Ant Lord in the Star Realm

Chapter 782 - 617 Fire Crystal Persimmon_2

This is the second Divine-Given Seed harvested by the Barley Bug Tribe...

"Not bad! Not bad~"

Dragon Cypress kept nodding its antennae in greeting.

Actually, it's pretty average. The Fire Crystal Persimmon Tree can only grow a bit over fifteen meters tall at most, just a medium-sized arbor.

The effect of the Fire Crystal Persimmon Divine-Given Seed is a standard overall boost to fire element abilities.

The only advantage is that the fruit yield is relatively high.

Also, when ripe, the persimmon fruit is fiery red, crystal clear and translucent, looks beautiful, and tastes particularly good.

Yellow Stem: "Dragon Cypress, help them give some advice..."

Fuzzy Flower took over the conversation, saying: "Is this Divine-Given Seed being arranged to be bred into a Life Seed? It's fire-type, sowing it as a wild Divine-Given Seed, Barley Bug warriors have no use for it at all."

Dragon Cypress: "Then let Fuzzy Flower Lord you breed it into a Life Seed."

Fuzzy Flower sighed: "I'm already old."

Dragon Cypress: "That's simple, I'll sell you a Moon Peach Fruit."

Fuzzy Flower still shook its antennae, saying: "Let it go to a younger bug with more potential. Pueraria, Cornel, Beach Wheat."

The three youngest lord-level warriors of the Barley Bug Tribe.

They grew up after the Termite Kingdom was destroyed, chose a rich and high-quality variety of Life Seed Plants, and have much greater growth potential than the elder generation.

Now comes the question: who should get it?

They are tangled up with this issue.

This is a matter of internal tribal affairs.

Dragon Cypress usually gets along closely with Wuye and Pueraria, and would definitely lean toward Pueraria, but for this kind of big decision, how could an outsider interfere?

Old fox Yellow Stem immediately tossed out such a tricky question.

Dragon Cypress: "If everyone has a difficult decision, you can consult the Huagi Divine Tree."

Wuye: "The Huagi Divine Tree says, let the Purple Tung Divine-Given Seed decide."

Fuzzy Flower: "The Purple Tung Divine-Given Seed says, let us handle it ourselves."

Dragon Cypress: "Oh..."

Dragon Cypress turned and asked: "Round Cypress, how is the White Poplar Divine Seed doing?"

Round Cypress: "Dragon Cypress Ant King, rest assured, it's in great condition."

Dragon Cypress: "Don't get careless! For the next three months, keep supplying three hundred thousand units of Life System Origin Force Ant Honey, to replenish White Poplar's consumption."

Round Cypress: "Understood. Dragon Cypress Ant King."

Dragon Cypress greeted: "Round Cypress, come back with me for a look."

Just as they were preparing to leave, a dark green figure flashed, and Ink Orchid spiraled down, blocking their way.

"Dragon Cypress?"

Ink Orchid, with keen perception, also sensed something odd here, hurried over, raised its head to look, and said with delight:

"Divine-Given Seed!"

"Fire Crystal Persimmon? Perfect! I'm in dire need of Fire System Divine-Given Origin Force Food!"

Ink Orchid looked left and right, sensing the atmosphere was off, thought for a moment, and asked: "This can't be sown as a wild Divine-Given Seed, can it? Who's going to breed this? Fuzzy Flower Lord? Wuye? Pueraria? Cornel?"

"..."

All the bugs fell silent.

Ivy raised a claw weakly and said: "We could hold a simple competition~"

Suddenly, Fuzzy Flower's mind stirred, and an idea struck. It said:

"Divine-Given Seeds produced in the communal territory are best still cultivated as wild Divine-Given Seeds, to become the foundation for the Barley Bug Tribe's future survival and development. If this rule doesn't need to be broken, let's not break it."

"Ink Orchid Lord, aren't you urgent to advance to Insect King? Lacking Divine-Given Seeds? How about this—this Fire Crystal Persimmon Divine-Given Seed is lent to you for now, just return us an appropriate one in the future. Life System is best, anything but Elemental Series is fine."

"Preferably, it should be a Divine-Given Seed that can lower the risk of high-level warriors failing to break through to Mountain Lord-Level. Think about it—once Dragon Cypress Ant King leaves, without the Dominating Throne's support, without the trading caravans, how will the tribe continue? Wild Divine-Given Seeds are crucial, and breaking through to Mountain Lord is a life-or-death threshold."

"..."

All the bugs fell into contemplation.

This is a serious problem they inevitably must face.

Dragon Cypress is already an Insect King, and the White Poplar Divine Seed will soon be withdrawn.

The ant colony stationed in Purple Tung Insect Nation is aging and dying, with no new ants replacing them, Round Cypress and Giant Cypress will also soon leave.

The focus of Xianglan Mountain Kingdom's development is about to shift to Wanglan Continent.

From now on, they may only come once each spring and autumn.

After that, when Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid abandon Cloud Trace Continent, perhaps they'll only return every fall.

Then eventually, Purple Tung Insect Nation won't even have the trading caravans anymore, and Cloud Trace Continent will return to deathly silence.

Fuzzy Flower: "Dragon Cypress Ant King, Ink Orchid Lord, this deal counts as giving you both a hand. Ink Orchid Lord, the sooner you evolve to the ninth age period and sow the God-Given Life Seed, whether you break through to Insect King earlier, or give the God-Given Life Seed enough time to grow and mature so the risk of breaking through to Insect King is minimized in the future—either way, it's beneficial."

Fuzzy Flower: "So, I hope there can be some compensation. I ask for three Divine-Grade Baihe Fruits, to extend the lives of Pueraria, Cornel, and Beach Wheat—think of it as compensation for them. I hope one day they too can break through to Insect King and leave, to have a look at the Outworld. May the Outworld be a vast, free, peaceful, and wonderful place, where everyone can have even better prospects."

"..."

All the bugs were silent.

Ink Orchid gently turned its head, looking toward Pueraria.

Pueraria, Cornel, and Beach Wheat all looked toward Dragon Cypress.

Dragon Cypress: "For the development of the tribe, this is undoubtedly the best solution. For Ink Orchid, this is also critically important assistance."

Dragon Cypress: "Two issues—first, Pueraria, Cornel, Beach Wheat, what do you say?"

Pueraria: "We'll follow Fuzzy Flower Lord's arrangements."

Cornel: "For the tribe!"

Beach Wheat: "I'll follow Fuzzy Flower Lord's arrangements."

Dragon Cypress: "Alright! Then the second issue: Divine-Given Seeds are blessings from the Natural True God to us Insect Clan warriors—they shouldn't be lent back and forth. What if, by chance, the seed that's lent out or returned turns out to be a Divine Grade one?"