Chapter 251 - 253: Competition

Chapter 251: Chapter 253: Competition

Su Nuannuan panicked internally.

’How is it possible to refine salt this finely? I have no idea how to do it!’

She couldn’t help but ask her system internally, "System, do you know how this salt was made so fine?"

Hearing this, the system on the other end also frowned. "I’ve just run a query. Su Luoluo did this."

"What? Su Luoluo knows how to refine salt this finely!" Su Nuannuan was aghast.

’I thought Su Luoluo had already shown all her salt-making techniques, but I can’t believe she was still holding back.’

’That bitch, she’s so scheming. She even kept it a secret from her own father.’

’She clearly had a better way to refine salt but never mentioned it to the tribe. How vicious!’

For a moment, Su Nuannuan was even convinced that Su Luoluo had done it on purpose, craftily keeping the salt refining method to herself.

"I only just learned this from my own system data. I can’t believe she was still holding back." The system also sounded furious.

"So, System, what do I do now? What method did Su Luoluo use? Can you tell me?"

She had just boasted that her refined salt was the finest. If she couldn’t produce it now, everything she had done in front of Dongfang Luanhe would be for nothing.

Hearing Su Nuannuan’s words, the system grew irritated as well.

’Why can’t this Su Nuannuan figure things out for herself?’

’Su Luoluo’s system is locked by the Heavenly Dao. I can’t even successfully hack into it, so I have no idea what method she used to refine the salt.’

’And this Su Nuannuan... she’s just copying others in the first place. Wouldn’t it be better to keep a low profile? Instead, she just had to exaggerate her own abilities, act all high and mighty, and even dream of stealing someone else’s credit. For what?’

’Utterly foolish!’

’They’re both females. Su Luoluo is so capable even without a system’s help, so how did I end up bound to such a stupid female?’

’I have no intention of cleaning up this mess for her.’

With that thought, it said coldly, "You caused this problem, so you can figure out how to solve it yourself. But let me remind you, if Dongfang Luanhe and Su Luoluo start working together, your beautiful hair reward will be revoked!"

"Wh... What! You’re going to take away my beautiful hair?!"

Su Nuannuan immediately broke down upon hearing this.

’She had only just managed to get this beautiful head of hair. If it was taken away, she’d go back to being that bald person from before.’

’No, she absolutely could not accept that!’

’But how on earth is this salt refined?’

Seeing Su Nuannuan take the salt and just stand there, stunned, Dongfang Luanhe raised an eyebrow and said in a casual tone, "What’s wrong? Is there a problem with the salt? You look rather surprised."

"I..."

"Reporting to the Young Master, there is someone outside the city-state requesting an audience."

Just as Su Nuannuan was wracking her brains for an answer, a Wolf-eared Beastman came in to report.

The interruption made her breathe a sigh of relief, while her mind raced to figure out the best way to handle the situation.

"Requesting an audience with me? Who is it?" Dongfang Luanhe’s lips curled slightly as he looked down at the reporting Werewolf.

"A female. She says she wants to discuss salt refining with the Young Master."

"A female?" Dongfang Luanhe lifted his gaze, his snow-white wolf tail swishing. His voice was a little languid. "What a coincidence. Another female, and she’s also here about making salt?"

A smile played on his lips, for reasons unknown. "Let her in. I’m quite curious to hear what she has to say."

"The females are quite capable lately, learning to make salt one after another. Lu Ming, it seems the Beastmen of our city-state have fallen behind."

Lu Ming said nothing in response.

He was long accustomed to his Young Master’s teasing nature.

Su Luoluo and several Beastmen were standing outside the city-state’s gates. They had expected a long wait, but they were summoned inside shortly after their arrival was announced.

She turned and nodded at Su Yang, who then ordered his men to bring their things over.

A Beastman Servant saw they were carrying quite a few items and was about to stop them, but Lu Ming, who had just arrived, gave them permission to proceed.

He had come out looking for the three Werewolves who had been peddling salt. He hadn’t expected to find the three of them right at the city-state’s gate, following a fair-skinned female with whom they seemed quite familiar.

Seeing they were all part of the same group, Lu Ming didn’t give them any trouble.

The main reason was that he had lost track of them last time, which made him regard the three Werewolves with a newfound respect, treating them as strong competitors.

If Yi De, Er De, and San De knew that their Third-Rank Beast Abilities, masked by Su Luoluo’s Blinding Technique, had earned them the solemn respect of a Fifth-Rank Beastman, they would have been laughing hysterically on the inside.

In the past, when Su Yang described the city-state, Su Luoluo had merely pictured it as a small marketplace. Now that she was actually here, she realized it was far more prosperous than she had imagined.

Although it hadn’t yet reached a particularly advanced stage of development, people were constantly coming and going within the city-state. The streets were lined with vendors selling common beast skins, as well as necklaces and hair ornaments polished from stones and bones. A small-scale trading market was already beginning to take shape.

The group followed Lu Ming into the city-state’s great hall. Compared to the most magnificent Priest’s hall in their tribe, the city-state’s great hall was countless times more luxurious.

Su Luoluo glanced around. The surrounding beams were carved with numerous wolf heads, and even the pillar directly in front of her bore a carving of a lifelike wolf, exuding an air of majesty and solemnity.

"So, you’re the female who claims to know how to make salt?" Before Su Luoluo could finish her survey of the hall, a voice laced with a smile came from above.

Su Luoluo followed the sound of the voice with her eyes and was surprised to find that the City Lord of this city-state was such a young Werewolf.

’She had assumed he would be around Su Yang’s age—a more composed, older man.’

He was also quite handsome, with thick brows, Phoenix Eyes, thin lips, and a sharply defined nose. The fiery red Beast Skin Clothes he wore made him look even more dashing and unrestrained.

For some reason, looking at his smile, Su Luoluo felt a sense of déjà vu, as if she had seen it somewhere before.

Seeing that he was still staring at her, Su Luoluo nodded. "That’s right. I know how to make salt. I’ve come to the city-state today, rather presumptuously, to discuss a matter with the City Lord."

"Discuss a matter? What matter?"

"We would like to cooperate with the city-state. We will help the city-state refine salt, and in return, the city-state will provide us with Beast Crystals and salt."

"Beast Crystals? What audacity. In all my years, you are the first person to dare ask me for Beast Crystals, and a female at that." Dongfang Luanhe’s smile vanished as he shot Su Luoluo an indifferent glance.

Unafraid, Su Luoluo met his cold, stern gaze, her expression full of confidence. "The salt refining technique we possess will not be a losing deal for the city-state."

After speaking, Su Luoluo glanced at Yi De, who was standing to the side.

The two of them immediately presented the salt. "City Lord, please take a look. This is the salt I refined. I wonder if this technique is enough to justify the condition I proposed."

The salt Yi De brought over was identical to the salt Lu Ming had given him. Dongfang Luanhe swept his gaze over it, then glanced at Lu Ming. After seeing Lu Ming nod in confirmation, the languid air about him dissipated considerably.

He sat up straight and looked at Su Luoluo. "The salt is indeed excellent. But I wonder, are you truly the one who refined it?"