NABC Chapter 118 The caravan has something to say!
Chapter 118 The caravan has something to say!
Chapter 118 The Hundred Caravans Have Something to Say!
The output of Divine Seeds at the advanced stage is not high. If it only produces a portion of the output of three Divine Seeds at this level, it only needs to send a Mountain Lord-level Rainbow Flame Spider to make a trip once a year, which can be considered as opening up a trade route.
However, it is said that the Rhinoceros Tortoise Tribe has been making great moves in recent years and can be described as developing rapidly. It is also a tribe with great potential, which is why it is willing to get involved and compete with the Hundred Tribes Caravan, which has been operating here for a long time, for a share of the trade.
Upon hearing the Thorn Leader's question, the Green Bamboo Armor King did not speak, but instead gently patted the yew beside him with its antennae, signaling it to speak for itself.
Zishan calmly replied, "I possess a wisteria seed bestowed by the gods."
According to the arrangement of the Green Bamboo King, there are currently three divinely bestowed seeds revealed: one male mulberry tree, one wisteria, and one red cherry.
The male mulberry tree, blessed by the gods, is primarily valued for its pollen, which can be used to cultivate large quantities of demigod-bestowed mulberries. This valuable and plentiful crop is intended not only for the Zerg warriors within the tribe but also for trade with other Zerg tribes on Xiangjiao Island, according to the Green Bamboo Armor King.
Therefore, not much is left out, and saying anything would only create more trouble.
The Red Heart Cherry of the Yew Tree is a divine gift, and the Green Bamboo King is waiting for it to produce super-grade divine cherries to tempt the leaders of the Hundred Tribes.
Although King Qingzhu Jia intends to develop a second caravan trade, there is a proper order to things, otherwise he might really anger the Hundred Tribes Caravan. Therefore, the only thing suitable to mention right now is the Wisteria Divine Seed.
"The Wisteria Seeds of God." The Thorn Leader pondered silently. The divinely bestowed food it produced enhanced mental perception and was a valuable resource that could be traded anywhere.
"This is pretty good. How much output do you get?"
The yew responded: "I only advanced to the advanced stage this year. The Wisteria God-given Seed is still growing and will only flower and bear fruit next year. The output will definitely not be very high at the beginning, but it will definitely increase gradually in the future."
"You've only just advanced to the advanced stage?" The Thorn Leader clicked his tongue with a hint of regret. "Then after the Wisteria God-given Seed blossoms and bears fruit next year, leave me half a sample."
Upon hearing the Thorn Leader's words, the Yew looked at the Green Bamboo Armor King, ready to see how it would respond.
Qingzhu Jia Wang said cheerfully, "No problem, we'll definitely save half a sample for you when the fruit ripens."
Then, Qingyulan, who was standing next to her, also took the initiative to introduce herself: "I have a seed of Yulan bestowed by the gods. It is currently divided into five parts, and it produces fruit once every three years. The number of fruits is also gradually increasing."
The Seed of Rain Orchid God? The Thorn Leader searched through his inherited memories, his eyes lighting up slightly.
Rain orchid seeds enhance water affinity, unlike elemental foods that provide comprehensive elemental enhancement or enhance a specific type of ability.
Elemental affinity enhancement primarily strengthens the speed of perceiving elements in nature and increases the probability of awakening talents.
Zerg warriors with water-based talent potential can increase their chances of awakening their talents by consuming more of these divinely bestowed primal force foods from the early stages.
Although the increased probability of awakening is very small, it is not non-existent.
To put it simply, the best Force food for enhancing abilities is the divine fruit that can directly awaken abilities, while the best Force food for enhancing affinity is the divine fruit that has a chance to awaken talents.
Rain Orchid, a divinely bestowed food, isn't considered top-tier, but it still ranks in the upper-middle range among divinely bestowed foods.
Tian Nanxing chimed in at the opportune moment, "I possess a divinely bestowed seed of Tian Nanxing with heterophyllous leaves, which enhances fire-type abilities."
Upon hearing this effect, the Thorn Leader showed no expression; this was a fairly common type of divinely bestowed seed in the Astral Plane.
Furthermore, it can only be consumed by Zerg warriors with fire-type talent potential. Its effects are so-so, its price is so-so, and its quality is probably so-so as well. Fortunately, as a food given by the gods with the power of the primal force, it will sell well.
Furthermore, neither the Double-Forked Rhinoceros Beetle nor the Forked Rhinoceros Beetle has the potential to be a water-type talent, so these kinds of divinely bestowed food are basically useless.
The War God Hercules tribe and the Sea God Hercules tribe may need to consume some, but definitely not too much, so that it can obtain more.
With the availability of tradable divine-given food as a starting point, both sides immediately became eager to discuss the trade of various kinds of food containing primal energy.
The trade of God-given Force food is ultimately limited; for a caravan to establish a trade route, it still needs to rely on ordinary Force food.
King Qingzhujia promised them that he would trade them at least 20 primal stones worth of primal energy food each year, which accounts for less than one-tenth of their tribe's total foreign trade.
The quantity was small, but the most important thing was that it opened up a door, and the scale could be expanded according to demand in the future. Both parties had a very pleasant conversation.
However, the Green Bamboo King did not demand that the Hundred Tribes Caravan bring top-grade tree species, just as he had demanded of them. This was mainly because it was their first time here, and the transaction between the two sides had not yet progressed.
If we make excessive demands, they might simply stop coming. When the time is right, we can perhaps ask them to bring more top-tier tree species, since the Hundred Tribes Caravan is too stingy.
The trade with the Thorn Caravan lasted a full day before all the goods were finalized, and the two sides concluded the transaction amicably.
However, somewhat coincidentally, just as their transaction ended and before the Thorn Caravan had even left, the Hundred Caravan arrived.
The leader of the Hundred Tribes greeted the Green Bamboo Armor King and the others, then glared at the insects of the Thorn Caravan with its eight eyes: "Thorn, what are you doing here?"
Although they were not insects from the same caravan, they belonged to the same kingdom and were both spiders on the route from Banana Island to the Thousand Star Islands, so they naturally knew each other.
The Thorn Lord calmly replied, "I was invited by the Green Bamboo Armor King to conduct some small transactions with the Rhinoceros Golden Turtle tribe."
"A small deal?" The White Wave leader looked at the Green Bamboo Armor King, then at the Thorn leader, feeling somewhat annoyed.
It rushed over only after receiving news that the Thorn Caravan had entered the Rhinoceros Tortoise Tribe.
It glared fiercely at the Thorn Chieftain with its eight eyes, but didn't say much. There was no rule that only one caravan could enter a tribe. Some tribes with large insect populations often had dozens or even hundreds of caravans going there to trade.
However, given its significant investment in the Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe and the abundance of top-tier tree species it had provided, it was naturally somewhat displeased that another caravan was suddenly entering the tribe for trade.
If it weren't for the fact that the annual transaction volume here is indeed large, and the Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe is also a major client that it cannot ignore, it would have turned against them long ago.
Even so, it said in a neither soft nor hard tone, "King Green Bamboo Armor, the Rhinoceros Golden Turtle tribe is developing faster and faster. It seems that we will soon be able to introduce a third and fourth caravan. However, the trade quota we agreed on should not change, right?"
King Qingzhujia knew that doing so might offend the Hundred Tribes Caravan, but for the sake of the tribe's development, it couldn't just rely on its friendship with a single insect and put all its eggs in one basket with the Hundred Tribes Caravan.
Faced with the barbed words of the tribal leader, it simply smiled and said, "Trinity, tribal leader, I understand the rules. Your trading share will naturally remain unchanged."
"That's good." Actually, what the leader of the Hundred Tribes was most worried about was that the Rhinoceros Golden Turtle Tribe would reveal the existence of the Super Grade Divine Gift Cherry to the Thorn Caravan, which would inevitably increase its competitor.
The leader of the Hundred Tribes directed his Zerg warriors to unload the goods from their armor plates one by one, then glared at the Thorn leader: "Thorn, now that you've finished your transaction, what are you still doing here?"
"I'm just looking around," the Thorn Chieftain explained with a laugh, then reluctantly led his caravan away.
Judging from the tense appearance of the caravan, the Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe probably has a lot of good things to trade with them. However, since their own caravan has just made contact with the Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe, they have not yet found out what goods they can trade.
However, there's no rush. Trade with tribes usually lasts for hundreds of years, or even several generations, so there's plenty of time to wait patiently.
After the Thorn caravan left, the Hundred Tribes caravan finally began trading with the Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe. The leader of the Hundred Tribes tentatively inquired, "King Green Bamboo Armor, I wonder how much cargo you traded with the Thorn caravan? Thorn just advanced to the Lord level; there probably wasn't much cargo on his armor, right?"
The Green Bamboo Armor King raised his paw and pointed at the three little warriors: "We didn't trade many goods, we just granted the little warriors the right to trade some of their God-given Seeds."
"The trading rights to the divinely bestowed seeds for the little warriors?" Upon hearing the words of the Green Bamboo Armor King, the tribal leaders' hearts tightened, and they hurriedly asked, "The trading rights to the divinely bestowed cherries haven't been traded, have they?"
"No, the Divine Cherry hasn't been produced yet, and we already promised to trade it to you, but we only promised the right to trade the Divine Wisteria Seed."
"That's good." The Super Grade Divine Gift Cherry is of great importance. If the Green Bamboo Armor King really made such a promise casually, it would be so angry that it would vomit blood.
Then it immediately became somewhat dissatisfied: "King Qingzhu, shouldn't the yield of the Zishan wisteria divine seed be reserved for our Hundred Tribes Caravan?"
"Also, the Arisaema heterophyllum was transported back from thousands of miles away with the help of our Hundred Tribes Caravan. Shouldn't the trading rights for the Arisaema heterophyllum's divinely bestowed seed also belong to our Hundred Tribes Caravan?"
King Qingzhu Jia laughed and said, "I just wanted to enrich the variety of divinely bestowed food that the tribe can trade."
The Divine Seed of Red Heart Cherries is about to be produced, which is a huge deal. Just trading this one seed's yield to you must be putting a lot of pressure on you, right?
Between the two, I don't think you need the output of the Wisteria God-given Seeds more.
The leader of the hundred tribes felt a jolt in his heart. If the divinely bestowed seeds of red-heart cherries were to actually produce some, the price would indeed be very high. In the long run, it might really require a considerable sum of money to purchase them.
However, it still stubbornly insisted, "King Green Bamboo Armor, you underestimate my Hundred Tribes Caravan. With our wealth, as long as you are willing to sell, we can buy up all the life-seed products of your tribe without any problem."
The Green Bamboo Armor King smiled but didn't speak. The two sides had been trading for decades or even centuries and knew each other's strength all too well. It didn't want to waste any more words on this.
"The Mammoth Hercules tribe has a divinely bestowed seed of a mountain lord-level cotton jujube that will soon produce fruit. A portion of the harvest will be given to you."
"That's more like it." The leader of the hundred tribes was satisfied.
"Let them trade. Did the tribal leaders bring any young warriors back this year?"
"I brought six, all of them are beginner-level soldiers."
"A novice warrior will do, but are there any high-level or mountain lord-level rhinoceros tortoise warriors that have been lost to the world?"
The tribal leader swayed his beard slightly: "There are basically no mountain lord-level rhinoceros tortoise warriors. Even if there are, they have been recruited by other tribes and it is inconvenient for them to leave."
"We do have high-level rhinoceros beetle warriors, but if I may be frank, while it's easy to relocate them, your tribe's current resources are insufficient to support so many insects. Bringing them back would only add unnecessary burden."
"Let's talk about that later." As things stand, with too many high-level warriors returning, the situation the leader of the Hundred Tribes mentioned will indeed occur. However, as the yew trees gradually grow, many of the divinely bestowed primal force foods that are essential for the Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors can form an internal cycle, eliminating the need to purchase them from outside and saving a large sum of money every year.
The unsellable fruit peels and pulp are consumed internally, which adds up to another expense.
With the expansion of territory on Sang Island, the probability of obtaining the Divine Seed has increased significantly.
Furthermore, it had discussed with other lords of the tribe whether to allocate a seed to the yew if divinely gifted seeds were found to have been born in the public forest, especially those herbaceous divinely gifted seeds that were not suitable for sowing into wild divinely gifted seeds.
Will it undergo the same changes as the Divine Seed of Red Heart Cherries after it has been nurtured? If it does, then the benefits of the Divine Seed could increase dozens of times.
We'll discuss and coordinate with Zishan later to see if it's a 50/50 split or some other calculation method.
It doesn't need to be many; just one or two more divinely bestowed seeds like the Red Heart Cherry would greatly alleviate the pressure on the tribe. However, these things are naturally not something that can be discussed with the Hundred Tribes Caravan.
It looked behind the leader of the Hundred Tribes, where six small rhinoceros tortoise warriors of different shapes flew up from the back armor of the Lord of Zehui Mountain and landed on the ground of the square.
Of the six little warriors, three are two-pronged rhinoceros beetles, one is an oak rhinoceros beetle, one is a mongoose beetle, and one is a hernia.
The Green Bamboo King swayed its antennae: "Purple Pearl, take these little warriors back to Purple Ridge. Send the non-Double-Forked Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors back to their respective tribes. The life seed of the Double-Forked Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors will be planted in Purple Ridge, and from now on they will be considered insects of your Purple Ridge."
"Good." Zizhu was quite pleased. The number of Rhinoceros Golden Turtle warriors in their Purple Ridge was increasing, almost surpassing Flower Ridge. If this continued, surpassing Great Green Peak would not be a problem.
With the little soldier's matter resolved, King Qingzhu invited the leaders of the hundred tribes to rest in the hall and arranged for the insect generals to set out the meat that had been prepared beforehand, so that they could eat and chat together.
Once it felt the time was right, it asked, "Chief of the Hundred Tribes, last year you said you had a top-tier tree species that could accelerate the regeneration of severed limbs. Did you bring it with you?"