The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

Attilan initially didn't realize there was a problem with the orange tree, but this underground oasis had existed for so many years, and the environment was relatively comfortable, with the fruit trees full of golden oranges.

When they first came in, there were still a few birds in the oasis pecking at the oranges. It was conceivable that the orange seeds should take root and sprout with the help of birds, but looking around, there was only this one fruit tree.

Obviously, there was a problem with the orange seeds; they had lost their ability to germinate.

Attilan patted the leopard woman on the shoulder and said with a serious face:

"Don't move around here. I'll go pick a few oranges."

"So sweet!"

"Bastard! You told me not to move just so you could enjoy the oranges all by yourself!"

"Of course not. You'll understand what I mean when you look at these seeds."

The Eagle King and the others stepped forward and each took a seed to examine.

"These seeds actually can't grow into new orange trees on their own."

Attilan looked at the orange tree with a deep gaze.

"This orange tree was once modified by someone. It can bear sweet and juicy fruit, but it has also lost its ability to reproduce. I feel that if it weren't for the surrounding environment providing too little natural energy, this orange tree should be bearing magic fruit!"

The bear man's eyes lit up.

"This is a magic fruit tree! Doesn't that mean we've made a fortune! I was the first to discover this place, and I even ate several oranges. How come I didn't notice that these oranges had magic?"

The Eagle King activated Sprout Technique, using magic to stimulate the orange seed in his hand.

"No, the oranges don't have magic. After so many years of lacking magical nourishment, it's already excellent that this tree can still bear so many fruits steadily. Now, our primary task is to study the arrangements of the predecessors in this oasis."

"See what type of energy this tree originally absorbed. The orange tree faces the skylight in the rock gap, and the two hot springs also faintly form a ring around the orange tree."

"Although I haven't found any traces of magic circles, I can be sure that this oasis was specifically set up to cultivate this kind of magic fruit!"

The leopard woman rubbed her hands excitedly.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's directly dig open the hot springs to see how many remnants of the magic array runes are left below. We should be able to guess the fruit's attributes based on the remaining runes."

The leopard woman opened her dimensional bag and took out a obsidian pickaxe to start digging, but the wine woman directly reached out and snatched the pickaxe away.

"No! This orange tree looks like it has a very strong vitality, but it's actually severely lacking energy nourishment. If you destroy the existing oasis environment again,"

"The orange tree will most likely die right in front of you."

The flower woman said with a smile:

"How about this? Let's first transform the land outside the oasis to increase the amount of natural energy produced. No matter what type of magical plant the orange tree is, it can't be wrong to absorb natural energy."

Attilan stroked his chin.

"This place isn't too far from the grassland. I'll lead a small stream over here. That way, we can sow specially cultivated purple alfalfa seeds that are suitable for planting in arid, water-scarce desert areas."

Hearing Attilan speak, the mermaid Lynn excitedly jumped up from the grass and raised her hand to speak:

"Me, me, me! It's just leading a small stream from the grassland thirty kilometers away. It's better to leave such a small thing to me. There's no need to trouble Mr. Attilan to take action."

The flower woman held her newly made lotus staff and teased Lynn with a smile.

"Lynn, you can just call us by our names or nicknames, but why do you call Attilan 'Mr.'? Could it be that you like him?"

The mermaid's face immediately turned red, and she frantically waved her hands to explain.

"No, no, no, I just respect Mr. Attilan for resolving the chaotic situation in the rainforest and restoring peace to the rainforest, which has been plagued by constant disputes due to the continuous influx of marsh dragon dependents for more than a hundred years."

"We've worked so hard for so many years and haven't been able to do it, but Mr. Attilan only used less than five years, and the rainforest has actually calmed down temporarily. I hope to be able to follow Mr. Attilan and completely solve the rainforest's problems."

The problem with the rainforest is that there are too many people who cannot live in harmony with nature.

If the inhabitants of the rainforest were races like wood elves, how could they destroy the forest environment?

The Eagle King said faintly:

"The most important thing is to enable them to cultivate food in the rainforest that can feed everyone. I have been observing Attilan building his kingdom from scratch and found that the most important thing is food."

"The purpose of most struggles is to get enough to eat. As for whether those people will start a new war to satisfy greater desires after they have enough to eat,"

"I don't know."

For example, Attilan, if you include the eastern part of the Southwest Great Desert, the land under his command has already exceeded the area of the Bearman Forest. These lands are indeed very barren and require many years of development to become rich.

But with such a large area of nearly one million square kilometers, many dragons can't create such a large area as territory in their entire lives. The Eagle King doesn't understand why Attilan's ambition is so great that he wants to turn the entire continent into his territory.

The one who can do this is not a person, nor a dragon, but only a god!

"Then let Lynn do this. Taishan and the bear man will assist in shaping the waterway. The sand in these thirty kilometers is still not water-retaining and must be transformed into a stone river channel."

The bear man scratched his head.

"I just finished the magic farm's pipeline. Can't you let me rest for a while!"

"What about the wood elf thing? Can I take a break first too?"

The bear man immediately puffed out his chest and patted it.

"Don't worry, leave this matter to me. I guarantee to create the ditch at the fastest speed!"

Taishan also nodded, flexing the muscles on his arms to cheer himself up. In order to better experience the power of the titans and create obsidian magic weapons, he and the silver ring recruited by Attilan became friends.

As the saying goes, 'Those who are near vermilion get stained red, and those who are near ink get stained black.' He just picked up some bad ideas from the silver ring, which made Taishan seem clever, unlike the fool he used to be.

It's not known whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. Anyway, the silver ring doesn't care about the ancestral methods and told Taishan the cultivation method of the Heavenly God Descent.

Taishan certainly didn't succeed in practicing it. This Heavenly God Descent is an exclusive skill of the dwarves. It's not easy for Taishan, a druid, to imitate it, but it still allowed Taishan to learn some small tricks to enhance his physique using earth elements.

The biggest characteristic of dwarves after the Heavenly God Descent is that, in addition to their size increasing, they can freely control earth and stone like earth element giants.

The silver ring is still a bit clever. The characteristics of the Heavenly God Descent are that the body size increases and the earth and stone are controlled. Then, would learning these two abilities in reverse help the cultivation of the Heavenly God Descent?

It just so happens that Taishan's Titan Transformation is a secret technique that can increase body size. Under the silver ring's deliberate efforts to make friends, they naturally became friends.

Tai Shan taught Silver Ring the Titan Transformation, and Silver Ring taught Tai Shan how to control earth and stone. He had to, because Silver Ring was counting on Attilan to help him ascend the throne.

Tai Shan was a friend of Attilan, and he wouldn't freeload no matter what.

At some point, Bear Man also joined this 'Descended God Research Association', providing another important secret technique for divine descent: Earth's Return!

It was his secret technique of standing on the earth to continuously absorb energy to restore stamina and magic power. After three years of improvement, Bear Man had successfully turned it into a qualified secret technique that could be used in actual combat.

They were indeed good at making rock river channels, but Bear Man certainly wouldn't be happy if only the two of them went.

"Two people are too few, let's get a few more people."

Ignoring the lively crowd, Leopard Woman held a large pile of oranges and sat down on the grass, leisurely starting to eat them.

Flower Woman walked over and snatched the oranges from her hand, tapping Leopard Woman's temple with her finger in exasperation.

"Eat, eat, eat, all you know is eat! Look at Lin, and then look at you. Can't you have a little sense of urgency? What will you do when Lin and Attilan get together?"

Leopard Woman nonchalantly peeled another orange, releasing the citrusy aroma of the peel. Leopard Woman twitched her nose.

"What can I do? Even if Lin really gets her hands on Attilan, would Attilan not hold a banquet and invite us to eat?"

"..."

Flower Woman was stunned for a moment. It seemed like that was true. No matter what Attilan wanted to do, that mermaid Lin definitely wouldn't be able to stop him.

It was only because the Snake Woman, who had previously served Attilan, was not around, that this mermaid even had a chance to get close to Attilan.

"I don't care about you anymore. I hope it won't be too late when you understand your true feelings."

Leopard Woman tilted her head and peeled an orange.

"My heart just wants to eat more of these delicious oranges."

After Attilan and the others finished arranging the manpower for digging the trenches, they discovered that more than half of the fruits on the orange tree were gone, and Leopard Woman had a large pile of orange peels beside her.

"You two are so disloyal, you actually ate without calling me!"

Leopard Woman smiled and stuffed two oranges into Wine Woman's arms.

"I specially saved them for you. These oranges have a special taste of sunshine. After eating them, your body feels warm, even more comfortable than when I transformed into the Shadow Leopard and had to adjust by basking in the sun."

"The sun? Could it be..."

Wine Woman directly conjured a vine, wrapped it around the skylight, and then, pulling the vine, came to the outside of the skylight, carefully feeling the left, top, and right sides of the skylight.

"Sure enough, even after so many years, this skylight still has the effect of gathering solar energy."

Eagle King transformed into an owl and flew up, landing beside Wine Woman.

"What did you find?"

"The orange tree should be cultivated with a fruit that contains the essence of the sun."

Just as the two were about to go down and tell everyone what they had discovered, Attilan also climbed up the vine. His mental power was stronger, and he directly scanned the rocks near the skylight, and he really found something.

"There are no runes carved on the outside or inside of the rock. So the runes are hidden directly inside the rock. This way, it can indeed ensure that the runes last longer."

"Just carving runes inside the rock, this technique... do we Druids have mastered it? I seem to have only seen some introductions in my master's collection, but no specific methods."

This must be directly carving the runes, instead of splitting the rock in half, carving the runes, and then piecing them together. The energy fluctuations emitted when splicing the rock would destroy the stability of the runes, and the effect of using this carving method would be greatly reduced.

Eagle King touched the seamless rock and said:

"The rocky mountain should be shaped first, and then the runes are carved. The one who shaped this ruin must be a legendary mage. Master Gai's collection doesn't have it."

"Maybe there is a record of this secret technique in the Elemental School?"

Originally, it was just a small oasis, but now it has directly become a ruin. Their plan to dig down from here to view the technology of the Fire Gnomes has completely failed.

Attilan looked at the gray rock skin and said:

"It seems that only by asking Master's Wife to come over and take a look can we determine the level of this ruin, whether to try to repair it, maintain the status quo, or tear it down and rebuild it."

"But since I know that the orange tree needs solar energy, I actually know a little bit about how to gather solar energy, which should be able to restore a little vitality to the orange tree."

Attilan directly shouted down at the skylight:

"Everyone, first pick all the fruits from the orange tree, whether they are ripe or not, and then six people come up to help me set up a magic circle to absorb solar energy."

"Directly introducing solar energy and pouring it in, wouldn't it burn the orange tree to death from excessive nutrition?"

"So we have to put a safeguard in place first. I understand why there is a circle of water around the orange tree. It's to prevent the orange tree from being burned to death by solar energy."

Attilan directly grabbed the vine and jumped down, swinging in mid-air and landing steadily beside Leopard Woman, picking up the last orange slice in her hand and stuffing it into his mouth.

"Your fingernails are all yellow, don't eat anymore."

The environment here is indeed a bit poor. Attilan tried to summon water elements, but only managed to create a water ball the size of a basketball, which he casually threw into the hot spring. Attilan took out twenty-four water element crystals from his dimensional pocket.

He threw them around the orange tree, in the hot spring and in the dry depression.

He clapped his hands, and the crystals gushed out water, turning the hot spring into a normal temperature, and quickly forming a blue halo that shimmered in the sunlight shining down from the skylight.

Suddenly, with so many water elements added, the branches of the orange tree actually began to tremble slightly.

Attilan quickly flew outside the skylight and threw a red gem to the six people who were already in place.

"Let's begin."

As the gem emitted a red light, forming a red hexagram magic circle pattern in the air, the surrounding sunlight was suddenly gathered into a golden light, shining on the orange tree.

In an instant, the trembling of the orange tree stopped, and the dark green leaves also began to gradually fade, from fluorescent green to yellow, and from yellow directly to gold.

Finally, new buds emerged, bearing golden flower buds.

Leopard Woman put down the orange in her hand and couldn't help but complain:

"Golden leaves, golden flowers, and finally golden fruits. This is really a solid sun fruit tree."

As Leopard Woman's voice fell, the flower buds began to bloom, and then gradually withered, with only the topmost flower beginning to bear fruit.