Natural God's Gift

After Red Tea left, Angelica asked, "Do you want me to follow it?"

Four-Leaf swayed its antennae: "Since it doesn't intend to let us pass, it means it doesn't trust us. Then, we should just wait for it here. Traveling merchants must respect the privacy of insect warriors."

Hearing what Four-Leaf said, Angelica also ceased its efforts.

"Let's rest for a while now," they had been busy all night and were also a bit sleepy. They each found a shady spot under a tree to rest. The whale babies would also find a deep-water area to hide in when it was hot.

Before long, Ridge Warrior Red Tea flew over with a bamboo tube.

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Red Tea emanated mental energy, calling out to Four-Leaf and Angelica: "Boss Four-Leaf, I've brought the Origin Power food."

Four-Leaf opened its eight spider eyes, crawled out of the shade of the tree, and the two insects met in the open space.

Red Tea held up the bamboo tube, which was about ten centimeters in diameter, and said, "I brought some samples. Boss Four-Leaf, can you see how much they are worth?"

Four-Leaf sized up the bamboo tube and asked strangely, "Red Tea, haven't you encountered any Flame Spider traveling merchants before?"

Red Tea shook its head: "You are the first Flame Spider traveling merchant I've ever seen."

"Oh," Four-Leaf immediately became enthusiastic: "No wonder you're still using bamboo tubes to store Origin Power food. We all use silk pouches.

Silk pouches for storing Origin Power food are not only lightweight but also prevent Origin Power leakage, which can ensure the quality of the Origin Power food for longer."

Saying that, it pulled out a small silk pouch with a four-leaf clover pattern drawn on it from its carapace. Facing Red Tea, it demonstrated how to use the silk pouch: "Do you want to buy a few?"

Red Tea took the silk pouch and tried using it with its own claws. It immediately fell in love with this lightweight storage bag. It eagerly asked, "How many Origin Stones does this silk pouch cost?"

Four-Leaf: "A small silk pouch costs three Origin Stones, and a medium silk pouch costs ten Origin Stones. If you want a large silk pouch, I can bring it to you next time."

Red Tea raised the bamboo tube in its claws and opened it: "Then, can you see how many Origin Stones my Origin Power food is worth?"

Four-Leaf took the bamboo tube and examined it. Red Tea had brought several kinds of Origin Power food, but the quantities were not large. It was probably planning to see the price Four-Leaf would offer before taking out more goods.

It pinched out a forsythia seed and examined it: "Forsythia seeds produced by intermediate warriors, three seeds for one Origin Stone.

What do you think?"

Red Tea said with excitement, "So, nine forsythia seeds can be exchanged for a small silk pouch?"

Even if insect warriors have not learned mathematics, as they evolve with age, the knowledge in their inherited memories will allow them to know some common sense.

Four-Leaf responded, "Yes, actually small silk pouches are very cheap."

Red Tea eagerly urged, "Then, can you see how much the other Origin Power food is worth?"

Four-Leaf examined the remaining Origin Power food one by one: "There are also blueberry seeds? Twenty seeds for one Origin Stone.

Corn? This is counted by the cob, right? Eight Origin Stones per cob.

Green tea seeds, one Origin Stone per seed. Red Tea tea seeds are the same as green tea seeds."

After checking, Four-Leaf discovered that, apart from forsythia, corn, and blueberries, the rest were tea seeds. It seemed that Ridge Warriors really liked tea trees.

Red Tea asked strangely: "Are tea seeds so valuable?"

Four-Leaf: "Yes, the effect of tea seeds is to strengthen mental power, which is quite popular on the continent."

Red Tea said, "Boss Four-Leaf, what Origin Power food do you sell? Do you have anything I need? What is the price?"

Four-Leaf took out a silk pouch from its carapace and opened it, pinching out a pomegranate seed: "Pomegranate seeds produced in the territory of advanced warriors, belonging to the life element, the effect is to strengthen the heart's blood supply ability, enhance one's own activity, and resist aging. It's a good thing that all insect warriors can use.

The price is six Origin Stones for five seeds, very affordable."

"Heart strengthening?" Red Tea searched its inherited memories and found that pomegranate seeds could indeed increase the activity of insect warriors. As for resisting aging, perhaps it had some effect in that regard, but in terms of manifesting the effect, heh heh.

Red Tea: "I can indeed use some pomegranate seeds, but, Boss Four-Leaf, don't you have any other Origin Power food?"

Four-Leaf: "This is my first time coming to the Star Sand Archipelago. I don't know what attributes the insect warriors here have or what Origin Power food they like, so I only brought some general-purpose Origin Power food."

Red Tea took off: "Boss Four-Leaf, I'll go get tea seeds to exchange for some pomegranate seeds with you."

Four-Leaf called out to Red Tea, took out a medium-sized silk pouch embroidered with a strawberry pattern, and handed it to it: "Use a silk pouch to hold them. It'll be much lighter."

Red Tea looked at the silk pouch and asked, "Boss Four-Leaf, can you sell me this silk pouch?"

Four-Leaf: "Of course, you can take it and use it first, and we'll settle the bill together with the pomegranate seeds at the end."

"Okay, thank you, Boss Four-Leaf." Red Tea took the silk pouch and flew away.

Angelica was disturbed by the transaction between the two insects. It slowly walked to the open space and picked up a tea seed to observe: "Four-Leaf, this tea seed is worth one Origin Stone? Is it that expensive?"

Four-Leaf said leisurely, "Mental and life-element Origin Power foods have always been very expensive."

Angelica: "Should I cultivate a tea tree as my natal species in my eighth instar?"

Four-Leaf: "I don't recommend cultivating a tea tree as your natal species. Although tea trees are good, the yield is too low. There are several mental-element plants in the kingdom with higher yields than it. I can apply for one for you at that time."

As an insect that coexists with the original Flame Spider, the Flame Spider Kingdom, considering that it cannot burden the original Flame Spider, can generally apply for a certain number of top-level plants to cultivate as natal species.

"That would be great," since there could be a better plant to use as a natal species, Angelica no longer insisted on wanting a tea tree.

While the two insects were chatting, Red Tea also returned with a bag of Origin Power food.

It flew to Four-Leaf and put down the silk pouch: "Boss Four-Leaf, can you calculate how many pomegranate seeds these tea seeds can be exchanged for?"

"Please wait a moment," Four-Leaf professionally took out a piece of silk cloth from its carapace and spread it on the ground, poured a pile of tea seeds on it, and then carefully counted them one by one.

After a while, Four-Leaf finished counting: "A total of one hundred and fifty seeds. I didn't miscount, did I?"

Red Tea nodded: "That's right."

Four-Leaf added, "Tea seeds are one Origin Stone per seed, which is worth one hundred and fifty Origin Stones.

Pomegranate seeds are six Origin Stones for five seeds, so these tea seeds can be exchanged for one hundred and twenty-five pomegranate seeds."

"Yes, yes," Red Tea nodded repeatedly.

Four-Leaf added: "Do you still need the silk pouch?"

"Yes." Red Tea really liked this kind of thing that was light in weight and convenient to carry.

"How many do you want?"

Red Tea thought for a while: "One medium-sized silk pouch? Three small-sized silk pouches?"

Four-Leaf calculated: "That's nineteen Origin Stones."

It said generously: "How about this, I'll give you a profit of one Origin Stone and only charge you eighteen Origin Stones, which is deducting another fifteen pomegranate seeds, giving you one medium-sized silk pouch, three small-sized silk pouches, plus one hundred and ten pomegranate seeds, right?

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"Yes, yes, yes," Red Tea nodded repeatedly. It praised, "Boss Four-Leaf is so generous."

"Easy to say," Fourleaf said, a little smug after hearing Red Tea's praise. "We Flame Spider Merchants are in it for the long haul, focusing on a win-win situation. Once the deal is done, we're friends. I hope our friendship lasts as long as our business!"

"Friends?" The bell warrior's compound eyes lit up.

"Yes, we're good friends."

Fourleaf first pulled out three small spider silk pouches from its carapace, then counted out one hundred and ten pomegranate seeds from its own spider silk pouch, stuffing them into one of the smaller pouches.

It handed it to Red Tea: "Here, Red Tea, this is for you. It's okay to eat a few extra pomegranate seeds, they also help with molting during evolution."

"Got it." Red Tea reached out and took the spider silk pouch, eagerly taking a pomegranate seed from inside and stuffing it into its mouth. It had never eaten this kind of primal force food before.

With the transaction complete, the insects entered a state of casual chatter.

Fourleaf inquired, "Red Tea, how old are you?"

Red Tea: "I'm five years old."

Angelica: "That's not young at all, huh."

Fourleaf: "Your age is a bit low, you need to evolve quickly."

Red Tea echoed: "That's what I'm thinking too. Boss Fourleaf, when will you be back next time? Could you bring me a few more kinds of primal force food?"

Fourleaf: "Just call me Fourleaf. Our Flame Spider Kingdom doesn't lack primal force food. We even have many kinds of divinely bestowed primal force food, but many of them are too expensive.

If you still have primal force food to trade, next time I can get you a selection of primal force food worth five hundred primal stones, enough for you to evolve one age."

"Really?" Red Tea hadn't expected Fourleaf's tribe to be so powerful, daring to guarantee evolution for an entire age.

However, it then became somewhat conflicted, and after a long while, it said haltingly: "I've eaten a lot of primal force food produced by my own life seed, and now I don't have much primal force food left. I'm afraid I can't afford it."

Fourleaf said considerately: "It's okay, we Flame Spiders are in it for the long haul, even if you don't have money, it doesn't matter.

We also offer loan services. We'll lend you five hundred primal stones to help you break through first, and after you break through, you only need to repay us six hundred primal stones the following year. We only charge 20% interest."

"Uh..."

"The interest is so high? What if I can't pay it back in a short time?" One hundred primal stones of interest per year, that's really ruthless!

Fourleaf explained: "This high interest is unavoidable, after all, evolution is the greatest crisis for insect warriors.

If evolution is successful, that's fine, but if evolution is unsuccessful, then it's as if our investment has gone down the drain. At that time, not to mention interest, we won't even get the principal back. Our lending also has a gambling element in it.

If you really can't pay it back in a short time as you said, then it doesn't matter, you can extend the debt to the following year by paying fifty primal stones of annual interest each year."

"Oh," if I owe it for ten years, wouldn't I end up owing even the principal? This spider is too cunning!

Seeing that Red Tea clearly didn't want to bear such a heavy debt, Fourleaf smacked its lips regretfully: "If you don't want to be in debt, our kingdom also has a very good repayment model that you'll definitely like."

"Oh?" Not only Red Tea, but even Angelica was a little curious. It had been in the kingdom for so long, but it didn't seem to have heard much about these lending models.

Fourleaf said: "It's still borrowing five hundred primal stones to help you evolve, and we don't want any interest from you.

But after you evolve to the next age, you need to nurture the plant seed that our kingdom gives you as your life seed. You can use the produce from this life seed to repay the debt, how about it? Isn't this lending method good? And I guarantee that what our kingdom gives you is definitely a top-tier plant seed!"

Red Tea and Angelica were speechless. This model sounded very good at first, and it even gave away top-tier plant seeds,

But upon careful consideration, one could see the trap in it.

The Flame Spider Kingdom might give them top-tier plant seeds, but what if the insect with water-type talent was given a top-tier plant seed of the earth or wood type?

At that time, it would nurture a life seed, and it wouldn't be able to eat the primal force food produced. Wouldn't it still have to sell it to the Flame Spider Merchants?

Wouldn't this be equivalent to becoming a long-term primal force food production line for the Flame Spider Merchants?

Red Tea said: "Are there any more favorable methods?"

It wanted to evolve quickly, but it didn't want to bear too much debt, and it didn't want to be a sucker.

Fourleaf said helplessly: "These are the most suitable lending models for you. There are other methods, but they're not suitable for you.

Those lending methods either require you to have a related tribe to back you up, or require you to have a divinely bestowed seed as collateral."

Hearing Fourleaf say this, Red Tea became interested instead: . "Boss Fourleaf, since we're idle anyway, why don't you tell us about these other lending methods?"

"Then I'll tell you!" Being idle is also being idle, anyway, it doesn't take much time to talk about it.

"If you have a related tribe to back you up, then let the related tribe guarantee you. For example, if you borrow five hundred primal stones, you can only repay one hundred primal stones per year, but you have to keep repaying for ten years.

This way, although it seems that you have to repay a little more primal stones, the economic pressure is less."

Red Tea was covered in black lines: "What's the difference between this and the first lending method?"

"There is a difference!" Fourleaf said plausibly: "The first lending method requires you to repay one thousand and one hundred primal stones in ten years, this saves one hundred primal stones."

"Then what about having a divinely bestowed seed?" Red Tea didn't consider any of the methods that required borrowing.

Fourleaf: "It's different if an insect warrior has a divinely bestowed seed. As insects favored by the natural gods, we Flame Spider Merchants are willing to give them the greatest discounts.

For example, ordinary insect warriors need to pay 20% interest per year for borrowing, while insects with divinely bestowed seeds only need to pay 10% interest."

"Are there any requirements?" After witnessing Fourleaf's cunning, Red Tea didn't believe that the Flame Spider Merchants were so kind. There must be harsh requirements, and it guessed that eighty percent of them were related to the divinely bestowed seed.

"There aren't any requirements," Fourleaf rubbed its front two claws: "It just requires the debtor to use divinely bestowed primal force food to settle the debt, and then give us a certain transaction share.

5% is not too little, 100% is not too much, it depends on the yield of the divinely bestowed seed."

Red Tea could accept this a little. After all, it could accept paying an extra 10% interest to evolve one age safely.

It asked: "Then if I have a divine life seed, can I borrow to evolve in this way?"

"You have a divine life seed?" Fourleaf and Angelica were both a little surprised. This warrior who seemed to be born on a barren sea mountain was really keeping a low profile!

Red Tea nodded: "I have a tea tree divine seed!"