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Chapter 401: Demonic God's arrival

Chapter 401: Demonic God's arrival

Chu Tian dispersed his flames.

These were spirit beasts, accurately speaking, they were fox spirit beasts.

This was the most intelligent of spirit beasts. The fox clan did not have strong physiques and could not cultivate their body or fight close range. However, they were suited for energy control which they excelled in.

These fox tribe people gave Chu Tian a strange feeling. There were four people in total, three men and one woman. There was a fox clan elder and three young people.

The beauty of the fox clan women were well known.

The fox clan were spirits beasts, but like the rabbit clan, their sense of aesthetics matched that of the continent. Moreover, they were different from the pure elves, the fox clan ladies were much more sexy. The fox clan was very realistic and vain, so they worshipped money, influence, and power. However, because of these characteristics, the fox clan was very well loved by nobles.

It wasn't as if Chu Tian had not seen the fox clan before. As early as back in South Sky City, he had seen fox slaves in the Yin Corpse Valley black market before. However, the fox people in front of him were wearing some strange clothes.

They were wearing large white robes with strange staffs in their hands. A mysterious symbol different from the normal symbols used on the continent adorned their robes and staffs.

"Who are you?" A young fox came out and shouted, "Why are you attacking the Spiritual Monkeys!"

They were most likely the local tribe.

But were they idiots?

These damn monkeys ambushed father, should I just stand here and let them hit me?

Chu Tian looked at the old man. This old man's aura was deep and he wasn't an ordinary person. Actually in the depths of the Forest of Chaos, Chu Tian could not be careless with even a small tribe. After all, the small tribes that could live here were equal to large tribes at the edge of the forest.

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, it was all a misunderstanding!" Chu Tian sheathed his sword. A strong dragon did not press down the head of a snake. He would be this city's lord in the future, so he couldn't offend these locals now. The best way not to offend them was to show them kindness and respect. He specially spoke in the spirit beast language, "I am a traveller who came from afar and I'm unfamiliar with the people since this is my first time. I accidentally walked into the wrong place, so if I've disturbed you, I can leave right now!"

"Grandfather, this fellow seems suspicious, he definitely isn't anything good!" The other youth said to the old man, "I think he's a spy sent by the Druids or the Shamans. How about we lock him up and interrogate him before anything else!"

Druids? Shamans?

Chu Tian revealed a strange look in his eyes.

He had seen these two names in history books, but he never thought that a live specimen would appear one day, causing Chu Tian to be a bit shocked. But these ancient sects actually existed in this era?

The old fox person noticed Chu Tian's strange gaze, "How can an outsider know of the Druids and the Shamans? Does your excellency not feel like you're hiding something?"

This really was a misunderstanding.

"The situation is tense, it's better to kill him than to let him go." The old fox man gave an order in a low voice to the fox woman beside him, "Delores, go take care of him."

The oldest of the three youths and the only female of the three walked out.

This girl had a bountiful figure and silver white hair. She looked to be around twenty four-twenty five in human years, right in the middle of being shy and mature. The fox clan's unique charm gave her a bit more soul moving charm.

"This really is a misunderstanding, you don't need to be this nervous." Chu Tian felt a headache, "I don't like hitting girls."

Delores did not waste words as she took out a jar of incantations from her chest. Chu Tian could not identify this strange incantation runes, but they seemed very ancient from their style. Perhaps only the young miss could see their origin.

But what attracted Chu Tian's attention was not the rune on the jar, but rather the things inside the jar. It was a mass of purple soul energy.

A small jar could hold soul energy? The level of these locals wasn't bad!

Delores held the jar with both hands and devotedly said, "Great Demonic God, please hear my summons and grant me great strength!" The little jar lit up as Chu Tian knit his brows. This was his first time meeting a move that he could not understand.

The jar was suddenly blown up by the energy.

The soul dispersed into the air. Delores seemed like she was gathering spirit energy and soul was like an empty bottle suddenly being filled with water, finally turning into a green monster. It fell onto the grass and an aggressive aura was released.

This was a six meters tall giant mantis. It looked to be material and did not seem like a spirit, but it wasn't a real being either. It was something that was in a state between the two.

Chu Tian was stunned.

Secret Soul Technique?

Secret Necromancy Technique?

No, it's not like it.

What kind of goddamn strange move is this!

When Chu Tian was in a daze, the green mantis raised its arms. Two green energy blades were quickly released and two gashes were formed in the ground wherever they went.

Chu Tian did not have any other choice, he could only take out his sword to block it.

The Netherworld Sword released a strong flame and cut the energy blades in half.

The mantis quickly flew through the air and its two green arm blades slashed out wildly like a storm. Chu Tian quickly raised his sword to block it, colliding with the blades several dozen times. The sharp sword qi had destroyed all the trees around them.

This thing was not weak!

It was at least in the peak 9th Awakened Soul Layer.

Chu Tian had no interest in offending these locals, so he didn't release his source spirit and did not use his full strength. This young fox woman had this kind of move, then wouldn't the old man behind her be much more powerful? He might not be able to win even if he used all his strength, so this situation was disadvantageous to him.

The fox clan youths saw that the Illusory Mantis couldn't take care of Chu Tian, so they took out a whistle and blew into it. The strong Spiritual Monkeys had come back again, "Take care of him!"

This mantis required a bit of strength.

If those damn monkeys came, then it would be chaos.

"Fox, what are you watching for? You should make your move now!"

The little fox reached its claw out to to give a few yawns before giving a careless inhale. That fierce mantis' body began to move as it suddenly broke apart, turning into fog as it entered the little fox's body.

Delores' expression changed, "My Illusory Mantis!

The little fox spat out the soul it swallowed and the soul turned into a mantis again, but it was different from the mantis from before. The mantis summoned by the little fox had a complete form and it was just like a real live Illusory Mantis.

Aura, strength, and abilities, they were all perfectly the same as a real Illusory Mantis.

This was simply a real living thing, at least several times stronger than what Delores summoned!

As for the surrounding monkeys?

A disdainful gaze flashed in the little fox's eyes as it suddenly jumped into the air. Its small body turned into a large fox as it fell onto the ground and three white fluffy tails were swaying behind it. A strange green light was released from its eyes as an invisible energy was released.

Those Spiritual Apes preparing to attack Chu Tian trembled before falling onto the ground with green eyes. Their minds were being controlled as they lined up in front of the fox, just like pets raised by the fox.

The fox licked its claw and looked at the fox clan members with a condescending look. Its eyes were clearly saying, "You jumping clowns, you want to use your insignificant skills to dare show off in front of this fox?"

Chu Tian was stunned.

Damn, when did this fox become this strong?

That summoned mantis was already close to the True Spirit Realm. As for these several dozen white Spiritual Monkeys, they were mostly in the 7th-8th Awakened Soul Layer.

What Chu Tian also noticed was that the little fox only had two tails when it transformed in the Southern Summer Country, but now it had three tails. Going from two tails to three tails, does that mean that its strength had increased a level?

When it ate the things that were enough to train several True Spirit Realm experts in the Flower Fairy tribe, it seemed like it wasn't completely wasted!

"This, this..." Not only were the fox clan youths shocked, even the very calm old fox man's eyes almost popped out. He shouted with an excited voice, "The Demonic God, it's the Demonic God. This is the great Demonic God!"

The old fox man excitedly kneeled down.

The three fox youths also revealed shocked expressions.

This mysterious fox's ability and appearance, it was like the legendary king of ten thousand demons. Could the Demonic God have returned to the world again?

The little fox had a look of doubt, it did not know what these fellows were doing.

"Go, go quickly. Immediately tell everyone else to come welcome sir Demonic God. The Demonic God has arrived, our tribe will flourish again!"

After several minutes, several thousand fox clan members wildly ran over. When they saw the little fox, they all kneeled on the floor, shouting long live the Demonic God with faces filled with reverence.

The little fox did not understand before, but how could it not understand now with its intelligence? These people were clearly worshipping it. Since they were worshipping this fox, why would the fox not accept it?

The old fox man excitedly said, "We did not know the Demonic God had arrived and have offended you. We ask for the Demonic God's forgiveness."

The fox clan all looked at it with fanatical expressions.

The fox gave a snort, not use to this kind of scene.

Chu Tian did not understand the situation, but it seemed like the fox clan spirit beasts seemed like they were worshipping the damn fox. This would save some energy, so he immediately came forward and said, "Everyone, everyone, I said that everything is an understanding. Since this damn fox…..Since you recognize this Demonic God, that means we're not enemies."

"Right, right, right."

"We ask the Demonic God to enter the temple."

"We must use all out strength to serve the Demonic God!"

The little fox walked away surrounded by fox clan members, leaving Chu Tian staring on from the side. Chu Tian remembered the fox clan as one of the smartest tribes on the continent, being smart with business and politics. But why did these foxes seem so stupid, how could that damn fox be a Demonic God?

Chapter 402: Religion

Chapter 402: Religion

"Did you make a mistake?" Chu Tian couldn't help asking the nearby Delores, "What part of this fellow looks like a god?"

Delores had a look of reverence and when she heard Chu Tian say this, she glared at him, "You dare insult the great Demonic God, that means you are my Demonic God Religion's enemy!"

Demonic God Religion?

He had never heard of it before!

But it should be a religion like the Druid Religion or the Shaman Region. This was not like a cult or sect like the human's Heavenly Demon Sect, there was an essential difference between them.

The influence of a sect depended on their inherited cultivation technique. Their personnel were very centralized and they were a very condensed group.

Religions primarily depended on inheriting belief. Of course religions also had a key inherited cultivation technique, but their members were not centralized. A single religion could not only surpass a region, it could even surpass a race.

"What is this Demonic God of yours?" Chu Tian did not pay attention to Delores' hostile look, "Also how many Druids and Shaman religions are there in this area?"

Delores did not want to talk to this fellow who hit the Spiritual Monkeys and disrespected the Demonic God, but the Demonic God was brought here by him, so Delores just explained it simply.

Originally, religion was very popular in the depths of the Forest of Chaos.

After all, the forest was very ancient, so many things were related from the great ancient era. Although there were many religions, the strongest powers in this were were the Druid Religion, the Shaman Religion, the Undead Religion, and the Green Religion. As for these fox tribe members who believed in the Demonic God, they were a second class power.

"Green Religion?" Chu Tian was stunned, "Is this Green Religion related to Green City?"

This fellow really was an outsider, he actually didn't even know about this.

"The Green Religion are a bunch of people who believe in the forest, their believes branched out from the elves. The Green Religion had a lot of power in the forest before, but they have now declined and cannot even compare to the Druids and Shamans."

So it was like this.

The Green Religion branched out from the elves, so it was no wonder the Elven King could obtain Green City through diplomatic means. Chu Tian never thought that the influences in this place would be so complicated, just these religions were enough to cause him a headache.

Because the religion believers were very fanatical and these people were troublesome to deal with.

The cultivation techniques of these religions were very special. To use an example, if a believer of the Fire God Religion had a water attributed source spirit, cultivating a fire attributed cultivation technique was just suicide. But if they cultivated the inherited fire attributed cultivation technique of the religion, as long as their faith was strong enough, not only would they feel no backlash to their source spirit, their cultivation would become stronger with their faith.

Therefore the inherited cultivation techniques of religions mainly relied on faith.

These believers worshipped or believed objects not only because it was good for their mind, but also because it was related to the growth of their cultivation, so these believers would be even more fanatical.

The move that Delores had just used was clearly similar to the summoning technique the fox normally used.

He had never seen this summoning technique in any ancient cultivation technique books, so Chu Tian did not understand it well. It should be a demonic technique from an ancient demon tribe. He was almost certain that this demonic technique could not be used by normal people. Even Chu Tian could not learn it at will, but these fox people could use it and they weren't demons from the great ancient era!

There is only one possibility.

An ancient era Demonic God established this religion with some method, allowing these lower life forms believe in them and use their power. Chu Tian did not know what motives these ancient Demonic Gods had in constructing this religion, but there was a train of thought that said that the belief of all things was itself a strong power and Demonic Gods could absorb this to become stronger.

If it was like this, the little fox's ancestor was really related to these fox people.

There was a large temple in the center of the tribe which was built from the skeletons of giants beasts and giant stones. It was over a hundred meters tall and looked very grand and magnificent. However, it seemed like it had been eroded by the elements, so this temple seemed like it had a very long history.

The tribe was very small, only having less than twenty thousand people. Don't think that they were easy to bully because they were small, the entire tribe believed in the Demonic God and most of them could summon out demon beasts to fight. There were also the beasts trained by the Demonic God Religion, like the Spiritual Monkeys outside who were all tamed by the Demonic God Religion. So, one could not look down on their power, they could at least sweep through the surrounding tribes.

The little fox had already returned to its normal form.

It was carried by the fanatical worshippers to the high stage and all the fox clan people were bowing in worship to it. The little fox quickly adapted its role. Although it was small, it curled its tail and sat on the stage. Its clear eyes sparkled as it looked like a lion, looking down at everyone before raising its head, accepting everyone's kowtow.

Chu Tian rolled his eyes as he watched the fox's performance.

He walked out by himself. There were many totems here and the most frequent one was a fierce and dignified looking Nine Tailed Demon Fox.

There was a record of the Nine Tailed Demon Fox in the young miss' Heavenly Book.

Legends say that of the ancient demon race that coexisted with the great ancient era Demon Gods, there was the Nine Tailed Demonic God that ruled over the demons, the king of demons. They controlled the strongest demonic technique of the demon clans and it was strong enough to push back Demon Gods.

It seemed like the little fox really was the Nine Tailed Demonic Fox's descendant?

Chu Tian was still a bit confused. The Nine Tailed Demonic Fox's descendant was nurtured in the Ten Thousand Year Old Yin Corpse for ten thousand years. After it was born in that evil environment, the little fox not only had its ancestor's abilities, it also had the ability to destroy evil energy.

Excited and happy cheers came from the temple at this time.

The little fox sat out a stone platform as it used its nails to write a strange passage. Chu Tian could not understand a single word, but it should be the demon tribe's words. From the happiness of the followers, it should be an application method of a demonic technique.

These followers bowed in gratitude again and again.

When the ceremony ended, the fox clan members brought many good things forward. Precious Spirit Fruits, crystals, and Demon Jades were all brought in front of the little fox. The little fox was filled with happiness, it had never been worshipped before. With all these good things presented to it, in comparison, its master was too bad, beating it whenever it ate a little.

The little fox being incomparably spirited made Chu Tian want to go up and hit it. However, Chu Tian was very clear that if he charged up and hit the fox in this situation, he would be quickly ganged up on by the fanatical followers.

He had to endure for now!

There was an unexpected benefit for coming here!

Chu Tian had come to Green City to obtain information and see if he could win over the local tribes ahead of time, but he did not have much hope. This was because the local powers were very strong and Chu Tian wanting to infiltrate by himself was not an easy matter.

Now it was good, he had saved quite a bit of effort.

This Demonic God Religion was a bit weak, but their base did have some strength and they have lived here for many years, understanding the situation around Green City very well. This was the ally Chu Tian currently required.

"Everyone has already seen that me and your Demonic God are comrades, so we definitely are not enemies."

With this remark.

Everyone was stunned.

They all looked at the little fox who was vigorously eating.

The little fox felt everyone's gaze and suddenly looked down at Chu Tian, instantly feeling joy. Master, ah master, I never thought there would be a day where you would ask a request from this fox. As long as this fox gives an order, they will strip you and beat your ass. This will be my revenge for you beating me everyday!

An ominous glow appeared in Chu Tian's eyes!

The little fox gave a snort before nodding and continuing to eat.

The old fox man who was also the High Priest quickly stood up, "Since your excellency is the Demonic God's friend, of course you are also our most honourable guest. If there is anything you need help with, our Demonic God Religion will not decline."

That was more like it!

Chu Tian cleared his throat, "Since the High Priest has said this, I'll frankly introduce myself. I am the new City Lord of Green City and I have come here alone to investigate the situation."

Green City's City Lord?

Everyone looked at him with surprised expressions.

When did the Green City's City Lord become a human?

Wasn't this city just taken by the elves a few days ago!

The elves and humans did not have a good relation and it could be considered unfriendly. How could the elves give an important city like Green City to the humans? But they had to believe in facts as Chu Tian took out the token the Elven King gave him.

A stir passed through the fox people.

They never would have thought that this young person was the entrusted City Lord of the Eternal Forest. If he could become the City Lord, the surrounding thousand miles would all belong to him. These members of the Demonic God Religion would also be managed by the City Lord.

The High Priest was the most calm as he gave a few soft coughs, "Although your excellency is the City Lord, with Green City's current situation, it is not an easy matter for you to sit in the City Lord's position!"

Chu Tian liked talking with smart people.

This would save him a lot of effort.

Although from earlier to now, most of these fox people seemed like idiots, worshipping that damn fox, the fox tribe was still the most intelligent of spirit beasts. They were a very clever race and as long as they were properly trained, they would be natural profiteers or sly politicians.

This High Priest could become their leader, so naturally he could see that their Demonic God was related to this young man. The Demonic God came with this young man and this young man looked at the Demonic God with very disrespectful eyes, so perhaps their Demonic God had made a generous compromise with him.

This young man said he was Green City's City Lord and he had come alone without bringing an army. Although his strength was not bad, it was only not bad. Just in this Demonic God Religion, there were over fifty people that could deal with him.

He most likely only obtained the qualification to be the City Lord and did not have enough strength to sit in the position, so he came alone to investigate. If they helped this person when he didn't have the strength to become the City Lord, when he became Green City's City Lord, wouldn't he provide help to their Demonic God Religion?

Chapter 403: Minotaurs

Chapter 403: Minotaurs

Chu Tian temporarily stayed in the fox tribe.

The little fox was living the life of an emperor. Each one of the fox tribe members treated the fox as a Spiritual God and the little fox would just occasionally provide a bit of guidance in the demonic techniques. There were some techniques that even he could not use still, but the memories had been deeply engraved in his soul since his birth.

The believers became even more fanatical.

Everyone could see that the little fox was still young, but everyone was certain that it was descendant of the Demonic God Religion's Demonic God. Just based on this, the little fox was qualified to sit in the temple and accept the consecration of the followers.

Chu Tian collected information on Green City while understanding the fox tribe's power.

The fox tribe really wasn't weak. Although they had only twenty thousand people, they had several dozen True Spirit Realm experts!

When he obtained this number from the High Priest, Chu Tian was instantly shocked!

Isn't this a little too exaggerated? Several dozen True Spirit Cultivators in twenty thousand people and this was only a small tribe here. Wouldn't there be several thousand True Spirit Cultivator in the several million forest city?

Although the Forest of Chaos' spirit veins were rich enough and various kinds of advanced precious herbs were easy to find, so the people that grew here were not people the Southern Summer Country could compare to, this was still a little too shocking.

The High Priest explained, "No need to be shocked. My tribe believes in the Demonic God, so our entire tribe uses faith to cultivate, allowing our cultivations to increase faster than normal people."

Believers were different from cultivators.

These believers' cultivation technique was related to their faith. Faith was a strange power to begin with and could assist one's cultivation technique, with their cultivation being faster with more belief. However, there was a very obvious flaw. After one practiced their faith, it would be very difficult for them to practice any other cultivation techniques.

Each True Spirit Expert had the qualification to become a priest.

Delores was one of the Demonic God's priests.

This Demonic God Priest was in the peak 1st True Spirit Layer, but depending on the demonic technique, she could only control summons in the peak 9th Awakened Soul Layer. Even when she controlled multiple summons, it was hard for her to fight experts with the same level of cultivation.

After all, the fox clan themselves were not strong and with the fact they couldn't cultivate any attributed cultivation techniques, this meant that their source spirits were weak, so their battle strength was far below that of same level experts. This also meant that although the fox clan had high cultivations, their real battle strength was not high.

However, the Demonic God was not only a summon master, but also a powerful beast tamer.

These Demonic God priests domesticated demon beast no one could compare to. In the surrounding forests, other than the hundreds of Spirit Monkeys, there were over a thousand high level demon beasts, who were all level two and up demon beasts. With the defensive power of these demon beasts, the fox tribe was not engulfed by the Forest of Chaos, otherwise how could they survive to this day?

Chu Tian was very interested in taming demon beasts.

The little fox could directly control the demon beast's mind, but that control did not last long. Although the effects were good, it could also be broken.

These fox clan members could not directly affect a beast, but they could temporarily subdue them and use the passed down Demonic God Cult secret techniques and medicines to brainwash them, slowly instilling obedience in them. Although this wasted a lot of time and required a large amount of materials, if it succeeded, the tamed beast could be used for a long time.

Chu Tian liked the second kind in this comparison.

Miracle Commerce lacked an air force the most, but was it easy to train them from scratch? If this could solve their mount taming problem, it would save quite a bit of effort.

Since he understood the power of the Demonic God Religion.

He should consider how to form an alliance with them.

The Head Priest said, "Green City has announced that it has been seized by the Eternal Forest, but there are still many powers left in Green City. Other than the remnant Green Religion, there are also the Druids, the Shamans, the Necromancers, and the shadows of many large forces. Just the people we have cannot stop them and if we tried, it would be sending ourselves to death."

Chu Tian said with a frown, "I knew that Green City's situation was complicated, but I never thought it would be this complicated."

This place was filled with believers and the stubbornness of believers could not compare to normal locals. Not to mention these believers were not weak and there was meddling from the other influences of the forest, making the situation even more complex.

"I think I must enter the city and investigate."

"Green City rarely have human visitors, so you will alert the enemy if you go in." The Head Priest said, "I'll have my clansmen send you in when we're buying materials. With the protection of our words, you don't have to fear your identity being revealed."

"This is also good!"

At this time, a fox clansman suddenly charged in and said, "Head Priest, this is bad. Those damn, stupid oxes have come back to cause trouble!"

The fox clan High Priest's brows jumped up, "Quickly, prepare for battle!"

Chu Tian saw their flustered appearances and immediately asked, "Did something happen?"

"Recently there has been a famine in the forest and all the tribes are lacking in food, reaching their hands our way. Do these fellows really treat the Demonic God Religion as a grains storage?" The Head Priest's face turned frighteningly deep, "We need to teach them a lesson!"

Chu Tian couldn't help thinking of an idea. Actually, before coming here, Chu Tian already knew that a famine had occurred around Green City recently.

Properly speaking, these fierce and powerful locals would not be lacking in food, after all, the forest was very rich. However, in the two hundred kilometer region around a tribe, if they hunted that region for a long time, the demon beasts would began to avoid that region and the tribe would find it hard to find prey to hunt.

Those large scale tribes had over hundreds of thousands of people. Nothing big would happen if they didn't find prey for a few days, but if it went past a week, it would become a famine.

War would break out each time a famine hit!

The locals surrounding a forest city were very dense and their hunting grounds overlapped. If there were less and less prey and there was a tribe with several hundred thousand people, where would the food for these people come from? A famine was the time to steal!

Chu Tian went into the forest with the fox clan.

Several hundred fox clan members were already guarding here, with monkeys in the trees all around them. There were several giant wolves hiding in the forest and the fox people were vigilantly looking in front of them. The other side had ten times the quantity of the foxes and those several thousand people densely stood there. Each person was wearing a primitive rattan armour while holding axes or hammers in their hands, looking very fierce.

Delores and the other priests angrily reprimanded, "Dirty and dumb minotaurs, do you want to wage war with us?"

The minotaurs were three meters tall and were four times bulkier than humans. On their necks were cow heads and a flame was burning in their eyes.

Chu Tian was very interested.

The Minotaurs were like the barbarians, a tribe that developed their physical strength, so they were very suitable to be turned into berserkers.

"If we were waging war, we wouldn't have brought just these people and wouldn't waste words with you!" A large Minotaur walked out with heavy steps, "We are borrowing some food, just two months is enough!"

A fox clan priest angrily shouted, "We don't even have enough food for ourselves, how could we have extra to lend to you."

"That's right, quickly scram!"

"Otherwise, you won't leave this forest!"

The Minotaurs were never a race with good tempers. These fox clan members did not know good from bad and had immediately enraged them. The Minotaur leader roared, "We have been neighbours for ten years, you can't give even a bit of help? We have several thousand people who are about to starve to death. Since they're about to die, if they did something crazy, I hope you do not blame us for warning you!"

This was naked threatening!

The fox clan members all had ugly expressions.

Chu Tian asked the Head Priest beside him, "Are these Minotaurs very strong?"

"The Minotaurs live in a valley to the west and have around a hundred thousand people. They cannot be considered a small force." The Head Priest said with a deep expression, "We haven't interfered with each other these past few years, but with a famine among the Minotaurs, perhaps there will be trouble."

Recently it had been hard to find prey in the forest and many tribes had encountered a famine. The fox clan was different from other places. Not only did they understand to preserve food, they could also grow their own food, so they could be self sustaining in a time of famine.

How big were the Minotaurs' appetite? It was even comparable to the ogres!

A single Minotaur's appetite could match ten fox clan members'. If the fox clan supported the Minotaurs, could the fox clan keep surviving?

Delores' charming face was filled with rage, "Greedy and despicable Minotaurs, we will not be subdued by your force. If you dare make a move, we'll make you unable to return!"

Feeling the killing intent of the fox people.

The monkeys and wolves in the forest all began to roar.

The Minotaurs were greedy from hunger and they had gone to all the surrounding tribes, but most of them found it hard to support themselves, they were not willing to give grains even if they had a surplus. Comparing them, the fox clan was the easier one to deal with and since they wouldn't give it, they would steal it!

The killing intent of these Minotaurs made the hearts of the fox clan members sink.

A bloody battle was hard to avoid! Although similar matters frequently happened in the forest, the fox clan's current population was hard to support this kind of bloody battle. If their tribe lost more people, perhaps they would even lose the qualifications to have a base here.

"Why are you waging a war for this bit of food?"

"Who!"

The Minotaurs looked at Chu Tian with a strange expression. Humans were rarely seen in this area, so how could a human appear among this fox tribe.

"I am a merchant and you can all treat me as a food seller for now." Chu Tian smiled as he looked at these tall and sturdy Minotaurs. His smile had a deceitful tone to it, "I can let your entire tribe eat its fill, but I've already said that I am a merchant and not a philanthropist. Do you understand my meaning?"

Chapter 404: Trade

Chapter 404: Trade

The Minotaurs filled with killing intent were stunned.

This was the depth of the Forest of Chaos and not a place humans were active in, so humans were rarely seen here. Any human that came here was an incomparably powerful character, so who would come here to sell food?

Sending food over a long distance of ten thousand miles?

Perhaps he had bought food from within the forest?

This was like going through many hardships to find a treasure and then putting the stone back in the end and cleaning it all up.

The forest locals knew how hard it was to pass through the many dangers of the Forest of Chaos and even locals that have lived here for many generations would not dare attempt it. This human did not hesitate to strangely come here. There were countless heaven and earth treasures and even leather, lumber, and ores would be worth more. So why did he want to trade food?

The Minotaur's eyes went wide open as he said while panting, "No matter who you are, daring to trick the Minotaurs means being turned into a meat patty!"

Faced with the Minotaur's fierce appearance, Chu Tian had a very calm expression, "One day, oh, no, give me half a day to prepare. A large amount of food will be sent to the Minotaur's tribe and how about we discuss the price then?"

Although common sense told the Minotaurs this matter was impossible and was definitely one of the human's tricks who were known for being sneaky, he could tell from this human's expression and eyes that he was not telling a lie. Could he really send large amounts of food? The Minotaur tribe had over a hundred thousand people and the required amount of food would be enough to feed a human city of two million people.

"What can I use to trust a human with."

"Why can't you trust me? Even if you fight the fox clan, just the several thousand of you won't be enough. Going back only means waiting another half a day."

It was just half a day.

It wasn't as if the Minotaurs couldn't last another half a day and the fox clan couldn't run in time in just half a day. Since the human was this confident, why shouldn't they wait?

The Minotaurs didn't want to fight either.

Unless they had no way of living on.

"Alright, the Minotaurs will believe you once. If you don't appear by night, the Minotaurs will bathe the fox clan in blood!"

When the fox clan heard this threat, they revealed looks of rage. The Minotaurs did not have any reason they could win, especially a group of hungry Minotaurs. But even though they were angry, they did not want to fight these fellows. After all, the Minotaurs battle strength could not be underestimated and it would be terrifying if they went crazy.

Chu Tian nodded with a faint smile, "I promise!"

The Minotaur head waved his hand.

The several thousand Minotaurs left.

Delores' charming face was filled with worry. She did not know why Chu Tian would give the Minotaurs this promise without any reason.

"Do you have comrades nearby?"

"No."

"Do you have influence nearby?"

"Also no."

Chu Tian had come alone. Not to mention helping the entire Minotaur Tribe, he did not even have a single dry rations on him.

The fox clan people were filled with worry.

Was Chu Tian just stalling for time? This method would not solve the problem and if the Minotaurs find out they had been tricked, they would would erupt with anger with their personalities and trample over the fox tribe!

The High Priest knit his brows. Although he was worried, he could still see that this human Chu Tian was not simple. Chu Tian was given the title of Green City's City Lord and the fox clan was an important helper and ally, he would have no reason to deliberately cause trouble for them. What was he thinking?

Delores couldn't calm down, "Why did you promise the Minotaurs? Do you not know how terrifying the Minotaurs are when they go crazy?"

"Don't be worried, don't be worried." Chu Tian looked over the fox tribe and calmly said, "Let me ask you, do you want to become rich?"

These senseless words made the fox tribe stunned.

Delores stood up and that rich figure shook from the excitement, "You're saying this kind of words in this situation!" If it wasn't for given sir Demonic God Face, Delores wouldn't have been able to stop herself from making a move.

"Delores, sit." The Head Priest had her sit, "Since this sir City Lord is this confident, then there must be a reason. We'll listen to his words for now."

Chu Tian said with a nod, "I didn't lie, I really am a merchant. I am also truly a food seller."

Merchant? The fox people all looked at each other in blank dismay.

The elves hated human merchants the most because human merchants meeting the elves would never end well. The most profitable business in the forest was human trafficking, so whether it was the fox tribe or the elves, they would be main prey for slave dealers.

How did a human with this status receive the title of City Lord from the Elven King?

"Actually handling these tribes is not hard." Chu Tian said in a meaningful voice, "I also found that it is very easy to become rich in this place."

Delores asked, "How are you prepared to deal with the Minotaurs? They are not easy to trick."

"Trick? I'm sorry, I am a person with a code of honesty!" Chu Tian did not want to explain, so he took out things from his gourd, "I ask you all to move for a bit."

Several prepared array flags were inserted into the ground and when they activated, they immediately formed a large source energy array design. Finally it turned into a spatial source energy array. Chu Tian then placed several energy columns into the array to provide it with energy.

"Open!"

Chu Tian roared.

Although Chu Tian was not in the True Spirit Realm, with these prepared array flags, he could still quickly open the Space Warehouse. He had just contacted the young miss, so when Chu Tian opened the Space Warehouse, there were over a hundred thousand cans of food in the thousand cubic meter Space Warehouse.

These cans were not travel cans, but rather storage cans.

The former was a small can that adventurers and mercenaries could bring with them. The latter was a storage can that was half the size of a person filled with food. A hundred thousand of these cans with each one weighing around fifty pounds. When they fell from the Space Warehouse, they formed a little mountain in front of the fox people!

The fox people were all stunned.

Not a single person could understand what Chu Tian did.

It was like he had performed magic, turning nothing into something, which was even more mysterious than their summoning technique! Chu Tian opened the lid of a can of food and threw it in front of the fox people several meters away, "Have a look at it!"

Delores smelled a delicious food fragrance.

Could it really be food?

The fox people came around it out of curiosity. There were cubes of cooked beef in the can and each cube weighed several pounds. It was very lush and fragrant, sending out an attractive smell. It was like it was still steaming, like it had just come out of the pot.

Delores' eyes opened wide and looked at the human in shock. It was like she wasn't looking at a human, but rather a monster or a god. She was shocked and happy, as countless complex emotions intertwined in her heart, finally gathering a few words that she spoke.

"How did you do this?"

"This is not important!" Chu Tian asked with a smile again, "I'll ask you again, do you want to become rich?"

At dusk.

The dark red setting sun sprinkled over the forest.

The Minotaurs in the canyon were covered in dread as countless Minotaurs weakly pawed at the grass roots. These large bodied fellows that were wild enough to even fight ogres were now in this kind of weak state.

"Chief, the sky is already dark!"

"Of course I know that!"

The Minotaurs' chief was a fellow who was four feet tall and had a body that seemed like it was cast of dark iron. White fog came out of his two large nostrils every time he breathed and his eyes were even larger than copper bells, which were filled with flames of rage. The two sharp horns on his head were releasing a cold glow.

"It seems like that human played us!"

"That's right, the humans are with the fox tribe and now we kill them all. We will skin those foxes and turn their bones into soup, letting them know the consequences of tricking the Minotaurs!"

The several Minotaur leaders with tempers like gunpowder were already roaring out.

Killing the foxes weren't important, the most important thing was plundering. They needed food, otherwise in just another night, over a thousand people would die. If this famine continued another three-five days, there would be over ten thousand people who would die. At that time, the tribe would face the danger of disbanding.

The Minotaur chief stood there. Although he did not say a word, he had already lifted his iron cast giant axe and his killing intent was the strongest out of all of them.

"Chief!"

"Those foxes are here!"

When the Minotaur chief was prepared to lead his people out, a Minotaur's voice called out from outside that made all the Minotaurs' faces change.

What?

Did they really come!

In front of the Minotaur Valley, Delores was walking with Chu Tian, leading five hundred fox clan youths.

"Move, move!"

The Minotaur chief had the people blocking the road move and while he was asking what was going on, his cow eyes instantly popped open. This was because the fox clan had brought a group of giant lizards and there were large cans made of iron on the backs of these giant lizards which the fox people were currently taking down.

"This is?"

The Minotaurs all had strange expressions.

These iron cans were made in the Southern Summer factory and no one in the forest would waste effort to store food like this.

"There are ten thousand cans of food here and it is around five hundred thousand pounds of food. These have all been processed and there are over several dozen secret herbs used, so it will be a hundred times tastier at least compared to your usual food. I swear that after you eat my company's food, you will not be able to eat any other food."

Each person could clearly hear this and the Minotaurs' breathing became heavier.

"That's right, I also heard that the Minotaurs love food, so I prepared a thousand vats of fine wine. Each one is made with high quality ingredients and even in the human world where comfort is pursued, it would be considered good wine."

The Minotaurs' eyes went red and their adam's apples bobbed, with not a single one being able to speak.

Chu Tian looked at these Minotaurs, "I wonder if you are all satisfied?"

The Minotaur chief already couldn't hold on, "Quickly take it out for me."

The Minotaurs almost lost their reason and were about to steal them.

"I must remind you to not to try stealing this food. This is only the first batch and I have much more fine wine and food. It doesn't matter how much you need, but if you try to steal it, then I'm sorry, but I will never trade with the Minotaurs again in the future." Chu Tian added in at this time, "I think at this time, as long as I provide food as a condition, there will be many tribes interested in attacking the Minotaurs' valley."

The Minotaur chief's expression changed, "You, what do you want?"

"I also don't know." Chu Tian revealed the smile of a profiteer, "I have to see what you have first!"

Chapter 405: Condition

Chapter 405: Condition

At night, in the Minotaur Valley, several tens of thousands of Minotaurs were wildly partying as the entire valley was filled with the fragrance of meat and wine.

Chu Tian was sitting in the valley center around a campfire with the fox people. Delores was sitting beside him and her silver hair was hanging down as she held the barbecued meat with both hands, eating in large bites without stop.

"You're really something." Delores looked very discontent with the Minotaurs' happy appearance, like the happiness of the Minotaurs was the worst thing for her, so she complained to Chu Tian beside her, "It's fine that you sent food, but these dumb cows can eat anything, their stomachs can even digest rotten wolf meat. Even the toughest blades of grass would be fine. You had to give them this good food, it was too cheap for these fellows."

After saying this.

She took several fierce bites.

The forest locals even ate prey raw, so they had very poor diets. The locals were locals and they couldn't compare to humans of civilized societies. Even in human society, Miracle Commerce's source energy cooked foods were the best among the best. Even for the elves that pursued a high quality of life, Vivian also fell in love with it the first time she ate it.

The elves also had excellent cooking skills, they could use demon beast meat and herbs to cook a fine dish. Only, the elves's cooking method was as complicated as alchemy, how could it be accomplished with a single source energy array like Miracle Commerce did?

After Meng Yingying invented the canned food, Miracle Commerce had established several dozen factories. These canned food factories had required source energy chefs to work in them, but now the source energy arrays could be made with the source energy columns, allowing them to be made without people. Although without the chef controlling the flame personally made the taste a bit lacking, that was only relatively speaking.

Chu Tian did not place fox girl's complaints in his heart.

Because he had brought Delores, they had fiercely cut into the Minotaurs. Although the because of the long famine, the Minotaur tribe had already sold their precious herbs and materials for food, the treasures in their store rooms were not lacking. Especially demon beast cores, magic crystals, various skins, and etc. These had been collected by the Minotaurs for many years.

These things were not very valuable here.

But if they were sent to the Southern Summer Country, the value would be huge!

Those level three demon beast leather could be made into high quality leather armour. Those demon beast cores and magic crystals could be used in large quantity in the laboratory. Other than that, there were still herbs, metals, and other materials.

Roughly calculating it all.

The cost of the source energy canned food was around three hundred low grade source stone, which was three hundred million gold coins in the Southern Summer Country. This was because they had been purchasing food in the month that were all level two ingredients, making the cost relatively high. After all, with the strength of the Minotaurs, level one source energy cooking was hard to satisfy them with.

Chu Tian had basically emptied the Minotaur Tribe and these items had a value of over three thousand low grade source stones, which could be exchanged for three billion gold coins in the Southern Summer Country!

Chu Tian basically did not do anything.

Miracle Commerce and Oldman Small Town bought this demon beast meat, so those mercenaries back in the kingdom, the hunters, and the local tribes were all grateful to Miracle Commerce. After all, they could sell this demon beast meat for a good price which was a huge income to them without a doubt.

These purchased ingredients were sent to the Southern Summer factories to be processed and sold to the famine areas, instantly making back ten times their price and the locals were grateful to him. Chu Tian was simply an angel that came from the sky, saving their tribe from disaster!

This kind of business that could make money and earn gratitude was hardly seen!

Now the female fox Delores had lost her prejudice against Chu Tian and even began to slightly admire this human.

Although Chu Tian never mentioned how he transported the food, Delores couldn't ask him by her accord, so she went to find the little fox. Could the little fox keep the secret? This fox clan had already regarded him as an ancestor and consecrated him, making this fellow feel very satisfied. Delores only gave it a few good things and it immediately told Delores about the Space Warehouse.

It wasn't overrated to call this Space Warehouse a miracle!

Especially for tribes in times of famine, Chu Tian could definitely earn a large profit from them!

Delores led her people to work for Chu Tian without another word.

At this time, the Minotaur chief Arnold was dead drunk. He never thought his day today would be this happy, not only had that human given the Minotaurs a pleasant surprise by temporarily solving their famine problem, he had also given them good food they never would have tasted.

The wine was top quality wine.

The meat was top quality meat.

Arnold felt a wave of sadness, he felt like he had wasted his life!

He didn't even know how to enjoy life. If he knew that the human world was this beautiful, he wouldn't have become a chief and would have left the forest to enjoy himself in a human kingdom!

This was a Minotaur in the 3rd True Spirit Layer, whether it was a small or large kingdom, he would receive a lot of respect!

Now that regret was already too late.

What made Arnold truly surprised was that the things the human merchant took were all things the Minotaurs couldn't use like the demon beast bones, blood, cores, magic crystals, and skins. These things couldn't be eaten, so they had no value in the Forest of Chaos. The Minotaurs always disinclined bringing them back after hunting, but they never thought that at this moment, it could be used to save their tribe!

He would have kept a stock of these if he knew this earlier!

Arnold suddenly sobered by a bit.

That's right!

The Minotaur tribe was not very wealthy and now most of their stocks had been traded away. Although they had obtained several hundred thousand pounds of food, how many days would this bit last? It was unknown how long this famine would last and if the tribe kept facing this food crisis, how would they get over it?

Arnold's nonexistent brow knit.

Although the Minotaurs weren't smart, this was an obvious difficult problem which wasn't hard to see.

Arnold considered this and then said to Chu Tian, "Honourable mister Chu Tian, you have solved a great problem for our Minotaur tribe. I represent the Minotaurs in thanking you!"

Chu Tian casually waved his hand, "Don't mention it. I am a merchant, this is a fair trade. You don't owe me anything."

Arnold's pitch black face looked a bit awkward, "Then...The food quality is very good, I see that it can last the Minotaurs for around five days, but after five days….."

Chu Tian pretended not to understand Arnold's words, "What my company has is food. As long as there is a proper price, we can provide how ever much you need."

"But….." Arnold's nose spewed out two streaks of white steam and he said in an anxious voice, "Most of the precious herbs in our stores have been traded with Green City for food half a month again and now the valuable leathers and ores have already been traded for this batch of food. My tribe really can't take any more out. Can we put things on credit first? As long as you provide my tribe with a month's worth, the Minotaurs will repay you double in six months!"

Chu Tian shook his head with a bitter smile, "Chief Arnold should know that I wouldn't earn any money on this business. Think about it, how difficult is it to deliver food through the forest? If not for wanting to become friends with the Minotaurs, I would not have undertaken this business that loses me money. If the Minotaurs want to buy on credit, I'm afraid it's bit hard to say. The company must calculate cost and risk and I am a merchant, so I'm very sorry..."

The Minotaurs were anxious hearing these words.

They didn't know how long this famine would last and if this human merchant lost heart in the Minotaurs, it would be a serious blow to their tribe.

It was like he said, transporting this much food into the depths of the forest seemed like an impossible matter no matter how it was thought about. Not to mention that Chu Tian didn't receive any precious materials from this trade, only a bunch of normal items. Trading such high quality food at such a low price, it was cheaper than Green City by several times.

It seemed like he really had nothing to gain!

What could they do, steal it? No! Arnold did not know this human merchant, not to mention that a human coming here to do business was not simple. Chu Tian had warned the Minotaurs already that if anything happened, the humans could use food to convince the large tribes around them, having them attack the Minotaurs. The Minotaurs would suffer from their own actions.

"We can consider any condition you have. As long as you can help our clansmen pass through this crisis, you can raise any conditions!"

"Really?"

Arnold sincerely nodded.

Chu Tian did give a satisfied nod, "Actually I have a special identity, but the opportunity to tell you all isn't here yet. However you can all understand that you will not suffer a loss working with me."

The Minotaurs knit their nonexistent brows again.

What did this mean? Did he want the Minotaurs to swear their loyalty to him? This was impossible. He was just a human and the Minotaurs will not act servile just for food.

"Chief Arnold, I will allow the Minotaurs to buy on credit." Chu Tian said this and then sighed, "As for the other part, we can have an employment repayment plan."

"Employment?"

"I am after all not a local, so doing business here is very inconvenient. If I have the help of the Minotaur elites to help open my business, naturally there will be less resistance." Chu Tian said this and pointed at the nearby large cans of food, "Each Minotaur elite will be paid two cans each day, what do you think?"

Each can had several dozen pounds in them, it was enough to feed a Minotaur for several days.

A single Minotaur would earn two cans, this was not low in a time of famine. A single Minotaur would be enough to feed their family. Only Arnold was still worried because he didn't know this human's plans. If he led the Minotaur elites to death, he would have no way to explain this to his clansmen.

"You don't need to worry." Chu Tian added in, "If the Minotaurs are injured during employment, I will cure them and compensate them ten cans of food, letting them come back to recover. If the Minotaurs die during employment, Miracle Commerce will compensate them with a hundred cans of food!"

The Minotaurs all took in deep breaths.

This was a hard to resist enticement.

Chief Arnold considered this for a long time before he said in a tentative voice, "The Minotaur elites are the bravest warriors in the forest, it must be four cans of food per day at least!"

Chu Tian thought about it and did not bargain, so he accepted this term.

Five cans contained several hundred pounds of meat and just a single dead cow would provide several tons of meat, so this bit of food counted for nothing! Miracle Commerce did not lack resources, they just lacked allies, especially allies in Green City. Using food transactions to create allies was not a bad method.

"No problem!"

Other than the fox clan, Chu Tian had obtained the support of another clan.

These Minotaurs will not only support Chu Tian, Chu Tian could even hire these Minotaurs to break through the frontlines. So if there was a need, Chu Tian could hire several thousand Minotaur elites to fight for him! With this strength and the fox clan's support, Chu Tian was filled with confidence!

But this was still not enough.

Chu Tian had not fully used his advantage, he needed to win the support of even more locals!

Chapter 406: Bough

Chapter 406: Bought

Chu Tian and Arnold reached an agreement for the cooperation.

The main thing was the quantity of food. The Minotaurs still had to return what they borrowed and there was the interest to consider. The Minotaurs in the Minotaur Valley were all grateful towards Chu Tian, this human was simply a savior who fell out of the sky.

The most important thing was.

This human's food was just too good!

Just like Chu Tian had said, once they ate Miracle Commerce's food, the Minotaurs wouldn't be able to eat anything else.

Chu Tian announced that the fox clan would be the Miracle Commerce's local agents. For example, sending food to the Minotaur's Valley would all be taken care of the by the fox clan and Chu Tian would not easily act again.

"The Minotaurs' battle strength does not lose to the ogres, to obtain the support and soldiers from the Minotaurs, it will truly be advantageous to your City Lord's position." Delores' eyes flashed with a sense of awe and a emotional sigh, while also feeling a bit satisfied. The fox clan had endured these stupid cows for a long time and now that the stupid cows had to give the foxes face, it really made her feel satisfied, "But the Minotaurs in the Minotaur Valley are only working with you because of the threat of the famine, this does not mean they are willing to die for you. Once the famine problem is solved, I can see that the stability of your forces will quickly degrade."

Delores then said, "You're currently undergoing a risky business. Who knows when the Minotaurs will be able to repay you. Other than you sitting in the City Lord position and making this debt firm, you will be wasting our investment."

Chu Tian nodded, "Then what do you think I should do?"

"We secretly poach the Minotaur Valley or use sir Demonic God's power to take away the demon beasts, letting the Minotaurs have less and less prey. That way, they will be more dependent on Miracle Commerce. But….." Delores' charmving voice turned, "Doing this will cost a lot of energy and being found out is a matter of time, it will mean playing ourselves. Moreover, there is only one Minotaur Tribe, so it won't be much help for you."

This beautiful fox could already consider the problem from Chu Tian's angle.

Chu Tian looked very satisfied. It was clear the foxes have already associated their benefits with Miracle Commerce.

"Just a group of Minotaurs is far from enough, so I need to obtain the support of more tribes." Chu Tian calmly said, "If I had ten or twenty tribes supporting me, then wouldn't it be much easier to sit on the City Lord's seat?"

Delores revealed a surprised look, "If you can obtain the support of all those tribes, then naturally it will be a cinch. The problem is, how will you do that? This definitely is not an easy to accomplish matter!"

"Very simple, a good move can be used twice."

Chu Tian had received inspiration from the Minotaur tribe.

Survival was the number one rule in the forest. Green Forest was in a large scale famine now and many tribes were in a difficult situation like the Minotaurs. Even if some tribes were better off, they were still in a difficult situation.

In this time, the locals could be controlled using food.

Chu Tian was not talking about dangerous business. As long as he obtained the support of the locals, even if it was temporary, it could allow him to sit in the City Lord's seat. At that time, the locals had to submit and they would have to keep to the debt.

"I need your help for this matter."

"As for depending on us, the City Lord's matters are our matters. To make a contribution to the sir City Lord is naturally our honour." Delores' smile was like a flower blooming. When her rich body trembled, Delores did not mind letting Chu Tian take an extra look. She threw a coquettish look and said, "Only, our Demonic God Religion is very small and our lives all depend on this result. Sir City Lord, don't you think….."

That voice was like flowing water.

The beauties of the fox clan were like a hundred barrels of honey poured into a pool which could melt a human man.

This was seeking more benefits!

The fox clan naturally desired victory, so they would not work for free.

"What are you anxious for? Since I said I would become rich with you all, naturally I will not go back on my word. Go ahead and ask around, when have I, Chu Tian ever allowed any of my people suffer a loss?" Chu Tian heroically patted the fox clan girl's shoulder, "You just need to be assured that you will be able to obtain a large profit from the forest in these days, I will give a tenth of it to your Demonic God Religion! Including the Minotaurs' debt, when the debt is solidified, you will have a portion!"

"A tenth? So stingy!"

Delores' smoky and watery eyes flashed a look of joy.

Under Chu Tian's extortion, these tribes would basically be dug out. The fox clan being able to obtain a tenth this time was already a considerable amount. The fox clan would not do much and would only purely act as transport and a representative, this was equivalent to earning something for free.

Especially the debt, this was not only a debt, but a high interest loan. The longer the famine lasted, the more the locals would owe for the debt. From now on, the fox clan could lie down and still earn money.

Delores' manner towards Chu Tian had clearly improved, "Sir City Lord, then what can I help you do?"

"I need complete information. The locals of Green City that can be pulled over, I need complete information on them and also the hunting spot of the local powers." Chu Tian was covered in goosebumps from this fox girl's bone melting voice, "Also, I want all your priests to manufacture something for me."

The hunting areas, those were the locals' resource production fields.

The tribes of the forest were all mainly hunters and would not engage in any agriculture, so hunting was their only method of gathering resources. A large scale tribe's hunting grounds were around two hundred miles.

Chu Tian wanted to thoroughly shut down the local tribes' food supplies!

With the fox clan's information and Chu Tian's method, this matter was absolutely capable of being achieved.

In the future, when soldiers and mercenaries camped out, they would use a beast driving source energy array to defend against threats of demon beasts. This kind of beast driving source energy array was like the beast attracting source energy arry. The beast driving array used scent, pheromones, sound, and smell to drive away beasts and kept most demon beasts away.

Chu Tian had Delores find several fox clan priests to come help.

The fox clan's battle strength was not high, but they were still True Spirit Cultivators. Moreover, the fox clan had researched source spirit arrays before, so they used only two days to make over two hundred level three Earth Dragon Beast Driving Talismans.

The Earth Dragon Beast Driving Talismans would replicate the aura of Earth Dragons.

Earth Dragons were a very strong demon beast that not demon beast below level three could fight and it was also unparalleled at its own level.

These talismans were ordinary and normal people could not notice them. However, demon beasts could feel a faint aura coming from these talismans. When the beast driving talisman was placed in the local tribes' hunting grounds, each talisman could cover a range of ten miles. All the demon beasts feeling the Earth Dragon's aura will run away and there will never linger no matter what.

Chu Tian guessed that in three-five days, the locals would be filled with chaos!

The famine would become stronger and it would cause chaos even if there wasn't a famine.

At this time, Chu Tian had the fox clan send out news through the forest saying that there is a human merchant in the forest that people could buy food from at a low price. The reactions of the locals did not even need to be guessed.

After Chu Tian finished his trick, he would use food to control them,

Chu Tian was a single person and the fox clan was only a representative, so the locals couldn't help being convinced. Once Chu Tian stopped supplying food, they did not have a way of surviving. Therefore, in order to survive, they had to give in to his conditions.

The plan was very simple, but one cannot deny that it was a very solid plan!

The effects of the beast driving talismans and the spatial transport ability, Chu Tian could completely control the lives of these local tribes!

In the end, not only will they be eaten by Chu Tian, they would also own a large debt and would have to be grateful to him. This was just too cruel!

Delores was filled with admiration for Chu Tian!

This mysterious man was very attractive. He seemed like he could do all kinds of impossible things by taking out a random item, like the ordinary beast driving talismans. Even among the locals, this would be a very profitable thing! This little talisman, how much demon beast harassment could it save a tribe?

Not to mention the Space Warehouse wrapped in a shroud of mystery!

"We have sent the talismans to the hunting grounds and they are displaying their effect, causing chaos among the tribes." Delores seemed a bit tired after rushing around for several days, but she still seemed to be in high spirits. Her eyes were filled with anticipation, but she was also slightly worried, "We targeted nine tribes at the same time this time, that is a total of over a million people, is there no problem with your side?"

Delores was very clear.

If Chu Tian messed everything up and left.

These hungry tribes would have no path left, either falling apart or causing the tribes to disintegrate, filling the forest with robbers. They would either wildly plunder for resources or they would occupy a tribe. The fox clan being left alone in this area would find it hard to survive.

The resources needed to feed a million people.

This was not an easy matter!

It was normal for Delores to be worried.

This was a bit hard for Chu Tian. Although he had the full support of the Southern Summer Country, the food for normal people was not suited for the strong forest locals. Therefore, Chu Tian needed to prepare source energy canned food and most of it had to be level two source energy canned food. Even if Miracle Commerce's production line was taking shape, it was still a large burden for them.

But the young miss had already prepared, so she had prepared a large stockpile of food and it was no problem for it to last a while. Chu Tian confidently said to Delores, "You can be assured. Doing business with me, the fox clan's day to become rich is right in front of you."

Delores was a bit excited as she charmingly cupped her hand, "Many thanks sir City Lord!"

The fox clan was the easiest to buy.

As long as there was profit, the fox clan would stubbornly follow you.

Chu Tian was very clear on this, so he sincerely said to this beautiful fox woman, "To be honest, I'm lacking a person like you by my side."

"Although we don't normally contact humans, aren't we still clear on what kind of personalities humans have?" Delores had a charming look in her eyes, "If sir City Lord requires it, the young girls of our fox tribe are very enthusiastic."

Humans drooled over the charming fox clan women, but Chu Tian did not mean this. Delores also knew that he didn't mean this, but she had to misinterpret him like this, speaking in an ambiguous tone. If it was a normal man, he would be stunned by this teasing.

This fox seductress!

Chu Tian smiled like a fool, "The fox clan are very smart and very capable, they have a keen smell for opportunities, so they are natural merchants with a bit of training. We will do large business in the forest and the things you will have from this day forth will definitely surpass your imagination!"

Miracle Commerce was becoming bigger and bigger and even if the young miss was skilled, it was hard for her to manage everything. Miracle Commerce especially needed smart people they could rely on to help and the fox clan was very suited to making up for Miracle Commerce's shortcomings.

But because the fox clan loved benefits, if he could buy them over, others could do the same.

This clan was not a clan one could be assured in.

But the coincidence was that this tribe of foxes were different. They believed in the Demonic God Religion and the little fox was their highest spiritual leader. Even if the fox was disobedient, it was still connected to Chu Tian by contract and it wouldn't exist if Chu Tian didn't exist.

They wouldn't betray him unless they broke their faith.

Their faith was connected to their mind and as well as their cultivation. If they betrayed the Demonic God Religion, they would lose all their cultivation. The fox people are very smart, they should understand the benefits and losses. When Miracle Commerce had this group of smart and capable foxes join them, whether it was research or business, they would provide a big help to both.

Now all the arrangements had been made.

Now to see what kind of reaction the forest had!

Chapter 407: Union

Chapter 407: Union

Chu Tian's plan proceeded unexpectedly smoothly. The beast driving talisman in the local hunting areas had caused a large reduction in the amount of demon beasts. Each day's hunt could not compare to normal and was even a fifth of the past few days.

This was misfortune on top of misfortune!

These tribes that weren't too lacking in food was worried when they saw this situation.

These tribes were already starving and were currently like ants in a hot pot at this moment.

There must have been a change in the forest. It could be a change in the natural flow of energy or a chance in the spiritual vein or it could be a natural disaster. Of course there was a possibility of a man made disaster.

In brief, living in the Forest of Chaos, it wasn't good if there were too many demon beasts around, but too few wasn't good either. They didn't know how long this situation would continue, so would the tribes be unable to hold on soon?

Escape?

This was not a small matter!

This couldn't be decided at will.

The Forest of Chaos was filled with danger, especially the depths of the forest. There were many strong demon beasts and other forces, as well as hidden dangerous tribes, and the many fierce robbers present in the forest. All sort of dangers are hard to predict.

Who doesn't want to live in safety?

Who wanted to walk down an unknown dangerous road?

Even if they did escape, they had to prepare first, at least spending ten-fifteen days scouting out their new living environment. Then they had to prepare enough rations which was already a dead path for these tribes.

Since things have developed to this stage.

They only had a single method, steal!

In this wasteland, force would always be a good solution to a problem. They would steal food if they didn't have food, there was always a tribe with food in their storage. The various large tribes were sharpening their blades at this point. Like a powder keg that was about to explode, an unprecedented war was about to erupt.

The tiger clan was a large tribe to the southwest of Green City, having a total of over two hundred thousand people. They had developed for forty three years and could be considered an old tribe.

Currently the tiger warriors were lifting their weapons high up and roaring.

The tiger clan warriors were already building their army.

The tiger clan chief was prepared to personally lead thirty thousand elite warriors to ambush the lizard clan not far away. The lizard clan lived in the wetland and had a custom of preserving their food. As long as they were destroyed, they could temporarily solve their problem.

When the tiger clan was prepared to gather their army.

A strange figure suddenly appeared at the gate of the tiger clan. This was a goat race spirit beast with an ugly old face and wearing a long spacious robe. There were bone accessories all over his arm and neck, and there was a long staff in his hand, making his appearance look a bit strange.

"Who are you?" Actually daring to disturb the tiger clan….."

Before he even finished.

The goat person waved his hand and the large tiger clan men fell to the ground. The goat person strolled into the tiger clan, but him rushing in had naturally attracted the attention of the people around, immediately surrounding him.

The tiger clan's chief coldly looked at him, "A Shaman Sorcerer? What are you here for!"

The Shaman Sorcerer laughed, "I am here to give the chief a road."

"Road? What road!"

"If the tiger clan wants food, attacking your neighbours is not the best plan."

"How we do things does not need to be managed by you people and your gods!"

The Shaman Sorcerer did not heed this and suddenly said, "Green City has several years worth of food stockpiled inside, why don't you directly attack Green City? If you obtain Green City and seize it, not to mention your temporary troubles, you won't be lacking in food even three-five years from now!"

The tiger clan's chief's face changed, "What did you say?"

"The ogres, lizard people, serpent race, and several other tribes of the south have now reached a preliminary agreement, preparing to attack Green City together to steal food." The Shaman Sorcerer turned after saying this, "As for whether the tiger clan wants to participate or not, it all depends on you, the chief."

...

Green City's replacement City Lord, the gnome Clark always had a worried look.

The gnomes had always been related to the elves, but they weren't formed from elven blood mixing with another race, the gnomes were a separate race. They had separated from the elves back in the ancient times and were a lower elven race. Just like how humans and halflings were related, their blood was close, but they evolved into two different races.

The gnomes were around as tall as the dwarves and their features were the same as the elves.

Gnomes were very intelligent and loved studying and pursuing the truth, studying deeply into source energy arrays. Although they did not like war just like the elves, they were not stubborn like the elves.

The power of the gnomes were not bad. The gnomes of this area in their peak had several hundred thousand people. They were divided into several dozen tribes, but although they were separate, they believed the same thing which was the Green Religion.

The gnomes had spent five hundred years to create this city which was Green City.

The gnomes had decent strength, but compared to the real giants of the forest, they still weren't considered big. Those giants did not want to step on each other's nerves, so they did not forcefully try to conquer Green City and used methods to slowly wear it down.

The Undead Religion came from the lich from the Dragon's Ridge.

The spirit beasts from the Savage Highlands had brought the Shaman Religion.

The Druids who admired nature and didn't like fighting also strangely became stronger.

Struggling over these past few years, the strongest Green Religion already couldn't hold on any longer. When the gnomes finally felt that they couldn't hold onto their city any longer, the Eternal Forest's Elven King extended an olive branch, wanting to bring their two races closer.

Clark and the gnome elders agreed without even considering it.

The gnomes established Green City not for fame or fortune, they did it solely to give the gnomes a place to study and a place to call home. Who would have thought that after their home became populated and rich, it would attract the greed of some many people. Compared to the Dragon's Ridge and the Savage Highlands, the Eternal Forest was the gnomes' best option.

The Eternal Forest elves were close to the gnomes and the elves were kind by nature, so they wouldn't make it hard on the gnomes. The Elven King had even promised that the gnomes can continue studying and living in Green City, there would be no difference from before.

This made Clark very happy.

The gnomes did not have interest in wealth and it wasn't important who was in charge of the city, it was fine as long as the gnomes weren't chased away.

Clark very quickly reached an agreement with the Elven King. The Eternal Forest announced that Green City had entered their sphere of influence and would now be protected by the Eternal Forest.

The gnomes were filled with anticipation.

Once the Eternal Forest sent a powerful elven army to guard Green City and sent someone with enough prestige to be the City Lord, how could the Shaman Religion and the Undead Religion keep acting so rampant? Even if the Dragon's Ridge and the Savage Highland was behind them, the Eternal Forest had already taken the initiative in Green City!

After all these days.

There was not a single bit of news from the Eternal Forest.

Soon, a secret letter was sent into Clark's hands. When Clark opened the personal letter from the Elven King, he was so shocked he almost jumped into the roof!

The elven army had not been dispatched.

But the Elven King had appointed a City Lord for Green City.

If the Elven King had sent a peak expert to Green City, they would be able to deter thieves even without an elven army. Who would have thought that the Elven King would send a human as the City Lord, a human they had never even heard of before!

Weak.

No prestige.

Also a human!

Clark almost fainted from his cries of aggrievement.

There were no human influences in the Forest of Chaos, so the humans who came here were all outsiders. This also meant that they did not have any foundations here at all. A human without foundations coming to the complicated Green City to become the City Lord, wasn't that a joke?

Even if the gnomes submit, will the other races submit?

When Clark was debating how to solve this problem, a gnome suddenly ran in, "Replacement City Lord Clark, something has happened in the forest!"

"What?"

There were many things that had happened in the forest lately. There was famine, plague, and various disasters. Although he didn't have proof, Clark was certain that this was a trick played by those fellows. They wanted to cause more chaos, increasing the resistance when the Eternal Forest forces arrived.

The gnome was sweating profusely as he said, "There are several tribes that have created a union because of the famine and are preparing to attack Green City!"

"What?!"

Clark felt a large headache.

These tribes actually wanted to attack Green City!

Green City had one million and five hundred thousand residence and most of them were gnomes.

Gnomes were good at handling and storing food, so over the years Green City has developed, the food stores were very rich. In a normal situation, the locals would plunder each other in a famine, but who would have thought that they would group together this time and attack Green City. They had simply gone crazy!

If several tribes came together.

That was over a million people at least.

Even if they can't capture Green City, it will cause great losses for Green City. Clark could smell the scent of something unusual behind this. If Green City was destroyed and seized by the locals, Eternal Forest will not be able to take over the city. This was what was being thought from certain people's angles.

This was most likely a plot to stir things up!

Chapter 408: Green City

Chapter 408: Green City

Chu Tian had made a few mistakes.

It couldn't be considered mistakes though, there was no problem with the plan. First he would make them lose their source of food and when they were praying for a miracle, the fox clan would timely spread the news of the mysterious human merchant. When these locals heard that the Minotaurs of Minotaur Valley could actually eat well in this time of famine because they traded with this human merchant, they would investigate the fragrant smell coming from the Minotaur Valley.

Who didn't know that the Minotaurs were the dumbest and would be the group that would starve to death first?

Now that they had plenty of food, how could the other tribes not be jealous?

The human merchant had large resources, being able to supply as much food as they needed. On one hand, he provided top quality food and on the other hand, he stopped the other food sources, so the locals would finally be trapped by Chu Tian and Chu Tian's goal would be met.

Now a problem had occurred. Chu Tian had just accomplished the first step of the plan, but before the second step could occur, Delores ran in quickly with an important piece of news. Several tribes had joined together and were prepared to attack Green City.

"This situation is bad." Delores said with a worried expression, "It seems like we've dropped a stone on our foot."

"No, this is too wrong!" Chu Tian knit his brows and considered it for a few minutes, "This definitely is not right. These tribes do not usually come in contact with each other, so how could they form an alliance in a few days in this situation? This doesn't match common sense."

Delores had also discovered this questionable point already, "The Green City gnomes are already very weak, but normal tribes would not dare challenge them. I am also in doubt that there is a secret manipulator behind this."

Chu Tian nodded. There was no need to guess, this was certain.

Chu Tian had arrived in the fox clan for a week now and he already understood Green City's situation. The manager and the founder of the city was the gnome race. The gnomes did not have the strength of the elves, but the gnomes could be considered one of the race with the most profound knowledge in the forest.

The gnomes did not have no desires like the elves. The gnomes were rigorous by nature and had a strong desire for knowledge, therefore the gnomes were outstanding in source energy arrays and were highly skilled in pills and talismans. Green City being able to develop to this rich and populated state was mainly because of the rich gnome production forces in the city.

The equipment of the gnomes can be considered very elite and adding in the various talismans and traps from the gnome research facilities, as well as the various defensive facilities, Green City was a very hard city to capture.

"If my guess aren't wrong, the person playing tricks is most likely in Green City. The local tribes do not have the ability to capture Green City by themselves, so it must be someone working from the inside." Chu Tian asked Delores, "Depending on your intuition, who do you think is the most suspicious?"

Delores did not even think as she said, "The Shaman Religion or the Undead Religion!"

Chu Tian said with a slight nod, "Then we must head to Green City."

"What are we going to Green City for?"

"Of course it's to see the acting City Lord."

Chu Tian was an outsider and it was very hard for an outsider to enter Green City, so he needed the fox clan's help. Delores shared mutual benefits with Chu Tian, so she agreed without even considering it.

The Demonic God Religions had some influence in Green City. Although the fox clan was very small, their brains were good, so they had a few shops inside the city mainly taking care of certain materials. Chu Tian pretended to be one of them and being led by Delores, it was much easier to enter Green City.

Green City had already been established for five hundred years.

This wasn't considered too old in the Forest of Chaos. The city had always been controlled by the Green Religion and the Green Religion was a religion spread from the elves, mainly believing in the Forest God. The gnomes in their peak had over a million people and absolutely couldn't be considered a small force.

In the few recent years, the Green Religion had rapidly declined, allowing the new Druid Warriors, the Necromancers, and the Shaman Sorcerers run amuck in Green City, already becoming a serious threat to the gnomes. The Gnomes were the city's rulers by name, but it had already been divided with everything being meddled with by the three religions. After several decades of disasters, the Green Religion's influence quickly fell.

Chu Tian stood in front of Green City, "This is Green City? It really is different from what I imagined!"

A city in the Forest of Chaos, it was not something the Southern Summer Country could compare to in term of beauty.

Even the Southern Summer Imperial City couldn't even match a tenth of it!

When Chu Tian saw Green City, his first feeling was that this place was very magnificent and it was one with natural, creating a beautiful picturesque scene.

Most of the cities in the Forest of Chaos did not have walls because walls did not have much defensive significance in this place. Although this Green City did not have city walls, because it was established among the vast hills, the surrounding mountains were a natural city wall. If he didn't personally see it, it would be hard to imagine that within these rugged mountains, there would actually be a towering city like this.

There weren't many people in Green City, but the area was still several times larger compared to the Southern Summer Imperial City.

The entire city was among the hills, so its distribution was very interesting. If one looked at it from a broad view, it was in the shape of a trapezoid. There were many scattered buildings, some at the foot, some inside the mountain, and some at the top. There were times between two buildings, there was only a suspension bridge between them in that several hundred meters of mountain.

There were countless open areas in the mountain where there were large amounts of growing and breeding areas.

There was a main peak at the center of the mountain. It had been a mountain peak, but the entire area had been developed and now there was a giant white castle built there.

Half mountain and half city, sitting at the peak of the mountain, being surrounded by the clouds. It was like a city in the sky.

This was a very special place, the gnome city was different from that of the humans. In the large cities the humans lived in, the streets and tall buildings were all nicely ordered, being tightly clustered and being surrounded by a city wall.

Green City was completely different. There over a hundred castles all over the city and each one could be considered a small town. The castles were stacked over the hills and formed a trapezoid shape. The distribution seemed very loose, but it was actually very systematic.

If human cities were built on a plane.

Then this city was a three dimensional structure.

The entire Green City was perfectly integrated into nature. This city seemed like it was built out of thin air on these chiseled mountains and looked very disorderly, but each building in Green City was actually unique.

There was abundant spiritual energy here and countless spirit veins gathered. There were countless heaven and earth treasured, but there were no fierce beasts which was rarely seen in the Forest of Chaos.

In this endless mountain range, there were countless precious mineral veins and was very suited for long term development.

"Ha, ha, ha!" Chu Tian gave a few loud laughs, "A city in the mountain and mountains in the city. The forest surrounding the river, the river surrounding the mountain, and the mountain surrounding the city. My city really looks pretty good! But I can see that the city development is less than 10% and the mountain development is less than 2%. I am going to connect them all and create a super city nation that can hold several tens of millions of people, letting this become the largest city in the Forest of Chaos. What do you think?"

"Sir City Lord, your happiness seem too early." Delores rolled her eyes, dismissing Chu Tian's grand ambitions, "Don't forget, your city is about to be captured by a group of people. In a few days, it might become a pile of ashes."

Those local tribes? Wo pei!

When did master Chu Tian place them in his eyes!

But speaking of this, the city was much better than he had imagined. The city the gnomes had spent five hundred years to develop had been given for free to Chu Tian. Not only was this area's spiritual energy very abundant, it was located in the center of the Forest of Chaos, most suited to becoming Miracle Commerce's main headquarters.

If Chu Tian could create a foothold here, with it as the center, Miracle Commerce could spread without fear all around them. At that time, what would the Dragon's Ridge, the Titan Mountain Range, the Savage Highlands, and the Eternal Forest count for. Even the far Western Sea and the underground Dark World, couldn't Chu Tian deal with them as well?

The Forest of Chaos area had the qualification to become an empire!

Of course, the premise was to unify this area which was not an easy matter.

"We're entering the city!"

Green City was not only surrounded by natural mountains, there were also many natural channels which could be used to enter Green City from every direction. Delores brought Chu Tian through a white Moonlight Stone tunnel and on both sides was not only grass and plants, there were also many high trees.

What made Chu Tian especially surprised was that there was a large tree that was shaped like a human. It had sturdy arms and there was a giant spear in its hands. It was like a large ten meter tall guard that was motionlessly protecting the tunnel.

"What is this?"

Chu Tian was a bit surprised. This thing seemed like a Treant, but it definitely was not a Treant because Chu Tian could feel that this thing didn't have a will and was just a giant puppet.

"This is the Green Protector!" Delores explained, "The Green Religion diligently studied ancient war trees' remains and finally made this powerful life form. A hundred years ago, there were these powerful soldiers everywhere in Green City. Only, after being losing them one by one in attacks and in the most recent decades, after meeting several disasters, they had died in large numbers, so there weren't many of them left."

Chu Tian continued forward with Delores.

There were at least three different kinds of barriers protecting the valley.

There really was a reason why Green City could stand in this location.

These Green Protectors and the defenses in the tunnels, Green City could stop a large scale forest invasion. As long as it wasn't a giant like the Eternal Forest, Green City had the ability to keep themselves safe. Of course, that was the previous Green City. The current Green City was very weakened and the situation with internal conflict and outward invasion was already very bad.

If it wasn't like this, would the gnomes have surrendered the city to the Eternal Forest? The Elven Council were all blockheads. There was such a good place being delivered to them and they didn't want it, in the end it was given to Chu Tian as a great bargain!