Astral Gods

Chapter 22 Large-scale Purchase

After all the items were handed over, Lord Zili, carrying a large bag of spider silk, chatted with the Flame Spider Warrior.

The yew tree stood atop its head, flapping its wings and beating its head repeatedly: "Go, go."

Lord Zili really loves shopping. In just a short while, he bought over 100,000 raw stones worth of goods, which is equivalent to five or six years' worth of production from the Zizhu territory.

It had originally wanted to see what the Force Wine and Force Candy that Purple Pearl and the others had mentioned were like, but now it was too afraid to look, fearing that Lord Purple Plum might stay here and continue to buy more.

"You annoying little warrior, if you keep nagging me, I won't bring you next time." After chatting for a few minutes with the Flame Spider Merchant, Lord Purple Plum had no choice but to leave the stall under the urging of Purple Fir.

Everything purchased was first carried back to the warehouse, and then transported back after the transaction was completed.

The heaviest of the items it purchased was the Force Soil, weighing a full 1000 pounds. However, for the Twin-Forked Rhinoceros Tortoise Warriors, who possessed strength-type talents, this weight of cargo was easily lifted.

After putting the items back in the warehouse, Lord Zili and Lord Zishan continued to stroll around the square.

The entire Xiangjiao Island has more than 2 Zerg warriors, most of whom are high-level and mountain lord-level Zerg warriors. Each of them has at least 20 to 30 life seeds, and the types of life seeds they produce are bizarre and varied. The entire island also has at least tens of thousands of kinds of primal food produced by life seeds.

Their Double-Forked Rhinoceros Beetle tribe has fewer than 300 members, which is considered a large tribe on the island, but outside of Elephant Banana Island, they are just an insignificant small tribe.

Due to the size of their tribe, they cannot store a large amount of Force-elemental food. Therefore, even though there are many Force-elemental foods suitable for their young warriors, they still have to buy them in the plaza.

Most Zerg warriors are poor, but that doesn't mean there aren't wealthy Zerg.

Some small tribes are lucky enough to have two or three divinely bestowed seeds that they don't need, which can produce a lot of divinely bestowed food every year.

Then, take out some Force food from the Zerg warriors in the tribe to make up the difference; there are quite a few items on the shelves.

Lord Purple Plum walked to a stall set up by some short-tailed flower flea warriors. He picked up a Wangjiangnan seed from the territory of a mid-level warrior and examined it: "How much is one Wangjiangnan seed?"

"Lord Zili, greetings." As a lord-level warrior who is quite rare in the nearby territories, and also a lord-level warrior from a great clan, Lord Zili is quite famous in the surrounding area.

The mountain lord-level short-tailed flower flea warrior who was setting up a stall recognized it. Seeing that it had come to buy goods, he immediately came forward happily: "These are Wangjiangnan seeds produced in the territory of our intermediate warriors. There are five raw stones for each stone."

Lord Zili said indifferently, "It's a bit expensive."

The effect of Wangjiangnanzi is to strengthen the toughness of the membranous wings. There are many kinds of Force Foods that have this strengthening effect. Based on the weight, the price should be six pieces for one Origin Stone.

The short-tailed flower flea warrior chuckled, "Lord Purple Plum, we have to pay rent for our stall, so please let us make a little extra money!"

Lord Purple Plum remained noncommittal, waving its antennae: "I remember you all have a divinely bestowed 'Looking South of the River' that you sell every two years. Let me see it."

Upon hearing Lord Purple Plum's words, the short-tailed flower flea warrior immediately took out a small spider silk bag from the warehouse, carefully opened the bag, and handed a single silk grain to Lord Purple Plum.

It glanced at the yew tree atop Lord Purple Plum's head and said with a touch of regret, "I'll give one of these Divine Blessed Seeds from the intermediate stage of the Divine Blessed Seeds to the little warrior so he can taste it."

Lord Zili took the divine gift of Wang Jiangnanzi, examined it for a moment, and then handed it to the yew tree above his head.

The young soldier, being greedy, immediately grabbed it and stuffed it into his mouth.

"How many raw stones did God bestow upon Wang Jiangnanzi?"

Upon hearing it ask the price, the short-tailed flower flea warrior immediately beamed with joy: "Not expensive at all, 12 raw stones per stone."

"This isn't expensive? You guys are ripping us off!"

A single, ordinary Wangjiangnan jade stone with five rough stones already commands a premium, while a divinely bestowed Wangjiangnan jade stone would fetch 60 times that price.

"No, no, Lord Zili, you guys are even more greedy. You know that divinely bestowed food is very scarce. We didn't keep much, and it sold out very quickly."

Force is common and not rare, but primal energy is rare.

A typical Wangjiangnan jade contains less than 0.1 pieces of primal force and less than 0.1 pieces of primal energy, so it can only be sold at a slight premium and is not easy to sell.

The divine gift of Wangjiangnanzi contains less than 0.1 pieces of primal force, but its primal energy equivalent is three times that of primal force. For such a small amount, they dare to sell it at 60 times the price.

Of course, they're not without reason to sell like this. If Zerg warriors only absorb Force to grow and evolve, their chance of successful evolution will be less than 20%.

However, if they can eat various Force foods that promote physical growth and evolve, their success rate in evolving can reach 70%.

If they are fed with various divinely inspired foods that promote physical growth, their chances of successfully evolving can reach over 90%.

They are not selling an extra 0.2 equivalent of primal energy; they are selling the potential to increase the probability of successful evolution by 20% in the future.

The short-tailed flower flea warrior said politely, "Lord Purple Plum, if you are willing to exchange it for divinely bestowed mulberries, I am willing to exchange them with you at a fair price."

Lord Purple Plum, who had initially intended to haggle, immediately waved his tentacles in refusal upon hearing this: "Let's talk about that later!"

The price of the divinely bestowed Wang Jiangnanzi was 60 times higher than the selling price, and about 70 times higher than the original price.

Their divinely bestowed mulberries, a source of vital energy that enhances vitality, are so abundant that even their own tribe doesn't have enough to eat. If they were sold outside, they could easily fetch a hundred times the price.

Of course, they would never sell them unless they were trading God-given Force food with Flame Spider Merchants or other Zerg warriors.

They are unwilling to part with divinely bestowed primal force foods, such as the divinely bestowed Wangjiangnanzi, which can be purchased at a premium.

"God, give me 500 seeds of Wangjiangnanzi."

Seeing that Lord Purple Plum was unwilling to exchange food given by the gods, the Short-tailed Flower Flea Warrior didn't say anything more.

It's not that they can't exchange for God-given Force food; the Flame Spider Merchant's Claws have plenty of God-given Force food, enough to meet everyone's needs. It's just that the premium is quite high, and most Zerg warriors can't evolve by consuming all the God-given Force food.

It counted out 500 divinely bestowed seeds of the Southern River, put them into a spider silk bag, and handed it to Lord Zili. Lord Zili then took out six Spider King Scrolls with a face value of one thousand and gave them to the other party.

Next, it took the yew tree for a stroll around the trading square, buying some Force food suitable for the little warriors whenever it came across it.

After taking the little warriors for a two-day stroll and satisfying their curiosity, Lord Purple Plum ordered Purple Pearl and the others to take all the little warriors back with them.

It will continue to sell Force food here, and after a while, it will also take over from Lord Greenfruit to maintain order in the trading square.