Astral Gods

Chapter 44 Preparing for Promotion

Purple Pearl climbed out of the nest, leaving the nest to the three chicks.

"What's wrong, Zizhu?" Lord Zili and Zitong, who were outside, were a little puzzled. Why hadn't they seen the three little ones come out?

Zizhu said, "Zishan may be about to evolve into a mid-level warrior. Lord Zili, please prepare some food for it quickly."

"Zishan is going to evolve into a mid-level warrior? Now?" Lord Zili was taken aback upon hearing Zizhu's words.

"Quick, quick, move all the food inside!"

Fortunately, in order to ensure that Purple Pearl could eat food and replenish its strength in time after its evolution, they prepared a lot of fruit, which can be used now.

Unlike Purple Pearl, which needs to temporarily consume large amounts of divinely bestowed primal energy food, Purple Yew has long had enough of various primal energy foods. What it lacks is only primal energy to replenish and strengthen the life seed in its life sac. Now, evolution only requires filling its stomach.

The purple locust and purple artemisia run out of their nest chambers to carry food inside, cut it up, and feed it to the yew.

Outside the nest chamber, Zitong continued feeding Zizhu: "Lord Zili, is Zishan ready to advance to intermediate warrior level?"

Lord Zili pondered for a moment: "It's not a big problem. Among the many life seeds of the yew, the kiwi life seed, which was planted the latest, has been growing for more than half a year."

Promotion from junior to intermediate level is not like promotion from senior to mountain lord level. Although there is a qualitative change in level, the degree of qualitative change is not very large.

It only takes two or three months for an ordinary junior soldier to advance from the beginner to the intermediate level in nine years, but it has been delayed for more than half a year. It's not a big problem.

However, just to be on the safe side, Zizhu, eat quickly. After you're full, go with Zitong to check around the Zishan's life seed area to see if they need any Primal Stones. If they do, use them to replenish their Primal Force.

"Okay, let's go now." Zizhu quickened her pace of eating.

Just then, Zitong suddenly remembered something and asked, "Is the annual trade fair about to begin? Will the Flame Spider Merchants also be there? Could we take this opportunity to ask them for a top-tier tree species for the Yew to cultivate into its life-giving seed?"

Lord Zili said, "I originally had this idea when I asked Zishan to wait another six months to evolve, but now Zishan's evolution time is a bit earlier."

The Flame Spider Merchant won't come here until he finishes his transactions at the Trading Plaza, which will take almost half a month. It's already difficult for the Purple Fir to nurture its life seed; if the life sac is wasted for half a month, who knows how long its evolutionary age will be delayed?

Zitong tentatively asked, "Then why don't we ask the Green Bamboo Armor King to invite the leaders of the hundred tribes over?"

Upon hearing Zitong's suggestion, Lord Zili did not object: "The life sac of the yew can nurture divinely bestowed seeds. The difference between top-grade divinely bestowed seeds and ordinary herbal divinely bestowed seeds is dozens of times. This value difference is indeed worth the Qingzhu Armor King making a trip in person."

"Purple Pearl, are you fully recovered? If you are, stay here and guard this place for me. I'm going to find the Green Bamboo Armor King myself!"

Although their race also has so-called top-tier tree species, compared to the top-tier tree species offered by the Flame Spider Merchant, their own species are somewhat insignificant.

Does anyone know if the Flame Spider Merchant has any other Soul-type Tree species in its claws? Even if there aren't other types of Soul-type plants, it would be great to get one more Azure Soul Kiwi seed.

"I'm full." After eating her fill, Zizhu used her forelegs to scrape off her mouthparts. She spat out a large-flowered star locust seed that had been nurtured at the advanced stage of the ninth age from her life pouch, and then selected a mulberry seed to put into her life pouch.

As the yew tree gave birth to a male mulberry seedling, the pearl tree and the paulownia tree each gave birth to one or two more mulberry trees as seedlings.

The yews are still young, but they will grow up eventually. When male flowers pollinate them, they will indirectly possess a divinely bestowed destiny!

Lord Purple Plum immediately spread his wings and flew away: "You all stay here and guard the Purple Fir and its life seed. I'm going to find the Green Bamboo Armor King!"

Only Zizhu and Zitong remained. Seeing Zizhu advance to the Mountain Lord level, Zitong asked curiously, "Zizhu, how many talents and abilities did you awaken after advancing to the Mountain Lord level?"

Zizhu carefully sensed herself and replied, "I have awakened dual talents in the strength and earth elements."

At this moment, its body color changed from its original dark black to dark yellow.

Then it showed Zitong: "When I awakened my talent, I also awakened three abilities. The first is the ability to manipulate earth and rocks, which is essential after awakening the earth-type talent."

Under its mental control, the stones on the ground were seen to float in the air.

This ability is common among Zerg warriors; it can be said to be standard equipment for Zerg warriors with earth-type talents.

Its forelegs lightly touched the ground, and the soil instantly turned to stone: "It also has the ability to solidify soil and rock."

The second ability is also a relatively common soil and rock solidification ability, which many Zerg warriors with earth-type talents use.

In addition, it awakened a strength-based ability called Giant Strength. While ordinary Twin-Forked Rhinoceros Beetle Warriors could lift objects more than 50 times their own body size, Purple Pearl could lift objects more than 100 times her own body size.

It can even lift heavier objects, but in doing so, its body will be damaged to some extent by the pressure of the weight of the objects.

After demonstrating her abilities, seeing the somewhat envious look in Zitong's eyes, Zizhu didn't seem to care much and said, "Don't worry about that now. Let's go check the growth status of the yew seed!"

"it is good."

The two insects quickly assigned tasks. Zitong said, "Zizhu, you just broke through to the Mountain Lord level and still need to rest. You stay here and guard this place. I'll go check on the Zishan seeds to see if they need to replenish their Origin Force, and I'll also stockpile some soil fertilizer for them."

"Thanks for your hard work."

In the years since the three little insects became adults, apart from Lord Zili who has been traveling around, Zizhu and Zitong have worked the hardest.

Purple Pearl is their direct elder, so it's only natural that she works hard. Purple Tong came here just to help, and it's already working so hard, so Purple Pearl feels a little embarrassed.

Zi Tong said with a hint of teasing, "Lord Zizhu Mountain, what's the point of our conversation? I'm leaving now."

Zitong flew to the location of the yew seedlings, inspected each seedling, and added soil and fertilizer to each one to facilitate the nutritional needs of the seedlings during their evolution.

In fact, these plants, which have a soul bond with the user and are related to the user's life and death, are usually well protected by the Zerg warriors.

Even the most stingy Zerg warriors are not stingy with their own offspring, using all kinds of fertilizers and nutrients on them without reservation.

If you manage your destiny well on a regular basis, keeping it at its peak, then breaking through and growing will naturally be much easier.

The life seeds of yew trees receive even more preferential treatment. Among the current eight life seeds of yew trees, only the male mulberry tree has awakened its soul consciousness. The other life seeds have not yet awakened their soul consciousness, but their growth rate is by no means slow.

Take the Green Soul Kiwi Seed as an example. It was sown in early April and has been growing for more than half a year. However, its growth over the past six months is quite different from that of other Zerg warriors' seeds.

During these six months, Lord Zili spared no expense, purchasing items from all over the place that could accelerate the growth of life seeds, such as primal liquids, primal fertilizers, and primal gems, and feeding them all to the few life seeds of the yew tree for absorption.

The vitality of divinely bestowed life seeds is inherently much stronger than that of ordinary plants or even life seeds. With Lord Zili's unreserved investment, within half a year, the main vine of the Zishan Qinghun Kiwi life seed grew to a thickness of two centimeters and a length of twelve meters, a length that other life seeds of the same level could hardly reach in a year.

Zizhu rested outside the nest chamber, recovering from the depletion of primal energy after her breakthrough evolution, while Zitong replenished the primal energy of Zishan's life seed, paying close attention to its growth.

Purple Locust and Purple Artemisia were drawing on the Force within their nest and together they poured the Force into the yew's body, helping it advance to the level of an intermediate warrior. In an instant, this small hilltop was bustling with activity.

At the same time, Lord Zili also flew to the main peak. At this moment, the main peak was busy preparing for the upcoming trade fair, and the Zerg warriors of all sizes had many things to deal with.

Lord Zili ignored the other Zerg warriors and went straight to King Qingzhu. Just as King Qingzhu was wondering why Zili was here at this time, Lord Zili said directly, "Zishan has begun to evolve into an intermediate warrior."