Chapter 999: Chapter 687: Farewell (Part 2)
Resembling a bedbug, slightly elongated, also somewhat like a dragonfly larva ’ciconia’, with two crab-like claws, adept at underwater combat.
...
The thirty-yearly grand event ended.
Dragon Cypress arranged for Ink Orchid, Purple, Green Heart, to take Blue Catalpa, Snakebark Maple, Red Moonseed, Chinese Clematis, and followed the large crowd to wander around and explore.
Dragon Cypress returned to Rainbow Island alone, taking Rainbow Apricot, journeying to Desolation Plains of Cloud Trace Continent, using the desert environment to practice sandstorm and sand leech abilities.
At the same time, fulfilling the promise, nurturing specialized Green Ants nearby to send them to the Purple Tung Insect Nation.
Rainbow Apricot was responsible for teaching the exclusive characters of Xianglan Mountain Kingdom, using character commands to direct ant swarms, rotating abilities to assist the growth of Huagi, Linnan, Quandong, and other Divine-Given Seeds.
...
Time flows leisurely.
Silver Cypress Year 330.
Spring, when ice and snow first melt.
Suddenly one day, Ink Orchid hurriedly sought out from the east.
"Dragon Cypress!"
"Second King? Long time no see."
"Not joking with you. White Ivy and Melde plan to leave the Star Realm."
Ink Orchid’s expression was serious.
"Leave?"
Dragon Cypress was puzzled.
"The next Expedition Year in 38 years, leaving the Star Realm."
"They?"
"White Ivy and Melde and their group, like Lupine, Grass Dragon, Silvergrass, these Spiders."
"Won’t they wait for Seven-Leaf and Natsumi? Not leaving together?"
"Seven-Leaf still has a long way. Stuck at the fourth Age Period as Spider King for two Wangbai Seeds, at least another hundred years."
"..."
"White Ivy Spider King said retirement life is too boring, can’t stay any longer. Just right, Expedition Year 38 years later, more insects will leave from the southern hemisphere. White Ivy and Melde mean to go with the flow, leaving together. They came over, asking Great Leader Dragon Cypress for help, to secretly notify a few leaders of the Wave Tree Bay United Kingdom before leaving, to take care of each other in the Outworld."
"Oh——"
Dragon Cypress’s brain quickly thought and asked, "What about Red Crow Mountain? Wouldn’t it be better for them to leave with that batch of super warriors trained there?"
"Exactly!"
Ink Orchid realized and eagerly said, "Dragon Cypress, why don’t you go and persuade White Ivy and Melde?"
Dragon Cypress thought for two seconds, then wobbled the tentacle, saying, "Forget it. Firstly, with the personalities of White Ivy and Grass Dragon, they definitely don’t have the patience to wait; secondly, the group of super warriors from Red Crow Mountain would leave in two or three hundred years at most, which wouldn’t be in time with you and me either."
Dragon Cypress sighed, "No matter how you calculate it, we can’t leave together with White Ivy and Melde."
Ink Orchid tilted their head, thought, and dejectedly said, "So, what do we do?"
Ink Orchid: "..."
——No solution.
Ink Orchid quickly understood the logic.
Since we can’t leave together no matter what, it’s unnecessary to try hard to persuade.
Dragon Cypress called, "Let’s go! See what’s happening!"
...
...
At the Rednan Mountain branch nest,
Fragrant Cypress and Black Sophora were busy directing Worker Ants and Blue Ants to refine food busily.
Batch after batch of Ant King Honey and Origin Force Ant Honey were produced and transported to the Trade Cave.
In the Trade Cave,
Two Little Spiders were handing over goods with Purple Three Leaf.
Ghost Fan, White Rice, and Chinese Clematis, bored, also came over to help with bookkeeping and accounting.
After Melde and White Ivy announced retirement, Dragon Cypress hardly ever bothered with Xianglan Mountain Kingdom’s trade affairs.
However, the two Little Spiders in front of them still knew.
One was a younger member of the Seven-Leaf Caravan named Ying; the other was a direct descendant of Cicada Seed named Bulrush.
Born in the same year, they were both named after a tropical plant ’Yinglin’, each taking a word from it for their names.
Currently, Rainbow Island also produced large quantities of Bee King Jelly, Origin Force Honey, and Bee King Honey with expanded trade scale.
Every year, the total transactions amount to over 150 million Source Stones, with accounting stone slabs stacked over a meter high, forming five stacks.
The two Little Spiders were very clever, able to remember and sort out each transaction account clearly.
"Dragon Cypress Ant King!"
"Mantis King Ink Orchid!"
"Dragon Cypress Ant King, long time no see."
Greeting each other.
Chinese Clematis inquired, "Dragon Cypress Ant King, how’s the progress on your abilities? When will you return to Rainbow Island?"
"Still far from it, need at least ten more years. Sandstorm and sand leech require a sand environment, can’t return anytime soon."
Dragon Cypress replied, glancing at Ying and Bulrush.
Ying: "Dragon Cypress Ant King, I heard White Ivy and Melde Spider King are planning to leave the Origin Force Star Realm."
Bulrush: "They intend to leave with insects from the southern hemisphere, and would like your help to communicate with leaders of the Wave Tree Bay United Kingdom, to make friends, and take care of each other in the Outworld."
"Understood."
Dragon Cypress asked, "Have Melde and White Ivy Spider King arrived?"
Ying: "Yes, they’ve arrived."
Bulrush: "Lupine, Grass Dragon, and Silvergrass Spider Kings, as well as Old Mantis King Red Peach, are all here."
Old Mantis King?
Dragon Cypress: "..."
Dragon Cypress asked again, "What about Green Peach? Busy transporting Source Stones?"
Ying: "Yes——"
Dragon Cypress asked, "How long have they been gone? When might they come back?"
Purple Three Leaf helped to answer, "It has been some time, so they should be back soon..."
Each year, 5 million Source Stones from Huagi Mountain are delivered, this being a fixed trade item for nearly 400 years.
Dragon Cypress plans to use the Ocean God’s Scepter to aid the evolution of the Deep Blue God-Given Seed, requiring a massive amount of Source Stones.
Emulating Huagi Mountain, trading Divine-Grade Fruit and high-quality Divine-Given Seeds in offset transactions, exchanging 10 million Source Stones annually from the Northern Hemisphere’s Ten Thousand Nations Continent.
Dragon Cypress plans to gather 6 billion, before leaving, to send it to the Purple Tung Insect Nation.
And the reserve of 3 billion on Rainbow Island will be conveniently moved to Molan Mountain for use.
By operating like this, the Northern and Southern Hemispheres jointly bear the load, the Ocean God’s Scepter can be activated twice, and with effort, three or four times could be considered.
...
In the midst of chatting,
