Astral Cockroach

Now possessing two God-bestowed seeds, the Life Seed and the Bamboo Seed, Banbu was confident he would acquire more in the future. To easily distinguish them, he named their tree spirits.

The bamboo culms of the Bamboo God-bestowed Seed were a deep, dark green, while the veins were a crystalline emerald green. He named it descriptively "Emerald Bamboo," calling it the Emerald Bamboo God-bestowed Seed.

The leaf veins of the Xun Grass God-bestowed Seed were a purple-gold color, so he named it "Purple Gold," referring to it as the Purple Gold God-bestowed Seed. To improve sales, the condensed grass seeds were called "Purple Gold Bamboo Rice."

"Banbu, swamp dregs."

"Banbu, swamp water."

"Banbu, raw stones, raw stones, raw stones…"

The Emerald Bamboo Life Seed was nurtured during Banbu's intermediate warrior stage and possessed better innate qualities. The tree spirit grew incredibly fast, easily learning many emotions and words.

Under Banbu's deliberate maintenance, their relationship was decent. Each time he approached, if there was no specific need, it would habitually transmit a friendly thought. If there was a need, it would continuously repeat the thought through the connection between their souls.

Currently, it was at the peak of its growth, and it had needs most of the time, especially for raw stones, which were its most pressing demand.

Banbu had developed regular habits. Every morning, after waking up, he would exit the cave and first check the growth of the Emerald Bamboo God-bestowed Seed, performing daily tasks such as weeding, loosening the soil, fertilizing, and watering. Throughout the day, it needed fertilizing and watering twice, and jade stone powder sprinkled three times.

A raw ore large enough to cut out 30 raw stones was unknowingly consumed nearly halfway.

"Banbu, raw stones, raw stones, raw stones…"

After completing the fertilizing and watering, the Emerald Bamboo chanted like a sutra, incessantly urging Banbu.

Helpless, Banbu took out the raw stones and sprinkled some powder on each bamboo culm. Only then did the Emerald Bamboo quiet down.

Inspecting with his divine sense, the eight bamboo nodes had already begun to bulge. As expected, each bamboo node had eight small buds. Judging by the pattern, each of the eight small buds on each bamboo node would develop into eight underground stems, then sprout eight bamboo shoots, and grow into eight bamboo culms. The process wouldn't take too long, at most half a month.

That meant that in half a month, there would be 64 more bamboo culms.

The Emerald Bamboo Life Seed's high demand for Origin Power meant that the condensed bamboo rice would be of high quality, but it also meant that the investment in cultivation would be substantial.

If it continued to develop, the 64 bamboo nodes would produce 512 underground stems, generating 512 bamboo culms. That consumption, exceeding a thousand raw stones, was something Banbu's current financial resources definitely couldn't afford.

Without raw stones, he could only wait for it to slowly absorb the Origin Power drifting in nature and grow slowly.

Looking at the nine thriving bamboo culms in front of him, Banbu's mind raced, pondering how to obtain a large sum of raw stones.

Wind Chime spiraled down, landing beside Banbu, and said with some envy, "Banbu, your God-bestowed Seed is growing so fast."

Banbu subconsciously replied, "In half a month, its growth rate will slow down."

Wind Chime added, "Your Xun Grass God-bestowed Seed is growing even better. It has produced another 243 tillers."

"The growth of the Xun Grass God-bestowed Seed has reached a bottleneck. I need to advance to an L7 intermediate warrior to continue tillering," Banbu came back to his senses and introduced, "Wind Chime, tree spirits are soul entities with self-awareness. When they grow stronger in the future, they will develop the ability to think and become independent life forms. I've named them Purple Gold and Emerald Bamboo, respectively calling them the Purple Gold God-bestowed Seed and the Emerald Bamboo God-bestowed Seed, for easy reference and distinction."

"Banbu, you possess three God-bestowed Seeds, it's truly enviable," Wind Chime said again, "Isn't there also a Chinese Juniper God-bestowed Seed over there? What's its name?"

Banbu shook his antennae, regretting, "Without being nurtured by a Life Sac, without a tree spirit being born, naming it doesn't have much meaning."

Wind Chime said, "It's a pity. If we had discovered it earlier, that would have been great. Chinese juniper are tall trees, and it would have grown into the best God-bestowed Seed on Lízhu Peak, producing high-quality Origin Power fruits."

This guy doesn't usually talk this much, does he? With his introverted and aloof personality, he's especially not good at saying flattering things, unless he wants something.

Banbu suddenly felt strange and asked, "Wind Chime, is there something you need from me?"

"Oh…" Wind Chime said hesitantly, "Banbu, I see there are still many cliffs on Lízhu Peak covered with weeds and messy trees. The cliffs aren't suitable for planting bamboo, right? I suggest planting some wind chimes. What do you think?"

"…"

Banbu choked for a long time. He really wanted to say no, but answering like that might create a rift between them, and it would be even harder to ask for his help in the future.

"You can plant some, but not too many. Leave some cliffs. I plan to expand the scale of the Cloud Silk Golden Bamboo."

Wind Chime asked, puzzled, "Banbu, there are already enough bamboo on the mountain. Why do you still want to expand the Cloud Silk Golden Bamboo? It's a small bamboo species with little prospect for development."

Banbu said, "Last winter, the Seven-Colored Red Bamboo that I and Lízhu brought back was successfully transplanted. I plan to hybridize these two bamboo species and try to obtain a completely new bamboo species."

Wind Chime was even more confused and asked, "Banbu, how will you make these two bamboo species bloom?"

Banbu said, "The Seven-Colored Red Bamboo usually grows by the water and can't tolerate drought. I can do the opposite and not water them during the dry season to stimulate them to bloom."

"The Cloud Silk Golden Bamboo can't tolerate cold. I can spend some effort transplanting them to the upper layers of the mountain in the spring. If the summer temperature isn't high enough, they will be stimulated to bloom."

Wind Chime said, "The flowering periods of the two bamboo species don't match up, right?"

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Banbu said, "The Cloud Silk Golden Bamboo should bloom first. I can pick the entire flower, seal it up, and store it at a low temperature on the top of the mountain."

Wind Chime looked up at the snow-melting mountaintop and asked, "Can low-temperature storage maintain pollen activity?"

Banbu confirmed, "Of course, it can. The only thing to worry about is that the temperature on the mountaintop might not be low enough during the summer and can't be stored for too long."

Wind Chime said, "The time between the flowering periods of the two bamboo species won't exceed a month."

Banbu nodded his antennae and said, "I estimated it that way too. It should be successful."

Wind Chime looked at the Emerald Bamboo Life Seed and said sincerely, "The Seven-Colored Red Bamboo is a rare bamboo species that comes with enhanced flames. If you can cultivate a high-quality bamboo species, you can earn a considerable income again."

Banbu's heart stirred, and he said, "Mountain Master Iron Blade said that we will jointly manage the Golden Silk Bamboo, and the future income will be split equally. Wind Chime, you will receive a very generous income."

Wind Chime said, "I take care of those two bamboo seedlings every day. No problem."

Banbu continued, "Wind Chime, you plant bamboo with me, cultivate new bamboo species, and we will split the income from the success equally. What do you think?"

Wind Chime thought for a while, shook his antennae, and refused, saying, "Banbu, there are already enough bamboo on Lízhu Peak. The current scale is enough for cultivation. You don't need to expand the bamboo sea."

"I, I still like planting wind chimes. Wind Chime flowers are beautiful…" Wind Chime straightened his antennae and said proudly and full of longing, "I will definitely be able to cultivate wind chimes suitable as Life Seeds."

"Uh… okay then…" Banbu sighed inwardly. The so-called incorrigible and hopeless must refer to insects like Wind Chime, right?

Not finished yet, Wind Chime followed up and said, "Banbu, you possess three God-bestowed Seeds. They can bring you enough wealth. You can definitely become a Mountain Master, or even a County Master. Why do you still have to work so hard to plant bamboo and cultivate new bamboo species?"

Banbu was speechless and silently dismissed the idea of cultivating wind chimes.

Wind Chime is a typical case of insects with limited ambitions due to poverty, similar to poor people not understanding the efforts of the rich: Since you have money and don't have to worry about food and drink for the rest of your life, why do you still desperately strive for more wealth? Can you spend it all?

PS1: I tried a few more book titles that I liked today, but they have all been registered. Let's not change it for now.

PS2: Regarding the slow pace of this book, after thinking about it carefully, it's better to be slow, it's easy to collapse if it's too fast.