The wicked female is extremely fierce, but she's pampered by her seven beast husbands.

Chapter 145 Attracting bees and butterflies
When Ling Chengen found Su Weihua, he was shirtless, swinging a giant scythe in the field. Strands of wheat, taller than a person, were falling down in front of him. The orcs behind him who were responsible for tying up the wheat stalks could not keep up with his speed at all, so it was always two people following behind him.

She arrived at noon, and after standing in the distance for a while, the sun made her skin feel hot.

Even at the hottest time of the day, many orcs continued harvesting. Ling Chengen called out to them a few times, telling them to go back and rest.

In such hot weather, the biggest fear when working at high intensity is heatstroke.

When Su Weihua emerged from the fallen wheat stalks carrying a giant scythe, he was stunned for a long time upon seeing her face.

"Why are you here?"

"I need to talk to you about something." Ling Chengen handed him the bamboo tube. "Have some water first."

Ling Chengen took the giant scythe from his shoulder, put it directly into his spatial storage, raised his hand to press down the brim of his hat that was almost blown off by the wind, looked at the sweat rolling down his chin, and walked towards a shady spot not far away.

Do you have enough supplies here?

Ling Chengen wasted no time and went straight to the point.

Su Weihua glanced back at the southeast, where only fields of yellow wheat stubble remained. After finishing the water in his cup, he wiped his sweaty chin twice, frowned, and said, "There's still some, but not much. I estimate it can last for another day and a half."

"You've come here to deliver supplies?"

Ling Chengen nodded: "Sending supplies is only one aspect."

Do you know any of the Earthworm Clan orcs?

Su Weihua glanced down at her, pointed to the roots of the big tree behind her, where some dry straw was spread out: "Let's sit down and talk."

"I know the Earthworm tribe. You want to buy grass pigs from them?"

Ling Chengen sat down next to him and nodded slightly, saying, "Bai Qingyu and I rushed back to the tribe last night. The Stone Forest was attacked, and a dozen or so people were killed or injured. On the way out today, we ran into my father, who was leading a hunting team back. He probably won't be going out again for a while, but the daily meat supply for the harvesting team has become a big problem."

If it's only seven or eight days, it's not a big deal.

The problem is that nobody knows when the rainy season will come, and they just want to harvest and store as much as possible.

The wheat harvest will last at least half a month, or even longer...

“You came to me to ask about the Earthworm Clan, so Bai Qingyu must have told you about them.”

"I'm not going to waste my breath with that nonsense."

“Buying grass pigs is definitely an option. I know the chief of the Earth Wart tribe. When the Snow Wolf tribe was short of prey before, we bought grass pigs from the Earth Wart tribe. However, it seems that they only accept Blue Crystal Shells and some other valuables now.”

"What do you mean by valuable materials?" Ling Chengen asked.

"Medicinal herbs, salt, and high-level exotic beast bones have always been hard currencies in the trade market."

Su Weihua lowered her eyes and said, "However, the medium-sized beast tide has just passed, and the market is currently overflowing with exotic beast bones. Therefore, items related to exotic and inferior beasts will definitely be heavily discounted this month. So I don't recommend selling the beast bones, hides, and heart stones you've collected during the beast tide now. It's best to sell these things at the end of summer."

Ling Chengen blinked: "Why is it late summer?"

"Because the autumn hunt is the most important event for every tribe on the Beast Plains. The autumn hunt requires a large number of excellent weapons, especially high-level beast bones. Weapons made of ordinary metal are not as durable as those made of high-level beast bones. Therefore, beast bones are a very important resource for every tribe."

“I noticed that you in Shilin rarely stockpile these kinds of things. I’m not sure if you don’t need them or if you don’t care about them.”

Ling Chengen thought back for a moment, and he remembered that Ling Xiao had never said any of these things.

The main problem is that there are no blacksmiths in Shilin who know how to make weapons from the bones of strange beasts.

Therefore, when their tribe needed to forge weapons, they had to find skilled craftsmen from other tribes by collecting a lot of animal bones.

"There are many large orcs in the Stone Forest, but there are no professional blacksmiths, so weapons have always been in short supply. Some orcs' weapons are not very handy, so they prefer to use their bodies to fight their targets head-on."

Su Weihua: "That explains it."

He wasn't surprised by this, and simply said with a focused gaze, "I can forge weapons using the bones of exotic beasts, but not above the eighth rank; I'll need the assistance of a high-ranking fire-type warrior."

Ling Chengen glanced at him a few more times in surprise: "You're quite talented."

“My mother is a high-level blacksmith,” Su Weihua said in a low voice.

"Actually, our clan all have a talent for forging, even my sister can."

Ling Chengen: "This is the first time I've heard you say these things."

“My mother passed away very early, so I didn’t learn much from her. I learned many forging skills gradually through trial and error, so I can’t forge higher-level items for the time being.”

Ling Chengen didn't know whether to comfort him or not, so he could only awkwardly steer the conversation back on track: "Then we won't sell the beast bones we harvested during the beast tide a while ago. Since you have the channels, it's much easier. The number of grass pigs you buy is probably not small. Blue crystal shells may not be enough, so I plan to exchange them for sea salt."

Su Weihua's eyes lit up: "Those sea salts brought back from Hailing?"

"Hmm." Ling Chengen thought he was quite perceptive in this regard, so he asked for his opinion, "Do you think it's okay?"

“Those salts can be sold for a higher price than rock salt.”

Su Weihua placed the empty bamboo tube at his feet. His skin, which had been tanned to a honey color, shone with a faint sheen of oil. His face was more radiant. "Salt stones cannot be swallowed directly. Currently, no other tribe has a more convenient and efficient way to replenish salt than Shilin. Directly swallowing salt stones can cause the hard object to scratch the esophagus and internal organs, which has a great impact on the body."

"So most people replenish their salt intake by licking salt stones or soaking them in water and drinking the salt water."

"The sea salt produced by Hailing Tribe will surely have a wide audience once it is launched."

“The Earthworm tribe doesn’t produce salt. Although they raise animals like grass pigs and gold-eating pigs, they still need to supplement their diet with salt, so their demand for salt is several times that of other tribes.”

Ling Chengen lowered his eyes and said, "Now there's only one problem left."

Su Weihua: "When sea salt starts appearing in other trade markets, the interests of the southern tribes will be harmed." "It will likely be detrimental to the tribes that sold sea salt first."

Ling Chengen sneered, "Who do you think attacked Shilin this time?"

They had long been at odds with the southern tribes.

They just hadn't completely broken off relations before.

"Did you bring sea salt? If so, I'll go to the Earthworm Tribe this afternoon to discuss exchanging it for grass pigs," Su Weihua asked.

Ling Chengen took out several bags of salt that weren't very white from his spatial storage: "These are all we have for now."

"The quantity is sufficient."

These salts weigh at least over a hundred kilograms and are more refined than rock salt containing various impurities, so the demand for them will be greatly reduced.

"You know where this salt came from and how to deal with it, right?" Ling Chengen smiled at him.

Su Weihua tossed the salt powder back into the bag and said with a smile, "Okay, don't worry."

"I will try my best to get the Earth Wart Clan to help cover up the sea salt incident for a while, but I don't think it will be able to be hidden for long."

Ling Chengen shook his head: "It's alright, anyway, the sea salt from the border trade will start selling this month."

"Do the orcs of the Sea Spirit Tribe go and sell themselves? Aren't they being bullied at the Eastern Trade Market?"

"The people of Hailing aren't stupid."

"They would hand over the sea salt to two familiar tribes to sell, while the sea salt we have was purchased from the eastern trade market and resold to the central trade market to make a profit."

"Moreover, the Hailing tribe does not currently have a way to further purify salt, and this technology is in our hands."

"Their salt is of a slightly lower grade than ours, so both sides have market space."

Although sea salt has a large profit margin, it also carries significant risks.

Moreover, the drying and production process of sea salt is not difficult. Other coastal tribes, if they are willing to take a share of the salt market, will definitely try to learn the techniques.

Sea salt will eventually become the main source of salt in the Northern Beast Plains.

If Shi Lin wants to do long-term business in salt, he only needs to focus on the premium salt market.

If we take them all into our own hands, we simply won't have the strength to protect this industry.

……

Su Weihua was a man of action. He had discussed exchanging salt for prey with Su Weihua at noon, and by evening he had already reached the edge of the Earthworm tribe's territory.

The Earthworm tribe orcs are generally dark-skinned and round, and their humanoid form is quite different from other orcs.

Even high-ranking warriors retain two sharp, curved fangs at the corners of their mouths in their human form. The fangs point upwards, but they don't look as large as in their beast form. Combined with their physique and appearance, they give off a kind of憨厚可爱 (simple and cute) feeling.

If Ling Chengen were here, he would basically recognize him.

The so-called "earth warts" are actually the ancient giant warthogs, the ancestors of the wild boar family.

The Earthworm Clan are orcs with spotted fur that makes them less than attractive. However, they have a keen sense of smell and are quite powerful when attacked individually. They prefer to operate in groups and are somewhat cowardly individually, but if provoked, they become typical madmen.

As soon as Su Weihua entered the border of the Earthworm Clan's territory, he attracted the attention of the patrolling warriors.

He didn't venture deeper, but instead found a stone platform with practiced ease and used a metal rod to tap the metal plate hanging on the platform.

The clanging of metal startled the orcs further away, and soon a small squad of warriors came running towards them.

When the leader saw Su Weihua's face, he was stunned for several seconds before hanging the sharp fork in his hand on his back.

"Young Clan Chief Su, it's been a long time."

"Chief Yu," Su Weihua jumped down from the stone platform and nodded slightly to Yuri, "I'm here to exchange for grass pigs."

Yuri was a male orc in his prime, accompanied by four other orcs, all of whom were his family.

One of them was Yuri's sister, who was holding a metal spear. Her eyes lit up when she saw Su Weihua.

"Su Weihua, I heard you were injured before. Are you fully recovered?" You Wen couldn't help but ask.

Su Weihua glanced at her sideways and nodded silently.

This wasn't the first time Yuwen had met him, and she was quite familiar with his personality.

She actually liked this male snow wolf, but the two tribes were quite far apart. In addition, her mother and father hoped that she could stay in the Earth Wart tribe or a place not far from the Earth Wart tribe in the future, so they asked her to temporarily choose a beast husband from a nearby tribe or clan.

But she didn't, because none of the males were as tall and handsome as the one in front of her.

She had pursued Su Weihua before, but it was too short a time, and she was gently but firmly rejected as soon as she opened her mouth.

Yuwen was well aware that the Earthworm tribe was not good-looking. However, the females of their tribe were always very popular because they were very fertile, often giving birth to twins or triplets, and their physical fitness was among the best of all females.

She really liked Su Weihua, but ever since Su Weihua took away that batch of grass pigs, she has never come to their tribe again.

Yuri knew what Yuwen was thinking. He looked up and sized up Su Weihua for a while, then asked, "How many grass pigs does your Snow Wolf tribe plan to take?"

“Not the Snow Wolf Tribe.” Su Weihua was a little surprised by the Wart Tribe’s lack of information. He patiently explained, “I’m here to exchange on behalf of Shi Lin. My partner is Shi Lin’s.”

Yuri and Yuwen's expressions changed instantly. They looked up in shock and asked, "Aren't you the young patriarch of the Snow Wolf Clan? What are you doing in the Stone Forest?"