Ant Lord in the Star Realm-Chapter 612 - 561 Black Sophora_2

"Azure, how is the cultivation work going on Silver Cypress No. 3?"

Dragon Cypress inquired about the situation.

Azure reported, "First, I used bud cultivation to propagate 10,000 seedlings. I plan to select and keep 2,000 strong ones, and transplant them in the spring next year."

Azure: "The mutant Silver Cypress No. 3 mother tree you sent back can grow to just over 2.5 meters tall this year. It will bloom next spring, and the first batch of seeds should be produced next year."

Dragon Cypress: "Very good—"

Spiked Cypress, Fragrant Cypress, and Black Persimmon, having noticed the commotion, hurried over.

Dragon Cypress paused, waited for all of them to arrive, and instructed, "Once Silver Cypress No. 3 produces seeds, just send them to the Purple Tung Insect Nation to sow. For now, don't promote it elsewhere. Wait until Ivy selects one as a Life Seed and confirms what type of enhancement it has, then we'll decide."

"Alright."

"Understood."

"Got it."

Azure, Fragrant Cypress, and Black Persimmon responded.

Not involved, Spiked Cypress crawled onto the throne, waving its tentacles around to search. On it was just a pile of empty Spider Silk Bags and a few empty cans, as well as a temporary wooden Ant Nest made from a tree stump, used for storing ant eggs.

"Great King, where's Second King?"

Dragon Cypress responded irritably, "You think you can dig Second King out of the junk pile or something?"

Spiked Cypress: "I checked, but didn't find any trace of Second King's scent."

Fragrant Cypress also questioned, "Great King, did Second King stay on Fragrant Silk Island?"

Dragon Cypress gave a brief explanation, "There's a Divine-Given Locust Tree Seed being nurtured on Scarletlight Mountain. Second King stayed behind to help."

Dragon Cypress: "A Specialized Blue Ant capable of evolving into Assistant King appeared on Swinging Leaf Island. Its name is Black Sophora. I've arranged for it to get used to the Ant Nest environment. Fragrant Cypress, go check the Treasury and see if there are any Black Lotus Seeds left."

"Wow!"

"Yay!"

Fragrant Cypress cheered.

"Great King rules!" Spiked Cypress spun around and charged toward the Ant Nest first.

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The Xianglan Mountain Treasury always keeps Black Lotus Seeds in reserve.

Fragrant Cypress found some.

Black Sophora tried one.

The Origin Force was fully absorbed and merged with the brain.

This confirmed that Black Sophora could ascend and evolve into Assistant King.

For now, Black Sophora remained in Xianglan Mountain under the care of Fragrant Cypress.

Dragon Cypress went to White Lotus Lake to check on the growth of the White Wax Tree Divine-Given Seed.

After nearly 10 months of growth, the tree had just exceeded eight meters tall. Now it was midsummer—high heat, intense light—just the time for branches and leaves to sprout and for vigorous growth.

The soul consciousness had already awakened. Dragon Cypress stayed at White Lotus Lake for two months, communicating with the White Wax Tree Divine-Given Seed, imparting knowledge, and building a closer relationship with the Divine-Given Nine-Leaf Huangqian Seed planted there too.

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Deep autumn,

Scarletlight Mountain was still hot.

Ink Orchid lounged alone under the Scarletlight Divine-Given Seed tree for shade, surrounded by a large group of ordinary Little Primordial Spiders.

——Huh?

Ink Orchid looked up in confusion, carefully stood, unfurled her wings and fanned them, driving away the nearby Little Flame Spiders, then slowly walked into the open and leapt into the air to meet what was coming.

"Dragon Cypress?"

Ink Orchid circled and landed on the throne, asking in confusion, "How did you come from the north?"

Dragon Cypress gave a brief explanation: "A Specialized Blue Ant that can advance to Assistant King appeared at the branch nest of Swinging Leaf Island. I sent it back to Xianglan Mountain, then stayed at White Lotus Lake for another two months."

"Oh—"

Ink Orchid cheered, "That's wonderful!"

Currently, the Xianglan Mountain Kingdom was not short of resources, but lacking Assistant Kings to command labor.

Gigantification Soldier Ants specialized in combat; Intelligent Worker Ants could only handle logistics and territory operations. These two kinds of Command Ants had a singular purpose, which wasn't cost-effective.

Adding another all-purpose Assistant King was indeed tremendous news.

After her excitement, Ink Orchid squeezed past Dragon Cypress and turned to check the Spider Silk Bags on the throne.

Dragon Cypress: "..."

Dragon Cypress asked, "Did the Divine-Given Locust Tree Seed get harvested successfully?"

Ink Orchid: "Of course!"

Dragon Cypress briefly explained, "I loaned 500,000 Source Stones' worth of Ant King Honey and 500,000 Source Stones' worth of Origin Force Ant Honey to Mulberry, to help it evolve quickly to the third Age Period and produce the Divine-Given Locust Tree Seed."

Ink Orchid: "I was just about to mention this!"

At the entrance of Mulberry's cave is a native locust tree, its enhancement effect is Wood Element Ability Enhancement, focusing on the wood element's capability to promote rapid plant growth—like the Bean Vine Entanglement Ability.

It might also assist with Dragon Cypress's Flourish and Tranquility abilities.

The price is slightly higher than the comprehensive type of Wood Element Ability enhancement effects.

Locust tree is a great tall tree species, with decent yield and fine quality. Overall, it's a pretty good Divine-Given Seed, at the Lord-level, with an annual output of roughly 180,000 to 200,000 Source Stones.

Sow it two or three years ahead, and most of the loaned Source Stones can be recovered.

Mulberry and Areca, working in the forest, sensed the Origin Force Fluctuation and hurried over to wait beneath the Scarletlight Divine-Given Seed tree.

Ink Orchid grabbed two bags of Ant King Honey, left the throne, then sped down, "Mulberry, good news..."

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Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid started this year's autumn roving merchant trade and Divine-Given Seed search mission.

Then came the Divine-Given Seed search work in the Southern Hemisphere.

Next was the reinforcement work on the Swinging Leaf Island underground water vein network.

After that,

the Northern Hemisphere entered a new spring.

Returned White Rice to the mountain.

Dragon Cypress urgently transported last year's stockpile of 4.5 million Source Stones from Snow Cedar Mountain to Huagi Mountain.

When all the work was done, time had almost run out.

Residing permanently at Xianglan Mountain and waiting patiently for half a month, the Snow Velvet Spider King arrived as promised, causing a stir on the mountain.

Dragon Cypress had Fragrant Cypress and Spiked Cypress hurry to prepare the welcome banquet.

"Seems I came a bit early." The Snow Velvet Spider King was in high spirits, saw Dragon Cypress holding a black metal can in both claws, came closer to take a look, and curiously asked,

"Dragon Cypress Ant King, is this what you mentioned... Ant King Honey?"

"Yes. Ant King Honey. Sweet stuff. Spiders don't like sweet things."

"Who told you spiders don't like sweet things?"

"Maybe it's just Dulai Flame Spiders that don't like sweets."