Chapter 310: Chapter 306: Proud Insects, Strive for Self-improvement

Insect Clan with strong flying abilities seem to share common living habits.

Black Fruit Mountain.

Red Moonseed, like White Willow, also enjoys standing atop the mountain summit, observing from above.

As soon as the Dominating Throne entered the Land of Origin Force, Red Moonseed noticed immediately, carrying her Spider Silk Bag, and sped over to greet them.

“Ink Orchid!”

“Dragon Cypress Ant King! You’ve successfully evolved into Evolution Mountain Lord! That’s wonderful!”

With a nimble flick, Red Moonseed landed on the Throne, handed the Spider Silk Bag to Dragon Cypress, and said, “My Divine-Given Black Fruit Lingonberry has ripened! I’ve eaten the pulp, but kept the seeds.”

“Take a look!”

Ink Orchid leaned in, urging Dragon Cypress to open the Spider Silk Bag for a look.

The Divine-Given Black Fruit Lingonberry seeds are even smaller than the Divine-Given White Rice Fruit seeds, just about the size of sesame seeds.

The quantity isn’t great either, just a bit over a thousand, only a small handful lining the bottom of the Spider Silk Bag.

Ink Orchid: “Red Moonseed, you need to evolve into a High-Level Beautiful Ji Bee Warrior as soon as possible.”

Red Moonseed: “…I know.”

Red Moonseed keenly sensed Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid’s disappointment, her mood faltering, and asked, “Ink Orchid, are they not worth much?”

Ink Orchid: “It’s not they’re not valuable, it’s just that there’s too little.”

Dragon Cypress handed the Spider Silk Bag to Ink Orchid and said, “Red Moonseed, how about this—next year, just let all your Life Seed plants, including the Black Fruit Divine-Given Seed, rest from flowering and fruiting, and focus on nurturing the trees. The resources needed for mid-level growth and evolution aren’t much; Ink Orchid and I will support you.”

Red Moonseed: “Oh—”

Red Moonseed said, “I’ll borrow first! In the future, once my Black Fruit Divine-Given Seed yields more, I’ll pay you back.”

This is, after all, a proud Insect Clan warrior.

Dragon Cypress: “That works. When Ink Orchid and I were little, we’d do the same—borrow Source Stones from caravans to buy Origin Force Food, and quickly evolve and grow. Once you have a God-Given Life Seed and are a High-Level Warrior, you’ll pay back the debt quickly.”

Dragon Cypress: “The Origin Force Food I gave you in the last two years—I never counted; let’s not bother accounting for it, consider it a gift from Ink Orchid and me. These Divine-Given Black Fruit Lingonberry seeds—we won’t keep track either, just treat them as your gift to us.”

Red Moonseed: “…Alright!”

Ink Orchid turned around, picked up the Spider Silk Bag, and said, “Red Moonseed, this is Origin Force Ant Honey I’ve prepared for you. Three jars, 500 Source Stones per jar. Take them and eat slowly.”

Red Moonseed: “I owe you 1500 Source Stones!”

Ink Orchid replied cheerfully, “Alright. Rest assured—Dragon Cypress has a great memory. What you owe will be accounted for to the very last Source Stone.”

Red Moonseed: “I’ll remember too!”

Ink Orchid tilted her head toward Dragon Cypress, “Is there heritage knowledge on the Jifeng Tribe in the Knowledge Hall?”

Dragon Cypress: “Gou Jifeng.”

Ink Orchid: “That’s a close kin tribe to Red Moonseed, then.”

Ink Orchid suggested, “Let’s take Red Moonseed along to Huagi Mountain to broaden her horizons.”

Dragon Cypress thought for a moment and agreed, “Sure.”

…

Dragon Cypress arranged the accompanying Blue Ants and Worker Ants to stay at Red Moonseed’s mountain cave residence, and also had five Mountain Lord Level Large Soldier Ants patrolling Red Moonseed’s territory every day to protect the Life Seed plants.

Sent Ink Orchid and Red Moonseed off to Huagi Mountain to have some fun.

Dragon Cypress herself shuttled between Huagi Mountain and various Insect Clan ruins, taking all sorts of Divine-Given Seed exuviae to the Quandong Divine Tree.

Now, the Dominating Throne and its large Spider Silk Bags could carry forty or fifty bags per trip, and the flying speed was quick—everything was done in less than twenty days.

Then, sent Red Moonseed back to Black Fruit Mountain.

Picked up the Ant Colony, transported another batch of Divine-Given Remains, and returned to Xianglan Mountain during the depths of winter.

The Mountain Lord Level Specialized Blue Soldiers cultivated in the summer emerged one after another.

It was time for the annual fishing season again. Swapping to Mountain Lord Level Specialized Blue Soldiers multiplied the efficiency, with both Black Lotus Lake and White Lotus Lake being harvested simultaneously—in just four or five days, everything was done.

Dragon Cypress began planning the next phase of land reclamation.

…

As of now,

The Land of Origin Force that had already been reclaimed included Xianglan Mountain, Southern Sour Jujube Mountain, White Lotus Lake, and Black Lotus Lake. The total orchard area exceeded 40 square kilometers, with a great number of fruit trees entering a bumper yield period, producing more fresh and dried fruit in a year than could possibly be eaten.

In the southwest, the Land of Origin Force yet to be reclaimed included Molan Mountain, Jianlan Plain, and Cold Orchid Mountain.

In the western region, there were three blank Land of Origin Force sites, all extremely arid and barren, and would not be reclaimed.

In the southeast, the unreclaimed Land of Origin Force included Areca Rainforest and Red Cypress Mountain.

In the east, the unreclaimed Land of Origin Force included Cicada Orchid Mountain, Tiger Orchid Mountain, Xuelan Mountain, and Banlan Mountain.

There were a total of nine Land of Origin Force sites awaiting development.

Molan Mountain was the earliest discovered and was also the nearest to Xianglan Mountain, just three to four hundred kilometers away.

With the Dominating Throne’s current flying speed, if you set off at dawn as the sky brightens, you’d arrive by sunrise.

The next step was to reclaim Molan Mountain.

Summon Mulberry, use the Flame Ability, and burn all existing vegetation up and down the mountain in one go.

Dragon Cypress spent half a month relocating part of the ant colony stationed at White Lotus Lake to Molan Mountain.

Later, added some even stronger Mountain Lord Level Worker Ants to help with the labor.

Fragrant Cypress and Round Cypress took turns supervising the reclamation effort, with a three-year completion plan.

Dragon Cypress herself stayed at Xianglan Mountain in peace, continuing to breed Specialized Blue Soldiers, and occasionally took Black Leaf for strolls, imparting various knowledge.

Ink Orchid started tinkering with her Orchid Grass in the deep mountains and thick forests, days and days without a single sighting of insects…

Ink Orchid seemed to have her days and nights switched.

The Molan Flowers at the mouth of the South Mountain Ant Nest were sprouting.

The Molan Flowers bloomed.

Then, one morning, Dragon Cypress rose early and left the nest, only to find all the Molan Flowers at the entrance gone, replaced by newly selected, even stronger Molan seedlings from Ink Orchid’s latest breeding…

As the years drifted by,

It was another new spring.

Mountain Lord Level Specialized Blue Soldiers successively feather transformed and emerged, stationed at the Shanxi Reservoir branch nest.

In the main nest, there were also 200 large and small Specialized Blue Soldier larvae, scheduled to feather transform and emerge over the next half year.

Dragon Cypress switched to breeding Mountain Lord Level Specialized Soldier Ants and Large Soldier Ants.

Specialized Soldier Ants were the strongest close-combat unit. Breed the first batch of 100.

Large Soldier Ants were also strong in melee, with smaller bodies and lower food consumption, able to fight alongside Specialized Soldier Ants and Specialized Blue Soldiers, so a bigger batch would be bred—start with 200.

…

The temperature grew warmer by the day.

Dragon Cypress, counting the days, set off for White Rice Mountain with Black Leaf.

The Divine-Given White Rice Fruit blossomed. Nectar was gathered and Bee King Jelly was brewed.

Next, headed to Scarletlight Mountain, picked up Areca and 100 Little Flame Spiders scheduled for migration to the Ten-thousand Tribes Continent.

Moved north, to Southern Sour Jujube Mountain, and brought Silver Cypress back to Xianglan Mountain.

“Great King—”

Along the way, Silver Cypress clambered at the edge of the Dominating Throne, peering about and pointed a claw toward Azure Blue Reservoir.

Dragon Cypress leaned out to look,

Underneath the Azure Divine Seed Tree, a large number of Blue Soldiers were gathered.

In the distance, Worker Ants could be seen moving on the leaves.

Dragon Cypress was struck by a thought, and controlled the Dominating Throne to lower its flight height, descending toward Azure Blue Reservoir.

“Dragon Cypress!”

Azure called out from afar.

After a year of growth, her tree had grown taller than 60 meters. The range of her spiritual power and the Water System Primordial Energy Field expanded accordingly, reaching a radius of 600 meters.

Azure: “Probably because we paused flowering and fruiting last year, this year the flowers are blooming a month earlier.”

Azure: “There are too many fruits; I’ve instructed the Worker Ants to remove some.”

Azure also realized that her control range was directly proportional to her tree height.

Azure: “Dragon Cypress, I plan to grow taller first.”

“Alright!”

“Azure, you arrange it yourself.”

Dragon Cypress readily agreed.

Azure is not only worry-free and efficient, she can also instruct Worker Ants to care for other Life Seed plants as well as help manage the orchard.

Whatever Azure needs, Dragon Cypress would basically always meet her requests.

The Dominating Throne slowly descended, hovering above the water. Dragon Cypress looked up, inspecting closely at a short distance.

The number of broad leaves on the Azure Divine Seed Tree stayed fixed at thirty-one, no longer increasing.

The trunk kept thickening and growing taller.

The trumpet-mouthed broad leaves also grew synchronously.

Now, the lowest layer of leaves had an opening diameter of just over ten meters. Counting upwards, the second leaf’s mouth was about nine meters, the third leaf eight meters…

From bottom to top, fruit hung from the first eight broad leaves.

On the first broad leaf, Azure retained exactly 400 fruits; the second leaf kept 350, the third leaf 300…

Beneath the fourth leaf, tiny Worker Ants were carefully climbing and selectively clipping off the barely mung-bean-sized fruits. Azure intended to keep 250 fruits here.

Dragon Cypress quickly calculated; this batch of Azure Fruits would total 1,800.

“Azure, can you sense how long the fruit development period is after Mountain Lord Level—how many years?”

“Four years.”

“Are you sure?”

“Confirmed!”

“Got it.”

That’s the same as most Divine-Given Seeds in the Natural Star Realm: after each Great Rank breakthrough, the fruit yield and quality improve sharply, but the blossom-fruit cycle also lengthens.

Dragon Cypress continued, “Azure, since you’re Mountain Lord Level now, the fruits should be Lord-Level, right?”

Azure: “Yes. Superior grade.”

Dragon Cypress: “Good! All clear.”

Dragon Cypress guided the Dominating Throne to land by the shore, letting off Silver Cypress, Black Leaf, Areca, and the Little Flame Spiders, letting them climb the mountain themselves.

Dragon Cypress herself strolled around the Azure Blue Reservoir, making a careful inspection.

Since reaching Mountain Lord Level, Azure’s Primordial Energy Force Field had become even more powerful in nourishing plants and animals.

The Black Leaf Citrus (a common Life Seed plant) sown after Azure’s Mountain Lord evolution last spring had shot up to nearly three meters tall in just one year—a growth rate now rivaling the Sky Blue Persimmon, a Divine-Given Seed of Mountain Persimmon.

Unbelievable!

Other nearby Life Seed plants such as Black Lotus, Water Stone Banyan, Azure Tree, Red Torreya, Coarse Torreya, Binmu, Sharp-Leafed Thuja, and many others also showed immense growth.

It was early spring,

Some of Dragon Cypress’s Life Seed plants with early bloom periods were already flowering and fruiting, while those with later bloom periods were also sending up flower spikes.

After touring the whole mountain, making a tally, and a rough estimate, this year, the yield from his common Life Seed plants—converted to Source Stones—would be just over 30,000.

This is only during the first year after achieving Mountain Lord Level, while the Life Seed plants are still in a rapid growth phase. Projecting ahead, in four or five years, yearly revenue from common Life Seed plants could exceed 50,000 Source Stones.

The future potential was immense—seventy or eighty thousand is just within reach; even ninety or a hundred thousand isn’t out of the question.

This was all due to the combined credit of Divine-Given Remains and the Azure Divine Seed Tree.

And because Dragon Cypress persistently chose top and superior varieties as his Life Seeds.

For an ordinary Mountain Lord-Level Warrior Territory, annual revenue from Life Seed plants is only 30,000 to 50,000 Source Stones. So, without a Divine-Given Seed, after evolving to Mountain Lord Level, they would usually opt not to further evolve, but instead support the youngsters or supply resources for tribe warriors with Divine-Given Seeds to rapidly evolve.

Dragon Cypress had pushed it to the very limit—even beyond. With just the yield from common Life Seeds, he could afford his own evolution to Lord-Level.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by NovelKeep