Astral Cockroach

Bai Zhu had been delayed in L9 as an advanced warrior for over ten years. Her age exceeded a hundred years, and she had only consumed 16 sacred bamboo fruits. She was about to enter middle age with declining overall physical fitness and had to be promoted to a county lord as soon as possible.

Ban Bu's plan was simple: Bai Zhu would return to Long Zhu Continent, work for two years, with a sufficient supply of primal force food, and be promoted to a county lord soon.

Little Bai Zhu and Hui Tao would stay in the canyon to take care of the God-bestowed seed of the Wedge-thorn Cherry and the 10 life-seed plants of the Wedge-thorn. When they were free, they could casually dig a deep well.

In the future, when the steel rails were completed, running through the Dragon Bamboo Continent, Ban Bu would bring the Rat King and Bai Zhu over. He would personally participate and dig together, spending two or three years to enter the depths of the Earth's crust and explore the secrets within.

The plan was quite thorough.

However, in recent decades, plans had never kept up with changes. The actual situation had changed again.

Ban Bu carefully measured the deep well and found its vertical depth to be about 120 meters.

Bai Zhu and Little Bai Zhu hadn't been lazy. When the length of the winch basket's steel cable was insufficient, they carried bags of excavated gravel out, digging to this depth with sheer effort.

They were also very clever, scattering the excavated soil near the wellhead and compacting it, forming a crater-like highland to divert rainwater and reduce water seepage from the well wall.

The bottom of the well was a hard rock layer, and it could be 100% confirmed that there were no primal stone mines.

There was a very small gap, 0.5 to 2 centimeters wide. Digging deeper, the gap gradually widened.

It might have been caused by the tearing of the Earth's crust due to tectonic movement, or it might have been caused by an earthquake. The latter was more likely. It was probably close to the epicenter, and some equipment was damaged by the earthquake. Therefore, primal force was still seeping outwards.

Dig deeper?

Perhaps in another one or two hundred meters, the gap would widen to a passable width, allowing direct access to the depths of the Earth to explore the secrets within and resolve a doubt in his mind.

However, before leaving, Ban Bu had seriously instructed Li Zhufeng and Chi Wu Mountain to transport supplies and dig up some remnants of the Iron Gall Quercus root system, and then return immediately.

Ban Bu was already an L6 county lord, and the population of Li Zhufeng was increasing year by year. Promoting to a county territory was the top priority at the moment.

… …

After resting for two days, the heavy rain stopped.

Ban Bu arranged for Xiangfei, Hui Tao, and Little Bai Zhu to go to the Red Flower County territory first to dig up 40 bags of Iron Gall Quercus remnants.

He stayed behind with Bai Zhu to continue digging the deep well.

The accumulated water would seep and drain away along the cracks, so the previously manufactured water pump was not needed. Existing metal materials were re-manufactured into a larger winch, winding a longer chain.

Bai Zhu dug at the bottom of the well, and Ban Bu waited at the wellhead, pulling up baskets of gravel and dumping them out.

They worked hard for nearly two months.

Little Bai Zhu and the others dug up 40 Iron Gall Quercus remnants and transported them back.

However, the deep well had only been dug down about 30 meters deeper. The cracks had widened, but were still only 1 to 3 centimeters wide, and the rate of primal force seepage had not changed.

Mental power probed deep along the cracks, and there were traces of earth and stone abilities strengthening the rock. The rock was hard, and Bai Zhu's claws were probably not sharp enough to cut it. Only by being promoted to the county lord level could efficiency be increased.

There was no need to waste time.

He instructed Little Bai Zhu and Hui Tao to carefully guard the life-seed plants of the Wedge-thorn, and took Xiangfei and Bai Zhu back to the coastline to set sail and return.

… …

The transported remnants were made into nutrient soil, and the Iron Gall Quercus saplings reached a height of 40 meters, quickly completing their first transformation and evolution.

In the same year.

Bi Tao was promoted to L6 Mountain Lord, and the God-bestowed seed of the Red Oak was completely nurtured. The previously transported oak remnants came in handy and were used in large quantities to make nutrient soil. The seeds were sown in the spring and grew rapidly. It would probably only take 5 years to initially grow, bloom, and bear fruit.

This God-bestowed seed of the Red Oak had inherently strong genes. With the addition of postnatal divine-grade remnant strengthening, the quality of the acorns that would condense in the future would definitely be top-grade, second only to "divine-grade," and would be another considerable fortune.

The bamboo sea, pear tree sea, and oak tree sea were advancing side by side, expanding vigorously.

The chestnut tree sea of ​​Brown Chestnut Peak was slowly taking shape.

The mountains, with more than a hundred warriors, were busy in an orderly manner, and development was thriving.

Ban Bu stayed at Li Zhu Peak and no longer left easily.

Time passed, and another year went by.

In the spring of this year, Jinping Mountain Range had an explosion of luck, and 5 young warriors were born one after another.

The merchants sent 8 young warriors born on the Myriad Nations Continent, and all of them stayed.

The Jinping Mountain Range had strong compatibility. As long as they liked any of the bamboo, pear, peach, Xiangfei tree, oak, oak, chestnut, camellia, cherry, or tortoise vine species, they would have a good place to go.

If they didn't like any of them, it didn't matter. They were arranged to live in the jungle near Li Zhu Peak, in groups of three or five, forming a defensive circle around the mountain.

At this point, the number of young warriors in the Jinping Mountain Range reached 161.

Jinpingshan Mountain also gave birth to 1 young warrior this year, bringing the number of warriors to 40, a whole number.

The number of warriors in the two mountain ranges, combined, was 201, meeting the minimum requirements for promotion to a county territory.

Today's Li Zhu Peak already has a certain status in the mainland kingdom, and promotion to a county territory is a major event. It is conceivable that when the news spreads, even if they are not invited, a large number of foreign warriors will come to congratulate them.

Various preparations must be made in advance.

Very busy.

First of all, the most important thing is the change of the trading square.

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They invited warriors from the Chijian tribe and the Horned Cockroach tribe to help open up and build a larger trading square in the bamboo sea on the southeast side of Li Zhu Peak, 5 kilometers away. It was named "Bamboo Sea Trading Square."

The trading square previously built on the mountain range on the southwest side of Li Zhu Peak was demolished in half and planted into a pear tree forest, named "Mountain Range Trading Square." The original commercial roads and plank roads were all overturned, and a winding path was drawn from the Bamboo Sea Trading Square.

In the future, the Mountain Range Trading Square will only be used to receive the Chonglou, Yuzhu, Xianghun, and Zijing caravans, who have always had close ties and can be trusted. In addition, foreign visits, unless they are discussing major issues, or warriors with particularly high status in the tribe, are not allowed to approach.

The trading square changed, and all the early construction of commercial roads and plank roads changed accordingly. It was a construction project with a lot of workload and was relatively urgent.

… …

After receiving the news, Chijian Cockroach King led 50 warriors to help as soon as possible.

Ban Bu directed them to dig earth and level roads on the north side of the mountain range, within the territory of the Iron Saber Mountain Range, planning to build a wide plank road, which would be interspersed with bamboo, black mulberry, pear trees, and oak trees to form a large mixed forest.

The Horned Cockroach tribe, County Lord Kuli, came in person after hearing the news, and County Lord Youli from Youli County followed to join in the fun.

The old plank roads under the mountains met.

Upon meeting, County Lord Youli asked, "Ban Bu, have you thought about it? How are you going to name your county territory? Dragon Bamboo County? Sacred Bamboo County? You can't name it Ban Bu County, right? It doesn't sound very imposing."

Ban Bu smiled and said, "King Chijian and I discussed it, and naming it 'Li Zhu County' is pretty good."

King Chijian Cockroach said, "Li Zhu Peak's development is catching up with the best prosperous period, and at the same time, it is the worst period of turmoil in the Northern Wilderness. Keep a low profile! It's good to develop in a low-key manner."

"Li Zhu Peak already had primal stones a long time ago, and now it has warriors. If it develops for another ten or twenty years, are you still afraid of the beasts in the Northern Wilderness?" County Lord Youli said with disdain, "Chijian, you are already a Cockroach King, are you aging faster than me? Your heart is old, and you have lost your courage at a young age."

"It's best to be careful." Ban Bu smoothed things over and said, "In recent years, if it weren't for the Lotus Mist Ghost King and Hibiscus Butterfly King of Chiwu Mountain guarding Li Zhu Peak, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to sleep peacefully at night. It's better to be cautious."

"Yes, the two insect kings of Chiwu Mountain cannot always guard Li Zhu Peak." County Lord Kuli also said, "Judging from past experience, in times of war, large counties that are unknown are the least likely to be attacked by beast warriors."

"That's right." Ban Bu greeted, "County Lord Kuli, you've worked hard. Please come up the mountain with me to rest first."

King Chijian Cockroach also said, "This time, the area of ​​the trading square that needs to be hardened is very large, and there are many wide plank roads that need to be hardened. Time is tight, so I'm afraid everyone in Wutong County will have to work hard."

"Not hard!" County Lord Kuli added, "We accepted the primal stones and are working for you, so it's right to work hard."

The group walked along the old plank road towards the mountains.

A young Chijian tribe warrior ran over in a panic, shouting excitedly from a distance, "Ban Bu, Ban Bu, God-bestowed seed! It's blooming! There's another God-bestowed seed!"

As he got closer, the young warrior saw a large group of Horned Cockroach tribe warriors following, and shook his antennae uneasily, not daring to say more.

Ban Bu racked his brains thinking: Who is this young warrior... which mountain is he from?

He felt like he had seen him before, but couldn't remember for a moment.

The little guy was quite clever and reminded, "Ban Bu, my name is Tonghao, Tortoise Shell Peak..."

Ban Bu suddenly realized: Early on, because only one warrior, Tortoise Shell Vine, lived on Tortoise Shell Peak, he was not very relieved, so he picked a young warrior who liked the unpromising plant "Tonghao" to accompany him, so that they could take care of each other.

Later, Tortoise Shell Peak had another Tortoise Shell Dragon Vine, which was born in Li Zhu Peak. The young warrior "Tonghao" was almost forgotten.

Ban Bu asked, "Tonghao, what kind of God-bestowed seed is it? It can't be the Tonghao you planted, right?"

"No..." Tonghao murmured, "It's another Tortoise Shell Vine."