blogombal Chapter 92 reveals Zishan's special abilities.
Chapter 92 reveals Zishan's special abilities.
Chapter 92 reveals Zishan's special abilities.
Lord Purple Plum and the three brothers of Purple Fir arrived at the location of the Purple Fir and Liriodendron life seed. When they arrived, Lord Willow Catkin Mountain had already brought Lord Black Date Mountain and other insects over.
"Lord Purple Plum," the insects greeted in unison.
"Hmm." Lord Zili calmly nodded his antennae in response.
Without wasting words, it said directly, "Now that everyone is here, let's get to work."
Upon hearing Lord Zili's words, several Zerg warriors began to take turns using their abilities on the Liriodendron life-sustaining seed.
The three yew brothers looked up and examined the tulip tree seedling. This seedling was planted by the yew at the end of April and has been growing for more than half a year now.
The tulip tree is an evergreen large tree, and because of the greenhouse that insulates it from the cold outside, its growth does not stagnate even in winter.
Although it has only been a short time to grow, its growth is remarkable. In just six months, it has grown to four or five meters tall, and its trunk diameter has reached five or six centimeters. The tree is covered with lush branches and leaves, showing a thriving and prosperous appearance.
After the Zerg warriors finished casting their abilities on the tulip tree species, they went to another greenhouse about 1 kilometer away and cast their abilities on the broadleaf orchid species.
Although the Broadleaf Cymbidium species was sown more than a month later than the Liriodendron species, its growth rate was in no way inferior.
In just three or four months, the trunk diameter of the broad-leaved orchid species reached 2 centimeters, and its height also grew to more than 2 meters.
The reason it can grow so fast is not only because it is a large tree. Starting in July, several people began to use its growth-promoting abilities on the broad-leaved and broad-eyed species.
During this stage, its growth in one month is equivalent to its growth in three months under normal conditions. Although it has only been seeded for less than four months, it is already about the same height as other Zerg warriors that have grown for ten months.
After the Zerg warriors finished using their abilities on the two Life Seeds, they did not leave, but stood there quietly waiting for Lord Purple Plum to pay their wages.
This was something that had been discussed beforehand, so Lord Zili didn't delay and said directly, "Everyone has been with me for three or four months now. With the Force Food Trade Fair over, I'll settle everyone's wages for this period of time first."
Then it commanded, "Yew, Artemisia, these are your life seeds. You have seen how the mountain lords have used their abilities during this time, and you are aware of how many times they have used their abilities."
"You've all studied under the Mountain Lord of Zehui for so long, you've graduated. Now calculate how many raw stones you should give to each of the Mountain Lords."
Upon hearing Lord Zili's words, Zishan immediately began to calculate on the spot.
"The mountain lords started working at the end of June and the beginning of July, using their abilities on the tulip tree twice a month. Up to this point, they have used their abilities a total of eight times."
"The ability was applied to the Broadleaf Orchid starting at the end of July, and it was applied a total of six times. Each mountain lord applied their ability a total of 14 times."
"The price for the Lord of Nandan Mountain to use his ability once is 200 raw stones, and 14 times would cost 2800 raw stones."
The price for the Lord of Windflower Mountain to use his ability once is also 200 Ore Stones, which is also the price of 2800 Ore Stones.
The price for Bai Xianshan Lord to use his ability once is 400 raw stones, and the price for 14 uses is 5600 raw stones.
The Black Date Mountain Lord charges 800 Primogems per use of his ability, requiring a total of 11200 Primogems, for a total cost of 22400 Primogems.
Lord Purple Plum opened a spider silk bag hanging on his midfoot, took out a metal cylinder, then opened the metal cylinder and took out a thick stack of Spider King scrolls. He counted out 22 thousand-yuan bills and handed them to Lord Black Date Mountain: "Distribute them yourselves."
The smallest denomination of the Spider King's Scroll is 1000 Primogems, and Lord Purple Plum took out 400 Primogems worth of Primogem food to replenish them.
"Thank you, Lord Zili." The mountain lords thanked him repeatedly after receiving the Spider King's scroll.
Although Zerg warriors with wood-type abilities are the most skilled at business among all warriors, those with wood-type support abilities are even rarer, so they should theoretically have no shortage of customers.
However, most of the Zerg warriors on Banana Island are quite poor. Even a relatively large tribe like the Rhinoceros Beetles is living paycheck to paycheck, and there aren't many Zerg that are willing to spend money to hire them to work.
They only encounter a handful of big clients like Lord Purple Plum throughout the year, let alone the fact that Lord Purple Plum would require them to continue using their abilities on the two divinely bestowed seeds.
It's no exaggeration to say that these few individuals could earn the equivalent of a mountain lord's annual income by simply using their abilities a few times with Lord Zili.
It's a bit of a pity that the yew received its divine gift too early. If it had been planted at the advanced level of the ninth age or at the mountain lord level, it would have been a better life seed.
Some insects, in order not to have their evolution delayed by the growth of the divinely bestowed seed, would throw all sorts of wood-type and life-type enhancement abilities into their seed as if raw stones were free, just to accelerate the growth of the seed.
At the same time, they were not surprised that the Lord of Willow Catkin Mountain did not accept the Spider King's letter, because they had already seen the bulging spider silk bags held on its two middle legs. Judging from their experience, there were at least 100,000 raw stones inside.
Before they even came to work for the Rhinoceros Tortoise Tribe, they heard that the Lord of Willow Catkin Mountain had been recruited by the Rhinoceros Tortoise Tribe, and they were all very envious of this.
Of their remaining four mountain lords, the Black Date Mountain Lord comes from the Seven-Star Ladybug tribe. This tribe possesses dual-elemental talent potential in water and wood, and the tribe's insect population has reached more than 500 each. Together with its affiliated tribes, the total insect population is close to a thousand.
Because the warriors in the tribe often awaken certain wood-type support abilities, they thrive on the island, and the tribe's overall potential is even greater than that of the Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe.
The remaining three mountain lords also each had their own tribes, but they were all small tribes with only thirty to forty or fifty insects in their population.
Their lives are a little better than those of the Willow Catkin Mountain Master, but they still need to do odd jobs to earn money. Now that they see the Willow Catkin Mountain Master receiving a lot of resources and support as soon as he is recruited, how can they not be envious?
"You're welcome." Lord Zili instructed, "For the next period of time, please come every half month to cast your abilities on their life seeds once, until next spring."
"We'll arrive on time." Although winter is coming and Zerg warriors don't like to be active during this season, it's all about making money, so a little hardship is worth it.
In fact, Lord Zili also wanted to recruit more Zerg warriors with wood-type support abilities. After all, the seeds of the yew will continue to produce divine seeds in the future, and the wood-type support ability will always be useful. Even if there are ten or eight, it wouldn't be too many.
However, most of the insectoid warriors on the island with wood-type support abilities have either been recruited by other tribes, have their own tribes, or are not discreet and have not found suitable insectoid partners.
Another point is that their tribe really doesn't have many resources. In recent years, the tribe has transferred a lot of raw stones and insects to develop the Thousand Star Islands, and it is already stretched thin, so it can't provide much help to the Yew tribe.
It also invested a lot of raw stones in order for the yew to grow and evolve, which caused its own evolution to stagnate.
If they want to recruit other Zerg warriors, they can only wait until the three Zishan brothers become wealthy in the future and rely on them to find them using their own resources!
After seeing off the mountain lords who were working, Lord Zili said to Zishan, "I've been busy with all sorts of things lately and haven't had a chance to check on the growth of your life seed. I'll take advantage of this free time to go and check on it."
Then it said to the Lord of Willow Catkins Mountain quite seriously: "Lord of Willow Catkins Mountain, since your life seed has taken root in the territory and can be considered your own insect, I can reveal some secrets to you."
However, I must warn you, this secret is unknown even to most of our tribe's mountain lords, so I hope you won't reveal it after you see it.
Upon hearing Lord Zi Li's words, Lord Liu Xu's expression turned serious. He realized that Lord Zi Li was about to reveal a rather important secret of their tribe. He cautiously said, "Lord Zi Li, if the matter is so significant that even your tribe's mountain lords don't know about it, wouldn't it be inappropriate to tell me?"
Then it added, "However, if there is really a need for me to know, then Lord Zili, rest assured, I am very tight-lipped, and the news will absolutely not leak out of my mouth."
Lord Zili explained, "It is indeed necessary for you to know about this, because we still need your assistance."
"Do you need my abilities to assist you?" Lord Zili's words made Lord Liuxu start to have all sorts of thoughts.
The three yew brothers, along with Lord Zili, Lord Zizhu Mountain, and Lord Liuxu Mountain, flew towards the first life seed of the yew.
Lord Zili originally planned to give the three Zishan brothers an area with a diameter of about one square kilometer to plant their life-giving seeds.
Originally, according to its plan, even if the three brothers were to advance to the King level in the future, there would only be a total of 162 life seeds. The life seeds would be 100 meters apart, and each life seed would only require 8 to 1 square meters of space.
It divides one square kilometer into three parts, allowing the three insects' life seeds to be planted in a fan shape, which perfectly distributes the life seeds of the three brothers.
But what it didn't expect was that the yew could take ordinary seeds into its life sac and nurture them into divinely bestowed seeds, which required much more space than ordinary life seeds.
The main reason is that the God-given Seed has a greater need for the Force and is more resistant to other Force-based creatures. It requires a Force area of about one square kilometer to ensure that its evolution and growth are not disturbed.
Therefore, Lord Zili had to allocate additional land for planting the yew trees. Starting from the original 1 square kilometer territory, it expanded in a fan shape, allocating another 30 square kilometers for the yew trees.
This amount of land is enough for the yew trees to advance to the lord level for planting life-sustaining species. As for what happens after the lord level, that will be a separate matter.
The insects landed at the place where the divinely bestowed seed of the male mulberry tree took root and entered the incubator. The Lord of Willow Catkin Mountain was a little puzzled. Isn't this the divinely bestowed seed of the male mulberry tree of the yew?
During this period, it had to use its ability on it every half month, which didn't seem to be a secret, right? However, it just quietly watched what Lord Purple Plum and the others wanted to do, without saying a word.
Stepping into the greenhouse, Lord Zili slowly walked forward and carefully examined the male mulberry tree, a divinely bestowed seed.
This seedling was conceived in the early stages of the yew tree's life. After five or six years of nurturing, and with the generous support of the tribe in providing raw stones and other materials to aid its growth, it has long since shed its initial immaturity and is now growing more and more vigorously.
Its trunk has already begun to take on a majestic appearance, with the main trunk being more than ten centimeters thick and the tree height reaching nearly ten meters. Its branches stretch upwards with vigor, supporting a verdant outline.
The tree trunk of the divinely bestowed seed was brimming with rich life force and primal light, its lustrous sheen layered upon layer, exuding both a sacred and inviolable majesty and an undeniable, vibrant vitality.
At this moment, it truly revealed the unique and extraordinary splendor of the divinely bestowed seed, solemn, dignified, and inviolable.
Upon seeing them enter the greenhouse, the male mulberry tree, a divinely bestowed species, merely emitted a faint spiritual energy without driving them away.
Over the years, it has become quite familiar with Lord Purple Plum and Lord Purple Pearl Mountain, in addition to the three Yew brothers, and knows that they will not harm it, so it does not react much when it sees them.
As for the Willow Catkin Mountain Lord, it naturally remembered that every time it came, it could use its abilities to strengthen its root system. To it, this was a great insect, and it would never dislike it.
After inspecting the growth of the male mulberry tree, a divinely bestowed seed, Lord Zili instructed Lord Zizhu Mountain: "Zizhu, dismantle the greenhouse here in a moment."
The male mulberry tree, blessed by the gods, has grown to this size and no longer needs the protection of a greenhouse. It can now face the wind and frost of nature directly. Although a greenhouse can protect plants from wind and frost, it would turn them into greenhouse flowers. Without experiencing the wind and rain of nature, they would hardly become true towering trees.
"I know, I'll do it in a bit."
"If you're too busy, let Zima work with you."
After taking a stroll around the male mulberry tree and assigning some tasks to Zizhu, Lord Zili led the insects to the location of the second yew tree.
Arriving at the location of the second yew tree seedling, we entered another incubator, where another mulberry tree, a divinely bestowed seed, came into view.
When he saw this scene, the Lord of Willow Catkins thought he was seeing things. He even rolled his huge compound eyes hard to see if he had gone the wrong way and returned to the place where the male mulberry tree was given by the gods.
However, upon closer inspection, it discovered that although this divinely bestowed mulberry tree was about the same height as the first divinely bestowed mulberry tree, and its trunk also flowed with radiant life force, its attitude towards the insects was somewhat different. It continuously emitted a sense of disgust, trying to drive away all the insects except for the three yew brothers.
Seeing the incredulous expression on Willow Catkins Mountain Lord's face, Purple Plum Lord calmly said, "Willow Catkins Mountain Lord, don't be surprised. This is the second life seed of the yew tree, a divinely bestowed seed from a female mulberry tree!"
"A second life-giving seed?" Lord Willow Catkin knew Lord Purple Plum wouldn't lie to it, but it was still somewhat incredulous. "Where did so many divinely bestowed seeds come from?"
Zi Ai and the Willow Catkin Mountain Lord had some contact and were quite familiar with each other. The Willow Catkin Mountain Lord swayed its antennae rather proudly: "Willow Catkin Mountain Lord, don't be surprised, this is just the beginning."
"Is this the beginning?" The Willow Catkin Mountain Master wasn't stupid. A guess began to rise in its mind, but it immediately extinguished the guess. What it was thinking was too far-fetched, and it didn't even believe it itself.
Lord Zili instructed, "Should we dismantle this insulated greenhouse as well?"
Next, they went to check on the Red Cypress God-given Seed, which is a large tree God-given seed and is growing very well.
Although it was sown later than the male mulberry tree, a divinely bestowed seed, its main trunk has now grown to about 12 centimeters and its trunk has grown to 13 meters tall, making it the tallest of the many yew species.
Seeing this scene, the Willow Catkin Mountain Master had to admit that its suspicions were very likely to come true.
Before Lord Zili could speak, Zishan asked, "Should this insulated room also be dismantled?"
"dismantle!"
Next, they arrived at the location where the fourth seed of the yew tree had taken root. Unlike the previous tall greenhouses, this greenhouse was not very tall, but it covered a large area. Inside the greenhouse, there were pillars supporting the roof. The insects passed through the various pillars and came to the front of the divinely bestowed seed of the green-hearted sunflower.
As a herbaceous divinely bestowed seed, it differs somewhat from tree-type divinely bestowed seeds in that it grows through division. In addition to the main plant, each major realm will also produce offshoots.
Because the timing of the yew's evolution to the intermediate level was rather coincidental, the Green Heart Sunflower's divinely bestowed seed only began to grow as a branch after the yew had advanced to the intermediate level.
The initial stage consists of three branches, meaning the main plant extends outwards to produce three branches. The intermediate stage also consists of three branches, meaning that the three branches from the initial stage extend outwards again, with each branch branching into three more branches, for a total of 13 branches.
The number of this plant division is relatively small among herbaceous divine seeds, but the Green Heart Sunflower enhances the range of mental power, making it an absolutely rare and valuable item in the astral realm. If the quantity is insufficient, quality will make up for it.
Zishan asked, "Lord Zili, should we dismantle the insulated greenhouse here?"
"Tear down everything that's useless."
The Willow Catkin Mountain Lord, standing to the side, was so shocked it couldn't speak, and was even somewhat numb. What had it just witnessed? A divinely bestowed seed with enhanced vitality, a divinely bestowed seed with enhanced strength, a divinely bestowed seed with enhanced mental power range—
The fruits produced by these divinely bestowed seeds are freely circulated in the Astral Plane and are the most popular divinely bestowed food. Any one of these divinely bestowed food items would be enthusiastically sought after by Zerg warriors, but in the Rhinoceros Beetle tribe, it is just one of many life seeds for a small warrior.
Its expression was blank, and its steps were numb as it followed Lord Purple Plum and the others to the next location where the life seed would take root. It saw that the fifth life seed of the yew was the multi-fruited green turmeric divine seed, which had the effect of comprehensively strengthening the earth element. This was a good thing for the insect warriors with earth element talents, but after seeing the previous divine seeds, it felt that this was nothing.
The multi-seed 'Qingti Shencizhi' is a vine-like plant. Its main vine and branch vines twine around the many supports in the greenhouse, growing densely in a large area.
The longest trunk is over three centimeters in diameter, and its length reaches seventy or eighty meters. Over the years, the Purple Plum Lords have never required it to produce fruit, and it has grown quite well.
Zishan then asked, "Do we still need to remove this and the insulated room?"
"Preserve the original frame of the greenhouse, allowing the divinely bestowed seeds to climb freely between the supports."
Then they went to check on the Sweetheart Kiwifruit God-given Seed, the Wisteria God-given Seed, and the Green Soul Kiwifruit God-given Seed.
Seeing so many divinely bestowed seeds in succession, the Willow Catkin Mountain Master was very puzzled. How did they come to possess so many divinely bestowed seeds? Moreover, most of them were divinely bestowed seeds of the highest quality in the Star Realm.
Especially after seeing the Azure Soul Kiwi Fruit God-given Seed, the insect was completely stunned. It had never seen a soul-type God-given seed before, and had never even heard of soul-type primal force food. But the rich soul-type primal force power emanating from the Azure Soul Kiwi Fruit God-given Seed could not fool the insect.
At this moment, it felt that its perspective and values had undergone a complete transformation.
"Lord Zili, is this the great secret you spoke of about your tribe? Are the seeds of the yew all divinely bestowed?"
Lord Purple Plum readily replied, "Yes, this is our tribe's great secret. To date, our tribe possesses not the 57 divinely bestowed seeds you know, but 72!"
"Where did all these divinely bestowed seeds come from?" And they are all top-tier divinely bestowed seeds, and all of them were given to a Zerg warrior to be nurtured into life-sustaining seeds?
Generally, once a Zerg warrior finds a Divine Seed, it will immediately incorporate it into its Life Sac to nurture it into a Life Seed. Even if it doesn't nurture into a Life Seed, it will quickly sow it into a wild Divine Seed.
It's impossible that the Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe has been collecting all the divinely bestowed seeds they've found over the years and then nurtured them all into life-sustaining seeds for the young warriors at once, right?
Even if the offspring are to be conceived by warriors, the risk should be shared, and the offspring should be conceived by lord-level warriors, mountain lord-level warriors, or even more junior warriors.
Lord Zili explained simply: "The case of the yew is quite special. It received the blessing of the true god of nature when it was still an insect egg, and gained the ability to take ordinary seeds into its life capsule and nurture them into divinely bestowed seeds. This is a gift from the true god of nature, not because our tribe has so many divinely bestowed seeds."
"The true god of nature bestowed upon the yew the ability to nurture ordinary seeds into divinely gifted ones?" The Lord of Willow Catkins Mountain had been shocked countless times today and could no longer describe his feelings at this moment.
At this moment, it didn't even find Lord Zili's words unbelievable; on the contrary, it quite agreed with them. That's right, only the favor of the true god of nature could bring about such unbelievable things and situations.
Then it realized, "Doesn't that mean the yew can have any divinely bestowed seed it wants?"
"That's roughly the situation. However, the divinely bestowed seeds nurtured by the yew tree have certain flaws. Their yield is not as high as one might imagine. It would take about three divinely bestowed seeds to equal the output of one seed of the same type."
Upon hearing Lord Zili's Versailles-like words, Lord Liuxu was speechless for a moment.
"Lord Zili, why did you tell me such a thing?" Lord Liuxu was already somewhat regretful at this moment. There was probably no second case like Zishan's in the entire Star Boundary.
This is no longer just a matter of being favored by the true god of nature; it's practically the true god of nature personally feeding us.
The Rhinoceros Beetle tribe guards this secret so closely, clearly taking it very seriously. But what if the secret is ever leaked? Will they suspect me? And what if they chop me into eighteen pieces?
"The yew tree produces divinely bestowed seeds at each age. However, due to the large number of these divinely bestowed seeds, its growth rate is too slow, which hinders its evolution."
Therefore, we need Zerg warriors to use wood-based support abilities to accelerate the growth of the Yew Seeds. This is something you need to do, and I know I can't hide it from you, so I'm just being honest with you.
The mountain master was deeply moved. "Thank you so much for entrusting me with such a crucial task."
Lord Zili continued, "Lord Liuxu, you don't need to worry. As I said, since your life seed has already been planted here, it is your own insect, and we are willing to trust you."
Willow Catkin Mountain Master: "————"
Thank you, but I don't need that kind of trust. It's too much.
Lord Zili: "Since you are our own insect, we will naturally not treat you unfairly. After the Ziye seed produces divinely bestowed primal force food, you will also have the same share that our Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe warriors are entitled to."
Lord Liuxu's spirits lifted, and his gaze immediately hardened: "Lord Zili, rest assured, now that I've joined the Rhinoceros Tortoise Tribe, I am an insect of the Rhinoceros Tortoise Tribe. I will certainly protect the secrets of Zishan and the interests of the Rhinoceros Tortoise Tribe!"
Putting aside other divinely bestowed foods, there were also divinely bestowed foods that enhanced life, foods that enhanced strength, and even foods that enhanced soul—foods that it had never even heard of before. How could this wild insect have ever had the chance to eat them before?
Moreover, the Rhinoceros Beetle tribe is also a beetle-type insectoid warrior. Apart from the difference in elemental talents, it can eat almost any Force food that the Rhinoceros Beetle tribe can eat.
If it could really get to eat these divinely bestowed foods, then it wouldn't mind selling its life to the Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe.
Lord Zili was very satisfied with Lord Liuxu's attitude: "The divine seed nurtured in the intermediate stage of Zishan still needs to be strengthened. Lord Liuxu, you need to advance to the fourth stage as soon as possible."
After hearing Lord Zili's promise, Lord Liuxu was no longer as worried and fearful as before. Instead, he asked rather enthusiastically, "What are the remaining life-sustaining plants of the yew?"
The yew tree beside him replied, "You basically know the rest of my life-giving seeds: the three-lobed snake grape divine seed, the gem pomegranate divine seed, another mulberry male divine seed called Male Two, and the red heart cherry divine seed."
"As for the divinely bestowed seeds of the tulip tree and the broadleaf orchid that you have been strengthening during this period, they are also my life seeds."
The mountain master of Liuxu Mountain moved its tentacles. It had used its abilities to assist the growth of these divinely bestowed seeds before, and it had not been idle during this time. Apart from the divinely bestowed seeds of red heart cherry and tulip tree, it could eat the primal food produced by the other divinely bestowed seeds.
"What you don't know is that there are also the Divinely Bestowed Seeds of Water Cloud Persimmon and Iron Holly, a total of 17 Life Seeds. Life Seeds nurtured in the intermediate stage need to be strengthened. After that, we'll have to trouble Lord Willow Catkins Mountain more."
The Willow Catkin Mountain Master couldn't help but sigh, "Purple Cedar, once you grow up, I'm afraid there won't be any insect in the Star Boundary richer than you!"
The insects did not respond to this. Perhaps they would have been proud of themselves in the past, but after learning some information about the divine fruit from the Lord of Zehui Mountain, they restrained their attitude.
Despite having so many divinely bestowed seeds, all of which are capable of producing top-tier primal force food, Lord Zehui once said that there are divine fruits in this world worth tens of millions of primal stones.
The combined output of all the yew species would probably not be enough to buy even one fruit.
The mountain lord knew and spoke of fruits worth tens of millions of raw stones, not to mention the ones he didn't know or didn't speak of.
Is it possible for a divine fruit to be worth hundreds of millions of raw stones? Nobody knows, it's uncertain.
The insects in this world are as numerous as carp crossing a river; we must still maintain a sense of awe.
"Lord Willow Catkins, you know everything you need to know. Now, hurry up and evolve."
The Rhinoceros Beetle tribe doesn't just have the yew's life seed needing strengthening; other Rhinoceros Beetle warriors' life seeds also need care. For example, the Arisaema heterophyllum's divinely bestowed seed also needs constant power enhancement, even the Willow Catkin Mountain Lord's power isn't enough.