Chapter Thirty-Four: Should We Cooperate?

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  That night, Song jumped down from the treetop and walked cautiously towards the tribal campsite. The Minotaur-like creatures around her seemed to have collectively lost their sight, standing still with a vacant expression, allowing her to approach hesitantly.

  As if unaware of her arrival, Lin Taiping continued to sit lazily in front of the red wood dining table, holding a cup of high-quality red wine that had been stored for many years, facing the fragrant pork chops in front of him.

  A seven-minute-cooked top-grade pork chop, taken from the most delicious part of the pig's loin, personally cooked by a high-end chef on the Black Pearl, and fried to a golden color, accompanied by a sizzling poached egg and smooth, palatable macaroni.

  "Gulp!" Yege swallowed subconsciously, from last night to now, she had only eaten half a piece of smoked meat, and that was already the most sumptuous food of the Dark Elf tribe.

  "Want to try some?" Lin Taiping smiled and nodded his head, signaling the chef to bring over another serving.

  "Not interested!" Ye Ge let out a cold hum, her expressionless face turned away, and with the force she used to turn her head, it was as if one would worry that she would twist off her slender swan-like neck.

  She paused for a moment, to resist the temptation of good food and also to satisfy her own curiosity, she finally lightly bit her lip and asked for the first time: "I'm asking, how did you do it?"

  "Want to know?" Lin Taiping smiled and stroked his chin, revealing eight shiny white teeth.

  Alright, seeing this detestable smile, Ye Ge suddenly had the urge to go up and knock him unconscious, dragging him into the bushes to give birth.

  But under the torment of that curiosity, she still didn't do so, and took a deep breath, trying to force out that enchanting smile of temptation. She even intentionally leaned her body forward slightly, revealing a patch of snowy skin: "Of course, I'm really curious, if you can tell me..."

  "I won't tell you!" Lin Taiping replied seriously.

  Then, Ye Ge's smile suddenly froze, her two pointed ears stood up like they were electrocuted, damn it, I'm going to drag this bastard into the bushes and have a child with him today, no one can stop me.

  Fortunately, Lin Taiping gave up the act of selling Guan Zi in the next moment and replied nonchalantly: "Actually, it's nothing much. I just took them to Rhode Island, taught them how to use tattoos, and then those nobles who wanted tattoos took out a lot of gold coins."

  Totem? Tattoo? Ye Ge suddenly enlightened, but then became confused again. Totem or tattoo, she could understand when separated, but when combined, it really made her bewildered.

  "To put it simply, it's about tattooing totems on people." Lin Taiping was quite frank this time and casually gave a few examples, such as rock totem tattoos, warm totem tattoos, and that "ordinary" tattoo that the nobles were scrambling to reserve.

  She was left speechless, Night Song had originally just wanted to satisfy her curiosity, but the more she heard, the more shocked she became, until her beautiful eyes grew wider and wider, almost bulging out like copper bells, nearly rivaling the size of a cow's eyes.

  Is that so? The totemic magic, which was originally used for battle, can be directly applied to daily life after simple modification, and it has even created a sensation in the human world, bringing huge benefits to the Minotaur tribe?

  To be honest, in the past few decades of what I've seen and heard, nothing has had a greater impact than this moment. Ye Ge was completely stunned, and for a few seconds, her gaze at Lin Taiping even rose to an eerie level...

  "Hmm, should I sign?" Lin Taiping asked seriously, while also cutting off a small piece of pork chop and putting it in his mouth to chew contentedly.

  "Sign your head!" Ye Ge retorted without courtesy, but in her heart, she was indeed shocked. In fact, for a moment, she even couldn't help thinking that if the Dark Elf were to enter the human world, would it also be able to... like the Minotaur...

  "Of course!" Lin Taiping lazily nodded, as if guessing what Ye Ge was thinking. "Actually, the Dark Elf tribe also has many things that can make a lot of money... so, do you want to cooperate and try it out?"

  "What's cooperation?" Ye Ge was still a bit dazed, but once she understood the meaning of the sentence, her pointed ears suddenly stood up in shock.

  There was a moment when she looked at this guy who made her "think day and night", suddenly felt that he must be crazy, just a few days ago, both sides were fighting each other, then suddenly said something about cooperation, and it's about dark elves, minotaurs and humans cooperating?

  "Why not?" Lin Taiping smiled and stroked his chin, the invisible devil's tail wagging behind him. "Fighting and killing is so boring. In the end, isn't any struggle just for the sake of improving life and enjoying it to the fullest?"

  Alright, Ye Ge couldn't refute it no matter how unwilling she was. She had to admit that this guy made a lot of sense. In this world, whether it's cultivation or adventure or war, ultimately, it all boils down to gaining more benefits, just with different methods of achieving them.

  "So, why don't we try to unite and get a bigger benefit?" Lin Taiping put down his knife and fork, revealing eight snow-white teeth. "Two months, just two months, we can earn a lot of money, so much that it's beyond your imagination. At that time, whatever you want will be no problem."

  Really? Ye Ge felt even more unbelievable, her two pointed ears shaking urgently, fully showing her inner confusion and disturbance.

  "Of course it's true." Lin Taiping continued to dig holes and bury people, behind him was no longer a single devil's tail swishing, but dozens of tails swishing together. "Don't you want exquisite and expensive jewelry? Don't you want gorgeous and comfortable women's clothing? Don't you want enchanted weapons? Don't you want many excellent men crying and shouting to give birth to children for the Dark Elf?"

  Completely dizzy, Ye Ge's eyes were full of little stars, and she involuntarily nodded subconsciously, but just a few seconds later, she suddenly flipped over and jumped up, revealing a vigilant expression: "Wait, I understand, your true purpose in returning to Devil Island is to deceive us into following you!"

  "Is there?" Lin Taiping blinked innocently with a face full of innocence.

  Are you kidding me? Ye Ge's teeth were gritted in anger, she finally understood why this guy would suddenly run back to the Devil's Island, and why those stupid cows were showing off their wealth every day. It turned out that the ultimate goal was to cheat the Dark Elf into getting on the pirate ship.

  "What's a pirate ship?" Lin Taiping raised his hand in protest, "Alright, I admit I had this intention, but the question is what would you lose? You wouldn't lose anything, instead you'd gain more... Cough cough, in fact, just by looking at my face, you can tell how honest and reliable I am."

  Trust you to death! In the dark of night, looking at that smiling face, quietly pulling out a wooden stick from behind, it's now or never. Rather than listening to this guy continue to spout nonsense, I'd rather knock him unconscious and drag him into the bushes to have children, many, many...

  "Tribe leader!" But just then, a dark elf in charge of surveillance on the beach suddenly jumped over from afar and panted as he approached.

  "Ships, several ships, all flying black skull flags, are approaching the shore!"

  Pirate's Blood Eye? Lin Taiping and Dark Night exchanged a glance, suddenly stood up at the same time, and rushed to the small hill outside the village. Lin Taiping took out a monocular from his pocket and handed another one to Dark Night. The two looked towards the coastline not far away together.

  Right before their eyes, three medium-sized fast ships with black skull flags were slowing down and approaching the shallow waters of Devil's Island. Before the ships had even come to a complete stop and dropped anchor, large groups of pirates had already jumped out, like dense swarms of ants, wading through the shallow water onto the sandy beach.

  At least two hundred pirates, with no organization or discipline, wielding bloodthirsty silver-white curved knives, their pitch-black upper bodies covered in scars, shouting and yelling loudly, occasionally bursting into shrill maniacal laughter, occupied more than half of the beach.

  "More than two hundred people, more than expected." Ye Ge looked at the dense crowd in the distance and couldn't help but frown slightly, but soon let out a cold snort, "But without cooperation and discipline, no matter how many people there are, they're just a mob."

  "Are you feeling the pressure, a little guilty?" Lin Taiping smiled and looked at her, gesturing for her to look to the right. "Take a good look over there, if I'm not mistaken, that strange-looking guy is the Blood-eyed Captain mentioned by Edward."

  In fact, although mixed in with hundreds of pirates, the blood-eyed captain was particularly eye-catching, his body as sturdy as a small mountain, his ferocious face with only one remaining eye, shining with a bright red glow like blood, and most notably, his right arm had been severed at the root, replaced by a twisting, writhing black octopus tentacle...

  "How strange!" Lin Taiping and Ye Ge exchanged a glance, both sensing each other's thoughts. Without a doubt, that suspicious-looking octopus tentacle was definitely not just for show, which meant...

  Almost simultaneously, as the Bloody Eyed Captain waved his tentacles and roared to urge them on, those disorderly pirates finally gathered together, ferociously shouting and laughing maniacally, like a surging black tide, recklessly rushing towards the coastal forest, even from afar, one could feel that suffocating threat.

  "It looks like it's going to be a nuisance." Lin Taiping put down the monocular telescope and looked at Ye Ge, whose expression was gradually becoming serious. "How about this, if you need help, I can persuade Tulou and the others."

  "The only help I need is for you to help me give birth." Ye Ge let out a cold hum, silently gazing at the distant beach as hundreds of pirates swarmed in and stepped into what seemed like a peaceful thicket.

  Just the next moment, looking at several unlucky guys lifting their feet and about to step on a bush, she suddenly lightly raised the corner of her mouth, revealing a beautiful yet dangerous smile.

  In an instant, a mournful flute sound echoed through the entire forest, like the prelude to the arrival of the god of death!