Dawn Spider

Ivory Island, Blue Shark Harbour
After the merchant ships bound for the southern continent departed, the trading square gradually cooled down, and this year's trading was drawing to a close.

Shanglu Securities Center has completely ceased operations, but according to regulations, it must remain open until March 1st before closing.

Tianlan stood alone behind the counter.

On the second floor, in a private room reserved for entertaining important clients, Yin methodically used the divinely bestowed food, digesting and absorbing it at a leisurely pace.

Silver receives an annual salary of 6, Black Oak Divine Seeds produce over 4, and Blood Camphor Divine Seeds produce over 7. According to the agreement, the output of Blood Camphor Divine Seeds belongs to Gold, but now that things have developed to this point, Gold doesn't care about the meager profits from Blood Camphor Divine Seeds at all, and Silver has unceremoniously taken them all.

All things considered, Yin has a stable annual income of 18 yuan, and with bonuses, her annual income is nearly 20 yuan.

To conduct business in Ivory Island, you need to have the strength.

Yin eats as much as he earns. After finishing all the work each year, the first thing he does is to quickly use up the previous year's profits.

……

The spiritual energy of their conversation could be heard coming from downstairs.

"Sky Blue? Are you guarding the shop by yourself?"

"Lord of the Locust Tree! Lord of the Ficus Tree!"

"Where is Boss Jin?"

"Where's Dafeng? Where's Boss Yin Er?"

"Boss Jin broke through to become a Mountain Lord this year and stayed on Silk Sunflower Mountain..."

"..."

Yin jumped up in shock as she listened to the conversation.

Lord Kehuai evolved to the 9th age with a loan seven years ago. If he comes to us now, it's most likely to discuss the second round of loans, as he's aiming to break through to the Insect King stage.

Yin ran downstairs quickly.

"Lord Ke Huai!"

"Lord of the Water Banyan Tree!"

"..."

After a warm greeting, Yin led the two lords upstairs to a private room for discussion.

Yin asked indirectly, "Lord Water Banyan, if I remember correctly, you will evolve into the 7th age in three years, right?"

"Yes."

Lord Shuirong replied, "I have nothing to do in my territory, so I'm accompanying Lord Kehuai on this trip."

Lord Kehuai stated frankly, "I have evolved to the 9th instar and am fully prepared. I plan to break through to the Insect King level next January. I came a year in advance to inform you and arrange the loan in advance."

"no problem!"

Yin readily agreed and asked, "Lord Ke Huai, how much do you need to borrow?"

"600."

Lord Kehuai explained, "Silver, as you should know, excavating ruins yields almost zero results, so the resources needed for evolution are quite lacking."

"Not much, not much, it's alright."

Silver asked, "When exactly will it evolve next year? It will require the Force Convergence Shield for assistance, right?"

Lord Kehuai replied, "March 1st next year. I will ask the King of the Curcuma Insect and the King of the Stone Insect to borrow one Force Convergence Shield each from the Great Poison Armor Tribe and the Comb Horned Longhorn Beetle Tribe. I and the Kehuai God-Given Seed will each use one."

"Did you manage to retract the shield using the Force? Then we can rest assured."

Yin Xin understood their intention in coming a year in advance, and proactively suggested, "The Shanglu Mall has abundant divine resources in reserve. Lord Ke Huai, you can take out a loan this year to purchase and use some of them. That way, you won't need to rush to prepare next spring."

“That’s fine. We can sign the loan agreement now, and I’ll set the loan period for you as January 1st of next year. Subsequent repayments will also start from January 1st of next year.”

"You want a loan of 600 million? I'll give you the credit vouchers and currency. This year, you can purchase 300 million worth of resources from Shanglu Mall."

Lord Ke Huai could not hide his joy and said politely, "Then I'll have to trouble Boss Yin Er."

"You're welcome."

Yin took a spider silk bag off his back, opened it, and inside were stacks of loan contracts in four different denominations: 6, 12, 24, and 48.

Then I took off another spider silk bag, carefully opened it, and inside were 20-centimeter-long strands of blue-purple spider silk.

The names and dates on the loan agreement are blank.

Silver manipulated blue-purple spider silk to embroider the name 'Lord Kehuai' and the loan date in the blank space.

Lord Ke Huai and Lord Shui Rong were stunned.

"Yin, this is..."

"This is the solution that Fourth Brother came up with. That way, when Tianlan and I are dealing with loan business, we won't have to go through the trouble of going to it."

"Well, we should still inform Jin about the loan, shouldn't we?"

"No need. I'll take full responsibility for the loan business. Just keep good records and report to Fourth Brother at the end of the year."

"Boss Jin trusts you a lot."

"That's for sure. In a few years, I'll be in charge of all the business on Ivory Island and the two islands of Saluo."

"What about Boss Jin?"

"It went to the southern continent to develop trade."

"Boss Jin just evolved into a Mountain Lord, right? Has he mastered any powerful abilities yet?"

"That's a must..."

"..."

Yin was multitasking, chatting with Lord Ke Huai and Lord Shui Rong on one hand, and manipulating the spider silk to 'sign' and mark the date on the other.

Soon, the loan agreement for 600 million was signed.

Yin then led the two lords to the neighboring Shanglu shop, where he invited Shanlan and Hongya to select 300 million worth of divinely bestowed primal force food to raise 300 million worth of credit currency.

A large loan was secured.

Yin happily made a record in the 'Lord Ke Huai' column of the ledger.

...

...

The temperature in April is getting hotter and hotter.

Silk Sunflower Mountain. At the foot of the mound where the divinely bestowed seed of pokeweed takes root in Plot 01 on the south side, a transparent shield with a radius of 30 meters is cast from the meditation cushion.

Inside the protective shield,
Jin lay prone beneath the mound, meditating in a light sleep to enhance his spatial abilities.

Outside the protective shield,
Under the blazing sun, copper-headed warrior lunged forward and backward, dodging left and right, leaping and shifting, repeatedly practicing the eight sets of combat moves passed down through the Flame Spider tribe, daring not to slacken in the slightest.

Copper also tried to slack off.
But every time he stopped moving, Jin immediately noticed and woke up inside the shield, rushing out of the shield and giving him a fierce scolding.

I tried it a few times, but I never dared to do it again.

"copper……"

The call of taro came from afar.

"Oops~"

"Taro wants to see me about something important. I'll go over and ask what it is."

Tong finished speaking in a flash and then ran away.

"..."

Jin awoke from his meditation and began to scan the area with his mental energy. Taro's mental energy immediately transmitted to him.
"Jin, the seed bestowed by the God of the High-pitched Rain Flower has given birth to a soul consciousness."

"Oh?"

Jin was slightly surprised. With a thought, he removed the Force Barrier, put away the meditation cushion, and his figure flashed, directly arriving at the swamp where the Tall Rain Flower was rooted.

The tree, which is a transformation of herbaceous plants, is somewhat similar to the pokeweed seed that was given by God. Its height seems to be stuck at just over 6 meters and has not grown any further. Moreover, it is already April and there is no sign of flowering or bearing fruit.

Jin scanned the area with his mental energy and found an extremely faint fluctuation of mental energy, indicating that the soul consciousness had indeed awakened.

Please wait a moment.

Taro and Copper arrived.

"Yeah~"

"Click~"

Copper cheered and ran towards the center of the swamp, muttering to itself as it began to communicate with the divinely bestowed seed of the tall, rain-soaked flower.

Taro stood to the side, watched for a while, then wriggled its roots and approached, introducing itself: "Hello, Tall Ting Yu Jiu Hua. My name is Taro."

"****"

"I am a divinely bestowed evil spirit, mutated from a seed of the Calla Lily God, a most unique life form. I nurtured these bean soldiers using the abilities granted by the Wood King's Heart Armor..."

"****"

Taro and copper can both be exchanged with the seeds bestowed by the God of the Tall Tree Rain Long Flower.

But the other party seemed somewhat averse to taro and bean soldiers.

They exchanged a few words.
Taro hurriedly led the three Bean Soldiers, who were originally assigned to guard the safety, out of the swamp.

Tong then traveled far and wide, collecting samples of plants and animals, and began to teach Gao Ting, Yu Jiuhua, the divinely bestowed seed, to recognize things.

After working enthusiastically for a while, he retrieved the raw stone and replenished its primal energy.

Finally, he ran up to Jin.

“Jin, for a long time to come, I will need to take care of the Gao Ting Yu Jiu Flower Goddess's Gift Seed and impart knowledge to it…”

"Ah."

Jin could tell that this guy wasn't cut out for combat, so he advised, "The newly awakened soul consciousness is still very fragile, so don't let each communication session last too long."

"I see!"

Copper agreed.

"You should go and rest first."

Jin decided to ignore it and vanished in a flash.

Return to plot 01 and focus on meditation.

Each time the meditation cushion is opened and closed, it wastes a significant amount of primal energy. Jin always meditates continuously for five days after using it, then rests for two days. During the rest period, he primarily practices the Rift-Void Purple Lightning repeatedly, while also engaging in some physical conditioning.

time flies,
June,

The copper molts and evolves once.

7-year-old beginner warrior.

July,

One day, Copper ran up to Gold with great joy and spat out a brownish-red seed to show it to Gold.

Gao Tingyu Jiuhua, the seed bestowed by the Goddess, also learned to gather all her energy and return to her seed form.

September,

Copper, carrying the seed of the Tall-stemmed Rain Flower God, which had transformed into a seed, molted and evolved into an 8-year-old beginner warrior.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, it can be further enhanced.

Reseeding, combined with its growth capacity, the tall stalked jasmine, blessed by the gods, seemed to have broken free of some kind of shackles, and its height finally exceeded 7 meters.

It grew slowly, steadily, and gradually reached a height of 8 meters.

Jin completed the absorption of the primal force of 400 primal crystals at the first age as planned, and began to practice the ability of the Void-Splitting Purple Lightning.

December,
Copper, once again carrying the seed-shaped Tall Sprout Rain Flower God-given Seed, broke through to evolve into a 9-year-old beginner warrior.

Reseeding, and with the help of its growth capacity, the tree gradually grew to over 10 meters tall, beginning to resemble a large tree.

at the same time,

The golden vine, blessed by the gods, has sprouted flower spikes once again.

With the aid of a meditation cushion featuring a frost effect, the flowers bloom for half a month, then wither and bear fruit, quickly completing the first fruit enlargement.

...

January 1, 28th year of Shanglu
The Lord of Sikui Mountain made thorough preparations.

According to the plan, it will undergo a period of dormant evolution and eventually break through to the Lord level.

The Lord of Red Cone Mountain arrived as promised, bringing with him a meditation cushion with fire-type effects, to help out at Silk Sunflower Mountain.

Taro, banana, and copper guard the cave.

The Lord of Red Cone Mountain and Jin traveled to the east coast to hunt common flame spiders both on and below the mountain. (End of Chapter)