The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

Upon hearing the bearman mention that place, the vine woman immediately grabbed a long loaf of bread and stuffed it into the bearman's large mouth, while solemnly saying:

“I forbid you to go. That place is so dangerous. The little you might gain is not worth the price you would pay. I won't allow it!”

The bearman silently ate the bread in his mouth, and waited for the vine woman's emotions to calm down before using his firm and steady large hand to grab the vine woman's shoulders, looking firmly into her eyes.

“Jaina, I have been preparing for so many years, just to have enough power to retrieve the natural sacred object lost in the Emerald Dream. With the sacred object…”

“Not only me, but you can also break through to become a natural demigod. Isn't becoming the Emerald God always your career goal as well?”

The vine woman shook off the bearman's hand that grabbed her shoulders.

“If the price of becoming the Emerald God is losing you, then I would rather not become the Emerald God! A sudden confession, yet you have been suppressing your feelings for me.”

“You know that once you go there, you are very likely to perish, but you will do your best to send the sacred object back to me to help me become the Emerald God, am I right?”

Before the bearman could answer, crystalline tears slid down the vine woman's fair cheeks, causing the bearman's heart to tighten.

“Jaina, I… Sigh~~”

The bearman was also a little speechless, not knowing how to persuade the vine woman to agree to him taking the risk.

“Without the natural sacred object, can't we achieve the natural demigod realm? Geger, have you really no confidence in your life and path of thunder that you have cultivated for so many years!”

The corners of the bearman's mouth were a little bitter. He had exhausted all his energy to catch up with the achievements brought about by the vine woman and their talent, and even slightly surpass them.

“Originally, I had almost given up on the dream of becoming a natural demigod. Back then, my master took me as a disciple and said that the head of the Life School could achieve the natural demigod realm.”

“And I am the successor he is optimistic about, planting the seeds of becoming a natural demigod in my heart. Under the great pressure brought by your talents, I have been gritting my teeth and persevering!”

“But Jaina, we have been walking the path of the druid for more than three hundred years. Even for a legendary druid, how many three hundred years can there be? We are ultimately mortals…”

“We will get old. Before Attilan appeared, my strength had reached its limit, but I still didn't touch the boundary. Even if I get the natural sacred object, there will be no chance.”

“In the two years of getting along with Attilan, I analyzed the body structure of the ocean wyrm over and over, inside and out, and finally achieved new results.”

“Only then did I deeply realize why my master said before leaving that if there is a chance, you must spend some time with the ocean wyrm.”

“Attilan is the treasure given to me by God, allowing me to seize the tail of the natural demigod realm, otherwise I would not rashly go to find the natural sacred object.”

The vine woman frowned slightly.

“It's true, I don't need to lie to you.”

As he spoke, a ball of emerald green thunder appeared in the bearman's palm, crackling and emitting a powerful vitality.

“As long as I can try to find a suitable method to strengthen this lightning of life, I can refine a legendary-level body. A legendary biological level combined with a legendary professional level.”

“As long as I get the natural sacred object, I will definitely be able to advance to the natural demigod realm!”

The vine woman was still skeptical. She always felt that this ball of lightning of life was just a tool that the bearman made to fool her, because the purity of the lightning of life was not as high as the lightning of life created by Attilan.

Even if Attilan did not master the corresponding shaping method, he would occasionally bring out a wisp when spitting out lightning dragon breath.

The bearman could only sigh. If Attilan hadn't revealed that passage to the vine woman as soon as he left here, he wouldn't have done this.

“Actually, Attilan is not an ordinary ocean wyrm!”

The vine woman just smiled contemptuously and conjured a cold white rose.

“Then tell me, what kind of dragon is Attilan?”

“He is an ocean wyrm, but ocean wyrms, or rather, elemental dragons with high blood purity, stably inheriting the same elemental giant dragon bloodline, without mixing other elements.”

“It is possible to produce a powerful talent similar to an aberrant dragon, all of which are enhanced versions of elemental giant dragons, and Attilan happens to be the Ocean Elemental Dragon King!”

“His life talent is even more powerful, especially after he condensed the dragon ball with my help, his life level began to slowly rise again.”

“Although his body growth has slowed down, haven't you noticed that the rate of increase in his life aura this year far exceeds the first year? This is because he has activated his elemental dragon king bloodline!”

The vine woman narrowed her eyes slightly.

“Is that so? Then why haven't I heard Attilan mention it?”

The bearman snorted coldly and continued:

“This kid and I didn't say anything. On the day he awakened the dragon ball, he suddenly became more low-key than before. I knew he knew his true talent.”

“Every day, watching him carefully hide his talent, don't tell me, it's really funny.”

The vine woman glared at him and then began to scold the bearman.

“You still have the nerve to say that Attilan is your disciple, but you just watched him live in fear every day. How could you bear it?”

The bearman shrank his neck and said weakly:

“I am his master. If he doesn't tell me, isn't that not trusting me? Then let him be worried.”

The vine woman stroked her chin and analyzed:

“I was wondering why Attilan always asked the old urchin this year whether there was any possibility of breaking through the legendary druid, and whether there was anything he could help with.”

“It turns out that he feels that the forest's current strength is not enough to protect him. Who exactly did that elemental dragon king offend?”

The bearman pointed his finger to the sky and said lightly:

“Similar to the Council of Nature, back then, whoever wanted the elemental dragon god to die didn't want to see too many elemental dragon kings appear in the material world.”

The vine woman understood instantly.

“You mean them, then you really have to worry. Just send a few ancient golden dragons, no, come four ancient red dragons, we may not be able to handle them.”

The bearman shook his head and said:

“Four, you think too highly of me and Bloodstained. With your, Laroen, and Robert's cooperation, we can only deal with two ancient red dragons at best.”

The vine woman casually inserted the white rose into the ground. Soon, the rose grew vines and wrapped around the outside of the bearman's oak house, blooming with cold and beautiful white rose flowers.

“It's no wonder Attilan didn't want to say it. The talent of the elemental dragon king is indeed easy to be targeted, especially since he has joined the Council of Nature. It's hard not to make those two suspect that Attilan wants to become the next elemental dragon god.”

The bearman continued along the vine woman's words.

“So you see, whether it's for us or for Attilan, I must go to Moonglade. Only a natural demigod can ensure that we have the ability to protect ourselves in the upcoming chaos.”

“You're right, aren't you?”

“You only have a prototype now. This little lightning of life can't refine your body unless you complete the refinement. Otherwise, I won't let you go.”

The bearman grabbed the vine woman's hand anxiously and said:

“Jaina, you know the situation in the forest. Even if you drain the natural magic power of the forest, you can't extract enough lightning of life to supply me with body refinement. Only the Emerald Dream, especially Moonglade in the core area!”

“It can provide the abundant natural magic power I need. My trip is not only for the natural sacred object, and even finding the natural sacred object is only the second goal. My first goal is to accumulate enough magic power to complete the transformation.”

“At most, in three years, the forest's remaining magic power will not be able to meet my needs for body refinement. By then, I will have to go.”

The vine woman glared back directly.

“If it can't be satisfied, then don't pursue the maximum refinement effect. I don't know you well enough. You only value the progress of cultivation and don't care about the negative pain at all.”

“If you don't pursue the maximum effect of refinement, your pain will be much less. Today, you are not allowed to train. Just stay here and eat bread!”

The bearman could only nod helplessly and sighed:

“I know.”

Then he took a loaf of bread from the basket and sat on the ground honestly to eat.

“It's delicious. The sweetness of honey and the aroma of apple are well combined. The temperature of the oven is moderate, baking out all the aroma of wheat without burning it.”

“The golden color makes you want to eat it at first glance. As expected of Jaina, the bread you make is delicious.”

After being praised by the bearman, a smile appeared on the vine woman's face, and then she returned to her previous solemnity.

“You eat slowly, I'll go back first. Anyway, don't train for me today.”

The bearman nodded repeatedly, eating the bread in big mouthfuls.

Watching the vine woman's back as she teleported away, the bearman silently breathed a sigh of relief.

The vine woman said that she can't train today, so she won't train today, but she didn't say that he can't train tomorrow. Besides, his lightning body training today has been completed.

The vine woman suddenly appeared in front of the bearman again.

“Tomorrow is also not allowed! The day after tomorrow, the day after the day after tomorrow, unless you get my permission, you are not allowed to do that training, understand!”

The bearman sat up straight subconsciously.

“Yes!”

Seeing that the vine woman was really gone this time, the bearman patted his heart. Why was he afraid?

Could it be that he is the henpecked husband in Attilan's mouth?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

Thinking that the bearman was going to enter the fallen natural holy land to absorb magic power and find the natural sacred object, the vine woman was distraught. Back then, Moonglade was not strictly considered fallen.

Because the natural demigod and the demon had a great battle in Moonglade, and later there were some astral creatures with divine power who ended up in the battle, and they almost all died in Moonglade.

No matter what they were like before they were alive, the terrifying blood energy of the battlefield polluted their corpses, and their unwilling resentment and fighting will echoed in the sky above Moonglade, combined with the natural magic power gathered in Moonglade for thousands of years.

Moonglade quickly gave birth to a terrifying monster that was no less than a godspawn.

After being mixed with the evil power of demons and the divine power of astral creatures, the corpses of natural demigods naturally retained powerful life vitality. Even in death, their bodies seemed to still be alive.

On the chaotic battlefield, various energies intertwined. Someone, somehow, caused the fallen corpses of the natural demigods to stand up again. According to records, these weren't undead creatures, but seemed to have given birth to a completely new kind of being.

It's just that they lacked intelligence, only knowing to constantly devour the fresh life on the battlefield. Precisely because their strength was too great, having died and then risen again,

demonic power, divine power, and natural magic were all difficult to inflict significant damage on them, except for the power of purification!

They were a significant cause of the Emerald Dream's corruption.

Vine Woman understood why the Bearman would guide Attilan to develop Purification Lightning. It turned out the Bearman was still planning to observe Attilan's growth, and once Attilan mastered it, he would imitate it and strengthen it further.

That's right, there's also Attilan!

This kid always has the most tricks up his sleeve. If it were Attilan, he might be able to come up with a way to make the Bearman abandon his plan to go to the Moonlight Glade.

Seeing Vine Woman return with a solemn expression, Attilan, who had been waiting for her to bring back good news, hurriedly went to greet her.

"Auntie, what's going on? Could it be that Master hasn't made a decision yet?"

"He has made a decision. He plans to go to a very dangerous place to find a treasure. If he can bring the treasure back, he will marry me."

Hiss, Attilan gasped. This sentence shouldn't be said!

"I don't want Gai'o Gai to die. Attilan, do you have any way to stop him from going?"

Attilan scratched his cheek. Stopping the Bearman from going felt unrealistic to him. The Bearman was always the type to make up his mind, and even nine giant dragons couldn't pull him back.

"I can't stop him from going, but if it's about extending the time he stays in the forest, I think I can do that. First, I need to know when he plans to go."

"Three years later, when..."

After understanding the whole story, Attilan frowned and began to think of a solution.

"Teacher's Wife, just say that you want to go together, that you don't trust him to go alone."

Vine Woman shook her head and said:

"He would never let me go with him."

"Just say that as long as he dares to go, you will follow him directly. I believe Master will definitely stay a few more years to convince you before going."

"But one thing, your wedding must be held before Master leaves, otherwise it's unlucky."

"Unlucky?"

Attilan's words made Vine Woman a little puzzled.

"Why is it bad to get married before leaving?"

"Because many people, after saying this, die in their next adventure. Similarly, there's 'my wife is about to give birth next month,' and then this person will die before his child is born."

"The most likely scenario is that the father dies on the day the child is born, as if the father's luck flows to the child."

"So, you can get married, but it's best not to have children."

Vine Woman frowned and asked:

"Where did you hear these ridiculous superstitions? Even if you're an Elemental Dragon King, your inherited memories couldn't possibly have these twisted things, right?"

Hearing the words "Elemental Dragon King," Attilan's body instantly stiffened.

"What Elemental Dragon King? This is just an idea brought back by a certain Ocean Wyrm ancestor from a Material Plane homeland of some Pandaren. Saying these words almost always leads to a bad end."

"Actually, I've also thought that it's probably these attachments that cause them to have distractions in battle, causing them to act slower than their enemies, leading to their unfortunate demise."

In fact, with the Bearman's powerful willpower, Attilan believed that attachments were more likely to provide the Bearman with the power of a spiritual source, allowing him to defeat powerful enemies at the last moment.

On the contrary, his method of delaying time might wear down the Bearman's spirit.

"Besides you, I think it would be best to persuade Bloodscar and the Laroen couple to go together. Moreover, you can use the reason of helping Old Rascal break through to the Legendary realm, which can also delay a lot of time."

"In this way, you will be five Legendaries acting together, and the safety factor of the action will definitely increase a lot. After all, the longer Master tempers with the Lightning of Life, the greater its power will be."

Vine Woman's eyes lit up, and she patted Attilan's head with satisfaction.

"If the five of us act together, even if we don't gain anything, at least we can return safely. So, when do you think it would be best for me and Big Dumb Bear to hold the wedding?"

"Huh?"

Attilan looked at Vine Woman in surprise. Wasn't the plan to persuade the Bearman to stay in the safe forest to cultivate? How did it turn into getting married?

Is your thinking jumping so fast?

"Besides everyone in the forest, do you have any other relatives and friends who need to be invited to participate?"

Vine Woman rubbed her chin and thought.

"Back when we were training as druids, we met a lot of good friends, but after three hundred years, most of them haven't reached level 18."

"Now they've all returned to nature. As for those people in my family, I think even if I invite them, they probably won't come to my wedding with Big Dumb Bear."

"Big Dumb Bear insisted on breaking through to Natural Demigod before marrying me, also hoping that our marriage could receive the blessings of my family."

The Bearman wasn't the type of Dragon Pride protagonist who had to retaliate when slapped in the face. He just hoped to gain the recognition of Vine Woman's family.

Apart from Vine Woman's parents, especially her father, who had a relatively harsh attitude, Vine Woman's grandparents had a pretty kind attitude towards the Bearman. They didn't approve, but they didn't object either.

They just hoped that the Bearman could achieve something.

If Vine Woman's grandfather hadn't lost too many natural sacred objects in that great battle, the old man would have actually had a chance to become a Natural Demigod, even the weaker kind.

Okay, not just generally weak, but almost not good at fighting, only able to cultivate the natural environment in the rear and nurture more children with Druidic talent.

Network workers who lay and maintain the natural magic web.

Although he didn't become a Natural Demigod, Vine Woman's grandfather was still engaged in this work.

He hoped to combine with the natural magic web of a forest after his death, becoming a guardian spirit not inferior to a Natural Demigod, provided that the forest was strong enough.

"Since there are no relatives and friends who need to be invited, then wait until everyone has collected all the materials needed to hold the wedding, and ask Ivry and Arachne to make your wedding clothes."

"Then you can get married."

Vine Woman nodded and asked:

"How long will it take at the fastest?"

"A month?"

Vine Woman narrowed her eyes slightly. Although she didn't say anything, Attilan seemed to feel a powerful murderous aura.

"Seven days!"

"Hmm!"

"You're still not satisfied with seven days? If the time is any shorter, the wedding will seem rushed. You've already waited three hundred years, I don't think you'd mind waiting a few more days, right?"

Vine Woman slammed the table.

"It's precisely because I've already waited three hundred years that I don't want to wait even one more day! I only have one requirement for this wedding, and that is fast! Fast! Fast!"

Attilan asked in confusion:

"Didn't you just want to stop Master from going? Why are you in such a hurry to prepare for the wedding now?"

Vine Woman's lips curled into a dangerous smile.

"Once we're married, I can openly discipline him. If I say east, he can't go west. If I don't let him go to Moonlight Glade, he can't go!"

What kind of fiery woman are you? Where exactly were you born?

"So, I'll give you three days. Can you do it?"

Attilan immediately jumped up and exclaimed:

"Three days! You might as well kill me, that might be faster."

Vine Woman patted Attilan's head.

"Why would I kill you? In the future, this family will all depend on you. The five of us are all going on adventures, and among the remaining people, you are the strongest."

"At that time, the responsibility of guarding the forest will be handed over to you."

Attilan's eyes widened instantly. He couldn't bear such a heavy burden now!

"I'm just a two-year-old little dragon. I can't do anything. Don't hand it over to me."

Looking at Attilan's head, which she could only touch when he lowered it, and Attilan's huge twelve-meter body.

"Can you call this two years old? Who do you think would believe you if you said that? Even some adult dragons might only be as big as you."

"Ah? That small?"

Attilan was shocked.

"Don't you think everyone is like you, growing up just by drinking water? Everyone strictly grows according to the age range of dragons, and their bodies are just that big, at most a little bit bigger."

Attilan suddenly understood.

"I always thought that the age range and body size marked in the inherited memory were just reference data. I didn't expect that everyone really grew according to that!"

That being said, his size was indeed very conspicuous among dragons.

"Teacher's Wife, do you think it's better for my size to continue growing rapidly, or should I control it a little bit? I still don't want to be too special, as it's easy to be targeted."

"Continue to grow rapidly. Compared to the attention brought by being a little bit bigger, your other talents need to be hidden more. A huge body makes it easier to hide and change your aura."

"Maybe you need to learn some knowledge of the animal school so that your blood energy can be fully mobilized to cover up your true aura, your Ocean Wyrm power…"

"It's too pure! In the eyes of those with ulterior motives, it's like a torch in the dark. As long as you show potential, they will stifle your possibility."

Attilan was startled.

"Who?"

Vine Woman pointed to the sky.

"You understand. Once the wedding is done, your Master and I will protect you together. You can safely practice the Elemental Dragon King's talent abilities without worrying about not seeing the future."

Attilan nodded firmly.

"I understand!"

Then he summoned Hedwig.

"Hedwig, please go and call everyone here. I have an important task to give to everyone!"

Hedwig widened his eyes in horror, his pointed beak slightly open, unable to close for a long time.