Astral Gods

Chapter 75 Redeeming the Little Warrior

"A little warrior brought back from the Thousand Trees Main Continent." Upon hearing Luo Shi say this, everyone immediately remembered: "Oh, is that so? I remember Lord Qingguo mentioned it."

"Only five little soldiers?"

"There were only five this year, but the number will definitely increase next year."

Then it called to the seemingly honest little soldiers standing to the side: "Aconite, Asarum, Prunella vulgaris, Summer Solstice, and Rumex japonicus, greet your brothers and sisters."

"Hello everyone." Among the five rhinoceros beetle warriors, some were cheerful and others were shy.

The cheerful one greeted first: "My name is Wutou, I am three years old, and I am a nine-year-old beginner double-forked rhinoceros beetle warrior."

With it taking the lead, the other young soldiers were no longer so afraid and began to introduce themselves.

"I am Xia Ku, I am two years old this year, and I am a four-year-old beginner double-forked rhinoceros beetle warrior."

"I am Yangti, I am six years old, and I am a two-year-old intermediate-level Double-Forked Rhinoceros Tortoise Warrior."

"I am Asarum, I am two years old, and I am a fifth-year junior warrior of the Hercules beetle."

"I am Xia Zhi, I am one year old this year, and I am a three-year-old beginner double-forked rhinoceros beetle warrior."

Among the five little warriors, Wutou, Xiaku, and Yangti are all male rhinoceros beetle warriors with very prominent large horns.

Asarum and Summer Solstice are both female rhinoceros beetle warriors. They do not have very obvious large horns, and their personalities are not as lively as those of the black beetle.

"Oh, oh." The yews looked at the little warriors, especially curious about the goat hoof and the aconite: "Are you all close to advancing to the intermediate level, or have you already reached the intermediate level?"

"What did you eat to grow so big?"

Lamb's hoof: "..."

Aconite: "..."

"Well, actually we also grew up eating Force food."

"Where did it come from? Was it produced by Life Seeds, given by Flame Spider traders, or by other Zerg warriors?"

The young soldiers replied matter-of-factly, "Of course it's produced by our own life-seed; other insects won't give us Force food."

"So you're saying the seeds of your destiny have already been sown? Where are those seeds now?"

"I brought it back." The goat hoof lifted its middle foot, on which hung a tiny spider silk bag.

The insects scanned the area with their spiritual senses and found several seeds inside the spider silk bag.

Everyone was quite surprised: "Has the life seed transformed back into a seed?"

"Yes, the Mountain Lord-level Flame Spider Merchant used his claws and the Heavenly Reversal Illumination ability to force my life seed back into a seed."

The other Zerg warriors also raised their midlegs, gesturing to the silk sacs on them: "That's how we all do it."

The young soldiers were very excited: "The Flame Spider Merchant is amazing!"

"That's right. If the Lifeseed can be forced back into its seed form, doesn't that mean the Zerg warriors can migrate the Lifeseed whenever they want?"

Luo Shi interrupted them: "Not entirely. Our Flame Spider Merchant's ability to 'return to heaven' only works on ordinary life forms without souls, not on divinely bestowed life forms that have awakened their soul consciousness."

"Does it not work on the divinely given seed?"

"Yes, because after the Divine Seed awakens its soul consciousness, it will instinctively resist the power of the Rejuvenation Illumination. Once conflicting thoughts arise, the power of the Rejuvenation Illumination will become ineffective."

The Flame Spider Merchant who unleashes his claws will also suffer a backlash, so we won't easily allow this ability to be used on Zerg warriors who possess the God-given Seed.

"I know about this." Xixin flapped her wings and said excitedly, "Before the Hundred Tribes Caravan brought us to Elephant Banana Island, we encountered a high-level Rhinoceros Tortoise Warrior."

It originally wanted to come back with us, but because it possessed a divinely bestowed seed of the heterophyllous Araceae plant, the Hundred Tribes caravan refused to take it back.

When Zishan first heard that the Flame Spider Merchant possessed this ability, she was worried that the God-given Seed might be stolen. However, after learning about the limitations, she unconsciously felt much more relaxed.

"Have any more Rhinoceros Tortoise Warriors found the Divine Seed in the wild?"

"Yes, that's a Rhinoceros Beetle Warrior with a Fork."

"The Golden Tortoise Warrior with Forked Rhinoceros, the Lord of Cloud Grass Mountain is its kin."

"Then we must bring it back quickly." A Zerg warrior with a God-given Seed, regardless of its quality, even if it's a herbaceous God-given Seed, will definitely be promoted to Lord level in the future as long as it receives a little support from the tribe.

Especially the Rhinoceros Tortoise Warriors, whose combat power is top-notch among their peers. The only thing limiting their growth is resources. If they can be promoted to lords, they will surely become fierce generals capable of expanding their territory.

The stone staghorn swayed its beard: "This is not something we should consider. The leaders of the Hundred Tribes will discuss it with the Green Bamboo Armor King and the others."

"Yes, yes, yes." Everyone moved on from that topic and started talking about other things.

While the young warriors were playing together, the leaders of the Hundred Tribes were also discussing with the Green Bamboo Armor King and the others about redeeming the young warriors.

"King Qingzhu, according to the agreement and custom, each warrior below the beginner level of 5 years old is worth 1000 Ore Stones, each warrior above the beginner level of 5 years old is worth 1500 Ore Stones, and each intermediate warrior is worth 2000 Ore Stones. The total value of the five warriors is 7000 Ore Stones."

"Okay, we'll settle the score after the transaction is over."

Two days ago, King Qingzhujia heard about a high-level Rhinoceros Tortoise Warrior left behind outside. He asked with some anticipation, "Chief of the Hundred Tribes, where is that high-level Rhinoceros Tortoise Warrior you mentioned? If it is willing to come back, our Rhinoceros Tortoise Tribe can send its Insect Claws to migrate its divine seed back."

The leader of the Hundred Tribes shook his beard: "Its location is in the central part of the Thousand Trees Main Continent, quite far from here."

Moving a divinely bestowed seed back from such a distant place will be no small feat.

Furthermore, we Flame Spider Merchants do not relocate warriors with the Seed of God, so you will have to do it yourselves.

However, if we need to revert all the ordinary life forms of advanced warriors back to their planted form, we'll still charge the same fee as relocating advanced warriors, which would be at least 3 Primogems.

King Qingzhujia said generously, "The raw stone is not a problem, but could you first take us to communicate with it and see what its own wishes are?"

The tribal leaders thought about it and decided that there was no problem with it, so they readily agreed.

Then, the tribal chief asked about another matter: "Has your tribe's little warrior, who possesses the divinely bestowed seed of the male mulberry tree, advanced to the advanced stage? The male tree shouldn't have much trouble flowering; it should be ready for pollination by now, right?"

"It's still in the intermediate stage. We plan to upgrade it to the advanced stage next year or the year after. The male plant has pollinated the common varieties. After being pollinated by the divinely bestowed male flower, the mulberries produced by the common varieties have initially reached the divinely bestowed level. We predict that the quality will be even better when it reaches the advanced stage."

"That's a bit slow in terms of evolution. Could you show us the mulberries produced by ordinary life forms after being pollinated by the pollen of the divinely bestowed seed from the male mulberry tree?"

"It's a minor issue." King Qingzhu didn't dwell on the matter too much, but instead had Lord Zili take out a thousand mulberries for the leaders of the Hundred Tribes to examine.

The leader of the Hundred Tribes picked up a mulberry and tasted it, confirming that it was indeed a mulberry of the level of divinely bestowed primal energy food: "The primal energy in this mulberry is higher than that of ordinary mulberries, but lower than that of wild divinely bestowed seeds. It can barely reach the level of divine bestowal. Green Bamboo Armor King, I will buy it for the price of six primal stones for one stone."

King Qingzhujia was somewhat dissatisfied: "Leaders of the Hundred Tribes, this price is a bit too cheap. We sell it for 0.2 raw stones per stone on Xiangjiao Island."