Dawn Spider

Chapter 183 Consulting Fees

Dock warehouse.

The Gold, Silver, and Red Cone Mountain Lords together settled accounts with the Spider King of the Five Schools.

Last year, a total of 371 million Primal Stones were acquired and delivered as seed-shaped divine-given Primal Foods. In return, 371 million Primal Stones of currency were issued.

In addition, in the past month, banks have been promoting paid loans and issuing 312 million credit bonds.

The total amount of currency issued was 683 million.

In the end, only 664 million was recovered.

There are still 19 currency bonds that have not been recovered.

It is quite certain that those loan insects that urgently needed resources to grow and evolve exchanged their credit vouchers in a timely manner after receiving them.

As predicted, after confirming that the credit of the tokens was guaranteed, some spiders did not rush to exchange them for the divinely bestowed food from the Spider King of the Five Schools; instead, they chose to keep the tokens.

As agreed, Jin entered the warehouse, selected divinely bestowed food worth 19 raw stones, and arranged for the Lord of Red Cone Mountain and Silver to transport it back to Silk Sunflower Mountain, where it was processed into gene agents and stored.

Quickly process last year's transaction affairs.
Jin followed the trading team and set off by boat.

...

...

The cargo ship docked.

The gold flashed and landed directly.

A strong wind swirled and observed from the air, and the plane hovered at a low altitude of twenty meters above the ground.

"Jin! A cockroach warrior from the Narrow Plains named Flower Vine has approached me. It possesses a divinely bestowed seed called Microflower Vine, which produces fruit with pulp, suitable for processing. It hopes to cooperate with you..."

"Where to stay?"

“The south of the island is somewhat remote, 120 kilometers away from Ebony Mountain. I have conducted an on-site investigation, and the closest distance to our planned trade route is more than 70 kilometers.”

"Um--"

Jin searched his inherited memories for information about the plant 'Micro-flower Vine', assessed it mentally, and asked:

"Have the insects come?"

"It came, but then hurriedly returned to the mountain. It was born in the wild, lives alone, and dares not leave its territory for too long."

"Could he only be a high-level warrior?"

"Advanced warrior at age 3".

"Forehead……"

Jin asked, "Are there no other insects seeking cooperation this year?"

Da Feng replied, "Not at the moment."

"..."

The business expansion on Ivory Island is complete. There may be omissions, but these are only a very small number of pure wild warriors born in remote, solitary jungles.

Jin Xin pondered:

The fruit produced by a high-level Divine-given Micro-flower Vine might yield only a couple hundred raw stones after cooperative processing. For that meager profit, one would have to painstakingly travel hundreds of kilometers round trip…

However, these helpless Zerg warriors are the ideal loan customers.

"You can go and have a look."

Jin asked, "Dafeng, is there any other news?"

Dafeng understood Jin's meaning, lowered his body, reduced his altitude, and suppressed his mental energy, saying:
"It seems that some insects have left the team of the Eshu Insect King, so they are looking for suitable insect warriors."

"To be more specific?"

"When lord-level warriors join the team, they don't receive a salary. They get a share of the loot after they find ruins. But after a year of hard work, some of them quit. As for how much they quit, we don't know."

"The Curcuma Insect King and the Stone Insect King are minor insect kings, and the lords aren't too afraid of them. The Sumeru Insect King is different; no insect dares to speak ill of it. The warriors who quit all quit silently, without making a fuss."

The strong wind's mental energy carried a hint of schadenfreude.

"understand……"

"Dafeng, let's not talk about this now."

Jin was in a great mood.

Several familiar insects were running towards them from the distant square. Jin went to greet them warmly.
...

Jin, accompanied by a strong wind, strolled around the square for two days before setting off to visit a cockroach warrior named 'Flower Vine' in the south of the island.

This year we only had one new client. As usual, we agreed on the cooperation, inquired about the fruit's ripening time, and made a note of it.

Saying goodbye and leaving

Jin and Dafeng traveled around, stopping frequently to complete two cooperative transactions along the way, before finally wandering back to the Red-headed Termite Kingdom to rest.

Jin Anxin used the divinely bestowed resources and original crystals to evolve and improve steadily for a month.

At the end of March, the annual trading season begins, followed by three months of busy activity in April, May, and June.

As planned, Jin exchanged 20 Primal Crystals for 20 Primal Stones from the Secret Order Ant King. During his travels between the north and south, whenever he reached the vicinity of Wuchao Mountain or Suoyu Mountain, Dafeng would find time to quickly make a trip and help transport a bag of Primal Stones over.

In this way, Jin can meditate and rest at night, and also use Primogems to accelerate his progress, making money and evolving at the same time.

...

The years go by,

It's mid-June, and another six months have passed.

On Partridge Mountain, the sacred mountain of the Great Poison Armor tribe, there is a brown jujube tree, a gift from the gods. When the fruit ripens, Jin and Dafeng arrive on time to harvest it.

After finishing my work at dusk, I hurriedly said goodbye and rushed to my next destination that very night.

Jin, who was running at full speed, suddenly stopped.

The strong winds accompanying it at high altitude immediately alerted it, but instead of descending, it rose higher, its azure-yellow primal energy continuing to shine, hovering at an altitude of four hundred meters, a height that was both safe and allowed it to communicate with the gold.

“Gold?” Da Feng asked.

"fine."

Kim answered.

Ahead, in the dark, dense forest, a familiar figure slowly emerged.

The King of Curcuma!

What does it mean to stop us halfway through the night? Especially since we came from Partridge Mountain.

Da Feng was on high alert. The primal energy of the blue-yellow wind system erupted rapidly, rising quickly to above the clouds at an altitude of three thousand meters. Through the gaps in the dark clouds, he strained his eyes to look down.

"..."

The already somewhat awkward situation for the Curcuma worm king became even more awkward.

"King of Curcuma! It's been a long time!"

Jin waved his forelegs and greeted him warmly, asking curiously, "Did you come here specifically to wait for me?"

"Yes……"

The Eshu Insect King explained vaguely, "Jin, it's not that I don't want you to participate in the excavation of the ruins, it's mainly because the Sumeru Insect King feels that it has grasped the essence of the alien civilization's characters and understood the distribution patterns of the alien ruins, so..."

"I know!"

"I knew it!"

Jin asked, "Did you find any ruins?"

"..."

The King of Curcuma Insects was embarrassed again and said dejectedly, "If I had already dug it up, would I have needed to sneak around to find you in the middle of the night?"

"The current situation is that a year and a half has passed, and in the blink of an eye it may be two years. It looks like two years of work will be wasted. The participating lord-level warriors are gradually becoming dissatisfied. They dare not criticize the Sumeru Insect King, so they have started to shift the blame onto me."

"How can you blame the King of the Eshu Insects for this...?"

Jin said indignantly, "It must be because the relics of the alien civilization have been excavated to the last drop, that's why we can't find them."

"..."

The King of the Curcuma Insects was speechless, unsure how to respond. He tilted his head, thought for a couple of seconds, and said:
"There are definitely still ruins, but there are too many forks in the road, and we don't know which way to go. During the excavation, we found some metal signs that are placed on the road to indicate the destination, but we were really unlucky and didn't find the standard characters that indicate the existence of a level 0 ruin."

Jin immediately chimed in, "That's just bad luck; the key characters rotted and were damaged. You can't blame yourself, King Eshu Insect, for that."

"..."

The King of Eshu Insects choked for a moment, then quickened his pace and said truthfully, "The main problem is that my understanding of the characters of the alien civilization is not deep enough. So, I came to you to ask for your help in analyzing them."

"Oh--"

"no problem!"

Jin readily agreed and said sincerely, "King of the Eshu Insects, as you know, my life sac has mutated and can only nurture one life seed. I have no life seed to rely on, which is why I came to Ivory Island and have been working hard all over the country to make a living. I mainly rely on my brain to make a living, so anything that requires using my brain must have a profit to be made."

"That's how it should be..."

The King of Eshu Insects said with difficulty, "Now, the excavation team is under the control of the King of Sumeru Insects, and the income share has already been distributed. Moreover, everyone has been busy for so long without any harvest, so I can't let you get a share."

"no problem!"

Jin said, "Then we can try a different approach. I'll charge a consultation fee. We can charge by the number of characters, or by the number of information entries composed of strings of characters."

"If we charge by the number of characters, we'll charge 10 raw crystals per character..."

As Jin spoke, he paused to observe the reaction of the Curcuma worm king, and saw that the other party did not show any resistance.

He immediately realized that the old bug must have gotten carried away after excavating two ruins and started bragging. He had gone too far and once again put himself in an embarrassing position.

Jin Xintou felt more confident and continued to quote, "If the price is based on the number of information entries in a string, 50 raw crystals are needed for each character message."

"..."

The King of Curcuma Insects asked, "Little Purple Hair, you're clever. Can you help me think of a way to get everyone to contribute to this 'consulting fee'?"

Jin said earnestly, "The most important thing in teamwork is mutual trust and openness. King Eshu, there's no other way but to explain the situation to everyone and ask for their opinions."

—If I could explain the situation clearly, would I need to sneak out to see you late at night?

—I've kept this from even my own clan. Do you think it's appropriate to talk about it publicly?
The turmeric cricket said angrily, "Then let's talk about the price first, Purple Hair, make it cheaper!"

Jin said with difficulty, "It's already the cheapest it can be, it can't be any cheaper. If it's any cheaper, I might as well assemble my own excavation team, dig it myself, it won't take me much time, and I'll be my own boss, I'll definitely reap more rewards."

Upon hearing this, the King of the Curcuma Insects immediately panicked.

If the little spiders were allowed to form their own team, dig for food, and then find something, that would be a huge problem. If word got out, they wouldn't be able to stay on Ivory Island anymore.

"You're doing well in trading, aren't you? Then focus on doing it well, young spider. You need to concentrate on what you're doing and not be distracted..."

The King of Curcuma Insects forced a reprimand in the tone of a senior insect, but lacking confidence, he paused for two seconds before asking, "Little spider, if the quantity is large, shouldn't there be a discount?"

"That depends on the quantity..."

Jin's mind raced, and he said, "How about this, King of Eshu Insects, you choose the second pricing model. If three consecutive character messages turn out to be useless information, then I'll give you one for free, how about that?"

After pondering for a moment, the King of Eshu Insects said, "If three consecutive character messages turn out to be useless information, you will have to help me parse all the information until you find the useful information."

"Little Purple Hair, do the math. Three pieces of information equal 150 Primal Crystals. How many Primal Crystals did you get from the previous two ruins? Right?"

"no!"

Jin flatly denied it, saying, "You might also find something good and become rich overnight. However, even if you do find something good, I won't get a share."

Jin then offered to back down, saying, "Of course, the chances of getting rich overnight like at the Cyathea Mountain Ruins aren't very high. How about this: if three consecutive strings of information turn out to be useless, I'll help you analyze two strings for free—buy three, get two free, how about that?"

"Hiss~"

"Hiss~"

"Hiss~"

This price is still not cheap.
The king of the curcuma insects raised its claws and vigorously pried at its antennae, silently calculating and hesitating for a long time before finally agreeing, "We can try it first..."

(End of this chapter)