Astral Gods

Chapter 67 The Plan to Redeem the Little Warrior

Lord Purple Plum believed that the seeds they had brought out were certainly not the most precious seeds in their kingdom.

The size difference between the Rhinoceros Beetle Tribe and the Flame Spider Kingdom is too great. Under normal circumstances, they have nothing that can impress the other party and get them to bring out their best stuff.

Only sufficient benefits can motivate the other party to cooperate with you.

Sure enough, as soon as Lord Zili said that, the leader of the hundred tribes immediately became interested. It took out a Qinghun kiwi seed and stuffed it into Zihuai, letting it be incorporated into its life sac to grow into a life seed.

Then, with great interest, he said, "I've never heard of this before. Tell me about it. The spider kings in my kingdom are very knowledgeable; they might know something similar."

Lord Zili revealed some information about the three Zishan brothers to the leaders of the hundred tribes.

Of course, it wasn't mentioned that the yew trees could produce divine seeds at each stage of their life cycle; it was only said that the three brothers shared the same Force, and that the divine seeds could communicate with the three of them.

However, even just hearing this was enough to surprise the leaders of the hundred tribes.

It said it would definitely tell the spider kings of the kingdom about this strange tale and ask them what exactly happened. It would analyze the situation with them when it came to trade next year.

Besides these usual Force food transactions and matters, Lord Greenfruit also mentioned another matter.

"Chief of the Hundred Tribes, our Rhinoceros Tortoise Tribe wishes to ransom some of our young warriors. If it is convenient for you, could you bring some back to us every year?"

"Redeem the little warriors? How many do you want to redeem each year? I'll issue a task to our kingdom."

As mentioned earlier, insect trafficking is a major business for the Flame Spider Merchants.

The Flame Spider Merchants travel frequently across the continent and often encounter many unexpectedly born Zerg warriors. They will bring these warriors back to the kingdom, provide them with some Force food to support their growth, and then inquire whether there are any tribes of the same kind on the continent.

If there are no young warriors of their own kind, they will arrange for them to become subordinate tribes and do what they can within the kingdom.

If so, you can tell these tribes that the little warriors can be redeemed at different prices. This is mainly to earn some hard-earned money, since the Flame Spider Merchant species cannot produce Force food, and they need to find a way to earn Primal Stones to evolve themselves.

Besides the warriors spawning in the wild, some Zerg tribes may also unexpectedly spawn warriors of other races.

In this situation, as long as the little warriors are not of great use to the tribe, they will sell them to the Flame Spider Merchants in exchange for some raw stones.

The common Rhinoceros Beetle race is suited to living in temperate and warm-tropical regions, which are numerous on the Thousand Trees Continent, and occasionally Rhinoceros Beetle warriors are born there.

These little warriors are not lucky to be born in the wild. They have no tribe or elders and can only evolve and grow by relying on the food produced by their own species.

If you're lucky, you might advance to a higher level; if you're unlucky, you'll be eaten by various animals in the wild.

The Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe has limited capabilities. In previous years, they would have caravans bring back some junior warriors for them, but the number was not large, and they were mostly novice junior warriors.

There are still few of these young warriors, and there is potential for further training.

If they get old and have too many offspring, they will have to spend even more money to redeem them, and the Rhinoceros Beetle tribe will have no choice but to give them up.

The tribe must now plan for the future and appropriately adjust the number of young warriors redeemed in preparation for the tribe's expansion.

"If possible, how about bringing us back ten to twenty rhinoceros beetle warriors every year?"

The price for redeeming a young warrior is very high, ranging from approximately 1000 to 1 primal stones, depending on their age.

In previous years, their tribe would only redeem one or two young warriors each year, or not redeem them at all. It mainly depended on whether a caravan from Banana Island was lucky enough to encounter a young warrior from the Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe. If they did, they would bring him back as a side trip, without making a special effort to find him.

1000 raw stones isn't a lot, but that's not why they're unwilling to redeem the young warrior; the main reason is that the tribe's resources are limited.

Their tribe has eight wild divine-given seeds, more than twenty life-giving divine-given seeds, and with the divine-given seeds of their subordinate tribes, the total number is only about 50. On average, each of the ten warriors has less than one divine-given seed.

Previously, the output of wild divine seeds was shared among the tribe's high-level warriors. They would accumulate evolution resources and then use a portion of them to train the tribe's junior warriors.

In previous years, they even saved up all their resources to help Qingzhu break through to the Insect King.

If too many little warriors are redeemed, the result will be that none of them will be able to evolve.

Secondly, the territory within the tribe is limited. Two thousand square kilometers of land sounds like a lot, but it's simply not enough for so many Zerg warriors.

It is precisely for this reason that they urgently need to sponsor a King Insect to lead them in their development.

Now that Qingzhu has broken through to the Insect King level and begun to provide feedback to the tribe, and given that the tribe plans to expand into the Thousand Star Islands and is in need of Insect warriors, the project to redeem the young warriors has been restarted.

"Do they only bring back this many young soldiers every year?"

"If there are more, it would be best to bring them all back. If we encounter any advanced or mountain lord-level Twin-Forked Rhinoceros Tortoise Warriors, we can also ask them if they would like to return."

Those insects that advance to a higher stage alone outside are either nearing old age or have evolved from primal food produced by divinely bestowed seeds.

Their return will be much more troublesome. Their life seeds have all grown up. Since they are coming back, they certainly can't leave the life seeds there. They need to ask the Flame Spider Merchant to turn the life seeds back into seed form before migrating them back.

The Flame Spider Merchant charges a high price; it costs over a thousand Origin Stones to revert a high-level Life Seed back to its seed form.

Inviting one back costs 20,000 to 30,000 Primogems, not to mention that planting the Life Seed requires a large amount of Primogems and time to wait for it to grow.

However, it's not without its advantages. High-level warriors can form a fighting force as soon as they return, without needing much training, which greatly helps in expanding the island.

"Lord Purple Plum, Lord Green Fruit, I have noted down your requests."

I will make arrangements as soon as I return to the kingdom. It is clear that your tribe is in a period of development, and I have high expectations for you.

"If there are any benefits, don't forget our Hundred Tribes Caravan. For one thing, once your tribe's male mulberry trees pollinate your seedlings, they'll surely produce a bountiful harvest of divinely bestowed mulberries. You can sell us any you can't eat."

"Chief of the Hundred Tribes, you flatter us. Our small tribe has no plans for development. We still need your support!" The two sides exchanged pleasantries.

"The transaction is now complete, so I'll be leaving now. I still need to go to the Thousand Star Islands, which will take about a month. I can't keep the other caravans waiting."

"Then I wish you a safe journey!" Everyone was eager to see the Flame Spider caravan off and then divide up the Force food among themselves.