Astral Cockroach

For safety, Banbu blatantly traveled along the mountain range with the Bamboo Rat warriors.

Along the way, he took the opportunity to visit the warriors of the Banyan Mountain Range and the Hoof Mountain Range to build rapport.

When passing through the Banyan Mountain Range, he received a rather unexpected piece of news: Chijian County had three new warriors born this year, all of whom had been sent to the Banyan Mountain Range. Moreover, in the next four years, seven more will be sent successively. The lord of Chijian County had also booked ten young warriors from the caravan, who will also arrive gradually.

The Banyan Mountain Range was in as bad a state as the Iron Saber Mountain Range, currently having only 26 warriors in total. The lord of Chijian County sent 20 young warriors in one go, almost doubling the insect population in a short period.

This was something to talk about.

… …

Arriving at Hanging Banyan Peak.

Banbu looked out.

Below the mountain, a small patch of forest had been cut down and transformed into a nursery about 500 meters long and wide.

Row upon row, it was planted with Chijian tree saplings.

Chijian trees grow slowly. These saplings will undergo the first selection after growing for three years. After growing for another five years, when they exceed one meter in height, the second selection will be carried out, and the best-growing seedlings will be transplanted to the planned location.

A sweep of mental power quickly locked onto a banyan tree by the lake below the mountain, growing opposite the divine seed of the Hanging Banyan tree.

That should be the divine seed of the Large Yellow Fruit Banyan. Sure enough, a high-level warrior from the Black and White Flower Cockroach tribe had been hired again this year to stimulate its growth, and it had grown to a height of seven or eight meters!

“Large Yellow Fruit Banyan! Where is Lord Hanging Banyan? Is he down the mountain?”

Banbu’s soul was powerful, and he had long sensed the location of Lord Hanging Banyan. Out of politeness, he asked.

“Yes, Banbu, what is this… … ” The Large Yellow Fruit Banyan looked strangely at the seven Bamboo Rat warriors behind Banbu, and said, “Please wait a moment, I will inform Lord Hanging Banyan.”

“Banbu, are you planning to let these few enter the bamboo sea to find bamboo species?” Lord Hanging Banyan’s mental power came from down the mountain, and immediately afterward, Lord Hanging Banyan spread his wings and quickly landed on the mountain peak.

Banbu said, “Lord Hanging Banyan understands me. I am indeed planning to let these seven fellows find a rare bamboo species. I need it urgently, so they need to stay in the bamboo sea for a long time. I specifically came to say hello to you.”

“Go ahead. Most of the warriors in the Hoof Mountain Range know the seven Bamboo Rats of your Lizhu Peak. They won’t hurt them if they encounter them.” Lord Hanging Banyan then curiously asked, “Banbu, what bamboo species are you looking for? Maybe some warriors in our mountain range have seen it.”

Banbu replied, “Seven-Colored Cold Bamboo.”

Upon hearing this, Lord Hanging Banyan’s antennae swayed back and forth, and said, “A very rare small bamboo species!”

After all, sitting on a natural bamboo sea, Lord Hanging Banyan still had some understanding of bamboo, and asked, “Planning to use it to hybridize with Seven-Colored Bitter Bamboo?”

Banbu replied, “Planning to try.”

Lord Hanging Banyan said, “There is no record of Seven-Colored Cold Bamboo being found in the Hoof Mountain Range. It may not exist. Banbu, you’d better find a caravan. They can help you get it over with just a small amount of raw stones.”

“Is that so?” Banbu said, “Then I’ll try.”

After chatting for a few words, Banbu changed the subject and said, “On the way here, passing through the Banyan Mountain Range, I heard that Lord Chijian plans to send a batch of young warriors.”

“Banbu, you are so smart, you should understand what it means, right?” Lord Hanging Banyan did not beat around the bush and directly said frankly, “The Hoof Mountain Range is barren, and there are too few peaks suitable for warriors to settle down. The best way to upgrade to a county is to expand the area.”

“It just so happens that the Hoof Mountain Range and the Banyan Mountain Range are of the same lineage. Lord Chijian’s intention is to merge the two mountain ranges to form a county. Lord Red Banyan has already agreed. The name has been drafted, it’s called Hanging Banyan County, Banbu, what do you think?”

Sure enough.

Banbu nodded his antennae and said, “The name Hanging Banyan County is the most suitable. After the two mountain ranges are merged, Chijian trees will be cultivated on the Hoof Mountain Range side, and banyan trees will continue to be cultivated on the Banyan Mountain Range side. In the future, it is expected to develop into another prosperous county no less than Chijian County.”

“In the future, if Hanging Banyan County can develop to the level of Chijian County in my hands, I will be content.” Lord Hanging Banyan said confidently, and then said, “Chijian County will become more and more prosperous. Lord Chijian has already decided to visit Lord Changsheng this year. If he still can’t get the Longevity Peach… then he will buy it with raw stones. The Longevity Cockroach King can sell the Longevity Peach to the caravan, sell it to foreign races, there’s no reason to refuse a branch of the same race, right?”

“Buy Longevity Peach?” Banbu said, “It is said that eating one of those things can extend your lifespan by a hundred years. It’s very expensive!”

“Those who can’t afford it will think it’s expensive. Those with financial resources are only worried about not having a way to buy it.” Lord Hanging Banyan said leisurely:

“The quality of the Longevity Peach is the best of the best, known as ‘divine product’. It has a three-year flowering period, a three-year fruiting period, and then a three-year fruit pruning period after flowering and fruiting once. The interval between each flowering and fruiting is as long as nine years.”

“Each time, only 33 fruits are produced, a fixed number, no more, no less. The Longevity Cockroach King wants to keep 10 fruits for the potential warriors in his territory to eat; he also takes out 10 fruits to sell to the same race at a low price; and then takes out 10 fruits to sell to foreign races. There are 3 caravans that have a good relationship with the Longevity Cockroach King, all of which are Spider King level, and they can each obtain the purchase right for 1 fruit.”

“It only matures once every 9 years, and there are only 33 fruits. No wonder there are so few rumors about the Longevity Peach. Most caravans are not qualified to come into contact with it, right?” Banbu said with emotion, and asked, “What is the specific price?”

Lord Hanging Banyan sighed and said, “The price sold to the same race is 1 million raw stones, and the price sold to foreign races is 2 million raw stones. The price sold to the caravan is 1.8 million raw stones. If the caravan resells it, the selling price cannot be lower than 2 million raw stones.”

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1 million raw stones to buy 100 years of life is very cost-effective for warriors with divine seeds.

2 million raw stones to buy 100 years of life is a good deal no matter how you calculate it.

A very affordable price.

Because the price is affordable, there is no shortage of rich insects who can afford it. Then, there will be more insects vying for the purchase right, so it will definitely not be so easy to buy.

Banbu asked, “In the Longevity Cockroach King’s place, are we Red Cockroach tribe considered the same race or a foreign race?”

A tricky question.

Lord Hanging Banyan shook his antennae and said, “Our Red Cockroach tribe is a branch tribe born in the territory of the Longevity Cockroach King. Lord Chijian has asked for it several times, but the Longevity Cockroach King refused to give a Longevity Peach, which means that he no longer recognizes the Red Cockroach tribe as part of his territory. The time is too long, the relationship has faded, and I am also very curious about what kind of attitude he has towards our tribe now.”

Banbu said, “The selling price is 1 million raw stones… Lord Chijian can probably afford it, right? If the selling price is 2 million raw stones, then it will not be an ordinary difficulty.”

Lord Hanging Banyan said, “In fact, even 1 million raw stones, Lord Chijian can’t gather. Now, Lord Chijian’s intention is to gather all the same race who have divine seeds and ask everyone to help share the burden and raise a batch of raw stones.”

“Lord Chijian is getting old and must have a Longevity Peach…” Lord Hanging Banyan said, lowering his mental power, “I estimate that even if there is a Longevity Peach, the probability of successfully advancing to Cockroach King is difficult to exceed 50%. If successful, the raised raw stones will be returned in full later. If it fails…”

If it fails, there will be more troubles later. Lord Chijian falls, the Chijian tree divine seed withers and dies, then the current prosperity will quickly wither. If you are unlucky and there are no successors, the entire Chijian County will completely decline in two or three hundred years.

The Red Cockroach tribe is a small tribe with only 5,000 insects. Chijian County is the wealthiest county, and its rise and fall are directly related to the rise and fall of a tribe.