Astral Gods

Chapter 111 Advanced Training Methods

Chapter 111 Advanced Training Methods

Upon hearing Zi Huai's words, Lord Zi Li trembled with excitement: "The Azure Soul Kiwi Fruit, a divine gift, is about to bloom?"

"It says it's going to bloom!"

Lord Purple Plum's expression also turned serious: "I'll go take a look. If it hasn't been properly cared for, then it shouldn't flower or bear fruit this year. Everything should be based on the growth status of the seed."

Just as Zihuai and Ziai thought, Lord Zili was indeed very concerned about the two divinely bestowed seeds, the Green Soul Kiwi and the Red Heart Cherry.

Once these two divinely bestowed seeds produce fruit, not only will their price be astronomical, but they will also greatly benefit their tribe.

The divine gift of red cherries goes without saying; it has already been repeated many times before.

Although the Azure Soul Kiwi Fruit, a divinely bestowed seed, was barely cultivated by the yew tree, compared to a true divinely bestowed seed, it not only had a lower yield but also a lower quality, perhaps only reaching the minimum standard of a divinely bestowed seed. However, the fruit it produced still reached a level that other divinely bestowed primal force foods could hardly match.

The reason is simple: most Zerg warriors on the astral plane have never eaten soul-based food, relying entirely on strengthening their souls during their own evolution to gradually increase their strength.

When all Zerg are at the same level and have the same soul strength, your soul is much stronger than other Zerg warriors, both in terms of mental strength and reaction speed, making you much more agile.

During the evolutionary age, the burden on the soul will be less, not to mention that if the soul is strong, there is a chance to awaken soul-type abilities.

Especially for lord-level Zerg warriors who want to advance to the Zerg King level, they must figure out their own divine runes in order to advance to the King level.

Having a powerful soul makes thinking much easier and makes it easier to generate divine runes.

If you don't understand why I said it this way, let me put it another way.

Intelligent life forms will generate memories as long as they experience the world, and these memories will be engraved in the soul. If the soul is weak, these memories will disappear or be hidden deep in the mind and difficult to find.

Specifically, this manifests as forgetfulness and insufficient thinking; in severe cases, it can lead to mental disorders or even dementia.

If one's soul power is strong, then one can clearly remember even things that happened hundreds of years ago.

Although the Azure Soul Kiwi Fruit, a divine gift, is currently only at an advanced stage, it still brings considerable benefits to the Purple Plum Lords and others who have never eaten this type of Force food before.

In any case, according to the internal discussions of the tribe, the divinely bestowed green soul kiwi seeds can only be kept for consumption within the tribe after they are produced, and must never be leaked out.

Unless the Flame Spider Merchant brings over a male Azure Soul Kiwi fruit plant for the Yew to cultivate as a life-giving seed, and then checks the existence of the male plant, the divinely bestowed seed of the Azure Soul Kiwi fruit will be exposed.

For the sake of long-term secrecy and profit, perhaps some could be traded to the Flame Spider Merchant.

Lord Purple Plum and Purple Locust arrived at the place where the Divine Seed of Azure Soul Kiwi was rooted. After arriving, they didn't even have time to reply to Purple Ai's greeting before they hurriedly began to check the growth status of the Divine Seed of Azure Soul Kiwi.

It has been three or four years since the Divine Seed of the Azure Soul Kiwi was planted. In order to maintain the growth of the Divine Seed of the Azure Soul Kiwi, Lord Purple Plum has invested at least five thousand primal stones in it every year. Its growth and growth rate look quite impressive, and even the main vine has grown to the thickness of a mangosteen.

Because the soul consciousness of the Azure Soul Kiwi Fruit God-given Seed is not yet complete, it cannot communicate with Lord Purple Plum, and can only be relayed by Purple Locust and Purple Ai.

Lord Purple Plum released his spiritual intent: "Ask the Azure Soul Kiwi God-given Seed if it can still thrive."

Purple Locust repeated Lord Purple Plum's words verbatim: "Green Soul Kiwi, how are you growing?"

The Azure Soul Kiwi Fruit, a divinely bestowed seed, responded: "Compared to the growth rate of the yew when it first advanced to the advanced warrior stage, I have now basically returned to normal growth."

When the yew tree was promoted to a high-level warrior, its many life seeds grew vigorously. Life seeds such as tulip trees planted later could grow more than a meter tall in five days, and its growth slowed down only when it grew to seven or eight meters tall.

Now, the Qinghun Kiwifruit, a divinely bestowed variety, has passed its rapid growth period and is beginning to decline.

Upon hearing Zi Ai relay Qinghun Kiwi's words, Lord Zi Li pondered for a moment and made a plan: "Qinghun Kiwi's divinely bestowed seed can flower and bear fruit first, but the number of fruits cannot be too many. This year, let's leave 100 fruits first. If the pressure of fruiting is too great, we will reduce it again. The main thing is to see how long it will take to ripen."

"Alright." The two brothers also agreed with Lord Zi Li's words. As a rare soul-type divinely bestowed seed in the Star Realm, they had no planting experience before. This was a good opportunity to see how long it would take to produce. If it only produced once every ten or eight years, then the time would be unbearable.

After determining the number of fruits, Lord Purple Plum reminded everyone: "Once the Azure Soul Kiwi Fruit, bestowed by the God, bears fruit, you should pay close attention to its growth."

If the pressure of the fruit causes its growth to stop, then you should remove the fruit, or come to me and I'll get some Force Gems or Force Honey to supplement its nutrition.

"We understand."

Having settled the matter of the Azure Soul Kiwi Fruit, a divinely bestowed seed, Lord Purple Plum looked around. Since he was there, he might as well take a look at the other divinely bestowed seeds. The life-giving seeds nurtured by the Yew were all selected from high-quality seeds that were edible for their Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe.

The primal food they produce is edible for everyone, and each seed is extremely valuable. However, it doesn't care much about the quantity of them. Apart from the Azure Soul Kiwi God-given Seed, its focus is still on the Red Heart Cherry God-given Seed.

Lord Zili inspected the area and arrived at the Divine Seed of Red Heart Cherry. The Divine Seed of Red Heart Cherry had awakened its soul consciousness two years ago, and its trunk had grown to 8 meters tall, far exceeding the height of ordinary cherry trees.

Lord Purple Plum gestured for Purple Locust to step forward and ask, "Cherry, are you ready to flower and bear fruit now?"

The Red Heart Cherry, a gift from God, responded: "I'm afraid it's not possible yet. All the nutrients absorbed by my tree have been used for my own growth. I don't have the energy left to flower and bear fruit. In fact, I'm even a little short of nutrients myself. I might need a lot of resources."

Then it retorted, "Purple Locust, are you stupid? Cherry blossoms bloom in March and April, and it's almost May now."

It's almost the end of the month, how am I supposed to bloom? Are you trying to make me defy the laws of nature?

Purple locust:

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This guy, it had all sorts of problems when Zihua dismantled its greenhouse. Zihua said a few things to it about not going against the laws of nature, but I didn't expect it to remember them and use them to refute me now.

Zihua tentatively asked, "Will it flower and bear fruit next year?"

Hearing Zihuai's words, the Red Heart Cherry Divine Seed seemed somewhat impatient: "Let's talk about next year's matters next year. I need primal energy honey containing life force, as well as primal liquid and primal stones. How can I flower and bear fruit if I don't have enough nutrients?"

"Wait a while, I'll try to get some for you."

"Then let's wait until you get it over there. Take that big, dumb rhinoceros beetle away with you. I've been living in fear with it standing here."

The 18 life seeds of the yew trees, perhaps due to the influence of the yew's soul, are all very powerful, but most of them have a relatively peaceful soul in normal circumstances.

Only the red-hearted cherry, a divine gift, is easily angered and irritable, prone to outbursts at the slightest provocation.

"Then we're leaving."

"Get out of here!"

Zihuai and Ziai fled in a sorry state to check on the other life forms of Zishan.

The last few plants to be sown were tulip trees, broadleaf orchids, and cypress.

The seeding period for both the tulip tree and broadleaf orchid species is very short, only a little over a year in total.

However, over the past year, Lord Zili has asked Lord Heizao Mountain to use his abilities to assist their growth many times, and they have grown quite well, now reaching a height of seven or eight meters.

As for the Zhibai Life Seed, it was planted late and had no ability to assist its growth. However, because it broke through to the advanced stage along with the yew in the life sac, it was naturally at the advanced stage and therefore had no pressure in terms of advancement.

In addition to absorbing the Force of the Zerg warriors to become Life Seeds, the seeds in the Life Sac can also absorb Force of the same level and advance synchronously when the Zerg warriors advance to higher stages, becoming Life Seeds of the same level as the race warriors.

Therefore, for Zerg warriors, although they can breed a total of 54 life seeds when they advance to the Zerg King level, even at the peak of the King level in the 9th year, they can only plant 53 life seeds.

After examining all the yew's life-seeds, Lord Zili asked the two brothers, "Besides your own life-seeds, you two also need to take care of the yew's life-seeds. The total number of life-seeds has reached fifty-four. Are you managing to keep up?"

"For now, we're managing. It's just that in spring and summer, all sorts of weeds grow wildly in the territory, and we don't usually have much time to clean it up."

"Your situation is somewhat different from other Zerg warriors. There are too many Divine Seeds of the Yew. After the Divine Seeds awaken their soul consciousness, they have no inherited memories. All their knowledge and experiences need to be taught by Zerg warriors, which requires a lot of effort."

You must teach them to have a correct understanding of the world; this is your most important task right now.

As for managing the territory, there's no need to rush. You can first take care of the 5 square kilometers of forest that Zizhu originally left behind, and then gradually expand the remaining 10 square kilometers of forest when you have time. Otherwise, with such a heavy workload, I'm really afraid you won't be able to handle it.

Although Zitong and Xuecao Zuowang said they would help take care of your Destiny Seeds when they had time, Xuecao Zuowang had many tasks to complete, and Zitong also had her own Destiny Seeds and territory, so they couldn't take care of too many.

It's relatively simple for a normal Zerg warrior to care for 54 Life Spawns; they just need to tend to them every two weeks. However, with a large number of God-given Life Spawns, it becomes much more troublesome to manage.

Taking care of fifty-four plants is already quite a challenge for them; if they neglect one or the other, it would be a loss.

Zi Huai shook her antennae and said firmly, "If it were just me, I would indeed be a bit overwhelmed. But with Zi Ai back, the two of us will definitely be able to manage these territories with ease."

Zi Ai also proudly shook her antennae: "Lord Zi Li, rest assured, we have learned a lot from Lord Ze Hui, including territory management."

Lord Zili's eyes held a hint of doubt: "How exactly is territory management implemented?"

Zerg warriors exist in a very primitive social state. Their territorial management includes clearing away weeds,

Taking care of one's destiny is already quite good.

As for other ways of managing territory, there are no records in the inherited memories, nor have any insects taught them before.

Apart from the large tribes with populations exceeding 5000 or tens of thousands, the knowledge passed down from generation to generation by these insects is not much known to other wild insect warriors, or even to small tribes like theirs.

"The Lord of Zehui Mountain told us that mulberry trees can be propagated by cuttings, that is, cutting off one-year-old or less-than-one-year-old branches from the mulberry tree and inserting them into the ground, where they will naturally grow roots."

The survival rate of mulberry trees planted using this cutting method is about 60%, which is much higher than the survival rate of trees planted from seed.

In previous years, they would select superior seeds, cultivate them into mulberry seedlings, and then sow them.

This method of cultivation is much simpler, but it involves one more step and the survival rate is not very high, because mulberry trees themselves have a low survival rate and are easily pecked by birds and animals.

In addition to factors such as the natural environment, only two or three seedlings can grow from 100 seeds. They need to be bred again every year to grow into mulberry trees, and the process of sowing must be repeated every year, which is very complicated.

"Then you should try planting it this way first. It's easier to plant it in your little warriors' territory. If this method works, then promote it to the entire tribe."

Upon hearing the two brothers' explanation, Lord Zili immediately had an idea.

The mulberry groves within their territory are so dense that there's not much space left for planting, but there's still vast land on Mulberry Island. If the cutting method has a high enough survival rate, it will greatly increase the speed at which they cultivate mulberry trees.

"Are there any other good methods besides this one?"

"Yes, and this method works for both Force Plants and ordinary plants."

"You can kill animals or fish in the sea and pile their carcasses under the trees to compost."

With sufficient nutrients, the mulberry trees will grow better, allowing us to select higher-quality seeds for sowing, thus obtaining divinely bestowed seeds.

"Planting legumes and increasing nitrogen fertilizer in the soil can also accelerate the growth of ordinary mulberry trees, allowing them to bear larger and better fruit."

"Bird droppings are also a great fertilizer. We are an island, so there is a lot of bird droppings here, which is a unique advantage."

"Different varieties of mulberry trees can also be grafted to create new varieties of mulberry trees."

The yew and the artemisia, one insect and one sentence, explained all the methods.

"Good, good, that's a good idea. You can start cultivating and experimenting in your own territory, and I will send some Zerg warriors to assist you."

Whether you need legume seeds or animal carcasses, I'll find a way to collect them for you.