Chapter 404: Chapter 353: Yuan Lang’s Little Secret (Part 2)

The Snow Tiger Witch looked at her. "In autumn, the fruits ripen and the prey grows fat. Everyone takes this opportunity to come and trade before they have to go back to hunt, prepare food, and build up their fat reserves."

’Building up fat reserves...’

’It’s to have a better chance of surviving the Cold Season, isn’t it?’

She wondered how many harvests she could get from her taro, since she had no idea how long it took for them to mature.

But if she asked the System, that kind of information would cost points.

"Witch, what items are the most popular among the tribes at the trade fair?"

The Snow Tiger Witch smiled. "Naturally, food and Beast Skins are the most sought-after, but sharp bone knives or exquisite ornaments are also very popular."

Wu Yue nodded. "Then what does everyone use for trade?"

"Most use food or Beast Skins, but there is one tribe you must pay special attention to here, called the Yan Yan Tribe."

’The Yan Yan Tribe? What a strange name.’

"That name sounds... Could it be their tribe has a lot of salt?"

The Witch gave her an appreciative look. "You guessed correctly. The Yan Yan Tribe has a great deal of salt, but they never trade it with tribes from outside the Red Flame Plain.

Only occasionally, when they see something they like at the trade fair, will they trade salt for it."

Wu Yue pouted. "Our tribe already has plenty of salt. If they trade with salt, they certainly won’t give us much. We’d be at a huge disadvantage."

The Witch smiled. "That’s exactly what I wanted to talk about. Because the Yan Yan Tribe occupies the salt mines of the Red Flame Plain, they act very domineeringly.

If any tribe displeases them, they resort to violence. However, because the four tribes of our Polar Forest are very united, they have never been able to take advantage of us."

Hearing this, Wu Yue was instantly filled with a deep loathing for the Red Flame Plain. ’What’s so impressive about them? Just wait until you get here. I’ll show you what’s *really* impressive.’

After getting a basic primer from the Witch, Wu Yue listlessly walked out of the cave.

In the days that followed, the females began catching chickens in groups, and the tribe instantly became a hub of activity.

It was a scene of chaos, with chickens flying and beasts leaping everywhere.

"Host, the last mission for the Iron Claw Worms hasn’t been completed yet!"

Wu Yue, who had just lain down on her stone bed, froze at its words. ’Damn it!’

She had completely forgotten about that mission.

Her face crumpled as she whined, "What do I do? I forgot all about it. The great rainy season is over, so where am I supposed to find that many Iron Claw Worms to kill?"

Seeing the host’s miserable expression, the System couldn’t help but sigh. "You’ll just have to give up on it."

Wu Yue bit a corner of her Beast Skin blanket, looking at the System with pleading eyes. "But I want that backpack."

She had to carry that heavy back-basket every day, and it couldn’t even hold much. There were so many things she couldn’t bring with her.

The System mulled it over for a moment before saying, "The mission shows your current kill count is 8,654, and you also successfully treated the tribe members who were pinched by the Iron Claw Worms.

So..."

Wu Yue: "..."

’I was all ears, and that’s all you’ve got?’

Immediately after, the sound of a calculator being tapped rang out, followed by the System’s voice. "As long as you, the host, pay an additional 150 points, you can still receive the rewards, minus the points."

Wu Yue furtively counted on her fingers. If she paid the 150 points, on top of forfeiting the mission’s point reward, the loss would be too great.

The heartache was unbearable.

"System, is the Never-full Backpack for sale in the System Mall?"

Seeing the host’s expression as if her heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys were all aching, the corner of the System’s mouth couldn’t help but twitch violently. ’The host really is a total cheapskate.’

It immediately granted her wish and opened the System Mall. The string of zeros after the "Never-full Backpack" on the daily necessities page completely extinguished Wu Yue’s desire to buy it.

"Let’s make the exchange."

’Damn it. She didn’t know if it was just her imagination, but she felt that her "golden finger" wasn’t a cheat ability at all, but a rip-off artist constantly screwing her over.’

The System, having accidentally overheard its host’s inner thoughts, stumbled. "Host, I believe that for a system with such a lazy and fussy host, I’m already being quite decent."

But for Wu Yue, who had just lost a huge amount of points, that one sentence was nowhere near enough to soothe her wounded heart.

"THUD!"

No longer bothering with the whimpering host, the System tossed the exchanged Never-full Backpack onto the stone bed and turned its butt to her to go to sleep.