In just over ten days, the 27 offshoots of the divine seeds had multiplied into 81 offshoots around them. Currently, including the mother plant, there were a total of 121 plants, with 39 of them flowering and fruiting. The view was lush and vibrant, with the growth looking better than ever.

The other planted seeds on the north side of the mountain showed varying degrees of development, but overall, the progress was satisfactory. Especially the Li Zhufeng seed, which grew faster and faster. After the first cluster of bamboo poles formed, the underground rhizomes spread and began to develop a second cluster.

Among all of Banbu's planted seeds, the Li Zhufeng seed was the largest in scale. Every night, it could transfer a considerable amount of primal force to Banbu, aiding in his growth and evolution. It was currently the only seed capable of providing assistance to Banbu, being a solitary plant with limited help available.

With the surge in demand for primal force after advancing to an intermediate warrior, the primal force fruit provided by Ironknife Mountain Lord was far from sufficient to meet the demand. Among Banbu's planted seeds, only Li Zhufeng could provide assistance. After all, it was a single plant, with limited help available.

With insufficient primal force intake, the effects of practicing martial arts became evident. Efficiently using the limited primal force, Banbu could barely maintain a rapid growth pace at the intermediate warrior stage.

During this period, Banbu adjusted his schedule, working at night, practicing martial arts, and meditating at the cave entrance during the day. During his rest periods, he focused on sensing the influence of his soul on his body's genes.

The results were unexpected. The soul did indeed influence the mutation of the body's genes, but the effect was minimal. This unexpected outcome was both beneficial and harmless. Banbu didn't need to worry about significant mutations in his genes due to soul changes, turning him into a monstrous being.

Absorbing the mental energy of the Dominator Realm for his own use gradually began to show benefits. His soul grew stronger, far surpassing the average L1 intermediate warrior level of the Redroach tribe. His mental consciousness range greatly increased, and he could explore more intricacies with finer detail, representing a qualitative improvement.

After only absorbing mental energy in the resonance force field for half a night, Banbu spent nearly ten days digesting and adapting to it, gradually allowing his soul, mental consciousness, and body to harmonize with each other.

If the soul and body couldn't perfectly harmonize, the soul would decay at an accelerated rate, potentially leading to death before the body aged.

Banbu didn't dare to be careless. After observing for another five days to confirm there were no issues, he dared to venture into the swamp for the second time, entering the resonance force field to absorb the mental energy emitted by the metallic core.

The situation was similar to the first time, reaching the limit of soul capacity after only half a night. Upon returning to his territory, it took nearly half a month to fully digest the external mental energy and make it his own.

Then came the third time...

In early autumn, various plants' fruits began to ripen, marking a year of abundance and harvest.

Late at night.

Large black-and-white figures leaped over the Jin River, entering the jurisdictional territory of the Jinping Mountains, passing through the swamp, and rushing into the hilly areas.

Flower Cypress Mountain Lord was furious. The territory of an advanced warrior in the Cliff Cypress Mountain Range had been raided by Cloud Leopard warriors. These cunning and treacherous Cloud Leopard warriors had stolen several primal force fruits produced by planted seeds during the battle and even bitten off one leg of the black-and-white Redroach tribe warrior.

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This was the second time the Cliff Cypress Mountain Range had been raided by Cloud Leopards. Similar to the last time, it was a planned raid, successful and immediately followed by a retreat, crossing the Jin River, with the water flow masking their scent.

Once they crossed the river, the pursuit team led by Flower Cypress Mountain Lord lost track of their scent. After circling aimlessly for a while in the undulating and lush hills, they landed on the ground.

Waving their antennae, the nearby searching warriors landed as well.

"Flower Cypress Mountain Lord, what should we do?"

"These cunning beasts must have their nest hidden in the territory of the Redroach tribe. You all split up and continue searching. I'll go inform the Redroach tribe. They should bear the main responsibility for this."

"Understood."

"Got it."

The dozen or so gathered black-and-white Redroach tribe warriors took flight once again, dispersing to search.

Flower Cypress Mountain Lord flew angrily towards the Li Zhufeng Peak.

Passing by the resonance force field formed by the metallic core, Flower Cypress Mountain Lord couldn't help but linger, taking a few more glances.

It was this damn "alien object" falling from the sky that killed all the Redroach tribe warriors in the Jinping Mountains, causing the vast territory to completely lose control, with various beasts running rampant, leading to many troubles.

In the dark night, he vaguely saw something moving. Using his mental consciousness to sense, there was a fluctuation of primal force!

Flower Cypress Mountain Lord suddenly paused in his movements, turned around, approached to check, and discovered that it was a cockroach warrior, with a black carapace blending perfectly with the surroundings, making it almost impossible to notice its presence with visual inspection alone.

An intermediate warrior? What is it doing here in the middle of the night? It seems quite relaxed, lazily cutting a wild boar and picking out the fattest parts to eat.

At first glance, Flower Cypress Mountain Lord thought it was a fellow member of the tribe stranded outside. Upon second thought, Flower Cypress Mountain Lord realized that it should be the new mountain lord of Li Zhufeng.

Coincidentally, saving a long journey.

Flower Cypress Mountain Lord increased his flying speed.

Just completing the absorption of mental energy, Banbu suddenly shivered all over, keenly sensing that there was a hidden primal force fluctuation approaching from afar.

A primal force creature! And it's coming fast.

Turning his head to look, it was a cockroach, with a black and white interwoven carapace color, undoubtedly belonging to the Redroach tribe. Judging by its size, it was definitely a mountain lord level existence.

The Redroach Mountain Lord of the Cliff Cypress Mountain Range?

Banbu shook his head, quickly swallowed a piece of meat, stood up, and looked up, waiting for the other party to arrive.

With a large number of brain cells dying, Banbu suddenly felt a jolt all over his body. The brain was heavy, and thoughts became somewhat fuzzy. Trying hard to concentrate, he couldn't figure out why the Redroach Mountain Lord of the Cliff Cypress Mountain Range came to the Jinping Mountains.

"Are you the new mountain lord of Li Zhufeng?"

Flower Cypress Mountain Lord was not very polite.

Banbu was even more puzzled and answered, "Yes."

Flower Cypress Mountain Lord asked, "What's your name?"

Banbu replied, "Banbu."

Flower Cypress Mountain Lord carefully checked Banbu, confirming that the aura emanating from him did indeed belong to the Redroach tribe, not the black-and-white Flower Cypress tribe. He continued to

inquire, "What are you doing here?"

Banbu naturally replied, "Looking for seeds!"

Every autumn, during the fruit ripening season, many insect warriors would spend a lot of time and effort searching for divine seeds in their own territories.

Flower Cypress Mountain Lord didn't doubt this and continued to ask, "I heard you have a divine seed?"

Banbu answered, "Yes."

Flower Cypress Mountain Lord asked, "Then why are you wasting time searching?"

Banbu countered, "Can't there be two divine seeds?"

"You greedy little fellow, the favor of the true gods will not descend twice on the same warrior." Flower Cypress Mountain Lord shook his antennae, then asked, "Your mental perception ability is very powerful. You discovered me from a distance."

"It's innate." Being near the resonance force field, Banbu was worried that the other party would associate the two, so he took the initiative to ask, "May I ask if you are the Flower Cypress Mountain Lord of the Cliff Cypress Mountain Range?"

The black-and-white Flower Cypress tribe considered black as noble and white as beautiful. Influenced by the color of the carapace, Flower Cypress Mountain Lord's first impression of Banbu was not bad. The anger in his heart subsided quite a bit, and he calmly answered, "Yes."

Banbu continued to ask, "Flower Cypress Mountain Lord hurriedly entered the Jinping Mountains. What happened?"

Flower Cypress Mountain Lord's mental emotions became violent and fierce, answering, "Yes! The Cloud Leopard warriors attacked the Cliff Cypress Mountain Range for the second time. This is a severe event that has not occurred for many years."