Dawn Spider

Chapter 182 The Divinely Gifted Seed of Pokeweed: Its Second Fruit Expansion

The lords of Silk Sunflower Mountain and Red Cone Mountain avoided lending money like the plague.

Among Jin's acquaintances, only Yin remains whom he can both trust and mobilize.

Actually, Yin is quite clever and has the talent to become an excellent salesman, but his combat talent is really average.

In the future, we will extend the system of credit-based currency and interest-based loans to Ivory Island.

Given the extremely complex ethnic structure of Ivory Island, coupled with the less-than-reputable nature of its lending business, security issues must be carefully considered.

Jin readily agreed to let Tianlan join mainly because he valued Tianlan's combat talent.

The Dragonfly Warriors are characterized by their innate strong visual abilities and high flight speed, making them the fastest among the 100,000 insectoids in the Natural God system.

The Leaf-toothed Golden Green Mud Bee is also a good flyer, but it excels at short-distance maneuvering, dodging and blitzkrieg. Essentially, it belongs to the same category as the Dragonfly Warrior, both being races that are naturally unsuitable for farming but are good at fighting.

Sky Blue is sensitive and has a keen sense of danger, so having it follow Silver provides a certain level of safety.

Of course, there's no danger on the Twin Islands of Saluo. Let's have Tianlan familiarize herself with the operations first, give her some divinely bestowed energy food to strengthen her overall physique and increase her strength.

...

...

"gold!"

"Fourth Brother! Fourth Brother!"

Silver and Sky Blue went out for four days and then came back.

"Fourth Brother, we've secured a large loan!"

"Luoyan Mountain, the long-horned armored warrior, the master of Shigan Mountain, is a 7-year-old mountain master who possesses a small-leaved red light tree, a divinely bestowed seed. He first borrowed 1 million to break through to the 8th year of evolution. Three years later, he borrowed another 1.5 million to break through to the 9th year of evolution. Three years after that, he borrowed another 1.5 million to break through to the Lord level."

"Tianlan and I also went to Haimeng Peak and asked the Spider King of the Five Schools. It agreed to buy 100 million worth of bonds, but only 10-year bonds."

"Fourth Brother, after all, the circulation of our divinely bestowed food and credit currency depends entirely on the support of the Five School Spider Kings. I think we can make some concessions to the Five School Spider Kings. Once they receive the benefits, they will definitely support us, or at least they won't make things difficult for us in the future."

Yin suppressed his mental energy and said, "The Spider King of the Five Schools is notoriously mean-spirited, always deliberately making things difficult for the spiders exchanging for divine resources. It's a miracle that it hasn't made things difficult for us in the past two years."

What miracle? It wants the fruit of the golden vine.

However, Yin's approach was not wrong.

Yin learned, without a teacher, the most difficult skills to master in the ways of the world: tact and flattery. If it were the Lord of Silk Sunflower Mountain or the Lord of Red Cone Mountain, they probably couldn't teach her even if they were given the opportunity.

"Silver, not bad!"

"Tianlan, you've worked hard too."

Jin said, "You two rest on the mountain for the night, and set off again tomorrow morning."

...

Yin and Tianlan were in high spirits. After obtaining the bonds, loan contracts, and credit certificates, they set off immediately without taking a break.

...

Three days later,
Silver and Sky Blue ran back.

The loan for the owner of Luoyanshan and Shiganshan has been finalized.

At the same time, it also contacted Turtleback Mountain, the warrior of the Blackfly tribe, and the mountain lord of Jinping Mountain. This guy is very smart. He asked to buy bonds first and promised to quickly break through to the Lord level after becoming a 7-year-old mountain lord.

That’s okay too.

With Jin's promise, Yin and Tianlan set off again...

……

time flies,
2 month 11 day,
In the afternoon, Jin practiced his combat skills and worked hard to improve his abilities.

Silver and Sky Blue ran back.

"gold!"

"Fourth Brother! Good news!"

“We’ve agreed on a loan, but it’s for a high-level warrior, Swamp Orchid Mountain, Magnificent Leaf Warrior, and Chili Pepper. Four years ago, we just received a divinely bestowed seed from a Foxtail Coconut. Fourth Brother, this divinely bestowed seed is very suitable for processing with equipment on the mountain. It has a lot of pulp and can yield a lot of profit.”

"Hmm! Very good! Silver, Sky Blue, this is your biggest achievement in the past month!"

Jin praised him and then asked, "What age group of advanced warrior is he exactly?"

Silver replied, "It's at age 7 and preparing to evolve into age 8! It hopes to borrow 4 this year, and 18 each next year and the year after, for a total of 40."

Jin asked, "How can I borrow 4? From where?"

Silver replied, "Borrow it from the Spider King of the Five Schools. The old spider is very meticulous. He won't mind if the amount is too small."

"..."

Jin said, "Then borrow an extra 2, making it 6. Of that, 2 is Tianlan's salary for this year, and she can choose the divinely bestowed food she needs."

"Okay, fourth brother!"

"Thank you, Mr. Jin!"

Yin and Tianlan expressed their gratitude happily.

Gold is used to weave bonds, loan contracts, and credit currencies on-site.

Silver and Sky Blue were about to leave after receiving the items when Gold called them back.

"The Lord of Red Cone Mountain just came by yesterday and informed me that the cargo ship departs on the 15th. It's only a few days away, and I'm heading to Ivory Island. Silver, Sky Blue, once you've finished this deal, don't visit any other Zerg warriors. Loan operations are suspended until next spring."

"Ok."

Silver and Sky Blue agreed.

Jin instructed, "Yin, while I'm away, you must stay on Mount Sikui, guard the territory, and not wander off, understand?"

"Fourth Brother, I understand."

Yin agreed.

Jin then said, "Tianlan, Lord Yedianshan and Xiangpu usually don't leave Qianguoshan, right? You can travel around more often, get to know the Zerg warriors of the Twin Islands of Saluo, and inquire about relevant information."

Tianlan agreed, "I understand! Gather information, and then visit and negotiate with Yin next spring."

"That's right!"

Jin waved his claws.

Silver and sky blue set off.

...

Jin continued practicing his abilities, his figure flashing as he teleported thirty meters into the air. He raised his claw, and a tree of blue-purple electricity exploded into a tree-shaped bolt of lightning. He flashed again, followed by another tree-shaped bolt of lightning…

The blinking light followed by the fission purple lightning was combined into one move.

His figure hovered in the air, flashing continuously, with blue and purple lightning following suit.

In one breath, he exhausted all the lightning-type primal energy within his body, and with a final flash, he landed on the ground.

After catching his breath, he began practicing the eight sets of ancestral combat movements of the Flame Spider tribe. He was busy...

A faint, unusual fluctuation of primal force could be detected on a nearby mound from which the God-given Seed of Pokeweed could be observed.

Jin turned around and looked around, focusing his attention on sensing.

It was the pokeweed fruit that emitted an unusual fluctuation of primal force, and it was becoming increasingly obvious.

The rate at which the Force is being absorbed is accelerating!
After observing for half a minute, the vortex of primal force at the top of the tree showed signs of expanding.

Jin's heart skipped a beat; he understood the situation: a bloated fruit!

After a gap of nearly 7 years, the pokeweed fruit has finally begun to swell for the second time.

In the neighboring plot 02, the Golden Leaf Vine, a divine gift, also sensed the fluctuations in primal force. From a distance of five or six hundred meters, far beyond the range of mental power, it frantically called out like chanting:

"Gold~ Gold~ Gold~ Gold..."

"..."

Jin's figure flashed repeatedly as he ran quickly to the water channel at the boundary between plots 01 and 02.

Taro took root beside the irrigation ditch and immediately sprang into action, wriggling towards the small hill of raw stones. Carrying a bag of raw stones, it headed towards the place where the raw crystal storage box was buried.

"Splash~ Splash!"

Upon seeing the gold, one of the taro roots pointed in the direction where the pokeweed seed had taken root, and the taro leaves shook, making a urging sound.

"Gold~ Gold~ Gold..."

The frequency of the golden vine's chanting increased.

"Golden Leaf Vine!"

"Enough! Stop reading!"

Jin Zhenxiang used his mental power to reprimand him, reminding him, "Your tree is laden with fruit; you can't move over here to join the fun."

"..."

The golden vine said quietly, "You must report to me at any time! Otherwise, I'll make you wish you were dead!"

"Okay! Okay! Okay!"

Jin agreed.

"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!"

Taro vigorously shook its leaves and pointed its roots upwards towards the mountain as a signal.

"The taro is very well made!"

"I know, you need to bring down two treasure chests filled with Force-generated food, right? I'll go right now!"

Jin ran up the mountain, took a Primal Crystal storage box and two Primal Force food storage boxes from the warehouse, tied them to his back, and was about to go down the mountain when he had a sudden idea and took 3 Primal Crystals down the mountain as well.

Returning once more, the Force vortex formed by the second expansion of the pokeweed seed had already crossed the canal.

At the center, the Force Vacuum Region is taking shape and is slowly expanding.

"Taro!"

Jin handed a gene agent storage box to Yutou.

At the same time, he set up the raw crystal storage box, brought over two large bags of raw stones, took out 10 raw stones in one go, arranged them, picked up the gene agent storage box with both paws, and smashed it with force.

With a series of loud bangs, the raw stone shattered, releasing large swaths of primal force, which was then dispersed by the primal force vortex, merging into the vortex and disappearing into the center of the divine seed of Shanglu.

Smashing the Primal Stone is the fastest way to release the Force.

Even with gold and taro operating simultaneously, they still couldn't suppress the spread of the vortex's central force vacuum region, which quickly reached a radius of 50 meters.

"Taro, stop!"

Seeing this, Jin called for a halt, extracted an extremely fine spider silk, took out the original crystal, controlled the spider silk to wrap around and tighten it, exerted force, and precisely cut off one edge of the original crystal.

Crackling sounds...

With a slight sound, the entire original crystal shattered and disintegrated into crystal particles.

A surge of immense primal energy exploded forth.

As if a dam had been opened to release floodwaters, primal energy equivalent to 1 Primal Stones surged rapidly from the crystal particles. The massive vortex of primal energy was thrown into disarray and deformed by this surge of energy.

The vacuum zone at the center of the vortex contracted rapidly and quickly disappeared. Immediately afterward, the vortex rapidly converged, shrinking from a radius of 400 meters to less than 200 meters in seven or eight seconds.

The primal force erupting from the crystal was forcefully contained by the rapidly rotating vortex of primal force. An extremely high concentration of primal force swirled around the Seed of the God of the Pokeweed, pouring into the fruit at the top of the tree.

The pokeweed fruit is like a bottomless abyss, greedily devouring everything.

This trick worked. Two hours passed, and the concentration of the Force around the Seed of Gods of the Pokeweed decreased, and the Force vortex began to expand again.

"Taro! Move your claws!"

Jin, wielding his spiritual power, raised the gene agent storage box and forcefully smashed it against the raw stone to release his primal force.

Taro is, after all, a plant, and it's too slow to grow.

After less than an hour, the Force vortex once again exceeded a radius of 400 meters, and the Force vacuum region at the center of the vortex continued to expand by more than 50 meters.

"Taro, stop!"

Without much hesitation, Jin took out another primal crystal and cut it to release the primal force.

Just like last time, the Force energy equivalent to 1 Originium Stones exploded, the Force vacuum region shrank and disappeared rapidly, and the Force vortex also contracted quickly.

When the primal energy of this primal crystal was exhausted, it was dusk. The Lord of Silk Sunflower Mountain returned from hunting, discovered the situation, and rushed to provide assistance.

After enduring one night and another day...
Silver and Sky Blue returned and joined in to help.

Three days later,
The violent fluctuations of the Force came to an abrupt halt.

At the top of the pokeweed tree, the oval fruit, originally 2 centimeters long, swelled to 2.6 to 2.7 centimeters, expanding considerably.

Take stock of the consumption.
It used 34 raw stones and 2 raw crystals.

In total, this fruit expansion cost 36 raw stones.

"Fourth Brother, something seems off. I remember Golden Leaf Vine saying that pokeweed fruits take at least 70 years to mature? It's only been 7 years and it's already swelled up for the second time, and the growth isn't even that noticeable..."

“That’s right! I’ve spoken with Jin Yeteng, and our initial estimate is that the pokeweed fruit will need to go through 11 to 13 fruit expansion cycles before it can be harvested. Correspondingly, the flowering and fruiting cycle could be 63, 70, or 77 years. The raw stones required for fruit expansion will exceed 500 million.”

"Oh……"

Everyone has long been accustomed to the terrifying raw stone consumption of the God-given Seed of Pokeweed and is no longer bothered by it.

It was February 14th, the sea lemon flowers had withered, and the team heading to the southern continent for trade should set off.

Jin hurriedly packed his bags and set off with Yin and Tianlan.

Zitan Peak met with Lord Famu and Lord Hongzhui Mountain, and together they headed to Qingsha Harbor.

(End of this chapter)