58: Chapter 58 Hurry up and urge me on!

Aside from the spirit-enlightening flower, those vast patches of hybrid spirit-enlightening grass were his real trump card.

Although this thing's enlightenment effect was not as good as the spirit-enlightening flower, it was easy to keep alive and matured quickly.

As long as a few plants were sown, they would soon grow densely and cover the entire hillside. They didn't need delicate care, and the yield was astonishingly large.

For those deities who couldn't afford divine plants but urgently needed to improve the intelligence of their ordinary believers, this was absolutely an irresistible temptation.

If this thing were taken to the outside world, it would likely be eagerly snapped up.

After Gu Han listed the spirit-enlightening flower seedlings on the trading software, he browsed through the existing enlightening plants in his Divine Kingdom again.

Those plants of average quality, whose growth paths had already been replaced by the spirit-enlightening grass, were all packaged into cards by him.

[Young Spirit-Enlightening Vines: Thirty plants, unit price of 12,000 credits.]

[Spirit-Enlightening Moss: Five hundred square meters, package price of 600,000 credits.]

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These plants, which had not undergone official grade verification, were all labeled as divine plants by Gu Han.

Gu Han closed the product interface and opened the divine plant category.

B-grade, A-grade, S-grade.

The further down he looked, the more ridiculous the prices became, easily starting in the millions with no upper limit.

Some divine plants didn't even have a price tag, only stating 'barter'.

Since putting all his efforts into developing his Divine Kingdom, Gu Han found that nothing was cheap.

Before, he thought one million was a lot.

Looking at it now, one million couldn't even buy a single blade of grass.

As expected, the higher one wanted to go, the more it felt like being choked by the shop for money.

When Gu Han scrolled to a divine plant named [dragon blood ancient vine], the price listed at the bottom of the page made him pause.

It wasn't that its effect interested Gu Han, but rather its value of thirty million credits.

And this was just a branch, not a complete plant.

"High-grade divine plants are so valuable. If I make a budget alternative, wouldn't I..."

Gu Han tapped his palmtop and pondered carefully, seemingly discovering a money-making path he hadn't thought of before.

He could make money relying on the White-Feathered Six-Winged Beast, but he couldn't rely on just one line of business.

Once the other party terminated the cooperation, or the market became saturated, the income stream would be cut off.

Taking advantage of his current large and stable income, Gu Han could fully invest in some popular and high-value divine plants.

With the Forced Breeding skill, he only needed to buy one of each kind to cultivate new species and open up the budget-alternative market.

With so many deities out there, budget alternatives would definitely be popular; everyone wanted to spend less money.

Gu Han already had three target divine plants in mind.

[A-grade divine plant — dragon blood ancient vine, priced at thirty million credits.]

[A-grade divine plant — magic marrow fruit tree, priced at thirty-two million credits.]

[S-grade divine plant — spirit root network, currently out of stock, historical transaction price ranging from fifty million to seventy million.]

The dragon blood ancient vine had a chance to awaken the ancestral bloodline of the Orcs, and could even take the Orcs' Berserk state to the next level.

Orcs were relatively low in price and high in combat power, making them a popular race. Thus, the dragon blood ancient vine was also extremely popular.

And the fruit of the magic marrow fruit tree had a low probability of increasing a believer's magic affinity. The magical extraordinary pathway was also a major hit, so it had a huge market.

Not to mention the spirit root network, which was completely out of stock and could only be encountered by luck. As long as Gu Han obtained it, once the budget-alternative plant appeared, it would absolutely explode in popularity.

After all, cultivation was an obsession for the Chinese people, just like magic's popularity overseas.

Gu Han set the background of the trading software to automatic alerts, then switched to the biological encyclopedia.

With his current funds at five million, he still had to save up for a while before he could start. What truly determined his upper limit of combat power was still the Ant-men.

Another battle with Teacher Qin Lin had also benefited him greatly.

Poison could win, but he couldn't rely on poison forever.

When facing races with strong defenses that could also purify toxins, the Hidden-Armor Ant-Man's ultimate move would be greatly compromised.

He needed a unit that could breach defensive lines head-on.

Gu Han opened the exotic creatures section again to see if there were any creatures in other worlds with better stats than the Peacock Mantis Shrimp.

No, in terms of short-range explosive attacks alone, the Peacock Mantis Shrimp was still the most ferocious.

Afterwards, Gu Han selected three more materials.

[Swift-Step Beetle]: Strongest short-range explosive speed, comparable to the speed of an airplane, suitable for ground surprise attacks.

[Cannonball Locust]: Exaggerated jumping ability, longest ejection distance, suitable for pursuit and escape.

[Ghost-Shuttle Dragonfly]: Strong flight redirection ability, suitable for high-altitude reconnaissance and harassment.

Without hesitation, he directly purchased female individuals of the four creatures, costing him less than ten thousand.

Looking at the deduction prompt, he couldn't help but think of the Fangxin Loan company and muttered to himself, "It's been a month without any activity. Could they be scared? Please come and dun me fiercely."

Since the last failed invasion by the Level 2 Sapiens, that company hadn't made any new attempts to test him, which actually made Gu Han feel a bit unaccustomed.

The Level 2 Sapiens and Shield-Armored Armadillos sent last time had greatly boosted the strength of his Ant-man Race.

If they sent a few more, he would save a fortune this time.

Unfortunately, since they weren't coming, he couldn't go to their door to urge them.

For the quality of the new Ant-men, Gu Han opened the Sapiens trading page.

The price of Level 2 Sapiens had always been high.

After choosing for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and bought a male Level 2 Sapien with a high constitution rating.

Two million credits.

Up until the moment before payment, Gu Han was still hoping his Divine Kingdom would be invaded again. Unfortunately, there was no movement. He could only comfort himself that they were just waiting for the right moment to give him a big surprise.

The new insect species was quickly teleported over through the Divine Kingdom. Gu Han did not breed them in multiple groups like before.

During this time, he had figured out a crude but effective set of synthesis laws.

The first step was to combine the designated species with Sapiens. The goal was not to get a finished product directly, but to first align the insect organs and humanoid structures on the same line.

The second step was to filter out insect-men from the first generation that could still move normally, possessed the bud of intelligence, and had organ structures close to expectations.

The third step was to combine the insect-men with the Queen Ant, using the Queen Ant's Reproduction ability to stack the possibilities through sheer numbers.

The fourth step was to find individual specimens from the massive offspring.

As long as there were enough, he could always filter out one or two usable ones.

Although this method consumed a lot of resources, it was the most hassle-free and time-saving, saving him from having to carefully observe too much.

Taking the Peacock Mantis Shrimp as an example, after Forced Breeding with the Level 2 Sapien, the first batch of embryos had many issues.

Some had colorful shells all over their bodies but limbs that couldn't support walking, some only retained shrimp-like structures and convulsed upon leaving the water, and others didn't even have a human form.

Gu Han had long been used to this, waiting for batch after batch of offspring to be born so he could pick out the suitable shrimp-men to breed with the Queen Ant.