Astral Cockroach

The Red Shell Roach King took the metal bottle, scanned it with his mental power, understood the principle of the bottle's structure, opened the lid, and, after scanning with his divine sense, found that there were many. He swallowed fifty of them in one breath and handed the bottle to the princess next to him.

The other princesses were much more polite, each eating only about 20 before stopping.

The Red Shell Roach King was multitasking, feeling the strengthening effect of the Origin Power on one hand, and asking Banbu on the other: "You brought it over for us to taste, are you planning to sell it at a low price within our Red Shell tribe first? You still have some conscience."

"No, not selling," Banbu said. "Directly giving it away!"

"Giving it away?" The Red Shell Roach King suspected he had misheard.

"Giving it away!" Banbu confirmed, and added: "However, it's not a free gift."

"I knew there was no such good thing." The Red Shell Roach King asked: "Banbu, what do you mean?"

Banbu said: "Lizhufeng only produces 9344 Youzhu bamboo rice grains each year. Generally speaking, a warrior needs to consume 300 grains to reach the ultimate strengthening. The quantity is too small, and the demand is too great."

"What I mean is to cooperate with remote mountain ranges with fewer warriors. Each year, each mountain range selects young, advanced warriors under the age of four, and I will provide 300 Youzhu bamboo rice grains for free."

"The condition is that in autumn and winter, they must enter the jungle to find God-given seeds. If they don't find them, that's fine. If they do find them... the condition is also very simple: after being promoted to Mountain Lord, one-tenth of the annual income from the God-given seeds must be given to me as a reward for 20 years."

Even the worst quality God-given seed can generate a net income of 30,000 Origin Stones per year after the warrior is promoted to Mountain Lord. If you are lucky enough to encounter a top-quality arbour, the annual net income can exceed 100,000.

Banbu's approach is a venture investment. If he's extremely lucky, 300 Youzhu bamboo rice grains can earn back more than 60,000 Origin Stones, or even hundreds of thousands. Of course, more often than not, he will lose everything and get nothing.

The Red Shell Roach King did some mental calculations and said: "Banbu, if you do this, you are very likely to suffer a loss! Why not sell it directly? Or sell it to a merchant team?"

"This thing is too precious. It's not worth selling it to outsiders for any amount of Origin Stones. The cost of a single grain of bamboo rice is as high as 4 Origin Stones. How much is an appropriate price to sell it for within our Red Roach tribe? How many warriors can afford it?" Banbu said:

"Every year, the number of God-given seeds born in the jungle is not large, but there are definitely some. What's lacking is the ability to find them. This approach may cause me to lose money, but for the development of our Red Roach tribe, it's a sure win."

"You fellow... it seems you've thought it over carefully!" The Red Shell Roach King thought for a while and said: "Your method is prone to disputes. The specifics need to be discussed carefully and agreed upon in advance. In addition, we can start with the Red Tangerine Mountain Range and the Green Ridge Mountain Range. Weeping Banyan County is also possible. Let's try it out first."

Banbu said: "That's what I mean too."

......

The merger of Sheep Hoof Mountain Range and Weeping Banyan Mountain Range, upgraded to a county, was named "Weeping Banyan County", but the focus of the celebration was not the Weeping Banyan God-given seed, but the Large Yellow Fruit Banyan God-given seed.

The Large Yellow Fruit Banyan was promoted to Mountain Lord five years ago. Its God-given seed subsequently transformed and evolved, improving the quality of the fruit and enhancing the strengthening effect. Taking the opportunity to raise prices, the single price to merchant teams is as high as 300 Origin Stones, while the price within the tribe is 200 Origin Stones. It has now become a thorough luxury item.

Black and White Flower Roach tribe warriors were hired to stimulate its growth, and the tree now stands about 45 meters tall, with lush branches and leaves, a magnificent sight.

Naturally, there is also balance. The annual fruiting quantity of the Large Yellow Fruit Banyan God-given seed is still not ideal, with only slightly more than 1200 fruits produced each year. The tree grows year after year, but the increase in fruit production is very small.

As everyone expected, this single God-given seed alone generates an annual income of over 300,000 Origin Stones. Weeping Banyan County has a net annual income of over 400,000 Origin Stones from just two arbour-type God-given seeds.

The only shortcoming is the personality of the Large Yellow Fruit Banyan: surrounded by a group of fellow warriors, it becomes extremely nervous, stutters when speaking, its antennae shake restlessly, its thinking becomes chaotic, and it loses its bearings.

It was originally thought that its personality would improve with the increase in strength, but it didn't expect that even after being promoted to Mountain Lord, it hadn't made any progress and was still as useless as when it was a child.

Banbu couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when he saw it.

Clearly, the Red Shell Roach King and the Oil Pear Princess didn't like the Large Yellow Fruit Banyan very much. Its nature was too shy and too cowardly, without any leadership qualities, and it was impossible for it to become the future successor of Weeping Banyan County.

......

The celebration activities were very monotonous, just gathering together to eat, eat, eat.

Mainly ordinary dried fruit-type Origin Power foods.

There were also a small amount of fresh fruits produced in the summer, sealed with amber fruit juice and stored on the top of Snow Peak Mountain. When they were taken out to eat in the winter, the taste didn't change much, and they were still so delicious and sweet.

The celebration activities lasted lively for a whole night before ending.

In the early morning, they bid farewell to the Weeping Banyan Princess one after another.

Banbu brought Flame Cluster White Grass, stayed until the end, discussed the Youzhu bamboo rice matter with the Weeping Banyan Princess, finalized the details, and then bid farewell and left.

Banbu planned to hand over all the Youzhu bamboo rice to Flame Cluster White Grass to be responsible for. Flame Cluster White Grass could take a 10% commission from the profits generated.

......

Returning to Lizhufeng, Banbu landed directly next to the Camellia Oleifera God-given seed.

The Camellia was not there.

Banbu began to ponder how to find Bai Zhu and Rat King back, so everyone could pack up and prepare to set off.

Unexpectedly, sensing the movement, Rat King led five bamboo rat warriors, rushing up the mountain.

Banbu didn't summon them, and the other members on the mountain consciously rushed over one after another.

"Banbu, we found a God-given seed!" Rat King didn't waste any words, dug out a metal bottle from his cheek pouch, opened the stuffed hay, and carefully took out a dark brown seed.

Without waiting for Banbu to ask, Rat King introduced: "Bai Zhu found it in the swamp. We also brought back some dried grass stalks from nearby. Red Rice has identified it and confirmed that it is a Deepwater Barnyardgrass God-given seed."

Red Rice immediately added: "Banbu, this is a variant of Deepwater Barnyardgrass in the inherited memory. I can cultivate new rice varieties."

"Deepwater Barnyardgrass, huh... not bad!" Banbu wasn't happy about a Barnyardgrass God-given seed, but the immediate effect after using Youzhu bamboo rice to strengthen it, asked: "Rat King, is the strengthening effect of Youzhu bamboo rice effective?"

"Very good." Rat King carefully considered his words and said: "The efficiency has doubled. In the future, we will have a greater chance of finding God-given seeds!"

"Hehe, wander around the mountains and forests more, arbour-type God-given seeds are the best." Banbu looked around, and the four fellows, Red Rice, Big Belly Bamboo, Red Rice, and Dragon Bamboo, were all eagerly looking forward to it, waiting for him to speak and decide who would nurture the God-given seed.

Banbu was just promoted to L3 advanced warrior this spring, and chose a Youzhu seed to nurture as his fate seed. The next molting evolution will be at least the spring of the year after next. Seeds should not be stored for too long, so he definitely won't be able to use it.

"Red Rice, you have ready-made paddy fields and are also the most proficient in planting Barnyardgrass and rice, so you will nurture this God-given seed."

After Banbu finished speaking, he added: "In the future, God-given seeds will be nurtured by Big Belly Bamboo, Red Rice, and Dragon Bamboo in turn. You guys don't enter the jungle this year, just stay on the mountain honestly. I will leave in a few days."

Big Head asked: "Banbu, are you going to Misty Mountains to hunt for treasure again?"

Banbu corrected: "It's not treasure hunting, it's moving the treasures I found this year back."

"Okay."

"Understood."

......

The members on the mountain responded one after another.

Banbu continued: "Rat King, go find Bai Zhu back. Also, if Camellia comes back, let it stay at Lizhufeng. Don't leave the mountain this year."

Rat King said: "Camellia went to find Bai Zhu."

Banbu asked strangely: "Why?"

Big Bear scratched his head and said: "Bai Zhu's God-given seed is being temperamental. It doesn't eat the swamp water we irrigate it with, and it keeps clamouring to see Bai Zhu every day."

"..." Banbu said: "That's just right then."

PS: One update at noon, and there should be four updates in the evening.