Astral Cockroach

Various bamboo fruits and bamboo rice ripened, and next, the blood thorn fruits would enter their ripening period.

There was no entertainment in this world, and most of the time it was quite boring. Banbu had long wanted to hold a grand event to celebrate the harvest season every year, and at the same time, give back to and support other members of the same race.

Blood thorn fruits were small, with little flesh, and of inferior quality. Using amber fruits for preservation was not very meaningful. Now that the yield had soared to 20,000 fruits, it was just right to use them as the staple food for the celebration.

Banbu planned to hold it once a year. According to the rules, he could give the banquet a name for easy dissemination, naming it the "Lizhu Peak Autumn Harvest Celebration Dinner".

He went to the Iron Saber Mountains, took out 3,000 origin stones as a reward, and asked Flame Cluster Bristlegrass, Lizhu, and Black Mulberry to help run errands, going to the various mountain ranges controlled by the Scarlet Strong Tribe to announce the banquet and inform them of the approximate time.

Each mountain range could select two or three promising young warriors each year, and each county could select ten or so young warriors each year to come to Lizhu Peak to enjoy blood thorn fruits for free.

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In the big-headed ant nest, battle ant soldiers nurtured with royal jelly and rain bamboo rice hatched.

As the ant king, Big Head was currently only about 0.8 meters long, but these battle ant soldiers could exceed Big Head in size, reaching about 1 meter. Mainly, their heads were particularly large, and the muscles in their mandibles were well-developed, with super strong biting power. Of course, compared to ordinary ant soldiers, their intelligence had been significantly improved, almost like battle worker bees. After repeated training and instruction, Big Head only needed one command, and these battle ant soldiers could lead an ant colony to independently complete many tasks.

Now, the task of cutting emerald bamboo and making bamboo tubes was carried out by a battle ant soldier leading the team.

These bamboo tubes would be used to hold blood thorn fruit pulp during the banquet.

The banquet time had not yet arrived.

The Scarlet Strong Roach King was the first to arrive.

He also brought a full 30 advanced warriors, and 4 newly born intermediate warriors.

Banbu was speechless: It was agreed to select ten or so warriors to come over each year… How come so many came all at once? Did they bring their families to freeload? That's too much!

"Scarlet Strong Roach King, isn't Scarlet Strong County busy during the autumn harvest season?"

"Busy!" The Scarlet Strong Roach King said, "Da Ye and Xiao Ye are in charge, I'm not very busy."

Banbu asked, "Are you also attending the banquet?"

The Scarlet Strong Roach King was dissatisfied and said, "Banbu, what's with your attitude?"

"Oh, no, welcome!" Banbu waved his antennae and said, "Scarlet Strong Roach King, come, I'll take you around."

That was more like it.

The Scarlet Strong Roach King walked and said, "The biggest benefit of blood thorn fruits is the attached strengthening effect, which is to improve the absorption efficiency of origin power by 5-10%. Every warrior should have more than enough after eating 100 fruit pulps, right? Repeated eating will reduce the benefits, you better limit it, each warrior can only attend such a banquet once."

"Banbu, our Scarlet Roach Tribe has a total of just over 5,000 warriors, and only one or two thousand young warriors. In a few years, we will be able to meet the internal needs of our Scarlet Roach Tribe. At that time, you can consider inviting warriors from the Flying Flame Roach Tribe to attend the banquet."

Banbu understood as soon as he heard it, and took over the conversation, saying, "Charge each warrior an entrance fee of 100 origin stones."

"That's right." The Scarlet Strong Roach King said, "Banbu, origin stones are never too many. If you can attract 100 foreign warriors to the banquet every year, that's an income of 10,000 origin stones, not a small amount!"

Banbu smiled and said, "Hehe, I understand, let's first brew the atmosphere within our Scarlet Roach Tribe. Lizhu Peak is in a good location, and in the future, we can also consider bringing in the Black and White Flower Roach Tribe."

"That should also be limited to the Black and White Flower Roach Tribe, forget about the other tribes in the Flower Roach Kingdom." The Scarlet Strong Roach King reminded him, and then asked, "Banbu, how is this year's production? How many origin stones can you have in net income?"

"The size of the emerald bamboo fruit has increased, and the quality has reached low-grade top quality, but the quantity has not changed. The operating cost per fruit is 10 origin stones, and I have set the selling price at 35 origin stones."

"Currently, among all my bestowed seeds, the emerald bamboo has the worst income, with an income of less than 30,000 origin stones."

"After all, it is an herbaceous plant, and the strengthening effect is mediocre." The Scarlet Strong Roach King also shook his antennae and asked, "What about the rain bamboo bestowed seed?"

"Rain bamboo is a three-way hybrid, and its advantages are becoming more and more obvious." Banbu said, "The yield has doubled, the quality has improved very little, the price remains the same, and the income has directly doubled, with an annual net income of up to 84,000 origin stones."

"Very good!" The Scarlet Strong Roach King commented.

Banbu continued to introduce, saying, "The quality of the purple gold bamboo rice has greatly improved, approaching the standard medium quality, and I plan to set the selling price at 1 origin stone per grain."

"The purple gold bestowed seed was originally Xun grass. This grass is not simple. It currently has 29,523 tillers, and each tiller produces 3 grains of purple gold bamboo rice. The operating cost is low, less than 1 origin stone per tiller. According to the selling price, the purple gold bestowed seed can have an annual net income of 60,000 origin stones."

Banbu continued, "The yield of the blood thorn bestowed seed has more than doubled, and it is still growing. It will be even more next year. The quality has not changed. This year's income is about 20,000 blood thorn seeds. After deducting operating costs, the net income can reach 100,000 origin stones, which is currently the highest-income bestowed seed."

"The total net income of the four bestowed seeds this year is about 274,000 origin stones, more than double that of when I was an advanced warrior."

"The fire oil tea bestowed seed has not yet bloomed. Due to continuous forced growth, the yield will definitely be very low. I plan to force it once more next year, and the yield will also be very low next year."

"Strengthening the ability to control flames, I am not considering selling it for the time being, I will keep it for myself to eat. Moreover, it was discovered by Yucha, and I have to take out enough origin stones for Yucha to grow."

The Scarlet Strong Roach King asked, "How much?"

Banbu said, "At least it should be equivalent to 10% of the net income, right?"

"… …" The Scarlet Strong Roach King said, "Yucha's tracking ability is very useful for guarding the territory and hunting beast warriors. It can also be sent out in the autumn to help find bestowed seeds in the jungle. You can't be stingy, spend more resources to help it advance to mountain lord."

Banbu said, "Understood! Of course I won't mistreat it."

The Scarlet Strong Roach King was silent for a while, and sighed, "5 bestowed seeds, added together, the annual income will definitely exceed 300,000 origin stones. Herbaceous plants, shrubs, small trees… If there are enough of them, the total should not be underestimated!"

"Hehe." Banbu was a little proud.

The Scarlet Strong Roach King was already familiar with Lizhu Peak. He walked in front, wandered around, looked at all the bestowed seeds on the mountain, and then went down the mountain to check the blood thorn bestowed seeds whose fruits were about to ripen.

After reading it, he continued to walk slowly along the mountain range.

Banbu knew that he still had important things to do, and silently followed.

He stopped in a rocky wasteland in the mountains.

The Scarlet Strong Roach King asked, "Banbu, I heard that you harvested two more bestowed seeds this year?"

"That's right." Banbu knew it was about this.

The 5 advanced warriors stationed at Lizhu Peak were on monthly rotation, and they would definitely report the news when they returned.

The Scarlet Strong Roach King said, "You seem to have mastered the secret of the birth of bestowed seeds."

"This is not a secret." Banbu said, "A long time ago, Mountain Lord Iron Saber mentioned that cultivating new high-quality plant species may lead to the acquisition of bestowed seeds. There are many similar examples."

The Scarlet Strong Roach King said, "But more insect warriors have cultivated new high-quality plant species, but have not obtained bestowed seeds."

Banbu stretched out his forelimbs, gently pointed to the sky, and asked, "Scarlet Strong Roach King, have you noticed the change in the number of stars in the night sky?"

"Stars? That is the power of the gods." The Scarlet Strong Roach King suddenly became solemn and respectful. After thinking for a while, he said, "In recent decades, the number of stars in the night sky seems to be increasing. When I was young, there were only one or two stars in the night sky every night, and often none at all. Nowadays, there are many stars every night… about twenty or so, right?"

Banbu said, "The power to create bestowed seeds comes from outside the sky, it is the grace of the gods… The more stars there are, the more times grace will descend. When a new variety of plant is cultivated, the greater the chance of obtaining a bestowed seed."

"I understand… no wonder!" The Scarlet Strong Roach King said angrily, "The Longevity Roach King ordered the large-scale cultivation of wheat seeds decades ago. It seems that the Flying Flame Roach Tribe, with its long heritage, knows this secret. They didn't tell us the secret!"

Banbu carefully asked, "Is the Longevity Roach King's life coming to an end? If it dies, who will support such a large group?"

"The prosperity of Longevity County is not as simple as you think. If you have the opportunity, I will take you to see it." The Scarlet Strong Roach King said:

"In the past two hundred years, the Longevity Roach King has been scheming and accumulating enough heritage. Two roach kings have been cultivated. Even without the longevity peach of the Longevity Tree bestowed seed, the prosperity of Longevity County can still continue."

After speaking, the Scarlet Strong Roach King said sadly again, "The Longevity Roach King is, after all, the ancestor of our Scarlet Roach Tribe… Its life is indeed coming to an end, which is not necessarily a good thing."