Chapter 969: Feilian's Worries

"Then we should keep all the Tuolong skins for ourselves, shouldn't we? That way, we could let all our Soldiers wear such armor. No matter which tribe we fight in the future, we would have a better chance of winning. There's no need to trade this with the Xuanyuan Tribe."

Pengtu explained to Feilian again: "No, it's not that we must keep them all, because we have enough Tuolong here, but we don't have as many Grass Seeds as the Xuanyuan Tribe. To be honest, I can't figure out why there are so many Grass Seeds on the Xuanyuan Tribe's territory, and they grow so large, while we don't have that many."

"Grass Seeds are easier to store than meat. Our winters here are extremely, extremely cold. No matter what kind of water it is, it will freeze completely into ice. For tribes like the Sanmiao Tribe, the winters aren't that cold, and it doesn't even snow, so their food is harder to preserve and requires a lot of salt."

"Moreover, there are many kinds of insects here. In the summer, our food is easily eaten up by insects, but as long as Grass Seeds are kept in a relatively dry place, they can be stored for a long time. So even if we use meat to trade for Grass Seeds with the Xuanyuan Tribe, it is necessary, and it's not much of a loss."

"They are just some Tuolong skins. In the past, we didn't know what they were for and just threw them all away. It was only after the Xuanyuan Tribe traded with us that we started keeping them."

"Later, when we saw the Tuolong leather armor worn by the people of the Xuanyuan Tribe, we knew what this stuff was for. Then we started keeping a portion for ourselves, but we still give the Xuanyuan Tribe what we should."

"Now, the alliance between the Xuanyuan Tribe and our Jiuli is very good. We need their things, and they need ours. We have maintained trade all along, so there is no need to ruin the relationship over a few Tuolong skins."

Feilian, who had lived deep within the Shennong Clan, how could he have known about these things? Thinking that he had wasted so much time over these many years without doing anything, he couldn't help but feel a sense of frustration. Fortunately, now that he had joined the Jiuli, everything would get better.

Pengtu also comforted Feilian: "Fengbo, once you arrive at our Jiuli and go to Dayeze, Tribal Chief Chiyou will definitely assign you a very good territory. When the time comes, you can lead your tribesmen to develop well and hunt, and you will surely be able to make your tribesmen live better little by little. By then, everyone will be able to eat their fill, and their bodies will gradually become strong."

"Tribal Chief Chiyou is not like the Shennong Clan; he won't treat you like that. Furthermore, our Tribal Chief Chiyou is a very powerful Great Shaman and also a Miaofu. Whether your tribesmen are sick or injured, they can come to the Tribal Chief, and the Tribal Chief will definitely treat you well."

"Miaofu, treatment? What is this? Is it like Shennong, who can use various Grass to treat people's injuries and such?"

Pengtu nodded: "Yes, that's right. A Miaofu knows these things. Our Jiuli alliance has many, many Miaofu, unlike the Shennong Clan, where only Shennong himself knew these things. I'm afraid this generation of Shennong doesn't know these anymore, right?"

Feilian sighed with emotion: "That's right. The Shennong of the past could use various different Grass to treat the different illnesses of the tribesmen. This generation of Shennong perhaps knew how to in the past; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to inherit the position of Shennong."

"It's just that I haven't heard of him using this to treat tribesmen for a very, very long time. Perhaps he has forgotten it himself, and he might not have even taught these to the next generation of Shennong."

"Heh, I don't even know if there will be a next generation of Shennong. I don't know who Linkui intends to pass the position to now. Maybe it's Yanbing, maybe it's Xiju. I don't know, and I don't care anymore."

After listening, Pengtu felt it was a pity: "Sigh, such a good thing is actually about to be lost now. You don't know how important a Miaofu is to a tribe."

"You might not know that back when the Sanmiao Tribe was under the management of the Shennong Clan, even the Tribal Chief was appointed by the Shennong Clan. He even rewarded the then-Tribal Chief Gebaga because he could use herbal medicine to treat the tribesmen. Later, because a generation of Gebaga and that generation of Shennong had a dispute over herbal medicine, and also had different opinions on what people should eat, the Sanmiao Tribe broke away from the Shennong Clan. Everyone used to be from the same tribe, you know."

Now even Feilian was shocked: "Did such a thing actually happen in the past? I didn't know. I didn't hear the details from the previous Fengbo. I thought it was just because they were too far away and couldn't be managed, so they slowly broke away."

"Sigh, the things of the past are hard to explain clearly now, but anyway, we were actually all people of the same tribe in the past, so you don't need to feel sad about leaving the Shennong Clan. We are actually all the same tribe. If we count further back, we all came from the tribes of Fuxi and Nuwashi."

After Pengtu's comfort, Feilian completely relaxed and was no longer stressed about this matter. However, he was now only worried about his other tribesmen; half of them had not arrived yet. He didn't know if they had successfully left the Shennong Clan, and whether the Xuanyuan Tribe had kept their promise to let his tribesmen leave.

And the Yushi Tribe—had they really agreed to his proposal to come to the Jiuli together? All of this was unknown, and for Feilian, it was all pressure.

As for the Yushi Chisongzi, after several days of thinking, he decided to listen to the words of the messenger from the Fengbo Tribe and leave the Shennong Clan with them to go to the Jiuli.

If the Jiuli didn't want them, or if they didn't want to go that far, actually, according to the words of the Fengbo Tribe's messenger, people from the Xuanyuan Tribe were waiting on the way. He could just go over and ask Xuanyuan if he had seen Fengbo and if he had seen the messengers from the Jiuli.

If everything was true, then he could safely take his tribesmen to the Jiuli. If there was no such thing, then he could also directly defect to the Xuanyuan Tribe. Anyway, no matter what tribe it was, it would be much better than the future under the Shennong Clan.

Feilian was not at ease, so he entrusted Kuafu with a task here: "Kuafu, I still have many tribesmen behind. It might take many more days for them to arrive. Please have your tribesmen look after them and let them pass through your territory safely."

"Also, regarding the Yushi Tribe, I have also persuaded them to come to the Jiuli together. Although I don't know if they will come, if they do, please look after them as well. They don't have a messenger like Pengtu by their side."