Natural God's Gift

Si Ye mentioned pollinating different plum blossoms next spring to achieve hybridization.

However, the work doesn't only start in the spring of next year.

Besides pollinating plum blossoms, it also has other ways to increase the variety of hybridized plum trees.

Before that, however, it needs to have the bee colony harvest all the produce from its lifeblood species within its territory.

After it advanced to the Lord level, it learned from the Shanglu Kingdom and had its divinely bestowed species planted on Twin Peaks mature in batches on a rotating basis.

So far, besides the three divinely bestowed species it planted in its initial territory, it has a total of 24 divinely bestowed species planted on Twin Peaks. These divinely bestowed species mature once every three years.

Except for the raspberry divinely bestowed species nurtured by a first-year Lord level, which was just planted and has not yet produced anything, the remaining divinely bestowed species have already begun to bloom and bear fruit, producing divinely bestowed Origin Power food.

Of the twenty-three divinely bestowed lifeblood species producing divinely bestowed Origin Power food, the fruits of eight divinely bestowed species mature each year. Si Ye returns in October, and the harvest officially begins.

Si Ye, Baizhi, and the others walk on Twin Peaks, while Danggui and Aicao accompany them, flying in the air with the bee colony.

While flying, Aicao reports to Si Ye about the problems with its various lifeblood species: "Si Ye, after you advanced to the Lord level, your various lifeblood species were cultivated for two years.

Then, starting from the third year, according to your requirements, only eight divinely bestowed species were left to produce fruit, and because it was the first production after advancing to the Lord level, only a small portion of the fruit was left."

"Then, in the fourth and fifth years, a batch of divinely bestowed species were also selected to bear fruit. It was not until the sixth year that divinely bestowed Origin Power food was produced, but because the quantity was too small, it could not be used as a reference. The same was true for the seventh and eighth years."

"From the ninth year onwards, I allowed these divinely bestowed species to bear a large number of fruits, but I also thinned the flowers and fruits appropriately, without letting them produce fruits to their limit."

"It was not until the twelfth year that I stopped thinning the flowers and fruits, allowing them to produce with all their might. So far, the third round of batch production of 23 kinds of divinely bestowed species has just been completed."

Si Ye slightly moved its antennae: "Then, harvesting this batch of fruits this year will allow us to calculate how much my average annual production was during the Lord level."

Aicao said: "That's right."

While chatting, Si Ye and the others also arrived at the foot of Twin Peaks, by the stream where the Lobelia chinensis divinely bestowed species is planted: "Then let's start harvesting the fruits."

"Okay!" Aicao directs the bee colony to start working. The Lobelia chinensis divinely bestowed species in front of them grows by the water channel opened up by Si Ye.

Since it is an herbaceous plant, it has many tillers, and now it has grown into a huge patch near this section of the water channel.

Under Aicao's command, the bee colony begins to harvest the divinely bestowed Lobelia chinensis seeds.

Si Ye looked at it, then manipulated a strand of spider silk to roll up a divinely bestowed Lobelia chinensis seed and examine it in front of it.

Although Lobelia chinensis has the name "lotus", it has nothing to do with lotus flowers. Its seeds are very small, not even as big as sesame seeds. The value of a single seed is not high, and the production value is entirely based on quantity.

Si Ye put the divinely bestowed Lobelia chinensis seed in its mouth and tasted it. Its effect is to strengthen water-based perception. Although the particles are very small, because it is a Lord-level divinely bestowed Origin Power food, the Origin Power contained in it is quite pure.

After tasting the Lobelia chinensis seed, Si Ye asked: "Aicao, how much does a divinely bestowed Lobelia chinensis seed cost now?"

Aicao honestly said: "Lobelia chinensis seeds are too small. Even if they are Lord-level divinely bestowed Origin Power food, they cannot fetch a very high price. Currently, the price sold to the Flame Spider peddlers in the kingdom is 1.3 Origin Stones per seed."

"This price is about right," Si Ye said faintly: "After the bee colony finishes harvesting, see how much the production is."

Aicao did not respond, but swayed its antennae, urging the bee colony to speed up the harvesting speed.

Aicao specially nurtured a batch of small bee colonies specifically to facilitate the harvesting of small fruits.

These semi-Origin Power bees are only ten centimeters in size. Seven or eight of them form a group, sharing a medium-sized spider silk bag as the center, and then all the harvested divinely bestowed Origin Power food is placed in the bag.

Before long, the bee colony finished harvesting all the divinely bestowed Lobelia chinensis seeds.

The bee colony poured all these fruits into a large spider silk bag, and Aicao took out a square-shaped extraterrestrial civilization creation instrument.

Opening one of the switches, the instrument emitted a fan-shaped beam of light. It swept the beam of light over the spider silk bag, and soon, the instrument emitted a beep.

Aicao looked at the data displayed on the instrument, and it raised its head and said to Si Ye: "Si Ye, this time a total of 88,526 divinely bestowed Lobelia chinensis seeds were harvested."

Then, it silently calculated, and continued: "These divinely bestowed Lobelia chinensis seeds are worth a total of 115,000 Origin Stones. After deducting the 10,000 Origin Stones consumed during the fruit-bearing and fruit-ripening periods, there are still 105,000 Origin Stones left, with an average annual output of about 35,000 Origin Stones."

While Aicao was silently calculating, Si Ye was also silently calculating. After calculating it once, it said with satisfaction: "This annual output is more than 2,000 Origin Stones more than expected."

The value of the God-given Half-Lotus Seeds was too ordinary. There were many similar God-given Origin Power foods in the kingdom. They were usually stored directly in the kingdom, half sold to the kingdom to be resold, and half sold to the Flame Spider traders who cooperated with them.

After harvesting the God-given Half-Lotus Seeds, they continued to the location of the next God-given Seed.

Because they were afraid that these God-given Seeds would be concentrated together, causing a large loss of Origin Power during the fruit ripening period, Four-Leaf planted one in the east, one in the west, one at the top of the mountain, one at the tail of the mountain, one at the foot of the mountain, and one at the peak, making them seem extremely scattered.

Then they successively harvested the fruits of the Morning Glory God-given Seed, the Rapeseed Flower God-given Seed, the Purple Eggplant God-given Seed, the Chinese Wisteria God-given Seed, the Prunus Salicina God-given Seed, and the Barberry God-given Seed, among others.

After the harvest was completed, Artemisia began to calculate one by one.

"The Morning Glory God-given Seed yields an average of 73,000 Origin Stones per year.

The Rapeseed Flower God-given Seed yields an average of 151,000 Origin Stones per year.

The Purple Eggplant God-given Seed yields an average of 51,000 Origin Stones per year.

The Chinese Wisteria God-given Seed yields an average of 90,000 Origin Stones per year.

The Prunus Salicina God-given Seed yields an average of 123,000 Origin Stones per year.

The Barberry God-given Seed yields an average of 117,000 Origin Stones per year, for a total average yield of 605,000 Origin Stones per year."

"So much?" When Artemisia reported the data, not only Four-Leaf, but even Angelica and the others were very surprised. They didn't expect that the combined output of these God-given Seeds was equivalent to the output of a top-tier King-level large tree God-given Seed.

"Not much," Artemisia explained, "There are so many God-given Seeds added together, and the kingdom uses Life Origin Fluid to increase production. This output is normal."

"Yes," Four-Leaf commented, "The output of the Purple Eggplant God-given Seed is not very ideal, only at the standard level. On the other hand, the Chinese Wisteria God-given Seed actually produced 10,000 more Origin Stones than expected."

Artemisia noted Four-Leaf's words: "This year, I will tilt more Life Origin Fluid towards the Purple Eggplant God-given Seed to see if it can increase production further."

"Okay."

Four-Leaf asked, "What was the average annual yield of the God-given Seeds in the previous two years?"

Artemisia: "The batch of God-given Seeds that ripened last year produced less. The average annual yield of the eight God-given Seeds was only 543,000 Origin Stones.

The first batch of God-given Seeds that ripened the year before last had the largest number, a total of ten.

Also, because there were the Date Palm Tree God-given Seed and the Mangrove Tree God-given Seed, the output was also the highest. Together with the ordinary Life Seeds, the average annual output was 1,432,000 Origin Stones."

Four-Leaf's heart stirred, and he calculated the result: "That is to say, the average annual output of all my Life Seeds combined can be nearly 2.6 million Origin Stones?"

"Yes."

At this time, Angelica had also returned from the Kingdom's Abyss. She added, "Four-Leaf, with the expansion of the shellfish farm in recent years, there is also an annual output of Origin Power pearls worth 200,000 Origin Stones. These pearls are mainly sold to the Myriad Kingdoms Continent, and the sales are quite good."

Four-Leaf: "That is an annual output of 2.8 million Origin Stones."

"Yes," Angelica said, "However, although the output is high, the consumption is also high. There are now three ships transporting fertilizer between Worry-Free Island and the Flame Spider Kingdom.

According to the initially negotiated price, one unit of fertilizer is 0.9 Origin Stones, and one ship can carry 70,000 units, so one ship of fertilizer costs 63,000 Origin Stones. They pull for seven months a year, and the three ships take turns, so the annual fertilizer cost alone is 1,323,000 Origin Stones."

"In addition to this, the Silver Plum Continent can also pull four ships of fertilizer over each year, which is 280,000 Origin Stones, making a total of 1,600,000 Origin Stones.

Among them, the kingdom can purchase 400,000 Origin Stones worth of fertilizer each year, and we still have to pay 1,200,000 Origin Stones ourselves."

"There are also the wages of the Flame Spider warriors. We have hired dozens or hundreds of Flame Spider warriors, from beginner to lord level, all levels are available, which also costs 200,000 to 300,000 Origin Stones each year.

And our evolution resources, the daily consumption of the bee colony, we can probably only save 300,000 Origin Stones each year for future use."

Angelica's words left Four-Leaf speechless. As the saying goes, the more you earn, the more you spend. He didn't expect that with an average annual output of 2.6 million Origin Stones, he could only save 300,000 Origin Stones each year.

In the end, the biggest expense was the fertilizer cost. If the fertilizer could be stopped, he would immediately become rich. Even purchasing a Divine-grade fruit once a year would not be a problem.

But the Dragon Bamboo God-given Seed is related to whether he can awaken the power-type talent in the future, and whether a Law Divine-grade Giant Dragon Bamboo Fruit can be born, as well as his promise to Angelica and the others. This is something that cannot be stopped no matter what.

After thinking about it, Four-Leaf said, "In the coming period, everyone can slow down the speed of evolution and wait for the Dragon Bamboo God-given Seed to upgrade. As long as it upgrades to the lord level, the Divine-grade Dragon Bamboo Fruit produced will have a 25%-35% probability of awakening the power-type talent.

At that time, whether we eat it ourselves or sell it, it will greatly alleviate our financial pressure."

"Long live Four-Leaf."

"Long live." Hearing Four-Leaf's arrangement, the insects cheered, as if they could immediately eat the Divine-grade Dragon Bamboo Fruit. Four-Leaf originally wanted the Dragon Bamboo God-given Seed to advance to the king level before producing fruit, but if there was continuous investment without return, it would be a blow to morale.

Fortunately, with Angelica around, the growth rate of the Dragon Bamboo God-given Seed would not be too slow.

As for why he wanted to reduce the speed of evolution?

In addition to wanting to wait for the future Divine-grade Dragon Bamboo Fruit to mature, the main reason is that he himself is only in his fifties now. A lord-level insect warrior has a lifespan of 500 years, and he has only lived for one-tenth of that time, so he can still wait.