Astral Gods

Chapter 88 Tiannan Star

Time flows quietly like water. In the midst of busyness, it was already the end of April. The yew tree steadily advanced to the eighth-year intermediate stage and took a broad-leaved magnolia seed into its life pod for nurturing.

The magnolia's effect is not to enhance elemental abilities, but rather, quite rarely, to enhance eyesight.

This type of enhancement is quite special. Under normal circumstances, consuming this Force food can enhance the eyesight of Zerg warriors.

However, if a Zerg warrior awakens abilities related to vision, the magnolia can also enhance its vision, making it a relatively popular Force food.

While the two brothers were guarding the tulip tree seedlings planted during the intermediate stage of the seventh age of the yew, rhinoceros beetle warriors were flying around on the purple ridge, looking very busy.

The two brothers were a little confused. At this time of year, whether it's a sacred tree or an ordinary tree, they should be blooming or bearing fruit, and it should be a leisurely time. Why are they flying around in such a hurry?

Zishan called out to a rhinoceros-turtle warrior about its size: "Ziyu, what are you two doing flying around like that? Have you discovered the divine seed?"

"No, don't you know?"

Ziyu wasn't much older than Zishan, but it advanced to the advanced stage a year or two earlier than Zihuai, making it an independent warrior.

It explained, "When the caravan of a hundred tribes came at the end of last year, didn't Watase Flame Spider Warrior Luo Shi say something?"

Our tribe has a rhinoceros tortoise warrior with a forked head who has been stranded outside the tribe. Because he has a divinely bestowed seed, it is difficult for him to migrate.

This year, we invited the Azure Bamboo King to personally travel to the Thousand Tree Continent to relocate the life-seed of that rhinoceros-golden tortoise's kin.

"Oh, so that's what it was about!"

Upon hearing Ziyu's words, the two brothers remembered that Luoshi had indeed said something similar at the end of last year.

They didn't pay attention at the time, since it had nothing to do with them.

However, even though this matter had nothing to do with them, they were now somewhat interested.

"Did the Azure Bamboo King personally go to the Thousand Trees Continent to bring back its life seed?"

"Yes, what ordinary Zerg warrior has that ability?"

"I heard that one of its kind possesses a divinely bestowed seed? Luo Shi said that the Flame Spider Merchant's 'Reversal of Fortune' ability has no effect on divinely bestowed seeds. How did the Green Bamboo Armor King manage to bring back the divinely bestowed life seed?"

"It seems they dug up the God-given Seed, wrapped it in a spider silk bag, and then used a large amount of primal force fertilizer, primal liquid, primal force gems, and other treasures to maintain its vitality. Then, the Green Bamboo Armor King personally carried it back at top speed!"

"I see."

This method is old-fashioned and crude, but when there's no other way, it's the most efficient method.

The yew tree asked, "Then where will its seed be transplanted and planted?"

The Rhinoceros Tortoise Tribe has a total of four territories where they have planted Life Seeds (as mentioned earlier, so I won't repeat it here). In addition to the Life Seeds planted by the warriors of their own Rhinoceros Tortoise Tribe in their territories, the Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors of their subordinate tribes have also planted their own Life Seeds in these four places.

Good management is one aspect, and protection is another.

Ziyu responded: "I'm not very clear about that. I heard it's planned to be planted in Blue Ridge, since the number of Zerg warriors on Blue Ridge is the smallest, and they need to be replenished."

It might also be planted in Flower Ridge, alongside the life-sustaining plants of the other forked rhinoceros beetle warriors. After all, it has just returned and is not yet familiar with the tribe; being with its own kind would provide a greater sense of security.

Having said that, Ziyu then extended an invitation: "Zishan, would you like to come with me to take a look?"

The yew tree was very tempted. It looked at the purple wormwood, and the purple wormwood was also very tempted.

Zi Ai: "Zishan, you go take a look first, and then I'll go over."

Zishan cheered, "Yay! Thank you, Second Brother!"

……

The two of them didn't know where the life seed of the newly returned rhinoceros beetle warrior was to be planted, but the other warriors did.

As soon as they flew to the top of Purple Ridge Mountain, they saw some Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors discussing going to see the Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors who had just returned.

In fact, it is not uncommon to find warriors of the same race. Every year, young warriors are sent back by the Flame Spider Merchants. However, it is very rare to find warriors of the same race who have the God-given Seed outside.

Their Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe is considered a large tribe on the island, and they possess a considerable number of God-given Seeds. However, there are only three warriors who possessed God-given Seeds before advancing to the Mountain Lord level, including the Yew. They must go and see something new.

Several mountain lord-level rhinoceros beetle warriors led the way, with yews and the others following slowly behind.

The directions heading towards Blue Ridge and Flower Ridge were different, and they soon realized where they were going. Yew and Jade whispered to each other, "It seems our newly returned kin intend to settle down in Flower Ridge."

"After all, there are many Rhinoceros Tortoise Warriors there, so it's more reassuring to live together."

After flying for about thirty or forty kilometers, the Mountain Lord-level Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors landed first, followed closely by the Yew and the others.

Upon landing on the ground, everyone looked around and exclaimed, "Wow, so many insects!"

There will never be a shortage of onlookers in this world, especially in the Zerg society.

Most Zerg warriors spend the whole year buried in their work, with few new things happening, but once something new appears, they swarm around it.

Just like when the Ziling Hydropower Station was being built, many Zerg warriors came to watch and even helped with the work for free.

It's pretty much the same now; everyone wants to see what the newly returned God-given warriors are like.

The Green Bamboo King and the others must have made arrangements long ago. They dug the large pit needed for the Divine Seed in advance, and planted it directly as soon as the Divine Seed was brought back, in order to minimize the damage to it.

When the yews arrived, they saw that the divinely bestowed seeds of the heterophyllous arum had already been planted.

Arisaema heterophyllum is a perennial herbaceous plant, and the common Arisaema heterophyllum can only grow to a height of fifty or sixty centimeters.

However, the divinely bestowed seed evolved to a higher level on the original basis. It not only grew to more than 3 meters tall, but also had a large clump of offshoots that occupied a large area of ​​the mountains and forests.

Its 76 divisions occupy an area of ​​five to six hundred square meters, and there are no other plants within a kilometer of it, making it a divinely bestowed plant with a relatively large area.

At this moment, although the Divine Seed of the Heterophyllum was very weak after its long migration, it still emitted a violent and roaring spiritual intent towards the many Rhinoceros Tortoise Warriors who were watching it.

The Green Bamboo King also waved his tentacles impatiently to drive everyone away: "You bunch of guys, don't look around here. It's not like our tribe doesn't have divinely bestowed seeds. If you want to see them, go look at them."

The Divine Seed of the Heterophyllum needs time to recover, so please don't frighten it!

The yew was not as big as the other rhinoceros tortoise warriors. It charged left and right, passing through the other rhinoceros tortoise warriors, and came to the Green Bamboo Armor King. It climbed directly onto its carapace and then lay down on its head.

It looked around and saw that besides Lord Qingguo, Lord Zili, and Lord Yuncao Mountain, there was another unfamiliar Rhinoceros Tortoise Warrior with a Fork. This should be the Rhinoceros Tortoise Warrior who had just returned to the tribe.

The Green Bamboo King ignored it and chased everyone away. Then it spoke to a high-level Rhinoceros Tortoise Warrior beside it: "Tian Nanxing, your Heterophyllum Tian Nanxing Divine Seed has been planted. Now you should take good care of it. Once it has stabilized, you can plant the remaining Life Seeds one by one."

The forked rhinoceros tortoise warrior, known as Tiannanxing, looked at the yew tree atop the Green Bamboo Armor King's head. Seeing that the Green Bamboo Armor King didn't say anything, it didn't ask any questions either. Instead, it sincerely thanked the Green Bamboo Armor King: "Thank you for making this trip, Green Bamboo Armor King."

"It's alright, we're all just insects."

King Qingzhu asked, "How old are you now?"

"I am 18 years old this year."

"18 years old!"

King Qingzhu fell into deep thought. Advanced Zerg warriors typically only have a lifespan of about a hundred years.

For a Zerg warrior who has no hope of ever being promoted to Lord level, 18 years old is already considered quite young for a 2-year-old advanced warrior.

However, for Zerg warriors who are expected to advance to the Lord level or even the Zerg King, being an 18-year-old high-level warrior at the second instar is already considered quite old.

If you only advance to the next age level every two or three years, by the time you reach the level of a mountain lord, you'll be almost 50 years old. In that case, it's clear that there's no possibility of advancing any further.

"You're not young anymore, you need to evolve quickly, and it would be best if you could advance to the Mountain Lord level before you turn 30."

In this way, after advancing to the Mountain Lord level, one can advance through a new age every three to five years, potentially reaching the Lord level before the age of one hundred, and then having the opportunity to strive for the Insect King realm.

"...Yes!" The blueprint envisioned by the Green Bamboo King is wonderful.

"But your life seed has just been migrated here. Even if it has been planted, it will still take time to recover. It is estimated that there will be no Force food to supply your age for evolution for the next two or three years."

"……Yes!"

"In order not to delay your age advancement, Yuncao, Tiannanxing, what do you think of this?"

I'll lend you the Force food you need for your advancement. I can lend you 5 to 15 Primal Stones every year, and you can repay me slowly after you advance to the Mountain Lord level.

"As for the raw stones you spent on relocating back, they are already in the public account and will not be included in this calculation."

King Qingzhujia wanted to generously say that the tribe would provide all the evolutionary resources you would need in the future, but he was too short of money to make that offer.

Although the territory produces a lot of valuable Force food each year, what about all these Zerg warriors?

Everyone keeps the profits from the seeds they produce; the tribe doesn't collect raw stones from them. The divine-given food produced by the tribe's wild divine-given seeds is so small that everyone gets very little even when divided among themselves.

Not to mention that raw stones are needed everywhere now, and the coastal defense training requires an annual payment of 21 raw stones, which makes their tribe's wealth even more strained.

As for itself, let alone the fact that it owes the tribe a sum of raw stones in order to advance to the Insect King, it has no resources to lend to them.

Moreover, the other party is a tridented rhinoceros beetle, not a double-tridented rhinoceros beetle, so there are some differences. It can't even take care of its own offspring, so how can it take care of something so far away?

The original stone was lent to Tiannanxing, who will return it to the tribe after his advancement, making it a win-win situation.

The Cloud Grass Mountain Master was the first to express his gratitude: "Then we are truly grateful to King Green Bamboo for extending his helping hand."

Tian Nanxing then sincerely expressed his gratitude: "Many thanks to King Qingzhujia for his generous donation."

It felt no resentment about the fact that the Green Bamboo King lent it the raw stone and that it would have to repay it in the future; its gratitude was genuine.

It's not stupid; on the contrary, it's very smart.

Why did it risk damaging its life form and travel thousands of miles from the Thousand Trees Main Continent to this remote island? It was all for the sake of obtaining more evolutionary resources.

Although it possesses a divinely bestowed seed as its destiny seed, which sounds like a one-in-a-hundred insect among insects, it knows its own destiny.

It obtained the Divine Seed of the Heterophyllum too late, wasted too much time in the early stages, and was severely lacking in the necessary evolution resources.

After all, the Heterophyllum is just a herbaceous plant blessed by the gods, and at its advanced stage, it can only produce a little over 6000 primal stones per year, which is not a lot.

Over the years, I have worked alone and painstakingly accumulated resources to advance to a higher level.

At his current age, if he continues to fight alone outside, advancing to the Mountain Lord level shouldn't be a problem, but advancing to the Lord level is almost impossible.

The only way to advance to a higher realm is to return to your tribe and join forces.

Its thinking was indeed correct. As soon as it returned to the tribe, the Green Bamboo King was willing to provide it with primal energy food so that it could evolve upwards.

Although the raw stone needs to be repaid, since there's no interest, it's fine to lend it. It's just an insect that can't even borrow food from the source outside!

Even if some large tribes are able to lend out Force food, they have to repay high interest every year, which is almost equivalent to working for the other party for a lifetime. They are not willing to do such a thing.

Although the borrowed Force food has to be returned, the fact that it can advance one's age early is already the biggest benefit. Otherwise, what good would it be if one had more Force food when entering old age? Would one still just be waiting to die?

Although the conditions proposed by the Green Bamboo King were not the best outcome it had envisioned, they were still quite satisfactory to it.

King Qingzhujia was quite satisfied with their attitude: "Tiannanxing, now that you have returned to the tribe, you are one of us. Don't be distant from us."

"Although our tribe is not a super large tribe, we still have a considerable number of divinely bestowed seeds."

Although most of the God-given Seeds are used to trade with other Zerg warriors for Force food suitable for their own consumption.

However, they also share some divinely bestowed food suitable for their tribe. Adding in fruit peels and pulp, they can get an extra two to three thousand Primogems worth of free divinely bestowed food each year.

The tentacles of the Arisaema trembled. Does it receive two to three thousand Origin Stones worth of free divine-given Origin Force food every year? That's equivalent to the annual output of four or five of its Life Seeds.

Returning to the tribe after traveling thousands of miles was indeed the right choice.

Tian Nanxing sighed, "It's still better to return to the tribe. On the Thousand Tree Continent, I don't even dare to leave places far from my life seed, for fear that other animals will destroy it."

Having received so many benefits, a little flattery is nothing.

Zishan perched on the head of Qingzhu Jiawang for a while, listening to Tiannanxing recount the hardships of life on the Thousand Tree Continent.

Compared to the young warriors brought back before, Tian Nanxing had been outside for longer, had a better understanding of the situation on the Thousand Tree Continent, and had also endured more hardships.

Its words better illustrate the hardships faced by wild warriors in the outside world.

Yew was quite interested in life outside and listened with great enthusiasm until it got dark, when it returned to Purple Ridge with Lord Purple Plum.