Astral Cockroach

Banbu returned to the mine and didn't wait too long before Lizhu came back, carrying a snake-skin bag full of eight colorful red bamboo shoots.

They would take them back and divide them equally.

Next, they dug for Mandarin Duck Bamboo.

Mandarin Duck Bamboo wasn't considered precious. With limited labor, they only dug up three bamboo shoots. Banbu carried two, and Heisang carried one. After taking them back, they would first plant them on Lizhu Peak. When they developed in the future, they could share some with Lizhu.

The return route was much simpler. They identified the direction and flew in a straight line.

Three days later, the group of three insects landed in front of the cave on the south side of Lizhu Peak.

Banbu dug a special hidden pit in the secret chamber to bury Heisang's six raw stones.

He selected suitable locations to transplant the colorful red bamboo and Mandarin Duck Bamboo. Barring any accidents, bamboo shoots would sprout from the bamboo shoots and underground stems next spring. In just three to five years, they could develop into small bamboo forests.

Finally, Banbu followed Lizhu and Heisang to the Iron Saber Mountains. First, they reported their safety to Flame Cluster Spotted Grass and the others, and then went to Iron Saber Peak to retrieve their silk pouches.

Returning to Lizhu Peak, Banbu went alone to report his safety to Datou and Black Bear.

Life returned to normal.

The weather began to warm up, and the long, cold winter was about to pass.

Under the organization of the Iron Saber Mountain Master, all the warriors of Iron Saber Peak were mobilized to help Fengling move.

It was settled in two days.

Fengling officially settled in Lizhu Peak, keeping Banbu company.

Living on the same mountain, Banbu planned to communicate well with Fengling and foster their relationship.

However, Fengling was sullen and had no interest in talking.

As soon as Fengling moved away, the Iron Saber Mountain Master immediately removed all the wind chimes she had planted.

The original force density of that mountain peak wasn't bad, but the soil was slightly barren. The biogas pool could compensate for this deficiency. In the future, when new red ant warriors were born in the Iron Saber Mountains, they would most likely be arranged to go there.

… …

With Fengling, a high-level warrior, at Lizhu Peak, the warriors of Iron Saber Peak no longer took turns coming to help patrol.

Silence.

Tranquility.

Fengling was very reclusive, didn't like to go out, and never took the initiative to go up the mountain to communicate with Banbu. Most of the time, she was lying in her cave or under her life-bound plant, immersed in her own world.

Banbu visited Fengling every few days, occasionally going to Datou and Black Bear, taking them both around in the jungle, searching for God-given seeds while continuing to impart various knowledge.

Most of the time, Banbu was busy alone at the foot of the mountain.

There was a mountain spring on Lizhu Peak, and there were three more in the nearby mountains, each forming a small mountain stream.

Banbu dug canals to divert water, guiding the four streams to one place. In the plan, he also had to dig a large number of ponds on the flat ground under the mountains.

The ponds stored water, and the large number of interconnected ponds could ensure water supply during the dry season, preparing for large-scale bamboo planting in the future.

Building ponds and opening up bamboo seas were both vast projects that required helpers.

Banbu had asked, but Fengling had no interest in planting bamboo and was unwilling to join. The only labor force he could count on was Datou.

Datou was currently a primary warrior, and his ant colony was also very weak, so he couldn't help much in the short term.

Time waits for no insect. Banbu could only do it himself.

Before spring arrived, Banbu ushered in a new round of molting and growth, falling into a slumber.

He woke up five days later.

Putting away the newly conceived golden silk bamboo life-bound seed, he hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to choose the tung oil tree as the life-bound seed for the L4 intermediate warrior to conceive.

The tung oil tree was a symbolic tree species of the Fire Ant Kingdom, and also a high-quality tree species suitable for the Red Ant tribe. The time required for growth was not particularly long, similar to the white jade mulberry. The plant could initially take shape in about three years and begin to bloom and bear fruit.

Banbu's choice of tung oil tree as his life-bound seed also had a consideration, that was, this plant liked the sun and was heat-resistant. If he grew fast enough, he could sow it this year.

The tung oil tree seeds were one of the rewards given by Princess Chijian when Banbu moved to Lizhu Peak. There was also a Chijian tree seed.

The Chijian tree grew too slowly, and Banbu hadn't considered whether to conceive it as a life-bound seed when he was an intermediate warrior.

When he woke up from his slumber, it was continuous rainy weather outside the cave.

Banbu ate some jerky, recovered slightly, and went down the mountain in the rain to inform Fengling.

This kind of rainy weather often lasted for several days. It was the plum rain season before spring.

A difficult time.

… …

After the rain, the sky was clear.

The rising sun warmed the earth.

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The taste of spring.

As if overnight, the silent jungle suddenly burst into life.

The trees sprouted new buds.

You could faintly hear the calls of animals waking up from hibernation.

Ordinary cockroaches hiding in haystacks to keep warm during the winter woke up one after another, feeding on the corpses of their dead companions, and then heads down, buried in the soil, revealing their bodies, enjoying the sunshine of spring.

Banbu took out the treasured seeds of various life-bound plants and began to select sites for sowing.

There were four ordinary life-bound seeds, namely Ma Bamboo, Golden Bamboo, Lizhu Bamboo, and Golden Thread Bamboo, all of which were bamboo species. They would occupy a large area when they developed in the future, so they had to maintain spacing, sow them separately, and leave enough room for them to grow.

There was also a God-given seed hybridized from Golden Thread Bamboo and Spotted Bamboo, which had to be carefully considered.

The God-given seed would grow several times or even dozens of times larger than ordinary life-bound seeds after it grew up, and it would frantically absorb original force. Considering development, it was necessary to divide a separate area.

After careful investigation and planning, Banbu planted it on the southwest side of the middle and lower layers of Lizhu Peak, away from ordinary life-bound seeds.

The soil texture and lighting of Lizhu Peak were definitely no problem. What he was afraid of was that it would squeeze out other ordinary life-bound plants. God-given seeds were mostly tyrannical and domineering. He was afraid that it would be like the Xuncao God-given seed, secretly making black hands at night, wanting to kill ordinary life-bound seeds.

Banbu had cleaned up the open space occupied by the Xuncao God-given seed during the winter, but those tenacious weeds could always spread their seeds silently, and they began to germinate and grow when spring arrived.

Weeding and loosening the soil was a daily chore that must be done to manage the territory.

Fertilizing and watering were also necessary, but the Xuncao God-given seed's demand for nutrients far exceeded that of ordinary life-bound seeds, and even a large biogas pool was almost unable to meet its needs.

The underground rhizomes of the 81 tillers separated last year began to grow laterally. It looked like they were going to continue to tiller.

Banbu didn't mind the stinky temper of the tree spirit's bossing around and patiently observed for several days, finally confirming that this time it would divide into 243 plants!

The growth of life-bound plants takes time, and it is also synchronously related to the strength of insect warriors. Banbu guessed that when he grew to L7 intermediate warrior, the Xuncao God-given seed could tiller again, and the number would be 729.

In the future, when he advanced to L1 high-level warrior, the Xuncao God-given seed would tiller again, and the number would reach 2187. Not only would the number increase, but the quality would also improve to a higher level.

The Iron Saber Mountain Master was also poor, and the promised assistance was not at all helpful. If he wanted to grow quickly, he could only rely on the caravans of the Phantom Flame Spider tribe.

There were only about 200 cliff cypress seeds left, and they were about to run out. Banbu was increasingly looking forward to the arrival of the caravan.

PS: Regarding the title of the book, I struggled for a long time when I published the book. I originally wanted to name it "Immortal Cockroach" or "Heart of Nature", but then I found that they were all taken. I really couldn't think of a good title, so I used the current one. Readers can suggest good names and I will change it.