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"Wait! Are you saying that I have to fight the Supreme God just because I want to eat a chocolate?!"

Chapter 1289 Ancient Cocoa Tree

Blaze felt dizzy and had to defeat the Supreme God to eat the chocolate.

Even to get the golden apple you only need to find the Bottle of Life, but to get the chocolate you have to defeat the Supreme God. Because rare things are valuable, and considering the difficulty of obtaining them, the value of chocolate is greater than that of the golden apple.

This thing, which was more precious than the golden apple, he ate it for three days and three nights!

Now even if he wanted to vomit, he couldn't.

Hebie's expression remained unchanged. She always doubted the truth of Kullene's words. After all, she had eaten chocolate before, but she had never seen chocolate have the magical ability to make her develop again.

The group of fast-moving ostriches marched forward in a mighty procession and arrived at the location of the Feather Totem of Truth. They stopped in front of a lush forest.

The environment here is very similar to the Amazon rainforest in the world U, with a moist and warm feeling.

The Amazon rainforest is like an underground city on the ground. The terrain is complex, with swamps, rivers, and dense forests intertwined into a maze within a maze. There are also many biological traps. One step is a poisonous insect, two steps is a poisonous frog, and three steps is a poisonous snake. If you walk further, the enemies you encountered in the previous three steps will appear together, plus several ferocious monsters.

Even top foreigners dare not let their guard down in the Amazon rainforest.

LV30 monsters are a piece of cake in other places, but in the Amazon rainforest, the lower the level, the more dangerous they are.

For example, poison dart frogs, their average level is only LV25, even lower than goblins, but they only have two skills, one is [Reproduction E], and the other is [Toxic A].

Even for a stranger, it takes a lot of effort to raise the proficiency to A level, but the poison dart frog has it as soon as it matures.

There is no need to explain the power of [Highly Poisonous A]. It can easily take away half the life of monsters above LV80.

As for the harsh environment, it is already a part that is not worth mentioning.

However, it is worth mentioning that Blazer compared the Amazon rainforest environment on the map. This may be a coincidence. They are all evenly located on the world dividing line.

Considering the high similarity of the Amazon rainforest environment, perhaps the Amazon rainforest was once a large environment similar to the golden sea of ​​trees.

"You'd better sit in the front, to avoid any small animals falling on you and killing you instantly." Blaze lifted Herbie from the back and let her sit in front of him.

Herbie didn't have any objections. He sat comfortably, enjoying the softness of the chicken's back and the sense of security of having Blaze as a bodyguard, while talking to Kullene.

"You actually hid the cocoa tree in such a dangerous place, without a direct portal?"

"You are still too young. Convenience is never one-way. It is convenient for you and for others to invade." Kullene shook her fingers. "The extra distance you walk will always be rewarded at some point."

Kullene took the opportunity to preach, Hebi didn't care, and Blaze listened seriously.

The Amazon rainforest environment is certainly dangerous, but it is not enough for the fast-walking ostrich, a direct descendant of the gods.

The Queen Bird walked into the rainforest with its head held high. Dangerous and poisonous small animals consciously avoided it. The carnivorous beasts were originally ready to make a move, but as Blaze entered their sight, they screamed and ran away with their tails between their legs.

"I thought they would challenge me?" Blaze laughed. As a third-generation lion, there would be many proud beasts challenging his position.

[Leo] is probably the only great constellation that can use challenges and pure strength to achieve success.

"Come on, challenging Leo and challenging the original Titan are two different things. Why, are you so eager to show your uniqueness?" Culene sat with his back to her, taking the risk of riding just to let Blaze see the contempt on his face.

"Can we get down to business? Why are cocoa trees so valuable?"

"That's because the cocoa tree comes from an ancient mythological totem. As for how old it is, it is one of the original six."

"Is this true?!" Blaze was shocked. Even Hebi became serious. As one of the ancient gods, Kullene would not joke about such things.

"Is this surprising to you?"

Kullene picked it up, and when he thought about how these two little bastards had intended to use force on him before and didn't believe what he said, he decided to give them a good scare.

"In our age of gods, there was a very important entertainment activity, which was the creation of humans. Each mythological totem had its own method of creating humans, and this ancient mythological totem used~"

"Isn't this a chocolate man made of cocoa beans?!"

Blaze was startled as Kullene expected, but Blaze's action of drawing out [Gungnir] and aiming at him frightened him so much that he raised his hands.

Apparently, Blazer misunderstood his words to mean that he was making chocolate men, then dismembering them and selling them.

"Misunderstanding! This is a misunderstanding! That mythical totem is a person made of corn!"

"Corn man?" Blaze was skeptical, but Gungnir's gun was still aimed at Kullene.

It’s not that I don’t believe Cyrene, but it’s not necessary to be mysterious when I talk to Cyrene in this way.

"Will the corn man turn into a popcorn man when heated?"

"This is really a strange question. If you have the chance to encounter it, you can give it a try." Kullene coughed lightly and talked about the crux of the problem.

"Corn was used to create humans, and the cocoa tree is a treasure that the Supreme God brought from the land of the dead and gave to humans. As long as you drink the hot drink made from cocoa beans, you can communicate with the gods."

"Oh~" Blaze nodded. After this explanation, he could understand why cocoa beans were so precious.

"No wonder you went through so much trouble to get it."

"There must be some complicated reasons behind this..."

Kullene sat on the back of the Queen Bird, leaving only a bleak back view to Blaze and Herbie.

"Because those trials were too troublesome, testing this and that, and I didn't know my own abilities. So I just... in the words of a stranger, I cheated and skipped all those trials, and got the cocoa tree as a reward."

"Ha! It turns out that those stories about people climbing mountains of swords and descending into seas of fire are all lies!"

"No, because my act of skipping classes was a blasphemy against the sacred test, and the god who gave the test was furious and made me walk through mountains of swords and seas of fire."

Kullene turned around and rubbed the back of her head sheepishly.

“So I think those who want to get the cocoa tree in the future will probably skip the trial process and start climbing mountains of swords and diving into seas of fire directly.”

Chapter 1290 Cocoa Tree Orchard

Blaze took out the things in the warehouse and threw them at the back of Kulene's head. He was very angry. It turned out that Kulene had increased the difficulty of obtaining the things manually and offended him.

"You said I tied you up and went to invite you to join the party, but I couldn't get a cocoa tree as a reward."

"..." Kullene fell silent and did not answer.

First of all, if we rule out the tiny possibility that Kullene was hurt by these words, the only possibility is that Kullene is feeling guilty.

Blaze patted the chicken's neck, and the chicken immediately quickened its pace and kept pace with the queen bird. Sure enough, Kullene's face was covered in cold sweat, and this expression was a true god-level guilty conscience.

"What on earth did you do, man?!"

"This, this is not because the yield of a single cocoa tree is not enough. I thought, at least this much is needed." Kullene made a small gesture with both hands, "So I went there dozens of times more. Basically, apart from passing the normal trial, I did everything I could."

"You don't leave yourself any way out!"

"It's hard to change one's nature." Kullene smiled awkwardly, but then he patted his chest and said seriously, "But I can guarantee that I didn't use my physical body! This is what my lousy father taught me, not to date gods. I will not forget it, and I will not let myself fall into this quagmire."

"The other person is a goddess?"

"No, whether the other party is a man or a woman, a human or an animal has nothing to do with using the body. The body is not such an inconvenient thing!"

Kullene became inexplicably proud, and Blaze just felt a headache, a headache in every aspect.

"Then the cocoa tree has no reproductive function?"

"If there was, would I still risk my life dozens of times to go into the dragon's den and the tiger's lair?" Kulene shrugged and waved to the two of them, "Follow me, and you will know after you take a look at the scene."

Kulene attached great importance to the cocoa orchard, which was the source of his first pot of gold and for which he risked his life. Not only was it hidden very deeply, but there were also many disguised entrances and traps.

Even with a guide, it took them quite some time to reach the cocoa orchard.

This is a warm and humid land, where the cocoa orchard quietly unfolds like a green painting.

What first attracted Blaze's attention was not the cocoa orchard, but the light source in the cave that made it look like daytime.

In the center of the cave, there is a small sun.

Following the rays of the sun, the cocoa trees are neatly arranged in the orchard, with thick and upright trunks, dark brown bark, and dense lines on the surface. Their crowns are broad and dense, and the oval leaves form a cloud-like crown.

At the junction of the trunk and branches, fruits are hanging. These fruits are rough in appearance, with uneven lines all over the surface. Some are not yet ripe and appear green, while others are ripe and have turned golden or dark red.

Blazer had never seen that kind of plant before, it was probably a cocoa tree.

The ground in the orchard was covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves and humus, and pairs of snow-white bare feet left footprints on it.

They were a group of goddess-like girls, wearing snow-white feathered clothes and moving between the cocoa trees, carefully and seriously checking the quality of each cocoa tree to ensure that the cocoa trees were in perfect condition.

On the other side, there were smaller girls who looked younger, holding baskets that were bigger than themselves. The baskets contained ripe cocoa beans, and they brought the baskets aside, then got inside and threw out the unqualified cocoa beans.

Those thrown away cocoa beans will rot over time and become fertilizer for the earth, making the earth more nutritious.

After arriving at the cocoa bean orchard, the Queen Bird couldn't wait to shake Kulene off her body, then shed her bird and beast appearance and turned into a beautiful mature woman.

Compared to the heavy and solemn feathers of the girls in the orchard, the feathers of the queen bird were much bolder, generously exposing the healthy wheat-colored skin. The other fast-walking ostriches also shed their bird and animal appearances and turned into women with different but quite bold clothes.

"Three age groups, three jobs, guarding the orchard, taking care of the fruit trees, and picking the fruits." Herbie nodded thoughtfully. Although the operation method of this cocoa orchard is quite old-fashioned, it also fits the positioning of chocolate as a high-end product. Every step has labor costs.

Unlike the mature fast-walking ostrich that was disgusted with Kulene, the fast-walking ostrich in the appearance of a little girl immediately ran over happily after seeing Kulene, chirped and climbed all over Kulene's body, calling "Dad" one after another.

"When I think about how you will be rude to me in a few years, I feel like crying." After enjoying the company of the cute children for a while, Kullene hugged them and introduced Blaze and Herbie to the cocoa orchard.

"I tried to grow cocoa trees myself a long time ago, including the recent sea of ​​golden apple trees. I took a cocoa tree branch and a cocoa bean and tried to graft and plant them, but the result was also a failure."

"Even the golden apples can't make the cocoa trees reproduce, and these cocoa trees won't wither. This can only prove that this is a special plant that has deviated from the normal natural cycle."

"It won't die, so it doesn't need to reproduce."

Blaze picked up a cocoa bean from the ground and examined it carefully. He tried to use the prayer he got from the Perfect Druid to make the seeds grow, but the cocoa bean did not respond.

"It's really special." Blazer handed the cocoa beans to Herbie. "Is this the reason why chocolate has never become popular?"

"No, it's not because I can't bear to part with the fact that chocolate is a high-end product. Please, do you think those noble lords are very generous when it comes to buying chocolate?" Kullene said very directly, he spread his hands, his face full of helplessness.

"Besides, I don't have the final say on this [high-end product] business. The chocolate doesn't taste that good. What's important is the feeling that the nobles enjoy [only they can eat rare goods]. If I take the initiative to expand the scope and output of the business and lower the price of chocolate, it will make these old customers unhappy and ruin their experience."

"This not only violates the contract, but also harms the customer experience. This is not what a qualified businessman would do."

"Does this mean you're not going to help with our Valentine's Day event?"

"No, I really want to help you, but I can't take the initiative to help." Kullene shook her fingers with a smile on her face.

"I am just handing over an old business as a person who is about to retire. What the young people will do is their business."

"How about this explanation?"

Chapter 1291 Butterfly Civilization

"My two little guys, now is the time to test whether you have listened to my story carefully. Is there a way to find the cocoa tree in the story?"

"Can not remember."

Hebi simply shook his head and played the good guy role steadily. After Kullene's face turned black, the good guy role appeared.

"I think the point of the story is that you actively choose suffering and transform in it. The rest of the content seems too cliché in comparison, so I didn't remember it." Blazer said seriously.

"You, you really think so!?"

Although Kullene still had a sullen face, the corners of her mouth had turned up.

"I really can't help you. I'll tell you again."

"Even if you tell me again, I will only be attracted by the spiritual core expressed in it again and again, and I will still not pay attention to the details, so why don't you just tell me directly."

"Hey~ It's all my fault that the story of the prodigal son is so exciting. It's not your fault." Kullene put her hands on her hips and shook her head helplessly, with a smile occupying half of her face.

Herbie curled her lips. She was the one who taught Blaze to say this. To be more precise, they exchanged each other's lines.

Originally, she wanted to praise Kurene's story, but she estimated that if she said so, Kurene would definitely think that she was perfunctory, and would instead persist in telling the story over and over again, which she had embellished countless times.

But when Blaze said the same thing, the effect was instantly different. Even if he said bluntly, "Just tell me directly," Kullene would still benefit from it and start talking.

This is blatant discrimination against her.

"This world once had six primitive mythological totems. Olympus, World Tree, and Nile were all among them. The cocoa tree came from the butterfly, which was also one of the primitive mythological totems."

"Butterfly? That's a very special name."

"Of course it is special. The mythological totem of [Butterfly] is the smallest, but also the most special one." Kullene narrowed his eyes. When he mentioned the Age of Gods, he couldn't help showing some hostility and fear towards the gods from other regions.

"Butterflies symbolize reincarnation, rebirth and freedom. They destroyed themselves four times, resurrected four times, and predicted that the fifth destruction would be the end of the world. At about the same time, Odin predicted the twilight of the gods."

"But we Olympian gods don't take it seriously. Our Lord God only makes people feel at ease with his great power. Unfortunately..."

Kullene stopped and shook her head helplessly at Blaze, an honest guy who liked to tell the truth. That was something that could not be discussed now.

"In short, the prophecy of [Butterfly] was also broken during the first earth-shaking event, along with the dismemberment of their totems. They were destroyed ahead of time."