Natural God's Gift

Time flies like a swift stream, and three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

During these three years, Si Ye has been reclaiming land. With its persistent efforts, and with the help of many mountain lords, using various abilities and methods, it barely managed to remove all the large trees on the Dragon Bamboo Plain without affecting the kingdom's environment or the territories of other Flame Spider warriors.

Si Ye and Dang Gui stood beneath the Dragon Bamboo God-Given Seed. Dang Gui gazed into the distance. The Dragon Bamboo Plain, once a vast forest, had been forcibly cleared by Si Ye into a boundless grassland.

It could even see many areas that were scorched black, areas that had been burned. Even in the spring when vegetation grew, the newly sprouted green grass couldn't hide these marks.

In the entire plain, only the Dragon Bamboo God-Given Seed could be considered a tall tree.

Dang Gui descended from the air: "Si Ye, you've spent so much effort and energy to clear this entire plain, but it will take at least four or five hundred years for the Dragon Bamboo God-Given Seed to fill the entire plain, right?"

"It should take that long, but I cleared the plain not just to prepare for the future expansion of the Dragon Bamboo God-Given Seed. I want to plant another type of plant here."

"As you said, it will take four or five hundred years for the Dragon Bamboo God-Given Seed to fully mature. Leaving it empty here for so long would be too wasteful.

If we plant a top-tier plant, maybe one or two God-Given Seeds might appear during this long period."

Dang Gui clicked its tongue. Si Ye's calculations were quite good. According to what it said, it could really plant hundreds of square kilometers of fruit trees.

Most importantly, this is a plain. Compared to the mountain areas of Twin Peaks, it's much easier to plant trees.

Dang Gui then looked at the Dragon Bamboo God-Given Seed: "Then, should I use my time-releasing ability on the Dragon Bamboo God-Given Seed now?"

"Yes, you can use it now." After three years of growth, the roots of the Dragon Bamboo God-Given Seed have densely occupied the land within a few kilometers, and the foundation is extremely solid.

Hearing Si Ye's agreement, Dang Gui walked to the main trunk of the Dragon Bamboo God-Given Seed. Unlike ordinary dragon bamboo canes that are fixed in shape from the moment they grow, the bamboo cane of the Dragon Bamboo God-Given Seed can continue to grow even after it has taken shape.

At this moment, the diameter of the main cane of the Dragon Bamboo God-Given Seed has grown to about 1.8 meters, and the height has reached 250 meters.

Furthermore, Si Ye and Dang Gui both believe that the Dragon Bamboo God-Given Seed can continue to grow.

Dang Gui raised its front foot, gathering Primal Energy between its claws. The three Primal Force God-Runes on its carapace lit up. Among these three Primal Force God-Runes, two shone with brilliant white light, while only the one on the left lit up with a hazy white light,

not as bright.

The reason why this Primal Force God-Rune wasn't as bright was because it had used this ability on the Ginkgo God-Given Seed a few years ago, and it has only barely accumulated a few years' worth of energy now.

Dang Gui gently tapped the main cane of the Dragon Bamboo God-Given Seed. The central Primal Force Rune on its carapace suddenly burst brightly, then quickly dimmed down.

At the same time, an invisible force spread out from around the Dragon Bamboo God-Given Seed, and this force also extended along the bamboo roots to other bamboo branches.

After using the ability, Dang Gui retracted its claws and said to Si Ye: "After I advanced to the Second Ring Mountain Lord, it seems that the acceleration speed of this time ability has increased a bit.

After using this ability to accelerate the growth of the God-Given Seed, one year of growth for the God-Given Seed is equivalent to 2.1 years of growth without using the ability."

"Good, good, good." Hearing what Dang Gui said, Si Ye's eyes lit up. In that case, the wild God-Given Seed, which originally needed five hundred years to advance to the King level, would only need two hundred and thirty-eight years to reach the desired goal?

Moreover, Dang Gui is currently only a Second Ring Mountain Lord. If it advances to the Third Ring, Ninth Ring, will the speed of time release increase further?

If it advances to the Lord level, can this acceleration speed reach four times, five times?

What if Dang Gui uses the ability after advancing to the Insect King level? Could it allow the Dragon Bamboo God-Given Seed to advance to the King level within a century?

If the Dragon Bamboo God-Given Seed bears fruit, could it also speed up the ripening of its fruit? Everything remains to be verified.

In Si Ye's view, Dang Gui has made a great contribution. Therefore, Si Ye was not stingy and immediately promised: "Dang Gui, you have made a great contribution! Don't worry, I will never mistreat you.

From this year on, you, like me, will only eat God-Given Primal Force food for evolution. If your life seed production and the Primal Stones obtained from the merchant exchange are insufficient, take the Spider King's letter from my warehouse to purchase them."

As long as it's within the safe evolution range, you can evolve quickly. I want to see quickly whether your ability can further double the time speed on this basis after reaching the Lord level."

"Chirp, chirp." Dang Gui was overjoyed upon hearing Si Ye's promise. Its treatment would be too good. None of the other Flame Spiders in the kingdom have such good treatment.

However, it hesitated for a moment and still said: "Si Ye, don't you still owe the kingdom a large debt?

Is it really okay for us to evolve like this?

And aren't you still going to buy God-Rank Fruits?"

Si Ye itself needs to consume more than 200,000 Primal Stones worth of God-Given Primal Force food every year. Although Dang Gui doesn't have as many elemental talents as it and doesn't need to eat that much God-Given Primal Force food, according to what Si Ye said about evolving, 150,000 Primal Stones a year is indispensable.

It knows that Si Ye has been saving money all these years, preparing to buy two God-Rank Amethyst Grapes for Lord Dragon Whisker and Yun Shi to eat.

Si Ye waved its claws nonchalantly: "It's not too late to repay the Primal Stones owed to the kingdom in a few more years. And there is plenty of time to accumulate the Primal Stones needed to buy God-Rank Fruits."

It owes the kingdom more than 800 million Primal Stones. Relying on the output of the Mountain Lord level to accumulate, it wouldn't be enough even if it saved for a thousand years without eating or drinking. It's better to quickly advance to the Lord level, or even the Insect King level, so that the output doubles, and the speed of repaying debts can be faster.

As for Dang Gui's saying about buying God-Rank Fruits, the Amethyst Grape God-Given Seed only has a batch of output every 24 years, and only eight fruits are produced at a time. The first batch of fruits will definitely be for the Lords in the kingdom to eat. There's no need to consider this.

Waiting for the second batch of God-Rank Amethyst Grapes to mature would be more than 48 years later. Maybe it won't even be possible to buy one by then. After all, there are too many Lords and Mountain Lords in the kingdom. The Flame Spider Kingdom, of course, must prioritize the interests of the Flame Spider warriors.

Calculating like this, the third batch would have to be more than 70 years later.

In such a long time, it should have saved some Primal Stones, right?

Si Ye continued: "Dang Gui, work hard, and I will get you a God-Rank Fruit in the future."

"Chirp, chirp." Dang Gui made a piercing cicada cry. It could eat this pie that Si Ye drew for a hundred years. Although it was full from the pie, Dang Gui didn't forget the matter at hand: "Si Ye, we have accelerated the growth rate of the Dragon Bamboo God-Given Seed, and the nutrition must keep up. Otherwise, if the soil fertility is insufficient, good things may turn into bad things."

"I naturally know this," Si Ye has also planted for so many years, how could it miss this problem.

"The trees on the Dragon Bamboo Plain have all been removed by me, and there is definitely no shortage of sunlight needed for the growth of the God-Given Seed."

"In terms of Primal Energy, we can also supplement it with a large number of Primal Stones. With the existence of natural Primal Energy, we probably don't need to supplement too much. We can supplement a wave when it advances in level."

"As for soil fertility—"

Speaking of this, Si Ye couldn't help but frown. There are usually three sources of fertilizer in the kingdom.

The first source of fertilizer is after reclaiming land, burning useless grass and trees, and using them as fertilizer after carbonization.

The second is to crush seashells from the seaside. Shell powder can also be used as fertilizer.

The third is for the Flame Spiders to create swamps as insects, throwing various organic matter into them to fertilize and then using it as fertilizer.

There are various problems when implementing the first two methods. The insect warriors mainly use the third method to obtain fertilizer.

As for Si Ye, if it were ordinary God-Given Seeds, they could easily meet the various needs of the God-Given Seeds.

However, the huge potential and scale of the Dragon Bamboo God-Given Seed in the future can't help but make them prepare for the future.

If the Dragon Bamboo God-Given Seed grows in the form of dividing 12 branches from each branch at each realm, then it will have to divide 1885 branches at the Advanced stage, and more than 20,000 branches at the Mountain Lord level.

Relying on the environment in the Dragon Bamboo Plain, normal growth is fine, but accelerating growth may be a bit beyond its ability.

At this time, Dang Gui suggested: "Si Ye, when we went to the Star Sand Islands merchants, didn't we see many places where seabirds were flying?

I saw that the bird droppings on those islands have been piled up for thousands or tens of thousands of years, and many have already begun to petrify. Can we transport the bird droppings back to compost?"

Dang Gui had wanted to transport bird droppings from the Star Sand Islands a long time ago, but Si Ye and the others felt that it was too cheap,

that transportation would be a loss, and also estimated that no one would be willing to dig dung, so they have not taken action.

Si Ye looked at Dang Gui strangely, not expecting it to be so persistent. However, after hearing Dang Gui say this, it was also thinking about the feasibility of this matter.

"This, you can try it. Please ask Boss Little Thistle to build a big ship when you have time!"

"Uh," Angelica weakly said, "Boss Little Thistle has to do kingdom quests and has handed over his business to his junior, Green Thistle."

Four-Leaf Clover: ".."

Well, the Flame Spider Warrior who has advanced to the Mountain Lord level does look down on that kind of rental tool, a small business that earns hundreds of Primal Stones a year.

"Whether it's Little Thistle or Green Thistle, just let them arrange the construction. If we're going to build, let's build a big ship, a ship over a hundred meters long. We just happen to be developing the Dragon Bamboo Plain, and there are still many giant trees that have been felled and haven't been moved. If they need them,

they can have them pulled over to make a ship."

Angelica: "Then I'll go take a look there first to see if there are any suitable ship shapes."

Building ships is not a matter of a day or two. They won't be surprised if it takes more than ten years to complete, so they are not in a hurry.

"Then you go busy yourself. I'm going to the Ginkgo Lord's territory."

"Okay," Angelica, seeing that the matter here was finished, returned to the seaside to check on the growth of the shells.

In the past two years, in addition to land reclamation, Four-Leaf Clover also went to the seaside every half month to blow the Horn of the Sea God, and by the way, observe the growth of shellfish to see how they produce Primal Force Pearls.

It, Angelica, and Bai Zhi also discussed with each other how to increase the production of Primal Force Pearls.

They are not short-sighted insects. They know that if these shellfish can really produce Primal Force Pearls regularly,

then they can completely expand the scale tenfold or a hundredfold. The profit would be much more than what they could earn from being traveling merchants outside.

Meanwhile, Four-Leaf Clover went to the Ginkgo Lord's territory.

The Ginkgo Lord took Mountain Lord Banxia to Dragon Bamboo Continent for a year, and then took Mountain Lord Eight-Prongs for another trip.

It is said that they have already visited all the kingdoms on Dragon Bamboo Continent that once possessed God-bestowed seeds of divine quality. Now they are even crossing two continents to search in Cloud Trace Continent.

After running around for two years, the harvest has been quite plentiful. They have found a total of 32 wild God-bestowed seed tree hearts, including a God-bestowed seed of divine quality that grants water-based abilities. Most of the remaining God-bestowed seeds are also top-grade large trees, which has directly boosted the kingdom's foundation.

It's just that it is said that Primal Force Lands are appearing more and more frequently on the neighboring continent, and the original Primal Force Lands are also expanding more and more. It will be difficult to find such easy pickings in the future.

Four-Leaf Clover came to the Ginkgo Lord's territory and saw the Ginkgo Lord was practicing his abilities.

"Luxuriant, frantic growth." The Ginkgo Lord's foreleg lightly tapped on the grass, and the green grass that was originally only a little green in spring began to grow frantically, reaching more than two meters high in just a dozen seconds.

"Grass Golem!" Blades of grass intertwined with each other to form a dozen huge grass spiders, each five or six meters in size, not much different from a real King-level Flame Spider.

Seeing Four-Leaf Clover's arrival, the Ginkgo Lord raised a claw and pointed, and a dozen grass spiders immediately surrounded Four-Leaf Clover.

Seeing this, Four-Leaf Clover knew that the Ginkgo Lord wanted to use it to practice his abilities. It was not polite and directly activated its ability.

"Lightning Strike!"

"Crack," several lightning strikes struck down one after another, directly killing three or four grass spiders, and the original green grass was all charred.

The Ginkgo Lord immediately used another ability on the grass spiders: "Grass Jade Transformation!"

A jade-like shell formed on the surface of the original green grass spiders. Four-Leaf Clover's Lightning Strike ability could only knock off the outer layer of grass shell, and the effect was not great.

Four-Leaf Clover also used other abilities to deal with it: "Swamp Submersion."

Two grass spiders fell into the swamp.

"Grass Rooting." The Ginkgo Lord used an auxiliary ability to allow the grass spiders to grow roots, absorbing nutrients and water from the earth to increase their strength.

The two spiders at the forefront, trapped in the swamp, transformed back into green grass, fully absorbing the water.

The Swamp Submersion ability was broken, and the remaining grass spiders continued to move forward.

Four-Leaf Clover retreated two steps calmly and spat out a gust of wind from its pincer-like mouth.

The gust of wind spun in place and brought up gusts of wind-fiends, rapidly forming a huge tornado blocking Four-Leaf Clover's path.

"Tornado—." Under Four-Leaf Clover's control, the large tornado, with a diameter of more than ten meters, directly swept towards the remaining grass spiders.

The Ginkgo Lord controlled the grass spiders to avoid the tornado's attack, but still three or four were unable to dodge and were swept into the air, torn to pieces by the powerful wind.

"Truly amazing!" Seeing this, the Ginkgo Lord did not let the remaining grass spiders continue to attack,

but instead withdrew the Primal Force controlling the grass spiders, allowing them to wither in place and transform back into grass leaves.

The Ginkgo Lord said, "Four-Leaf Clover, you only recently advanced to the Second-Instar Mountain Lord, and you can already fight me to a draw.

I really can't imagine how powerful you will be when you advance to the Spider King level in the future?"

Four-Leaf Clover humbly said, "Not at all. It's clearly the Ginkgo Lord who is letting me win. Otherwise, how could I be your match?"

The reason it could fight the Ginkgo Lord to a draw was entirely because the Ginkgo Lord was not serious. Otherwise, with a close-quarters melee, it could easily be dealt with.

Of course, it was not belittling itself. It possessed seven elemental talents and 27 abilities. It could defeat ten insect warriors of the same realm and instar.

The Ginkgo Lord said, "I just used five or six abilities, while you only used three. Relatively speaking,

I am far behind you. If you advance to the Lord level, I'm afraid I won't be your match at all."

It had just used Luxuriant, Frantic Growth, Grass Golem, Grass Jade Transformation, and Grass Rooting, five abilities respectively.

If it could combine the two abilities of Luxuriant and Frantic Growth into one ability, or combine Grass Golem and Grass Jade Transformation into one ability, it could condense a Divine Rune. This is also one of the main attack abilities used by successive Original Flame Spiders to advance to the Insect King. With a lot of experience, it is relatively easy to advance.

"Haha, Ginkgo Lord, you are joking. By the time I advance to the Lord level, you will probably already be an Insect King."

"Who knows how long it will take." The Ginkgo Lord did not take it to heart. It is normal for an instar to stall for thirty or forty years when advancing to the Insect King level. Some insects may never be able to advance in their entire lives.

This is when having multiple talents comes in handy. The more talents you have, the more abilities you awaken, and the more ways you can combine abilities.

If this path doesn't work, you can take another path. If another path doesn't work, you can change again. There is always a suitable one. This is also the reason why everyone pursues multiple talents.

The Ginkgo Lord saw that the place where it had used Frantic Growth was bare and used the Moving Clouds and Spreading Rain ability to

sprinkle some rain on that area.

Its Frantic Growth ability has one drawback, which is that it overdrafts the growth potential of plants.

Plants will wither directly after using this ability to grow, without even leaving seeds. This drawback is too great,

otherwise, it would definitely be considered a top-tier ability.

A patch of dark clouds was sparsely raining over their heads. Spring rain was moisturizing the land. The Ginkgo Lord knew that

the grass seeds underground would soon be able to grow again under the nourishment of the spring rain.

At this moment, its heart stirred, and another ability merged into the Moving Clouds and Spreading Rain ability.

"Essence of Life—"

An invisible life force merged into the rainwater.

"Luxuriant—"

Another ability merged into the rain.

"Spring Wind and Rain Technique—"

Three abilities merged into a new ability.

Raindrops dripped on the ground. Under the bare black soil on the ground, green grass sprouted and grew at a speed visible to the naked eye, and flowers bloomed in the rain.

Under Four-Leaf Clover's gaze, in just two or three minutes, this piece of land regained its lush greenery.

"It's done!" The Ginkgo Lord said calmly. On its forehead, a raindrop-shaped Divine Rune appeared out of thin air and began to frantically absorb natural Primal Force.

"This—"

The natural Primal Force around the Ginkgo Lord continuously poured into its body.

Seeing this scene, Four-Leaf Clover subconsciously took a few steps back.

The range of the Ginkgo Lord's absorption of natural Primal Force became larger and larger, from dozens of meters, to hundreds of meters, to thousands of meters.

The strong Primal Force fluctuations immediately alarmed the other Flame Spider Warriors in the kingdom. During the spring season, some Flame Spider merchant caravans had already set off, and some were preparing to set off. They felt the movement and were a little curious.

"What happened?"

"I don't know. The natural Primal Force is starting to become scarce. It seems to be flowing towards one place."

"Did one of the wild God-bestowed seeds advance?"

The spiders did not know what had happened and rushed to the Ginkgo Lord's territory together.

When they arrived at the Ginkgo Lord's territory, they happened to see the Ginkgo Lord shedding its old carapace and emerging from the new carapace.

They were not ignorant spiders. Seeing this scene, they immediately guessed what had happened.

Especially after seeing the sparkling raindrop-shaped Divine Rune on the Ginkgo Lord's forehead, everyone was even more excited and stepped forward to congratulate: "Congratulations to the Ginkgo Lord on advancing to the Spider King!"