Ant Lord in the Star Realm-Chapter 461 - 441: The Great King’s Generosity

Molan Mountain.

The Divine-Given Thunder Oak Seed tree had grown a little over ten meters tall.

"Thunder Oak."

Dragon Cypress called out, the Dominating Throne touched down, tentacles tapping repeatedly, launching four consecutive ’Flourish’ abilities.

"Dragon Cypress—"

Thunder Oak responded, asking, "That Insect Clan Warrior called Ghost Fan, did it eat the Jinhe Fruit?"

Dragon Cypress: "It did, and successfully evolved to gain the ’Jinhe Pattern’ ability..."

Thunder Oak pressed on, "Dragon Cypress, then have you all been to Molan Continent?"

"We have."

Dragon Cypress said, "Ghost Fan tried it out. The Jinhe Pattern ability can break open the metal sealing the cave door, but it’s quite difficult right now. We spent over a month and only opened one horizontal and one vertical slit..."

Thunder Oak had a special interest in everything about this world.

Dragon Cypress explained all the details thoroughly, then continued, "Thunder Oak, let me share another piece of good news: over at Xianglan Mountain, Azure has successfully cultivated a mutated Ink Orchid seedling through seeds..."

Dragon Cypress went on to share the latest developments in the Kingdom, along with upcoming work plans.

After chatting for half a day, in the afternoon, Dragon Cypress gathered the Worker Ants and got to work.

Last year’s harvested Molan Seeds—there was a big bag on the Molan Mountain side that hadn’t been sown yet, so they were scattered to try their luck.

After finishing up,

Dragon Cypress set out for Black Lotus Lake to check on things.

...

Black Cory was busy cleaning up the Nursery.

White Willow was up to something in the forest, suddenly leaping skyward to meet the oncoming Dominating Throne.

"Dragon Cypress Ant King!"

"White Willow, how are your Divine-Given Wild Pea Seeds doing?"

"Thousand Mountains Wild Peas."

White Willow firmly corrected, cheerfully saying, "The main vine is fifteen meters long now! Black Cory says to nurture it for another couple of years, and after the main vine exceeds thirty meters, then we can consider flowering and fruiting." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Dragon Cypress: "That’s a very reasonable plan. Come on, let’s go have a look..."

The Thousand Mountains Wild Pea is an herbaceous plant, a vining grass species.

After its Life Level leapt to the Divine-Given Seed, its growth mode was different from Orchid Grass and Gorgon Fruit’s clumping mode. Instead, it grew a single main vine with all its might.

The Divine-Given Thousand Mountains Wild Pea’s main vine had become woody, evolving into a liana.

But unlike Black Yellow, Round Leaf Keg Vine, or Green-Red Kiwifruit, all of which are climbing lianas, the Divine-Given Seed’s vines of Thousand Mountains Wild Pea creep along the ground.

White Willow had sown it on flat land at the base of the mountain, and it was now growing towards the slope, aiming to climb up the mountain.

It had quite a fiery temper. As soon as Dragon Cypress got close, a torrent of furious, intimidating spiritual power thoughts poured out.

White Willow treasured its God-Given Life Seed immensely, quickly landing to soothe it, then took out some Source Stones, chewed them up, and fed them to it.

Dragon Cypress took a closer look, swept it with spiritual power, waved its tentacles, cast two ’Flourish’ abilities, and swiftly piloted the Dominating Throne away at top speed.

...

Black Cory was hard at work sowing in the mutated Ink Orchid nursery.

"Great King——"

"Black Cory, how’s it going?"

"Half a month ago the temperature warmed up, so I immediately sowed the mutated Ink Orchid seeds..."

Black Cory signaled with her tentacles.

Across the dark fertile soil, not a hint of green was visible.

No need to ask—they all failed.

"No worries!"

Dragon Cypress: "Black Cory, good news—Azure has already successfully cultivated a mutated Ink Orchid seedling from seed. In a month, it’ll harvest the leaf buds and use Bud Cultivation techniques to rapidly increase the number of seedlings."

Black Cory: "!!!"

It finally succeeded?

Black Cory: "Congratulations, Great King!"

Black Cory: "Congratulations to Second King. Second King must be so happy."

Dragon Cypress: "Yes. Second King really wanted an Ink Orchid Divine-Given Seed. I’m about to go to the Purple Tung Insect Nation to notify them."

Dragon Cypress: "Black Cory, I sowed some new mutated Ink Orchid seeds on Molan Mountain. Go keep an eye on them. If a new seedling emerges, that’s best for stability. If not, it’s fine. Go accompany Thunder Oak for a chat."

Black Cory: "Alright, Great King."

Dragon Cypress: "Then Black Cory, you get on with your work. I won’t stay long at Black Lotus Lake; I’m off to Scarletlight Mountain to gather nectar. The Kingdom’s consumption of Ant King Jelly increases every year, so we can’t afford delays."

...

Dragon Cypress headed off to Scarletlight Mountain to harvest nectar, bringing along Mulberry and White Rice, then picking up Black Cory as well.

Black Cory went to Molan Mountain.

White Rice went to the Purple Tung Insect Nation to help dig the third and fourth fish ponds.

Mulberry helped watch over the White Poplar Divine Seed, swapping Molan back in.

...

Xianglan Mountain.

The Dominating Throne had just gotten close, not yet reaching the Land of Origin Force, when Ink Orchid burst out, whistling, turning into a blue dot in an instant.

It soared over the mountain range, heading straight for Azure Blue Reservoir.

Circling overhead once, it landed in the Nursery.

"???"

Black Yellow was annoyed: that damn mantis, why fly so fast? Gave me a scare.

"Second King! You’re back!"

Silver Cypress, stationed beside the nursery, greeted warmly.

"This one?"

Ink Orchid raised a claw, pointing to the gorgeously lush seedling standing alone at the center of the nursery.

Herbaceous plants grow quickly; the first two true leaves were already six or seven centimeters long, the third and fourth had grown four or five centimeters, the fifth was just poking out, the sixth had been cut off.

That must have been snipped by Azure for bud propagation.

"That’s the one!"

Silver Cypress answered.

Ink Orchid: "Looks like the seedling is extremely vigorous!"

Silver Cypress explained professionally, "The year before last, the Great King made one optimization iteration on mutated Ink Orchid at Molan Mountain. Azure says most of these seeds came from Molan Mountain. If nothing unexpected happens, strong, robust seedlings’ descendants should meet the criteria for triggering the Natural Law..."

Ink Orchid: "Oh——"

Ink Orchid: "No need for your lecture. I know."

Ink Orchid cheered, "Wonderful! Ink Orchid Divine-Given Seed!"

After cheering, Ink Orchid asked seriously, "Silver Cypress, are you sure, as Azure said, it’s certain to work?"

Silver Cypress: "Second King, rest assured—it’s inevitable, just a matter of time."

Silver Cypress explained in detail, "Even if this batch doesn’t trigger a Natural Godsend, we can still use Bud and Seed Cultivation techniques to rapidly expand the new mutated Ink Orchid’s planting range to Molan Mountain, Black Lotus Lake, Southern Sour Jujube Mountain, and Cold Orchid Mountain—all four Land of Origin Force locations—and raise the number of plantings to 400,000. With so much breeding and frequent rapid optimization, I’m sure we can soon select even better seedlings that meet Natural Godsend criteria."

"Mm——"

"Right——"

Ink Orchid nodded its tentacles in satisfaction. "No rush, no rush. Let’s take our time."

Ink Orchid: "Silver Cypress, you’ve worked hard. I’ll have Dragon Cypress reward you with 100,000 units of Divine-Given Origin Force Food made from Source Stone."

Silver Cypress: "!!!"

Silver Cypress: "Second King is so generous! Second King is mighty!"

The Dominating Throne flew over the mountains, rapidly approaching.

Silver Cypress moved to stand behind Ink Orchid, "Second King, Great King is back. Go bargain with him about the reward..."

...

The first batch of new mutated Ink Orchid seedlings this year were first sown on Molan Mountain.

Ink Orchid remained at Xianglan Mountain for a year.

Dragon Cypress and Black Cory busied themselves at four Land of Origin Force sites: Molan Mountain, Black Lotus Lake, Southern Sour Jujube Mountain, and Cold Orchid Mountain.

They uprooted the previously planted mutated Ink Orchids to prepare for transplanting new seedlings.

Meanwhile, the cultivation of Black Peach Trees could not be neglected—Dragon Cypress held the highest hopes for them, as Black Peach is the primary breeding target.