Natural God's Gift

After communicating with Huotang and seeing that the work within the territory was proceeding normally, Siyue felt much more at ease.

Currently, it had only planted these two top-tier plant species, so as long as they didn't have any problems and the seeds weren't leaked, everything would be fine.

After inspecting the foot of the mountain, it arrived at the area where it had planted its life-bound plants. A long time ago, it had specially cleared a patch of forest, leaving a relatively flat open space to plant its life-bound plants. Now, it had nine life-bound plants planted on the Twin Peaks, which was equivalent to the number of life-bound plants in its initial territory.

The other life-bound plants grew naturally and had already begun to bear fruit. Only the Rapeseed Flower God-Given Seed and the Purple Eggplant God-Given Seed, having just been transplanted, still needed to be nurtured, so they wouldn't be left to flower or bear fruit this year.

It came to the Purple Eggplant God-Given Seed tree. Ordinary eggplant trees could grow to one or two meters tall, but as a special natural divine object, its life essence far surpassed ordinary counterparts. Furthermore, having undergone three life advancements, the plant was much taller than ordinary eggplant trees.

It also rarely cleared the weeds around the Purple Eggplant God-Given Seed, watered it with swamp water, and chatted with it.

"Purple Eggplant, how do you feel here?"

The Purple Eggplant God-Given Seed calmly said, "It's quite good. It's much better than the coastal area. There are no storms, no heavy rain, and there's plenty of sunshine. I like it here."

"Hehe, it's good that you like it here." The Purple Eggplant God-Given Seed wasn't as mischievous as the Morning Glory, nor as domineering as the Lucky Clover. Moreover, it hadn't produced anything for so many years, so Siyue had always paid less attention to it.

Even the attention it gave to the Chestnut Tree was more than that given to the Purple Eggplant God-Given Seed.

Fortunately, the Purple Eggplant God-Given Seed had a relatively peaceful nature. As long as there was enough water and fertilizer, it generally wouldn't throw a tantrum. It truly didn't compete or snatch, and its demeanor was as serene as a chrysanthemum.

Siyue loosened the soil for the Purple Eggplant God-Given Seed, then found an iron bucket with a diameter of 50 centimeters and poured several buckets of swamp water into its root system: "Purple Eggplant, do you feel like you're getting enough nutrients now? If you don't have enough, I'll give you more swamp water."

The Purple Eggplant God-Given Seed said plainly, "The soil here is much more fertile than by the sea, and there's plenty of swamp water and sunlight. The nutrients are enough.

If you have time, give me some raw stones. I feel like I can grow a bit more. If there's fertile soil, that would be even better."

"Have the previous fertile soils been absorbed? Then I'll ask Ziyun Mountain Master to buy some more when he returns at the end of the year." The fertile soil made by Ziyun Mountain Master last year had all been divided up.

The bit of fertile soil it bought was used to replenish the nutrients of the life-bound plants, and the rest was buried under the Purple Eggplant and Rapeseed Flower God-Given Seed trees to help them recover their growth.

The Rapeseed Flower God-Given Seed was also planted in this area, but a bit far apart. While Siyue was chatting with the Purple Eggplant God-Given Seed, it sensed the Rapeseed Flower God-Given Seed using the soul bond to call it from afar.

After finishing up here, Siyue came to where the Rapeseed Flower God-Given Seed was planted and said in annoyance, "Rapeseed Flower, what do you want?"

"Siyue," the Rapeseed Flower God-Given Seed said, "Why did you find such a place for me? Don't you think it's very short of water here?"

Siyue was slightly stunned: "Is it?"

It looked around, observing the plain. This area was relatively high, about ten square kilometers in size, and a river was one or two kilometers away. When the river flooded, it could even approach this high ground.

It had specially planted the life-bound plant here, so it shouldn't be short of water!

"How could it not be? This terrain is so high that my roots have burrowed down more than ten meters without finding a water source. I can only rely on swamp water and rainwater for irrigation."

"Uh," the rapeseed flower needed more water, and if there wasn't enough water, it would affect its growth.

"I'll ask Artemisia to come here more often to check and water you more."

The Rapeseed Flower God-Given Seed said in exasperation, "What's the use of watering a little? You have to dig a few more ponds like you did in the initial territory!"

"Alright, stop nagging. I'll arrange it for you," Siyue said in a sinister tone, "You're getting bolder and bolder, actually teaching me what to do. It's really turning the world upside down!"

The Rapeseed Flower God-Given Seed was unconvinced: "It's clearly because you didn't think it through yourself. Why are you blaming me?"

"Shut up, you won't be thirsty." Siyue loosened the soil for it and watered it with some swamp water: "From now on, I'll have Artemisia water you every three days. As for the pond you mentioned, I'll arrange it as soon as possible."

"You have to remember, otherwise, I just transplanted the territory, and haven't been able to store enough vitality, and the production of rapeseed next year will be affected."

"I know, I know," Siyue felt a headache when it heard the Rapeseed Flower God-Given Seed's words.

The effect of rapeseed was to increase the fat reserves of the fire element, which was an excellent food for the Flame Spider traders who needed to travel all year round, especially for the White-Legged Flame Spiders with fire talent potential, it was simply a God-Given Force food specially equipped for them.

After it was promoted to a senior warrior, it originally wanted to sell all the God-Given Rapeseed to the Ziyun Merchant Guild in the future, but the Ziyun Mountain Lord said to keep half of the share for the kingdom, and it also agreed.

In this way, there were still a steady stream of White-Legged Flame Spider warriors who came to it, wanting to buy God-Given Rapeseed. It could only promise that the quantity sold to them in the first year would not be less than 4,000 grains.

The main reason was that Bai Zhi had 90% of the share of the Ziyun Merchant Guild, which belonged to the Ziyun Merchant Guild itself, and everyone was embarrassed to let them give up their transaction share, so they had to come to Siyue here.

Siyue now hoped that the annual output of the Rapeseed Flower God-Given Seed could reach more than 6,000 grains, preferably 8,000 grains, otherwise it would be really difficult to meet everyone's needs.

Now, facing the Rapeseed Flower God-Given Seed saying such things, it had to satisfy its various conditions.

After looking at the Rapeseed Flower God-Given Seed, it inspected the state of the other life-bound plants. It found that the other life-bound plants were fine and not short of water.

It was just that the Rapeseed Flower God-Given Seed itself had a relatively large demand for water, and it had more branches.

The demand for water was naturally much greater than the other life-bound plants.

The Chinese Bush Cherry God-Given Seed retained 1,500 fruits this year. This was almost an unpopular God-Given Seed in pre-sales. Its function was to enhance hearing, while the Zerg warriors mainly felt external sounds through the hairs on their limbs.

To say it was hearing, it could be considered, but to say it wasn't hearing, it had nothing to do with hair.

Everyone was uninterested in this God-Given Force food. After the Ziyun Merchant Guild took down all its shares, most of the shares were also resold to merchant guilds that had transactions with the Beast Race warriors.

This gave Siyue a hint. It planned to take some God-Given Chinese Bush Cherry for the Cloud Whale warriors to taste, to see if the whale warriors could increase their hearing ability after eating this. If it was possible, then selling it to the Dragon Beard Lord and them would also be a good choice, saving the Ziyun Merchant Guild from not being able to eat so much quantity.

After inspecting the territory, Siyue returned to the nest chamber. It originally wanted to ask how the Angelica Reservoir address was found, but it didn't see the insect.

Just then, it remembered that it had told Angelica to sell the leftover God-given tea seeds that had been distributed to Snowdrift and the others.

It wasn't worried at all about not being able to sell the God-given tea seeds. This kind of God-given Origin Power food that strengthened mental power was inherently a commodity in short supply. If it were sold to other insectoids, it could easily fetch more than thirty Origin Stones.

Angelica didn't keep Clover waiting for long. It quickly flew back with a metal canister. Before it had even landed, it happily reported its success to Clover: "Clover, all 240 remaining God-given tea seeds have been sold to Snowdrift and the others!

They wanted even more, but we need to keep the rest for ourselves. They asked us to trade more back next year."

Clover: "This year, the Red Tea's life seed should allow it to flower and bear fruit freely. The yield might exceed a thousand seeds. When it's had its fill, it might sell some more to us. But let's not rush this; we'll have to wait until next year."

"Regarding the construction of several reservoirs in the territory that we discussed two years ago, have the locations been surveyed yet?"

"Yes, yes," Angelica said. "I've flown around Twin Peaks hundreds, even thousands, of times. Following your previous instructions, I've found several mountain hollows, but whether they're suitable for reservoirs still needs your judgment."

Clover: "While we have time now, let's take a stroll down the mountain."

"Okay, okay!" Angelica happily agreed. It handed the metal canister containing the Spider Queen's letter to Clover and then placed their share of Origin Power food into the nest chamber: "I'll take you to see those mountain hollows."

Angelica flew slowly ahead, with Clover following behind. Neither of them was in a hurry, and they chatted idly while enjoying the scenery.

"Clover, when are we going to the Star Sand Islands this year?"

Clover: "When are Snowdrift and the others leaving?"

Angelica: "They probably won't be long before they set off. When I went over, they were already packing their goods, looking like they were about to depart."

"Oh, then we can set off once we've finalized the general arrangements for the reservoir." Although the merchant business wasn't highly profitable, it was very good for developing abilities and broadening horizons.

It didn't care about the kingdom's meager subsidies, but it didn't want to be inconsistent in its efforts.

Hearing that they were about to leave, Angelica flapped its wings: "What Origin Power foods should we prepare this year?"

Clover: "We don't need to prepare any other Origin Power foods this year. Just select some Life-type Origin Power foods to take."

"Life-type?"

"Yes," it had noticed that what the insectoid warriors living independently on the islands lacked most wasn't Elemental-type food, but Life-type Origin Power food that could heal injuries after evolution.

"Then how many Origin Stones worth of goods should we buy?"

"We'll see when the time comes!" Ordinary Origin Power food wasn't like God-given Origin Power food. God-given Origin Power food was listed on the kingdom's supply list, and you might not get any if you were even slightly slow.

Ordinary Origin Power food was different. Flame Spider merchants traveled the continent, bringing back a lot of ordinary Origin Power food every year. The kingdom's treasury was built using extraterrestrial civilization's vacuum refrigeration technology, and ordinary Origin Power food could be stored for a hundred years without spoiling. You could say they had as much as you wanted.

As they spoke, they traversed through the mountains and forests. The mountains in March were already covered in lush greenery, and most of the flowers had begun to bear fruit. Under the sunlight, for a time, the entire world seemed to be only two colors: the azure blue of the sky and the green of the earth.

Angelica led Clover to the first selected location. This was a small basin situated between the undulating mountains, with a small stream flowing gently through the hollow towards the river, forming a small lake of several dozen acres in the middle.

Angelica: "This place is near the river, and there's a small lake in the hollow. If we can reinforce the surrounding soil and rock and dam the river, a natural reservoir will be formed."

Clover didn't commit to Angelica's idea. This place was surrounded by mountains on three sides, but one side was too low. If they wanted to seal off the remaining side, the amount of work would be too great.

The Crimson Cloud Merchant Guild had spent a lot of money to build several large reservoirs in Mulberry Ridge.

Although it had some money now, it wouldn't dare say it could compare with the other party's entire tribe. Moreover, it didn't need to build such a large reservoir. It only needed a few small reservoirs to irrigate the nearby hundred square kilometers.

"Let's put this place on hold for now. After the Crimson Cloud Merchant Guild returns, we'll ask them if this place is suitable for making a reservoir. Isn't there a small lake now? We can build an aqueduct to draw water to the forest sea, which will save Artemisia a lot of effort."

"Okay!" Building an aqueduct would require hiring several more Flame Spider warriors to work. Angelica noted the matter and prepared to have Fire Maple arrange it later.

"Let's go look at the next place." Not very satisfied with this place, Clover wanted to continue looking at the next location.

Although Twin Peaks was named after peaks, it could be considered a small branch vein. There were still quite a few undulating peaks on it. Clover and the others walked to several places. Some places were natural swamps, which could be good places for fertilizer, and some mountain paths were narrow, but as long as the cave entrance was opened, it would be an excellent reservoir.

Having looked at all the locations selected by Angelica, Clover couldn't say it was satisfied or dissatisfied.

Seeing this, Angelica flapped its wings and said: "Clover, there's also a dead volcano nearby. I don't know if it can be transformed into a reservoir. Do you want to go take a look?"

"Let's go take a look." Its territory was hundreds of square kilometers, and it couldn't possibly know every place. As for the dead volcano that Angelica mentioned now, it hadn't heard of it in recent years, perhaps because it was too small?

The dead volcano that Angelica mentioned was located on the edge of Clover's territory, and it was relatively far north. Their kingdom had always been leaning towards the south, and the height of the dead volcano wasn't high, only six or seven hundred meters, so it was no wonder Clover hadn't noticed it before.

The dead volcano had natural pits on top, but they weren't very neat, and there were many gaps, so they couldn't store water. Because there were natural shelters on top, it had become a habitat for birds and beasts, and the mountain was full of bird droppings and animal feces.

Fortunately, what their kingdom lacked the least was Flame Spider warriors to work. As long as there was money, hiring a few mountain lords to transform this volcano could form a beautiful barrier lake. If several aqueducts were opened up, tens of square kilometers could be irrigated.

Clover had surveyed all the places in the territory today and had a clearer understanding of the territory's situation.

Most insectoid warriors managed their territories step by step. As long as they planned well, they would have fewer things to worry about in the future.

With Angelica and Fire Maple's help, it could steadily develop the territory, travel as a merchant, and safely spend its evolution age!