Ant Lord in the Star Realm

Chapter 937 - 667: Persuasion (Part 2)

Color Steel was about to follow, but Yellow Thorn called out, "Color Steel! You go inform Bald Cypress, Earth Pot, and lizard’s Tail three leaders..."

Color Steel didn’t react, accelerating out of spiritual power range.

Yellow Thorn: "..."

Yellow Hemp helplessly said, "I’ll go."

...

Whirl Beast docked at the Ya River entrance.

Cypress and Silver Cypress led the Ant Army ashore, occupying the temporary nest previously built by the clan warriors to deal with Eddy Scorpionfish Ant King, hunting, resting.

"Dragon Cypress Ant King!"

"Great Leader Dragon Cypress!"

"Butterfly King Nupur!"

Green Heart, Purple, and Color Steel were the first to arrive, followed closely by Yellow Thorn and his group, exchanging greetings.

Purple asked enthusiastically, "Great Leader Dragon Cypress, Butterfly King Nupur, are we waiting for two years, attacking Blue Island and blockade Octagon Continent after Expedition Year ends?"

Dragon Cypress: "Purple, you’ve become smart."

"Ant, don’t underestimate the Insect!"

Purple shifted the topic, then asked, "Great Leader Dragon Cypress, we successfully killed Eddy Scorpionfish Ant King together, you promised to share 100 million Source Stones and a Divine-Grade Fruit with me, right?"

Dragon Cypress: "...Of course."

Green Heart shyly asked, "What about me?"

Dragon Cypress: "The same."

Color Steel asked, "What about me?"

Dragon Cypress: "Doesn’t your Hawk Wasps Kingdom already have a generous reward?"

Color Steel: "...Yes."

Butterfly King Nupur flapped his wings to drive away, urging, "We have important matters to attend to, let’s visit Bald Cypress Beetle King at Wind Phoenix Mountain first."

Color Steel: "Yellow Hemp has informed the three leaders of Wind Phoenix Mountain. Butterfly King Nupur, Great Leader Dragon Cypress, I know the place well, I’ll lead you..."

...

What was once an endless tropical rainforest was burned into a black plain by the flames of war.

In the distance, a low mountain range, behind the mountains, was the ’Wind Phoenix Mountain’ territory.

The three leaders of the Rainbow Holy Beetle Tribe, leading four to five hundred clansmen, ran over the mountains to meet them.

An extended round of greetings, introductions, and polite exchanges...

The three leaders led the way, taking Dragon Cypress and Butterfly King Nupur’s group into Wind Phoenix Mountain, reaching their landmark plant, the God-Given Seed Tree of Wind Phoenix, to host the esteemed guests with the tribe’s highest standards.

After some casual conversation,

Earth Shrine Beetle King realized there was an important discussion, dismissing unrelated insects.

Dragon Cypress briefly explained the plan to attack Blue Island and blockade Octagon Continent two years later.

Then he elaborated on the preliminary agreed way to handle the Ocean God’s Scepter.

"Permanent quota? Purchase?"

Bald Cypress Beetle King hesitantly asked, "Valued by Source Stones, approximately how much is required?"

Dragon Cypress: "No set price yet. Probably around five billion. After obtaining the Ocean God’s Scepter, open a real test to find out how many Insect Clan Warriors it can accommodate to sense ability each time it’s activated."

"Large capacity means cheaper price, and more quotas for sale. Conversely, small capacity means higher price with fewer quotas."

Butterfly King Nupur added, "Also count previously donated amounts, tracing back two hundred years to compute the quota."

"Bald Cypress Beetle King, your Holy Beetle Tribe has always been one of the most proactive tribes on the Zhibai Continent in wartime contributions. Resources donated over the past 200 years are counted, with 2% interest calculated annually. We’ve calculated that Wind Phoenix Mountain has nearly three billion donated already, perhaps just supplement a bit, and you can acquire a quota."

——Earlier donations also counted?

——Interest calculated too?

The three leaders were greatly surprised, astonished, and delighted.

Bald Cypress Beetle King praised, "Great Leader Dragon Cypress, your actions are thoughtful, fair, and upright, convincing the Insect! Fine! This quota, Wind Phoenix Mountain will reserve one, later you just need to specify how much to supplement."

"Good!"

Dragon Cypress continued, "The matter of ’permanent quota’ requires cooperation from Flame Spider Roving Merchants. Most importantly is issuing ’Sea God Trust Scroll’. Flame Spider Tribe, in each generation, invite the most reputable Spider King to issue on behalf. For example, the most reputable Snow Velvet Tycoon of the current generation."

"The general model is that in the future, in the first 10 or 20 years each time the Ocean God’s Scepter is activated, the Snow Velvet Spider King weaves special patterned promissory notes, marked with anti-counterfeit tags, then sent to every tribe."

"However, at Blue Island in the Wave Tree Bay United Kingdom, only ’Sea God Trust Scroll’ is recognized, not the Insect. Participants use the Ocean God’s Scepter with the promissory notes. So, every time you receive promissory notes, the tribe can use them for itself or trade them with other tribes."

"Currently known, as long as Water System Talent awakens, the Sea Soul and Tsunami abilities are steadily comprehended, with a chance to comprehend Sea Beast Devouring, even Eddy. The Sea God Trust Scroll can be considered akin to Divine-Grade Fruits, priced at 20 million Source Stones per scroll, not excessive, right?"

"This equates to a significant investment, with quota sales priced at 5 billion, it takes 750 years to recoup, everything thereafter is profit. Current insects endure a bit of hardship, future generations enjoy the benefits."

Among those present, Hawk Wasps Assistant King, Color Steel, Purple, Green Heart were tempted first.

Color Steel lamented, "Once this news spreads, it’s imaginable that the price of Divine-Grade Fruits granted with Water System Talent will skyrocket."

Purple and Green Heart rejoiced, raising their tentacles without speaking.

"Sea God Trust Scroll being tradable is a brilliant idea!"

"One can tell it’s Great Leader Dragon Cypress’ idea!"

"Great Leader Dragon Cypress is an insect with great wisdom!"

Bald Cypress, lizard’s Tail, Earth Pot, the three leaders were elated, showering praises.

Bald Cypress tentatively asked, "Great Leader Dragon Cypress, can permanent transaction quotas be purchased with resources?"

Dragon Cypress shook his tentacles, "Certainly not. We’re selling permanent usage rights to the Ocean God’s Scepter not only to gather war funds but also with thoughts of dispersing power, maintaining continental forces in overall balance to prevent crises like Blue Island from reoccurring."