Volume 1 Chapter 135 (1/2)

Constructing a new tribe

Compared to the steel factory, the cement factory wasn’t as shocking. Rather because of the dust in the air, it looked quite messy, making Still unable to stop herself from knitting her brows as soon as she saw it.

Vivian didn’t show any disgust at this environment. When she was a slave under Viscount Leslie, the environment she lived in wasn’t much better than this.

Xu Yi thought that the one who would reject this environment the most would be Agnes, but he never thought that Agnes would just calmly look at this, not having any opinions at all.

“Agnes, don’t you think that this environment is bad?” Xu Yi couldn’t help asking.

Agnes shook her head, “I feel it is very bad, but we elves have a very strong adaptiveness to environment. This environment doesn’t affect me at all.

“I thought that you elves would have a high request for good environment like the rumours.” Xu Yi muttered.

“Yes. We elves are a race that strive for perfection. Although we have a high adaptivity to environments, we still have very high requirements for our own living environment. Once you arrive at our tribe, you will find the place we live in is very beautiful.”

“I believe this.” Xu Yi immediately nodded. Thinking about it, he pointed at the dirty cement factory and asked, “Then do you think there is a way to change the environment here?”

“Just let the dwarves stop turning the stones into dust.” Agnes responded very naturally.

Xu Yi couldn’t help feeling depressed as he said with a bitter smile, “I’m asking about if the factory continues working like this, is there a way?”

Agnes slightly knit her brows and thought for a bit before giving a soft nod, “There should be a way. There is a Silent Cloth Grass that grows near our tribe that can suck up the dust in the air, keeping the environment clean. But there is too much dust here, so I don’t know if it’ll work.”

“Giving it a try is good.” Xu Yi received a satisfying answer and immediately smiled, “When we arrive at your tribe, I’ll ask your elders to help us transplant some Silent Cloth Grass.

Seeing Agnes agree, Xu Yi turned to say to chief Siluka on the side, “Chief Siluka, last time I suggested that you move the living areas a bit further away to avoid them being affected by the dust. Why is it that I’ve found that you haven’t moved at all?”

Chief Siluka patted his thick chest while laughing and said, “Chairman Xu, you’re looking down on us dwarves too much. It’s just a bit of dust, we dwarves are strong and don’t care at all. You have to know that a long time ago, we dwarves lived in caves underground. Us dwarves loved forging back then and the cave was filled with smoke all day, with nothing happening.”

Xu Yi knit his brows, “Chief Siluka, even if you dwarves have strong bodies, this much dust will still harm your bodies. It’s a good idea for you to move away from this pollution, so why aren’t you willing to leave?”

Seeing Xu Yi’s serious expression, chief Siluka rubbed his head and awkwardly said, “To move all the clansmen, it would take quite a bit of money.”

Xu Yi’s face sunk, “Chief Siluka, I thought that you were a good chief that truly cared about your clansmen. I never thought that for a bit of money, you would let your clansmen face danger to their bodies. You’ve truly disappointed me!”

Chief Siluka fell silent, but Camby on the side couldn’t keep watching as he quickly said, “Chairman, you’ve misunderstood the chief!”

“How have I misunderstood him?” Xu Yi was depressed because of this shocking pollution here and hearing chief Siluka’s answer just now, it filled his heart with a bit of anger. Hearing that Camby wanted to argue for him, he asked without any hesitation, “Camby, you and your dwarven brothers work and live at the factory, so you aren’t affected by this place. Of course you don’t know what kind of harm comes from living in this kind of environment. Do you know that if you keep staying here, the lifespans of you dwarves would be affected?”

Camby had been working for Xu Yi for a while and had gradually formed a bit of fear to Xu Yi. After being reprimanded, he didn’t dare refute, but thinking about it, he still tried to explain for chief Siluka, “Chairman, you have to think a bit about the chief. Although our tribe’s days had become a bit better, we’re still lacking in money. The chief is thinking for the clansmen, not willing to use up all the money the clansmen would use on buying food.”

Xu Yi was stunned, “You still don’t have enough money to buy food?”

Chief Siluka shook his head with a bitter smile, “We have enough if it is buying food, but we want to save some money. When winter passes, we want to fix the houses for our clansmen, so…...Chairman Xu, you’re right, if the bodies of the clansmen degrade, there’s no point in saving this money. I’ll immediately begin moving the clansmen!”

Xu Yi thought about it before suddenly asking, “Chief Siluka, according to your estimates, how much money would it cost to move everyone to a better environment?”