The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

Back then, Artie had already instigated the Leopard Girl to embark on the path of becoming a dragon, a difficult and hard-to-achieve path. However, at the time, he was just teasing the Leopard Girl in a joking tone.

In fact, he didn't believe that the Leopard Girl could really master dragon transformation.

As a result, the Leopard Girl, after drinking a large amount of Sea Dragon Blood Wine, actually had the possibility of achieving dragon transformation. As a good friend, Artie naturally had to lend a hand!

“I am naturally willing to help the Leopard Girl, but I will not let it affect my own cultivation. Whether she can truly achieve dragon transformation still depends on her talent.”

As he spoke, Artie shook his head.

“With the Leopard Girl's three-days-fishing, two-days-sunning style, it will be very difficult to achieve dragon transformation. However, in this life, I think the most important thing is to spend every day happily.”

“If you are not happy, then even if you are strong, it is meaningless. What do you think?”

The Wine Woman, of course, agreed with this point of view.

“Strength is very important, and happiness is equally important. But only with enough strength can you guarantee that you can spend every day happily. Just like I like brewing wine, but I won’t only pursue the taste of the wine.”

“I also hope that I can brew fine wine that can improve my strength, so that I can become a Grand Druid while drinking wine. If I can brew a divine wine that allows me to fall asleep after drinking it and wake up as a Grand Druid.”

“Then I will have no regrets in this life.”

Artie's mouth twitched. Among the wines he knew that could help with cultivation, the most powerful was the Frostfire Wine brewed by the Panda Monk, but even Frostfire Wine only had a slight effect on Legendary Druids.

The Wine Woman's fine wine that could turn someone into a Grand Druid after drinking a pot of it, what's the difference between that and the Supreme Lord Lao Tzu's golden elixir in the myths and legends before Artie's transmigration?

The Supreme Lord Lao Tzu's golden elixir could make someone an immortal on the spot after eating one. The Wine Woman... It's not that Artie looks down on her, but even the God of Nature would have to expend a lot of divine power to forcibly create a Grand Druid.

After all, a mere God of Nature, what level is he to be compared with the Supreme Lord Lao Tzu?

“Then you have to work hard. If you can become a Quasi-God, you will have endless life to study the divine wine that can make people a Grand Druid after drinking it.”

The Wine Woman shook the wine pot, and a drop of crystal clear wine flowed out with the mouth of the bottle facing down.

“It's all gone again.”

Artie's nose twitched, revealing a look of surprise.

“This wine is so fragrant! I didn't expect that in just two short years, your winemaking skills have improved so much!”

The Wine Woman shook her head.

“The ability to brew such high-quality wine is not just my effort alone, but also the help of the students in the school and those fishmen you sent to us.”

“You used to say that there is strength in numbers, but I didn't think there was anything to it. Those children, and the familiars you sent, don't understand natural knowledge at all. I felt that it was of no help to cultivating winemaking materials.”

“But after really putting it into practice, I realized that I was superficial. People will grow, and the power of one person may not be enough, but the power they unleash together is much stronger than me alone.”

“It was only after that that I gradually understood why Master Gai Ge wanted to set up this Druid school. As long as there are enough Druids, even if their levels are not high enough.”

“The natural holy path we dream of will also have a day to be realized!”

“I gave my share of awareness, but Principal Artie doesn’t seem to have given your share of awareness, right?”

“……”

Artie suddenly showed an expression of shame.

“I'm ashamed. If my body hadn't had problems because of cultivating secret techniques, I wouldn't have missed the growth of these children. The time that has been missed cannot be recovered, but in the time to come, I will accompany them to grow together.”

The Wine Woman frowned and asked:

“I remember when that White Deer Goddess first came, you and Old Mischief instigated her to get you some secret technique, and then you fell asleep not long after.”

“I thought the secret technique was completed, but it turned out that there was a problem with the secret technique. You asked for it, didn't you? Now you're suffering, right? Now that you're awake, the problem should be solved, right?”

“If it's not solved, go and fix it quickly. You can leave the Druid School to me without any problem.”

Although the Wine Woman was full of complaints about Artie, they were drinking buddies, and the Wine Woman couldn't possibly be unrighteous and let Artie teach with a sick body.

Besides, Artie himself had only studied for five years, and most of the time he was researching secret techniques. He didn't necessarily understand the conventional cultivation routines of the Druids as well as those students who had been in school for four years.

“Now that the students are in the fourth grade, they have learned almost everything that should be taught to them. The children are also older, and I plan to select some outstanding children from them to be our teaching assistants.”

“What do you think?”

Artie nodded repeatedly.

“I think it's very good. If the Druid School wants to be perfect, it needs more teachers. It's best if each grade has a group of teachers who are fixed to teach from the first grade to graduation.”

“If there are too few teachers and too many students, they cannot have enough understanding of the students. I don't want to see a warrior seedling forced to practice the Druid path.”

The Wine Woman smiled and curled her lips.

“Teaching students according to their aptitude, when the school was first established, you didn't do anything, you just knew how to open your mouth and talk eloquently, spitting out a series of great principles.”

“In fact, you didn't say a word about the specific teaching methods. Looking back now, following your teaching philosophy, the students are really on the right path.”

Artie raised his head confidently. Of course, he came from a great country with two thousand years of educational experience, so he naturally knew what kind of teaching model was best for students.

“If you want to follow my set, there must be enough teachers. After all, the students still have too little experience. I don't think we can let the teaching assistants you choose stay in the school all the time.”

“They still need to go out and see more. Other places may be very dangerous, but in this land from the Dwarven Kingdom to the Wood Elf Ranger Territory, I can barely guarantee their safety.”

The Dwarven Kingdom and the Wood Elf Ranger Territory, as Artie's allies, know that these children are his students. As long as they don't commit heinous crimes, I believe they will all give Artie face.

Maybe they will be disgraced, but at least they won't lose their lives.

The Wine Woman nodded and said:

“I will take them to the school for activities for the time being, and then I will let them go to the wasteland and wetlands to see how fertile the barren land they used to pull weeds on is now.”

Artie frowned.

“You haven't just kept them in school all these years, not even letting them go to Green Scale Town a few times, have you?”

“How is that possible? The trade caravans from the Halfling Town will pass by our school. You also know that there are various beasts in the forest. Knowing that we are a school for cultivating professionals.”

“Those merchants will hire some students to protect them through the forest.”

A hint of joy flashed in Artie's eyes.

“There are already trade caravans going to Green Scale Town? But shouldn't it be better to go by water to Green Scale Town? Why go by land?”

“Most of them are halfling caravans, and I heard that going by water seems to be more dangerous than going by land. It seems that the Swamp Dragon has sent people to guard the connection between Dragon Lake and the river, not allowing trade caravans to pass through at will.”

Hiss, this Swamp Dragon is going to cut off his financial path!

“If the trade caravans are not allowed to go by water, haven't I sold a lot less goods in the past two years!”

The Wine Woman shook her head and said:

“I don't know the specific situation very well. It seems that it was because too many trade caravans passed through the waterway that it aroused the vigilance of the Swamp Dragon's dependents.”

Artie narrowed his eyes slightly, and he was thinking about how to break the situation.

“This principal, can you please care about your students first?”

“Sorry, I just woke up and found that there are thorny problems everywhere waiting for me to solve.”

The Wood Elves in the south have just started, the problems of the Druid School have not been solved, and the trade caravans have had an accident again. It seems that a tributary must be diverted from the river to pass through the forest.

The Atlantis Kingdom must control a waterway that is completely its own.

Fortunately, he is in the Emerald Dream, and he already has a basic understanding of constructing water veins, and the Bearmen also said that Artie should construct the water veins of the forest from it.

Now his strength has also been sufficiently improved, and he can start the work of reconstructing the forest water veins.

“I told Hana to help me select a group of people to go to my towns for internships. The towns in the wasteland and wetlands lack enough administrative officials, and I believe the students will have good performances.”

The Wine Woman looked at Artie proudly.

“I agree with this point, after all, they are students trained by me, and none of them are bad. It is completely more than enough to govern your makeshift team.”

Artie had just returned to the Druid School when he found a centaur messenger waiting at the gate of the school, anxiously looking around.

“What's wrong?”

The centaur quickly said:

“The Dwarven King has personally arrived at Green Scale Town, as if there is something particularly urgent that requires the Dragon Lord to personally help. That's why the Old Fishman Priest asked me to come and report to the Dragon Lord quickly.”

Artie looked at the Wine Woman with some embarrassment.

“This……”

“You go and receive the Dwarven King first, but the brewing method of Frostfire Wine, you must write it down and have someone send it to me before tomorrow! Otherwise, you'll be in trouble!”

The Wine Woman pointed at Artie fiercely.

“No problem!”

On the way back, Artie was also very curious about what kind of trouble could make the Dwarven King run directly to Green Scale Town to ask him for help.

Logically speaking, the war between the Frost Giants and the Dwarves has ended, and the Dwarven Kingdom should not have any unsolvable problems.

As soon as he returned to Green Scale Town, the Dwarven King ran over with tears in his eyes.

“Dragon Lord, you must help me! Those frost giants are too much. If this continues, we dwarves will truly have no way to survive.”

Attilan asked with puzzlement:

“What exactly did the frost giants do?”

“They are recklessly scattering the seeds of a plant on the snowy mountains. That plant seems to absorb the energy of ice and snow and grows overnight, turning into a snow-white man-eating flower.”

“That man-eating flower naturally poses no threat to the frost giants, but it's different for us dwarves. It devours us in one bite, one bite at a time.”

“This frost man-eating flower also spews frost, and it explodes after death, making it very difficult to deal with. We dwarves lack mages who can handle such things.”

“Moreover, our weapons are very difficult to cut through the man-eating flower. Even if we cut it down, the man-eating flower grows back in the same spot after a few days, leaving us with no solution.”

“I think the Dragon Lord is a druid, so he should have a way to deal with the man-eating flower, right?”

Attilan's eyes narrowed.

“Are you saying that the frost giants are compressing your living space by planting this frost man-eating flower?”

The Dwarf King nodded repeatedly.

“That's right. In addition to the frost man-eating flower, the griffon knights I sent out also scouted that the frost giants are actually planting food on the snowy mountains, and the yield of that food seems to be quite high.”

“I just want to ask, is there a druid helping the frost giants behind the scenes? Dragon Lord, do you have any contact with those druids? Can you ask them not to help the frost giants?”

“Actually, we dwarves also need this kind of technology and seeds that can grow food on the snowy mountains!”

Attilan looked at the Dwarf King blankly.

“Are you saying that the frost giants have mastered seeds that can grow in icy and cold environments, and they also have配套farming technology?”

The Dwarf King continued to nod.

“We already have very limited advantages compared to the frost giants. With this, we have no advantage at all. I'm afraid we will soon have to leave this mountain range to find a new home.”

Attilan quickly comforted the Dwarf King.

“Dwarf King, I know you are anxious, but don't worry. This kind of thing definitely can't be solved in a short time. Besides, if the frost giants have enough food.”

“Maybe they won't raid you to the south. After all, if they can eat their fill, there's no need to risk their lives to rob. Dwarves are not easy to mess with, and there's no need to waste precious lives.”

“As for the technology of growing food in the snow, I'm not sure either. I need to ask my master, but it's unlikely that we arranged it. After all, there is plenty of high-quality land on this continent that hasn't been planted with food yet.”

“Who in their right mind would study snow cultivation?”

The Dwarf King also felt that people who study snow cultivation were crazy. Dwarves like to live in lands with rich mineral veins. Mineral veins dictate that the food production of these lands will not be too high.

Outside the mineral veins is snow. As for environments suitable for farming, they are relatively far from the dwarves' residences. Dwarves don't really like farming either, but their old enemy, the ignorant frost giants, suddenly mastered such advanced technology.

How could the Dwarf King not panic!

Among the people he knows, Attilan should be the most knowledgeable. He has no contact with the druids in the forest, so he can only wait for Attilan to come back and contact them through Attilan.

“Dragon Lord, the frost giants have been planting for almost half a year. They are about to harvest for the first time. Who knows what they will do after they harvest.”

“Even if you can't find a solution, can you send some troops like last time to help us get through this difficult time?”

Good fellow, Attilan thought the Dwarf King was here to ask him to help research the frost giants' snow cultivation technology, but he didn't expect him to be here to ask for reinforcements.

“It's possible, but you also know that my elite soldiers have already been sent to help the Wood Elves defend the western cities, and the remaining soldiers don't have good enough weapons.”

“I'm afraid it will be difficult to have any effect on the frost giants.”

The Dwarf King smiled honestly.

“Dragon Lord, don't worry. Since we received the food supply from the Wood Elves, we dwarves have inexhaustible strength. Every day, we are either mining or forging weapons and armor.”

“No matter how many soldiers the Dragon Lord sends, we will be responsible for their weapons and armor!”

“That's too embarrassing. We can only be considered helping each other. Dwarf King, don't worry, I will definitely mobilize a batch of elite troops to the north as soon as possible. I will definitely not let the dwarf civilians be harassed by the frost giants!”

“I will also go north myself. As a druid, I am really curious about plants that can be grown in the snow!”

Hearing that Attilan was willing to send troops, the Dwarf King breathed a sigh of relief. It wasn't that the Dwarf King felt that his soldiers were not elite enough, but to deal with a frost giant, at least fifty dwarves were needed to keep the casualties within an acceptable range.

The problem is that, according to the griffon knights' reconnaissance, there were actually seven or eight frost giant farms on the northern snow peaks at some point. This is just what was scouted. Who knows how many were not scouted.

A farm is home to two or three hundred able-bodied frost giant men and women. It is conservatively estimated that there are at least three thousand frost giants in the north.

To cope with this, an army of 150,000 is needed. The entire population of the Dwarf Kingdom adds up to less than 50,000. If they are charged by three thousand frost giants, they really risk national extinction.

“Like this? Dwarf King, you go back first and transfer the old and weak to the south as much as possible. Only leave elite warriors in the north to avoid the tragedy that happened last time.”

“At the same time, restrain the dwarf warriors and never think about destroying the frost giants' farms. Once the frost giants' food is destroyed, even if the frost giants don't want to attack you, they must attack.”

Don't say it, the Dwarf King really got a preemptive tactic from his generals, destroying the frost giants' food in advance and letting them fight the dwarves on an empty stomach.

“When the strength is equal, destroying the enemy's food is indeed a good idea, but it is unwise to adopt this tactic when in a losing position. Speaking of which, the frost giants and dwarves are mortal enemies.”

“But Dwarf King, how many frost giants do you think are left who have hatred with you? In the northern farms, are there really frost giants who have hatred with you?”

The Dwarf King was stunned.

“Right, we used to face hundreds of barbaric frost giants, old and young, armed with various bones and stones, which is completely different from what we are encountering now.”

“Last time, the frost giants actually took the initiative to retreat when they had the advantage. This kind of thing would never have happened to those frost giants in the past.”

“So, although the frost giants took the initiative to attack the Dwarf Kingdom last time, it was not because of hatred, but because we wanted to get the treasures in the desert?”

“That's right. So I believe that if we don't attack the frost giants' farms now, they probably won't attack you. As for the future, I don't know what the frost giants are going to do.”

Frost giants hate hot environments and have difficulty operating in hot environments like the desert. Only frost giants need plants that can be grown in the snow, but Attilan doesn't think their wisdom can develop those seeds.

After seeing off the Dwarf King, Attilan immediately found the bear man who was meditating and told him the situation.

The bear man tapped his knee with his finger.

“Frost man-eating flower, this kind of thing is not the style of druids. It should be a magical creature researched by a arcane mage. Its function is to extract frost energy and make that piece of land suitable for growing food.”

“The food planted by the frost giants should indeed be able to grow at low temperatures, but in order to bear enough food, the temperature of the surrounding environment cannot be too low.”

“Otherwise, the yield of food will not be too high. The frost man-eating flower combines the functions of regulating the ambient temperature and guarding the farm. It is a very clever magical creation.”

“It's not that I look down on the frost giants, but this kind of magical plant that can be mass-reproduced cannot be researched by them. The person behind the scenes is most likely a Storm Giant demigod.”

“I think the first opponent of the Council of Nature to occupy this world has appeared.”

“Master, what should we do now?”

“I'll go with you. Let's go now.”

Attilan's eyes widened suddenly.

“Ah, that's a demigod. If he attacks us, wouldn't we be dead!”

The bear man gave Attilan a tap on the head.

“Although demigods don't have the power of true gods, they also carry the word 'god'. Since they are gods, they can't casually attack mortals. This is the rule of the world.”

“Otherwise, they will be punished, unless we offend him, so you must control your mouth.”

“Yes, I will definitely not speak nonsense.”

The bear man sat on Attilan's back, and Attilan flew to the snow peak at the fastest speed and saw the frost giants' farm.

“Master, where do we find the Storm Giant demigod? Also, why are we here to find him?”

“Fly upward, you will understand when you get there.”

Another riddler, I hate riddlers!

Attilan still raised his head and flew to the higher sky, until he wanted to penetrate a cloud, but he heard the bear man say:

“Stop, bypass this cloud and fly above the cloud.”

“Ah?”

Attilan turned his head in confusion.

“Why…”

Bang! Attilan felt like he had hit a wall.

“My… neck”

The bear man shook his head. If he hadn't spoken and Attilan had slowed down, he would have broken his neck or bled from his head.

After the bear man healed Attilan's neck, Attilan honestly bypassed the clouds and saw a magnificent building under the golden layers of the sun.

Suddenly, he opened his mouth in surprise.

“This is the giants' cloud manor?”

“Oh, frost man-eating flower, and that kind of snow wheat, it's here too!”