Chapter 1625: Listening to the Ting'ao Tribe

Ting'ao arrived late. By the time he brought his Soldiers to Changyang Mountain, the war had already ended. However, he had heard the sounds of shouting and explosions from far away, which made him realize the war had started long ago. He also knew what the explosions were, as Jiang Yuwang had told him about them, but he was still quite shocked; after all, hearing a hundred times is not as good as seeing once.

He only brought a few hundred Soldiers, and he feared that going forward now would be of no use, so he set up camp in the distance where he could hear the sounds but could not see anyone. Once all the sounds and the Drum beats had vanished, he guessed that the war had ended, though he did not know who the victor of this war was.

But everything must have a result, so after thinking it over repeatedly, he prepared to take only three people to go over and take a look, leaving the others behind to wait in place. He wanted to see who had won and who had lost; taking too many people over would instead have a bad effect.

Thus, Ting'ao and four others headed straight for Changyang Mountain. However, he first saw the camp at the foot of Changyang Mountain; there were not many people there, but they looked very relaxed and not at all tense, clearly the victorious side.

If Shennong had won, he certainly would not be at the foot of the mountain. Therefore, he deduced that the victorious side was Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe. He decided to go over directly to discuss the matter of surrender. He wondered if, with the factor of having an acquaintance like Jiang Yuwang, the discussion might go a bit more smoothly, as Huaxia and the Jiang Yuwang Tribe could be considered to have cooperated once without directly breaking into conflict.

However, before they reached the place, they were discovered by the Soldiers of Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe. Since they were not being guarded and did not look like people from Huaxia or the Xuanyuan Tribe, it was very suspicious, so Ting'ao and his group were surrounded without any surprise.

Ting'ao acted very naturally: "I am the Tribal Chief of the Ting'ao Tribe. You are people from Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe, right? I want to see your Tribal Chief."

The people of Huaxia did not know of the Ting'ao Tribe, but the people of the Xuanyuan Tribe did. After all, the Ting'ao Tribe was also a large tribe and very important. Now that their Tribal Chief had come, they still had to attach importance to it.

So, after taking away the Weapons of the few, they were taken to the camp. At this time, Baifeng and Xuanyuan had just finished off Xingtian and were leisurely waiting for Limu to bring Shennong back, never expecting that a Tribal Chief of the Ting'ao Tribe would be brought back first.

When Xuanyuan heard that Ting'ao had come, he also became interested. Moreover, the Ting'ao Tribe and his father, Shaodian, were quite familiar with each other, so this time, Xuanyuan said directly to Baifeng: "Baifeng, let me handle this negotiation. Now that the Shennong Clan has been taken, the division of the Shennong Clan's population and territory will naturally be according to our contract. It is very likely that Ting'ao will surrender directly; I will talk to him to save us the trouble."

Baifeng had no objections: "You do it. Rest assured, whether they surrender on their own or we defeat them, it all counts toward the total population to be divided, so no matter which side they choose, it will have no impact on the division of our total numbers."

"Fine, then I will do it."

After Ting'ao was brought over, he saw the two people sitting on chairs. One still had blood on his body and looked a bit fierce, while the other looked clean but was equally imposing. Ting'ao could not tell who the two were.

Before Ting'ao could speak, Xuanyuan had someone pull over a chair for Ting'ao to sit down. This strange object also shocked Ting'ao for a moment, but he sat down just like the two people opposite him, sighing in his heart that it was no wonder they were able to take down the Shennong Clan, even the things they sat on were so exquisite.

Baifeng did not speak, just staring at Ting'ao. Xuanyuan also directly took control of the conversation, opening by asking: "Tribal Chief of the Ting'ao Tribe? What are you doing here? Are you here to support Shennong?"

Seeing Xuanyuan ask, Ting'ao hurriedly replied: "I am Ting'ao. I was indeed requested by Shennong to come and support him, but I know that Shennong probably cannot win this time, and our Soldiers were all sent by Shennong to fight elsewhere; there are no Soldiers."

Furthermore, I do not want to help Shennong, because Shennong is not a suitable Tribal Chief.

When I was talking to Jiang Yuwang during Winter, I heard him mention you, so I decided not to help Shennong, but to come and find you to see if you are willing to accept our tribe and join you."

Xuanyuan suppressed the smile at the corner of his mouth: "That is certainly possible. I am Xuanyuan, the son of Shaodian. I believe you also know my father; we are of the same ancestors, and I do not want to attack you because we are all of the same kin."

I was also requested by other tribesmen to come and help them; otherwise, I would not have attacked the Shennong Clan. When it comes down to it, this is our own business. If we can negotiate peace directly and I take over the Shennong Clan, that would naturally be best. I will certainly treat our tribesmen well, not like Shennong."

Hearing this, the stone in Ting'ao's heart landed. No matter what conditions Xuanyuan proposed next, at least there would be no major problems.

But Xuanyuan said this was their own business, so what about the person next to him?

Seeing Ting'ao look at Baifeng, Xuanyuan explained: "This is my ally, the King of Huaxia, Baifeng. Our two tribes have always been in an alliance, and we two are also good friends. He is trustworthy. The Shennong Clan is a large tribe after all, and it would certainly not be easy for our Xuanyuan Tribe to fight them alone, so I asked him to help and come along."

Ting'ao was a bit hesitant: "Then... then regarding the Shennong Clan? How will it be handled? Who among you will govern and rule, and who will be the new Shennong?"

"Naturally, it will be me. I will pay the price for inviting Huaxia in other aspects. The Shennong Clan will still be the Shennong Clan, but there will be no more Shennong in the future. I will be the Tribal Chief of the entire Shennong Clan and the Xuanyuan Tribe. I will merge the two tribes to govern, and in the future, everyone will be one family.

If you are willing to join the Xuanyuan Tribe, then naturally there will be no clash of weapons. I will let you live a good life. If you are not willing to join, then either leave my territory or prepare to be defeated by me, or defeat me."

Ting'ao asked the question he was most concerned about: "Then, if we are to join the Xuanyuan Tribe, what price do we need to pay?"

Xuanyuan laughed loudly a few times, then explained: "You do not need to pay anything. I am different from Shennong. You only need to listen to me, work when you should work, and hunt when you should hunt. You do not need to do anything else."