Natural God's Gift

This was a fruit about the size of a small green pepper. Its surface didn't seem any different from ordinary fruits, except that it was constantly absorbing natural Origin Power, causing bursts of Origin Power fluctuations that drew attention.

Several spiders searched their inherited memories and quickly identified the fruit's species: "It's a mangrove fruit, a plant that grows by the sea."

Dragon Whisker Lord swayed its giant tail, observing their reactions. Mangroves were plants that grew on tropical beaches, belonging to the mangrove forest family. Ordinary mangrove trees could grow to over twenty meters tall in high-temperature areas, barely qualifying as large trees. It had specifically inquired with the Beach Isopod clan, and the strengthening effect of ordinary mangrove fruits was Earth-type ability enhancement, an ordinary and common effect. However, it was highly productive, making it a decent plant. The effects of God-bestowed Seeds generally didn't change too much.

This God-bestowed Mangrove Seed was discovered when it was playing with its baby on a reef. It guarded it for more than three months, and only when the fruit was ripe did it use its Water-type abilities to collapse the reef and the tree together, obtaining this God-bestowed Seed.

However, mangroves were plants of the beach and were not suitable for deep-sea planting. It also couldn't plant them on land. Even if it could somehow successfully plant and grow them, it, a deep-sea fish, wouldn't be able to eat them. Furthermore, Earth-type abilities didn't match its talent abilities. Originally, it planned to trade this God-bestowed Seed to the Beach Isopod clan in a few years, but now it could use it to repay the Sea God Horn Lord for his help with the insect situation.

Tiger Cane Mountain Lord urged, "Four Leaf, peel the flesh to take a look."

"Oh, oh." Four Leaf obediently peeled off the flesh of the fruit, leaving the core inside. The core was slightly larger than a jujube pit, also in a streamlined cone shape, with complex Origin Power patterns floating on its surface.

After watching for a while, Green Maple Lord urged Four Leaf and Tiger Cane Mountain Lord: "Four Leaf, put away the God-bestowed Seed. Don't take it out randomly, be careful of losing it. Wait until you are in the Third Ring period before nurturing it into a Life Seed.

Tiger Cane, take the small warriors back and also go to Wind Letter Lord of the Iridescent Flame Spider tribe to get 40,000 Origin Stones worth of goods."

Four Leaf raised its claw to ask: "Green Maple Lord, can I come along too?"

Tiger Cane Mountain Lord said unhappily: "What are you following for? You can't even carry the goods."

Four Leaf said obediently: "I'm learning to do accounts."

"You can't even count, and you want to do accounts."

Four Leaf protested: "I can count."

Tiger Cane Mountain Lord said amusedly: "Then let me ask you, what is 4+5 equal to?"

"4+5..." Four Leaf's eyes wandered, uneasy and guilty. It counted the legs on its left side, 1, 2, 3, 4, and then counted the legs on its right side, 1, 2, 3, 4, and then realized it seemed to not have enough legs.

Tiger Cane Mountain Lord saw its small movements and teased: "Do you want me to lend you a leg to count?"

Four Leaf was both ashamed and annoyed: "No need, I can figure it out."

Green Maple Lord waved its foreleg: "Alright, Tiger Cane, if it wants to play, take it with you, but remember, it can only stay on your head and can't run around, or it won't even know if it gets stepped on. Also, don't talk about the God-bestowed Seed."

Four Leaf widened its adorable big eyes: "Got it, thank you, Green Maple Lord. I'll be good and won't run around or talk nonsense."

Seeing Tiger Cane Mountain Lord turn to leave, Four Leaf righteously reminded: "Tiger Cane Mountain Lord, Snowdrift and the others haven't taken their conch shells yet."

"What a bunch of annoying insects." Tiger Cane Mountain Lord ran to the reef beach to collect the conch shells scattered everywhere, then carried Four Leaf back to shore, calling out to the small warriors who were already playing freely there: "Little ones, time to go home."

"Going home!" The small warriors climbed onto Tiger Cane Mountain Lord's back one after another, taking their conch shells.

A small warrior curiously asked: "Four Leaf, what did Green Maple Lord call you over for?"

Four Leaf selectively told part of the story: "Green Maple Lord said that the conch shells I blew summoned Dragon Whisker Lord and the whale baby, and then called me over to meet them."

The small warrior pressed: "Dragon Whisker Lord? Is that the big monster in the ocean?"

"Yes, it's a Blue Whale Warrior, very big. It can swallow hundreds of thousands of small warriors my size in one bite." Four Leaf tried its best to describe the shock of seeing the Blue Whale Warrior up close to the other small warriors.

The small warriors shuddered, unable to imagine what it would be like to swallow hundreds of thousands of small warriors in one bite: "Is the one next to it the whale baby?"

Four Leaf: "Yes, the whale baby is very cute."

The small warriors muttered: "A monster bigger than two Green Maple Lords is still called a baby."

"I want to see the whale baby too."

"It's so big, will it swallow us in one bite?"

"Probably not? Four Leaf is fine." The small warriors were constantly tapping Tiger Cane Mountain Lord's carapace with their spider legs, discussing among themselves.

Tiger Cane Mountain Lord was annoyed by the noise and sent out a mental sneer: "I can take you there. Didn't you say you were going to use me to feed the monsters? I'll just send you over for them to taste."

"Ah, I don't want to."

"I don't want to be eaten either." Now the small warriors didn't dare to say anything more. As soon as Tiger Cane Mountain Lord returned to the mound, they quickly carried their conch shells off its back, afraid of being caught if they were too late, until only Four Leaf remained on Tiger Cane Mountain Lord's head.

"Four Leaf, we're going to Wind Letter Lord's place, hold on tight."

"Okay," Four Leaf replied happily.

...

The Iridescent Flame Spider tribe was very close to the Original Flame Spider tribe. Because the Iridescent Flame Spiders preferred places near water, the seaside was also suitable for raising small Flame Spiders. Therefore, the number of small warriors in the Iridescent Flame Spider tribe was one of the highest among the six tribes.

In the central area of the Iridescent Flame Spider tribe, a Lord-level Flame Spider was dozing under a giant hyacinth, with many Mountain Lord-level and high-level spiders lurking around. They used the hyacinth as the center, planting various Life Seeds around it and quietly absorbing natural Origin Power.

Tiger Cane Mountain Lord rushed over, its eight legs almost a blur. Four Leaf hid on its head, its eight feet tightly gripping its head, afraid of being thrown off.

"Tiger Cane?" A familiar spider noticed the movement and raised its head to check.

"What's wrong with it? Why is it running so fast?" More and more large spiders got up blankly.

"Ask it."

A Mountain Lord-level Iridescent Flame Spider stopped Tiger Cane Mountain Lord: "Tiger Cane, why are you running so fast?"

"Something came up," Having arrived here, Tiger Cane Mountain Lord was no longer in a hurry.

"What's the matter?" The Iridescent Flame Spiders were puzzled. Most of the Origin Power food exchanges had been completed a few days ago, and ordinary small matters were mostly handled by the small warriors. What else could it be?

"I'm looking for Wind Letter Lord to get some Origin Power food."

"Oh." The Mountain Lord-level Iridescent Flame Spider was a little strange why it needed more Origin Power food. It followed behind Tiger Cane Mountain Lord to see what kind of Origin Power food it wanted to exchange for.

"Wind Letter Lord," Tiger Cane Mountain Lord walked up to Wind Letter Lord and greeted: "Green Maple Lord told me to come here to get a batch of Origin Power food from you."

"What type of Origin Power food do you want? Equal exchange or premium exchange?"

Hearing Wind Letter Lord's words, Four Leaf was puzzled: "Tiger Cane Mountain Lord, what is equal exchange? What is premium exchange?"

"A small warrior?" Wind Letter Lord and other Mountain Lord Flame Spiders glanced at Four Leaf and didn't care. The most common thing in the Flame Spider Kingdom was small warriors, and it wasn't strange for one or two to be favored by their elders.

Tiger Cane Mountain Lord patiently explained to it: "This is a term we use within the kingdom for exchanging Origin Power food. Equal exchange means we don't earn Origin Stones from each other, exchanging Origin Power food at a fair price. Generally, we exchange for the Origin Power food we need for our own evolution from the other five Flame Spider tribes through equal exchange.

Premium exchange is selling to the other party at a price higher than the original price, mostly used in transactions with other tribes, or when we don't have enough Origin Power food ourselves and exchange with our own tribe at a premium."

"Oh," Four Leaf didn't quite understand, but still nodded obediently to see how they operated.

Tiger Cane Mountain Lord said to Wind Letter Lord: "The equal exchange price, with a 40,000 Origin Stone premium for Water-type Origin Power food."

Four Leaf: "???" This was another term it didn't understand.

Wind Letter Lord was not surprised and said calmly: "Origin Power food? Do you need God-bestowed Origin Power food?"

Tiger Cane Mountain Lord thought for a moment: "Half of each."

Wind Letter Lord nodded in agreement: "Okay, the Origin Power food will have a 20% premium, giving you a quantity worth 20,000 Origin Stones, so the original price is 16,667 Origin Stones, and the profit is 3,333 Origin Stones.

The God-bestowed Origin Power food will have a 30% premium, a quantity worth 20,000 Origin Stones, the original price should be 15,385 Origin Stones, and the profit is 4,615 Origin Stones, for a total of 32,052 Origin Stones worth of goods to give you, right?"

Tiger Cane Mountain Lord silently calculated and replied: "That's right."

Wind Letter Lord commanded the Mountain Lord-level Flame Spiders under its command: "Dragon Sunflower, Lantern, prepare 32,000 worth of goods for Tiger Cane."

"Okay." Mountain Lord Dragon Sunflower and Mountain Lord Lantern untied the silk pouches on their backs and selected Water-type Origin Power food from them for Tiger Cane Mountain Lord to check. After each item was selected and verified by Tiger Cane Mountain Lord, it was put into a small silk pouch.

"Sweet Cherry Seeds, two Origin Stones per seed, 500 seeds, totaling 1,000 Origin Stones.

Black Skin Watermelon Seeds, five Origin Stones for two seeds, 200 seeds, 1,000 Origin Stones..."

"God-bestowed Lucky Melon Seeds, fifteen Origin Stones per seed, 100 seeds, 1,500 Origin Stones.

God-bestowed Misty Blueberry Seeds, seventeen Origin Stones per seed, 50 seeds..."

The three spiders were calculating accounts there, picking and choosing, picking out Origin Power food worth exactly 32,052 Origin Stones, not a single point more, not a single point less.

Tiger Cane Mountain Lord took out a No. 3 silk pouch from its carapace and put all the small silk pouches into it. In the end, it was filled to the brim, and then it said goodbye to Wind Letter Lord, Mountain Lord Dragon Sunflower, and Mountain Lord Lantern and left.