Astral Cockroach

Leaving the territory of Fire Oil Tea, Mountain Lord Huabai asked:

"Banbu, you are already a level nine advanced warrior. This growth rate must have cost a large sum of original stones, right? Are you preparing to advance to Mountain Lord quickly?"

"Yes."

"This year?"

"I plan to advance this winter."

"That's perfect."

Mountain Lord Huabai pondered and said, "I suggest you stimulate the God-given seed of Fire Oil Tea twice. Stimulate it once in early summer, and then again in early autumn, three months apart."

Banbu said, "Stimulating it once means rapid growth of 5 years. Is that okay?"

Mountain Lord Huabai said, "It's fine. I have another suggestion. Oil tea trees all bloom in autumn. This year, you should cut off the flowers and force it to rest. Next early summer, you can stimulate it once more. When it blooms in autumn, you can keep it and start harvesting the first batch of fruits."

"The God-given seed that has been nurtured into a life seed grows quickly anyway. Three stimulations should be enough. The only problem is that the growth of trees requires a lot of original power. You need to prepare more original stones."

Banbu asked, "About how many will I need?"

Mountain Lord Huabai silently calculated and said, "In total, you'll need about 150,000."

Banbu also secretly calculated, wiggled his antennae, and said, "No problem."

… …

Mountain Lord Huabai left, and Banbu began to organize a honey-collecting team.

This was the first mobile honey collection, a trial run.

5 beehives, 50,000 ordinary worker bees, and 5 combat worker bees followed the operation to command the bee colony.

5 advanced warriors followed, carrying beehives at night to move and find forests with abundant honey sources, resting during the day, and protecting the bee colony during honey collection.

Oil Tea also followed, mainly responsible for reconnaissance and guarding.

They didn't leave too far for the time being, only operating within a 20-kilometer radius of Lizhu Peak. If there were any problems, they could communicate using wireless communication at any time.

In just 10 days, the 5 beehives were filled with honey, transported back to Lizhu Peak overnight, and replaced with 5 new beehives.

The test proved that this mobile honey collection method was indeed feasible, and the problem of insufficient honey source that plagued Banbu was easily solved.

The Iron Tallow trees bloom in mid-February, and the Weeping Fig and Large Yellow Fruit Fig bloom in early March. Banbu plans to go in advance to visit Mountain Lord Iron Tallow and County Lord Weeping Fig, explain the situation, and then the honey collection team will set off at the right time. Because it is a God-given seed, it should not be neglected, and no mistakes are allowed. Xiangpu had to follow the operation to personally command the bee colony, so 5 more advanced warriors had to be sent to protect it.

Xiangpu advanced to become an advanced warrior, and the scale of the bee colony expanded to 300,000. Three bee species also appeared in the bee colony: combat worker bees, medium-sized worker bees, and ordinary small worker bees.

Ordinary worker bees can only be responsible for simple tasks such as collecting honey, brewing honey, and taking care of larvae in the hive.

Medium-sized worker bees have low intelligence. Single selection is okay, but they cannot participate in slightly more complicated selection work.

The size of the combat worker bees grows with Xiangpu. Currently, Xiangpu is nearly 1 meter long, and the combat worker bees have also reached about 0.8 meters. Banbu fed them Rain Bamboo rice and a small amount of original power food to strengthen their physique when they were larvae. These combat worker bees have developed brains, powerful souls, and possess intelligence equivalent to that of a mid-level warrior. They can participate in more complicated breeding and selection work.

If the nectar of the three God-given seeds of Iron Tallow Tree, Weeping Fig, and Large Yellow Fruit Fig can be successfully collected, Xiangpu can cultivate about 5 more combat worker bees each year during his time as an advanced warrior, which is equivalent to having 5 more capable laborers each year.

The lifespan of combat worker bees corresponding to Xiangpu's advanced warrior strength exceeds 10 years. As they accumulate year by year, their numbers increase, and the things they can help with also increase.

… …

Time was still relatively tight. After confirming that the mobile honey collection method was feasible, Banbu set off immediately and rushed to the Qinggang Mountains.

Due to the threat of beast warriors, everyone was shrinking back in their own territories to be vigilant. It had been a long time since they had visited each other, so he also visited the Iron Saber Mountains along the way.

He heard three good news: Hei Sang, following Banbu's instructions on grafting, cultivated a new variety of mulberry tree and obtained 7 seeds, which were sown this spring; Cliff Cypress had accumulated enough and planned to advance to Mountain Lord this autumn; Putao's territory had just given birth to a small warrior, increasing the number of insects in the Iron Saber Mountains by one.

The Red Orange Mountains suffered an attack by beast warriors the year before last, losing 8 warriors, and the atmosphere was sorrowful. According to the agreement, Banbu still owed them 70,000 original stones and didn't know when he would be able to pay them back. He didn't want to touch this bad luck, so he chose a quiet route and directly crossed the Red Orange Mountains to enter the Qinggang Mountains.

Mountain Lord Iron Tallow is one of the most diligent insect warriors Banbu has ever met, obsessed with pear trees, and working in the pear orchard almost every day of the year.

The mountains around his residence are already planted with various pear trees.

It was early spring, and the mountains were full of flowers, as white as snow. Flying in the air, looking around, it was as if he had suddenly broken into a northern snow country.

The fragrance of flowers permeated the air, and the birds sang crisply, creating a fairy-like dreamlike realm.

So beautiful!

Banbu silently exclaimed, even feeling a little envious: Purity, leisure, this is the life of an insect.

"Mountain Lord Iron Tallow, I am Banbu from Lizhu Peak, may I visit you?"

Banbu entrusted Yan Cu Banmao to help run errands for other transactions within the Fire Roach Kingdom. Mountain Lord Iron Tallow had a quirky personality and was difficult to communicate with, so Banbu came in person every year.

Over time, the relationship between the two became familiar.

"Banbu, why are you here at this time? Come down quickly. Be careful, don't ruin the flowers!" Mountain Lord Iron Tallow's thoughts were filled with joy, and he seemed to be in a particularly good mood.

This was a rare occurrence.

What happy event was it?

Because Mountain Lord Iron Tallow was a mixed-blood of the Giant Roach tribe and the Red Roach tribe, his territory did not protect ordinary small cockroaches, so it was definitely not the birth of a small warrior.

Then what was it?

Banbu landed carefully and said cheerfully, "Mountain Lord Iron Tallow, the sun is nice today."

Mountain Lord Iron Tallow was stunned, looked up at the sky, and said bluntly, "It may rain tonight, and the rain will ruin the flowers. It's not good weather."

"Oh, right."

Banbu looked around and found that Little Ant King, named Strong, had also sent a large number of worker ants to guard nearby.

Abnormal!

Banbu's mental power scanned the pear tree surrounded by the ant colony. Among the hundreds of thousands of creamy white pear blossoms, he keenly noticed a trace of original power fluctuations, locked onto the target, and looked closely. It was an even whiter pear blossom, the flower was as crystal clear as jade, and the petals were slowly absorbing natural original power.

God-given seed!

"Mountain Lord Iron Tallow, this is… another arboreal God-given seed! Congratulations!"

Banbu was pleasantly surprised and sincerely congratulated him, inevitably feeling a little envious again.

"This is the Osmanthus Pear, a new variety I just cultivated a few years ago."

Mountain Lord Iron Tallow asked, "Banbu, I sent you three seeds. Judging by the time, they should be flowering and bearing fruit, right?"

"… …"

Banbu thought for a moment. It seemed that when he asked for pear tree seeds, Mountain Lord Iron Tallow had solemnly presented him with 3 Osmanthus Pear seeds, saying that the pear blossoms that bloomed had a hint of osmanthus fragrance. Because they had just been cultivated at the time, he only sent 3 seeds.

Banbu mixed all the pear tree seeds and randomly planted them all over the mountains, not knowing where they had grown, lacking management and care, and not knowing whether they were dead or alive.

If he had taken good care of them, they should be flowering and bearing fruit this year, right?

It was 100% certain that cultivating new tree species had a probability of triggering the reward mechanism of the "stars" in the sky!

If he had paid attention to it at the time, this God-given seed might have fallen into his territory!

Banbu thought, his heart aching, but then he relieved himself: The Osmanthus Pear was cultivated by Mountain Lord Iron Tallow with hard work, and it was well-deserved that the God-given seed fell into his family.

"Banbu, how are the three Osmanthus Pears I sent you growing?" Mountain Lord Iron Tallow asked.

Banbu replied awkwardly, "Very good, very good. All the pear tree seeds you sent me have been sown. Most of them are developing well. Um, they should be able to bloom next year."