Astral Cockroach

Banbu advanced to L1 Mountain Lord, his body grew, reaching a length of 4.5 meters. Besides the three main hearts and nine main blood vessels growing accordingly, the other blood vessels and hearts increased in number.

The blood vessels were slender, the hearts were small, some blood vessels and hearts were actively functioning, while others were atrophied and blocked as backups. They were intricate and numerous, so many that it was impossible to count them all at once. Just figuring out the quantity was a troublesome and brain-taxing matter.

This cultivation method... what to do?

Even a simple cultivation method could at least improve the utilization efficiency of Origin Power by about 20%.

If he consumed Origin Power food worth 10,000 Origin Stones each year, it would be equivalent to saving 2,000 Origin Stones. If he consumed 100,000 Origin Stones, he could save 20,000...

Growth at the Mountain Lord level began to become difficult.

Growing from L1 to L3 would take about 10 years with an annual consumption of Origin Power food worth 2,000 Origin Stones. If he consumed high-quality Origin Power food worth 20,000 Origin Stones each year, the time could be greatly shortened, taking about 5 years to advance once.

The limit growth speed was once every 3 years, requiring the consumption of high-quality Origin Power food worth 50,000 Origin Stones annually.

Starting from L4, normal growth speed didn't cost too much, but rapid growth would cost even more.

From Mountain Lord onwards, he had to spend a lot of money to grow quickly, so that he would have enough time in the future to plan his advancement to Roach King.

Banbu couldn't be considered particularly wealthy. Reeds Bamboo Peak had so many members who needed assistance, and there would be even more members in the future... A cultivation method was a must!

Troublesome.

Banbu had a headache for a while, then called Datou and began to inspect his territory, checking the changes in the various God-bestowed seeds after his advancement.

Datou was responsible for managing all of Banbu's Life Seed plants, and accompanied him, introducing the situation.

"Banbu, your God-bestowed seeds and those ordinary Life Seeds suddenly began to absorb a large amount of Origin Power five days ago."

"Yellow Stripes Mountain Lord said that you had successfully passed the most dangerous process of advancing to Mountain Lord, and were mostly successful in your advancement. The God-bestowed seeds and ordinary Life Seeds began to transform and grow, so they needed Origin Power."

"The ordinary Life Seed plants require very little Origin Power, and the speed is fast. It only took two days to complete the evolution."

Banbu advanced to Mountain Lord, and the corresponding ordinary Life Seeds also broke through. The Origin Power food produced in the future would have a trace of characteristics that strengthen metal or strengthen flames.

"The Amethyst Gold God-bestowed Seed shows no signs of branching and growing, and requires 3,000 Origin Stones every day..."

The Amethyst Gold God-bestowed Seed was undergoing qualitative growth. If all goes well, the quality of the Amethyst Gold Bamboo Rice condensed next year will have a qualitative breakthrough, reaching at least low-middle grade quality.

Emerald Bamboo and Rain Bamboo were also frantically absorbing Origin Power, requiring an investment of 5,000 and 6,000 Origin Stones respectively every day. They also showed no signs of branching, however, the nutrients in the ground bamboo culms began to shrink towards the bamboo base, and a large number of bamboo leaves turned yellow at the tips, probably withering and falling off, and then sprouting new, taller bamboo culms from the bamboo base.

The Blood Thorns God-bestowed Seed was sown on the southeast side. Origin Power was scarce, and consumption was the highest, requiring an investment of about 8,000 Origin Stones every day. With the breakthrough of Banbu's strength, the genes of the Blood Thorns God-bestowed Seed broke through the shackles. In the central position, the mother plant was rising, and 13 branches were accelerating their growth, spreading around. In addition to Origin Stones, a large amount of swamp water and swamp residue were needed every day to supplement nutrients.

Preliminary judgment, the Blood Thorns God-bestowed Seed was undergoing a quantitative increase.

Next year, the yield of Blood Thorns will increase significantly. It is currently in the growth process, and after a short period of rapid growth, there will be a stable slow growth. The slow growth time is about 2 to 3 years, so it is temporarily impossible to estimate the specific yield corresponding to Banbu's Mountain Lord level cultivation.

In contrast, the yield of the three God-bestowed Seeds, Amethyst Gold, Emerald Bamboo, and Rain Bamboo, will probably not increase, but the quality of the condensed fruits (seeds) will improve.

The specifics will only be clear when they bloom and bear fruit next year, so Banbu plans to fully allocate and sell the share of each merchant team in two years.

As for the Fire Oil Tea God-bestowed Seed...

It was a bit of a headache.

As soon as Banbu approached, the Fire Oil Tea Tree Spirit cried out with a sob: "Banbu, why am I suddenly growing so fast? My Origin Stones... are almost used up..."

Where were they almost used up? There was clearly a whole pocket, 10,000 Origin Stones.

Banbu asked: "Oil Tea, what's going on?"

Oil Tea said helplessly: "Fire Oil Tea won't let me use the Origin Stones that weren't used last time, and Datou won't give me Origin Stones..."

Datou explained: "Banbu, the daily consumption is too high, our stored Origin Stones may not be enough. I told Oil Tea to use the Origin Stones placed under the tree first. It would be a pity if they were damaged by the wind and sun."

Datou, who managed finances, was becoming increasingly stingy.

It turned out that two misers had collided.

Oil Tea was stuck in the middle, looking quite uncomfortable.

Banbu said: "Datou, it's just 10,000 Origin Stones, it's insignificant. Go and get some quickly."

"Oh... okay." Datou emphasized: "Banbu, now the four God-bestowed Seeds, Amethyst Gold, Emerald Bamboo, Rain Bamboo, and Blood Thorns, consume 22,000 Origin Stones every day."

"Yellow Stripes Mountain Lord said that once the process of rapid consumption of Origin Stones begins, it will last for about 10 to 15 days. Banbu, I must remind you that if it exceeds 10 days, our Origin Stones will not be enough."

Banbu said: "After 10 days, the growth of the plants will be basically stable. It doesn't matter if there is a shortage of Origin Stones, now is a critical period, and the supply of Origin Stones cannot be cut off."

"Okay." Datou shook his antennae, commanding the soldier ants to transport Origin Stones.

"Banbu, why am I suddenly growing so fast?" The Fire Oil Tea Tree Spirit was anxious to death.

Banbu explained: "Because I just advanced to Mountain Lord, and you also broke through."

"So it's because of you?!" The Fire Oil Tea Tree Spirit was a little angry and roared: "Banbu, you have to compensate me with Origin Stones!"

"Uh..." Banbu comforted him with kind words: "Fire Oil Tea, don't worry, I'll compensate you with 10,000 Origin Stones, okay?"

"Okay!" The Tree Spirit's emotional transition was extraordinary. Just now he was angry and annoyed, heartbroken and tearless, but in a blink of an eye, he became joyful and affectionate, urging: "Banbu, hurry up, I'm almost starving to death."

Banbu spread out his mental power to scan. Within the branches and veins of the Fire Oil Tea God-bestowed Seed, there was only a weak trace of Origin Power flowing. This guy had probably been hungry for a day, right? He really wanted money more than life!

Banbu stepped forward, picked up the spider silk bag containing the Origin Stones, and tentatively said: "Fire Oil Tea, let's use your bag of Origin Stones first, shall we?"

"No!" Fire Oil Tea was anxious and roared: "Banbu, put it down quickly! You can't use it!"

Banbu asked: "Why?"

"You can't use it!" Fire Oil Tea roared, held back for a while, and said seriously: "This is my bottom line!"

"..." Banbu was speechless for a long time, feeling a bit of a headache. He put down the spider silk bag, transmitted a soothing thought, and said: "Then we won't use it, you can keep it to play with."

The God-bestowed Seeds grew along with Banbu's growth, and the Tree Spirits' souls became stronger. Banbu felt obvious changes when he communicated with the Tree Spirits after inspecting them. Their language became richer, and they also possessed simple logical thinking.

The Tree Spirits had become smarter.

This was not a good thing.

They might not be so easy to fool in the future.

Oil Tea was keenly aware, noticing that Banbu had finished communicating with the Fire Oil Tea Tree Spirit. He shook his tail, pointed to the spider silk bag, and asked: "Banbu, should we use these Origin Stones?"

Banbu said: "Forget it, let's keep them for now."

Datou asked again: "Banbu, if there aren't enough Origin Stones, which God-bestowed Seed's Origin Stone supply should we cut off first?"

Banbu shook his antennae, pointed to the Fire Oil Tea God-bestowed Seed, and said: "Of course it's it. Arborvitae has a tenacious vitality and can endure it."

"If there still aren't enough Origin Stones, then cut off the Origin Stone supply of the Blood Thorns at the foot of the mountain. Blood Thorns are shrubs and are also very resistant to hunger."

"Get through the winter, and when the merchant team arrives next year and gets the Origin Stones, we'll replenish them."

"Understood." Datou agreed.

Several soldier ants dragged and pulled, sending a whole bag of Origin Stones.

Datou waved his antennae to issue orders.

The ant colony handed the spider silk bag to Oil Tea.

The ant colony commanded by Datou was divided into soldier ants, large worker ants, and small worker ants. After Datou advanced to high-level warrior, the overall size of the ant colony increased accordingly, but in terms of intelligence, it was obviously inferior to Xiangpu's bee colony.

Datou's soldier ants looked like they had big heads, but they were actually all muscles. Their brain capacity was very small, their intelligence was low, and it was difficult for them to even do simple seed selection work. They also lacked the ability to think and judge independently, and could only do some particularly simple work mechanically under Datou's command.

Banbu had a sudden idea: Ants and bees have too many similarities. According to human biological knowledge, they are both Hymenoptera insects and evolved from the same ancestor... If I feed Datou's ant colony larvae some royal jelly, can I cultivate soldier ants with stronger genes?

Banbu secretly noted this matter and planned to collect fresh royal jelly next spring and let Datou and Xiangpu experiment with it.

If it works, having a few smart combat soldier ants in the ant colony to command other ordinary soldier ants and worker ants to work can relieve a lot of pressure on Datou.