Natural God's Gift

The Seaweed Mountain Lord stood by the sea, urging his Origin Power. A stream of seawater flowed to his feet as if it had a life of its own.

The Seaweed Mountain Lord stepped onto the water flow and invited the Ziyun Merchant Team, "Everyone, please."

Torch Lord and Fourleaf followed, stepping onto the sea current, and the other spiders followed suit.

Stepping on the seemingly solid sea current, it felt soft, but not as unobstructed as ordinary water. Torch Lord was somewhat surprised and said, "Seaweed, what is this? Is this a newly awakened ability of yours?"

Seaweed Mountain Lord said with a hint of pride, "This is an ability I awakened in my ninth instar, called Solid Sea Current. It's not as cold as freezing abilities, and it's quite useful."

"Oh," Torch Lord just asked casually. It had traveled all over the Myriad Race Continent and had seen countless abilities. This one wasn't particularly special.

Compared to this, it was more concerned with the Seaweed Mountain Lord's instar.

"Seaweed, you've advanced to the ninth instar. It seems it won't be long before you can advance to Lord level."

"Hey," Seaweed Mountain Lord said nonchalantly, "What's the big deal about me advancing to the ninth instar? You're younger than me and you've already advanced to Lord level. I still need to work harder."

"Haha, you should be able to catch up with me in a few years."

Seaweed Mountain Lord sighed softly, "It's difficult. Our Coast Water Louse tribe isn't as wealthy as your Flame Spider Kingdom. We save on Origin Power food, and every instar evolution requires careful calculation."

"What a coincidence," Torch Lord heard Seaweed Mountain Lord's words and was not sympathetic. Instead, it said happily, "I brought you a big client today."

"Let me introduce you. This is Fourleaf. It's here to discuss the collection of fertilizer with you."

Seaweed Mountain Lord turned around politely and said, "Mountain Lord Fourleaf, hello. I was just about to ask Torch Lord to introduce you, but I was too happy to see Sesame. Please forgive me for the poor hospitality."

"It's okay. It's only natural for insects to be happy when their tribe grows." In fact, they had met once more than thirty years ago, but after so long, and with the difference in their instars back then being like heaven and earth, no one would think the other still remembered them.

The reason Bloodvine Lord remembered Fourleaf was because Ziyun Lord had introduced it to them.

But it's not too late for them to get to know each other again now.

Torch Lord said happily, "If you can conclude the deal, Seaweed, you'll definitely have the resources to advance to the Lord level."

"Is that so?" Seaweed Mountain Lord was puzzled as to why Torch Lord was so confident in saying such a thing.

It said, "I heard Ziyun and the others mention a few words about the business before, but I didn't understand the specifics.

Mountain Lord Fourleaf, may I ask, how big is this business?"

Fourleaf said, "Very big, perhaps a hundred years of trade."

"Is that so."

The insects chatted as they watched Seaweed Mountain Lord control the water flow towards the island. After traveling for more than half an hour, they arrived at a giant island.

Seaweed Mountain Lord took the lead in landing on the island, and then said, "Welcome everyone to Worry-Free Island."

"Worry-Free Island?" The Flame Spiders, led by Torch Lord, stepped onto the island and curiously looked around.

On this island far from the mainland, ancient trees stood tall and unchanged for thousands of years, presenting a scene completely different from the Myriad Race Continent.

Everywhere you looked, there were Coast Water Lice moving with the seawater like a tide.

Logically speaking, to name a kingdom or tribe, you would either name it after your own race, such as the Flame Spider Kingdom, the Black-Veined Butterfly Kingdom.

Or there would be some special God-given species that could be named after it, such as Bloodvine Lake.

Or some would be named after the characteristic plants they cultivated.

I wonder if the Coast Water Louse tribe has a special God-given Worry-Free Tree, or if they are cultivating Worry-Free Tree seeds?

Seaweed Mountain Lord led the Ziyun Merchant Team straight towards the interior of the island. This island was no smaller than the territory of some of the Five Insect Kingdoms. The trees on the island were lush and green. Apart from the Coast Water Lice, other animals were rarely seen.

No other insect warriors came out to stop them along the way, but the Ziyun Merchant Team spiders noticed that many mental thoughts were falling on them in the bushes.

Seaweed Mountain Lord was also a veteran Mountain Lord in the kingdom. The business partners it brought would not be stopped by other Coast Water Louse warriors.

Within each large tribe, there is a trading plaza specifically built for Flame Spider traveling merchants to come and trade.

Seaweed Mountain Lord led the Flame Spider traveling merchants to the square, and after seeing them display their goods, it turned to Fourleaf and said, "Mountain Lord Fourleaf, how about I take you to meet the steward lord of our tribe to discuss the transaction you mentioned?"

"Okay." Fourleaf readily agreed.

"Torch Lord, we'll go first."

Fourleaf followed Seaweed Mountain Lord deeper into the island.

Walking diagonally to another corner, and after crossing a ridge, Seaweed Mountain Lord brought it to the beach next to where they had landed, to find the steward lord of their Coast Water Louse tribe.

Although the Coast Water Louse tribe had a large insect population, they only had one steward lord in charge, and did not delegate power.

When Fourleaf and the others arrived, the other party was exercising its abilities on the sea.

Fourleaf and Seaweed just watched quietly without disturbing it.

Only after the other party finished exercising its abilities did they step forward.

"Lord Haiqing," Seaweed Mountain Lord stepped forward and introduced a Coast Water Louse warrior with a body size of 4 meters, "This is Mountain Lord Fourleaf. It said it wanted to come and talk business with us."

"Lord Haiqing."

"Fourleaf? Original Flame Spider?" Lord Haiqing slowly stepped onto the beach, looked at Fourleaf, and then said, "Are you a junior of Ginkgo Spider Queen, or a junior of Green Maple?"

Hearing Lord Haiqing say this, Fourleaf muttered to itself, the Ginkgo Spider Queen and Green Maple Lord stay in the kingdom all year round, but I didn't expect the insect vein relationship to be quite significant.

Fourleaf said politely, "I am considered a junior of Green Maple Lord. Lord Haiqing, do you also know Green Maple Lord?"

"Know? More than just know. I grew up with it since childhood."

Lord Haiqing said, "I was born on the border of your Flame Spider Kingdom. It was the Ginkgo Spider Queen who discovered me and brought me back to the Flame Spider Kingdom. When I grew to the advanced stage, the Ginkgo Spider Queen discovered several Coast Water Louse warriors on Worry-Free Island, and then sent me here to establish a tribe."

"So that's how it is." Fourleaf was surprised. It didn't expect the two to have such a connection.

Lord Haiqing: "I've heard some things about you from Ziyun. It is said that you are very rich?"

Fourleaf said modestly, "No, I just have a few more life-bound God-given species than other insects."

Although its attitude seemed very modest, its words were as arrogant as they could be.

It was already very good for other insects to have one God-given life-bound species, but it had several at every turn.

"A few more God-given life-bound species?" Lord Haiqing stared at Fourleaf, what a big tone.

Fourleaf smiled without saying a word. At this time, they were talking about a big business of several thousand cubic meters of Origin Stone, so it naturally wouldn't show weakness at this moment, otherwise the other party would think it had no money.

The Sea Green Lord said, "Purple Cloud mentioned that you need a lot of bird droppings? As far as I know, the Star Sand Islands in the sea below your kingdom should have plenty of guano reserves on the islands there, enough for your Flame Spider Kingdom to use for ten thousand years, right?"

"Due to special reasons, we need a lot of bird droppings in recent years. The spider claws within the kingdom are not enough, so we need to transport some back in batches."

"Is it convenient to say what the reason is?"

Hearing the Sea Green Lord's words, Fourleaf shook its sensory limbs: "It's not very convenient."

Fourleaf was somewhat unimpressed in its heart. Who do you think you are? Coming up and asking about our kingdom's secrets?

Even if you were raised by the Silver No Spider King, you weren't raised by me, nor are you a spider of our kingdom. Do I need to tell you these things?

"Haha, then I was being presumptuous." Actually, upon closer thought, the need for a large amount of fertilizer is for one reason only: to add fertility to the soil.

Could it be that the Flame Spider Kingdom has found new plants to cultivate? Or have they obtained a special divinely bestowed seed? This made the Sea Green Lord a little puzzled.

"Then let's talk about business. Mountain Lord Fourleaf, how much fertilizer do you specifically need? And what price will you offer?"

Fourleaf said, "I need a large quantity. Let's start with one million cubic units. As for the price, how about 0.8 Origin Stones per cubic unit?"

Fourleaf had only interacted with the Sea Green Lord for a short while, but it sensed that it had learned the shrewdness of the Flame Spider merchants, so it didn't immediately state the quantity it needed. It only gave a quantity of one million cubic units and also lowered the price a bit.

"One million cubic units?" The Sea Green Lord's eyes drooped slightly. This quantity sounded quite large, but it was somewhat different from the big business that the Purple Cloud Merchant Troupe said could earn their tribe a fortune!

Moreover, this price...

The Sea Green Lord said, "Mountain Lord Fourleaf, I remember that the purchase price of bird droppings within the Flame Spider Kingdom is 5-6 Origin Stones per cubic unit, right? Your price is too different."

Fourleaf said, "Sea Green Lord, that's not how it works. In our Flame Spider Kingdom, a cubic unit of bird droppings is only worth 5 Origin Stones if it's delivered to the door. Now, I only need you to dig it up and pack it, so the price is naturally different."

"Moreover, I still have to transport it and move it, which is a major expense of Origin Stones."

"Sea Green Lord, if you can help me transport the bird droppings to my territory, I would be willing to purchase them at a price of 5 Origin Stones per cubic unit."

After hearing Fourleaf's words, both the Sea Green Lord and Mountain Lord Purpleweed curled their lips. You can say whatever you want, knowing that we can't do this work, that's why you're saying it so politely.

If we could really deliver the goods, you would say you don't want them. Wouldn't we be losing out?

"Then the price is too low, right? How about two Origin Stones per cubic unit?"

Fourleaf looked at the Sea Green Lord. As expected of an insect raised by the Flame Spiders, the asking price is ruthless and accurate.

If it really purchased at a price of two Origin Stones, then one million cubic units of bird droppings transported to the Flame Spider Kingdom, after deducting various expenses and costs, the price would also reach 5 Origin Stones per cubic unit.

"Sea Green Lord," Fourleaf reminded, "The fertilizer on the island is free."

"Strictly speaking, my purchase at a price of 0.8 Origin Stones per cubic unit is not to buy fertilizer, but to invite the insects of your tribe to load the goods for me, and I'm just paying for the loading."

The Sea Green Lord and Mountain Lord Purpleweed looked at each other speechlessly. In fact, that was indeed the case.

The Sea Green Lord said somewhat reluctantly, "But even as the price of insect labor, this price is a bit low. Mountain Lord Fourleaf, can you add a little more?"

"Then add a little more? 0.9 Origin Stones per cubic unit?"

Seeing that the price was negotiable, the Sea Green Lord immediately cheered up a bit: "Can it be a little more? How about one Origin Stone per cubic unit?"

"Sea Green Lord, I really can't give you any more than that." Regarding the Sea Green Lord's haggling, fighting over every fraction of an Origin Stone, Fourleaf didn't think they were too greedy.

In fact, in the outside world, Flame Spider merchants also do business this way. It understood the Sea Green Lord very well. If it negotiated one more fraction of an Origin Stone per cubic unit of fertilizer here, the younger generation in its tribe could eat more Origin Power food.

But understanding doesn't mean giving up its own interests. For such a big order, increasing 0.1 Origin Stones per cubic unit would result in an extra ten cubic units of Origin Stones.

Moreover, they might have thousands of cubic units of transactions to carry out later. If it agreed, it would have to pay hundreds of cubic units of Origin Stones later. Even if it had money, it wouldn't be able to spend it like that.

As for the price promised on the Silver Plum Continent, which was one Origin Stone per cubic unit, that was because the distance was short.

At the same time, those insects were also customers of their merchant troupe. Even if they made money, they would spend it here. Giving them a little more would also earn it back and improve their enthusiasm.

As for this side, the Coast Isopod tribe was not its customer. The Origin Stones here were pure expenditure, so it would save as much as possible.

"Okay, 0.9 Origin Stones per cubic unit. Let's make it 0.9 Origin Stones per cubic unit."

The Sea Green Lord said, "Then how will we trade specifically?"

Fourleaf said, "I will transport the frames for holding fertilizer here at the end of this year or the beginning of next spring. Then you can start working."

"Okay, we'll wait for your message."

The initial transaction was completed, and Fourleaf followed Mountain Lord Purpleweed back to the trading square.

Seeing the Torch Lord and the others who were trading, Fourleaf said goodbye to them. Its transaction was completed, and it naturally didn't need to continue following the merchant troupe.

Hearing it say that it was going back, the Torch Lord asked in confusion, "Are you going back the same way?"

"There's no need for such trouble," Fourleaf said, "I made an agreement with Yunshi last year. I expect the merchant troupe to arrive at Carefree Island in September, and I asked it to pick me up in mid-September."

The Torch Lord calculated the time: "Then it's only a few days away from mid-September."

"Yes, so I'm telling you in advance."

Fourleaf stayed on Carefree Island for a few more days. In addition to helping the Torch Lord and the others with their transactions, it also had to run to the beach at noon every day to see if Yunshi had arrived.

Finally, one day at noon, it saw the island-like figure on the sea surface, and a huge water column with a diameter of one meter rose into the sky on the 'island'.

Upon seeing this, Fourleaf picked up the Sea God Horn and blew it, and its mental thoughts echoed across the entire sea.

After reminding Yunshi of its location, it went to say goodbye to the Torch Lord again before returning to the beach and stepping on Yunshi's back in the gaze of many Coast Isopod warriors.

"Fourleaf," Yunshi was also very happy to receive Fourleaf. It knew the purpose of Fourleaf's trip, so it asked with concern: "Was the transaction negotiated? Do you need to stay here for a few more days?"

Fourleaf said easily, "It's negotiated. I can go home."

"That's great." Yunshi happily sprayed another soaring water column from its nose, and then its huge body slowly turned, turning back in the direction of the kingdom.