Ant Lord in the Star Realm-Chapter 468 - 448: Divine Grade Great King Molan Divine-Given Seed

Chapter 468: Chapter 448: Divine Grade Great King Molan Divine-Given Seed

Xianglan Mountain.

Fragrant Cypress had long since pulled up a batch of cultivated Molan seedlings from the nursery, piling them together, just waiting for Dragon Cypress to come transport them away.

"Great King? Is it raining over at Molan Mountain too?"

Fragrant Cypress asked, directing worker ants to pack the piled Molan seedlings into spider silk bags.

"...It rained."

Dragon Cypress: "Fragrant Cypress. Azure. These Molan seedlings aren’t needed, hold off on transplanting this year."

Before Fragrant Cypress and Azure could ask questions—

Dragon Cypress spoke rapidly, explaining, "That Great King Molan Divine-Given Seed over there on Molan grew especially fast; one offshoot put out 12 bud points. So far, it’s confirmed—the first batch split into 12, very likely the further splits are also 12; that’s a 12-multiplier division, which means it’s Divine Grade."

Dragon Cypress: "But we can’t be completely sure just yet. Still, we have to be prepared—clear enough space for it to grow, get the right base soil ready."

Azure: "!!!"

—Divine Grade!

Fragrant Cypress jumped up in excitement.

Dragon Cypress emphasized strongly, "Suspected Divine Grade! We can’t say for certain right now!"

Dragon Cypress: "I’m kind of suspicious, maybe it’s from using the Flourish Ability too much."

Azure: "No way. The Flourish Ability doesn’t stimulate increased division numbers in herbaceous Divine-Given Seeds."

Truthfully, Dragon Cypress felt the same inside, but as Ant King, couldn’t say it outright.

If it wasn’t Divine Grade and there was a blunder, the higher everyone’s hopes, the greater the letdown—it’d damage the Ant King’s authority.

Azure pondered for a moment and said, "Dragon Cypress, was that Great King Molan Divine-Given Seed produced at random?"

Fragrant Cypress helped answer, "Yep!"

Azure said slowly, "I remember, back then, the first night, a random Great King Molan emerged, then the second night, a Law Divine-Given happened, Natural God Force descended, and it all happened very close together..."

Azure: "Could it be that Natural God Force stimulated the Great King Molan to mutate again, and that’s what pushed it up to Divine Grade?"

"!!!"

Dragon Cypress and Fragrant Cypress’s antennae shot up, sudden realization dawning.

That must be it!

This also explains why the Molan seedlings grown from bud technique—between the two Divine-Given Seeds produced, Great King Molan and Two Kings Ink Orchid, there’s a difference in Origin Force aura.

Dragon Cypress called, "Fragrant Cypress, come on, back to the main nest—gather 100 Specialized Worker Ants and 1,000 medium and small Worker Ants, we’re going to Molan Mountain to help."

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Molan was especially vigorous, felling all the Black Peach Trees within 300 meters of Great King Molan in just two days.

Fragrant Cypress directed the worker ants to clear weeds and dig up the soil.

Black Cory directed worker ants and soldier ants, shredding the cleared brambles and brush into bits.

After Dragon Cypress finished transporting worker ants and source stones, he joined the labor, directing the ant colony to mix the shredded greens with soil, piling it up to ferment into compost.

When there weren’t enough plant scraps, they simply carried out a deep pruning of the whole Molan Mountain forest, collecting huge amounts of branches and leaves.

Dragon Cypress gave the mother plant a dose of Flourish Ability daily, and assigned a squad of worker ants to use up 500 source stones each day to replenish its Origin Force.

With the mother plant supplying nutrients, the 12 offshoots grew rapidly.

After two days of observation, Dragon Cypress saw 11 offshoots showed no sign of change, and the first-sprouted one wasn’t developing strongly either. Gritting his teeth, he increased the daily source stone quota to 1,700—500 for the mother, and 100 for each offshoot.

Another two days later,

Late at night,

Dragon Cypress, Fragrant Cypress, and Black Cory were still leading the worker ants, working overtime.

Molan suddenly shot up, dive-bombing towards them.

"Dragon Cypress! 12 bud points! The other 11 offshoots all sprouted their buds, a 12-multiplier!"

"Wow!"

"Oh!"

"Divine Grade!"

"We struck it rich!"

Fragrant Cypress and Black Cory cheered on the spot.

One offshoot might have been an abnormal case caused by the Flourish Ability.

But now with the other 11 offshoots the same, it’s essentially confirmed as 12-multiplier division.

Molan hopped up and down with them.

After the celebration,

Fragrant Cypress asked, "Great King, this Divine Grade should grant a visual ability, right?"

Dragon Cypress: "Ninety-nine point nine percent chance it will. Still a one-in-a-thousand shot that it might be some other weird outlier effect."

Fragrant Cypress: "Is it valuable?"

Dragon Cypress: "Visual-type abilities are usable by all insects. The base price is a million source stones, up to three million tops, but it depends on the specific ability."

Molan: "What kind of ability, specifically? Ordinary Molan Divine-Given Seeds are static vision boosters—the Divine Grade Molan’s ability shouldn’t go beyond that scope, right?"

Dragon Cypress: "Mutation! Infinite variety, limitless possibilities—no point guessing, you’ll never get it right."

Molan: "Fine."

Molan asked, "So with one batch, 12 fruits? The yield will be high."

Dragon Cypress: "Look at the Zhifeng Grass Divine-Given Seed as a reference. In the first batch, the 12 offshoots each produced a flower, each flower yielded a Divine-Grade Molan Seed—a dozen per cycle. At your current Mountain Lord Level, Molan, the blossom-fruit cycle is extremely long—thirty years or more. When you evolve to Lord-Level, King-Level, those cycles will shorten considerably."

Molan: "Oh——"

Fragrant Cypress: "Got it!"

Black Cory: "Great King, you really know your stuff!"

Dragon Cypress waved his antennae excitedly, "This is our own Divine Grade! No matter the ability it grants, it’s bound to be useful. Once the Divine-Grade Molan Seeds are produced, we’ll eat them first!"

Molan waved his antennae in turn: "Visual ability! We’ll eat them ourselves!"

—Nice!

—Long live the Great King!

—Long live the Second King!

—Eat our own bounty!

Fragrant Cypress and Black Cory cheered again.

Dragon Cypress raised his claw, waving up and down for quiet, then gestured, "Don’t get too excited. Let’s go take a look!"

Dragon Cypress led the way to the slope; they slowly drew near, and at close range, used spiritual power to scan the offshoots.

All twelve in the first batch were checked over.

No mistake, each had 12 bud points—a 12-multiplier offshoot, unmistakably Divine Grade.

The first-sprouted offshoot was beginning to develop its buds, probably soon to send out underground runners.

Dragon Cypress turned and instructed, "That’s it for tonight. Black Cory, Fragrant Cypress, get the colony back to the nest for rest."

Dragon Cypress: "I’m going to ask White Rice to come help."

...

Previously, when it wasn’t certain if the Great King Molan Divine-Given Seed was Divine Grade, Dragon Cypress couldn’t bring himself to ask White Rice for help.

If the insect was called over and it turned out not to be Divine Grade, what a joke he’d make of himself.

But now it’s confirmed Divine Grade, and the second batch of 144 offshoots is about to grow up—

It’s urgent!

Once herbaceous Divine-Given Seeds reach a certain scale, offshoot growth accelerates.

Dragon Cypress set out that very night.

...

White Rice Mountain.

Ever since merging with the Red Fox’s soul, the growth of the White Rice Divine-Given Seed had always been a bit faster than a normal wild Divine-Given Seed. Plus, with all sorts of Divine-Given Remains strengthening it, it had grown into a tree over eighty meters tall.

The Dominating Throne descended vertically beneath the tree.

"Red Fox!"

Dragon Cypress called out.

"Got another job for me?"

Red Fox’s tone carried a note of complaint.

Ever since White Rice evolved to Mountain Lord Level and awakened Earth System Abilities, he barely got a few peaceful years at White Rice Mountain.

Dragon Cypress said lightly, "Just a little job, half a month tops. I’ll pay White Rice a whole month’s wage."

White Rice and Black Rice raced over the ridge, running to join them.

White Rice was enthusiastic about side work, calling out from afar, "Dragon Cypress Ant King, another gig? Where to?"

Dragon Cypress: "Not far—Molan Mountain. Small job. Didn’t Molan just produce a new Great King Molan Divine-Given Seed? Total surprise, turns out it’s Divine Grade. Lots of offshoots, territory needs rapid expansion."

—Divine Grade?

White Rice, Black Rice, and Red Fox all froze up for a second, then looked shocked, stunned, envious, and puzzled.

Red Fox: "Great King Molan? Divine Grade? The odds of a herbaceous plant producing Divine Grade are minuscule, aren’t they?"

Dragon Cypress: "Extremely low. Extremely low. Extremely low. So far, I’ve only ever heard of three. Senior Orchid Mantis was the third."

White Rice: "One was Zhifeng Grass. Another the legendary Shanglu?"

Dragon Cypress: "Yes. I’ve never heard of any others. Once chatted with the Jinhe Divine-Given Seed, heard that in the last Origin Force Era, Cloud Trace Continent yielded a hundred or so Divine Grade Divine-Given Seeds in total, but never heard of any other herbaceous Divine Grades."

—You and Molan’s luck, it’s more than just Natural God’s sheltering now.

White Rice, Black Rice, and Red Fox were envious again.

Black Rice raised a claw: "Dragon Cypress Ant King, can I come too, just to broaden my horizons?"

Dragon Cypress: "Sure. When White Rice finishes the job, I’ll pick you up on the way to Molan Mountain for some fun."

Dragon Cypress urged, "White Rice, hurry up and get ready, let’s head out."