Leisurely Farm Life in Beast World

Let’s return to Mu Chun, who has just arrived back at the Divine Tree Clan’s dwelling.

In the old clan leader’s treehouse, Mu Chun seemed dejected. Everyone present from the Divine Tree Clan felt a sense of unease.

Carefully, the old Clan Leader asked: "How did it go? What did Shaman Ji Nuan say?"

With a gloomy face, Mu Chun replied, "Shaman Ji Nuan didn’t look too pleased. She said there was an issue in the tribe that needed discussing, and asked me to return first."

The tribe leader and elders fell silent. Were they forgiven, or not? It was truly a tense moment.

While the Tree People were guessing Ji Nuan’s intentions, the Orcs of the Watson Tribe waltzed into the trade fair field. The place was bustling with the thrumming energy of their warbands.

Xiu Yan stood beside Ji Nuan, accompanying her as she perused the dazzling array of goods on the stalls.

"Hmm?" All of a sudden, a bundle of white silk on one of the stalls caught Ji Nuan’s eye. She quickly walked over to get a closer look.

But a gruff voice interrupted her: "You can’t touch the silk, you can only look at it."

Though the Orc’s voice was gruff, his words were devoid of malice and disdain.

Ji Nuan looked up at him and smiled. "Did you say, ’Silk’?"

The Orc nodded enthusiastically. "Yes! It’s a unique silk woven by the white spiders from our tribe’s dwelling. It’s soft, but sturdy, and beautiful to boot."

Ji Nuan admired the spider silk that shimmered under the sunlight and was extremely tempted. It was remarkably similar to the silk produced in China.

Pointing at a roll, she said, "Let me exchange for this roll first, if it’s satisfactory, I’ll come back for more."

The Orc was overjoyed. The spider-silk had been on display for a long time without anyone showing interest. Finally, he managed to make a sale.

Just as he was about to wrap it up in a large leaf to hand to Ji Nuan, he was stopped by an Orc from the next stall. "I’d advise against buying that. Orcs have taken this spider silk home to please their mates before, but aside from looking pleasant, it serves no purpose. It ends up just being a decoration and not worth its high price."

"Oh?" Ji Nuan looked towards the embarrassed Orc at the stall and asked softly, "What’s the exchange rate for this spider silk?"

Stuttering for a while, the Orc carefully held up a finger: "A... a Divine Wood Tree leaf."

Ji Nuan remembered the value of these Divine Tree leaves and couldn’t help but draw a sharp breath. So much Beast Skin was exchanged for the Divine Tree leaves, for just one roll of spider silk?

However, what was troubling her wasn’t the price of the spider silk, but...

"Is it only permissible to exchange using Divine Tree Clans’ branches and leaves?"

As soon as Ji Nuan voiced her question, the Orcs surrounding her gave her a look that seemed to say she was from the backwater.

The Orc was also puzzled and looked at Ji Nuan oddly, "Of course, everything brought to this location has been carefully handpicked to ensure only the finest items are exchanged for Divine Tree Clans’ branches and leaves."

Ji Nuan was a bit embarrassed. She was essentially window-shopping without any cash on hand.

She embarrassedly turned her gaze away from the spider silk that was about to be wrapped.

With a regretful expression, she said to the Orc, "I’m really sorry about that. This is my first time attending such a large trade fair and I was not familiar with the rules. I will come back with some Divine Wood Tree Branches and Leaves for the exchange."