Astral Gods

Chapter 150 The Divinely Gifted Seed of Nephrolepis cordifolia: Division

Lord Zili had originally purchased the flashlight from the Flame Spider Merchant, but due to his own financial difficulties, the merchant resold it at a loss to other tribal lords.

Because the hawthorn tree's divine seed urgently needs light, Lord Purple Plum needs to go back to the lord on the island and borrow the flashlight again for a while.

There aren't many lord-level Zerg warriors on Banana Island, only a few hundred. They often exchange various Force-based foods with each other, so borrowing a flashlight for a while shouldn't be a big problem.

Sure enough, two days later, Lord Purple Plum borrowed a flashlight from the other party's claws. He then placed the flashlight in the sun every day to make full use of solar energy, and after dark, he made sure to give the hawthorn tree an extra 4 hours of sunlight every day.

At the same time, the yew trees also replenish the hawthorn seed with two primal stones every day to ensure that its growth rate does not slow down due to the lack of natural primal force.

With the support of the wood-type abilities of many mountain lords, and with the help of yew trees bringing swamp water and humus to replenish the soil under the hawthorn trees, the hawthorn trees were given nutrients.

The hawthorn tree, nurtured by the divinely bestowed seed, grew rapidly and sprouted many new buds. In just two months, the hawthorn tree, which was originally only 1.5 meters tall, grew to 1.8 meters tall, and even its main trunk became thicker.

The fruit on the tree was also hanging very securely, which reassured the many Zerg warriors who had been quite worried.

Under normal circumstances, as long as the soil is fertile enough and the primal force is replenished in time, even a divinely bestowed seed born from a weed can mature smoothly.

Although the hawthorn tree is currently only a half-grown sapling, it is still a small tree, and the nutrients it can provide to the fruit are certainly more than those provided by a weed.

Of course, the smaller size of weed fruits compared to the larger size of hawthorn fruits is an unavoidable factor.

In order to protect the hawthorn tree, a gift from the gods, Zishan did not even handle some matters within her own territory, leaving everything to Zihuai and Ziai.

Among these factors, the most important are the divinely bestowed ripening of the red cypress seeds and the annual pollination by the male flowers of the mulberry tree.

Fortunately, after years of education and growth, they are no worse than yew in their ability to assess and plan the price of Force food, and they handle everything in an orderly manner.

The pollination of the male mulberry flowers will follow the same practice as last year. Ten high-ranking warriors who have conceived mulberry trees as their life seeds and are quite old will be selected to pollinate their life seeds. The fruits produced will then be distributed by the tribe.

The price of the divinely bestowed red cypress seeds was negotiated and determined by the three brothers of the Purple Sophora.

After the seeds of the divinely bestowed red cypress mature in May, the purple locust and purple artemisia bring the fruits to the Hot Spring Grand Canyon for the yew to taste and evaluate the quality of the divinely bestowed red cypress seeds.

After discussing it, the three brothers finally agreed on a price that was neither too high nor too low: one divinely bestowed red cypress seed for three raw stones.

In fact, this pricing is only temporary. The high-grade Divine Red Cypress seeds are only produced once every three years, and the quantity produced is not large.

The three brothers would eat some themselves, and the rest would be divided among the other rhinoceros tortoise warriors in the tribe.

The real value will only be generated after Zishan advances to the Mountain Lord level. After all, it won't be a matter of ten or eight years to advance to the Mountain Lord level. At that time, a stable output will require a price with sufficient profit.

Time flies and it's already the end of July. In this season, Xiangjiao Island, which is already quite hot, is even hotter now.

The surface temperature of Xiangjiao Island can reach as high as 40 degrees Celsius, while the central area of ​​the already hot canyon can even reach over 80 degrees Celsius. An egg dropped into the hot spring will be cooked in no time.

Almost all the weeds around the hot spring had withered, and only in places quite far from the core area of ​​the hot spring, those heat-resistant shrubs and trees still grew tenaciously.

Even so, most of the fruit on those trees withered.

This made the yews understand even more why it was so difficult to find divine seeds in the hot spring canyon. Just by looking at the growth of the trees in the canyon, they knew that even if divine seeds were born in previous years, if they were not discovered and protected in time, they would have a hard time surviving various difficulties in the canyon environment.

Just like the hawthorn seed that was discovered by God, it has encountered many difficulties. If it weren't for the protection of the yew trees, it would probably have died during the green fruit stage.

Leaving aside the past, let's talk about the present. In order to ensure that the hawthorn tree's divinely bestowed seed can grow smoothly in a high-temperature environment, the yew and the green mango lords have taken some big actions.

As the temperature gradually rose within the canyon, Lord Qingmang arranged for the Rhinoceros Tortoise Warriors, who possessed earth-type talents, to divide the canyon into a semicircle of one hundred acres, centered around the hawthorn tree.

Then, around the perimeter of the semicircle, a wall 30 meters high and half a meter thick was built to insulate the heat emitted by the hot spring.

However, a single earthen wall was not enough to block the geothermal heat emanating from the entire canyon, so Lord Qingmang had the Rhinoceros Tortoise Warriors, who possessed earth-type talents, build two such earthen walls.

The two earthen walls, one on the outside and one on the inside, were of the same height and two meters apart. Lord Qingmang filled the space between the earthen walls with water and invited the Sea God Great Beetle Warrior, who had awakened the water-based ice ability, to freeze the water in the earthen walls every once in a while.

The cost and price of doing this is very high. This project cost tens of thousands of raw stones. The insect was invited by Lord Qingmang, but the money has to be paid by Zili and the others. After all, the hawthorn divine seed that was conceived belongs to Zishan and the others, so it is normal for them to pay some costs and prices.

Originally, Zishan planned to have the tribe's rhinoceros tortoise warriors build two such earthen walls around the hot spring lake, leaving only one gap to allow the river water to flow outwards. This would help to lower the temperature in the canyon and achieve a suitable temperature for spring and summer.

However, after calculating the price, Lord Qingmang and the many mountain lords of the Rhinoceros Golden Turtle decisively abandoned the plan.

If they wanted to isolate the entire hot spring lake with earthen walls, it would not only be time-consuming and labor-intensive, but also cost ten times more than building an earthen wall now.

It's worth wasting over 10,000 raw stones for a single hawthorn seed bestowed by the gods, but it's not worth spending over 100,000 raw stones to pointlessly modify the environment within the canyon.

Moreover, even though the hot spring lake is surrounded, the canyon is full of sulfur ore, which is also unsuitable for Zerg warriors to move in.

Most importantly, this canyon is the dividing line between their Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe and the Silk Horned Red Firefly tribe, and theoretically, the Red Firefly tribe also has a share in it.

They're not stupid. Why would they invest resources at a dividing point and let other insects benefit for nothing? With so many raw stones, wouldn't it be better for them to distribute them to tribal warriors or invest in Sang Island?

Who knows when the divinely bestowed seed will be born again in this canyon? Perhaps by the time the divinely bestowed seed is born here again, the Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe will have already migrated to Sang Island.

Time flies, and it's already mid-July. The yew trees are still guarding the hawthorn tree's divinely bestowed seeds. Over the past few months, the yew trees have been generously providing nutrients to the hawthorn tree, and the divinely bestowed hawthorn seeds on the tree have now grown to a diameter of more than one centimeter.

Upon waking each morning, the Yew and Green Mango Lords would routinely check on the growth of the divinely bestowed seed.

Looking at the already formed Divine Seeds on the tree, Lord Qingmang and Zishan both showed excitement. At the current growth rate, the Divine Seeds of hawthorn on the tree would mature in two or three months at most.

Just as the yews and their companions were rejoicing, a two-pronged rhinoceros beetle warrior flew in from the direction of their territory. Once it was close, Lord Azurelight scanned it with his mental power, and asked the approaching insect with some confusion, "Zi Ai, why are you here?"

Zi Ai flew down into the canyon and landed beside Zi Shan, replying, "I came here because I had some things to take care of."

Its gaze fell on the yew: "Yew, I have two things to say this time. One is that the Nephrolepis species has begun to divide."

The second matter is that the mulberry seeds pollinated with the divinely bestowed male flowers two years ago are beginning to ripen. Lord Purple Plum and the others have asked you to return to the tribe to jointly assess the price of the newly produced demigod-bestowed mulberry seeds.

Upon hearing Zi Ai's words, all the insects present became serious.

The two things Zi Ai mentioned were no small matters. The Nephrolepis seed was the first herbaceous seed nurtured by the yew, enhanced through multiple layers of divine bestowal.

Although everyone agrees that the value of the Nephrolepis species is definitely not as high as that of the Red Cherry species, no one can say for sure.

If another top-grade divine seed were to appear, their tribe would make a fortune, and they might even have to consider changing their tribe's development direction.

While the value of a single mulberry seed bestowed by a demigod is certainly not as high as that of a true divinely bestowed food, its quantity is enormous, and it also involves the future benefits of many high-level warriors within the tribe who possess evolutionary potential. This is also a major event that affects the future evolutionary direction of the tribe.

Hearing Zi Ai say this, Zi Shan hesitated slightly and looked at the Hawthorn God-given Seed. The two matters within the tribe were important, but the Hawthorn God-given Seed was also important.

As if knowing what Zishan was thinking, Lord Qingmang comforted her, "Zishan, why don't you go back to your tribe? After all, these things are related to your destiny. It's best if you three brothers discuss and decide on some things together."

As for the hawthorn seed bestowed by the gods, with Hua Huai and I guarding it, there shouldn't be any major problems.

Hearing Lord Qingmang say this, Zishan no longer hesitated: "Then I'll go back for a while."

Zishan first returned to her own destiny territory with Zi Ai, and then went to check on the Nephrolepis seed.

After nearly a year of growth, the main plant of the Nephrolepis exalted species has grown to more than two meters tall, and recently several buds have been extending outwards.

To the disappointment of Yew and many others, the Nephrolepis exalted species did not produce the expected 11x or 12x division rate.

However, it currently has a considerable number of divisions, with a division rate of 9 times, which is quite rare among Divine Seeds.

The first division was a 9x division, so the second division should yield 81 plants, and the third division should yield about 729 plants, for a total of more than 800 plants.

However, this is only a division of the yew at the advanced stage. When it is promoted to the main mountain level in the future, the number of divisions will exceed 7000.

With such a large number of branches, the number of fruits produced must also be considerable. Now, the yews can only hope that the Nephrolepis's divinely bestowed seed produces super-grade divinely bestowed primal force food, so that they can also make a fortune. Otherwise, the value will not be so high.

After inspecting the Nephrolepis exalted seed, the two brothers, led by Zi Ai, arrived at the small square below the reservoir in their territory.

This small square was built a few years ago when the hydroelectric power station was constructed. It has a total area of ​​less than 1 square kilometer, which is relatively small among the trading squares for Zerg warriors, but it is sufficient for normal trading between Zerg warriors.

The plaza is located not far below the hydroelectric power station, while on the mountain above the power station are the many life seeds planted by the Rhinoceros Tortoise Warriors.

The plaza was built here to facilitate trade among Zerg warriors, while also preventing other Zerg warriors from spying on it due to the numerous checkpoints.

Zishan never expected that Lord Zili and his group would gather all the insects here to assess the price of the demigod-given mulberry seeds.

When the Zishan brothers arrived, many different kinds of rhinoceros beetle warriors were already coming and going, including double-forked rhinoceros beetle warriors, sea god beetle warriors, mammoth beetle warriors, war god beetle warriors, and so on.

Most of those who come here are Rhinoceros Tortoise Warriors who are at an advanced stage and have the potential to evolve, because two years ago their life seeds were pollinated by the male flowers of the divinely bestowed mulberry tree and gave birth to some demigod-bestowed mulberry seeds.

As the demigod-given mulberry seeds began to ripen this year, they were eager to know the value of the demigod-given mulberry seeds produced by their own destiny seed, as well as the total amount they could obtain, so they rushed over early.

In addition to the mulberry seeds bestowed by the demigods, some of the early-maturing species from their own territories were also harvested and brought here to be sold at stalls.

Compared to the annual October trade fair, the variety of Force foods traded between them is certainly not as extensive.

However, the advantage lies in the fact that everyone is of the same race, and the primal energy food produced by the life seed they nurture is mostly edible for themselves, allowing them to share resources with each other.

Moreover, there are no trading stall fees here, and trading between them doesn't earn them any Primal Stones, which saves them the trouble of carrying Primal Food to various mountains to find their own kind to exchange for Primal Food, thus greatly reducing their workload.

It is precisely for this reason that the atmosphere in the trading square is quite lively at this moment.

The arrival of the two Yew brothers attracted a lot of attention. Most of the Rhinoceros Tortoise Warriors knew that the male flowers of the God-given Mulberry Tree were born from the male mulberry tree of the Yew, and that the semi-divine mulberry seeds produced by pollination would be shared equally with the Yew.

Now that the yews have come, it's clear they're here to assess the price of the demigod-given mulberry seeds.

Zishan and Ziai arrived at the center of the trading square together. Qingguo Lord and Zili Lord were lying there, surrounded by bags of Force food, clearly waiting for Zishan's arrival.

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