely busy, having to negotiate with the Ice Shade Spirit Clan and also search for the land spirit.

He simply had no time to complete the self-discipline challenge of "Teach Lion".

So he had no choice but to move the class time to the evening.

This was hard on the lion cubs.

At the final class, more than ten lion cubs could barely keep their eyes open, but out of respect for the Lion King's dignity they forced themselves to stay awake.

Probably the only one listening attentively was the little black panther Luna.

As a study‑king leopard, with exceptionally high talent and comprehension, it mastered the Lion Language in less than a month.

Now, while Chen Mo speaks Chinese, it has also gotten started, having memorized no fewer than a thousand Chinese characters.

The last class ended.

After Chen Mo announced dismissal, all the lion cubs scattered in a rush.

At that moment, in the firelight, a snow‑white‑haired Snow Treading Fox walked slowly toward it.

"Ying!" (Your Majesty, four more tribes have come, wanting to discuss territorial protection with you.) Bingli had arrived a while ago, but she did not disturb the Lion King's class, merely waiting quietly.

"Roar!" (Let them come!) "Ying~"

Soon, the leaders of four different supernatural beings arrived before the Lion King.

They were the Spirit Ice Moth, the Unicorn Frost Sheep, the Ice Frost Hound, and the Ice Void Spirit.

Their relations were clearly good as well; after learning that the Ice Shade Spirit Clan had surrendered and retained its territory, they came together.

"Nuo~" (Your Majesty the Lion King, we, like the Ice Shade Spirit Clan, wish to join the Ice Lion Clan~)

The Spirit Ice Moth spoke first, then immediately took out from its wings a bundle of silk emitting a lustrous blue light.

This was Spirit Ice Silkworm Silk; the bundle contained roughly hundreds of strands, making it quite precious.

Spirit Ice Silkworm Silk is indeed very precious, belonging to the Great Snow Mountain's "luxury goods".

Every beast Chen Mo had encountered before possessed it, but he only dealt with the leaders of supernatural beings.

A single Spirit Ice Silkworm, from hatching to cocoon and moth, can produce only about a hundred strands of Spirit Ice Silkworm Silk.

It sounds like a lot, but Spirit Ice Silkworm Silk is a consumable; once the link is broken, it becomes completely ineffective.

Right after the Spirit Ice Moth, the other three tribes also presented their own "gifts".

The Frost Sheep Clan offered a first‑grade divine herb.

Although Chen Mo's "Little Garden" already cultivated dozens of first‑grade divine herbs,

but seeing the Frost Sheep leader's expression, it was clearly painful for them; obviously this was absolutely precious to them.

The Ice Frost Hound presented a high‑grade supernatural beast's demonic pill, which for Chen Mo now was better than nothing.

The Ice Void Spirit's gift was two small ice spirits.

One male, one female.

The Ice Void Spirit is also an elemental being, its appearance somewhat similar to humans but with more delicate features; its skin is snow‑white, its height only 50–60 cm, and it bears two pairs of ice‑crystal wings on its back.

"Your Majesty, they can attend to your daily life."

The Ice Void Spirit leader spoke.

Perhaps it was the successful experience of the Ice Shade Spirit Clan's surrender that led these four tribes to prepare "small gifts" for the Lion King.

Just as in ancient times feudal states presented tribute to a great power.

Chen Mo naturally accepted them gladly.

"Roar!"

Chen Mo nodded.

Those willing to surrender are naturally friends; those willing to prepare gifts are even better friends.

Moreover, among these four supernatural tribes, he values two especially; one is naturally the Spirit Ice Moth, which is the adult form of the Spirit Ice Silkworm.

Originally Chen Mo thought the Spirit Ice Silkworm clan lived miserably, constantly having their silk taken by other beasts.

But later, from the Snow Treading Fox leader Bingli, he learned that the Spirit Ice Silkworm clan actually lived very prosperously in ancient times.

By selling ice silkworm silk, they not only maintained good relations with the vast majority of tribes, but also obtained various resources from each tribe.

If he brought them under his command, Chen Mo could monopolize this resource.

Other tribes likely do not have large reserves of Spirit Silkworm Silk; once it is used up, it becomes difficult to communicate and cooperate with other tribes.

As for the other supernatural being he values highly, it is the Unicorn Frost Sheep.

His regard for it even exceeds that for the Spirit Ice Silkworm!

According to the Snow Treading Fox leader, this supernatural being is utterly a food‑loving tribe, possessing a special ability called the "Little Spirit Rain Technique".

Its effect is to gather spirit into rain, irrigating spirit plants, thereby accelerating their growth.

In the era before the Great Snow Mountain's creatures were collectively frozen in ice.

Spiritual energy was exhausted, and spiritual grasses were hardly to be found anywhere.

Yet the Unicorn Frost Sheep's Little Spirit Rain Technique can impart a trace of ice‑attribute spiritual power to ordinary grass, making its flavor naturally even more delicious.

The Unicorn Frost Sheep can be said to be the common friend of all herbivorous supernatural beings! Now that spiritual energy has revived, this ability of theirs can truly shine! If the Unicorn Frost Sheep tribe is subdued, the difficulty of subduing other herbivorous tribes can be said to drop exponentially!

Moreover, Chen Mo currently has many seeds of first‑grade divine herbs, whose growth cycles are too long; if the Unicorn Frost Sheep could speed up their maturation, it would mean Chen Mo would possess ever more divine herbs!

"Roar!" (Elder Bingli, tell them the specific contents of the agreement!)

Chen Mo growled lowly.

"Ying!"

The Snow Treading Fox elder nodded and began explaining the agreement's contents item by item to the four leaders.

Okay~

Mee~

Woof!

Roar—

After listening, the four leaders looked somewhat puzzled, but they still nodded.

As for the Lion King's conditions, they could actually accept them.

Their only worry now is—will the Lion King turn against them and not recognize them as beasts! Once the Lion King fully refines the land's spirit, their fate, even life and death, will be merely a thought of the Lion King.

"Actually, I don't need to sign these agreements with you; with my strength, I could simply seize your territory by force."

Chen Mo said calmly.

"The reason I'm willing to communicate with you is merely that I don't want to see rivers of blood."

"I hope to see a peaceful, jointly developing Great Snow Mountain."

Upon hearing this, the Spirit Ice Moth and other leaders said nothing.

They naturally understood this as well.

Now the Ice Lion King has become the only Lord Realm existence in the Great Snow Mountain.

Just like the previous Crystal Deer, the Lion King directly conquered by force.

They don't even have the slightest ability to resist.

Even if all races united, it would be difficult to stop the Lion King.

The only thing that could possibly threaten the Lion King now is the "Bloodline Burst" trump card among the races.

But these trump cards are consumed one by one; unless it's a crisis of racial survival, the leaders won't use them.

Actually, by coming here, they have already made their choice.

(End of Chapter)