Chapter 73: Food Bank (Seeking Votes and Favorites)_1
Li Zhua stood up, saluted Yan Xing, and then saluted Duan’er.
He thought of the tribe members who had died because of his greed, and the torment of recent days, living in constant fear that Duan’er would arrive with warriors armed by the Eternal Domain to attack his home.
His eyes were slightly red, and his voice was somewhat choked.
"Thank you, Lord Yan Xing, for preserving my tribe. I hereby apologize once again to Clan Leader Duan’er. The Stenchwater Forest Tribe committed dishonorable acts and paid a heavy price for my foolishness. Lord Yan Xing was right... If we unite, we can use the agarwood from our territories to trade for more food from Eden. He has been exploiting our selfishness and discord, tricking us out of our agarwood with cheap food while making us feel grateful to him. Our own foolishness has endangered our warriors. The Stenchwater Forest Tribe has learned a bitter lesson; it must not be repeated."
Li Zhua’s words resonated with the Werewolf Tribe Clan Leaders. The agarwood in the Werewolf territories was not infinite, and reserves varied greatly. With frequent trade with Eden, some Werewolf territories were already running low on agarwood. The Stenchwater Forest Werewolf Tribe had started eyeing the Red Mud Wetland because the stocks in their own territory were dwindling. Not all Werewolf Tribe territories possessed large reserves of agarwood; the plight faced by the Stenchwater Forest Werewolf Tribe was one that many other Werewolf Tribes were also confronting. They too had set their sights on the agarwood in the territories of neighboring Werewolf Tribes.
If Yan Xing had not prevented the Stenchwater Forest Werewolf Tribe from annexing the Red Mud Wetland, a large-scale war over agarwood resources would inevitably have erupted among the Werewolf Tribes. The emergence of the Eternal Domain had saved them from this impending disaster. The Werewolf Tribe Clan Leaders felt a growing gratitude towards Yan Xing. They also realized that the commencement of this meeting seemed to carry a deeper significance.
Perhaps it’s just as Lord Yan Xing said during the ribbon-cutting... we shall begin a new Chapter in history together!
The Clan Leaders all became somewhat excited.
They had come to the Eternal Domain solely to trade the agarwood from their lands for food. Now, it truly felt as if they were on the cusp of making history alongside Lord Yan Xing. But how does one make history? The Werewolf Clan Leaders felt their own understanding was insufficient for such a task. It would be best to listen to Lord Yan Xing.