Ant Lord in the Star Realm

"Ant, get over here and be the judge!"

"Okaaaay—"

"Mantis used its ability to read my memories! I just thought a little about the possibility of becoming Great Leader, and it thinks it’s got something on me, threatening me, forcing me to propose renaming the ability we gave to the Night Fragrance Fruit."

"Are you all not bored of this? Ink Orchid, and all of you Insects, you’re not allowed to use the ’Heart Realm of Tree Blossom’ ability to read other insects’ and trees’ memories."

"Bicolor Mulberry is terrible! Its soul memories are full of bad ideas! It wants to snatch the Thousand-Year Tree! It wants to rebel!"

"So what if I do rebel? If I become Great Leader, Dragon Cypress is at least Second Leader, and you, Mantis, can go do hard labor for me!"

"You..."

Ink Orchid flew into a rage, thunderfire light flashing all over its body, just about to start a fight.

Dragon Cypress hurriedly raised his claw and pressed it down, head aching, and snapped, "Stop arguing! All of you, stop! Let’s talk business."

Ink Orchid: "We’ll talk business first, then I’ll deal with Bicolor Mulberry later."

Bicolor Mulberry: "Don’t wait till later. Do it now."

White Ivy and her group off to the side were speechless.

Ink Orchid, who’d mastered the Heart Realm of Tree Blossom ability, actually couldn’t out-argue Bicolor Mulberry...

White Ivy waved her forelegs hard and called out, "Everyone quiet down! Listen to me! Let’s talk about the deal first. Once the deal is done, we’re leaving immediately. After we’re gone, you can argue all you want."

"..."

"Dragon Cypress Ant King, we can start issuing ’Tree Flower Trust Scrolls’ now, right?"

"Of course!"

"We’ll stick with the previously discussed price of 3 million per fruit?"

"Of course!"

"Good!"

"As for the trust scrolls, I’ve got a better idea!"

As White Ivy spoke, the Shanglu Divine Pattern on her forehead lit up, golden and silver light flickering in succession.

A big, perfectly square chunk of gold fell to the ground.

Another big chunk of silver fell to the ground.

Finally, White Ivy controlled a gray-black metal block with a side length of 10 centimeters, suspending it before Dragon Cypress.

"Dragon Cypress Ant King, this Primordial Energy Metal—take a look, can you recognize it?"

"..."

Dragon Cypress tried communicating with spiritual power, then tried injecting Origin Force.

He recognized it.

Soul Tantalum!

According to human Civilization records, this material should be a composite primarily of tantalum, with niobium, titanium, zirconium, tungsten, tin and other metals—a strange Primordial Energy Metal naturally birthed in an Origin Force environment.

Its Origin Force conductivity is extremely low, but it can superbly accommodate and preserve Soul Power for a very long time.

In technological creations and Original Force Creations, it’s generally used for soul-recognition components.

For example, the Dominating Throne that only Dragon Cypress can use mainly relies on this sort of material, with a complex recognition and restriction mechanism set up.

"Good stuff! Chairman White Ivy, where’d you get it?"

"Some insects good at mining dug it up underground."

White Ivy answered vaguely, then sped up her speech: "What I mean is, we use gold and silver to make rectangular Trust Cards, and use Soul Tantalum markings for anti-counterfeiting. Silver Trust Cards will have a face value of ten thousand Primordial Crystals, gold Trust Cards a face value of a hundred thousand Primordial Crystals."

"Dragon Cypress Ant King, what do you think?"

Dragon Cypress praised, "Great idea!"

After a quick round of simple discussion and design,

they started working with their claws to manufacture them.

Gold Cards and Silver Cards, 13 centimeters long, 7 centimeters wide, and 0.7 centimeters thick.

On the front they inlaid Soul Tantalum-made White Ivy Grass and Fruit-Scented Orchid Grass Marks; White Ivy and Dragon Cypress each branded their Soul Imprint into them, then used the Jinhe Pattern ability to reinforce the Seal.

The front was engraved with a clearly recognizable Divine-Grade Night Fragrance Fruit, with the phrase [Heart Realm of Tree Blossom] written in Universal script, along with a brief and clear description of the ability’s details.

The large characters clearly marked the 100,000 and 10,000 denominations.

On the back of the Metal Card, small characters spelled out in detail the rules for redeeming the Trust Card for [Heart Realm of Tree Blossom].

In the end, White Ivy and Dragon Cypress each used the Jinhe Pattern ability again to further reinforce and strengthen the Metal Cards.

...

Based on the exchange price of 3 million per fruit, each batch of 7 Divine-Grade Night Fragrance Fruits corresponded to a 21 million limit.

They first produced and issued 5 batches, which meant a total face value of 105 million in ’Tree Flower Trust Cards.’

All the Trust Cards were held in Dragon Cypress’s claw.

Following the previously agreed conversion rule—Divine Grade at 1:1; Divine-Given Origin Force Food at 1:1.1; account Primordial Crystals at 1:1.2—White Ivy exchanged for Trust Cards from Dragon Cypress.

Step by step, they gradually rolled it out.

Later, every time a batch of Divine-Grade Night Fragrance Fruits ripened and was harvested, White Ivy could take the Trust Cards back to Dragon Cypress to redeem them for fruits.

White Ivy wouldn’t make a profit from trading the Divine-Grade Night Fragrance Fruits themselves, but through the Divine-Grade Night Fragrance Fruits and the Tree Flower Trust Cards, she could expand her influence in the Venus Star System, and at the same time make her Divine Grade trading more convenient.

It was estimated that there were more than 300 Divine Grades in the Venus Star System.

At present, White Ivy had only contacted a little over a hundred and fifty, so there was still plenty of room for growth.