Natural God's Gift

The Azure Maple Lord provided Fourleaf with a set of Primal Force food packages that were extremely suitable for its current consumption.

This set of Primal Force food packages mainly consisted of Strength-type and Life-type carapace strengthening Primal Force foods.

Regarding the Mental Strength and Primal Energy reserves that had already reached Excellent quality, the Azure Maple Lord not only did not provide Primal Force foods to expand Fourleaf's advantages in these aspects, but instead appropriately reduced these two types of Primal Force foods, filling all the excess into Strength and Carapace strengthening.

For the Azure Maple Lord, it preferred that the spiders within the kingdom have good physical qualities in all aspects, rather than having excellent qualities in some aspects while only being qualified or even poor in others.

For many years, the Flame Spider Kingdom had emphasized balance above all else; only balance could ensure eternal existence.

After Fourleaf and Bai Zhi finished purchasing the Primal Force foods needed for the trading and for their own consumption, they also bid farewell to the Azure Maple Lord, preparing to once again head to the Star Sand Islands for the annual trade route.

On the Edge of the World Reef, Fourleaf blew the Horn of the Sea God to summon Yun Shi. Compared to its time as a beginner and intermediate warrior, Fourleaf, now a high-level warrior, could transmit its mental thoughts further. Even if Yun Shi was not in this area, it would be able to hear it.

However, during the spring season, Yun Shi would wait for Fourleaf to go out as a traveling merchant and would not run too far. Even if it had to leave, it would inform Fourleaf in advance.

After the Horn of the Sea God was blown, Fourleaf and the others waited by the sea for Yun Shi to arrive.

Bai Zhi, bored, went to pry off shellfish from the reef to satisfy its cravings: "We've been coming here so often these past few years, that the birds don't come here much anymore. There are so many shells growing on the shore reef, and they're so big! I rarely see such big ones in other places."

Dang Gui didn't think much of it and said: "What's the use of these oysters and mussels being so big? They're not even delicious!"

Bai Zhi directly pried off a rather large oyster from the reef, used its chelicerae to pick up the oyster, and ate it with relish: "This probably weighs two kilograms. Such a big oyster is enough for me to eat my fill."

Fourleaf and Dang Gui looked at Bai Zhi speechlessly. It was already so big, but it still couldn't change its gluttonous habits!

However, Fourleaf and the others didn't care whether Bai Zhi was gluttonous or not. It was just eating something, it wasn't a crime.

"Huh," Bai Zhi, who was eating happily, suddenly felt like it had bitten something to pieces in its mouth. It spat the crushed thing on the ground to examine it.

"Pearl?" Bai Zhi was surprised. There was actually a pearl in this oyster.

However, it didn't take it seriously. It was normal for pearls to appear in these seaside shellfish. After spitting out the pearl, it continued to eat the oyster.

"Pfft," Bai Zhi felt like it had bitten two more pearls in the oyster meat.

"Are there so many pearls?" Bai Zhi muttered.

Bai Zhi said to Dang Gui: "Dang Gui, the shellfish in your shellfish pond are half-dead, and the pearls they produce aren't as many as the oysters here. You might as well move the farm here."

Dang Gui was speechless: "The probability of oysters producing pearls is much smaller than that of shellfish, and the Edge of the World Reef is a giant rock.

Only oysters and mussels can survive on it relatively easily. It's not easy to raise shellfish here."

Bai Zhi pried out another oyster of several kilograms from the reef, and took out a few pearls that weren't very round: "Uh, I feel that the probability of oysters producing pearls is not small!"

Dang Gui: "...—."

Dang Gui was starting to doubt its insect life. Could it be that all its previous hard work had been in vain?

Was it really easier for oysters to produce pearls?

Should it find some oysters here to experiment with?

Dang Gui now had tens of thousands of Primal Stones worth of Primal Force food production every year, and it no longer looked up to the small income from Primal Force pearls. The profit was small, it was troublesome, and the mortality rate of shellfish was high. One wrong move and it would lose everything.

However, after all, it was the creative industry that it had first proposed, and if it ended up being a flash in the pan, it would always feel a little regretful.

Anyway, it wouldn't cost much Primal Stone, so it wouldn't hurt to try it out at the Edge of the World Reef when the time came.

Just as Dang Gui was thinking, Yun Shi swayed its giant tail, spewing water jets, floating and sinking in the waves.

At this time, Fourleaf patted Dang Gui with its foreleg: "Dang Gui, let's go. What are you spacing out for?"

"Oh, okay." Dang Gui came back to its senses, spread its wings and flew into the sky above Yun Shi, while Fourleaf and Bai Zhi carried the Primal Force food and stepped onto Yun Shi's back.

As soon as it stepped onto Yun Shi's back, Yun Shi said excitedly: "Fourleaf, you've finally come to find me."

"What's wrong?" Fourleaf was a little strange. Why was Yun Shi reacting like this? They had clearly been together in early spring and shared Primal Force food. How long had it been since they last met? Was it necessary to be so excited?

Yun Shi shook its head and wagged its tail happily: "There's something happy!"

"What is it?" Bai Zhi also curiously asked. After these years of getting along, Bai Zhi and Yun Shi had a very good relationship, especially since Yun Shi was also a big eater, which was simply a perfect match for Bai Zhi.

Yun Shi said: "When my mother was patrolling the territory around the Star Sand Islands before, she discovered that there were several Insectoid warriors on an island."

Hearing Yun Shi's words, Fourleaf and Bai Zhi were immediately shocked and couldn't wait to ask: "Where in the Star Sand Islands?"

Yun Shi: "It's a bit far from where Red Tea and the others are, it might take four or five days, but if we start from the Flame Spider Kingdom, with my speed, we can probably reach the island in two or three days."

"That's great," Fourleaf and Bai Zhi jumped up and down on Yun Shi's back happily. Having one more Insectoid warrior to trade with meant earning more Primal Stones. Moreover, Yun Shi said there were several Insectoid warriors, which meant the business would be even bigger.

Yun Shi said: "Are we going to the island my mother mentioned now? Or should we go to Red Tea's place first?"

Fourleaf and Bai Zhi jumped around for a while, released their happy emotions from this new news, and then rested for a while, and then regained their composure: "Let's not worry about the island Lord Long Xu mentioned for now. We don't know the detailed situation there yet, so we may need to explore it for a while.

Let's go see Zi Mu first and give it the Life Seed we prepared for it, so we can't delay its evolution."

"Oh, oh, okay," Yun Shi obediently swayed its giant tail, cutting through the waves in the sea, heading towards the Star Sand Islands.

Regarding the matter of Lord Long Xu knowing that there were Insectoid warriors in the Star Sand Islands, Yun Shi didn't say anything specific, and Fourleaf and Bai Zhi didn't ask much.

Perhaps Lord Long Xu previously looked down on their small-scale transactions and didn't take their traveling merchant activities seriously.

This time, it suddenly took the initiative to inform them of the location of the Insectoid warriors in the Star Sand Islands. Was it because the God-given Tea Seeds that Yun Shi brought back to eat had played a role?

Was Lord Long Xu still expecting them to bring it and Yun Shi better God-given Primal Force food?

Fourleaf didn't care about this. As long as the result was beneficial to it, it would naturally not be stingy with the share that should be given to Yun Shi.

Besides, with the Divine Wishing Fruit, what it lacked the least was Primal Stones and Primal Force food. The reason why it still traveled around to trade was not only to take on the kingdom's missions, but also to increase its knowledge.

At the same time, it also had some expectations in its heart. It would be even better if it could obtain the trading rights to some God-given Primal Force food that was not available in the kingdom.

After all, apart from God-given Primal Force food, it was still interested in other things. Other things really had no attraction for it.

Yun Shi charged forward, and in less than a day, it rushed to Red Tea Island. Red Tea traded a lot of Primal Force food last year, including many kinds of God-given Primal Force food produced within the Flame Spider Kingdom.

It would not trade Primal Force food this year, but it wanted to evolve an age stage and wanted the Giant Winged Maple seeds in Fourleaf's claws to be nurtured into Life Seeds, so it naturally warmly entertained Fourleaf and the others.

"Boss Fourleaf, Boss Bai Zhi, Dang Gui, was the journey smooth?"

"Of course it was smooth," It had only been less than a day. As long as they didn't encounter storms and torrential rain, they could basically sail smoothly.

Suye looked at Red Tea and suddenly asked with some surprise, "Red Tea, have you broken through to the advanced stage of the Tier 2 Warrior?"

Red Tea rubbed its claws a bit bashfully, "Yeah, it was early spring. I probably ate too many Origin Force foods and unknowingly broke through."

"Is that so?" Suye said with some regret, "I even brought the Giant-Winged Maple Yang seeds, but it turns out you can't use them anymore. What Origin Seed did you nurture in your Origin Sac during Tier 2?"

Red Tea said something shocking, "I haven't incorporated any Origin Seeds into my Origin Sac yet. I'm waiting for you, Boss Suye, to bring the Giant-Winged Maple Yang seeds over."

"What?" Suye and Baizhi were both a little surprised. They didn't expect Red Tea to be so bold as to not nurture an Origin Seed in its Origin Sac.

At their level, if the Origin Sac doesn't nurture an Origin Seed, it will greatly hinder their evolution. If they don't nurture an Origin Seed when evolving to the next tier, not only will they lack an Origin Seed that can produce Origin Force food during that tier, but their soul might also lose a part of itself.

Therefore, most insect warriors prepare their Origin Seeds in advance. As soon as they finish evolving into a new tier, they immediately incorporate it into their Origin Sac. No one dares to risk losing a part of their soul.

Red Tea didn't think much of it. It didn't dare evolve in front of Suye and the others; their trust level hadn't reached that point yet.

But it wanted the top-tier plant seed, the Giant-Winged Maple Yang seed, as its Origin Seed, so it had to take a small risk, evolve to the next tier in advance, and empty its Origin Sac, waiting for Suye and the others to give it the Giant-Winged Maple Yang seed before incorporating it into its Origin Sac and nurturing it into an Origin Seed.

It wasn't completely brainless in taking the risk. It had calculated that with the Origin Force food Suye traded to it, it might be able to advance more smoothly in the advanced stage of Tier 2 than in the intermediate stage.

Anyway, the Little Jade Dew Tea Tree God-Given Seed had bloomed in early spring, so its tier evolution wouldn't delay its production.

Suye had said before that they would come this year, and even if they came in late autumn, it would only waste one year of evolution time. It could afford to wait. If it could get a top-tier plant seed as its Origin Seed, producing tens of thousands of units of Origin Force food every year, the cost would be completely worth it.

Suye wordlessly handed a small silk pouch to Red Tea.

Red Tea couldn't wait to take the silk pouch, open it, see the Giant-Winged Maple Yang seeds inside, and directly pick them up and stuff them into its mouth, incorporating them into its Origin Sac.

Seeing Red Tea incorporate the seeds into its Origin Sac, Suye and the others felt a little more relieved. After the seeds are incorporated into the Origin Sac of an insect warrior, they will be stained with the Origin Force aura of the insect warrior. At this time, even if the insect warrior takes it out again, it will no longer have the ability to be sown and grow, and it will also directly lose an Origin Seed due to the interruption of nurturing.

Unless the insect warrior nurtures the seeds into an Origin Force plant over a long period of time, and the seeds complete their life evolution, will they have room to continue growing.

To put it bluntly, it's like using the insect's Origin Force Warrior as a special blood vessel, putting the seeds into the blood vessel, and allowing the seeds to produce a leap in life level. This is true for ordinary plant seeds, and even more so for God-Given Seeds.

The life level of God-Given Seeds is already high enough, but generally, God-Given Seeds need to reach the Lord level before they awaken their soul power. Any danger that occurs during this period is uncontrollable.

With insect warriors present, they will find and protect the God-Given Seeds, or nurture them into God-Given Origin Seeds,

allowing them to be born with soul power and awaken their self-awareness at a low tier.

In fact, the insect race and the tree race are the true symbiotic relationship. Between the two, neither is indispensable.

"Red Tea, is there anything else this year? If not, I'll go see Zimu. It should be evolving soon too."

Red Tea looked enviously at the bulging silk pouches on Suye's carapace, "Boss Suye, don't tell me you brought top-tier plant seeds for Zimu as well? Otherwise, why would you be rushing over before it evolves?"

Suye didn't hide anything, "I did bring it one or two top-tier plant seeds, but these are the plant seeds arranged by the kingdom. It nurtures Origin Seeds for us, and we help it evolve. No one loses out."

Hearing Suye say this, Red Tea shut up. It didn't want to become a tool for the Flame Spider Kingdom to produce Origin Force food. Although it envied the output of top-tier plant seeds, it didn't want some top-tier plant seeds that were useless to itself. It only wanted top-tier plant seeds that were suitable for its own evolution.

Suye didn't nag with Red Tea and went directly to find Zimu.

Red Tea possessed a God-Given Seed and belonged to a wealthy insect. It and Suye's caravan were in an equal trading state,

Both wanted the things in the other's claws, so Red Tea had the freedom of choice.

Zimu was different. It was too poor. If it didn't choose the path that Suye had chosen for it, it would have no way to go.

Zimu had also reached the edge of evolution for a Tier 2 Intermediate Warrior. It had evolved once last year. At that time, Suye was guarding the ripening of the Divine Wish Fruit and didn't have time to come over, so Baizhi brought it a Purple Pine seed to nurture into an Origin Seed.

Suye handed a silk pouch to Zimu, "There are two thousand Origin Stones worth of Origin Force food here. After you finish eating it, you can evolve two more tiers."

Because Zimu was nurturing the share that Suye needed to hand over to the kingdom, this Origin Stone was paid for by Suye itself. Suye then took out three small silk pouches and shook them in front of Zimu, "If you evolve three tiers this year, you can get three top-tier plant seeds as Origin Seeds. By then, the Origin Force food you produce each year will be a lot. As long as you listen to my arrangements and nurture top-tier plant seeds as Origin Seeds in future tiers, then not to mention becoming an Advanced Warrior, even becoming a Mountain Lord-level warrior will be easy."

"Thank you, Suye. Suye is the best." Zimu happily responded. It felt that being an Advanced Warrior and living for a hundred years was already very happy. It didn't expect Suye to say that it could advance to the Mountain Lord level. Wouldn't that mean it could live for two hundred years? It would probably get tired of living!

This is truly a happy problem!

"Alright, stop flattering me. Now that you have Origin Force food and Origin Seeds are also prepared, hurry up and evolve into a Tier 3 Intermediate Warrior!"

"Okay!" Before, Zimu wouldn't even let them onto the island, but now it allowed them to stand next to its Origin Seed,

while it entered the nest to evolve to the next tier.

There was no way around it. Whoever eats the insect's mouth is short, and whoever takes the insect's claws is soft. It wouldn't dare offend the big moneybags!

Five months later, Zimu safely broke through to another tier again. It shed its old carapace, and a new carapace grew out.

After eating some dried fish and recovering some strength, it slowly crawled out of the nest and looked back at the old carapace inside the nest.

Even it itself didn't expect that it would only advance to the Intermediate Warrior at the age when its decline was about to arrive, and because of insufficient Origin Force food, after advancing to the Intermediate Warrior, it no longer had the potential to evolve again.

It originally thought that this was how it would be for the rest of its life, but it didn't expect a Flame Spider traveling merchant to come and lend it Origin Stones without interest to break through and evolve, and also give it top-tier plant seeds to nurture into Origin Seeds.

As for whether the plant seeds it nurtured were suitable for its own consumption, it didn't care. As long as Suye could provide it with Origin Force food and allow it to advance to the advanced level, it would be very satisfied if it could evolve into an Advanced Warrior.

Zimu happily reported the good news to Suye, "Suye, I've evolved to Tier 3."

"Yeah, not bad." Suye handed it a silk pouch, "This is a Traveler's Palm seed. It's a Fire-type Origin Energy enhancement. Although you can't eat the Origin Force food produced by this Origin Seed, I'll trade other Origin Force food with you."

"Got it," Zimu didn't hesitate, took the Traveler's Palm seed from the silk pouch and incorporated it into its Origin Sac.

Seeing that things were settled on Zimu's side, Suye said, "Then you continue to eat Origin Force food on the island. We'll come back again after a while."

"Okay!"