Dawn Spider

Chapter 74 Profits and Losses are the Responsibility of Oneself
It was late at night, and the bright moon hung high in the sky.

South of Sikui Mountain

Beneath the mound where the Silver-born Wisdom Seed, nurtured during its sixth-instar early warrior stage, took root, chunks of cut meat were piled up like a mountain. The Silk Sunflower Mountain Lord simultaneously manipulated two spider silks, busily distributing food to the ordinary Flame Spiders queuing up.

The rules of Silk Sunflower Mountain have been modified. Ordinary, underage Flame Spiders are now lined up in a separate queue, and Silver, an equally underage Flame Spider Warrior, is in charge of distributing them.

An old man and a young boy were busy.

Suddenly, a powerful and robust spiritual force surged forth.

"Master Sikui!"

"silver!"

"Master Sikui!"

"silver!"

"..."

Who? Master Sikui asked in confusion, sensing a completely unfamiliar spiritual force.

"Lord of the Western Snake!"

Yin was confused for a moment, then realized what was happening and jumped up, shouting, "Lord West Serpent is here!"

"The Western Serpent Lord came along too?"

The mountain lord immediately guessed that he must be here to see the equipment on the mountain that processes food made with divine power. He quickly called out, "Yin, let's go up the mountain. We can't be slow."

Then, rubbing its chelicerae, it made a sound: "Those who haven't received food, line up and take it yourselves. Don't take too much. I'm leaving for a bit to check up the mountain. My mental energy is constantly monitoring this area. Anyone who dares to take more will be dealt with later."

Having finished his instructions, he loaded up the silver and sped off.

...

Beneath the mound where the divinely bestowed seeds of pokeweed take root.

On the West Serpent Lord's back armor, large spider silk bags filled with raw stones were piled up in layers, resembling a moving small mountain.

One bag of 1000 rough stones.

Fifteen bags were also laid out on the back of the Red Cone Mountain Lord, while Jin and Taro stood on bags filled with raw stones and spider silk.

Jin led Taro to the ground first, pointed to the small hill of raw stones and said, "Lord West Serpent, just put the raw stones here. Be careful not to crush the mound next to it, Taro's private property is buried there."

"..."

Lord West Serpent was puzzled, but did not ask immediately. The binding spider silk ropes were unlocked, and the spider silk bags floated down, landing lightly and neatly stacked.

The Lord of Red Cone Mountain, after unloading the goods, felt a sense of relief and sighed, "Finally finished! I'm exhausted. Jin, next time there's something like this, please don't call me."

"Not anymore."

Kim answered.

"Whoosh~ La la la~"

The taro wriggled and ran with its four tentacles toward the mound where it had buried the raw stone and wooden beads, intently checking its 'treasure'.

"..."

Lord West Serpent glanced at it twice, then turned his gaze to the Divine Seed of the Pokeweed and asked in doubt, "Jin, is this a wild Divine Seed?"

"Yes."

"yours?"

"It was given to me by the Lord of Sikui Mountain."

"What kind of tree? It's mutated too? I don't recognize it at all!"

"The seed of pokeweed, a gift from the gods, was originally a herbaceous seed, but it evolved into a small tree, though it shouldn't be considered a mutation..."

Jin paused abruptly, then said briefly, "This is a divinely bestowed seed, similar to the Golden Leaf Vine and the Golden Rain Tree. It possesses powerful alien energy, and natural energy is insufficient to support its normal growth and evolution; it requires Primal Stones to replenish it. Without using growth abilities to accelerate growth, it needs approximately 100 Primal Stones per day. With growth abilities to accelerate growth, it needs approximately 150 Primal Stones per day."

"Understood……"

Lord West Serpent said, "So you simply piled all the raw stones next to it?"

Yes. It's convenient to use.

Jin tentatively asked, "Lord West Serpent, would you like to invest in the Divine Seed of Pokeweed again?"

"Forget it. A wild, divinely bestowed seed. Want to eat its fruit? You're a long way off."

Lord West Serpent refused outright, but his tone softened slightly as he said, "Let's see what kind of flowers the Golden Leaf Vine blooms and what kind of fruit it bears first."

Jin himself had no idea about the divinely bestowed seed of the pokeweed, so he didn't want to force it and said, "Alright. When the Golden Leaf Vine breaks through to the intermediate level of evolution, we'll see some clues..."

was saying,

The Lord of Silk Sunflower Mountain arrived at breakneck speed, carrying silver.

"Lord West Serpent, this is my and Silver's elder, Lord Sikui Mountain."

"Greetings, Lord West Serpent!" Lord Silk Sunflower greeted.

"Greetings, Lord West Serpent!"

Yin greeted them warmly, asking with surprise and hope, "How come there are so many more raw stones? Lord West Serpent, are they a gift for me and my fourth brother?"

"no!"

Lord West Serpent denied it.

Yin immediately turned around and stared at Jin with a questioning look.

Jin explained simply: "The Lord of the West Serpent is very curious about and optimistic about rare and special divinely bestowed seeds such as the Golden Leaf Vine, the Golden Rain Tree, and the Divinely Bestowed Seed of Pokeweed. He spent 5 raw stones to buy out the first fruit produced by the Golden Leaf Vine."

"5 million!"

"Click! Click! Click!"

Silver gasped softly, secretly pleased.

"Forehead……"

The Lord of Silk Sunflower Mountain asked with concern, "You collected the raw stones ahead of time? What if the fruit produced isn't worth 5?"

Jin said, "Venture capital is all about taking responsibility for your own profits and losses."

"Venture capital?"

Lord Sikui glared fiercely at Jin.

You've got the nerve to set your sights on a lord who's destined to become the Spider King? Aren't you afraid he'll breathe fire and kill you?!
Lord Sikui Mountain said politely without saying much, "It's really kind of Lord Xishe to personally deliver the raw stones. That little guy Jin is really too inconsiderate."

"It's on my way."

Lord West Serpent waved his paw indifferently and said, "I came to take a look at that equipment for processing Force food."

Lord West Serpent added, "In the ruins, it was I who suggested that the two brave little warriors, Gold and Silver, each choose a treasure as a reward for participating in the battle."

Brave little warriors? Lord Silk Sunflower's spider leg twitched, and she said politely, "Thank you for your help regarding the matter on Ivory Island last time, Lord West Serpent. It's been hard on you taking care of those two little ones, Gold and Silver. If they were running around with that Red Cone guy, the consequences would be unimaginable..."

Lord West Serpent said lightly, "Just going along with it. Sikui, you don't need to be so polite."

"I sincerely thank you."

The mountain lord of Sikui Mountain made a final polite remark, saying, "The equipment is located in Jin's cave in the north of the mountain. Let's go up the mountain."

The Western Serpent Lord raised his paw and pointed at the Divine Seed of the Pokeweed, saying, "Let's take another look."

Taro quickly tallied its wealth, confirming that not a single raw stone or wooden bead was missing. Happily, it pulled its roots out of the ground and ran towards the mound. Swish, swish, swish, its growth ability surged continuously, only to be absorbed by the divinely bestowed seed of pokeweed in an instant.

Seeing this, Jin and Yin quickly ran over to help, took the raw stone, and rapidly scraped it to replenish the original power of the pokeweed seed bestowed by the gods.

When there were 150 seeds, the pokeweed seeds showed signs of saturation, and the gold and silver stopped.

"An incredible tree!"

"An incredible tree!"

Lord West Serpent looked solemnly at Lord Silk Sunflower and asked, "Did you dig up this divinely bestowed pokeweed seed from the wild?"

"Yes."

Lord Sikui pointed with his paw and said, "I discovered it by chance on a small island when I was out hunting at sea."

Lord West Serpent asked, "Given to Jin? Why?"

The Lord of Sikui Mountain was stunned. After thinking for several seconds, he said, "First of all, Jin's life sac has mutated and can only nurture one life seed. So I thought I would give this wild divinely bestowed seed to it for cultivation."

Lord Sikui paused, observing Lord Xishe's reaction, and said, "My primal talent is extremely high, and I am exceptionally sensitive to primal energy. In addition to my lightning talent, my golden body has also mutated an extremely special primal energy. It is very weak and difficult to detect, but I can sense it."

"This wild pokeweed seed, a gift from the gods, also possesses an unfamiliar primal energy attribute. I feel that it seems to belong to the same type as the special primal energy on the golden body, although they appear quite different on the surface."

The Western Serpent Lord revealed an expression of certainty and then asked, "When Jin was a regular Flame Spider, did he come into contact with this Divine Seed of Shanglu?"

The Lord of Sikui Mountain said, "I originally kept a fruit, intending to taste it after it ripened to see what type of primal energy it was. I heard that it was ruined by Jin, and I guess that the special primal energy on Jin's body came from that. No need to ask, I secretly ate it."

As expected! Without asking any further questions, Lord West Serpent said, "Let's go up the mountain and check out the equipment."

"..."

Jin listened to the conversation, feeling a surge of surprise mixed with secret delight.

It turns out that the Lord of Sikui Mountain had already sensed the spatial energy within him!
However, they clearly do not recognize this power.

What's even more ingenious is that they filled in the gaps themselves, finding a plausible explanation for their spatial talents.

Just as Jin was about to ask a probing question, the Lord of Red Cone Mountain interrupted, "Lord of the West Serpent, what kind of special primal energy?"

Lord West Serpent said, "It's not clear for now. Jin's evolution level is too low right now, and this power is still too weak. Perhaps it will manifest when it evolves to the Mountain Lord level. We'll know once we test it."

"That's right! That's what I think too. Let's ignore it for now."

Master Sikui called out, "Let's go up the mountain."

(End of this chapter)