Ant Lord in the Star Realm-Chapter 513 - 493: Direct Descendant of the Grass Dragon: Column Spotted

Chapter 513: Chapter 493: Direct Descendant of the Grass Dragon: Column Spotted

Rednan Mountain, Starship Rift.

Red Peach and Heliotrope were already waiting.

"Dragon Cypress Ant King!"

"Congratulations, Dragon Cypress Ant King!"

Seeing Dragon Cypress arrive, Red Peach and Heliotrope called out in greeting.

"Dragon Cypress Ant King, Lord White Ivy and Lord Melde have prepared one million Source Stones worth of earth-system Divine-Given Origin Force Food for you."

Red Peach pushed over a stone slab recording the cargo details.

Heliotrope followed by handing over another stone slab, saying: "Seven-Leaf Lord has also prepared one million Source Stones worth of high-quality earth-system Divine-Given Origin Force Food for you."

Red Peach: "Spider King Spurge said, barring any accidents, Divine-Grade Mountain Pillar Fruit will be delivered on time for the transaction in the spring after next year."

Heliotrope: "Aconite Spider King said, Divine-Grade Thousand-Layer Fruit can be delivered next year."

No insect thought there would be any problems with Dragon Cypress evolving to Evolution Lord Level.

All kinds of resources needed after successful evolution had already started being prepared ahead of time.

"Alright—"

Dragon Cypress twitched his tentacle in response, took the stone slabs to flip through, and asked, "Is the earth-system Divine-Given Origin Force Food a congratulatory gift?"

"No!"

Red Peach and Heliotrope replied in unison.

"Alright then—"

Dragon Cypress: "Even though there are no gifts, please help me thank Aconite Spider King and Spider King Spurge. Also Seven-Leaf Lord, Lord White Ivy, and Lord Melde."

Dragon Cypress knew clearly what everyone was concerned about, so he gave a brief explanation: "The God-Given Life Seed’s growth condition is excellent, and more than half of the Common Life Seeds have already successfully evolved to lord-level. We’ll let the plants rest from flowering and fruiting for three years, then start preserving flowers and fruits and begin producing gradually. At the slowest, about fifteen years, all Life Seeds will enter their peak production period."

Dragon Cypress: "White Poplar Divine Seed is a little more special. It requires special treatment. This spring I already arranged for it to bloom and bear fruit first; barring surprises, there should be nine flowers and nine fruits."

"Oh!"

Red Peach brightened with joy, but then worriedly asked, "Dragon Cypress Ant King, did you just evolve to lord-level this spring? And you’re already making the White Poplar Divine Seed bloom—isn’t that a bit too hasty?"

Dragon Cypress: "No worries. I provide it with one thousand Source Stones worth of Life-System Origin Force Food every day, plus the Flourish Ability and Divine-Given Exuviae. It won’t have much impact on normal growth."

There was also a newly comprehended wood-element farming ability, "Tranquility", which Dragon Cypress didn’t bother to explain in detail.

Dragon Cypress slowed his speech and said, "As for the distribution of Divine-Given Seeds after evolving to lord-level..."

Dragon Cypress asked, "Are White Ivy and Melde still planning to divide the household?"

Red Peach: "Yes, the agreement is to divide it after evolving to king-level."

Dragon Cypress: "Well, that makes things easier. The distribution shares arranged at the Mountain Lord Level stage won’t be changed. As for the North Elm and Purple Poppet Divine-Given Seeds, which haven’t been allotted, we can distribute them in advance so everyone isn’t left waiting..."

Dragon Cypress paused for a moment, then said: "The shares for North Elm Divine-Given Seed: Seven-Leaf, Melde, and White Ivy each get 20%. Grass Dragon, Lupine, Natsumi, and Silvergrass each get 10%."

Dragon Cypress: "Purple Poppet Divine-Given Seed is mildly poisonous. I plan to make it into Bee King Honey just like Red Phellodendron. The shares will be the same as for North Elm."

Red Peach: "...Got it."

Heliotrope: "Thank you, Dragon Cypress Ant King!"

Red Peach: "Dragon Cypress Ant King, I have good news for you. Grass Dragon’s line has produced a Little Warrior."

"Oh?!"

Dragon Cypress’s eyes lit up, full of joy, getting choked up, and sighed: "Grass Dragon has juniors now!"

Dragon Cypress: "What’s the name? Why didn’t you bring them here?"

Red Peach: "Chose ’Long Pillar-Spotted Grass’ as the Life Seed, the name is ’Column Spotted.’"

Red Peach explained in detail: "Lord White Ivy, Lord Melde, Lupine, Grass Dragon, and Silvergrass all foster their own line of Dulai Small Flame Spiders at Yellow Peach Mountain, cared for by the Yellow Peach Lord. Column Spotted only molted and advanced to Flame Spider Warrior last End of Summer; they’re still too weak, so they’re staying at Yellow Peach Mountain, still under the Yellow Peach Lord’s care."

Dragon Cypress: "Oh—"

After Dragon Cypress finished being happy, he suddenly thought of a very serious question and asked, "Are they smart? Grass Dragon’s line... I’m really worried!"

Red Peach: "Column Spotted is very smart—nothing like Grass Dragon! Twenty years ago, Spider King Spurge forced Lupine and Grass Dragon to bring in high-quality bloodlines, for example, from the line Spider King Spurge had always watched over..."

Red Peach: "Lupine and Grass Dragon didn’t agree. They brought in some Little Flame Spiders from Aconite Spider King instead. Column Spotted has inherited some of Aconite Spider King’s talents and, at just three months old, can quickly memorize the prices and types of goods carried on Grass Dragon’s back and recite the total price directly."

Dragon Cypress: "Uh..."

Dragon Cypress chuckled: "Maybe it’s just that Grass Dragon is too poor?"

After the laughter,

Dragon Cypress understood what Red Peach meant.

Grass Dragon has to raise juniors now, with financial pressure~

Dragon Cypress thought for a moment, then said: "The Ink Emperor Peach Divine-Given Seed from Molan has reached top-tier standards in both enhancement-type and yield, so quality is guaranteed. The first batch of sample fruits matures this year. Hmm... we can allocate shares in advance: Grass Dragon gets 40%, Seven-Leaf, White Ivy, Melde, Lupine, Natsumi, and Silvergrass each get 10%."

Red Peach: "Thank you, Dragon Cypress Ant King!"

Heliotrope: "..."

Dragon Cypress then asked: "Will you bring Column Spotted next year?"

Red Peach: "The northern situation on the Ten Thousand Nations Continent has been unstable lately, and there’s war among a hundred countries. Both Lord White Ivy and Lord Melde don’t want to risk bringing Little Warriors out. After discussion, it’s decided that for the next year or two, Melde and Grass Dragon will take them to travel with the Revolve Spider King Caravan across the Ten-thousand Tribes Continent, so they can become familiar with Flame Spider Roving Merchant trades and broaden their experience and horizons."

Dragon Cypress: "Alright—"

The Melde and White Ivy trade caravans have always had the problem of insufficient insect population and a critical shortage of new members.

It’s been over seventy years since the last Little Flame Spider Warrior appeared~

Dragon Cypress understood completely, nodded his tentacle, but then, as his mind turned, suddenly thought of a question.

"Red Peach, what happened to those Native Breed Flame Spiders sent to the Flame Spider Kingdom back then?"

Red Peach obviously forgot about this matter as well, and after two seconds of confusion, said: "From what I heard, the Old Spider Kings of the ancestral land combined efforts to develop three thousand square kilometers of fertile rainforest soil just for common Little Primordial Spiders to live on."

Three thousand square kilometers of fertile land~

Dragon Cypress clicked his tongue, envious.

Heliotrope raised a foreleg, signaling, and said, "The ancestral land’s Spider Kings also pooled funds to hire many Flame Spider Warriors who weren’t doing well in roving trade, to specialize in caring for those Primordial Spiders. My direct elder Bead Sprout went there but found the pay was low, extremely troublesome, and soon gave it up."

Dragon Cypress asked: "With such a big setup, they must’ve raised a lot of Primordial Spider Little Warriors, right?"

Heliotrope: "That’s unclear. Haven’t heard of any Primordial Spider Little Warriors."

Red Peach: "I’ve never heard of it, either. If any Primordial Spider Warriors had been born, Spider King Spurge and Aconite Spider King would absolutely be informed, and they’d definitely let us know as well. Since there’s been no news, probably there haven’t been any."

The birth rate of Insect Clan Warriors is only barely higher than that of Divine-Given Seeds. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Dragon Cypress asked again, "What about Areca? Did the Flame Spider Kingdom forget about Areca?"

Red Peach: "I don’t think so~"

Red Peach: "I’ll ask about it when I get back."

Dragon Cypress: "...Ask, please."

Molan Continent and Dragon Cypress Continent’s information still hadn’t been reported to Spider King Spurge and Aconite Spider King and the others.

Dragon Cypress had just thought of it and asked casually.

Dragon Cypress turned to Fragrant Cypress and Black Cory and said, "Let’s do the transaction first."

...

All of Dragon Cypress’s Life Seed Plants were pausing flower and fruit set, so trades of Divine-Given Origin Force Food weren’t large.

Everything was quickly wrapped up.

Red Peach and Heliotrope hurried away.

Soon after, they hurried back again...

Heliotrope: "Aconite Spider King sent word—the Spider Kings in the Flame Spider Kingdom ancestral land haven’t forgotten Areca. Years ago, they allocated 15 million Source Stones, deposited with Aconite Spider King."

Red Peach: "Aconite Spider King means there’s no rush for now. In a few years, once Areca advances to lord-level, then arrangements will be made. The original plan has been slightly changed. Might need to trouble you, Dragon Cypress Ant King, and mobilize the ant colony to help modify the terrain and environment."

Heliotrope: "The plan is to modify two locations, which will be a huge project. One is the Land of Origin Force where Areca currently lives. The other is the tropical rainforest adjoining the Divine Force Barrier to the south."

"...Understood."

Dragon Cypress agreed and fell silent, deep in thought.

The Spider Kings of Flame Spider Kingdom in the Ten-thousand Tribes Continent are worried that, once the Origin Force Silent Period comes, their tribe’s inheritance will break off, so they plan to send a group of ordinary members to the Cloud Trace Continent to survive and continue their bloodline.

Actually, there’s really no need to worry.

The Flame Spiders of the Ten-thousand Tribes Continent are just an offshoot.

The true ancestral land of Flame Spiders is in Shanglu, and the core tribe has always flourished.

This is a crucially important piece of information.

After some inward struggle, Dragon Cypress abandoned the idea of telling them the truth.

In the future, once there has been contact with the Flame Spiders of Molan Continent, he can decide whether to tell them, depending on how things go.

Maybe, by then, he can charge a fee for helping transfer their members and make a hefty profit from it.