Chapter 49: Trading Pottery for People

  All of this, with the Super Ape as the leader, the surrounding apes looked quite unhappy. Although ceramic bowls were also popular in the tribe, being able to eat boiled meat soup without restraint like this was a treatment that even the Super Ape itself didn't have, except for the great Fire God.

  Seeing this strange ape-man eating non-stop, the surrounding apes couldn't help but breathe heavily, if not for Chen Xu's prestige being too great, they would have probably gone forward and knocked him to the ground.

  This scene naturally fell into Chen Xu's eyes.

  At this time, he crouched in a secluded corner, carefully observing the reaction of the black rock tribe apeman, taking all his movements into his eyes.

  "As expected, how can the newly awakened apeman bear the temptation of such delicious food and utensils? Now that you've moved your heart, it's easy to handle!"

  A faint smile appeared at the corner of Chen Xu's mouth, and he whistled to the apemen standing around him. Instantly, some apemen quickly ran over and whispered a few words into the super ape-man's ear.

  The super ape who had been glaring with anger suddenly sneered and took a step forward, lifting up the Blackrock tribesman who was still drinking soup. Another ape quickly rushed over to grab the ceramic bowl to prevent it from being damaged.

  "What do you want to do?"

  The Hei Yan Zu person was enjoying himself when he was suddenly lifted up, a mouthful of soup was poured down his throat, almost choking him to death. Luckily, he managed to swallow the soup and immediately felt empty-handed. A glance out of the corner of his eye showed that the ceramic bowl in his hand had been snatched away, and he instantly became enraged.

  Although such precious things don't belong to him, he takes them very seriously. The Super Ape's actions obviously touched his reverse scales.

  If it weren't for the fact that there were too many ape-men lurking around, he wouldn't have been a match for him at all. He would have probably started a big fight already. This black rock tribe member wasn't someone to be trifled with, able to trek through the jungle for several days without dying.

  "What's going on? The leader wants to see you, are you still daring to resist?"

  With a sinister smile, he added more force, the Super Ape looked at the rolling meat soup in the pot with some drooling, swallowed his saliva, and turned his desire into anger towards the Black Rock Ape people.

  He didn't put it down, but instead let out a loud whoop and with a burst of strength, he suddenly lifted the unsuspecting Black Rock Ape Man high into the air, instantly earning cheers from the surrounding apes.

  It seems that Hei Yan Yuan Ren's unrestrained gluttony has caused deep resentment among the surrounding apes, and now that he is in trouble, they can't help but cheer loudly.

  The Black Ape would not honestly let the Super Ape hold it, and after being stunned for a moment, it fiercely resisted.

  He ran for several days without sleep or rest, and didn't eat much either. Although he drank some meat soup in the Fire God tribe, it only alleviated his hunger a little, and had no great effect on his physical recovery.

  So, even if he was originally not weaker than the Super Ape, now he seems like a dragon trapped in shallow waters, unable to resist at all, and is only flailing his limbs like an octopus and wailing loudly.

  In the midst of the Super Ape's loud laughter, he was soon lifted to where Chen Xu was, in front of a rock face.

  "Peng!"

  A loud crash, dust flying everywhere, the Super Ape directly threw the Black Rock Ape to the ground, smashing out a small pit, if not for the ape's sturdy bones, it would have been crippled by this one move.

  Chen Xu looked at the scene with some toothache, waved his arm and drove away the super ape who was showing a silly smile on the side, and began to talk to the black rock ape in front of him who was shocked and angry.

  Perhaps it was the habit of being in a tribe under the authority of a leader, facing the leader of this mysterious tribe, the black rock ape man who had eaten a bellyful of dirt, although he was very unhappy in his heart, still had to show a respectful attitude.

  In this jungle, although there is no obvious class distinction, in some large tribes, the leader's position has already stood out and has a qualitative difference with other apemen.

  From the perspective of the Black Rock Ape, it is naturally understood that in the jungle, apart from those unapproachable overlords, the leader of each tribe is also an object of reverence.

  Only in this way can we live for a long time.

  Xiao laughed and faced the respectful attitude of the Black Rock Ape people, with a calm expression on the surface, but actually his heart was turbulent.

  Although this expression appears on the surface to be just an ape's awe of a superior being, if one looks deeper, its symbolic significance is enormous.

  "Perhaps, the place I live is a restricted area, it's a very closed-off place, and the other tribes of the Stone Age are not as closed off as I imagined. At least, they have exchanges with each other, and it's clear that this black rock ape man learned to respect the leader through these tribal exchanges."

  Chen Xu's mind was racing with guesses, and when the black rock ape man lifted his head, he began to discuss matters within his own tribe in detail.

  Its related content is naturally the transaction problem of pottery, this point, from the expression of the black rock ape man before, he can effortlessly infer that the temptation of pottery is extremely great for them.

  As expected, Chen Xu slightly revealed a hint of trading with ceramics, and the gorilla-like face of Heiyan Yuanren suddenly showed a anthropomorphic look of surprise.

  The next moment, the black rock ape man with a shallow city will start to pat his chest and make a loud noise, saying that as long as he can deliver the pottery to the Black Rock tribe, they will pay a great price for it.

  Seeing this, Chen Xu thought for a moment and then patted his hand to let one of the apemen bring out the pottery bowls made in the tribe. He shook it in front of the Black Rock Ape and opened his own price.

  "A clay bowl, a healthy ape, exchanging the clay bowl for the ape, what do you think?"

  Hei Yan Yuan Ren heard this and couldn't help but reveal a hint of hesitation on his face. In the Stone Age, if one were to say what was most important to a tribe, it would be population.

  Chen Xu's transaction method has touched on the essential problem of a tribe. Although Hei Yan tribe is very powerful, it remains to be seen whether they can withstand this kind of transaction method.

  After a moment's thought, the Black Rock Ape-man's heart stirred, and he immediately promised Chen Xu, "Great Fire God, the population involves the fundamental interests of the tribe. As a small branch hunting team leader, I have no right to make decisions. However, as long as we can bring the pottery to the Black Rock Tribe, I believe that the great Black Rock leader will definitely give you a suitable price."

  Obviously, the delicate pottery was something that the Black Rock Ape couldn't bear to part with, but when it came to matters of life and death for the tribe, he also couldn't make any decisions, so he said this.

  He believed that once the leader saw this exquisite and ingenious pottery, no matter what method was used, it would definitely be kept, and at that time he wouldn't need to worry about anything else, just bring the pottery in front of the leader, and whether it was robbery or trade, it would be the leader's business.

  As for the thoughts of the Black Rock Ape Men, how could Chen Xu, a modern man, not understand? While being amazed at the wisdom of the Stone Age Ape Men, he also found it somewhat laughable.

  It turns out that survival of the fittest is a suitable principle in any era, even among these primitive intelligent apes.

  I'm afraid that if this time's expedition doesn't show off one's own strength, the deal will turn into a robbery, not only will there be no goods, but even their lives may be hard to preserve.

  But it can't be said that other ape tribes are sinister, Chen Xu from modern times understands that if he were to switch places with him, he would do the same, and even more extremely.

  Moreover, his purpose of exchanging pottery for population is not pure. If the Black Rock tribe was not strong enough, hehe, then the person who eats black would be replaced by him.

  No matter what, this opportunity for an outing could not be missed, and after some thought, he quickly made a decision.

  "That's good, as long as you lead us to the Black Rock tribe, I'll personally bring people carrying pottery to trade with your tribe, how about that?"

  Chen Xu quickly extended an olive branch.

  "This is no problem, everything is on me. However, great Fire God, I'm not full yet, can't I eat some more? Moreover, going to the Black Rock Tribe will take several days, you should also make good preparations!"

  Hei Yan Yuan Ren was overjoyed, his thick and sturdy palms rose up, heavily patting his chest, then he hummed and hawed again, expressing his anger at being disturbed by the Super Ape from the joy of dining, as well as his desire to dine again, and finally, he didn't forget to tempt Chen Xu.

  At this time, the transaction was successful, and Chen Xu would not starve this lovely messenger. He still needed the messenger's help to find the hidden Black Rock tribe.

  He personally ordered that the black rock ape man should thoroughly appreciate the beauty of ceramics and the sweetness of cooked food, let him eat his fill, and no one was allowed to stop him.

  Even if the super ape had some resentment in his heart, he didn't dare to disobey the Fire God's command. He just stared at the detestable Black Rock Ape with eyes that were spewing fire, constantly thinking of tearing him apart.

  "Who would have thought that the language of apemen is similar to modern English, it's a lingua franca! This is truly unexpected, could it be that the language of apemen is a simplified version of some universal language?"

  Looking at the black rock apes eating and drinking in the distance, Chen Xu's heart moved slightly, and he thought of a problem that had been troubling him for a long time. Whether it was the ape leader's small tribe or the old ape's valley tribe, their ape language seemed to be the same system, although simple, but enough to express sufficient meaning.

  Before, he thought it was a coincidence, but now many of the black rock tribes inside and outside actually use this ape language, which left him stunned.

  Moreover, he also found that the ape language used by the Black Rock Apemen had a much richer vocabulary than what he knew, and it gradually showed the characteristics of a linguistic system.

  "How interesting! Is this the Galactic Common Language?"

  As he turned his thoughts over in his mind, Chen Xu couldn't help but think of the mysterious crystal pendant hanging around his neck. It seemed that things were gradually becoming clear.

  Shaking his head, Chen Xuan threw away these distracting thoughts and immediately shouted for the ape-man general to come over, also calling for Old Ape. He instructed them to gather the elite of the hunting party and prepare enough food for several days.

  Soon, the entire Fire God tribe was in an uproar. Although the apes did not know what it meant, they also knew that the great Fire God would have a new move again.