Chapter 1329 - 791: Earthbound

Returning to Xianglan Mountain,

Dragon Cypress was doing his routine patrol of the Territory when he saw King Cypress, and suddenly thought of Upright Lotus and the others again, so he called Black Birch over for questioning.

"Black Birch, have you made any inquiries? Captain Upright Lotus, Kansui and Chairman Giant Taro, when exactly did their group leave the Venus Star System?"

"Great King, according to your instructions, I've investigated in detail."

Black Birch tilted his head, did some calculations, and said: "Roughly ten thousand years ago, they left the Venus Star System, took Captain Upright Lotus's Haimeng Ship, and headed for the Dawn Star System."

"They have a Third-level Starship, fast enough. The time they spent staying in the Dawn Star System shouldn't exceed 500 years. Calculating it out, at this moment they should be on the way to the White Crystal Star System."

That matched what everyone had agreed on.

Dragon Cypress lightly tapped his Tentacle and said: "Barring accidents, they should be on the way here, and almost arriving."

If that Leader-Level Starship they got from the White Tower Civilization was successfully cracked, Upright Lotus and the others, traveling at over a thousand times lightspeed, by rough estimate should be arriving within nearly two thousand years.

Dragon Cypress then briefly asked Black Birch a few questions about the situation over at the Wave Tree Bay Chamber of Commerce, and sent the Insect away.

The reason he kept a close eye on the movements of Upright Lotus, Kansui, Giant Taro, Purple Cicada, Chickpea and the others was mainly curiosity about what kind of foundation the White Tower Civilization actually had.

He also didn't know whether the Five Old Spiders could dig up any relevant intel.

Secondly, Dragon Cypress had already set the price, planning to wholesale Wangbai Seeds to them at 1 billion per Seed.

Back when he explored the ruins, he harvested a total of 1003 Technological Star Cores. The Five Old Spiders took 100 of them. They've lived for a long time and have deep inter-insect connections, so their demand for Wangbai Seeds should be huge.

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In these recent ten thousand years, there were too many places to spend Primordial Crystals,

With Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid taking the lead, the Insects of the Xianglan Chamber of Commerce went on long journeys in rotation to purchase Divine-Grade Fruits; that was a massive expense.

After returning from their travels, they broke through and evolved one after another. After Evolution, they needed to use Divine-Given Origin Force Food to evolve and grow, which was another expense.

Especially Dragon Cypress, who planned to charge straight up to Age Period 7 of the Star Realm; his expenses were the largest.

Each Age Period Evolution in the Planet Realm requires about 120 million in resources.

Each Age Period Evolution in the Star Realm costs as much as around 360 million.

In the Planet Realm you also have to consider using Soul System Divine-Given Gene Potions; to complete one Age Period of Evolution, the price is ten times higher, a cost of 1.2 billion...

The forty Wild God-Given Seeds of Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid had stayed in the Star Marks Realm for too long; they had to arrange Primordial Gemstones as soon as possible.

In the Azure Star System, among the Wind Insect Fans, Green Pod Leaf, Thin Fruit Hook-Spine Hemp and other Wild God-Given Seeds harvested in the previous ten thousand years, those with high Origin Force Talent had already condensed six, seven, even eight Traces.

For Origin Force Plants, combining Nine Traces into One is the hardest.

According to senior experience, the best cultivation method is to use the first Primordial Gemstone at the Nine Traces Realm, when condensing the ninth Trace, to assist the breakthrough and advance to the Star Marks Realm.

Then, depending on how high the Origin Force Plant's Talent is, you use the second and third Primordial Gemstones.

If the Talent is extremely high, you can use the second and third Primordial Gemstones consecutively, in one go, directly breaking through and advancing to the Half Star Realm.

If the Talent is average, you can space them out by two to three thousand years between the second and third Primordial Gemstones.

If the Talent is slightly poor, the interval is extended to five to six thousand years, or even longer.

The 25 Wild God-Given Seeds harvested in the last ten thousand years all have decent Talent. Scale Fruit Dumpling and Vein-Showing Strange-Winged Orchid are the strongest; both are currently at 8 Traces, about to reach 9.

The Wild God-Given Seeds owned by the Xianglan Chamber of Commerce, one after another, also need Primordial Gemstones invested in them.

All the Wild God-Given Seeds together will, before and after, require two to thirty billion in total.

There's also the 50 billion rent for the Azure Star System for the next ten thousand years, which is best to start planning for early.

The officially recruited Little Warriors of the Xianglan Chamber of Commerce are fixed at 1000. But the Little Warriors born in the Azure Star System who go off independently to establish Chambers of Commerce, then accept employment from the Xianglan Chamber of Commerce to return to the Azure Star System and work there—these warriors also need to be paid compensation.

The number of temporary hires exceeds 2000; even if each Insect is only paid a basic salary of 1000 Primordial Crystals per year, that's a huge expenditure of over 2 million.

Every so often, when a Top-Level Dual Superior Divine-Given Seed is cultivated, bonuses also have to be paid.

The Xianglan Chamber of Commerce is earning more and more, but all kinds of expenditures are exploding as well.

Gradually, Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid could no longer divert large amounts of Chamber of Commerce funds.

Once Upright Lotus and his group came over, they could help relieve a big chunk of pressure.

After enduring this ten thousand years,

When Dragon Cypress came back rich from the Red Qu Star, there should no longer be any resource pressure afterwards.

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Dragon Cypress headed for the Arctic Wasteland, continuing to grind away at his Ability.

Time flew by,

[Time: Era 78 - Cycle 154 - Year 114]

The squad led by Round Cypress and Cypress returned from their distant journey.

They handed over their work,

Fragrant Cypress and Giant Cypress took the lead, and together with Black Cory, Black Peach, Blue Catalpa, Snakebark Maple, White Rice, Black Rice, as well as Column Spotted and Wuju from the White Ivy Chamber of Commerce, formed a 10-Insect squad and departed.

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Dragon Cypress sat in town at Xianglan Mountain, assisting in handling Chamber of Commerce affairs. He moderately expanded the North Mountain soil plaza, practicing Abilities whose destructive power wasn't that great on the one hand, and waiting on the other.

He waited and waited,

A thousand years passed,

And still Upright Lotus and the Five Old Spiders were nowhere to be seen.

Another 1300 years passed,

Fragrant Cypress and Giant Cypress returned with the long-journey squad,

But there was still no sign of the Five Old Spiders.

—Could it be that the Haimeng Ship ran aground midway during the long voyage?

—On the way to the Dawn Star System, they should have been sailing close along the Star Network passages. If an accident occurred, they could dive into the Star Network and send a distress signal; they definitely wouldn't just die on the way.