Ant Lord in the Star Realm

Chapter 1059: Chapter 706: Turning Decay into Miracle

If the Origin Force Honey trade really goes as everyone has planned, selling 10,000 jars a year, earning 50,000 Primordial Crystals and splitting 25,000 each, that would be an extremely considerable income.

Melde took this matter very seriously, spending a full month leading the insects to inspect every single trading plaza in District 1001 on the five Life Planets of the Venus Star System.

In a massive market with a million Insect Population, producing 10,000 jars of fragrant and delicious Origin Force Honey and selling them all is not difficult no matter how you calculate it.

A good business worth investing in.

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There was one issue that White Ivy and the others seemed not to have realized.

The Flame Spider Roving Merchants, running around for one year, lose one year of Life Span.

Insect Clan Warriors managing their Territory spend most of their time in Hibernation; though a year passes, the actual Life Span consumed is very little.

In the cooperation between the Xianglan Chamber of Commerce and the White Ivy Chamber of Commerce, Melde’s side cleverly took advantage, spending very little Life Span yet receiving a share of the ultra‑high returns into which the Flame Spider Roving Merchants had poured all their life’s passion.

Perhaps Red Peach could realize this problem, but given their current situation, they were helpless.

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The four seasons on Twisted Blue Star are not very distinct, but there are still spring, summer, autumn, and winter, just without the opposing seasons between the Northern Hemisphere and the southern hemisphere.

The first, second, and third months are spring.

North 2528 District lies in the warm belt.

Summer is scorching.

In winter, cold currents blow in from the extremely frigid regions at both poles.

Autumn is when fruit ripens.

Spring is warm and suitable for sowing.

They returned to Xianglan Mountain.

Melde continued cultivating the ant colony.

Ink Orchid led Black Peach, Black Cory, Rainbow Light, White Rice, Blue Catalpa, Tie Bush, and Rainbow Mulberry, using their extremely powerful Earth System Abilities to first open up large tracts of land, sow all kinds of fresh fruit and dried fruit Seeds, and nurture fruit saplings.

The various fruits needed to make Origin Force Honey were planted first.

Time flew by.

In April,

the Large Ants that Melde had been cultivating were successively born.

In July,

White Ivy herself gathered assorted fresh fruits and dried fruits from elsewhere and delivered them.

Black Sophora helped by commanding the ant colony to first make 50 sample jars according to the standard of 1,000 Primordial Crystals per jar with a 10% profit margin.

White Ivy began promoting her cosmic‑edition Bee King Honey.

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Northern Hemisphere of Twisted Blue Star.

The Green Giant Mantis Tribe, which had carried on the Home Planet’s heritage for three Origin Force cycles and was utterly domineering, directly rented land at a low price from the Luoli Chamber of Commerce, signing a long‑term lease on ten districts in one go and providing them free for all Mantis species to reside in.

North 1781 District.

In the Stone Pattern Kingdom of the Home Planet, at Hidden Wing Mountain, the Stone Pattern Mantis Tribe gathered a batch of vassal Mantis Clan who lived off them and formed the "Stone Pattern Chamber of Commerce," settling here together.

Silvergrass drove the Star Spider along the main road, then turned into a black side road and pulled up at the Red‑Gray Plaza near the central lake of the district’s Territory.

The hatch opened.

White Ivy jumped down.

Red Peach, Green Peach, and Fish Vine followed her out.

Under a tree at the edge of the plaza, a guard Mantis Clan Warrior stood up, glanced over, saw it was a Flame Spider Caravan, and lazily flopped back down.

"Back on the Home Planet, Hidden Wing Mountain was the first Great Tribe we traded with. We fitted wings to ourselves at Hidden Wing Mountain and soared all the way up."

White Ivy, full of fighting spirit, declared, "Today, we’re still starting over from here. Our goal is to establish a stable trade relationship with the Giant Mantis Commerce Chamber."

"Nice!"

"Chairman White Ivy is wise!"

"Let’s reforge our former glory!"

Silvergrass, Red Peach, and Green Peach followed along, shouting excitedly.

"Let’s go—"

"Charge—"

White Ivy led the way into a narrow forest path and set off running.

Fish Vine: "..."

Fish Vine ran along for a bit, then couldn’t help asking, "Chairman White Ivy, are we going to the Stone Pattern Mantis Tribe to visit Spiky Wing?"

White Ivy: "Yes."

Fish Vine: "Then what does this have to do with the Green Giant Mantis’s Giant Mantis Commerce Chamber?"

"..."

White Ivy thought for a moment and said, "If we go directly to visit the Giant Mantis Commerce Chamber, we can’t even get into their Territory."

Red Peach helped add, "But delicious Bee King Honey can."

Green Peach said, "The Green Giant Mantis Tribe has gathered hundreds of Mantis Tribes and, with the Giant Mantis Commerce Chamber as the lead, formed a huge Mantis Clan Commercial Alliance. We have no way to talk directly with the Giant Mantis Commerce Chamber, but we can go through members of the Alliance, for example, by having the Stone Pattern Chamber of Commerce’s Leader make an introduction for us."

Silvergrass said, "First we build connections and get acquainted with a few Steward Mantises, then establish trade through Bee King Honey. In the future, when Melde the Ant King and Ink Orchid’s Divine God-Given Seeds start producing, we can naturally expand further."

White Ivy said, "Just like back on the Home Planet, we have to turn Bee King Honey into a rare luxury that only a handful of particularly wealthy insects—those who hold power within their clans and even possess Divine God-Given Seeds—can afford to eat."

"Got it—"

Fish Vine understood, but couldn’t figure out the specific execution. After thinking it over, it decided not to think too much and simply kept running along.

Following the narrow mountain path crudely hardened by Earth-Stone Abilities, they climbed over mountains and ridges and by mid‑afternoon arrived at the foot of a peak.

This had once been the residential Territory of the "Spiky Wing Mantis King" of Hidden Wing Mountain.

Back on the Home Planet, the Spiky Wing Mantis King had been the Tribal Leader with full authority over the Divine-Given Seeds of Divine‑Grade Lightwing Wood at Hidden Wing Mountain, responsible for trading Divine‑Grade Lightwing Seeds.

After coming to the Venus Star System, with elders above him everywhere and unable to have a say in tribal affairs, his title naturally reverted to the plain personal name "Spiky Wing."

Spiky Wing had two God-Given Life Seeds. One, as required, produced Divine-Given Origin Force Food that was handed over to the Tribe for unified handling, while the best Lightwing Wood Divine-Given Seed produced Divine-Given Awl Wing Seed that he sold to White Ivy.

"Spiky Wing!"

White Ivy sent out a spiritual power shock and shouted once, then used her Soul-Setting Ability to sense and led the group up to him.

The other party was just guarding his Life Seed, waiting for it to mature so he could harvest it.

"Chairman White Ivy!"

"Silvergrass. Red Peach."

Spiky Wing came up to greet them enthusiastically.

At a glance, he noticed something unusual.

This year they had come half a month earlier, and there were more insects than usual.