Natural God's Gift

After dealing with the matters on the Dragon Bamboo Plains, Siyue went to search for the Ginkgo Spider Queen.

When it ran to the Ginkgo Spider Queen's territory, it discovered she wasn't there, so it turned back towards the Kingdom's Abyss.

Because it suddenly remembered that the Divine-Grade Amethyst Grapes should also be ripening these days, and it estimated that the lords within the kingdom should all be there at this moment.

The Divine-Grade Amethyst Grapes originally ripened once every 24 years on the Dragon Bamboo Continent, but after arriving in the Flame Spider Kingdom, the Ginkgo Spider Queen spared no expense in continuously using several divinely bestowed items on the Amethyst Grape's Divine Seed to increase its growth potential, shortening the ripening time to 18 years.

This could be considered exchanging resources for time, and could also be said to be a huge step forward.

When it arrived at the Kingdom's administrative hall, more than a dozen Flame Spider lords were already standing in the square in front of the hall.

They were all looking up and paying attention to the fruits on the Amethyst Grape Divine Seed; Siyue's arrival didn't cause any commotion.

Only a few spiders, like the Amethyst Cloud Lord and the Green Land Lord, who had close relationships with it, greeted it.

Of course, Siyue didn't pay attention to this either; as soon as it arrived, it quietly blended into the spider crowd, its gaze also drawn to the Amethyst Grape Divine Seed.

The Amethyst Grape Divine Seed grew three vines from its root system, and these three vines intertwined with each other as they grew upwards into the sky, reaching a height of over a thousand meters.

The diameter of the intertwined vines was also more than ten meters thick, and countless branches extended from the main vine, surrounding it as they grew.

In the middle of the vines, someone had even used several thick spider silk ropes to tie the vines and suspend them in the air, securing the ropes firmly to the mountain peaks on both sides, allowing the vines to grow upwards more stably.

At this moment, this huge grapevine was slowly absorbing natural source energy from top to bottom.

Although it was said to be slowly absorbing natural source energy, with its enormous size, even if it was absorbing natural source energy slowly, the amount of source energy absorbed every minute and every second was still extremely large, with the entire Divine Seed working hard to absorb it.

On those branches, there were also five or six slightly purple, large grapes, each the size of a melon, hanging in different locations.

"Why are there only six Amethyst Grapes?"

Just as Siyue was feeling slightly puzzled, the Amethyst Grape Divine Seed suddenly erupted with a powerful suction force, and the natural source energy near the Abyss Mountains was continuously devoured into its body.

And the Divine-Grade Amethyst Grape closest to the ground on its vines rapidly transformed from light purple to deep purple at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After a long time, the Amethyst Grape Divine Seed suddenly reduced its rate of absorbing natural source energy, returning to its previous state of slowly absorbing natural source energy.

A mental message resounded around the spiders: "Alright!"

Hearing this, the Coix Flame Spider Tribe's Coix Lord immediately used wind-type abilities to lift itself up and fly towards the giant vines.

It took out a jar containing divinely bestowed honey, plucked the Divine-Grade Amethyst Grape, placed it in the jar, sealed the mouth of the jar, and then slowly landed on the square, placing the jar in front of the Ginkgo Spider Queen.

Seeing this scene, Siyue swept its mental consciousness in front of the Ginkgo Spider Queen and suddenly understood; in front of it, there were already three sealed jars placed.

It turned out that the Divine-Grade Amethyst Grapes didn't ripen at the same time, but ripened one by one in succession, and once they ripened, they were picked.

As for whether the source energy would be unevenly converted since it had just finished absorbing source energy?

That didn't matter much; the Divine-Grade Amethyst Grapes had been growing for 15 years, so it didn't matter if the source energy conversion was a little off for a short while.

This was deliberately done by the Amethyst Grape Divine Seed; this had one advantage, which was that the source energy required for a single Divine-Grade fruit to ripen was much less than the source energy required for eight Divine-Grade fruits to ripen at the same time.

After the natural source energy around it was completely absorbed, there was time to replenish it; after all, it had been growing for tens of thousands of years,

resulting in thousands of experiences.

It was wondering why there weren't eight fruits on the Amethyst Grape Divine Seed vines when it first came; it turned out that they had already been picked.

After waiting for several more days, the eight Divine-Grade Amethyst Grapes ripened and were harvested one after another, and the lords in the kingdom, as well as a small number of high-ranking mountain masters, also received the news and arrived.

At night, the stars in the sky twinkled brightly, and the Ginkgo Spider Queen stood in the center of the square, with eight sealed jars placed at its feet.

Around it, a large group of Flame Spiders formed a circle, their eight eyes gleaming red, greedily staring at the jars at its feet.

The Ginkgo Spider Queen raised its claw and pointed to the jars on the ground, saying: "The Divine-Grade Amethyst Grapes have been harvested, but because there are only eight, it is destined that there will be more spiders than fruits."

"I am here to reiterate the conditions for purchasing Divine-Grade Amethyst Grapes to everyone."

"First of all, since the Divine-Grade Amethyst Grapes were originally a divinely bestowed seed on the Dragon Bamboo Continent, and now that the Dragon Bamboo Continent has restored its source energy, it is not good for our Flame Spider Kingdom to expose the matter of being able to move continents.

Try not to sell the Divine-Grade Amethyst Grapes to the outside world; even if you want to sell them in the future, you must hide their name and origin,

and you cannot sell them to the Dragon Bamboo Continent."

"Yes!" The Flame Spider warriors agreed in unison.

"Secondly, as a kingdom benefit, spiders within the kingdom receive a 10% discount when purchasing the first Divine-Grade Amethyst Grape, selling it at a price of 800,000 source stones; this is the price for spiders to eat themselves.

For the second one, the original price will be restored."

"Understood." The Ginkgo Spider Queen and the others have said this discount many times.

"To purchase Divine-grade Fruits, you need Divine-grade Spider King Certificates. If you don't have them, you'll have to be placed further back in the queue."

"Understood!" The Flame Spider Warriors responded in perfect unison.

"Under equal conditions, the elder spiders purchase first, and those purchasing for their own consumption purchase first, understand?"

"Understood!" The Flame Spider Warriors tapped their forelegs on the ground and shouted.

"Alright, who wants the first Divine-grade Amethyst Grape?"

Lord Anemone boldly stepped forward, the only one of comparable age being Lord Plantain.

Lord Plantain had used a Lower Divine-grade Three-Star Apricot a few years prior, already awakening two talents. Possessing an inherent Earth-type talent, it naturally didn't need the Divine-grade Amethyst Grape. Currently, no one was competing with it for the first allocation.

Lord Anemone retrieved a silk pouch from its back and counted out 80 Divine-grade Spider King Certificates with a face value of 1 to give to Ginkgo Spider King.

Ginkgo Spider King lightly flicked its claw, and a jar landed in front of it.

Following that, Lord Creeping Sedum of the Violet Flame Spider Tribe stepped forward, exchanging 80 Divine-grade Spider King Certificates for the second Divine-grade Amethyst Grape.

Then came Lord Raspberry. Lord Raspberry had been robbed by insectoid warriors a few years prior and was deeply ashamed. It had worked hard to earn money in recent years, all to purchase a Divine-grade Amethyst Grape, both to add another elemental talent and increase its own combat power.

The fourth to purchase the Divine-grade Amethyst Grape was unexpectedly Lord Green Maple. It was incredibly poor, still owing kingdom debts. Everyone thought it would have to wait for the next batch of Divine-grade Fruits, but unexpectedly, it had quietly acquired 800,000 face value of Divine-grade Spider King Certificates.

Everyone looked at Ginkgo Spider King, wondering if it had secretly sponsored it?

But that wasn't right. Lord Green Maple wasn't wealthy, and Ginkgo Spider King was equally short on funds, at most just not in debt.

800,000 Primal Stones wasn't much; Ginkgo and Green Maple both had top-tier God-bestowed Seeds, just a few years' worth of production.

What was difficult to collect were the Divine-grade Spider King Certificates, which were issued by the Earth Kingdom, woven from Divine-grade Spider Earth Certificates, with a 10% interest earned from purchasing God-bestowed Seeds for Four-Leaf.

Everyone clutched at what they had in their claws; it would be difficult to gather 800,000 Primal Stone face value in a short time.

They all looked at Lord Violet Cloud and Four-Leaf. Currently, only they didn't need the Divine-grade Amethyst Grape, and they also had money in their claws. Lord Green Maple might be borrowing from them.

Lord Green Maple didn't care what everyone was thinking, calmly accepting the jar, packing it into a silk pouch, and placing it on its back to take back and eat.

Four-Leaf was equally calm. In recent years, due to trading God-bestowed Sea Date Seeds and God-bestowed Mangrove Fruits, two top-tier God-bestowed Primal Force Foods, it had obtained many Divine-grade Spider King Certificates.

To it, Divine-grade Spider King Certificates and God-bestowed Spider King Certificates were no different.

Anyway, it currently had no need to purchase Divine-grade Fruits.

At the beginning of the year, Lord Green Maple had traded 500,000 Primal Stones worth of Divine-grade Spider King Certificates with it.

In fact, Lord Green Maple wasn't the only spider to trade Divine-grade Spider King Certificates with it, it's just that Lord Green Maple traded the largest face value.

Next, Lord Job's Tears of the Round Violet Flame Spider Tribe traded for the fifth Divine-grade Amethyst Grape.

Lord Blackberry Lily of the same tribe traded for the sixth.

Lord Flying Shuttle of the Iridescent Flame Spider Tribe obtained the seventh Divine-grade Fruit.

The last one was taken by Lord Thalia Dealbata of the Violet Flame Spider Tribe.

Although Lord Thalia Dealbata had only recently been promoted to Lord-level, it had earned a lot of money in recent years thanks to that extraterrestrial civilization artifact, the silk pouch that could hermetically seal Primal Force Foods, drying and packaging large quantities of God-bestowed Fruit Meat that could originally only be consumed within the kingdom and selling them externally.

Its wealth and strength were among the best of the many Lords, and everyone wasn't too surprised that it purchased the last Divine-grade Amethyst Grape.

The Lords who bought Divine-grade Fruits were naturally beaming with joy, preparing to eat the fruits and advance their age, increasing their talents.

The Lords or Mountain Lords who didn't buy Divine-grade Fruits weren't discouraged; they just smacked their lips, preparing to start hoarding Divine-grade Spider King Certificates, waiting to purchase the next batch of Divine-grade Fruits in 18 years.

If there was one group in the spider community that was most depressed, it would be the Violet Cloud Merchant Troupe.

The Violet Cloud Merchant Troupe had three Lords. Although they had now separated into itinerant merchants, they hadn't completely divided the family.

They had strength and wealth, and even had an allocation of Divine-grade Wishing Fruits.

But because they had Earth-type talents, they couldn't afford to eat the Divine-grade Three-Star Apricot back then, and even if they did, it would be too wasteful.

It was the same now; even if they purchased and consumed Divine-grade Amethyst Grapes, they wouldn't awaken any additional talents, at most awakening an Amethyst Barrier ability.

Awakening one ability with 800,000 Primal Stones couldn't be said to be a loss.

But they were Flame Spider itinerant merchants. Seeing their fellow tribesmen making a fortune while they could only make a small return was a big loss.

Seeing that everyone could awaken an additional elemental talent, their eyes turned red with envy.

After everyone left, they approached Ginkgo Spider King, asking when the Divine-grade Fruits from the Dragon Bamboo Continent that bestowed Wood-type talents would be available? They couldn't wait to contribute Primal Stones to the kingdom!

Ginkgo Spider King calculated the time and told them that the Divine-grade Three-Claw Vine Fruit would definitely mature within five years. When it traded it over, it would prioritize arranging it for the Violet Cloud Merchant Troupe.

Hearing Ginkgo Spider King's promise, the Violet Cloud Merchant Troupe left satisfied.