Ant Lord in the Star Realm-Chapter 445 - 425: 6th Age Period Mountain Lord (Extra - , Please Subscribe)

Chapter 445: Chapter 425: 6th Age Period Mountain Lord (Extra Chapter, Please Subscribe)

This winter has been rather busy.

Azure cultivated over twenty thousand mutant Ink Orchid seedlings, and Dragon Cypress made trip after trip to transport them to Molan Mountain.

Fragrant Cypress led the Worker Ants to handle the planting, and Ink Orchid joined in on the excitement.

Come spring,

there were still eight thousand peach saplings needing to be transplanted...

By the time the work was done, it was already the height of blooming season.

Dragon Cypress hurried to Black Fruit Mountain to bring Red Moonseed and Chinese Clematis to Xianglan Mountain, then organized the team for departure.

...

Rednan Mountain,

at the mouth of the Starship Rift, inside the Trade Cave.

Red Peach was pulling a large stone slab wheelcart fully loaded with goods, running ahead.

Silvergrass hauled its small stone slab wheelcart, hustling to keep up.

Natsumi had evolved to Age 8 and could no longer pass through the entrance on the Starship side, so she no longer came for trading. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Areca no longer came either.

With the old and new shifting places, next year, Red Moonseed wouldn’t be coming anymore either.

After greeting each other at the meeting,

Red Peach took down a stone slab, handed it over, and said, "Dragon Cypress Ant King, here is the Divine-Given Origin Force Food from Melde and the White Ivy Trade Caravan for this year. Please take a look."

Melde and White Ivy bought over 500,000 Source Stones’ worth of Divine-Given Origin Force Food from Dragon Cypress every year on average,

but what they sent over was only about 300,000.

This was a seriously unbalanced transaction.

Dragon Cypress knew Melde and White Ivy were pioneering and expanding with the top-level Great Tribes on the Ten-thousand Tribes Continent, so said nothing.

Silvergrass handed over a stack of four stone slabs, saying, "Dragon Cypress Ant King, this is the Divine-Given Origin Force Food sent this year by the Seven-Leaf Lord, Wormwood Spider King, Purple Jade Spider King, and Spider King Tiankui. Please take a look."

The Seven-Leaf Lord and Wormwood Spider King sent more Divine-Given Origin Force Food every year, with a rich variety and high quality.

Purple Jade and Tiankui, the two Spider Kings, just sent a symbolic sample.

Dragon Cypress carefully looked over the stone slabs, and calmly said, "Silvergrass, Red Peach, I have some good news to tell you..."

As Dragon Cypress spoke, he turned to glance at Chinese Clematis.

Chinese Clematis got the message and formally announced, "Dragon Cypress Ant King has newly obtained a Keg Vine Divine-Given Seed. The Keg Vine is King of Vines, a naturally superior plant breed, and the Keg Vine Divine-Given Seed is an absolute top-level Divine-Given Seed."

"!!!"

Both Red Peach and Silvergrass stood up.

Yet another top-level Divine-Given Seed!

And it was a tree species that neither the Ten-thousand Tribes Continent nor the Wan Country Continent possessed!

Chinese Clematis paused, then went on, "Dragon Cypress Ant King hopes to complete Age Period Evolution soon, and sow the Keg Vine Divine-Given Seed as early as possible..."

Chinese Clematis looked toward Dragon Cypress.

Dragon Cypress hefted the stone slab recording the Divine-Given Origin Force Food information, then continued:

"I’ve already arranged for the distribution of the Divine-Given Keteng Seed. Two shares for the Seven-Leaf Lord, two for the Melde and White Ivy Caravans, two for the Wormwood Spider King, and the remaining four shares..."

Switching topics, Dragon Cypress said: "I have reached Age 6 Evolution, and am still short of Divine-Given Origin Force Food worth 1,000,000 Source Stones. Silvergrass, help me check with Purple Jade and Tiankui if they’re interested."

Red Peach: "Lord White Ivy is interested!"

Dragon Cypress waggled his tentacles and said, "Next time. If there’s a peach-fruit type Divine-Given Seed suitable for making Ant King Honey, I’ll assign more shares to Melde and White Ivy next time."

"Oh?!"

Red Peach raised her tentacles straight up: Why emphasize peach fruit?

Could there really be a peach-fruit type Divine-Given Seed?!

Silvergrass was also on White Ivy and Melde’s side, thoughts spinning fast, and suggested: "From what I’ve observed, the Wormwood Spider King has quite a lot of goods on its carapace—I’ll go borrow some from it for emergencies?"

Silvergrass: "Dragon Cypress Ant King, let’s forget Purple Jade and Tiankui Spider Kings; I’m not familiar with them..."

Dragon Cypress still waggled his tentacles, saying, "I’m also not familiar with Purple Jade Spider King and Spider King Tiankui. If we all communicate more, won’t we be familiar soon enough?"

Chinese Clematis was ten times quicker than Red Moonseed in the head.

Chinese Clematis immediately chimed in, "I’m not familiar with Purple Jade Spider King and Spider King Tiankui either. Silvergrass, why don’t we go together and get acquainted?"

"Uhh..."

Silvergrass was speechless and said helplessly, "Alright, then."

Dragon Cypress handed the stone slabs to Fragrant Cypress and Red Moonseed, calling out, "Let’s first check the goods."

Silvergrass and Red Peach started unloading the goods from the wheelcarts, passing bag after bag along.

Fragrant Cypress and Red Moonseed handled the inspection.

Red Peach asked, "Dragon Cypress Ant King, is the Night Fragrance Divine-Given Seed bearing fruit this year?"

"Of course."

"And the divine-grade ’Spotted Thicket Fruit’..."

"When it matures next time, I’ll need one."

White Ivy had already gotten the first Spotted Embrace Fruit from Cloud Crown Mountain.

But on Dragon Cypress’s end, the Linnan Divine Tree’s divine-grade Kunlun Seed still hadn’t matured, nor gained Wood Element Talent yet.

The Spotted Embrace Fruit requires Dual System (Waterwood System) Talent Potential, and at least the awakening of one to be used.

The first Spotted Embrace Fruit had already been traded away.

The second would be ten years later.

Dragon Cypress figured that, by then, everything would be pretty much settled.

Dragon Cypress helped handle the quick handover of the Divine-Given Origin Force Food.

Then began checking the Divine-Given Origin Force Food being sold on the Cloud Trace Continent side this year.

Accounts were cleared and settled.

Chinese Clematis left together with Red Peach and Silvergrass.

Half a day later,

the rumbling sound of stone slab wheelcarts could be heard.

Red Peach and Silvergrass came back fully loaded.

Chinese Clematis rushed to say, "Dragon Cypress Ant King, I’ve met with Purple Jade Spider King and Spider King Tiankui. They agreed to your trade request, and asked me to thank you for your care."

The Divine-Given Origin Force Food needed for evolution was now assembled.

Dragon Cypress: "Great! Silvergrass, remember to help me thank the two Spider Kings later."

...

Divine-Given Origin Force Food trading was done and tallied.

Next came the regular Origin Force Food deals, totaling a whopping 17,000,000 Source Stones.

Red Moonseed and Chinese Clematis helped receive and inspect the goods.

Dragon Cypress hurried back to Xianglan Mountain, using the Dominating Throne to help Black Cory evolve.

He flew to Rednan Mountain to join Fragrant Cypress, directing the Blue Ants in refining and brewing Origin Force Honey, sorting and packaging it by type.

After eleven days of busy work, all trades were completed.

They packed up and returned to their mountain.

Dragon Cypress remained at Xianglan Mountain, secluding himself in the King Nest, coiled up on the Throne, devouring Divine-Given Origin Force Food at a rate of 50,000 a day to prepare for evolution.

After twenty-two days, he fell into a deep sleep late at night.

Only three days later, he awoke from his slumber.

This molting evolution showed even more obvious training effects from the Linnan Divine Tree; his body had stretched a bit, his six legs had thickened, and his chest and abdomen were now much more proportioned.

—Now I should be much more nimble climbing up and down trees vertically.

Dragon Cypress was quite satisfied with the changes in himself.

—If aided by a Divine-Given Silver Cypress Seed, it would be perfect.

—On Cloud Trace Continent I manage 700 square kilometers of land, of which about 70 are planted with Silver Cypress Trees.

—With such large-scale and careful cultivation, it’s only a matter of time before a Divine-Given Seed appears.

Dragon Cypress calculated his prospects and felt even better. With a thought, the Dominating Throne shrank sharply, levitating after him as he exited the cave.

He headed straight for Southern Sour Jujube Mountain.

"Great King?!" Black Cory had already built a tubao for sowing the Round Leaf Keg Vine Divine-Given Seed and was waiting nearby.

"Keg Vine seeds have thick and hard shells. No rush to plant—let’s prep them first."

Dragon Cypress maneuvered the Dominating Throne to dock, lowered his head and spat out the seed, carefully sliced open a slit at the tip of his claw, fetched water in a metal can, heated it, followed by soaking the seed in warm water for half a day.

By noon,

Dragon Cypress brought the seed up onto the tubao, dug a shallow pit with his raised claw, filled it back with earth, and buried it well.

Black Cory commanded thirty Specialized Blue Soldiers to line up, fetching water from a gully nearby, congealing it into water spheres one meter in diameter, and passing them to Dragon Cypress.

Dragon Cypress took the water spheres, broke them up into tiny water drops, and sprinkled them from above.

The tubao was thoroughly soaked in one go.

He waited patiently.

A day later, the seed sprouted, splitting its shell, rapidly sending roots deep into the soil.

The plump, thick cotyledons broke through the earth, unfurled, and turned green, providing the seedling with the energy to grow.

Five medium Worker Ants carried Source Stones forward, scraping and scattering tiny fragments to replenish Origin Force.

The tender sprout grew quickly—within just a day it exceeded 10 centimeters, and two true leaves unfolded.

Three days later, the main vine had grown over a meter, and the cotyledons fell off.

Ten days later, the main vine was more than three meters...

Dragon Cypress went to White Rice Mountain to invite White Rice, who used Earth System Abilities to set up a trellis for the vine.

...

An ordinary Keg Vine can grow over ten meters in a year, and with decades of growth, can easily surpass a hundred meters. The title ’King of Vines’ originates from inherited memory and is recognized by the Natural True God.

Dragon Cypress speculated that the main stem of the Keg Vine Divine-Given Seed might reach over a thousand meters, and the side shoots could each be a hundred meters long.

The entire hill range would need to be transformed.

The framework would have to be prepared in advance.

This would be a massive project lasting a whole month.

It was early summer,

Dragon Cypress sent Black Cory off to Molan Mountain while he stayed behind to direct the ant colony in collaborating with White Rice, personally tending the Round Leaf Keg Vine Divine-Given Seed.

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