Dawn Spider

Chapter 161 The Troublesome Spider King of the Five Schools

When the sea lemon flowers are in full bloom, many insects from Ivory Island come to the Twin Islands of Salo to trade.

The square at the southern foot of Haimeng Peak is bustling with insects.

Jin hasn't been wasting his time all these years.
As they traveled, familiar insects kept coming up to greet them and chat, asking about the trade and ruins on Ivory Island.

Jin's fame was as striking as the bluish-purple bristles on his body. He had walked for a whole day without ever leaving the one-kilometer stretch of plaza.

Lord Famu simply arranged for them to rest for the night and set off early the next morning.

...

Shark Harbor Warehouse.

After listening to Jin's description, the Spider King of the Five Schools, controlling the three spider silk 'currencies' of varying sizes—10000 Primogems, 1000 Primogems, and 100 Primogems respectively—fell into deep thought and remained silent for a long time.

The Five Schools Spider King is in charge of the Flame Spider Kingdom's raw stones and primal force food resources. Once it sees something and thinks about it, it can figure out about 70-80% of the intricacies involved.

This isn't what they said at all; it's not simply about Red Cone making fewer trips in the processing and trading of the God-given Force Fruit.

“Purple-haired spider, this thing of yours is equivalent to a higher level than a raw stone, a ‘credential’ specifically used for measuring the value and trading of divinely bestowed primal force food.”

The Five Schools Spider King paused for a moment, then continued, "If it's going to be issued, it should be issued by the Flame Spider Kingdom, not by you, a lowly spider at a high level."

Jin Kaixin said, "Is the Flame Spider Kingdom willing to use its kingdom's reputation as collateral to issue this kind of 'credit currency'? That would be wonderful. We, Silk Sunflower Mountain, can borrow more for transactions and help promote it along the way."

"..."

"Use your spider silk, little high-ranking soldier?"

The Spider King of the Five Schools said solemnly, "It has no practical value whatsoever. It's just a bunch of spider silk that can be woven at will with a flick of its claws. To exchange it for the divinely bestowed food of the insectoid warriors? This thing will definitely collapse, and once it collapses, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"Will not."

Lord Famu said, "Every year, there will be a settlement. For every amount of creditor currency you have, Jin must hand over the same amount of divinely bestowed primal force food to you to redeem the creditor currency. As long as everyone strictly follows the rules, distributing creditor currency according to the amount of divinely bestowed primal force food received, and not distributing it arbitrarily, there will be no problem."

“Fam, you are a professional trading spider, you know more about this so-called ‘credit currency’ than I do.”

The Spider King of the Five Schools spoke with a stern tone, glancing sideways at Jin, and asked, "Purple Hair, you're surely planning to promote this 'credit currency' on Ivory Island, aren't you?"

"no!"

Jin said, "As you yourself said, this is just a bunch of spider silk that has no practical value and can be woven at will with a flick of its claws. The first problem I face in promoting it is that we need insects to approve of it! Who can approve of this?"

Jin Chengzhi said, "In the Flame Spider Kingdom, everyone uses their own spiders, so it might work. But it's probably going to be difficult for it to become widespread. Its use will be limited to a small number of Flame Spider warriors who have processing cooperation with us."

The Spider King of the Five Schools didn't believe it at all, and asked with a sidelong glance, "What if, what if this kind of 'creditor currency' becomes popular on Borneo in the future?"

Jin tentatively asked, "Then we can discuss how to control and reduce the risks later?"

"I'm afraid it will be too late by then."

The Spider King of the Five Schools took a firm stance, saying, "I've seen it all along. You little spider, you're not one to behave yourself. Think about how much trouble you've caused over the years. You've caused more trouble than all the other little spiders in the kingdom combined. Everything else is fine, but this matter has the potential to disrupt the order of the divinely bestowed primal force food trade, and even cause it to collapse. I can't let you run rampant."

"Will not!"

Silver was still somewhat afraid of the Spider King, and he nervously raised his claw, saying, "It's not that serious, is it?"

The Spider King of the Five Schools firmly replied, "Yes!"

silver:"……"

Silver tried to argue, but Gold pressed her down with his paw.

Jin pondered for a moment and then asked, "Five Schools Spider King, what if I pay a certain amount of 'reserve fund'... that is, equipment processing, and store the divinely bestowed primal force food sealed in metal boxes here with you?"

The Spider King of the Five Schools was taken aback. After thinking for a moment, he said, "If the amount is sufficient, then it is feasible."

Suddenly, the Spider King of the Five Schools thought of a question, his eyes flashed, and he asked in a gentle voice, "Jin, how is the fruit of your Golden Leaf Vine's God-given Seed?"

Jin said, "The second fruit expansion is expected at the end of this year or January next year. The fruit expands once every three years, and after seven times, the fruit will be ripe and harvested."

The Spider King of the Five Schools asked, "You can't come up with a large amount of divinely bestowed primal force food, can you? Are you interested in using the fruit produced by the Golden Leaf Vine as collateral?" "No interest!"

Jin flatly refused, then changed the subject, saying, "This little transaction between us won't cause any major problems. We can do this: if any issues arise, the kingdom will cover for me. I'll repay the debt with the fruit of the Golden Leaf Vine in the future."

"That'll be no problem!"

The Spider King of the Five Schools readily agreed, saying, "I doubt you, little spider, can run away. You can run, but Silk Sunflower and Famu can't."

Lord Famu: “…”

Jin said, "Each Golden Leaf Vine fruit sells for 500 million."

"A very reasonable price!"

The Spider King of the Five Schools said, "I will arrange for the tribe to prepare 500 million units of divinely bestowed primal force food in advance, just in case. Let me make it clear beforehand that once this 'preparation fund' is used, you will have to repay it with Golden Leaf Vine Fruit, is that alright?"

"Row!"

Jin agreed.

The Spider Kings of the Five Schools were more interested in the Golden Leaf Vine Fruit and asked, "Can we confirm it now? Can it really grant water-type talents?"

Jin replied, "It's basically confirmed."

The Spider King of the Five Schools asked, "Who will eat the first fruit? You?"

Jin replied, “I’ll eat first, then the West Serpent Lord, the third the Famu Lord, the fourth the Silk Sunflower Mountain Lord, the fifth the Red Cone Mountain Lord, the sixth the Silver, the seventh the Palm Bamboo Lord, and the eighth the Fashu Mountain Lord. In addition, I’ve reserved one each for the Oak Spider King and the Cloud Mushroom Lord of Purple Peak.”

Only one is produced every 17 years; the yield is too low.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, such a valuable item must first be from the Zitan Peak Famu lineage, followed by the Qimu Spider King, and then other peaks within the Qimu Spider King lineage.

"..."

The Spider King of the Five Schools choked with emotion and asked, "500 million per seed? They traded divinely bestowed food with you?"

Jin said, "You can eat it first, and repay us slowly after the Insect King."

The Spider King of the Five Schools glanced at the Lord of Red Cone Mountain...

This guy doesn't have a divinely ordained seed, does he? How will he repay this debt?
He's practically a relative, so it was probably given away for free.

The Spider King from the Five Schools tentatively asked, "Jin, shall I also reserve one?"

Jin readily agreed, "The eleventh one!"

Lord Famu said at the right moment, "Actually, the yield of Golden Leaf Vine is not that low. I have inquired in detail and found that as gold and Golden Leaf Vine evolve and grow, the flowering and fruiting cycle will be shortened accordingly. For example, the flowering and fruiting cycle of Golden Rain Tree is shortened to 11 years for Mountain Lord level, 7 years for Lord level, and 5 years for King level."

"5 years? 7 years? That's more like it!"

The Spider King of the Five Schools admonished, "Famu, stop letting this little guy run around and cause trouble everywhere. Wouldn't it be better if he just stayed quiet and evolved and grew steadily?"

"So young and already drowning in debt!"

Lord Famu said, "The Seed of the Gods of the Pokeweed consumes too many raw stones. Our Zitan Peak is completely unable to help it in the short term."

"Oh! Right! There's also a pokeweed seed bestowed by the gods!"

The Spider King from the Five Schools asked, "What's the current situation with that tree?"

Jin replied, "Nothing's wrong. Apart from the daily, massive consumption of Force, there are no other changes for the time being, and there won't be any changes in the short term."

The Spider King of the Five Schools muttered, "A different kind of fruit... I wonder if other spiders can eat it..."

After chatting for a while, they discussed the issuance and exchange rules of the 'credit currency' and the 'reserve fund' for the kingdom's advance payment, and then took their leave.

Lord Famu had many matters to attend to, so he returned to Zitan Mountain.

Gold, Silver, Red Cone Mountain Master, and Taro, return to Haimeng Peak, and travel west along the mountain range, visiting various peaks with which they have processing cooperation and trading relationships.

(End of this chapter)