The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

The Leopard Woman frantically pounded her chest, finally dislodging the honey bread stuck in her throat. She let out a long sigh of relief, but couldn't hide her surprise.

“M-M-Marriage! Master Gai'ogai and Master Jaina, when did they get together!?!?”

As soon as she arrived at Greenleaf Town, she went straight to the kitchen as usual. Smelling the aroma of honey bread, she filled a large basket and started eating as she walked, only to arrive at the conference room.

There, she heard Attilan assigning tasks to everyone: gathering various materials needed for the wedding, optimizing the environment of Oak Hall as much as possible, and preparing for the wedding of the Bearman and the Vine Woman.

Attilan shook his head calmly. He knew it was the right decision not to start the meeting until the Leopard Woman arrived. She could serve as a flower girl, after all, she was a natural at creating atmosphere.

“By the way, do you know what color wedding dresses people in this era like to wear? White? Red? Gold? Which color do you think would be good?”

The Eagle King raised an eyebrow and said:

“I think the color of the wedding dress should still be based on the opinions of the people involved. Are you sure Master Gai'ogai agreed to the marriage? Such a big thing, and we didn't receive any advance notice?”

The Old Urchin, with his messy hair, rushed in, cheering.

“I heard that Gai'ogai, the iron tree, is blossoming and finally planning to marry Jaina. I'm here to see if there's anything I can help with.”

Then, he casually took a piece of bread from the Leopard Woman's basket and ate it. After finishing it, he reached out again. The Leopard Woman looked distressed but had no choice but to let the Old Urchin continue to take them.

The Old Urchin ate as if he hadn't eaten for many days. He devoured the entire basket of sweet honey apple bread. The Leopard Woman loved sweets, and she had fallen deeply in love with this honey apple bread the first time she tasted it at a Vine Woman's banquet when she was a child.

Now, Attilan had optimized the recipe, making it taste even better, which the Vine Woman adored. Unfortunately, high-quality honey and apples were rare, and it was even harder to find wheat that matched them.

The Vine Woman's wheat field was small, and the wheat ripened every three months, which was the reason why her banquet was held every three months.

Since Attilan took over the job of organizing banquets and setting the mood, the Vine Woman's banquets had been extended to once every six months, and the quality of the wheat had further improved. Eating it could noticeably enhance their physique.

The source of Attilan's magic wheat seeds was the Vine Woman's wheat field, a plot of land nourished by his dragon dung. Don't mention it, the magic wheat, which should have been golden yellow after ripening.

Gradually, it showed a tendency to remain green.

“You still haven't answered my question, when did they get together!”

Attilan shook his head helplessly. The Leopard Woman's current appearance was truly both amusing and irritating.

“Have you forgotten? During the dispute between Master and Mistress at the banquet, everyone already knew about their relationship. What were you doing at the time?”

The Leopard Woman combed her hair awkwardly.

“I… I was helping in the kitchen at the time, I might have been too busy to hear.”

Attilan recalled the situation at the time and seemed to remember seeing the Leopard Woman emerging from the bushes with a mouth full of grease, and there was one less crispy-skinned roasted piglet than ordered.

“You went to steal the crispy-skinned roasted piglet!”

“No! I just wanted to try the taste for everyone when I brought it over, but that roasted piglet was so fragrant that I unknowingly ate it all by myself.”

“I couldn't help it, it seduced me first!”

The Leopard Woman didn't expect that this unsolved case would be brought up again today.

“Oh, never mind me, let's first discuss how the wedding venue should be arranged. In my opinion, we should plant red roses all over the wedding venue in Oak Hall!”

“But today, Mistress is wearing a white rose on her dress, so I wanted to ask for your opinions, so that we can create a set of design drawings based on both red and white.”

“Wouldn't it be better to let Mistress choose?”

The Old Urchin curled his lips and waved his hand repeatedly.

“No, I'm afraid that she'll come up with several plans like you, and then say that the first design was the best.”

Brushing the breadcrumbs off his hands, the Old Urchin looked at the Leopard Woman.

“This bread is delicious, is there any more in the kitchen?”

The Leopard Woman couldn't help but tear up.

“The one just now was the last batch of remaining bread, and you ate it all by yourself. Do you know how much my heart hurts?”

The Old Urchin asked in confusion:

“Then why didn't you eat it just now?”

The Leopard Woman sobbed and said:

“I was already full, my stomach couldn't hold any more. I was planning to take it back to eat as a snack.”

The Old Urchin said with slight annoyance:

“Don't cry! I have a good thing here to give you.”

As he said that, the Old Urchin took out a black gem from his tattered pocket and handed it to the Leopard Woman. Seeing the glittering gem, the Leopard Woman instantly smiled through her tears.

She grabbed the gem and shone it in the sunlight, while curiously asking, “What is this?”

“This is the result of my cultivation during this period, an elemental gem! Don't be polite, everyone gets a share!”

The Old Urchin behaved very generously, taking out gems corresponding to the elemental attributes of Attilan and the others from his tattered pocket. He placed them in front of them one by one.

The green gem that Attilan received instantly excited him.

This kind of life jade was simply the best material for strengthening and upgrading his dragon pearl!

So Attilan quickly asked:

“Old Urchin, how long does it take you to create one of these life gems in my hand? What price do I need to pay to get one from you every month?”

“One every month, do you think I'm a dwarf who found a gem mine! Being able to condense a gem of this quality is because I've made a breakthrough in my cultivation.”

“Only then can I condense the elements into a brilliant gem at that crucial moment of elemental resonance.”

High EQ: The timing is not right.

Low EQ: Not strong enough, unable to replicate the situation at the time.

“Never mind, I believe that with your strength, Old Urchin, you can definitely easily reproduce this process, since you've already created such a high-quality gem.”

“I think you're one step closer to becoming a legend, right? How do you feel about your current strength?”

The Old Urchin first nodded, then shook his head, saying somewhat confused:

“I also don't know what my current strength and level are. According to the stories you tell everyone, it might be half-step peak perfection.”

What kind of ghostly realm is that?

Attilan himself didn't remember when he told stories that mentioned this kind of realm description full of memes. It could only be said that the Old Urchin had indeed accurately grasped his current situation.

Exceeding a level 20 druid, but not yet reaching the awkward situation of level 21.

“Then how long do you think it will take? If my master and the others assist you, can you complete the breakthrough as soon as possible?”

The Old Urchin directly blew his beard and glared.

“What do you think a legendary druid is? Is it something that can be achieved with someone's help? It is a brilliant flower that needs willpower and miracles to bloom.”

“I have now planted the seeds, and when it will bloom overnight depends on my luck.”

Attilan smiled and moved closer to Attilan, but his smile made the Old Urchin feel a little scalp tingling.

“What do you want to do?”

“I don't want to do anything, I just want to ask if you can find the stimulation you need to break through in Moonglade?”

The Old Urchin directly rolled his eyes.

“You can say directly if you want me to die. Even if a legend enters Moonglade, they will probably have to break their hands and feet to survive. I'm just an ordinary level 20 druid, do you think I can survive if I go in?”

Attilan immediately looked at the Old Urchin with a serious expression.

“So dangerous!”

“That's right, so I warned you that if you accidentally enter the Emerald Dream, you must immediately return to reality according to the method I taught you. It is indeed very dangerous inside.”

Attilan nodded. Even in the ordinary areas of the Emerald Dream, almost all of these druids except the Eagle King could not resist the wildness emanating from the Emerald Dream, which was full of temptation for the souls of nature.

Moreover, the environment of the Emerald Dream is too suitable for druids. Once you go in, it is really difficult to get out. Why is it called the Emerald Dream? Isn't it because the difference between the material world and that side is too great?

Only dead natural souls and top druids after level 18 can freely enter and exit the Emerald Dream. Even level 11 superior druids must enter the Emerald Dream with the accompaniment of a teacher.

This is to avoid getting lost and returning to the material world before being assimilated.

Attilan, who had personally experienced the Emerald Dream, was very clear about the dangers, but of course he still felt it was necessary for the Eagle King to go in and experience it.

The Eagle King's strength was almost enough. With the Old Urchin's progress, it would naturally lead to an increase in the Eagle King's understanding of the wind and thunder elements, and developing a mature Storm Eagle was only a matter of time.

Attilan was quite looking forward to the Storm Eagle, which was said to be able to fight a young dragon.

The Eagle King felt the dangerous gaze that Attilan passed over, but calmly knocked on the table.

“Wait a minute, weren't we discussing how the wedding should be arranged?”

The Leopard Woman was the first to react, pointing at the Old Urchin with the gem in her hand.

“Good for you, Old Urchin, you said you were here to help, but you're actually here to show off your breakthrough in strength, right?”

The Old Urchin looked at her coldly.

“Can you not point at my nose and scold me with the hand holding the gem I gave you?”

The Leopard Woman awkwardly retracted her hand, revealing a smile that was uglier than crying.

“Okay, everyone, stop playing around. I'll go find a fashion designer, and we'll go see Mistress directly to see what kind of wedding dress she wants.”

Iphly and Arachne were too slow, they hadn't arrived yet, and Attilan seriously suspected that they hadn't even left yet.

"Sigh, where's Lulu? How come she's not here yet? That's impossible, she loves attending these lively events the most."

Could she have possibly caught Eveli's lazy habit of being late?

"You guys have something to eat first, see if there's anything else you can use to decorate the Oak Hall, I'll go look for them."

The old rascal rubbed his belly.

"I ate too much bread just now, I'll go with you to get some exercise and slim down my belly, so I can enjoy the feast when we get back, and I'll also show you my new ride!"

Just like some people like to collect cars, the old rascal also likes to collect animal rides, or rather, magical beast rides. Anyway, some animals that already have some unique abilities end up in the old rascal's hands.

And they evolve from ordinary animals into magical beasts with even stranger abilities.

The two of them left the meeting room, and Atilan was indeed shocked by the magical beast that the old rascal had parked at the door.

He widened his eyes and asked:

"This can be ridden?"

Atilan walked up and patted its head, proudly raising his head.

"What's so special about this being ridden? I just rode it over here."

This time, the old rascal's ride was a hedgehog covered in spikes.

The corners of Atilan's mouth twitched.

"Then, may I ask, is your butt alright?"

The old rascal said with a smile:

"Of course, you can't just sit on it directly, this is a magical beast, it naturally has a special way of riding it."

As he spoke, the old rascal picked up a chubby, earth-yellow hedgehog from the ground.

This hedgehog was about the size of a basketball, and Atilan really wanted to know how the old rascal was going to ride it.

"I saw how enthusiastic you were about the Life Gem just now, are you planning to make some magical tools?"

Atilan shook his head.

"Is it for eating directly? Although I know that a dragon's stomach can digest all kinds of materials, isn't that a bit wasteful?"

"It's for cultivating a special secret technique that requires this high-purity life energy. In your impression, am I such a superficial dragon?"

The old rascal said with a grin:

"Who told you that you only like making tools and cooking? Naturally, I'd think of that first. It's good to cultivate a secret technique. After we leave, the entire forest will need you and the Eagle King to hold it up."

"I originally thought that I would be the one staying behind to guard the house, but I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to go together. It seems that in the days to come, I have to work harder than I am now!"

"Watch carefully, I'll show you now how this hedgehog is ridden."

The hedgehog in the old rascal's hand suddenly emitted an earth-yellow light, wrapped around the old rascal, and burrowed into the earth, and then in less than three seconds, it emerged from the ground more than ten meters away.

The old rascal didn't get a speck of mud on him.

"That's amazing! Earth Tunneling Technique! Old Rascal, can I learn this skill?"

The old rascal gave him a look of disdain.

"If it were really that easy to learn, why would I keep this hedgehog? This time, I traveled through various elemental planes and finally found such a rare little thing in the Earth Elemental Plane."

"Don't mention it, it's not easy to catch it, you've also seen its abilities, it'll only be faster in the Earth Elemental Plane. I finally used the method I learned from you."

"Using an Earth Elemental Gem, that's how I lured it into the trap."

The Earth Tunneling Technique is such a magical ability that anyone would be tempted, even if Atilan can already fly, but that feeling of traveling thousands of miles, is indeed very tempting.

"Old Rascal, how far can your hedgehog run underground?"

"Not far, but it's no problem to get from here to Star Valley. How about we race to see who gets to Star Valley faster?"

"No problem! If you lose, you have to teach me how to learn this underground travel secret technique. If I lose, you have to tell me the principle of this secret technique."

"Alright! Then the race starts?"

"Start!"

As Atilan said 'Start', the old rascal hugged the hedgehog and burrowed into the ground at the fastest speed, heading towards Star Valley. As he walked, he suddenly realized something was wrong.

"It seems that whether I win or lose, I have to teach him how to cultivate this secret technique? Never mind, let's win this race first."

Atilan looked down at the forest from the air. While flying at high speed, he didn't forget that the purpose of coming out wasn't to race, but to find the lost Eveli and Arachne, Lulu.

To see if they were helping old grandmothers cross the road, or helping find lost kittens and puppies.

Halfway through, Atilan really saw Eveli and Arachne, they seemed to be looking for something in the forest.

Atilan quickly landed.

"What are you looking for?"

"Moonlight Grass, a type of food suitable for Starlight Spiders."

Atilan excitedly stepped forward.

"Has it hatched in just a year?"

"Yes, the environment in Star Valley is indeed very suitable for hatching Starlight Spiders, especially after Arachne has mastered a little bit of starlight energy, the hatching speed is getting faster and faster."

"It just so happened to hatch today, and you need to make wedding dresses for the two masters, I think the silk of the Starlight Spider should be the most suitable material."

"After eating Moonlight Grass, they will have enough nutrition to start spinning silk."

Atilan narrowed his eyes slightly and asked suspiciously:

"Is the quality of the silk spun by newly hatched Starlight Spiders good?"

"The quality is indeed not very good, so it's just right for making dresses, beautiful and not expensive. If you use the silk of adult Starlight Spiders to make wedding dresses, I think only an emperor who conquers a continent can be so wasteful."

Too small, the pattern is too small, not to mention the emperor, I'm afraid that only the gods who control the Star Realm can be so extravagant. Ordinary emperors can't even come into contact with such precious silk as Star River Gauze.

It's good to be able to find magic spiders to spin silk and weave cloth.

If this emperor embarks on the road to conquer the Star Realm, then maybe he can let one of his queens wear a gorgeous dress made of Star River Gauze.

"I'll help you find it together, what does Moonlight Grass look like?"

Eveli frowned and said:

"Moonlight Grass is very rare, I've only found one plant after searching for so long, it's not enough to feed three Starlight Spiders, you have good eyesight and can fly in the sky, see if you can find two more plants."

"At least one Starlight Spider needs to eat one Moonlight Grass."

After Eveli described the appearance of the Moonlight Grass, Atilan's expression was a little strange.

"Isn't that the weed that has recently grown in Moonlight Lake!"

"I'll pick a few plants, see if they're right."

Atilan originally thought that the grass had mutated under the influence of the Moonlight Lake water, but he didn't expect that it originally looked like that, it's just that the environment of Moonlight Lake is suitable, and the seeds sprouted.

When Atilan came back with the Moonlight Grass, the old rascal had already appeared at the entrance of Star Valley with the hedgehog in his arms, and then he waited and waited, but he didn't see Atilan's figure in the sky.

Looking at the hedgehog in his arms, the old rascal said with some doubts:

"Has your speed become faster again? Is it possible that Atilan's speed has decreased because of weight gain?"

The old rascal wandered around the valley entrance, and after waiting for almost half an hour, Atilan finally arrived.

"Why are you so slow, kid?"

"It's obviously that you're too fast, Earth Travel Technique is really powerful! So, can you teach me after the wedding is over?"

"I can provide a month of feasts!"

The old rascal gave a thumbs up.

"You kid know your stuff! No need to wait until the wedding is over, I'll give you the scroll with the cultivation points that I've recorded and sorted out during this time tomorrow, take your time to read it!"

"If there's anything you don't understand, feel free to ask me, but I still suggest that you don't directly cultivate the Earth Travel Technique, but change it to the Water Travel Technique that allows you to move quickly in the water!"

The old rascal's idea coincided with Atilan's, and the Water Travel Technique is indeed more suitable for the Ocean Yalong than the Earth Travel Technique.

This secret technique not only masters the method of traveling in the earth and water, but also allows you to travel quickly within it, a method that far exceeds normal speed!

The Bear Clan once taught the Tiger Clan a secret technique to wrap their bodies in a whirlwind and travel in the air. Theoretically, if this secret technique can be pushed to the extreme, the cultivator can transform into a gust of wind and fly quickly in the air.

The hedgehog's Earth Travel Technique is based on this principle, transforming his body into an earth element, like a light, quickly advancing in the earth. As long as the effort is deep enough, reaching the speed of light is not impossible.

The appearance of this hedgehog opened up a possibility for Atilan to transform into an element and advance quickly.

Atilan not only hopes to master it himself, but also needs to promote this elemental rainbow secret technique to all the druids in the forest. If the Bear Clan and the others leave, Atilan and the Eagle King can't hold it up.

They may need to rely on this elementalized rainbow secret technique to escape!

Atilan's plans are generally considered in the worst case scenario. With this life-saving secret technique, it's even better than a space teleportation gate, because once the enemy comes to the door, sealing the space is just a basic operation.

But wanting to completely cut off the connection between the forest and the various elements, using a huge cover to trap them inside, Atilan couldn't possibly not notice it.

Looking at Atilan's flickering eyes, how could the old rascal not know what he was thinking? He sighed and said

"I will design corresponding elemental rainbow traveling secret techniques for everyone's situation as much as possible."

Eveli rode Arachne over.

"What are you doing standing at the door, hurry up and go in to feed the Starlight Spiders!"

The old rascal looked at Atilan, and then at Eveli.

You kid, give me back my emotion, it turns out you didn't lose, you ran off to do other things halfway through!

"Right, right, right, feed the Starlight Spiders, Old Rascal, let's go see their wedding dress material together."

The newly hatched Starlight Spiders were already the size of fists.

As soon as the Moonlight Grass was placed next to them, they immediately pounced on it and chewed it greedily, and you could only hear the rustling sound of them eating.

Soon after eating their fill, they spat out very thin threads that could emit golden starlight, dazzling and captivating.