Ant Lord in the Star Realm-Chapter 604 - 559: Sharing the Same Breath

After completing the solidification of the Ant Nest and passages on Swinging Leaf Island, Dragon Cypress sent White Rice back to the mountain and returned to Xianglan Mountain along the way.

Over the past two years, nine million Source Stones had accumulated in the Snow Cedar Mountain sub-nest. Dragon Cypress, worried about any long-term risks, hurried to transport them to Huagi Mountain.

Amid busy travels, spring flashed by, and once again it was the season when wildflowers bloomed all over the mountains and the trade season arrived.

"Dragon Cypress Ant King!"

"Fragrant Cypress! Black Persimmon!"

Red Peach, Heliotrope, and Column Spotted had been waiting early at the Starship Rift.

Red Peach: "Dragon Cypress Ant King, long time no see!"

Column Spotted: "I heard from Black Persimmon that you went off to deal with other matters." 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

"Something important, I'll tell you all about it in a bit."

Dragon Cypress gestured,

Fragrant Cypress and Black Persimmon handed their Spider Silk Bags through the Rift.

Dragon Cypress: "Divine-Grade Baihe Fruit, three for Spider King Spurge, three for Melde and the White Ivy Trade Caravan."

He opened them one by one, checked, and confirmed there were no mistakes.

Red Peach: "No problem!"

Column Spotted: "Thank you, Dragon Cypress Ant King!"

Red Peach: "Dragon Cypress Ant King, shall we settle accounts together later?"

Dragon Cypress: "I still owe White Ivy four million Source Stones, right?"

Red Peach: "Yes."

Dragon Cypress: "Might as well clear the debt this year."

Red Peach: "Alright—"

The ten million owed to Huagi Mountain had already been paid off using Origin Force Ant Honey as valuation.

Thus, Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid's debts were now entirely repaid.

Dragon Cypress sighed softly and said, "Last autumn, I went into a sleep evolution and failed to awaken the Thunder System Talent. Red Peach, Column Spotted, inform Melde and Lord White Ivy that the unknown Divine-Grade fruit which grants the Fire Talent can be sent over now."

—Failed again?

The previously jubilant Red Peach and Column Spotted both quieted down.

Column Spotted replied, "...Got it!"

Red Peach: "Dragon Cypress Ant King, what bad luck, last year we got one, but since you didn't need it, Lord White Ivy ate it first. The next batch won't be available for another fourteen years."

Dragon Cypress: "..."

Dragon Cypress: "So White Ivy has had another Molting Evolution?"

"...Yes."

Column Spotted hesitated to say more.

Red Peach kept it brief: "The item was collected by Crimson Moss Beetle King of Yuezuo Mountain. As soon as it was secured, Lord White Ivy ate it at once. Then, right there, went into a sleep evolution. Lord White Ivy let down her guard and didn't wake for half a month, but fortunately, succeeded in awakening the Fire Talent."

"Is that so? Congratulations, congratulations. Give my best to Lord White Ivy for me."

Dragon Cypress offered congratulations insincerely, feeling secretly frustrated.

White Ivy isn't very clever, but always so lucky. She's also been using those Divine-Grade fruits that grant Elemental Talents, and I've never heard of her failing.

Melde's luck is more ordinary; I heard the year before last she used a Divine-Grade Shashuo Fruit but failed to awaken the Metal System Talent…

The unluckiest is Seven-Leaf. I heard she used a Divine-Grade Kunlan Seed but still couldn't awaken the Wood Talent. Odds over 80%, yet she failed—the only recorded failure ever for Divine-Grade Kunlan Seed…

Dragon Cypress looked at Heliotrope and asked, "Has Seven-Leaf Lord awakened the Wood Talent yet?"

Heliotrope: "She has."

Dragon Cypress: "So you found a new Divine-Grade Fruit granting the Wood Talent?"

Heliotrope: "Yes. The Aconite Spider King used connections with the Purple Flame Spider Tribe to buy it at a high price. It's called the Green Cicada Wing Fruit."

Dragon Cypress: "A kind of Divine-Grade from a mutated Cicada Wing Vine? Good! Heliotrope, let Aconite Spider King know I'd like help getting one."

Heliotrope, Red Peach, and Column Spotted were all puzzled.

Heliotrope: "Dragon Cypress Ant King, don't tell me Yellow Stem or Ivy of Huagi Mountain used the Divine-Grade Kunlan Seed and failed to awaken the Wood Talent?"

Red Peach: "That can't be. Every production of the Divine-Grade Kunlan Seed was already traded to the caravans."

Dragon Cypress: "It's not Huagi Mountain's need, nor even the Cloud Trace Continent's. It's for the Southern Hemisphere, for an Illusory Color Flame Spider called Snow Velvet Spider King."

"???"

Red Peach, Heliotrope, and Column Spotted were confused: What do you mean?

"!!!"

Red Peach, Heliotrope, and Column Spotted turned their thoughts twice around, suddenly realizing. All were startled.

Dragon Cypress narrated calmly: "While Ink Orchid and I were idly exploring on the Cloud Trace Continent, we accidentally discovered a Starship Passage connecting the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, linking to Bayonet Continent. The continent south of Cloud Trace Continent is called Bayonet; just like Ten Thousand Clan and Wan Country Continents, it is in a period of Origin Force flourishing..."

Dragon Cypress described as much of the situation in the Southern Hemisphere as possible.

The ancestral land of the five Flame Spider Tribes, Shanglu.

The mysterious Divine-Grade Shanglu Divine Seed.

Snow Velvet Spider King, Divine-Grade God-Given Life Seed.

The terrifying Stone Hunt Blue Ant Kingdom...

Each revelation was more dramatic than the last. Red Peach, Heliotrope, and Column Spotted kept being astonished.

Dragon Cypress: "That Snow Velvet Spider King was actually going to contact you all this spring, but Ink Orchid and I stalled it. The reason was simple: information about Huagi Mountain absolutely cannot be leaked…"

Dragon Cypress went through and explained the problems of Huagi Mountain again, emphasizing things to watch for.

There was just too much world-shaking news.

Red Peach, Heliotrope, and Column Spotted hurried off.

...

Wan Country Continent, Starship exit.

White Ivy crouched at the passage, eyes flashing with crimson beams, peering out.

Spiders are more sensitive to vibrations in the ground and air.

The sound of the stone slab wheelcart speeding in could be detected from afar.

—Back already!

White Ivy gave the alert.

Grass Dragon and Lupine immediately squeezed in, flanking White Ivy left and right, determinedly shoving her back.

Spider King Spurge had started thinking seriously about retirement and had already given up its share of Divine-Grade Baihe Fruit from the Cloud Trace Continent.

This year's batch of six Baihe Fruits: two each for Melde and White Ivy, one each for Grass Dragon and Lupine.

Now Grass Dragon and Lupine both had their own share of Divine-Grade fruit.

White Ivy was the happiest; at last, there was no more need to fret about those two hapless juniors.

However,

were these two getting a bit too cocky? Daring to challenge the leadership of the caravan.

White Ivy swung both forelegs left and right, raining blows on the heads of Grass Dragon and Lupine.