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Chapter 515: Fire Copper Tribe, Wu Yan

After Lu Xingshi and Wo worked day and night, they finally arrived at the Huotong Tribe on the fifth day.

The main reason was that he was holding back Lu Xingshi. Not only was he not as fast as Lu Xingshi, he also needed to rest, eat, etc., which resulted in it taking five days to arrive.

During these five days, they ran at least tens of thousands of kilometers. After running, Lu Xingshi missed the plane. It was not only faster but also more comfortable.

Fortunately, they are all extraordinary people, and they are extraordinary people who are good at physique and will, otherwise Snail would definitely not be able to hold on.

How could Lu Xingshi not be able to bear it? Even if he ran out of energy, he could still modify it back.

The Huotong Tribe is located at the foot of an active volcano, with lava erupting and flowing down from time to time.

However, this did not affect the life of the Fire Copper Tribe. With the protection of the totem and the Fire Copper blood in their bodies, they simply ignored the high temperature and lava.

They even use it as their living environment.

After Lu Xingshi and others revealed their identities, they were quickly received by the witch of the Huotong tribe.

During this time, he also saw the totem of the Fire Copper Tribe, a huge firebird made entirely of fire copper.

This made Lu Xingshi think of the envoy from the royal court. The other party had such a mark on his body. It seemed that the other party was from the Fire Bronze Tribe.

No wonder he was assigned to this area for notification, because he is a local.

The witch of the Huotong tribe is named Yan, an old man about the same age as Hui, but smaller than Hui. However, his hair is fiery red and his body is hot.

"Of course there is no problem in exchanging the larvae of the blood copper beetle for fire copper. You can exchange two pieces for one." Yan said with a smile.

However, Lu Xingshi shook his head: "Wu Yan, you should know my real purpose."

When addressing a witch from another tribe, one cannot call her by her name directly, but must show respect, therefore the address is in the form of name plus title.

Yan looked at Lu Xingshi with burning eyes. He had actually guessed something.

Hui of the Copper Tree Tribe was good at divination, so he guessed that Lu Xingshi came here for top-grade fire copper.

"So let's not beat around the bush. I want that piece of deep red fire copper with golden flame patterns." Lu Xingshi put the matter directly on the table.

"Okay, you can exchange five larvae for this piece of fire copper." Yan responded immediately.

"I am relatively young, only eight years old, but I have already gone through the coming-of-age ceremony and awakened my bloodline. Why does the witch treat me like a child?"

"I'll give you a real price. Two larvae for that piece of top-grade fire copper, and the remaining three larvae for thirty pieces of fire copper."

Lu Xingshi didn't want to argue with the other party and directly stated his demands.

"If it doesn't work, the Copper Tree Tribe doesn't necessarily have to take it. At worst, we can raise it ourselves. Then we can take five pieces of insect bead blood copper to the royal court and exchange them for something better."

Lu Xingshi was telling the truth. A piece of insect bead blood copper could be directly exchanged for a piece of top-grade fire essence copper. Although it was a larva, ordinary fire essence copper was not valuable in the Fire Copper Tribe. Only about ten pieces could be mined every month.

The main reason is that it is difficult to mine, but there is actually quite a lot of fire copper.

Moreover, given the size of this active volcano, it would take until the Bronze King's Court is destroyed to dig it out completely. Even the amount of top-grade fire copper is ridiculously abundant. As long as they keep mining, there will always be more.

The reason for this change is simply because if you want to mine Fire Copper, you must have enough fire resistance, and currently only the Fire Copper bloodline in this area has it.

To be honest, it is not a loss at all from each side's perspective.

After all, what Lu Xingshi gave were larvae that needed to be raised, and it was not an easy task to raise them in such a harsh environment.

The fire copper given by Yan is indeed ordinary, but the Copper Tree Tribe has to pay a high price to obtain it, so both sides have their own advantages.

"Since you said so, let's change it." Seeing Lu Xingshi's attitude, if he dared to continue to lower the price or use tricks, Lu Xingshi would indeed turn around and leave.

Their Fire Copper Tribe is not the only one with similar specialties. Although the natural treasures of the surrounding tribes are not as special as the Fire Copper, they can also win by quantity. In the end, they will definitely be the ones who lose.

"No wonder Hui let you out alone. Although you are young, you do have the demeanor of a witch." Yan praised Lu Xingshi.

The deal was done, both parties made money, and their attitudes naturally softened.

In fact, if Lu Xingshi really exchanged for supplies such as salt and sugar according to Hui's intention, it would not be easy for this transaction to succeed.

The Fire Copper Tribe can give fire copper, but asking for food is indeed a difficult task for them.

"I don't deserve it. I still have to rely on Hui's guidance." Lu Xingshi said modestly.

Wo, who was standing aside, was worried. After all, Hui asked them to exchange for food, and Lu Xingshi turned all of it into fire copper.

He only had a vague understanding of fire copper and didn't know much, but compared to this thing, he wanted food more, after all, it could sustain the survival of the tribe.

But because Lu Xingshi was the one who was in charge of this transaction, Wo was too embarrassed to interrupt.

"Witch Xuan is a quick-witted person. I'll give the larva to you." Lu Xingshi handed over the larva of the blood copper beetle as a deposit. Xuan smiled and said, "You just want to get this piece of fire copper."

After he took the larva, he moved out the deep red fire copper with golden flame patterns that Lu Xingshi wanted from somewhere in the tent.

The reason why it needs to be moved is that this piece of top-grade fire copper is really big and looks very heavy.

Fortunately, Lu Xingshi is no longer the same person he was before. He is no longer the blank slate he started with, and he easily lifted it up with one hand.

There was a hint of surprise in Yan's eyes. If Lu Xingshi lifted it with both hands, it would be normal. But now Lu Xingshi lifted it with one hand, and so easily. His blood concentration must be at least high.

The Fire Copper bloodline is not as strong and strong as the Bronze bloodline. If a totem warrior who has just awakened his bloodline in their Fire Copper tribe were to come over, it would be extremely difficult to move him.

“It’s quite substantial.”

"Then I wonder what Wu Can will do with the remaining fire essence copper and when will it be delivered?" Lu Xingshi asked.

The environment of the Fire Copper Tribe is indeed very harsh for outsiders, unlike those with Fire Copper bloodline, who are not only not affected at all, but feel like fish in water.

"It will take some time. There are only about twenty pieces of fire copper in the tribe right now."

"If you can wait, Lu, you can stay in our tribe for a month. Next month, I will arrange for someone to help you deliver the thirty pieces of Fire Essence Copper to the Copper Tree Tribe."

"If you want to take it away in advance, we can only help you deliver it once, or you can go back first and wait until the thirty pieces of fire copper are gathered and then we can deliver them to you together."

It was naturally impossible for Yan to send it to Lu Xingshi twice.

The distance between the Fire Copper Tribe and the Copper Tree Tribe is not close, so he doesn't have the extra time to waste on the tribe members.

They are also struggling for food and clothing, and one less person means one less labor force.

"Well... let me discuss it with Wo." Lu Xingshi did not agree immediately, but prepared to seek Wo's opinion.

Of course, this is actually an excuse.

The main reason is that it is not good to go back empty-handed. After all, I took one third of the larvae with me, and the only benefit was swallowed by him. The remaining benefits will take another month to be sent out, plus the arrival time, it will take at least two months. Who knows if there will be any accidents in the meantime.

"Okay, I'll wait for your news." Yan didn't care about the time.

"In fact, there is a better solution, that is, you can gather thirty pieces of fire copper in a short period of time."

"It's not that difficult to do this, right?"

"I hope Wu Can can pay attention to this matter so that we can rush back as soon as possible, and you can bear less burden of food for the two of us." Lu Xingshi's excuse was not only for himself, but also gave Wu Can time to think.

Increasing production capacity will benefit both parties.

After all, they don't have small stomachs, but real big bellies.

As guests, they certainly would not work, so they would just eat and not defecate, which would naturally be a burden to the food supply of the Huotong Tribe.

Two people are indeed nothing, but two freeloaders are very problematic. In a primitive society with low productivity, and each of them is a big eater, no matter how extraordinary you are, you can't stop them.

After carefully calculating the cost of food for two people and the cost of overtime work, he found that the latter seemed to be more cost-effective.

"In two days, I will gather the remaining fire copper for you."

Previously, only about ten pieces could be produced in a month, which meant that while ensuring the survival of the tribe, there were only one or two people going mining.

If we directly arrange ten people to go there now, it will cause a temporary imbalance in food income and expenditure in the next two days.

There were not many people in the Fire Copper Tribe to begin with. After half of the population was sent to the Bronze King's Court, all of them were young and strong. There were less than two hundred people in the entire tribe. Ten people were already one twentieth of the population, and the most important thing was that those who went there were not the elderly and the weak.

Mining is not an easy task, let alone mining in a volcano, where one’s life could be in danger if one is not careful.

"Then I will wait for good news from Wu Can." Lu Xingshi got up and left, following a person from the Huotong tribe to stay temporarily.

As for why they were in such a hurry when their lives were in danger, it was because in the wild world, what could you do without risking your life? When you went out to hunt ferocious beasts, you had to worry about whether you would die.

So there is no need to worry too much.

"Lu, we didn't bring any food back. How are we going to explain to Hui?" As soon as they settled down, Wo asked anxiously.

"Don't worry, you don't have to worry about this." Lu Xingshi said slowly: "Hui won't care about this little food. With thirty pieces of fire copper, our tribe can have thirty more totem warriors with the power of fire."

"Compared to a little food, the Fire Copper is naturally more valuable."

"The food is fixed, but thirty powerful totem warriors can hunt more ferocious beasts." Lu Xingshi said this was a profitable deal.

Shen thought so too. Five totem warriors with bloodline abilities are far more valuable than one large rice ball and thirty small rice balls.

(End of this chapter)