Astral Cockroach

The seeds of the Torch Oil Pine are precious, wrapped in layers and stored at the very bottom of the silken pouch. In a dry, oxygen-deprived environment, the seed embryos enter a state of dormancy and can be preserved for a long time.

Of the mountain walnuts sent by the Iron Saber Mountain Master, 31 remain. Banbu also stores them in the silken pouch. There are not many left, so he must be frugal, eating only one every two days.

The two primal stones contain very pure and dense primal force, but the cut pieces are too small. It's useless to hoard just two; it's more practical to use them and convert them into personal strength.

In the middle of the night, Banbu took a primal stone and climbed out of the cave, intending to communicate with the God-Given Seed.

As soon as he approached, the God-Given Seed sent a disdainful thought.

This planet has no satellite (moon), and even the stars in the night sky are few and far between. The night is always pitch black.

In the pitch-black night, the leaves of the God-Given Seed emit a purple-gold halo, the overflow of inexhaustible primal force.

"Transfer primal force to me," Banbu conveyed his thought to the tree spirit of the God-Given Seed.

The God-Given Seed was disdainful again, preferring to waste the excess primal force rather than transfer it to Banbu.

"Primal stone."

Banbu pinched the primal stone with the tip of his left foreleg, and gently scraped it with his right foreleg, dropping a small amount of powder at the base of the grass stalk.

A healthy, growing life seed, with ample sunlight during the day, grows rapidly, and the primal force is insufficient. Only when growth slows down at night does the situation arise where primal force is inexhaustible and overflows with light.

Banbu's idea was to reach a friendly agreement with the God-Given Seed: he would feed it primal stone powder during the day to help it grow, and at night, the God-Given Seed would provide Banbu with the excess primal force.

The God-Given Seed sent conflicting thoughts of joy and disdain, meaning: The primal stone is good, I want it. Feedback primal force? No way.

"This brain-dead tree spirit."

Banbu cursed inwardly, sending a threatening thought of "I'll kill you," extending his foreleg, and making a cutting gesture at the side branch with his toe.

If you don't listen, I'll cut off your branch.

The God-Given Seed was afraid for two seconds, then conveyed a disdainful thought: You cut it.

It has a little memory, remembering that Banbu is very annoying, and remembering that this threat has been made many times, knowing that Banbu would not really hurt itself, let alone kill itself.

We have the same aura and are connected by fate, so who's afraid of whom?

Banbu realized that the God-Given Seed was naturally wild and unruly, and neither threats nor enticements would work on it.

Especially threats, which are completely meaningless.

Cultivating feelings is impossible, so he can only think of other ways to induce it.

For the time being, he didn't bother with it too much and simply gave up.

… …

He went to the north side of the mountainside and continued digging, working through the night to complete the biogas digester.

There had been a heavy rain at night, and the morning glow at dawn was exceptionally red.

Under the glow of the morning sun, the Xun Grass life seed swayed gently in the wind, as if cheering and welcoming a beautiful day.

Sufficient moisture and sunlight are the most comfortable growing environment.

Banbu stepped forward, carefully digging under the Xun Grass life seed, digging a hole exposing the roots, scraping the primal stone with his toe, sprinkling the powder into the hole, and then burying it with loose soil.

The roots of the Xun Grass life seed quickly absorbed the primal force overflowing from the primal stone powder, using a portion for its own growth, and directly transmitting the excess into Banbu's body.

Banbu obtained the primal force needed for growth, and the Xun Grass life seed could also achieve better growth. This was a win-win cooperation.

Banbu originally intended to use the primal stone to help the God-Given Seed develop better, but unfortunately, this thing didn't appreciate the favor and always went against him.

After spending a little time, he digested and absorbed the primal force that entered his body. The effect was good. Banbu then came to the Li Bamboo sapling, dug a small pit, scraped some primal stone powder and sprinkled it in, then buried it with soil.

The primal force contained in the veins of the Li Bamboo leaves quickly reached saturation, and naturally transferred the surplus primal force to Banbu.

Without a tree spirit to lead, ordinary life seeds seemed much more "lovable", saving trouble and worry.

However, the other life seeds are currently too small and not suitable for this method.

Banbu digested the primal force that entered his body, turned back, and found the Xun Grass life seed again, digging open the previous small pit and repeating the trick.

Using the same method, he shuttled back and forth between the Xun Grass life seed and the Li Bamboo life seed.

Feeling the nourishment of primal force on the cells of his body, he felt an unspeakable pleasure all over, becoming somewhat obsessed and addicted, but secretly sighed that the current life seed plants were too young, with limited capacity for primal force, and in the end, only two primal stones were not enough to satisfy him.

In the morning, a buzzing sound of flapping wings came from afar.

Li Zhu's figure soon appeared, followed by landing on the flat ground of the mountainside.

"Li Zhu, good morning!"

"Banbu, good morning."

Li Zhu gently placed a rabbit skin package held in the tips of his forelegs in front of Banbu and said, "Banbu, the Rainbow Flame Spider tribe's trading caravan has arrived, and they even passed through your territory and traded with you?"

Banbu curiously opened the rabbit skin package, and inside was a primal stone.

"Yes, a very small transaction. I sold 99 Li Bamboo seeds and 98 Ma Bamboo seeds. Mountain Master Chonglou was very generous and paid me two primal stones."

"Indeed generous, but it cannot be ruled out that he is coveting your God-Given Seed." Li Zhu said casually, "The caravan purchased a whole bag of Iron Saber tree fruits from Mountain Master Iron Saber, and Mountain Master Iron Saber obtained a batch of primal stones and asked me to send you one as well."

Li Zhu has a stubborn love for bamboo, and his attention unconsciously turned to Banbu's Li Bamboo life seed, and he said with joy:

"Banbu, your Li Bamboo life seed is growing beautifully! Squeak? You can use primal stones? Have you already started? Did the traveling merchant teach you?"

"Yes." Banbu tentatively asked, "Mountain Master Iron Saber must have traded a lot of primal stones this time, right?"

Li Zhu said angrily: "A full pocket of Iron Saber tree fruits, those profiteers are only willing to pay 200 primal stones, abominable! It is said that they can transport them to the northern region of the Fire Roach Kingdom, and resell them for 250 primal stones. If they are transported to the Stout Roach Kingdom, the price will be even higher, possibly reaching 300 primal stones."

In this world where transportation and shipping are extremely backward, a 50% profit for international trade should be considered reasonable, right?

Banbu changed the subject and continued to ask: "Li Zhu, does every warrior in Iron Saber Peak have a primal stone given by the Mountain Master?"

Li Zhu answered truthfully: "Advanced warriors get 3, but you and Heisang are currently only junior warriors, so it's 1."

After Li Zhu finished speaking, he said helplessly: "Primal stones are good things, but unfortunately, 3 is too few. Mountain Master Iron Saber is just letting everyone have a taste. If I could have 300, I could grow into a level 5 advanced warrior this year."

Banbu smiled and said: "3 primal stones are a great help to me. I feel that I will soon usher in the molting growth of the next age."

"That's because you are only a junior warrior now, and the demand for primal force is small." Li Zhu encouraged: "Heisang only recently advanced to a level 9 junior warrior a few days ago. Banbu, work hard to grow, and you can catch up with Heisang soon."

"You can compare who will advance to intermediate warrior first, and who will grow faster after advancing to intermediate warrior."

"Of course Heisang will be faster. He has Mountain Master Iron Saber's personal guidance."

Banbu was verbally modest, but extremely disdainful in his heart.

Once a cultivation technique suitable for cockroaches is created, the efficiency of primal force utilization will be at least doubled, which corresponds to an increase in growth rate. At that time, that little guy Heisang will not be on the same level as him at all, there is no comparability, okay?

"That's true, Mountain Master Iron Saber likes Heisang very much, and secretly stuffs him with good things. This is unfair to you."

Li Zhu agreed and looked towards the biogas digester, asking: "Banbu, that thing you mentioned...the biogas digester?"

Banbu confirmed: "Biogas digester."

Li Zhu asked: "Is it finished?"

"I dug it through the night last night and finally finished it." Banbu said: "Li Zhu, that's good, I need to trouble you with something."

Li Zhu asked: "What is it?"

Banbu said: "I need to go to the swamp to collect some swamp mud."