Natural God's Gift

That Four Leaf Clover became a High Warrior was not unexpected by Lord Qingfeng, but Lord Qingfeng still quietly breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Four Leaf Clover successfully break through.

Lord Qingfeng gave the Cassia Seed of Divine Bestowment to Four Leaf Clover, allowing it to gestate into a Rank One High-Level Life Seed: "Four Leaf Clover, do you know how many Origin Stones you owe?"

Four Leaf Clover calculated with its claws. Originally, trading for two Seeds of Divine Bestowment had incurred a debt of 130.2 million Origin Stones to the kingdom.

That was 130.2 million Origin Stones. Adding this Cassia Seed of Divine Bestowment, it would be 211.8 million Origin Stones.

Four Leaf Clover was a bit puzzled: "I owe 211.8 million Origin Stones. Lord Qingfeng, do you want me to start paying off the debt while I'm still a High Warrior?"

"No," Lord Qingfeng said with a smile, "I'm just reminding you, giving you a little motivation."

Four Leaf Clover: ".—"

Four Leaf Clover didn't delay and immediately swallowed the Cassia Seed of Divine Bestowment into its Life Sac to gestate it into a Life Seed.

Lord Qingfeng: "This year, let your Life Seed rest and accumulate strength for a year. Start producing Origin Power Food next year. Produce a little less in the first year, and then increase it year by year. That'll be more stable."

Four Leaf Clover calmly said, "I know."

Lord Qingfeng also knew that it had received professional guidance from Mountain Master Tiger Cane during its Elementary Warrior stage, so mentioning it again was just to prevent Four Leaf Clover from being greedy for success and acting rashly.

Lord Qingfeng: "You're not leaving the kingdom this year, are you?"

Although it was the beginning of spring, the merchant teams that went to the Continent of the Regional Kingdoms last year had not returned. All their trade routes on the Continent of Myriad Races had to start from scratch, and going back and forth once a year would waste a lot of time, so they usually only returned every two or three years to replenish supplies.

The wandering merchants on the Continent of Myriad Races had returned once, but they had already left when the branches were just sprouting new buds.

Four Leaf Clover looked at Lord Qingfeng: "Do you have any instructions for me?"

Lord Qingfeng: "After Intermediate Warriors are promoted to High Warriors, they have to start training in combat skills."

"Combat skills?" Four Leaf Clover was a little surprised.

"Yes, the Continent of Myriad Races is so chaotic now, and battles happen frequently. Our Flame Spiders don't fight with other insects, but at least we must have the ability to protect ourselves."

That's right. Four Leaf Clover quite agreed with this. Even Mountain Masters could be robbed, let alone High Flame Spiders?

When traveling outside, the ability to protect one's life was essential.

Four Leaf Clover: "When does the training start?"

Lord Qingfeng: "You can go to the training ground at any time. The kingdom started training High Flame Spiders a long time ago. Zhu Jiao and Accumulating Snow trained when they were promoted to High Warriors.

You're not the only one training now. Ze Xie, Ni Hu, Bai Zhi, Bitter Lettuce, and other spiders are also there."

Four Leaf Clover was a little surprised: "They're still training?"

It knew that Bai Zhi and the others were training, but at the beginning of the year, it had focused on preparing to break through to become a High Warrior and hadn't paid attention to them. It had thought they had all left the kingdom to open up trade routes.

"Where is it?" Four Leaf Clover had never been to the training ground.

"Ten Thousand Spider Ridge, Purple Pine Mountain!"

"Purple Pine Mountain?" Four Leaf Clover muttered to itself. The kingdom was very large, over 300,000 square kilometers. It couldn't possibly know every mountain.

But it had heard of this place. When the Spider Queen led many Flame Spiders back to the Continent of Myriad Races, they discovered a wild Purple Pine Seed of Divine Bestowment on Purple Pine Mountain, so they named the place Purple Pine Mountain.

"Purple Pine Mountain is quite far from the core area of the kingdom. Go north; it's a hundred kilometers from here."

Lord Qingfeng showed it the kingdom's map, and it immediately understood.

Four Leaf Clover: "Then I'll go train after planting the Rank Nine Life Seed."

Lord Qingfeng: "Well, generally, after Flame Spiders are promoted to High Warriors, they have to train on Purple Pine Mountain for more than half a year and then be tested regularly."

"Okay." Everyone followed this process, so Four Leaf Clover wouldn't do anything different.

Four Leaf Clover returned to Twin Peaks and planted the Soul Bean Life Seed near the Wheat Plum Seed of Divine Bestowment, separated by some distance so as not to hinder the growth of the Wheat Plum Seed of Divine Bestowment.

It guarded the Soul Bean Life Seed as it grew and waited for Angelica to break through to become a High Warrior. Their ages were about the same, and in a matter of years, a mere one or two small age ranks would quickly be caught up.

Four Leaf Clover guarded Twin Peaks for three months. When Angelica was promoted to a High Warrior and the Soul Bean Life Seed had also grown, it had Angelica guard the Life Seed while it went to Purple Pine Mountain.

As for Angelica and Artemisia, as symbiotic insect races, they naturally focused on taking care of the Flame Spider territory.

For Flame Spider Warriors, symbiotic insect races were more like butlers, able to do chores for the Flame Spider Warriors, freeing up their claws to do other things.

This was also why the Flame Spider Kingdom liked to choose insects without tribes and with special abilities. These insects were loyal, had no one to rely on, were helpful to the kingdom, and were easy to control.

Four Leaf Clover instructed Angelica to take care of the territory. It prepared various Origin Power Foods, hung the Horn of the Sea God on its carapace, and headed to Purple Pine Mountain.

Four Leaf Clover ran for three or four days, traveling fifty kilometers at night, bypassing high mountains and rivers, and passing through swamps and dense forests. It finally arrived at Purple Pine Mountain on the morning of the fifth day.

When it saw the mountains covered in purple pines, Four Leaf Clover breathed a sigh of relief. It could finally rest.

Its mental consciousness scanned Purple Pine Mountain back and forth. Purple pine was a variant of red pine and was one of the large arbors.

Purple pine cones strengthened lightning-based attack abilities, which was very useful for insects with lightning-based talent potential.

However, the Flame Spider Kingdom did not have any Flame Spider races with lightning-based talent potential, so for them, the Purple Pine Seed of Divine Bestowment was about the same as the Wheat Plum Seed of Divine Bestowment. It could only be used as a trade item to exchange with other insects.

Of course, although purple pine was useless to Flame Spiders, it was, after all, a top-level plant species. The kingdom had eradicated all the purple pines found in other places, leaving only the purple pines on Purple Pine Mountain for breeding, and had also sent a Mountain Master to guard the Purple Pine Seed of Divine Bestowment.

Four Leaf Clover raised its leg and slowly moved forward towards Purple Pine Mountain. Although Purple Pine Mountain was called a mountain, its area was only larger than Twin Peaks, reaching hundreds of kilometers.

The mountain roads here had also been opened up by Flame Spider Warriors who were stationed here for a long time, so compared to the vast jungles in other places, it was much easier to walk here.

Just as it was leisurely walking up the mountain, it sensed two Flame Spiders within range.

Just as it was about to release its mental consciousness to greet them, it sensed the two Flame Spiders passing through the jungle and rushing towards it.

Four Leaf Clover: "???"

Were they being so proactive and enthusiastic?

"咻" A metallic light flashed past Four Leaf Clover.

Four Leaf Clover was shocked and subconsciously took a few steps back to avoid the attack. A clump of bushes that had been next to it was directly cut off by the metal blade.

Four Leaf Clover's eight spider eyes looked at the two Primitive Flame Spider Warriors in front of it, whose bodies were tinged with greenish-blue, and angrily said to one of them, "Ni Hu, what are you doing?"

"Hehe, Siyue, quite agile," Nihu praised in a boisterous manner. Its front legs were equipped with a metal implement similar to a scythe, but it appeared to be much longer than a scythe.

Beside Nihu, Shiwei unceremoniously hammered Nihu's head with its chelicerae, "Who told you to point the sword at your own spider?"

Caught off guard, Nihu was struck repeatedly. It covered its head with its front legs and said aggrievedly, "I just wanted to test Siyue's speed, and I was careful not to hurt Siyue."

Siyue also hurried forward and heavily struck Nihu twice with its chelicerae, "I came all this way, and this is how you welcome me?"

After hitting Nihu, it looked at the metal objects in Nihu and Shiwei's claws, "What are these?"

They are about seven or eight centimeters long, with blades on both sides, made of bright silver metal.

Nihu proudly waved the metal object in its claws, "This is called a sword. It's made by imitating creations from extraterrestrial civilizations and has been modified by us Flame Spider warriors to make it extremely suitable for our use."

Siyue couldn't help but ask, "Sword? Is it a tool similar to scissors or a sickle?"

Nihu generously handed the sword in its claws to Siyue for inspection, "It is indeed a tool similar to scissors and a sickle, but we don't call it a tool, we call it a weapon.

This sword is different from scissors. It was forged by the Mountain Lord of the Purple Rainbow Flame Spider tribe to help us fight when we encounter danger on our merchant journeys."

Siyue took the sword to examine it. The two sides were sharpened to a very sharp edge, and the spider silk on its body was cut in two with a light touch.

The handle of the sword is a socket that can accommodate a spider claw. The Flame Spider only needs to put on the sword socket, and the hook on the claw hooks onto a small mechanism inside, allowing them to wield the sword with perfect control.

Siyue put on the sword and swung it. Wherever the sword's edge reached, the wildflowers within ten li were decapitated.

After only playing with it for a while, Siyue became fond of the sword and followed Shiwei up the mountain, slashing randomly at the flowers and plants.

Nihu's heart ached watching Siyue's actions. When Siyue wanted to use the sword to chop down a tree twenty or thirty centimeters in diameter, Nihu quickly stepped forward to stop it.

"Don't, Siyue," seeing Siyue wanting to chop, Nihu hurriedly snatched the sword from Siyue's claws, then carefully wiped the tree sap off the blade with a spider silk cloth and inserted it back into a scabbard tied to its left front leg.

"Where did this sword come from?" Seeing Nihu's stingy appearance, Siyue became interested. It noticed that Shiwei also had a sword tied to its right front leg, and wondered if this was standard equipment for high-level Flame Spiders.

Nihu said somewhat proudly, "These are made by the Mountain Lords of the Purple Rainbow Flame Spider tribe. Each sword costs a thousand Origin Stones."

"So expensive?" Siyue was a little surprised. It looked like just a thin piece of iron. Xiaoji's warehouse had something of about the same size, and it only cost about a hundred Origin Stones.

"This sword is no ordinary sword. The Purple Rainbow Flame Spider Mountain Lords have added Origin Metal to it, and the Origin Energy of the insect warriors can also circulate within the sword. A high-level Flame Spider warrior with such a sword has the power to resist even if they encounter Mountain Lords from other tribes."

"I see," it also noticed that the sword was very sharp. Ordinary insect warriors, as long as they weren't focused on strengthening their shells, would basically be pierced through with one stab.

"Are there many of these swords?" Siyue also wanted to buy one.

"Not too many, not too few. Anyway, there are enough for now. Besides the swords that cost a thousand Origin Stones each, the warehouse of Mountain Lord Dijin also has swords that cost two thousand Origin Stones each, and three thousand Origin Stones each."

"What's the difference?"

"It's said that the materials are different, the amount of Origin Metal added is also different, and the hardness is also different." Shiwei led Siyue to the mountain.

Purple Pine Mountain is several hundred meters high, with lush trees and evergreen foliage. Although it is now summer, you can still feel a slight coolness here.

In this lush forest, a square several square kilometers in size is hidden at the top of the mountain.

This square is like a huge emerald inlaid on the top of the mountain, surrounded by dense forests, full of greenery and fresh air. The ground of the square is covered with smooth stones. Standing on the square, you can see the rolling mountains and misty clouds, as if you are in a fairyland.

On the square, Flame Spiders run back and forth along the edge of the square.

Siyue looked over with its eight eyes, and most of them were spiders it recognized.

Seeing Siyue's arrival, the other spiders greeted it happily, but under the mental gaze of the Mountain Lord-level Flame Spider, they scurried away.

"What is this for?"

Shiwei: "This is training. Didn't Lord Qingfeng tell you to come here to train your combat abilities?"

Siyue: "Running is also combat training?"

Shiwei chuckled, "The most important thing for Flame Spider merchants traveling outside is walking, and if you really encounter a situation where you can't beat the opponent, you can at least run away!

Spiders that can't run away easily become dead spiders."

Siyue: "…"

What you said makes so much sense, I'm speechless.

Siyue asked curiously, "Don't you and Nihu have to train?"

Nihu interjected, "Who said we don't have to train?

Mountain Lord Dijin has us take turns guarding the foot of the mountain, with two spiders guarding for a week each."

"Oh, oh," no wonder.

Shiwei brought Siyue to Mountain Lord Dijin, reporting its arrival. Mountain Lord Dijin looked a little serious, and only nodded to Siyue to show that it knew, then told them to find a nest to live in and come back for training tomorrow.

Of course, if it wasn't serious, it wouldn't be able to control these naughty spiders.

Shiwei didn't say much here, "Let's go, I'll take you to find a nest. From tomorrow, you will also join the training on the top of the mountain."

Under Shiwei's leadership, Siyue ran back to the forest at the foot of the mountain. Their nests were all built in the southern part of this forest and were also concentrated together.

Each nest was built attached to the trees in the forest, with spider silk mixed with dead branches and leaves to make a roof, impervious to rain.

Shiwei waved its antennae, "Some of these nests were left by previous spiders, and some were built by these spiders themselves. If you don't want to build a nest, you can also pick one that a previous spider used. You can also put Origin Energy food in the nest."

Their task when guarding at the foot of the mountain is actually to guard these Origin Energy foods, fearing that some bold beasts will sneak into this nest area and eat the Flame Spiders' Origin Energy food.

Siyue had no particular preference and chose an unclaimed nest to live in. It would be staying here for the next year and a half.