ccnovels Chapter 878 - 648: The Great Cloud Trace Migration
Chapter 878 - 648: The Great Cloud Trace Migration
Rainbow Island has plenty of rainwater.
Beside Azure Lake, Dragon Cypress opened up a lake with a diameter of 500 meters and a depth of 1 to 3 meters, naming it "Black Lotus Lake," specially for the Black Lotus Divine-Given Seeds to take root.
White Willow moves first.
This guy still has a Thousand Mountains Wild Peas Divine-Given Seed; it's income after all, so it's planted as well.
The Common Life Seeds aren't necessary; there's no shortage of that bit of income, so they're temporarily stored away in the Life Pouch for safekeeping.
Black Cory has yet to evolve to King-Level, so it goes back to Xianglan Mountain to rest.
Once White Willow familiarized itself with the environment, it immediately threw itself into work.
The work content was very simple,
When Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid were on the island, the Three Insects would take turns; on schedule they would climb to ten thousand meters altitude, activate the Scorching Ability, and inspect the situation within a 300-kilometer radius around Rainbow Island.
When Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid were not on the island, White Willow would have to work a bit harder, taking on the long-range high-altitude scouting mission alone.
Assistant Kings Spiked Cypress, Giant Cypress, Silver Cypress, Cypress, Black Birch, and Black Persimmon had all used the Divine-Grade Molan Seed and Soul-Setting Fruit; they would then conduct regular patrols, activating the Soul-Setting Ability to sense the seafloor situation within a 30- to 50-kilometer range of their respective garrison points.
At night they also had to take turns on sentry duty, guarding against sneak attacks.
Once the next batch of Divine-Grade Molan Seeds and Soul-Setting Fruits was produced, it could be considered to assign them to Mountain Persimmon, Ghost Fan, Red Moonseed, Snakebark Maple and other Insects on the Cloud Trace Continent, to assist White Willow and the Assistant Kings, easing everyone's sentry and scouting burden.
...
Year 157 of Silver Cypress.
Early spring.
Scarletlight Mountain.
Sensing the Origin Force Fluctuation of the Dominating Throne's flight, Mulberry and Areca quickly came to the Scarletlight Divine-Given Seed tree.
Areca tapped its forelegs on the ground, sending out rhythmic vibrations.
The scattered ordinary Little Primordial Spiders in the rainforest ran about spreading the word: We're moving~
Large groups of Little Primordial Spiders, with their families in tow, hurried over to gather under the Scarletlight Divine-Given Seed tree.
The Dominating Throne came speeding in.
"Mulberry! Areca! All packed?"
"All done!"
"Dragon Cypress Ant King, there are a lot of Little Primordial Spiders..."
"Not that many. I came specially for this trip, I'll move them all in one go."
The Dominating Throne docked on the ground.
Dragon Cypress touched with its tentacle, and the soil on the ground surged up, floated into the air, and condensed on the Throne's soft cushion into a six-layer nest, then hardened and reinforced.
More soil connected the ground and the Throne, solidifying into six ramps linking ground and Throne.
Dragon Cypress: "We'll send the Little Primordial Spiders first."
"Okay!"
Areca tapped its forelegs on the ground, issuing the command.
The Little Primordial Spiders bustled about; after a brief chaos, they lined up neatly and crawled along the ramps, boarding the Throne and entering the nest.
Dragon Cypress asked, "Areca, have you decided? Will you stay on Rainbow Island with everyone, or go to Shanglu and return to the Tribe?"
Areca asked, "Dragon Cypress Ant King, could we do it this way: send the Little Primordial Spiders back to Shanglu to live— they can't wander outside any longer— and I will still stay with everyone?"
Areca couldn't bear to part.
It had lived with Mulberry for more than two hundred years, and had known Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid for more than two hundred years. If it returned to the Tribe, it might never have the chance to see them again in this life; Areca was reluctant to say goodbye.
Beyond that, Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid distributed their surplus resources to other Insects on the Cloud Trace Continent. Following Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid might be a bit dangerous, but resources were plentiful, so it could consider Awakening a third Elemental Talent.
"Of course that's no problem."
Dragon Cypress readily agreed, and again reminded, "After you arrive, follow the arrangements of Azure and Spikemoss; the Divine-Given Seeds can take root. As for Common Life Seeds, there's no rush."
"Killing one Kirin Beast is 1 billion, killing one ordinary Sea Beast is 100 million; kill as many as you like, all of them are just given away. That's far more lucrative than the resources produced by Common Life Seeds."
"Understood!"
"Good!"
Areca and Mulberry agreed, filled with hopeful anticipation.
Fortune favors those who brave danger.
Back when he was still Dragon Cypress Mountain Lord, he dared to scheme against and attack the Lord-Level Termite Kingdom, and took it down with ease; everyone had shared in the spoils.
Given their current conditions, dealing with Blue Island was not necessarily harder than dealing with the Termite Kingdom back then, while the returns would be more than tenfold.
Not to mention anything else—once they successfully got the Divine God-Given Seeds that bestowed Wind System Talent, every Cloud Trace Insect deserved to get one, right?
Or they could trade for the Divine-Grade Fruits that bestowed Water System Talent, which were even more cost-effective.
After taking Blue Island, they could use the Ocean God's Scepter to steadily comprehend the Sea Soul and Tsunami Abilities, and if lucky, even comprehend the super-powerful Sea Beast Devouring Ability...
...
Dragon Cypress made six consecutive trips.
On the first trip, it sent the Little Primordial Spiders to Rainbow Island.
On the second trip, it sent Mulberry and Areca over.
As for their Life Seed remnants, they were all refined into Crystal Beads and transported in four trips.
The Crystal Beads from Divine-Given Seed remnants were used directly.
The Crystal Beads from Common Life Seeds were sealed and kept cold; they would be used later when the time came.
The Cloud Trace Insects had scheduled their timing, concentrating their migration this year, so it was a bit busy.
From south to north, first east then west, one by one,
Dragon Cypress rushed straight to Ghost Fan Mountain...
The feng shui at Ghost Fan Mountain was problematic; in over two hundred years, not a single Divine-Given Seed had been born.
Woodberry didn't have even one Divine-Given Seed; all of its Life Seeds were stored in the Life Pouch.
Ghost Fan also had only that very first Ghost Fan Divine-Given Seed, so only the Ghost Fan Divine-Given Seed was arranged to take root.
Next stop, White Rice Mountain,
White Rice and Black Rice were a bit troublesome; they also had an elder Red Fox who had turned into a wild White Rice Divine-Given Seed, currently Lord-Level, rooted in a Land of Origin Force and unable to move...
Black Rice had gone to Rainbow Island to avoid the Natural God's conscription; later, it still had to return to White Rice Mountain to take root, staying behind to accompany Red Fox.
White Rice could live on Rainbow Island long-term, occasionally going back to White Rice Mountain to visit.
Next stop after that, Kiwifruit Mountain.
Blue Catalpa and Snakebark Maple were the most troublesome.
Their male Green-Red Kiwifruit Divine-Given Seeds pollinated ordinary Green-Red Kiwifruit Life Seeds, producing the lowest grade of Semi Divine-Given Level Green-Red Kiwifruit Fruit.