Published: March 12, 2025
Chapter 284: Audience with King Xiqi
Early the next morning, Beta found Zhao Hai and told him that everything he requested was ready. Ten fighting bulls, ten raging blood bulls, a thousand mountain goats, and six hundred high-quality blankets were all prepared and could be transported at any time.
Zhao Hai followed Beta outside, where Beta had already loaded the blankets onto a cart. The mountain goats, fighting bulls, and raging blood bulls were placed outside the camp. Zhao Hai casually glanced at the blankets; they were quite good, all premium quality. From this alone, it could be seen that the orc tribe was indeed very trustworthy in their dealings.
After expressing his thanks to Beta, Zhao Hai had the convoy set off. Once they were outside the camp, he directed the undead beings to catch up with the mountain goats, fighting bulls, and raging blood bulls.
As before, Zhao Hai handed over the Evil Spirit Staff to them; otherwise, there wouldn't be anywhere to store the mountain goats and such.
Once everything was settled, Zhao Hai returned to his tent. He was still waiting for news to see if he could meet King Xiqi today; he was quite curious about this King Xiqi.
After his convoy left, the food that Zhao Hai had transported was officially transferred to him, and the elder had already given Zhao Hai the payment. Naturally, those supplies no longer belonged to him.
Zhao Hai also witnessed the food consumption capacity of this large tribe. Less than an hour after their convoy departed, three hundred thousand pounds of food disappeared from sight, not a single grain left. This speed left Zhao Hai quite shocked.
Returning to his tent, Zhao Hai did not see Laura. He knew she had gone out to trade with the orcs again. Although he didn't have much food left, he still had quite a bit of fruit wine brought from the human race. This type of wine was not particularly popular with the orcs, as they preferred the taste of milk wine. Most orcs traded for fruit wine to entertain friends.
Orcs also had a sense of vanity, so some orcs who lived relatively well would prepare some fruit wine to host special, high-status guests.
Zhao Hai didn't mind. He wasn't planning to go out today; he wanted to wait for news from Beta. If King Xiqi wanted to meet him today and he wasn't around, that would annoy people.
It's not that Zhao Hai feared King Xiqi, but rather that he needed to see King Xiqi now to understand what kind of person he was, so he could make appropriate arrangements.
He quietly watched the images on the monitor. The orcs outside were still busy; unlike the previous days, there were no observers monitoring them outside anymore, not a single one. This started this morning, which further confirmed Zhao Hai's thoughts. The elder no longer considered him a spy, a satisfying outcome for Zhao Hai.
Zhao Hai sat calmly in his tent while also observing the undead beings' convoy, worried that orcs might come to raid their convoy. Therefore, he had specifically requested Beta to place King Xiqi's battle flag on their cart. He believed that no tribe in this area would dare to disrespect King Xiqi.
Beta did not say much. After consulting the elder, the elder agreed. After all, the food Zhao Hai transported was indeed very cheap and of good quality. If they couldn't use King Xiqi's battle flag for this, then other merchants would have even less right to do so.
However, to be safe, Zhao Hai still stored one fighting bull and one raging blood bull in the space. He then sent the animals to the ranch space. As soon as the fighting bull entered the ranch space, the system prompt sounded: "Mutated bovine creature, level 25, unstable mental strength, prone to rage, improved animal defects, animal maturity time: 20 hours, can produce offspring 6 times, 6 offspring each time, consumes 3 fodder per hour, animal data available for purchase in space store."
"Mutated bovine creature, special ability for strong recovery, enhances animal special abilities, animal is level 25, maturity time 18 hours, can produce offspring 8 times, 6 offspring each time, consumes 2 fodder per hour, animal data available for purchase in space store."