Ant Lord in the Star Realm

Chapter 780 - 616 Unprecedented Big Deal_3

Dragon Cypress: "Also, as for the four Old Spider Kings of the Shanglu Ancestral Land who are with the Snow Velvet Spider King, it's best not to let them know. It would only cause trouble."

Red Peach: "Indeed—"

Roughly calculating,

Ink Orchid needs to consume two Wangbai Seeds, which means 74 years.

Over on Wanglan Continent, with the threat from Blue Island, Dragon Cypress will surely prioritize giving one or two Seeds to the Assistant Kings for Combat under his command—that's 111 years, 148 years gone.

After 148 years, waiting another 37 years, the Super Warrior cultivated at Red Crow Mountain will almost be promoted to Insect King and start to have demand; Wangbai Seeds and Ghost King Sophora Seeds will be exchanged mutually…

Law Fruit is a good thing whose production can never meet the demand. The fewer insects who know about it, the better.

Red Peach turned back, pointed to the other end of the Starship Passage, and asked: "Then, don't inform the four Steward Spider Kings at the Flame Spider Ancestral Land of the Ten-thousand Tribes Continent either?"

Dragon Cypress: "No share for them. Even if they know, it'll only add to the headaches."

Red Peach looked at Heliotrope.

Heliotrope: "..."

Heliotrope: "I understand—"

Red Peach suggested: "Let's exchange the Source Stones first."

"Alright—"

Dragon Cypress waved his tentacles in agreement.

The Source Stones are packed one thousand per bag, eighty thousand per trip, that's 800 bags—if you were to scan and count them one by one with spiritual power, it would be too exhausting and time-consuming.

Ghost King Woonyoung provided an ingenious solution, using Earth System and Metal Ability to create a 'scale', putting metal weights on one end and weighing the Source Stones on the other.

The weight of Source Stones is almost perfectly uniform.

With such large numbers, ten thousand Source Stones are almost exactly equal in weight.

Ten bags are weighed at a time, so the 800 bags are quickly finished.

Once the amount was confirmed correct, Fragrant Cypress and Black Sophora simply had to command ant swarms to carry them away.

Ghost King Woonyoung and Red Peach rushed off with the stone slab wheelcart.

Heliotrope stayed behind to help.

Seeing that Dragon Cypress didn't leave in a hurry as in previous years, Heliotrope immediately understood.

"Dragon Cypress Ant King, do you need to trade for Divine-Grade Six Paths Fruit that bestows Soul System Talent?"

"I do!"

"Then how do you plan to trade? By price? One Wangbai Seed for six Divine-Grade Six Paths Fruits with Soul System Talent?"

"I think the Seven-Leaf Spider King must also want a Wangbai Seed very much."

"Of course."

"Here's how: let the Seven-Leaf Spider King figure out a way to trade with Six Peaks Mountain. As for how, I won't get involved. Anyway, for every six Divine-Grade Six Paths Fruits with Soul System Talent delivered, plus six more with Super Soul Ability, I'll give it one Wangbai Seed."

Heliotrope jumped in protest.

"Dragon Cypress Ant King, isn't that wrong? At this exchange rate, it's three hundred seventy-two million Source Stones! This price is much higher than what White Ivy Spider King pays! Even higher than at Red Crow Mountain! It's too high."

"No rush on this—just inform the Seven-Leaf Spider King first."

"..."

Heliotrope understood. Once again, he would need to run back and forth, relaying messages and bargaining between both sides.

Heliotrope: "The Seven-Leaf Spider King is leading the caravan on a regular journey, and won't arrive for another twenty-one days."

Dragon Cypress: "No problem. Handle your other duties first. We'll talk then."

...

Dragon Cypress returned to Xianglan Mountain, used a Divine-Grade Fruit, took a short nap, and successfully comprehended the 'Controllable Current' ability.

With a gentle wave of his tentacles, primordial energy gathered, and two streams of blue current darted back and forth along his tentacles.

He raised a claw; blue current converged at his claw tip, manipulated by Control Thunder ability, condensed into a Thunder Ball.

Another thought, and Thunder System Primordial Energy erupted from his body, dense blue lightning crackling and racing across his carapace.

Tentacles flicked in succession.

Each arc of electricity lined up to strike the stone wall in formation.

Tame and stable, lightning power under complete control at his will.

—What an excellent ability!

Dragon Cypress admired it.

If someday the 'Vortex Beast Devouring' is achieved, then the Thunder System Talent's 'Controllable Current' should be the easiest to combine and integrate with it.

"Once I get the Snow Velvet Spider King's Touch of Silver Light and Flash Strike, I can start planning Thunder System Divine Pattern abilities."

In high spirits, Dragon Cypress briskly stepped out of the cave, notified Spiked Cypress, and returned to Rainbow Island.

Left waiting, after half a month, the Snow Velvet Spider King still hadn't arrived.

That meant, just as last year, it still wouldn't show up this year.

Dragon Cypress returned again to Xianglan Mountain, and through Heliotrope, entered negotiations with Seven-Leaf for exchanging Wangbai Seeds for Six Paths Fruits.

Dragon Cypress didn't trouble Heliotrope, and after four round trips, finalized the deal.

One Wangbai Seed for six Six Paths Fruits with Soul System Talent, two exchanges for a total of twelve fruits.

With an additional condition: Seven-Leaf must also deliver twelve Divine-Grade Six Paths Fruits with Super Soul Ability, for which Dragon Cypress would pay twelve million Source Stones per batch.

The next batch of Divine-Grade Fruits with Soul System Talent would mature and be harvested in seventeen years, and Seven-Leaf would make every effort to secure them.

As for Divine-Grade Fruits that bestow Life Talent, White Ivy would try his best to deliver them, while Spiked Cypress and Silver Cypress were waiting to advance to Evolution Insect King.

All transactions were negotiated and concluded.