Astral Gods

Chapter 148: Sowing into Wild, God-Given Seeds?

Lord Purple Plum said somewhat urgently, "Then we must quickly increase the soil fertility, find a way to increase the amount of sunlight it receives, and replenish its primal energy."

Lord Qingmang: "These things naturally need to be done. Zishan will go back to the tribal territory to fetch some raw stones and swamp water to fertilize the hawthorn trees."

"At the same time, Zi Li, please invite the Lords of Willow Catkin Mountain, Black Date Mountain, and Flax Mountain, as well as other insectoid warriors with wood-type support abilities, to come and strengthen the hawthorn tree that is nurturing the divine seed."

"good!"

Both insects responded at the same time.

Then, Zishan asked somewhat nervously, "Lord Qingmang, will you be responsible for guarding the divinely bestowed seed here?"

Lord Qingmang calmly said, "I will stay here for now. To prevent any accidents, Zili, when you return to your tribal territory, send a few more mountain lord-level warriors with you."

"Understood!" Lord Zili's expression also became solemn. Their tribe already lacked high-end combat power, and now that most of them had been sent to the Thousand Star Islands, the number of insectoid warriors above the Mountain Lord level remaining in the tribe was not large.

If more Zerg warriors of the mountain lord level are transferred from the tribe, then the tribe's defenses will be stretched thin.

However, we still have to send Zerg warriors over, since in addition to the hawthorn tree seed that is currently being nurtured, there is also the purple trumpet tree seed.

For a small tribe like theirs, the two small tree seeds bestowed by the gods were extremely valuable. If any unexpected situation were to occur, their tribe would regret it deeply.

The relationship between Zerg warriors is not as harmonious as one might imagine. If there are enough benefits to be had, it is difficult to prevent other tribes from being tempted and from fighting over them.

The reason they leave many Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors of the Mountain Lord level or above in their tribal territories is to prevent Sea Beast warriors or other Zerg warriors from being driven by greed and going to their tribes to destroy their lifeblood.

After all, they wouldn't risk their lives to compromise the moral character of other insects.

After assigning tasks, the two insects flew back to their tribe and went their separate ways. Lord Purple Plum not only had to invite the Lord of Willow Catkin Mountain, who had migrated to their tribe, to come and use his wood-type growth-aiding ability on the trees that were nurturing the divinely bestowed seeds.

It also needs to travel to other tribes to invite other Zerg warriors with wood-type support abilities. The journey is quite long and the task is quite arduous.

Yew was the first to return to Purple Ridge, back to the place where the divinely bestowed seeds of Nephrolepis were planted.

When it returned, it saw that the purple locust and purple artemisia had also returned to their territory.

Upon seeing Zishan return, Zihuai and Ziai, who had taken over as guardians of the Nephrolepis seed from Zima Mountain, scolded him somewhat displeasedly, "Zishan, we told you to guard the life-giving seed, where have you been?"

In normal circumstances, Zishan would laugh it off with her two older brothers and find an excuse to argue for a while.

But now it has a mission to complete, a matter of great importance, and it doesn't have time to chat with its two older brothers here.

Zishan said quite seriously, "Zihuai and Ziai, don't make a fuss."

In the heart of the great canyon that marks the boundary between our Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe and the Silk Horned Firefly tribe, I found a divinely bestowed seed that was gestating.

The divinely bestowed seed is now facing a significant problem. I need to find a way to replenish its primal energy and nutrients to prevent it from withering during its growth.

"What? You found a divinely granted seed?" The two brothers, who had originally intended to teach Zishan a lesson, stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

"Yes, but the seed bestowed by the gods is not growing well and urgently needs to be replenished with nutrients."

Zihuai, go and fetch some biogas water from the biogas digester we made.

"Zi Ai, go and fetch some of our stockpiled raw stones, and I'll go dig up some humus."

"Really?" The two brothers looked at Zishan with suspicion and strange expressions. "Zishan, you're not just making up an excuse to fool us because you're afraid of getting scolded, are you?"

"Yes, are divine seeds so easy to find? Our tribe's many Zerg warriors have been busy for over a month, and we've only found one purple trumpet tree divine seed."

You found a divinely bestowed seed in less than a day? Are you lying to us because you're afraid of being scolded?

Zishan said somewhat helplessly, "How could I dare to lie to you about something so important? Besides, I'm about to retrieve some humus soil to take back to the Hot Spring Grand Canyon. Why don't you come with me and you'll see?"

Upon hearing Zishan's words, the two brothers exchanged bewildered glances.

Could it be that the yew tree is really that lucky, having found another divinely bestowed seed?

However, since Zishan had already said this much, if they continued, it would seem as if they didn't trust their younger brother at all.

Under Zishan's arrangement, the two brothers were to either fetch swamp water or collect raw stones.

Zishan carried a metal bucket she had made herself, which was 1 meter in diameter and 2 meters in height, to the humus cultivation pool. She filled the bucket with humus and prepared to take it to the Hot Spring Grand Canyon.

It didn't take long for the purple locust and purple artemisia to arrive and join it.

Zihuai carried an iron bucket, just like the one Zishan held, filled to the brim with swamp water. He asked, "Zishan, is one bucket of swamp water enough? If not, I'll bring another one."

"That's enough, more than enough." The hawthorn tree that nurtured the divinely bestowed seed was only a little over a meter tall, and this large iron bucket was big enough to fit the entire tree inside.

Zi Ai, carrying a bag of spider silk filled with raw gems, asked, "Zishan, 3000 raw gems should be enough, right?"

"That's about enough. After all, the hawthorn tree that nurtured the divine seed this time had natural primal force replenishment, and usually doesn't consume much primal force."

"Hawthorn tree? Yew tree, did you find a divinely bestowed hawthorn seed?"

"What kind is it? What kind of primal energy does it possess? What are its effects?" The two brothers asked impatiently, eager to know about the God-given Seed.

"Let's go to the Hot Spring Grand Canyon first, then we'll see. We'll find out then."

With everything prepared, Zishan took the lead, flying towards the Hot Spring Grand Canyon with her two older brothers.

Yew arrived at the Hot Spring Grand Canyon again, flew into the valley, and with a sweep of its spiritual senses, found the Lord of Green Mang guarding the hawthorn tree, which was given a divine seed.

"Lord Qingmang, we have brought swamp water, humus, and three thousand Primal Stones to nourish the hawthorn tree that is nurturing the divinely bestowed seed."

"good!"

The Zerg warriors' mental focus was unaffected by the weather. Lord Qingmang only needed to scan them with his mental focus to know exactly what they had brought.

The three brothers arrived under the hawthorn tree. Zi Huai and Zi Ai used their mental powers to scan back and forth, noticing a hawthorn on the tree that was emitting a faint fluctuation of lightning-type primal force.

They were deeply shocked, never expecting that what the yew said was true; it had actually found another divinely bestowed seed.

Seeing that everything was ready, Lord Qingmang immediately instructed, "Zishan, pour half a bucket of humus under the tree roots."

"it is good."

Without saying a word, Zishan picked up the iron bucket and carefully poured half a bucket of humus under the hawthorn tree, burying its entire root system.

Lord Qingmang then instructed Zihuai: "Zihuai, pour in half a bucket of swamp water, so that all the nutrients from the swamp water and humus can be flushed into the roots of the hawthorn tree."

"Understood." Zihuai poured half a bucket of swamp water into the tree pit.

Lord Qingmang then said, "Zi Ai, scrape off a few raw stones to replenish the primal energy of the Hawthorn God-given Seed."

"Okay." Zi Ai opened the spider silk bag containing the raw stones, took out one of the raw stones, and carefully scraped it off the hawthorn fruit that was given by the god.

Perhaps because the hawthorn seed was indeed somewhat malnourished during its previous growth stage, or perhaps because the primal force in the canyon was not very sufficient, the primal force of a stone scraped off by Zi Ai was immediately absorbed by the fruit of the hawthorn seed.

Zi Ai then took out another raw stone and continued scraping.

After scraping away 10 raw stones, the Hawthorn God-given Seed fruit gradually reached saturation in its ability to absorb Force.

Seeing this, the four insects breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the God-given Seed could absorb the primal force in the primal stone normally, it meant that its growth was still acceptable.

The next step is simply to address the issue of malnutrition in the hawthorn trees.

They have already poured in the humus and swamp water, and now the hawthorn trees can only absorb the nutrients from the soil themselves; they can't help with anything else.

The initial work of replenishing the divinely bestowed seeds within the canyon was completed, and Zihuai volunteered, "Ziaiai, Lord Qingmang and Zishan are staying here. We'll return to our territory to guard the other life seeds."

Although the hawthorn tree, a divinely bestowed seed, is very important, the other lifelines within the tribe cannot be ignored.

Hearing Zi Huai's words, Zi Ai also wanted to stay here and guard the hawthorn tree, a gift from the gods, but she also understood that the many species in the territory could not be without insects to guard them, so she had no choice but to return to the territory with Zi Huai.

In the following period, the hawthorn seed bestowed by the gods in the canyon was guarded by the Green Mango Lord and the Purple Mountain Insect.

In the middle of the night, the two insects, who were resting, suddenly heard the sound of insect warriors spreading their wings and flying. They immediately stood up alertly and scanned their surroundings with their mental powers.

The Azure Mang Lord possessed powerful spiritual will; it was the first to sense who the approaching Zerg warrior was. Relaxing its mind, it told the Purple Fir beside it, "The Willow Catkin Mountain Lord is here."

Zishan was somewhat surprised: "The Willow Catkin Mountain Lord has arrived? So fast? I'll go and fetch it, lest it get lost."

As she spoke, Zishan took flight and stepped forward to greet Lord Liuxu: "Lord Liuxu, you've arrived so quickly! I thought you'd at least wait until tomorrow to come!"

The Lord of Willow Beard Mountain spread his round elytra and flew swiftly through the air. Upon seeing the yew tree that came to greet him, he responded excitedly, "Lord Purple Plum found me in the middle of the night, saying that he has found a divinely bestowed seed, but its condition is not good, and he needs me to use my wood-type auxiliary ability to help it grow."

I came here immediately after receiving the news.

"The Lord of Willow Catkins is very thoughtful." It was quite satisfied with the Lord of Willow Catkins' attitude.

What their tribe needs is a bug that can treat the tribe as its own home, not a lord to be recruited.

If the Lord of Willow Catkin Mountain is truly indifferent to such a big matter, they will not expel it, but they certainly will not have a good impression of it.

Now that the Lord of Willow Catkins Mountain can arrive in the middle of the night, regardless of the value of the abilities he uses, it at least gives them a very good impression.

Led by the yew tree, the mountain master of Willow Catkins Mountain arrived at the bottom of the canyon.

Upon seeing the hawthorn tree, a gift from the gods, it didn't immediately unleash its wood-type growth ability, but instead first examined its...

Growth status.

Only after confirming that the yew trees had provided the hawthorn trees with sufficient marsh water, humus, and raw stones did it slowly unleash its power to accelerate the growth of the hawthorn tree's root system.

After casting the wood-type growth ability on the hawthorn tree, the Willow Beard Mountain Master said unhurriedly, "When I cast the wood-type growth ability on the Divine Seed, it can only last for a week at most."

When applied to ordinary life forms, it can last for half a month.

When applied to ordinary trees, it can last for three months at a time.

During these three months, the hawthorn tree's root system will grow and absorb nutrients at twice the normal rate.

It looked at the pit where the hawthorn tree was growing and continued, "The pit where this hawthorn tree is growing is a bit small."

However, if the swamp water and humus can be continuously irrigated, and the nutrients in the soil are replenished in time, it is not a big problem.

However, the hawthorn tree's leaves have already turned yellow, and restoring it to its normal growth state is beyond my capabilities. I'll need to ask a warrior from another race with other wood-based support abilities to come and help.

Lord Qingmang slightly twitched his antennae: "I'm sorry to trouble Lord Liuxu Mountain to come over in the middle of the night to use his abilities."

"I've already arranged for Zi Li to handle the matter of inviting Zerg warriors with other Wood-type support abilities to come and use their powers. I expect some Zerg will arrive in the next few days."

"Now that I have joined the Rhinoceros Tortoise Tribe, I will naturally do my part for the tribe. Lord Qingmang has already made the arrangements, so I won't say any more."

Then, the Willow Catkin Mountain Lord opened its two eyes, which shone slightly in the moonlight, and looked at the Zishan. Having been a member of the Rhinoceros Golden Turtle Tribe for so many years, it had thoroughly understood the Zishan's abilities due to its own capabilities, including the mutation of the Red Heart Cherry God-given Seed.

At the same time, it also knew the idea of ​​the Green Bamboo King entrusting it with the divinely bestowed seed of the Nephrolepis to nurture into a life-giving seed.

Seeing this divinely bestowed hawthorn seed, it was overwhelmed with emotion: "Yew, Lord Purple Plum said that you were the one who found this divinely bestowed hawthorn seed?"

There's no point in hiding it: "Not bad!"

"Then—according to the custom that whoever finds the divinely bestowed seed nurtures it into a life-giving seed, will you also nurture this divinely bestowed seed into a life-giving seed? Or do you intend to sow it as a wild divinely bestowed seed?" In its view, the yew was already so wealthy, and the value of a small tree was already quite high. For the future development of the tribe, sowing it as a wild divinely bestowed seed was not impossible.

Another reason is that it also sensed the lightning-based primal energy fluctuations on the hawthorn seed bestowed by the gods.

The divinely bestowed food that enhances lightning abilities is a good thing, but unfortunately, none of the Rhinoceros Beetle tribes, along with their affiliated tribes, possess lightning elemental talent among their insect warriors.

In this way, the divinely bestowed food produced by this divinely gifted seed can only be traded; if it were to be nurtured for life...

As for the seed, its function becomes somewhat lackluster.

Lord Qingmang chimed in, "Since it was Zishan that found the divinely bestowed seed, it must have been nurtured into a life seed by it. Even if it wasn't nurtured into a life seed by Zishan, it must have been nurtured into a life seed by Zihua or Ziai."

The possibility of sowing the seeds into wild, divinely bestowed seeds is not being considered for the time being. After all, the tribe's rules cannot be broken, otherwise the insects might become endangered!

"To nurture the yew as a life-giving seed?" The Willow Catkin Mountain Master's eyes seemed to brighten even more. "Is it possible for another super-grade divinely bestowed seed, similar to the Red Heart Cherry, to appear?"

Lord Qingmang pondered for a moment and said, "It's not impossible, but there are other different possibilities."

There is only one example of the divinely bestowed seed of red cherries; it would be best to have more examples for reference.

It's a pity that the Nephrolepis cordifolia seeds were only recently sown; otherwise, we could have assessed the value of its fruit before making a judgment.

The Lord of Willow Catkins turned his gaze back to the Divinely Gifted Hawthorn Seed: "If you want more examples, then we can only conduct another experiment with the Divinely Gifted Hawthorn Seed."

I believe that for Yew, finding the divinely bestowed seeds of red cherry and hawthorn is not the end, but only the beginning.

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