Chapter 560 - 539: 150-Year-Old Little Spider

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The ability granted by the Divine-Grade Molan Seed—is it good or bad? Is it worth a lot?

Ten Thousand Nations Continent.

Starship Passage exit.

Seven-Leaf, White Ivy, Melde and their group waited eagerly.

"They’re back!"

Seven-Leaf announced calmly.

The spiders, who had been lying quietly, all rose to their feet.

A short wait.

Red Peach came running back, pulling the Stone Slab Wheelcart, rumbling noisily.

Heliotrope and Column Spotted followed close behind.

Column Spotted pushed to the front.

Heliotrope squeezed through the doorway with a bit of effort.

Red Peach dumped the wheelcart and hurried out of the passage too.

"Lord White Ivy, the Divine-Grade Molan Seed has been secured!"

Column Spotted thought for a moment and untied the Spider Silk Rope securing the goods to its carapace.

White Ivy manipulated a strand of Spider Silk, quickly snatching it over and deftly opened it to inspect.

The debut of an all-new divine item!

The crowd of spiders jostled to get a look.

Mountain Lord Level, but the Origin Force inside it was massive—almost on par with a typical King Level Divine-Grade Fruit.

The item was excellent!

Seven-Leaf asked: "Heliotrope, specifically, what kind of ability does it grant? What’s it worth? How did Dragon Cypress Ant King set the price? Tell us in detail."

Heliotrope replied gravely, "It grants a heaven-defying visual ability! Called ’Scorching,’ specifically..."

Heliotrope spoke rapidly, relaying all the information Dragon Cypress and Black Peach had provided, leaving nothing out, recounting it word for word.

——You can see what’s happening on the Moon?

——Turns out there actually lives a Round Purple Flame Spider Warrior on the Moon, evolved to an unfathomable degree?

——A certain Assistant King under Dragon Cypress got its eyes sealed for seeing what it shouldn’t have?

——This news is wild.

The spiders were stunned.

Heliotrope finished: "The Divine-Grade Molan Seed, Dragon Cypress Ant King wants to price it at five million Source Stones per piece."

Another bout of silence.

To have angered a Round Purple Flame Spider Warrior, evolved to extraordinary levels and perched on the Moon—this ability was absolutely "heaven-defying."

Red Peach sighed, "I tried to push the price down to three million apiece, but Dragon Cypress Ant King wasn’t going for it. It’s got the guidance of the three Divine Trees of Huagi Mountain behind it, so there’s no way we’d get a bargain."

Column Spotted: "Dragon Cypress Ant King said, the first Divine-Grade Fruit will not be counted for now—hand it over to Lord White Ivy for handling, with the requirement that it be sold for no less than six million. If it sells, then its price will be set at five million Source Stones. If not, it gets returned..."

"Sell it?"

"Are you kidding?"

"Five million? I’ll buy it!"

White Ivy, overjoyed, manipulated her spider silk, scooped the Divine-Grade Molan Seed out of the Metal Can—and, without warning, popped it right into her mouth.

"White Ivy!"

Seven-Leaf shouted in alarm.

"Stop!"

Melde screamed.

"Don’t!"

"Nooo~"

Grass Dragon and Lupine also rushed forward, joining Seven-Leaf and Melde in pressing White Ivy down together.

Seven-Leaf complained, "Lord White Ivy, what’s wrong with your spider brain? Why do you always eat good stuff as soon as you get it?"

White Ivy: "Well, what else? We go all over the place and trade so hard for what? To make money! And what’s money for? To eat well and improve ourselves. Of course the good stuff should go to me first."

Melde: "You don’t have to be in such a rush! Let’s take it down the mountain first, show it to Spider King Spurge and Aconite Spider King, and hear what they say."

White Ivy: "What would they say? Both those old spiders are at the final stage of breaking through to nine-age Spider King—if I send it down the mountain, will there be any left for me?"

Lupine reminded, "Lord White Ivy, careful! This thing has side effects! Please don’t let your eyes get sealed. You could sell it at a high price to Spurge or the Aconite Spider King—let them try it out first..."

Grass Dragon quickly chimed in, "Yeah, yeah. Lord White Ivy, you’re the soul of our caravan—if you go blind, the caravan’s done for."

These words made Melde frown, quietly releasing her grip: Go on, eat it, go blind—for the best.

White Ivy didn’t mind, "If I don’t use the ability to look at the Moon, I’ll be fine, right?"

Melde: "With your personality, you’d surely use it to look."

White Ivy: "Definitely wouldn’t!"

Melde: "I can’t be bothered to argue with you."

White Ivy: "So what if two eyes are sealed? I’ve got eight—you seal two, I still have six left, doesn’t make much difference."

"..."

The group of spiders fell silent.

Red Peach muttered, "Why can’t all eight be sealed..."

White Ivy: "..."

White Ivy: "Red Peach is right!"

White Ivy: "In that case, I definitely can’t use the ability to look at the Moon! Seven-Leaf, get out of my way—one more word and I’ll hit you."

Seven-Leaf: "..."

White Ivy: "Grass Dragon... Lupine... Are you two sticking with me or not?"

Grass Dragon and Lupine helplessly let go.

White Ivy opened her mouth and swallowed the Divine-Grade Molan Seed in one go.

Melde, Red Peach, Grass Dragon, Lupine, Silvergrass, and Column Spotted all spread out, guarding the perimeter.

Seven-Leaf led Natsumi and Heliotrope down the mountain to report the situation.

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At the Mountain Foot Trade Square,

Aconite Spider King saw that White Ivy had actually swallowed the Divine-Grade Molan Seed and was inwardly furious.

Spurge, Wormwood, Purple Jade, and Tiankui—the four Spider Kings—saw Seven-Leaf and her group running down from the mountain and leisurely moved closer to Aconite Spider King.

Spider King Spurge mocked, "Aconite, at your age, take it easy, don’t stew over everything."

"What do I have to be upset about?"

Aconite Spider King responded calmly, "White Ivy is just a little spider barely over 150—why would I get angry with her? Spurge, you should be happy you have such a considerate junior."

Spider King Spurge: "Of course, I couldn’t be happier."

Seven-Leaf, Natsumi, and Heliotrope hurried over, instantly becoming targets for venting.

Aconite Spider King scolded, "Seven-Leaf, how many times have I told you? No matter what happens, you should keep calm and think first, not panic. Just look at yourself—how do you look right now?"

Seven-Leaf: "...Got it."

Natsumi: "Aconite Spider King, we just got earth-shattering news!"

"Earth-shattering news? Is the sky falling?"

Aconite Spider King, absolutely furious, activated her ability to raise a barrier over the group and demanded, "Natsumi, what news?"

Natsumi: "The ability granted by the Divine-Grade Molan Seed is called ’Scorching’—it’s already surpassed the level of visual scouting, able to see across infinite distance..."

Natsumi then carefully reported all the details.

Including that on the Moon lives a Round Purple Flame Spider Warrior, evolved to such an unimaginable degree...

The five Spider Kings were all equally stunned, silent for a long while.

Then, elation.

If so, does that mean the Outworld isn’t full of the unknown dangers everyone fears?

At the very least, warriors from the Flame Spider Tribe who go there will be watched over by powerful ancestral spiders—it shouldn’t be too dangerous.

For the aging Spider Kings, those reaching the end of their lifespan and having to consider evolving to the nine-age level and preparing to depart, this was tremendous news.

After the joy,

Spider King Spurge started to look grim: That dumb spider White Ivy just ate the Divine-Grade Molan Seed? She’s just a mere Lord-Level little spider—what’s she doing eating something like that?

Spider King Spurge thought again, then grew furious: White Ivy knows both I and Aconite urgently need an ability like ’Scorching,’ and was afraid if it was brought down it couldn’t be retrieved, so she ate it herself...

Aconite Spider King thought the same, anger flaring: Such a "filial" spider~

Spider King Spurge asked, "Should we report this to the Steward Spider King in the Ancestral Land?"

Aconite Spider King scolded, "White Ivy is young—her lack of sense is understandable. But Spurge, you’re an adult, you should have your own judgment. Don’t just report upward at the slightest thing."

Aconite Spider King: "Wormwood, Purple Jade, Tiankui, keep your mouths shut. Don’t spread this to any other spider, especially not the news that a Round Purple Flame Spider Warrior lives on the Moon. Absolutely keep it secret."

The three Spider Kings agreed.

Aconite Spider King: "Spurge, not a single one of your little spiders is reliable—especially White Ivy. Keep her in line."

Spider King Spurge: "No need for your concern."

Aconite Spider King asked coldly, "Natsumi, how was the Divine-Grade Molan Seed priced?"

Natsumi: "Five million."

Before long,

Spider King Spurge sighed, "That price is... acceptable. There’s still profit to be made."

Wormwood Spider King: "Yeah, not bad. We won’t lose money."

Purple Jade Spider King: "Not bad."

Spider King Tiankui: "These things will be snapped up for sure. With such meager supplies of Divine-Grade Fruits, we can’t even meet demand within the Flame Spider Kingdom."

Aconite Spider King asked, "What about the allocation?"

Natsumi reported, "Three pieces for Lord White Ivy and Lord Melde, one for Spider King Spurge..."

Aconite Spider King, hearing this, was once again infuriated, regretting he hadn’t pushed harder for a share himself.

After Natsumi finished, Aconite Spider King said, "Alright, for now let’s set a unified price—ask for eight million, floor price is six million. Old rules: you can ask higher, but no one is to sell below six million..."