Ant Lord in the Star Realm

Chapter 1069: Chapter 709: Deadly Connections (Part 2)

Dragon Cypress: "Just deposit a fixed 50,000 into the Chamber of Commerce account every year, that’s enough. The rest, all distribute it, everyone speed up your Evolution."

Dragon Cypress: "Save 50,000 a year, in ten thousand years that’s 500 million. My idea is, when we go to the White Crystal Star System in the future, we’ll directly look for a Second Level Origin Point, rent land and settle in! We still have to take the growth and Evolution of Life Seeds and Wild God-Given Seeds as the core."

"Besides, bugs living at a Second Level Origin Point definitely aren’t poor. Poor bugs struggle to survive; rich bugs care about quality of life. We can keep doing the Origin Force Honey and Bee King Honey trade, and also try Origin Force Bead and Ant King Pearl trading, continuing to accumulate capital for the Chamber of Commerce."

"Primordial Gemstones, Origin Points, planets, Star Spiders, Starships—these things get more expensive one after another. We’ll see how things stand then and take it step by step."

All the insects tapped their Tentacles in agreement.

Dragon Cypress: "For Origin Force Plants breaking through to the Evolutionary Third Trace Realm, everyone’s seen enough of all kinds of situations. In the next 10 to 15 years, when Life Seeds and Divine-Given Seeds break through, I won’t wake every bug up. Whose Life Seed breaks through, I’ll wake that one up to handle it."

"Okay."

"Got it."

"Understood."

The insects agreed.

Dragon Cypress: "I’m done. Anyone still have questions?"

The insects all shook their Tentacles.

If not, meeting adjourned.

...

...

On the way back to Yellow Peach Mountain,

Fish Vine asked hopefully: "Chairman White Ivy, do we get dividends too?"

White Ivy: "Of course. Fifty-fifty. This year we’re getting 73,000 Primordial Crystals in dividends."

"Whoa~"

Fish Vine: "Then how much can I get?"

White Ivy: "No rush for you yet."

Fish Vine: "???"

White Ivy: "We’re still strapped for cash right now. The profit-sharing will be centrally managed."

"We’ll save up money to buy Silvergrass a brand-new Star Spider. I, Red Peach, Silvergrass, and you, Fish Vine, can tag along and learn. We’ll run together, make visits everywhere, and negotiate Divine-Grade Fruit swap deals."

"As for growth and Evolution, I’ll evolve to the Star Marks Realm first. Then it’s Red Peach and Silvergrass, who must evolve to the Nine Traces Realm as soon as possible."

"Yellow Peach, Green Peach, Poison Bean, Fish Vine, you all take one step slower."

White Ivy had expected Poison Bean to jump up, so she pinned it down with one claw and said briefly: "If we do the Divine-Grade Fruit trade well, it’s not hard for our annual income to exceed 300,000. At 300,000 a year, in less than a thousand years everyone can evolve to the Star Marks Realm."

"After the Star Marks Realm, we’re in no hurry to evolve, even in no hurry to make money. After the Nine Traces Combined, everyone has to spend time and effort to polish their own Star Marks, laying a solid foundation for growth and Evolution into the next major Realm."

Red Peach: "After the Star Marks Realm, we must work hard to save money. First, buy a Wangbai Seed from the Dragon Cypress Ant King; second, accumulate a sum of start-up capital for our future business operations when we head to the White Crystal Star System."

White Ivy said firmly: "Our goal is to earn one million a year! Save up ten billion!"

Red Peach: "..."

"Oh——"

Hearing that he also had resources for Evolution, Fish Vine was relieved and praised: "Chairman White Ivy, wise and mighty! Red Peach, unbelievably smart!"

Poison Bean asked: "What business are we going to do in the White Crystal Star System? Keep working with the Dragon Cypress Ant King? Or go rejoin Melde and Grass Dragon and the others?"

White Ivy’s tone turned harsh; she said coldly: "Final warning: don’t you dare mention those two bastards, Grass Dragon and Lupine!"

Poison Bean: "..."

Red Peach: "Our current trade relies entirely on the Dragon Cypress Ant King’s Refinement Ability and Divine-Grade Fruits. Following the Dragon Cypress Ant King and Ink Orchid is definitely the right move. As for trades beyond Origin Force Honey and Divine-Grade Fruits... we’ll see how things look after we get to the White Crystal Star System."

Red Peach: "Let’s focus on what’s in front of us first."

Silvergrass asked: "So what are we doing right now?"

Red Peach: "Chairman White Ivy, Silvergrass, we’re heading to White Poplar Star to visit the Bee King Lotus. The other bugs go back to Yellow Peach Mountain and hurry to get the Metal Cans for the December Origin Force Honey trade made."

Silvergrass hopped in agreement: "Yes! Yes! Yes! If we can get trading access for one or two more Divine-Grade Ghost Lotus Seeds, our Divine-Grade trades will skyrocket..."

...

...

White Poplar Star.

The plaza for drying Seeds.

A ghostly green light flickered in the Bee King Lotus’s eyes; she had the urge to tear apart the three guys in front of her.

—Spurge’s descendants!

—And they still dare to run into her Territory.

Back then, they’d agreed to leave together, but in the end that guy Spurge broke his word, joined the Luoli Chamber of Commerce, and went straight to the White Crystal Star System.

Five hundred years of friendship, and in the face of future prospects and profit, they parted ways without even a word.

Damned Spiders!

"..."

The Bee King Lotus’s gaze fell on the Star Spider in front of her, broken and almost falling apart, and she was speechless again.

Once you enter Star Space, a Star Spider is standard issue for a Flame Spider, a must-have tool to make a living.

A Star Spider is also an expensive Technology Civilization construct; how good or bad the Star Spider is directly reflects a Flame Spider’s living conditions...

The smart Flame Spider Roving Merchants get recruited by the Luoli Chamber of Commerce back on the Home Planet and are sent straight to the White Crystal Star System.

The ones stranded over here in the Venus Star System are all dumb Spiders.

The Bee King Lotus knew that White Ivy had never been smart since she was little. It was said that right after she arrived, as soon as she landed she got swindled out of a hundred million by a fellow-clan shady merchant, ended up with massive debt, and fell into utter destitution...

The Bee King Lotus tilted her head slightly; her gaze fell on the seven-colored Metal Can held in the hands of the Assistant King under her command.

Orchid Grass insignia, Level Three Chamber of Commerce.

"White Ivy, that Ant King from Cloud Trace Continent finally came?"

"Yes, Bee King Lotus."

"Did all the Divine God-Given Seeds from Huagi Mountain come along?"

"No. The Divine Tree of Huagi Mountain can’t possibly move with them. Besides, the Shield Grasshopper Tribe has a lineage on Twisted Blue Star, with their own Huagi Chamber of Commerce."

"Then what did you come to me for?"

"Bee King Lotus, I’ve newly found a few especially powerful Divine-Grade Fruits, and I rushed over at once to share them with you."

"..."

The Bee King Lotus couldn’t be bothered to respond.

White Ivy was not a qualified shady merchant; this line was way too fake.