Dawn Spider

Chapter 107 Transaction Optimization
In a small garden at the foot of the southern slope of Mount Sikui, the flower spikes of the sea lemon tree are sprouting.

The new year has begun.

January 1st, the sixth year of Shanglu.

It's time to head to Purple Cicada Mountain and help the Fire Tree's divinely bestowed seed grow faster.

Jin and Yutou packed their luggage early in the morning and waited and waited all day, but the Lord of Red Cone Mountain never showed up.

Until dusk the next day.

"gold!"

"silver!"

"Sikui!"

The Lord of Red Cone Mountain, carrying a load on his back, rushed over. Before anyone could ask a question, he took off the spider silk bag from his back, opened it, and took out a stack of crimson stone slabs, saying:
“Jin, last year, your proposal on the ‘calendar’ was adopted after careful consideration by the three Spider Kings, the Five Schools, Thousand Claws, and Ancient Hook. After some deduction, they formulated a ‘calendar’ that is more accurate than yours.”

"They're all made to the same standard, one set for each peak. I brought one set with you, take a look."

As he spoke, he handed the items to Lord Sikui Mountain.

Jin and Yin quickly stepped forward to take a look.

The first stone slab has a large number '1' carved at the top, along with a lemon blossom pattern rendered in white dye.

It roughly means 'January'.

Below are neat numbers from 01 to 31, representing the 31 days of January, with the gaps filled in with black dye.

The owner of Red Cone Mountain said, "It's January. Today, the flower spikes of the sea lemon trees on Haimeng Peak are sprouting, which marks January 1st."

“You can place the stone slab inside the cave, and after a day, use your claws to scratch on it to make a mark.”

“We’ve assigned one or two soldiers to each peak and hilltop to handle this matter, which has made everyone’s schedules more coordinated. It’s made many things much easier.”

"For example, we agreed on February 1st, and I came to find Jin and Yutou to take them to work at Zichan Peak. I no longer need to painstakingly count the days like before, afraid of missing it. I can just ask any soldier what day it is, and I'll know it in my mind."

"Also, remember which months to plant and harvest each year, it will make managing your territory much easier."

"The date of harvest for the fruit of the divinely bestowed seed is marked on the calendar stone tablet, indicating the exact month and day of the harvest. When the time comes, Jin and I will go there."

The master of Sikui Mountain turned over the second stone slab to examine it.

The large number '2' and a small, light green mango fruit represent February.

February has 30 days.

Turn over the third stone slab.

In March, the sea mango fruits grew larger and darker in color.

March has 31 days.

April has 30 days.

This process continued until December, when the stone slab was engraved with 30 characters, from 01 to 30. In reality, December shouldn't have 30 days in this calendar, but the extra days didn't matter. The mango tree would sprout new leaves, marking the start of a new year. The stone slab would then be replaced, and the records would be rewritten.

"I understand. It is quite convenient."

"Great."

"It's convenient for everyone."

"The Spider King is indeed the Spider King, a bit smarter than Fourth Brother. Fourth Brother's calendar shows 35 days in December."

“The flower spikes on our sea mango trees sprouted yesterday. According to the calendar, yesterday was January 1st and today is January 2nd.”

"About that. The mountain range is high up and the temperature is slightly lower, so it was a day later. Also, the climate is unstable, so it's possible that it was five, six, seven or eight days later."

The owner of Red Cone Mountain waved his hand dismissively and said, "Use the sea lemon tree of Sea Lemon Peak as the standard, and make it uniform throughout the country."

After saying that, he removed five large spider silk bags from his carapace, opened them, and inside were 50 storage boxes for the divine gene agent.

"Jin, your suggestion, though simple, is very effective and represents a significant innovation. This is the kingdom's reward for you: 30 treasure chests from the three Spider Kings—the Five Schools, Thousand Claws, and Ancient Hook—are all yours."

"..."

Jin said with dissatisfaction, "Didn't the Spider King of the Five Schools already promise me 10 treasure chests last year?"

"The Thousand Claws and the Ancient Hook Spider King didn't promise to give them to you, so there are still 20 of them, aren't there?"

The Lord of Red Cone Mountain suppressed his mental energy and said, "The Five Schools Spider King is very stingy. Each of these treasure chests costs 5000 primal stones, and 10 of them are worth 5 primal stones. It's unprecedented for him to actually give them to you. This is the first time he's been so generous to the little flame spider."

"hehe."

"Haha."

The Lord of Jinhesikui Mountain was speechless.

Silver Spider's eyes flashed, and it jumped up. "Lord of Red Cone Mountain, you've been talking badly about the Spider King behind his back! I'm going to sue you!"

"Don't make such a joke."

The Lord of Silk Sunflower Mountain raised his paw and tapped Silver's head, lowering his mental energy and saying, "The Spider King of the Five Schools is still very vengeful."

"Uh……"

Silver squinted. "Alright! Lord Sikui! I think I heard something again... unless..." *Bang! Bang!*
Yin was struck twice hard.

"Stop it!"

Jin said, "Lord of Red Cone Mountain, you should eat and rest first. We'll set off again in the middle of the night."

"it is good--"

The Lord of Red Cone Mountain agreed, and then said, "When I came here, I heard some big news! Su Mufeng, Lord Flame Camphor's Flame Camphor God-given Seed has long been resting and recuperating. It has decided to go into a deep sleep to evolve this autumn, around October, and break through to the King level. If all goes well, our Flame Spider Kingdom will soon have its sixth Spider King!"

...

In the last Ivory Island incident, nearly fifty lords from the Flame Spider Kingdom participated in the battle, and each of them obtained five, six, seven, or eight gene agent storage boxes.

At least ten lords possess the potential to break through and evolve into the Insect King.

But nothing has happened.

Most of these lords are not at a high age level and need a certain amount of time to grow and evolve.

Another small number, because their Divine Seeds of Fate grow in sync with the Zerg warriors, may be waiting for their own Divine Seeds to mature, or they may be recuperating.

Lord Flame Camphor is a special case. As a veteran lord, it means that his age has evolved to the peak of the lord level, and his divinely bestowed seed has also long reached the peak of the lord level. After a simple period of preparation and rest, the preparations for his breakthrough are complete.

The Flame Spider tribe is about to have a new Spider King, which is a major event. The news spread and immediately became a hot topic of conversation throughout the country.

...

1 month 11 day.

The trading caravan from the southern continent has returned.

1 month 17 day.

Lord West Serpent arrived at Silk Sunflower Mountain first.

They delivered God-given Seed Force Food that needed processing.

Also, the 10 raw stones from investor Lu Shenci's Seed, along with Lord Sikui Mountain, went to the Haimeng Peak Kingdom warehouse to pick up the goods.

This year's raw stones were transported directly to Zitan Peak.

The raw materials used to purchase 100 gene agent storage boxes were advanced by Lord Famu, who was focused on advancing to the Spider King and desperately needed resources. The raw materials were returned to him first.

...

Two days later,
noon,

Lord Famu, accompanied by Silk Sunflower and Lord Red Cone Mountain, arrived at Silk Sunflower Mountain, laden with Primal Force food and Primal Stones.

The evolution resources that Gold and Silver reserved last year are still 4.3 Primogems each for God-given Force Food, 2000 Primogems for regular Force Food, and 1 Primogems in stock.

At the same time, they reserved evolution resources for the following year from Lord Famu.

Silver is chosen for comprehensive and balanced enhancement.

Jin still focused on strengthening the internal organs, while also ordering a few more divinely bestowed foods to enhance the body's energy capacity.

Done,

Famu asked, "Jin, I heard that Sikui and Red Cone said that last year you acquired divinely bestowed food worth 12 Primogems?"

"Yes!"

Jin replied, "The income is quite high, but it's too fragmented. It's the output of 28 kinds of divinely bestowed seeds, and it's processed into very troublesome solid particles. Only containers produced by that alien civilization can preserve it for a long time..."

"I see!"

Lord Famu interrupted with a raised claw, saying, "Silk Sunflower and Red Cone told me. I also discussed it with the Wood Spider King. The Wood Spider King agreed that it can be categorized into wind, lightning, metal, wood, water, and earth elements, and consolidated into six boxes. The Wood Spider King can take them and use them for change or rounding up during transactions."

"Great! Thank you so much, Lord Famu and King Kashimo."

Jin was sincerely grateful.

Lord Famu said, "Jin, according to Sikui and Hongzhui, you are planning to collect metal materials from the Huangtan Mountain ruins to build trading ships?"

"This was the initial plan..."

Jin said, "But I think the Red Cone Mountain Lord's suggestion to use Dragonfly Warriors for air transport is a better option!"

Lord Famu said with difficulty, "There aren't many dragonfly warriors on the Twin Islands of Sal and Ivory Island to begin with, and even fewer who are capable of this job. I can help inquire, and I will inform you as soon as I have any news."

Lord Famu followed up, saying, "Jin, if the Dragonfly Warriors are airlifting you, then you'll need to stay on Ivory Island year-round. It's basically safe on land, but dangerous across the sea. My idea is that every year when the cargo ships go to the southern continent for trade, you'll travel with the caravan to Ivory Island. Every year when the cargo ships return, you'll hitch a ride back to Mount Silk Sunflower to rest for a month."

“On Ivory Island, you will need a permanent place to stay, preferably by staying with a tribe.”

Jin said, "This matter still needs to be troubled by Lord Famu."

After Jin finished speaking, he glanced at Lord Sikui.

Lord Sikui was clearly uneasy about this.

"..."

Jin changed the subject, saying, "The Silver Black Oak, a divinely bestowed seed, is growing rapidly, and its trunk is already 13 meters tall. Lord Famu, would you like to take a look?"

(End of this chapter)