Astral Gods

Chapter 65 Negotiation

The yew sac nurtured a divinely bestowed seed, requiring a large amount of Force to assist it. Based on this situation, Lord Zili also adjusted the promotion plan for the three brothers.

"The Divine Seed in Zishan's Life Pouch requires a lot of Origin Force, but I've also looked into the general situation. With the assistance of thirty-four Life Seeds, I only need to absorb Origin Force for a little over an hour each day to reach the required amount for the Divine Seed's transformation."

"If we reduce this number by half, and use seventeen life-seeds to help absorb the primal force, it might take two hours."

Furthermore, with Zishan's numerous life seeds also able to channel their own primal force into her, this timeframe will definitely be shortened further.

"Therefore, I have made the following arrangements: Zi Huai will still be promoted to advanced warrior in mid-to-late October, and Zi Ai will postpone her evolution to fully assist Zi Shan in nurturing the divine seed in her life sac."

Once the Purple Locust has completed its evolutionary cycle and its life form has stabilized, it will then replace the Purple Artemisia to assist the Purple Taxus in its evolution.

"OK."

When Zerg warriors undergo a major evolutionary phase, their life form will experience a vigorous growth period, which can last from eight or nine months through spring, summer, and autumn to two or three years.

During this period, the Force required for the growth of the Destiny Seed itself is enormous, and it also needs additional Force from the Primal Stones, so it is impossible to support the Yew Tree.

As for why Lord Zili didn't simply let Zihuai remain at the intermediate stage to facilitate replenishing Zishan's primal force, that involves the difficulties faced by the Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe.

Over the past few years, Lord Purple Plum has spent a great deal of resources to support the growth of his three brothers.

In the next two or three years, they will also need to build a so-called hydroelectric power station in the newly built reservoir, which will be another huge expense, and the tribe's wealth is already stretched thin.

It was inevitable that the evolution speed of the yew would be delayed. If the eldest and second eldest were to also have their evolution delayed, it might collapse.

Generally speaking, after an intermediate warrior advances to the advanced warrior stage, they first need to nurture the tree for one to two years, then the seed will begin to bear fruit in the third year, and evolution will begin in the fourth year.

The evolution of a high-level warrior depends on the output of its territory. Generally, if the annual output can allow for one to three years of evolution, then there is still hope of evolving into a mountain lord level.

If it takes more than four years to evolve to the next age stage, then you'll basically never reach the Mountain Lord level in your lifetime.

Lord Zili can provide resources for the three brothers' early and intermediate growth stages, but surely he can't possibly provide all the resources for their advanced growth stages as well? That would put too much pressure on them!

Therefore, it is best if one brother advances to the advanced stage first, and then feeds back to the other two brothers after the Life Seeds are produced. This can save both time and raw stones.

Most importantly, the earlier you advance to a higher level, the greater your chances of advancing further in the future.

Advanced warriors evolve once every one to three years; this is the normal evolutionary process.

However, with an annual evolution period plus two or three years of tree cultivation and three to five years of junior high school, they are only in their early twenties when they are promoted to the Mountain Lord level.

The two types of trees evolve every three years. With all the time spent nurturing them and accumulating the time for early and intermediate evolution, they would be at least over forty years old. Their development potential is simply incomparable.

In the following period, the three brothers continued to infuse the yew's life sac with primal energy to ensure that the red cherry's divinely bestowed seed could meet the requirements for further advancement.

After several trials, it was discovered that relying on the two insects, Yew and Artemisia, to infuse the Primal Force with the Life Seed would not have a significant impact. Only then did Lord Zili make the decision to have Zihuai advance to the advanced stage in early October.

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In October, following the usual trading schedule, the caravan of a hundred tribes, having completed its transactions with the tribes it cooperated with along the way from the north of Xiangjiao Island, arrived at the Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe, as in previous years, to conduct its final transactions on Xiangjiao Island.

At the same time, the Lord of Zehui Mountain gave the young warriors a holiday and returned to the caravan.

At the Daqingfeng Trading Plaza, the Hundred Caravans and the Green Fruit Lord each took out various primal force foods to negotiate prices.

Regardless of the tribe, the types of Force food they buy each year are different, and the prices are naturally different as well.

Moreover, different Zerg warriors manage their territories in different ways, resulting in different quality products and prices, leading to intense negotiations between the two sides.

After all the negotiations were completed, the Lord of Zehui Mountain reported to the leaders of the Hundred Tribes some information and transactions obtained from the Rhinoceros Golden Turtle Tribe.

Upon hearing that the Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe was going to build a hydroelectric power station, the tribal leaders became even more eager. The profits from building such a small hydroelectric power station would be much higher than those from trading in Force food.

"Lord Purple Plum, how many life forms do you plan to restore light for?"

Lord Zili pondered, "Our Twin-Forked Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe in Ziling, along with its affiliated tribes, has over 100 Zerg warriors of varying sizes, and more than 2000 Life Seeds. How many Life Seeds could be exposed once this hydroelectric power station is built?"

The leader of the Hundred Tribes said dismissively, "It's just a mere 2000 or so life-sustaining plants. The smallest hydroelectric power station equipment here is worth 400 million raw stones. With the addition of the distribution box, electrical contacts, and other equipment, it can provide supplemental lighting for 5000 life-sustaining plants."

"If you're willing to add another million primal stones, I'll install some power lines for you. That would be enough to power not only your Purple Ridge tribe, but all the Zerg warriors of your entire Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe if they wanted to replenish their light."

The eyes of the rhinoceros beetle tribal lords present lit up: "Enough to expose the lifeblood of all the Zerg warriors? Is it really that effective?"

"What's so special about that?" the leader of the Hundred Tribes boasted. "Some of the great kingdoms on the Thousand Trees Continent have more than 3 or 5 Zerg warriors. They build large reservoirs by relying on the terrain. We also build hydroelectric power stations for them. Even if there are nearly a million life-sustaining plants, we can provide them with simultaneous lighting."

"That's amazing." The lord-level and mountain lord-level warriors of the Rhinoceros Golden Turtle tribe were greatly excited. If it only concerned a Purple Ridge, it would have nothing to do with them, so they naturally didn't want to build it.

Moreover, with over two thousand life seeds, it will cost more than four million primal stones. How long will it take to break even?

However, if it costs five million Primogems to provide light to more than 10,000 Life Seeds in the entire tribe, then it is equivalent to only costing four hundred Primogems per Life Seed.

The cost was only one million more, but the return was five or six times higher, so everyone was willing to accept it.

"Chieftain, how long can one of these hydroelectric power stations last?"

"As long as it is used and maintained properly, it can last for a hundred years or so without any problems. And as long as your main equipment doesn't break down, even a hundred years from now, some things can still be repaired and used."

Most importantly, your reservoirs and such are still there, which saves you the trouble of rebuilding them.

"I heard you're thinking of migrating to the Thousand Star Islands. These things can be moved there too, right?"

After hearing what the leader of the hundred tribes said, everyone was immediately moved and began to discuss the details of building the hydroelectric power station with him.