Lu Yu felt like his brain had crashed; he couldn’t understand the phrase “intimate behavior.”
He understood gaining favor; didn’t those online games often have that? Get on good terms with Non-Playable Characters (NPCs), and they’ll give you quests with rewards.
But…
What the hell was “intimate behavior”? Damn it!
Clearly, he was a man, and the special character was also a man.
…Even if he weren’t a man, it still wouldn’t work!
If this were in China, a game like this would be heavily criticized! It could be accused of being obscene!
Although Lu Yu was filled with righteous indignation and fiercely criticized his broken golden finger, his golden finger couldn’t speak, it wasn’t intelligent, and cursing it was useless.
Lu Yu was frantic, not knowing what to do.
Tai Lie saw him squatting on the ground without moving for a while, walked over, and asked in a deep voice, “What’s wrong?”
Lu Yu scratched his head, with a constipated expression, “Um…”
How could he explain this?!
Initially, he had explained to Tai Lie and the others that he possessed magical powers as a witch to obtain treasures. But no witch would say that they had to rub oil from their own King to perform magic.
He had just said he wanted to become brothers with Tai Lie; he couldn’t just turn around and do something like that with his brother—
Wait a minute!
Lu Yu’s body shook, suddenly thinking of something.
Could it be that his thoughts were too dirty? Did he misunderstand what the game screen meant?
Intimate behavior didn’t necessarily mean “those” behaviors; friends and family could also have intimate behaviors.
For example, mothers always give their children hugs, girls always hold hands when going to the bathroom, boys always…
Uh, help each other scratch their backs?
Lu Yu glanced at a certain indescribable place on Tai Lie’s body, not knowing if it was innate to Matai people, but under that animal skin skirt, there was a bulging, large lump that looked impressive…
Tai Lie frowned, “What are you looking at?”
Lu Yu suddenly came back to his senses, his old face turning red, his gaze evasive, “N-nothing, nothing.”
What the hell was he thinking about?
Scratching each other’s backs and whatnot, he couldn’t demand primitive people to have the same morals as modern people. Maybe Matai people were very conservative.
Tai Lie didn’t continue the conversation and instead said, “If we can’t obtain the treasure, let’s go.”
His expression was very plain, as if spending so much effort without gaining anything wasn’t something worth worrying about.
“W-wait, don’t go!”
Lu Yu saw that he was becoming even more anxious with Tai Lie acting like this.
The item must be obtained.
Think fast, think fast, what are some common, universally accepted intimate behaviors between boys?
His eyes darted around, and inadvertently caught sight of the wound on Tai Lie’s body. His eyes lit up.
Got it!
Boys don’t like going to the bathhouse together, so wouldn’t scrubbing each other’s backs be very intimate?
He could use the excuse of cleaning Tai Lie’s wounds to help him scrub his back!
So clever, right?
Lu Yu stood up quickly, cleared his throat, and adjusted his expression, pretending to be worried, “King, you have too many wounds on your body, and we don’t have any medicine pills right now. Let me clean them with water first.”
Actually, there was a big red pill, dropped by a female-wolf, but he didn’t pick it up!
A trace of inexplicable emotion flashed in Tai Lie’s eyes, “Here?”
“Yeah, yeah.” Without waiting for him to refuse, Lu Yu took out a bamboo tube filled with water and soft plant leaves for washing bodies from his ring and ran behind him.
“King, it’ll be quick, I’ll just do a simple cleaning.”
Lu Yu dipped the leaves in water and first wiped away the blood stains on the wounds on his back. While wiping, his hands would unintentionally touch his body.
The young man’s fingers were soft, neither cold nor hot, just the right temperature.
He moved carefully and gently on the man’s back.
Tai Lie’s back suddenly tensed.
His expression gradually became serious, with a hint of confusion.
Why did the simple touch of this person behind him make him feel like he had been poisoned, making his whole body numb and unable to move?
And why wasn’t he supposed to speak up to stop him, but somehow, he couldn’t seem to open his mouth…
Seeing Tai Lie not speaking, Lu Yu felt relieved and quietly rubbed his back with the plant leaves.
A hollow purple progress bar suddenly appeared on the game screen, labeled, [Favorability Progress Bar].
Lu Yu was overjoyed; it worked!
He began to energetically focus on washing, in order to make progress, he even took out another leaf from his ring, using both hands to scrub left and right.
In the Gourd Valley, because they were prepared, Matai people were full of momentum, so the battle situation was still manageable; some people were injured, but not severely.
Xia Cao observed the situation and shouted to Shan Pu, “Shan Pu, go see how the King is doing! If the King is still in battle, help him there. If it’s already over, hurry back and tell us!”
“Okay!” Shan Pu responded loudly.
After saying that, he swiftly moved through the chaotic battlefield and ran towards the direction of Tai Lie’s group.
Being free from the tense battle where he couldn’t concentrate, he suddenly remembered the King who was on the other side.
How was the King now?
Was he injured? Definitely. The Wolf King was so formidable, although the King was even more powerful, but the Wolf King must have helpers, and the King might not be able to defeat it…
Shan Pu ran anxiously, thinking.
As he gradually approached, he vaguely saw figures. Shan Pu felt something was off…
His steps slowed down gradually as he stared blankly at the scene ahead.
At this moment, the moon was bright, and the evening breeze was warm.
Soft moonlight spilled into the narrow passage, enveloping the two figures standing in the center, appearing peaceful and beautiful.
Shan Pu looked bewildered.
This place was indeed peaceful, not even a howl from the wolves. But… what were the King and the witch doing exactly?
Why was the witch standing behind the King and… scratching his back?
Shan Pu hesitantly approached, “King, Witch, what were you two…”
Tai Lie’s body stiffened, while Lu Yu, absorbed in increasing the progress bar, didn’t hear Shan Pu’s shout.
However, soon, under his attentive gaze, the progress bar finally filled up.
Lu Yu breathed a long sigh of relief.
As if sensing something, he turned around and subconsciously smiled, “Shan Pu, you’re here.”
Shan Pu nodded, puzzled, “Witch, what were you doing just now?”
Lu Yu’s heart skipped a beat, his hands paused, and he laughed awkwardly, “Ah, I was just treating the King’s wounds. Look.”
He handed the crumpled leaves on his hand to Shan Pu for inspection, then quickly retrieved them back into his ring when he lowered his head to look.
“Right, the King has already dealt with the Wolf King. Hurry back and tell everyone to retreat.” Lu Yu said seriously.
Shan Pu was delighted, pushed the recent event to the back of his mind, and agreed before turning around to inform the tribe members.
Leaving only the two silent figures.
After the enthusiasm and excitement passed, Lu Yu realized how abrupt his excuse for helping with the wounds was, and how nerve-wracking his back-scrubbing actions were.
But fortunately, Tai Lie didn’t stop him and even silently allowed him to massage his back.
Truly a wise Matai King.
“King, I’ll go get the treasure.” Lu Yu didn’t waste any more time and quickly ran to the treasure chest.
This time, the treasure chest finally opened smoothly.
A quaint scroll lay quietly inside.
Lu Yu reached out his hand.
The scroll suddenly disappeared.
He was startled, thinking that something had gone wrong again, but luckily, at this moment, a few lines of text appeared on the game screen.
[Game screen has upgraded, new features available]
[Recipe for Small Healing Pill 1]
[Integrated into the game screen]
Lu Yu breathed a sigh of relief seeing the words “Small Healing Pill” on the game screen.
And the fact that the game screen had upgraded and had new features was unexpected, he really wanted to open and see it immediately, but now was not the time.
Lu Yu stood up, “King, we’ve got the goods, let’s hurry and leave. The wolf pack will be back soon.”
Tai Lie nodded.
—
Inside Matai tribe’s cave.
Except for Lu Yu and the hidden little ones, everyone else had some injuries, more or less.
But there was no more Small Healing Pill left, and there were only a few Big Healing Medicines dropped by the mother wolf. Lu Yu distributed the Big Healing Medicines to the seriously injured Matai people, then sat down to study the recipe for Small Healing Pill and the new features of the game screen.
He opened the game screen and stared at the symbol for Small Healing Pill for two seconds before suddenly, new content appeared on the game screen.
[Collecting Beast Meat can exchange for Small Healing Pill]
[Exchange ratio is 1 (jin) : 1 (piece)]
Lu Yu breathed a sigh of relief at this requirement. He was afraid they would have to use some plants to make Small Healing Pill, but Matai people couldn’t go out to collect them every day. Now, exchanging with beast meat was much more convenient, especially since they went hunting every day anyway.
After reading this, Lu Yu looked at the symbol for the new feature on the game screen.
This time, what appeared on the game screen was bold and red.
[Homestead function activated]
[Collect the following materials to exchange for a Level 1 basic village]
[Wood 0/200]
[Stone 0/100]
[Clay (wet) 0/100]
[Note: A Level 1 basic village can accommodate 100 people]
Lu Yu: !!!
My boss is amazing.