Astral Gods

Chapter 113 Advanced Stage: The Value of Green Soul Kiwi Seeds

Chapter 113 Advanced Stage: The Value of Green Soul Kiwi Seeds

September and October are the seasons of fragrant fruits. During this time, the entire Xiangjiao Island is filled with the fragrance of fruits, along with a faint scent of various primal energies.

Various fruits begin to ripen in June and July, and production peaks in September and October.

The insectoid warriors removed all the fruit from the trees. In nature, some insects are vegetarian, some are carnivorous, and some are omnivorous, but after being promoted to Force Warriors, they can eat both meat and vegetarian food.

However, most Zerg warriors still prefer to eat according to their own preferences.

Once the fruits from the various fruit trees they cultivate ripen, they sell them at low prices to herbivorous insectoid tribes.

Herbivorous insect tribes like the rhinoceros beetle keep the fruit for their own consumption.

During this season, both the purple locust and the purple artemisia work in the mulberry grove within their territory.

Of the 15 square kilometers of territory allocated to the tribe, some of the newly opened mulberry trees had only just been planted and naturally wouldn't bear fruit, but the mulberry grove that originally belonged to the Lord of Zizhu Mountain had been planted with mulberry trees for many years and produced a considerable harvest every year.

The timing of mulberry tree fruiting varies depending on the region and environment, with some varieties bearing fruit from late August to mid-November.

However, at this time of year, they are not busy picking mulberries, but rather peanuts planted alongside the mulberry trees.

These peanuts were planted by the Lord of Zizhu Mountain long ago. During their growth period, they can be used to feed the larvae of the rhinoceros beetle, and after the fruit matures, they can be used to feed the adult rhinoceros beetles and the Zerg warriors.

Peanuts are easier to preserve than mulberries after being dried.

According to the teachings of the Lord of Zehui Mountain, if you make a metal iron pot, invite a Zerg warrior with fire-type talent to roast the peanuts under the pot, and then properly store them in a warehouse, they can be guaranteed to last for two or three years without spoiling.

The only troublesome thing is that picking peanuts is not as simple as picking mulberries. You need to dig up each peanut plant, find the peanuts from the soil, wash off the soil, dry them, and roast them. The process is very tedious.

After Zihuai took over the territory of the Lord of Zizhu Mountain, he still planted peanuts every year. Now, at this time of year, the peanut branches and leaves have mostly turned yellow and withered.

The two brothers lowered their huge horns and plunged them deep into the soil to begin tilling the land, uncovering the peanuts buried deep in the earth.

They planted peanut fields covering about one square kilometer. They only needed to turn over half of the land, leaving the other half of the peanuts in the soil to feed the rhinoceros beetle larvae during the winter. The land would be tilled and planted again the following spring.

Just as the two brothers were busy with their own affairs, Yew flapped its huge wings and flew leisurely back to its territory: "Purple Locust, Purple Artemisia, I'm back."

Sensing its spiritual intent, the two brothers pulled the horn sticking out of the ground, shook off the dirt, and looked at the yew tree: "You finally decided to come back. I thought you were going to stay in the Thousand Star Islands all year."

There's nothing to do there, it's better to come back.

Besides, Zihuai, haven't your life-seed fruits already ripened this year? We need to see how much life-seeds you produced this year, and then discuss how to arrange things afterwards.

"That's fine. You're back just in time. We can turn over the peanut field and sort out the peanuts."

"Okay!" Zishan didn't hesitate and also planted the special horn in the soil to start turning over the peanuts. Because Zihuai and Ziai had started turning over the peanuts a few days ago, they finished the work in less than a day.

Peanuts that have been dug out, along with their stems and leaves, can last for ten days to half a month without any problem.

After turning the peanuts out, they washed off the dirt and then put the peanuts, along with their stems and leaves, into the sun to dry. They would then process them after they were completely dry.

It's not that they don't want to deal with the peanut branches and leaves, it's just that this process is a bit tedious.

The trade fair is about to begin, and they have heavy tasks to complete. They need to take care of the more important things first and then deal with these trivial matters later.

Back in Ziling, standing beneath the mulberry seed of the Purple Locust Tree, the three brothers began to discuss the yield and benefits of the seed.

"Purple Locust, you have planted 18 types of life seeds, but only 14 of them have started to bear fruit yet, right?"

"right."

The yew tree looked up at the mulberry tree: "All the mulberries on the mulberry tree have been picked!"

"I picked these a long time ago, peeled and ate all the flesh, and dried and stored the pits. They're just waiting to be handed over to the tribe."

"How much raw stone is a single mulberry pit worth approximately?"

"I estimate that a mulberry pit is worth about 0.05 raw stones."

I have three mulberry trees planted, and so far only some fruit has been left. Each tree has been planted with 600 bunches of mulberries.

"However, the ripening period has also been extended considerably, with only one batch produced every two years, and an average annual output of less than 800 rough stones."

During the Zerg Warriors' aging process, the size of the fruit will not change, but the primal energy contained within the fruit will increase to a certain extent, thus increasing the quality and price.

"Estimate the total value of the raw stones produced by the three mulberry trees?"

"The total yield from the three mulberry trees should exceed 4500 raw stones!"

It takes three life-sustaining plants two years to produce a source of primal energy worth just over 4500 primal stones, which is not a large amount.

However, when he thought about how the mulberry tree was only producing in its normal state and that the divinely bestowed seed of its male mulberry tree had not yet exerted its power, the yew tree felt relieved.

In fact, this output of Life Seed is already considered very high among Zerg warriors of the same level.

After all, mulberry trees are not tall trees that can grow to seventy or eighty meters high. It was only because of their special function that they were favored by the Rhinoceros Tortoise Tribe.

"Next year, we'll have each of the three mulberry trees bear 400 bunches of fruit. We'll pollinate them with the male flowers of the divinely bestowed mulberry tree and see how it goes. If there's not much pressure to bear fruit, we'll have them bear 400 bunches of fruit the year after next. This way, we can rotate them, so they can flower and produce fruit every year."

"No problem, just remove some if there's pressure from the fruit."

"What about the birch tree's lifeline?"

"The birch tree left 1000 clusters of fruit, each worth 0.5 yuan, and it produces fruit every year."

"The fruit of the maple tree has small seeds, and the average annual yield is 500 raw stones."

The nine seedlings that the Purple Locust Tree nurtured in its initial stage are: Purple Mulberry Tree, White Birch Tree, Maple Tree, Masson Pine, Purple Mulberry Tree, Purple Plum Tree, Date Palm Tree, Golden Mango Tree, and Crystal Longan Tree.

This year, the number of fruits left to ripen has been very limited, with the basic output being around 500 raw stones.

In addition, it also produces five species among the many species in the intermediate stage.

The five cultivars currently producing fruit in the intermediate stage of the Purple Locust tree are: Large-kernel Lychee Tree, Green Soul Kiwi, Purple Mulberry Tree, Large-seed Durian, and Iron Chestnut Tree.

Other life types are one thing, but the output of the Azure Soul Kiwi life type is highly valued.

What about the yield of the "Green Soul Kiwi Fruit" seed?

"The Azure Soul Kiwi Fruit seed has produced 200 fruits, but Lord Purple Plum hasn't come to check yet!" Purple Locust has a total of two Azure Soul Kiwi Fruit seeds. One was a seed that Lord Zehui Mountain brought over, and he gave one to it.

The other one was obtained by the Green Bamboo Armor King after it advanced to a high-level warrior, after consulting with the leaders of the Hundred Tribes. It is still growing in its life sac.

"After advancing to a high-level warrior, the Life Seed of the Azure Soul Kiwi only yields once every two years. I wonder how many Primogems it can sell for?"

Zishan affirmed, "The price will definitely not be low!"

Zi Ai: "My Green Soul Kiwi Fruit needs to ripen next year, and I wonder what its quality will be like?"

The leaders of the hundred tribes brought over seven seeds of the Azure Soul Kiwi Fruit and gave them to the young warriors of the Rhinoceros Golden Turtle tribe to nurture as life-sustaining seeds.

The three brothers divided four seeds among themselves, and gave the remaining three to several other high-ranking warriors in the tribe to plant as life-sustaining seeds, which will soon begin to bear fruit.

"Lord Purple Plum and the others are busy with many things in the tribe right now and don't have time to care about us. We can pick all the fruit on the tree and take it to Great Green Peak to show Lord Purple Plum and King Green Bamboo."

Without further ado, the three brothers harvested all the harvestable fruits from the purple locust and purple artemisia trees, separated the pulp from the seeds, dried what needed to be dried, sorted what needed to be sorted, and packed them up one by one.

The Purple Locust produces 14 life-seed plants, but the Purple Artemisia only produces five life-seed plants, for a total of only 19 life-seed plants.

When they had finished their work, Zizhu flew over leisurely.

"Lord of Purple Pearl Mountain," the three brothers greeted him hastily.

"Hmm, where are you planning to go?"

"Let's go to Daqing Peak, sell our Force food, and then let Lord Zili check on the quality of the Azure Soul Kiwifruit produced by Zihuai."

"That's perfect, I'm going there too."

"Master of Purple Pearl Mountain, what were you doing there? Was there something you needed?"

After the Purple Pearl Mountain Lord was promoted to Mountain Lord, its life seeds were managed by Purple Locust and others, and most life seeds were only produced once every two to three years.

Its life seed was harvested once last year, and the fruit of its life seed has not yet been harvested this year.

The Lord of Purple Pearl Mountain said irritably, "As a Rhinoceros Golden Turtle warrior, I also have to do work, otherwise I won't get a share of the wild divinely bestowed seeds."

"Oh, I see."

The three brothers said no more, hung all the food containing primal energy on their feet, and then went to Daqing Peak with the Lord of Zizhu Mountain.

On Daqing Peak, many lords and mountain masters were busy collecting the dried pulp of the Force Fruit and packing it into spider silk bags of 100 kilograms each.

The price of Force food produced in the territory of a high-level warrior is one price, while the price of food produced in the territory of a mountain lord-level warrior is another price.

Some of the fruit pulp can be sold to warriors of other tribes, while some can be sold to caravans of the Hundred Tribes, where they can be processed into Force Honey or brewed into Force Wine. The main point is that not a single bit of Force food should be wasted.

When the three Zishan brothers and the Lord of Zizhu Mountain arrived together, Lord Qingguo and Lord Zili were still working.

The three brothers stood obediently to the side, waiting for them to finish their work. Without the insects needing to tell him, the Lord of Purple Pearl Mountain took the initiative to join in and help with the work.

There are many goods here. Some need to be stored in the warehouse, and some need to be transported to the trading square for sale. The matter is very complicated, which is why Lord Zili has not had time to manage the life seed production of Zihuai and the others during this period.

The three brothers waited until late at night before Lord Zili and his companions finished their initial tasks and sorted out all the goods before they had time to pay attention to Zishan and the others.

Lord Green Fruit had already seen them. With a gentle sweep of its spiritual sense, it detected what was inside. It waved its antennae and called to the insects: "Purple Locust, Green Tangerine, bring over all your life-seed production."

"Oh." Purple Locust and a high-ranking warrior from Great Green Peak carried over the spider silk bag containing the spider silk produced by their life seed and placed it in front of the two lords.

They also brought quite a variety of Force-based foods, which they intended to sell to the tribe in exchange for Spider King Scrolls, and then the tribe would collectively produce the claws.

Lord Qingguo ignored the messy Force food and exchanged it with the Mountain Lord-level Zerg warriors.

It quickly untied the spider silk bag and took out the freshly harvested Qinghun kiwi fruit to examine it carefully.

The Azure Soul Kiwifruit produced by the Purple Locust and its kind of seed and the Azure Soul Kiwifruit produced by the Purple Cedar are not much different in appearance, but the primal energy contained within them is definitely incomparable.

Despite its enormous size, the Green Fruit Lord easily sliced ​​open the skin of the small Green Soul Kiwi, which was only the size of a cherry tomato, and picked out the seeds inside to examine them.

Kiwi seeds are about the size of sesame seeds, very small, with only 25 seeds in each kiwi.

In its claws lay the fruit produced by the Green Orange Life Seed. As a Rhinoceros Golden Turtle Warrior capable of nurturing such a rare and high-level Life Seed, it also possessed a profound background, being a direct descendant of the Green Bamboo Armor King.

After tasting the seeds of the Green Soul Kiwi, the Green Fruit Lord commented, "Not bad, the energy ratio in the seeds is 1:1.2."

"1:1.2?" Upon hearing Lord Green Fruit's words, the insects were overjoyed. This was the proportion of primal energy in normal primal food at an advanced stage.

The energy ratio of Force Food in the initial stage is about 1:0.8, while that in the intermediate stage is about 1:1. As the level increases, the energy ratio will also increase.

Qingju looked at Lord Qingguo with shining eyes: "How much can this sell for?"

Lord Qingguo pondered for a moment and commented, "A single Qinghun monkey peach seed should be worth about 0.3 raw stones."

"0.3 raw stones?" Upon hearing this, the insects were overjoyed. This meant that the seeds of a single Green Soul Kiwi could be sold for 7.5 raw stones, and the pulp could be sold for three raw stones.

Ordinary kiwi seeds can only be sold for 0.02 raw stones, and this price is 15 times higher than that of ordinary kiwi seeds.

While this price cannot compare to the food that comes with the power of the gods, it is still quite remarkable.

A single Green Soul Kiwi can sell for 10.5 raw stones. As production increases, it won't be a problem for a single Green Soul Kiwi tree to grow two or three hundred Green Soul Kiwis.

It seems that the Qinghun kiwifruit, which is harvested only once every two years, is not much more valuable than other species. This is mainly because the fruit is small and the number of seeds is small. However, it is rare and there is not enough to eat within the tribe, let alone sell to outsiders.

More importantly, unlike ordinary divinely bestowed Force food, which can only be multiplied dozens of times from the original Force food.

Soul-type divine-given primal force foods have a high base price, costing dozens of times more than ordinary primal force foods, making them extremely expensive.