Astral Ants

Chapter 55
The life level of the god-given seed of Southern Suanzao should be equivalent to the mountain master level.

In the early stage of fruit ripening, the process of absorbing a large amount of force only lasted for a day and a night.

The next day, facing the breeze and sunshine, the green fruit color began to turn deep.

Three days later, the fruit will appear brownish-yellow near the stalk.

There is a light fruity aroma overflowing.

Some birds and small animals in the forest are attracted by the aroma of the Force food and come to look for food.

Long Bai and Mo Lan flew and patrolled around the huge tree, releasing the unique breath of force creatures to frighten and drive away those desperate predators.

After another five days, the whole body of the fruit is brown and yellow, with a strong fruity aroma.

Wait another day, the surface of the fruit is dull in color and dark brown spots appear, which is a sign of complete ripeness.

"Long Bai, are you sure now how much a fruit is worth?" Mo Lan Xiji asked, and picked one for Long Bai.

"certainly……"

Long Bai quickly ate the pulp, peeled off the core, glanced mentally, checked repeatedly, and commented:
"Sold to the caravan, the whole fruit is worth about 13 rough stones. The flesh tastes great, worth 3 rough stones, and the core is 10 rough stones."

Mo Lan asked, "How about buying from a caravan?"

Long Bai: "The whole fruit is worth about 15 rough stones. Since the types of enhancements are rare and the price fluctuates, selling them to those Zerg races that are good at flying ability, 18 rough stones is not a problem."

Mo Lan: "There are more than 3000 stones! You can sell a lot of rough stones..."

"Ugh--"

Mo Lan looked up to the sky and sighed.

Valuable is valuable, but it cannot be sold to caravans, and there is no other bug in Yunji Continent to buy it.

With such a large quantity, I and Long Bai definitely couldn't finish it.

What to do in the end?

Just let it rot?
This is the seed bestowed by God!

My heart bleeds just thinking about it.

Thinking about myself and Long Bai still owe Bai Wei 2000 rough stones and don't know how to pay it back...

Mo Lan felt uncomfortable for a while.

Long Bai: "Mo Lan, the fruit is ripe, hurry up and pick it."

Long cypress and Molan are busy picking in the trees, or flying, or crawling.

Under the tree, on the throne of domination, 7 specialized blue ants with empty stomachs also started to work.

The fruit of southern jujube is an oval berry with a length of about 4 cm, which is divided into pulp and stone.

The original force material is mainly concentrated in the fruit core.

The pulp also contains a small amount of original force substances. After being fully ripe, it has a sweet and sour fragrance and an excellent taste.

The job of the blue ants is to eat the fresh pulp and refine it into 'King Ant Honey'.

It took Long Bai and Mo Lan a day to finish picking all the fresh fruits, eating the fresh fruits happily and counting the harvest at the same time.

It is really the 3477 that Molan has seen many times, one is not too many, and one is not too many.

It took another 4 days, with the cooperation of 7 specialized blue ants, to refine all the pulp into honey.

The common problem of wild tree species is large stone and little pulp.

In the end, only the abdomens of 3 blue ants were filled.Some leftovers were put into Mo Lan's metal can.

Blended with various fruits, dried fruits, and a small amount of animal meat, the ordinary ant honey mixed and brewed, filled a can.

Ready to sell to Ghost Fan.

In the past few days, the sun has been so strong that the fruit cores have basically dried up and are packed into spider silk bags.

Estimating that the time is about the same, we set off for Ghost Fan Mountain.

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Squeezing time, arrived in the morning.

The god-given seeds of the ghost fan were only harvested in the last few days. A piece of cut flat wooden board was neatly arranged and placed in the sun to dry.

Ghost Fan stood by.

"Longcypress Ant King! Mo Lan!"

From a long distance, Ghost Fan waved its tentacles vigorously to greet it.

Long Bai and Mo Lan don't have its strong mental power.

The Throne of Dominion is falling rapidly.

"Ghost fan!"

Mo Lan rushed to say hello.

"Ghost Fan, are we early?"

Long Bai greeted half-jokingly.

They are familiar with each other, so they don't have to be so vigilant, and directly control the throne to land on the ground.

"Not early. Not early."

Ghost Fan hastily shook its tentacles.

Mujianjia's staple food is wood, and because of its race, coupled with its solitude, when it communicates, its body movements, thoughts and emotions are particularly simple and clumsy.

Seeing its appearance, Long Bai stopped joking, and asked seriously: "Have the rough stones been used up in time? How is the quality of this batch of ghost fans?"

Ghost Fan replied: "Longbai Ant King, according to your guidance, I crushed the rough stone in time and used it for the seed bestowed by the Ghost Fan God, and it absorbed all of it."

"Longbai Ant King, take a look first." Guifan carefully twisted a ghost fan from the wooden board with his toe and handed it to Longbai.

Long Bai: "Raw stone powder contains a lot of special force substances needed for the growth of force plants, so don't waste any of them,"

Long Bai added something, took the page and scanned it mentally.

The quality was slightly better than predicted, but not enough to affect the price.

Ghost Fan asked nervously, "Longbai Ant King, how much rough stone do you want?"

Long Bai: "18 rough stones/piece, ghost fan, what do you think?"

Is it so valuable?Ghost Fan didn't understand that he should hide his emotions at this time, so he jumped up for a while, and said joyfully, "That's great!"

Ghost Fan also doesn't understand that transactions can still be bargained.

Since the seller has no comments, the price is considered settled.

Long Bai continued: "Ghost Fan, we will trade in the end of spring, and the final settlement will be with interest. You owe me and Mo Lan 5000 rough stones, right?"

Ghost Fan: "Yes!"

Long Bai: "5000 divided by 18... is about 278, you give me 278 ghost fans."

The ghost fan tried to calculate, but with a big head, he chose to trust Long Bai, and said solemnly: "I will use 278 ghost fans to pay back."

Ghost Fan: "Longbai Ant King, I have harvested 637 ghost fans this year! Repay 278, I still have..."

Long Bai: "You still have 359 left."

So much left!Ghost Fan raised his head slightly, looking at the ruling throne.

On the throne, Mo Lan immediately picked up the metal can and said:
"Ghost fan, this is the ant king honey we brewed from the pulp of the southern jujube seed bestowed by the gods! Seasoned with our secret method, it is super delicious. Do you want to try it?"

"Ant king honey?"

Ghost Fan's heart itch when he heard the word 'honey'.

The wood has no taste, and occasionally meat is eaten, but the taste is worse and the fishy smell is very strong.

But if dipped in ant honey, the taste is much better.

Mo Lan: "Ant honey is brewed by mixing ordinary Force food. Ant king honey uses the pulp of the god-given seed. No matter the taste or the strengthening effect, it is another level."

Moran lifted the lid, and the mixed sweet smell permeated.

The ghost fan shook its tentacles, and the saliva was secreted uncontrollably.

"Mo Lan, how did you sell it?"

"It's very cheap! 1000 rough stones/jar. As usual, you have to return the jar to us after eating."

Long Bai made up his knife at the right time, and said: "The production of the god-given seed of Southern Jujube is quite abundant, but its strengthening effect is really mediocre. Mo Lan and I couldn't eat it all by ourselves, and couldn't sell it all, so we dealt with it at a low price."

yes!Focusing on the delicious food, I forgot to strengthen the effect.

The ghost fan was stunned, but after thinking about it, he said happily: "1000 rough stones are not expensive, so I bought them. The membranous wings of the wood armor are inherently weak, so it's better to strengthen them."

After speaking, he unfolded the elytra, revealing the brown membranous wings inside, and said with some depression:
"I was able to fly when I was very young, but as I evolved and grew up again and again, my body became heavier and heavier, so I couldn't fly anymore."

Long Bai: "..."

Cymbidium:"……"

Now that you've said that...

Mo Lan picked up the super-large spider silk bag containing the South Suanzao seeds, and said, "Ghost Fan, you can have some more South Suanzao Seeds!"

"This is unnecessary..."

Ghost Fan asked: "Longbai Ant King, there are two specialized blue ants that have a lot of Ant King Honey in their bodies? Can you sell me more?"

Long Bai readily agreed, "Of course!"

Long Bai asked: "Ghost Fan, is the metal can still there from last time? Bring it here, and I'll make it for you."

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