Astral Ant Tribe

Rest overnight.

The next morning, Long Bai sent Bai Qian back to Heiguo Mountain. When he returned to the purple linden country again, Mo Lan also completed the search for the god-given seed.

Nothing gained.

Take a walk around the barren plains.

Wandering southward...

Finally we came to the Shuanglang Rainforest.

"Wang Bai!"

Mo Lan greeted with his mental power.

King Kashiwa's Divine Seed responds to a friendly spiritual thought.

After nearly a year and a half of growth, the tree's height is close to 20 meters, and its spiritual power covers a radius of more than 200 meters.

Wang Bai directed the ant colony to cut down all the grass and trees within 100 meters of him and replace them with chickweed, dragonweed and plantain that would not compete with him for soil nutrients.

In the area between 100 and 200 meters, all the originally planted fruit trees were cleared and turned into nurseries. Seeds No. 3001 of Zhibai and Yinbai were sown. At present, they have grown into seedlings ranging from a few centimeters to more than ten centimeters.

Wang Bai plans to try planting some of his own species first, and then gradually expand to other types of plants after he becomes familiar with the whole process of seed breeding.

"Long Bai, can you choose seedlings now?" Wang Bai asked.

Long Bai guided: "When the height exceeds 10 centimeters, you can start the first selection of seedlings and eliminate a batch of weak seedlings."

Wang Bai: "What if there is a place where the seedlings grow very strong? What should I do?"

Long Bai: "Pluck them out randomly to make room for other seedlings to grow. If there is a small area full of weak seedlings, don't hesitate to eliminate them all. You can leave them alone, or you can replant them at the right time. But if it is a large area, all the seedlings that grow will be If the seedlings are weak, then you need to check carefully to see if there is a problem with the soil or light, or if there is water accumulation due to improper arrangement of the plot."

"oh--"

Wang Bai is smart and understands things as soon as he hears them. He doesn’t even need to explain in too much detail.

Long Bai didn't talk nonsense, his tentacles connected, and his four-shot prosperity ability fell.

Mo Lan jumped to the ground and ran on the ground, running towards her god-given red-leaf rain tree.

Long Bai: "Wang Bai, you can do your own business. This year, Mo Lan and I are going to work next door on Wang Lan Continent."

Wang Bai: "Okay——"

Long Bai also took control of the throne and flew to the tree planted by the Elephant Foot King Orchid.

Xianglan: "..."

Long Bai's tentacles connected, and the four prosperity abilities fell.

Xiang Lan said dissatisfied: "Long Bai, why did you bring that mantis here again?"

Long Bai: "We are passing by, staying for a few days and then leaving."

Xianglan: "Go quickly. Take the mantis away."

Xianglan asked again: "Won't you send a Zuowang over? Black Birch?"

Long Bai: "Heihua is reclaiming wasteland on Xiangsi Island. In two years, he will come over after finishing his work."

Xiang Lan: "Hurry up and finish."

Long Bai controlled the throne to fly, stopped at the ant road at the edge of the ground, jumped to the ground, and walked into the 'Wanglan Forest' for inspection.

After the height of the God-given Elephant Foot King Orchid mother plant exceeded 40 meters, its growth slowed down significantly. It is currently about 42 meters tall and grows less than half a meter in a year.

The ramifications are similar.

The two branches of the first batch are over 40 meters tall and have not grown very much.

The second batch of six ramets are less than 30 meters tall.

At present, there are only 9 trees of different heights from the mother plant plus ramets.

The 18 underground stems of the third batch of branches have just begun to grow, and it may take winter to derive bulbs and seedlings.

The God-given Seed of Elephant Foot King Orchid is an herbaceous branch development model, but the tough lignified trunk is destined to not grow as fast as a real herbaceous plant.

It will take about seven or eight years for all the branches to be fully grown.

The red-leaved rain tree next door started to bear fruit the year before last, and will start to produce profits in the next two years.

"Xianglan. Do you want me to arrange 100 more specialized green ants for you?"

"want!"

"Okay. In winter, I will bring black birch, green cypress, and water chestnuts with me."

"What are you doing with crabs? No!"

Xianglan reacted violently, rejecting all life in the Force except ants.

Long Bai: "The cicada doesn't come to you. It goes to Wang Bai."

Xianglan: "Be careful, it will cut off your cypress tree with its pliers."

The gap in wisdom between Xiang Lan and Wang Bai is clear at a glance.

Long Bai: "...No."

…

Long Bai plans to station 8,000 soldier ants of various types on Xiangsi Island. Due to various delays in the seeds given by King Bai, over the years, only half of them have been cultivated, less than 4,000 ants.

There is also Shuangzhu Island, where 1,000 worker ants are planned to be stationed, but currently there are none.

However, fortunately, the delay in the reclamation work of Xiangsi Island has not been serious, and the reclamation of 40 acres of land has been completed.

It is winter in the southern hemisphere, and the temperature in the tropics is just right. Black Birch is busy transplanting the silver cypress sapling No. 3001.

Xun was also busy chopping wood with a pair of pliers.

Cuibai stood on the sentry post on the top of the mountain, activating his sunburn ability from time to time, observing all around, and always being vigilant.

Long Bai and Mo Lan arrived, and after a brief greeting, they got to work immediately.

Wanglan is a plant with remarkable characteristics and specialties, and it is considered a plant worth investing time and energy in cultivating.

Planning to plant...

During the season when the orchid fruits were ripe, Longbai and Molan searched all the offshore islands of the mainland and collected Thousand Claw King Orchid, Bird's Beak King Orchid, Pale King Orchid, Extremely Narrow King Orchid, Berry King Orchid, and Phoenix Tail King Orchid. , curved-leaved king orchid, linear-leaf king orchid, plus elephant-footed king orchid, 9 native varieties.

In addition, the Thousand Reef Islands Forest Vespa Kingdom cultivates a very good cultivar that can be seen by looking at the leaves and plant height.

Mo Lan landed on the island invisibly and brought back a batch of seeds, which he named "Split Leaf King Orchid".

10 varieties in total.

Longbai plans to open 10 square kilometers of land on Xiangsi Island and Shuangzhu Island each to cultivate Wanglan.

Felling, crushing, retting, soil improvement, land preparation, digging irrigation ditches, sowing, watering...

There is a new item added to Long Bai's daily work: every morning and evening, according to the instructions of the Linnan Sacred Tree, he will exercise his 'Frost Descent' and 'Frost Thorn' abilities for a certain period of time.

Stay busy until winter.

Work is suspended.

The orchid, green cypress, black birch, and water chestnut all moved to the palm tree rain forest to rest and chat with the king cypress.

Long Bai was worried that Wang Bai would suddenly need a large amount of force at a certain growth stage, so he began to travel back and forth between Fanglan Mountain and Julang Rainforest to transport rough stones.

60,000 coins per trip, 20 trips, and a sufficient amount of 1.2 million can be collected at one time.

During the journey back and forth, the ruling throne continued to produce ant eggs, and Long Bai also took care of it, and then cultivated 100 specialized green ants for the seeds given by the Elephant Foot King Orchid.

There are 300 specialized green ants dedicated to taking care of the elephant orchid.

With the elephant orchids now available, Wang Bai must not be left behind and must add 100 more.

Seeing that both Xiang Lan and Wang Bai were taken care of by 300 specialized green ants, Mo Lan was not happy, and the God-given seeds of the red-leaf rain tree had to be arranged.

I have been busy all winter in the Juanglang Rainforest...

…

Silver cypress 9th year, early spring.

Cui Bai, Hei Hua, and Xiangsi returned to Xiangsi Island to continue their land reclamation work.

Long Bai and Mo Lan were stranded in the Shuanglang Rainforest until the Nongchun outing business was about to begin, so they seized the time to return to Xianglan Mountain.

Dragon cypress, along with ink orchid, silver cypress, fragrant cedar and black locust, are waiting on the western half slope of the mountain range.

When the golden sun rose completely in the eastern sky, the Edelweiss Spider King walked quickly and arrived on time.

"Edelweiss Spider King!"

"Hello, King Edelweiss Spider!"

"The Edelweiss Spider King is here~"

Long Bai and his party greeted.

"Lord Molan, it's really rare that you are here this year."

The Edelweiss Spider King responded.

Mo Lan: "I want to see the divine clam fruit with my own eyes!"

All eyes turned to the back armor of the Edelweiss Spider King.

Edelweiss Spider King: "Fortunately, I did not disgrace my order, and the divine rhizome fruit arrived as promised!"

As the Edelweiss Spider King spoke, he untied the spider silk rope binding the goods on his back, took it off and handed it to Mo Lan.

Opening the bag, inside was a slender multicolored clay pot decorated with exquisite spider silk on the inside and outside.

Open the lid and seal the royal jelly.

"Wow--"

Cedar exclaimed.

Dragon cypress, silver cypress, fragrant cypress, and black locust tree all moved to surround Mo Lan.

Scanning with mental power, you can see the long oval hard-core nut, bright crimson, with regularly interlaced ridges like a date pit, and scarlet Force veins running along the ridges throughout the core.

Strange and strange fluctuations of original energy are looming.

The 'Queen Bee's Heart' ability given by the divine cranberry fruit does not belong to any of the conventional energy systems of power, life, soul, and seven elements, and is classified as a superpower system.

A rare and highly valuable artifact.

"Here——"

Mo Lan helped, bent her tentacles into the jar, pulled out the fruit, stung it, took a sip, licked off the royal jelly, looked closely at it for a while, and handed it to Long Bai.

Long Bai: "..."

Long Bai took it and directed five small blue ants to quickly lick the royal jelly stuck to the fruit shell and spit it back into the jar.

Edelweiss Spider King: "???"

Long Bai: "King Edelweiss Spider, there is no particularly important transaction this year. Cedar and Black Sophora can handle it, so I won't go there."

Edelweiss Spider King: "Okay——"

Edelweiss Spider King: "This royal jelly..."

Long Bai: "In recent years, the transaction volume of raw honey has increased dramatically, and the demand for royal honey has also increased year by year. The royal jelly used for storage is in short supply, and no small amount can be wasted."

Edelweiss Spider King: "..."

What a fussy ant and mantis~

Pay attention to food hygiene~

I can’t eat your queen honey~

The Edelweiss Spider King thought silently and said, "In that case, cedar and black locust, come with me."

After sending away the Edelweiss Spider King, Long Bai turned around, ran quickly back to the Ant Nest Royal Palace, and jumped on the throne.

Mo Lan also followed in.

Under Mo Lan's gaze, Long Bai carefully controlled a ray of raw energy to condense on the tip of his toe, gently cut open the shell, dug out the kernel, and swallowed it in one gulp.

The unique force energy slowly melts in the abdomen and flows throughout the body along with the blood.

A little bit similar to black lotus seeds, most of the original energy is integrated into the brain to strengthen and transform the brain!

--nice one!

——Anything related to the brain is a good thing!

Long Bai commented silently.

Now a 7th-year-old lord, a king-level soul can easily absorb and digest all the original energy in just one day.

Mo Lan, who was guarding the cave, stood up first.

"Long Bai, how are you?"

"Very good! However, there are no surprises. It takes a molt and evolution to realize the corresponding abilities."

"oh--"

Mo Lan: "We are in urgent need of a god-given seed!"

Long Bai tapped his tentacles and corrected: "Two!"

Mo Lan’s divine neem seeds are about to arrive, and the divine fruit that gives soul-based abilities will be delivered in 8 years. Molan will use two innate talents at the 2nd age stage, and her evolution will be greatly improved.

Molan also needs to shed her shell and evolve.

Moreover, the divine Meranzi is about to mature and be harvested, so everyone has no shortage of resources needed for evolution.

In urgent need of God-given seeds.

…

And one more thing……

Spades once ate a divine black ink fruit...

Long Bai went to Molan Mountain to pick up Spades and returned to Xianglan Mountain. After simple preparations, he evolved into a 2nd-year-old lord-level king.

Successfully comprehended the ability of the Red Crow Pattern.

Spades will stay in Fanglan Mountain first and strengthen all the life plants in Fanglan Mountain.

When there is time in the future, Long Bai will take it with him and go to various places of force in turn, using the red black pattern to strengthen his and Mo Lan's life plants.

…

Spring deal ends.

Long Bai and Mo Lan quickly completed the work on Yunji Continent, entered Wanglan Continent, and continued the reclamation work on Xiangsi Island.

…

Silver cypress 10 years old.

The reclamation projects of Xiangsi Island and Shuangzhu Island have been completed.

The size of the ant colony that runs the island is still less than 2,000, and Long Bai stays on the island and is responsible for subsequent management.

Cui Bai, Black Sophora japonica, and Ligusticum japonica went to Shaking Leaf Island to conduct a relatively thorough pruning of the various fruit trees planted in the orchard.

at the same time,

In the country of purple lindens in the northern hemisphere, the iteratively updated saplings No. 1005 and No. 1102 have begun to grow, with the first batch of flowers and fruit bearing.

The first batch of seeds can be collected this autumn and can be sent to various places of origin next spring to start a new generation of seedling selection and breeding.

…

Silver cypress 11 years old.

Cuibai, Black Sophora japonica, and Zanthoxylum sativum returned to Yunji Continent for a year's vacation.

Longbai completed the cultivation of ant colonies on Xiangsi Island and Shuangzhu Island.

All work on the island territories controlled by the Southern Hemisphere has been completed, and subsequent operations only require regular visits to take care of them.

…

Suddenly they had bad luck and couldn't find the God-given seeds. Both Long Bai and Mo Lan started to feel anxious.

…

Silver cypress 12 years old.

Yinbai No. 2001 finally produced Yinbai No. 2002 with better seedlings.

The focus of Lone Cypress's work turned to the Northern Hemisphere.

Bring along the black leaves, black birches, and black cypresses to start a comprehensive iterative update of the silver cypress trees in the seven places of origin: Hanlan Mountain, Jianlan Plain, Red Hinoki Mountain, Cicada Mountain, Hulan Mountain, Xuelan Mountain, and Panlan Mountain. Work.

The workflow is not complicated.

Uproot the original old cypress trees and dig out the stems.

The branches and leaves are all crushed into compost, mixed with soil, backfilled in the forest land, and improved in the soil.

Transplant new saplings.

All the work was carried out simultaneously, and the workload was quite large. Each Force Land had a planting area of ​​at least 15 square kilometers, and there were 7 Force Lands with a total area of ​​110 square kilometers.

It took three years and it was finally finished.

All the territories in the northern and southern hemispheres have been taken care of, and the rest is daily maintenance work. There is no particularly heavy work in a short period of time.

King Zuo’s task assignment has been simply adjusted.

Cuibai stayed at Xianglan Mountain and rested for two years.

Silver cypress, black birch, and water chestnut are permanently stationed on Yee Island in Wanglan Continent. You only need to go to Xiangsi Island once a year to prune the fruit trees.

…

Silver cypress 15 years old.

After the spring trade ended, Long Bai and Mo Lan packed up and set off to start this year's search for the God-given seeds.

There is nothing to be busy with, just stop and go along the way to collect samples of animals and plants.

The ruling throne flew low and low against the mountains and forests, then entered the palm rainforest with a full load, heading straight to the location where the seed given by the God of King Kashiwa took root.

"Huh?"

"oh--"

"Long cypress! Look! The top of the king cypress tree!"

With her sharp eyes, Mo Lan could see from four to five hundred meters away that at the top of the tree, there were dots of silver light reflected in the sunlight.

Long Bai also noticed something strange. He looked closely and saw that it was a round fruit about three centimeters in diameter.

——Has the seed given by the god King Kashiwa bloomed? !

——Not only are they blooming, but the fruits are quite big.

——Isn’t that right? when?

——We were here last autumn, and it should be the flowers that bloomed last winter or this spring.

--Um! right! Wow!

"Great!"

Mo Lan cheered, spread her wings and soared into the air, her figure flashing, and she flew towards the seed given by the god of King Bai.

Long Bai also urged the throne to move forward at full speed.

"Longbai!"

As he got closer, Wang Bai took the initiative to greet him and introduced him cheerfully: "Long Bai, look at the top of the tree! I've blossomed. There's a fruit hanging on it."

Long Bai: "...I saw it."

Long Bai: "A flower?"

Wang Bai: "Only one."

Mo Lan circled three times around the god-given seed of King Cypress, landed on the top of the throne's backrest, and said: "Long Cypress, there is only one fruit."

Long Bai: "I saw——"

After 8 years of growth, the plant of the King Kashiwa god-given plant is nearly 100 meters tall.

Such a big tree and one fruit?

Long Bai's thoughts changed rapidly, and he understood instantly, and said in surprise: "Wang Bai is a divine seed similar to the Yizhao flower and the olive tree!"

Mo Lan's eyes lit up and she shouted in surprise: "Yes!"

An idea flashed in Mo Lan's mind, and she added: "There is also Phytophthora, the Phytophthora plant's god-given seed! The cave paintings show that it only produces one fruit at a time."

Long Bai moved his tentacles and said solemnly: "Yes!"

Long Bai calmly analyzed: "One fruit at a time, the flowering and fruiting cycle is still relatively long. Calculated evenly, the yield is not satisfactory. The divine Yizhao fruit takes 6 years, and the divine Trichosanthes fruit lasts 8 years. The same goes for Phytolacca fruit. 8 years?"

Mo Lan: "Yes! Preliminary estimates indicate that the flowering and fruiting cycle of the divine Wang Baizi is 6 to 8 years. The lord level may take a little longer."

Mo Lan tilted his head, calculated, and said depressedly: "Long Bai, that's not right! The ability given may be very powerful, but how high can the unit price be? 5 million? 10 million? Only the soul-type divine product Liudaozi is sold. 12 million. On average, the income is not high! If the abilities given are not good, wouldn’t it mean that the average annual income is less than one million? Then it is not as good as Dalan..."

This account can be calculated like this...

But, what if it’s at the level of the divine Phytolacca fruit?

Everything is possible!

Long Bai's heart was still burning, his consciousness shifted, and he praised Wang Bai: "Wang Bai, you did a good job!"

The throne of domination rested under the tree.

Long Bai connected his tentacles and fired eight consecutive rounds of prosperity. He waved his claws and said grandly: "Wang Bai, the raw stones are stored in the ant nest treasure house. If necessary, you can direct the worker ants to take them. There is no need to save. While you are bearing fruit, you Don’t delay your growth.”

Wang Bai: "Longbai...the original stone...is gone..." (End of this chapter)