Capítulo 440: Chapter 255: The Special Habits of Spiders_2

“So what Chief Xuan wants is this kind of spider silk clothing.”

Hong Zhu suddenly understood, then decisively refused, “Sorry, but our tribe never trades this kind of spider silk clothing.”

“Why not?”

Jiang Xuan was baffled. Since the Spider Tribe produces spider silk clothing, why do they only trade plain-colored ones?

“Because the patterned spider silk robes are far too precious—even in the Spider Tribe, only the shaman, the chief, and the various leaders can wear them.”

Unlike ordinary spider silk clothing, the multicolored ones with patterns are incredibly complicated to make. The spiders that can produce colored silk are very rare—even for a tribe with spiders everywhere, they might not make a single colored silk robe in a whole year.

Because of this, colored spider silk clothing has become a symbol of status and identity in the Spider Tribe—only people ranked leader or above can wear them.

After listening to Hong Zhu’s explanation, Jiang Xuan felt a bit disappointed—no wonder when the Black Teeth Tribe brought over the spider silk clothing, there wasn’t a single colored one among them.

“Then… let’s just trade these for now.”

Jiang Xuan had no other option but to settle for the plain ones for now.

Of course, this didn’t mean he’d given up on the colored robes completely. If there was a chance in the future, he’d still like to trade for a few from the Spider Tribe.

Jiang Xuan picked up a stick of insect wax, and said, “Take a look—how many spider silk robes could I exchange for one of these?”

Hong Zhu stared at the insect wax for a moment, then asked, “Can I scrape a little powder off to test it?”

“Sure, but how do you plan to test it?”

Hong Zhu grabbed a sharp stone knife and, without hesitation, made a cut on her arm, saying flatly, “This is how I’ll test it.”

Jiang Xuan watched blood instantly ooze from Hong Zhu’s arm, and couldn’t help twitching at the corner of his mouth.

This woman was really hardcore—even watching made him wince.

Of course, Hong Zhu was a four-color warrior, and she knew exactly how deep to cut—the wound was shallow.

Jiang Xuan pulled out a fine stone knife, and said, “Stretch out your arm.”

Hong Zhu held her arm out to Jiang Xuan, as blood dripped steadily down.

Jiang Xuan gently scraped at the wax with the small knife, letting some white powder fall onto the wound.

A magical scene unfolded.

As the white powder settled, the blood mingled with it and quickly coagulated, sealing the wound directly.

Hong Zhu pulled her hand back, examined the wound carefully, even pressed it with her finger a few times, then nodded with satisfaction, “Good stuff—definitely good insect wax.”

Then, she picked up a spider silk robe and said to Jiang Xuan, “Let me also demonstrate our spider silk clothing—watch closely.”

Hong Zhu gripped the stone knife and stabbed straight into the spider silk clothing—the action was totally savage.

After stabbing, Hong Zhu withdrew the knife and stretched out the spider silk robe again.

Despite the brute-force attack, the spider silk robe was perfectly intact—not a single hole or tear. The quality was unbelievable.

“Well?” Hong Zhu tilted her chin slightly and asked Jiang Xuan.

“Very good. Very sturdy.”

“Of course! With our spider silk robes, even wild beasts’ claws can’t hurt you.”

Hong Zhu was full of pride—spider silk clothing from the Spider Tribe was famous throughout the Central South Wilderness.

Both sides were satisfied with each other’s products, so the deal officially began.

Jiang Xuan hefted the stick of insect wax, thick as a child’s arm, and asked, “A stick of insect wax this big—how about three spider silk robes? What do you think?”

“Three?”

Hong Zhu’s face showed shock, then she snapped into action, “Deal! One stick of insect wax for three spider silk robes—you can’t change the terms!”

Hong Zhu immediately shoved three spider silk robes into Jiang Xuan’s hands and snatched up the insect wax, as if afraid Jiang Xuan would back out.

What just happened?

Jiang Xuan was stunned.

When he traded with the Black Teeth Tribe, it took two sticks that big to get just one spider silk robe.

This time, he’d come all the way to the Spider Tribe, thinking that starting at three robes might be asking too much.

He’d even reasoned that if Hong Zhu couldn’t accept that price, trading one stick for two robes would still be a great deal.

He never expected that three spider silk robes for one stick of insect wax would make Hong Zhu so overjoyed. She rushed to close the deal, afraid he’d change his mind.

Thinking it over, the Black Teeth Tribe bought insect wax from the Vine Tribe and sold it to the Spider Tribe, and for one stick of wax, they must’ve gotten at least four spider silk robes in return.

No wonder they’re called the Black Teeth Tribe—they really are black-hearted!

Jiang Xuan couldn’t help but complain in his head—the middlemen were making a killing on the price difference.

Still, one stick for three spider silk robes was hardly a loss—in fact, he’d earned more than he’d hoped.

This trip was absolutely worth it.

Jiang Xuan opened his beast hide bag and pulled out a heap of insect wax, then said arrogantly to Hong Zhu, “I’ve come a long way to the Spider Tribe—since we’re trading, let’s go big! Let’s swap all this insect wax for spider silk clothing!”

Hong Zhu’s eyes went wide at all the insect wax—a true big client!

But, for that many spider silk robes, she couldn’t make the decision alone.

She immediately called out to a female warrior nearby, “Go fetch the chief—tell them an honored guest has arrived at the Spider Tribe!”

“Yes!”

The woman was excited too, and ran off at once to find the chief.