Astral Gods

Chapter 64 Expectations

"Zishan, take your time. Don't rush to put all your primal force into your life sac. Let Lord Zili come and take a look first."

"That's all we can do." No amount of Force could satisfy the needs of the life seed. So Zishan simply reduced the amount of Force she poured in.

Before long, Lord Zili brought over a large bag of raw stones.

As soon as it arrived, it eagerly asked, "How are things now?"

Zi Huai said helplessly, "The combined primal force of the three of us insects is not enough for Zi Shan's life sac to absorb. There's nothing we can do."

Is the demand for Force really that great? Lord Purple Plum felt a little heavy-hearted. In fact, it had mentioned this issue to the Green Bamboo Armor King and the others before. They had guessed that the Force required for the Purple Fir to nurture the divinely bestowed seed as a life seed might be greater, but they hadn't expected it to be this great.

Both the purple locust and the purple artemisia are about to advance to the advanced stage, but their primal force is still not enough for the yew's life sac to absorb.

Lord Zili said, "I will give you the broken primal stone. You can absorb the primal force while simultaneously channeling it into Zishan's life sac."

"It seems that this is the only way now." The three brothers accepted Lord Zili's suggestion.

Then Lord Zili shattered the raw stone on the side, while the three brothers continuously absorbed the primal force and poured it into Zishan's life sac.

Just a moment later, Zi Ai was the first to stop transmitting primal energy, collapsing to the ground: "I can't take it anymore."

The purple locust tree also struggled to stop transmitting its primal force, while the yew tree, though not ceasing to absorb primal force, was also nearing its limit.

Zishan said with some worry, "Lord Zili, this won't do. The amount of Origin Force we can absorb each day is limited."

At this absorption rate, even a whole day's worth wouldn't be enough for the divinely bestowed seed in my life sac.

Lord Zili was somewhat perplexed: "Isn't the Force I've channeled into my life sac enough?"

Zishan explained, "Our Zerg warriors need the Force to grow and evolve, but it's not something that can be absorbed all at once, no matter how much Force is needed."

The absorbed primal force needs to be transformed into our own primal force. We are currently only at the intermediate stage, and the speed of transformation is limited.

However, the amount of Force required by the divinely bestowed red cherry seeds in the life pouch is far too great; we alone are simply insufficient to supply its needs.

"To put it simply, the red cherry seed in my life sac is like the newly built reservoir on Purple Ridge. It will only be considered complete when it is filled with water."

But our current Force output is like three small irrigation canals, simply insufficient to meet its Force needs.

Hearing its explanation, Lord Purple Plum understood the current situation. The original force required to nurture the life seed only needed to be absorbed by the insectoid warriors when they ate the force food, so there was no pressure.

However, the Force requirement for this divinely bestowed Red Cherry seed became the biggest expense, and it even seemed somewhat unbearable.

This also made it realize that nurturing the divinely bestowed seed was not all good things; at least for the current yew, it was still too much of a strain.

Even with the help of purple locust and purple artemisia, it is difficult to reach a standard that meets the requirements.

The current levels of these three alone are insufficient to meet the Force requirements of the Red Heart Cherry God-given Seed within its life sac, or rather, it will take a very long time for it to reach its perfect state.

However, Lord Zili was knowledgeable and quickly came up with a solution: "Since your own Origin Force is insufficient, let your Destiny Seeds provide you with Origin Force."

The three brothers were somewhat surprised to hear this: "The Fate Seed is feeding back the Force?"

Lord Purple Plum said calmly, "That's all we can do for now. First, ensure the absorption of the Origin Force by the Divine Seed of Red Heart Cherry. We'll talk about the rest later."

It was also quite difficult for it to issue this order. Under normal circumstances, the life form can absorb natural primal force to supply its own growth, and the Zerg warriors themselves grow by consuming primal force food. The two complement each other.

Only some poor, tribeless warriors rely on the primal force absorbed by their destiny seeds to aid their growth.

The cost of doing this is that after the Force absorbed by the Life Seed supplies the Zerg warriors, its own growth rate will slow down, dragging down the overall evolution speed.

It is still unknown how much Force the Red Heart Cherry Divine Seed requires. If it continues to absorb Force like a bottomless pit, then Zi Huai and Zi Ai's plan to advance to advanced warriors after the arrival of the Hundred Merchants Caravan will have to be put on hold.

It's not a big deal if we can't get two more top-grade tree species from the caravan; there's more than one chance like this anyway.

Its original plan was to first advance the Purple Locust and Purple Artemisia to the advanced stage, then obtain two top-tier tree species from the Hundred Tribes Caravan, and then have two advanced warriors feed back their primal force to the Purple Yew to accelerate its evolution and growth.

However, it now seems that the process of Zihuai and Ziai advancing to the advanced stage may be delayed for some time, at least until Zishan's state of absorbing the original force stabilizes.

The insects did not delay; having come up with this method, they immediately put it into practice.

Purple locust and purple artemisia communicate with their respective life seeds. Since they are planting ordinary life seeds, the distance between each life seed is not far. With a slight connection, an invisible channel of primal force is immediately formed between the insectoid warrior and the life seed.

Seventeen life seeds were sown in both the purple locust and purple artemisia trees. Through the connection between the two brothers, these thirty-four life seeds began to continuously draw on the primal force of nature, and then poured all the primal force into the life sac of the yew tree through the bodies of the two brothers.

In an instant, a powerful surge of primal force formed in the forest, and under the control of the three brothers, all the primal force poured into the bottomless pit inside the life sac.

After this state lasted for more than an hour, the rate at which the yew life sac absorbed the primal force gradually decreased.

The gestation of a life seed is not something that can be accomplished overnight; it requires time to gradually transform it, with fragments of the soul slowly integrating into it.

Lord Zili was also surprised to see that the Ziyew Life Pouch had stopped frantically absorbing the Force.

During this period of time, the various Destinies and their three brothers absorbed at least 3000 Primal Stones of Natural Force.

This is only one day's worth; who knows how many more days it will take for the divinely bestowed seeds of red cherries to fully mature!

Based on this quantity, how many raw stones would it take to help it complete its formation? Lord Purple Plum has somewhat underestimated the amount of primal energy required to nurture the divinely bestowed seed.

Feeling that their life sacs had stopped frantically absorbing primal energy and had returned to the normal rate of primal energy absorption by their life seeds, the three brothers breathed a sigh of relief and lazily lay on the ground: "Finally finished."

Zi Ai, somewhat annoyed, raised her paw and asked, "Lord Zi Li, isn't nurturing this divinely bestowed seed too taxing? Isn't this a bit too abnormal?"

Lord Zili was somewhat unable to suppress his excitement at this: "I have also nurtured the God-given Seed, and although I absorbed a lot of primal force, it was not this much."

The more abnormal it is, the more it proves its extraordinary nature. Perhaps, once it completes its gestation, it will become the divinely bestowed seed that the Lord of Zehui Mountain spoke of.

"Really?" The three brothers were somewhat uncertain. Through the words of the Lord of Zehui Mountain, they clearly understood the value of the divine-grade, divinely bestowed seed.