The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

Bai Lu said with some emotion:

“I never thought I would dream in the Emerald Dream one day. Fortunately, this ancient tree doesn't harbor malice and doesn't randomly emit its dreamlike aura to absorb the life force of the creatures it captures.”

“Otherwise, I think many druids with insufficient willpower would find it difficult to distinguish between illusion and reality, and would quickly and completely sink into the beautiful dream woven by the ancient tree.”

Atilan turned his head to look at Bai Lu with some surprise and asked:

“You are the goddess of the Council of Nature. What level is this pagoda tree that it can immerse you in the beautiful dream it constructs?”

Atilan looked at the barren surroundings, the ground cracked by the scorching sun, and the gusts of yellow sand that could be stirred up by the breeze.

“Moreover, with this environment, I don't think there's anything for it to absorb, right?”

Bai Lu rolled her eyes at him and tapped the roots of the pagoda tree with her wooden staff.

“Stop watching from the sidelines. Can you condense the Water of Life here? Give the ancient tree some to see if it can stimulate its vitality?”

Atilan flicked his tail in the air, and a few drops of the Water of Life condensed from his leaf-like caudal fin, falling on the roots of the pagoda tree as he wagged his tail.

It was silently and quickly absorbed by the pagoda tree.

“Oceanic Yalong does have the ability to extend life, but firstly, I am not in the dragon form of Oceanic Yalong, and secondly, I am not old enough to condense longevity dragon saliva of sufficient purity.”

“Thirdly, this tree is obviously beyond saving. If the Council of Nature really needed it, how could they let it grow here alone, until it's about to die without anyone coming to save it?”

Bai Lu scratched her head somewhat awkwardly.

“Actually, this ancient tree is an unplanned product. According to records, the space channel that connected World 952 and World 527 was maintained by an oak tree.”

“Why this pagoda tree grew so big after the space channel collapsed, the entire forest was destroyed, and the growing environment became extremely harsh is of great research value.”

“So, I don't want it to die too quickly. If we can awaken the subjective consciousness and spirituality of the pagoda tree and let it tell me the situation, maybe we can quickly repair the space channel.”

“Even if we can't awaken its consciousness, I hope to at least replenish its vitality and leave a few seeds of this pagoda tree. Although the pagoda tree is not the dominant tree species in the natural vein cycle system constructed by the Council of Nature.”

“But under harsh conditions, I think we can be a little more flexible. Although my methods can replenish the basic energy needs of the pagoda tree, allowing it to barely survive.”

“But it can't make up for the fundamental lack of vitality. It can't make it bloom again and bear the seeds I need.”

Bai Lu shrugged helplessly.

“There's no way. The bloodline I inherited is more inclined towards my mother. I'm quite good at fighting, but I can't use the methods of healing and prolonging life with the wooden horns on my head.”

Atilan said with a slightly surprised expression:

“The wooden horns on your head are blooming, and the life aura they emit is much purer than mine. You're telling me you can't make up for the pagoda tree's lack of vitality?”

Bai Lu touched the little white flower on her head with a slightly troubled expression.

“My life energy is indeed pure, but it can only be used on myself. I wanted to imitate you and use this pair of wooden horns that can create pure life energy to get some holy water of life to replenish the pagoda tree's vitality.”

“But the result of my efforts is that this flower has bloomed on the wooden horns.”

“……”

Atilan was silent for a moment, and still tried his best to rack his brains and give comforting words.

“Maybe… after the flowering season, it can bear fruit, and the fruit will have a healing effect?”

Bai Lu shook her head with a pout.

“Don't think about it. My father's wooden horns are so much bigger than mine, and they have more branches. They bloom a lot of flowers every year, but for so many years, I have never heard of his wooden horns bearing fruit.”

Atilan quickly waved his hand.

“He can't do it, doesn't mean you can't do it. You are the White Deer Goddess who combines all the advantages of the two deer-like quasi-gods. You are definitely stronger than them in every aspect!”

“Your bloodline exceeds your imagination!”

“Stop talking nonsense, this little bit of the Water of Life is not enough, give me more!”

“It's gone, really not a single drop left!”

Bai Lu didn't believe Atilan's nonsense.

“Really? I don't believe it!”

Atilan spread his hands with a helpless expression.

“I'm just a weak and helpless spirit dragon in the Emerald Dream. I don't have the unparalleled bloodline of the White Deer Goddess. I can't help you. Why don't you persevere a little longer?”

“After I fully master the Lihlong body and use the unique natural spirit energy of the Emerald Dream to strengthen my soul, I will help you nourish the vitality of the pagoda tree again?”

“Now you can say kill me, and I won't be able to produce the Water of Life to nourish the pagoda tree!”

Bai Lu said coldly:

“So you don't want to help?”

Atilan lay directly on the ground.

“You might as well kill me! Such a big pagoda tree, even if you squeeze me dry, I won't be able to nourish it!”

Looking at the rogue Atilan, Bai Lu directly waved her wooden staff and whipped it towards Atilan's head.

Seeing the wooden staff making a whistling sound, Atilan suddenly did a carp jump and flew up from the ground.

“Bai Lu, you're serious!?”

No matter how flexibly Atilan moved, Bai Lu could always accurately hit him on the head with the wooden staff.

“Aww!”

“Aww!”

“Aww!!!”

“Stop! I'll help you, okay!”

“It would have been better if you had done this earlier. I wouldn't really want your life!”

Atilan sadly covered his head, curled up next to the roots of the pagoda tree, and asked in great puzzlement:

“Why can you always accurately hit me on the head?”

“Have you forgotten that my mother is the God of War? This wooden staff is not only my staff, but also my melee weapon!”

Bai Lu proudly raised her head. When she used to practice staff techniques, she didn't know how many times the White Deer Goddess had whipped her arms, buttocks, thighs, and head with branches that she casually broke off.

Now she finally has the opportunity to use the staff techniques she learned from the White Deer Goddess.

Bai Lu now feels like ice-cold plum juice in the hot summer, so refreshing!

Atilan wanted to cry but had no tears. Why did he provoke Bai Lu for no reason? Especially since his current state is not good, while Bai Lu is in her strong period. Isn't this asking for trouble?

Bai Lu waved a green light to heal the bumps on Atilan's head.

“I didn't want to hit you originally, but who told you to be so cheap and insist on letting me hit you.”

“Then you can't keep hitting my head!”

Bai Lu rolled her eyes at him again.

“Who told you to have this round jewel on your head that makes my hands itch? I can't help but want to knock it a couple of times. Hurry up and get to work. You don't need your own energy. I'll provide river water and my own energy for you to convert into the Water of Life.”

“Is this okay now?”

Seeing Atilan still dragging his feet and unwilling to move, White Deer gripped her wooden staff and paused. She took a deep breath and suppressed her anger, saying:

“Regarding your bloodline issues, I'll definitely find a way to help you resolve them. I think you also want to cultivate your other bloodlines to be almost as strong as the Ocean Wyrm's.”

“That will require a lot of resources corresponding to those attributes. Do you think Big Brother looks like a druid who can produce so many rare resources?”

“In the end, wouldn't I still have to ask my father? If I just casually say a few words, do you think you'll still be able to get the resources you want? You help me today, and I'll help you tomorrow!”

Atilan blinked. Hearing White Deer say this, how could he not understand how much she valued this pagoda tree?

“Wait, is this pagoda tree really that important?”

White Deer nodded seriously.

“Yes!”

Atilan immediately put away his nonchalant attitude.

“Since you value it so much, why didn't you say so earlier!”

White Deer rubbed her face.

“I think I said from the beginning that this ancient tree is very important!”

White Deer suddenly widened her eyes.

“Good heavens, so you were waiting for me here, willing to take a beating just to get back at me for what happened earlier.”

“So, you never intended to refuse from the start?”

Atilan touched his nose somewhat awkwardly and said:

“That's true, but I didn't expect your staff techniques to be so good! Originally, I was helping you out of friendship, but just now you mentioned letting the pagoda tree produce seeds!”

“I suddenly have a new idea!”

White Deer frowned. She knew that Atilan always had a lot of tricks up his sleeve, but she didn't think Atilan could use the pagoda tree to achieve his goals.

“What do you want to do? What good are the seeds to you?”

Atilan confidently shook his head.

“It's not what I want to do. This pagoda tree is a special tree of the Emerald Dream. Think about it, isn't it exactly what Old Tree Root is missing, allowing Old Tree Root to reach a higher level?”

White Deer stroked her chin and thought about it. It seemed that was indeed the case. What Old Tree Root lacked was that unique spirituality.

Old Tree Root had accumulated a considerable amount of energy, but without a high-level catalyst to sublimate his energy, he would need thousands of years to wait for the day when quantitative change led to qualitative change.

Moreover, Old Tree Root might not even be able to seize the opportunity when that day came.

But the pagoda tree's seed of spirituality was different. With the seed of spirituality, Old Tree Root's upper limit would be raised, and the possibility of the bear-men's long-awaited fey being born would also increase.

Before fusing with the seed of spirituality, the natural energy that Old Tree Root circulated could only be described as unremarkable.

Although it hadn't fused yet, could White Deer not know how unique the power of the pagoda tree was?

The fact that this tree could be born was already a miracle. White Deer was guided by the power of the pagoda tree and actually fell asleep at the roots, almost getting trapped in a beautiful dream and unable to escape.

One could imagine how unique the power of the pagoda tree was.

White Deer looked at the pagoda tree seriously. A breeze blew through the treetops, and the dark green leaves rustled.

“Although I haven't broken through to Legend, the fact that this pagoda tree can make me enter a dream is enough to show that the level of energy it contains is even more powerful than Legend.”

“Even the Ancient Trees of Life haven't broken through the Legend level in their life level. This pagoda tree may be even more unique than we thought.”

Atilan gasped. He suddenly felt that the pagoda tree was hiding a huge secret.

“How about… we still invite Master over to sit guard? With him watching by the side, even if there really is some scheme behind the pagoda tree, the two of us wouldn't fall for it.”

“What do you think?”

White Deer waved her wooden staff a couple of times at Atilan's head.

“I think you're just timid and afraid of trouble! You were pretty cautious before, but it seems like you haven't been this timid, right? Did something else happen to you again?”

Atilan looked at his one-meter-long Li Dragon body and sighed before explaining:

“It's being influenced by this Li Dragon body. As a weak dragon race, the Li Dragon is not as confident as we elemental dragons. They usually take evasive measures when encountering problems.”

“Although I'm not a real Li Dragon, it's clear that this body has absorbed a lot of the power of the Emerald Dream during the transformation process.”

The biggest characteristic of the power of dreams is to turn thoughts into reality. The truer you believe it, the more real the transformed things become.

The Li Dragon information that Atilan learned came from the bear-men. The bear-men were the ones who personally analyzed the Li Dragon with the power of nature, so the information they obtained was naturally comprehensive and detailed.

The longer Atilan transformed into a Li Dragon, the more he subconsciously felt that he was not transforming into a Li Dragon that was similar but not the same. He gradually regarded the Li Dragon body that he had tempered during this period as a real Li Dragon body.

If he hadn't turned the fake into the real, Atilan wouldn't have been able to use so many Li Dragon's innate spells. The Wolf of Death was indeed not strong enough, but it couldn't be that a random cloud of white mist could block his perception.

What Atilan spat out was a white mist with hallucinatory effects. Although it couldn't compare to the Mirage Dragon, the Li Dragon's white mist should not be underestimated.

“Inviting Master is not entirely because I'm timid and afraid of trouble. You and I don't know him, but how can you assume that Master doesn't know him either? Have you talked to him about it?”

White Deer smiled awkwardly.

“No.”

“That's right, we should still tell Master!”

“No need, I've already arrived.”

A cloud of white suddenly appeared in the sky, revealing the figure of the bear-man.

The bear-man didn't know how he did it, but he was actually flying in the sky on a cloud of white.

Atilan opened his mouth in surprise.

“Riding the clouds? Master, you can do this too?”

The bear-man landed next to White Deer and stepped forward to place his hand on the trunk of the pagoda tree.

“It definitely wouldn't work outside, but this is the Emerald Dream. I can use the power of lightning to do some things that I can't do outside.”

A green light circled inside the pagoda tree.

“This pagoda tree is very unusual. After the destruction of Moonglade, many pagoda trees also grew, and they should be the same kind. I agree with Atilan's idea.”

“Cultivate it to produce seeds, and then fuse the seeds with Old Tree Root. I'll do it myself. He must produce seeds today. He has at most three days left to live.”

“White Deer, you should have told me earlier.”

Who knew that White Deer would cross her arms.

“You actually went to Moonglade? Why didn't you tell me!”

“We'll talk about that later. Nurturing the pagoda tree is the most important thing now. Atilan, use you as the core to replenish the vitality and nurture the pagoda tree seeds. The energy-carrying pressure may be relatively high. Is that okay?”

Looking at the serious bear-man, Atilan didn't dare to act strange in front of him.

“Guarantee to complete the mission!”