I am the one running the game

Chapter 512 How dare you ask that?
After Lu Xingshi came back, the larvae of the blood copper beetles were quickly confined with totem magic, and then he personally imprisoned them in a tunnel behind the tribe and put them into the copper mine for breeding.

As for the queen blood-copper beetle, someone also pulled it back according to Lu Xingshi's position.

When Ke saw this scene, his expression was very complicated. He had never thought that Lu Xingshi could actually obtain blood copper by himself, and two pieces at that, one of which was extremely high-quality insect bead blood copper.

So he started to think of some tricks.

"Lu, you have two pieces of blood copper, so you should..." Ke started talking.

However, Lu Xingshi noticed the other party's thoughts at the first time and interrupted him: "Yes, my bloodline ability can be improved twice."

She just wanted to ask him for a piece of blood copper. She probably wouldn't dare to ask for the insect bead blood copper, but she would definitely ask for the blood copper formed by the eyestalk of the mother insect.

But how could Lu Xingshi give it to him?

This thing can be used only once, so why should I give it to him?

He finally realized that this guy was indeed too calculating.

They try to take advantage of any benefits, but back off when faced with problems.

Lu Xingshi felt like he was using the Tongshu Tribe as a springboard.

Lu Xingshi indeed had not intended to stay in the Tongshu tribe for a long time, but the atmosphere in the tribe was very good to him, so he never shirked the responsibilities he should bear.

"This was obtained by Lu himself. It is useful to him. You don't have any bloodline ability, so what are you going to do with it?" Hui walked in after dealing with the things, and scolded him the first thing he did.

When Ke heard this, a look of unwillingness emerged in his eyes. It was precisely because he didn't have it that he needed a piece of blood copper to activate it.

“Even if I give it to you, with your blood concentration, do you think you can activate the blood ability?” Hui’s expression eased: “After this batch of blood copper beetle larvae grow up, your blood concentration will be almost the same. Then I will give you another piece.”

Hearing this, Ke's expression did not improve.

The Copper Tree Tribe simply cannot live to see the blood copper beetle larvae grow into adults. Once they miss this opportunity, it would be impossible for them to obtain another piece of blood copper.

He had lived for so many years in his previous life without ever meeting her, and he didn't think he would be able to meet her again after his rebirth.

But he wanted it but couldn't say it, which made him feel extremely frustrated.

Hui noticed Ke's frustrated look and couldn't help but snort coldly. She was extremely disappointed with Ke.

Then he ignored Ke and looked at Lu Xingshi, sighing: "Give him one piece, and when the blood copper beetle grows up, I will give you his share as compensation."

If Ke was not a member of the Tongshu tribe, Hui would definitely ignore him.

The unexpected turn of events made Ke's face show joy: "Then I want the insect beads and blood copper, and my share can be given to Lu!"

"You wish. I won't give you anything." Lu Xingshi never expected that Ke was so bold as to take advantage of him.

This time, Lian Hui's face turned dark, and he actually wanted the insect bead and blood copper.

Ke looked at Hui, and his heart skipped a beat. He realized that he had said something wrong, and quickly added: "Well... I still want ordinary blood copper."

"I told you, I won't give you a single penny." Lu Xingshi rolled his eyes and left.

If the other party had a better attitude and a clearer understanding of himself, it wouldn't be a big deal to give Ke a piece for Hui's sake.

But this guy asked him for the rare insect beads and blood copper right from the start. Did he really think he was a fool? Afterwards, he acted like he had suffered a loss and tried to settle for the next best thing.

"Hui, I..." Ke looked at Hui.

Hui shook her head and said directly: "Go back and rest. Tomorrow you can go to Beiqiu to dig copper and bring it back to feed the larvae."

This is to arrange him to do the work, so that he can have a legitimate reason to divide the insect beads, blood and copper in the future, instead of just sitting back and enjoying the fruits of others' labor.

As for Lu Xingshi? He was the one who brought the larvae back. Without him, no one would want them. They would just have to wait for the results to be shared.

And painting is the care and feeding of the larvae.

When Ke heard this, his face looked unhappy. After becoming a reserve witch, he rarely worked.

Suddenly asking him to go mining made him feel like he was being targeted.

However, since he was not yet a witch, he could only nod and agree, and then left Hui's tent.

"Ke, seems to have changed." Hui murmured to herself.

Although Ke used to be lonely and thin, he definitely did not have the weird personality like he does now.

Just thinking about taking without giving anything in return.

It was like he was not part of the tribe.

"It seems that things started to change after he acquired the qualifications of a witch?" Hui frowned, which made him feel doubtful.

It is suspected that Ke was most likely controlled by some ferocious beast, or was bewitched by some totem magic from a hostile tribe or royal court.

Otherwise the changes wouldn't be so great.

In terms of behavior, he is extremely selfish and wants everything. However, this is a normal change. As a reborn person, he was displaced in his previous life, so he developed a character of wanting everything in order to protect himself to the greatest extent.

Especially in today's living environment where we have everything we want, it's natural to just ask for it.

A cold light flashed in Hui's eyes, and she was thinking about how to test Ke's situation next.

According to his guess, the biggest possibility is that Ke was controlled by the people of the Silver Royal Court. After all, there are many wizards of the Silver Bloodline in the Silver Royal Court. Not only do they have more powerful totem spells, but it may not be difficult to help a person obtain the qualifications of a wizard.

It is true that the court war between their Bronze Court and Silver Court has just broken out, but conflicts and frictions have already existed, and it is common for them to take action in advance.

If it is really found out that Ke is controlled by the Silver King's Court, then this means that this situation may have happened not only to their Copper Tree Tribe, but also to other tribes under the Bronze King's Court.

On the other hand, Lu Xingshi didn't know what Hui was thinking. He was not familiar with Ke and didn't understand each other at all. How could he know what kind of changes the other person had undergone?

After he returned, he stuffed the insect bead and blood copper directly into his mouth and ate it.

The bloodline ability and bronze body took effect. Although this thing was blood copper, it still belonged to the bronze category in the judgment of bronze bloodline. Therefore, after taking blood copper, the bronze body was naturally activated.

The ability to accelerate growth was activated, and the insect bead blood copper that was supposed to slowly take effect to upgrade the bronze body was instantly transformed into nutrients for the bronze bloodline and was absorbed.

"Fuck..."

Lu Xingshi only felt that the bronze color that had disappeared from his body was spreading again, and it was even more vigorous than before.

Before, the most that happened was that his skin had turned bronze in color, but now when he touched it, it actually had the texture of copper, which meant that the bronze blood in his body was not just overflowing, but the overflowing part had begun to condense into substance.

Strike while the iron is hot, and once again put another piece of blood copper into his mouth and chewed it.

However, the effect of this blood copper was not as obvious as that of the insect bead blood copper. It only made his bronze blood boil slightly and then stopped.

"The quality difference between blood coppers is too great."

"The improvement brought by the blood copper formed by the eyestalk and the blood copper formed by the insect bead is too poor."

"But the strengthening of the bronze body seems to have begun."

“It just takes time…”

When the blood nutrients formed by blood copper are completely absorbed, the bronze body will be successfully upgraded.

It doesn't mean you will level up after taking it. This thing is not an experience potion.

However, although it cannot be used as an experience medicine to increase levels, it can be used as an experience multiplier.

His current state keeps his bronze blood in a surging state, speeding up his digestion and absorption ability, and his strength is growing nearly ten times faster than before.

"Cheating, spending money, and being a hard worker."

"Sure enough, when you don't cheat, you are the real strong one if you spend money on it."

Just one insect bead and blood copper allowed his growth to enter a rapid development. If he continued to use more natural treasures, wouldn't the progress be even faster?

When no one has the concept of cultivation to work hard, the best way to catch up with others is to spend money.

Forget about cheating, but this is a bit difficult because there is too much missing data and the panel is not yet fully formed, so it is difficult for him to modify it.

"It's a pity that there are so many poor people around here that there is nowhere to rob if they want to."

Not only was his Tongshu tribe poor, but the surrounding tribes were all equally poor, struggling for food every day.

As for opportunities such as natural treasures, if these things were everywhere, they would no longer be called natural treasures, but would have to be renamed as roadside weeds.

In the wild times, the land was vast and the population was sparse, but there were many ferocious beasts. The ferocious beasts were also intelligent and used the power of their blood. When they encountered rare treasures, they would definitely eat them all up in one gulp. How could they leave them for you?

...

"The piece of blood copper that Wo obtained at the beginning is very likely the other eye of this blood copper beetle." There was a strange light flashing in Ke's eyes.

He soon understood why he had returned empty-handed. It was because he went there at the wrong time. If he went there now, he should be able to find the blood copper.

The reason why he didn't know the origin of the blood copper was naturally because the blood copper beetle had left long ago when Wo picked it up, and the two sides had never met. Also, when Wo took the blood copper, he went hunting and had no idea what the blood copper looked like.

Therefore, it is naturally impossible to associate it.

It was not until this time, after Lu's unexpected encounter, that he finally understood the cause and effect.

"So if I leave now, the chances of me finding that piece of blood copper are not low."

Naturally, he wanted the bloodline ability. Although his current bloodline concentration was indeed low, even if the bloodline ability was born, it would be extremely weak. However, he could collect the blood copper to prevent it from falling into the hands of others.

It will not be too late to use it after your blood concentration increases.

"It's a pity to lose so many blood-copper beetle larvae." He couldn't help but feel a little regretful. If the Copper Tree Tribe had not been destroyed, he would have at least two pieces of insect-bead blood-copper, which would be much better than the blood copper he picked up.

(End of this chapter)