Chapter 936: The Spider Queen's New Home
These days, He Lingchuan has been busy entertaining merchants. The first batch of palm oil has been refined, and the quality is very good. It will be too late if Yangshan Islands does not start looking for customers.
Besides, the islands will be rich in products in the future. Expanding personal connections and widening trade routes are the unshirkable responsibilities of He Lingchuan, the island owner.
But when he returns to Yangshan Islands, Aunt Zhu will always appear nearby.
It would be fine if it happened once or twice, but He Lingchuan was surprised if it happened three or four times. Aunt Zhu has never liked humans, especially places with a lot of people.
Why doesn't she stay on her own Pansi Island?
"Auntie." Aunt Zhu once again wandered around him, strolling around on her eight legs. He Lingchuan seemed to be able to see the entanglement in her head, "What's the matter, just say it."
"Well..." Aunt Zhu hesitated, "Nothing."
He Lingchuan knew that this should be heard in reverse. A straightforward person like Aunt Zhu rarely hesitates.
"Did Second Aunt embarrass you?"
The relationship between the two sisters has always been a bit strange. Aunt Zhu is extremely powerful, and Second Aunt Zhu is cunning. In terms of dealing with people and things, Aunt Zhu is not her opponent at all.
"Not really. But after it moved into its new home on Pansi Island, it mentioned one thing to me--" Aunt Zhu was reluctant for so long, and finally she couldn't help but speak out! "It has already moved once in the eastern part of Mou Country."
"Oh?" He Lingchuan asked casually, "Is it not satisfied with the first location?"
Second Aunt Zhu has thousands of descendants, and it is not easy to move once. How long has it been in Mou Country? It was only half a year earlier than He Lingchuan, so why did it move again?
"That place is pretty good, but I can't stay there because Bega found it!" Aunt Zhu was angry about this. Her sister was cunning and dishonest, and didn't explain the pros and cons clearly before moving!
Now that her sister has moved to Yangshan Islands, will it bring trouble to the door?
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One person and one spider stared at each other in silence.
When Aunt Zhu told her such a big news, she thought He Lingchuan would be shocked and jump up on the spot, but he blinked and asked her:
"That's it?"
"Aren't you worried?" Wouldn't a normal person be extremely frightened when hearing that a nightmare came?
Seeing He Lingchuan's calm face, is this his reaction?
"I think it's a big deal." He said calmly, "What's coming will come."
Aunt Zhu looked at him with twelve eyes, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she was sure that he was not angry: "If I had known that you would react like this, I would have told you earlier."
As a result, it was entangled for so long.
"What else did Second Mother say?"
"Oh, it wants you to come to the island to discuss."
He Lingchuan was amused and confused: "Is this invitation from a few days ago?"
"Two days ago, that is, after it told me the truth." Aunt Zhu was angry, "I don't want to pay attention to it these days!"
"Don't be angry, don't be angry." He Lingchuan wanted to pat it to comfort it, but when he saw Aunt Zhu's long legs covered with thorns, he gave up the idea, "Let's go, come back to Pansi Island with me to see Second Mother."
The new tenant has been living for a few days, and he, as the landlord, should also pay attention to him.
From a distance, or from the surface, Pansi Island is no different from before. The shore is still rocky and the island is still lush. Occasionally, you can see spider webs hanging on the treetops and in the cracks of the rocks.
Since He Lingchuan sacrificed the Dragon Pillar, these islands are no longer shrouded by evil spirits, and living creatures have begun to visit. In just a few days, birds have begun to sing in the forest, and there are more species of insects lying on the leaves, unlike before, when there were only small black bugs living in Yinsha.
There are no roads on Pansi Island, and there are round or pointed stones everywhere. He Lingchuan was lazy and lay on Zhu's forehead, letting it carry him to find the cave spider's nest.
These eight legs are more stable than two legs when they move, and he didn't feel any bumps even when he closed his eyes.
Soon, the cave spider's nest arrived.
In fact, He Lingchuan had heard a rustling sound coming from the surrounding woods a long time ago. He was familiar with that sound. It was the sound of the long legs of the cave spiders scratching the fallen leaves on the ground.
Zhu Erniang sent the little spiders to greet them.
Climbing over the steep rock wall and going down, He Lingchuan felt that the air was getting more and more humid. This place is not without sunlight all year round. From early morning to noon, the sun will shine on the open and thick stone wall like a screen, so the herbs in the cracks of the stone grow well.
There is a dark stream flowing silently under the rock wall.
This is the favorite environment of the burrow spider.
The spiders drilled through an inconspicuous crack, and He Lingchuan found that the space became wider and wider as they went further back. He didn't know whether it was originally like this or the result of the spider group's deliberate expansion.
Burrow spiders are masters of transforming the environment. They know very well how to dig holes safely without landslides.
There is still sunlight here.
He Lingchuan found that the ground was covered with a thick layer of black soil, which was soft and moist, without a single weed. There were several small spiders wandering around, and they immediately drove away birds when they found them coming down.
Aunt Zhu told him that seeds had just been sown here, and they were going to grow the base grass of the fungus blanket.
The so-called base grass is three plants carefully selected by Zhu Er Niang, which are rich in nutrients needed for the rapid growth of the fungus blanket. If there is no base grass as a base and supplement, the growth of the fungus blanket may not be very good.
"So particular? I thought the fungus mat could grow directly in the stone nest." The fungus mat is the bottom link of Zhu Erniang's unique agricultural chain. It is not only a pasture for aphids, but also a culture dish for various delicious fungi and fluorescent spores.
"It needs base fertilizer. When the time comes, cut the base grass and pine needles into pieces and feed them to the fungus mat."
Then, they entered the cave and isolated the sunlight.
Every ten feet, there was a glowing fluorescent spore above, which made the originally dark underground nest clearly visible.
There were spider webs everywhere.
He Lingchuan had seen this a lot in the Demon Nest Swamp, so he didn't find it strange at all.
The place where the sisters chose for themselves was a ground erosion cave, with a big cave inside a small cave, and there was another one after walking through one, and it was connected to the sea cave on the shore. According to Aunt Zhu, the expansion project here has just begun. They want to expand and widen it until the entire underground nest is connected in all directions, and even the size of two giant spiders can come and go at will.
Speaking of residence, He Lingchuan scratched his head, this is just an underground fortress maze!
In terms of solidity, it seems to be not much different from the previous Demon Nest Swamp. Ordinary people come in and get confused in a few seconds. I don’t know how these cave spiders recognize the way.
"So where is Er Niang?"
"In the bay."
Mrs. Zhu led the island master He through many twists and turns, and even he was confused. Then he realized that the sky was bright in front of him. It turned out that he had crawled out of a sea cave. If he took another step, he would step into the clear sea water like glass.
The cool breeze with the salty smell of the sea water blew on their faces, and they arrived directly at the bay.