Chapter 517 – Well Worth-it Transaction
Naturally, the Black Bear Patriarch didn't do this on impulse. Since he was the Patriarch, hsi decisions were all very well thought out.
Zhao Hai might not deeply know the importance of Argalis, but how could the Black Bear Patriarch not? These Magic Beasts cannot be raised by humans and can only be reared in the Prairie. These beasts were generally coins that could give birth.
It can also be said that to the Beastmen, gold and silver were equivalent to stones. To them, those Argali were the things with value.
At the same time, Zhao Hai was also a Foreign Prince of the Herculean Bulls as well as a friend to the Mastiffs. With his connections, the Black Bear Patriarch naturally attached great importance to Zhao Hai.
Beastmen also regard relationships, in fact, they held it with great importance. This was because Beastmen held deep sentiments, and were deeply sincere. If the relationship between two parties was very good, then it was certain that they would help each other a lot.
The situation with the Black Bears wasn't very good right now. Just as what the Black Bear Patriarch said, if they weren't that poor, then they might have bought more food. It was just a pity that they don't have much right now.
There were three reasons why the Black Bear Patriarch gave Zhao Hai their friendship flag. First, it was because the relationship between the Herculean Bulls and the Black bears was good. The second reason was to give the Mastiff tribe face. And the third reason was because Zhao Hai was a grain Merchant. Because of these three reasons, the Black Bear Patriarch decided to give Zhao Hai their tribe's friendship flag.
Zhao Hai wasn't polite, he immediately stepped forward and received the flag. Then he gave a bow and said, "My deepest gratitude to the Black Bear Patriarch. Rest assured, from this day onward, Zhao Hai would become the Black Bear Tribe's friend. I naturally wouldn't be stingy as a friend, so I'll leave 50 million jin behind. The extra Bread Fruits would serve as my gift to the black Bear Tribe. The Patriarch must accept it.'
The Black Bear Patriarch didn't expect Zhao Hai to casually give them 10 million jins of Bread Fruit. This wasn't a small amount, one should know that some transactions between Beastmen and Humans wouldn't reach 10 million jin. For Zhao Hai to give 10 million jins just like that was too astonishing.
The Black Bear Patriarch thought about what he just gained. 10 million jins of food for a friendship flag, this transaction was pretty well worth it.
The Black Bear Patriarch couldn't help but laugh, "Alright, I'll accept it. But Little Hai, do you really want to trade for gold and silver?"
Zhao Hai smiled and said, "Yes, we can just use gold and silver. I know that they might be useless to you, but they have value in my hands. So I might as well have them."
The Black Bear Patriarch laughed, "Alright, then I'll be impolite to you. Lieben, go have some people get the gold and silver that we have, those things are useless anyway. At the same time, go have a banquet prepared."
Zhao Hai quickly said, "Patriarch, I'll have to be exempted from the banquet. I need to go to the Prairie Wolf tribe today. While we were coming here, we've been stopped by them. Then we managed to make a transaction but I still haven't given them the food. You can wait a moment while I send them the remaining Bread Fruits."
The Black Bear Patriarch shook his head when he heard Zhao Hai, "Don't worry, make that old thin Wolf wait for a while. They won't die anytime soon. Right, what did he use to trade? Gold and silver?"
Zhao Hai nodded and said, "Partly gold and silver, partly Magic Beasts. Right, Patriarch, i want some unique Magic Beasts. I don't care about what kind of beast as long as they are unique to the Prairie. I'd like plants as well, it would be nice if Patriarch can pay attention for me."
The Black Bear Patriarch didn't say anything for a moment, then he nodded and said, "Alright, I'll give you two violent bears later. But we need to make an agreement that you shouldn't hand them over to other Humans for research. They are our beast relatives."
Zhao Hai smiled and said, "Patriarch can rest assured. I wouldn't give them to any other Human. Moreover, I want those beasts not for research, I have other uses for them." Then the Black Bear Patriarch nodded.
Zhao Hai watched the time and turned to the Patriarch, "Patriarch, I'll go and hand the Bread Fruits to you. 50 million jin isn't a a small number." The Patriarch nodded and then Zhao Hai turned around to leave.
When Zhao Hai went out of the tent, Buffon smiled to the Black Bear Patriarch and said, "Patriarch is truly very fast in making decisions. It only took a small time before giving Little Hai your Friendship Flag. Very unlike my father, we really want to give Little Hai our friendship flag, but we still needed the approval of the various tribe leaders."
The Black Bear Patriarch stared, he looked at Buffon and said, "Your Mastiff tribe also want to give your friendship flag to Little Hai?"
Buffon shook his head and said, "Not our Mastiff Tribe, but our Dog-headed race. Our Mastiff Tribe's friendship flag wouldn't be a big use to Little Hai. Because of this, father wanted to convince the other tribe leaders to give Little Hai our Dog-headed race's friendship flag."
The Black Bear Patriarch thought about it. Although the Dog-headed Race wasn't considered to be a Warring Race, their fighting strength was very strong. Under the Warring Races, their strength could be considered to be the strongest. There were even some small Warring Races that aren't necessarily stronger than the Dog-headed Race. If not for some of their branches being very weak, the Dog-headed Beastment would've already become a Warring Race.
For such a group to give Zhao Hai their friendship flag meant that they attached great importance towards him. It was at this point that the Black Bear Patriarch realized the value of his earlier transaction.
At this time, Zhao Hai had already released his Bread Fruits. The pile of fruits looked like a small hill. The Black Bears cheered at the sight of it. Then after being handed orders, they immediately went and stored it at someplace safe.
When Zhao Hai returned to the tent, Lieben still hadn't come back. He was still managing the gold and silver that was needed to be given to Zhao Hai. The gold and silver needed wasn't a small amount.
After Zhao Hai entered the tent, he gave a bow to the Black Bear Patriarch and said, "Patriarch, I'll be heading to the Prairie Wolf tribe to give them the food. I shall come back immediately."
The Black Bear Patriarch gawked, "Do you really need to go? I have already prepared the banquet."
Zhao Hai smiled, "Don't worry, I'll come back right away." Then he went out of the tent and whistled. Before long, a red silhouette came flying down. Before the Black Bears could respond, the figure had already fallen in front of Zhao Hai. The Blood Hawk's body was now more than three meters high and looked very majestic. Zhao Hai rode on the hawk's back before it spread its wings and shot up into the air. It didn't take a long time before he became a small dot in the sky.
When Lieben saw this, he immediately had other people move the gold and silver. Then he returned to the tent and told everything he saw to the Black bear Patriarch.
The Black Bear Patriarch responded, "Are you sure? The Hawk looked stronger than the Hawk-headed race's beast? Does this mean that the Humans now have an Air Force?"
This was another difference between the Humans and Beastmen, the Beastmen have their own Air Force. They had a lot of Aerial Forces, they were divided between the Chaffinch, the Hawks, the Eagles, and so on. Because of their unique beasts, they can form their own Air Force. This aspect was the Beastman's advantage against Humans.
However, the Beastmen's Air Force have their own flight limitations and can't fly higher than the Blood Hawk. They can only fly at low altitudes, enough for Humans to target them with Ballistas. Making an Air Force also wasn't very easy, so their role in the Beastman Race wasn't that huge.
Now that he heard that Zhao Hai had a flying Magic Beast that was also quite strong, the Black Bear Patriarch was startled. He didn't know that the Humans also had their own Air Force.
After thinking about it, he couldn't help but turn towards Buffon and Mendez. Buffon was also clueless about this matter. However, Mendez knew since Zhao Hai didn't hide it from them. Even if the Beastmen have races that are suitable for Air Forces, they aren't very numerous. At the same time, races like the Black Bears and the Herculean Bulls cannot have an Air Force, they were simply too heavy. Even if they can ride a Blood Hawk, they wouldn't be able to do a lot of things on its back.
Mendez looked at the Black Bear Patriarch and knew that the other party wanted some answers. Therefore, Mendez didn't hide the truth as he nodded and said, "They have, but not the Aksu Empire. Little Hai is now under the Rosen Empire, his wife was also the daughter of the Emperor. The Rosen Empire had begun to set up their Air Force, but it would take a while before they become operational."
The Black Bear Patriarch nodded, "So it's like this. That's good, it wouldn’t be great if the Aksu Empire had their own Air Force. Right, why didn't Little Hai give the Aksu Empire some of his hawks?"
Mendez smiled, "It's because Little Hai has a grudge with the Aksu Empire and the Radiant Church. With such enmity, how could he give his hawks to the Aksu Empire? Instead, he couldn't wait until the Empire gets eliminated."
When the Black Bear Patriarch heard Mendez, he smiled and said, "Alright, that's good. So this means that we don't need to hold back against the Aksu Empire."
Mendez smiled and said, "There's also the Radiant Church. When we deal with the Aksu Empire, we can send word out that it was because the Radiant Church was holding food back from us. This would be Little Hai's lesson towards the Radiant Church."
The Black Bear Patriarch laughed, "No need to say more. I also find the Radiant Church to be repugnant. It is also highly probable that they are behind this food shortage, so we just cannot let them off. It's a good idea to send a word out and make those Humans deal with the Radiant Church themselves. It would save us the effort of doing it."
The people inside the tent laughed. While they were discussing about the Radiant Church, there was another person who was also thinking about the organization. And this person was none other than Zhao Hai's Father-in-law, the Rosen Emperor.
Chapter 518 – Dead Minister
When the Rosen Emperor received Zhao Hai's letter, he couldn't help but be shocked. He really didn't expect the Radiant Church to use this method to deal with the Empire.
Although this information was still unconfirmed, the Emperor already believed it to be real. If the Church's plan came to fruition, the Rosen Empire would be detested by the entire continent. There was even a possibility that the commoners would stop supporting them.
If the commoners start believing in the Radiant Church, then the Rosen Empire would be following the footsteps of other nations. They might even be even worse than the others. The Rosen Empire had offended the Radiant Church, it would be very strange if the Radiant Church lets this opportunity to punish the Rosen Empire go.
The Rosen Emperor thought that Zhao Hai's letter came at a very timely manner. The Radiant Church still hadn't started their plan, at this point, the Rosen Empire had the upper hand.
The Emperor immediately called his trusted ministers over and had them read the letter sent by Zhao Hai. These ministers were also nobles of the Rosen Empire, none of them were stupid. Upon reading the letter, they immediately understood the implications of this matter for the Rosen Empire.
When the Emperor saw their faces, he knew what they were thinking. Then he said, "I didn't think that the Radiant Church would use this trick. This is really too ruthless. We're lucky that Little Hai managed to inform us, otherwise, I don't want to think about what would happen. Everyone, what do you think we should do?"
Then almost everyone's gazes turned to Randolph. The Calci Family had been at odds with the Radiant Church for a long time. Moreover, Randolph was Zhao Hai's Grandfather-in-law. Because of this, everyone wanted to hear Randolph's opinion first.
When Randolph saw their gazes, he knew that he needed to talk. He couldn’t help but coldly snort, "It would be bad if we didn't know. However, since we found out about it, then there would be no way for the Radiant Church to succeed. I think we should first spread this information, fully expressing the Radiant Church's plans. We should make the first move, make the people side with us. When the Beastmen attack and ravage the Aksu Empire, even if the Radiant Church starts their plan, nobody would believe them."
The Emperor nodded and said, "Randolph is right. I thought about this plan as well. What do all of you think?"
Jesse then added, "If the Beastmen really did have a food shortage just as Little Hai said, then we don't have anything to worry about. However, once the Aksu Empire gets into trouble because of the war, refugees would come in droves. By then, we wouldn’t' have any choice other than help them, otherwise, the Radiant Church would be using it against us."
The Emperor nodded, "This really depends on how far the Beastmen go. If they get too ambitious, then the Aksu Empire would suffer a lot. The Beastmen army isn't something that they can resist, at this time, we usually send some troops for support. But this time, I don't want our soldiers to die in vain, let's have the Aksu Empire pay the price first before sending support troops."
Then another Noble said, "We should, but we cannot send too many. We are already convinced that the Aksu Empire has been colluding with the Radiant Church. But even then, we are already sure that Boris is certainly with the Radiant Church. If we dispatch troops to help the Empire, then they may be entering into the Radiant Church's trap. How about we start with having the Aksu Empire recognize our sovereignty of Golden Island first, then have them make a public apology towards us. What does your Majesty think about this?"
The Emperor nodded and said, "Very well. We cannot just fall into traps. Good, if the Aksu Empire cannot take it, then we'll send support. Pass this command, starting tomorrow, the Rosen Empire will enter 2nd alert level . Every information regarding the Radiant Church shall need to be passed on as soon as possible." The people present complied, then they asked to be excused.
When everyone had left, the Emperor then talked with a serious voice, "What do you think about this matter?" He seems to be talking to himself, but at this time, a reply came, "Zhao Hai has performed well. It seems like he really does regard himself as a person of the Rosen Empire. And also, he doesn't seem to be a person with great ambitions."
The voice resounded in the hall, however, the Emperor doesn't seem to be startled. This was because this voice came from someone belonging to a special Rosen Empire unit, a Dead Minister!
A Dead Minister didn't mean that this minister was an undead. On the contrary, they were very alive humans. This man follows the Emperor everytime. The existence of these ministers were only known to the Rosen Emperors. Whatever the Emperor was doing, this minister will always be with him. Even if the Emperor was with his concubine in bed, they would act as an audience at one side. It's just that nobody had ever seen them before.
Would the Emperor be comfortable in having someone with him all the time? The answer was of course not. But this rule has been present since the first Rosen Emperor. Nobody dared disobey this rule.
Because of this, no Emperor ever talked about their existence outside. These people's existence was Rosen Empire's biggest secret.
The Emperor nodded and said, "It seems like the kid is doing a good job in managing Golden Island. He's also quite strong himself, but he doesn't seem to want to expand. Giving Lizzy to him makes me feel relieved."
The voice didn't come, then the Emperor sighed and said, "If Little Hai didn't send word early, then we might have been extinguished by the Radiant Church sooner or later." The Emperor seems to be talking to himself right now, the voice wasn't speaking anymore.
The Emperor also knew that unless he took the initiative and asked, the voice wouldn't say anything. The Emperor also knew that the owner of the voice was still there. For how long he has been the Emperor, he still hadn't seen this person. He only knew that this person was extremely loyal to the Rosen Imperial Clan.
On the other hand, Randolph, who just came out of the palace, immediately rushed towards his house. He wanted to tell Zhao Hai about the Emperor's decisions. No matter what, this matter was brought to light by Zhao Hai. Randolph wanted Zhao Hai to know about this news.
Actually, he really didn't need to tell Zhao Hai since the latter already knew. After Zhao Hai had the letter sent, he also made Cai'er pay attention to the Imperial Palace. Zhao Hai even found out about the existence of the Dead Minister.
At this time, Zhao Hai was already on the skies outside the Prairie Wolf camp. When he descended to the camp, the people became frightened. However, when they saw that it was only Zhao Hai, they relaxed.
Zhao Hai didn't rashly go to inside the camp, he just stood outside and waited. Before long, Hans came, he looked at Zhao Hai with an indifferent expression and said, "You're two days late."
Zhao Hai smiled and said, "My apologies, there are matters that delayed me." Hans nodded, then he turned around and walked towards the camp with Zhao Hai following him closely behind.
When he entered the golden tent, the Old Wolf King was already waiting for him. Upon seeing Zhao Hai, the Old Wolf King said, "Mister Zhao Hai, you're late."
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "I've been unfair to the Wolf King. I've been delayed for two days because of some matter. But I have some information to tell you, once you hear this, your grievance towards the food would disappear."
The Old Wolf King looked at Zhao Hai and said, "What is it?"
Zhao Hai then told him about the food shortage of the Prairie being possibly caused by the Radiant Church. He also told the Wolf King that the Beastmen might declare war against the Humans.
The Old Wolf King calmly listened to Zhao Hai and waited until he finished. When Zhao Hai was done, the old Wolf King looked at him and said, "Why did you tell me this? Now that you told me about this, I wouldn't be buying anymore food."
Zhao Hai nodded and said, "I know, but I must inform you about this. I don't want to deceive you just for measly money. What I want is long-term cooperation with your tribe, I don't want short-lived businesses."
The Old Wolf King looked at Zhao Hai for quite some time before he laughed, "Good, good. It's been quite a long time before I saw someone so interesting. Alright then, I'll be impolite. This time I'll get 300 million jin, nothing more. What do you think?"
Zhao Hai smiled and said, "No problem. Since I told you about this, then I already knew that this would happen. There are still many opportunities for business in the future. Right, since I don't have anything else to do here anymore, then I'll have to ask the Wolf King to give me permission to be excused."
The Wolf King looked at Zhao Hai and said, "Why so anxious? Is there a problem?"
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "I just want to catch up with the Bear tribe, The Black Bear Patriarch has prepared a feast and is waiting for me. I must head back to attend the event."
The Old King nodded and said, "Since you have a prior engagement with that stupid bear, then you should go. Our Prairie Wolves need food every year, you have a lot of opportunities to come back here."
Zhao Hai smiled, "Right, if the Wolf King needs anything else, then don't hesitate to tell me. I can also supply things other than food, I have some daily necessities, ironware, salt, and a lot more things that you might want. Just tell me and I'll have them sent over."
The Old Wolf King nodded and said, "Well, there's still the war. After that, we can start our cooperation. Hans, are Mister Zhao Hai's things ready?"
Hans nodded and said, "They're prepared." Then the Wolf King nodded and said, "Then bring Mister Zhao Hai along to take it." Hans complied and then turned to walk outside. Zhao Hai gave the Wolf King a salute before leaving as well.
Hans walked in front while Zhao Hai followed him. Before long, they arrived in front of a tent. There were two Wolf-headed Beastmen guarding the entrance to the tent. When they saw Hans arrive, they immediately bowed. Then Hans lifted the curtain to enter.
When Zhao Hai saw this, he knew that he was to follow Hans in. So he didn't hesitate and immediately went inside. Once he entered the tent, Zhao Hai immediately knew why Hans brought him here. This tent was the Wolf-tribe's treasure vault.
Chapter 519 – Sun?
Handling gold differed between the Humans and Beastmen. Since the Humans use these precious metals as circulation currency, they would mold them into coins. However, Beastmen don't use gold for trading since they have their Magic Beasts. Because of this, their gold were made into bricks.
The tent was entirely full of gold bricks, if one were to calculate, this was an absolutely great wealth. Hans looked at Zhao Hai, he wanted to see Zhao Hai's face when he saw those gold bricks.
In the past, when the Prairie Wolves did business with Humans, Hans would also bring them to this tent. When Humans see this display, their saliva would flow out and would even forget about Han's existence. Upon seeing the gold bricks, they were truly entranced, almost to the point of literally kissing and licking the bricks. Hans used to look at them and feel disgusted.
Hans wanted to see what expression Zhao Hai would have when he saw the gold. However, when he turned to see Zhao Hai, he couldn't believe what he saw. This was because Zhao Hai took a small glance at those bricks before shifting his gaze elsewhere. It seems like, to Zhao Hai, those gold bricks were worth nothing.
Zhao Hai's reaction made Hans surprised. Although Hans hasn't gone to the Human territories before, he knew that they used gold and silver for trade. He knew how much wealth these bricks represented. The reason he brought Zhao Hai here was to see how greedy of a person Zhao Hai was.
The reason why the Wolf-headed Race had so little interactions with Human merchants was because they don't trust the Human race. They think that the humans were too greedy. Therefore, if they did want to have a long-term cooperation with a merchant, they wanted to see first if they were greedy or not. This treasury was their test.
The Merchants who came here in the past were killed and then fed to Hans' mount. This time, they wanted to see Zhao Hai's performance and see whether he was worth having a long-term partnership with. If Zhao Hai was also very greedy, then for the Herculean Bulls, Mastiffs, and the Black Bears, they wouldn't kill him. However, it would be very hard for Zhao Hai to do business with them again in the future.
Although Zhao Hai's actions made Hans shocked, Hans was also very satisfied. At the same time, Zhao Hai was surprised internally as well. This was because this shouldn’t be a treasury, but a treasure trove itself! There are a lot of good things here, some of them Zhao Hai couldn't recognize. However, just based on the fact that they were here, their value shouldn't be very low.
Seeing that Zhao Hai was looking around, Hans said, "Sir, you can take these gold and silver bricks. Take the amount equal to your price for 300 million jin of food."
Zhao Hai looked at Hans and smiled, "I'm really not in a hurry. To think that this is actually your treasure trove, I can't help but leave the bricks alone. I want to pick something else in this room, if its value exceeds the food that I supplied, I can compensate it with more fruits. What do you think?"
Hans stared at Zhao Hai with a strange look. The reason with Hans' expression was Zhao Hai's misunderstanding. This wasn't the treasure trove of the Prairie Wolf tribe, this was just a storage tent. In this tent, aside from gold, there were also strange things that the Prairie Wolf had gotten over the years. These things were useless to the Prairie Wolves, they couldn’t be researched either, these aren't really treasures.
It was because of this that when Zhao Hai told Hans that he'd exchange these things for food, he couldn't help but stare strangely. Seeing Hans' expression, Zhao Hai became confused, then he asked, "What's wrong? I can't?"
Hans shook his head and said, "I'm unable to take responsibility for this. I must ask the Patriarch first. I'll have to ask mister to come out with me in the meantime." Zhao Hai nodded, then came out of the tent with Hans. While Hans went to look for the Wolf King, Zhao Hai waited in front of the tent.
The reason why Zhao Hai proposed this trade was because he saw a peculiar thing among the items inside the tent. It was a piece of metal inside a crystal bottle. This metallic thing looks very strange, it was boiling just like how water would, it also had some faint bluish flames surrounding it. If one wasn't paying attention, they wouldn't notice this thin layer of flame.
When Zhao Hai's eyes located the item, he can feel something in his heart, it kept telling him that he needed to obtain it! Because of this feeling, Zhao Hai made this request to Hans.
Before long, Hans went back and then looked at Zhao Hai, "Mister, the Patriarch has given word. Since Mister is our tribe's friend, then we won't treat you unjustly. Mister, in truth, all of the items in this tent are worthless to our Prairie Wolf tribe. If Mister takes a liking to one, mister can just take it, then you can take the gold as we have discussed before."
When Zhao Hai heard Hans, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "His Highness Wolf King is really too polite. But I don't want to be cheap towards the Wolf King either. The things inside this tent might be useless to you, but to me, they are very useful. I only need one thing, the bricks we can discuss later."
Then he turned around to enter the tent, he took the strange metal in a bottle and then told Hans, "Hans, I want this thing. Since I have an urgent matter to take care of, I wouldn't be saying goodbye to the Wolf King. If I have the opportunity later, then I would certainly give my greetings."
Hans looked at Zhao Hai and nodded. He actually thought of Zhao Hai as a friend at this point. After all, Zhao Hai's performance today had given Hans a good impression of him.
Outside, after saying his goodbyes to Hans, Zhao Hai got up to his Blood Hawk as it shot up into the sky. When he reckoned that nobody was now able to see him, Zhao Hai entered the Space.
After he entered the Space, a prompt was heard, "Source of pure energy detected. Combination of three attributes; metal, fire, and water. Assimilating pure energy into the Space. Growth of crops improved. Host's physical body improved. Constitution improved from metal and wood to metal, water, fire, wood, and metal. The hosts can now control four elements. Asking host to work hard."
When Zhao Hai heard this prompt, he was shocked. It was the first time that he had heard of something with three elements in it. In addition to metal, there was also fire and water, he didn’t expect that those two could actually coexist together. This thing was really too strange.
However, this was a good thing for him. In the past, Zhao Hai can only control metal and plants, but now, he can also control fire and water. This development was truly very good.
Although Magic also had fire and water elements, Zhao Hai can now be considered to be someone with a Divergent ability regarding Fire and Water. There was a huge difference between Water and Fire Mages and Water and Fire Divergent ability users.
When a Mage uses Magic, they generally do so through incantations. Additionally, they would also use the magic within their bodies to resonate with the magical elements, then they can cast their spells.
However, when the spell has been cast, there would be no way for a Mage to change its form. If you casted a Fireball spell, then it would be impossible for it to be transformed into a Fire Dragon. The Mage could only cast a Fire Dragon if he wanted one.
But a Fire element Divergent Ability was different, they can manually control fire. Once a Fireball has been released, they can mold it and make it into a Fire Dragon, or even a Fire Whip. If one compares Fire Divergent ability users to Fire Mages, then the Fire Mage would be a man who attacks using a stone while a Fire Divergent Ability user was a mason who can carve a stone into a statue. A Fire Divergent Ability user can be seen as an advanced version of a Fire Mage.
However, even if Zhao Hai acquired another two Divergent Abilities, he still needed to practice them just like what he did with the Metal and Wood element abilities. These abilities needed constant practice in order to be formidable.
Zhao Hai was very happy with this time's harvest. Even if he didn't know what the item inside the bottle was, it still gave him two new divergent abilities as well as improving the growth of the crops in the Space. These were very good things.
Upon thinking about this, Zhao Hai couldn't help but turn his attention towards the crystal bottle and then opened it. When the bottle was opened, Zhao Hai didn't expect the metal inside to immediately fly out of the bottle and moved up faster and faster. It reached to the point where Zhao Hai can no longer see it, but he could feel that there had been wonderful changes occuring in the Space.
In the past, even if the Space had the right temperature, the warmth that they felt seemed to be without life. Being on the Space's outdoors felt just like being inside any other room, it felt very strange.
However, it was different this time around. Even if the temperature inside the Space didn't have major changes, Zhao Hai could feel true warmth in his body, it felt very comfortable.
At the thought of this, Zhao Hai suddenly froze, then he patted his own head. Wasn't this feeling very much like the sun? Was the thing inside the bottle not a metal, but instead a miniature sun?
At this time, a prompt was heard from the Space, "Unknown material detected. Crystalline properties, bottle-shaped. The origin of the material is unknown. The material's properties are special, it can store everything without damaging it. Absorbing properties of material. Host's energy is strengthened. Host may now crystallize his body instantaneously, may defend against any attacks."
This made Zhao Hai thoroughly shocked, he didn't think that there would be such a thing. He had unexpectedly acquired another Divergent Ability. He can actually change his body into a crystal? Then wouldn't he become a crystal person? Will he be alive after then?
Just when he thought about these questions, a prompt was heard, "Host doesn't need to worry about anything. The body's crystallization happens in a cellular level. Host can just move normally. After the ability gets to an advanced level, Host can also turn other things into crystal. Host can just choose to withdraw the ability at any time."
After Zhao Hai heard this sound, he couldn’t help but laugh. This ability was truly powerful. If this ability gets strong in the future, then if he took a piece of grass and turn it into a crystal, it would be able to pass as another weapon.
While storing the bottle carefully, Zhao Hai's body flashed out of the Space. This bottle was very useful to him since he was not yet capable of turning things into a crystal. If he came upon things that he cannot store, the jar would be able to save him the trouble.
After having everything finished and going out of the Space, Zhao Hai was now back on the Blood Hawk. At this point, the Blood Hawk was already on the skies of the Black Bear tribe's main camp, Zhao Hai immediately had the Blood Hawk dive down.
The people of the Black Bear tribe had already seen the Blood Hawk. However, when they saw the beast diving down, they couldn't help but look at it curiously.
Zhao Hai didn't control the Hawk and just had it go on its way. Before long, he was already in front of the Black Bear tribe's main camp where the banquet was already underway.
Right now, the Black Bears were extremely polite towards Zhao Hai. Even if these people didn't know about Zhao Hai, they still gave their greetings to the person who gave them food as well as the person who had their friendship flag.
Zhao Hai also greeted the other Black Bears before he headed towards the golden tent. The banquet there had already begun. The Black Bear Patriarch hosted the event while the elders were interacting with Buffon and Mendez. Laura and the others were also sitting at the side accompanied by other Black Bear women, the group were happily chatting and laughing with each other.
When the Black Bear Patriarch saw that Zhao Hai had already returned, he immediately invited him over to sit by his side. There, Zhao Hai can see a chair that was intentionally left empty, naturally saved for Zhao Hai. This made Zhao Hai surprised, the place at the left side of the Patriarch was a very important and respectable position.
However, he also knew that being polite was useless at this time. Overly polite people were heavily disliked by the Beastmen. Therefore, he immediately gave his greetings before arriving at the empty chair and sat down.
Seeing Zhao Hai sit down, the Black Bear Patriarch then held his wine glass up and said, "Today is a happy day. Our Black Bear Tribe has acquired a trustworthy Human friend, Zhao Hai. He has also received our friendship flag, he will be our Black Bear tribe's friend from now on. Everyone, join me in cheering for our new friend!" Everyone simultaneously held their glasses up in the air and said, "Cheers!" Then they drank the liquor in the glass.
After refilling his glass, the Black Bear Patriarch once again held it up and said, "Our Black Bear tribe's brothers, the Mastiff tribe, sent us information about the food shortage. They said that this may been the cause of the Radiant Church. I passed this matter over to the Lion-headed Race and the Tiger-headed Race to have it investigated. If this matter was indeed caused by the Radiant Church, then we must use our spiked maces and head to the Human territories to pillage some food. Everyone, prepare yourselves!"
All the Black Bears held their glass up again and cheered, "Yes! Yes! Yes!" Then they drank their second glass of liquor.
Then the Black Bear Patriarch held his glass for the third time and said, "But all of you should remember, no matter how much we hate Humans, Zhao Hai will always be our friend!" Then the people said in one voice, "Yes!" Before they drank their third glass of liquor. Then everyone was free to do what they want.
After continually drinking three glasses, the Black Bear Patriarch placed his glass down and turned his head to Zhao Hai and said, "Little Hai, what kind of transaction did you do with the Wolf tribe?"