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As the rubber bug opened its mouth, a faint green light flew out.

It was a tiny seed that took root immediately upon landing and then grew at a rate visible to the naked eye, sprouting stalks, branching out, and producing leaves, eventually becoming a huge cordyceps tree.

This dynamic scene of plant growth stirred something in Liszt: "A seed can grow into a towering tree, elf bugs nurture life in this way… then what is the magic fire seed within me, and does it have any connection with the seeds of the elf cordyceps?"

Elves could be seen as being nurtured from seeds.

If his guess wasn\'t wrong, fire dragons would also be nurtured from magic fire seeds.

Thus, elves and dragons are both nurtured from seeds, and their seeds are clearly not ordinary—they are condensed from magic power. The seeds of the elf cordyceps possess the functions of ordinary plant seeds as well, but it\'s unlikely the magic fire seeds could be planted in the ground to sprout.

"I hope it doesn\'t sprout in my heart and consider me the soil from which it draws nutrients, draining my Dou Qi to nurture itself into a fire dragon."

As the new rubber tree cordyceps grew, his thoughts were active.

One moment he compared the similarities and differences between the elf seeds and the magic fire seeds; the next moment, he thought of humans developing from fertilized eggs, which could also be considered seeds; he concluded that perhaps all life originated from seeds, yet he inexplicably thought of Sea Sprite Ake, who seemed not to have developed from a seed.

When she was born, she was already inside a shell, complete in body parts except for legs below the knees.

"Perhaps, Ake was originally just a shell?"

It was like elf bugs, which did not exist initially; sudden mutations in ordinary plants then nurtured elf bugs. Maybe sea sprites also did not exist, and a sudden mutation in a shell brought forth a sea sprite.

Such thoughts were a bit strange.

He didn\'t believe Ake was transformed from a shell—there\'s hardly any aesthetic in the flesh of a shell: "The only thing is, how was Ake\'s shell formed, and where did she come from? If I can solve this mystery, perhaps I could mass-cultivate new sea sprites."

Although Ake was still underage and under cultivation, her role was clearly significant.

Nami was discovered by her, kelp bugs were found by her, the coral reef, Pearl Lake, and the tridacna were located by her, the fen hai luo was also found by her, Chris Truth was rescued by her, green caterpillars, green-headed ducks were discovered by her, and even the Six-Headed King Serpent was lured by her. Find your next adventure on empire

Basically, all the rewards from the ocean-related smoke missions were inseparable from Ake\'s shadow—after all, Liszt was not an aquatic creature.

Knights could conquer the land, and in the future, the skies as well, but the ocean was perhaps beyond the reach of even dragon knights—except for those riding water dragons, for water dragons could definitely roam the sea at will.

He did not drift long in the sea of thoughts.

The cordyceps had been successfully placed.

Liszt put away the rubber bug that had calmed down and began to examine the new rubber tree cordyceps. He noticed that this cordyceps was completely different from the previous two; it was much larger, with a thicker trunk and more branches. Especially its leaves were extremely exaggerated, larger even than those of a banana plant.

It had not borne fruit.

Perhaps like a common rubber tree, rubber could be extracted from the trunk.

"The biggest difference with this new Cordyceps might be its leaves, I\'ll pick one to study first." Liszt carefully plucked a leaf imbued with magic power.

The magic power quickly dissipated, turning into an ordinary leaf.

From the cut at the base of the leaf, a small amount of rubber was seen to seep out, proving that the new rubber tree could still produce rubber and had not lost this ability—in Liszt\'s view, the value of rubber can be compared to that of magic potions; losing the ability to produce rubber would be an absolute failure of a mutation.

"Such a large leaf, and quite sturdy, too." He tugged at the leaf, but it didn\'t tear, "It could be made into a fan, or maybe... packaging bags? Like wrapping zongzi, using its leaves to wrap delicacies? I always feel that this function doesn\'t quite match the worth of a rubber tree."

…

After settling the new Cordyceps rubber tree.

Liszt\'s next priority was to complete the new Smoke Mission—stockpiling enough food for ten thousand people to get through the winter.

But he soon discovered a serious problem: "It\'s not even October yet, winter is from mid-December to mid-February, so when should I stockpile enough food to consider the task completed? Should I start stockpiling now?" He was unsure whether the food stockpiled now would count as winter food.

Nevertheless, he had to start somewhere, and there was no way to stockpile enough food in a hurry.

Under the condition of ensuring basic food and clothing, a young adult male would consume about 600 jin (approximately 300 kg) of grain per year. After deducting the consumption of the old, young, women, and children, and taking into account the extra consumption of knights, it was estimated that each servant needed 2 jin (approximately 1 kg) of food per day.

Ten thousand people would need 20,000 jin (approximately 10 tonnes) of food per day.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

The food required by ten thousand people for two months would be 600 tonnes.

"Starting now, I need to find a way to buy grain from all over Coral Island every day, storing 3 tonnes a day, so by December, I should be able to store about 100 tonnes; plus the grain produced from my own territory minus the consumption for eating, should allow storing another 100 tonnes; with the addition of preserved meats and seafood, another 100 tonnes shouldn\'t be an issue... But there is still a shortfall of 300 tonnes."

This 300 tonnes had to be purchased from other islands.

The cost would definitely not be small.

As of now, Fresh Flower Brew\'s profits have been mortgaged until next year, and the revenue from Black Tulips, Fresh Flower Soap, and rubber can barely support the development of the territory.

To buy additional food, I must find a way to raise new Gold Coins.

"If there\'s no other way, start selling Black Pearls and see if the market is indeed eager for Black Pearls smaller than a sea bowl." He had previously sold a fist-sized one to Levis for several hundred Gold Coins.

Now, with Black Pearls becoming more plentiful.

The price will surely fall, but no matter to what extent it falls, it will definitely be more valuable than the White Pearls produced by the Grand Duke\'s Pearl Oyster farming at Tranquil Lake—White Pearls can only calm and soothe, while Black Pearls not only have that effect but can also disperse Wind Attribute Magic Power.

Moreover, they are larger and contain more abundant magic power.

"At ten times the price, they\'ll definitely sell! Now, large Tridacna in Pearl Lake are hard to come by, but there is still an abundance of small ones, just by catching a batch, I can make Gold Coins... I don\'t need to worry about the territory\'s finances at all, I may be out of money but I have special products!"

So, after returning to Fresh Flower Town, he immediately took a few samples of Black Pearls and rushed to Tulip Castle to discuss the trade of Black Pearls with the Levis couple.

If there\'s no market on Coral Island, my sister-in-law Loria can take them to Golden Island to sell.

I believe the ladies of Golden Island will pay a handsome price for Black Pearls.