Astral Gods

Chapter 147 The Divinely Gifted Seed of Lightning

As Zishan flew, she scanned the area with her mental energy. After scanning the area four or five times, she finally caught a faint fluctuation of lightning-type primal energy.

Upon approaching that area, the yew didn't even dare to fly. Instead, it landed on a rock and used its six legs to climb up the mountainside.

Its gaze and mental focus were firmly fixed on a small tree on the mountainside, which was only a little over a meter tall.

After climbing only a dozen or so steps, it arrived at the tree bearing small, green fruits.

It stood on the cliff, looking down at the small tree, which grew in front of a small pit on the cliff. The tree was only as thick as a lychee, with green leaves and serrated edges, and some tiny thorns on its branches.

A dozen or so fruits were scattered on the tree. The fruits were only the size of soybeans, round in shape, with a greenish surface and some white spots.

With a slight shift in her thinking, Zishan searched through her inherited memories and found information about this plant.

What appeared before it was a hawthorn tree. Hawthorn trees are small trees or shrubs, depending on the variety.

In front of it is a broad-leaved thorny hawthorn tree. This variety can be classified as a small tree. Ordinary broad-leaved thorny hawthorn trees can grow to five or six meters tall, which is not far from being a medium-sized tree.

However, these fruits are not growing well at present, and they all look somewhat shaky, as if they are about to fall.

In fact, it wasn't just the fruit; even the tips of the leaves on this little tree were slightly yellow, looking like it was malnourished.

Zishan believed that if it continued to grow in this way, within two or three months, either the sapling would die, or all the fruits on the tree would fall off when they were only half-ripe.

The reason why these fruits and leaves are in this state is not only due to the lack of soil on this cliff, but also largely due to the fruit on the tree that emits a faint fluctuation of lightning-type primal force.

Upon seeing the hawthorn tree, the yew tree was overjoyed. It never expected that it could actually find a divinely bestowed seed in this canyon, and a small tree at that.

In terms of quality and yield of divinely bestowed seeds, the broad-leaved small-thorned hawthorn is slightly better than the purple-flowered trumpet tree, which makes it no wonder that the hawthorn is delighted.

However, it then had some doubts. It was only March, and under normal circumstances, hawthorn trees would not flower and bear fruit until May. But judging from the current growth of this hawthorn tree, it was clearly two or three months earlier than the normal flowering and fruiting time.

However, it quickly realized that the temperature inside the canyon was much higher than outside due to the presence of hot spring lakes, causing many trees to bloom earlier. It was normal for hawthorn trees to bloom earlier under the high temperature.

Then it had a second question: if the seeds of the broad-leaved hawthorn tree were to be nurtured into life seeds, they would primarily enhance fire-type attack capabilities, making them a relatively popular Force food among insectoid warriors who had awakened fire-type talents.

It had heard the Lord of Zehui Mountain say that some divinely bestowed seeds could mutate, and the mutations could be good or bad.

Positive mutations can enhance the quality of Divine Plant Seeds and increase the fruit's strengthening effect.

For example, an ordinary elemental ability enhancement effect may suddenly become an elemental affinity enhancement effect, or even directly transform into a quality that surpasses the normal quality of a divinely bestowed seed, reaching the super grade or even the divine grade after mutation.

There are also negative outcomes. Seeds of God, which are bred by racial warriors or born from accidental mutations in the wild, may originally be enhanced in terms of strength or vitality. However, after mutation, the fruit they produce may end up being a mediocre enhancement of the seven elemental primal energies. This is considered a mutation that goes in a negative direction.

Of course, this so-called difference refers to the perspective of the Zerg warriors. For the plant itself, as long as the seed can take root and sprout, there is naturally no difference.

The current broad-leaved small-fruited hawthorn divine seed has changed from having its original fire-type attack ability enhanced to having its lightning element enhancement, and it doesn't know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.

However, lightning-type attacks have a wider range of applications, so it should be strengthened in a positive direction.

Immediately, before it could think too much, it turned into deep worry. Nurturing a divinely bestowed seed was a very demanding thing for the mother plant. This hawthorn tree was only a little over a meter tall, and strictly speaking, it could only be considered a sapling. It was still a long way from becoming a mature hawthorn tree.

Moreover, the pit in which it grows is less than two meters in diameter, surrounded by rock walls, and the nutrients in the soil are limited. It is very afraid that the divinely bestowed seed will perish halfway.

Looking at the hawthorns hanging precariously on the tree, Yew frowned.

With a slight shift of its mental will, the iron plates that were originally fixed to its middle leg and attached to its six limbs like fish scales, under its mental control, quickly shaved off many fruits from the tree, leaving only one fruit that radiated primal force fluctuations.

That wasn't enough. The yew flew down to the bottom of the canyon, its huge horns drooping slightly, and directly cut off the weeds on the surface of the soil, turning over the thick humus.

Once the soil it turned over accumulated to a certain amount, it used its horns to lift up a large pile of soil and then sped to the tree that nurtured the divinely bestowed hawthorn seed, spreading the nutrient-rich humus on its roots.

Under normal circumstances, over time, the nutrients in the humus will gradually seep into the soil around the hawthorn tree roots, increasing the overall nutrients in the soil.

However, the yew tree can't wait that long. If it really takes until the nutrients in the humus gradually seep into the soil under the hawthorn tree, the daylily will be too late. Other methods will be needed to increase the nutrients under the hawthorn tree later.

Zishan looked at the hawthorn tree, then at the sky. It had come early in the morning and spent a lot of time searching for the divine seed in the canyon. Now it was getting dark.

As is customary, the Zerg warriors must return at night to report that they are safe. If it doesn't return, Lord Purple Plum will come down to look for it.

Although Lord Zili has a strong spiritual will and will eventually find this place, it's better to go up and meet up with it to avoid wasting time.

The hawthorn seed, bestowed by the gods, has been growing here for so long; leaving it for just a short while shouldn't cause any major problems.

The yew flapped its wings and soared straight up from the bottom of the cliff. It did not need to search for the divine seed on its way back to the surface of the canyon, so it was very fast and only took two or three minutes to fly to the top of the canyon.

Taking advantage of the beginning of the hazy dawn, it checked its surroundings and then flew south along the canyon. After another ten minutes or so, it returned to the tree guarded by Lord Qingmang and Lord Qingyu Mountain, where the divinely bestowed seed of the Purple-flowered Windbell Tree was being nurtured.

As Zishan approached Lord Qingmang, Lord Zili, and Lord Qingyu, he greeted them.

Seeing the yew tree return, Lord Purple Plum and the others breathed a small sigh of relief.

Lord Zili said with a hint of reproach, "Why are you so late? If you hadn't come back soon, I would have gone down to look for you."

Zishan calmly said, "There's been a slight problem."

Upon hearing Zishan's words, Lord Zili and the others felt a slight pang of anxiety. Lord Zili eagerly inquired, "What happened? What happened down there? Were you alright?"

The yew tree swayed its antennae: "No."

Lord Zili breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that no one was hurt."

Zishan asked, "Lord Qingmang, Lord Zili, are you aware that there is a rather large area below the canyon?"

"A hot spring lake?"

Lord Qingmang chuckled lightly, "We naturally know about that hot spring lake, but the hot spring is filled with various sulfurous gases that are harmful to our Zerg warriors, so we abandoned this canyon directly."

Over the years, no Zerg warriors have said they intend to settle there; otherwise, given the size of the canyon, it could easily support one or two small tribes.

Lord Zili chimed in, "Yes, because of the hot springs in the center of the canyon, the temperature is always above 20 degrees Celsius."

If the environment weren't so harsh, it would have been occupied by our Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors long ago as a territory for training tribal warriors, instead of remaining abandoned for so many years.

"Zishan, why are you suddenly bringing up the hot springs in this canyon? Have you made some discovery?"

"Yes." Zishan didn't hide anything and frankly admitted, "I found a hawthorn tree on the cliff of the canyon that is nurturing a divinely bestowed seed, and I came back specifically to tell you this news."

"A seed given by God?"

"Another divinely ordained seed?"

Upon hearing Zishan's words, not only Lord Zili, but also Lord Qingmang and Lord Qingyu were extremely surprised.

Lord Zili exclaimed excitedly, "Really? Zishan, you're not kidding, are you?"

Yew swayed its antennae: "How could I joke about something like this? The divinely bestowed seed of that hawthorn tree has already borne fruit, and it's currently about the same size as the divinely bestowed seed of the purple trumpet tree. However, the situation of the divinely bestowed seed of the hawthorn tree is a bit complicated, so I came up to inform you."

Lord Purple Plum also realized that there was a problem with the question she had just asked. No insect would joke about such an important matter; it was just subconsciously trying to confirm it.

"Let's go, let's go!" Lord Purple Plum flapped his wings impatiently. "I'll go down and take a look with you."

Under normal circumstances, once a divinely bestowed seed has been born in a place, it is very difficult to find a second divinely bestowed seed in the same area.

"I'll go with you to take a look too." Lord Qingmang also spoke up, instructing Lord Qingyu Mountain, "The discovery of a divinely bestowed seed is no small matter. You stay here and guard it, I'll go and take a look."

"Alright." Lord Qingyu Mountain also wanted to see the hawthorn divine seed, but compared to his own purple trumpet tree divine seed, guarding his own divine seed was more important.

The three insects, disregarding the darkness, flew together into the depths of the canyon, led by the yew tree.

Before long, they landed in front of the tree that nurtured the divinely bestowed hawthorn seed.

Upon seeing the lightning-based elemental energy emanating from the Hawthorn God-given Seed fruit, Lord Qingmang was somewhat puzzled: "I remember that the enhancement effect of the Broad-leaved Small-thorned Hawthorn is to enhance fire-based attack abilities, so why is this fruit emitting lightning-based elemental energy?"

Lord Purple Plum was also somewhat puzzled: "Could it be a mutation? Or a new variety?"

But then it added, "Who cares? As long as it's a seed given by God, that's fine."

Lord Zili was overjoyed at this moment, and even wanted to burst into laughter.

The tribe thought that harvesting one Purple Trumpet Tree seed this year was already a great harvest, but they never expected to find another divinely bestowed seed that was no less valuable than the Purple Trumpet Tree. This made them extremely happy.

At this moment, it couldn't help but recall what the Green Bamboo Armor King had said after it discovered the special nature of the yew's life sac.

King Qingzhu once said that it might not be possible for eight or nine hundred divinely bestowed seeds to be born on Xiangjiao Island within a hundred years.

The yew's life sac can nurture divine seeds, stably occupying a share of 54 divine seeds. If the tribe's insect warriors can find 25 or 26 divine seeds within a hundred years, then combined with the yew's divine seeds, it would be equivalent to obtaining one-tenth of the divine seeds produced by Banana Island within a hundred years!

Leaving aside the divinely bestowed seeds nurtured by the yew, in the more than ten years since the yew was born, the Rhinoceros Beetle tribe has successively obtained four or five divinely bestowed seeds, including Cymbidium goeringii, Cymbidium lancifolium, Arisaema heterophyllum, and Cherry rubra.

In addition to the licorice and dahlias obtained on Sang Island, the three divinely bestowed seeds of Nephrolepis cordifolia, and the now discovered divinely bestowed seeds of Tabebuia purpurea and hawthorn, the total number of divinely bestowed seeds found has exceeded eight.

This was discovered in just over a decade; if we consider a century, there are still over 80 years before the deadline.

It refused to believe that it could obtain so many divinely bestowed seeds in just over a decade, yet not even a dozen or so divinely bestowed seeds could be found in the next 80 years.

It even thought that if Sang Island were developed, the number of divinely bestowed seeds that its Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe would receive in the future should not be limited to just twenty-five or twenty-six.

If the number of divinely bestowed seeds nurtured in the yew sac is added up, reaching a hundred divinely bestowed seeds is not an unrealistic goal.

At this moment, having obtained two more divine seeds in succession, Lord Zili's expectations and ambitions have increased even further.

It's just that there are 20 more God-given Seeds than originally expected. With an average of one God-given Seed every two years, given the vast area of ​​Sang Island, this doesn't seem like a pipe dream.

"Purple Plum." After scanning the hawthorn tree that was nurturing the divine seed with his spiritual sense several times, the Azure Mang Lord's expression turned quite serious: "Don't be too happy yet, this divine seed is in big trouble now."

Lord Zili was slightly taken aback: "What trouble?"

Lord Qingmang raised his paw and pointed to the soil beneath the hawthorn tree: "This hawthorn tree grows on a cliff, the amount of soil in the pit is limited, and it is currently only a seedling. Moreover, it is in this sunless valley, where there is insufficient light and soil nutrients. This divinely bestowed seed is in danger of dying!"

Upon hearing Lord Qingmang's words, Lord Zili was greatly alarmed.

It scanned the area with its mental energy and found that the situation was indeed as Lord Qingmang had said, causing its heart to pound wildly.

This is a divinely bestowed seed. If it were to perish for this reason, the entire Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe would be so angry that they wouldn't be able to sleep.

The yew tree beside it slowly moved its antennae: "The unexpected situation I mentioned earlier is the reason Lord Azure Mang spoke of!"

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