Chapter 1287 - 778: White Ivy's Scheme

"Divine-Given Seed of a Soul Constructing Tree?"

"That's right, Great King."

"Male plant or female plant?"

"It just started blooming, Great King."

"Good—"

Dragon Cypress pondered slightly and asked, "Southern Hemisphere? Northern Hemisphere? Growing wild or in an orchard run by the Insect Clan?"

Nebula Citrus replied, "An orchard run by Mountain Persimmon Star Lord."

"Mountain Persimmon..."

Dragon Cypress's breath stalled; he choked up and fell silent.

He had almost forgotten there was also that Mountain Persimmon...

Back when the initial reclamation work in the Azure Star System hadn't finished yet, and the Huagi Mountain Insect Clan Warriors hadn't left, Dragon Cypress had first arranged for Mountain Persimmon to open up an orchard on Stone Orchid Star and plant Soul Constructing Trees.

But that guy is the same kind of Insect as Ink Orchid, same temperament—was fine at the start, yet as he kept planting, somehow, before anyone noticed, it all turned into Persimmon Trees...

When the first batch of 40 Little Warriors arrived, Dragon Cypress assigned five Little Warriors to serve under Mountain Persimmon Star Lord.

Mountain Persimmon took the Little Warriors and planted Soul Constructing Trees for two years, and with one careless slip, they turned into Persimmon Trees again.

After that, Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid stopped assigning Little Warriors to him and also stopped bothering with him much.

"Isn't Mountain Persimmon growing Persimmon Trees?"

Dragon Cypress asked in puzzlement.

Nebula Citrus said, "He also interplanted quite a few Soul Constructing Trees."

"..."

Dragon Cypress had nothing to say.

Yet he had to admit, that Mountain Persimmon fellow had always been ridiculously lucky. Back on the Home Planet he'd grown two Divine-Given Seeds, Sky Blue Persimmon and Stone Persimmon—one Top-Level, the other close to Dual Superior.

Silent, single-minded, and his days had always been pretty cushy.

"Very good!"

Dragon Cypress said, "Nebula Citrus, go inform Rainbow Light to lead an ant swarm and protect it well. Not a single mishap allowed."

"When the Seed ripens, harvest it, store it safely in a Metal Case. Later, I'll have Round Cypress make another trip and transport it back to Xianglan Mountain in time for sowing. The earlier we sow, the earlier we profit."

"Got it, Great King!"

Nebula Citrus answered with a ringing tone.

Dragon Cypress withdrew the Nightfall Barrier, swung his Tentacles and slapped, roaring, "For a small matter like this, the Second King can't make a decision? You really had to sneak around and come report to me in person?"

"Now hurry up and get back to work!"

Two sharp lashes, a lifted leg and a kick, and he drove Nebula Citrus away.

Dragon Cypress calmly turned, boarded the Star Spider, and called out that Chairman Blackberry could depart now.

"What was all that mysterious stuff about?"

White Ivy asked curiously.

Dragon Cypress mumbled, "Nothing much. A Little Warrior managed to breed a pretty decent brand-new plant seed."

White Ivy, intrigued, pressed, "What kind of brand-new plant seed is so secret you can't even say?"

Spiked Cypress, puzzled, chimed in, "Nebula Citrus isn't the type to pretend to be mysterious, Great King. What new plant seed is so unspeakable? Don't tell me it's from the Soul System or something?"

Could you two possibly be any dumber?

Can't you see there's an outsider lying right next to us?

Absolutely no awareness of the situation...

Holm Oak: "..."

Holm Oak asked curiously, "Great Leader Dragon Cypress, is your Xianglan Chamber of Commerce still cultivating new plant seeds? What kind of astonishing plant have you produced?"

Dragon Cypress said vaguely, "A variant of Silver Cypress Tree No. 4121..."

The Star Spider trembled slightly.

Once its charge-up was complete, it dove into the Star Network.

Dragon Cypress then paused for two seconds, and continued, "Our Xianglan Chamber of Commerce has always focused on developing Silver Cypress Trees. It's not a small matter, but it's not some earth-shattering one either."

Dragon Cypress muttered, "Back on the Home Planet, everyone treated their Top-Level plant seeds—those that concerned the fate of the whole clan—like their own lives. Once we're in the wider Universe environment, most of them aren't that rare anymore. Only mutated plant seeds like Silver Cypress, with special strengthening effects, are still rare and have some real value."

"Holm Oak Great Leader, you Huagi Mountain Insects are leasing Zero Level Origin Points; you could consider devoting some effort to planting and cultivating them."

Holm Oak said, "But of course..."

Just as Dragon Cypress said, once you enter the Universe Starry Sky, all sorts of Top-Level plant seeds are countless; what matters is how much territory you have, how much Energy, and how many Divine-Given Seeds you can nurture.

Huagi Mountain has its own specialty Top-Level plant seeds.

Holm Oak Great Leader wasn't very interested in Silver Cypress Trees, and shifted the topic, asking, "Chairman White Ivy, earlier you said you had a brilliant idea with a hundred percent guarantee to lease an Origin Point at a low price from that branch Chairman named Pond Silk, from In Claw? "

White Ivy said, "I do!"

Dragon Cypress was just as curious, and asked, "What method?"

White Ivy narrowed her eyes and gave a sharp glance, then without ceremony raised a Nightfall Barrier that sealed Chairman Blackberry in the cockpit off from them.

"Same old trick—still exploiting Pond Silk the old Spider's greed, using a World Gemstone to lure and scam him."

"More specifically, point one: Holm Oak Great Leader doesn't need to show up. I and Great Leader Dragon Cypress will do the talking. We pretend Great Leader Dragon Cypress is leasing a second Origin Point, and still demand a 5% discount from Pond Silk the old Spider. I act as the broker, and the Origin Point is first leased under my name."

"A Zero Level Origin Point lease contract has one chance to transfer. That's a loophole..."

Like this, like this...

And so on, and so on...

White Ivy laid everything out in detail.

"Chairman White Ivy, will this really work?"

Holm Oak Great Leader's eyes were shining, but he was also a bit skeptical. "It can't be that easy, right?"

White Ivy said confidently and lightly, "Sometimes things really are just that easy! We've already succeeded once."

Holm Oak Great Leader asked again, "Doing it this way, won't we offend the Spider?"

"No such thing."

White Ivy explained, "In the Melde Chamber of Commerce, for a Spider like Chairman Pond Silk, the main source of income is profit commission from deals. Each transaction has a base price set by the Chamber. The final price minus the base price is the profit. Each time they close a deal, their Chamber position Points reward is calculated from that profit, plus a commission of between 0.01% and 0.03%."

"Spiders never take a loss. It's only a matter of how much they earn. We're just finding a way to make that greedy old Spider earn a bit less, that's all."

"Oh~!"

"So there are such inside rules~"

Holm Oak Great Leader twitched his Tentacles to show he understood.