Astral Ant Tribe

The Wanzu Continent, the southeastern mountainous area, and the Jade Peach Kingdom.

Bai Wei's back armor was empty and her steps were heavy as she walked along the winding mountain road.

At the foot of the mountain, there is a peach forest.

Huang Tao raised her head.

"Master Bai Wei!" Hong Tao raised his head and exclaimed with joy. He dropped the tool in his claws and rushed out. Then he realized something was wrong.

"Master Bai Wei? Where are your goods?"

"you--"

"Did it get robbed by the hateful beast tribe?"

"……no."

Bai Wei was frustrated and asked: "Hongtao, do you believe I can earn the original stone?"

Hongtao said firmly: "Believe it!"

Bai Wei walked into the garden without saying anything and asked, "Huang Tao, do you believe I can get rich?"

"...Letter!" Huang Tao asked worriedly: "Bai Wei, what's wrong? What happened?"

Bai Wei untied the spider silk bag on her back, took out a metal can, placed it in front of Huang Tao, opened the lid, and revealed the golden nectar exuding the force of the Force.

"Huang Tao, try it."

"What's this?"

"...Force Honey."

"Honey? This is a fruity scent. Force honey doesn't have such a strong Force scent."

"Don't worry about it, just try it."

Huang Tao stretched out his front feet and dipped a little to taste.

"A little bit of honey. But never honey."

"tasty."

"A fusion of many kinds of Force food?"

Bai Wei: "Yes. The mutation ability of the mutated water queen bee can refine and mix fruits and force food to make this kind of force honey."

Bai Wei asked: "I pay 800 rough stones/can for purchase and 1,000 rough stones/can for sale. Huang Tao, do you think you can earn rough stones?"

Heart's quick answer: "Earn 200 rough stones per jar!"

Huang Tao did not answer Bai Wei's question, but asked hesitantly: "Where did this come from?"

Bai Wei: "That little ant king."

Huang Tao: "If you store it like this, the force will slowly dissipate, right?"

Bai Wei: "It can be stored for more than a year."

Huang Tao: "What happened?"

Bai Wei: "Luoji said the risk is too great. It thinks I will lose all my money and doesn't agree with me doing this business."

Huang Tao: "Then your goods..."

Bai Wei: "We had a fight."

Huang Tao: "A fight?"

Bai Wei: "We are separated."

Bai Wei said sadly: "When we settled the accounts, all my goods were gone. I still owe Luojun 175,000 rough stones. I have been losing money. Unknowingly, I lost all the huge wealth Tianming left me. I still owe Luojun 175,000 rough stones." Lost 175,000 rough stones..."

Bai Wei: "Huang Tao, am I too stupid and useless?"

Huang Tao: "..."

Heart: "!!!"

I just heard Huang Tao say that Baiwei Travel has been losing money, but I never expected that it would lose so much!

Why lose so much?

The cheerful Hong Tao shrank behind Huang Tao knowingly.

Huang Taoning choked for a while and comforted her: "Bai Wei, don't be discouraged. You didn't lose all these rough stones. You spent a lot on helping me evolve the Mountain Lord. You also spent a lot on your own growth and evolution."

Bai Wei: "I have always been frugal."

Bai Wei said frustratedly: "I have always thought that when I earn rough stones, I will reward myself. But after so many years, I am only the third-year mountain master."

Huang Tao said without conscience: "I think your losses are within the acceptable range. It's just Luo Li who is too stingy."

"Yes Yes……"

Hong Tao cautiously agreed.

Bai Wei said nothing.

On the way here, I had already cursed Luo Li ten thousand times in my heart.

But calm down and think about it, after so many years, if Luo Li hadn't taken care of him, he would have collapsed long ago... In fact, he has already gone bankrupt once.

Huang Tao wanted to change the topic and talk about something happy, but seeing Bai Wei's current situation, it seemed that there was nothing happy to talk about, and there was a tragic topic that could not be avoided.

"Bai Wei, have you and Luo Li separated?"

"Yes."

"Then...the little flame spider of your caravan..."

"Lumezu is an advanced flame spider warrior at the 7th age, and Grass Dragon is also an advanced 2nd age. They want to try to travel independently."

Huang Tao: "Oh——"

Bai Wei said dejectedly: "But as an elder, I have nothing and can't give them anything."

Huang Tao: "..."

Huang Tao thought and thought, but couldn't think of how to comfort the other person, and was worried.

Flame spiders cannot sow life seeds, manage territories, or harvest Force food.

Flame Spiders can only obtain the Force food needed for growth and evolution through traveling trade.

Looking at Bai Wei's empty back armor, now she doesn't even have much trading capital at the end.

"Bai Wei, what will you do next?"

"What else can be done?"

"What do you plan to do?"

"I'm thinking."

Huang Tao pointed to the metal can on the ground and asked, "Is this made by the ant king in Yunji Continent?"

Bai Wei: "Yes. I think it can be sold and I can make a fortune, but Luo Li doesn't think so."

Bai Wei said firmly: "I still think this is an opportunity to turn around!"

Huang Tao: "..."

Huang Taoning was speechless.

Huang Tao was not a flame spider, and he didn't know much about traveling trade. He didn't know what to say for a while.

Hong Tao tiptoed forward and dipped her tentacles into the jar with some Force Ant Honey. She held the tentacles with her front feet and tasted, "It's delicious!"

Huang Tao thought and analyzed, and said: "But one year's storage time is too short. It takes you half a year to transport it back from the Ten Thousand Kingdoms Continent, which leaves only half a year for sales. A small amount of such goods is okay, but the quantity If there are too many, if they cannot be sold in time, then..."

Maybe Luo Ji is right.

Huang Tao didn't dare to say.

Bai Wei helpfully added: "Even if it is sold, if it is not eaten in time, quality problems will occur."

Do you also know that the problem is serious? Huang Tao shook her tentacles vigorously in agreement.

Hong Tao stretched out two tentacles, dipped them in ant honey, licked them, made a chirping sound, and couldn't help but praise:

“It’s so delicious!”

"Hongtao! We are discussing business! You just know how to eat." Huang Tao scolded.

"Let me try..."

Hong Tao quickly licked the tentacles clean and said seriously: "Because the storage time is too short, there is a risk in this 'Force Honey' transaction, right?"

Bai Wei and Huang Tao ignored it.

Heart: "Can't we just find a way to extend the storage time?"

Bai Wei: "I'm thinking about it too."

Heart: "Why is it only kept for one year?"

Huang Tao: "Because there is a gap between the jar and the lid, the force will drain along the gap. Once the force loss exceeds a certain amount, the force ant honey in the jar will deteriorate and the quality will decline."

Heart: “Where are the threaded jars we made last year?”

Huang Tao: "I'm afraid that won't work either. If the jar and lid can be separated, there must be a gap. As long as there is a gap, no matter how small it is, the force will definitely be lost."

Entering the technical discussion, Bai Wei calmed down and asked: "Huang Tao, Hong Tao, please help us think of a way... Think of a way to perfectly combine the jar and lid and seal the Force."

Huang Tao: "I can use my metal power to seal it, but the lid can't be opened."

Heart: "I have a way!"

Huang Tao said angrily: "Heart peach, just go and play!"

Bai Wei asked: "Hongtao, what can I do?"

Hong Tao: "Master Bai Wei, when I was very young, didn't you give me a kind of royal jelly? It only needs a clay pot to be preserved, and the force will not be lost."

Bai Wei: "Yes. It can be brewed by very few bees with water ability, and it is brewed by collecting pollen and nectar from God-given seeds. Royal jelly is as stable as original stone and will not deteriorate after being stored for 10,000 years. .”

Huang Tao suddenly understood what Hong Tao meant. He tapped his tentacles, pointed at the metal can, and said, "Spread a layer of royal jelly on the surface to seal the Force."

After Huang Tao finished speaking, he continued: "But the cost of doing this is too high, right? Bai Wei, I remember that small bottle of queen honey last time, you said it cost 3,000 rough stones?"

Bai Wei, who was just a little happy, felt disappointed again, and sighed: "Yes, it is one of the most delicious and expensive force foods in the mainland. If it is packaged with royal jelly, the cost will double. The original 1,000/can of force honey, at least You have to sell it for 2,000 rough stones, then no one is willing to buy it."

Royal jelly is only rare and delicious, and has no special strengthening effect. The queen bee who brews royal jelly may not be willing to eat it herself.

This is a luxury product that very few rich people are willing to buy, and it is specially used to entertain distinguished guests and show their strength, financial resources and status.

"This method won't work. This will only make the loss worse." Huang Tao shook his tentacles vigorously and rejected the proposal.

"You are all wrong!"

The heart tentacles pointed at the mouth of the metal can and said: "What I mean is, put a little royal jelly on the threaded metal can mouth, and then twist it repeatedly to use royal jelly to seal the gap between the can mouth and the lid. Thread gaps.”

Hong Tao asked: "In that case, only a tiny bit is enough, right?"

Huang Tao: "!!!"

The yellow peach antennae are vertical.

Bai Wei jumped, "Yes!"

A clever approach that is not difficult to understand.

After thinking about it for a while, I felt it was feasible.

Bai Wei jumped up with joy.

A word can wake up the worm in the dream, clear the fog and see the colorful clouds.

"Little Heart, you are really a very smart mantis!"

"I'll make a fortune later, so I won't treat you badly!"

"No, I can take you to make a fortune together! And you, Huang Tao!"

Hong Tao cheered: "Okay! Okay! Thank you Lord Bai Wei. You will definitely make a fortune this time!"

Huang Tao: "..."

Huang Tao, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, felt an ominous premonition in his heart.