Chapter 10

When Yi Tian was engrossed in his cultivation, the day for the tribe to enter the city to trade supplies every three months arrived.

On this day, the entire Yi tribe was in motion.

A large amount of goods was taken out from their homes, and the tribe also brought out the materials from the ferocious beasts, the furs of fierce beasts, spiritual medicines, and a large number of rare herbs that had been accumulated over several months.

The team entering the city for trade from this tribe numbered over three hundred people, including 120 tribal warriors. Leading the team was the deputy leader of the tribal warriors, a martial artist at the peak of the seventh stage.

Yi Tian and Yi Shan also prepared to enter the city with the team.

For them, who had not entered Black Dragon City for over ten years, everything about the city was very novel. They had only been there once or twice in their childhood, but their memories were already vague.

This time, they also planned to take the golden python skin and white wolf fur from their last hunt to sell in Black Dragon City.

"Brother, brother, I want to go to the city too!"

Seeing Yi Tian ready to set off, Yi Xiaoting skipped over, hugging his waist and shaking it continuously.

On the other side, although Yi Xiaolong did not come over to act cute, he kept sneaking glances at them, looking very sneaky, afraid of being noticed by Yi Tian. This made Su Yue'e, who was nearby organizing things, smile slightly.

"Let's take Xiaoting and the others to the city for a good look."

At this moment, Yi Feng spoke.

"Taking them along is fine; there's no danger on the way. It's just two more seats on the beast cart."

Yi Shan indicated that there was no problem.

Yi Tian had taught them an improved cultivation method, which greatly increased their cultivation speed. They were now on the verge of breaking through to the first stage, which made them very grateful to Yi Tian. As a result, they strongly supported and readily agreed to Yi Xiaolong and Yi Xiaoting's request.

Yi Li also agreed to this.

In response, Yi Tian agreed to take Xiaolong and Xiaoting to the city.

"Great!"

Yi Xiaolong immediately shouted from a distance.

Yi Xiaoting also showed a bright smile, clearly very excited about this trip to the city.

This time, there were about thirty beast carts entering the city.

Each beast cart was piled high with goods, reaching two zhang (about 6.6 meters) above the ground, and the wheels were even taller than Xiaolong and the others.

The carts were pulled by a type of fierce beast resembling a horse.

The horse-like beasts were gentle in nature and incredibly strong, capable of pulling loads weighing several tons. Therefore, they became the primary means of transportation for major merchant groups in this world, used to transport large quantities of goods.

Even though the Yi tribe was a large tribe with thousands of people, it had fewer than fifty horse-like beasts. Each of these beasts had a very large appetite, consuming hundreds of pounds of food per day as omnivores.

The tribe's team was busy for two hours, and by noon, the team began to set off.

The goods from Yi Tian's family and dozens of others were piled on one of the thirty or so beast carts, positioned near the back of the entire team. Yi Tian, Yi Feng, Yi Shan, and Yi Li walked near that beast cart. Xiaolong, Xiaoting, and the dozen or so children who were entering the city with the team were sitting on the goods, playing and laughing.

Black Dragon City was located near the Fulong Mountain Range, at the upper reaches of a large river flowing from the Fulong Mountain Range.

This large river was called the Black Dragon River.

Legend has it that a black dragon was once killed, and its body transformed into the Black Dragon River.

Black Dragon City was a border city under the Jingmu County of the Tianfeng Imperial Kingdom. Due to its proximity to the Fulong Mountain Range, it was rich in various resources, which led to many major merchant groups from Jingmu County setting up branches here.

The Yi tribe was relatively isolated and not under the jurisdiction of the Tianfeng Imperial Kingdom. There were many tribes like this, scattered along the edge of the Fulong Mountain Range, living by hunting and gathering resources in the Fulong Mountain Range.

The Tianfeng Imperial Kingdom did not interfere with these tribes. If it tried to forcibly incorporate these tribes into its territory, it would likely cause significant unrest, making it counterproductive.

Since the various tribes needed to obtain various supplies from the outside world, and the Tianfeng Imperial Kingdom could acquire large amounts of resources at low prices from these tribes and sell various supplies to them at high prices, the profits were substantial. Therefore, the Tianfeng Imperial Kingdom turned a blind eye to these tribes.

The 300-person team from the Yi tribe was a medium-sized merchant group. For the various raiding groups entrenched along the edge of the Fulong Mountain Range, this team was undoubtedly a big piece of meat.

These raiding groups ranged in size from a few dozen to several thousand members.

Some of the larger raiding groups had thousands of members, while the smaller ones had dozens.

Some raiding groups were even temporary roles played by merchant groups. When they encountered good prey, they would immediately transform into fierce raiding groups, carry out a major raid, and then revert to their original identities.

In this world where martial power was supreme, acts of arson, murder, and plunder were countless. Various conflicts and battles were rare within the major cities, where basic order was maintained, but in the wild, all kinds of crimes and killings were frequent.

Therefore, in this world, whether it was major families, forces, or villages and castles, they all had large armed forces with martial artists in charge.

In the wild, only martial artists or armed teams had the right to travel.

Along the way, Yi Tian noticed that someone was spying on their team from a distance.

And there were far more than just one group, at least a dozen.

This made Yi Tian, Yi Shan, and the others more alert, ready to deal with any raiding groups that might attack.

A large man next to Yi Tian saw their tense expressions and laughed, saying, "You don't need to be nervous. They are just probing us. Even if they had a hundred lives, they wouldn't dare to rob the goods of the Yi tribe."

"Uncle Yi Kai, it's better to be cautious!"

Yi Tian couldn't help but remind him.

This time, he was bringing Xiaolong and Xiaoting, and he couldn't afford any accidents. It's better to be cautious and safe.

Yi Kai, who had a good relationship with Yi Tian, Yi Feng, and Yi Shan's fathers, was a third-stage warrior. He was entrusted to take care of Yi Tian and the others on this trip.

Yi Kai said disdainfully, "Those petty thieves would run away in fear at the sight of our Yi tribe's merchant team. Over the years, we have eliminated dozens, if not a hundred, raiding groups. This is the reputation we have earned through our battles!"

Then, the thirty-something-year-old Yi Kai began to talk at length about the glorious victories of the Yi tribe, such as the elimination of the Blood Wolf Raiding Group and the Mad Lion Raiding Group.

For the raiding groups, the Yi tribe was one of the forces they least wanted to provoke.

The Yi tribe, skilled in archery, had extremely terrifying arrow techniques, capable of killing enemies of higher stages. If given enough distance, a raiding group of several hundred people would suffer nearly half casualties before even getting close.

The strength of the Yi tribe's merchant team was enough to match a raiding group ten times their size.

Even if a large raiding group wanted to eliminate this merchant team, it would have to pay a huge price. Without significant gains, they would never act rashly, and they would also have to bear the retaliation from the Yi tribe, which would be a loss.

"And..."

Yi Kai continued, "This time, the leader of our merchant team is the deputy leader, a peak seventh-stage warrior who can perform the tenth level of the Stacking Waves Secret Technique, achieving the Great Perfection of the Sonic Boom stage. He can kill ferocious beasts with a single arrow, and ordinary ninth-stage martial artists are no match for him. So, you can rest assured this time."

The deputy leader could actually perform the tenth level of the Stacking Waves Secret Technique.

Hearing this, Yi Tian was somewhat surprised.

The Yi tribe had over a thousand warriors, of which about six hundred could perform the ninth level of the Stacking Waves Secret Technique. However, they had been immersed in the path of archery for decades, and mastering the Stacking Waves Secret Technique was not a difficult task. Due to their different cultivation levels, the number of times and the power of the ninth level of the Stacking Waves Secret Technique they could perform varied.

Activating true qi to perform the ninth level of the Stacking Waves Secret Technique was enough to achieve the Great Perfection of the Sonic Boom stage, with significant differences in power.

However, the tenth level of the Stacking Waves Secret Technique was something almost no one in the entire tribe had heard of being performed.

The ninth level of the Stacking Waves Secret Technique seemed to have reached its limit.

After learning about the deputy leader's strength, Yi Tian, Yi Feng, Yi Li, and the others felt much more relaxed.