Chapter 57

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Chapter 57: What a Talent

For a moment, Luo Ji didn’t know what to say.

This was a massive corrupt official.

At that moment, he clearly saw that it wasn’t just him.

The eyes of the others in that small tribe looking at the old man had also changed.

He subconsciously opened the attribute panels of those few people and immediately felt a mix of exasperation and amusement.

He had actually even gained a few points of loyalty.

My goodness, he was completely stunned!

After a long, drawn-out process, this time, the private goods the old man took out didn’t surprise Luo Ji anymore.

It was just a piece of steak the size of a palm.

He didn’t know if it was roe deer meat or some other kind of meat.

For the Mirror Tribe, which didn’t lack meat but lacked crops, the old man’s piece of steak didn’t give Luo Ji any particular ideas, but the situation in this tribe was clearly different.

They lacked meat.

This bit of private goods from the old man could be said to have completely aroused public anger.

“Uh, you don’t have anything else hidden, do you?”

Taking the piece of steak, Luo Ji’s voice sounded a bit hesitant.

After all, this old man kept lowering his expectations.

Feeling those indignant gazes, the old man wanted to cry but couldn’t.

He knew that he was utterly ruined and had lost his dignity in his old age.

“That’s all there is, I swear!”

“Are you certain that’s all?”

Luo Ji asked again.

“Absolutely everything!”

This time the old man really cried, and he cried miserably, but no one sympathized.

To be safe, they finally had people search the old man’s tent and his person.

A few minutes later, Luo Yong, looking utterly speechless, walked up to Luo Ji carrying an animal hide bundle stained with a lot of dirt.

When he opened it, there were two heads of garlic and three pieces of meat…

Seeing this, the old man was so enraged he rolled his eyes and collapsed, fainting on the spot.

Luo Ji didn’t bother with him.

With a similarly speechless expression, he asked.

“Where did you find it?”

“In the tent, under the animal hide he slept on, buried in the pit underneath…”

Most people probably wouldn’t think of looking there.

However, a while ago, their Mirror Tribe had been digging pits in that area to bury coal for heating.

Luo Yong, suddenly thinking of this possibility, just casually flipped through, and unexpectedly, he really did find something.

Honestly, he was also quite dumbfounded.

“What a talent…”

Luo Ji was completely impressed.

If he weren’t still holding the two heads of garlic in his hand, he would have wanted to applaud the old man.

Of course, the Mirror Tribe, running on a small scale, couldn’t afford a talent like this.

“What a shame. Drag him away, find a pit and bury him.”

“Alive, I’m alive…”

Hearing this, the old man, who had just been ‘unconscious’ a moment before, immediately jumped up on the spot.

He thought Luo Ji had mistakenly thought he was dead and that was why he had someone dig a pit to bury him.

But the moment he jumped up from the ground and saw Luo Ji’s half-smiling face, he suddenly realized that the other party hadn’t bothered to care whether he was alive or dead.

They simply intended to bury him.

The old man’s entire face instantly lost its color upon realizing this, and he immediately started begging for mercy loudly, tears and snot streaming down his face.

“Mercy, my lord, mercy!”

“Mercy?”

Luo Ji twisted his stiff neck.

“Why not ask the people of your tribe if they’ll have mercy on you?”

There was no need to ask.

Those pairs of eyes, some cold, some resentful, already explained everything.

Unlike some large tribes with large populations, small tribes in this era valued unity the most.

Because their strength was inherently weak, if they weren’t united, how could they survive in this era?

In this regard, the original Mirror Tribe was also like this.

With over 30 tribal members, basically every one of them regarded each other as family.

Originally, as an elder in the tribe, if he ate a little more at each meal, generally no one would say anything about him.

But his mistake was that he shouldn’t have hidden so much food.

People in this tribe must have starved to death before, and this old man had hoarded so much food and didn’t help those who were dying.

This had violated what these small tribes feared the most and could least tolerate!

Ignoring the old man’s screams and pleas, with his small frame, it was impossible for him to break free from Luo Yong’s grasp.

Coincidentally, Luo Ji didn’t know if he should thank this old man for helping him draw a wave of hatred, which caused the loyalty of the other members in this tribe to rise steadily twice.

Originally, there were quite a few people in this tribe whose loyalty was below 70 points, but after confirming again now, each and every one’s loyalty was at least 70, with the highest reaching 76 points.

During dinner, Luo Ji was not stingy with those few pieces of meat and cabbage.

Relatively speaking, he valued the garlic heads that could prevent flu and fight cancer more.

After simply cooking the food, he distributed it.

This action of his undoubtedly gained him another one or two points of loyalty.

Luo Ji was quite satisfied with this.

At least these people had moved out of the neutral category.

However, he still couldn’t be careless.

After night fell, they needed to rest.

Luo Ji arranged those with the lowest loyalty in the same tent, and the work of ‘keeping watch,’ which was actually ‘guarding,’ was naturally assigned to Luo Yong and a few others.

This night passed relatively peacefully.

After all, the group with the lowest loyalty had been gathered and guarded by him.

Even if they wanted to cause some trouble, they probably couldn’t.

Early the next morning, knowing that there were cabbage and garlic crops here, why would Luo Ji just leave like this?

Honestly, before going to bed yesterday, he had even thought about whether to build another branch city here.

Of course, that thought just flashed through his mind.

Luo Ji, who still maintained a bit of rationality, knew very well in his heart that building another branch city with the current population of the Mirror Tribe was no different from courting death.

And it wasn’t an immovable resource like a coal mine mountain.

As for crops, at worst, he would just dig them all up and take them back!

With a member of this tribe responsible for leading the way, Luo Ji quickly found the location.

Without further ado, everyone worked together and dug up everything they could to take back.

Luo Ji’s decision delayed their return time until noon.

It seemed they wouldn’t be able to make it back to the Mirror Tribe today.

They would have to spend another night at the Black Rock Tribe.

But it didn’t really matter.

On this trip, he had gained two types of crop resources, and 30+ manpower.

This trip could simply be called a great harvest.

By any calculation, it was worth it!

At this time, Luo Ji, returning fully loaded, was in a great mood.

He was just short of humming a tune or dancing a little to celebrate.

Such a small matter as returning to the Mirror Tribe one day later simply couldn’t affect his current good mood.