Ant Lord in the Star Realm-Chapter 603 - 558 Silver Cypress No. 3_3

Dragon Cypress swayed his tentacles, patted Ivy's head, and said kindly, "In the future, I'll get you a divine-grade fruit imbued with Water System talent. How about it? It'll match perfectly with your Shield Grasshopper Tribe's talent ability, and it'll be a divine-grade one inclined toward the Ice System."

"Thank you, Dragon Cypress Ant King!"

Ivy was delighted and asked, "Dragon Cypress Ant King, isn't this too generous a reward?"

Dragon Cypress said indifferently, "Don't get carried away! Ask Old Yellow to trade a divine-grade Kunlun Seed for it. I'll help you get a good one in exchange."

"Eh? Wait, that doesn't seem right..."

Linnan Divine Tree asked in surprise, "Ant, the divine-grade fruit you mentioned—does it come from the Southern Hemisphere? Hold on, explain in detail."

Dragon Cypress: "Divine-grade Velvet Fruit, produced from that Snow Velvet Spider King's God-Given Life Seed..."

—The Flame Spider's divine-grade God-Given Life Seed?

—It can actually flower and bear fruit as usual?

Dragon Cypress gave a brief account of the Snow Velvet Spider King's background and origin.

Linnan, Jinhe, Night Fragrance, Purple Tung, Spruce, and Ivy all exclaimed in amazement, each saying their obscure knowledge just increased again.

Giant Cypress and Round Cypress led the way, heading together to the nursery specially planted with Silver Cypress to inspect the situation.

...

The semi-grown saplings just over a meter tall were singled out, with nine specialized Green Soldiers assigned to guard them.

The orchard also had a few specially selected robust Silver Cypress No. 2 saplings.

With a comparison, the difference was obvious at a glance. The Silver Cypress mutated variety overall looked brighter and livelier.

On closer look, it was just that the silvery-white scaly powder at the base of the petiole was heavier and more abundant, with little else different.

In reality, there weren't many changes.

The seedlings weren't strong, clearly not fulfilling the conditions to trigger a Natural Godsend.

Dragon Cypress: "Not bad—good or bad, at least there's a chance to trigger a Godsend and get a cypress divine-given seed. Pretty nice! By rule, for now let's call it Silver Cypress No. 3. Round Cypress, Giant Cypress, get the command ants to dig it up and send it back to Xianglan Mountain for Azure to handle. During the farming off-season, open up 30 more mu in the Purple Tung Insect Nation, specially for planting Silver Cypress No. 3."

"Okay."

"Understood, Great King."

Round Cypress and Giant Cypress agreed and commanded the ant colony to get to work.

Dragon Cypress then instructed Ivy, "After evolving into a nine-period high-level warrior, hold off on selecting the Life Seed for now. If Silver Cypress No. 3 bears seeds, try nurturing one first."

Ivy: "Under—stood."

Ivy: "Great King, Second King, aren't you going to stay in the Purple Tung Insect Nation a few days longer?"

Ink Orchid: "Dragon Cypress is eager to evolve into a five-period. Our main reason for coming was to report the latest information to the Huagi Divine Tree. Also, to take a look at the divine-grade Baihe Fruit..."

...

The divine-grade Baihe Fruit will mature this year, and in another month it can be harvested.

This time, 9 fruits will be produced, and the plan is 3 for Spider King Spurge, 3 for Melde and White Ivy, and the remaining 3 to be traded to Snow Velvet Spider King for equal value, to exchange for a divine-grade Ink Fruit, which will be given first to Mountain Persimmon, who's been longing for it for thirty or forty years.

As usual, with a bountiful harvest of divine-grade Baihe Fruit, Cloud Trace Continent will hold a gathering with grand festivities.

But this year's batch of divine-grade Baihe Fruit won't have extras for other Insect Clan warriors on Cloud Trace Continent, so the winter celebration feast is paused for a year. In winter, White Rice will also be taken to Swinging Leaf Island for work.

...

Back at Xianglan Mountain,

After a few brief arrangements, Dragon Cypress began eating 200,000 Source Stones' worth of Ant King Honey daily to prepare for evolution.

Five days later, he fell into a deep sleep…

Upon waking from his slumber, he quickly shed his old shell, his new carapace hardening.

Five-period lord-level Ant King.

Dragon Cypress sensed the changes in his own Primordial Energy Attribute, and his heart sank.

Even before the evolution, he had a bad feeling lingering deep inside…

The feeling was spot on—awakening failed.

"Sigh—"

Dragon Cypress choked for a long time, finally letting out a helpless, drawn-out sigh.

Luck-based things, you can only accept your loss.

Fortunately, he could trade for a divine-grade Leituo Fruit from the Snow Velvet Spider King, though it cost an extra twelve million Source Stones.

He felt a pang of heartache,

but Dragon Cypress quickly composed himself, sprang down from the Throne, and strode straight out of the cave.

"Dragon Cypress?"

Ink Orchid peeked around at the entrance, inquiring.

Dragon Cypress replied calmly, "Failed. Doesn't matter."

Dragon Cypress said serenely, "Come on, let's go to White Lotus Lake first."

Ink Orchid: "...Alright."

The Seed Blessed by the White Wax Tree God was sown at White Lotus Lake. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid stood guard for three days. When the seedlings grew to just over ten centimeters tall, they handed them over to Black Leaf, then hurriedly set off for the Purple Tung Insect Nation.

The Dominating Throne helped Wuye break through to lord-level.

It was already the end of autumn,

and immediately afterward was the annual autumn roving merchant trade. The search for divine-given seeds mustn't stop either.

There were still a lot of things to handle on Cloud Trace Continent, the most important of which was to collect all the metal cans on Cloud Trace Continent and hand them to Ghost Fan, to erase their 'Jinhe Pattern' strengthening and switch to regular metal ability enhancement.

When the Snow Velvet Spider King visited Xianglan Mountain, Dragon Cypress didn't dare entertain with Ant Honey, for fear of giving something away.

For next year's spring exchange, White Ivy and the Melde Caravan must also be reminded that the metal cans they deliver shouldn't be strengthened with the Jinhe Pattern either.