Astral Gods

Chapter 28 Failed to Obtain Top-Tier Plants

The caravan of a hundred tribes arrived at the trading square along the mountain road, where King Qingzhujia personally came to greet them: "Chiefs of the hundred tribes, you must be tired from your journey."

"It wasn't hard work." The lord-level Watase Flame Spider warrior named Baibu looked at Ze Hui and smiled, "King Qingzhu Armor, Ze Hui has done a pretty good job this year, hasn't he?"

Upon hearing this, King Qingzhujia immediately praised, "Teacher Zehui is very responsible; it's our tribe's little warriors who have taken care of him."

The Hundred Caravans are the lord-level Flame Spider caravan that regularly trades with the Twin-Forked Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe among the many caravans that come to Xiangjiao Island for trade.

It was precisely for this reason that the Green Bamboo Armor King was able to invite a Mountain Lord-level Flame Spider from their caravan to temporarily teach their tribe for a few years.

The caravan leader didn't waste any words and said directly, "We've been in the trading square for a month, and we've already traded for most of the Force-based foods. The only thing we haven't traded yet is the Divine Force-based food that you still need. How about we start trading now?"

"Alright." Neither side hesitated. King Qingzhu Jia ordered his mountain lords to take out the many divinely bestowed food items that had been prepared beforehand.

Over the years, the Double-Forked Rhinoceros Beetle tribe, together with its affiliated tribes, has accumulated more than 50 divinely bestowed seeds.

However, they can't use all the effects and benefits of the divinely bestowed seeds that produce divinely bestowed food.

Therefore, they would take some of the divine-given food produced by the divine-given seeds that they didn't need and exchange it with other tribes on the island, and then use the rest to exchange with the Flame Spider Merchant for the divine-given food they needed for their own evolution.

They sell their divinely bestowed Force food to the Flame Spider Merchants at a fair price, while the Flame Spider Merchants sell them their divinely bestowed Force food at a 10% premium.

The God-given Force food is precious, and 10% is already a very high premium. Their tribe has to sell God-given Force food worth 1.5 million Origin Stones to the Flame Spider Merchants every year, which allows them to earn an extra 150,000 to 160,000 Origin Stones each time. This makes them very uncomfortable, but they have no choice but to buy it.

However, it must be said that the Flame Spider Merchant does indeed have a lot of good stuff in its claws. Many of the divinely bestowed foods that are unavailable for trade on their islands can be easily gathered by the Flame Spider Merchant.

No matter what kind or what level of divinely bestowed food you want, there's nothing they can't provide, only things you can't afford. They can always offer hundreds of different kinds of divinely bestowed food for trade.

The trading matters could be handled by the lords and mountain chiefs below. King Qingzhu invited the leaders of the hundred tribes to the reception hall next to the trading square and served them various foods made with primal force.

After a brief chat over food and drinks, King Qingzhu asked, "Chief of the Hundred Tribes, what happened to the matter I inquired about last year regarding the top-tier tree species?"

Seeing that the Green Bamboo Armor King had brought up the main topic, the leader of the Hundred Tribes also put down the food in his claws and said with some difficulty, "Green Bamboo Armor King, you don't know this, but in our kingdom, the top-grade tree species are guarded very strictly. Not to mention me, even my Spider King elders would not take out top-grade tree species and give them away to other insects at will."

King Qingzhu was slightly surprised: "But I remember you also gifted me top-grade Qingguo tree seeds back then?"

The leader of the Hundred Tribes explained, "Here's the situation. We thank your Twin-Forked Rhinoceros Tortoise Tribe for supporting our business over the years. I applied to my Spider King elder for a few top-grade tree species to give to you as life seeds for nurturing. Even so, I personally witnessed you placing the life seeds into your life pouches."

"If I were to give you top-grade tree species without permission, not only would I be severely punished, but your Twin-Forked Rhinoceros Beetle tribe would also face serious consequences."

It continued, "Some top tree species have no natural enemies in nature because of their growing environment. If they are sown and propagated, they can easily cause damage to the ecosystem."

"Given my relationship with your tribe, if you want a few top-tier tree species as your life seeds, I can apply to my elders for them, even thirty or fifty, but only under my personal watchful eye, as they must be incorporated into your life pod and nurtured into life seeds!"

"I understand." It seems the Flame Spider Kingdom really values ​​top-tier tree species.

Of course, it absolutely does not believe the other party's claims that top-quality tree species would damage the environment.

This is undoubtedly out of fear that top-tier tree species would leak out, and once other tribes cultivate them, their own kingdom would lose this advantage.

The Flame Spider Kingdom gradually accumulated its advantages here and there, and with a single life seed, it became the number one kingdom on the Thousand Trees Continent.

King Qingzhu thought for a moment and said, "How about this? Isn't Lord Zehui here teaching our young warriors? After we obtain the top-tier tree seed, let Lord Zehui personally watch us nurture it into a life-sustaining seed. That way, we won't have to worry about planting it, right?"

"My main goal is to find some Life Seeds that can increase the production of our little warriors. The little warriors evolve every few months, and we can't wait for you to arrive!"

The tribal leader hesitated slightly before nodding his beard: "That will work too."

"King of Green Bamboo Armor, I must first act like a humble insect, then like a gentleman, and explain to you the seriousness of any potential trouble that might arise."

"I can give the top-grade tree seeds to Ze Hui in advance, so that it can watch you nurture them into life seeds. However, we will come to check how many seeds you have taken and how many life seeds you have nurtured every year during the trading season."

"Even if it's a tree species that was accidentally damaged, we must find something, otherwise the entire Twin-Forked Rhinoceros Beetle tribe will suffer the wrath of the Flame Spider Kingdom."

"And Ze Hui, and even all the spiders of my lineage will be implicated!"

"I, the Spider, feel there's no need to rush. Or you could do this: your tribe plans to use top-tier tree species to cultivate warriors into life-seeds. You can delay their evolution until late September or early October, just in time for our caravan to arrive and provide you with top-tier tree species to cultivate your life-seeds!"

"Let's talk about it later. Anyway, we have a long time to cooperate and trade." The other party has already said this much, and it is obvious that they do not want to take the risk of bringing out top-grade tree species. If it asks any more questions, the other party will think that they have ulterior motives.

However, it cannot tell the other party about the yew tree, as this has become the tribe's biggest secret. It will not reveal this information until it can absolutely trust the other party.

Although it prides itself on the Twin-Forked Rhinoceros Beetle tribe being among the strongest of the many Zerg warriors, it is not entirely confident in facing the largest kingdom on the Thousand Trees Continent's landslide invasion.

However, while the yew tree can nurture fifty-four divinely bestowed seeds, which sounds like a lot, it is nothing compared to the number of divinely bestowed seeds in the largest coastal water flea tribe on the island, and even less so compared to the vast Flame Spider Kingdom.

The yew is only seven years old now, and it is best to cultivate herbaceous plants for its life. There is no rush to need top-grade tree species. Even if it is a top-grade tree species, there are several kinds available on the island, so there is no need to rush to find one for it.

In the future, he can slowly help it get two more, and perhaps he can also inquire about the mutation of the yew life sac?