Global Lords: Me and My Calabash Kiddos

Chapter 87: Chapter 79: 3,600 Elemental Warriors and the Jianmu Divine Tree

A few days ago, the Lords opened a bunch of saplings from treasure chests, including top-level bamboo sprouts.

There are plenty for sale at the auction house.

But anything with a touch of green sells ridiculously expensive—a single top-level bamboo sprout costs a thousand Celestial Dao Coins.

No pain, no gain.

Yi Tian spent thirty million Celestial Dao Coins to buy a total of 30,000 top-level bamboo sprouts.

These bamboo sprouts include High Mountain Purple Bamboo, Verdant Bamboo, Cloud Bamboo, Jade Bamboo, Cold Bamboo, Golden Bamboo, Blue Bamboo, and more—a total of eighteen types of top-level bamboo.

The Yin Yang Giant Panda can now enjoy a variety of flavors.

Yi Tian bought out every bamboo variety available at the auction house.

Yi Tian planted this batch of bamboo at the foot of Amethyst Mountain to the west, on land that originally grew rice paddies.

After this round of harvesting grain, Yi Tian probably isn’t going to plant large-scale grain again. So he just turned the idle land into a bamboo forest.

It’s a pity there are no mature bamboo plants at the auction house.

Yi Tian only hopes the High Mountain Purple Bamboo can keep the Yin Yang Giant Panda satisfied for now, and in another month, even though the bamboo at the foot of the mountain will still be small, it can at least serve as a treat.

By six in the afternoon, Yi Tian continued auctioning off iced watermelon.

This time, Yi Tian put up 1,500 portions in the exchange zone, exchanging for 1,500 Element Cores.

At this point, Yi Tian had a total of 3,714 Element Cores.

Nine elements, four hundred of each.

Yi Tian took out all the Element Cores, lined them up, and found that Water Element, Dark Element, Earth Element, and Wood Element were each short by eighty pieces.

Yi Tian then put up another eighty portions of watermelon, specifying these Element Cores only, rather than needing all elements.

The remaining iced watermelon was all put up for auction as Celestial Dao Coins, earning a total of two hundred million Celestial Dao Coins.

With the final one million kg of iced watermelon, Yi Tian stashed it all in the Ice Storage to be auctioned off tomorrow.

At night, Yi Tian auctioned off ten million kg of grain and two million kg of fruit.

He earned two billion Celestial Dao Coins.

Celestial Dao Coin balance: 2.2165 billion.

Right now, Yi Tian’s brain is filled with thoughts about money and Elemental Warriors.

Around seven o’clock, Purple Phoenix Moon Dance brought over five hundred Elemental Warrior Design Maps.

Yi Tian casually transferred her fifty million Celestial Dao Coins.

Transferred at seven in the evening, and at eleven, Purple Phoenix Moon Dance came again with another five hundred Elemental Warrior Design Maps.

Purple Phoenix Moon Dance seemed to have found her groove; her speed in sourcing Elemental Warrior Design Maps for Yi Tian was getting faster and faster.

Yi Tian simply wired her another hundred million and told Purple Phoenix Moon Dance to keep going.

By morning, after Yi Tian finished his Qi Refining and Body Refining, Purple Phoenix Moon Dance presented him with a thousand Elemental Warrior Design Maps.

Spurred on by huge profits, Purple Phoenix Moon Dance was tireless.

After that last hundred-million transfer, Yi Tian no longer blindly purchased Elemental Warrior Design Maps but focused on whatever was missing among the nine elements, buying as needed.

Nine elements, plus a few backup design maps.

”Congratulations, Lord, for eliminating the Yu. Spiritual Power +30.”

After Yi Tian killed all the Yu in Lake Number Two, the Celestial Dao Stone notified him.

There were only sixteen Yu in Lake Number Two; Yi Tian found it relatively easy to slay them.

Strength 385, Constitution 386, Agility 383, Spirit 360, Spiritual Power 416.

The creek began flowing again and the pipes were repaired.

By midday, all the grain had been harvested.

Yi Tian had people store one million kg of rice and one million kg of wheat in the granary, just in case.

The rest of the grain sold for a total of 1.25 billion Celestial Dao Coins.

Leaving aside 100,000 kg of iced watermelon and sweet melon, the rest sold for a total of 500 million Celestial Dao Coins.

The fruit all ripened, and in the afternoon all territory members and captives went out to pick fruit together.

After keeping 100,000 kg for the Ice Storage, he harvested a total of eight million kg of fruit.

Earned forty billion Celestial Dao Coins.

Celestial Dao Coin Balance: 7.7165 billion.

That evening, just as Yi Tian was about to ask Purple Phoenix Moon Dance about it, she got ahead of him and traded a thousand Elemental Warrior Design Maps of various types to Yi Tian.

”Purple Phoenix Moon Dance, made quite a bit, huh? When are you paying me back?”

The money for the Elemental Warriors had been all gathered; Yi Tian could finally breathe easy.

Although, thanks to the Yu showing up, Yi Tian ended up spending several billion more Celestial Dao Coins—but at least the planned tasks were finished.

To say he wasn’t mad would be a lie; even now, Yi Tian is still bitter about it. It’s as if those Yu were targeted just at him.

”What’s the rush? I’ll definitely pay you back in three months.” Purple Phoenix Moon Dance hadn’t slept for two days and nights, but she was still full of energy.

She could pay back Yi Tian’s loan right now, but she still wants to build up her territory.

The Celestial Dao Contract says to pay back within three months; it’s only been a few days, so she’s not worried.

”How much did you make?”

Thirty-eight million is a heavenly price for other Lords, but to the current Yi Tian, it’s nothing.

Late is late—Purple Phoenix Moon Dance isn’t going to run away. If she actually kicks the bucket, then tough luck for him.

”Compared to you, I’m nothing! Wealthiest in the World grabs a hundred billion Celestial Dao Coins in three days flat. You haven’t seen our chat channel—their jealousy is practically blinding.” Purple Phoenix Moon Dance’s tone shifted back and forth.

”Not that much, not that much. This food crisis minted a bunch of Lords worth over a billion. I’m spent—next I can only sit and watch the other Lords show their stuff.” Yi Tian is always low-key and doesn’t like to brag.

But all the Lords know the score; bored Lords have too much time on their hands, and they track every coin Yi Tian spends like a hawk.

With the food crisis just starting, the poor get poorer, and the rich get richer.

In three days, Yi Tian didn’t get a break at all.

Many Lords are still holding out, waiting for food prices to spike again, hoping to buy low.

These Lords aren’t afraid of risk; some might make big bucks, some might miss the golden chance and end up losing out.

”Yi Tian, are you planning to pile up Elemental Warriors until your territory hits Level 8? That’s kind of crazy!” Purple Phoenix Moon Dance guessed boldly.

”After you say that, I’m actually looking forward to it. I should be the first Level 8 territory owner in the Celestial Dao World. Wonder what the reward will be?”

Yi Tian recalled the last time he got the Five Elements Sacred Body; his heart burned with excitement.

Lead by a step, lead by every step.

Is it all for show?

That only applies to S-level Lords.

Yi Tian’s territory has always been very solid.

The intensity of enemy invasion is usually judged on three aspects: the Lord’s strength, territory level, and hate value.

If an S-level Lord just buys up a bunch of D-level slaves and stacks up territory level, they’ll get screwed when enemies invade.

Because low-level strength won’t offer any help to an S-level powerhouse.

Plus, the Mist in the territory changes with the level. A Sixth-Level Territory normally gets one S-level native enemy; upgrade to Seventh-Level, and suddenly ten S-level natives pour in.

The result? Pretty obvious!

Yi Tian’s own strength isn’t top-tier, but all his territory members have talents, so he can go fishing to his heart’s content!

”I heard that if your territory level hits Seventh-Level and you rank in the top hundred in Celestial Dao World, there’s a rich reward. Since you’re the first Seventh-Level Lord, what prize did you get?” Purple Phoenix Moon Dance asked, curious.

”Can’t say! Gotta run, bye!”

The Five Elements Divine Body is Yi Tian’s trump card—no way he’s revealing that.

”Well, forget it!” Purple Phoenix Moon Dance thought Yi Tian was just making excuses to duck out; after all, he does this all the time.

But not this time—Yi Tian was going to make Elemental Warriors. 3,600 Elemental Warriors joined the Warrior Pavilion at that very moment.

Way ahead of Yi Tian’s original schedule.

Current tally: 3,500 Elemental Warrior Design Maps, 3,794 Element Cores.

Yi Tian: 140 Elemental Warriors.

Gold: 23 million units.

First, Yi Tian spent 2.32 billion Celestial Dao Coins to buy 11.6 million units of gold, pushing his gold reserves to 34.6 million units.

Then spent 3.46 billion Celestial Dao Coins to buy 3.46 million units of top-level stone.

Celestial Dao Coin balance: 1.92165 billion.

”Element Core*1, Elemental Warrior Design Map*1, Top-level Stone*1000, Gold*10000, Celestial Dao Coin*100,000.”

Next comes the long manufacturing process—building Elemental Warriors means placing the design map on the Weapon Platform, selecting materials, and with a rate of just about a hundred per hour.

Yi Tian spent more than two days, finally finishing production of 3,460 Elemental Warriors on the morning of Summer 15.

Manufacturing fee: thirty-four million six hundred thousand.

During this time, Yi Tian also spent 270 million Celestial Dao Coins buying all kinds of top-level and high-level tree saplings, making the captives plant trees—can’t let them sit idle!

Only 2,000 acres of farmland and 1,000 acres of vegetable plot remained in the territory.

All other idle land was planted with various top-level saplings, for a total of 130,000. Seventy thousand high-level saplings in all.

Additionally, Yi Tian bought another 70,000 top-level bamboo saplings, expanding the bamboo forest to a hundred thousand plants.

As Yi Tian predicted, the Yin Yang Giant Panda has been popping up often these days.

To Yi Tian’s amused dismay, the Yin Yang Giant Panda replanted two High Mountain Purple Bamboo it had dragged off—though it had already stripped the leaves bare.

Yi Tian also found Yin Yang Giant Panda footprints in the bamboo sprout forest at the foot of Amethyst Mountain.

Looks like at night, the Yin Yang Giant Panda wanders a lot in the bamboo sapling forest.

Eighteen types of top-level bamboo sprouts drove the Yin Yang Giant Panda dizzy—it’s not a ”kill the hen to get the eggs” kind of panda, and didn’t touch a single leaf of the young sprouts.

Celestial Dao Coin Balance: 130.565 million.

When all the Elemental Warriors returned to the Warrior Pavilion, it glowed ever more vividly, with all kinds of elements swarming in.

The very top of the Warrior Pavilion: sometimes lightning danced, sometimes flames burst, sometimes light whirled toward the sky...

The tower itself sometimes was swept by torrents of water, sometimes blades flickered, sometimes shadowy trees loomed...

The whole Warrior Pavilion seemed alive; very mysterious.

Nine levels in the Warrior Pavilion, each with four hundred Elemental Warriors.

At this moment, the pavilion was cycling the Nine Elements, so a day of training for an Elemental Warrior increased Spiritual Power by 10, Constitution by 6, Agility by 4, Strength by 2.

”Detected that Lord’s territory now has 3,460 Elemental Warriors, increasing Territory Points by 692,000.”

”Congratulations, Lord, territory now upgraded to Level 8, current Territory Points: 1,113,450/10,000,000.”

Yi Tian lifted the Celestial Dao Stone’s screen and instantly pushed his territory level up to eight.

”Congratulations, Lord, for being the first Trial Taker in Zone 66 to upgrade territory to Level 8: reward 80,000 Celestial Dao Coins, Gold Element Core*5, Wood Element Core*5, Water Element Core*5, Fire Element Core*5, Earth Element Core*5, Wind Element Core*5, Thunder Element Core*5, Dark Element Core*5, Light Element Core*5.”

”Congratulations, Lord, for being the first Trial Taker in Zone 10086 to upgrade territory to Level 8: reward 800,000 Celestial Dao Coins, SSS-level Spirit Fruit Yin Yang Sacred Fruit Tree*1, Large Castle Design Map*1.”

”Congratulations, Lord, for being the first Trial Taker in Celestial Dao World to upgrade territory to Level 8: reward 200 million Celestial Dao Coins, three million units of gold, Jianmu Divine Tree Seed*1.”

Yi Tian had always been waiting for the Celestial Dao World reward, while district and zone rewards barely registered for him.

Yi Tian kept hoping for another Divine Talent, preferably an agility-type Divine Talent, so he could power up even more.

But things didn’t go as he wished—he got a Jianmu Divine Tree seed instead.

When he saw it was just a seed, Yi Tian felt stone cold inside.

No doubt, the Jianmu Divine Tree is Divine Level.

Yi Tian had heard about the Jianmu Divine Tree legend on Earth; supposedly it was the only heavenly passage, and Huaxia’s ancestors were mostly connected to it.

As for the details, Yi Tian couldn’t really recall.

”The Jianmu Divine Tree seed is shrouded in divine essence. Grows ten feet in ten years, with no branches for ten thousand feet. After a million years, reaches maturity, produces Divine Power, yields heaven and earth’s fortune, boosting a nation’s destiny and Spiritual Qi. After reaching maturity, it keeps growing. When it hits ten million feet, the Jianmu Divine Tree can connect to any plane or planet in the Cosmos.”

Staring at the apple-sized gray seed in his hand, Yi Tian secretly whistled—takes a million years just to mature, damn, that’s way longer than he’ll ever live.

Equivalent to four million drops of Water of Life.

The Calabash Sisters got nothing on this.

As for ten million feet tall—let’s not even go there.

Still, as he gazed at the Jianmu Divine Tree seed, Yi Tian’s eyes softened a little.

Although Yi Tian loves the Celestial Dao World, if one day he could return to his home planet, pay respects at his grandfather’s grave...

The Jianmu Divine Tree seed was planted by Yi Tian in the center of the War Manor, next to the Mountain-Suppressing Stone.

Yi Tian specifically grabbed a few square meters of top-level soil from his villa garden.

Water of Life isn’t an option to use here, but soil surely is.

This seed is buried in Yi Tian’s heart, hoping that one day it could really grow to ten million feet.

And at the same time, Yi Tian will grow together with it!