Dawn Spider

Chapter 113 Taro, come on, let's talk about something.
Taro carried a small spider silk bag and rummaged through a large spider silk bag, counting out 100 raw stones one by one.

"..."

Jin, the mountain lord of Sikui, and Yin stood aside and watched silently.

With its current growth capacity, one shoot is equivalent to three shoots in the past.

Today I tested the growth ability of the pokeweed seed. I used 11 shots in the morning and 11 shots in the evening, for a total of 22 shots, which is equivalent to the previous 66 shots.

Previously, each gold payment consisted of 1.5 gems, 1 for restoring energy, and 0.5 for a service fee.

According to the previous pricing standards, it should be 99 rough stones.

Taro even took the liberty of picking out one more taro, making it a round number of 100 for himself.

With a delighted expression, it carried the bag of spider silk down the hill and returned to its rooted location. The roots curled up and carefully stuffed each one into the soil, solemn and focused.

Taro is a money-grubber, a miser, and a shrewd shopper.

Each time it releases its power, it doesn't fully use the Primal Stones to restore its strength; it also draws some of the Force from nature to restore it.

Unbeknownst to many, the mound containing the buried stones had grown to over 5 meters in diameter and more than 2 meters high. This breakthrough to a higher level consumed some of the raw stones, leaving over 2 remaining.

"..."

"Taro~"

Jin followed him down the mound, stepped forward, considered for a moment, and said, "There are three things I feel I need to tell you."

“Hua~la~”

Taro responded.

Jin said, "First of all, Taro, the place where you are rooted is too close to the Seed of the God of the Pokeweed. During this evolutionary breakthrough, you were interfered with by the Seed of the God of the Pokeweed to some extent."

"Right now, everyone's evolutionary level is low, so there's not much of a problem. But next time, when we reach a higher level, it definitely won't work, and things could easily go wrong."

"So, Taro, you need to change your position."

Jin raised his paw and pointed, saying, "The location of the irrigation ditch at the junction of plots 01 and 02 is quite good. Don't you usually like to play with the Golden Leaf Vine? It's close by and convenient."

"Wow~"

Taro pondered, raised a root, and pointed to the raw stones piled up into a small hill below the mound.

gold:"……"

Jin said, "Okay. I'll move the stockpiled raw stones over too. It just so happens that both the Golden Leaf Vine and the Divine Seed of Pokeweed are in large quantities at both ends, so placing them in the middle will make them easy to access."

"Whoa! Whoa!"

Taro nodded happily, indicating its approval of Jin's suggestion.

Jin continued, "The second thing is, when you broke through to the Advanced Warrior level, we used 2200 Primal Stones to accelerate your progress. Will you settle that score?"

"..."

Taro looked bewildered.

I don't understand what you're saying~
Ignore it.

One by one, they dug the raw stones out of the soil, starting preparations for the move.

"Taro?"

Gold calls.

"..."

Taro remained unmoved, indicating that it could not hear or understand.

Taro is such a rascal!
It's obvious they're trying to renege on their debt.

"Ok."

Jin said, "Thirdly, I think it's necessary to re-price advanced levels of growth capabilities!"

“Hua~la~”

The taro shook its leaves, making a solemn sound, which indicated its deep approval.

Jin said, "It's clear that the price of 1.5 raw stones per run at the intermediate level is too high..."

"Whoosh? Whoosh? Whoosh?"

"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!"

The taro shook its leaves, vehemently refuting the claim.

Jin ignored him and continued, "Repricing, advanced level of growth ability, 3 Originium per shot."

"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!"

Taro strongly objected.

Are you kidding me? My abilities have improved, shouldn't the price go up?
Jin raised his claw, brooking no argument, and continued, "Taro, I've been observing you for a long time. Your advanced-level ability, after being unleashed, actually costs you less than two Primogems to recover your original energy. According to the original pricing, you earn 2.5 Primogems per use? Isn't that too much?"

“Pricing it at 3 raw stones, you still have a profit of more than 1 stone, that’s reasonable!” Jin said earnestly, “Taro, think about it again. Although you can only release 11 shots at a time now, as you evolve and grow, you will soon be able to increase to 12, 13, 14, and even 33 shots.”

"Theoretically speaking, you can earn 35 to 40 Primogems with 33 pulls. But, Taro, have you thought about it? Who are you going to use that 33-pull ability on? The price per pull is too high, who can afford it?"

“I don’t have many raw stones left. Right now, I can barely keep the pokeweed seed and the golden vine seed alive. But what will I use to feed them when they evolve to a higher level? You’ve already earned all the raw stones, so I won’t be able to afford to feed them anymore.”

Taro:"……"

Jin said, "Taro, if you agree to adjust the price, you won't have to repay the 2200 raw stones used when you broke through to the advanced level."

Finally, Jin painted a rosy picture for Taro, saying, "Taro, in the future, once the Golden Leaf Vine, the Pokeweed, and the Black Oak all evolve and grow, producing profits and earning Primogems, I will consider increasing your reward, but not now."

"Wow~"

Taro reluctantly nodded off a few taro leaves.

Sikui Mountain Master: "..."

silver:"……"

Master Sikui Mountain prompted, "Jin, there are two more things. First, Taro comprehended its growth ability at the intermediate level. So, when it evolves to the advanced level, has it comprehended any new abilities?"

“Hua~la~”

Taro can understand; it shakes its leaves to indicate that it doesn't have anything.

As expected, there wasn't one. Lord Sikui continued, "The second thing is that Taro is not an ordinary wood-type evil spirit. Now that it's at a higher level, is it able to absorb the power within the wooden bead?"

“Hua~la~”

Taro continued to shake its leaves, indicating that it wouldn't listen.

"Then everything is fine..."

Mount Sikui said, "Those insectoid warriors who have awakened the wood element talent are continuously consuming wood beads. Taro, hoarding so many raw stones is useless. You can consider exchanging them for wood beads to store up in the future when you evolve to the Mount Lord level, to assist in your comprehension and enhance your abilities. You have the ferocious spirit characteristic, so perhaps wood beads will be of great help to your evolution and growth."

“Hua~la~”

The taro is alert, thoughtful, hesitant, and gently touches its leaves.

"Well."

Lord Silk Sunflower said, "After the Ivory Island incident, most of the wooden beads harvested by the Flame Spider Kingdom were purchased by the kingdom's warehouse and stored. They are being sold to the Southern Continent in batches. Judging by the time, Lord Red Cone will come tomorrow to take you and Jin to Purple Cicada Peak. You can ask Red Cone to help you exchange them on the way."

“Hua~la~”

The taro twitched and the taro leaves responded.

"Okay, that's all."

"Yin, you'll work with me."

The Lord of Silk Sunflower Mountain returned to Plot 05 with Silver and began distributing food to the ordinary Flame Spiders.

Jin then took the spider silk bag and helped Taro move the raw stones and wooden beads.

After finishing,
Taro regained some of its original energy and rushed to plot 06 to release its growth ability, accelerating the growth of the Black Oak's divinely bestowed seed. Finally, it returned to the irrigation ditch to take root and recover.

...

4 month 1 day.

Early in the morning, the master of Red Cone Mountain arrived on time to pick up Jin and Taro and take them to work at Purple Cicada Peak.

I was overjoyed to hear that Taro had broken through to a higher level of evolution.

After further questioning and understanding...

The master of Sikui Mountain suggested that it make a trip to help exchange the raw taro stones for wooden beads.

The owner of Red Cone Mountain readily agreed.

...

Arriving at Purple Cicada Peak,
When the spiders from Purple Cicada Peak, including Red Tong, Lord Xiangluo, and Lord Dajiao Mountain, heard that Taro had broken through to the advanced evolution level, they were overjoyed and surrounded Jin and Taro, asking them a series of questions.

Have you learned any new skills?

Since Taro possesses malevolent properties, can we use wooden beads to counter it?

Has its growth ability become stronger?

Hearing that the side effects of higher-level growth abilities are reduced, the spiders of Purple Cicada Peak were overjoyed once again.

Especially Hongtong, which is now a 9-year-old intermediate Flame Spider Warrior, just waiting for the Divine Seed of Erythrina to grow so that they can break through to the advanced evolution level together.

Speed ​​up! Speed ​​up as much as you can!
I also heard that Taro had saved up 2 Primal Stones and wanted to exchange them for Wooden Beads. Lord Xiangluo was eager to help and took Lord Red Cone Mountain to Haimeng Peak to talk to the Five School Spider Kings who managed the tribe's warehouse.

The matter was handled smoothly.

Based on the purchase price of 10 raw stones for 1 wooden bead, I helped Taro exchange for 2000 green wooden beads.

(End of this chapter)