Dawn Spider

Chapter 162 Promoting Credit Currency
Shangan Peak.

The Red Cone Mountain Master, carrying taro, ran at the forefront, familiar with the route, heading towards the forest on the north side of the mountain. As he ran, he shouted with a surge of spiritual energy:

"Lord of Dark Luo Mountain! Lord of Dark Luo Mountain..."

Following the paved straight road built right next to the canal, after many twists and turns, we arrived at a grove of trees planted with sea lemon trees and various curved-petal trees.

Curved-petal wood is also known as dark rosewood.

The private spider garden of the Lord of Dark Mountain, the stubborn old spider, only planted curved-petal wood and used sea lemon trees to divide the woodland.

At this moment, a woodland was in full bloom, and it was busy thinning out the flowers.

"Lord of Dark Luo Mountain!"

"Greetings, Lord of Dark Luo Mountain!"

Gold and silver greeted them.

"Whoa~ Whoa~"

The taro swayed its leaves, as if to say hello.

"Silver from Mount Sikui?"

Yin had visited once when he was still a mid-level warrior. Seven or eight years had passed, and the Lord of Dark Luo Mountain hardly recognized him.

"it's me."

The silver bird responded by waving its claws.

"Is this taro? Why is it here too?"

Looking at the scene, the Lord of Anluo Mountain was puzzled and asked, "Jin, you came here too? Weren't you trading on Ivory Island? I heard you were also excavating ruins with the King of Eshu Insects? And you actually found something?"

"Forehead……"

Jin explained, “I did go to Ivory Island to trade. Every year when the sea lemon flowers bloom, I take a cargo ship back to the Flame Spider Kingdom to rest for about a month.”

"As for the ruins, I'm just a high-level Flame Spider Warrior, and I don't have any earth or water elemental talents, so I definitely couldn't dig them up. I was just passing by on a trade route, and I gave the Eshu Insect King and the others some advice. Then I actually dug up a ruin where alien force warriors lived, and I unearthed some valuable treasures. I just followed along and got some benefits."

Like the Flame Spider Warriors in Haimeng Peak Square, the Lord of Dark Luo Mountain was particularly interested in matters related to the ruins and pressed for more information:

"Jin, what advice did you give the Eshu Insect King? There's a rumor everywhere that the Eshu Insect King doesn't know anything about excavating ruins, but you do, and that you're the only one who found it... Is that true?"

"Of course not, I was just passing by and hanging out."

Jin recounted, "This matter dates back to September of last year. My partner, Master Dafeng, and I were surveying the terrain and planning our trading routes..."

Jin has told this story three times already at Haimeng Peak Square.

Anyway, nobody's in a hurry.
Jin will recount the whole incident again.

Lord Anluo Mountain is the typical spider who buries himself in farming every day and doesn't move around much. He has an exceptionally strong curiosity about new things outside and kept asking Jin for many details, as well as some information about the trade on Ivory Island.

There's not much to say about trading; it's all the same old thing.
Upon arriving at an unfamiliar mountain peak, I first told the other party, "My name is Jin. I possess a golden-leaf vine, a divine gift. I am a junior of the Wood Spider King of the Flame Spider Kingdom..."

Upon hearing that they are the Spider King's juniors, most Zerg warriors will treat them with great courtesy, and the cooperative processing agreement can be easily reached.

...

Jin then recounted some of the strange and wonderful stories he heard during his visits to various tribes on Ivory Island.

The group of spiders chatted from early morning until mid-morning.

Lord Anluo finally came to his senses and asked curiously, "Red Cone, Gold, Silver, Taro, you've come to Shangan Peak for some reason, haven't you?"

Red Cone said, "Yes. If there are important matters, consult with Lord Anluo."

Silver moved swiftly, removing the spider silk pouch from its shell, opening it, and taking out three banknotes—large, medium, and small—which it solemnly presented to Gold.

Jin said, “Lord Anluo Mountain, you must know that Shangan Peak is nearly 300 kilometers away from Sikui Mountain. Every year when the fruits of the divinely bestowed curved petals of the tree ripen and are harvested, the Lord of Hongzhui Mountain runs day and night to send them back to Sikui Mountain. After processing, the peeled divinely bestowed curved petals must be sent back in time. Running back and forth is quite troublesome.”

“Now that I’m trading on Ivory Island, the 27 divinely bestowed seeds on the Twin Islands of Saluo are all being handled by the Red Cone Mountain Lord, a truly arduous task. So, I thought of optimizing the process to save the Red Cone Mountain Lord some effort.”

"These are 'letters' woven from spider silk, available in denominations of 100 Primogems, 1000 Primogems, and 10000 Primogems. We've already discussed it with the Spider King of the Five Schools. Any spider in the Flame Spider Kingdom can use this letter to exchange for the corresponding amount of divinely bestowed Primogem food they need."

"Lord of Dark Luo Mountain, what I mean is that after the Divinely Gifted Curved Petals of the Curved Petal Tree are processed, Lord Red Cone Mountain will not send back the Divinely Gifted Curved Petals extracted from them. Instead, you will be paid a corresponding amount of 'letter vouchers.' Every year when the Sea Lemon Flower blooms, the caravans that travel to the Southern Continent for trade return, you can use these 'letter vouchers' to exchange for the Divinely Gifted Force food you need from the Five Schools Spider King." "In other words, we use 'letter vouchers' to exchange for 'Divinely Gifted Curved Petals,' saving Lord Red Cone Mountain two trips. The exchanged Divinely Gifted Curved Petals are dried and stored. Once they accumulate to a certain quantity along with other Divinely Gifted Seeds, we will promptly send them to the Sea Lemon Peak Kingdom's warehouse and hand them over to the Five Schools Spider King for safekeeping."

"..."

It's a little complicated.

After pondering for a long time, the Lord of Dark Luo Mountain asked, "The Spider Kings of the Five Schools are acting as guarantors? And even overseeing the exchange process for you?"

Kim replied, "Yes."

Lord Anluo asked in bewilderment, "When did the stingy and harsh Spider King of the Five Schools change his ways and become so kind?"

gold:"……"

Anluo Mountain Master's thoughts shifted, and the floating tokens drifted before him. He examined them closely, scanning them with his spiritual power, and asked in surprise:
"Jin, is this your spider silk? The blue-purple spider silk possesses lightning properties!"

"Yes. My spider silk seems to have mutated."

"This white spider silk also possesses primal energy properties!"

"Yes. Extraterrestrial energy."

"Oh--"

Lord Anluo understood completely and said, "Then no spider can replicate your spider silk 'letter', right?"

Jin replied, "Yes. It also has a double-layered anti-counterfeiting label and my mental energy imprint, providing double protection against counterfeiting."

Jin added, “In the future, as my business expands and I accumulate enough resources, I will open a ‘shop’ in Haimeng Peak Plaza, where I will prepare all kinds of divinely bestowed primal force foods. All insects can exchange for the divinely bestowed primal force foods they need at any time using this ‘currency’.”

The Lord of Dark Luo Mountain understood Jin's meaning and said, "I can also ask you to sell divinely bestowed primal force food at any time?"

Jin said, "That probably won't work. If we sell too many insects and at the same time need to buy the divinely bestowed food we need, then the goods I've prepared definitely won't be enough. So, it's mainly for the convenience of those warriors who have a cooperative relationship with us."

"That's true~"

Lord Anluo Mountain agreed, "Alright! No problem! You can exchange these tokens for the gold, the red cone, and this year's divinely bestowed curved petals."

"Ok!"

The owner of Red Cone Mountain agreed.

"Thank you very much, Lord Anluo Mountain."

Jin thanked him and then said, "Lord Anluo Mountain, there is one more thing. Is Lord Fanglan not on the mountain? We also wanted to inquire about whether we could purchase more of those metal treasure chests that contain processed divine-given primal force food."

"Lord Fanglan should be in Seamon Peak or Horned Shark Harbor..."

Lord Anluo said, "Lord Fanglan specially commissioned a set of iron birch wood display shelves. The treasure chest is placed on the shelves as a cave decoration, so I'm afraid he's not willing to sell it."

Zerg warriors also have aesthetic sense; many Zerg enjoy collecting exquisite and beautiful items to decorate their caves.

Lord Fanglan would definitely not be willing to sell under these circumstances.

"Then forget it. Let's go ask on other peaks."

Jin decisively gave up.

After bidding farewell to the Lord of Anluo Mountain, they left Shangan Peak and headed straight for Shannai Peak.

Having no prior business dealings with Yamane Peak and being unfamiliar with them, my offer to buy the treasure chest was promptly rejected.

Following the mountain range westward, you'll find peaks of various species, including mountain palm, mountain chinaberry, mountain fern, mountain bamboo, and mountain ginger...

For any business collaborations, the first thing to discuss is the 'trust currency'. Hearing that the Spider Kings of the Five Schools and the Kingdom's 500 million units of divinely bestowed primal force food resources were guaranteed, they readily agreed. Exchanging the required divinely bestowed primal force food directly with spider silk trust currency is much more convenient than carrying large bags of divinely bestowed primal force food for exchange.

As for those mountains that don't have any trading partnerships, I'll visit them as well and ask if they have any treasure chests they'd like to sell.

Head west all the way to Shuiye Peak at the western end of the mountain range.

Turn back to Haimeng Peak, and from there, visit the various sites along the mountain range to the east.

(End of this chapter)