I am the one running the game

Chapter 513 Let's say it's not a good idea to let two eight-year-old strong men go on a long journey...

"Go and exchange five blood copper beetle larvae with the Fire Copper Tribe?"

"Of course I have no problem, but what do you want from me?"

Early in the morning, Hui came to find Lu Xingshi. As for Ke, he left the tribe stealthily last night. Lu Xingshi knew without even guessing that he must have gone to find another piece of blood copper. However, he didn't care. The main thing was that there might be danger there, and whether he could come back was another matter.

Judging from Ke's situation, the other party does not have any abilities like the protagonist's halo, otherwise how could he be so unlucky.

So if he really died in the wild, Lu Xingshi would not be surprised.

"You are the one who should negotiate. This is something a witch should learn."

"But I don't know where Ke went, otherwise you two should have gone together. Now, I'll let Wo accompany you." Hui said.

The three of them had their tents together. Hui had gone to call Ke to come to Lu Xingshi's tent to notify them, but when he entered the other party's tent, he found no one there, so he had to come to find Lu Xingshi.

He had half-relaxed Ke now, especially when he had asked Lu Xingshi for insect beads and blood copper yesterday without knowing what was good for him.

In the days to come, training will focus on Lu Xingshi, and most of the resources will be tilted towards Lu Xingshi, as for Ke, he plans to let him fend for himself.

Having the qualifications of a witch doesn't mean you will definitely become one.

There are huge barriers to becoming a witch in a tribe, and totem magic is just one of them.

However, no matter which threshold it was, Ke couldn't get over it and had to give up.

"Okay, then what are you going to exchange?" Lu Xingshi asked.

Lu Xingshi didn't know the specific situation in the Tongshu tribe and was still managing it.

"You can exchange for..." Hui said a lot, mostly salt, sugar and other supplies. After a pause, he said, "These things can be exchanged for four Blood Copper Beetle larvae, and there is one more worth. If you like the things of the Fire Copper Tribe, you can use them as an exchange."

This means that your parents ask you to buy soy sauce and give you the extra fifty cents as pocket money. It is up to you how to spend it.

Lu Xingshi did not refuse, but asked directly: "Then what is the thing in the Fire Copper Tribe that can be useful to me and is as valuable as the larvae?"

If you don't ask for such a good shopping guide when you see it in front of you, when you go to the Huotong Tribe, you will be completely in the dark and be taken advantage of by the other party without even knowing it.

Hui was very satisfied that Lu Xingshi could ask this question.

"Of course we have it. You can ask them for a piece of fire copper. Remember, it must have golden flame patterns and the copper body must be dark red." Hui gave the answer directly.

"The Fire Copper Tribe actually has fire copper? How come there was no news at all?" Lu Xingshi widened his eyes.

Of course he knew what Fire Essence Copper was. It was a natural treasure similar to Blood Copper, but with different effects.

After taking the fire copper essence, those with bronze blood can give their bodies and willpower the power of fire, burn their enemies when attacking, and have great resistance to fire and high temperature.

And this is just ordinary fire copper. The fire copper with golden patterns and deep red color in the painting not only has this kind of power, but can also enhance fire totem spells.

In addition to fire copper, there are also similar special treasures of various elements such as water copper, wind copper, thunder copper, etc.

After consuming these natural treasures, those with bronze blood can gain the corresponding elemental power.

Of course, this is not only possessed by their bronze bloodline. Other bloodlines also have corresponding exclusive treasures of heaven and earth. Only by eating or using them can they obtain special power.

"If they don't have it or deliberately don't give it to me, should I choose something else or choose not to exchange it?" Lu Xingshi asked again.

How could the other party easily give up the top-grade fire copper? It's not like he would agree just by asking.

If it was five blood-copper beetle larvae, it would be more than enough to exchange for a piece of top-level fire copper. After all, insect-bead blood copper was also top-level blood copper and was not inferior to top-level fire copper. The only drawback was that he was trading larvae instead of insect-bead blood copper.

The need to consume copper and meat for breeding has reduced its original value.

"You can change the order." Hui said cunningly.

"Change my purpose of going to the Fire Copper Tribe to exchanging Fire Copper, and the supplies needed by the tribe become extras." Lu Xingshi immediately understood what the other party meant.

"It is indeed possible, but the problem is that the supplies we get back in exchange will be reduced, which is a big loss."

"The situation in the tribe is already difficult. There must be more than one way to get the fire copper." Lu Xingshi refused.

It's just a piece of fire copper. Regardless of whether the Fire Copper Tribe has it or not, Lu Xingshi still has a bottom line.

"Don't worry, there is no problem with the tribe." Hui was naturally very satisfied that Lu Xingshi cared about the tribe.

"I have divined, and the Fire Copper Tribe has just dug up a top-grade Fire Essence Stone. If we miss this opportunity, we may not be able to find such a good treasure in the next fifty years."

"So it's worth it for us to exchange." Hui said. Hui seemed to have a strong ability in divination, and could even predict this.

"Okay, then I'll take it." Lu Xingshi did not continue to refuse. He could see that he was not asked to exchange for supplies, but actually went there just for this piece of top-grade fire copper.

It was probably because Lu Xingshi had just caught fifteen blood copper beetle larvae, otherwise Hui probably would not have chosen to plan for this piece of fire copper.

The Fire Bronze Tribe would definitely grit their teeth and exchange them for five larvae.

Compared to the effect of Fire Copper, the Fire Copper Tribe actually has it itself.

The Fire Copper Tribe is not of the Bronze Bloodline, but a variant of the Bronze Bloodline, which is the name of their tribe, the Fire Copper Bloodline.

Their physical fitness and willpower are not as good as those of bronze bloodline, but they are born with the ability to control fire, and most of their totem spells are flame-based.

Taking Fire Copper can enhance the fire in their blood, but the concentration in each person's blood has an upper limit, so the amount each person can take is limited.

The Fire Copper Tribe is about the same size as their Copper Tree Tribe. After half of their population was conscripted this time, coupled with the food crisis, they can indeed grit their teeth and exchange it for top-level Fire Essence Copper.

By then, the supplies received will definitely be much less, at most only about one-tenth of the planned amount.

If it was a trade of just one blood copper beetle larva, the Fire Copper Tribe would refuse, but five would be enough for five members to develop bloodline abilities.

Compared to the abilities in bronze bloodline, most of which are inclined towards melee combat or growth, the abilities of fire copper bloodline are limited to fire abilities, or at least are elemental.

It's hard to say which one is better in terms of value, but in terms of utilization, others are born with the ability of fire, so the effect will be better.

"It's a pity that the Fire Copper Tribe is the only one of some value around the tribe."

"This place is too barren." Hui sighed. Lu Xingshi's bronze bloodline and witch qualifications were actually very high, but he was dragged down by their Bronze Tree Tribe.

"By the way, are the Fire Copper Tribe the only one that has Fire Copper?" Lu Xingshi did not respond, but changed the question.

"Definitely not, it's just that the Fire Bronze Tribe is the only tribe in the Bronze King's Court that has the Fire Bronze bloodline, so they chose this name." Hui gave the answer.

However, Lu Xingshi narrowed his eyes. There was fire copper ore, and the bloodline had mutated from bronze to a subspecies of fire copper. He suspected that it was most likely affected by external environmental factors.

That’s right, the original bloodline of the Fire Copper Tribe was also bronze bloodline, which changed later.

It was definitely not the Fire Copper bloodline that came first and then the Fire Copper mine. It was definitely the Fire Copper tribe that built a settlement on the Fire Copper mine, which turned their Bronze bloodline into Fire Copper bloodline.

"Then there should be tribes like Thunder Copper and Water Copper as well, right?" Lu Xingshi asked again.

"Yes, just as you thought, these tribes all have corresponding refined copper, but they are too far away from us, so it is very difficult to obtain them."

“Perhaps only the Royal Court possesses a complete range of refined copper.”

"But you have to remember that refined copper is not like blood copper. You can only eat one piece of each. If you eat too much, it will cause abnormalities in your body." Hui reminded.

In Lu Xingshi's opinion, alienation is similar to genetic mutation. The Huotong tribe is the same reason, but their alienation is relatively mild, which only turns their bloodline into a subspecies.

This subspecies transformation also gave them the ability to take multiple doses of Fire Copper, further strengthening their subspecies bloodline.

"I remember it." Lu Xingshi replied.

However, he was thinking in his mind that since it only had a one-time effect, it would be best for Lu Xingshi to choose top-grade refined copper as the other element.

Otherwise, if something really goes wrong, it will cost a lot of gold coins to clean the account.

"Go prepare some food. The Huotong tribe is not very close to us. It will take at least three days to get there," Hui said.

Three days is not actually a long time, but Hui meant that they had to run at full speed for three days to arrive so quickly. If they walked at a normal speed, it would take at least ten days.

Lu Xingshi naturally didn't care. He had nothing to do anyway. Every day he was either mining or working. But his brain never stopped and he was always collecting data from this world.

"I and Wo will be back as soon as possible." Lu Xingshi said, and he got up and left.

There are not many people in the tribe to begin with, and with two people missing, the work will definitely be shared by other people.

After Lu Xingshi left, a hint of coldness appeared in Hui's eyes.

"After Lu is transferred away, we will wait for the royal envoy to arrive and interrogate Ke together."

"I hope Ke didn't run away, but really went out for something." After Hui noticed Ke's changes, he naturally asked for help from the Bronze King Court as soon as possible. It would be best if Ke could be saved, but if he couldn't be saved, the only thing he could do was to kill him quickly.

This matter would definitely cause a big stir, and he was afraid that it would affect Lu Xingshi. It just so happened that the Fire Copper Tribe had dug up top-grade Fire Copper, which gave Lu Xingshi a reason to do it. Otherwise, did they really think that the Bronze Tribe was short of this? They were short of supplies, but not so short of them that they could not be self-sufficient.

(End of this chapter)