Astral Cockroach

P.S. The title should be 《会算数的火油茶》, missing the "的", sorry.

With the operation to clear out the beast warriors completed, Youcha returned to Lizhu Peak, and the first thing he did was to take a few raw stones and excitedly run up the mountain to see his fire oil tea, a God-bestowed seed.

The fire oil tea tree spirit didn't appreciate it at all, unleashing a burst of angry roars, frantically transmitting intimidating thoughts to Youcha.

Fortunately, Banbu was mindful of his words, and the fire oil tea tree spirit didn't learn various curse words like the purple gold tree spirit.

Just as the fire oil tea tree spirit was furious, two more powerful beings intruded into its territory, and it keenly sensed that these two fellows were terrifyingly strong.

The anger gradually subsided.

"Banbu, who are they? What do they want?" The fire oil tea tree spirit asked fearfully and vigilantly.

Turns out it's a bully who fears the strong and bullies the weak.

Banbu was speechless, transmitting a gentle thought to appease it: "Fire oil tea, don't be afraid, they are my fellow clan elders, they came to see you, and they will leave after seeing you, they won't hurt you."

"Banbu, are you sure they won't hurt me?" the fire oil tea tree spirit asked.

Banbu replied: "Of course I'm sure, they are my fellow clan…"

Before he could finish speaking, angry and intimidating thoughts violently pounced towards the Red Hard Cockroach King and the Yulizi County Princess.

"What the hell…" Banbu was speechless.

The Red Hard Cockroach King sensed the unfriendly thoughts and asked: "Banbu, is it called Fire Oil Tea? It strengthens fire abilities, and the tree spirit's temperament is as violent as fire."

County Princess Yulizi said seriously: "Most of the God-bestowed seeds that strengthen elemental abilities have bad tempers, especially those related to fire, such as the Red Hard Tree and the Brown Fruit Oil Tea. It's not surprising, it's the plant's natural instinct for self-protection."

The Red Hard Cockroach King flapped his wing veins and said: "Alright, we've seen it, let's step back a bit. The tree spirit was only born a few months ago, its soul is fragile, don't provoke it to anger."

Youcha hurriedly put away the raw stones and turned to leave.

The fire oil tea tree spirit refused and roared: "Raw stones, raw stones! Banbu, catch him, the raw stones are running away!"

"…" Banbu transmitted the thought: "Fire oil tea, don't get angry at Youcha, or he won't bring raw stones to see you in the future."

The fire oil tea tree spirit said anxiously: "I won't get angry, quickly catch him back."

"Youcha!" Banbu stirred his mental power and shouted: "Come back, cut the raw stones into powder and sprinkle them on the fire oil tea."

"Oh… okay!" Youcha trotted back and re-entered the territory of the fire oil tea, happily discovering that the tree spirit was no longer angry.

Youcha was delighted and quickly shaved the raw stones into powder with his fore claws, sprinkling them on the roots.

Soon, the raw stones were used up.

In the next moment, the fire oil tea tree spirit became furious, intimidating and driving away Youcha.

Youcha was puzzled and looked innocently at Banbu.

Banbu explained: "It will get angry when the raw stones are gone. Youcha, you can leave now. In the future, send it two raw stones every day, no more, it's a waste."

County Princess Yulizi looked strangely and said: "This tree spirit is a bit interesting, haha, it seems to need raw stones very much."

Banbu explained seriously: "It needs some raw stones every day to replenish its original power. It grows slowly, so it's not so urgent. The demand is not large, about two or three are enough, sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less."

The Red Hard Cockroach King said: "It's still small now, of course the demand is not large. When it grows to a certain scale, the investment will be large."

The fire oil tea God-bestowed seed has been growing for half a year, and the tree is only about 1.5 meters high, and the growth rate is getting slower and slower.

Ordinary red fire oil tea trees, when sown, the seedlings need 5 years to initially grow up and start bearing fruit.

The fire oil tea God-bestowed seed grows slightly faster, and can probably develop in 3 years. After 3 years, it will start to bear fruit and enter a relatively stable growth period. The number of condensed fruits will increase year by year. During this period, several raw stones need to be invested every day to help it replenish its original power. Until it reaches the limit of its life level, the growth will become even slower, and then it will no longer need raw stones. The natural original power of Lizhu Peak is enough for its growth.

Banbu said: "Managing arbor God-bestowed seeds has high income, and the investment is of course large. The Natural True God is fair, this is the balance of nature."

"It's good that you understand, so don't be stingy with raw stones." Of course, the Red Hard Cockroach King came to check the fire oil tea God-bestowed seed not to discuss income and expenditure issues. He asked: "Banbu, you are in a hurry to sow it in the autumn, are you planning to induce its growth this year?"

Banbu said: "In its current state, I think it can almost withstand the power of induced growth."

The Red Hard Cockroach King said: "The God-bestowed seeds nurtured by the life sac grow very quickly. You should carefully consider the matter of induced growth."

"The weeping banyan God-bestowed seed and the large yellow fruit banyan God-bestowed seed in Yangti Mountain Range have both been induced to grow, and aren't they growing well now?" County Princess Yulizi said carelessly: "The Black and White Flower Cockroach tribe knows best, Banbu, you can ask them. Induce its growth sooner, make it blossom and bear fruit sooner, and generate income sooner, so you can be promoted to County Lord sooner."

"It's safer to be more conservative." The Red Hard Cockroach King advised, and then waved his wing veins and said: "Banbu, let's go, let's go see the Chinese juniper God-bestowed seed."

Because Banbu cut off the flowers of the Chinese juniper God-bestowed seed last year, it has been resting for a year. After 9 months of recuperation, its current state is excellent.

After the Red Hard Cockroach King and County Princess Yulizi saw it, they left with peace of mind.

…

Mid-January.

Mountain Lord Huabai brought a County Lord-level warrior from Qiufeng County to Lizhu Peak, and landed directly in front of the Chinese juniper God-bestowed seed.

"Banbu, this is County Lord Huamu."

"Greetings, County Lord Huamu!" Banbu greeted politely.

"Mm." County Lord Huamu only gave a brief response, scanned with his mental power, and then said concisely: "The plant is in good condition, it can be induced to grow, I will start now."

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His personality is a bit like Mountain Lord Tiejiu, he doesn't like to communicate.

Banbu simply said: "Then please!"

County Lord Huamu didn't say much and started directly.

Banbu shook his antennae, signaling Mountain Lord Huabai to stand further away to avoid affecting Mountain Lord Huamu, lowered his thoughts, and said: "Mountain Lord Huabai, please do me a favor and look at a God-bestowed seed."

"God-bestowed seed?" Mountain Lord Huabai asked: "It's impossible that there's a problem with which God-bestowed seed, right?"

"No." Banbu waved his antennae, signaling to leave, lowered his mental power, and said: "Let's go, I'll take you to see it, you'll understand after you see it."

Middle and upper layers on the south side of Lizhu Peak.

From a distance, Mountain Lord Huabai felt the original power fluctuations released by the fire oil tea God-bestowed seed. Following the fluctuations, he watched. At this time, it was dusk, and the entire tree was emitting a bright red halo, looking like flames were burning.

It's calm and unwavering when given raw stones, and angry and intimidating when not given raw stones.

Youcha fed it a little too many raw stones today, and the absorbed original power couldn't be digested completely. At night, it was released in the form of light.

Feeling Banbu approaching, the fire oil tea tree spirit immediately transmitted a kind thought: "Banbu, you're here, do you want the original power?"

Waste is shameful.

Banbu certainly wouldn't refuse: "Pass it to me."

The fire oil tea tree spirit happily passed the original power to Banbu, and then said: "Banbu, you owe me 11 raw stones."

The fire oil tea tree spirit is as smart as the rain bamboo tree spirit, but different. It is particularly sensitive to numbers. Banbu only taught it simply, and it easily learned to count. Banbu told it that every night it would pass over the unspent original power, and it would be rewarded with a raw stone. Then he surprisingly discovered that this guy had a particularly good memory, and could accurately remember the number of raw stones owed.

It also seems to have the characteristics of a miser. Every time Banbu gets close, it nags Banbu about the raw stone account, asking when the owed raw stones will be redeemed.

"Another God-bestowed seed? Oil tea tree, this time it's an arbor! And it's a flame enhancement that is compatible with your Fire Cockroach Kingdom." Mountain Lord Huabai was already a little numb to Banbu's ability to obtain God-bestowed seeds. He stared blankly for a while, scanned with his mental power, and said: "The condition is good, it can already feed back original power to you at such a young age."

Mountain Lord Huabai scanned the underground with his mental power and found that the roots of the fire oil tea God-bestowed seed were within the normal range, not the kind of special plant with super-developed roots. He added: "Ensuring that the life seed plant has abundant original power is conducive to their growth, Banbu, you don't need to exploit an arbor God-bestowed seed with unlimited development potential for this little original power."

"I understand, the tree spirit is very interesting, I'm just teasing it." Banbu said casually, introducing: "Mountain Lord Huabai, it's called Fire Oil Tea, it was sown last autumn and has been growing for half a year."

Mountain Lord Huabai immediately understood Banbu's idea and asked: "Induce growth?"

Banbu said: "Mountain Lord Huabai, please take a look, can it be induced to grow this year?"

"I haven't induced the growth of God-bestowed seeds, I don't have any experience in this area." Mountain Lord Huabai carefully considered and said: "Summer is the peak growth season for oil tea trees, you can slow down and let it grow naturally for another 3 months, in summer…"

Suddenly, angry and intimidating thoughts pounced towards Mountain Lord Huabai.

The fire oil tea was just happily counting raw stones, and now it reacted and realized that a big guy had invaded its territory.

"Induce growth after summer." Mountain Lord Huabai finished speaking and praised dryly: "Banbu, this oil tea tree spirit is very lively! It's just that its temper seems to be too violent… Let's stay away from it."