Chapter 1298 - 781: I'm Just Collecting Rent~_3

"Dragon Cypress Ant King, after managing the Azure Star System for ten thousand years, are the final accounts out?"

"They were tallied a hundred years ago."

"No losses, right?"

"Of course not. We made a profit!"

"Really? That's wonderful. Now I can rest assured... How much profit did you make?"

"About 10 billion."

"Hiss~"

"Impressive! The Natural True God always favors warriors like you from the Insect Clan, who are simple and kind. The blessing of the Natural True God accompanies you from your home planet into the starry space."

Pond Silk sincerely sighed.

Silently speechless.

The birds flying in the sky are undoubtedly foolish birds.

The two Assistant Kings following Ant King also appear dull-headed.

Can't say they're stupid.

They seem quite vigilant, just not very bright.

However, it's not uncommon; many insects within the Insect Clan Civilization are like this.

A significant reason for this is that some elders are overly dominant.

During their growth, important matters are handled by the elders, leaving the younger insects with no opportunity to engage in significant affairs, gradually losing the ability to think and manage such tasks.

Obviously, White Ivy is a particularly domineering Spider, wanting to handle everything personally.

Things are manageable when White Ivy is around, but as soon as she leaves, the insects below are dumbfounded and at a loss over any significant issue.

Pond Silk naturally asked detailed questions: "How many Divine-Given Seeds were harvested in total? What are they?"

Dragon Cypress: "32 seeds? The earliest harvested one was the Wind Insect Fan Divine-Given Seed. After harvest, we immediately sent it back to Xianglan Mountain for sowing. It's currently at Nine Traces Realm, bringing approximately 1500 Primordial Crystals annually! The second one is named Green Pod Leaf Divine-Given Seed..."

Dragon Cypress elaborately introduces each one.

Pond Silk listens silently.

I just casually asked, didn't mean for you to be so detailed~

Seeing Dragon Cypress's tentacle waving exuberantly with joy, it felt wrong to interrupt.

After patiently listening,

Pond Silk shifts the topic, asking, "Dragon Cypress Ant King, Chairman White Ivy mentioned that you possess as many as six Divine Grade Divine-Given Seeds?"

Dragon Cypress: "Yes. The most powerful is the Soul System Divine Product, Night Fragrance God-Given Seed, granting the soul system ability named 'Heart Realm of Tree Blossom,' mainly for hallucination, assisted by the ability to read and write consciousness information; the second strongest is the Life-Extending Divine Good, White Poplar Divine Seed..."

Dragon Cypress explains in sequence, eventually saying: "The sixth is the Waterfire System Divine Product, Bicolor Mulberry God-Given Seed, granting the ability named 'Umbrella Bird'..."

"Oh!"

Pond Silk was astonished, looking up at the Rainbow Mulberry flying in the sky, suddenly understanding, saying: "Three thousand years ago, the Divine Grade Bicolor Fruit that became explosively popular for a while was actually produced by your territory? Starting price 30 million each? Grants a nearly 'Law'-like strong Waterfire System ability?"

Dragon Cypress: "That's right. That's right. It was produced by our territory. We weren't sure of its value, so we took some to auction, calculated the average price, then handed it over to the White Ivy Chamber of Commerce to handle all transactions."

"..."

"Impressive!"

Pond Silk commends sincerely.

Walking along, spiritual power senses in secrecy, discovering extensive areas within the territory rooted with numerous Common Life Seeds.

Then probes with a question: "Dragon Cypress Ant King, while your chamber of commerce was managing the Zero Level Origin Point, did you also cultivate and recruit many Insect Clan Warriors?"

Dragon Cypress explains in detail: "Yes. Precisely 1000 of them; the earliest hundred settled in North District 4201. The rest couldn't fit here. Chairman White Ivy helped by leasing territory in the Fire Pear Star System, arranging them to settle there."

"I see."

Pond Silk inquires in a conversational manner: "Were the recruited warriors all placed in the Azure Star System to manage the Tree Sea?"

Dragon Cypress: "Yes. The focus is on cultivating various Top-Level Plant Seeds. Chairman White Ivy calculated that intensive cultivation and rough management would ultimately have similar returns..."

A particularly talkative Ant King.

Every sentence mentions 'Chairman White Ivy.'

Unaware of deceit in the insect heart, without needing detailed questions, it spills everything out.

Pond Silk felt unwilling to take ruthless actions.

The Ice Centipede ran steadily along the main road, turning left at the intersection.

Pond Silk asked again: "Dragon Cypress Ant King, is that mountain peak the station of the White Ivy Chamber of Commerce?"

Dragon Cypress: "That's right. Yellow Peach Mountain, filled with peach trees. They also raise many Little Spiders. Typically, Yellow Peach takes care of them, aided by Fish Vine and Column Spotted during their shift breaks."

Pond Silk asked again: "Your trade volume is quite sizable. Without Chairman White Ivy, who oversees such big business deals?"

Dragon Cypress: "Fish Vine is responsible, right? All trading revenues are consolidated with Fish Vine for calculation and review."

Pond Silk asked: "Could you please ask Fish Vine to come over?"

Dragon Cypress waves a tentacle, "Rainbow Mulberry, you go, inform Fish Vine to go to Xianglan Mountain. Chairman Pond Silk wishes to see them!"

"Alright—"

Rainbow Mulberry turns around and flies toward Yellow Peach Mountain.

Following the spacious ant road, directly to Xianglan Mountain under the Short-Handled Horn Tree.

Dragon Cypress proudly introduces: "Chairman Pond Silk, this is our guest reception hall, remodeled using the tree trunks of Divine-Given Seeds!"

Fancy~

However, being able to use Divine-Given Seeds for the living room and nest illustrates the extraordinary hard power of the ants.

Without needing spiritual power scanning, sensed firmly, hundreds of Divine-Given Seeds were rooted throughout the surrounding mountainous forest.

For a newly emerged Ant Clan force, this certainly counts as immense wealth.

Simply farming doesn't require a brilliant mind; enough diligence, coupled with some luck, can thrive quickly.

…

On the first floor of the reception hall,

The group of insects staying at Xianglan Mountain gathered.

After a lengthy introduction, they passionately greeted.

Dragon Cypress swings its tentacle to instruct: "Giant Cypress, Rainbow Tea, go hunt for food. Round Cypress, Fragrant Cypress, Black Peach, quickly move the pot to the lakeside and prepare spices and broth to entertain the guest..."