Astral Cockroach

It truly was an eventful autumn.

The Great Leaf Princess suddenly descended with 20 advanced warriors, once again scaring the little raccoon cat warrior, who didn't dare approach Li Bamboo Peak for several nights in a row.

By the time it recovered from the fright, it was already the season for the blood thorn seeds to ripen and be harvested.

Iron Saber Mountain Lord took up residence at Li Bamboo Peak to help guard it.

Warriors of the same tribe from the four mountain ranges of Iron Saber, Red Tangerine, Water Banyan, and Sheep Hoof came one after another in groups to participate in the annual feast.

The news spread, and even warriors from Green Ridge Mountain came uninvited to freeload.

For 10 consecutive days, no fewer than 20 advanced warriors gathered in the mountain range every night, taking turns, their scents crossing and mingling, creating a particularly terrifying sensation.

This scare completely wiped out any trace of the raccoon cat warrior.

It was good that it ran off, as long as it didn't harass Li Bamboo Peak.

After the blood thorns were slightly dried and simply processed, Banbu immediately set off for Blood Peach County.

This trip included Flame Cluster Spotted Grass.

Now, looking back, Ma Yu's encouragement for Banbu to settle in Li Bamboo Peak was truly wise.

Banbu dared not forget Ma Yu's dying words, especially since Flame Cluster Spotted Grass was his direct elder.

The Roach Tribe valued unity but also emphasized independence.

According to inherited memories, after a young warrior advanced to the intermediate level, they should begin to learn to survive independently, hunt independently, and manage their territory independently.

Accepting gifts for no reason would be frowned upon by the tribe.

Banbu didn't want to frequently give large quantities of Flame Cluster Spotted Grass raw stones and original force food, so he came up with a way to expand its financial resources.

In the future, he would ask Flame Cluster Spotted Grass to help transport his blood thorn seeds for internal sales within the tribe, and then give it a certain amount of remuneration as a labor fee.

Obtaining it through labor made it justifiable.

… …

Banbu visited Red Shell Roach King along the way, mainly to take a look at the state of the Red Shell Tree God-given Seed.

Currently, its aura had stabilized at the top grade, tending towards standard top-grade quality.

Natural original force was indeed insufficient; if he was stingy, he could invest fewer raw stones and allow it to grow slowly, and it would definitely grow eventually.

Red Shell Roach King obviously didn't want to mistreat his lifeblood, choosing to help it grow quickly regardless of the cost.

Of course, this choice also had benefits; if it could complete its growth by next spring, the first batch of standard top-grade quality Red Shell Fruits could be harvested next autumn.

With increased production and quality, income would increase, and the invested raw stones could be somewhat recouped, so it wouldn't be a complete loss.

… …

Blood Peach County was directly north of Red Shell County, a little over a day's journey.

It was a plain area, Shao Lonely Mountain.

Once the general direction was determined, it was easy to identify.

Neatly planned peach orchards formed a sea of peach trees that stretched as far as the eye could see.

They were all peach trees of a single color.

Various types of peach trees were interspersed and planted.

In late autumn, the leaves withered, and the vast peach forest was silent.

Banbu roused his mental power and shouted, "Is the Blood Peach County Lord present? I am Banbu from Li Bamboo Peak."

After waiting for a long time, there was no response.

Banbu shouted again.

After the third shout, an advanced warrior of the Flying Fire Roach tribe came speeding from the distant peach forest.

The warrior stared at Banbu and Flame Cluster Spotted Grass, examining them, and asked:

"Are you from the Red Roach Tribe?"

"Yes."

"What are you here for?"

"A transaction. 3,000 blood thorn seeds ordered by the Blood Peach County Lord."

Banbu shook the silk bag.

The warrior waved his antennae, pointed in a direction, and said, "Over there, the small mountain range. The Blood Peach God-given Seed is planted in the middle of the mountainside. The tree is tall and evergreen, so it's easy to identify."

Typical rejection of the Red Roach Tribe; after speaking, he turned and plunged into the peach forest.

Banbu wasn't surprised by this and continued flying with Flame Cluster Spotted Grass.

… …

A "U"-shaped small mountain range without obvious peaks, only about 100 meters high, with a total length of no more than 3 kilometers as far as he could see.

The mountain was full of peach trees.

In the season when the leaves were falling, only the Blood Peach God-given Seed was full of life, making it easy to identify.

Out of courtesy, Banbu once again roused his mental power and shouted, "Blood Peach County Lord, I am…"

"I know, come over here," the shout was rudely interrupted.

The divine sense came from the middle of the "U"-shaped mountain range, which was terraced fields.

In the center were 18 neat rows of long, strip-shaped peach tree forests.

At the foot of the mountain, on both shady sides, ponds had been opened along the terraced fields, and next to the ponds were small plots of land planted with many grass plants, which were now in the fruit ripening season.

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After careful identification, it turned out to be snake berries.

There were red, blue, and purple fruits, belonging to three different varieties.

There were also strong original force fluctuations, which was the aura of the God-given Seed fruit ripening.

The Blood Peach County Lord was guarding a large patch of snake berry land with bright red fruits.

Roughly estimating the number of divided and grown plants, there were over 30,000.

Snake berries were herbaceous plants, and the quality of the fruit was very low, inferior to the upper level.

It turned out that it also had a Snake Berry God-given Seed, which also enhanced fire abilities.

The large-scale planting of ordinary snake berries must be because it liked the herbaceous plant snake berry.

"Little guy, your mental power is strong, just like the Black and White Flower Roach Tribe, your soul is naturally powerful, right?"

"Yes."

"Then you already sensed my location, why were you shouting?"

"… …"

Wasn't this out of courtesy, to give a heads-up in advance?

Banbu changed the subject and introduced, "Blood Peach County Lord, this is Flame Cluster Spotted Grass from Iron Saber Mountain."

"Greetings, Blood Peach County Lord," Flame Cluster Spotted Grass hurriedly greeted.

The Blood Peach County Lord glanced at it and asked Banbu, "What did you bring it here for?"

Banbu explained, "Li Bamboo Peak is remote. In the future, when trading, I may not have time to run this far, so I plan to ask Flame Cluster Spotted Grass to help me run errands."

The Blood Peach County Lord understood and said, "I see, with four God-given Seeds, your income is high, so you're too lazy to work hard and found a junior in the tribe to run errands."

Flame Cluster Spotted Grass was embarrassed and explained, "Not a junior. An elder, a direct elder."

Flame Cluster Spotted Grass was still an L4 advanced warrior, much inferior to Banbu.

The Blood Peach County Lord looked at Flame Cluster Spotted Grass, then at Banbu, and finally asked Flame Cluster Spotted Grass, "A direct elder? Was it born in your territory?"

Flame Cluster Spotted Grass was proud and nodded his antennae, saying, "Yes."

The Blood Peach County Lord shook his antennae and said, "You're an even more failed elder than I am!"

Flame Cluster Spotted Grass was speechless. The thing he had always been most proud of was bragging to other insects that Banbu was born in his territory.

A failure? Why were the Blood Peach County Lord's words so unpleasant to hear?

While he was thinking about how to respond, a small Red Roach warrior suddenly darted out and rushed towards the snake berry land, looking like it was planning to steal snake berry fruits.

The Blood Peach County Lord vibrated his wing membrane, took off, and swooped down, his speed extremely fast. With a flash of red light, the stealing little warrior was caught in the tips of his forelegs.

"Little guy, you're too slow."

The Blood Peach County Lord was triumphant.

"Squeak squeak squeak…"

The little warrior struggled hard.

Another little warrior suddenly appeared and rushed towards the snake berry land.

The red light flashed again, and the next moment it was caught by the Blood Peach County Lord and thrown far away.

"Haha, you two little guys are still too tender," the Blood Peach County Lord laughed triumphantly, flicked his forelegs, threw the two little warriors far away, and waved his wing membrane, chasing them away, "Go go go, go play somewhere else."

The two little warriors were not convinced and separated, rushing towards the snake blood land at the same time. As expected, they were once again caught by the Blood Peach County Lord and thrown far away.