Chapter 380: Visiting as a Guest

But Baifeng could only accept it; after all, it was he who first said he would gift Xuanyuan one type, and he never said Xuanyuan had to pay a price to exchange for the other types of plants. Moreover, the effect of this one plant alone was enough for Xuanyuan to use. Besides, given Xuanyuan's capability, as long as he knew that the ash of different Grass had different effects, he would likely burn every plant in his territory to test their effects.

They did not dwell on this point any further. Once the Baifeng tribe had retrieved the food, both sides continued to trade for these Slaves. Including both the healthy and the injured, Baifeng took in nearly four hundred Slaves. From now on, unless these people made some major contribution, they would be Slaves for generations.

The trade had ended, but Xuanyuan had no intention of leaving immediately. From the moment he stepped ashore, his eyes had been constantly scanning his surroundings, wanting to investigate everything about Huaxia. After all, this was his first time here, and his previous knowledge of Huaxia had come only from speculation and the envoys he had sent.

And those envoys had never entered the city; they only delivered messages outside the walls. He had learned from the envoys that Huaxia had a tall wall, but he did not know how it was built, nor whether it had existed originally or was man-made. In any case, it was extremely spectacular and gave one a great sense of security.

But now, Xuanyuan did not see the so-called Huaxia City Wall; his line of sight was blocked by a neat orchard in front of him. He could only vaguely see something behind it, looking like a mountain.

These fruit trees had all been planted by Baifeng himself leading his people. After growing for so many years, they were already very tall and dense. Baifeng also had people prune the branches and top the trees every year to prevent them from growing too tall. After all, these trees were for picking fruit, and it was easier to pick if they were low. They lacked the technology or varieties for dwarfing, so they could only control the height manually.

They did not need to go into the wild to gather fruit every year and could still eat a sufficient amount of fruit. It was not just outside the city wall; there was also a large orchard inside the city, as they needed to perfect their entire dietary structure.

What made Xuanyuan even more curious was the row of houses by the Dahe, which had a wooden wheel outside that could rotate with the water flow, emitting a creaking sound. Xuanyuan did not understand what this was used for.

He was immensely curious, but it was not appropriate to ask Baifeng; if he asked, Baifeng likely wouldn't tell him the answer anyway.

But for some reason, he suddenly had a burst of impulse and said: "Can I enter your Huaxia to be a guest?"

Baifeng was also startled by Xuanyuan's words. He did not know what Xuanyuan meant by suddenly saying this. Was he not afraid? Shouldn't he be at his most life-cherishing and security-conscious moment right now?

However, since Xuanyuan had said so, Baifeng did not intend to refuse, so he said very warmly: "Of course you can. Huaxia welcomes you very much; I was just afraid you wouldn't dare to enter."

Xuanyuan also did not expect Baifeng to agree, but since they were both major tribes of this land, they understood basic integrity and rules, so his safety would certainly be guaranteed. Not to mention, there were warriors of their tribe on the river; if he were to encounter danger, Huaxia would inevitably be labeled as barbaric, dangerous, or even a Cannibal Tribe among all the tribes, and what would await Huaxia would be a joint siege by several major tribes.

Believing that other tribes would be willing to attack Huaxia once they knew of its wealth, the main reason they could not unite now was their mutual distrust. A fuse like the Tribal Chief being killed was enough to make other tribes believe it was not a Trap and temporarily unify their front.

After Xuanyuan's request, Baifeng rose to lead the way for Xuanyuan. He could take Xuanyuan to be a guest, but he would not take him on a tour. After all, many things could not be explained to Xuanyuan. No matter how smart Xuanyuan was, he could not understand the principles inside just by looking at the shell. Conversely, Xuanyuan being able to see Huaxia's strength could prevent him from looking down on them; after all, Huaxia's history of development was too short and its foundation weak, so these major tribes still looked down on them deep down.

Passing through the straight Great Dao in the forest, Xuanyuan finally saw the full appearance of the Huaxia City Wall. He was already shocked by the countless varieties of fruit trees and the roads on the ground that were as solid and flat as stone, but he had not expected the city wall to give him the greatest impact.

Looking at the city wall, Xuanyuan felt there was no possibility of him attacking it, but the only flaw was this wooden city gate. He believed that if they sent the strongmen of their tribe to push with all their might, they could still open this gate.

But he soon knew he was wrong. Even for Huaxia to open it themselves, it took several people working together to push it open. Moreover, after he entered the city and looked back at the gate, he discovered that the city gate was actually several layers of wood nailed together, at least half the thickness of his arm, and there was a large amount of Iron behind the door.

Xuanyuan was just marveling at Huaxia's extravagance in being able to use so much Iron to build a door—he wondered how many Weapons could be forged with so much Iron—when the next second, two huge crossbeams were lowered from the city wall and locked onto the gate. Even though Xuanyuan had never seen this structure, he immediately understood that to push the gate open, one would first have to break these two crossbeams, and that was an impossible task.

The ordinary Huaxia gate was closed without the crossbeams; they were only used when closing the gate at night. But now that Xuanyuan had come, they naturally had to show him.

Xuanyuan turned from his shock, and what greeted him was an even greater shock. The road in front of him was entirely made of the same solid stone as the one outside. On the sides of the wide road, trees were planted neatly, but the trees were not fruit trees. He did not know why Baifeng would plant this kind of tree; wasn't it a waste of land?

Baifeng did not introduce much, just leading Xuanyuan to continue walking forward. When he saw a person pulling a cart with an ox, Baifeng thought it was bad—how could he have forgotten this? He quickly blocked Xuanyuan's line of sight, trying to shield his view, and directed the person driving the cart to leave quickly with his eyes.

The person driving the cart was stunned for a moment before immediately understanding Baifeng's meaning, so he quickly turned around and prepared to speed away. But Xuanyuan had sharp eyes, and he was not the only one there; he had already seen this strange animal and strange combination. Coupled with Baifeng's intentional blocking, he understood that this was definitely not an ordinary thing.

Xuanyuan turned to the side and looked closely: a person pulling an ox, the ox having a rope on its body, and the rope connecting to a wooden board, with two round, movable things underneath the board.

Baifeng knew it had already been seen and could not be hidden, so he could only step aside generously and let Xuanyuan look, while thinking to himself whether he could find a way to turn this into a business so as not to suffer a loss.