Chapter 633 - 431: A Plant That Can Be Made into Cloth
Ten points for a single plant?
Wu Yue’s eyes lit up in an instant. Staring at the small patch of medicinal herbs before her, she saw nothing but green.
"Oh my god, I’m gonna be rich today!"
Her small hands moved in a blur, and the herbs in front of her began to vanish before her very eyes.
After a moment, Wu Yue smacked her lips, still wanting more. "Sigh, it’s still not enough. If there were just a few more, I wonder if I could trade them for a solar car to drive around."
The System let out a merciless sneer. "Host, I’d advise you to stop dreaming. Let’s not even talk about whether you have enough points for a car. Even if you bankrupted yourself to get one, where would you even drive it in a massive forest like this?
Are you going to do a couple of laps around the tribe’s clearing every day?"
Wu Yue’s face froze. The image of herself driving a car in circles around the tribe’s clearing popped into her head, and she suddenly felt mortified.
’Sure enough, to get rich, you must first build roads. The ancients truly did not lie.’
Having earned a large sum of points, Wu Yue was in high spirits. Just as she was about to pack up and head home, a patch of plants in the distance suddenly caught her eye.
She rubbed her eyes in disbelief. "System, quick, take a look! Is that the plant from the book you gave me? The one that can be made into cloth?"
The System, which had been happily munching on a stick of candied hawthorn, froze. It carefully hid the three remaining candied fruits before putting on a serious expression and beginning its observation.
After a moment, just as Wu Yue was thinking her eyes had deceived her, the System’s jealous-sounding voice piped up. "Dog Host, you’ve really stepped in some shit this time. This kind of plant is considered extremely rare on this continent.
You remember the clothes those Wizards from the Super Tribes were wearing, don’t you?"
After a moment’s recollection, Wu Yue nodded with a complicated expression. "I remember."
’Speaking of which, could you even call those clothes?’
’They were basically just cut pieces of cloth draped over their bodies and tied on with sashes.’
Hearing her silent complaints, the System rolled its eyes in annoyance. "Don’t you dare look down on those clothes. Only people with exceptional status in a tribe get to wear them."
’So...’
Wu Yue’s eyes shone as she stared at the vast, seemingly endless patch of plants ahead. She felt as though the System’s words had opened the door to a whole new world.
’If our tribe had this kind of cloth, our reputation would spread even further. And maybe... hehehe...’
"Wipe your drool. It’s not that I want to bring you down, Dog Host, but you need strength to protect valuable things.
The Snow Tiger Tribe might be a big deal here in the Polar Forest, but it’s nothing on the outside. You can’t even compare to some of the tribes on the Red Flame Plain, let alone the Super Tribes.
Let’s just lay low and build up our strength for now."
Wu Yue grunted. She knew this, of course. It was just frustrating that she was still too weak.
She suddenly recalled what Yuan Lang had said a few days ago about Beastman needing a Totem Pole’s blessing to advance to Gold Rank, so she asked about it.
The System licked its precious candied hawthorn and said with a look of disdain, "A blessing from a Totem Pole? Yuan Lang was right. It’s just an infusion of witch power. And if you ever have the chance to get a direct infusion of witch power, you should never accept a so-called totem blessing."
Wu Yue was confused. "Why?"
The System gave an arrogant huff. "The Great Witch Power on a Totem Pole is limited. Besides, those Great Witches from the Super Tribes are cunning. They split their witch power into multiple portions.
It’s just enough for each Beastman Warrior to barely break through to Gold Rank, but it runs out before they can even stabilize their new level.
But if a Great Witch performs a direct infusion, the witch power is abundant and can guarantee the stabilization of their rank. That’s the best-case scenario."
"Doesn’t that mean we won’t be able to sneak into other tribes to get the blessing in the future?"
Wu Yue frowned. This was a problem. An existence like a Great Witch would never infuse witch power into someone from an outside tribe.
"So, if you want to freeload a blessing in the future, your best bet is to go to a Super Tribe that has its own Great Witch. The Totem Pole of a Super Tribe with a Great Witch personally overseeing it shouldn’t have this problem of divided witch power."
After all, it’s for their own tribe’s people. Those Great Witches wouldn’t do something to screw over their own.
The whole concept of a Totem Pole is just a means for Super Tribes to control other tribes that don’t have a Great Witch."
"We’ll worry about the future when we get there. If worst comes to worst, we can just go find the Kuma Tribe. We have a bit of a connection with them, after all."