Ant Lord in the Star Realm

——Exactly!

Melde waved a claw, greeting: "Fish Vine, come, run with me for a bit, to find Chairman Kansui and Chairman Giant Taro."

"I’m coming too!" Ink Orchid raised a claw.

Dragon Cypress followed: "I’ll go and ask personally."

Poison Bean bounced up excitedly: "Together! Together!"

White Ivy raised a claw and pressed Poison Bean down, scolding: "Don’t go too many insects at once. The two old Spiders don’t like being disturbed."

Dragon Cypress briefly arranged: "Me, Ink Orchid, White Ivy, Red Peach, Fish Vine will go. Quick visit, quick return, other insects wait for news."

Dragon Cypress led the insects to set out.

...

...

Flying Wing Star.

The Luoli Chamber of Commerce branch hall was empty.

As usual, the two old Spiders hid behind the mountain territory, hibernating, shirking work.

Arranged for Fish Vine to find them.

Soon,

Kansui and Giant Taro hurried upon hearing the news.

"Greetings, Chairman Kansui!"

"Greetings, Chairman Giant Taro!"

The insects greeted.

Ink Orchid joyfully said: "Thanks to the care of both chairmen! Night Fragrance has successfully broken through, elevated to Star Realm. Flowered and fruited, preliminary judgment, the produced fruit’s abilities combine hallucination and read-write capabilities."

Dragon Cypress then explained: "Temporarily named ’Heart Realm of Tree Blossom’. It has two specific functions. First, it creates an illusion realm full of plants and blossoms, with fragrance overflowing, to confuse and suppress the target’s soul and will, paralyze consciousness, and unknowingly read soul memory; second, it’s most useful, directly writing soul information into the target’s soul consciousness, the most outstanding part is that it can be forcibly written in, allowing no rebuttal."

Kansui: "Good!"

Giant Taro: "Very good!"

Kansui: "Then don’t forget the previous agreement, reserve two for our two old Spiders."

Ink Orchid responded solemnly: "Chairman Kansui’s instruction, we dare not forget!"

Dragon Cypress asked: "Chairmen, there’s a small issue. The pricing of the Divine-Grade Night Fragrance Fruit, we need your guidance."

Kansui counter-questioned: "Ant, what are your thoughts?"

Dragon Cypress: "Illusion Heart Energy Field Gemstone 2000 Primordial Crystals each, Read-Write Energy Field Gemstone 5000 Primordial Crystals each. Single hallucination ability divine-grade fruit 1 million each? By proportion, the price for read-write ability divine-grade fruit should be 2.5 million..."

Dragon Cypress paused, said: "Adding both directly, 3.5 million each? At least this price."

Kansui: "Essentially correct."

Giant Taro: "The transaction must consider the market. Although Venus Star System has millions of insects, few can afford it, so the price can only be set lower, 3 million each is suitable."

"If it were the Three Major Star Systems, with many insects and a large market, wealthy insects are countless, the price can be set at 4 million Primordial Crystals each. Even higher."

Giant Taro seriously said: "If your description is accurate, ’Heart Realm of Tree Blossom’ can be classified as one of the best divine-grade fruits in the universe."

——The best?

"Thanks to both chairmen for solving our confusion!"

Dragon Cypress politely thanked.

Ink Orchid and White Ivy jumped up simultaneously, cheering wildly.

——The best divine-grade!

——We’re getting rich!

Kansui sighed: "I’ve long seen, that Night Fragrance Divine-Given Seed has high talent. But also must admit, Ant, Mantis, the two of your luck is quite good, wishes come true."

Giant Taro: "Many insects handle their divine-grade possession this way, nine out of ten end in failure. However, can’t be counted as a loss, good things are prioritized to use on the best divine-grade Origin Force Plants, aiding their growth, not a loss."

Kansui warmly said: "Three and a half thousand years later, Giant Taro and I will have four Primordial Gemstones delivered. We’ll use two, the surplus two can be considered for sale at a fair price. Do you have any particularly excellent, especially outstand Origin Force Talent divine-grade possession?"

The insects’ eyes sparkled brightly.

Dragon Cypress asked: "Wingless? That one granting Wind System Talent, along with a Wind System flying ability divine-grade."

"Barely lacking..."

Kansui: "I remember that divine-grade. I suggest you wait patiently, when you go to the Main Star System, with more resources, consider then."

Ink Orchid hesitated, said: "Chairman Kansui, I do have two divine-grade, one named ’Great King Molan’, the ability granted named ’Scorching’..."

Saying, activated the Scorching ability, demonstrated on site.

"So it is indeed your territory that produces them."

Kansui glanced at White Ivy, commenting: "Vision-based abilities that can play a major role in cosmic exploration. Both Giant Taro and I have consumed this divine-grade item. However, as always, with limited resources, it’s not advisable to rush to use a Primordial Gemstone on it."

Ink Orchid, cautious, said: "Then forget it. That means the Bicolor Mulberry is even less worthy."

Dragon Cypress asked: "What about the Life-Extending Divine Good?"

Kansui: "Without a doubt, the Life-Extending Divine Good is worth investing in."

"Hiss—"

Giant Taro got a boost of spirit and asked: "Ant, Mantis, with the limited time on your home planet, how did you acquire so many divine-grade items?"

Ink Orchid became even more wary upon hearing this and replied vaguely: "The Natural True God protects us."

Dragon Cypress could see through it.

Kansui and Giant Taro, these two old Spiders, guarding the Venus Star System, also purchase and use divine-grade fruits through the smaller Flame Spider Chamber of Commerce.

For those particularly exceptional divine-grade items, they invest appropriately, fatten them up, and consume them later.

Dragon Cypress’s mind raced and asked: "Have you two Chairmen also used the Super Brain Ability?"

"Of course—"

Kansui was surprised: "The Divine-Grade Black Lotus Seed is also your production?"

Dragon Cypress lightly touched its tentacle.

Kansui: "Good stuff, indeed. But still, I would suggest considering it in the future when resources are abundant."

Giant Taro explained: "General Life Seed divine-grade blessed seeds, when leaving the home planet, usually have only one trace or not even one trace unless the Original Force Talent is extremely high. Otherwise, even using three Primordial Gemstones, at best, they would evolve to the Star Marks Realm in a short time, which is insufficient to break through to the Half Star Realm.

Below the Half Star Realm, there’s no qualitative change or considerable return. Therefore, given your current situation in the Venus Star System, it’s definitely not worth the investment."

Giant Taro paused and continued: "Among the various divine-grade items you possess, the Life-Extending Divine Good is the most suitable. Evolving to the Nine Traces Realm doubles the life-extending effect, and the corresponding benefits double. Evolving to the Star Marks Realm doubles the life-extending effect again. Using one or two Primordial Gemstones can yield substantial returns in a short time."

Kansui: "You have just entered the Star Space and are still in a debt-driven development stage. Look at short-term returns after investing first."

Understood,

The two old Spiders probably need high-quality Life-Extending Divine Goods.

"Thank you, Chairmen, for your guidance."

"Then we reserve the two Primordial Gemstones for 3,500 years later."

Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid expressed their gratitude solemnly.

Seeing both sides finished talking,

White Ivy raised a claw, solemnly saying: "Chairman Kansui, Chairman Giant Taro, I also have a question."

Kansui lightly waved its claw to indicate permission.

White Ivy said: "Here’s the thing. As the types of divine-grade fruit transactions increase and the volume grows, accounting has become particularly cumbersome. I just want to ask if it’s possible to privately issue a promissory note specifically for divine-grade transactions."

Fish Vine asked: "Will we get caught?"

Kansui replied indifferently: "Privately issuing currency can result in severe punishment even to death. With your White Ivy Chamber of Commerce’s current transaction scale, you’re almost eligible."

Fish Vine was startled and asked: "Will I also be executed?"

Kansui: "There are principal offenders and accomplices. Accomplices have relatively lighter punishments, being sent to develop and build the Star Network, doing hard labor for a lifetime."

Fish Vine: "So I’m an accomplice?"

White Ivy: "..."

White Ivy asked: "Is there no other way?"

Giant Taro said impatiently: "Don’t listen to Kansui’s old Spider nonsense; it finds it boring and is trying to scare you."

"There is definitely a way, and just in front of you. You can use ’Divine-Grade Night Fragrance Fruit’ as a credibility guarantee and jointly issue exclusive trading promissory notes."

"If the Divine-Grade Night Fragrance Fruit is priced at 3 million Primordial Crystals per piece, you can state on the promissory note the commitment that when 3 million is gathered, it can definitely be reserved for exchange for one piece. You also need to indicate within how many batches to fulfill it; if an exchange can’t be made, how to compensate. For example, issuing promissory notes corresponding to three batches of production requires at least triple the promissory note value as compensation. Similarly, issuing for five batches requires at least five times the promissory note value as compensation."

"This type of promissory note, guaranteed by a chamber of commerce’s divine-grade blessed seeds, is allowed to be issued as long as it gains acceptance from other insects."

Giant Taro: "This can be done in the Venus Star System where there’s no strong competition. In the Main Star System, it’s definitely not feasible. Generally, this is done by Seventh-level chambers of commerce with transactions across the Star Space and have reliable reputations, with even more complex developments. Chambers below Seventh level can also do it, but they can’t scale up."

White Ivy’s eyes flashed with wisdom, asking: "Do major commerce chambers issue widely accepted promissory notes backed by many divine-grade blessed seeds?"

"Yes! But not entirely. It’s more complex."

Giant Taro activated the soul system ability, directly ’writing’ the relevant information into the soul consciousness of all present insects.

Kansui joked: "Little White Ivy, thinking to this extent shows you’re not stupid. How did you get deceived by an immature Spider as soon as you arrived in the Venus Star System?"

"Got it!"

"Goodbye!"

White Ivy turned and left.