Favorite of the Beast-world: I Got Rich Through Farming-Chapter 69: Plot Mashup
Meanwhile, at the City Lord’s Stone Castle, Lin Xixue arrived with a full bag of flour, followed by two male members of the Bear Clan.
The Beastmen had never seen this kind of white powder before, and they quickly gathered around to look at it curiously.
"You can mix this flour with wild vegetables to make flatbreads! Or you can just boil it in a pot to eat!" she announced loudly, very confident in the flour she had ground herself.
The City Lord’s eyes also glittered with excitement. He grabbed a handful of flour and rubbed it between his palms.
The flour was slightly yellow and rather coarse in texture, even mixed with fine fragments of husk, but to the Beastmen, it was something new and amazing.
If this could be mass-produced, it could even solve their long-standing problem with famine!
"Let’s make some flatbreads for the cubs. Those little rascals will definitely love them," the City Lord’s mate said, accepting the flour. She then took two Beast Servants to start a fire and prepare the stove.
Because of this bag of flour, the City Lord was extremely generous with the supplies for the Barbarian Bear Tribe, giving them a total of five Crystal Cores and ten bags of coarse salt blocks. This was twice as much as the Barbarian Bear Tribe had ever received before.
Lin Xixue was overjoyed.
’This is all thanks to me! I really am just like the heroines in those Beastman novels. I’m finally going to shine in this world!’
Just as Lin Xixue was basking in her smug satisfaction, disaster struck. A piece of bad news shattered all her fantasies.
Countless Beastmen gathered in the city square, their expressions furious. They shouted and cursed, "The Barbarian Bear Tribe were the arsonists behind that great fire! They should be expelled from the city! Permanently expelled!"
"Expel them! Show them no mercy!!"
The Beastmen waved all sorts of rocks, throwing them at the tribe members.
’They... How could they know?!’
’Who on earth leaked it?!’
In an instant, it was a fall from heaven to hell. Lin Xixue and the nearly one hundred members of the Barbarian Bear Tribe were driven out by the city’s entire Beastman population—and the expulsion was permanent!
What did permanent expulsion from the city mean?
It meant they would never be able to come to the city to trade for necessary supplies. The tribe would completely collapse within five years at most, consumed by the surrounding tribes.
Lin Xixue couldn’t accept this outcome. With tears in her eyes, she pointed a pitiful, trembling finger at the crowd of Beastmen. "What evidence do you have that we’re the arsonists? We won’t admit to such slander!"
She looked so aggrieved, as if she were the real victim.
Lin Xixue had intended to incite the Beastmen of the Barbarian Bear Tribe to argue along with her. As long as they denied it to the death and no evidence could be found, that mob of Beastmen would have no reason to expel them.
But behind her, there was only silence.
’Strange, why aren’t these Beastmen from the Barbarian Bear Tribe speaking up for me?’ Lin Xixue was both furious and indignant.
She had forgotten that most Beastmen were simple and honest by nature. Following her orders to burn down the mountain forest had already crossed their bottom line. Each of them was filled with immense guilt, so naturally, they remained unmoved by her incitement.
"This is bad! After eating some of the flatbreads, the cubs are rolling on the ground with stomach aches! It looks like they’re dying!" The City Lord’s mate ran over and clutched his hand tightly, her eyes red and about to spill over with tears.
The City Lord flew into a rage. The oppressive aura of a Sixth Rank Tiger Beast swept across the entire city. His eyes bloodshot, he stared at Lin Xixue, whose face had suddenly gone deathly pale. "This is the flour you brought? If my cubs die, your Barbarian Bear Tribe will cease to exist!"
Lin Xixue’s face was ashen. She collapsed to the ground, her lips trembling.
’H-How could this be? How could there be a problem with my flour? Someone must be trying to frame me!!’
No matter how she tried to argue her way out of it, her evil deed was already set in stone. In the end, the Barbarian Bear Tribe could not escape the fate of being expelled by everyone in Beast Gathering City.
Furthermore, they were permanently blacklisted, with all trade relations severed.
Inside the City Lord’s Stone Castle, numerous beast-healers bustled in and out. The City Lord’s mate held the weakly breathing cubs, her face a mask of tears.
"May I see that bag of flour?" An Jin asked, having arrived with Chi Li.
The City Lord slammed the bag of flour onto the ground, along with the few flatbreads. He was shaking with rage. "I shouldn’t have trusted that female! I thought it was some rare treasure, but I never expected it to be poison!"
"It’s not exactly poison. Don’t worry, the little cubs will be fine."
An Jin took a handful of the yellowish flour from her Beast Bag and rubbed it in her palm. Her words drew the gazes of all the Beastmen. "Flour is indeed a good thing. It’s just that her batch is too coarse. The husks weren’t removed, and it’s even mixed with some grit. It would definitely be very difficult for young cubs to digest."
An Jin suggested to the City Lord, whose face was beaded with cold sweat, "Give them some warm broth."
