Natural God's Gift

Siyè harvested a lot of Origin Power food this year, and also needed to spend a lot of Origin Stones. After paying off the debt owed to the kingdom, and distributing 40,000 Origin Stones in payment to Danggui and the others, and reserving 50,000 Origin Stones, there wasn't much Origin Power food left, just enough for it to evolve once more.

It told Danggui and Aicao to go busy themselves with their own affairs, while it stood by the sea to rest for a while.

Standing beneath the mangrove tree's God-Given Seed, Siyè raised its head to look at the distant sea.

"Siyè," the mangrove tree's God-Given Seed emitted a mental thought to communicate with Siyè.

"Mangrove, what's wrong?" The mangrove tree's God-Given Seed was usually quite passive, so Siyè didn't expect it to suddenly call out to it.

Mangrove Tree God-Given Seed: "Siyè, I sense a change in your body."

"Change?"

"Yes, we have a soul connection with each other, and our Origin Power is subtly interconnected. I clearly sensed a trace of Water-type Origin Power increasing within me."

"Is that so?" Siyè's eight eyes rolled slightly. There was a bond between the Zerg warriors and their Life Seeds. In times of need, the Life Seed could even provide Origin Power support to the Zerg warriors, but Siyè had never lacked Origin Power food, so such a need had never arisen.

Similarly, after the Life Seed was nurtured by the Zerg warrior, it would also be tainted with the Zerg warrior's innate qualities.

Like the mangrove tree's God-Given Seed, it was originally an Earth-type God-Given Seed, while Siyè had Wood-type talent potential. After the mangrove tree's God-Given Seed was nurtured by Siyè's Life Pouch, it was also tainted with a trace of Wood-type Origin Power aura.

Only Earth-type talent Zerg warriors would need to exclude that trace of Wood-type Origin Power when consuming God-Given Mangrove Fruit, which would require a lot of effort.

This alone reduced the price of God-Given Mangrove Fruit by at least two Origin Stones.

Now that Siyè had increased its Water-type talent potential, its Origin Power would more or less permeate the mangrove tree's God-Given Seed. Fortunately, this Origin Power attribute was negligible and would not affect the price of God-Given Mangrove Fruit.

Siyè wasn't worried about the less-than-ideal price of the God-Given Mangrove Fruit. As long as it consumed the Earth God Milk next year, it could convert the Origin Power attribute, leaving only the purest Earth-type Origin Power in the mangrove tree's God-Given Seed.

"Mangrove, take good care of the tree. Let's see how many flowers it can bloom and how many fruits it can bear next year."

Mangrove Tree God-Given Seed: "No more thinning of flowers and fruits next year?"

Siyè: "You've grown for so many years now, there shouldn't be any problems with normal flowering and fruiting."

"Alright then." Since Siyè had said so, it didn't care either way.

Siyè raised its head and looked at the distant sea surface. It slowly walked down the tidal flat.

The mangrove tree's God-Given Seed was a little strange: "Siyè, what are you going to do?"

"It's nothing, just experimenting a bit." Siyè walked to the seaside, letting the waves beat against its body.

Zerg warriors with talent potential, when faced with something of the same element as their talent, were like fish meeting water, easily integrating into it.

Now that Siyè had come to the seaside, it had a feeling of being like a fish in water after touching the seawater.

Before, although it could stand in the water, it always felt a separation from the water, and it couldn't dive too deep. Now, even if it walked into the water and its body was completely covered by seawater, it could still breathe smoothly.

It silently mobilized the Origin Power in its body, controlling the direction of the churning waves.

Water-type Zerg warriors initially had the ability to control water flow at the advanced stage. It was trying to see if it could control it.

A portion of the water flow followed its Origin Power changes, forming a spider for a while, a cicada for a while, and then transforming into a Water-type barrier.

Siyè simply manipulated it a bit, and it realized that rather than saying it had mastered the ability to control water, it had mastered the instinct of Water-type Zerg warriors to control water.

Now it should be able to dive into the deep sea.

After experimenting with its Water-type talent potential, it returned to the nest chamber and continued to consume Abyssal Heavy Water.

It left the matter of Origin Power food to Danggui to run errands, including the Origin Power food traded with the Ziyun Merchant Troupe. It also let Danggui handle it. In the following time, it had nothing else to do, only preparing to break through to the advanced stage of Second-Instar Warrior.

As winter approached, the Flame Spider Merchant Troupes returned one after another, even the merchant troupe that had gone to the neighboring Myriad Kingdoms Continent returned this year.

Many Flame Spider Lords returned to the kingdom with their respective merchant troupes. The first thing they did after returning and putting down the Origin Power food on their backs was to look for Lord Yínfǒu.

Lord Chēqián, Lord Fēngxìn, and several other lords came to the abyss. Lord Qīngfēng and the others, knowing that many lords had returned to the kingdom, also rushed to the abyss to meet with the other lords.

In the kingdom's Abyss Mountain, many lords gathered together, quietly listening to Lord Yínxìng recounting the situation after the production of the Divine-Grade Wishing Fruit last year.

Lord Yínfǒu described in detail the situation after the Divine-Grade Wishing Fruit matured, the effects it had after being consumed, and how the Cuìfǒu God-Given Seed nurtured the Divine-Grade fruit.

After listening to Lord Yínxìng's account, several lords who had returned from the Fāng Kingdom Continent were still somewhat incredulous.

Lord Chēqián asked with a doubtful Zerg expression: "Yínfǒu, are you saying that the Divine-Grade God-Given Seed possessed by Siyè has the function of replicating other Divine-Grade fruits?"

"Uh," Lord Yínxìng originally wanted to explain, but then thought that Lord Chēqián was right to say so: "Almost, you can say that."

"Then this fruit is truly magical." The effect of the Divine-Grade Wishing Fruit was truly unique. If all Divine-Grade fruits could be replicated, wouldn't that be equivalent to saying that their Flame Spider Kingdom indirectly possessed all Divine-Grade fruits?

Lord Fēngxìn asked: "Then how much is the Divine-Grade Wishing Fruit priced at?"

Lord Qīngfēng said: "The specifics depend on how long it takes for the Cuìfǒu God-Given Seed to nurture the Divine-Grade Three-Star Apricot. Only then can a price be set, but we estimate that the value of the Divine-Grade Wishing Fruit will not be less than 20 million Origin Stones."

"The price is so high?" The spiders were first shocked, and then felt it was only natural. A Divine-Grade fruit that could replicate other Divine-Grade fruits could be called a priceless treasure.

However, a single Divine-Grade Wishing Fruit costs at least 20 million Origin Stones? This price was enough to scare away the vast majority of Flame Spider Lords. Most of them had never had so many Origin Stones in their lives, let alone take out so many Origin Stones at once to buy a Divine-Grade fruit.

And this was the original price. If calculated based on the price of the Divine-Grade Three-Star Apricot, the price would directly exceed 50 million Origin Stones. None of the spiders present could afford it.

Lord Fēngxìn shook his antennae and smiled bitterly: "Before, we were afraid that the Divine-Grade fruit produced by the Lucky Clover God-Given Seed would have too little effect and be useless to everyone, but now the effect is too great, and we can't afford it."

The lords were silent, not knowing what to say.

Lord Yínxìng said: "Did anyone acquire a God-Given Seed this year? If you're lucky enough to acquire a few more God-Given Seeds, you can earn the Origin Stones to consume the Divine-Grade Wishing Fruit."

"How easy is that?" The prices of herbaceous plant God-Given Seeds are all below 100 million Origin Stones, and small shrub God-Given Seeds are around 100 million. Only by collecting large tree God-Given Seeds will their wealth increase exponentially, and the interest will be enough to buy the Divine-Grade Wishing Fruit.

At this time, Lord Shègān and Lord Fēilián each took out a spider silk bag.

The *Shegan* Lord opened a silk bag and pinched out a small, pea-sized seed, saying, "This year, I acquired a White-Spotted Vetch Divine Seed for 35.2 million Origin Stones. I've agreed with the seller to pay off the debt within two hundred years."

"Let me see," the *Ginkgo* Lord reached out a claw to take the pea from the *Shegan* Lord's claw, examining it and confirming it was indeed a White-Spotted Vetch Divine Seed.

Having confirmed the Divine Seed, the *Ginkgo* Lord began to assess its value, saying, "Once a White-Spotted Vetch Divine Seed reaches the King level, if managed well, it can produce 72,000 to 75,000 Origin Stones annually.

*Shegan*, you acquired it for 35.2 million, you've done very well."

The *Ginkgo* Lord calculated with its claws for a moment, then said, "The kingdom won't treat you unfairly. How about this: you purchased the Vetch Divine Seed from outside, with a procurement price of 70,400 Origin Stones per year.

The kingdom will take the midpoint of the Vetch Divine Seed's annual output, calculating it at 73,000 Origin Stones per year for you.

We'll give you Spider King Credit Notes worth 36.5 million, plus interest of 3.65 million Origin Stones, to be issued over a two-hundred-year period. How does everyone feel about that?"

The various lords subtly shifted their bodies, looking at each other in the darkness, not finding anything too inappropriate with the proposal.

The annual output of a King-level Vetch Divine Seed can indeed reach around 75,000 Origin Stones, and with the Flame Spider Kingdom's cultivation methods,

that yield can be further increased.

The price of 70,000 Origin Stones was negotiated by *Shegan*, so it does indeed need to be subsidized. Otherwise, wouldn't it be the same as saying to everyone that the higher the price spent on purchasing a Divine Seed, the higher the interest received?

Seeing that everyone was silent and not responding, the *Ginkgo* Lord said, "If everyone has no objections, then this matter is settled."

"That's really great!" Hearing the *Ginkgo* Lord say that the matter was settled, the *Shegan* Lord jumped three feet high, overjoyed.

According to the *Ginkgo* Lord's calculation method, it would receive a total of 40.15 million Origin Stones. The amount to be given to the beast warrior who sold the Divine Seed was only 35.2 million Origin Stones. This was equivalent to earning 4.95 million Origin Stones directly from the transaction. Although the receiving time was a bit long, it was still a great profit.

The other lords looked at the *Shegan* Lord with some envy. A profit of nearly 5 million Origin Stones from such a transaction, even if not used to purchase Divine Wish Fruits, would be enough for them to evolve several times.

With the *Shegan* Lord's matter settled, everyone then looked at the *Feilian* Lord, wanting to know what Divine Seed it had obtained.

The *Feilian* Lord unhurriedly shook the silk bag in its claw: "I obtained two Divine Seeds, one is a *Lobelia chinensis* Divine Seed, and the other is a *Trachelospermum asiaticum* Divine Seed.

As for the prices, the *Lobelia chinensis* Divine Seed is worth 33 million Origin Stones, to be paid in installments over 300 years.

The *Trachelospermum asiaticum* Divine Seed is worth 63.4 million Origin Stones, to be paid in installments over 350 years."

The lords present were very surprised to hear what the *Feilian* Lord said: "To obtain two kinds of Divine Seeds in one go? How did you do it?"

The prices quoted by the *Feilian* Lord for its two Divine Seeds were moderate and didn't take much advantage. It was just that everyone was more curious about how it managed to get two Divine Seeds in one year.

You must know that the other lords hadn't even managed to get one Divine Seed. In comparison, the *Feilian* Lord had obtained two Divine Seeds at once, so it naturally stood out.

The *Feilian* Lord humbly said, "It's nothing. I just communicated with the beast warriors who were trading with me and told them that I would purchase Divine Seeds at the average output price of 500 years.

"But we did the same!" The other spiders had also spread this message and didn't find anything particularly special about it.

The *Feilian* Lord said embarrassedly, "I added one more condition on this basis: if a beast warrior brings other beast warriors to trade Divine Seeds with me, then I will pay an extra errand fee worth 200,000.

The beast warriors spread the message everywhere for me in order to earn my errand fee. Before long, two beast warriors took the initiative to find me and asked me to sell the Divine Seeds."

The *Ginkgo* Lord and the others never expected that the *Feilian* Lord would use this method to have the beast warriors spread the word from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred, easily delivering the Divine Seeds it wanted to purchase into its hands.

No, it wasn't that no spider had thought of this method, it was just that they didn't dare to do so.

Some of the lords present looked at the *Ginkgo* Lord with some worry: "*Ginkgo*, Divine Seeds, like us,

can also become intelligent beings in the Origin Star Realm. Buying and selling them secretly is one thing, but wouldn't publicizing the purchase anger the Natural True God?"

If they were punished by the Natural True God for purchasing Divine Seeds on a large scale, then it would be a case of the disadvantages outweighing the advantages.

Before the *Ginkgo* Lord could say anything, the *Feilian* Lord confidently said, "This plan is the result of my consideration. As for whether or not it will anger the Natural True God, as you said, I have also considered this issue.

"I have carefully analyzed it and feel that my actions will not anger the Natural True God."

"Oh? Why?" Hearing the *Feilian* Lord say this, the other lords immediately became curious and wanted to see how it would explain it.

The *Feilian* Lord smiled mysteriously and said, "Let me ask you? Beast warriors don't have life pouches. Can they really successfully grow these ordinary herbaceous Divine Seeds, which haven't awakened their soul consciousness before the Mountain Lord level, to the King level?

"Of course not, it's very unlikely that herbaceous Divine Seeds can successfully grow to the King level in the wild, let alone in the claws of beast warriors who don't have inherited memories."

"If that's the case, then in the claws of beast warriors, won't many Divine Seeds die prematurely at the Lord level or even the Mountain Lord level?"

"We in the Flame Spider Kingdom have a rumor that the Natural True God is said to be a Tree race. Would he really be willing to let his clansmen die so easily?"

One lord hesitated: "But it's never good to spread the word about trading Divine Seeds as goods."

Hearing this, the *Feilian* Lord smiled again: "I've looked through the kingdom's historical records, and there have been Origin warriors who were punished by the Natural True God for trading Divine Seeds, but they were insect warriors who traded for profit and made it known to all insects before being punished.

"And I found that in our Flame Spider Kingdom, in every Origin cycle, there are Flame Spider merchants who trade Divine Seeds with beast warriors, but there has never been an event where they were punished by the Natural True God."

"In so many Origin cycles of transactions, does the Natural True God really not know?

I even think that this is the Natural True God tacitly allowing us to trade with the beast warriors in order to preserve more Divine Seeds?"

Hearing the *Feilian* Lord's explanation, the hearts of the Flame Spider Lords stirred, and they felt that the *Feilian* Lord's words were not without reason.

Their trading of Divine Seeds back from the beast warriors was also to increase the survival probability of the Divine Seeds,

and was an effort for the development of the Star Realm.

The Natural True God is all-knowing and all-powerful, and must know of their efforts and hard work, so why would he punish them?