More than a dozen large black wooden boxes appeared in front of everyone's eyes, causing the human Rangers in the hall to discuss among themselves. The sounds of chattering could be heard as they tried to guess what was inside the boxes.
"Open them!"
"Yes, Sir!"
Luckily, the chief of the Crow Tooth Tribe did not keep them in suspense. With an order, the men next to the boxes opened their own black wooden boxes.
Ka Ka Ka!
After a series of wooden clanking sounds, more than a dozen large wooden boxes were revealed.
The contents of the boxes not only caused everyone to suck in a breath of cold air, they also looked at Wu Ya Xiong in shock.
"As expected of a tribe that has existed for thousands of years. How extravagant."
Even Xiao Chen, who was below, was deeply moved by the contents of these wooden chests. He was also shocked by the generosity of the Crow Fang Tribe's chief, Wu Ya Xiong.
There were many sabers neatly arranged in the wooden boxes. Each of these sabers was black and shiny, with traces of patterns on them. They flickered with a dazzling light.
At a rough glance, each of the wooden boxes contained about fifty weapons. In total, there were about five to six hundred top-notch weapons in these boxes. It was truly a large sum of money.
This was also what shocked Xiao Chen. If the Gu Yuan Tribe had not annexed the Black Mountain and Dead Wood Tribes, they would not have been able to gather so many weapons. Looking at the patterns on the weapons, these weapons had all reached the level of low grade combat weapons.
With so many low grade combat weapons, many of the Rangers were excited. A good horse with a good saddle, and a good weapon could increase their combat power by one or two levels.
However, as Blood Refining Realm warriors, these low grade combat weapons could no longer attract their attention. Therefore, in the hall, people like Jiang Kui and Luo Tianyou were only slightly surprised by Wu Ya Xiong's extravagance. After that, they closed their eyes and rested on their chairs, no longer paying attention to the items inside.
What attracted Xiao Chen's attention were the two chests that were a third the size of these big chests. He saw that only one of these two chests was open, and the items inside were messily placed.
Although the inside of the box was messy, in Xiao Chen's eyes, its value was far greater than the other big wooden boxes. He saw that this box was filled with all kinds of herbs.
The hundred-year-old blood ginseng, the pitch-black polygonum multiflorum, the shriveled and cracked Ivy Fruit … They were all piled up in the box like garbage.
This caused Xiao Chen, who had just become an Alchemist, to feel extremely regretful. There were so many herbs, but because he did not know how to place them, he had wasted so much of their medicinal efficacy.
"What's this?" Suddenly, Xiao Chen's gaze was attracted by a few dried blood-red fruits at the bottom of the wooden box.
Among the many medicinal herbs, there were about seven to eight blood-red fruits that were buried under the messy medicinal herbs. Only a little of their image could be seen.
Due to his status, Xiao Chen did not immediately go down to identify the type of herbs. He secretly memorized them and planned to ask for the fruits later. If they were really Blood Marrow Fruits, he would rather kill the wrong person than let them go.
"Our Crow Fang Tribe is considered to be quite wealthy. These low-ranked combat weapons will be our thanks to everyone. As for these medicinal herbs, everyone can take what they need."
Hearing Crow Fang Xiong's decision, the rangers were relieved. Although they had already guessed what Crow Fang Xiong was thinking when he took out these weapons, it was still unknown until he made a decision.
At this time, Crow Fang Xiong walked down from the main seat and arrived in front of the wooden boxes. He took out an unopened wooden box and looked around. When he saw that everyone was looking at him, he said, "In this battle, Chief Xiao Chen managed to turn the tide and stall the Gray Wolf King. If it wasn't for you, who knows what the outcome of this battle would have been."
"Also, Chief Xiao Chen's armor has become a little broken after the fierce battle. Here is a set of armor, I'll give it to Chief Xiao Chen."
As he said that, Crow Fang Xiong handed the wooden box to Xiao Chen. Crow Fang had always wanted to rope in Xiao Chen. After all, with such strength at such a young age, no one could predict how far he could go in the future. Since he couldn't make an enemy out of him, why not befriend him when he was young?
"Thank you, Chief Crow Fang. Xiao Chen will shamelessly accept it."
Hearing Crow Fang Xiong's words, Xiao Chen finally reacted. Without further delay, he took the wooden box with the armor and placed it beside him.
Firstly, the armour that he was wearing had already become a little tattered after the big battle last night, causing its defensive capabilities to be greatly reduced. Furthermore, he did not bring any extra clothes within his Heavenly Abode this time around. After all, he could not possibly wear a tattered armour when he went out.
If it wasn't for Chief Crow Fang's gift, Xiao Chen would've been looking for a normal set of armor to save his life.
No one in the hall expressed any dissatisfaction towards Xiao Chen accepting the armor. Whether it was for business or personal reasons, Xiao Chen had no qualms accepting it. Seeing Xiao Chen accept his armor, even Crow Fang Xiong revealed a smile.
After Xiao Chen had given the armor, everyone in the hall began to evaluate the rewards. The two tribes with the most contributions were the Mountain Kui and Cyan Sparrow Tribes. One tribe sent eight hundred soldiers, the other five hundred. In this battle, it was inevitable that some of their clansmen would die.
Jiang Kui once again displayed his true colors towards this troublemaker. "Wu Ya, this friendship is friendship, but it cannot be reduced. Otherwise, I, Old Jiang, will not be able to give an explanation to my clansmen when I return. You must compensate me well. Not to mention the hundreds of warhorses that were destroyed in order to hasten the journey, even the families of the close to a hundred warriors who died in battle must compensate them double."
Although this Chief Jiang was a little shameless, his words were reasonable. Crow Fang Xiong didn't refute him. "Brother Jiang, Chief Luo, rest assured. My Crow Fang Tribe has been around for a thousand years. How could we be heartless? We won't let our warriors bleed or their families cry. We will definitely give them satisfactory compensation."
"Humph, old man, there's no need for compensation. My Cyan Sparrow Tribe doesn't lack this little bit of resources. If you really want to thank my Cyan Sparrow Tribe, then hand over the iron mine at the border of your tribe to my Cyan Sparrow Tribe for ten more years.
Luo Tianyou didn't give any face to Crow Fang Xiong's words. After all, the two tribes had been fighting for hundreds of years. Either the east wind prevailed over the west wind, or the west wind prevailed over the east wind.
This iron mine was located at the border of the two tribes. It could produce a small amount of low rank iron ore, Starlight Iron. This was also the reason why the Crow Fang Tribe could produce so many low rank combat weapons. This iron mine was discovered by the ancestors of both tribes, and they had agreed that each tribe would take turns to mine it for twenty years.
"Five years!"
Although he knew that Luo Tianyou would ask for an exorbitant price, he didn't think that Luo Tianyou was really after the iron mine. After thinking for a while, Crow Fang Xiong made his decision. After all, it was his tribe that was going to suffer this time.
"Alright!"
Luo Tianyou agreed. He knew that this was already Crow Fang Xiong's bottom line, so he didn't want to waste any more time. Otherwise, it wouldn't be good.
After arguing for a while, the people in the hall finally got their revenge and dispersed. There were still some ferocious beast corpses outside waiting for them to deal with.
When Xiao Chen came out from the hall, there was a man behind him who was helping him carry the wooden box that contained the armor, as well as seven to eight blood red fruits.
These fruits were the Blood Marrow Fruits that they were looking for. In the end, he asked for them from the hands of the crowd. No one knew what these fruits were, so they just gave them to Xiao Chen.
Under Xiao Chen's careful identification, he finally confirmed that this was the Blood Marrow Fruit that he and Hu Guyue had been searching for without a trace for a long time. He couldn't help but feel that it was effortless for him to obtain it without a trace.