Ant Lord in the Star Realm-Chapter 484 - 464 Purple Poppet

The twilight was deep and heavy, with a gentle breeze blowing.

After completing the trade with the Flame Spider Roving Merchant, Dragon Cypress first sent Chinese Clematis back to Black Fruit Mountain, then drove the Dominating Throne from the northeast into the Purple Tung Insect Nation.

——Eh? Where is Ink Orchid?

——Why is it just like last year, not coming to welcome me again?

Dragon Cypress’s heart stirred slightly, and the Soul-Setting Ability unfolded.

Ink Orchid was nowhere within the perception range.

The Dominating Throne accelerated, heading straight for the central region.

Spiked Cypress was leading the Soldier Ants alone, guarding beneath the White Poplar Divine Seed Tree.

"Spiked Cypress."

"White Poplar."

Dragon Cypress called out.

"Great King!"

Spiked Cypress jumped up. Without waiting for Dragon Cypress to ask, he spoke rapidly, "Great King, we finally succeeded! Divine-Given Seed! Mutant Dome-Leafed Berberis!"

White Poplar also reported excitedly, "Dragon Cypress, I heard them say that a little flower nurturing a Divine-Given Seed was found in the Poppet Garden. Ink Orchid, Yellow Stem, Round Cypress, Black Leaf, and Black Birch all ran over to see the excitement. They didn’t come back last night, and only left Spiked Cypress to protect me."

Within White Poplar’s words, there was a hidden complaint.

Dragon Cypress: "How is Ink Orchid fulfilling the responsibility of Second King? That’s way too careless."

"I’ll go teach them a lesson!"

Dragon Cypress had already locked on to Ink Orchid’s group using the Soul-Setting Ability. Saying this, he kicked off and soared through the air, racing over.

Southwest of the Land of Origin Force, a small mountain range, with narrow, terraced gardens descending layer by layer.

Half the land of the mountain range had been remodeled into a garden for planting mutant Dome-Leafed Berberis.

At the base of the mountain, around a patch of terraced field that had been cleared, the ant colony was densely gathered.

Ink Orchid led the way, with Yellow Stem, Round Cypress, Black Leaf, and Black Birch grouped together at one corner of the plot, forming a circle around a Poppet tree.

"Dragon Cypress!"

"Dragon Cypress Ant King!"

"Great King!"

The insects greeted him one after another.

Dragon Cypress landed on an open ground about ten meters away and jogged forward to take a look.

A large bush over two meters high, with a lone pinkish-white flower blooming on its branch, exuding a faint Origin Force fluctuation.

Divine-Given, without a doubt!

Dragon Cypress: "Who discovered this?"

Yellow Stem raised a claw and pointed at Ink Orchid.

Ink Orchid: "Who else could it be?"

Black Leaf: "Second King."

Dragon Cypress: "Alright then—"

What a pointless question.

After a moment’s thought, Dragon Cypress asked, "You haven’t observed any Natural Godsend, have you?"

Round Cypress: "No—"

Black Birch: "There are too many mutant Dome-Leafed Berberis being cultivated. We didn’t notice this one was growing more vigorously than the others."

Black Leaf: "Great King, you came at just the right time. Second King just made the discovery yesterday morning."

Ink Orchid: "Enough now. Dragon Cypress, you finally have a Life Seed at Evolution Lord Level—aren’t you going to thank me?"

Dragon Cypress: "Thank you, Second King."

"You’re welcome."

Ink Orchid said happily, "Dragon Cypress, now that the mutant Dome-Leafed Berberis has finally produced a Divine-Given Seed, can we officially name it?"

Dragon Cypress: "Please do the honors, Second King."

Ink Orchid had long since made up her mind and said directly, "The fruit is purple-red, so let’s call it ’Purple Poppet,’ to go with White Poplar and Red Phellodendron."

The name was decent and sounded proper.

Dragon Cypress tapped his antennae in agreement. "Purple Poppet it is then."

Dragon Cypress waved his antennae and gave instructions: "Black Leaf, you stay here and lead the ant colony in guarding this spot."

Black Leaf: "Yes, Great King."

Dragon Cypress: "Round Cypress, Black Birch, you two go back and organize the spring trade with the Barley Bug warriors."

Dragon Cypress: "Yellow Stem, I’ll take you back to Huagi Mountain and have Spruce come to take your place."

The group of insects responded one after another.

Spruce came to Purple Tung Insect Nation to take over Ink Orchid’s duties, keeping watch by the White Poplar Divine Seed tree at night.

Dragon Cypress, on the other hand, rode the Dominating Throne, took Ink Orchid, and set off to begin this year’s wild Divine-Given Seed search mission.

They circled the continent, finally arriving at Molan Mountain.

The midday sun was dazzling,

Black Peach was leading a large group of Specialized Green Ants, clustering in threes and fives, lying motionless on the hillside.

After a warm spring’s growth, the North Elm Divine-Given Seed had grown into a "little tree" seven or eight meters tall, lush and leafy.

The Dominating Throne was parked nearby.

Immediately, waves of spiritual power came over—confused, cordial, and angry.

"Wow! North Elm has awakened soul consciousness!"

Ink Orchid exclaimed, leaping into the air, circling the tree, and finally landing at some distance away.

"North Elm?"

Dragon Cypress sent out a spiritual power wave calling out.

"???"

North Elm sent back a mental wave of confusion.

Dragon Cypress swung his antennae and cast two Flourish Abilities in quick succession.

"My name, Dragon Cypress. Call me, Dragon Cypress..."

This was Dragon Cypress’s eleventh God-Given Life Seed, and he had repeated the same introduction ten times before.

With this experience, the North Elm Divine-Given Seed quickly understood the concept of a ’name,’ realized it was called North Elm, and became acquainted with Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid.

Black Peach slowly crawled down the hilltop, waving his antennae to greet Ink Orchid nearby.

"Second King—"

"Great King—"

Black Peach said guiltily, "The sunshine is really nice today."

Dragon Cypress was quite unhappy with this fellow’s working attitude. He said, "Black Peach, go tidy up at the Ant Nest, and I’ll send you to Jianlan Plain tomorrow morning to study land reclamation and planting with Black Cory."

...

Black Peach began land reclamation work with Black Cory.

Dragon Cypress lingered at Molan Mountain for four or five days.

Ink Orchid stayed on Molan Mountain to look after the Great King Molan Divine-Given Seed, as well as help guard the North Elm Divine-Given Seed.

Dragon Cypress set off alone, heading to Snow Cedar Mountain, and began moving Source Stones to Huagi Mountain. As Huagi Mountain was close to the Purple Tung Insect Nation, he made a daily trip, simultaneously handling the nurturing of Specialized Green Soldiers.

...

In the slightly hot early summer,

After Dragon Cypress finished the Source Stones delivery job, when he returned to Molan Mountain, the North Elm Divine-Given Seed had already grown into a large tree just over ten meters tall.

The first batch of six Specialized Green Soldiers cultivated after the ninth age period had, after more than half a year of development, finally emerged into the world with feathered wings.

Testing the "Bean Vine Entanglement" ability, all six working together could unleash seventy to eighty percent of Dragon Cypress’s full strength—quite ideal results.

The distribution of Insect Workers was adjusted once again.

Ink Orchid returned to Xianglan Mountain.

Fragrant Cypress took up long-term station on Molan Mountain to take care of North Elm.

Dragon Cypress then headed to Purple Tung Insect Nation, focusing on the cultivation of Specialized Green Soldiers and settling down to train with the Linnan Divine Tree.

...

By the Mid-Autumn Festival,

The Divine-Given Purple Poppet Seeds matured and were harvested.

The mutation was significant—the enhancement type changed from Fire System to Wood Element.

Just right, because what the Cloud Trace Continent currently needed most were Wood Element Origin Force Foods.

Dragon Cypress put them straight into the Life Pouch.

Objective for nurturing nine God-Given Life Seeds during the Mountain Lord stage: accomplished!

However,

Although Divine-Given Seeds at age period nine were acquired, a breakthrough could not be made in the short term, for two reasons.

First, the fruits of this batch of the White Poplar Divine Seed had to wait to mature and be harvested—another ten years. After harvesting, it was best to let it rest and recover for one or two years.

Second, the North Elm Divine Seed was only sown last winter, and needed time to grow large and strong, accumulate strength, and only then could it evolve to Evolution Lord. This wasn’t a major issue—with Divine-Given Remains as reinforcement, with a squad of Specialized Green Ants assisting, Dragon Cypress estimated that after about fifteen years of growth, the breakthrough requirements for evolution would be met. If Source Stones were invested without regard to cost, the time could be shortened by two years.

There was also a God-Given Two Kings Ink Orchid Seed cultivated at the seventh age period, but it hadn’t grown long enough, and it was an herbaceous plant. Dragon Cypress assigned 200 extra Specialized Green Ants to Junior Orchid, stopped its flowering and fruiting, and planned to use 30,000 Source Stones per year to foster its growth.

Dragon Cypress set the time for advancing to Evolution Lord Level for twelve years from now.