Dawn Spider

Chapter 101 First Transaction: The Divinely Gifted Seed of the Long-fruited Cotton Tree
Purple Flower Red Peak.

The Lord of Red Cone Mountain had scouted the location in advance, calculating the ripening time of the divinely bestowed seeds of the long-fruited cotton tree, and arrived on time with gold.

The sun is about to set at dusk.

"Lord of Changmian Mountain!"

"Lord of Changmian Mountain!"

"..."

While shouting with his spiritual power, the Lord of Red Cone Mountain led Jin straight to the plot of land on the south side of the mountain where the divinely bestowed seed of the long-fruited cotton tree had taken root.

A large tree, over a hundred meters tall, with sparse branches and leaves, bears two kinds of fruits: one is a small, greenish-blue fruit that bloomed at the end of last winter, only the size of a pea; the other is a grayish-white, oblong capsule that bloomed the winter before last and has finally matured after 16 months.

Beneath the tree stood a Flame Spider warrior with sparse bristles, whose appearance, according to the Flame Spider tribe's aesthetic standards, resembled a human 'bald' Flame Spider warrior.

—The branches and leaves of the long-fruited kapok tree are sparse. It is probably due to the influence of the divinely bestowed seed on the long-fruited mountain that the bristles have become sparse.

This was Jin's second visit to Zihua Danfeng, and a strange thought suddenly popped into his mind.

"Lord of Changmian Mountain!"

Jin stood atop the main peak of Red Cone Mountain, waving his forelegs in a warm greeting.

"Red Cone! Gold!"

"You guys are here~"

The Lord of Changmian Mountain is a typical Flame Spider Warrior who only knows how to manage his territory, and his spiritual power carries a simple and honest earthy aura.

“You’ve arrived a day early; the fruit won’t ripen until tomorrow afternoon.”

The Red Cone Mountain Master was the complete opposite. He was outgoing, lively, and unrestrained, and shamelessly said, "I calculated it, and it was very accurate, but in order to avoid any accidents that might delay important matters, I came a day early."

"Yes. Red Cone, you're right. The harvest of the divinely bestowed fruit cannot afford any accidents."

The Lord of Changmian Mountain asked very seriously, "You haven't eaten anything, have you? Jin, what would you like to eat? I'll go look for something in the jungle."

"It doesn't have to be that troublesome."

"Anything will do."

The master of Red Cone Mountain and Jin hurriedly waved their hands.

The mountain peaks where a large number of Flame Spider Warriors live are assigned warriors who are dedicated to hunting.

After exchanging a few polite words, the owner of Changmian Mountain went up the mountain and brought down some ready-made food.

The four Flame Spider warriors of different sizes from Purple Flower Peak followed them down the mountain. The Long-fruited Cotton Tree's divinely bestowed seed is water-based, specifically enhancing cloud-type abilities, and its personality is as gentle as clouds and mist. The spiders gathered under the tree, eating and chatting.

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Kapok fruit is probably one of the most unique plant fruits.

The capsule, with its woody outer shell, splits open when fully ripe. Inside, a large amount of cottony fibers burst forth.

In nature, the cotton-like fibers of common kapok fruit carry the seeds, which are carried by the wind and spread to distant places.

The divinely endowed long-fruited kapok retains this characteristic; the fruit will burst open after ripening and drying, so the timing of harvesting is very important.

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Waiting through one night and another day.
As the sun was about to set in the afternoon, the owner of Changmian Mountain suddenly said, "It's ready! Pick them quickly!"

With the help of the Red Cone Mountain Master, extremely fine spider silk was manipulated to cut, pull, and throw towards the gold.

The divinely bestowed kapok fruits are an astonishing length of over twenty centimeters and a diameter of over ten centimeters, each one exceptionally large.

Jin manipulated the spider silk ropes that had been prepared beforehand, which swirled and wrapped around the fruit completely.

This treatment serves two purposes: first, it prevents moisture loss during fruit frying; second, it slows down the loss of energy from the fruit shell and cotton fibers.

There were a total of 374 fruits, which were quickly picked. The two mountain lords, Red Cone and Long Cotton, then manipulated the spider silk to entangle them.

It was completed in just a few minutes.

The Lord of Long Cotton Mountain was very curious about how the equipment of the alien civilization was processed. He quickly used the raw stone to replenish the original power of the divinely bestowed seed of the Long Fruit Cotton Tree. He then set off overnight with the Lords of Gold and Red Cone Mountains, rushing to Silk Sunflower Mountain.

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Silk Sunflower Mountain, the main hall of the cave on the north side.

The spider silk that wraps the kapok fruit is removed from Changmian Mountain.

The Red Cone Mountain fruit uses its main chelicerae and forelegs in combination, its sharp, blade-like toes chiseling open the nut shell.

Silver joined in, its claws flipping and manipulating two spider silk threads to twist and pull out the divinely bestowed cotton seeds hidden in the cotton wool.

The metal processing equipment rapidly stuffs the woody husks and cotton wool into the filling chamber and starts processing.

Master Sikui stood aside and watched. Taro also joined in the fun, guarding the iron bucket at the back of the equipment, where water-based 'granular fertilizer' clattered and fell into the bucket.

Kapok fruits are large, with a significant amount of woody shells and cotton-like fibers, but they contain very little energy. Processing and extracting this material is time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Round after round.

After working for more than two hours, everything was finally finished.

Jin finally opened the side panel to check.

Only one gene agent container has a number.

Take it out and open it; there are 15 grayish-white pill-shaped solid gene agents.

Jin took out a pill, examined it closely, and handed it to the Lord of Changmian Mountain.

The Lord of Changmian Mountain glanced at it and handed it to the Lord of Hongzhui Mountain.

After careful examination, the Lord of Red Cone Mountain handed it to the Lord of Silk Sunflower Mountain.

Lord Sikui glanced at it and handed it to Yin...

It was passed around and eventually returned to Jin's claws.

Jin gave a very professional assessment, saying, "The price should be between 260 and 265 rough stones per stone."

"Not bad! In previous years, we would have thrown them away and not even earned a single rough stone."

"Jin, your equipment is amazing!"

The master of Changmian Mountain sincerely praised him, and while he was happy, he silently calculated in his mind.

"15 pills? How much are they worth?"

The master of Red Cone Mountain asked questions while simultaneously beginning to calculate in his mind.

Seeing their strained appearance, Jin Wuyu hesitated for two seconds before saying, "At a unit price of 260, it's worth 3900 primal stones. If we split it in half, each of us will receive water-type divine-given primal force food worth 1950 primal stones."

"Crack!"

The Lord of Changmian Mountain made no attempt to hide his joy upon hearing this.

This transaction will increase my annual income from God-given Force Food by nearly 2000 Primogems.

"A total of 15 pills..."

Jin Shishi said, “Lord of Changmian Mountain, if you trust me, you can leave the things here with me, and we can keep an account. I will save them up until I have a whole box, or combine them with other similar divine-given primal force foods. Once I have a whole box, I will find a way to exchange them for the divine-given primal force foods you need and send them to you.”

"Of course, you can split it now, and then slowly accumulate it yourself. Once you have a full box, you can take it out to trade."

"I'll save it up slowly myself!"

The master of Changmian Mountain explained, "I specially prepared two metal boxes for this matter; we can't do without them. The boxes are all ready; we can't do without them."

"Uh... okay..."

Jin said, "I'll take 8, and you, Lord of Changmian Mountain, take 7. I'll give you divine-given primal force food worth 130 primal stones. Is that alright?"

The owner of Changmian Mountain readily replied, "Of course."

"it is good!"

Without saying much, Jin took out a gene agent container, separated out 7 long-fruited cotton divine gene agents, put them in, and screwed on the cap.

The owner of Changmian Mountain prepared a metal box and quickly packed his share away.

Jin also packed up his own and tied a wooden nameplate with engraved characters to the handle of the box lid with a spider silk rope for easy identification.

Yin enthusiastically helped, carrying out a large spider silk bag from the back warehouse. When opened, it revealed smaller spider silk bags inside.

Jin stepped forward, picked through the seeds, took a bag, counted out 10 divinely bestowed sweet seeds, put them into a small, exquisite spider silk bag, and handed it to the Lord of Changmian Mountain, saying, "13 raw stones per seed, 10 seeds are worth exactly 130 raw stones."

"it is good!"

The Lord of Changmian Mountain said happily, "Perfect, I'll take it back for the young soldiers on the mountain to eat. Gold, Silver, your arrangement is excellent."

Jin said, "The divinely inspired food I prepared for change is all system-enhanced; it's just a snack for the little warriors on each peak."

After saying that, it raised its paw and pointed to the two large spider silk bags placed at the rear of the equipment, and said:
"Lord of Long Cotton Mountain, during the processing, the 'waste' produced from the fruit shells and cotton fibers is crushed and made into granular 'fertilizer'. The divinely bestowed seed of the Long Fruit Cotton is water-based, and this fertilizer is somewhat useful for the evolution and growth of water-based primal force plants. We, Silk Sunflower Mountain, have two water-based divinely bestowed seeds in the seedling stage, which is exactly what we need. So I will accept them without hesitation."

"No problem. It should belong to you."

Without hesitation, the Lord of Changmian Mountain agreed, saying, "Let's go down the mountain together and see your and Yin's divinely bestowed seed!"

The first official transaction involving gold was successfully completed.

The profits were substantial, netting 1950 raw stones, plus two bags of water-based granular fertilizer.

Lord Sikui Mountain rose and led the way, taking Lord Changmian Mountain down the mountain to tour his territory.

(End of this chapter)