The Snow Velvet Spider King led the way, bringing Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid onto Fragrant Silk Island. After a brief introduction, it departed in haste.
With three burdens gone, the Snow Velvet Spider King had no more reservations. It activated its accelerated thunder system ability, sprinting wildly over the waves...
They watched as it vanished into the distance,
Ink Orchid withdrew her gaze and asked:
"Dragon Cypress, Black Birch, the Snow Velvet Spider King brought us to this island—do you think it suspects us?"
"Suspect us of what?"
"About our soul-setting ability!"
"I don't think it's that clever yet. It hasn't realized that you and I possess King-Level souls, and last ti on Fragrant Silk Island, what I displayed was only a King-Level soul detection ability. Of course, we can't let our guard down either. Not a word about Huagi Mountain. And as for Six Peaks Mountain and the Divine-Grade Six Paths Fruit, best not ntion them at all. If it learns that we possess an Insect King level soul, it'll easily start connecting the dots back to us."
Ink Orchid: "Oh——"
Black Birch quickly added: "Great King, Second King, the Snow Velvet Spider King didn't reveal anything about the Shanglu Divine Seed—in fact, that's even more proof of how powerful that thing really is!"
Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid both nodded their tentacles at the sa ti.
Ink Orchid's eyes glimred as she said, "Last night, the Snow Velvet Spider King was surrounded by so many Stone Hunt Blue Ants—how did it escape? Could it have used a spatial ability to slip away? Did the Divine-Grade Gromwell Fruit grant it an escape spatial skill?"
"No."
Dragon Cypress denied it outright, "Ink Orchid, why do you just assu the Snow Velvet Spider King escaped? Why couldn't it have beaten the ants from Blue Island into retreat?"
Ink Orchid: "Fifty thousand soldier ants surrounded it!"
Dragon Cypress shook his tentacles.
Black Birch said, "Great King, Second King, I still don't get it. If the Snow Velvet Spider King is rely doing Divine-Grade fruit trade, it should only be carrying Divine-Grade fruits and Spider King promissory notes. So—where's the cargo?"
"Black Birch, you're sharp!"
Dragon Cypress praised, then asked: "Ink Orchid, would you feel safe leaving Divine-Grade fruits in soone else's care? Especially when it's ants or bees who don't have the best reputation?"
Ink Orchid: "Not safe at all!"
Ink Orchid: "But, maybe there were only a handful of Divine-Grade fruits, and perhaps it already took care of trading them? It knew there was going to be a battle and planned ahead to watch, so it got rid of the goods in advance."
Dragon Cypress: "...that's possible too."
Black Birch: "...not impossible."
A sudden light flashed in Ink Orchid's mind. She asked, "Dragon Cypress, Black Birch, are you saying..."
Black Birch: "I'm thinking, could the spatial ability granted by the Divine-Grade Gromwell Fruit open a storage space in its carapace for holding items...?"
Black Birch: "Back then, how did the Fla Spider Kingdom transfer the source stone wealth that the tribe had accumulated for eighteen thousand years from Cloud Trace Continent to Bayonet Continent all at once? If you grant a storage space, then it all makes perfect sense."
Dragon Cypress: "Exactly——"
Dragon Cypress: "Normally, the Divine-Grade Gromwell Fruit should be given to Spider Kings who are about to leave the Origin Force Star Realm. The Snow Velvet Spider King grew up in the Shanglu Ancestral Land, studied under the steward Spider King, shared a deep relationship, plus it has a Divine-Grade Fate Species and considerable wealth, so it got the Divine-Grade Gromwell Fruit in advance."
"Oh——"
"Black Birch, you're brilliant!"
Ink Orchid praised extravagantly.
With all that out of the way, every question is now answered.
Ink Orchid: "Dragon Cypress, the spatial ability given by the Divine-Grade Gromwell Fruit is incredible! So, should we...co up with a sneaky plan and try to trick it into revealing sothing first?"
Dragon Cypress swayed its tentacles and said, "Don't alert the prey. Before reaching King Level, let's not discuss this further. After we advance, we'll try reaching out."
Ink Orchid: "Oh..."
Ink Orchid: "Dragon Cypress, we don't have any Divine-Grade items to exchange with it, do we? Not even the Divine-Grade Molan Seed, right?"
Dragon Cypress: "The Divine-Grade Gromwell Fruit surely isn't for outside trade. Let's interact more, communicate, see how things go, and then think of another way. Honestly, though, don't get your hopes up too high."
Dragon Cypress withdrew his far-off gaze and instructed, "Black Birch, go get your own food. The Second King and I are just going to bask for a bit. We'll rest here on the island for half a day, then return to Swinging Leaf Island and update Silver Cypress and Tie Bush, so they won't worry."
Black Birch: "Alright, Great King."
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