allendalepharm Chapter 117, Caravan 2
Chapter 117, Caravan 2
Chapter 117 The Second Caravan
Outside the yew's nest chamber, the purple locust and purple artemisia patrolled the area, occasionally checking on the yew's life-giving seed's growth, each feeling a little anxious.
The yew only entered the nest chamber to break through its evolution after the trade fair began, but seven or eight days have passed and there is still no sign of it successfully breaking through, which makes them somewhat worried.
After all, the time between the last evolutionary age of the yew was too short. Under normal circumstances, it is best for a high-level Zerg warrior to break through an age by 1 to 3 years.
If the evolution time is too short, the new carapace will not be fully grown, greatly increasing the risk of breakthrough. If the evolution time is too long, the evolution potential will be consumed, affecting the opportunity for future advancement.
Fortunately, although they dare not use their mental powers to scan the nest chambers, lest it affect the yew's mental state, their primal force can be smoothly channeled into it.
The two brothers took turns observing the growth of the seed and found that it was growing quite normally, and even increasing its rate of absorbing natural primal energy, which reassured them a lot.
After waiting for another half day, a wave of energy drawing from nature emanated from inside the nest. The primal force that had filled the natural world seemed to have found an opening and began to flow continuously into the nest.
Upon seeing this, the two brothers, who were already very familiar with the evolution of the Zerg warriors, were overjoyed.
"Zishan is about to succeed in her breakthrough."
"We'll help it accelerate its breakthrough speed."
"it is good."
Without further ado, the two brothers mobilized their internal primal forces, mixing them with the natural primal forces, and continuously channeled them into the nest chamber.
They only stopped when their primal energy was exhausted, and lay on the ground to recover silently.
After a while, rustling sounds came from inside the nest. The yew successfully shed its shell and crawled out of the nest. It had grown considerably, reaching about 3.5 meters in length, but it looked somewhat weak at the moment.
It crawled to the side of the purple locust and purple artemisia, and weakly swayed its antennae. The two brothers immediately went up to feed it honey and fruit.
Zi Ai said with some concern, "Zishan, your evolution has taken a bit too long this time. It seems that evolving two ages in the same year at the advanced stage is still a bit too hasty."
After eating some fruit, Zishan regained her strength and said softly, "I was a little careless. I only focused on the divinely bestowed food that strengthens the carapace and didn't pay attention to the internal organs. I need to eat more divinely bestowed food that strengthens the internal organs during the next growth period."
It was indeed a bit careless this time, mainly because the intervals between its evolutionary ages were too short, it ate too little of the Force food that strengthens its internal organs, and ate too much of the God-given Armor Beans.
For Zerg warriors, it's not about eating as much God-given Force food as possible; they also need to consider its effects and benefits.
For example, there is a type of Force food in the Astral Plane that makes the carapace lighter. This is a good Force food for most Zerg warriors, as it can indirectly improve their physical condition and increase their flight speed.
However, for the Rhinoceros Tortoise Warriors, who are known for their strength, this divinely bestowed Force food is more harmful than beneficial. Although they also want to enhance their flight speed, they do so not at the cost of making their shells lighter.
When their shells become lighter, it means their defensive capabilities decrease, and their once-proud advantages are weakened or even disappear.
The Divine Armor Bean has a very good effect. It allows Zerg warriors to expand their bodies to the maximum extent when evolving in their early stages, reducing the risk of Zerg warriors failing to evolve when advancing to the Mountain Lord level due to excessive expansion of their carapace.
For example, when a warrior is promoted to the Mountain Lord level at the advanced stage of the Nine-Year Age, his/her body size will expand from 4 meters to 5 meters in one go. This is a huge change in body size. Many warriors fail to evolve because their bodies cannot withstand the expansion of their body size.
After consuming the Force food, Armored Beans, they can grow to their maximum size at each age. If the Rhinoceros Tortoise Warrior had been eating Armored Beans at each age starting from the initial stage, its size might have reached 4.5 or 4.6 meters by the time it reached the advanced stage of the ninth age.
In this way, when advancing to the Mountain Lord level, the size only expands from 4.5 meters to 5 meters, reducing the risk by more than 10 times. It is equivalent to spreading the pressure and risk of major stage advancement evenly across each evolutionary stage.
Its mistake lies here: the time since its last evolutionary age was too short, causing its shell to expand too much, which greatly increases the risk of evolution at a later age.
Hearing what Zishan said, Zihuai also began to worry: "Then there were no problems with this evolution, right?"
"It's alright, not a big problem. Next, I'll eat more divinely bestowed primal energy foods to enhance my vitality and slow down the pace of evolution."
Zishan spat out a multi-fruited durian seed and asked, "How many days have passed? Has the trading event ended?"
Zi Ai responded: "Eight days have passed, and the grand trading event on the island is underway."
Zishan breathed a sigh of relief: "There's still plenty of time, we can still make it."
Zi Ai said, "According to the agreement between the Green Bamboo Armor King and the Hundred Tribes Leader, the Hundred Tribes Leader will also send three top-tier tree species this year. It's just unknown which aspect of the tree species they will be used to enhance."
Yew recalled, "I remember they said last year that the leaders of the Hundred Tribes would send over a life seed that could regenerate severed limbs."
"Limb regeneration?" Upon hearing this name, Zi Ai was somewhat puzzled. "As far as I know, some Zerg warriors with vitality talents have this ability, right?"
Could this Life Seed grant Zerg warriors a direct ability? Wouldn't that make it a legendary, divinely bestowed seed? Or is its effect a reduced version of that ability?
Zishan replied matter-of-factly, "It's definitely been reduced. From what I can guess, this kind of ability usually speeds up the recovery of Zerg warriors, not that it can actually regenerate severed limbs. At that level, it would be considered a god-level ability."
"That's good too. If you can nurture these kinds of seeds into life-giving seeds, then what is born will be divinely bestowed food of primal force, which everyone can eat in the future."
As they spoke, the purple locust and purple artemisia also felt a bit sentimental. Early yew evolved slowly, but now they've surpassed them in age. They wondered if the gap between them would widen further in the future.
"We don't know the situation yet, let's wait and see." What kind of seeds the Hundred Tribes Caravan can produce ultimately depends on them; there's no point in them discussing it here.
At this point, Zihuai changed the subject: "Yew, plant your seed first. It's a bit late for them to grow in October, but the weather here is hot, so it shouldn't matter." "Okay."
Zishan, carrying the seeds of the multi-fruited durian, arrived at the designated planting site.
The multi-fruited durian is a tropical fruit with a large size and a thick shell. The insectoid warriors can eat the shell, the flesh, and the seeds—a rare dual-element species found in its natural environment.
In terms of its output, as long as its seed can produce fruit in the future, then the Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors below the Mountain Lord level will basically not need to buy Force food to enhance their flight speed.
The yew tree arrived at the prepared planting site, sowed the seeds, and watered and fertilized them.
Within a day, the seed sprouted true leaves and began to absorb nutrients from the soil, gradually growing upwards. In three days, it grew to 20 centimeters tall, and in seven days, it grew to about 30 centimeters tall.
At this moment, the life seed is still very fragile, and even a rabbit or a weasel could easily harm it.
However, Zishan had no choice but to leave the Life Seed at this time, because the Lord of Zizhu Mountain had come looking for her.
Without further ado, Zizhu said, "Zishan, the Hundred Tribes Caravan is almost here. You haven't nurtured a new life seed yet, have you? You can go to Daqing Peak now and wait for the Hundred Tribes Caravan to deliver top-grade tree seeds to us, then you can choose one to nurture as your life seed."
"good!"
The yew tree, which had been lying on the ground, jumped up happily upon hearing this.
"Purple Locust and Purple Artemisia, you two guard the durian seedlings for me. I'm going to Daqing Peak first."
"Okay, you can go ahead first. We'll take care of things here."
After arranging things, the two insects spread their wings and flew to Daqing Peak, one after the other.
When they arrived at Daqing Peak, King Jia and the lords were still working in the trading square and hadn't returned yet. Every year, they could earn tens of thousands of raw stones by working for half a month, which was quite a lot for a small tribe like theirs.
When Zishan and Zizhu arrived at Daqing Peak, they saw Qingyulan and Tiannanxing there as well. Zishan greeted them familiarly, "Qingyulan, Tiannanxing, you're here too?"
"Yes, King Qingzhujia summoned us." Having been back in the tribe for over a year, Tian Nanxing has gradually become familiar with the place and is no longer as reserved and unfamiliar as when she first returned.
"oh."
Zishan examined their physical condition and found that Qingyulan and Tiannanxing had both evolved once, and their sizes had increased considerably.
Especially Qingyulan, when it fought the Zerg warriors of the Thousand Star Islands at the beginning of the year, a piece of its special horn broke off. Now, after evolving to a new age, the broken horn has grown back.
The yew instantly understood that they were also insects summoned by the Green Bamboo King to seek top-grade tree species as life seeds from the Flame Spider Merchant.
The Green Bamboo King and the others hadn't returned yet, so the Purple Fir wasn't bored. It chatted enthusiastically with everyone.
The Zerg warriors had a lot to talk about. They discussed territory gains and expansion, the different effects of various Force foods they had eaten, and how to combine Force foods to avoid interference between them and insufficient effects.
Because Arisaema has lived in the wild since childhood, the number of high-quality life seeds it can select is limited. Apart from the Arisaema heterophyllum's God-given life seed production, the production of other life seeds is definitely below the standard of ordinary Zerg warriors.
Even after the seed was transplanted back and replanted, it only grew for two years and did not reach the standard of flowering and fruiting. It was only able to grow because of the original stones lent to it by the tribe.
Perhaps it was for this reason that the Green Bamboo King summoned it, wanting the Hundred Tribes Caravan to provide it with a few top-tier tree species as a supplement to make up for the insufficient yield of the life-seeds it had previously cultivated.
Otherwise, under normal circumstances, such a good thing would definitely be prioritized for the Zerg warriors within the Twin-Forked Rhinoceros Beetle tribe, not the Forked Rhinoceros Beetle.
Fortunately, the Green Bamboo King didn't keep the Purple Cedar and other insects waiting too long, since it was the Green Bamboo King who instructed the Purple Pearl Mountain Lord to notify them in advance so that the Purple Cedar and other insects could come.
In the afternoon, King Qingzhu and Lord Qingguo led a group of Flame Spider merchants to the trading square of Daqing Peak.
"King of Green Bamboo Armor, Lord of Green Fruit." The insects stepped forward to greet them, then looked at the approaching Flame Spider Merchants with some curiosity.
Because of a single glance, Zishan and the others realized that the approaching group was not a caravan of a hundred tribes, but a caravan of Rainbow Flame Spiders, consisting of a Lord-level Rainbow Flame Spider, three Mountain Lords, and about ten Rainbow Flame Spider warriors ranging from intermediate to advanced levels.
Seeing the Zishan and the others approaching, the Green Bamboo Armor King greeted them warmly: "Zizhu, Zishan, Qingyulan, Tiannanxing, come here, let me introduce you. This is the Thorn Caravan of the Illusionary Flame Spider Tribe."
The Thorn Chieftain is preparing to expand the influence of his caravan and intends to make us their partner on Banana Island. Our caravan will also become our tribe's second lord-level caravan.
"Thorn Leader." The insects greeted the leader of the Rainbow Spider caravan with honesty and politeness, but their eyes involuntarily darted around, a hint of worry rising in their hearts.
King Qingzhujia is now inviting a second Flame Spider caravan to trade with the Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe; his purpose is self-evident.
One reason is that the number of divinely bestowed seeds of the Rhinoceros Beetle tribe has increased, especially the many divinely bestowed seeds of the Yew, which together constitute a rather large number.
Moreover, it nurtures divinely bestowed seeds with excellent strengthening effects. Once the yew's life seeds begin to produce in the future, there will definitely be many divinely bestowed primal force foods.
They can't afford to eat so much good food inside; at most, they can eat some free fruit peels and pulp, and the rest they have to order from outside.
If it were just one caravan of a hundred, the outflow of so much divinely bestowed food would surely have alerted it to something unusual, and it might not have been able to eat so much good food.
On the other hand, they must also want to take advantage of the opportunity to bring in the second caravan to ask for some benefits from it. After all, the three top-grade tree species that the Hundred Caravan promised each year are far too few for the Rhinoceros Beetle tribe, which has a large number of Zerg warriors. Let alone three, even 30 would not be enough.
But they were also somewhat worried about this: what if things didn't go well on this side, and they also offended the leaders of the hundred tribes? That would mean the annual cost of 3...
If there isn't even a share of top-tier tree species, that would be troublesome.
The Green Bamboo King seemed oblivious to the worry in their eyes. Instead, it raised its paw and pointed at the Purple Fir, the Arisaema, and the Green Rain Orchid, saying, "Thorn Chief, most of our tribe's divinely bestowed food is traded with the Hundred Tribe Chiefs and the Elephant Banana Island. It's not convenient to allocate a share to you."
However, my three younger relatives all possess divinely bestowed seeds, and their divinely bestowed seeds have not yet been allocated trading rights.
I can make the decision here: given the same price, I will prioritize allocating their God-given Seeds to you.
"King Qingzhu Jia, you are too kind."
Although the Green Bamboo King said that the trading rights would be allocated to their caravans first, provided the prices were the same, it did not mean that the trading rights would be directly allocated to them. The Thorn Chieftain still thanked him very politely.
It should be noted that the trading rights to three Divine Seeds are already an extraordinary number. Most Mountain Lord-level Flame Spider merchants would not necessarily be able to obtain so many trading rights to Divine Seeds even after traveling the continent for decades.
And this is only their first time here, not to mention there will definitely be more trading opportunities later.
This further confirms the correctness of its decision to explore new business avenues.
"King Green Bamboo, I wonder what divine-given seeds your juniors possess? And what divine-given primal force foods they require? I need to make the necessary adjustments."