Chapter 308 – Improvemen

As for the Lord of the Fallen Leaves City, Shao Xuan hadn’t met him since he came to the Fallen Leaves City, and others seldom talked about him. What Shao Xuan knew was just general information that everyone was aware of..

Before Shao Xuan stepped away from Su Gu, what Shao Xuan provided him with was actually the weakness of the Quicksand Beast. Su Gu knew that the Flaming Horns tribe lived in the Ferocious Beasts Mountain Forest, and thought that Shao Xuan was able to tell the weakness of the Quicksand Beast probably because he frequently hunted the ferocious beasts. Su Gu didn’t suspect Shao Xuan. Even if he did, he would not ask. They were just allies. As long as it was beneficial to both parties, they didn’t have to know all the secrets of the other party.

Su Gu initially planned to present the Quicksand Beast along with the “stone” that Su Gu liked very much, to the Fallen Leaves Lord as birthday gifts. In Su Gu’s opinion, these were perfect gifts. However, in order to increase the benefits that the Fallen Leaves Lord would shower upon Su Gu, Shao Xuan informed Su Gu of the weakness of the Quicksand Beast, which could also be presented as one of the birthday gifts. What’s more, this piece of information was more important than the Quicksand Beast itself. After all, until this point, the price for catching a Quicksand Beast was always too high – attempting to catch it after knowing its weakness would reduce the casualty count by a large margin.

Fallen Leaves City’s Slave Masters already knew how to lure a Quicksand Beast, and now, the information given by Shao Xuan would undoubtedly reduce the cost of taking one down.

As for whether the Fallen Leaves Lord would believe and attribute the victory over this Quicksand Beast to Shao Xuan and the other two, that totally depended on Su Gu.

After returning to their residence in the city, Shao Xuan carefully recalled the situation after the Quicksand Beast appeared. From his many years of hunting experience, he judged that the Quicksand Beast seemed infuriated. It may not have been infuriated by the slaves of the second young master, but by some others. Moreover, the Quicksand Beast came just after the guards of the Oasis went looking for a suspicious individual. It was just like the tactic of luring the enemy away from their base and then attacking it.

Was it a coincidence? Shao Xuan didn’t think so.

Remembering Chi Shi’s words, Shao Xuan thought of Dao Yu, who was said to be a slave of a Slave Master of the White Stone City.

Aside from other things, Shao Xuan was not worried about a Dao Yu’s who was extremely cruel and merciless. What Shao Xuan worried about was Dao Yu who was not only cruel but also crafty, a characteristic which meant greater threat to the Flaming Horns tribe.

The next day, Su Gu came to the residence of the Flaming Horns tribe to look for Shao Xuan.

“It seems like things are going really well,” said Shao Xuan.

“Exactly!” Su Gu did not elaborate on the things that happened after he entered the palace, but he told Shao Xuan that his second brother was berated by the Fallen Leaves Lord. Some of the slaves who led the Quicksand Beast to the Oasis were also executed, and Su Gu was rewarded for offering nice gifts. The resources which were previously cutdown, for Su Gu, were all released again. What’s more, the Fallen Leaves Lord agreed to Su Gu’s request, to pick some more slaves even though he felt surprised.

“What was the reason behind the Quicksand Beast’s madness? Have you found it?” asked Shao Xuan.

“According to the Oasis guards who chased after the suspicious individual, it may have been caused by the people of the White Stone City. But we don’t know how they managed to enrage the Quicksand Beast. Su Le’s slaves’ hunting formation was also disrupted by those people when the slaves hunted the Quicksand Beast, so they failed in their hunt and their losses were heavy. However, father said that there should be no excuse for failure, and he ordered Su Le to introspect himself.”

“Is it related to Dao Yu?” asked Shao Xuan.

“I don’t know.” What Su Gu told was the truth. His manpower was limited and he couldn’t get more information.

“However, father was very happy to learn about the weakness of the Quicksand Beast that you shared with me. If we didn’t know the weakness of the Quicksand Beast, we would continue to worry that the White Stone City people will bring more crazy Quicksand Beasts to our Oasis to make trouble. But now father hopes to catch more Quicksand Beasts. Father wants to have new clothes sewed and a new crown to be crafted with the Quicksand Beasts’ remains.” said Su Gu. With a smile he added that, “Father also agreed to take me to the Beast Battle City. I haven’t been there since I was a kid.”

Since Su Gu hadn’t been able to enslave, he had been excluded from big events. The Lord had always taken the eldest young master Su Ka and the second young master Su Le to the past annual events in the Beast Battle City. Now, Su Gu finally got such an opportunity.

“I also told father of your wish to accompany me, so you can go with me then,” said Su Gu.

This was really good news for Shao Xuan.

“Have you picked your slaves?” asked Shao Xuan.

“Father allowed me to pick from twenty slaves. I’ve picked as many as I wished from these slaves. He said that I can pick more when there are more slaves available.” said Su Gu excitedly.

“Have you enslaved all of them?” asked Shao Xuan.

When the topic came to enslavement, Su Gu got a little depressed, “I have tried enslaving three but only succeeded in enslaving one.”

Shao Xuan knew that the slaves being enslaved would die if enslavement failed, so he did not ask how the other two slaves were.

Su Gu forced a smile and said, “When I went to pick slaves, the slaves acted as if they saw their own death. It seems like they knew that the people I picked in the past have all died. But when Su Ka appeared, those people seemed to see hope.” Su Gu snorted.

It was clear that the third young master was highly dissatisfied with the reaction of the slaves, but the reality had also made him feel depressed. Although he succeeded in enslaving one out of three, this rate was much worse than that of the other slave masters whose success rate of enslavement was about ninety percent.

“I’ll practice again.” Su Gu began to mobilize the power in his body, and the blue flame appeared on his palm as he lifted it in front of him.

Shao Xuan looked at Su Gu, who was concentrating on his practice. Shao Xuan did not bother him, but observed the flame that reappeared in his mind. This was the flame belonging to Su Gu. The boundary between red and blue flames was very distinct. The two flames were gathered together and entangled with each other. While Su Gu was practicing enslavement, the blue flame was very active.

Su Gu could benefit from Shao Xuan’s proximity, and Shao Xuan could also gain benefits because of the same reason. The most direct benefit Shao Xuan gained was that more blue flames became mobilized in the totem flame of the Flaming Horns tribe.

After a half-day of practice, Su Gu felt that his enslavement power had climbed up a notch. He believed that he would be able to successfully enslave more people more easily.

“After being enslaved, would the slaves be shackled in their development?” asked Shao Xuan.

“Basically,” said Su Gu.

“Are there special cases?”

“It’s said that there are indeed special cases, but only a few. And those who can break through the shackles themselves are certainly terrible,” said Su Gu.

After Su Gu left, Shao Xuan mobilized the power of the totem in his body. The dark flaming pattern had covered two-thirds of his forearm and was closer to his wrist. Before leaving the tribe, the totem pattern on Shao Xuan’s arm did not extend this far. However, after experiencing the events that occured in the Rain tribe and the Fallen Leaves city, the totem pattern reached closer to his wrists.

For the totem warriors of the Flaming Horns tribe, the display of the totem pattern was the most direct proof of strength. Those of them who had totem pattern crossing their elbow were considered as intermediate totem warriors. The closer the totem pattern was to the wrist, the closer the totem warrior was to becoming a senior totem warrior.

“Ah-Xuan, there are changes in the activities of the other tribes!” said Tuo, who entered Shao Xuan’s room.

Shao Xuan and the other two paid attention to the activities of the other tribes within the city. Some time ago, these tribes took people out of the city from time to time. It was said that they went to the desert to temper themselves and in most cases they came back to the city after a few days. This time, however, it seemed like they were secretly planning for a big event.

“Those people are leaving.” Lei told Shao Xuan the information he had gathered, “Yesterday, people who went outside of the city all came back, and they were packing up. I also saw someone crafting new stone tools. I thought it was time to travel back to the central tribes’ region. But in fact it was not the case. Today, the Tian Shan tribe and the Thousand Masks tribe went out of the city, and the other tribes also appear to be preparing to leave. I heard that the Hui tribesmen would also be leaving a couple of days later. But they are not heading back to their own tribe, instead they are going to the desert. Ah-Xuan, where do you think they are all going?”

*If it’s time to go back to the central tribes’ region, they would have informed the Flaming Horns tribe. Where are these people going?*

*What big event is going to happen in the desert?*

Shao Xuan only thought of one thing – the annual event in the Beast Battle City.

The Great Slave Masters who were planning to participate in the event would take people to the Beast Battle City to join in the annual slave masters’ feast, and the other tribesmen may want to take this opportunity to do something – this might be related to the things that they have been concealing from the Flaming Horns tribe.