The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

Attilan was determined to seal away this recipe he had carefully considered for three days. He didn't even plan to eat too many mooncakes, lest it stir up his homesickness.

The transmigrator couldn't return to his former home, so this lake where he was born and the forest where he grew up would be his second home!

And these lovely leopard druids were his dearest and most beloved family!

Attilan looked at the iron ball on the ground and sighed, saying:

"It's a pity there's no white rice, otherwise I could use these two hemispherical iron pots to make golden egg fried rice for everyone."

The leopard woman quickly wiped away the tears on her face and excitedly asked:

"Golden egg fried rice, is it made with gold? How delicious is it?"

Compared to golden egg fried rice, Gu Nu's sensitivity to grain crops made her more concerned about the white rice Attilan mentioned.

"What is white rice? Is it also cultivated from foxtail grass?"

Because she had once heard Attilan also call millet foxtail grass, she thought that white rice should have a close relationship with millet.

"I can't be sure if it's cultivated from foxtail grass, but foxtail grass growing in different terrains will naturally produce corresponding characteristics with the domestication of the local people."

"I only know that white rice is domesticated from a kind of wild grass that grows in water. If we start selecting foxtail grass in wetlands for targeted cultivation, we might be able to cultivate rice."

"Of course, instead of spending time and effort to domesticate wild grass generation after generation, I think we can find a race that grows grains similar to white rice to buy from, wouldn't it be better to directly plant ready-made white rice?"

"Finding a race that grows white rice might take less time than cultivating rice ourselves."

Gu Nu frowned slightly, but didn't say anything more.

"You prepare a paddy field suitable for cultivating rice near Green Scale Town for me. Once the paddy field is ready, I will start cultivating the rice you mentioned. Compared to buying white rice cultivated by others, I prefer the variety I cultivated myself."

"Maybe it will take me more than ten years, or even decades, to research rice with the same yield as ready-made white rice, but I believe that subsequent increases in rice yield will be faster than their natural domestication of white rice."

Attilan blinked. He had unknowingly fallen into the mistaken idea of 'buying is better than making'.

"Gu Nu's words also make sense. But can you handle domesticating foxtail grass into both millet and white rice at the same time? I think if we can get ready-made white rice, it should be valuable for reference in your rice experiments."

"Having more samples means more possibilities. The next generation bred from crossbreeding different samples will have more excellent traits, and there is a high probability of obtaining more valuable rice seeds."

Lalune, who had been holding Hana and哄ing the child, suddenly spoke.

"Actually, ten years ago, when I was with Bloodstained, we passed through the Water Elf Kingdom and visited an elf druid. He said that he had discovered the lizardmen in the wetlands eating a kind of aquatic grass more than a hundred years ago."

"She was also very curious as to why the lizardmen would eat this aquatic grass, so she tried it herself and found that it was indeed edible. After that, she saw the lizardmen scattering the seeds of the aquatic grass in shallow water."

"Curiosity drove her to collect the seeds of the aquatic grass and try to cultivate them. After hundreds of years, she really cultivated a food that looks like small pearls after shelling."

"The elves call her masterpiece 'Pearl Fragrance'. Bloodstained and I have both eaten it. It is indeed a very unique food, but the elves only regard Pearl Fragrance as a toy."

"The conditions required for planting Pearl Fragrance are very harsh, otherwise I would have wanted to bring some home to plant. It's not the large-scale grain crop you plan to cultivate."

Attilan nodded in agreement. The Pearl Fragrance Lalune mentioned was more like a magical plant material carefully cultivated with magic than a grain.

Without the elf's laboratory, this Pearl Fragrance could not grow normally.

This was the drawback Gu Nu mentioned. If the elves had any ideas about planting this restricted grain, they could easily hold Attilan by the neck.

After all, Atlantis would soon border the Water Elf Kingdom. Whether or not they could coexist peacefully at that time would depend on the attitude of the Water Elf Kingdom.

Elves, after all, have an arrogance towards other races in their bones. They look down on civilized and intelligent races like dwarves and humans, let alone a kingdom composed of monster races ruled by dragons.

Everyone knew that the appetite of dragons would only continue to expand with their age and strength. No dragon who had established a kingdom had ever been able to restrain the desire to expand.

Even the benevolent metal dragons were the same!

Because you can't convert the occupied land into resources.

Just like why ancient China had to compete for the Central Plains, saying that whoever won the Central Plains won the world, because it had the largest population and the most mature farmland, which could stably produce a large amount of grain.

Xiong Ren's words were actually very reasonable. If the manpower and resources wasted on attacking the gnolls were used to develop the wetlands, Attilan estimated that he could initially transform the wetlands into an environment suitable for planting wheat and black beans within a year.

Just by enduring for two years, at most three years, he could use the grain grown in the wetlands to recruit the population of the rainforest and build a large and combatively vigorous Dragon Legion.

With the Dragon Legion, the Water Elf Kingdom would honestly be neighbors with Atlantis.

The White Wolf King couldn't be killed for the time being, but Attilan didn't want him to be too happy, so he still had to ask Lalune to help make some starlight bombs to add a bit of dazzling color to the White Wolf King's peaceful life.

Although he wanted to flatter his mother with the Moon Ball, he ended up flattering the wrong horse, but Attilan still shamelessly made his request to Lalune.

"Madam, due to my master's restrictions, I can only suspend my revenge against the White Wolf King, but I don't want to swallow my anger like this, so I want the enhanced energy bomb from the last starlight purification potion."

"If Madam doesn't have time to make it herself, can you please teach me the method of making it? Making it myself can also make me feel more comfortable."

Lalune smiled slightly.

"I may not be able to give you this opportunity. Hana is now studying at the Druid School, and I have a lot of free time every day. The starlight bomb you need sounds quite interesting."

"I will try to help you develop an energy bomb that only causes damage to demons, but I can't guarantee the specific time."

"No problem, as long as it can be made. Even if it is a semi-finished product, I don't mind. My familiars can also use it to restrain demon warlocks from casting spells and reduce the risk of their actions."

"I will produce results as soon as possible."

Attilan said with an excited smile:

"Thank you so much, I really don't know how to repay Madam."

Lalune shook her head and said:

"No need, the Moon Ball is already great. It reminds me of the days when my mother took me to observe the starry sky on the top of the mage tower when I was a child. Although the top of the tower was very cold, with my mother there, I felt so stable and comfortable."

I didn't expect Lalune to feel the beauty of the Moon Ball. Sure enough, mature adults are different from little brats like the leopard women.

Wait a minute, he seemed to be affected by the Moon Ball too. Did he just scold himself in there just now?

But it doesn't matter, anyway, he was just a little dragon over a year old, indeed a little brat.

Taishan waved his arms excitedly and said:

"Stop talking about these things, the moon has risen to the center of the sky, it's time to start the 'Rainbow Feather Dress' performance. You asked us to come here, didn't you just say that we could enjoy the water dance?"

Looking at Taishan's impatient look, he was indeed a druid who hung out with gibbons.

"Okay, okay, let's start now."

The druids cast water-walking spells on Opeya and the dancers, while Attilan stirred the moonlight water of Moon Shadow Lake to form water mist, as Opeya and the others walked onto the stage.

The silvery-white water mist was like a layer of fine gauze draped over them, adding a touch of lunar holiness. As the sounds of long flutes and other instruments sounded.

Opeya began to dance on the water, and the moon shadows emitted layers of light with the ripples of the water, like a dream. This beautiful scene made everyone couldn't help but hold their breath.

After appreciating this 'Rainbow Feather Dress' dance that suddenly improved a level on the surface of Moon Shadow Lake, everyone was immersed in it and couldn't forget it for a long time. The leopard woman even exclaimed:

"Today I finally understand why Attilan said that the 'Rainbow Feather Dress' dance is the dance of a celestial maiden. Do you think I can also dance such a beautiful dance?"

Saying that, the leopard woman shook the arm of the wine woman next to her.

"No, it's getting late, you should wash up and go to bed. In your dreams, I think you can still dance such a dance, even more beautiful than Opeya."

It was too late today, so everyone simply slept in the wilderness. Fortunately, Attilan's letter to Taishan asked him to bring some camping equipment.

After everyone fell asleep, Moon Shadow Lake became quiet. Attilan also lay in the water and prepared to sleep when he suddenly seemed to hear someone calling him.

"Attilan, have you forgotten your agreement with me?"

"Who is it?"

Agreement? Attilan didn't remember ever having an agreement with anyone.

"You ate so many of my fruits, but you forgot about me completely?"

Hearing this, Attilan's eyes widened instantly. He remembered that almost a year ago, when he was done with the bear people's military training, he was lying on the oak guardian and eating the oak acorns to restore his strength.

He once said to the oak guardian that he would definitely use lightning breath to help the oak guardian temper his body and then break through to the realm of the ancient tree of life.

"Since you forgot me, then you have to pay the price."

"Wait! I didn't..."

Before Attilan could finish speaking, everything suddenly went black, and he felt like he was thrown into a washing machine and spinning non-stop.