"Dragon Cypress, have you come up with an idea?"

"...No."

"I have!"

"..."

"One-Glimpse Fruit!"

"..."

Weren't you usually pretty wooden? How come you suddenly got clever?

Dragon Cypress bought the One-Glimpse Fruit at a sky-high price, with the goal of obtaining the White Poplar Divine Seed.

Dragon Cypress was determined to get the White Poplar Divine Seed.

Though the Strength System's Divine-Given Red Cypress Seed was also precious, compared to a Life-Extending Divine Good, it was a whole tier below.

"...Let's go take a look first."

Dragon Cypress walked into the cave and came up to the corpse of the Rainbow Walking Insect Warrior, examining it closely.

Ink Orchid squeezed in after, but the cave was narrow and couldn't fit both, so Ink Orchid hung sideways on the stone wall.

There was another passage on the side of the cave, leading to a treasury where Origin Force Food was stored.

A very clever Insect Clan Warrior—using five stone slabs, locked together as mortise and tenon, it had made a stone cabinet.

Below the stone cabinet, square stones were placed as a base, raising it ten centimeters above the ground to prevent dampness from the rainy season from seeping up and spoiling the stored Origin Force Food.

There were three layers of animal skins laid on top of the stone cabinet.

Inside was a cabinet full of Cypress Seeds, produced by the Divine-Given Red Cypress Seed. The Rainbow Walking Insect Warrior couldn't eat them and was reluctant to throw them away, so it stockpiled them.

They had been stored for who knows how many years, already spoiled and now only had faint traces of Origin Force aura left.

Ink Orchid climbed along the stone wall, eager to squeeze into the treasury and grabbed a few Cypress Seeds to taste.

"Dragon Cypress, Strength System Enhancement!"

"I know."

"Divine-Given Origin Force Food, isn't that exactly what you need?"

"You can buy it from the caravan."

"It's expensive!"

"There are only two kinds of things in this world: those that Source Stones can buy, and those they can't."

"One-Glimpse Fruit can buy it. Just buy another one."

"How do I buy it?"

"Buy it the same way you did last time."

"It's not that simple."

"You'll come up with a way."

"..."

It was true there was still some room to maneuver.

Moreover, the Divine-Given Red Cypress Seed was among the top tier below the Divine Grade.

If he spent three or four million source stones to save it, and nurtured it into his own Life Seed, he would get his investment back in less than a hundred years—the rest would all be profit.

Dragon Cypress: "Three years from now, if I'm lucky, I'll be able to get a One-Glimpse Fruit as I wish... but this Divine-Given Red Cypress Seed probably can't hold out for another three years."

Ink Orchid: "Then think of a way to extend its life?"

Ink Orchid: "Dominating Throne? Doesn't the Dominating Throne have the ability to heal Origin Force Plants?"

Dragon Cypress: "Seems like it can't. If it could, getting close just now, the Dominating Throne would have automatically sent out a prompt."

Dragon Cypress: "It seems the healing function of the Dominating Throne requires the target to be in tree heart or seed form before it will trigger."

Ink Orchid: "Is that so?"

Ink Orchid: "How about using the exuviae of the Fruitful Dragon Cypress Divine Seed? They're both cypress trees and both Strength System. Maybe the king-level remains can help."

——Makes sense!

Based on years of experience,

Divine-Given Remains work best on the same type of Origin Force Plant; next best is the same attribute, like Strength System Origin Force Plants.

Red Cypress and Dragon Cypress meet both 'same species' and 'same system'—a perfect match.

Dragon Cypress pondered and said, "It's worth a try, maybe it'll help a bit..."

Dragon Cypress waved a claw and said, "Let's go outside, dig a pit, and bury the corpse."

...

Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid dug a pit in the forest under the cave and buried the Rainbow Walking Insect.

The spoiled Divine-Given Red Cypress Seeds in the stone cabinet still had a bit of Origin Force Energy left. It would be a waste to throw them out, so the accompanying worker ants were sent to carry them out, shell them, and give the kernels to the Blue Ants for refinement.

Finally,

Dragon Cypress brought the emptied Dominating Throne to the Divine-Given Red Cypress Seed tree.

Floating close to the trunk, the throne didn't react at all. Even when trying to communicate, there was no healing feature triggered, like what happened last time with the Night Fragrance God-Given Seed's tree heart.

However, this Divine-Given Red Cypress Seed kept emitting feelings of sorrow, as if crying for help.

It knew it was about to die.

It didn't want to die yet.

Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid both couldn't help but feel some pity.

"...No response."

Dragon Cypress tried repeatedly, then glanced sideways at Ink Orchid.

"Then just forget it."

Ink Orchid said, "Leave the Stump Ant Nest here, and let's hurry on to Xinghu Lake."

Dragon Cypress: "Your call."

Ink Orchid: "..."

Ink Orchid: "Let's stop by White Lotus Lake to ask the Night Fragrance God-Given Seed for advice. Maybe it has a way."

Dragon Cypress: "Alright—"

...

This place was in the northwest of the southeastern region, not particularly far from White Lotus Lake.

Travelling day and night, it would take just two days.

The Night Fragrance God-Given Seed tree was around 150 meters tall, with thick lateral branches and a layered crown that, from a distance, looked like a blue-green hill standing by the lakeshore.

It had recovered nicely.

The Night Fragrance God-Given Seed had strong spiritual power, and from more than a thousand meters away, greeted, "Dragon Cypress Ant King, Ink Orchid, long time no see. How many Source Stones have you found?"

The Dominating Throne moved in quickly.

"Night Fragrance."

"Long time no see."

"Didn't find any Source Stones."

Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid called back in greeting.

The Night Fragrance God-Given Seed asked, "So what have you two been busy with this year? Looking for Lands of Origin Force? Or digging up ruins?"

Dragon Cypress: "Looking for Lands of Origin Force. Digging some ruins along the way."

Ink Orchid got straight to the point: "Dragon Cypress and I found a new Land of Origin Force and discovered a Divine-Given Red Cypress Seed that's on the verge of death. The Rainbow Walking Insect Warrior that nurtured it died of old age about two or three years ago."

Ink Orchid: "Night Fragrance, do you know any ways to save this Divine-Given Red Cypress Seed?"

Night Fragrance: "...No."

Night Fragrance: "As far as I know, the only way is that unique ability you told me about from the One-Glimpse Fruit. But I suppose you've already considered that."

Ink Orchid: "Yeah."

Ink Orchid: "Is there any way to at least delay the death of the Divine-Given Red Cypress Seed... just to make it... die... more slowly..."

Night Fragrance: "That's easy. Do you know any Insect Clan Warriors with Awakened Wood Element Talent Ability? Some insects' Wood Element Talents are for healing plants."

After saying that, Night Fragrance hesitated: "...But nowadays on Cloud Trace Continent, it seems, well, such insects are really hard to find..."

Mountain Persimmon is Wood Element, and its evolution isn't too low, but its Red-Margined Tenebrionid Beetle Tribe is a combat type Insect Clan.

Woodberry and Blue Catalpa could work, but their evolution isn't nearly enough.

Ink Orchid, unwilling to let go, pressed: "There must have been lots of cases where an Insect Clan Warrior nurturing a Divine-Given Seed died young, right? Hasn't any insect tried other methods?"

Night Fragrance: "There are many similar cases. Of those I know, without exception, the Divine-Given Seeds all died horribly as well."

Night Fragrance also added: "So I've always been very glad that I wasn't ever nurtured into a Life Seed by some unlucky insect."

Ink Orchid: "..."

Ink Orchid asked, "Then what about using the exuviae of the Fruitful Dragon Cypress Divine Seed? Would that slow its death?"

Night Fragrance: "I don't know."

Night Fragrance: "However, I suppose, it should have at least some effect."

"Got it. Thanks."

Ink Orchid's confidence increased a lot upon hearing this.

...

"Dragon Cypress Ant King!"

"Ink Orchid."

Hearing the commotion, Fragrant Cypress hurried over, surrounded by the ant colony.

Dragon Cypress ordered, "Fragrant Cypress, gather some worker ants, soldier ants, as well as Blue Soldiers and Blue Ants. Come with me—we have an urgent matter. I'll explain on the way."

…

…

…

The Dominating Throne, loaded with fifteen big bags of Fruitful Dragon Cypress Divine Seed exuviae, landed beneath the Divine-Given Red Cypress Seed tree.

Ink Orchid hurried and began unloading.

Dragon Cypress put down some wooden planks, and Fragrant Cypress led the ant colony to land.

They started digging a pit.

They scraped wood into powder to fill in the pit.

They watered it thoroughly.

After observing for two days, there was no noticeable improvement in the Divine-Given Red Cypress Seed's condition.

Fragrant Cypress stayed behind with the ant colony to care for it.

Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid quickly returned to Xianglan Mountain.

This autumn, there were two major events: First, the first harvest of the Cuihua Hanlan God-Given Seed; and second, the first fruit harvest since the White Rice God-Given Seed evolved into Evolution Mountain Lord Level in a most extraordinary fashion.

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