Areca ran along the Starship Passage, breaking into a jog. As she neared the exit, she paused.

Up ahead, in the darkness, pairs of eyes of all sizes glowed with greedy green light.

"Areca!"

"Don't be scared. It's us."

Natsumi and Red Peach called out.

Grass Dragon said, "Seven-Leaf, Melde, and White Ivy are waiting for you in the grove at the foot of the mountain. They sent us out here to greet you."

Areca: "..."

Natsumi ran up. "Areca, hop on. I'll give you a lift."

"Alright."

Areca climbed onto Natsumi's carapace.

They dashed out of the Starship Passage, heading straight for the woods behind the hill.

After a short exchange of greetings,

White Ivy couldn't hold back any longer and asked, "Areca, just how many Divine-Given Seeds does Dragon Cypress actually have?"

Areca stood atop Natsumi's carapace, tiptoed to make herself look taller, and replied calmly:

"The Dragon Cypress Ant King has currently already sown the Divine-Given Azure and Southern Gorgon Seeds. The Divine-Given Red Cypress Seed is still maturing, and there's also a Divine-Given Bean Seed, which will be grown when it reaches the 2-Age Mountain Lord period."

"Another Divine-Given Seed?"

Natsumi was the first to lose her composure.

This was something Dragon Cypress hadn't mentioned during their previous talks.

—So Dragon Cypress already has four Divine-Given Seeds?

Melde, White Ivy, and Grass Dragon were even more shocked.

On Cloud Trace Continent, since they're in the Origin Force Silent Period, is it actually easier to get Divine-Given Seeds?

Seven-Leaf was briefly surprised, but quickly regained composure and asked, "What about Ink Orchid?"

Areca: "Ink Orchid currently has the Divine-Given Fruit-Scented Orchid, Northern Gorgon, and Emerald Flower-Cold Orchid Seeds."

Areca: "The Dragon Cypress Ant King and Ink Orchid also jointly possess two wild Divine-Given Seeds: Scarletlight and Southern Sour Jujube. Scarletlight evolved to Lord-Level smoothly last autumn, bloomed in the late winter season, retained 118 clusters, with a total of 2000 fruits."

Areca: "Additionally, there are other insects on Cloud Trace Continent who also possess Divine-Given Seeds, and they plan to sell them to the caravan through Dragon Cypress Ant King."

White Ivy: "Which others?"

Areca: "Not many. Blue Catalpa and Snakebark Maple have a male Green-Red Kiwifruit Divine-Given Seed..."

Grass Dragon: "???"

White Ivy: "Male?"

Red Peach: "Green-Red Kiwifruit?"

Melde: "You two pipe down and let Areca finish."

Seven-Leaf: "Go on, Areca. There's no Green-Red Kiwifruit plant in the inherited memory—is that a mutated type?"

Areca: "A wild mutant variety, vigorous in life force, rapid growth, huge plant size, and extremely high yield. Its enhancement effect is decent too, particularly for blood vitality."

Areca: "In spring, the male Green-Red Kiwifruit Divine-Given Seed blooms to pollinate the regular Green-Red Kiwifruit plants, producing fruit with Divine-Given attributes. Currently, Blue Catalpa and Snakebark Maple have cultivated 20 regular Green-Red Kiwifruit Life Seeds, but since they haven't grown for many years, their yield is low. Give it a few years, and output will improve, with lots of fruit every year."

Areca: "The Dragon Cypress Ant King's idea is to make Green-Red Kiwifruit Bee King Honey, priced at 2000 or 3000 Source Stones per jar."

White Ivy and Grass Dragon both did Origin Force Honey business, so if it's made into Bee King Honey, the trade rights sure would land squarely in their hands.

White Ivy, Grass Dragon, and Red Peach were openly delighted.

Melde asked, "And? What else, Areca?"

Areca: "There's also a wild White Rice Divine-Given Seed. It's Mountain Lord Level and blooms and fruits every year. The grains are too small, so the Dragon Cypress Ant King plans to make White Rice Royal Jelly, priced at 5000 Source Stones per jar."

White Ivy, Grass Dragon, and Red Peach couldn't restrain themselves any longer, bouncing and cheering.

Melde was rather annoyed, "Anything else?"

Seven-Leaf asked, "Areca, are there still some Divine-Given Seeds that won't be sold to our caravan for now?"

Areca: "Yes. There are also Divine-Given Seeds like Ghost Fan, Green Shura, Rattan Leaf Snake Grape, Sky-Blue Persimmon..."

"Sky-Blue Persimmon?!"

Seven-Leaf Mountain Lord's spiritual power turned sharp—with surprise and suspicion.

Suspecting Areca had made a mistake or misspoke.

Or maybe she was so stunned by the sheer number of Divine-Given Seeds, her mind was dazed.

Areca responded calmly and with certainty: "At Silver Cypress Mountain, a Red-Margined Tenebrionid Beetle Warrior managed to nurture a Divine-Given Sky-Blue Persimmon Seed, but the fruits definitely won't be sold to the caravan anytime soon."

Seven-Leaf: "!!!"

Seven-Leaf suddenly whipped his head toward Melde: Where did they get the Sky-Blue Persimmon seeds? Did you send them?

Melde was shocked inside but remained calm on the surface. "Ghost Fan Divine-Given Seed? That's the one that enhances spiritual power, right? Not bad! Go on, Areca."

Areca: "For now, Divine-Given Seeds not for sale include Ghost Fan, Green Shura, Rattan Leaf Snake Grape, Sky-Blue Persimmon, Black Fruit Huckleberry, and my own Wood Tangerine Divine-Given Seed."

Areca: "If they succeed in taking the Termite Kingdom, there's still a wild Purple Tung Divine-Given Seed that's thousands of years old and close to King-Level."

The five spiders and one mantis fell into a long silence.

Melde: "What about distribution of the trade shares?"

Areca paused, thinking hard and weighing her words.

The five spiders and one mantis held their breath in anticipation.

Areca: "The trade shares of the two wild Divine-Given Seeds, Scarletlight and Southern Sour Jujube, remain unchanged and both belong entirely to White Ivy Mountain Lord."

"W-o-w~"

"Nice!"

White Ivy and Red Peach cheered.

"Quiet!"

"Stop making noise!"

Seven-Leaf and Melde reprimanded, dissatisfied.

Natsumi: "Areca, ignore them. Go on."

Areca: "In the future, when the Bean Divine-Given Seed is grown, sown, and starts producing, Seven-Leaf Mountain Lord, Melde Mountain Lord, White Ivy Mountain Lord, and Grass Dragon all get 20 percent each, with Dragon Cypress Ant King keeping 20 percent for its own use."

Areca: "All of the Divine-Given Azure Fruits from the Azure Divine-Given Seed will be processed into Ant King Honey, packed at 5000 Source Stones per jar. White Ivy Mountain Lord gets 50 percent, while Seven-Leaf Mountain Lord, Melde Mountain Lord, and Grass Dragon each get 10 percent. Dragon Cypress Ant King keeps 20 percent for itself; once it's used enough, that 20 percent will go to White Ivy Mountain Lord."

Areca: "Red Cypress Divine-Given Seed—Melde Mountain Lord and Seven-Leaf Mountain Lord each get 50 percent."

Areca: "Southern Gorgon Divine-Given Seed—Seven-Leaf Mountain Lord gets 80 percent, Grass Dragon gets 20 percent."

Finishing her breakdown, Areca paused and added, "Dragon Cypress Ant King asked me to thank Seven-Leaf Mountain Lord and Ink Orchid on its behalf for providing the Divine-Given Sky-Blue Persimmon Seed. Ink Orchid is currently an 8th-age high-level Flower Mantis Warrior, and plans to evolve to 9th-age this winter, and to Mountain Lord Level by next year's winter."

Areca: "Northern Gorgon Divine-Given Seed—Melde Mountain Lord gets all of it."

Areca: "Divine-Given Fruit-Scented Orchid Seed—Seven-Leaf Mountain Lord and Melde Mountain Lord each get 30 percent, White Ivy Mountain Lord and Grass Dragon each get 10 percent, and Dragon Cypress Ant King keeps 20 percent for itself. Once it's used enough, that 20 percent will be split evenly between White Ivy Mountain Lord and Grass Dragon."

Areca: "Emerald Flower-Cold Orchid Divine-Given Seed—Seven-Leaf Mountain Lord and Grass Dragon each get 50 percent."

Areca: "That's all 9 Divine-Given Seeds in Dragon Cypress Ant King and Ink Orchid's possession assigned."

Areca paused a moment, then continued, "Green-Red Kiwifruit Bee King Honey—Grass Dragon gets 80 percent, White Ivy Mountain Lord 20 percent."

Areca: "White Rice Royal Jelly—White Ivy Mountain Lord and Grass Dragon each get 40 percent, and Seven-Leaf Mountain Lord and Melde Mountain Lord each get 10 percent."

Areca thought for a moment and said, "That's about everything."

Areca: "Dragon Cypress Ant King said the overall quotas will be distributed like this. Seven-Leaf, White Ivy, and Melde—maybe you'd like greater variety in your Divine-Given Origin Force Food types. Feel free to coordinate and swap among yourselves. Once you've decided, Natsumi, Grass Dragon, and Red Peach will go and inform Dragon Cypress Ant King."

Areca: "According to the rules, once today's distribution plan is set, it won't be easily changed before Dragon Cypress Ant King evolves to Lord-Level."

White Ivy: "I want some Divine-Given Red Cypress Seeds!"

Melde: "Then fork over 20 percent of your share for the wild Scarletlight and Southern Sour Jujube Divine-Given Seeds."

White Ivy: "Seven-Leaf Mountain Lord, what's your opinion?"

Seven-Leaf: "I do a lot of trading with the Ant Clan on Ten Thousand Nations Continent, so I can't give up my Red Cypress Divine-Given Seed shares. But I can let you have some Divine-Given Gorgon Fruit Seed."

White Ivy: "There are two Gorgon Fruit Divine-Given Seeds, so I'm not that fussed."

White Ivy activated her Earth System ability. The soil in front of her writhed, then floated up into a ball, stretched into a rectangle, and a column of plant icons embossed on it—each corresponding to a Divine-Given Seed.

Trailing each seed icon, four plant marks for White Ivy, Seven-Leaf, Melde, and Grass Dragon appeared in neat succession.

The earth solidified into a hard stone slab.

Holding the stone slab, White Ivy said, "There are way too many items, and Dragon Cypress made this distribution way too complicated. None of us will remember it all, right? I'll keep a record—one grain of rice equals a tenth of the share."

"..."

All the insects were speechless.

Like, you're probably the only one here who can't remember it, right?

White Ivy: "Melde, I'll be fair to you. Let's swap: I'll trade 20 percent of the wild Scarletlight Divine-Given Seed for 20 percent of the Red Cypress Divine-Given Seed..."

Melde: "Forget it, no trade needed. Thanks for your concern."

White Ivy: "Lord-Level! Fire System! Huge yield! You won't be losing!"

Melde: "I kind of like losing out~"

White Ivy: "So what will you trade?"

Melde answered slowly, "20 percent of the wild Scarletlight and Southern Sour Jujube Divine-Given Seeds for 10 percent of the Red Cypress Divine-Given Seed..."

White Ivy was furious: "Get lost!"

White Ivy: "Seven-Leaf, will you trade or not?"

Seven-Leaf: "I'll get lost."

Seven-Leaf: "I have no objections to Dragon Cypress Ant King's distribution plan. Natsumi, you head over with Grass Dragon and Red Peach and finalize things."

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